Maenad Maenad refers collectively to a group of villains from " " . At first their identities are unknown , and they go by the name of Mysterious Girl . They have come to Earth from the True Moon to seize the Crystals , and move swiftly in gathering them . The Maenads resemble the Summoner Rydia , and share her power to summon Eidolons . Profile . Appearance . The Maenads are said to physically resemble Rydia , and in " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " a Maenad disguises as Rydia , but Edge can see through her guise , so the resemblance is not exact . Unlike Rydia , their hair is teal rather than green and they wear full - length featureless white dresses with a red necklace , and walk barefoot . Personality . The Maenads are detached and cold and have a habit of remarking how they find things " incomprehensible . " They are candid and rude , referring to other party members as inferior species who do not deserve to have powers such as the Eidolons or the Crystals , often claiming they have no need to answer their questions . Many of them show a robotic personality , as they talk about their mission and how they allow no obstacles . The Maenads do not recognize the party as a serious threat , incapacitating them only to seize a Crystal and leaving them alive . They warn the party and instruct them to hand over the Crystal ( s ) they have or otherwise to not obstruct them , only resorting to violence when the party does not listen — in Edge ' s Tale , the Maenad Gekkou spies on is aware of his presence , but mentions waiting to see if he would confront her before acknowledging him , and leaves without harming him if he does not . While most of them are hostile toward opposition , the Maenads are pragmatic when it comes to achieving their goals : they recognize Cecil ' s use to aid in their gathering of the Crystals , and agree to allow Kain to duel with Cecil on the condition he retrieve the remaining Crystals for them . In the Depths , while some Maenads are fought as random encounters , others speak to the party without hostility , showing they only attack when ordered . Abilities . The Maenads are powerful sorceresses able to teleport , use telekinesis , cast high - level Black Magic including Meteor , and summon Eidolons . Their capacity to summon Eidolons consists of petrifying their material forms and corrupting the Eidolon ' s mind , but Fusoya says this is not simply petrification , but a casting of the Eidolon ' s spirit into another dimension . This process can be disrupted by evoking an emotional response from the Eidolon . When this " awakening " occurs the Maenads lose the ability to summon that Eidolon . The Maenads indicate they are aware of each other ' s actions , implying that they possess a hive mind that allows them to share thoughts . The non - hostile Maenads in the Depths support this idea , as they speak in the plural " we , " and one says " our will is as one . " Story . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . At some point before the celebration of Damcyan ' s reconstruction , the first Maenad came into existence in the Crystal Chamber in the Sealed Cave , using data that the Creator ' s Dark Crystal had obtained on Rydia and her powers . This is how the Creator summons shadows of other bosses from the " Final Fantasy " series by using the Crystals . When the party arrives in the Sealed Cave to rescue her , they find the Maenad and believed her to be Rydia despite her strange behavior . The party takes her back to the airship , where they notice a light radiate from the Tower of Babil . As they climb the tower , the Maenad absorbs the power to summon some of her Eidolons from monsters they encounter . When they get to the Cannon Control room , the Maenad enters it and the party is attacked by the Deus Ex Machina . After defeating it with Edge ' s help , the group finds " Rydia " with Edge confirming her to be an imposter , as she attacks them and summons Bahamut . The real Rydia enters and talks sense into Bahamut with the impostor escaping before her true identity is revealed . Reappearing in the upper portion of the Tower of Babil , the impostor informs the Creator that " the Eidolon project is complete , " and vanishes . Fifteen years later , the Maenads appear on the Red Moon , questioning Golbez and Fusoya about the Crystals ' whereabouts . When the two refuse to answer the Maenad attacks them , summoning , but Golbez and Fusoya slay her . Worried about the Eidolon she wielded , the two return to the Crystal Palace to find the Crystals turned dark , their light dimmed . A second Maenad appears to fight them and take the Crystals , this time using , but she is also defeated . The Maenads ' true nature is revealed when a third appears behind the fallen body of the second and declares they no longer need the Crystals . The lightless Crystals are left to shatter one - by - one , and the Maenads turn their attention to Earth . The Maenads arrive on Earth in a meteor , then split up to take the Crystals . The first Maenad travels to Baron Castle with Bahamut and strikes Cecil down during the Battle of Baron . Recognizing his use the Maenad corrupts his mind , and through him takes control