Fran (Final Fantasy XII party member)

Fran is a permanent party member in Final Fantasy XII, who joins with Balthier after the events in the Royal Palace of Rabanastre. She starts as a long-ranged fighter, although the player may equip her with any weapon as long as they acquire the appropriate licenses. Even though Fran's default weapon is a bow, and she has bow licenses already learned, Fran and Balthier have the longest bow action time. In practice this is negligible. Fran's beginning licenses are close to several Quickenings.
In the original version, Fran has low stats compared to the other party members and is the only one to not have a particular stat in which she excels. Fran's Magick Power is particularly low, second-lowest to Balthier. Her Vitality is also low, being the second-lowest after Basch, and her Strength is the second-lowest after Penelo. Her MP exceeds Basch's and Balthier's, but is the lowest of the three female party members. 
In the Zodiac versions, her stats have been tweaked and she now has the highest Vitality out of all the party members at level 99.
Fran can be built in any way without major drawbacks.
After winning a boss battle the currently alive members of the active party perform a victory pose depending on what weapon they are equipped with.
==Final Fantasy XII original==
====Initial data====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	Vaan's level +1
LP 	Vaan's LP -120
Magicks/Technicks	Cure, Fire
Items 	—
Gil 	200
Gambits 	1. Foe: party leader's target ⇛ Attack2. Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
====Initial licenses====
Name 	Permits use of
White Magick 1 	Cure, Blindna
Black Magick 1 	Fire, Thunder, Blizzard
Steal 	Steal
Bows 1 	Shortbow, Silver Bow
Bows 2 	Aevis Killer, Killer Bow, Longbow
Shields 1 	Escutcheon, Leather Shield
Light Armor 1 	Leather Cap, Leather Clothing
Leather Armor 2	Headgear, Headguard, Chromed Leathers, Leather Breastplate
Heavy Armor 1 	Leather Helm, Bronze Helm, Leather Armor, Bronze Armor
====Initial equipment====
Category 	Name 	Effect
Weapon 	Shortbow 	Bow, Attack Power +17, CT 36, Critical% 5
Off-Hand 	Onion Arrows 	Attack Power +1
Helm 	Headgear 	Magick Resist +5, Max HP +20
Armor 	Chromed Leathers	Defense +5, Max HP +20
Accessory	— 	—
====Stats====
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Magick Power	Vitality	Speed
2 	85-89 	25-27 	23 	18 	20 	23
10 	256-288 	38-49 	27 	22 	23 	24
20 	594-685 	60-88 	32 	26 	26 	25
30 	1,029-1,199	83-127 	37 	30 	30 	27
40 	1,440-1,684	110-177	42 	34 	33 	28
50 	2,097-2,464	134-218	47 	39 	36 	30
60 	2,677-3,151	156-257	52 	43 	40 	31
70 	3,005-3,538	172-284	57 	47 	43 	32
80 	3,385-3,985	189-312	62 	51 	46 	34
90 	3,902-4,598	200-328	67 	55 	50 	35
99 	4,486-5,879	205-333	71 	59 	53 	36
==Zodiac versions==
====Initial data====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	Vaan's level +1
LP 	Vaan's LP -51
Magicks/Technicks	Cure, Fire
Items 	Phoenix Down x2
Gil 	300
Gambits 	1. Foe: party leader's target ⇛ Attack2. Foe: nearest visible ⇛ Attack
====Initial licenses====
Name 	Permits use of
Command 	Attack, Items
White Magick 1	Cure, Blindna
Black Magick 1	Fire, Thunder
Steal 	Steal
Bows 1 	Shortbow
Light Armor 2 	Headgear, Headguard, Chromed Leathers, Leather Breastplate
====Initial equipment====
Category 	Name 	Effect
Weapon 	Shortbow 	Bow, Attack Power +17, CT 36, Critical% 5
Off-Hand 	Onion Arrows 	Attack Power +1
Helm 	Headgear 	Magick Resist +5, Max HP +20
Armor 	Chromed Leathers	Defense +5, Max HP +20
Accessory	— 	—
====Stats====
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Magick Power	Vitality	Speed
2 	84-89 	44-50 	23 	20 	26 	23
10 	254-286 	77-104 	27 	24 	29 	24
20 	590-680 	131-199	32 	29 	33 	25
30 	1,022-1,190	187-297	37 	34 	37 	27
40 	1,430-1,672	255-420	42 	39 	40 	28
50 	2,082-2,446	314-523	47 	44 	44 	30
60 	2,657-3,129	368-618	52 	49 	48 	31
70 	2,983-3,512	409-686	57 	54 	51 	32
80 	3,360-3,956	450-754	62 	59 	55 	34
90 	3,874-4,564	477-795	67 	64 	59 	35
99 	4,453-5,252	489-807	71 	68 	62 	36
==Quests==
Fran and Balthier join Vaan in the Garamsythe Waterway after the events at the Royal Palace. Fran can be placed in the party leader position in the overworld and in dungeons, but only Vaan is controllable in settled areas. Talking to viera NPCs with Fran as party leader yields unique dialogue.
In the boss battle aboard Shiva, Fran automatically enters Berserk.
==Behind the scenes==
The Japanese name of Fran's Shatterheart Quickening is a reference to the Crush Accessory ability from Final Fantasy Tactics. The final kanji for both looks similar, and they are pronounced the same.
The animation is reminiscent of Shiva's summon animation from many games, where Fran appears to encase enemies in ice and then break it with a blow of her kiss.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy XII