Cid Raines



Cid Raines (シド・レインズ, Shido Reinzu) is a character-turned antagonist in Final Fantasy XIII. He is voiced in Japanese by.

Story
Raines was a l'Cie of Cocoon. He began as an Air Force Brigadier under the command of the Sanctum in a division called the Sanctum Guardian Corps, which is based on the warship he commands, the Lindblum. It appears that when Oerba Yun Fang took Snow Villiers into captivity, she brought him to Cid, who unlike most of the Sanctum Officers, greets Snow with a hand in friendship. In the Fifth Ark, the party encounters Raines who reveals that he has been a l'Cie the whole time, charged by the Cocoon fal'Cie to guide them to their Focus. In an attempt to challenge his fate as a l'Cie as well, Raines acts out of the fal'Cie's goals by transformating into a Cie'th hybrid in an attempt to kill Lightning's group and save Cocoon. Losing to them, Raines gives him encouragement to choose their own destinies as he crystallized teleported back to enact the fal'Cie intent to make the catastrophe in Eden, the capital of Cocoon. Rygdea soon found that Cid became Dysley's puppet, and was behind the incident. After Raines tells him that he was now a slave of the fal'Cie, Rygdea shot his former superior.

Trivia

 * Although his age is unknown, Cid Raines looks among the youngest Cids to ever appear in the Final Fantasy series, unless one counts Cid from Final Fantasy: Unlimited, who appears to be younger.
 * Raines is 199 cm tall according to the Ultimania Guide. He is the tallest known human in the game after Snow.
 * Raines is one of the few Cids aligned with the antagonist forces, along with Cid Del Norte Marquez, Cidolfus Demen Bunansa, and Cid Randell.
 * Raines' airship is named after the city in Final Fantasy IX.
 * Raines' surname is similar to that of the Final Fantasy VIII character Raine's given name. Raine is believed to be the mother of Squall Leonhart, the protagonist of the same game. Squall also carried a gunblade.
 * Developers have stated that Raines has doubts about the government like Yaag Rosch, and believes that Cocoon should be run by its people instead of the fal'Cie. It has also been said that because of his views of the Sanctum, Raines can be compared to the members of Team Nora, except he handles things in a mature manner while NORA tends to act rashly.