Leonora

Leonora is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is a talented Epopt trainee determined to join the Epopts of Troia. Leonora knows White Magic from her Epopt training and learns Black Magic from Palom through training in the Tower of Trials.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
Leonora is a young, blonde girl with green eyes. She wears a light blue priest's mitre and blue and green robes with lace trim and a green, yellow and blue pattern down the front. The sleeves of the robe are loose and hang down to cover her hands, and the bottom of the robes drags on the ground. In early artwork Leonora's dress was shorter, just long enough to brush the ground instead of dragging, and without lace trim. She wields a long staff topped with a circular design and a large red orb. In early artworks the orb is orange and smaller.
===Personality===
At the start of Palom's tale, Leonora is introduced as a humble, shy and quiet young lady who has great aspirations as an Epopt. She rarely asserts herself to Palom, unless he puts his life in jeopardy or insults the Epopts of Troia. Under Palom's guidance, Leonora gains more confidence and later takes an interest in becoming a Sage like Palom.
She eventually admits to liking Palom, and ignores his wishes to save his life from one of the Maenads, demonstrating courage and a strong sense of concern for her partner. Palom at one point compares Leonora to his sister, remarking "...Is there a written rule somewhere that says all White Mages have to be so stubborn?" He has faith in Leonora and a certain, mutual fondness for her, saying she passes with flying colors as his partner.
==Story==
===Final Fantasy IV===
Like Biggs and Wedge, Leonora was originally unnamed in Final Fantasy IV. She appears in the ending as a little girl in Mysidia, listening to Palom brag to her about his adventures until Porom arrives to take him to the Elder.
===Final Fantasy IV: The After Years===
When one of Troia's eight Epopts falls ill, they seek a replacement. Palom is sent from Mysidia to train Leonora, whom the Epopts chose as the new guardian. They train at the Tower of Trials where Leonora learns some Black Magic under Palom's guidance. Palom teases her and makes rude remarks about the Epopts, which he apologizes for after Leonora says Troia has been kind to her.
left|thumb|Leonora in The Complete Collection opening FMV.
They finish her training and return to Troia, where they learn the Red Wings have begun to steal the Crystals again. Palom worries and suggests he and Leonora take Troia's Earth Crystal somewhere safe before the Red Wings arrive. Leonora leads Palom with the Earth Crystal through an underground waterway in Troia's castle. As they make it out of the waterway, they continue to the Chocobo's forest north of Troia, and mount a black chocobo.
They fly to the Lodestone Cavern where the strong magnetic field protects them from the Red Wings, who are made to discard their metal weapons. Leonora and Palom take the Earth Crystal to the chamber where the Dark Elf's spirit resides. It attacks them and assumes a dragon form, which resists their magic. The Eidolon Shiva destroys the Dark Elf, and the Mysterious Girl enters threatening Palom's and Leonora's lives if they do not relinquish the Earth Crystal.
Palom teleports Leonora away from the chamber before casting Break on himself and the Earth Crystal, preventing the Mysterious Girl from taking it. Leonora refuses to leave Palom and returns to save him. After casting Esuna on him, Leonora reveals she was the same girl he was flirting with during the Final Fantasy IV ending. Palom tells the Mysterious Girl that even though Leonora is not the best Epopt, she is perfect as his partner. They band together to fight her, but are defeated before losing possession of the Earth Crystal.
When the True Moon moves closer into the Earth, Rydia, Luca, Golbez, and Edge go to the Lodestone Cavern and find it has been frozen by Shiva. They reach the Crystal Chamber and find Palom with Leonora, who have been frozen in ice. After the party stops Shiva, Palom and Leonora recover on the Falcon.
Within the True Moon, Leonora speaks briefly with Palom's sister Porom, who reveals Palom's faith in her as a student, which surprises Leonora but makes her happy. Luca confronts her over her relationship with Palom, and while she is embarrassed by the question, Leonora admits she does like him. Palom, eavesdropping, remarks that women can be dangerous.
After the Creator is defeated, Leonora gives up her position as the new Epopt, deciding she wants to spend more time with Palom to become a Sage.
