Nine

Nine is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0. He represents the number 9 of Class Zero and wields a spear.

Appearance
Nine is a young man with messy blond hair, light blue eyes and a scarred face. As a member of Class Zero he wears their uniform, albeit his is disheveled with the black jacket with the gold-padded shoulders left unfastened and his white trousers slouching over his shoes. He wears a black belt with a red belt buckle, a red cape and wields a spear. His summer uniform has a white jacket with a black print on the side, a black shirt, black trousers with white shoes, black gloves and a red cape. His dress uniform has a red jacket with black-padded shoulders and cuffs, black shirt, white cape and gloves, black trousers with silver decoration at the bottoms and black shoes.

Personality
Nine is impulsive and straightforward, viewing the world in black and white and only feels satisfied when things are not complicated. Although he has a foul mouth and is considered stupid by fellow classmate Queen, his courage boosts Class Zero's morale on the battlefield.

Nine has been described by his English voice actor Orion Acaba thusly: "He is a tough guy with a little underbelly of sweetness. He tries to hide it, but is not that good at it because he wears his emotions on his face. He is loyal to a fault to his friends, and he is honorable and truthful, and even though it might not the smartest thing to say at the time, he doesn't pull his punches if it is speaking the truth. Nine is such a gruff that when he does [speak his mind despite social faux pas] it comes across as endearing."

Final Fantasy Agito
In Final Fantasy Agito, Nine is a member of Class Second and dons an indigo blue mantle.

He can be found in the Backyard during the morning, afternoon and evening.

Final Fantasy Type-0
Nine is a young man who is a member of Class Zero, a group of students from the Peristylium Suzaku, the Magic Academy of the nation of Rubrum, that fight the invasion of Rubrum by the Milites Empire. As part of the resistance operation "Operation Apostle", he and his comrades seek to become the Agito, a messiah prophesied in ancient mythology to appear at the time of Finis, an apocalyptic calamity.

When Kurasame first introduces himself to Class Zero as their new instructor, Nine immediately expresses his dislike of him and that they will only listen to Arecia. Kurasame slaps Nine into a nearby wall, fueling his rage and prompting him to rush forward and attack Kurasame a second time, but the teacher again throws him aside with ease. Cater and Ace rush to Nine's defense, but are overpowered.

Nearing the ending, when Nine and his classmates were on the verge on dying, he seemed to be more calm about it, and is in fact not afraid of death as he felt that it was a manly act.

The actions of fellow classmates, Rem and Machina, would later result in Arecia removing the four crystals from Orience, allowing those who perished in war, including Nine, to live their lives peacefully. Like many of the male students, Nine has feelings for the female instructor Emina Hanaharu. But after what is speculated to be a confession to Emina is consequently turned down due to her having a boyfriend (revealed to be Izana Kunagiri), Nine is seen taking out his anger by throwing his spears while feeling dejected and upset.

Gameplay
Nine wields a lance in battle, and has an accessible close-range aggressive and powerful battle style resembling that of a Dragoon. His style is similar to that of Queen, but with more emphasis on strength. His basic attack is called Lance. He can spin it around to attack and is good with critical hits.

Nine possesses a Dragoon-like build. His HP pool, defense, and attack damage are high, making him an ideal tank during boss fights or a good partner for long-ranged characters, such as Ace, Deuce, Trey, and Cater, while they dish out damaging spells and attacks.

Nine's tank-like build is offset by his low MP pool and magic defense as well as speed. His attacks often have a delay, which means timing is crucial for him. As such, players should keep in mind to keep Nine safe when facing magic-based or quick enemies.

Equipment
Nine's exclusive accessory is the "Meteor Buckle", which increases his HP by 60% and grants Auto Endure status.


 * Lance
 * Heavy Lance
 * Javelin
 * Grow Lance
 * Lancerator
 * Harpoon
 * Dragon's Horn Spear
 * Holy Lance
 * Mythril Lance
 * Flame Spear
 * Ice Spear
 * Thunder Spear
 * Venus Gospel
 * Highwind
 * Kain's Lance
 * Longinus (ultimate weapon)

Creation and Development
As seen in the, Nine had fair brown hair in the initial development as to oppose his current light blond color.

Voice
Nine is a "rude but funny tough guy" archetype and the only character who swears in the game.

Nine is voiced by in the Japanese version, who also voiced Snow Villiers from the Final Fantasy XIII series.

He is voiced by Orion Acaba in English, who has described Nine as his favorite character to have voiced during his career, and a big departure from his previous roles as a voice actor. Acaba had been a fan of the series since childhood, and when he heard Square Enix was taking auditions for Final Fantasy Type-0 he was thrilled and auditioned for most of the game's male lead roles. Acaba has stated that being a gamer himself influences his auditioning process, as he has his own idea on what would or would not sound good in a game from a player's perspective. When rehearsing for the audition for Nine Acaba did improv among himself to figure out the character and came up with the voice that led to him being booked for the role. One of the cues Acaba got was "think of [Nine] as a Canadian thug". Playing a tough guy who was also funny gave Acaba room to play around and ad lib.

Acaba's approach to the role was to mostly not plan out the sessions too much beforehand to keep his delivery for the more comedic scenes fresh. For the more emotional scenes he studied the script more before the recording. Acaba has said Nine was easy to connect with as he considers the character similar to himself as a person.

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Twitter Battle
Nine appears as a playable character in the Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Twitter Battle sponsored by Amazon. His attacks are Lance, Fire and Jump.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Nine appears on a few cards in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game, featuring his CG renders.

Etymology
"Nine" is one of the trumps of a traditional set of playing cards.

The romaji pronunciation for Nine's name, Nain (ナイン), rhymes with that of Kain (カイン) (the lance-wielder of Final Fantasy IV), their names in katakana differing by a single character.