Adelle Adelle , real name Adelaide , is a character in " " . She is a famed thief , known by her nickname " Adelle the Cat " due to her agility and swiftness . Upon Luso ' s arrival in Ivalice , she befriends and travels together with him . Profile . Appearance . Adelle is a young woman with long silver hair held in a ponytail by a red ribbon which resembles cat ears and cat - like yellow eyes . She wears a tight pink top with an upside down yellow fleur de li in the center and a black cat brooch on the left side . She has silver dagger - like earrings and red arm warmers with a red ribbon tied around her upper left arm . She wears a sheer purple skirt over tight yellow capris with a pink belt that hangs down in the back like a tail . The bottom of her capris resemble pawprints . She wears brown knee - high heeled boots . Personality . Adelle starts off as an antagonistic figure . She deceives Clan Gully by roping them into a quest together and then stealing the loot , and tries the same trick again later . After the clan foils this plan , she forces her way into their ranks . She lives in the moment and travels from place to place , not saving any of her money or treasure and instead indulging in fine foods and fashion whenever possible . Adelle is quite an opportunist and has no qualms about cheating people . She shuns friendship and companionship in the belief that she is better off without it . This attitude stems from circumstances around her past , which are revealed later in the story . Adelle is secretive and somewhat defensive about this and hides her insecurity . She is disturbed when she realizes she is getting comfortable in Clan Gully and leaves , but the friendship offered by Luso and the rest of the clan helps her to open up and gain a better outlook on how to live . Story . Adelle first appeared to Clan Gully to vanquish the Deadly Nightshade s and an Alraune . She offers her services and requests a split of the earnings between herself and the clan . However , at the end of the quest , Adelle takes off with the Alraune Drill from the Alraune , a loot that Cid had wanted , as it fetches a high price in the market . She reappears attempting to steal the mark Clan Gully had hunted earlier . She unknowingly steps into a trap Cid had laid out , and is interrogated . She reveals selling the Alraune Drill and spending the gil she earned . Clan Gully abandons her and arrives at the pub to find her waiting , much to their surprise . She forces her way into the clan . During the meeting with Lezaford , the high mage hints on Adelle ' s secret . Adelle shrugs it off but later gives Lezaford a visit ; he tells her she must accept her gifts or run from herself forever . When Adelle realizes the mage cannot give her a solution she leaves , and decides it is time to stop using Clan Gully . She leaves the clan , taking most of the money in their stash . Enraged , Luso and Cid go on a quest to pay for their to - be - huge meal to eat their anger out . When they arrive , a hypnotized Adelle ( by Illua ) is there to defeat Luso and take his grimoire . Luso snaps her out of it and convinces her to stay with the clan and stop being lonely . A " new " Adelle is born , no longer acting for herself , but for the people around her , as she reveals in her next visit to Lezaford . When she says she will embrace her gifts , the mage tells her of a man he knows who is also a Gifted . She travels to his hideout and meets the Gifted man , Lennart , who will teach the Heritor arts if she beats him in one - on - one combat . Adelle continues to journey with Luso until they reach the Jagd Zellea , where the final battle is about to take place . Adelle cries at the thought of the journey reaching its end , and Luso being gone . Hurdy attempts to console her and offers to get Luso and Cid , but she refuses . If Adelle is present during the final battle she will tease Luso for being afraid . Luso refuses and she remarks he has got nothing to worry about because she is there . When Luso is about to return to his world , Adelle refuses to say goodbye to him and remarks how Hurdy ' s song for Luso is too " heroic " for him . Adelle goes shopping along with a disgruntled Cid who is holding boxes and bag fulls of what may be Galmia Pepe clothing and other things she has bought . It can be implied she remains with Clan Gully . Gameplay . When she joins the clan , Adelle is a Thief with the following abilities : Later in the game , she gains access to the exclusive Heritor job and has access to all hume jobs . As the only female unit besides Frimelda Lotice with access to hume jobs , she can also equip female - exclusive armor , including Ribbons , by default . Although is also a hume , she accesses viera jobs instead . The three are the only humes covered by laws dealing with females . She is the fastest unit in the game , even faster than or a viera Assassin . Musical themes . Adelle ' s theme is titled " Adelle " . Along with moments when Adelle is in the spotlight , it is also played during some of the more lighthearted missions . Other appearances . " Pictlogica Final Fantasy " . Adelle appears as a Memoria . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Adelle has a card in " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " with a wind - elemental card . Etymology . Adelle as a girl ' s name is a variant of Adela ( Old German ) and Adelaide ( Old German ) , and means " noble ; noble kind " . She is called Adel / Adelaida in Spanish , and translated by the Japanese as Adel . Her name is sometimes speculated among fans to come from Irene Adler , who is portrayed as a " cat burglar " in some adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories .