After taking out Zidane, he intervenes in Tifa's fight with Ultimecia and protects her.ĭespite Tifa's joy at Kain's arrival, Ultimecia gloats about Kain's treachery and he flees with Zidane. Kain confronts Exdeath and the Delusory Dragoon manikins.Īfter knocking Firion out, Exdeath asks Kain to disclose the whereabouts of the warriors of Cosmos, and turns a group of Delusory Dragoons on him when he refuses, with Kain emerging triumphant. However, he ended up sparing her due to the Chaos faction being alerted, not willing to risk giving away his allies' location by fighting and defeating her. Kain proceeds to defeat and kidnap Bartz, which alerts the attention of the Chaos faction when he tries to take Lightning out as well. Kain informs the Warrior of Light of what he learned and the two reach the agreement they should defeat the other warriors of Cosmos before the manikins do, who are the only ones that can permanently kill the warriors summoned by Cosmos and Chaos. Before rejoining the others, Kain asks Cecil if he remembers anything about their world, to which Cecil responds he can only vaguely remember Kain. Cecil enters and attacks Golbez, who teleports away. Golbez mentions Kain fell in the previous cycle, but still retains memories of their own world, and that he will recover more with every battle he wins. After the Warrior separates from Lightning, she and Jecht ask Kain if he thinks they are capable he tells them that he would not be here if they disappointed him.Īfter receiving his dormant crystal, Kain receives a visit from Golbez who divulges on the war's cycle of death and rebirth in order for the revival to work their memories of the last war and their original home worlds must be erased. Lightning does not see eye to eye with the Warrior, and Kain puts forward the idea that her arrogance may not live up to her strength, before suggesting that she works with the Warrior to witness his prowess. Kain's manikin, Delusory Dragoon, is dark blue with its hands, face, hair, and the tails of its armor pale white.ĭuring Prologus, Kain joins a conversation between Lightning and Jecht about the Warrior of Light.
His Holy Dragoon form is identical to the EX Mode for his second outfit, but colored purple. Kain wears blue garments with a white hood, boots, a wide belt, and a tattered brown cape. Kain's second alternate outfit "Light Seeker" is his from The After Years. His EX Mode is his Holy Dragoon class change from The After Years, a suit of blue and white Dragoon armor with small wings on the shoulders and a winged hairpiece. Kain wears blue and red armor with scale patterns and spikes on his shoulders and elbows, and a helmet that covers his eyes with green lenses.
Kain's first alternate outfit, "Noir Dragoon", is based on concept art of Dark Kain for Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. In his EX Mode, Kain's armor becomes bright blue and white he removes his helmet, a reference to the ending of Final Fantasy IV where he was seen without his helmet. Kain's eyes are perpetually shadowed in his default outfit in a cutscene, Kain is seen without his helmet on, but he faces away from the camera, concealing his face. He wears dark purple armor with blue accents, rows of spikes along his shins and forearms, and a winged helmet stylized like a dragon's head. Kain's default outfit is based on his concept art by Yoshitaka Amano for Final Fantasy IV.