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Golbez

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“ Take this; My final gift to you! „
~ Golbez casting Meteor

Summary

Golbez, real name Theodor, and called Man in Black in The After Years, is a tall imposing man in dark blue and black armor with gold trimmings, and a helmet with tall horns. In the original game, he was brainwashed by Zemus and committed atrocity after atrocity. However, a fellow Lunarian named Fusoya managed to free him from Zemus' control, which allows Golbez to help his brother Cecil and atone for his past sins.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 4-A | At least 4-A, likely 2-C | 2-A

Key: Final Fantasy IV | Final Fantasy IV The After Years | Dissidia

Name: Golbez, Man in Black, real name Theodor Harvey

Origin: Final Fantasy IV

Gender: Male

Age: 30 | 47

Classification: Half-Lunarian, Commander of the Four Fiends, Thaumaturge, Demon

Powers and Abilities: 

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Blessed (Is blessed by The Crystal, which grants him the abilities of the Crystal), Extrasensory Perception (Mages are shown to sense energy[1] and other beings), Acausality (Type 2 and 4; scales from the Demons; who can walk down the devil's path naturally, where the concept of time doesn't exist,[2] and the past, present and future are merged as one in this realm[3]), Self-Sustenance (Type 1; as a Lunarian, Fusoya is capable of surviving on the moon), Shapeshifting (As a demon, he can shapeshift into other beings[4]), Regeneration (High-Mid; is able to come back from a literal arm as a Lunarian[5]), Immortality (Types 2 and 3; 7 as a soul, possibly 8; Scales to Cecil's father Kluya, who was able to live on the Blue Planet as a soul thanks to the prayers of the people[6]), Longevity (Lunarians are stated in the novels to live longer than humans[7]), Telepathy (Scales from Porom due to being a superior mage than her, and she can communicate with Palom through her mind[8]), Magic, Subjective Reality (Magic,[9] in its basest form,[10] is projecting one's inner[11] mind onto reality,[12] and is powered by intelligence and mental strength[9]), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the flow of time itself,[13] to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite[9] the natural order of things[14]), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic ability[15]), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself,[14] like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,[2] and time and space were twisted to the point[16] the past, present and future[3] existed as one[17]), Possession (as a Demon, he can possess others), Animal Manipulation (Can control other demons[18]), Perception Manipulation (can warp the target's senses[19]), Curse Manipulation (Can curse others[20]), Paralysis Inducement (Can cast[21] a paralysis spell[22]), Soul Manipulation (is able to Steal other's souls[23]), Absorption (Via Osmose and Drain), Disease Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can cast Bio, which inflicts poison from a disease, and is superior to the Poison spell, which is stated to Corrode the target[24]), Summoning (can summon his dark dragon to fight), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Is capable of using the Fire and Ice spell in particular being capable of affecting the[24] target's electrons.[24] Golbez used his fire to incinerate his body and armor), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (via Thunder spells, which are capable of attacking the nerves[25]), Status Effect Inducement (via Binding Cold), Earth Manipulation (via Quake), Telekinesis (via Meteor), Explosion Manipulation (via Flare), Regeneration Negation (Mid-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Types 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9; Is capable of killing undeads and beings who resurrect in Mount Ordeals. Additionally, destroyed Scarmiglione whose true power manifests by coming back as an undead after death. Is even capable of permanently killing the Leshy creature, which can live on via possessing another corpse.[24] Is also capable of killing beings who are blessed with the Crystals, who grant these immortalities and regeneration abilities)

