Mid (Brave Exvius)

Mid or Mid of the Theta Star is a character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and member of The Orders, ranking 8th in the organization's hierarchy. She is the long estranged daughter of Cid.

Appearance
Mid has the appearance of a fair skinned young woman on her late 10s or early 20s although in truth she's over 700 years old. She wears a revealing set of armor which covers part of her arms, legs, lower section and chest, with helmet covering the upper part of her face. Her armor comes with bladed wings, a set of pikes and what appears to be a tail. She has short red hair underneath her helmet.

Personality
Mid seems to be a conflicted and emotionally hurt individual. Having grown without a father seems to have made her sensitive, followed by the fact her mother often spoke well of her missing parental figure and that he would return some day. Once her mother was gone, the only motivation to keep herself alive was the belief that her father would one day return.

Although she was seemingly losing hope over time, she always kept the star shaped crystal gifted to her by Cid as a treasured memento, the same about the toy watch she crafted on her infancy to give him. At present time she shows a rather silent, detached and stern demeanour with deep loyalty to the Emperor and efficiently carrying out her duties.

Beneath the surface, however, she still deeply cares about the memory of her father and cherishes him, glad that they were able to reconcile and warning him to return to Lapis to not endanger himself, proof that she wants his well being despite being separated for over seven centuries.

Background
It is implied that Mid was born to Cid and his wife around the time of the nefarious Paladia Civil War, as she was still an infant when the war was in its climax. The day before the final battle, Cid returned home with a star shaped crystal he found making a necklace for her daughter. Both parents were expectant of what would Mid gift Cid in return as she would grow up.

Unfortunately for the family, the joy was short lived as Aldore's leaders cruelly betrayed the Sworn Eight of Paladia expelling them along many combatants to Lapis in order to rid themselves of threats to their power. What followed after was a difficult life where Mid's mother would often tell her that Cid was alive and would return, during this time she crafted a toy watch in order to gift him upon his return. Although technically correct, Mid's mother would not be able to live to see it and eventually passed away.

With a strong desire to wait for her father, she decided to cheat death and join the Emperor's ranks getting the immortality procedure that her father had done to him as well. What awaited her were extensive years of servitude and diminished hope of ever seeing her parent and submitting herself to military duties, ranking eighth amongst The Orders. Secretly however she always keep the hope alive and treasuring the toy watch she made for him and the star shaped crystal.

Georl
Mid is first seen in Medos Long-term Prison where she secretly has the system malfunction and have the prison cells opened, all for the purpose of letting the captured Sworn Six to escape, showing concern for her father. The Sworn Six do eventually escape and witness a barrier being formed around Aldore Tower. Having heard from citizens that Aldore is using the energy of crystals for that barrier the Sworn Six make it their goal to destroy the facilities sustaining it.

As the Sworn Six make their way Mid ambushes them from the air with a Jump. She presents herself before them, which makes Cid surprised and suspicious of her identity. He tries to approach her but she strikes him intending to kill them. The Sworn Six easily defeat her as she had held back during their encounter. Zekehart tries to finish her but Cid reveals that she is his daughter and stops him. Cid tries to approach her daughter but she swats him claiming the daughter he once knew is no longer and that she will fight with all her power in the next encounter.

In Georl Barrier Station the group finds Mid again before the Activation Core that sustains the barrier. Mid appears before them with Cid expressing his delight at his daughter being alive for so long after leaving centuries with nothing but hatred and sorrow to sustain him. The two however stop exchanging words and let their weapons do the talk, dueling each other. Cid wins the encounter and Raegen destroys the core.

Cid tries to convince Mid to join them but she refuses. The two exchange an emotional moment before requesting he returns to Lapis where he can be safe, warning them that as they are now, they are no match for the three highest ranking Battle Stars and departs as Cid vows to free her, both partly reconciled after centuries of distance.

Battle
Mid is faced as a Boss in season two. In the first battle her attacks are rather basic and limited in number. She often uses Thundaga and stronger single target physical attacks. During the second battle she's much stronger and more aggressive. She has the first turn with Grid a buff that increases all her stats. She remains using Thundaga but also uses Cruel Paralysis to inflict Paralysis in all the party, Arsenal Drake for physical damage on the party. She might buff herself before attacking which can inflict serious damage.

Strategy
The first battle against Mid is not difficult as she is holding back and should be of little concern. Her second battle is not outstanding but has marked differences on her threat level. Cruel Paralysis can be dealt with immunity to paralysis or status ailment removal. Given Grid will augment her offensive power to dangerous levels it is recommend to debuff her ATK/MAG consistently, these will help more than defensive buffs, although damage mitigation or Lightning resistance buffs will help.