Rayunder Barbatos

Cardinal Rayunder Barbatos is a fictional character in Tactics Ogre Let us cling together. He is the leader of the Gargastans and serves as one of the antagonists of the game. His goal is to get rid of the Walstanians He is never fought in the game and is only met by Denim during Chapter 2 Lawful Route.

Character Profile
Barbatos is a ruthless, self centered man who plans to become the leader of Valeria for selfish reasons. With the largest army under his reign, he proceeds with slaughtering the Walstanians as a start, which is the minority of the Valerian population. He had his right hand man Zaebos Rosenbach to do this. Because of his ruthlessness, an Anti-Barbatos movement was created in order to rebel and overthrow him from power, thus crippling his already-large Gargastan army.

Barbatos' physical appearance is more on a dictator type. He is brown-black robes and has short black hair. His character portrait suggests that he has a rather slim physical body.

Storyline Appearances
Chapter 1

He does not appear at this Chapter but is only referenced by Duke Ronway and Leonard.

Chapter 2 Lawful Route

Barbatos was framed by Duke Ronway as the one that massacred the Walstanian refugees in Baramus. This tactic was to have the other Walstanian forces and Anti-Barbatos movement to join Walsta against him. However, the Anti-Barbatos movement did not side with Ronway, as Vice Bozeg was able to convince most of them that the massacre was engineered by Ronway.

Knowing that Ronway has an army that is still able to take Coritani Castle, Barbatos had his Gargastan Army take up arms at Swanzi Forest, the main path towards the Castle. Ronway had Denim act as a decoy in Ashton to have Barbatos split up his army. However, due to his overconfidence, Ronway ordered an early attack without confirming if Barbatos took the bait, resulting in a stand still over the two armies. During the conflict within the Walstanians, Barbatos used the opportunity to regroup his Gargastan Army and prepare for the invading Bacrum Army.

Chapter 2 Chaotic Route

Because of the Baramus Massacre, Barbatos was believed to be the one who ordered the attack. This tactics used by Ronway led the other Walstanian forces and Anti-Barbatos movement to side with him and tripled his army. Duke Ronway also framed Denim Mown as the one who carried out the order. Because of the number of forces that Ronway had, Barbatos had his remaining Gargastan forces to take a stand at Swanzi forest to protect Coritani Castle, the capital of Gargasta. However Ronway easily defeated the Gargastan army and captured Barbatos.

In a secret scene, only accessible using the Warren Reports, Ronway publicly executed Barbatos at Coritani. Before he dies, Barbatos commented the Ronway's intentions is the same as him and his ruthlessness will never be equaled.

Chapter 3 Lawful Route

During the Invasion of Rime, Barbatos used the geographical location of Coritani Castle as an advantage. He knows that the Bacrum Army will need to take Amorika first before moving on to Coritani. However, due to the defense put up by the Zenobians at Rime, Bacrum Army sustained heavy losses and were unable to continue. Taking the opportunity, Barbatos had his right hand man Zaebos to attack Amorika, which was met by Vice's decoy army.

During the fight, Denim attacked Coritani Castle from Brigantes Castle, surprising Barbatos. Denim managed to defeat the remaining Gargastan Forces inside the castle. Facing defeat, Barbatos committed suicide rather than taken prisoner by the Walstanians.