Maria (Final Fantasy II)

Maria is the main deuteragonist of Final Fantasy II. She is one of Firion's permanent allies, and Leon's sister, but the two are separated at the beginning of the game. Maria's vocal sounds in the PlayStation remake Final Fantasy Origins were provided by Noriko Shitaya, who later on provided the voice of Rydia in the 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV.

Appearance
Maria has pale skin, purple eyes, and long purple hair. She wears a halter top with the left side exposed, leggings, boots, and bracers on her wrists, which are all colored purple. Her left breast is covered with a gold cup and she wears a gold brooch on her neck. She also wears various gold bands on her left arm and a quiver of arrows attached to a belt around her waist. Her NES battle sprite shows her with red clothing and hair, while her map sprite in the NES version shows her with blonde hair. Maria wears a more simple outfit in her PS/GBA sprites and her hair is a bright shade of purple. Her sprite matches Yoshitaka Amano's concept art in the PlayStation Portable version.

Personality
Maria is a rather kind young lady that oftentimes act as the arbitrator between Firion and other members, especially seen amongst Leila when she offers her aide to take Firion and his party to Deist (as she finds this offer quite odd because Poft didnt offer access to Deist at the time, and Leila pops out of nowhere to offer them help), and her encounter with Leon when Firion and Leon almost clashed at the Palamecian Castle.

She later on in the game is more emotionally crumbled because she watches Leon disappear and Scott, Josef, Minwu, Cid, and Ricard die, and she cant keep her composure for much longer as her loved ones and friends keep on suffering and dying.

One scene shows her refusing a townman's flirtation of going out with him in Poft, showing her she is a serious lady that doesnt like fooling around.

Story
Maria's parents are killed during the Palamecian empire's strike against Fynn and she is taken in by the princess of Altair, Hilda. Firion asks if the three of them (Firion, Maria and Guy) could join the rebel army. After they are refused, Maria makes the statement they could not go home because Fynn has been taken over by the empire and that their parents have been killed. Hilda gives them the rebel password, Wild Rose, and allows them to stay in Altair. Maria, throughout the game, wants to defeat the empire, but also find her lost brother, Leon, who has been separated from her because of the empire's attack against Fynn.

Maria is later shocked to learn that one of the Emperor's servants, the Dark Knight, is actually Leon. When Leon attempts to crown himself Emperor after the original Emperor's first death, Maria accompanies Firion to confront him. The original Emperor returns from the dead, and Leon is forced to give up all dreams of ruling. After the Dark Emperor's return, Maria, Firion, Guy, and now Leon, head to Pandaemonium, the fortress of the Lord of Hell that has come to surface from Hell thanks to the Dark Emperor's powers. When the party faces the Dark Emperor, he is finally defeated. Leon separates from the party, but Maria does not want to separate from him again and tries to stop him from leaving. Firion stops her, saying that when Leon is ready to come back he will be welcome.

In the novelization Final Fantasy II Muma no Meikyū, Firion and Maria become a romantic couple at the end.

Gameplay
Maria's starting equipment is a Bow and her clothes. Out of the three starting characters Maria has the most Intelligence, making her suited to be made into a Black Mage by teaching her many offensive spells. She has the least Attack and HP among the three starting characters, and as her Stamina is lower than Firion's or Guy's, her HP will grow slower than theirs. On the up side her Agility is the highest, so she will often get first attack in battle early in the game. Her ultimate weapon in the Arcane Labyrinth is the Artemis Bow. Because the Key Terms that are optimal for Maria are received after retaking Castle Fynn, she has the option to obtain her ultimate weapon the earliest of the three core party members.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy
Maria appears as a playable character. Her initial weapon is the Silver Bow.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
Maria is an ally and a summonable Legend. Her EX ability is Blizzard 16.

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper


Maria can be recruited to the party as the First Time Reward for completing Mysidian Tower, Part 3 on Classic difficulty in the game's storyline.


 * Stats

Maria can use Black Magic spells up to rarity rank 5 and White Magic spells up to rarity rank 3.
 * Abilities

Her default Soul Break is Bow Master which at the expense of one Soul Gauge segment deals ranged physical damage to one target equal to 210% damage potency of a conventional attack.

Maria can equip the following weapon types: daggers, spears, rods, staffs, and bows.
 * Equipment

She can equip the following armor types: hats, light armor, robes, and bracers.

She can equip accessories.


 * Gallery

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Maria appears with her Yoshitaka Amano artwork and artwork from Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls.

Triple Triad (Portal App)
Maria appears on Triple Triad cards.

Trivia

 * Maria is the first female playable character in the series since the playable characters from the first Final Fantasy had no designated genders unless the player named them as such.
 * Maria is seventeen years old in the Final Fantasy II Muma no Meikyū novelization.

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