of Baron and the Red Wings . Another Maenad goes to the Feymarch to take control of the Eidolons , and another Maenad , possibly the same one , goes to the Underworld and seizes the four Dark Crystals using the Red Wings in the Second Battle of the Underworld . When a Maenad attacks Mysidia , Kain turns their Crystal over and accompanies her back to Baron , where the two strike a deal — Kain will gather the Crystals of Fabul and Damcyan , and will hand them to her in exchange for a chance to duel Cecil . The fourth Crystal , in Troia , is seized by another Maenad , who pursues the Crystal to the Magnetic Cave in the hands of Palom and Leonora and freezes them using . In Edge ' s Tale , Edge and the Eblan Four investigate the reactivated Tower of Babil . A Maenad is behind this , intending to use the tower ' s interdimensional elevator to return to the True Moon . She summons to pursue Edge and the Eblan Four into the underworld , where they escape by leaping onto the " Falcon " as it passes by . Also in Edge ' s Tale , Gekkou witnesses the arrival of the Maenads as one emerges from the Impact Crater and dispatches a group of monks from Fabul . In the final tales , the only Maenads seen are in Agart and at Baron Castle with Cecil . When her control over Cecil is broken by , she engages the party but is defeated . Four more Maenads appear , announcing they have all the Crystals and have no further need of the planet . The party uses the " Lunar Whale " to fly to the True Moon in pursuit of them as the True Moon draws nearer , apparently to impact the planet . At the final floor of the Subterrane , a Maenad opens the path to the Depths telling the party she will leave it to them to choose how they wish to die . At the end of the Depths a Maenad engages the party with Bahamut , but is defeated when Bahamut regains his senses with the help of Asura and Leviathan and turns on her . Beyond this point the party finds the Maenads ' home where they are produced and where they wait until needed . The party finds a young Maenad who asks them for orders , but is told to wait for them . After the party finds the Creator , he explains the Maenads are his latest experiment , produced from the data the Crystals gathered about the evolution of Earth ' s species , and were sent to Earth to take the Crystals back for him . The Creator goes berserk when the chemical of his life support system overwhelm him , and pursues the party as they flee the True Moon . Along the way they retrieve the young Maenad . The other Maenads come to the party ' s aid , telling them to take care of the child , and destroy the Creator with a Meteor spell , sacrificing their lives . The young Maenad moves in Mist where she lives with Rydia , who has named her Cuore , and despite her origins is growing into a normal , happy child under Rydia ' s care . Gameplay . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . During the " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " story in the " Final Fantasy IV : Complete Collection " , a Maenad joins the party while disguised as Rydia . She is a carbon copy of Rydia , and can equip what Rydia can and learns spells at the same level Rydia did in " Final Fantasy IV " . During the chapter she acquires the ability to summon Ifrit , Ramuh , Shiva , and Titan . She can also learn Goblin , Bomb , and Cockatrice as well . She joins the party at Level 32 , and comes equipped with a Blitz Whip , Gold Hairpin , Minerva Bustier , and Ruby Ring . Boss . In " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " a Maenad , still in the guise of Rydia , is fought as the final boss . She summons four Eidolons and then Bahamut against the party before the true Rydia returns and awakens Bahamut , allowing the Maenad herself to be fought . " Final Fantasy IV : The After Years " . Maenads are fought throughout the game as bosses under the name " Mysterious Girl " . In Palom ' s Tale , Edge ' s Tale and Porom ' s Tale the battles cannot be won — in Edge ' s Tale the player must flee , and in Palom ' s Tale and Porom ' s Tale the fights are scripted to end with the Maenad calling an Eidolon to defeat the party . In the Lunarian ' s Tale and The Crystals , there are four fights with a Maenad and all must be won . In the Depths of the True Moon , Maenads appear as random encounters . Musical themes . The Maenads ' theme is called " The Mysterious Girl " in " Final Fantasy IV : The Complete Collection " , or " Mysterious Girl ~ minus ~ " on the " Final Fantasy IV & The After Years Sounds Plus " album . It is one of the few new pieces of music not from the original " Final Fantasy IV " . The theme plays whenever the Maenads are present , and plays in the Depths of the True Moon when the player reaches the home of the Maenads and the Creator . The theme serves as the basis for " The Eidolons Shackled " or " The Dispossessed Eidolons ~ Minudes ~ " , the battle theme used whenever the player fights the Maenads or one of their corrupted Eidolons . The theme ' s tune is remixed into " Master of Creation " , the theme played on floors prior to the Bottommost Depths of the True Moon , and " Planetary Core " , the theme played when in battle against the Creator ' s shell .