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The other cloaked figure who appears in the Chapter of Truth, Lean is also known as "the forgotten joker." Shrouded in mystery, Lean occasionally masquerades as a soldier in order to assist the cadets. Based on his conversation with Dr. Al-Rashia, it appears he, too, has some sort of connection with Ace and the rest of Class Zero.
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Lean Joker, real name Lean Hampelmann (リーン・ハンペルマン, Rīn Hanperuman?), and also known as simply Joker, is a guest character from Final Fantasy Type-0 working with Tiz in overseeing the events on Orience's history. His full story was revealed in Final Fantasy Agito.

Profile

Appearance

According to the Rubicus, Joker's birthdate and age are unknown, and he is 182cm tall. In Final Fantasy Type-0 his face cloaked from view, but he wears the dominion legionaries' cloak, and at one point also a Militesi soldier uniform. Final Fantasy Agito reveals he has light brown hair in an asymmetrical haircut, and golden eyes. Though his face is hidden in Final Fantasy Type-0, hacking his character model reveals that he looks almost identical to Machina Kunagiri.

Personality

Joker comes across as more extroverted than his companion Tiz, having a blunt and informal way of speaking. Despite not understanding her fully, he supports and shares a strong connection with Tiz. Like the rest of Class Zero, he refers to Arecia Al-Rashia as "mother".

Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. (Skip section)

Final Fantasy Type-0 Side Story: The Ice Reaper

FFT0 Gaiden Lean — Lean joins the Akademeia.

Lean appears in the Extra Chapter: "If Only...", as a student of the Imperial Academy.

Final Fantasy Agito

During the first cycle of history in Orience, "Joker" worked under the name of Lean Hampelmann, a prodigy scientist from the Militesi Empire. He is described as being enthusiastic and devoted to Cid Aulstyne's plans for Orience.^[1] He remains an observer of events, seeing the results of the war and the coming of Tempus Finis. The second spiral sees Lean being contacted by Arecia along with Tohno, and the two become immortal servants who exist outside the spiral's influence.

The spiral is a mechanism the world of Orience is placed into by the immortal servants of the deities Pulse and Lindzei: Arecia Al-Rashia, servant of Pulse, Gala, servant of Lindzei, and Diva, a neutral observer. The goal of the spiral is to locate Etro's gate and open the way to the unseen realm, the realm of the dead human souls pass into. Orience thus exists within a cycle of repeating events to find Agito, a powerful group of souls referred to as the "Locus of Ten and Six" that would potentially find the way to the unseen realm. When Tempus Finis is invoked and there is no Agito, the world is destroyed, the spiral revolves, and the cycle of history resets. Only Arecia, Gala, Diva, Orience's Crystals, and a few select individuals in Orience, remember the previous spirals.

Upon seeing the continued effect of the spiral, Lean and Tohno decide to find a way to preserve the memories of Orience's people and free Orience from Arecia's experiment.

Final Fantasy Type-0

FFT0 Machine meets Joker & Tiz — Joker and Tiz meet Machina in Ingram.

During the 600,104,972nd revolution of the spiral, Joker and Tiz meet Machina Kunagiri as a White Tiger l'Cie and introduce themselves. They ask him to clear a path for them through the battlegrounds so they can reach Militesi Marshal Cid Aulstyne. Afterwards, they thank Machina for his assistance, and Tiz remarks the pair is like him. She predicts they will meet again, and Joker says that if Tiz says so, it must be right, before bidding farewell to his "other self".

Joker-Arecia-Type-0-HD — Joker meets Arecia.

Machina and his friend Rem turn into crystal and Class Zero perishes in the battle against the Rursan Arbiter during Tempus Finis. Joker and Tiz request Arecia to release Machina and Rem from their crystal stasis and convince her to remove the Crystals from history to prevent the war from occurring. Arecia abandons the experiment to find Etro's gate with the Agito and departs, and Orience is freed from the spiral.

