Luca (Final Fantasy IV)

Luca is a non-playable character in Final Fantasy IV. She is the princess of the dwarves in the Underworld, and the daughter of King Giott. She is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Luca has quite a different look from the other dwarves by wearing a pink dress and having her hair up in pigtails. Like the other dwarves her face is obscured, showing only her eyes.
In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, she has a radically different look, wearing a pink shirt and matching pants, with a matching visor. She sports red-brown and orange bracers and boots, goggles around her neck, and a mole on her cheek. Unlike in the original game, where her hair was brown, her hair is light red. Luca no longer has the shadowed face she did in the original game, stating she "was never a fan of dwarven fashion".
=== Personality ===
Luca is a tomboy, who enjoys engineering, as and works as Cid's apprentice in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is one of the few female characters who isn't a magic user, serving as a physical fighter. In The After Years, it is stated she has a crush on Palom, one that she wants to keep secret. She is strong enough to put her feelings aside for more important matters, and gives her approval when Leonora states she has fallen for him. Luca is fiercely protective of Calca and Brina, refusing to let Rydia harm them and fending them off alone when the dolls go berserk and turn on them, and refusing to even let Cid look at their mechanics, claiming they're too fragile for him, who is used to airship engines.
== Story ==
=== Final Fantasy IV ===
Luca is the keeper of the Calcabrina dolls, which fall under the control of Golbez in an attempt to take the dwarves' Crystal. She is the keeper of the key to the Sealed Cave, which doubles as her necklace and entrusts the key to Cecil Harvey so he can protect the Dark Crystal. She later appears in a tank during the attack on the Giant of Babil and then in the Tower of Prayer. In the ending, she attends Cecil and Rosa's wedding with her father.
=== Final Fantasy IV -Interlude- ===
A year later, the Sealed Cave overflows with monsters and Luca is sent in the Falcon to the upper world to seek help. Along the way she gathers Palom, Porom and Cid before reaching Fabul and recruit King Cecil.
By this point Luca has become one of Cid's apprentices, showing great progress in shipwrighting, and insisting she can pilot the Falcon on her own.
=== Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ===
Luca appeared when Cid, Palom, Porom and Rydia visited the Dwarven Castle during a trip to the Feymarch. She had developed a crush on Palom, and did a poor job of concealing it. She accompanied the group to the Passage of the Eidolons but remains on the Falcon with Cid, and while they were gone Luca fixed an engine problem that stumped Cid, deciding to become his apprentice.
Luca arrives in the Falcon to save Rydia from a monster when she exits the Passage of the Eidolons, and tells her how the Mysterious Girl has started stealing the Dark Crystals. They return to the Dwarven Castle aboard the Falcon, and witness the Red Wings airship fleet arriving and the Second Battle of the Underworld ensues. Inside the castle, they find the Mysterious Girl has already claimed three of the Dark Crystals with only the one stored in the Sealed Cave remaining. With the permission of Giott, Rydia and Luca set out for the Sealed Cavern in hopes of obtaining the last Dark Crystal before the Mysterious Girl. Though they recover it, they are defeated by the girl who taunts Rydia, destroys Calca and Brina, and takes the Dark Crystal.
Rydia and Luca flee the Underworld aboard the Falcon and retreat to Agart for repairs. They enter a cave and find some of the material they need to fix the Falcon and, depending on if they found the Mythril Nut, Bolt, and Spring, either scrap Calca and Brina for the remaining parts or fix them as well. Shortly after finishing the repairs, they are attacked by the Eidolon Titan.
They are rescued by a man in dark armor and a black mantle. The Man in Black boards the Falcon and urges the pair (or party if Calca and Brina are fixed) to travel to the Tower of Babil before history repeats itself. Joined by Edge Geraldine, the Ninja King of Eblan, they gather the others to break a force field that surrounds the Baron Castle, and then to defeat the Mysterious Girl.
Luca joins the party who embarks the Lunar Whale to stop the True Moon from crashing into the Earth. Within the moon she and Cid repair Calca and Brina into their perfect form and together with the party they defeat the many creatures that emerge from the Crystals, as well as the Creator. Luca is last seen in the Dwarven Castle with Giott, Cid and his grandson fixing an airship trying to figure out if powering it with the Crystals' power would work, and helps Cid disarm the Red Wings.
Luca has romantic feelings for Palom, although she never tells him. Giott mentions she never stops talking about him, although Luca cuts him off in embarrassment. She states she's not going to let herself be distracted by her feelings since she has more important things to worry about, and is happy when Leonora confesses she is also in love with him.
== Gameplay ==
Luca is a strong physical attacker, and wields hammers and axes with heavy armor.
=== Stats ===
Luca has decent HP and Stamina and high Strength, but low MP and Speed. Her stat growth is nearly identical to Cid's, with the only notable differences being her MP and Speed are slightly higher, though still poor.
Stats
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
10 	400 	25 	15 	8 	16 	4 	4
20 	871 	45 	22 	13 	23 	4 	4
30 	1491	70 	34 	17 	33 	4 	4
40 	2208	88 	48 	23 	44 	4 	4
50 	3053	107	61 	25 	54 	8 	8
60 	4179	139	72 	27 	63 	13 	11
70 	5355	166	87 	31 	72 	18 	14
80 	5852	182	89 	34 	74 	20 	15
90 	6337	207	90 	35 	76 	23 	17
99 	6714	228	91 	36 	77 	25 	20
=== Abilities ===
Her abilities are Big Throw, which lets her do normal damage from the back row, and Cid's Analyze ability to expose enemy stats. Luca can use the following Band abilities:
Band Abilities
Ability 	Members	MP	Effect
Lightning Brain Buster	
* Luca (Attack)
* Rydia (Black Magic)	7 	Charge weapon with electricity and attack.
