Editing Aranea Highwind

{{infobox character
|name=Aranea Highwind
|release=FFXV
|japanese=アラネア・ハイウィンド
|romaji=Aranea Haiwindo
|aka=Lady A<!--Biggs calls her this-->, Dragoon<!--loading screen description says this is her nickname-->
|image=FFXV Aranea Highwind.png
|age=30<ref>Character profile in ''Final Fantasy XV: Official Works''</ref>
|affiliation=[[Niflheim]] (formerly)
|occupation=Commodore of the Third Army Corps 87th Airborne Unit
|race=[[Human]]
|gender=Female
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|eye=Green
|type=guest
|weapon=[[Stoss Spear]]
|designer=[[Roberto Ferrari]]
|motion capture=Haruka Shibai
|japanese voice actor=[[Miyuki Sawashiro]]
|english voice actor=[[Kari Wahlgren]]
|boss page=Aranea (Final Fantasy XV boss)
|party member 1=Aranea (Final Fantasy XV gameplay)
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{{Quote|Imperial airborne division commodore known for captaining a distinct red aircraft as well as a squad of mercenaries. Even in hand-to-hand combat, Aranea is most at home in the skies, wielding a magitek lance in dragoon-style aerial attacks.|Official description}}
'''Aranea Highwind''' is a [[boss]] and a [[guest]] party member in ''[[Final Fantasy XV]]''. She is a mercenary who serves as the the commodore of the [[Niflheim|Niflheim Empire]]'s Third Army Corps 87th Airborne Unit. Her skill in aerial combat and wielding of a lance makes her akin to a [[Dragoon (job)|Dragoon]], a traditional [[job system|job class]] from the [[Final Fantasy series|''Final Fantasy'' series]].

Aranea is a hard-edged and free-spirited former mercenary whose loyalty and motivations are ambiguous. While she ranks high within the empire, she is unafraid to speak about her distrust of other high ranking officials. Despite her status, she addresses others in a casual manner, and is rather mischievous. She chooses her own path, and encourages others to do the same.

As a fighter, she is agile, and uses airborne jump attacks with her lance. When in the party, she can perform [[Link-strike#Guests|link-strike]]s with the player character and be asked to perform [[Technique (Final Fantasy XV)|Technique]] commands, including [[Air Superiority#Final Fantasy XV|Highwind]], her signature ability.

==[[Dossiers]]==
:''Commodore of Niflheim's Third Army Corps' 87th Airborne Division. Born and raised in the western continent, she first proved her prowess in the field as a mercenary. She excelled in combat, putting her impressive athletic abilities and spatial awareness to good use. Yet Aranea was unsatisfied with her de facto superiority: she desired a greater challenge. She then turned her gaze to the skies—and the rest is history. With her trusty magitek lance in hand, she leaps into the air, soaring to and fro with the aid of an inertia-controlling deice built into her armor. This incredible midair mobility has earned her the moniker "the Dragoon," and she has become something of a legend across Eos.''

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:''Aranea has long held doubts about the empire's devotion to its daemonic research. It is only when the imperial army's failed assault on Altissia leads to countless civilian casualties that she decides to officially cut her ties. Now, she has turned against her former employer, hunting down the daemons and magitek troopers they created while saving innocents from harm.''
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==Profile==
===Appearance===
[[File:Aranea Highwind.jpg|thumb|left|Aranea.]]
Aranea has fair skin, green eyes and shoulder-length, silver-blond hair. She wears a suit of armor dubbed the "Dragon Mail"; it is red and black leather armor that has a "scaly" appearance to allude to dragons. Her long white cape with a red symbol also somewhat mimics the appearance of a dragon's wings. She wears a black helmet and wields the [[Stoss Spear#Final Fantasy XV|Stoss Spear]], described as "beyond the handling of all others."<!--Play Arts Kai description-->. She wears red-brown boots with unique high heels. Aranea's [[Bestiary (Final Fantasy XV)|bestiary]] entry records her weight as ???.