Resistant to the Following: Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is[9] shown to[10] project one's inner[11] mind onto reality,[12] and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road,[14] remove entire concepts[2] and warp space and time[16] to where the past, present, and future[3] exists as one[17]), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite[9] the natural order of things[14]), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from[12]), Disease Manipulation (Can remain in the Impact Crater for extended periods of time despite its presence rotting the land[26] and making it diseased[12]), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space,[12] crush enemies down to a molecular level,[27] and can warp them into another dimension[27]), Life Manipulation, Absorption (Can cross the Devil's Road without their life force being drained[5]), Extreme Heat (Can fight for extended periods in the lava-filled chasms of the underworld), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Hellfire Manipulation (Can survive the heat and flames of Ifrit's hellfire), Age Manipulation (Can withstand the effects of the Lunar Mist Dragon's presence, which is capable of reverting Rydia to a child[5]), Resistance Negation (Can resist the status ailments from the Lunar Summons, which can affect Zeromus[5] despite him being resistant to these effects[5]), Soul Manipulation (Is capable of resisting the ability of the Trap Door to being absorbed down to his very soul,[24] on top of surviving the Devil's Road[28] which can rip apart one's soul,[16] and can withstand Ifrit's Hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul away[29]), Possession and Necromancy (Is able to resist the effects of the Leshy's possession ability[24] regardless if he's dead), Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet[12]), Curse Manipulation, Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Time Stop, Statistics Reduction, and Corruption (Type 2; Is shown to withstand the effects of the Darkness from[12] Final Fantasy III more than once,[12] which is shown to have these abilities), Regeneration Negation (High-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8; Is capable of withstanding hits from numerous foes blessed by the crystals and is still capable of healing from his wounds and not lose his immortality), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[30]), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nerves[31]), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood[24]), Attack Reflection (The Piercing Magic Augment allows the user to bypass reflect spells as a whole), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target to attack anyone, even their allies), Sleep Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep status effect), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the Paralyze status effect), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Is capable of the Fire and Ice spell in particular being capable of affecting the[24] target's electrons[24]), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[24]), Transmutation (can resist the Toad and Pig spell), Size Manipulation (Is able to resist the Mini spell)

All previous abilities, plus Statistics Reduction (via the Ancient Sword), Forcefield Creation (can use the Defender to cast protect), Sleep Manipulation and Biological Manipulation (The sleep weapons can affect the target's cerebral cortex[24]), Petrification (can Petrify others via the Stoneblade), Power Nullification (can nullify the target's power with the Mage Masher), Water Manipulation (can cast Flood with Triton's dagger), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (The Assassin's Dagger instantly kills those it strikes, and can solidify the target's blood[24]), Poison Manipulation (via the Poison Axe), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can inflict targets with the Confuse status ailment, driving the target insane and attack anyone, even their allies), Holy Manipulation (via Holy weapons), Purification (Type 3; has weapons that can cure status ailments), Resurrection (can revive others with the Sage's Staff), Berserk Mode (Can be amped by rage with the Power Staff), Transmutation (Can turn others to a Pig via Polymorph)

All previous abilities enhanced, Summoning (Can summon various Eidolons from Summonstones and the World of Illusions), Willpower Manipulation (a person's will is power there and enables them to do a multitude of things the stronger their will[32]), Self-Sustenance (Type 2, has no need to eat or drink[32]), Reactive Power Level (the greater someone's will, the greater their power[32]), Law Manipulation (Beings with strong wills can overwrite the laws of the world and bend them to their will[32]), Creation (With a powerful enough will, once can create various things such as phone lines, airships and even entire countries and worlds[32]), Sealing (Can seal off large areas and people with her will, such as Cecil sealing himself in Castle Baron or the cast sealing Kefka inside a Torsion[32]), Dimensional Travel (Characters can open Torsions, rifts in space-time to travel various dimensions[32]), and Immortality (Type 2) (Due to the crystal core of darkness's influence in the hands of Ardyn, warriors will not die no matter how injured they are)

Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Via Zalera, the Death Serpah, who was going to absorb the souls of every living being on the planet), Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet[12]), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from[12]), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space,[12] crush enemies down to a molecular level,[27] and can warp them into another dimension[27]), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks,[33] including Diamond Dust), Memory Manipulation & Dream Manipulation (Diabolos can enter dreams and alter memory[34])

