Kirin

Kirin is one of the four Guardian Beasts of Raphtalia's world. It was the third beast to be released and was defeated by Takt.

Skills and Abilities
Similar to the Phoenix Guardian beast, the Kirin is actually two creatures called "Ki" and "Ren". Based on copies of Glass' world's White Tiger, the Kirin can use wind magic and prevent teleporting. Infusing parts of White Tiger copies into a person will greatly increase their stats.

Background
As a guardian beast, Kirin's original role was to protect Raphtalia's world from the waves. The guardian beasts do this by collecting 2/3 of all souls in their world to power their barrier. They weren't meant to fight the Heroes but were more of a backup in case the heroes failed. However, Kyo improperly unsealed the Spirit Tortoise which caused a chain of events to unseal the other Guardian Beasts.

In Glass' World, a Chinese equivalent of Kirin called the White Tiger acts as that world's Protective Beast. The Vassal Weapon holders were able to defeat the White Tiger along with the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird. Trash #2 created copies of the White Tiger which were then defeated by Naofumi, Kizuna, and their parties. Kyo was also able to infuse parts of these White Tiger copies into Tsugumi and the rest of Trash #2's harem which greatly increased their combat ability but eventually tried to take control over them.

Volume 15
During the third hero conference, before the Phoenix battle, Ren reveals that he's played a game called Quest for the Phoenix which had the same general storyline as the guardian beasts they are facing. After defeating the Spirit Tortoise and Phoenix, the next two bosses will be the Kirin and Dragon King.

Volume 16
After the Phoenix battle, Queen Melromarc notifies Naofumi that the Kirin was released only hours after the Phoenix was defeated. However, the Seven Star Whip in Faubrey was able to defeat it so the Legendary heroes didn't have to worry about it. The final Guardian Beast to be released is the Dragon King.

Volume 17
In the wake of Takt's defeat, an investigation was initiated to see what happened to the missing Kirin materials. Naofumi and Erhard are anxious to get the new materials so they can upgrade their equipment.

Trivia

 * Kirin is based on a tiger-dragon-like creature in Japanese folklore. It usually showed itself before a benevolent ruler.
 * Each guardian beast has a closely related demi-human race. The Hakuko represent the Kirin.