Eiko Carol Eiko Carol , known as Little Girl for the short period before a name is selected , is a playable character in " Final Fantasy IX " . She hails from Madain Sari on the Outer Continent . She has a horn on her forehead and can summon eidolons . Profile . Appearance . Eiko has green eyes , a small summoner ' s horn on her forehead , and blue hair cropped above her shoulders with a ribbon tied into a large bow on top . She wears a red turtleneck and pink bodysuit , loose yellow pants that gather at the ankles , a yellow chest plate connected to a belt around her waist as part of the ornamental wings she wears on her back , purple socks and white ankle boots . In Trance , Eiko ' s horn lengthens and turns sky - blue . Her hair and sleeves turn light green ; her bow , chest plate , pants , and boots become white ; and her turtleneck and bodysuit change to soft purple . Eiko ' s ornamental wings also grow in size . Personality . Eiko is spunky and snobbish , yet desperately lonely , having lived alone in Madain Sari with only moogles as her friends for most of her life . She develops a crush on Zidane Tribal and goes as far as to write a love letter to him , but snaps out of it after a while as her infatuation has more to do with not wanting to be alone than grown - up feelings . Eiko knows the world is vast , but is afraid to leave what she knows out of uncertainty and reverence for a promise she had made to her grandfather to not leave Madain Sari until her sixteenth birthday . Meeting Zidane and his friends allows Eiko to connect with the outside world and sparks a longing in her to leave Madain Sari and meet new people . Story . The village of Madain Sari was once a thriving town populated by summoners . The Terran airship " Invincible " destroyed the town for Garland to remove the possible threat of Gaia ' s eidolons , and most of the community perished . Eiko ' s parents and several brothers and sisters were some of the last survivors , and after her parents and siblings perished as well , Eiko was raised by her grandfather . When he died Eiko was left to live in Madain Sari with the company of moogles . One of them , Mog , always travels with her , and the two traded friendship ribbons . She and Mog frequently steal food from the dwarves ' town of Conde Petie . During a raid Eiko is caught and meets Zidane along with Vivi , Garnet , and Quina . Delighted at the prospect of having company , Eiko offers to take Zidane and his friends to Madain Sari where she cooks them a meal to impress Zidane . She senses Zidane is in love with Garnet , and tries her best to steal his heart in hopes he would stay with her . She accompanies Zidane and his friends to the Iifa Tree , which was sealed with the eidolon Carbuncle . She breaks the seal and Eiko , Zidane , and the others descend to the bottom of the tree and fight the Soulcage whose defeat clears up the Mist Continent of Mist . Eiko takes Zidane back to Madain Sari when a moogle tells her the village ' s precious stone has been stolen . The thief turns out to be Lani , the bounty hunter working for Queen Brahne of Alexandria to steal back Garnet ' s pendant , really a shard of a powerful summoning gem . Lani exalts at having found a similar stone from Madain Sari and holds Eiko hostage , but is betrayed by her accomplice Amarant Coral and forced to flee . After Zidane and Amarant duel , Eiko tells Zidane , Garnet , and Vivi about the precious stone and how her grandfather told her to keep it safe and to not leave Madain Sari until she is sixteen . Eiko decides to accompany Zidane anyway , taking the stone with her and wearing it as an earring . The party returns to the Iifa Tree where they meet Kuja who battles Brahne ' s fleet . Eiko helps Garnet find another eidolon , Leviathan , the eidolon that had been sealed at the tree , so Garnet could summon it to help her mother , Queen Brahne . Garnet cannot save her and , in the wake of the queen ' s death , is crowned the queen herself . Thus the fragments of a summoning gem Brahne had collected earlier pass on to Garnet ' s possession . A week later the party is back in Alexandria for Garnet ' s coronation . Having never been to a city before Eiko tours Alexandria Castle and meets Doctor Tot , Garnet ' s old tutor . She asks him to help her write a love letter for Zidane , but on the way out trips over a banister and gets her wing ornament stuck onto a chandelier . She meets Baku , and , unable to free herself , asks him to deliver the letter . Baku loses the letter and it falls into numerous hands , including those of Beatrix , Marcus , Blank , and Steiner , but never reaches its intended recipient . Steiner frees Eiko from the chandelier and escorts her out of the castle . The party visits Garnet , now the queen of Alexandria . As a sign of their bond as the world ' s final summoners , Garnet and Eiko share the fragments of the old summoning gem with both keeping two . After the audience Eiko is heartbroken when Zidane does not show up at the docks , even though the real reason is that Zidane never saw the letter . The next day , Zidane travels to Treno to participate in a Tetra Master tournament . Eiko joins as well and spends some time telling Doctor Tot , who resides in Treno , about Madain Sari . Mog