Garnet Til Alexandros XVII

Devotion - "Someday I will be Queen, but I will always be myself."

Princess Garnet til Alexandros XVII is the female lead of Final Fantasy IX. She is more commonly known by her nickname Dagger. However, before she lived in Alexandria, she was known as Sarah.

Story
Garnet was born in Madain Sari, where she was part of a Summoner tribe. Like all Summoners, she had a horn in her forehead. However, she and her mother had to escape from Madain Sari when Garland attacked it. The boat was destroyed, and her mother was killed.

She washed ashore in Alexandria, where she was discovered by Doctor Tot. She looked almost identical to the real Princess Garnet, who had died not long before from illness, with the exception of her horn. The King ordered that her horn be removed and that she become a "replacement" princess. She was then raised as the Princess of Alexandria, and always thought that Queen Brahne was her mother.

When Queen Brahne began to change, she sought to escape Alexandria, only to find that the thief group Tantalus planned to kidnap her. She went along with this.

She struggles hard to hide her identity as the Princess of Alexandria, and adopts the nickname Dagger. Although she seems to dislike Zidane, her "rescuer" at first, she eventually falls in love with him.

Equipment and Stats
Garnet's class is a combination of White Mage and Summoner. She uses rods and magical rackets as weapons.

Abilities
Garnet is able to summon Eidolons and use White Magic. Compared to Eiko, Garnet has a wider array of Eidolons to choose from but in return, Eiko has more White Magic spells.

While in Trance, a summoned Eidolon may reappear after she casts it until her next turn. There is also a higher chance of a full-animated summon, which inflicts more damage.

Trivia

 * If using a "Max MP" cheat, e.g. through the use of a Game Shark, or simply through excessive level gaining, Garnet will be able to summon Eidolons from the very beginning of the game. This is because the reason for her not being able to do so, if playing normally, isn't so much because she doesn't know how, it's because she simply doesn't have enough MP to do it.