Nine

Nine is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0, and one of the main characters of the same game.

Appearance and Personality
Nine is a young man with short, spiky blond hair and a scarred face. He wears a disheveled uniform of the Academy and wields a long spear.

He is impulsive and straightforward, and sees the world in black and white and only feels satisfied when things aren't complicated. Queen considers him to be stupid. Even though he has a foul mouth and isn't exactly wise, his courage boosts Class Zero's morale on the battlefield. He is fittingly attributed the number 09 in Class Zero.

Story
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 approaches telling him that they will only listen to Arecia. Kurasame slaps Nine, knocking him into a nearby wall. Nine then rushes forward, attempting to attack Kurasame, but the teacher again throws him aside with ease. Cater and Ace both come to Nine's defense, but are overpowered by Kurasame.

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

As mentioned above, Nine possesses a Dragoon-like built. Which means his HP pool, defense and attack damage are incredibly high, making him an ideal tank during boss fights or damaging enemies for long ranged characters such as Trey, Deuce, Cater and Ace while they dish out damaging spells and attacks.

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

Special Abilities
His Special Attack Jump, allows him to leap high into the air and dive back to the ground with high speed, striking his target and dealing damage to surrounding enemies, he can also do combo attacks that finishes up with a slash that sends the enemy flying. Another skill called Throw Lancer allows him penetrates an enemy's defense from far.

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

Trivia

 * He shares his Japanese voice actor with Snow Villiers from Final Fantasy XIII.
 * As seen in the artwork of the Class Zero, Nine had fair brown hair in the initial development as to oppose his current light blond color.
 * In the Japanese language version of the game, Nine often ends his sentences with the word, "Korā!" (コラァ, lit. "Hey!"). This is similar to Wakka's habit from Final Fantasy X, in which he end most of his sentences with "ya".
 * The romaji pronunciation for Nine's name, Nain (ナイン), is extremely similar to that of Final Fantasy IV's lance-wielding Kain Highwind: Kain (カイン). Additionally, when written in katakana their names differ by only a single stroke.