Harley

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Harley is the secretary to the king of Damcyan. Though determined to become a scholar, she was enchanted by Edward's singing voice and became his secretary.

Game Description

Harley is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is Edward's secretary at Damcyan, acting as an aide and emissary, and is a well-read and insightful scholar of the world.

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Appearance

Harley has pale skin, bright blue hair, blue eyes, and wears glasses. Her outfit consists of a dark coat with a green gradient held closed by several buckles, under which she wears an outfit with blue patterning, and dark boots.

Personality

Harley dislikes war and violence, and believes education and science are the tools that will carry humanity to the future. She finds her duties under Edward stressful, but enjoys them nonetheless. She is inquisitive and is implied to be knowledgeable on many topics. Her research has even led to her discovery of Golbez's origins, and the hand the Lunarians played in humanity's development of magic and airships.

Harley is concerned for Edward, feeling he is neglecting his royal duties by passing them off to her and the Damcyan chancellor. However, she assists him to try and ease the burden of rule while he still grieves for Anna and Tellah. When Edward confesses to her he is considering giving up the harp as his playing is not pure while he still clings to his past, Harley tells him it does not matter, as others find hope in his music, and tells him that after her parents died during the wars of Final Fantasy IV, his playing gave her hope to keep living and inspired her to come to Damcyan to serve Edward.

Story

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Final Fantasy IV Interlude

Template:Sideicon A year after the events of Final Fantasy IV, Harley is taken as "Secretary-in-Training" for King Edward, appearing briefly during the celebration for the reconstruction of Damcyan.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

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Harley (iOS).

At the start of Edward's Tale, Harley accompanies Edward to Baron after a messenger sent by Cecil acts strangely. On their journey, Harley is afflicted with desert fever. Edward goes to retrieve the Sand Pearl, but is attacked by bandits when traveling back. He escapes safely, and Harley recovers from the fever. During the night, Edward is visited by Tellah's and Anna's spirits. Tellah tells Edward, Anna wants him to find happiness, insinuating he should move on from the past and find a new lover.

In the morning, Edward thanks Harley, possibly hinting at romantic feelings for her. They sail to Baron and have an audience with Cecil. Edward secretly leaves some Whisperweed in his throne room and on the voyage back to Damcyan, Harley and Edward hear a conversation between Cecil and the Mysterious Girl. Upon returning home, Rosa hides at Damcyan's castle before Kain arrives to steal their Crystal for Baron. Edward leaves with Cid to rescue Rosa, who was abducted by Kain after the attack.

In the Gathering Tale, Harley is at Damcyan and worries for Edward's safety at Baron. She recognizes Rydia of Mist, and requests she goes with the party. Edge refuses at first, but allows her to accompany them on the Falcon until she sees Edward again. The party believe her information as a scholar will assist them, regardless.

When the party chases the Maenads to the True Moon, Harley speaks with Edward in the Subterrane. She asks him to play a song to ease her fears, but he refuses, claiming his harp will not do much good and that he should abandon playing it altogether. Harley convinces him not to give up.

Harley and Edward during the ending.

During the ending, Edward speculates Damcyan's Crystal is different from any other Crystal the Creator made, because it has recovered its light faster than the others. Harley asks if he is suggesting the Crystal is evolving. Edward says it is, in a response to the evolution that took place in their hearts. They leave with the Chancellor to begin preparations for rebuilding the world.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

Stats

Harley has all-around poor to average stats, with only her Intelligence standing out, though it is outclassed by the Black Mage-type characters, and she has limited practical applications for it. The limited uses of her abilities and small pool of equipment and Band abilities greatly limits her effectiveness.

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
5	170	24	9	7	6	9	8
20	597	84	17	14	14	23	19
30	1,046	124	25	20	19	33	27
40	1,627	164	33	25	23	42	35
50	2,319	194	37	28	31	45	37
60	3,063	224	41	31	37	48	39
70	3,879	254	46	35	44	50	40
80
90
99	4,779	326	52	40	49	55	45

Abilities

Harley using Piercing Sight.

