Vinera Fennes

Vinera Fennes is a playable character in War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Known as the Fallen Moon, she is an assassin hailing from Fennes who was sent to Hourne under the guise of being Muraga's daughter. Her main objective was to assassinate Prince Dario, the man she was to marry.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Vinera is a young lady with long, pale blonde hair tied into a high ponytail. She has grey eyes. Her ribbon is composed of two long needles lined with violet flowers. She wears a long black slit dress emblazoned with a golden snake and pink ribbons and frills. She wears a white undershirt and pink high-heels.
===Personality===
Vinera is a cunning and dutiful. Having been trained in the Serpent's Den made her self-aware as an assassin and feigned daughter of Muraga. She uses her training to assume demeanor befitting of royalty and desires to assassinate Dario for Muraga. Vinera falls in love with the object of her assassination and becomes more accommodating to Dario following their matrimony. She is embarrassed over the extent of her feelings and she cares deeply about what Dario thinks of her. She is willing to place her life on the line for him, or even take her own life were he to pass.
==Story==
===Early life===
Of the Yezagh people, Vinera lived in a village around Fennes. When she was orphaned, she was placed in the mines to work as a slave. Muraga personally chose her to participate in the Serpent's Den to decimate Hourne from within. She was trained in the art of assassination, sworn off to wed the prince in a political arrangement. Although she had finesse with poisons and hidden blades, Muraga thought it best to get her a teacher on the mannerisms and formalities associated with royalty. Vinera became a true princess from her efforts and was escorted straight to Hourne.
Days prior to the ceremony, Vinera met with Dario who welcomed her as his wife. Vinera fell in love and learned of Dario's frail condition. While their time was fleeting, the couple hoped to be together, no matter the time.
===Event story===
====Agitator====
=====Ep. 1: The People of Yezagh I=====
Vinera is seen briefly, being escorted out of the mines by Fennes soldiers and being a topic of discussion among the slaves present.
====To Burn with Life====
=====Ep. 3: Traitors I=====
With the plot to assassinate Dario coming into fruition, Doluza and Fennes shinobi confront Vinera and Dario. Tyrrell runs in and wonders why they're attacking Vinera, with a shinobi accusing Vinera of betraying Fennes. Doluza tells Vinera to finish Dario off, but she refuses.
Dario tells Vinera to survive but wants to stay by his side. Tyrrell is aghast she would betray Fennes. Vinera tells him that he will come to understand her decision if he falls in love someday. Tyrrell joins her side, confronting the Fennes along with her and Dario. Vinera is shocked but Tyrrell only says that if it's important to Vinera, it is important to him.
Tyrrell tells Vinera that they need to hold on for reinforcements from Hourne, but Doluza claims the forces of Hourne in the castle were already dealt with. The trio fights its way through the castle.
=====Ep. 5: A Flickering Life I=====
Upon being surrounded by the Fennes shinobi, Dario unleashes his limit burst to wipe out an entire platoon before breaking into a coughing fit. Dario tells Tyrrell he does not have much time left, with Doluza pontificating on what's to become of Vinera following Dario's passing. Vinera would rather die than live in a world without Dario, with Dario being heavily against it.
Doluza offers Tyrrell an opportunity to redeem his traitorous actions, promising he and Vinera can live happily if they kill Dario. Vinera tells Tyrrell that she will turn her sword at anyone who hurts Dario, and even if Tyrrell did kill Dario, Fennes wouldn't pardon him. When Dario falls to the floor Doluza calls the shinobi to attack. Tyrrell makes up his mind to protect Dario for Vinera, no matter what the cost.
=====Ep. 8: More Like a Prison=====
After routing the shinobi, Vinera carries Dario to a pillar, but Dario wants to go outside as life in the castle is like a prison. He Vinera asks Tyrrell to cover for them while Dario contemplates on his sister, Princess Machérie, was probably already wed to Muraga though she had been crying for three days and nights about it. Had he not chosen to withdraw from the battlefield, his brave and proud sister would not have had to go through that. Vinera retorts that she is not Muraga's daughter. Doluza catches up to the trio with his shinobi and engages them in combat.