During ''[[Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto|Episode Prompto]]'', she wears a "Women's Snowsuit" due to the cold area surrounding the First Magitek Production Facility. She wears leather trousers and a long fur-lined black coat and a muted red scarf with matching fingerless gloves. She has no headwear with her snowsuit and wears long heeled boots. The zipper of her jacket has a large round accessory with a red gem.

[[File:Aranea Highwind artwork from FFXV Dawn of the Future.png|thumb]]
In ''Dawn of the Future'', some artwork depict Aranea wearing black leather trousers and a white officer's coat with imperial emblems. She also sports a new magitek weapon that can [https://www.omniacrystallis.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/episodearanea02.jpg open up to shoot electricity]. She now wears a side ponytail and wears fingerless black gloves.
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===Personality===
{{Quote|Darkness is coming. If I were you, I'd watch my princely ass. Uh—'kingly' ass.|Aranea Highwind}}
Aranea has been described by her English voice actress, [[Kari Wahlgren]], as "edgy" and "street smart",<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://gameranx.com/updates/id/80938/article/interview-kari-wahlgren-on-final-fantasy-xv-anime-and-localization/| page name = Interview: Kari Wahlgren on Final Fantasy XV, Anime, and Localization| site url = https://gameranx.com| site name = Gameranx| access time = 17:35, December 05, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref> though her loyalty at first remains ambiguous. Though she holds the rank of commodore, she prefers people speak to her in a casual manner. She disagrees with immoral practices, such as the empire using [[Daemon (Final Fantasy XV)|daemons]] in their war efforts. Owing to her military background, she, in at least the English localization, speaks in a blunt manner. 

As a free-spirited woman, she encourages [[Noctis Lucis Caelum|Prince Noctis]] to not let anyone tell him how to walk his path in life. She displays a mischievous side when she flirts with him in battle. She claims to not like working after hours when she withdraws from her fight with Noctis. She is implied to be a strong leader, as her subordinates [[Biggs and Wedge (Final Fantasy XV)|Biggs and Wedge]] follow her loyally no matter which side of the war she wants to support.

Aranea is skeptical of the empire, and voices her distrust of [[Iedolas Aldercapt|the emperor]], the [[Ravus Nox Fleuret|new high commander]] and [[Ardyn Izunia|the chancellor]], mentioning she "really can't stand that guy" on the latter. She eventually defects to save innocent people and hunt daemons rather than harvest them for the empire as she had been doing before. In ''Episode Prompto'', she alone sets out to defeat the empire's newest magitek monster, and to look for Noctis's friend. Though she is hard on [[Prompto Argentum|Prompto]] and threatens to abandon him if he doesn't keep up with her, it is implied she is doing it to snap him out of his indecisive state. She encourages him to decide his path in life and is pleased when he takes initiative to return to his friends.

''[[Final Fantasy XV: Comrades]]'' describes her as never the one to obsess over birthright and rank, having a pragmatic and forward-thinking attitude, a no-nonsense approach, and a confident demeanor. According to her profile in ''The Alchemist Code'' {{Show image|Aranea-Highwind-The-Alchemist-Code-FFXV.png}}, Aranea becomes embarrassed if "treated like a lady".

==Story==
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{{Quote|Her own loyalties owing to money alone, the imperial commodore would sooner trust sly mercenaries than mechanical magitek troopers. Highwind’s unsavory ties to Biggs and Wedge date back to their teenage days.|Loading screen}}
As told in ''[[Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-]]'', when Aranea had been a child her village had been attacked by daemons and she and the other children had been sheltered in the local church while the adults went out to fight. Aranea had wanted to join the adults, feeling that if she got separated from her parents now she would never see them again, but had been told she is too young and that she should stay back and look after the other children.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/188651595417/dawn-of-the-future-page-140-reflecting| page name = Dawn of the Future Page 140, Reflecting| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie @tumblr| access time = 15:53, October 29, 2019 (UTC)}}</ref>

