Rose Oriana/Chronology

Early Life
Born as the daughter of King Raphael Oriana and Queen Reina Oriana, Rose was expected to excel in an visual art and later marry in her life. During her childhood, Rose accompanied her father to the kingdom of Midgar but snuck out of her inn to play with other children. Due to her extravagant clothes, she attracted bandits who kidnapped her for ransom upon realizing her identity. Before they intend to make Rose a hostage, Cid, under the alias "Fancy Bandit Slayer," suddenly appeared and slaughter all the bandits. Having been saved, Rose became enamored by the sight of the mysterious figure's swordsmanship after witnessing his fight against the bandits and became spurred into develop her own built around basics without wasted movements.

Due to the traditions within Oriana royalty, she was required to take up an visual art. Despite her country's stigma on swordplay, Rose made it as her specialty and strived to prove her country wrong in believing that swordsmanship was uncivilized. In her mid-adolescence, she attended Midgar's Spellsword Academy as an exchange student, where she later became Student Council President.

Midgar Academy Terrorist Attack
Entering the Bushin Festival tournament, she first encountered Cid Kagenō in the preliminaries and dominated the duel with her vastly superior skills, overpowering the boy. However, Cid refused to yield no matter how badly his injuries and impressed her with his seemingly unyielding willpower. When Rose intends to finish the fight by giving him the final strike, the referee stepped in between both combatant before she could launch her attack and concluded the match. Despite her triumph, the event left her to develop respect for the unassuming freshman.

Later while she was giving a speech to Cid's class, the Academy was besieged by figures clad in black claiming as Shadow Garden. In an attempt to defend the students, Rose stood up to the terrorists but fails to notice that her magic suddenly can't be used when she tried to attack the terrorists. Upon realizing, Cid was forced to intervene and protect her when one of the terrorists attempt to kill her by using his own body to taking the hit and then falls to the ground covered in blood. Seemingly sacrificing his life to save her, Rose was astonished by his actions and interpreted them as his unwavering 'love' towards her.

To honor the sacrifice that Cid made to her, Rose vowed to avenge him when she along with other students were forcefully follow the orders of the terrorists to gather in the auditorium with no time to mourn over his apparent death. During the captivity, Rose along with all the other students were hope for the Knight Order would come to the rescue. Because her magic power had been sealed, Rose couldn't do anything even though she was still trying to think of getting out of the situation.

Later in the day, Rose saw that some of the terrorists began attacking the students for fun. She told the students not to do anything because without magic, they won't stand a chance until she sees a shining light that makes her feel her magic return. At that moment, Rose attacked one of the terrorists and declared to the students that their magic had returned as she tries rallied them to fight back against the terrorists. When their battle commenced, Rose fought off the terrorists despite being weakened due to her magic is still not recovering and felt weak to continue.

When she was nearly killed, Rose has been saved by a black hooded swordsman who suddenly came through the roof along with many other black hooded figures who called themselves Shadow Garden. Upon announcing themselves, they collaborated with the student and finished off the terrorists until there was a fire in the auditorium. Rose took the opportunity to lead all the students out of the auditorium while the two groups continued fighting each other.

In the anime, Rose alongside other students came out of the burning auditorium and treated several injured students while waiting for the Knight Order. When Iris Midgar asked what had happened, she said that a mysterious organization called Shadow Garden appeared to wipe out the terrorist group who bared the same name.

Rose later discovered that Cid had survived and found him unconscious in a bed at the school infirmary with his sleeping friends nearby. Overjoyed by his miraculous survival, she thanked him for saving her and said that he had earned her love.

Sanctuary Infiltration
Due to the Academy's damaged infrastructure, students had summer vacation started early. Rose had received an invitation to attend the "Goddess's Trial" in Lindwurm as a special guest. Before she went to depart from Midgar, she bumped into Cid and discovered he was also going to the Lindwurm as well. Using this coincidence as an opportunity, she eagerly suggested him that they should go together.

On the way, Rose held onto Cid's hand while voicing her affections for him saying that they would overcome the adversity their "relationship" would bring. Though Cid was clearly dismayed by this, he was aware of her affection and tried to shake her off to no avail. She informed him about the incident at the Academy and thought that there were something is going on behind the scenes. She suspected the two groups who called themselves Shadow Garden differed drastically in swordsmanship, prowess, and members as actual members of Shadow Garden besides their leader consisted of women.

In the anime, Rose tried sneaking into Cid's room at night to sleep with him but was disappointed he was absent. In actuality, he was hiding on the ceiling asleep.

Upon arriving to Lindwurm, Rose gave Cid a tour when he bought a souvenir resembling the hero Olivier's sword encircled by Diablos' left arm and told him a fairy tale regarding the souvenir. Rose told Cid that the arm was cut off and sealed in the ruins known as the Sanctuary before bringing him to a spot book signing by her favorite author Natsume Kafka. After getting a copied signed, she was puzzled by the uniquely signed copy he received, but concluded it was of interest to him.