Hellfire Manipulation (Via Ifrit, Phoenix, Rubicante, and Marilith), Intangibility (Ifrit can become smoke or flame[35]), Ice Manipulation and Absolute Zero and Duplication (Via Shiva who's Ice and aura are stated to reach Absolute Zero including her Diamond Dust, Shiva can duplicate herself[33]), Water Manipulation (via Kraken, Cagnazzo, and Leviathan), Necromancy (Via Lich), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (via Atomos, who manipulates space,[12] crush enemies down to a molecular level,[27] and can warp them into another dimension[27]), Death Manipulation and Space-Time Manipulation (Via Odin, who's Zantetsuken instantly kills an enemy and opens a rift in space time to take their remains[35]), Matter Manipulation and Radiation Manipulation (via Megaflare, which is stated[36] numerous times to be a nuclear power[37]), Attack Reflection (via Carbuncle), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (The Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[24]), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (The darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[38]), Power Nullification (The Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), and Petrification (Via Malboro's Bad Breath), Resurrection (Phoenix can revive fallen party members), Light Manipulation and Holy Manipulation (Via Alexander), Explosion Manipulation and Self-Destruction (Via Bomb), Healing (Via Sylph and Asura), Earth Manipulation (Via Titan), BFR (via Typhon), Soul Manipulation (Via Zalera, the Death Seraph, who was going to abosrb all souls on the planet[39]), Memory Manipulation & Dream Manipulation (Diabolos can enter dreams and alter memory[34])

Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System level (Comparable to Cecil, who is capable of defeating Bahamut and Dark Bahamut, the former is capable of creating a pocket dimension[5] with stars with its summon,[5] and is comparable to Kain, who's able to defeat Lunar Bahamut by himself, who's also capable of doing the same feat[5] and said dimension vanishing when Lunar Bahamut loses[5] and is capable of summoning Lunar Bahamut, and it's stated in the lore that In order for anyone to summon, they must be stronger than the summon in order to control them.[24] Is also capable of taking on Zeromus, who's stated to be capable of destroying[5] all in its wake,[5] which would include the entire moon of FF4, which is shown in the novels[40] and the actual game[5] to have a starry sky in the background) | At least Multi-Solar System level (Is able to take on and harm the Creator, The Creator merely duplicating himself was enough to destroy his entire moon vessel,[41] which is shown to have numerous[42] stars,[42] nebulaes,[42] and black holes[42]), likely Low Multiverse level (The Creator was vastly superior to the Four creatures of darkness from FF3, which could each fight the endgame Warriors of Light in a 1v4, can also take on Gilgamesh and win) | Multiverse Level+ (Borrows powers from the gods of the cycle. Contributed to the defeat of the Planesgorgers and Shinryu) Can negate conventional durability in a wide variety of ways.

Speed: FTL (Can effortlessly keep up with characters who move at the speed of light) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Gilgamesh) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Shinryu)

Lifting Strength: Class Y (Is capable of contending with Bahamut, who's able to move numerous planets through his summon[5]) | Multi-Stellar (Is comparable to the Creator, who's able to carry his entire moon on his own, which is shown to have numerous star clusters inside[5]) | Multi-Stellar (Should be comparable to his previous self) | Immeasurable (Superior to Neo Exdeath and Enuo)

Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level | Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level | Multiverse level+

Durability: Multi-Solar System level (Tanked attacks from Zeromus, who is the manifested hatred of Zemus, far surpassing Lunarians like Golbez and Fusoya, could even tank blows from Bahamut and survive even when his guard was lowered) | Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Tanked attacks from The Creator and Gilgamesh) | Multiverse level+'. Immortality, Regeneration, and The Crystal's protection make him extrememy difficult to kill.

Stamina: Superhuman (He can fight through entire gauntlets of monsters without tiring and regularly takes hits for his allies, even against the likes of powerful beings like Zeromus and The Creator)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Multiversal+ with magic (Magic as a whole is shown to affect omnipresent beings such as Exdeath when he's become one with the Void itself, which spans across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse, can even banish foes into the Void with the Warp ability)

Standard Equipment: A wide variety of Swords, Daggars, Axes, Hammers, Spears, Staves and Rods, with a wide variety of innate abilities; a vast array of different armors and equipment that grants enhanced resistances to elemental attacks and status ailments; and a wide collection of items that can boost the user, recover their abilities in a wide variety of ways, and inflict numerous status ailments on their targets. A Crystal