==Gameplay==
===Stats===
Leonora's versatility comes at the cost of her having the third lowest HP growth of the party—alongside Calca and Brina, she is one of three characters with less than 4,000 HP at Level 99. Her MP is good, though not as high as other mages', and her Stamina and Speed are low. She focuses more on her White Magic, and has Spirit on par with Rosa and Porom, but lower Intelligence than Golbez, Rydia and Palom.
Stats
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
3 	110 	30 	5 	3 	4 	5 	8
10 	200 	69 	8 	5 	8 	9 	14
20 	481 	134	16 	9 	13 	14 	23
30 	852 	207	23 	13 	17 	19 	32
40 	1329	296	31 	18 	21 	24 	42
50 	1868	383	36 	22 	27 	33 	48
60 	2456	443	39 	26 	33 	42 	55
70 	3152	525	44 	30 	39 	51 	63
80 	3346	571	46 	31 	40 	53 	67
90 	3558	615	48 	31 	43 	55 	70
99 	3782	659	48 	32 	44 	57 	74
===Abilities===
Leonora is similar to a Sage, able to learn both White and Black Magic. In the Depths, it is possible to teach Dualcast to Palom, Porom, or Leonora, but only one of the three can learn it. Because she knows both types of magic, Leonora has the most variety with Dualcast.
Leonora learns her magic later than the other characters and cannot learn the Black Magic spells Quake, Bio, Toad, Pig, Warp, Break, Death, Tornado, and Meteor.
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Spell	Level Learned
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 	Tower of Trials
 	Tower of Trials
 	Tower of Trials
 	15
 	22
 	30
 	36
 	39
 	41
 	44
 	47
 	78
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 	82
 	85
Band Abilities
Ability 	Members	MP	Effect
A Little Black Magic	
*Leonora (Black Magic)
*Palom (Black Magic)	10	Practice some black magic. Randomly uses a Fire, Blizzard, or Thunder spell of any of the four levels of power (Fire? up to Firaga, etc). 50% of level one spell, 30% chance of level two, 15% chance of level three, 5% chance of level four.
Particle Bomb 	
*Leonora
*Palom	20	Deal massive non-elemental damage to a single enemy.
Sprite Bred 	
*Leonora (White Magic)
*Porom (White Magic)	40	Holy magical attack on one enemy.
Tri-Disaster 	
*Leonora (Black Magic)
*Palom (Black Magic)
*Rydia (Black Magic)	20	Cast a succession of powerful black magic.
Pure White Magic 	
*Leonora (White Magic)
*Porom (White Magic)
*Rosa (White Magic)	99	Casts numerous status buffs on all party members including Blink, Haste, Float, Protect and Shell, and restore HP and status ailments.
Call Me Queen 	
*Leonora (Attack, Whip)
*Rydia (Attack, Whip)
*Harley (Attack, Whip)
*Izayoi (Attack, Whip)	11	Whip and turn the enemy into a Pig.
Frost Wave 	
*Leonora (Black Magic)
*Izayoi (Ninjutsu)	25	Attack all enemies with ice.
Ice Crush 	
*Leonora
*Palom
*Luca	35	Freeze and shatter all enemies. 50% chance of halving Palom's current HP.
Palom in the Sky 	
*Leonora (Black Magic)
*Palom (Bluff)
*Luca (Big Throw)
*Porom (White Magic)	30	Palom bounces around enemies zapped by Leonora's magic before being healed by Porom.
Petal Whirlwind 	
*Leonora (Black Magic)
*Porom (White Magic)
*Luca (Analyze)
*Ursula (Kick)	50	Focused attack at an enemy's weak point. Can break damage limit.
Infinity 	
*Leonora (White Magic)
*Palom (Black Magic)
*Porom (White Magic)
*Rosa (White Magic)
*Rydia (Black Magic)	60	Five fighters combine to cast powerful magic on enemies. Can break damage limit.
===Equipment===
Being primarily a white mage by training, Leonora can equip similar equipment to Rosa and Porom, with the addition of rods to reflect her ability to cast black magic as well.
She joins in Palom's Tale with a Staff, a Feathered Cap, a Gaia Gear and an Iron Armlet.
