Maria ( Final Fantasy II ) Maria is the main deuteragonist of " Final Fantasy II " . She is one of Firion ' s permanent allies , and Leon ' s sister , but the two are separated at the beginning of the game . Maria ' s vocal sounds in the PlayStation remake " Final Fantasy Origins " were provided by Noriko Shitaya , who later on provided the voice of Rydia in the 3D remake of " Final Fantasy IV " , as well as Althea Sol Alfitaria in " " . Profile . Appearance . Maria has pale skin , purple eyes , and long purple hair . She wears a halter top with the left side exposed , leggings , boots , and bracers on her wrists , which are all colored purple . Her left breast is covered with a gold cup and she wears a gold brooch on her neck . She also wears various gold bands on her left arm and a quiver of arrows attached to a belt around her waist . Her NES battle sprite shows her with red clothing and hair , while her map sprite in the NES version shows her with blonde hair . Maria wears a more simple outfit in her PS / GBA sprites and her hair is a bright shade of purple . Her sprite matches Yoshitaka Amano ' s concept art in the PlayStation Portable version . Personality . Maria is a kind young lady who often acts as the arbitrator between Firion and others , e . g . Leila when she offers her aide to take Firion and his party to Deist . Maria eventually has an emotional breakdown and can ' t keep her composure as her loved ones and friends keep suffering and dying . When a townman flirts with her and asks her to go out with him in Poft , she turns him down . Story . Maria ' s parents are killed during the Palamecian empire ' s strike against Fynn and she is taken in by the princess of Altair , Hilda . Firion asks if the three of them ( Firion , Maria and Guy ) could join the rebel army . After they are refused , Maria makes the statement they could not go home because Fynn has been taken over by the empire and that their parents have been killed . Hilda gives them the rebel password , Wild Rose , and allows them to stay in Altair . Maria , throughout the game , wants to defeat the empire , but also find her lost brother , Leon , who has been separated from her because of the empire ' s attack against Fynn . Maria is later shocked to learn that one of the Emperor ' s servants , the Dark Knight , is actually Leon . When Leon attempts to crown himself Emperor after the original Emperor ' s first death , Maria accompanies Firion to confront him . The original Emperor returns from the dead , and Leon is forced to give up all dreams of ruling . After the Dark Emperor ' s return , Maria , Firion , Guy , and now Leon , head to Pandaemonium , the fortress of the Lord of Hell that has come to surface from Hell thanks to the Dark Emperor ' s powers . When the party faces the Dark Emperor , he is finally defeated . Leon separates from the party , but Maria does not want to separate from him again and tries to stop him from leaving . Firion stops her , saying that when Leon is ready to come back he will be welcome . In the novelization " Final Fantasy II Muma no Meikyū " , Firion and Maria become a romantic couple at the end . Gameplay . Maria ' s starting equipment is a Bow and her clothes . Out of the three starting characters Maria has the most Intelligence , making her suited to be made into a Black Mage by teaching her many offensive spells . She has the least Attack and HP among the three starting characters , and as her Stamina is lower than Firion ' s or Guy ' s , her HP will grow slower than theirs . On the up side her Agility is the highest , so she will often get first attack in battle early in the game . Her ultimate weapon in the Arcane Labyrinth is the Artemis Bow . Because the Key Terms that are optimal for Maria are received after retaking Castle Fynn , she has the option to obtain her ultimate weapon the earliest of the three core party members . Other appearances . Maria has made appearances in the following games in the " Final Fantasy " series :