Amarant

Originally named Salamander, Amarant is first introduced in Final Fnatasy IX as an enemy to the main characters. He is one of two bounty hunters (the other named Lani)hired by Queen Brahne to steal the Falcon's Claw pendant from Princess Garnet. Amarant strangely requested to fight Zidane Tribal one-on-one for the pendant, and lost to him. Amarant had previously met Zidane while acting as a guard at a noble's house in Treno. Zidane had stolen some items from a nearby action house and tricked his pursuers into thinking Amarant was the real theif. Amarant want to get revenge on Zidane for making him a wanted man, but after losing to him he wanted to join Zidane's party in hopes of finding out what made him stronger.