Aranea worked as a mercenary hired by Niflheim due to her unique fighting abilities. She is the [[Etymology:Commodore|commodore]] of Niflheim's Third Army Corps 87th Airborne Division and reports to the high commander.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com/post/177052224822/appendix-6-armaments-of-the-niflheim-empire-as-a| page name = Appendix 6 - Armaments of the Niflheim Empire from ''Final Fantasy XV Official Works'' translations by higharollakockamamie| site url = https://higharollakockamamie.tumblr.com| site name = higharollakockamamie @tumblr| access time = 03:21, August 17, 2018 (UTC)}}</ref> Her service record in combating daemons and [[Astral]]s for the empire earned her the use of her own [[assault craft]]. Perhaps due to her distaste for the [[magitek infantry]], her unit is composed only of humans.

[[File:Ravus-Aranea-FFXV.png|thumb|left|Aranea next to Ravus.]]
Aranea stands before [[Iedolas Aldercapt|Emperor Aldercapt]] in the aftermath of [[Insomnia]]'s invasion, who implores them to kill Prince Noctis and capture [[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret|Lady Lunafreya]]. [https://youtu.be/5Mgym43YHdY?t=20 Aranea attacks Noctis] when his party infiltrates [[Fort Vaullerey|an imperial base]], but leaves upon defeat, claiming she doesn't get paid after a certain time.

When Noctis is looking for mythril in [[Vesperpool]] he gets help from the chancellor of Niflheim, Ardyn Izunia, who has Aranea join Noctis's party as they raid a temple to "train them under cover". Aranea is suspicious of the empire's recent activities, and reveals the empire is harvesting "specimens" to make into daemons for warfare, such as the magitek troopers. She disagrees with this practice, and is considering leaving the army and returning to mercenary life. She does not approve of the emperor and the new high commander, and especially detests Ardyn.

In the [[Steyliff Grove]], they fight through legions of daemons and defeat the temple guardian, [[Quetzalcoatl (Final Fantasy XV)|Quetzalcoatl]], and retrieve the ore it protected. Afterward, she promises to train the party more if their paths cross again and gives them a ride to the industrial town of [[Lestallum]] on her personal aircraft. Aranea continues to patrol Lucis at night, sometimes swooping down to aid Noctis and party fighting daemons or  hunting marks in the dark. Prompto becomes smitten with her and wonders if [https://youtu.be/sGo3L5OF-D8 she has a boyfriend].

After the empire's attack on Altissia results in countless civilian casualties, Aranea cuts her ties and starts working against them. As depicted in ''Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-'', she had helped with recovery and clean-up in Altissia, but the empire's poor treatment of its human troops frustrates her. Upon returning to Gralea Aranea finds it under attack by [[Diamond Weapon (Final Fantasy XV)|Diamond Weapon]]. While Biggs and Wedge evacuate the citizens, she continues alone and discovers that the emperor has died and that Ardyn had unleashed the Weapon upon the city and is now having it transported to [[Tenebrae (Final Fantasy XV)|Tenebrae]]. Aranea declares her resignation to Ardyn in person and decides to make it her mission to get the refugees to safety and commands her unit to protect Tenebrae. She unexpectedly runs into Brigadier General [[Loqi Tummelt]] under special orders from the late emperor to transport an eight-year-old girl and she takes her under her wing. What is left of Aranea's Airborne Unit 87 downs the transport ship carrying the Diamond Weapon and she destroys the monstrosity by taking out its [[magitek core]]s. They take the refugees to Tenebrae by train and Aranea learns the girl now in her care is the late emperor's secret granddaughter, [[Solara Aldercapt Antiquum]], though he officially had no successor, having planned to transcend mortality and become an eternal sovereign.

