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| − | |name = Sazh Katzroy |
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| − | |kana = サッズ・カッツロイ |
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| − | |romaji = Sazzu Kattsuroi |
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| − | |weapon = Vega 42s (Two pistols) |
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| − | |eidolon = Brynhildr |
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| − | |age = 40 (Ultimania) |
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| − | |height = 189 cm (6'2")<ref>http://finalfantasy-xiii.net/2010/02/04/official-final-fantasy-xiii-character-artwork-and-information.html</ref> |
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| − | |laterality = Ambidextrous |
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| − | |home = Unknown |
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| − | |crystarium color = Orange |
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| − | |atb skill = Cold Blood |
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| − | |japaneseva = {{w|Masashi Ebara}} |
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| − | |englishva = Reno Wilson |
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| − | [[File:FFXIII-baby-chocobo.jpg|thumb|The baby Chocobo]] |
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| − | {{Q|You think you die, and that's that?! You think you die an' everything'll be sugar and rainbows?!|Sazh to Vanille}} |
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| − | {{Q|Sazh is a friendly, cheerful man who is never without his curious companions—a chocobo chick and a pair of pistols. He is quick to banter, but also keeps a mature perspective on matters. Uncontrollable events have set him on his current path, but another purpose compels him to walk it.|Online Description}} |
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| − | '''Sazh Katzroy''' [sæz kætsrɔɪ] is a playable character in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''. He is a middle-aged black man with an afro, and is described as a sympathetic and kind man who is easily moved to tears. After his wife died three years prior to the events of the game, Sazh looked after their six-year old son, [[Dajh Katzroy|Dajh]], before he became a l'Cie and was taken by PSICOM. Saving Dajh is Sazh's main motivation in the game. |
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| − | Sazh is a tall black man with a distinctive afro in which he keeps a baby [[Chocobo]]. He wears a long, olive coat over khaki trousers, a white button-down shirt, and black buckled engineer boots. His l'Cie mark is on his chest, and is half-hidden under his shirt. He keeps his two pistols in holsters strapped to his thighs. In an interview with the Shonen Jump magazine, [[Yoshinori Kitase]] stated that Sazh was modeled after the American singer Lionel Richie, whilst [[Motomu Toriyama]] claimed Sazh's inspiration was "a character that would appear in an American comedy - like Eddie Murphy" in OPM UK magazine. Despite being physically the eldest of the ''Final Fantasy XIII'' playable party - excluding [[Oerba Yun Fang]] and [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], who are both over 500 years old chronologically - Sazh has a youthful, carefree, and lively personality. |
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| − | Sazh is basically a good-hearted man. He is silly at times, mostly when he is in near death situations, but underneath his appearance, Sazh has a strong will of justice and is always willing to help his teammates. In OPM UK, Toriyama went on to say "as for Sazh, we wanted a character that was mature." At one time, Sazh was struggling with whether or not he should kill Vanille, due to her turning his son into an l'Cie, however, after Vanille begged Sazh to shoot her, he lowered his firing arm, showing that even in extreme situations, Sazh can be forgiving, even to an l'Cie. |
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| − | ==Story== |
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| − | {{Q|Chocobo... we just can't catch a break can we?|Sazh to his baby Chocobo}} |
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| − | Sazh is a civilian airship pilot from [[Cocoon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon]]. Prior to the game, Sazh bought a newly hatched baby [[Chocobo]] for his son [[Dajh Katzroy|Dajh]] as a gift, giving it to him at [[Bodhum]] eleven days before the story begins. Four days later, Sazh loses his son to [[Sanctum (Final Fantasy XIII)|Sanctum]] after Dajh becomes a [[l'Cie]] at [[Euride Gorge]]. Sanctum official [[Jihl Nabaat]] separates the two, and Sazh resolves to find a way to complete his son's [[Focus (Final Fantasy XIII)|Focus]]. This leads him to join with [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]] during the [[Purge]], where he assists her in stranding a train of Purgees and breaking into [[Lowerworld Vestige]], where the [[Pulse]] [[fal'Cie]] [[Anima (Final Fantasy XIII)|Anima]] sleeps. After Sazh and Lightning join with [[Oerba Dia Vanille|Vanille]], [[Snow Villiers|Snow]], and [[Hope Estheim|Hope]], they confront Anima, who turns them all into l'Cie and casts them down into the crystallized [[Lake Bresha]]. |
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| − | When they awaken, Sazh prompts the others to determine their Focus and tries to remain positive, as opposed to Lightning and Hope. After leaving Snow behind at Lake Bresha, the group of four heads to the Vile Peaks, where Lightning's impatience allows [[PSICOM]] to separate the group. Sazh and Vanille are left behind and choose to journey to [[Nautilus (Final Fantasy XIII)|Nautilus]], passing through the [[Sunleth Waterscape]]. The two become close friends as they travel, and Sazh tells Vanille of his son's plight. Unbeknownst to him, Vanille had already played a part in Dajh's crystallization. |
