Magnolia Arch

Magnolia Arch is a playable character in Bravely Second: End Layer. She calls herself a Ba'al Buster, and first appears in the special movie in Bravely Default, unlocked after obtaining the true ending.

Appearance
Magnolia's appearance changes according to which asterisk she is currently equipped with. She has red eyes and long white hair with a white flower. Her normal outfit consists of a short indigo dress with slits on the sides and two extended "tails" in the back. Her bell sleeves are white and black and she wears black gloves. She wears black, white and indigo boots. She also has a white collar that covers her shoulders.

Alternate outfits
Magnolia has several alternate outfits.

Her Planeswarden Garb resembles her normal outfit but is colored black with a different design on the sleeves. She also wears her hair in a ponytail. Her Research Lab Coat outfit consists of a white long-sleeved dress shirt over a short black dress. She wears black tights and black high-heeled shoes. She has her hair in a ponytail without the flower and wears black half-rim glasses.

In Bravely Second, Magnolia shares a few outfits with Edea and Agnès from Bravely Default. The first is Agnès's Bravo Bunny outfit, called Bonsoir Bunny, but with reversed colors. Her teddy and rabbit ear headband is black with white tips. Her gloves are also colored white with a black bows on each side. Her boots are white with a black bow on the back of each and she has a black bunny tail. She is also missing her flower. The second is Edea's Garb, called Vestal Garb, which consists of a tight black form fitting outfit with armor-plated chest piece, sleeves, and boots. She has plate-mail on each side of her hips, a decorative hairpin on the left side and is not wearing her flower. The third is Edea's Military Cadet-in outfit, called Cadet Uniform, which consists of a short black dress with white stripes and a white shrug around her shoulders. She wears white tights and black boots with a brown bag hanging around her left shoulder. Her long hair is worn down and wavy.

Personality
Magnolia is a seasoned warrior who serves as part of the Ba'al busters charged with the defense of the moon and the world from monsters known as Ba'als. About a year before the events of Bravely Second, a powerful Ba'al attacked the moon destroying Fort-Lune and killing all of the Ba'al buster unit except for Magnolia and her commanding officer Abbleby, this motivated both of them to create a small on person craft that would travel to Luxendarc in order to hunt down the Ba'al. This is shown to be Magnolia's largest concern as the Ba'al that destroyed her home is currently on board Kaiser Oblivion's Skyfort.

Magnolia herself is a highly curious and romantic person who takes great pleasure in traveling Luxendarc. She had lived her entire life on the moon and is amazed with the many cultures and locations throughout the world. She often pepper's her speech with the native language of the moon, especially when excited or upset. She tends to enjoy moments that others would not such such as the small boat the party was using springing leaks stating how exiting it was while the others were trying to bail out the water. However, this culture clash leads to a misunderstanding between Yew and herself.

After finding her unconscious, Yew used a magnolia flower to rouse her from her slumber. Due to the culture related to flowers on the moon, a marriage proposal, Magnolia interpreted the flower as one from Yew. Magnolia's feelings for Yew developed from this moment and even after the misunderstanding had been cleared between the two, Magnolia still continued to develop a strong interest in Yew, a feeling that was eventually reciprocated.

Bravely Default: Special Movie
Finding Tiz Arrior in a white magic stasis tank some time after he defeated Ouroboros, Magnolia takes out the guards, doctors and scientists in the room. When she braves, she attacks with a move called Lightning Arrow. When she is attacked by an undead enemy, she then uses Bravely Second. At the same time, an airship is destroyed off-screen, and she comments "so much for going home" and then lets Tiz out of the tank. After freeing Tiz from captivity, she then says he is lucky to live in the same era as she is, as she'd taken an interest in him.

Bravely Second
Magnolia first appears in Gravemark Village when her ship crashes near where Yew and Edea were sleeping. Yew investigates the ship alone, while Edea was still asleep in the room. Inside the ship, he finds the unconscious Magnolia, who is awakened by a magnolia flower he found. Once she wakes up, she at first speaks in French wondering where she was. Yew was confused as he did not understand what she was saying. Magnolia realized this and changed her language to help him understand. Relieved, Yew gave her the flower so that she would be able to recover. Upon receiving the flower from someone she just met, she was brought to tears by his kindness. Afterwards, Yew asks for her name but she hesitates. She then introduces herself as Magnolia Arch, which was inspired by the flower Yew gave her.

Gameplay
Like all characters in the Bravely series, Magnolia's appearance, stats, and abilities change depending on the currently assigned job.

Musical themes
In Bravely Second, Magnolia's theme is called "I'm Going All Out" and is played during her "Special Move" sequence.

Dragon Quest X
Magnolia's flower head accessory is given to players who finished the Bravely Second demo then use the Dragon Quest X Convenient Tool For Adventures On the Go 3DS app.

Merchandise
An upcoming PVC figure for Magnolia Arch was announced to be in production.

Trivia

 * In the Japanese audio of the Special Movie, Magnolia is heard speaking several phrases in English. The English subtitles change her second language to French, and she speaks with a slight accent.
 * In the first conversation on Magnolia's bracelet she refers to herself as No. 10345:Arch.
 * Magnolia's Campaign Code Costume is actually the attire of Vega.