Gabranth/Dissidia (PSP)

Gabranth is an extra character in Dissidia Final Fantasy. An Archadian Judge in service to the Empire, he took on the guise of his twin brother Basch and killed King Raminas of Rabanastre, disgracing Basch and ensuring Archadia's dominance of the region. In battle, Gabranth uses his power to quickly charge his EX Gauge, then crush opponents with powerful attacks. As an extra character in the game, Gabranth has no impact on the main storyline and has no hero opposing him. However, as an extra character who once served Chaos, the role of his heroic counterpart is filled by Shantotto.

Attire
Gabranth's outfit is based on his original design in Final Fantasy XII. An alternate costume features him in black armor, a color reference of Basch's armor in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings or his armor color in his Amano art. His crystallized version is colored light yellow.

Destiny Odyssey
After all crystals have been gathered, Cosmos remembers about her time with Shantotto. In this flashback, Shantotto is about to confront Gabranth, in order to protect Cosmos.

Distant Glory: Villains
In order to obtain him, the player must finish his story mode, where Judge Gabranth makes the player fight the ten villains and, after all of them have been beaten, he will be fought as the final boss. If the player manages to defeat him, he can be bought in the PP store for 1,000 PP. Also, this is the only story mode where board enemies of Gabranth can be fought.

Battle
Gabranth is described as the "EXecutioner". He has no HP attacks at all and can only inflict damage in Chase Sequences, which none of his Brave attacks can initiate. Instead, his HP attack button causes him to charge his EX Bar during his normal mode. In his normal mode, Gabranth has very few attacks and is very slow. In EX Mode though, Gabranth's skillset changes completely, giving him a much wider variety of attacks and increasing his speed dramatically, letting him pummel opponents with long, powerful sword combos.

Boss
Gabranth is faced as a boss only once, at the end of "Distant Glory: Villains".

EX Mode
Gabranth's EX Mode is his fully armored judge form. During EX Mode, his skillset changes completely and his EX Burst "Quickening" consists of variations of his brother Basch's Quickenings. The player must cycle through the commands and input the next one within a time limit, and the commands must be entered in order from Level 1 to Level 3. Depending on how many Quickenings Gabranth performs, the Concurrence with which he finishes the chain changes between Inferno, Ark Blast, and Black Hole. These Concurrences don't damage the opponent's brave at all, nor do they have any further effect on damaging the enemy.

Allusions

 * Upon ending his EX Burst, using the ability "Hatred" and in his victory pose, Gabranth assumes a pose similar to his appearance on the logo of Final Fantasy XII.
 * Gabranth's battle pose while standing still in EX Mode, as well as his board icon when used in storylines, are in the same pose depicted on his bestiary entry in Final Fantasy XII.
 * One of his exclusive weapons, Death Bringer, is the version of the sword from Final Fantasy XII.
 * His ultimate weapon, the Chaos Blade, is actually the name of his right-hand weapon.
 * The "Theme of the Empire" is played as the background music for Distant Glory - Villains, referencing Gabranth's undying devotion to the Archadian Empire.
 * When in EX Mode and using "EX Charge", Gabranth glows red, similar to how characters in Final Fantasy XII would glow when powered by Manufacted Nethicite.
 * The symbol of Distant Glory - Villains is the symbol of the Archadian Empire, as seen on the back of the capes of the Judges.
 * As mentioned, Gabranth's EX Burst features variations of the Quickenings of his twin brother Basch. However, Gabranth's Quickenings are animated faster, and there are some differences in name and appearance:
 * Basch's Fulminating Darkness has a green-blue coloring. Gabranth's "Fulminating Oblivion" is red-orange.
 * Basch's Ruin Impendent consists of his punches "cracking" the screen to reveal a vortex that draws in the foe. Gabranth's "Ruin Unflinching" only cracks the screen and does not include the vortex.
 * Basch's Flame Purge has a longer sequence in which the swords twirl behind him before attacking. Gabranth's "Frost Purge" does not.


 * In addition to the above, when performing his EX Burst, the "Mist Charge" option may appear while shuffling commands, though it cannot be inputted. In Final Fantasy XII, using Quickenings consumed the user's Mist Charges, and using the Mist Charge command would restore their charges. In Dissidia, Gabranth obviously has no Mist Charges, hence why the command only appears and cannot be used.
 * With the exception of "Hatred", Gabranth's HP attacks, and a few of his Brave attacks such as "Judgment Master", are based on his attacks when fought in Final Fantasy XII.

Trivia

 * Gabranth is the only character whose artwork does not match his normal mode, which instead features him with his helmet and only holding one of his two swords.
 * The only way for Gabranth to defeat his opponents outside of EX Mode is via a Chase Sequence, which none of his normal attacks can initiate. Thus, the player must either time his attack to initiate the sequence as his EX Mode ends, or let themselves get hit by an opponent's attack that can initiate it.
 * In the English version of Dissidia, he is voiced by Keith Ferguson, who voiced Gabranth's twin brother Basch in the English version of Final Fantasy XII. Thus making Gabranth the only character in Dissidia to not have his original actor reprise his role.