Parivir

Parivir (用心棒, Yōjinbō?, lit. Bodyguard) is a job class in the Final Fantasy series. Their skillsets, known as Flair, allows them to use numerous elemental and status effect inflicting sword techniques.

Appearances

Final Fantasy XII

During the Rank I mark "Marauder in the Mines" (Nidhogg) the non-player character named Aekom mentions that the beast is too strong for Bhujerba's Parivir. According to in-game dialogue, the Parivir are a guild of bodyguards, employed by miners at the Lhusu Mines, to fight fiends (known locally as raksas). The word is italicized, implying that it is a Bhujerban word within the context of the game. The Parivir job is otherwise not shown.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Main article: Parivir (Tactics A2)

Parivir is a job available to humes. Parivirs wield katanas and can inflict elemental damage and/or status effects with their sword techniques, at virtually no MP cost. Their defenses leave much to be desired, but they are considered top-notch front-line fighters.

Final Fantasy Tactics S

Parivirs appeared as hume SR units available for players to recruit. The Parivirs were frontline units that functioned as strong physical attackers and had access to the Rear Attack ability, which dealt three sword slashes to enemy units.

The original in-game lore described them as former ink painters that took up the life of a wandering swordsman.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Main article: Parivir (Airborne Brigade)

The Parivir is a job for players to become after they have a level 10 Fighter and a level 15 Samurai. The specialize in using swords and katanas, and deal extra damage with physical attack abilities.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Parivir appears with a Fire-elemental card.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Knights of the Crystals

The Parivir appeared on a gold card.

Parivir (male).

Parivir (female).

Gallery

Male Parivir in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.

A male Parivir in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.

Hume Parivir icon in Final Fantasy Tactics S.

Hume Parivir sprite in Final Fantasy Tactics S.

Female Parivir in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.

A female Parivir in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.

Hume Parivir portrait in Final Fantasy Tactics S.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Parivir is Sanskrit for "bodyguard". Its Japanese name is Yojimbo; [view · edit · purge]Yōjinbō (用心棒?) means "bodyguard" in Japanese. The job is called Ronin in the French version. Their itinerant status is probably the reason why the Parivir cannot equip the Genji Armor.