Drace Judge Drace is a character in " Final Fantasy XII " . A minor character , she is the only female Judge Magister , the highest rank possible in the Archadian Empire . She serves as a mentor to the young Lord Larsa . Profile . Appearance . Like the other Judge Magisters , Drace wears a suit of full plate mail with a long black cape , the symbol of the Empire on the back in red . Unique design features of her armor includes large curved plates around her hips and thighs , and a helmet with orb protrusions on the sides . The former design feature may be due to Drace being the only female judge , and thus her armor was given a more curved appearance . Beneath her helmet , Drace has shoulder - length brown hair and brown eyes . Her weapon is a dual - headed club with a longer , larger head on one end , and both themed in an enigmatic arthropod like design , sporting the apparent preserved and possibly reinforced bodies of insect based monsters with some limbs and anatomy jutting out metal blades . As with the weapons of the other Judges , it can separate into two halves and wielded as two individual weapons . Personality . Drace is the only one of the Archadian Judges to be open with her distrust of Vayne due to his ruthless pursuit of power and past crimes . Of the five judges , she is shown to be closest to Gabranth , while Bergan , Ghis , and Zargabaath are uncomfortable with Drace ' s open suspicions of Vayne . By contrast , she prefers the younger Larsa , pleased with his growth and his active role in trying to find a peaceful solution to averting war with the Resistance and Rozarria . Story . " Final Fantasy XII " manga . In the manga adaptation , Drace was involved in the battle of Nalbina Fortress and fought against Basch face to face , commending his unique swordsmanship and commenting his swordsmanship " is different " , hinting to Gabranth , though Basch does not understand her . When it is revealed the attack was a ruse to keep Dalmasca ' s reinforcements away from the Fortress , the forces retreat , and Drace , wounded on her arm , promises to repay Basch in the future . " Final Fantasy XII " . First , Drace appears talking to Judge Gabranth about how it is important to defend Larsa , as the Imperial Senate is soon to discover Larsa will not be a puppet emperor and discuss how the Senate likes to manipulate their rulers from the shadows . She voices displeasure and lack of trust towards Vayne , thinking him ruthless in his role for the death of his two brothers and suspecting him responsible for Judge Zecht ' s disappearance after the battle of Nabudis . She is chastised by Bergan and Zargabaath for voicing her opinion . Later , Drace is with the other Judges overseeing Emperor Gramis ' s body . She is the only Judge willing to admit Vayne was responsible for the late Emperor ' s death , but when she draws her sword against Vayne , Judge Bergan attacks her . Vayne tests Gabranth ' s loyalty by ordering him to execute Drace . Reluctantly , he does so , but as Drace dies , she asks Gabranth to protect the Lord Larsa . Creation and development . Voice . In the Japanese version , Drace is voiced by . In the English release , she is voiced by Julia Fletcher . She shares her English voice actress with Yunalesca from " Final Fantasy X " and the female voice of Orphan from " Final Fantasy XIII " . The localization team did ADR recording to picture without the actors seeing the picture for many of the Judges , who were largely British stage actors recording in a studio in the UK with us giving direction over an ISDN line . Because the Judges ' faces are usually covered by their helmet , the actors ' ability to match lip syncing was not as important for these roles . Unlike most Judges , a local actor was chosen for Drace . The localization team was praised with Julia Fletcher ' s performance , saying " she knocked it out of the park with an incredible performance , emotional , dramatic , and yet perfectly in sync with the lip flaps . " Gameplay . She can only be fought in " International Zodiac Job System " Trial Mode , at Stage 100 along with four other Judge Magisters . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Drace appears on a card .