Agnès Oblige

アニエス・オブリージュ (Aniesu Oburīju?)

Bravely Default
Bravely Second

Biographical information

Home

Ancheim

Age

Bravely Default:
^JPN17, ^{NA, PAL}20

Bravely Second:
^JPN20, ^{NA, PAL}23

Affiliation

Crystal Orthodoxy

Occupation

Vestal of Wind (Bravely Default)
Pope (Bravely Second)

Loves

Sweet treats

Hates

Meat, crowds, being lost

Physical description

Race

Human

Gender

Female

Laterality

Right-handed

Behind the scenes information

Designer

Akihiko Yoshida

Japanese voice actor

Ami Koshimizu

English voice actor

Erin Fitzgerald

Agnès watches over the Wind Crystal, one of the four crystals worshiped by faithful of Crystal Orthodoxy. When a dark power overruns her temple and the world, she sets off on a quest to awaken the crystals.
Online description

Agnès Oblige [ɑɲˈɛs o'bliʒ], though sometimes called /ˈɑɲəs/, is a playable character and main Protagonist of Bravely Default and a non-playable character in Bravely Second: End Layer. As the vestal of wind, she becomes aware of the danger that is coming upon the world, and with the guidance of Airy, embarks on a journey to reawaken the four crystals.

D's Journal entries[]

Profile[]

Appearance[]

In Bravely Default, Agnès has brown eyes and long brown hair down to just above her knees, kept in place with a black hairband. She wears a knee-length white dress with dark sleeves and black fur trimming at the hem and black embroidery at the bust. She wears a black bolero, a black cinch belt, knee-high black boots with pom-poms and elbow-length black gloves. She has a blue pendant, given to her by the Sage when she was a child. While purifying a crystal, Agnès dons the Vestal Garb which consists of a short white dress with decorative patterns. Her sleeves wrap around her upper arms. She wears black gloves and brown boots. While using the asterisks, Agnès's appearance changes according to which job she is currently using.

In Bravely Second, Agnès retains her long brown hair, now wearing a white hairband to keep it in place. She is outfitted in a formal white dress, somewhat reminiscent of her vestal garb, that is emblazoned with varying paraphernalia meant to signify her position as Pope. She wears black gloves and white thigh-high boots. She retains her blue pendant which is now slightly broken.

Alternate outfits[]

Agnès has several alternate outfits released as part of downloadable content in the Japanese release, which can be obtained in-game in the Western release. Bravo Bunny is unavailable is the Western release.

In her Knight's Tunic outfit, she wears white corset-like one piece outfit with a black center and gold accents. Her "shorts" are black with red and gold stripes. She has a red sash across her right shoulder and black fingerless gloves with a black pom-pom on each hand. She wears silver high-heels with black legwarmers and a red ribbon tied around her ankles and armor knee braces. Her headband is silver with a black bow. The Plain Tunic is her Freelancer outfit. Her Bravo Bunny outfit is a skimpy white one piece teddy with fur lining around each leg. She has black gloves with a white bow on the side and black thigh-high boots with a white bow on the back of each. She wears a white rabbit ear headband with black marking on the tips. In the Japanese version, there is a large cutout in the center of the teddy.

Personality[]

Unacceptable.
Agnès's trademark words.

Agnès is a polite, motherly young woman; she is slow to open up to others, though once she does is a kind, if reticent, person. She generally does not participate in the group's more casual conversations and can be blunt or aloof when the need arises. She is intent on her role as a vestal and is not originally keen on letting others accompany her on the notion that bringing light to the crystals is her sole mission; she does not want other people to be burden to her or be burdened with her problems.

Agnès is quiet, reserved, does not show her emotions or worries readily, and has trouble admitting them to herself. She holds people at a distance and mistrusts others, for some time even her own allies Edea and Ringabel. She seems to hold Tiz in much higher esteem, and is also very protective of him. She worries that the townsfolk see her as a mere object to enact her duty as vestal rather than as a human being, and though she is composed on the exterior, admits to being terrified of others.

While she chastises Edea for her rash behavior, Agnès's biggest flaws are in her naivete and shortsightedness. Agnès does not seem to value her own life, often playing the role of martyr for the sake of others and committing unpleasant acts, feeling that it is her duty. A good example of this naivete and lack of world experience is her confusion regarding what a bow is, how to utilize one or her dismal sense of direction.

At first, Agnès is socially inept, practical, and has difficulty communicating with others due to her extremely sheltered upbringing, which she longs to return to. She also struggles to be the leader her companions need her to be, though in the end comes to prove herself to both her companions and the whole of Luxendarc. While normally the most level-headed and pragmatic of the group, she is not above anger or rage, to the surprise of others.

Upon learning of the Crystal Orthodoxy's history and wrongdoings, she becomes confused about her goals and allegiances, and comes to resent her own loyalties due to the part they have played in allowing her to be manipulated by Airy, for which she desperately seeks to atone. This confusion seems to have stuck, as having completed her tasks as the Pope of the Crystal Orthodoxy, she ultimately relinquishes the title, albeit now an infinitely more mature and wiser woman.

Story[]

Bravely Default[]

BDFF Agnes FMV — Agnès Oblige praying before the Wind Crystal is consumed in darkness.

When the Wind Crystal is consumed by darkness, forced to watch her acolytes sacrifice themselves to protect her, Agnès embarks on a quest on the advice of Eloch Quentis Khamer VIII to see the condition of the world. She sets out on a merchant vessel towards Caldisla that becomes waylaid half-way by the sea's sudden deterioration. After being rescued by boats from Caldisla, Agnès investigates the effects of the earthquake that struck shortly after she left Ancheim.

While pursued by the Knights of the Eternian Sky, Agnès encounters Tiz Arrior when she arrives to the site of the Great Chasm. Agnès refuses Tiz's help, as she believes facing adversity on her own is part of her responsibility as vestal of the Wind Crystal. When confronted by white mage Holly Whyte to surrender, she initially agrees. Agnès learns that even though she could give herself up, it would not help anyone else. Agnès distrusts Edea when she joins the party, and learns of her full connection with the Eternian forces. She becomes furious to learn Edea is the daughter of the council's leader, Braev Lee, after the death of her fellow vestal and friend Olivia Oblige at the hands of Victoria F. Stein.

After restoring the crystals and bringing Airy to the Pillar of Light, Agnès finds herself in another world and meets the Sage Yulyana of the second world who asks her to bring her most trusted companion to meet him in private. Choosing Tiz, Agnès learns of the Sage's past as a former high-ranking member of the Crystal Orthodoxy and how he and Lord DeRosso forged their alliance when an "angel" resembling Agnès appeared before them. Sage relays the angel's words of great evil and the nature of the crystals in relation to the "Harrowing" and the wind vestal's journey. Encountering other denizens of the second world, Agnès learns the dark secrets of the Crystal Orthodoxy, which were the motivation for the Anticrystalist movement.

After they end up in another world, Ringabel suggests consulting the sage again as he knows the events of the previous world would happen again, including the time Tiz and Agnès spoke to the Sage alone. During the second trip alone with Tiz, Agnès learns that Airy is evil and has been manipulating them. When Tiz inquires further into the story of the angel, it is revealed her death was caused by Airy's treachery. Though her other selves were unable see the truth until it was too late, Agnès's faith in Tiz allows her to accept the truth of Airy. This leads to Agnès to being more distant towards Airy, yet she continues summoning the Holy Pillar in the hope that each time would be the last.

After the last time Agnès learns that Airy serves Ouroboros and that she orchestrated her master's plan to consume the realities. With the pendant in her possession, Agnès gives her group the advantage and they destroy Ouroboros. After returning to her world, Agnès rebuilds the temple of the wind and enlists new acolytes to assist her in restoring the crystals and overseeing them.

Bravely Second: End Layer[]

After learning the truth of her faith's corruption, Agnès becomes the newly inaugurated Pope of the Crystal Orthodoxy and purges it of its corruption while forming relations with Eternia. During the peace signing between the Orthodoxy and the Duchy of Eternia, Agnès is kidnapped by Kaiser Oblivion and held captive in the Glanz Empire's sky fortress. After being rescued, Agnès aids Tiz and the others by communicating through a fragment of her crystal pendant in the possession of her Orthodoxy knight Yew Geneolgia.

BS Agnès FMV — Agnès running to Tiz's side.

After the battle with Providence, Tiz begins to die without Altair's soul to help keep him alive. Deneb, friend of Altair and Vega, and an Adventurer, asks the party to give her the SP Hourglass, which she takes into the past and delivers it to Tiz at the beginning of the events of Bravely Default. Filled with two years worth of SP, Agnès reveals that she has held the hourglass since Tiz's coma. Agnès rushes to the Norende Ravine and uses the SP Hourglass to give him a new chance of life. In the aftermath, having succeeded in establishing peace between the Orthodoxy and the Duchy, Agnès resigns from her position with the intention to marry Tiz and settle in Norende.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay[]

Agnès has the highest MP, Intelligence, and Mind, though she lacks in physical stats like strength and agility compared to the others, similarly to Tiz she also starts at level 1. This makes Agnès stats useful for magic-oriented jobs such as the Black Mage or White Mage. The player can also opt to compensate for her lower physical stats with jobs such as the Red Mage, Thief, or Dark Knight. The Vampire job is also recommended to her due to its high HP and balanced stats, the player should keep in mind however that base stats don't ultimately determine a character's competence on a particular job, and that any of the party members can do any job without major drawbacks due to stat differences.

Jobs

Stats

Level	HP	MP	STR	VIT	INT	MND	DEX	AGI
1	141	61	8	8	11	11	8	8
2	159	67	8	8	11	11	8	8
3	182	72	9	9	12	12	9	9
4	203	75	9	9	12	12	9	10
5	225	80	10	10	13	13	10	10
6	244	84	10	10	13	13	10	10
7	264	91	11	11	14	14	11	11
8	289	97	11	11	14	14	11	11
9	315	102	12	12	15	15	12	11
10	342	105	13	13	16	16	13	12
11	370	110	13	13	16	16	13	12
12	399	114	14	14	17	17	14	13
13	429	121	14	14	17	17	14	13
14	460	127	15	15	18	18	15	14
15	492	132	15	15	18	18	15	15
16	525	135	16	16	19	19	16	15
17	559	140	16	16	19	19	16	16
18	594	144	17	17	20	20	17	16
19	630	151	18	18	21	21	18	17
20	667	157	18	18	21	21	18	18
21	705	162	19	19	22	22	19	18
22	744	165	19	19	22	22	19	19
23	784	170	20	20	23	23	20	19
24	825	174	20	20	23	23	20	20
25	867	181	21	21	24	24	21	20
26	910	187	22	22	25	25	22	21
27	954	192	22	22	25	25	22	22
28	999	195	23	23	26	26	23	22
29	1045	200	23	23	26	26	23	23
30	1092	204	24	24	27	27	24	23
31	1140	211	24	24	27	27	24	24
32	1189	217	25	25	28	28	25	25
33	1239	222	25	25	28	28	25	25
34	1290	225	26	26	29	29	26	26
35	1342	230	27	27	30	30	27	26
36	1395	234	27	27	30	30	27	27
37	1449	241	28	28	31	31	28	27
38	1504	247	28	28	31	31	28	28
39	1560	252	29	29	32	32	29	29
40	1617	255	29	29	32	32	29	29
41	1675	260	30	30	33	33	30	30
42	1734	264	31	31	34	34	31	30
43	1794	271	31	31	34	34	31	31
44	1855	277	32	32	35	35	32	32
45	1917	282	32	32	35	35	32	32
46	1980	285	33	33	36	36	33	33
47	2044	290	33	33	36	36	33	33
48	2109	294	34	34	37	37	34	34
49	2175	301	34	34	37	37	34	34
50	2242	307	35	35	38	38	35	35
51	2310	312	36	36	39	39	36	36
52	2379	315	36	36	39	39	36	36
53	2449	320	37	37	40	40	37	37
54	2520	324	37	37	40	40	37	37
55	2592	331	38	38	41	41	38	38
56	2665	337	38	38	41	41	38	38
57	2739	342	39	39	42	42	39	39
58	2814	345	39	39	42	42	39	40
59	2890	350	40	40	43	43	40	40
60	2967	354	41	41	44	44	41	41
61	3045	361	41	41	44	44	41	41
62	3124	367	42	42	45	45	42	42
63	3204	372	42	42	45	45	42	43
64	3285	375	43	43	46	46	43	43
65	3367	380	43	43	46	46	43	44
66	3450	384	44	44	47	47	44	44
67	3534	391	45	45	48	48	45	45
68	3619	397	45	45	48	48	45	45
69	3705	402	46	46	49	49	46	46
70	3792	405	46	46	49	49	46	47
71	3880	410	47	47	50	50	47	47
72	3969	414	47	47	50	50	47	48
73	4059	421	48	48	51	51	48	48
74	4150	427	48	48	51	51	48	49
75	4242	432	49	49	52	52	49	50
76	4335	435	50	50	53	53	50	50
77	4429	440	50	50	53	53	50	51
78	4524	444	51	51	54	54	51	51
79	4620	451	51	51	54	54	51	52
80	4717	457	52	52	55	55	52	52
81	4815	462	52	52	55	55	52	53
82	4914	465	53	53	56	56	53	54
83	5014	470	54	54	57	57	54	54
84	5115	474	54	54	57	57	54	55
85	5217	481	55	55	58	58	55	55
86	5320	487	55	55	58	58	55	56
87	5424	492	56	56	59	59	56	57
88	5529	495	56	56	59	59	56	57
89	5635	500	57	57	60	60	57	58
90	5742	504	57	57	60	60	57	58
91	5850	511	58	58	61	61	58	59
92	5959	517	59	59	62	62	59	59
93	6069	522	59	59	62	62	59	60
94	6180	525	60	60	63	63	60	61
95	6292	530	60	60	63	63	60	61
96	6405	534	61	61	64	64	61	62
97	6519	541	61	61	64	64	61	62
98	6634	548	62	62	65	65	62	63
99	6750	555	63	63	66	66	63	64

