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Duke Barinten is a minor character from Final Fantasy Tactics. He is the lord of Riovanes Castle, and is quite malicious.

Rafa and Malak
Barinten became interested in the Heaven and Hell skills many years prior to the plot of Final Fantasy Tactics. He visited the village where Rafa and Malak Galthana, siblings who possessed the rare skills, were being raised. He intended to take the children for himself so that he could exploit their powers. When the town elders refused to cooperate with Barinten, he razed the village and kidnapped the children.

Barinten claimed to be the children's father, and convinced Malak to serve him. Rafa, however, had her doubts about the duke. Barinten responded by keeping the two children separate. Malak was allowed to grow up relatively happy, unaware of what Barinten was doing to his sister. Barinten subjected Rafa to a number of cruelties, and when she grew a bit older, he raped her. Rafa now knew the truth about Barinten, but she was not able to convince Malak of the truth.

Trying to Exploit Glabados
Later, Barinten gained an increased interest in the Zodiac Stones and the Germonik Scriptures. He knew that the scriptures contained damning evidence that the Murond Glabados Church was corrupt. One day, Malak came across the Temple Knight Izlude Tingel, who had captured Alma Beoulve and was attempting to take her to his father Vormav. Malak captured Izlude and Alma, taking them to Riovanes Castle. Barinten was quite pleased to learn he now had two Zodiac Stones and the sister of the "heretic" Ramza Beoulve. Barinten contacted Vormav and requested a meeting, wanting to use his new "prizes" as bargaining tools against the church.

Meanwhile, Ramza learned that Alma was being held at Riovanes Castle and set out to rescue her. Barinten assigned Rafa and Malak to set a trap for Ramza at a nearby town, but Rafa defected to Ramza's side and helped him defeat Malak. Malak fled back to Riovanes and informed Barinten of Rafa's defection. Before Barinten could take any further action against Ramza and Rafa, Vormav arrived with another Temple Knight, Wiegraf Folles. Barinten demanded an alliance with Vormav, threatening to expose the church if he did not get what he wanted. He then had Malak bring Izlude before Vormav.

Fall of Riovanes
Vormav promptly struck his son across the face for failing him. Just then, a guard burst in to inform Barinten that Ramza was approaching. He ordered Malak to deal with Ramza. Vormav was not interested in an alliance, and negotiations quickly went sour. Vormav sent Wiegraf after Ramza and Malak, while he and Izlude remained behind. Vormav then threatened Barinten, who immediately called his guards. Barinten had just made a terrible mistake, however, as unbeknownst to him, Vormav was actually the Lucavi demon Hashmalum. Vormav whipped out the Leo Stone and transformed himself into the terrible beast. He cut down all of Barinten's guards, but the Duke himself fled.

The Duke made his way onto the roof of his own castle, where he thought he would be safe. But he was not safe: Rafa suddenly appeared, eager for revenge against Barinten. However, Rafa was unable to bring herself to kill Barinten, as she was still terrified of him after the rape. Barinten gloated, admitting he had raped her, unaware that Malak was hiding nearby and had overheard him. Malak emerged from hiding and demanded to know if this was true. Barinten drew a gun and took a shot at Rafa, but Malak knocked her out of the way, getting hit himself. As Malak collapsed, Ramza and his allies arrived on the roof having just destroyed Velius. Barinten aimed again at Rafa and demanded that Ramza hand over the Zodiac Stones.

But Barinten had forgotten to watch his back. Marquis Elmdor and the assassin girls Celia and Lede had come up behind him. All three were also possessed by Lucavi, and would not allow Barinten to interfere in their plot. Lede grabbed Barinten and tossed him off the roof. The Duke fell to his death.