Final Fantasy 9 Lore ► Zidane Tribal's Origins Explained (The Angel of Death)

After our not-so-subtle tease as to who would be next in our Origins series, Zidane Tribal has surfaced! We don't know about you guys, but right now we're just sitting back and appreciating the job that Sakaguchi and Ito did with the story in Final Fantasy IX. Thanks for watching all, and let us know who you'd like to see next! ~Darryl/Lauren

"Do I need a reason to help people?" Words to live by.

So happy to see so many people who respect Zidane's character and ff9 as a whole. I feel like it has been severely underrated in the past.

FF IX taught me a lot about life. It has many philosophical themes that really made me think. It has etched it way to my heart that it's impossible that I will ever forget the characters in this game. When I played this game 18 years ago, I literally felt attached to the characters that I thought they were my friends. And when the game ended, the time came that I had to say goodbye to them. It was so heartbreaking that I shed a lot of tears. Until now it's one of the most heartbreaking moments in my life that I wish I could turn back the time that I was with them discovering things and doing adventures. This game gave me my life.

11:10 "Zidane then fought valiantly on the hunt" more like, then Zidane k.o'd himself on the hunt so Freija could win the hunt and get that really good accessory that would help the party later

This game and this character are so under appreciated. His personality is why I like him. He wasn't quiet and brooding like the previous protagonists.

29:15 "He was able to rise to the challenge" Shows picture of Zidane at 0 HP

When they were on the beach following Brahne's death, I always thought that was Vivi talking. Vivi was closer to the camera in that scene, and seemed to move at appropriate times during the dialogue. The narrator also said that Brahne 'stopped', a term Vivi used to describe death. Just me?

" You don't need a reason to help others "

This brings up a somewhat depressing thought. Zidan is immortal. I never really caught that when I was playing the game. This would mean he would enjoy some happiness with Garnet as things were at the end of the game, but what about 50 some-odd years later when he's still got the body of a 20 year old and he's now caring for a 66 year old Garnet in her decline of advanced age? How about going on later as he witnesses his friends and loved ones growing old and dying and leaving him behind? It's still not THAT bad, but it does present a few philosophical difficulties to ponder over.

“You don’t need a reason to help people.” My all time favorite quote comes from Zidane. Thanks to my very first FF protagonist

Thank you so much!! Zidane is my favorite Final Fantasy protagonist and it was wonderful to relive his story again. :)

I would love love love love an episode on Freya! she honestly might be the single most under appreciated character in final fantasy ever! look at all the things that happened in this story. look at at all the things that directly involve her. look at the way she handles those things. she is the single most powerful example of a woman facing her reality head on and not giving into it! there is that scene where freya stands next to Beatrix (who slaughtered her country men) and fights along side her. she does it not because she wants to but because she knows it is what needs to be done. I really love freya so much for so many reasons and I really hope that the final fantasy community will recognize her as being one of the greatest ever!

After playing FF7, FF8, Zidane's personality was a breath of fresh air from Squall's angst and Cloud's....issues.

I LOVED this video. I played FFIX when I was younger and I didn't completely grasp the story or the character growth of Zidane. REALLY great video!

I may need to play again FFIX, because I totally missed how emotionally detached Zidane was being, it's fascinating! Also, now that we're talking about FFIX (AKA best jrpg ever), any chance we'll be seeing the origins of Kuja or Vivi? Maybe Garnet? FFIX has such an interesting cast.

I always preferred more outgoing happy characters rather than the brooding type. They don't always have to be a character of solitude and depression to be "deep". This vid made me see new things about Zidane and his growth that I never realized while playing. His development was more subtle. Stretching and spreading throughout the four discs. Growing from a goodie helping follower to a protective, mature leader.

Thanks for the Origins video, guys! Zidane is one of my absolute favorites, and 9 is probably my favorite ff game.

The best protagonist in one of the best games in the series! His character arc alongside the massively complex story of FFIX, is the most fleshed out and fully realised. Zidane was and always will be a role model to me, as will all the cast of 9. :)

Zidane Tribal will always be my favorite character in the Final Fantasy series. He is one of those characters that we all love because of his cheerful and caring personality. Also seeing him all broken and depressed ever since learning about his birth made me cry seeing a loving and sweet character being so down and broken thinking he's nothing but a killing machine. Thankfully his friends helped him to remind him that he's not a killer, but a sweet and kind man everyone loves very much. It's because of Zidane's kindness and showing his good personality to the people and friends he met on his journey, they changed a lot for they learned to help others and cast aside their sorrows. Plus the ending of IX will always make me smile and cry seeing Zidane be reunited with his love Dagger aka Garnet and his best friends. I remember I had a best friend who loves Zidane so much that she wishes for a Final Fantasy IX remake or an anime, she goes by the name Lindaru(now called Lindar). I've been her friend for ten to eleven years only for our friendship to end cause she couldn't talk to me anymore cause of what's going on where she lives. Sure I see her on Twitter even though I can't talk to her anymore cause she doesn't do messages anymore I'll never forget her and the memories we shared about our love to Zidane and Final Fantasy IX.