Freya Crescent

Despair - "To be forgotten is worse than death."

Freya Crescent, spelt in Japan as Freija, is a playable character from Final Fantasy IX. She is Burmecian, a race of anthropomorphic rats who live in two cities, Burmecia and Cleyra. She hails from Burmecia, but has recently left for Lindblum to partake in the Festival of the Hunt.

Story
Freya is an old friend of Zidane whom she has met on several occasions on her quest to find her lost love. While in Lindblum, Zidane meets her in a pub, teasing her by pretending to not remember her name. They discuss the Festival of the Hunt, which Freya plans to partake in and invites Zidane to do so also. During the Festival, Freya is one of the top performers, and if she wins the hunt, a Coral Ring is given to the party as a reward. When Zidane encounters the Zaghnol duing the Hunt, he persuades Freya to let him land the killing blow so that he may win the Hunt, and a date with Princess Garnet.

After the fesitivites, a Burmecian soldier enters the throne room, telling of a Black Mage attack on Burmecia. He asks Regent Cid for reinforcements before dying. Freya brings Zidane and Vivi along to Burmecia to help, parting ways with Garnet and Steiner, who depart for Alexandria. Along the way to Gizamaluke's Grotto, they have the oppurtunity for recruit Quina Quen to their cause.

Arriving at the Grotto, the passageway between Lindblum and Alexandria, Freya finds several deceased Burmecian soldiers at the entrance. They enter and find Zorn & Thorn leading several Black Mages around the Grotto. The twins have also taken over Master Gizamaluke himself, which Freya and her comrades must defeat to leave the Grotto and reach Burmecia. The Realm of Eternal Rain is in ruins by the time the party gets there. Kneeling for a moment to honor the dead, Freya remarks how has not visited her hometown for three years. They reach the Burmecian Palace and find several fleeing Burmecians, who plead with Freya to escape with them to Cleyra. She refuses, and scales a large statue with Zidane and Vivi to spy on Queen Brahne, Beatrix, and Kuja, who are standing in the middle of the coliseum-like apex of the city, discussing their next plans.

It is here that Freya has a brief flashback of Sir Fratley, her estranged love. She is rent from this reverie when a foolish Burmecian soldier attempts to challenge Beatrix, prompting Zidane's party to intervene. They are easily defeated by the Alexandrian general, who leaves with Brahne and Kuja.

When in Cleyra, Puck discovers Sir Fratley, Freya's long lost love. After they talk, it transpires that he has amnesia, and doesn't remember who Freya is nor does he have any memory of his own identity. This is devastating to Freya and the reason for her trademark phrase being "To be forgotten is worse than death."

Equipment and Stats
Freya's job (or class) is a Dragoon. As a result, she can equip spears. She can also equip heavy armor. She has high physical stats and low magic stats.

Abilities
As a Dragoon, Freya has the ability "Jump," which enables her to leave battle for a short amount of time and finally deliver a damaging blow on enemies from above. Unlike the Lancers of other Final Fantasy games (or equivalents to Lancers, such as Kain Highwind, Cid Highwind, possibly Kimahri Ronso), Freya possesses a set of special skills in addition to her job's traditional ability — a common theme in Final Fantasy IX. These skills are known as Dragon skills, and offer a range of attack, healing, and status-changing effects, making Freya a versatile character. However, her low MP pool limits the use of these skills.

Freya's Trance causes her to remain in the air when she Jumps, and her attack rains spears upon all enemies for high damage.

Music
Freya's theme is named for herself, and it is used as the theme for Gizamaluke's Grotto, and mixed into the themes for Fratley-related scenes and Burmecia.