Lenne



Lenne (レン Len) is a popular songstress and summoner from the original Zanarkand and Shuyin’s lover in Final Fantasy X-2.

Lenne is voiced in Japan by singer Koda Kumi for both speaking and singing, and in the English version, she is voiced by Cree Summer when speaking and by Jade Villalon when singing.

Appearance
Lenne was 19 years old when she perished 1000 years prior to the game's start. Lenne has brown eyes and long, straight, brunette hair streaked with a lighter brown reaching down her back, with two sets of bead earrings. Her lips are adorned with a light shade of violet lipstick.

Her dress, worn by Yuna as her songtress dressphere, is a blue top and black skirt combination with various frills. Brown knee-high boots and blue forearm adornments compliment the attire.

Story
Lenne's story is crucial to Final Fantasy X-2's plot development, despite having only fourteen lines in total. All that is known about Lenne is her heritage as a summoner, her fame as Zanarkand's most treasured songstress and her romantic bond with a certain Blitzball star of her time. During the Zanarkand-Bevelle war, Lenne, being a summoner, was expected to fight in the front lines. Her lover, Shuyin, set out to steal Bevelle's weapon of mass destruction, Vegnagun, to stop the war and to save his love, but Lenne, having learned of his plan, went after him. She finally caught up with him under Bevelle in Vegnagun's chamber, to try and stop him from operating the war machine. The couple was gunned down by the Bevelle forces and though Lenne tried to tell Shuyin she loved him during her final breath, he never heard her. Lenne died in the assault, and Shuyin, having survived, was taken captive in Bevelle, where he grew bitter and vengeful for having lost everything he treasured.

Lenne's spirit lived on, however, and her memories and feelings present in the pyreflies condensed into a sphere, which Kimahri Ronso finds on Mt. Gagazet a thousand years after her death, and which the Gullwings use as a dressphere, not knowing its true nature as the host of Lenne's spirit. Yuna can, however, notice a subtle change in her emotions while wearing the dressphere, and appears be to be able to connect to Lenne's lingering memories the way no one else seen wearing the dressphere can. The only other person to notice the link is Maechen, who when shaking Yuna's hand, appears to recognise Lenne in Yuna's gestures. While wearing the dressphere, Yuna has a peculiar dream of meeting up with Tidus under Bevelle and being shot by Bevelle forces. When Yuna falls through the hole in the Chamber of the Fayth to the Farplane, she meets up with Shuyin's spirit, who mistakes her as Lenne due to Yuna wearing Lenne's dressphere. During the encounter Yuna feels a surge of emotions she isn't sure are her own or not. Finally, Lenne's memories manifest in a form of a song Yuna goes on to perform during her concert on the Thunder Plains. During the concert Lenne is seen briefly during the song "1000 Words", when the power of the songstress dressphere reacts with Shinra's sphere display, showing Lenne's final memories on the screen. Lenne's spirit is manifested and sings alongside Yuna, although in the original Japanese release Yuna briefly turns into Lenne, instead of Yuna and Lenne performing a duet. This is when the party finally discovers that Lenne's spirit lies dormant inside Yuna's dressphere.

As the party venture deep into the Farplane to stop Shuyin, they first try to trick him by having Yuna wear Lenne's dressphere and impersonate as her. Shuyin can see through the guise, however, and goes berserk with rage. After the party defeat Shuyin in battle Lenne awakens and steps out of Yuna's dressphere to soothe Shuyin. She tells him to rest and thanks Yuna as they both fade away.

Trivia

 * Lenne bears a striking resemble to her Japanese voice actress, Koda Kumi.
 * It is never explained how LeBlanc manages to look exactly like Yuna while wearing Lenne's dressphere.

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