Creation and development[]

Voice[]

Agnès is voiced by Ami Koshimizu in the Japanese version. She shares her Japanese voice actress with Queen from Final Fantasy Type-0.

She is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald in the English version. She shares her voice actress with Nanamo Ul Namo from Final Fantasy XIV.

During the English localization and Quality Assurance testing, there was a third, unknown voice actress that supplied Agnes's voice. She was quickly replaced within the first few builds sent to testers and localizers by Erin Fitzgerald's voice.

Musical themes[]

Agnès's theme is "Where the Wind Blows", the theme played during her "Special Move" sequence.

Other appearances[]

Main article: Agnès Oblige other appearances

Agnès has appeared in the following games throughout the Final Fantasy series:

Final Fantasy Dimensions II as an obtainable signet.
Bravely Default: Praying Brage as a collaboration character.
Bravely Archive: D's Report as a collaboration character.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius as an obtainable vision and as Bravo Bunny Agnès.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]

Main article: Agnès non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

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

Million Arthur.
Road to Dragons.
Rise of Mana.
Sangokushi Rumble.
Battle Champs.
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Lost Zero.
Cryptract.
Valkyrie Anatomia.
World Cross Saga.

Other media[]

Games[]

Agnès in MikuMikuDance.

Agnès in her Pope outfit from Bravely Second, known as the "VW type Agnès Oblige", is available for MikuMikuDance, however the permission to use the files is exclusive to Japan.^[1]^[2]

Fantasy Earth Zero[]

Agnès's costumes appeared in a collaboration event.^[3]

LINE[]

Agnès appears on sticker sets for the LINE communications app wearing her Freelancer and Vestal outfits from Bravely Default and her Pope outfit from Bravely Second: End Layer. The sticker sets she appears in are titled "Bravely Stickers - Volume 1"^[4] and "Bravely Stickers - Volume 2".^[5]

Gallery[]

Main article: Agnès Oblige gallery

Etymology[]

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Trivia[]

BD Agnès Dress — Replica of Agnès's Vestal Garb.

Ordering the game's original soundtrack rewards the Plain Tunic which allows the character to wear their respective default outfit regardless of job. Registering the game to Japanese Square Enix Member's site rewards the Knight's Tunic outfit.
The artwork of Agnès and Airy works as the cover art for the soundtrack.
A replica of Agnès's Vestal Garb appears on the cover of the X'mas Collections music from Bravely Default.
According to the Bravely Second demo, Agnès was once a member of the Harena Walking Society.

References[]

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[2] ttp://www.4gamer.net/games/241/G024160/20150430151/

[3] ttp://www.fezero.jp/collaboration/BDFtS/introduction/

[4] ttps://store.line.me/stickershop/product/1209021/en

[5] ttps://store.line.me/stickershop/product/1208559/en

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