[[File:Aranea-in-Tenebrae-FFXV.png|thumb|Aranea in Tenebrae.]]
While in Tenebrae helping the displaced citizens in a relief effort she meets Noctis, Gladiolus and now-blind Ignis. She explains she had nothing to do with the empire's attack on Fenestala Manor, and that she and the soldiers under her command have left the empire. Aranea lends her aid to Noctis once more by arranging for Biggs and Wedge to take the party to the imperial capital of Gralea. She notes one of Noctis's friends, Prompto, is missing from his party.

During the events of ''Episode Prompto'', Aranea infiltrates the [[First Magitek Production Facility]] in a remote arctic region to find the truth behind Verstael Besithia's magitek project. She fights the monsters in the facility, busting through the main room, and is surprised to find Prompto. She has read the notes and blueprints around the facility, realizing what Verstael is planning. She gets Prompto to his feet and gives him a [[snowmobile]] to escape the facility.

[[File:Aranea-Episode-Prompto-FFXV-DLC.png|thumb|left|Aranea urges Prompto to meet with his friends.]]
She finds Prompto camping out in the wilderness and joins him. Aranea urges him to return to his friends, but Prompto hesitates because he has learned that he is a clone born in an imperial magitek facility, destined to be made into a magitek trooper. He only escaped that fate by being kidnapped by Lucis and raised in the [[Insomnia|Crown City]]. Aranea insists his origins don't matter, and Prompto himself must decide what he wants out of life.

The next day they infiltrate another magitek facility to destroy Verstael's newest magitek creations. They defeat [[Barbarus]] together, and Aranea rides the snowmobile as [[Immortalis]] chases after them, with Prompto downing it with a backseat-mounted machine gun. At the end of their adventure, Prompto declares he is heading to Gralea to meet up with Noctis and the others to tell them the truth about himself. Aranea watches him ride the snowmobile into the distance, smiling.

Aranea dedicates her life to helping the populace against daemons that run rampant as [[Long night|daylight disappears from the world]]. She posts herself to areas ravaged by daemons and war and travels to Lestallum, mankind's last outpost. She stands besides the former Lucian marshal, [[Cor Leonis]], and all who stand up for mankind's survival. She helps a member of the [[Kingsglaive (group)|Kingsglaive]] take down two Niduses that spawn outside Lestallum. In the decade following, Aranea makes a name for herself by hunting daemons and saving people in danger.

When Noctis returns to bring light back to the world, [[Talcott Hester|Talcott]] tells him that Aranea was once feared far and wide as a warrior dragoon, but is now revered by the people of Lucis. Along with Biggs and Wedge, she leads her own army.
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===Alternate ending===
[[File:Aranea in FFXV Dawn of the Future.png|thumb|Artwork of Aranea for ''The Dawn of the Future''.]]
As depicted in ''The Dawn of the Future'', Aranea raised Solara alongside Biggs and Wedge to become an adept fighter. During an expedition to ancient ruins where the [[Sapphire Weapon]] was kept, Aranea became trapped and surrounded by daemons, realizing she will soon become a daemon as well. She ordered for the ruins to be sealed up without rescue attempts.

Solara and her new friend, the revived Lady Lunafreya, break into the ruins anyway to save her, and Lunafreya uses her new powers to absorb the Scourge to revert Aranea's transformation. This acts as a catalyst to turn Lunafreya into a daemon, though she retains her sentience as her Oracle powers allow her to withstand the infection. Aranea attacks the daemon-Lunafreya to protect Sol, but the latter protects her friend. Lunafreya is captured and brought to Lestallum, but Aranea helps Solara free her.<!--in the "main game" version of the story are we to assume Aranea became a daemon then, as there was no revived Lunafreya to revert her?-->

After Noctis awakens from his ten-year slumber inside the Crystal, Sol fills him in on everything that has happened during his absence. She blames herself for Lunafreya's transformation as she had asked her to save Aranea, but Noctis affirms Lunafreya had genuinely wanted to help due to her innate kindness. Aranea, Biggs, Wedge and Sol head to the Citadel on Aranea's airship and find Noctis and his reunited retinue fighting an army of smaller [[Bahamut (Final Fantasy XV)|Bahamuts]] with the true Bahamut raising the [[Citadel]] building to the sky to take the Crystal and throne out of reach. Everyone comes on board the airship, but it is attacked by one of the Bahamuts and crashlands on the flying Citadel's plaza. As Noctis and his friends continue on to save Lunafreya and stop Bahamut, Aranea and the others stay behind to repair the airship so they'll have a way out of the Citadel.

