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 holding the title as a Dark Knight. She has a strong sense of honor, willing to stand up for those who are unable to 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. She later developed feelings for him after he risked his life to save her from terrorists.

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. However, her 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, 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.

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 otherwise need ten people to overpower. After becoming the new queen of the Oriana Kingdom, she also gained great political power.

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

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
Rose's magic is strong, although not as strong as that of Iris Midgar, with the ability to heal people and herself while she can enhance her skills both with the sword and with her own hands so that she can use them as a lethal weapon.

Her level of magic is Rank A, by Midgar Magic Academy standards, and she remained that way, before the Demonic Possession began to affect her. Rose's magic was originally honey yellow, but after receiving the direct power offered by Shadow, not only curing her possession, but her magic becomes much more powerful and stronger than before, her magic had changed to 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, she found that her skills are only those of a recruit by their standards, Although with a force, both in magic and in the rest, very strong.

Thanks to her talent and having received the power of Shadow, Rose's growth within Shadow Garden was meteoric.

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
4A Tier
 * Enhanced Flash:

Trivia

 * Rose misunderstands Cid's actions from the moment they meet, believing that he is confessing his love to her.
 * As the series progresses, Rose's love for Cid only increases, to the point of knowingly ignoring her suspicions about Shadow's true identity.
 * Excluding the "Seven Shadows", Rose is one of the only two people to be personally healed and empowered directly by Shadow himself; the other being Victoria, No. 559.
 * After receiving Shadow's power, her mana color changed from honey yellow to light green.
 * Rose Oriana can be affiliated to the flower her name is based on.
 * Red roses represent love and romance, such as her love for Cid Kagenō/Shadow.
 * Conversely, another type called the Black roses represents loss and sadness, such as her father's death, as well as losing the dream to be with Cid.
 * Similarly, the Black Rose phenomenon also caused great loss and sadness, with the Church branding the kingdom a heretic state, blaming Rose for the chaos, and isolating the nation on the world stage.
 * Rose's real name and identity are an open secret among the members of the Shadow Garden as most don't mention it until it is specifically brought up when it is needed. The only person that doesn't know about Rose's membership in the Shadow Garden is ironically Cid Kagenō himself, despite the fact that his actions caused her to join them.
 * Her assigned number in Shadow Garden, "666" is often considered the number of the Beast or Satan, which is what the Cult of Diablos depicts her to the world as an evil queen who is the instigator of a potential civil war and forcibly took over the throne by assassinating her father and activating the Black Rose which killed thousands. The only one who knew the truth behind her action are Shadow Garden and the Oriana Kingdom.
 * In the latest volume, Alpha expresses a desire to have Rose become her replacement whenever she steps down, causing 559 or Victoria to argue about that decision but is shot down with a furious and agitated look from Alpha.
 * Shadow Garden and Yukime's Snowfox Company have funneled money into Oriana's Economy, to help repair the damages of the Black Rose Incident and show Rose that she still has the support of the Organization in her fight with the Cult, causing her to steal her resolve and thank Shadow for giving her a chance to become stronger together.
 * Rose also sends letters to Claire, much to her confusion, because Claire was unaware that Cid was even in Oriana but before she can write back, her magic circle begins to radiate pain.