Vandole (character)

Vandole, also known as Emperor Vandole, is a character in Final Fantasy Adventure and both remakes Adventures of Mana and Sword of Mana.

Background
According to Marley in Sword of Mana, he is the man who used Mana power to establish the Vandole Empire. His misuse of that power brought on the Dark Age and caused great suffering. He had traveled the world as a youth on a quest for knowledge with Cibba the Sage. That's when he went into the Mana Sanctuary to take Mana power, as he fell to temptation.