Cinque

Cinque is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0, and one of the main characters of the same game. She is attributed the number 05 in Class Zero.

Appearance and Personality
Cinque is a young lady with auburn, long braided hair. Like all Class Zero members, she wears a uniform that consists of a black jacket, a red skirt, and a red cape. Her somewhat naive, childish and weak-hearted personality could imply Cinque is probably the class' youngest student and combined with and unpredictable actions tend to cause others to stay away from her with the exception of Deuce and Cater, as the trio seem to be friends are of similar ages. Cinque also has an acute sixth sense that allows her to sense danger easily.

Story
Cinque is a member of Class Zero, a group of students from the Peristylium Suzaku, the Magic Academy of the nation of Rubrum, that fight the invasion of Rubrum by the Milites Empire. As part of the resistance operation "Operation Apostle", she and her comrades seek to become the Agito, a messiah prophesied in ancient mythology to appear at the time of Finis, an apocalyptic calamity.

Near the ending, where all the members of Class Zero reminiscent about their happier days as they are dying, Cinque was the first to break down while admitting that she is afraid of dying.

In Battle
Cinque wields a mace in battle. Similar to Jack's fighting style, she has a low attack speed which makes it difficult to Kill Sight with, but her normal combo deals much more damage compared to the others in Class Zero. Cinque swings her huge mace at her enemies and attacks with heavy blows. She can combo and charge her attacks for more damage.

Her basic attack is Mace.

Special Abilities
Cinque special attack is Earthquake where she smashes the ground with her mace and generates a shock wave, that is capable of stunning all foes in the immediate area. Full Swing is a chargeable deadly attack the sends any enemy flying.

Etymology
"Cinque" is one of the trumps of a traditional set of playing cards. It also refers to "Cinq", which is "Five" in french and to "Cinque" that is the italian for "Five".