=====Ep. 10: Freedom=====
As the trio emerge from the castle Vinera escorts Dario outside. Dario has lost his eyesight but can hear the birds chirping and smell the flowers around him. Doluza catches up ready to kill Dario, who states that he came there to die anyway. Vinera begs Doluza to abandon his mission as Dario is already dying. Doluza wants to give the trio the greatest agony for betraying Fennes and confronts the trio one last time.
Doluza is defeated and Tyrrell stands at a distance when Vinera tends to a fallen Dario. She wants to go with him but Dario cannot grant her wish as he knows she is carrying his child and cannot involve himself in the killing an innocent child. He hopes she can let the child live as he or she wishes, as he believes nothing is more precious than freedom. He asks Vinera to apologize to Machérie on his behalf and passes away in Vinera's arms. Tyrrell warns her someone's coming, with Vinera asking Dario to watch over her and their child as she runs to follow Tyrrell.
=====Season 2=====
After the fall of Fennes, Vinera and Tyrrell went into hiding for reasons not explained. However, they were contacted at one point by the Warriors of the Crystal when they were investigating unusual monster activity as the result of a wayward Crystal they were sent to recover. Though heavily pregnant at the time, Vinera could still hold her own in battle despite Tyrrell's insistence that she not do so, and thus assisted the Warriors in their mission.
While still on the lam, Vinera gave birth to her child by Dario, a daughter whom she named Daria after him.
==Gameplay==
===Vinera Fennes===
Vinera is a UR-rarity unit of the Dark element whose main job is Assassin, while her sub jobs are Thief and Dual Gunner. She can equip the following items: Dagger, Hat, Clothing, Accessory. Her unit cost is 80.
Her Master Ability increases her own Evasion Rate by 10 and her ATK by 10%. Her Limit Burst is Dark Art: Hidden in Haze, which deals 3-Hit Dmg (L) to target & chance of inflicting Poison for 3 turns.
Vinera is capable of high damage, which can be further capitalized through her DEF debuffs. She can inflict status ailments like paralysis, doom and poison, the latter being is useful to debilitate opponents, especially tanks. She has a high evasion capability, which can be reinforced through all her sub jobs, and even via her reaction ability Dark Shadow that even allows her to act faster. Her Thief sub job grants her more speed and more disruptive tactics, like decreasing accuracy or steal the enemies' CT or even cause confusion. Her Dual Gunner sub job grants her long range tactics along Missile damage, and DEF penetration.
Vinera is overall a highly flexible and utilitarian unit who can cause great turmoil through her status ailments and evasion stacking, which enable her to deal high damage with impunity. This tactic is less viable in PvP that has a preponderance of guaranteed hits. Her Thief sub job is useful for Raids or Trials of Reckoning as she can use Steal Time to delay the enemy's turn and allow greater chain building and even debuff DEF for increased damage. Via Dual Gunner she can utilize Missile damage as an alternative to her Slash damage. Supporting all of these traits is a high AGI value and prodigious Move and Jump, allowing her easy reach in the battlefield.
Vinera has a handful of weaknesses. As a Dark unit she lacks any innate elemental resist and is weak to Magic where a significant portion of Guaranteed Hit abilities lie, and which become increasingly more common with future updates. Without evasion, Vinera is frail.
Her Trust Master Reward is the Bewitching Heels accessory which bestows HP +182, DEF +7, ACC +12, AGI +4 and the False Veil of Darkness ability, which decreases chance of being targeted & bestows Light Eater on self for 3 turns.
===Vinera (Winter)===
Vinera (Winter) is a UR-unit of the Earth element whose main job is Pugilist, while her sub jobs are Ninja and Spellblade. She can equip the following items: Fist, Hat, Clothing, Accessory. Her unit cost is 80.
Her Master Ability increases Earth unit allies' Max HP by 10% and Earth Attack by 15, as well as her own ATK by 20%. Her Limit Burst is Snowball Fight, which lowers target's Earth Res for 3 turns, then deals Dmg (L).
Her Trust Master Reward is the Kitty Hood accessory which bestows HP +443, DEF +8, EVA +10 and the Wintertime Mischief ability, which raises own Move by 1 for 1 turn & significantly raises own Accuracy Rate.
===Vision cards===
;Beguiling Witch
 