Go! Calcabrina! 	
* Luca (Attack)
* Calca (Jive)
* Brina (Dance)	10	Combine dolls and command them to attack enemies with fire and lightning.
Flare Tornado 	
* Luca (Big Throw)
* Rydia (Black Magic)
* Edge (Ninjutsu)	15	Attack all enemies with a tornado of flame.
Delta Evolution 	
* Luca (Attack)
* Ceodore (Attack)
* Ursula (Attack)	15	Attack an enemy with three varied fighting styles.
Double Tomahawk 	
* Luca (Attack)
* Cid (Attack)	10	Engineers attack an enemy with throwing axes.
Meca-kite 	
* Luca (Analyze)
* Zangetsu (Human Kite)	15	Attack all enemies with a super-powered kite.
Weapon in Progress 	
* Luca (Analyze)
* Cid (Risk Strike)
* Edward (Salve)
* Harley (Gil Toss)	25	Randomly heal party or attack all enemies with unknown experimental weapon.
Final Calcabrina 	
* Luca 
* Cid
* Edward
* Harley	30	Reconfigure dolls into twin Calcabrinas to attack enemies together.
Ice Crush 	
* Luca
* Palom
* Leonora	35	Freeze all enemies and shatter them.
Petal Whirlwind 	
* Luca (Analyze)
* Porom (White Magic)
* Leonora (Black Magic)
* Ursula (Kick)	35	Freeze all enemies and shatter them.
Palom in the Sky 	
* Luca (Big Throw)
* Palom (Bluff)
* Leonora (Black Magic)
* Porom (White Magic)	30	Shock all enemies with lightning using Palom to target the strikes.
Makeshift Cannon 	
* Luca (Big Throw)
* Palom (Black Magic
* Ceodore (Attack)
* Porom (White Magic)
* Ursula (Kick)	58	Combine powers and attack all enemies with weapons and magic.
=== Equipment ===
Luca can equip the same equipment as Cid, with the addition of the female-exclusive equipment.
In Rydia's Tale, she joins with a Hammer, a Bronze Helm, a Bronze Armor and Iron Gloves.
Weapons
Axes	Bows	Arrows	Hammers	Whips
* Crescent Axe
* Battle Axe
* Tomahawk
* Dwarven Axe
* Ogrekiller
* Poison Axe
* Rune Axe
* Gigant Axe	
* Bow
* Crossbows
* 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	
* Hammer
* Wooden Hammer
* Mythril Hammer
* Gaia Hammer
* Sledgehammer
* Thor's Hammer	
* Queen's Whip
Armor
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
* Bronze Shield
* Iron Shield
* Mythril Shield
* Flame Shield
* Ice Shield
* Large Shield
* Diamond Shield
* Aegis Shield
* Genji Shield
* Dragon Shield
* Hero's Shield
* Adamant Shield	
* Leather Cap
* Queen's Mask
* Headband
* Feathered Cap
* Bronze Helm
* Green Beret
* Steel Headplate
* Iron Helm
* Black Cowl
* Beret
* Chakra Band
* Steel Helm
* Goblin Mask
* Officer's Hat
* Gold Hairpin
* Horned Helmet
* Mythril Helm
* Mystic Veil
* Cross Helm
* Diamond Helm
* Ribbon
* Genji Helm
* Dragon Helm
* Adamant Helm
* Glass Mask	
* Clothing
* Bard's Tunic
* Leather Clothing
* Foot Ninja Gear
* Bronze Armor
* Bronze Breastplate
* Shinobi Gear
* Kenpo Gi
* Queen's Tights
* Iron Armor
* Silver Breastplate
* Mist Wrap
* Rose Twine Dress
* Chainmail
* Black Belt Gi
* Professor's Robe
* Exorcist's Gown
* Horned Armor
* Mythril Armor
* Power Sash
* Plate Mail
* Flame Mail
* Ice Armor
* Bone Mail
* Diamond Armor
* Minerva Bustier
* Genji Armor
* Dragon Mail
* Pink Armor
* Adamant Armor	
* Cursed Ring
* Ruby Ring
* Iron Gloves
* Queen's Gloves
* Power Armlet
* Hyper Wrist
* Mythril Gloves
* Bone Wrist
* Diamond Gloves
* Genji Gloves
* Dragon Gloves
* Giant's Gloves
* Protect Ring
* Adamant Gloves
* Crystal Ring
* Flan Ring
* Sprint Ring
* Economical Ring
* Reach Ring
* Provoke 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 ==
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
Luca appears as a playable character.
PFF Luca Illust.png|Luca's illustration.
PFF Luca.png|Luca's sprite.
=== Final Fantasy Trading Card Game ===
Luca appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Fire-elemental Backup cards.
Luca TCG.png|Luca [3-016U] Chapter series card.
Luca 3-023C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Luca [3-023C] Opus series card.
===Other media===
In the GBA and subsequent remakes of the original Final Fantasy, Luca is one of the names the player can choose for the White Mage job.
== Gallery ==
FFIV_Luca_Steam_Emoticon.png|Steam Emoticon.
LucaTAYBattle.PNG|Battle sprite (Wii).
== Etymology ==
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Category:Characters in Final Fantasy IV
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Category:Engineers
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-