White Mage

Ff4 porom — Porom is a White Mage from *Final Fantasy IV*

White Mage is a special Job class in the Final Fantasy series, and is featured in several installments. Their equipment includes staves and maces, but in later installments they used magical rods instead. Their armor, like most mages, is limited to lightweight vests and mage robes. Their physical stats are usually higher than those of a Black Mage (because they cannot defend themselves), but are not as high most classes. Their magic stats, of course, are high.

The most prominent ability of a White Mage is to cast White Magic, which usually includes healing and support magic, but may also include status spells. In later installments, they were given the ability "Pray," in which the party's HP would be restored for no cost. The HP restored would be minimal. Their ability to heal, protect, and resurrect fallen members of the party make them typically invaluable, as they are usually the only efficient way of healing.

White Mages tend to dress in white, obviously. They tend towards lighter armor, generally robes, and their robes are trimmed with red triangles that usually flare out from cuffs, around hems, or on the lining of the players hood if they wear one. Also, the designers of Final Fantasy games have also chosen females as the primary practitioners of white magic. Male White Mages generally do not wear hoods; however, female ones do.

Prominent White Mages include Minwu of Final Fantasy II, Aria of Final Fantasy III, Rosa Farrell and Porom of Final Fantasy IV, Aeris Gainsborough of Final Fantasy VII, Garnet Til Alexandros XVII and Eiko Carol of Final Fantasy IX, Yuna of Final Fantasy X and Penelo of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. Banon of Final Fantasy VI is also reminiscent of a White Mage, but he is officially classified as a "Priest".

Appearances

Final Fantasy

Main article: White Mage (Final Fantasy)

Final Fantasy III

Main article: White Mage (Final Fantasy III)

Main article: Devout

The White Mage job is received by the Wind Crystal, while the Devout job is recieved by the Earth Crystal.

Non-Final Fantasy Appearances

M3on3-whitemage — White Mage, as she appears in *Mario Hoops 3-on-3*

The White Mage appears as a secret character in the Mario sports game, Mario Hoops 3-on-3. This is mainly because Square-Enix developed the game. White Mage's special shot is Holy Shot.