Rosa Joanna Farrell

Rosa Farrell is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV. She is a childhood friend of Cecil Harvey's from Baron, and is a skilled archer and White Mage. She became a White Mage because her mother was a White Mage who fought alongside her father, who was a Dark Knight like Cecil. She and Cecil are in love. Kain Highwind also has romantic feelings for her, but he tends to hide them because he wants to keep his friendship with Cecil and Rosa. She is gentle and kind by nature.

Final Fantasy IV
Rosa is first seen in Baron, where she and Cecil have a few talks before he and Kain go on their mission to deliver a Package to the village of Mist. She is worried about Cecil, who is having doubts about the King of Baron, and Rosa tells him that he must choose the path that he thinks is right. She then wishes Cecil luck on his mission to Mist.

When Cecil does not return from Mist, Rosa becomes worried and starts searching for Cecil. However, she eventually contracts Desert Fever, an illness which only the Sand Ruby can cure. Rosa is taken care of by doctors in Kaipo, and when Cecil and Rydia come to visit her, they vow to find the Sand Ruby so they can cure her. After obtaining it in the Antlion's Cave, they return to Kaipo and use it on Rosa, who recovers. Rosa then proceeds to tell Cecil about what happened after he left Baron. A man named Golbez took control of the Red Wings, and Baron was actively seeking the remaining Crystals. Rosa then offered her help in reaching Fabul, where the Crystal of Air was kept as a national treasure--it was surely Baron's next target.

Rosa, Cecil, Rydia, and Edward Chris von Muir had to cross the dangerous Mt. Hobs in order to reach Fabul. However, Mt. Hobs was blocked by a thick sheet of ice. Only Rydia, a Summoner, could cast Black Magic to melt the ice. However, Rydia could not cast the spell of Fire because she was afraid of fire due to the memory of her village being burned. However, Rosa gave her some words of encouragement, and she eventually cast the spell. Further up the mountain, the party met a man named Yang Fang Leiden, who was a Monk from Fabul. They helped him defeat several of Golbez's monsters, and warned Yang about the impending danger Fabul was in. Yang was bit worried at first because Cecil was a Dark Knight, but he eventually came to believe them.

Upon reaching Fabul, the party told their story to the king there. He accepted the help of the party, and eventually Baron invaded Fabul. During the battle, Rosa and Rydia took the office of relief, however, they eventually came to help out Cecil, Edward, and Yang in the Crystal room. Cecil had been defeated by Kain, who was now serving Golbez. Golbez eventually came in and defeated the rest of the party, and took Rosa as a hostage. Kain then took the Crystal. Rosa was then taken to the Tower of Zot, where Kain was assigned to watch over her. Eventually, Kain came up with a plan to get the Crystal of Earth. He would offer Rosa's freedom to Cecil in exchange for the Crystal. Kain revealed his feelings for Rosa at this point, and went to deliver the message to Cecil. When Cecil finally came with the Crystal, Golbez would not free Rosa. Tellah then attacked Golbez and cast Meteo on him. This broke Golbez's control of Kain, and Kain helped Cecil rescue Rosa. Cecil and Rosa then shared a kiss, and Kain apologized for mistreating Rosa. Rosa forgave him and invited him to fight alongside her and Cecil. He agreed to do so. However, before the party could escape the tower, Valvalis, the Fiend of Air, attacked the party. After she was defeated, she began to destroy the tower. Rosa cast the Exit spell to warp the party out of the tower. They were warped to Cecil's room in Baron.

Cecil's party was now worried, as Golbez now possessed all four Crystals. However, Kain spoke of the Dark Crystals, which were in the hidden in the Underworld. These Crystals had only been rumored to exist, but Golbez knew they existed. Kain then explained that Golbez needed the Crystals to open "the way to The Moon." Cecil then decided that his party had to head underground to protect the remaining Crystals. Kain then showed Cecil the Key of Magma, which could be used to enter the Underworld. Cid told the party that the Enterprise was back in Baron due to a remote control feature it had. The party then headed for the town of Agart and threw the Key of Magma in the well, which opened the way to the Underworld. The party entered the Underworld via the Enterprise, however, they were too late. The Red Wings had already begun battling with the tanks that the Dwarves used for war. The Enterprise was damaged in this battle, and Cecil's party had to seek help from the Dwarves in their castle. There, they met King Giott, the ruler of the Dwarves. He asked the party for help, and they agreed. However, Cid had to take a leave of absence in order to repair the Enterprise and wrap its body in Mystic Silver, which could be used to help the Enterprise withstand the intense heat. Yang sensed something in the Crystal Room behind the throne, and Giott opened it up for Cecil's party to check out. There, they found Luca's dolls, together known as the Calbrena, under Golbez's control. Cecil's party defeated them. Afterwards, Golbez himself showed up. He put the party in a magical hold in which they could not move. He then Summoned a monster, the Shadow Dragon, which proceeded to eliminate each party member one by one except Cecil. However, the Mist Dragon appeared and defeated the Shadow Dragon. Cecil was then able to move, and Rydia suddenly appeared and defeated Golbez. The party, Cecil and Rosa in particular, were happy to see Rydia, and she offered her help, which Cecil accepted. Golbez, now weakened to the form of a hand, was able to steal the Crystal and escape.

It is then decided that the party head for the Tower of Bab-il in order to get the other Crystals back. The party sneaks in, and finds Dr. Lugae, a scientist under Golbez working with Rubicante, the Fiend of Fire. Rubicante was teleported somewhere unknown, and Cecil's party disrupted and defeated Lugae. Afterwards, the party found the key to stopping the Super Cannon. When they reached the Super Cannon, however, its operators would not go down without a fight or making the cannon unstoppable. Yang had to stop the cannon himself, and he was left for dead.