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| − | As Sazh talks to Vanille about Dajh at Nautilus' Chocobo Ranch, he realizes she is hiding something from him before they are ambushed by a PSICOM brigade led by [[Jihl Nabaat]]. They escape their pursuers, taking shelter in front of a large castle, when Dajh appears. Their reunion is shortlived, as Dajh is crystallized right before his father's eyes. Nabaat arrives, holding Sazh and Vanille captive, and shows Sazh a security recording from Euride Gorge. The tape reveals that Vanille and [[Oerba Yun Fang|Fang]] disturbed the fal'Cie Kjata, who instinctively turned the lost Dajh into a l'Cie for its protection. Sobbing, Vanille flees deeper into Nautilus; Jihl prevents her soldiers from shooting and allows Sazh to pursue her. When he finds Vanille, he draws his pistols and aims at her in rage, and Vanille begs him to shoot her for the pain she has caused. Instead, Sazh lowers his weapons, furious that she thinks he will simply forgive her once she is dead. He drops to his knees, clutching his heart, as his Eidolon [[Brynhildr]] materializes from an orb of flame. Seeing that Vanille is willing to protect him from Brynhildr, Sazh rises, and they tame the Eidolon. However, after Brynhildr vanishes, Sazh is still distressed, and as Vanille cowers with the chocobo in her hands, Sazh places a pistol to his head and pulls the trigger. |
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| − | The next scene shows Vanille, in chains and Purgee attire, following Sazh's open-face casket as it is led into an airship by Jihl's regiment. However, upon the airship [[Palamecia (Final Fantasy XIII)|Palamecia]], Sazh is shown to be alive, having faked his suicide. Jihl had returned soon after and taunted Sazh with the prospect of putting Dajh's crystal up for display as a monument in [[Eden (Location)|Eden]], then taken the two captive, placing Sazh in the coffin. |
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| − | Sazh and Vanille break out of their cell on the Palamecia and reunite with the other four party members, confronting [[Galenth Dysley]] and later [[Cid Raines]] in the [[Fifth Ark]]. When they discover a Pulse airship in the Fifth Ark, Sazh pilots it to the world below, though they are forced to ride [[Bahamut]] when a dragon destroys the ship. During the Eden Grand Prix, the protagonists return from Pulse with their Eidolons, and Sazh rides Brynhildr in her [[Eidolon (Final Fantasy XIII)#Gestalt Mode by Eidolon|Gestalt Mode]]. He saves Vanille, who had been knocked off a platform by a missile while being protected by her Eidolon, [[Hecatoncheir (Final Fantasy XIII)|Hecatoncheir]]. |
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| − | As the party discovers [[Orphan's Cradle]] and reaches the pool deep inside, they confront Galenth for the last time. The Sanctum leader conjures Dajh's and Serah's crystal before their eyes, hoping to kill their morale, but Sazh, holding the baby chocobo, comforts Snow and presses on. After [[Orphan|Orphan's]] defeat, Sazh finds himself on Pulse once more, and from the crystallized globe of Cocoon come Dajh and Serah. Father and son are truly reunited, and both of their l'Cie marks are wiped clean. |
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| − | ==Abilities and Equipment== |
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| − | [[File:Sazh and Brynhildr.png|thumb|Sazh with his Eidolon Brynhildr]] |
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| − | Being a l'Cie, Sazh's [[Eidolon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Eidolon]] is [[Brynhildr]], a female, Fire-elemental knight, who can turn into a race car in her Gestalt Mode. On his own, Sazh uses a pair of pistols, that can transform into an assault rifle. He can shoot with his guns from a range, but also use them in melee combat. He also has access to [[Fire (Element)|Fire]] and [[Lightning (Element)|Lightning]]-elemental attacks (magical and physical) as opposed to Snow, who specializes in the elements of [[Ice (Element)|Ice]] and [[Water (Element)|Water]]. However, his true strength is in his role as a [[Synergist]], giving boost and support to his allies. Sazh's full ATB skill, '''Cold Blood''' ('''Desperado''' in Japanese version), is a series of explosive shots that damage the target. |
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| − | ====Sazh's Pistols==== |
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| − | *Vega 42s |
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| − | *Altairs |
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| − | *Sadalmeliks |
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| − | *[[Fomalhaut|Fomalhaut Elites]] |
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| − | *Procyons |
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| − | *Betelgeuse Customs |
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| − | *Total Eclipses |
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| − | {{Listen|filename=FFXIII Sazh's Theme.ogg|songname= "Sazh's Theme"}} |
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| − | "Sazh's Theme" is a funky number heavily featuring piano, percussion, brass, and acoustic guitar. Both the piano and the acoustic guitar have a jazz improvisational style that is quite unusual for the music of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. |
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| − | ==Trivia== |
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| − | [[File:Ff13-summon-sazhbrynhildr.png|thumb|right|Brynhildr's Gestalt Form.]] |
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| − | *Sazh's crystal takes the shape of a feather. |
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| − | *Sazh has the most lines in the game, and is supposed to be different from any other character in the series. |
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| − | *Sazh main roles are [[Commando]], [[Ravager]] and [[Synergist]] |
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| − | *The Japanese name of Sazh's ATB full skill, '''Desperado''' is named after [[Laguna Loire]]'s [[Limit Break]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. |
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| − | *Tetsuya Nomura has stated in an interview that he would choose Sazh over Lightning to appear in a sequel to ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' representing ''Final Fantasy XIII''.<ref>http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2009/515.html</ref> |
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| − | *Most of Sazh's guns are named after stars, similar to those of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''. |
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| − | *Popular fan nicknames for Sazh include "Chocofro" or "Chocobro" or Deshaun, mostly due to the baby chocobo inhabiting his afro. |
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