Rose Oriana

"Let's try to make a happy future a reality."

- Rose

Rose Oriana (ローズ・オリアナ) is the former student council president of Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy, where she was Cid's upperclassman, as well as the princess of Oriana Kingdom. After being a victim of a plot by the Cult of Diablos, however, she joins Shadow Garden under the codename No. 666 and is later made her country's new queen following the "Black Rose Incident".

Appearance
Rose is a beautiful young woman with an athletic figure and a noticeable bosom, with bright honey-yellow eyes that match her long honey-blonde hair, with short bangs over her forehead and curls going down into spirals. After becoming the new queen of the Oriana Kingdom, Rose cut her hair to shoulder length (After she joined Shadow Garden in the anime).

In terms of attire, Rose often wore her school uniform with her black stockings during her time at the Spellsword Academy. She also wore the school's sports uniform during practice and tournament events. As a civilian, Rose would wear something fashionable typical for a teenage young lady of her status.

After becoming a member of Shadow Garden, Rose started wearing the organization's standard Slime Bodysuit. She was quite skilled at manipulating it with her magic, capable of altering its shape and color to give it the appearance of a wedding dress. However, following her ascension to queen, Rose returned to dressing in ornate robes befitting her new station.

Personality
Rose is shown to be kind, cool, strong, selfless, and charismatic. All qualities befitting someone born to royalty and dedicated to serving with the purest of motivations, as well as holding a title as a Dark Knight. She has a strong sense of honor, willing to stand up for those who are unable and admires those with a strong sense of determination. Such as when she grew to respect Cid for getting back up against her in their duel, despite constantly failing and bleeding profusely. She later developed feelings for him after he risked his life to save her from terrorists attacking the school.

After her rescue from the Stylish Bandit Slayer and seeing his beautiful swordplay, Rose views swordsmanship as more of an art form with wondrous potential than a hobby, with her most noteworthy trait being that she is very passionate about it. It's because of such passion that she pushed herself to excel in her tasks, but the same passion can lead her to make drastic decisions, such as after killing her father. Yet she does have the ability to grow, as after she learned the truth about her mother's relationship with Perv Asshat, and motivated by Cid leaving her a wedding ring, she resolved herself to fight the Cult of Diablos and stop the Black Rose in order to save Oriana Kingdom. That resolve allowed her to take up the throne and lead as the next Queen of Oriana.

Rose shows emotional attachment to gifts she receives from her loved ones. When she joined Shadow Garden, Rose was really hurt when told to discard and forget everything, especially when Lambda destroyed the patty wrapper that Cid had given her, which left her heartbroken.

Upon becoming the new ruler of the Oriana Kingdom, she cuts off her hair to shoulder-length to show her resolve to become a ruler strong enough to defend her homeland from the Cult of Diablos. While the told of rulership was great, Rose's steadfast love for Cid keeps her resolve absolute as she rebuilds Oriana Kingdom and coordinates with Shadow Garden in the proxy-war against the Cult.

Powers & Abilities
Before her effective expulsion, Rose was considered to be the strongest student at Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy, second only to Iris Midgar prior to the latter's graduation. Following her training with Shadow Garden, she can now easily defeat Perv Asshat and subdue Magical Beasts that would otherwise take ten people to overpower. After becoming the new queen of the Oriana Kingdom, she also gained great political power but said power was limited due to Church condemnation and international sanctions.

Physical Prowess
In the anime, Rose's physical strength is great enough to easily subdue Claire Kagenou, despite having a dislocated shoulder, who was able to overpower a full-fleshed knight.

When she was a fugitive, Rose ran with little to no rest while suffering the pain of Demon Possession, before her curing by Shadow. After joining Shadow Garden, being empowered by Shadow, Rose showed a remarkable ability to reach heights like the Seven Shadows. During the Red Moon incident, Rose was able to weather through damages from Blood Queen Elizabeth's attacks and still stand back up to fight. When encountering John Smith, Rose was the only one on her team who was able to sense and avoid the magic threads and engage the mask adversary, before she was ultimately bound and ejected with her team. When engaging Mordred during the advent of the Black Rose, she was able to parry and counter the ancient villain alongside her Shadow Garden compatriots until Shadow arrived to end the conflict.

