Princess Sarah

Princess Sarah, also given as Princess Sara (セーラ), is a recurring name used by several princesses in the Final Fantasy series. She is also depicted in the Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary logo.

Final Fantasy
Princess Sarah is a minor character in the original Final Fantasy. She is the daughter of the King of Cornelia and Queen Jayne, and has a younger sister. She is kidnapped by Garland, and held hostage in the Chaos Shrine, but the Warriors of Light rescue her. In return, she gives them the lute, which later enables them to expose a hidden passage in the Chaos Shrine when they travel to the past towards the end of the game.

Final Fantasy III
Princess Sara of Sasune meets the party while on her way to stop Djinn of Fire. Later in the game, she would help save the light warriors from the Curse of the Five Wyrms, along with Desch, Alus Restor, one of the Old Men, and Cid Haze. In the Nintendo DS remake, she and Ingus have a small love story.

Final Fantasy IX
Sarah is Garnet's real name, before she was adopted by Queen Brahne. The player must go to Madain Sari on disc 4 and reveal the hidden text on the Eidolon wall to find this out. This makes her the first playable Princess Sarah in the series.

Final Fantasy Dimensions
Sarah is one of the four Warriors of Light, traveling to save the crystals from the Avalon Empire.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Princess Sarah is set to appear as a playable sub-character in Theatrhythm by purchasing her by collected crystal fragments. In this game, her appearance is based directly on her original artwork by Yoshitaka Amano, like the Warrior of Light.

Etymology
Sera is the Latin-American for "Heavenly" or "Winged Angel", and is also a variant of the name Sarah, (שָׂרָה in Hebrew) the Hebrew name for "princess", or a woman of high rank.

8-Bit Theater
A parody version of the original Final Fantasy's Sarah, who, due to her frequently being kidnapped and exposed to evil people, is more evil than most of the villains. She decides to help Garland learn to become a villain because of his incompetence. Her evil appearance is based on Princess Sara Altney while her standard appearance is a recolor of Aria Benett's sprite.