Golbez catches the party escaping from the tower, and makes them fall off a bridge. Luckily, Cid catches them on the Enterprise before falling into the lava. However, all is not well. The Red Wings are chasing the Enterprise, and Cid has to sacrifice himself to save the party and the airship, which escapes the Underground back into the Upper World. Before he jumps off the Enterprise, however, he asks Cecil to return to Baron and talk to his workers. Cecil does so, and the workers attach a hook to the airship which can be used to pick up and carry the Hovercraft which is used to enter Cave Eblana.

In the cave, the party finds Rubicante again fighting Edge, the prince of Eblan and a Ninja. Edge is defeated by Rubicante. The party tries to convince him to join them. However, Edge does not want help. Still, this does not stop Rydia from crying when she reminisces upon the death of Tellah, and the assumed deaths of Yang and Cid. Edge, being a womanizer, then agrees to join because he doesn't like seeing Rydia, a "pretty girl," cry. Rydia is not impressed with Edge's flirting, though. Rosa cures Edge, and Edge flirts with her as well. Nevertheless, the party enters the upper half of the Tower of Bab-il and finds Edge's parents at the top. However, they were murdered by Rubicante and transformed into monsters by Lugae. They attack the party, but Edge brings them to their sense. Then, Rubicante appears and attacks the party. The party defeats him and enters the Crystal Room, where they fall back to the Underground and find a new airship: the Falcon.

The Falcon cannot fly over the lava, so the party heads back to the Dwarves' Castle and visits King Giott, who says that it's time to defend the last Crystal in the Sealed Cave. He gives Cecil's party the key to opening the cave, which is the necklace of his daughter Luca. In order to get the Falcon to fly over the lava, Cecil heads for the hospital to find Cid recovering. He remodels the airship for the party, so it can fly over the lava.



The party can head for the Sealed Cave and open it. They worked their way to the bottom where they found the Crystal. However, they could not escape without defeating a wall which tries to crush the party. Even still, Golbez calls out to Kain, who becomes possessed by Golbez again, and steals the Crystal and runs off. The party then heads back to the Upper World (after Cid attaches a drill to the head of the Falcon) and heads for Mysidia, where the Elder prays for something to help the party. That something is the Lunar Whale, the "Ship of Light from The Moon," which allows the party to fly to the Red Moon.

On The Moon, the party finds a palace where a man named FuSoYa sleeps. FuSoYa wakes up and explains that Golbez was being controlled by a Lunarian named Zemus the entire time. He then tells the real reason why Golbez is gathering the Crystals. The Crystals are the key to activating the Giant of Bab-il which can grant wishes. Zemus wishes for the Earth to be destroyed, and he used Golbez to do it. The party returns to Earth with FuSoYa. However, they are too late. The Giant of Bab-il has awakened, and began to go on its destructive spree. However, Cid, who was fully recovered, lead an army of leaders from all over the world, as well as friends of Cecil, to do battle with the Giant. They helped Cecil and his friends enter the Giant, and the party went towards the main computer, which, if destroyed, would stop the Giant. On the way, however, they had to do battle with the Four Fiends of Elements again. After winning that battle, the party headed for the CPU and defeated it. Afterwards, an angry Golbez appeared, who was mad that his plans were thwarted. FuSoYa knocked Golbez back to reality, and he learned that he was Cecil's brother. FuSoYa and Golbez then headed to The Moon to fight Zemus, and Kain rejoined the party.

On the Lunar Whale, Cecil asked Rydia and Rosa to leave the ship, as he felt that it was too dangerous for them to go to The Moon. They sadly obliged. However, they stowed away and headed to The Moon anyway, and convinced Cecil that they should join. Rydia believed that they were all fighting for a common cause, and that she was the only Summoner left, and Rosa simply wanted to be with Cecil. Cecil agreed to have them on the team again, and Cecil and Rosa kissed again. They eventually headed to the Lunar Core and watched FuSoYa and Golbez defeat Zemus. However, the hatred that was possessing Zemus, Zeromus, jumped out and attacked the party. With help from old friends, they defeated Zeromus.

In the ending, Cecil and Rosa marry and take the throne of Baron. All party members except Kain attend the wedding.

Final Fantasy IV: The After


She retains her abilities from previous games, such as casting white magic, Pray and Aim.

Equipment and Stats
Rosa's stats are weighted towards magic, as she is a mage. Her equipment includes most mage equipment, such as light tunics, caps, hoods, and robes. Her weapon arsenal includes staves, bows, and arrows.

Abilities
As a White Mage, Rosa has the ability to cast White Magic. She eventually learns every White Magic spell.

As an archer, Rosa can use the Aim ability, which allows her to have a 100% Hit Rate. She can only use this ability when equipped with a Bow and Arrow. In the DS version, you only even purchase arrows once since they are unlimited, but Rosa is the only character able to equip Bows and Arrows in this version.

Pray has Rosa cast the equivalent of a free Cure spell on the party. if it succeeds. It was removed from the Super NES version. The White Ring upgrades Pray to Miracle. Miracle casts Cure on a failure, Cura normally, and randomly casts Curaga and Esuna. In the DS version, Pray recovers a higher amount of HP and restores some MP to the entire party.

Music
Rosa's theme is called Theme of Love. It plays each time Rosa and Cecil meet or share a romantic scene. The theme was released featuring a vocal performance by Megumi Ida as Moonlight -Final Fantasy IV Theme of Love- for the DS remake of Final Fantasy IV.

Etymology
Rosa is the Latin word for "Rose". It is pronounced and written identically in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Also it's the German, and Spanish, word for "pink"