Black mage (Final Fantasy IX)



Black Mages are dolls mass-produced as weapons of war by Queen Brahne of Alexandria due to the influence of Kuja. Final Fantasy IX is the only game that has Black Mages as a different race, rather than a job.

They are created from Mist to be the souless magical arm of their master, and come in three ever more powerful varients. There are also three special dolls by the name of Black Waltz (No. 1, 2, and 3, respectively) that were built to be one off soldiers. These are fought in-game as bosses. The average Black Mage doll has a limited life expectancy of about one year.

Vivi, one of the games main characters, is a prototype Black Mage, and as such, has powers rivalling that of the Black Waltz "brothers" and has a much longer life expectancy.

In Final Fantasy IX, the Black Mage Village is a forested hamlet where many mass-produced Black Mages have become self-aware.