Gaius van Baelsar
This article is about the npc. For the dungeon boss, see Gaius van Baelsar (boss).
Gaius Baelsar
- Title
- Legatus of the XIVth Imperial Legion (former)
Viceroy of Ala Mhigo (former)
The Black Wolf
Shadowhunter - Gender
- Male ♂
- Age
- 56
- Race
- Garlean
- Organization
- Garlean Empire
XIVth Imperial Legion - Relatives
- Alfonse (son)
Rex (son)
Allie (daughter)
Ricon (son)
Milisandia (daughter)
(all adopted)
Nero tol Scaeva
Livia sas Junius
Rhitahtyn sas Arvina (subordinates) - Services
- Quest NPC
- Patch
- 2.0
- Voiced by (JP)
- Akio Otsuka
- Voiced by (EN)
- Michael McElhatton
- Voiced by (FR)
- Philippe Dumond
- Voiced by (DE)
- Thomas Dehler
“"He who cannot preserve the sovereignty of his nation is unfit to rule it."
Legatus of the XIVth Imperial Legion, Gaius is a pure-blooded Garlean of fifty-six summers possessed of a natural flair for wartime command, perhaps equaled only by his sensibilities as a governing administrator. Known as the Black Wolf, his many accomplishments include the conquest and political assimilation of five enemy cities. In subjugating Ala Mhigo, he employed subterfuge to stoke the fires of civil unrest, a masterstroke which led to the nation's capture without the need for a protracted siege. Though he remained in Ala Mhigo as the imperial viceroy, he began to move against Eorzea again shortly following the Calamity. Gaius fights as would become a hero of the Empire, valiantly wielding Terminus Est, a most difficult and deadly battle technique.
Heirsbane: Midas nan Garlond sent Heirsbane to his dear friend Gaius when the latter attained the rank of legatus. The gunblade is said to have spilled the blood of nine aspirants to the crown in times past.— In-game description
Gaius Baelsar is a Garlean.
Quests Started
| Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forever in Our Hearts | 
|
90 | Gaius van Baelsar |
Quests Involved In
Lore
A Realm Reborn
“"Unworthy is the ruler whose subjects seek the solace of false gods."
Legatus of the XIVth Legion, the imperial force currently occupying Ala Mhigo, van Baelsar is possessed of a natural flair for wartime command equaled perhaps only by his sensibilities as a governing administrator. Among his numerous accomplishments is the conquest of five enemy cities, the political conversion of which he also oversaw. In subjugating Ala Mhigo, van Baelsar employed subterfuge to stoke the fires of civil unrest, a masterstroke which led to the nation's capture without the need for a protracted siege. However, the unanticipated appearance of a primal shortly thereafter prompted the Empire to halt the legion's advance. The legatus has since remained in Ala Mhigo, where he rules as an imperial viceroy.
Motto: He who cannot preserve the sovereignty of his nation is unfit to rule it.
Weapon: Heirsbane—a gunblade said to have spilled the blood of nine aspirants to the crown.— https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/grandcompany/garlean_empire/
Shadowbringers
“"I see now that true strength is not granted by others, but resides within us. Strength of character, of spirit, of resolve."
With his defeat at the hands of the Warrior of Light in Castrum Meridianum, this former legatus of the XIVth Legion realized that he had long been a mere pawn in the Ascians' plans. He swore revenge against them for his fallen comrades, taking up the mantle of Shadowhunter, and though his quest for vengeance would claim the masks of Altima and Deudalaphon, the hunt for Ascians was quickly set aside when he learned of the Empire's plans to produce the noxious weapon Black Rose.
En route to Garlemald, Gaius crossed paths with Alphinaud, forming an alliance to halt production of the deadly gas—and this was not his only unexpected encounter with the Scions. As he infiltrated the capital, Gaius chanced to meet Estinien, and together they breached the imperial palace. There, they witnessed the assassination of Emperor Varis at the hands of Zenos. The rogue prince swiftly departed, and not moments later, imperial guards found Gaius standing over the late emperor's corpse.
His relationship with his home nation soured further when he discovered the previously abandoned Weapon project had been revived by the reformed VIIth Legion, who planned to deploy their prototypes in an assault on Eorzea. Gaius set off for Ghimlyt, hoping to warn the Eorzean Alliance before it was too late. There he found the Warrior of Light at the ready—this time, to stand with him against their common foe. In a tragic twist, the orphans Gaius once fostered would also be caught up in the conflict.
Now, at the age of fifty-six and with Werlyt freed from the imperial yoke, Gaius has joined hands with its interim government in efforts to restore the region.
— Encyclopaedia Eorzea Volume III, p. 169
Images
Post-Stormblood Appearance
The Sorrow of Werlyt render
