Zande

Demon King Xande is the primary villain of Final Fantasy III. Xande is a man of few words who commands legions of monsters (most notably Medusa, Kraken, and Titan [not the Summon]). Xande is a midnight blue-skinned humanoid wearing baggy orange pants and a cape, wielding a scepter. He uses Libra between casting powerful spells like Meteor & Quake.

Xande was once one of the three students of Archmage Noah (the others were Dorga and Unei), a sage of great power who had mastered all magic, including Summon Magic (he even had the power to seal Bahamut and Leviathan on the Floating Continent). Noah gave each of his students a different gift. Dorga was given powerful magic. Unei was given control over the Dream World. Noah's gift to Xande was life as a human. Xande felt cheated, but Dorga and Unei considered it the best gift of the three. Bitter and resentful, Xande left the Light World (presumably for the Dark World, which lies in a parallel dimension). Though it is not said, Dorga, Unei, and Xande may not be human. Dorga and Unei are shown to have monstrous true forms and Zande looks generally human except for his pitch black complexion and demonic facial features, not to mention Xande receiving the gift of becoming human (which would infer the 3 were not human to begin with).

Xande controls the Earth Crystal (of Light). Long ago, Xande used it to cause a worldwide earthquake which sank all the continents of the planet except for the highest portions of land, and then more recently, he used it to cause an earthquake on the Floating Continent. Xande's goal is to control the power of Light by sealing the power of the 4 Crystals so it may be overridden by the power of Darkness. Xande's forces seize control of the 4 Crystals (2 located on the mainland, 2 located on the Floating Continent), and Xande attempts to crash the Floating Continent back into the surface. The 4 Dark Crystals were already under his control.

Late in the game, it is revealed that Xande had been controlled by the Cloud of Darkness.

The Zande were an African tribe originally from the area that is now Sudan and the Central African Republic. They were a tribe of warriors ruled by a king.