In the game, Rose attended a pre-event party and left Cid in their hotel room. Upon returning, she began to panic and was worried when she noticed that he wasn't in the room. When he came back, Rose was furious at him wandering off and asked where did he go. Miraculously, she believed his excuse of going to the washroom.

Come the day of the Goddess's Trial, Rose was in VIP seating with Alexia and Natsume beside Acting Archbishop Jack Nelson. Prior to the event, she deliberately enrolled Cid to take the Goddess's Trial without his consent in order to show her his love struggle. Later at night when Cid's name was called to enter the arena for take the trial according to her expectations, Rose was aghast when Shadow appeared instead and witnessed his battle with the Witch of Calamity Aurora in anticipation.

When Shadow claimed victory against the "ancient warriors", Rose saw Shadow Garden arrive aiming to enter the Sanctuary and bringing Acting Archbishop Nelson to come with them. When Rose wants to do something about this situation, Epsilon takes Natsume as a hostage so she doesn't do anything wrong. Even though Nelson summoned Venom to finish her off, Epsilon easily executed him on spot. After Shadow Garden enters the big magical door, Alexia, who refuses to sit idly by, desperately wants to follow them until Rose is forced to followed the Midgar princess out of concern and joined her and Natsume inside the Sanctuary.

Inside, Alpha guided the princesses she explains about the dark history of the past covered up by the Cult while revealing her lineage from the hero Olivier after showing her face until she shows the princesses about the truth through Oliver's memory. The two would then come to learn the connection with the recent events with the two organizations and the truth about the Three Heroes, Demon Possession, as well as the Cult of Diablos's origins and true objective until Alpha revealing Nelson's true affiliation as the 11th Seat of the "Knights of Rounds", to which he confirms it by revealing himself as Nelson the Avaricious and tends to separating them into groups.

When Nelson decides to fight back with his clone abilities, Rose was stunned to see him battle Delta next but soon grew pitying the villain, fighting a berserker with no technique. By the time the defense system breaks as Nelson is surprised that over hundred of his copies have been defeated without even breaking a sweat. Alpha states that even if he was able to create a hundred copies, they all still have one brain and he couldn't control them all that well. Nelson then sees a statue of Olivier and calls for Olivier to come. Olivier comes out, but at the same time Epsilon's team joins Alpha and states they are done with the investigation and can leave. Once attained all the intel they sought, Shadow Garden opened an exit and allowed Rose to leave the Sanctuary along with Alexia and Natsume.

After returning outside, the three saw Shadow's magic annihilate the Sanctuary and flood Lindwurm. Concluding they were ignorant to the true battle even have learned the connection with the recent events with the two organizations, Alexia plans to form an alliance with Rose and Natsume in hopes of protecting what's most dear to them (Cid), which they swore friendship by gathering and sharing information to learn what they could.

In the anime, Rose is practicing her swordsmanship in the rain, but she felt strange about her body until she noticed that the symptoms of Demon Possession had appearing on her chest.

Bushin Festival Tournament
Rose had received word of her father will visiting her with the presumed intention of taking her home for an arranged engagement. It seems that Rose got information about her father's current condition and rumors about her alleged fiancé, Duke Perv Asshat and Oriana's Royal Chancellor regarding his connection with the Cult of Diablos from Natsume at an unknown point.

At the start of the Bushin Festival, Rose meets Cid when after he is buying sandwiches and explains that she got friends with Alexia and Natsume Kafka. Rose also reveals to Cid that later she will meet her father and will introduce her fiancé, Perv Asshat. Rose explains that she is a princess from a land of art and culture, but she disappointed and betrayed many when she decided to become a knight. Rose even confides in Cid that she met a hero when Rose was young, and was inspired by him to pick up a sword. Rose still refuses to abandon her ideals and that could cause her to betray even more people. Rose asks Cid if he will still believe her and Cid confirms her statement until Rose is given one of Cid's sandwiches for her.

Following her encounter with Cid, Rose intends to meet her father in an attempt to convince him to allow her to become engaged with Cid. But unfortunately things took a downward spiral after Rose witness her father, the king's face which was very pale and knew something was wrong when Rose saw his hollow gaze until Rose then saw Perv along with the civil servants and the guards cunning smiles.

Upon uncovering the truth when seeing her own father's state of being brainwashed by her supposed fiancé, Rose realizes that Natsume's information has become fact and Perv planned to use her father to take over the kingdom. She tried and failed to stop his machinations, but was forced to escape after it failed. Because of her impulsive actions, Rose becomes a fugitive which makes the problem that can lead to bad relations between the two kingdoms.

As her symptoms from Demonic Possession worsened, she escaped into an underground tunnel where she heard the melody of "Moonlight Sonata." Following the tune, she reached a ruined cathedral and found Shadow playing the piece, who offered his power as if he knew the difficulties she was experiencing. Accepting his proposal, the man disappeared with her pursuers closing on her tail. Rose defeated her pursuers with her newfound power, before her friends Alexia and Natsume emerged to question her actions upon discovering her in the ruined cathedral. Met with no choice, Rose fought against the obstructive Alexia, overwhelming her friend with her now superior strength and magic.

