The main villain of [[Final Fantasy IX]], Kuja is an [[androgynous]] sorcerer who reveals himself to be a cruel manipulator and an more extreme narcissist, and he is responsible for the majority of the game's events.

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[spoiler]He is responsible for manipulating [[Brahne raza Alexandros XIV|Brahne]] to go to war; extracting [[Garnet til Alexandros XVII|Garnet]]'s eidolons and attempting to extract [[Eiko Carol|Eiko]]'s eidolons; creating the Black Mages to use as killer soldiers, and verbally tortures [[Vivi Ornitier|Vivi]] about it; causing the events that led to Alexandria's destruction (and inadvertently making Garnet lose her voice); betraying [[Garland (FF9)|Garland]]; destroying the planet Terra; and then threatening to destroy Gaia when he discovers he doesn't have long to live. As a Genome given a soul by Garland, Kuja can be considered the older brother of [[Zidane Tribal|Zidane]] and [[Mikoto (FF9)|Mikoto]].[/spoiler]