
Cid gets the inspiration to use Bismark's more basic instincts to "fish" for the god and fight him.
"Eureka!" Moment: While looking for information on Bismark, Alphinaud laments all he's learned of are the Vanu Vanu's skyfishing. In fact he formed an engineering company in Eorzea Garland Ironworks. The Engineer: Airships and Magitek are his specialties. Raubahn calls him on not telling everyone before that.Ĭid: *Coyly* Oh, you mean our adventurer friend? Did I forget to mention he/she was one of the Warriors of Light? Saved Eorzea, you know. This causes a unique bit of dialogue during the ending once everyone else remembers you all at once.
If you happen to be a 1.0 player, curing Cid's amnesia also cures him of the amnesia that Eorzea suffers from in regards to who you and the Warriors of Light are, meaning he's known all along that the adventurer traveling with him was a Warrior of Light. Early-Bird Cameo: You speak to "Marques" very early on during the chain of quests leading up to Ifrit, but unless you were to look directly up his hood to spot his trademark goggles you would never know it's him until much much later. Once Omega is actually defeated, the pocket dimension starts to collapse and Cid admits that he didn't actually plan on what to do after it was beaten. Didn't Think This Through: He planned every step ahead to beat Omega for good. After the liberation of Ala Mhigo, he returns to the story having found Omega. Demoted to Extra: After appearing throughout Heavensward, Cid disappears for the entirety of the main Stormblood storyline, busy with looking for Omega. Defector from Decadence: After realizing the effects of Project Meteor, he defected from the Empire. In Heavensward, it's upgraded to the Enterprise Excelsior, or just Excelsior for short. Nero reminds him that they had no other choice at the time, and that ultimately they are scientists, not heroes, and that everything they do, while for the betterment of the world, carries an inherent risk, and that there is no room for regret in their field. Chronic Hero Syndrome: Nero accuses him of this when he tries to take responsibility for unleashing Omega on the world.
Calling the Old Man Out: Calls out his Parental Substitute Gaius for condoning Meteor and not using his power to stop Nael when he had the chance.
Cid bluntly states that the process of fusing to the Ruby Weapon left her in horrible agony as she died. Gaius, who was her foster father, asks if she at least died painlessly.
Brutal Honesty: After the Warrior of Light destroys the Ruby Weapon, Cid inspects the wreckage to find the corpse of the pilot. Blue Blood: Cid comes from a very prestigious family in the Garlean Empire. He also survived the Eighth Umbral Calamity, which killed nearly all of the Scions and the Warrior of Light. Badass Normal: Like other Garleans, Cid cannot use magic, but it doesn't stop him from kicking ass with his gunblade. The Atoner: For once participating on Project Meteor. Always Someone Better: He was this to Nero in the past being a born nobleman, better machinist and more favored by Gaius. A staunch ally to the Warrior of Light, he's always willing to lend a hand. He is an expatriate of the Garlean Empire who defected from their ranks after witnessing the destruction of Bozja Citadel from one of his father's experiments on Dalamud. and my father."įounder of Garlond Ironworks, Cid continues the grand Final Fantasy tradition of, well, the mechanically or scientifically minded Cids. That's a hard lesson I learned from watching Gaius. "Technology should never be allowed to imprison people.