Beguiling Witch is an SR-rarity vision card with a cost of 40. At Lv. 60, its stats are HP +184, ATK +80 and MAG +98. Its Party Abilities are Reduces Non-Attack Ability Activation Time 30 and Reduces Attack Ability Activation Time 30. Its Bestowed Effects are Reaper Killer Up 25 and DEF Down 5. It was illustrated by SQUARE ENIX.
;Deceptive Vows, Honest Souls
 
Deceptive Vows, Honest Souls is an MR-rarity vision card with a cost of 50. At Lv. 70, its stats are HP +264, ATK +82 and MAG +75. Its Party Abilities are Evasion Up 10 and Wind Unit Earth Attack Res Up 15. Its Bestowed Effect is Slash Attack Up 15. It was illustrated by SQUARE ENIX.
;Fleeting Blossom Banquet
 
Fleeting Blossom Banquet is a UR-rarity vision card with a cost of 70. At Lv. 99, its stats are HP +142, ATK +156 and MAG +104. Its Party Abilities are Acquired AP Up 50% and Dark Unit Critical Dmg Up 25. Its Bestowed Effect is Light Attack Res Up 10. It was illustrated by SQUARE ENIX.
;Maidens of the Rose
 
Maidens of the Rose is a UR-rarity vision card with a cost of 70. At Lv. 99, its stats are HP +326, ATK +150 and LCK +20. Its Party Abilities are Dark Unit Luck Up 35%, Dark Unit Slash Attack Rs Piercing Rate Up 18 and Dark Unit DEX Up 35%. Its Limited Bestowed Effects are ATK Up 30% for Dark units only, as well as Light Attack Res Up 10 and AGI Up 5% for Shadowlynx, Vinera Fennes and Vinera (Winter) only. It was illustrated by SQUARE ENIX.
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
Vinera appears as a summonable Neo vision and an optional playable character.
File:FFBE 8339 Vinera Fennes.png|No. 8339 Vinera Fennes (Neo Vision).
File:FFBE 8339 Vinera Fennes Brave Shift.png|No. 8340 Vinera Fennes (Brave Shift).
==Behind the scenes==
Vinera was ranked 6th with 2,272 votes in the Character Popularity Poll for the global server's Six-Month Anniversary Celebration.https://wotvffbe.com/cp-vote/index.html
Vinera was ranked 3rd with 1,116 votes in the "Who Should Get a Swimsuit" poll for the Japanese server's Second Anniversary Celebration.https://www.jp.square-enix.com/WOTV/cp-vote/2021/
Vinera was ranked 6th with 880 votes in the "Who Should Sit Next to Me" poll for the Japanese server's Second Anniversary Celebration.https://www.jp.square-enix.com/WOTV/cp-vote/2021/
==Gallery==
;Artwork
File:Anniversary from WotV artwork (1).png|First Anniversary artwork featuring Vinera.
File:Anniversary from WotV artwork (2).png|First Anniversary artwork featuring Vinera.
;Portraits
File:WotV Vinera Fennes Portrait (1).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Fennes Portrait (3).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Fennes Portrait (4).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Fennes Portrait (5).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Winter Portrait (1).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Winter Portrait (3).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Winter Portrait (4).png|Portrait.
File:WotV Vinera Winter Portrait (5).png|Portrait.
;Renders
File:WotV Vinera Render.png|Vinera Fennes render.
File:WotV Vinera Winter Render.png|Vinera (Winter) render.
File:Vinera from WotV render.png|Render.
File:Vinera Winter from WotV render.png|Render.
File:Vinera from WotV render 2.png|Render.
File:Vinera Winter from WotV render 2.png|Render.
File:Vinera from WotV render 3.png|Render.
File:Vinera Winter from WotV render 3.png|Render.
;Other
File:WotV Vinera Limit Burst.png|Vinera's limit burst.
File:WotV Vinera Overview.png|Infographic.
File:Vinera Popularity from WotV.png|Rank in the global server's Character Popularity poll.
File:Vinera Popularity from WotV 2.png|Rank in the Japanese server's "Who Should Get a Swimsuit" poll.
File:Vinera Popularity from WotV 3.png|Rank in the Japanese server's "Who Should Sit Next to Me" poll.
==Notes==
===Citations===
Category:Characters in War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius