Barbariccia



Barbariccia (バルバリシア Barubarishia), also known as Valvalis, is one of Golbez's four Archfiends, titled the Empress of the Winds in Final Fantasy IV.

Story
Barbariccia makes her home in the Tower of Zot, and is protected by her three minions, The Magus Sisters. However, she does not make an appearance until Cecil Harvey and his friends attempt to rescue Rosa Farrell, who is kept in the top floor. Barbariccia then appears and blames Kain Highwind for being a traitor. Kain in response says that he was being controlled by Golbez, and his true wish is to fight alongside Cecil. The party then fights Barbariccia and defeats her. In her dying breath, she destroys the tower, hoping that Cecil's party would would be trapped inside and die as well. However, Rosa casts the spell of Exit, and warped the party out of the tower.

Barbariccia is revived by Zemus, and makes an appearance in the Giant of Babil, along with Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, and Rubicante. Cecil's party has to defeat all four Fiends together, and succeeds.

Battle
Barbariccia appears as a boss in the Tower of Zot.

Final Fantasy
Barbariccia, appears in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable remakes as a boss in Hellfire Chasm, one of the bonus dungeons for the remakes.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Barbariccia will appear in Dissidia as a summon.

Trivia

 * Barbariccia's name came from the Inferno, part one of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri. The creature is one of the Malebranche ("Evil Claws") who guards the 5th Malebolge in the eighth circle of Hell (Cantos XXI through XXIII). Oddly, her name means "curly beard", implying that the original demon may have been male.
 * In some versions, she says that she only spared Kain's life because she had "feelings for him" as a "fellow creature of the sky."
 * There is some debate as to the nature of Barbariccia's sexuality. This is the cause for one of several jokes made in the popular Hyadain remix of the Final Fantasy IV music piece "Battle with the Four Fiends".