In the end Noctis saves Lunafreya and teams up with the other Astrals, Lucii and Ardyn to fell Bahamut in both the physical and [[The beyond|heavenly realms]]. As the Citadel begins to fall from the sky, everyone is saved by [[Titan (Final Fantasy XV)|Titan]]. The Astrals fade from existence and the Crystal shatters after absorbing the Scourge from the planet, and Aranea is with the others to witness the break of dawn.
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==Gameplay==
{{Main|Aranea (Final Fantasy XV gameplay)|t1=Aranea Highwind gameplay}}
{{Quote|I was out taking down some daemons, and just happened to be in the area.|Aranea Highwind, after assisting in battle}}
[[File:Aranea-Highwind-FFXV.png|thumb|Aranea as a guest.]]
Aranea is a [[Aranea (Final Fantasy XV boss)|boss]] and a guest party member in ''Final Fantasy XV'' and ''Episode Prompto''. She embodies the classic ''Final Fantasy'' class Dragoon, able to fight airborne, uses jump attacks, wears black armor and wields a lance. When in the party she can perform her signature [[Air Superiority#Final Fantasy XV|Highwind]] [[Technique (Final Fantasy XV)|Technique]] and execute [[link-strike]]s with the player character. When the player character-swaps to Prompto, and Aranea is a guest member, the Highwind Technique is available, too, because the two partnered up in ''Episode Prompto''.

Unlike other guest characters who only join as part of the story, Aranea has a random chance of appearing at night to help the party fight daemons or [[Day and night cycle|nighttime]] hunts in the overworld after [[Chapter|Chapter 7]].

Aranea was added as a training partner for campsites in [[Final Fantasy XV patches#1.21|version 1.21]]. She can be battled on various [[level]]s. When a guest party member, the player can't [[Fishing (Final Fantasy XV)|fish]], but she will pose in [[photos]] (she doesn't have her helmet in the photos even if her field model wears it). The game has no car or [[chocobo (Final Fantasy XV)|chocobo-riding]] animations for her.

[[File:Aranea in a group photo in FFXV.png|thumb|Aranea in a group photo.]]
Aranea will pose in group photos, but the only photo spot one can use with her in a normal playthrough is by the Vesperpool. If the player had her in the party in other photo spots, she would be included in all of them. If the player has no pictures of Aranea saved, a selfie of Prompto with her appears in the ending credits. If the player has a saved picture with her, it appears instead.
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==Other appearances==
[[File:WotV Aranea Highwind.png|right|230px|thumb|Aranea in ''War of the Visions''.]]
{{Main|/Other appearances|t1=Aranea Highwind other appearances}}
"Despite having a pretty minor role in the game's plot and promotional materials, she left a big impression on fans."<ref>https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FinalFantasyXVGuestPartyMembers</ref> Aranea has made appearances in the following ''Final Fantasy XV'' canon works:
*''[[/Other appearances#Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire|Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire]]'' as a challenger character.

She has also appeared in the following games throughout the [[Final Fantasy series|''Final Fantasy'' series]]:
*''[[Aranea Highwind (Opera Omnia)|Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia]]'' as a playable character.
*''[[/Other appearances#Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival|Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival]]'' as a playable character.
*''[[/Other appearances#Pictlogica Final Fantasy|Pictlogica Final Fantasy]]'' as a memoria.
*''[[/Other appearances#Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade|Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade]]'' as a summonable Legend.
*''[[Aranea Highwind (Record Keeper)|Final Fantasy Record Keeper]]'' as a playable character and a boss.
*''[[Aranea Highwind (Brave Exvius)|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]]'' as a summonable vision.
*''[[Aranea Highwind (War of the Visions)|War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]]'' as a summonable vision.
*''[[/Other appearances#Mobius Final Fantasy|Mobius Final Fantasy]]'' as cards.