tells her Alexandria is in danger and she summons Zidane to return there . They take Cid Fabool IX ' s " Hilda Garde II " , which is poorly designed due to Cid ' s mind not being the same as an oglop . While on the ship Eiko feels a sensation from atop Alexandria Castle , and flies to the roof to meet Garnet . They hold out the four jewels and summon Alexander who defeats Kuja ' s Bahamut and forms a protective ring around Alexandria . Kuja summons the " Invincible " to enslave Alexander , but Garland takes it over and destroys Alexander and Alexandria Castle . Zidane rescues Garnet and Eiko , though the latter is annoyed Zidane goes to Garnet first and that she is embracing him through her rescue . The party retreats to Lindblum where Eiko discovers Garnet lost her voice due to the shock of witnessing Alexandria ' s obliteration . She stays with Steiner to take care of Garnet while Zidane and the others look for a way to transform Cid back into a human . They fail , turning Cid into a frog . Eiko , Garnet , Steiner , Cid , and Quina join Zidane , Vivi , Freya , and Amarant in search of Kuja , Brahne ' s former weapons dealer who is on a quest to overtake Garland and take over the world . They find him in his Desert Palace on the Outer Continent . Kuja traps everyone except Cid and threatens to kill them if Zidane does not bring him the Gulug Stone from Oeilvert . Zidane agrees , but Kuja does not keep his promise . Cid saves the others , and Eiko leads the escape to Kuja ' s room for revenge ( unless Zidane chose to take Eiko to Oeilvert , in which case another party member becomes the leader ) . They meet up with Zidane outside , and Zidane discovers Kuja has tricked him . The party enters his room , but Eiko is trapped outside and Zorn and Thorn , Kuja ' s lackeys , abduct her . Zidane and his friends follow Kuja ' s " Hilda Garde I " to Esto Gaza on the Lost Continent where they enter Mount Gulug . At its base they discover Zorn and Thorn attempting to extract eidolons from Eiko even though she is too young to survive the ritual . Mog interferes and transforms into the eidolon Madeen , saving Eiko . The jesters attack and Eiko summons Madeen to annihilate the twins . The rest of the party arrives to confront Kuja , but he leaves and the jester twins ' corpses transform into Meltigemini . After defeating Meltigemini , Eiko receives Mog ' s ribbon as a farewell gift . Mog was an eidolon who had taken the form of Mog to be with Eiko , but as Eiko is growing up Madeen deems Eiko no longer needs Mog , reminding her that they will always be together in spirit . When the party splits to simultaneously attack the four elemental shrines protecting the entrance to Terra , Eiko insists on teaming up with Garnet and uses the opportunity to ask her if she is in love with Zidane , with awkward results . In Terra , a mysterious ancient world that exists on the inside of Gaia , Eiko explores until Zidane goes missing and the party teams up to find him . Eiko and Vivi are at Zidane ' s side when he awakes in Pandemonium , having been banished there by Garland after telling Zidane the truth of his origins as Garland ' s pawn . In a depressive rage Zidane calls Vivi and Eiko " stupid brats " and locks them in the room . Zidane comes to his senses , and the reunited party witnesses Kuja enter Trance and kill Garland and decimate Terra . The party returns to Gaia and finds it covered in Mist . The party travels to the beginning of all time in Crystal World to stop Kuja ' s evil schemes , and after returning they find the Iifa Tree writhing . Zidane chooses to stay in the collapsing Iifa Tree and save Kuja , while Eiko , showing concern for his safety , confesses her love for him before departing with the others . Eiko is adopted by Cid and his wife Hilda , who has reverted him to human . She is overjoyed at being a part of a family , calling her adoptive parents " Mother " and " Father . " When Tantalus Theater Troupe returns to Alexandria to perform " I Want To Be Your Canary " for Queen Garnet , Eiko is among the crowd to witness Zidane ' s return and reunion with Garnet . Gameplay . Eiko wields flutes and rackets , can summon Eidolon s , and can cast Wht Mag spells . Eiko has the largest stock of Wht Mag spells , making her the strongest healer , though she only has four summons , of which are mostly defensive , and each change their abilities based on her Add - on . Eiko ' s Trance is Dbl Wht , which allows her to cast two Wht Mag spells in one turn . Eiko can also participate in the jump rope minigame in Alexandria . Musical themes . " Eiko ' s Theme " is a variation of " Melodies of Life " based on chord progressions ( with no discernible melody ) and set in the 6 / 8 time signature . A remix of the theme includes the song " Girl of Madain Sari , " which plays while she wanders around Alexandria Castle at the beginning of disc 3 , thinking of writing a love letter to Zidane . Other appearances . Eiko hhas appeared in the following games throughout the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Eiko has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " games : Other media . Games . In " " , a costume based on Eiko was released on November 6 , 2014 . Etymology . Hironobu Sakaguchi ' s wife ' s name is Eiko .