Weapons
Bows	Arrows	Staves	Rods	Whips
*Bow
*Crossbow
*Great Bow
*Killer Bow
*Elfin Bow
*Yoichi Bow
*Artemis Bow
*Perseus's Bow	
*Medusa Arrows
*Iron Arrows
*Holy Arrows
*Fire Arrows
*Lightning Arrows
*Ice Arrows
*Blinding Arrows
*Poison Arrows
*Silencing Arrows
*Angel Arrows
*Yoichi Arrows
*Artemis Arrows
*Perseus Arrows	
*Staff
*Healing Staff
*Mythril Staff
*Psycho Spiral
*Protect Staff
*Power Staff
*Aura Staff
*Master's Staff
*Sage's Staff
*Seraphim's Mace
*Rune Staff	
*Rod
*Ice Rod
*Flame Rod
*Healing Rod
*Thunder Rod
*Lilith Rod
*Polymorph Rod
*Wizard's Rod
*Recovery Rod
*Faerie Rod
*Stardust Rod	
*Queen's Whip
Armor
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
*Adamant Shield	
*Queen's Mask
*Leather Cap
*Headband
*Feathered Cap
*Green Beret
*Wizard's Hat
*Steel Headplate
*Circlet
*Black Cowl
*Beret
*Chakra Band
*Sage's Miter
*Goblin Mask
*Officer's Hat
*Gold Hairpin
*Hypnocrown
*Cat-Ear Hood
*Mystic Veil
*Ribbon
*Adamant Helm
*Glass Mask	
*Clothing
*Bard's Tunic
*Leather Clothing
*Foot Ninja Gear
*Gaia Gear
*Bronze Breastplate
*Shinobi Gear
*Kenpo Gi
*Sage's Surplice
*Queen's Tights
*Silver Breastplate
*Mist Wrap
*Rose Twine Dress
*Black Belt Gi
*Professor's Robe
*Exorcist's Gown
*Red Robe
*Luminous Robe
*Power Sash
*White Robe
*Sage's Robe
*Robe of Lords
*Minerva Bustier
*Pink Armor
*Adamant Armor	
*Cursed Ring
*Ruby Ring
*Queen's Gloves
*Iron Armlet
*Talisman
*Silver Armlet
*Rune Armlet
*Diamond Armlet
*Protect Ring
*Adamant Gloves
*Crystal Ring
*Flan Ring
*Sprint Ring
*Economical Ring
*Rear Ring
*Taunt Ring
*Limit Ring
*Single Star
*Twin Stars
*Rapid Ring
*Rapid Ring v2
*Gil Band
*Gil Band v2
*Level Band
*Level Band v2
*Rare Band
*Rare Band v2
*Treasure Hunter
*Treasure Hunter v2
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
 
Leonora appears as a playable character, being a black crystal user. She can be recruited in Act 4, Ch.6, Pt.1
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
PFF Leonora Illust.png|Portrait.
PFF Leonora.png|Sprite.
===Final Fantasy Artniks===
FF4CC Leonora SR I Artniks.png|Final Fantasy Artniks.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Leonora appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Water-elemental Backup cards.
FF TCG Leonora.jpg|Leonora [3-097U] Chapter series card.
Leonora 3-143C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Leonora [3-143C] Opus series card.
==Gallery==
LeonoraTAYBattle.PNG|Battle sprite (Wii).
Leonora (original).png|Original Akira Oguro artwork of Leonora.
Palom Chapter.PNG|Leonora in the promotional artwork for Palom's Tale.
FFIV-_The_After_Years_Cast_Artwork.png|Leonora with the cast of The After Years.
Palom_and_Leonora.jpg|Palom and Leonora in the opening FMV.
FF4PSP Palom & Porom FMV.PNG|Palom, Porom and Leonora in the opening FMV.
FFIV TAY Flashback Palom Leonora Porom.jpg|Leonora with Palom and Porom in The After Years (Wii).
LeonoraFFIV.png|Leonora in the ending of Final Fantasy IV (PSP).
TAY Epopt Trainee of Troia.png|Leonora (iOS).
TAY iOS Leonora.png|Leonora's model (iOS).
==Etymology==
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