How old is Gaius?

[CGMidlander]

Cid looks like he's in his mid 30's or early 40's, and lore says that Gaius was his adoptive father and personal friend of Cid's father, Midas.

So, late 50's Gaius?

[VargasVermillion]

My guess is somewhere in the 50s or over by the time of his death. Which would also explain why a man of his reputation seemed underwhelming by the time of ARR, he was probably getting old. His first attempt on Eorzea was 15 years prior to the events of 1.0 in which he already earned lots of fame from his military experience imply that he was in the army for a long time.

[Theodric]

My guess is somewhere in the 50s or over by the time of his death. Which would also explain why a man of his reputation seemed underwhelming by the time of ARR, he was probably getting old. His first attempt on Eorzea was 15 years prior to the events of 1.0 in which he already earned lots of fame from his military experience imply that he was in the army for a long time.

No. He was underwhelming purely because of the plot device that is Hydaelyn's blessing. Just like with every other antagonist in the game so far, really. How I long for a battle akin to Beatrix from FFIX where the WoL gets thrashed for a change.

[VargasVermillion]

No. He was underwhelming purely because of the plot device that is Hydaelyn's blessing. Just like with every other antagonist in the game so far, really. How I long for a battle akin to Beatrix from FFIX where the WoL gets thrashed for a change.

You sure about that? gaius hasn't had a successful campaign ever since the agrius crashed and was once the most respected commander in the empire but ended up losing the emperor's favor to a theatrical madman. He was exiled from garlemald for disobeying a retreat order and tried to retake eorzea as a last desperate attempt to obtain his glory back. By the time of his death he was an old washed up commander who'd even get an acsians help to complete his mission, I'm sure gaius 15 years ago wouldn't of even considered that. I also don't think we even got hydaelyns blessing until the ultima segments, against gaius himself it was just us and the other 7 (mercenaries?) we brought with us.

[Dualblade]

One thing to note: FFX's Auron was in is 30s. Unless they look like a grandparent don't automatically try to match their looks to their age.

[VargasVermillion]

One thing to note: FFX's Auron was in is 30s. Unless they look like a grandparent don't automatically try to match their looks to their age.

Well we can't base it of looks anyway, that'd give use a better lead. My guess is just relative to his reputation and that he invaded 15 years prior. you could make a pretty rough guess based on that. If he was in his 30s by the time of his death it would imply that he would of been very young through most of his career or a achieved a lot in a very short amount of time.

[Dualblade]

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If he was mid 30s or so he would be in the 18-21 range 15 years ago, lower 40s bringing it to 25-28. While the 18-21 range might be too young to be realistic, its still possible in fantasy. Personally I'd go with somewhere in the low-mid 40s though.

[VargasVermillion]

If he was mid 30s or so he would be in the 18-21 range 15 years ago, lower 40s bringing it to 25-28. While the 18-21 range might be too young to be realistic, its still possible in fantasy. Personally I'd go with somewhere in the low-mid 40s though.

But remember he already had an established military record 15 years ago, implying he's been in the army for a long time, unless as i mentioned above he had an unrealistic number of achievements in a short amount of time.

[Dualblade]

But remember he already had an established military record 15 years ago, implying he's been in the army for a long time, unless as i mentioned above he had an unrealistic number of achievements in a short amount of time.

He probably did have quite a number in a short amount of time, it wouldn't surprise me. Though we might not find out anything more then we already have till we go to Garlemald, if we do at all.

[Kaiser-Ace]

First off, I'm still not convinced he's dead.

Second, Gaius' primary method of operation was subterfuge and espionage.

Third, Gaius acted on his own due to the Civil war that followed Emperor Soluz's death.

Lastly, The Battle of Silver Tear Skies was the VIIth Legion not the XiVth. Neal's VIIth Legion was the "Strike Team" that lead frontal assaults where as Gaius was used to hold captured territory (ie Ala Mihgo).

As for his age, I always assumed mid to late forties since Cid looks to be in his Early 30s.