==Non-''Final Fantasy'' guest appearances==
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Aranea has made key guest appearances in the following non-''Final Fantasy'' games:
*''[[/Other appearances#Blue Reflection|Blue Reflection]]'' as a DLC outfit.
*''[[/Other appearances#The Alchemist Code|The Alchemist Code]]'' as a player character.
*''[[/Other appearances#Lord of Vermilion IV|Lord of Vermilion IV]]''.
*''[[/Other appearances#Minecraft|Minecraft]]'' as a skin.

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:FF XIII Versus Dragoon girl.jpg|thumb|right|The mysterious dragoon as she appeared in promotional material for ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII''.]]
Before ''[[Final Fantasy Versus XIII]]'' became ''Final Fantasy XV'', Aranea was known only as the "female Dragoon." She was seen in early trailers facing off against Noctis  in Insomnia. Aranea was designed by [[Roberto Ferrari]] around the end of June, 2010.<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://www.novacrystallis.com/2016/08/character-artist-roberto-ferrari-speaks-on-final-fantasy-xv-story-changes-cut-characters/| page name = Character artist Roberto Ferrari speaks on Final Fantasy XV story changes, cut characters| site url = http://www.novacrystallis.com| site name = NovaCrystallis|access time = 20180725201248}}</ref> Ferrari has commented on her design thusly:<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://www.novacrystallis.com/2016/12/artist-roberto-ferrari-speaks-designs-final-fantasy-xv/| page name = Artist Roberto Ferrari speaks about his designs in Final Fantasy XV | site url = http://www.novacrystallis.com| site name = NovaCrystallis|access time = 20180725201249}}</ref>
{{Quote|She hasn't changed at all, I only had to change the spear because it lacked scenic impact [...] I drew a quick draft of Biggs and Wedge, but my prototypes weren't taken into consideration and ended up being two 'mannequins' in a suit. She initially was supposed to always be accompanied by those two. Her original was that of a member of a squadron that had specific attack patterns based on jumps.|Roberto Ferrari}}

{{Quote|I just drew the characters. As for Aranea, I remember I had the chance to take a look at one of the original model's screenshots to make some adjustments (this happened for the first adaptation of Ardyn too). Aranea is supposed to have very abudant [sic] breasts, but the one created by the modeler had some space between one breast and the other, which created a 'fake boobs' kind of look. I asked them if I could make the breasts closer to each other, so they could look softer and more natural. I also made adjustments on her make-up. However, when Nomura-san supervised my work, he decided to apply further variations: for instance, he turned the orange lipstick I chose for her into a red one.|Roberto Ferrari answering a comment on his Facebook<ref>https://www.facebook.com/RobertoFerrariArt/photos/a.945240485548310/1224130330992656/?type=3&theater</ref>}}

Aranea was supposed to have her own [[Final Fantasy XV downloadable content|DLC episode]] in 2019 along with Lunafreya and Noctis. Its working title was "The Beginning of the End".<ref>{{Refwebsite| page url = https://www.dualshockers.com/final-fantasy-xv-dlc-new-finale-announcements/| page name = Final Fantasy XV – Four New DLC Announced Bringing New Ending; Mod Tools and Much More Revealed| site url = https://www.dualshockers.com| site name = Dualshockers| access time = 20180725201407}}</ref> However, the DLC was cancelled when the director of ''Final Fantasy XV'', Hajime Tabata, left Square Enix.

===Voice===
In the Japanese version of ''Final Fantasy XV'', Aranea is voiced by [[wikipedia:Miyuki Sawashiro|Miyuki Sawashiro]], also the voice actress of [[Raffaello]] from the [[Nintendo DS]] version of ''[[Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon]]'', [[Sice]] from ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'', [[Quistis Trepe]] from ''[[World of Final Fantasy]]'', and [[Minfilia Warde]] from ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]''.

