Editing Kiros Seagill

{{infobox character
|name=Kiros Seagill
|release=FFVIII
|japanese=キロス・シーゲル
|romaji=Kirosu Shīgeru
|image=Kiros2.jpg
|portrait=[[File:Kirosmenu.PNG]]
|home=Unknown
|age=23 (in flashbacks)<br/>40 (in main story)
|dob=July 6th
|affiliation=[[Galbadia]]
|occupation=Soldier
|race=[[Human]]
|gender=Male
|height=191 cm<ref>''[[Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania]]'', p. 26</ref><!--DO NOT CHANGE HEIGHTS WITHOUT PROOF. Always cite your reference(s)-->
|hair=Brown
|eye=Black
|blood=O
|type=guest
|limit break=Blood Pain
|weapon=[[Final Fantasy VIII weapons#Katal|Katals]]
|designer=[[Tetsuya Nomura]]
|party member 1=Kiros (Final Fantasy VIII party member)
|party member game 1=FFVIII
|other appearances=true
|ffrk=true
}}
{{Quote|We're not here for the booze, are we? We've got a war to fight.|Kiros Seagill}}
'''Kiros Seagill''' is a [[Guest|temporary playable character]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. He fights alongside his friends [[Laguna Loire|Laguna]] and [[Ward Zabac|Ward]] in the [[Galbadia]]n army and helps Laguna make decisions. He later quits the army with Laguna and Ward.

==Profile==
===Appearance===
Kiros is a tall man—standing at 6'3"—with dark brown skin. He sports bead-adorned dreadlocks at the back of an otherwise short-cropped haircut, and wears a gold drop earring with a tassel motif. While in the army he wears the uniform of a Galbadian soldier, but after quitting wears a red bodysuit underneath bronze armor with gold wrist guards.

===Personality===
Kiros has a caring personality and a sharp wit. He is the voice of reason in Laguna's group, always there to at least make an attempt in steering Laguna's AWOL behavior. He is loyal to his friends and is always looking out for their well being. After Ward permanently loses his voice, Kiros still fully understands him. 

==Story==
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[[File:FF8ScreenshotKiros1.jpg|Kiros in Raine's bar with Laguna and Ellone.|thumb|left]]
Kiros is best friends with Laguna and Ward. They were soldiers in the Galbadian army, led by Laguna despite his clumsiness. In the [[Timber War]], the trio made their way through the burning woods to [[Deling City]] where Kiros and Ward encouraged Laguna to approach the lounge pianist, [[Julia Heartilly]], and after Laguna's success, informed him they had been deployed to a sudden new mission in [[Centra]]. Laguna, Kiros, and Ward became separated on an ill-fated mission to the [[Centra Excavation Site]] where Laguna was gravely injured and was left recovering in [[Winhill]], being cared for by a woman called [[Raine Loire|Raine]]. When Kiros found him six months later, he claimed to have been bored without Laguna and Ward. Kiros helped Laguna on his daily patrols to rid of the [[Monster (term)#Final Fantasy VIII|monsters]] around town. When soldiers from [[Esthar]] kidnapped [[Ellone]], a young girl Laguna had become acquainted with, Kiros accompanied Laguna and Ward to rescue her.

Laguna, Kiros, and Ward participated in a movie to earn money for their journey to Esthar. Kiros's job was to wear a dragon costume, but they ended up encountering a real [[Ruby Dragon (Final Fantasy VIII)|Ruby Dragon]]. Laguna became separated from Kiros and Ward and ended up in [[Shumi Village]] where he befriended the [[Shumi|locals]]. After reuniting and finally finding their way to Esthar, they were captured and imprisoned in the [[Lunatic Pandora Laboratory]]. They joined a resistance movement, rescued Ellone, and helped contain [[Adel (Final Fantasy VIII)|Sorceress Adel]], the nation's tyrannical leader, putting an end to [[Sorceress War|the war between Galbadia and Esthar]]. Laguna became the president of Esthar, and Kiros and Ward stayed and became his advisers.

Seventeen years later, Kiros accompanies Laguna and a party of [[SeeD]]s Esthar has hired to dispose of an evil [[Sorceress (Final Fantasy VIII)|sorceress]] from the future. Using the [[Airship (term)|airship]] ''[[Ragnarok (Final Fantasy VIII)|Ragnarok]]'' they infiltrate the [[Lunatic Pandora]], a weapon of mass destruction now controlled by Galbadia. Kiros hints he is familiar with [[Squall Leonhart|Squall's]] (the SeeD group's leader) lineage by mentioning he resembles his mother. After the SeeDs fell [[Ultimecia]], Kiros accompanies Laguna when he visits Raine's grave.
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==Gameplay==
[[File:Kiros-ffviii-battle.png|right|100px|Character model.]]
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Kiros is playable during [[dream world|dream sequences]] in [[Laguna (Final Fantasy VIII party member)|Laguna's]] party. He wields two blades known as [[Final Fantasy VIII weapons#Katal|Katals]], one in each hand. His [[Limit Break (Final Fantasy VIII)|Limit Break]] is Blood Pain, which targets a single enemy with six quick attacks. His [[Final Fantasy VIII battle poses|victory pose]] appears the same as the [[Yevon]] prayer in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''.

[[Kiros (Final Fantasy VIII card)|His Triple Triad card]] is obtainable from the [[Queen of Cards]] sidequest.
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==Other appearances==
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Kiros has appeared in the following media throughout the [[Final Fantasy series|''Final Fantasy'' series]]:
*''[[/Other appearances#PocketStation Memorycard Icons|PocketStation]]'' as an icon.
*''[[/Other appearances#Pictlogica Final Fantasy|Pictlogica Final Fantasy]]'' as a playable character.
*''[[/Other appearances#Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade|Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade]]'' as a playable character.
*''[[Kiros Seagill (Record Keeper)|Final Fantasy Record Keeper]]'' as a playable character.
*''[[/Other appearances#Final Fantasy Trading Card Game|Final Fantasy Trading Card Game]]'' as a series of cards.
*''[[/Other appearances#Triple Triad (Portal App)|Triple Triad (Portal App)]]'' as a series of cards.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Kiros FFVIII Art.jpg|Concept art by [[Tetsuya Nomura]].
Laguna, Kiros and Ward.jpg|Promotional artwork of Kiros, Laguna, and Ward in battle.
FFVIII Laguna Promo Sketch.jpg|Concept art of the promo art featuring Laguna, Kiros, and Ward.
Kiros-ffviii-battle-soldier.png|Battle model.
Ellone 2.jpg|Kiros along with Ward and Ellone.
Katal-ffviii-kiros.png|Kiros's Katals.
RealTT101.png|[[Triple Triad (Final Fantasy VIII)|Triple Triad]] card.
</gallery>

==Etymology==
"Kiros" has two likely origins, both ultimately from the same origin.

One possibility is from {{lang|gez|ኪሮስ}}, ''Kiros'', the {{w|Ge'ez language|Ge'ez}} ({{w|Ethiopian Semitic languages|Ethiopic}}) form of {{w|Cyrus}}, the name of ancient kings of {{w|Iran|Persia}}. Both the Ge'ez form and the Latin ''{{lang|la|Cyrus}}'' form come from {{w|Ancient Greek}} {{lang|grc|Κῦρος}}, ''Kûros'', which in turn comes from {{w|Old Persian}} {{lang|peo|𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁}}, ''Kuruš'', of disputed origin.

Another possibility is that ''Kiros'' comes from {{w|Modern Greek}} {{lang|el|Κύρος}}, ''Kýros'' {{IPA|/ˈciɾos/}}, which descended from the Ancient Greek form.

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