Reaching the tournament grounds, Rose confronted her father and apologized to him before assassinating him, ensuring that her kingdom will not become a puppet state for the Cult of Diablos. At that moment, she accepted her fate and attempted suicide, but Shadow intervened and saved her once again, allowing her to escape. When she found herself alone in a forest, she was discovered by Alpha, Shadow Garden's second-in-command, who presented Rose with two choices: fight alone or join them. Reminiscing Shadow's determination to thwart evil, she decided to trust him and join the organization.

In the anime, she was taken to Alexandria to be introduced to it's headquarters. It was there she was renamed to No.666 and trained. In the manga, she joined at the end of the Bushin Festival and was already a Number before the Red Moon Incident.

Red Moon Incident
Under the codename No. 666, Rose alongside her squad leader No. 664 and teammate No. 665 was assigned her first field mission to research Demonic Possession and Progenitor's blood through utilizing the vast library beneath the Crimson Tower under Beta's command. While at the underground library, she met Cid's sister Claire and the ancient vampire Hunter Mary. Upon hearing from Claire that her brother was "kidnapped", she was panicked into asking her for confirmation. Despite worrying for his safety, she was ordered by Beta to step down. After they departed with the duo, she was immediately reprimanded by Beta and her squad for stepping out of line.

Sometime later, she alongside her squad and Beta stepped into battle against the Blood Queen Elisabeth. Despite putting a valiant effort with the two other monarchs collaboration, Rose and her squad were overpowered by the revived vampire and was knocked unconscious. Later awoken by Beta, Rose noticed that all her wounds were healed and that the Crimson Tower was annihilated to mere rubble. Following the Elven's orders, she returned to headquarters with her squad.

Great Trading Company Conflict
Under Alpha and Gamma's orders, Rose and her squad investigated the origin of counterfeit bills. While investigating, she was chided by 664 for being distracted. Upon arriving at the warehouse where the counterfeits originated, Rose quickly noticed magic steel threads around them and warned her teammates to stop.

It was then they encountered a mysterious figure named John Smith and fought. Rose and her squad were immediately subdued by his steel threads and were immobilized at his mercy. With a long pause, John sparred them and ordered that they pass a message to Alpha not get involved. With no further recourse, 664 ordered the group to withdraw and report to Alpha. Despite warning the elven leader of the mysterious figure and imploring her for another chance, 664 argued with Rose for acting out while 665 mediated the two. Alpha thanked the squad for the report and clarified the she did not plan to punish them for the failure before dismissing them.

Oriana's "Black Rose" Civil War Wedding
Rose's team's next assignment was to travel to Rose's kingdom, Oriana, and aided No. 559 to the recover the "Ring" which is the key to the Black Rose which was hidden within Fort First. Upon arriving at the fort, Rose was shocked to see her mother amongst the Cult members. Before she could comprehend, Victoria leapt in and started slaughtering the enemy mercilessly. Just as Victoria was about to cut down Reina, Rose protected her mother from the attack. Rose and Reina were taken away by several cult members.

With her mother now a hostage of Doem, Rose was forced to take part in a marriage ceremony between her and the evil man. Suddenly, Rose encountered Cid at her room. Believing that Cid had came for her, Rose lied to him that she was going to marry Perv and tearfully begged him to leave. For a while, Cid reluctantly complied. Later, Rose received an unexpected visit from Shadow who took Rose to see her mother. At the room where her mother should be in, Rose discovered the truth that her mother was a traitor and had been in league with Perv the whole time. Rose collapsed in shock before Shadow brought her back to her room.

Having no allies to save her kingdom and rendering her father's sacrifice for nothing, Rose succumbed to despair. Suddenly, Rose heard the piano playing and found Cid once more. Rose contemplated in begging Cid to take her away and the two could hide and start a family together. Cid inspired her to find what she cherished most and sacrificed everything for it. After Cid left, Rose found a 'ring' which she believed Cid wanted to use to propose to her. Now realizing what she loved most was Cid, Rose knew what she had to do.

When the wedding ceremony began, Rose declared in front of the masses that she refused to marry Perv. Rose revealed the ring which activated and unveiled a recording of King Oriana who exposed Perv's crimes and entrusted leadership of the the Oriana kingdom to his daughter. Rose then clashed against Perv and easily defeated him but this victory didn't last when Mordred arrived, killing Perv and Reina Oriana much to Rose's horror.

Rose would defend her kingdom from the magical beasts summoned by Mordred through the "Black Rose" and to her surprise and relief, Shadow Garden arrived to turn the tide in Oriana's favor.

Rose watched Shadow and Beta enter the Black Rose before finding the ring Cid gave her, now broken.

The Academy Disappearances
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