Sazh Katzroy

Sazh Katzroy is a player character from Final Fantasy XIII. He is a middle-aged black man with an afro dressed in tan, and is described as a sympathetic and kind man who is easily moved to tears. After his wife died three years prior to the events of the game, Sazh looked after their six-year old son, Dajh, before he became a l'Cie and was taken by PSICOM. Saving Dajh is Sazh's main motivation in the game.

Story
Sazh is a professional airship pilot from Cocoon, knowing Lightning from their time spent together serving PSICOM. When his son is taken by the Sanctum, Sazh follows Lightning to meet the Pulse fal'Cie, becoming a l'Cie as a result. After Sazh and Vanille willingly depart from Lightning and Hope at the Vile Peaks, the two become close friends as they travel together.

However, during their visit to Nautilus, talking about Dajh while at the Chocobo ranch, Sazh realized Vanille is hiding something from him prior to them being ambushed by a PSICOM unit led by Jihl Nabaat. After fighting their way to escape their pursuers, Sazh is briefly reunited with his son before he's crystalized right before his eyes. By then, Jihl arrives and reveals that Dajh accidentally became a l'Cie because of Vanille and Fang. Distraught, Sazh pursues Vanille with the intention of killing her. Finding Vanille, he points his gun at her as she insists for him to just shoot her, furious that she thinks he'll simply forgive her once she's dead. But after Brynhildr appears moments later, seeing Vanille willing to protect him makes Sazh save her and spurns him to gain control of his Eidolon before he decides to fake a suicide, taken with Vanille to the Palamecia.

In the TGS '09 trailer, he is seen flying an airship through yellow energy arcs of an unknown fal'Cie to evade PSICOM forces, and later to escape Yaag Rosch. In a later scene, while placed under arrest, Sazh learns from Jihl that the crystalized Dajh is to be placed in Eden as a memorial.

In the Final Japanese Trailer, Sazh is seen riding on Brynhildr in her Gestalt Mode, seemingly trying to save Vanille, who had been knocked off a platform by a missile while riding in Hecatoncheir in his Gestalt Mode.

Sazh is accompanied by a baby Chocobo that lives in his afro. Sazh bought the Chocobo for his son Dajh as a gift during a trip. The baby Chocobo has only just been born, and can barely fly yet. It is said that the bird actually accompanies him into battle, though if it plays a gameplay function is currently unknown.

Abilities and Equipment


Being a l'Cie, Sazh's Eidolon is Brynhildr, a female, Fire-elemental who can turn into a race car in her Gestalt Mode. On his own, Sazh uses a pair of pistols, Vega model, that can transform into an assault rifle. He can shoot with his guns from a range, but also use them in melee combat. He also has access to Fire magic.
 * Altair
 * Deneb
 * Canopus
 * Procyon
 * Betelgeuse
 * Spica
 * Sirius
 * Rigel
 * Polaris
 * Hyades
 * Pleiades]
 * Antares
 * Fomalhaut
 * Aldebaran
 * Sadalmelik
 * Total Eclipse

Trivia

 * In an interview with the Shonen Jump magazine, Yoshinori Kitase stated that Sazh was modeled after the American singer Lionel Richie.
 * Sazh has the most lines in the game, and is supposed to be different from any other character in the series.

Sazh Katzroy