Intelligence: Genius (A powerful thaumaturge, Golbez is the wielder of some of the most powerful spells in the game, including all of the highest-tier elemental spells along with the mighty Meteor. He is cold, manipulative, and pragmatic, turning Kain against Cecil and Rosa through mind control, but is also a charismatic leader to those close to him, as the Four Archiends hold him in the utmost esteem and Ceodore respects him after his reformation. His abilities are further expounded upon in Dissidia, which reveals his ability to summon the CPU and its nodes at will to assist him in a variety of attacks, also proving himself to be capable in close combat, batting away foes with swift backhands and knocking them into his magical attacks for maximum damage)

Weaknesses: He has recurring nightmares from the atrocities he's committed in the past and is thus emotionally vulnerable. His Shadow Dragon is vulnerable to Holy-elemental attacks. Lunarians like Golbez seem strangely vulnerable to the Meteor spell and its derivatives.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Magic

  • Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga: Conjures a mighty blizzard to deal heavy ice-elemental damage.
  • Bio: Golbez poisons the target with an infectious virus, damaging them over time.
  • Drain: Drains the life force of a target, restoring Golbez's vitality at the cost of his opponent's.
  • Fire/Fira/Firaga: Creates a massive fireball to deal heavy fire-elemental damage.
  • Flare: Golbez sets off a spontaneous chain fusion reaction to obliterate targets with a massive non-elemental explosion.
  • Meteor: Golbez assails his foes with a barrage of massive meteorites to deal massive non-elemental damage.
    • Twin Meteor: Golbez casts Meteor twice in an instant to double the intensity, power, and effective range of the spell for an even more devastating attack.
  • Osmose: Drains magical energy from the target, restoring Golbez's reserves while lowering his opponent's.
  • Drain: Drains life energy from the target, restoring Golbez's reserves while lowering his opponent's.
  • Quake: Golbez triggers a massive earthquake with a thought to deal heavy earth-elemental damage.
  • Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga: Generates an intense lightning storm to deal heavy lightning-elemental damage.

Other Attacks

  • Barrier Shift: Golbez renders himself weak to a single element of his choice while rendering himself immune to any other elemental attack and absorbs the energy from those attacks to replenish his stamina and heal his wounds. He can repeatedly change his elemental weakness to suit the situation.
  • Black Fang: Summons the Shadow Dragon to instantly incapacitate or kill foes with its powerful breath attack.
  • Cosmic Ray: Fires beams of electricity to paralyze the target and send them flying, dealing heavy damage. He can also delay his casting of this attack to take enemies by surprise by teleporting directly to them.
  • Genesis Rock: Summons four rocks to circle Goblez at high speeds, buffeting all nearby foes before sending the rocks outwards as powerful, high-speed projectiles. Those caught at the beginning of the attack will be drawn towards Golbez, rendering them unable to dodge the final strike.
  • Nightglow: Conjures a circle of black lightning to trap the target and launch them upwards as Golbez moves his hands downwards, leaving them open to additional melee attacks should he be close enough to follow up on this attack.
  • Pressure: Golbez instantly paralyzes his opponent, rendering them completely unable to fight back.
  • Sector Ray: Summons the CPUs attack nodes to track a target and fire lasers at them.
  • Twin Moon: His EX Burst in Dissidia, Golbez crushes the opponent between several rocks, trapping them as he summons the Shadow Dragon to freeze the opponent solid with Binding Cold, finishing with a devastating Twin Meteor attack to annihilate the target.

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Inconclusive:

References

  1. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 4, page 167
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73
  4. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 169
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 Final Fantasy IV
  6. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, epilogue, page 256
  7. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel Volume 2, epilogue, page 254
  8. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 234
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
  13. ↑ Final Fantasy I
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198
  15. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2 page 114
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147
  18. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 123
  19. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 126
  20. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 8, page 91
  21. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel chapter 7 page 56
  22. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel chapter 7 page 56
  23. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 130
  24. ↑ 24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 24.11 24.12 24.13 Final Fantasy IV Settings Guidebook
  25. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
  26. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 83
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 Dissidia Final Fantasy
  28. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 4, page 195
  29. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 160
  30. ↑ Final Fantasy V GBA Manual
  31. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 World Of Final Fantasy
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
  36. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 270
  37. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 271
  38. ↑ Final Fantasy V GBA Manual
  39. ↑ Final Fantasy XII
  40. ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 11, page 243
  41. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, epilogue, pg292
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

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