In a hidden cutscene that takes place at an unspecified time, Joker and Tiz spend time in the woods. Tiz talks about how the current cycle of the world being changed, and Joker finds it unusual. She wonders what she should do and he mentions he has something to report. Tiz is puzzled, but Joker says "that person" is not as "sensitive" as Tiz, so he is going to tell her. She agrees, and asks him to reveal what he has to say. He replies that telling her now would be difficult and she knows that. Tiz laughs in agreement, then says, "Let's go, Lean. Lean Joker." Joker nods and they leave.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

Once the player has obtained the item "Tiz's Prayer" (through accomplishing the special order when facing Nimbus in Chapter 3), if the "Support Personnel" is selected in the Assist Options at the beginning of a mission, Joker can randomly join the party as a guest, appearing as "???". He wields the "Unknown" and is dressed in a Dominion of Rubrum legionary's uniform, and is under constant Invisible status.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Lean makes an appearance ion a Lightning-elemental card.

Behind the scenes

Tetsuya Nomura came up with the idea of having characters numbered 1–13 after playing cards and a "Joker" when the project was kicked off as a mobile title within the Final Fantasy XIII series. Final Fantasy Type-0 team liked the idea and continued to use it for the PlayStation Portable version.^[2] In the final game, Joker is not directly playable, but rather, appears as a secret assist.

At the rough draft stage Tiz and Joker were going to play a big role following the ending in the new world. However, at final stage of deciding the game's scale, the developers decided to focus on the other 14. Tiz and Joker's role as parts of the chosen were left as part of the Nameless Tome to avoid their story "hanging in limbo". Arecia initially thought Tiz and Joker were needed for Agito, but later deemed otherwise and the two became her aides, able to retain their memories of past spirals.^[3]

At one point, Joker refers to Machina as his "other self". Director Hajime Tabata has explained the two are not the same person, but Joker said it because their circumstances and roles are similar: supporting the growth of Ace and the other twelve's souls. Joker has Tiz for support, just like Machina has Rem.^[3]

Voice

Joker is voiced by Kōki Uchiyama in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Type-0. He shares his Japanese voice actor with Ventus and Roxas from the Kingdom Hearts series, Soul from Soul Eater, and Neku Sakuraba from The World Ends With You and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

In the English version, Joker is voiced by Adam McArthur.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Joker may refer to a jester or fool that was a historical person employed to entertain a ruler in medieval times or a special type of playing card found in most modern decks usually depicted as a court jester.

[view · edit · purge]Hampelmann is the German word for jumping-jack.

The name Joker in Japanese, "Jōkā", is a homonym for "Jōka" (浄火, "pure fire"), which is also the name of one of Dominion of Rubrum's theme songs, titled "Divine Fire" in English.

References

[1] Final Fantasy Agito delayed until Spring, new characters revealed (Accessed: August 09, 2018) at Nova Crystallis

[2] Director Explains the Origin of the Name Final Fantasy Type-0 (Accessed: August 08, 2018) at IGN

[interview-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Final Fantasy Type-0 Kōshiki Settei Shiryōshū Aku no Hishi, p.250-254 (translation)

