Kuja (???, Kuja?) is the antagonist of Final Fantasy IX. Obsessed with power and its application, he is ambitious, cruel, narcissistic and ruthless. Well versed in the arts, Kuja has a great fondness for classical works such as Lord Avon's play "I Want To Be Your Canary". Kuja emulates the role of a traditional villain, including such elements as monologuing. However, his ego shatters upon the realization that he is not, as he had always thought, immortal, and the resulting panic and rage leads him to destroy his homeworld of Terra (in a Trance state already induced by the many souls the Invincible had collected over the course of the game and his observations of the phenomenon when Mog became Madeen earlier in the game). In this trance state, Kuja not only destroys his homeworld, but attempts the destruction of all existence by entering Memoria and shattering the Crystal in the games last battle with him. As Garland stated, he is Zidane and Mikoto's "older brother". He is ultimately defeated by the party in the Crystal World.