Aire Aire is a playable character in " " . She is the youngest of the two daughters of King Horne . On the day of Brandt ' s fourteenth birthday , Aire was kidnapped by the Witch of the North . She is met in the Witch ' s Mansion . Profile . Appearance . Aire is a young girl with shoulder - length blonde hair and brown eyes . She normally wears a short white dress and pink bodice with a brown belt and brown long - sleeved shirt underneath . She wears brown gloves and brown tights with white boots . Her artwork removes the sleeves and tights , giving her brown boots , a white headband , and a small black bow in place of the belt . Her animal form is a small white cat with yellow markings and blue eyes . When using the crowns , Aire ' s appearance changes according to which job she is using . Personality . She has little knowledge of the outside world and acts as a source of cheerfulness to the group . Prior to the adventure , Aire was a spoiled girl who added more than a touch of superficiality to any situation she was in . She berates the other party members for not seeing to her needs and desires and has a particular love of treasure and beautiful things . Her selfishness and greed leads to disaster in Liberte , giving Aire a great deal of guilt . She becomes much more mature after that , although she still appreciates the finer things in life . Her good heart is much more on display after the events in Liberte and Arbor , and she becomes much more eager to help people and stand up for them . Story . The day the game ' s story begins , Aire is kidnapped by Louhi due to a contract that was made between Louhi and King Horne . Brandt is ordered by the King to rescue her from the Witch ' s Mansion and teams up with Jusqua and Yunita on the way . Aire berates them for taking so long , in particular Yunita as she is a member of Aire ' s personal guard . Louhi arrives and fights the group , but they defeat her . When the fight is over , the Crystal appears to the four of them and tells them they are the Heroes of Light , granting them to fight the darkness that threatens the world . When they return to Horne , the king is gone and all the inhabitants have been turned to stone . Investigators from Liberte have arrived to inspect the incident , and they offer shelter to the party until Horne has been returned to normal . Brandt and Yunita decide to look for a remedy themselves , but Yunita insists that Aire go to Liberte with Jusqua . In Liberte , Aire and Jusqua are installed in a small residence . Aire finds it unsatisfactory compared to the castle and sets out to beautify it with treasure . In town , they meet a boy named Apollo , whose parents have been kidnapped , and Aire agrees to rescue them . She and Jusqua go to the Pirate Hideout , where they discover that the pirate leader , Captain Drake , is actually a Trollud in disguise . They defeat it and halt the reign of terror on the town . Aire also opens a vase , which releases a fairy named Lilibelle who decides to follow Aire in thanks . Since fairies only reveal themselves to their rescuers , Jusqua thinks Aire is talking to herself . Back in town , Aire complains that she needs more treasure and Lilibelle informs her that the Whirlpool , which appears at night , is said to have some . Aire subsequently drags Jusqua there to plunder it . They defeat the monster guarding the final treasure chest , but at this point Jusqua is sick of being ordered about , tells her to get lost , and departs . Aire opens the chest by herself and is immediately cursed into becoming a cat . A geyser launches her and Lilibelle out . Aire quickly discovers that only Lilibelle can understand her and asks if there is a way to become human again . Lilibelle suggests they travel to her hometown of Arbor and they make for the desert of Guera through the Animal Burrow . There , they are attacked by an Ogre Bear . Aire dies , but Lilibelle drives it away and sacrifices herself to revive her . She tells Aire that Arbor folk never forget a debt and gives Aire her wings so that she can continue on the Fairy Path to reach Arbor . Lilibelle ' s death horrifies Aire and she realizes how awful and selfish she was . Aire continues to Guera and teams up with Brandt , also on his way to Arbor , though he takes her for an ordinary cat . As soon as they set foot in Arbor , Brandt is turned into a plant , and Aire must save him . She explores the Great Tree Roots and meets a mouse sage named Torte who agrees to help . They retrieve the Animal Staff from the tunnels and use it on Brandt , turning him into a dog . They meet with Queen Arbor and agree to calm Arbaroc , Arbor ' s guardian , from a rampage . In exchange , the Queen will turn them back into humans . Aire and the others make their way through the Great Tree and find that Arbaroc is possessed . Although they try to reason with him , they have no choice but to fight and kill him before he causes further harm . Queen Arbor thanks them and turns the Animal Staff into the Transformation Staff . She tells Aire and Brandt to go to Spelvia , as the hero Rolan may be able to cure Horne . In their animal forms , the pair goes to the summit of the tree and leap to the floating island . Aire lands safely , but Brandt falls . Aire enters the Spelvia Dungeons and is reunited with Yunita . Aire apologizes for her earlier behavior and says that she wants Yunita to be her friend rather than her knight , to which Yunita agrees . They find the city of Spelvia hostile ; its golem caretakers attack humans on sight . When they meet Rolan , he refuses to help and says humans are all selfish . The Witch of the Sky tells them that they need to go into Rolan ' s Soul to return him to normal . Aire and Yunita do so , teaming up with the last piece of Rolan ' s heart that is good . They defeat the monsters that possessed him , but this allows the darkness to overtake his soul entirely . Outside , they reunite with Brandt and Jusqua . The four of them fight Rolan again and defeat him , but this releases Chaos , causing darkness to spread throughout the world and forcing them to collect the legendary weapons of light so they can defeat him . However , the flood of darkness warps time , allowing the party to correct mistakes made in the past . Aire and the others save the countries by preventing their leaders from being corrupted by Chaos ' servants and obtain the legendary weapons . She is especially glad to save Lilibelle again . When they reach Horne ' s past , they learn that King Horne has actually been the demon Satan in disguise , with the real king transformed into a parrot . They defeat Satan and restore the King to normal , and a healed Rolan convinces Louhi to nullify the contract . Meanwhile , the Star Chamber opens and threatens to destroy the world with darkness . Aire goes with the others into the Star Chamber and they manage to defeat Chaos . At the end of the game , Aire returns to Horne with the others and tells her father how brave she was during the adventure and that she wishes to continue on that path . At first King Horne is skeptical , but he understands that his daughter is now a hero and agrees to let her go . Aire and the others leave Horne Castle for a new adventure , knowing that they are Warriors of Light destined to help their world . Gameplay . Aire has the highest Intellect growth and the lowest Strength and HP of the group , making her most suited to be a mage . Her Spirit is also high , so she is proficient with all of the magic crowns . When in areas with magic - resistant enemies , Aire can use support crowns such as Elementalist or Party Host . She is the worst choice for dealing damage with physical attacks , due to her low Strength . It is highly recommended that the player equip Aire with both White and Black Magic . Other media . Games . Users in Square Enix Members Virtual World community can make their character appear as Aire . Aire ' s hair costs 100 crystals .