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-{{Q|The other cloaked figure who appears in the Chapter of Truth, Lean is also known as "the forgotten joker." Shrouded in mystery, Lean occasionally masquerades as a soldier in order to assist the cadets. Based on his conversation with Dr. Al-Rashia, it appears he, too, has some sort of connection with Ace and the rest of Class Zero. |[[Rubicus]]}}
+{{Quote|The other cloaked figure who appears in the Chapter of Truth, Lean is also known as "the forgotten joker." Shrouded in mystery, Lean occasionally masquerades as a soldier in order to assist the cadets. Based on his conversation with Dr. Al-Rashia, it appears he, too, has some sort of connection with Ace and the rest of Class Zero.|[[Rubicus]]}}
-'''Joker''', real name '''Lean Hampelmann''' {{J|リーン・ハンペルマン|Rīn Hanperuman}}, is a [[guest]] character from ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'' working with [[Tiz (Type-0)|Tiz]] in overseeing the events on [[Orience]]'s history. In ''[[Final Fantasy Agito]]'', Lean's full story is revealed.
+'''Lean Joker''', real name '''Lean Hampelmann''' {{J|リーン・ハンペルマン|Rīn Hanperuman}}, and also known as simply '''Joker''', is a [[guest]] character from ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'' working with [[Tiz (Type-0)|Tiz]] in overseeing the events on [[Orience]]'s history. His full story was revealed in ''[[Final Fantasy Agito]]''.
 ==Profile==
 ===Appearance===
+[[File:FFAgito Lean Hampelmann.png|Lean Hampelmann in ''Final Fantasy Agito''.|left|100px]]
-According to the [[Rubicus]], Joker's birthdate and age are unknown, and he is 182cm tall. In ''Final Fantasy Type-0'' his face cloaked from view, but he wears the dominion legionaries' cloak, and at one point also a [[Militesi Empire|Militesi]] soldier uniform. ''Final Fantasy Agito'' reveals he has light brown hair in an asymmetrical haircut, and golden eyes.
+According to the [[Rubicus]], Joker's birthdate and age are unknown, and he is 182cm tall. In ''Final Fantasy Type-0'' his face cloaked from view, but he wears the dominion legionaries' cloak, and at one point also a [[Militesi Empire|Militesi]] soldier uniform. ''Final Fantasy Agito'' reveals he has light brown hair in an asymmetrical haircut, and golden eyes. Though his face is hidden in ''Final Fantasy Type-0'', hacking his character model reveals that he looks almost identical to [[Machina Kunagiri]].
 ===Personality===
-Joker is mysterious and not many details are revealed about him. He accompanies Tiz and is loyal to her as well as Arecia, who, like [[Class Zero]], he calls "mother".
+Joker comes across as more extroverted than his companion Tiz, having a blunt and informal way of speaking. Despite not understanding her fully, he supports and shares a strong connection with Tiz. Like the rest of [[Class Zero]], he refers to [[Arecia Al-Rashia]] as "mother".
 ==Story==
 {{spoiler}}
-===''[[Final Fantasy Type-0 Side Story: The Reaper of the Icy Blade]]''===
+===''[[Final Fantasy Type-0 Side Story: The Ice Reaper]]''===
 [[File:FFT0 Gaiden Lean.png|thumb|120px|Lean joins the Akademeia.]]
 Lean appears in the Extra Chapter: "If Only...", as a student of the Imperial Academy.
 ===''[[Final Fantasy Agito]]''===
+During the first cycle of history in Orience, "Joker" worked under the name of Lean Hampelmann, a prodigy scientist from the Militesi Empire. He is described as being enthusiastic and devoted to [[Cid Aulstyne]]'s plans for Orience.<ref>{{refwebsite| page url = https://www.novacrystallis.com/2014/03/final-fantasy-agito-delayed-until-spring-new-characters-revealed/| page name = Final Fantasy Agito delayed until Spring, new characters revealed| site url = https://www.novacrystallis.com/| site name = Nova Crystallis|access time = 20180809044518}}</ref> He remains an observer of events, seeing the results of the war and the coming of [[Tempus Finis]]. The second [[Spiral (term)|spiral]] sees Lean being contacted by Arecia along with Tohno, and the two become immortal servants who exist outside the spiral's influence.
-{{sideicon|Agito}}
-During the first cycle of history in Orience, "Joker" worked under the name of Lean Hampelmann, a prodigy scientist from the Militesi Empire. He is described as being enthusiastic and devoted to [[Cid Aulstyne]]'s plans for Orience.<ref>http://www.novacrystallis.com/2014/03/final-fantasy-agito-delayed-until-spring-new-characters-revealed/</ref> He remains an observer of events, seeing the results of the war and the coming of Tempus Finis. The second spiral of ''Agito'' sees Lean being contacted by Arecia along with Tohno, and becoming immortal servants who exist outside the Spiral's influence. Upon seeing the continued effect of the Spiral, the two decide to find a way of preserving the memories of Orience's people and freeing Orience from Arecia's experiment.
