Viera, age unknown
A master of weapons.









Fran in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.


Fran to Mjrn




Fran displays happiness by way of a subtle smile on a few occasions in Final Fantasy XII. Fran smiles upon learning that Jote still cares for her, and appears amused when Balthier acts exasperated at Reddas's assumption that Vaan is Balthier's apprentice. While Fran and Balthier keep their relationship professional, at times a romantic interest is hinted at. In Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Fran states Balthier's attempts at wooing her were different from Tomaj's of flowers and gifts.



Final Fantasy XII

Jote, Mjrn, and Fran.


When Vaan steals the Goddess's Magicite from the Royal Palace of Rabanastre, Balthier and Fran, who seek the same treasure, confront him. When the Archadian Imperial Fleet attacks the palace to quell the Resistance that has emerged to disrupt the palace fete, Fran rides Balthier and Vaan away on a hoverbike to escape the chaos and crashes in the Garamsythe Waterway, due to the Goddess's Magicite draining the bike's engines.

Fran finds a way out of Nalbina Dungeons.

Fran, Balthier and Vaan make their way through the waterway and meet up with the Resistance, come to storm the palace to get to the new Consul, Vayne Solidor. The woman they end up working with, calling herself "Amalia", turns out to be none other than Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, the princess of Kingdom of Dalmasca who was reported dead. The group is captured and Balthier, Fran and Vaan are thrown into the Nalbina Dungeons. Fran, being a viera, senses a way out, and in the deepest reaches of the dungeons, the group finds Basch fon Ronsenburg and team up with him.

After escaping the dungeon, the group make their way to Bhujerba to save Vaan's friend Penelo from a bounty hunter, and reunite with Ashe. After "kidnapping" Ashe out of her own request, the group make their way to the Tomb of Raithwall to obtain the Dawn Shard, a piece of nethicite that can prove Ashe's lineage and possibly help her claim the throne. They are betrayed by a Resistance member, Vossler, who turns them in to the Empire.

Like all viera, Fran is sensitive to Mist, and when the party is held by Judge Ghis, the Mist seething from the Dawn Shard overwhelms Fran with a burning sensation, driving her into a frenzy as she attacks their captors with her bare hands. This never happens again, but whenever the party enters an area thick in Mist, they ensure Fran is okay.

The Jungle denies Fran's entry with magickal barriers.

The party escapes the Empire and accompanies Ashe on her quest to Jahara and to Mt Bur-Omisace. To get to Mt Bur-Omisace, the group must pass the Golmore Jungle, but magickal barriers prevent their entry. Fran knows the barriers have been set up by the viera and reveals a path to Eruyt Village, despite knowing she is not welcome there, having abandoned the viera way of life as protectors of the forest. Once in the village, they discover Fran's sister, Mjrn, has gone missing. They find her from the depths of the Henne Mines, being possessed by Venat and thus driven insane.

The party defeat the Mist monsters and Venat releases Mjrn, whom the group return to Eruyt Village. Fran's other sister, Jote, gives the party an item to let them through the magick barriers. Before departing, Fran asks Jote to listen to the woods' voice for her, as she no longer can, having spent too long a time away from the woods. Jote tells Fran the wood longs for her, envious of the hume that has stolen one of its own. Fran smiles and says, "A pleasant lie, that".



As the Battle above Rabanastre is about to break between the Resistance forces and the Imperial Fleet, the group infiltrate the Empire's main battleship, Sky Fortress Bahamut, to stop Vayne, who is now the emperor of Archadia. After defeating Vayne, Bahamut's power goes out, and is about to fall on Rabanastre. Balthier and Fran stay behind to fix Bahamut's glossier rings and save Rabanastre, though Fran is injured by falling debris. Bahamut crash-lands outside the city and the pair is thought to have perished.

A year later, Vaan and Penelo receive a letter from Balthier, revealing he and Fran are alive and well and asking the two to join them in pursuit of the Cache of Glabados in Bervenia.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings



Instruction booklet

Fran and Balthier meet up with Vaan and his party in the Glabados Ruins, but after Vaan's airship is wrecked and the two take Vaan and Penelo back to Rabanastre, Fran and Balthier depart alone. When looking to protect the Auraliths, Vaan meets Fran again, alone, and saves her from Ba'Gamnan.


Spoilers end here.


Character model.

Fran starts as a long-ranged fighter in Final Fantasy XII, although the player may equip her with any weapon they wish, as long as they acquire the appropriate licenses. In Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Fran remains a ranged unit.

In Final Fantasy XII, Fran begins with many licenses close to Quickenings, and her initial licenses are in White Magicks 1 and 2, Black Magicks 1 and 2, Bows 1 and 2, Shields, Light Armor 1 and 2 and Heavy Armor 1. In the original release, Fran's stats are below average in all areas, but in the Zodiac Job System releases, her stats have been slightly tweaked in addition to now having the best Vitality at level 99.

If the player has Fran as the controllable character on the open world, talking to NPC viera yields unique dialogue for her.


Fran's sprite is added to the Sky Pirate's Den of Final Fantasy XII after the party has cast magick over 200 times granting the player the title of "Spellsinger". If Fran is a party leader on the field, viera NPCs will talk to her and are often surprised to see another viera out there.

In Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Fran equips bows as weapons, suits as armor and masks as accessories. Her skills vary, including different status inflicting ones to some White Magick related spells like Dispelga. Her Quickening, Gaze of the Void, removes all buffs on enemies. It can be obtained by defeating Exodus.

Additionally, Fran is fought as a boss along with Balthier.

Other appearances

Fran has appeared in the following games in the Final Fantasy series:

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Fran has made key guest appearances in the following non-Final Fantasy games:

Other media




Fran and Kimahri are referenced in Final Fantasy Lost Stranger when the protagonist assumes that there could be races similar to viera or ronso in different regions. Fran and Kimahri

Behind the scenes


Nicole Fantl as Fran


Fran speaks with an accent native to the viera. While the medieval tone comes from the original game, the localizers could decide on the specific accents the characters would use and voice models were used to guide the writing: Fran's was the Icelandic singer Bjork.[2] The English casting of Fran initially raised some eyebrows within Square Enix, because the voice was so different from the Japanese in a more markedly obvious way than the stylizations on the other accents. After the translators explained their reasonings to "sell the new take on the viera," the change was accepted.[3]

In the Japanese release, she is voiced by Rika Fukami, who also provided the voice of Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon series.


Fran and Balthier appear on a sculpture depicting the pair on the hoverbike they used during their infiltration of Rabanastre Palace in Final Fantasy XII.

A Play Arts figure on Fran came out in January 2016. It includes a poseable figure, an extra set of hands and a bow and an arrow.



"Fran" is a shortened form of the name "Frances", "Francesca" or "Francine", which is a feminine version of the name Francis. Francis is a Latin name and means "free". This signifies her freedom as a sky pirate and freedom from the Wood.


  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Final Fantasy XII Scenario Ultimania, p.022
  3. A Voice for Ivalice: The Localization and Voice Acting of Final Fantasy XII (Accessed: October 14, 2015) at US Gamer