Swordsmanship
During her time as the Student Council President, Rose's skill with the sword was at the top of the academy, second only to Iris Midgar, when the latter was still a student. Rose uses a white rapier molded from slime, different from the sword normally used by Dark Knights or Shadow Garden.

Magic
Initially, Rose's magic was strong, although not as strong as Iris Midgar, with the ability to heal people and herself while she could enhance her skills-- both with the sword and with her own hands.

Her level of magic is Rank A by the Midgar Magic Academy's standards, and she remained that way, before the Demon Possession began to affect her. In the anime, Rose's magic was originally depicted as glowing honey yellow, until receiving power offered by Shadow himself, not only curing her possession, but augmenting her magic to be much more powerful, now glowing a light green. She's able to sense the type of magic belonging to Shadow, which according to her, was like a huge darkness with Shadow being the only ray of light going through it.

After joining Shadow Garden, Rose realized that her skills were just the standard teachings to their recruits. But with her talent and having received Shadow's power, Rose's growth within Shadow Garden was meteoric albeit hindered by her heavy heart regarding her nation's fate.

Standard Equipment:

 * Rapier Sword: Rose utilizes a Rapier sword in her combat art, being swift and nimble, and also developed from her practice emulating Shadow's sword style from his "Fancy Bandit Slayer" days.


 * Slime Bodysuit: As an initiate within Shadow Garden, Rose used the bodysuit upon becoming 666 and has worn it during her tenure. Upon learning the suit's versatility, Rose could morph the suit into sleepwear or into her 666 uniform.

Quick Flash

 * A technique among Dark Knights for rapid movement and attacking within a one-second window, necessary to close a gap between opponents.
 * Enhanced Flash: After joining Shadow Garden, Rose learned an evolved method of the quick flash which further augmented her speed and reaction timing.

Sword Flash

 * By infusing magic into her blade, Rose is able to extend the reach and speed of her blade's attack when charging an opponent.

Quick Slash

 * Rose is able to slay many opponents in a single motion, with speed matching Quick Flash. Such as when after Shadow cured her possession, Rose killed all of the Cult's assassin's sent to neutralize her.

Trivia

 * Rose misunderstands Cid's actions from the moment they meet in the misbelief that he is confessing his love to her.
 * Excluding the "Seven Shadows", Rose is one of the only two other people who received power from Shadow, the other being Victoria, who became no.559 a year before Rose joined as no.666.
 * After receiving Shadow's power, her mana color changed from honey yellow to light green.[ANIME ONLY]
 * The Black Rose phenomenon caused significant loss. The Church has branded the kingdom as a heretic state, blaming Rose for the chaos and isolating the nation on the world stage.
 * After the Oriana Civil War, Rose's real name and identity are an open secret among the members of the Shadow Garden. The only person who does not know about Rose's membership in Shadow Garden is Shadow himself.
 * Her assigned number in Shadow Garden, 666, is affiliated with John's biblical account of "the beast."
 * He compelled everyone—small and great, rich and poor, slave and citizen—to be branded on the right hand or on the forehead, and made it illegal for anyone to buy or sell anything unless he had been branded with the name of the beast or with the number of its name. There is no need for shrewdness here: if anyone is clever enough he may interpret the number of the beast; it is the number of man, the number 666 (The Jerusalem Bible, Revelation. 13.16-18).
 * Shadow Garden and Yukime's Snowfox Company have funneled money into Oriana's economy to help repair the damages of the Black Rose Incident, while also alleviating economic hurdles from the kingdom's heretic branding.
 * Rose's letter to Claire Kagenou garnered confusion as Claire was unaware of her brother's activities in Oriana. However, pain in Claire's arm from her magic circle prevented a proper reply.