A sixteen year old thief with great energy and a sharp wit — though all is lost when it comes to women. Lithe and graceful, Zidane excels at midair battling, and can run rings around foes in arenas with few footholds. In the original game, he was a member of Tantalus, a gang of thieves masquerading as a traveling theater group. After kidnapping the beguiling Princess Garnet, he became drawn into a conflict which would decide the fate of their planet, Gaia.