Garnet Til Alexandros XVII

Princess Garnet til Alexandros XVII is the female protagonist of Final Fantasy IX. She is more commonly known by her nickname Dagger.

Story
Garnet was born in Madain Sari, where she was part of a Summoner tribe. Like all Summoners, she had a horn in her forehead. However, she and her mother had to escape from Madain Sari when Garland attacked them. The boat was destroyed, and her mother was killed.

She washed ashore in Alexandria, where she was discovered by the royal family. The King ordered that her horn be removed. She was then raised as a princess of Alexandria, and always thought that Queen Brahne was her mother.

When Queen Brahne began to change, she sought to escape Alexandria, only to find that the thief group Tantalus planned to kidnap her. She went along with this.

She struggles hard to hide her identity as the Princesss of Alexandria, and adopts the nickname Dagger. Although she seems to dislike Zidane, her "rescuer" at first, she falls in love with him.

Equipment and Stats
Garnet's class is a combination of White Mage and Summoner. She uses rods and magical rackets as weapons.

Abilities
Garnet uses White Magic and summons Eidolons. Her abilities are more offensive-minded than Eiko's for the most part.

While in Trance, a summoned Eidolon may reappear after she casts it until her next turn. There is also a higher chance of a full summon.

Trivia

 * If using a "Max MP" cheat, e.g. through the use of a Game Shark, Garnet will be able to summon Eidolons from the very beginning of the game. This is because the reason for her not being able to do so, if playing normally, isn't so much because she doesn't know how, it's because she simply doesn't have enough MP to do it.