Harley has the abilities Piercing Sight and Gil Toss. Piercing Sight can give an enemy a new weakness and remove status enhancements, but has a chance to fail. Gil Toss does damage by throwing Gil at all enemies based on Harley's level. Since Piercing Eye gives new weaknesses, she can team up with Ursula's Tenketsu, or black mages, (unless the new weakness is Holy, then white mages, but at a higher level) to make an exploitation of monsters' weaknesses. Gil Toss is affected by her weapons' atk power, so if she is given her strongest weapon (like Mystic Whip, Artemis Bow and Arrow set, etc.), her Gil Toss is much higher. Gil Toss is not affected by monsters' defense, particularly Flans, so they receive tons of damage.

Band Abilities

Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Feast of the Land	Edward (Bardsong) Harley (Gil Toss)	20	Restore party HP and certain status ailments.
Weapon in Progress	Edward (Salve) Cid (Risky Strike) Harley (Gil Toss) Luca (Analyze)	25	Create a new item that does... something.
Wild Whip	Rydia (Attack, Whip) Harley (Attack, Whip) Izayoi (Attack, Whip)	4	Three fighters whip a single enemy repeatedly.
Call Me Queen	Rydia (Attack, Whip) Harley (Attack, Whip) Izayoi (Attack, Whip) Leonora (Attack, Whip)	11	Whip and turn the enemy into a Pig.
Temptation	Rydia (Black Magic) Harley (Gil Toss) Izayoi (Illusions) Rosa (Aim)	19	Surprise one enemy with an attack.

Equipment

Harley can equip a variety of light armor and weapons, giving her the ability to be geared towards either a physical fighter or a mage. However, the weapons she has to choose from are typically weak and she has no magical abilities, so she is unable to capitalize on her flexible equipment options. However, In the Crystals Chapter, it is reccomended for her to have Artemis Bow (found by Moonmaiden) and Artemis Arrow(found by Lunar Virus and Black Flan), because the dungeon mostly contains dragons, and Artemis Bow gives her +10 strength, speed and Stamina, but-10 spirit and intelligence (but she may not use these two anyways, unless if she uses attack items, etc.) and the Artemis Arrows are effective against dragons, making her quite useful in that context.

Weapons

Bows and Arrows	Staves	Rods	Daggers	Whips
Bow Crossbow Great Bow Killer Bow Elfin Bow Yoichi Bow Artemis Bow Perseus's Bow Medusa Arrows Iron Arrows Holy Arrows Fire Arrows Lightning Arrows Ice Arrows Blinding Arrows Poison Arrows Silencing Arrows Angel Arrows Yoichi Arrows Artemis Arrows Perseus Arrows	Staff Healing Staff Mythril Staff Psycho Spiral Protect Staff Power Staff Aura Staff Master's Staff Sage's Staff Seraphim's Mace Rune Staff	Rod Ice Rod Flame Rod Healing Rod Thunder Rod Lilith Rod Polymorph Rod Wizard's Rod Recovery Rod Faerie Rod Stardust Rod	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger Assassin's Dagger	Queen's Whip Whip Thorn Whip Chain Whip Ice Whip Blitz Whip Flame Whip Dragon Whisker Mystic Whip

Armor

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Adamant Shield	Queen's Mask Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Wizard's Hat Steel Headplate Circlet Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Sage's Miter Goblin Mask Officer's Hat Gold Hairpin Hypnocrown Cat-Ear Hood Mystic Veil White Tiger Mask Ribbon Red Cap Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing Foot Ninja Gear Gaia Gear Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Sage's Surplice Queen's Tights Mage's Robe Silver Breastplate Black Robe Mist Wrap Rose Twine Dress Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Exorcist's Gown Red Robe Luminous Robe Power Sash Sage's Robe Minerva Bustier Red Jacket Brave Suit Pink Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Queen's Gloves Iron Armlet Talisman Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Diamond Armlet Protect Ring Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Reach Ring Provoke Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring v2 Gil Band Gil Band v2 Level Band Level Band v2 Rare Band Rare Band v2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter v2

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Harley appears in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

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Etymology

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Trivia

• Harley's diary mentions she received her education and training in Troia when she was young.
• Dummied content indicates Harley was to have the ability "Knowledge", which would have increased the power of attack items. There is also a dummied Blue Magic command belonging to an unknown character—given that Harley's equipment consists of mage-type weapons and armor, and her high Intelligence, the command may have been meant for her.
• In Edward's Tale, she is the only one who discovered the true identity of the Man in Black .

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