Golbez

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==Summary==
Golbez, real name Theodor, and called Man in Black in The After Years, is a tall imposing man in dark blue and black armor with gold trimmings, and a helmet with tall horns. In the original game, he was brainwashed by Zemus and committed atrocity after atrocity. However, a fellow Lunarian named Fusoya managed to free him from Zemus' control, which allows Golbez to help his brother Cecil and atone for his past sins.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | At least , likely | 
Key: Final Fantasy IV | Final Fantasy IV The After Years | Dissidia
Name: Golbez, Man in Black, real name Theodor Harvey
Origin: Final Fantasy IV
Gender: Male
Age: 30 | 47
Classification: Half-Lunarian, Commander of the Four Fiends, Thaumaturge, Demon
Powers and Abilities: 
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Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System level (Comparable to Cecil, who is capable of defeating Bahamut and Dark Bahamut, the former is capable of creating a pocket dimension with stars with its summon, and is comparable to Kain, who's able to defeat Lunar Bahamut by himself, who's also capable of doing the same feat and said dimension vanishing when Lunar Bahamut loses and is capable of summoning Lunar Bahamut, and it's stated in the lore that In order for anyone to summon, they must be stronger than the summon in order to control them. Is also capable of taking on Zeromus, who's stated to be capable of destroying all in its wake, which would include the entire moon of FF4, which is shown in the novelsFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 11, page 243 and the actual game to have a starry sky in the background) | At least Multi-Solar System level (Is able to take on and harm the Creator, The Creator merely duplicating himself was enough to destroy his entire moon vessel,Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, epilogue, pg292 which is shown to have Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and ), likely Low Multiverse level (The Creator was vastly superior to the Four creatures of darkness from FF3, which could each fight the endgame Warriors of Light in a 1v4, can also take on Gilgamesh and win) | Multiverse Level+ (Borrows powers from the gods of the cycle. Contributed to the defeat of the Planesgorgers and Shinryu) Can negate conventional durability in a wide variety of ways.
Speed: FTL (Can effortlessly keep up with characters who move at the speed of light) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Gilgamesh) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Shinryu)
Lifting Strength: Class Y (Is capable of contending with Bahamut, who's able to move numerous planets through his summon) | Multi-Stellar (Is comparable to the Creator, who's able to carry his entire moon on his own, which is shown to have numerous star clusters inside) | Multi-Stellar (Should be comparable to his previous self) | Immeasurable (Superior to Neo Exdeath and Enuo)
Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level | Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level | Multiverse level+
Durability: Multi-Solar System level (Tanked attacks from Zeromus, who is the manifested hatred of Zemus, far surpassing Lunarians like Golbez and Fusoya, could even tank blows from Bahamut and survive even when his guard was lowered) | Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Tanked attacks from The Creator and Gilgamesh) | Multiverse level+'. Immortality, Regeneration, and The Crystal's protection make him extrememy difficult to kill.
Stamina: Superhuman (He can fight through entire gauntlets of monsters without tiring and regularly takes hits for his allies, even against the likes of powerful beings like Zeromus and The Creator)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Multiversal+ with magic (Magic as a whole is shown to affect omnipresent beings such as Exdeath when he's become one with the Void itself, which spans across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse, can even banish foes into the Void with the Warp ability)
Standard Equipment: A wide variety of Swords, Daggars, Axes, Hammers, Spears, Staves and Rods, with a wide variety of innate abilities; a vast array of different armors and equipment that grants enhanced resistances to elemental attacks and status ailments; and a wide collection of items that can boost the user, recover their abilities in a wide variety of ways, and inflict numerous status ailments on their targets. A Crystal
Intelligence: Genius (A powerful thaumaturge, Golbez is the wielder of some of the most powerful spells in the game, including all of the highest-tier elemental spells along with the mighty Meteor. He is cold, manipulative, and pragmatic, turning Kain against Cecil and Rosa through mind control, but is also a charismatic leader to those close to him, as the Four Archiends hold him in the utmost esteem and Ceodore respects him after his reformation. His abilities are further expounded upon in Dissidia, which reveals his ability to summon the CPU and its nodes at will to assist him in a variety of attacks, also proving himself to be capable in close combat, batting away foes with swift backhands and knocking them into his magical attacks for maximum damage)
Weaknesses: He has recurring nightmares from the atrocities he's committed in the past and is thus emotionally vulnerable. His Shadow Dragon is vulnerable to Holy-elemental attacks. Lunarians like Golbez seem strangely vulnerable to the Meteor spell and its derivatives.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
===Magic===
*Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga: Conjures a mighty blizzard to deal heavy ice-elemental damage.
*Bio: Golbez poisons the target with an infectious virus, damaging them over time.
*Drain: Drains the life force of a target, restoring Golbez's vitality at the cost of his opponent's.
*Fire/Fira/Firaga: Creates a massive fireball to deal heavy fire-elemental damage.
*Flare: Golbez sets off a spontaneous chain fusion reaction to obliterate targets with a massive non-elemental explosion.
*Meteor: Golbez assails his foes with a barrage of massive meteorites to deal massive non-elemental damage.
**Twin Meteor: Golbez casts Meteor twice in an instant to double the intensity, power, and effective range of the spell for an even more devastating attack.
*Osmose: Drains magical energy from the target, restoring Golbez's reserves while lowering his opponent's.
*Drain: Drains life energy from the target, restoring Golbez's reserves while lowering his opponent's.
*Quake: Golbez triggers a massive earthquake with a thought to deal heavy earth-elemental damage.
*Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga: Generates an intense lightning storm to deal heavy lightning-elemental damage.
===Other Attacks===
*Barrier Shift: Golbez renders himself weak to a single element of his choice while rendering himself immune to any other elemental attack and absorbs the energy from those attacks to replenish his stamina and heal his wounds. He can repeatedly change his elemental weakness to suit the situation.
*Black Fang: Summons the Shadow Dragon to instantly incapacitate or kill foes with its powerful breath attack.
*Cosmic Ray: Fires beams of electricity to paralyze the target and send them flying, dealing heavy damage. He can also delay his casting of this attack to take enemies by surprise by teleporting directly to them.
*Genesis Rock: Summons four rocks to circle Goblez at high speeds, buffeting all nearby foes before sending the rocks outwards as powerful, high-speed projectiles. Those caught at the beginning of the attack will be drawn towards Golbez, rendering them unable to dodge the final strike.
*Nightglow: Conjures a circle of black lightning to trap the target and launch them upwards as Golbez moves his hands downwards, leaving them open to additional melee attacks should he be close enough to follow up on this attack.
*Pressure: Golbez instantly paralyzes his opponent, rendering them completely unable to fight back.
*Sector Ray: Summons the CPUs attack nodes to track a target and fire lasers at them.
*Twin Moon: His EX Burst in Dissidia, Golbez crushes the opponent between several rocks, trapping them as he summons the Shadow Dragon to freeze the opponent solid with Binding Cold, finishing with a devastating Twin Meteor attack to annihilate the target.
==Notable Matchups==
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