Mole people

Mole people are an apparently extinct race in Final Fantasy IX. The remnants of their civilization can be found on Mount Gulug.
Not a single mole person is met in the game, nor is it ever addressed what happened to them. The storyline, however, points toward the idea that the mole people, like the summoners, would have had eidolons, and that it would have been Garland who destroyed them.
An excerpt from the Eidolon Wall in Madain Sari appears to support this as well:
Garland has sealed Mount Gulug off for an unknown reason. However, since it is well known Garland feared eidolons and saw them as hindrance to his plans, it can be speculated that Garland was the one who destroyed the Mole People's village, much the same way he destroyed Madain Sari in order to rid Gaia of the summoner tribe. Proof that the Mole People had eidolons is in the fact that Mount Gulug contains an extraction circle used for extracting eidolons from a person. Only one other such circle exists in the world, in the basement of Alexandria castle, where the summoner tribe used to live before moving to Madain Sari.
Further proof is that Kuja decides to head to Mount Gulug after concluding he needs an eidolon stronger than Alexander, as if he thinks he might come across one in the volcano.
Category:Races in Final Fantasy IX