Barbariccia

Barbariccia , also known as Valvalis or Valvalecia, is a recurring character in the Final Fantasy universe. First appearing as a minor antagonist, she is a fiend associated with the element of Wind. She has the signature ability of shielding herself by whipping her hair to form a protective whirlwind around her, and the recurring ability Maelstrom.
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy ===
Barbariccia appears in the Dawn of Souls and subsequent remakes as a boss at the final floor of the Hellfire Chasm bonus dungeon. Upon being defeated, she drops a Braveheart and the player may exit the dungeon.
=== Final Fantasy IV ===
thumb|right|210px|Barbariccia confronts the party.
Barbariccia is one of Golbez's four Archfiends, titled the Empress of the Winds. She makes her home in the Tower of Zot, and is protected by her three minions, the Magus Sisters. She does not make an appearance until Cecil and his friends attempt to rescue Rosa, who is kept in the top floor. Barbariccia then appears and blames Kain Highwind for being a traitor.
Kain says he was being controlled by Golbez, and his true wish is to fight alongside Cecil. The party defeats Barbariccia and in her dying breath, she destroys the tower, hoping that Cecil's party would be trapped inside. Rosa casts Teleport, and warps the party out.
Barbariccia is revived by Zemus, and makes an appearance in the Giant of Babil, along with Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, and Rubicante. Cecil's party has to defeat all four Fiends together.
In the 3D remake, she is voiced by Yūko Kaida Final Fantasy IV Official Complete Guide p. 362 and Karen Strassman, both also voiced Rosa in Japanese and English respectively.
==== Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ====
Barbariccia is summoned by the Crystals within the True Moon. When she regains her senses she casts Tornado on herself, but is beaten by the party. She recognizes Kain if he is the party, as well as Golbez. She bears Kain no ill will as he admits he fought her to give her peace and is overjoyed to see Golbez again, though he asks her to forgive him for fighting her. The Gungnir is received after beating her.
=== Final Fantasy XIV ===
Like in Final Fantasy IV, this version of Barbariccia also serves as one of Golbez's Archfiends. Originally a free-spirited noblewoman used to gain social standing, she murdered her own father after he murdered her friends. Following the Flood of Darkness, she gained the form of a succubus in the Thirteenth, and later gained her current form after devouring some of the captive Azdaja's aether. After the fall of Scarmiglione, she volunteers to eliminate the Warrior of Light and their companions and confronts them at Storm's Crown, but is ultimately defeated and turned into crystal by Zero.
While she shares the general outline of the original character, Final Fantasy XIV's version features light green skin, green-yellow-ish hair and glowing eyes. While she is depicted with a small blade as featured in her art by Yoshitaka Amano, it is holstered at her hip, instead wielding a massive curved sword which she can throw and use her hair to zip herself towards. Her hair is also used to ensnare and restrict the party's movements. In an inversion to her original appearance, her "tornado" form is used as a transition into her second phase where she wraps her entire body with her hair to assume a far more physical-oriented form, forgoing her sword in favor of punches and kicks, sending out small tornadoes and tossing boulders at party members.
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions II ===
Barbariccia is available as an obtainable summon signet. There are two versions of the summon, one that teaches Rapid Thunder abilities to Wrieg, and another that teaches Charybdis abilities to the Deathlord.
In the original free-to-play versions, both versions of her could only be obtained through the summon drawing shop.
=== Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008) ===
Barbariccia is a summon. She is summoned as a counter to an opponent's summon and exchanges the summoner's and the opponent's Bravery by using her signature attack Maelstrom. Her original artwork from Final Fantasy IV is used in her summon animation. Barbariccia can be obtained on the third stage of the Shade Impulse III storyline.
Barbariccia seems to act as a "counter" version of one of the Four Fiends from the original Final Fantasy, who work on timers. Specifically, Barbariccia's Maelstrom works much like Kraken's Water Arcana; both exchange the two combatants' Bravery. This is because both Barbariccia and Kraken are the third of the "fiends" encountered in their respective games.
There is also an armor bearing her name: Barbariccia's Wristlet.
==== Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy ====
Barbariccia has the same function from Dissidia. She can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 100 KP. The armor referring to her also returns.
Barbariccia also appears as a tutor for the new Labyrinth feature, at the in-game manuals.
=== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy ===
Barbariccia appears as an enemy.
==== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call ====
Barbariccia appears as an enemy in Battle Music Sequences.
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
=== Final Fantasy All the Bravest ===
Barbariccia appears as a boss.
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
Barbariccia appears as a playable character who could be initially recruited during the Challenge Event Triumph over Darkness as a First Time Reward for completing the event's Mount Hobbs stage. She also appears as a boss.
=== Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
Barbariccia appears as a summonable vision and optional playable character. Available since the event The Tower of Zot, her job is listed as Elemental Archfiend. Barbariccia was first released in the Global version, being a base 5★ unit, but was later ported to the Japanese version with a different base rarity (4★) and skillset, although both versions share the Magic Attacker role. She also appeared as a boss battle in the exploration event The Giant of Babel, fighting the player with the rest of the Four Fiends in succession.
FFBE 8091 Barbariccia.png|No. 8091 Barbariccia (5★).
FFBE 8092 Barbariccia.png|No. 8092 Barbariccia (6★).
FFBE 8093 Barbariccia.png|No. 8093 Barbariccia (7★).
FFBE 2347 Barbariccia.png|No. 8400 Barbariccia (NV).
FFBE 2347B Barbariccia.png|Brave Shift.
FFBE Barbariccia Enemy Sprite 1.png|Enemy sprite.
=== Mobius Final Fantasy ===
=== Final Fantasy Trading Card Game ===
Barbariccia appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Wind-elemental Forward cards.
Barbariccia TCG.png|Barbariccia [2-043R] Chapter series card.
Barbariccia2 TCG.png|Barbariccia [7-053U] Chapter series card.
Barbariccia3 TCG.png|Barbariccia [15-058U] Chapter series card.
Barbariccia 2-064H from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Barbariccia [2-064H] Opus series card.
Barbariccia 3-066R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Barbariccia [3-066R] Opus series card.
== Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances ==
=== Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...! ===
A parody of Barbariccia from Final Fantasy IV makes an appearance in the 4th chapter. The chapter number they appear in alludes to the number 4, their game's origin. The seasons have been stolen, and by defeating the Four Archfiends will return the seasons. They each have a castle, and are located on the four corners of the map. Falliccia , the Fiend of Fall, is found in the northwest castle.
Hanjuku Hero - Fallicia Field.png|Falliccia (Field)
Hanjuku Hero - Fallicia.png|Falliccia
=== Lord of Vermilion ===
Barbariccia is a card in Lord of Vermilion II along with other characters from Final Fantasy IV, as a special cross promotion. Additionally, a Barbariccia card appears in Lord of Vermilion Arena.
=== Guardian Cross ===
Barbariccia appears in promotional cards. She was a special capture to celebrate the release of Final Fantasy IV for the iOS. She is Rank 5 (the rarest) and a Ghost-type Guardian that would have been found in the Deadmoon Desert.
== Gallery ==
Barbariccia-Walk.gif|Barbariccia (SNES).
Barbariccia PSP.png|Barbariccia as she appears in Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary and Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection.
FF4PSP Barbariccia Cyclone.png|Barbariccia transformed in battle.
Barbariccia_introduction_ffiv_ios.PNG|Barbariccia in the Tower of Zot from Final Fantasy IV (3D).
Barbariccia Augment Learn ffiv ios.PNG|Augment portrait.
LoV Barbariccia Artwork.png|Artwork of Barbariccia's card.
BarbaricciaLOV2.PNG|Barbariccia's Lord of Vermilion card and stats.
LoV - Barbariccia Back.jpg|Back of Barbariccia's card.
LoVA Barbariccia.jpg|Barbariccia's Lord of Vermilion Arena card.
Guardian Cross Barbariccia.jpg|Barbariccia's Guardian Cross card.
== Etymology ==
"Valvalis" was the result of the 8-character limit for names in the SNES version of Final Fantasy IV. It is derived from the early kana of her name as a result of "b" and "v" being the same character in kana, as well as "l" and "r" (i.e. Va-lu-va-li-shi). The "shi" is cut short as a further result of the memory limitations, and likely because "Valvalis" was at least pronounceable. The name is not "Barbaris" likely due to the translator missing the Divine Comedy reference (as they did with Cagnazzo).
==Citations==
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