+The spiral is a mechanism the world of Orience is placed into by the immortal servants of the deities [[Pulse]] and [[Lindzei]]: Arecia Al-Rashia, servant of Pulse, [[Gala]], servant of Lindzei, and [[Diva (Type-0)|Diva]], a neutral observer. The goal of the spiral is to locate [[Etro's gate]] and open the way to the [[unseen realm]], the realm of the dead human [[Soul (Fabula Nova Crystallis)|souls]] pass into. Orience thus exists within a cycle of repeating events to find [[Agito (term)|Agito]], a powerful group of souls referred to as the "Locus of Ten and Six" that would potentially find the way to the unseen realm. When Tempus Finis is invoked and there is no Agito, the world is destroyed, the spiral revolves, and the cycle of history resets. Only Arecia, Gala, Diva, [[Crystal (Type series)|Orience's Crystals]], and a few select individuals in Orience, remember the previous spirals.
+Upon seeing the continued effect of the spiral, Lean and Tohno decide to find a way to preserve the memories of Orience's people and free Orience from Arecia's experiment.
 ===''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]''===
-{{sideicon|Type0}}
 [[File:FFT0 Machine meets Joker & Tiz.png|thumb|left|Joker and Tiz meet Machina in Ingram.]]
-<!--In a mission during the game's second play-through,-->Joker and Tiz meet [[Machina Kunagiri]] as a [[White Tiger Crystal|White Tiger]] [[l'Cie]] and introduce themselves. They ask him to clear a path for them through the battlegrounds so they can reach Militesi Marshal Cid Aulstyne. Afterwards, they thank Machina for his assistance, and Tiz remarks the pair is like him. She predicts they will meet again, and Joker says that if Tiz says so, it must be right, before bidding farewell to his "other self".
+<!--In a mission during the game's second play-through,-->During the 600,104,972nd revolution of the spiral, Joker and Tiz meet Machina Kunagiri as a [[White Tiger Crystal|White Tiger]] [[l'Cie]] and introduce themselves. They ask him to clear a path for them through the battlegrounds so they can reach Militesi Marshal Cid Aulstyne. Afterwards, they thank Machina for his assistance, and Tiz remarks the pair is like him. She predicts they will meet again, and Joker says that if Tiz says so, it must be right, before bidding farewell to his "other self".
 [[File:Joker-Arecia-Type-0-HD.png|thumb|Joker meets Arecia.]]
-After Machina and [[Rem Tokimiya|Rem]] [[crystal stasis|turn into crystal]] and Class Zero perishes in the battle against [[the Rursan Arbiter]], Joker and Tiz request Arecia to release Machina and Rem from their crystal stasis and convince her to remove the [[Crystal (Type series)|Crystals]] from history to prevent the war from occurring.
+Machina and his friend [[Rem Tokimiya|Rem]] [[crystal stasis|turn into crystal]] and Class Zero perishes in the battle against [[the Rursan Arbiter]] during Tempus Finis. Joker and Tiz request Arecia to release Machina and Rem from their crystal stasis and convince her to remove the Crystals from history to prevent the war from occurring. Arecia abandons the experiment to find Etro's gate with the Agito and departs, and Orience is freed from the spiral.
-In a hidden cutscene that takes place at an unspecified time, Joker and Tiz spend time in the woods. Tiz talks about how the current cycle of the world being changed, and Joker finds it unusual. She wonders what she should do and he mentions he has something to report. Tiz is puzzled, but Joker says "that person" is not as "sensitive" as Tiz, so he is going to tell her. She agrees, and asks him to reveal what he has to say. he replies that telling her now would be difficult and she knows that. Tiz laughs in agreement, then says, "Let's go, Lean. Lean Joker." Joker nods and they leave.
+In a hidden cutscene that takes place at an unspecified time, Joker and Tiz spend time in the woods. Tiz talks about how the current cycle of the world being changed, and Joker finds it unusual. She wonders what she should do and he mentions he has something to report. Tiz is puzzled, but Joker says "that person" is not as "sensitive" as Tiz, so he is going to tell her. She agrees, and asks him to reveal what he has to say. He replies that telling her now would be difficult and she knows that. Tiz laughs in agreement, then says, "Let's go, Lean. Lean Joker." Joker nods and they leave.
 {{Endspoiler}}
 ==Gameplay==
 [[File:Lean_joker.jpg|thumb|left|Joker in battle.]]
