Leonora

Leonora is a character from Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is a talented Epopt trainee, and is determined to join the Epopts of Troia. A humble and quiet young lady, Leonora knows White Magic from her Epopt training and learns Black Magic from Palom through consistent training in the Tower of Trials.

Final Fantasy IV
Like Biggs and Wedge, Leonora was unnamed in the original Final Fantasy IV. She appears in the ending as a little girl in Mysidia, listening to Palom brag to her about his adventures until Porom arrives to take him to see the Elder.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
When one of Troia's eight Epopts falls ill, they seek a replacement. Palom is sent from Mysidia to train Leonora, who the Epopts chose as the new guardian. They both train at the Tower of Trials, where Leonora learns some Black Magic under Palom's guidance. Palom constantly teases her, which she tolerates until he starts making rude remarks about the Epopts. She says Troia has been very kind to her and will not let him say such things, before he eventually apologizes.

They finish her training and return to Troia, where they learn the Red Wings have begun to steal the Crystals again. Palom worries and suggests he and Leonora take Troia's Earth Crystal somewhere safe before the Red Wings arrive. Leonora leads Palom with the Earth Crystal through an underground waterway in Troia's castle. As they make it out of the waterway, they continue to the chocobo's forest north of Troia, and mount a Black Chocobo. It flies to the Lodestone Cavern, where the strong magnetic field protects them from the Red Wings, who are made to discard their metal weapons. Leonora and Palom take the Earth Crystal to the chamber where the spirit of the Dark Elf resides. It attacks them and assumes its dragon form, which resists their magic. The Eidolon Shiva destroys the Dark Elf, and the Mysterious Girl enters. She threatens Palom and Leonora's lives if they do not give her the Earth Crystal. Palom teleports Leonora away from the chamber, before casting Break on himself and the Earth Crystal, effectively preventing the Mysterious Girl from taking it. Leonora refuses to leave Palom and returns to save his life before the Mysterious Girl decides to smash him into pieces. When Palom recovers from the Break spell, Leonora reveals she was the same girl he was boasting at during Final Fantasy IV's ending. Palom tells the Mysterious Girl that even though Leonora is not the best Epopt, she is perfect as his partner. They band together to fight her, but are ultimately defeated before losing possession of the Earth Crystal.

When the True Moon moves closer into the Earth, Rydia, Luca, Golbez, and Edge go to the Lodestone Cavern and find it has been frozen by Shiva. They reach the Crystal Chamber and find Palom with Leonora, who have been frozen in ice as well. When the party stops Shiva, Palom and Leonora recover on the Falcon.

Within the True Moon, Leonora speaks briefly with Porom who reveals Palom's faith in her as a student, which surprises Leonora but makes her happy. Immediately afterward Luca confronts her over her relationship with Palom, and while she is embarrassed by the question, Leonora admits she does like him. Palom, eavesdropping on them, remarks that women can be dangerous things.

After the Creator is defeated, Leonora gives up her position as the new Epopt, deciding she wants to spend more time with Palom in order to become a Sage.

Equipment and Stats
As a magic user, Leonora can equip most bows, rods, staves, robes and hats. During Palom's Tale, the player can visit the King's Bounty Club to purchase the Queen set of equipment for Leonora, including the Queen's Whip, which is the only whip she can use. It is vital for performing the Call Me Queen Band ability.

Abilities
Leonora is similar to a Sage, able to learn both White and Black Magic. In the Depths, it is possible to teach Dualcast to Palom, Porom, or Leonora, but only one one of the three can learn it. Because she knows both types of magic, Leonora has the most variety with Dualcast. Leonora's versatility comes at the cost of her having the third-lowest HP growth of any character, being only slightly better than Calca and Brina, and also low MP growth, Speed and Stamina. Although she can learn Black Magic, she focuses on her White Magic, thus giving her Spirit on-par with Rosa and Porom, but lower Intelligence than Golbez, Rydia or Palom. Leonora is unable to learn the Black Magic spells Quake, Bio, Toad, Pig, Warp, Break, Death, Tornado, and Meteor. She also learns her spells much slower than the other mages.


 * A Little Black Magic: Leonora (Black Magic) + Palom (Black Magic)
 * Particle Bomb: Leonora + Palom (Event)
 * Sprite Bred: Leonora (White Magic) + Porom (White Magic)
 * Frost Wave: Leonora (Black Magic) + Izayoi (Ninjutsu)
 * Tri-disaster: Leonora (Black Magic) + Palom (Black Magic) + Rydia (Black Magic)
 * Pure White Magic: Leonora (White Magic) + Porom (White Magic) + Rosa (White Magic)
 * Ice Crush: Leonora + Luca + Palom (Event)
 * Petal Whirlwind: Leonora (Black Magic) + Porom (White Magic) + Ursula (Kick) + Luca (Analyze)
 * Call Me Queen: Leonora (Attack, Whip) + Harley (Attack, Whip) + Rydia (Attack, Whip) + Izayoi (Attack, Whip)
 * Palom in the Sky: Leonora (Black Magic) + Palom (Bluff) + Porom (White Magic) + Luca (Big Throw)
 * Infinity: Leonora (White Magic) + Porom (White Magic) + Rosa (White Magic) + Rydia (Black Magic) + Palom (Black Magic)

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
The Final Fantasy Trading Card Game features a card of Leonora, which depicts her artwork from The After Years.

Etymology
Leonora is an Italian short form of the name Eleonora, which means "shining light".