Fran

Fran (フラン Furan) is a viera warrior and wields a bow, her default weapon. She also handles the maintenance of Balthier's airship, the Strahl. Fran, like all viera, is exceptionally susceptible to the Mist that permeates Ivalice: she is affected on three separate occasions, first when they are in the Tomb of Raithwall, then when Judge Ghis heats the Dawn Shard in his airship's engine, and another time when she is in the presence of the Sun-Cryst. Likewise, in Giruvegan she could tell when the Mist had cooled. Of all the characters, she seems to be the wisest, and, despite her youthful appearance, is far older than the rest of the cast.

Fran lived with her sisters Jote and Mjrn in Eruyt Village, a small enclave in Golmore Jungle where the viera dwell. She left Eruyt Village and cast aside its laws called the Green Word fifty years prior to the events occurring in the game, believing that although her kind begin with the forest, they do not necessarily have to be bound to its end. This puts her at odds with her sister Jote, who upholds the Green Word for the village. When the party encountered a barrier in Golmore, Fran was forced to return to the village and ask for help, bringing her back to Jote and learning that Mjrn had run off from the village. After the party manages to recover Mjrn, she reveals her wish to leave the wood, but Fran advises her against doing so, relating how in exchange for freedom, she had to sacrifice her past and the ability to hear the voice of the Wood. Fran accepts that with her past and sibling ties severed, she is now part of the Humes, and after asking for a confirmation from Jote about the Wood's acceptance of her, she leaves. In Revenant Wings, Balthier and Fran are searching for the Cache of Glabados.Fran was voiced by Nicole Fantl in English and by Rika Fukami in Japanese. She also appears in Itadaki Street Portable.

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