-Once the player has obtained the item "Tiz's Prayer" (through accomplishing the [[Special Order|special order]] when facing [[Nimbus]] in Chapter 3), if the "[[Support Personnel]]" is selected in the Assist Options at the beginning of a mission, Joker can randomly join the party as a guest, appearing as "???". He wields the "Unknown" and is dressed in a legionary's uniform, and is under constant [[Invisible (status)|Invisible]] status.
+Once the player has obtained the item "Tiz's Prayer" (through accomplishing the [[Special Order|special order]] when facing [[Nimbus]] in Chapter 3), if the "[[Support Personnel]]" is selected in the Assist Options at the beginning of a mission, Joker can randomly join the party as a guest, appearing as "???". He wields the "Unknown" and is dressed in a [[Dominion of Rubrum]] legionary's uniform, and is under constant [[Invisible (status)|Invisible]] status.
-{{-}}
+{{clear}}
-==Voice==
-Joker is voiced by {{w|Kōki Uchiyama}} in the Japanese version of ''Final Fantasy Type-0''. He shares his Japanese voice actor with {{KHWiki|Ventus}} and {{KHWiki|Roxas}} from the ''{{KHWiki|Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts}}'' series, Soul from ''Soul Eater'', and Neku Sakuraba from ''The World Ends With You'' and ''{{KHWiki|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}}''.
-In the English version, Joker is voiced by Adam McArthur.
 ==Other appearances==
 ===''[[Final Fantasy Trading Card Game]]''===
-{{sideicon|FFTCG}}
 Lean makes an appearance ion a Lightning-elemental card.
-<gallery class="FFTCGa">
+<gallery>
 Lean TCG.png|Lean's trading card.
 </gallery>
+==Behind the scenes==
+[[Tetsuya Nomura]] came up with the idea of having characters numbered 1–13 after [[playing card]]s and a "Joker" when the project was kicked off as a mobile title within the [[Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy|''Final Fantasy XIII'' series]]. ''Final Fantasy Type-0'' team liked the idea and continued to use it for the PlayStation Portable version.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/14/director-explains-the-origin-of-the-name-final-fantasy-type-0| page name = Director Explains the Origin of the Name Final Fantasy Type-0| site url = http://www.ign.com| site name = IGN| access time = 20180808191602}}</ref> In the final game, Joker is not directly playable, but rather, appears as a secret assist.
+At the rough draft stage Tiz and Joker were going to play a big role following the ending in the new world. However, at final stage of deciding the game's scale, the developers decided to focus on the other 14. Tiz and Joker's role as parts of the chosen were left as part of the [[Nameless Tome]] to avoid their story "hanging in limbo". Arecia initially thought Tiz and Joker were needed for Agito, but later deemed otherwise and the two became her aides, able to retain their memories of past spirals.<ref name="interview">{{Refbook|[[Final Fantasy Type-0 Kōshiki Settei Shiryōshū Aku no Hishi]]|250|254}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140227212146/http://type0.haloandwingsstudio.com/tabata/ translation])</ref>
+At one point, Joker refers to Machina as his "other self". Director [[Hajime Tabata]] has explained the two are not the same person, but Joker said it because their circumstances and roles are similar: supporting the growth of Ace and the other twelve's souls. Joker has Tiz for support, just like Machina has Rem.<ref name=interview/>
+===Voice===
+Joker is voiced by [[wikipedia:Kōki Uchiyama|Kōki Uchiyama]] in the Japanese version of ''Final Fantasy Type-0''. He shares his Japanese voice actor with {{KHWiki|Ventus}} and {{KHWiki|Roxas}} from the ''{{KHWiki|Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts}}'' series, Soul from ''Soul Eater'', and Neku Sakuraba from ''The World Ends With You'' and ''{{KHWiki|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance}}''.
+In the English version, Joker is voiced by [[Adam McArthur]].
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery class="Type0a">
+<gallery>
 FFT-0_Joker's_Face.png|Joker's Face.
 Lean-Tiz2.jpg|Joker and Tiz.
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 {{Etym|Hampelmann}}
+The name Joker in Japanese, "Jōkā", is a homonym for "Jōka" (浄火, "pure fire"), which is also the name of one of Dominion of Rubrum's theme songs, titled [[The Beginning of the End|"Divine Fire"]] in English.
-==Trivia==
-*Though his face is hidden in ''Final Fantasy Type-0'', hacking his character model reveals that he looks almost identical to Machina.
 ==References==
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