Golbez



Golbez, real name Ceodore Harvey, is a non-player character in Final Fantasy IV. He is the main antagonist for most of the game, a powerful half-Lunarian sorcerer. He is voiced by Takeshi Kaga in the japanese version of the DS remake.

Story
Golbez was born to KluYa and Cecilia in Baron. Cecilia called him Ceodore, meaning Gift from God. While growing up, he always wondered why his father was fascinated by the moon. His father would not tell him until he had mastered the arts of magic. Ceodore boasts that he can cast magic, but when his father asks if he's even mastered the Cure spell, he admits he can't.

When Ceodore returns home afterwards, he sees his mother collapsed on the floor. She tells him she's ok, and that she's just tired from carrying her next child. Excited about having a brother, Ceodore goes to bed.

Later, KluYa is attacked by the very magic he had taught people. When KluYa wonders if it was right to teach the people of Earth magic, Ceodore assures his father it was, comforting his father in his final moments. As KluYa passes on, Ceodore tries to cast Cure on him, but is unable to.

When Cecilia finally gives birth, she dies in labour. Unsure what to do, Ceodore takes the child and runs away. As he runs, he hears a voice telling him that the baby was the one responsible for taking his mother and father away from him, and that he was worthless for letting it happen. The voice then tells him that he isn't worthy of his current name, and starts calling him Golbez.

In reality, the voice was Zemus. Combined with Ceodore's hatred of his younger brother and his Lunarian blood, he is easily controlled.

Zemus' plan was to use Golbez to gather the crystals to summon the Giant of Bab-Il. The Giant would then depopulate the planet so the Lunarians, presumably under Zemus' control or command, could live there rather than stay in stasis inside the moon.

Golbez succeeded in gathering the crystals and summoning the Giant. During the Giant's attack, Cecil and his team destroyed the creature's CPU, causing it to shut down and self-destruct. Golbez tried to intervene, but FuSoYa broke Zemus' mental control over Golbez.

Regaining his self-control, Golbez is shocked at what he has been doing and decides to personally kill Zemus, leaving with FuSoYa for the core of the Moon. Cecil and his friends eventually follow them. Golbez and FuSoYa annihilate Zemus' body with a double Meteo, but a being of pure hatred, Zeromus, rises from his ashes.

In this new form, Zeromus is immune to everything except the light of the Crystal, which has no effect when wielded by Golbez, since he chose a life of darkness. Cecil is able to use the crystal and ultimately defeat Zeromus.

Golbez apologizes to Cecil, who cannot bring himself to forgive Golbez. Golbez realizes he cannot return to the earth because of all the evil he has done there. He decides to meet his father's people, the Lunarians, and join FuSoYa in their great sleep instead. Just before he leaves, Cecil acknowledges him as his brother, forgiving him.

Soon after this, Cecil ascends to the throne of Baron, and the Lunarian's moon leaves the earth's orbit. Cecil receives one final telepathic message from Golbez, saying good-bye.

Although Golbez is not a playable character, he does have a player sprite defined for combat. He can be seen in story battles casting high level Black Magic spells and a double Meteo spell with FuSoYa.

In Final Fantasy IV: The After, Cecil has named his son Ceodore, after his brother.