In the English version, she is voiced by [[Kari Wahlgren]], also the voice actress of [[Shelke Rui]] from ''[[Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-]]'' and ''World of Final Fantasy'', [[Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca]] from ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', and [[Ovelia Atkascha]] from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''.

In both languages, she shares this voice combination with unrelated character, Celty Sturluson, from the light novel series, ''Durarara!!''.

==Merchandise==
A Play Arts Kai figure for Aranea comes with hands, helmet, spear, a "dragon's tail" and a display stand.

<gallery>
FFXV Play arts kai Aranea3.png|Aranea's Play Arts Kai.
FFXV Play arts kai Aranea2.png|Aranea's Play Arts Kai.
Aranea-Highwind-Play-Arts-Kai-FFXV.png|Aranea's Play Arts Kai.
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Aranea FFXV Profile Image.jpg
Aranea and Verstael Concept Art.jpg|Concept artwork of Aranea (left) and Verstael (right).
Aranea Closeup Art.jpg|Concept artwork.
Aranea Face Art.jpg|Concept artwork.
Aranea loading screen from FFXV.png|Loading screen.
Aranea's loading screen.png|Loading screen.
Ravus-Aranea-Verstael-FFXV.png|Aranea with Ravus and Verstael.
Aranea-Battle-FFXV.png|Aranea as a boss.
Aranea-Camp-FFXV.png|Aranea at camp.
Prompto and Aranea selfie from FFXV.png|Prompto takes a photo of Aranea when she is in the party.
Aranea-Duscae-FFXV.png|Prompto takes a photo of Aranea when she is in the party.
Aranea-Biggs-Wedge-Steyliff-FFXV.png|Aranea with Biggs and Wedge at Steyliff Grove.
Aranea from FFXV.png|Aranea
Aranea-and-Prompto-FFXV-DLC.png|Aranea in ''Episode Prompto''.
Aranea-and-Prompto2-FFXV-DLC.png|Aranea in ''Episode Prompto''.
Aranea-at-camp-Episode-Prompto-FFXV-DLC.png|Aranea in ''Episode Prompto''.
The-Beauty-of-Teamwork-Highlight-FFXV-Episode-Prompto.png|Beauty of Teamwork [[Archive Highlights|Archive Highlight]] in ''Episode Prompto''.
Aranea-Episode-Prompto-Artwork-FFXV.png|Sketch shown at [[Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary]] exhibition at Gallery Nucleus.
Aranea artwork Kentarou Kimura Countdown.jpeg|Artwork by Kentarou Kimura for a release date countdown on Twitter.
FFXV Iris Cindy Aranea 2-year anniversary artwork.jpg|2-year anniversary artwork.
Aranea Icon FFXV.png|Icon.
Aranea-Highwind-FFXV-character-models.png|Character models.
Aranea-Highwind-FFXV-character-model.png|Character model.
Aranea-Highwind-Wihtout-Helmet-FFXV.png|Character model without the helmet.
Aranea-Highwind-FFXV-face.png|Face model.
Aranea-Highwind-Lance-FFXV.png|Weapon.
Loqi Sol and Aranea in FFXV Dawn of the Future.png|Artwork from ''[[Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-]]''.
Aranea in Gralea in FFXV Dawn of the Future.png|Artwork from ''[[Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-]]''.
Tenebrae-Night-FFXV.png|Aranea's red aircraft.
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==Etymology==
{{Etym|Aranea}}

[[Highwind]] is a recurring surname in the [[Final Fantasy series|''Final Fantasy'' series]] associated especially with dragoons. {{Etym|Highwind}}

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20171201114830/https://ffxv.cdn.sqexeu.com/public/img/character-guides/aranea.pdf Official cosplay reference guide]
*[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FinalFantasyXVGuestPartyMembers Aranea: Characters / Final Fantasy XV - Guest Party Members]

==References==
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