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Calca and Brina
Amano Calcobrena.jpg
Sprite(s) Calca's portrait. Brina's portrait.
Calca in the Super NES release of Final Fantasy IV. Brina in the Super NES release of Final Fantasy IV. Calca in the Gameboy Advance release of Final Fantasy IV. Brina in the Gameboy Advance release of Final Fantasy IV.
Calca in The After Years. Brina in The After Years. Calca in the PSP release of The After Years. Brina in the PSP release of The After Years.
Calca's field sprite in Wii version of The After Years. Brina's field sprite in Wii version of The After Years.
Japanese Name Calca, Brina
Kana カルコ, ブリーナ
Romaji Karuko, Burīna
Job Doll
Skill Jive (Calca)
Dance (Brina)
Birthplace Dwarven Castle
Age
Height
Weight
Laterality Right-handed (both)
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Character
"Male doll given life by the mechanical genius, Luca. She uses Calca and his counterpart, Brina, to assist her in battle and in airship repairs."
—Calca's Description
"Female doll given life by the mechanical genius, Luca. She uses Brina and her counterpart, Calca, to assist her in battle and in airship repairs."
—Brina's Description

Calca and Brina are enemies in Final Fantasy IV, and later are playable characters in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. They are the dolls of Luca, the dwarven princess of the Underworld.

Contents

StoryEdit

Final Fantasy IVEdit

FF4PSP Calca Enemy.png
FF4PSP Brina Enemy.png

Calca and Brina are fought in the Dwarven Castle when Golbez takes control of them. If left alive for long enough, the two can merge into the more powerful Calcabrina (called "Calbrena" in the 1994 Super NES "Final Fantasy II" U.S. release.

These dolls were originally harmless toys that belonged to King Giott's daughter, Luca. Later, she expresses frustration when she learns that the dolls were used for evil purposes.

Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit

Artwork of Calca, Brina, and Luca.
KelciusAdded by Kelcius

Calca and Brina return in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years to accompany Luca and Rydia on their journey to protect the remaining crystals. After becoming Cid's apprentice, Luca reconstructs Calca and Brina into full automatons to assist her on the maintenance of the Falcon.

After the Dwarven Castle is attacked they join the party to help Luca and Rydia to obtain the Dark Crystal in the Sealed Cave. After retrieving the Crystal the party is ambushed by the Mysterious Girl, Calca and Brina jump in to protect Luca and Rydia from the attack being damaged in the process. Despite the sacrifice, the Crystal was stolen. Rydia and Luca decide to pursuit the Mysterious Girl to Baron.

However, upon reaching the Overworld, the dolls' circuits go haywire and attack the party. After crashing the Falcon near the town of Agart, Luca is forced to scrap Calca and Brina's bodies in order to repair it. However, if a Mythril Nut, Mythril Bolt, and Mythril Spring are found, Rydia will give them to Luca so she could repair both the Falcon, and the dolls.

They join Luca and the party who embark on the Lunar Whale to stop the True Moon from crashing into the planet. Inside the moon, Luca and Cid repair them into their perfect forms. After the Creator is defeated, they are seen to remain assistants to Luca.

Equipment and StatsEdit

Calca in battle.
Brina in battle.

Calca and Brina can only equip knives as weapons, and have access to light and mage-type head wear and only clothing for armor. They are the only characters able to equip the Phase Equipment set, which has the best defensive stats in the game on-par with Adamant Equipment, and the weapon of the set, the Phase Cutter, is one of the strongest weapons in the game. Calca is able to use Jive, which casts random enemy abilities on random targets. Brina is able to use the Dance, which casts random White Magic spells on the entire party. Overall, Calca and Brina are sub-par characters. They have universally low stat growth and the lowest HP growth of all party members. This is in addition to a small equipment pool, limited Band skills, and random and unreliable abilities.

Calca's Stats

Level Strength Speed Stamina Intelligence Spirit
1 4 4 4 4 4
5 6 6 5 6 4
10 8 7 8 8 5
15 11 9 12 11 6

Brina's Stats

Level Strength Speed Stamina Intelligence Spirit
1 4 4 4 4 4
5 6 6 5 6 7
10 7 8 8 5 10
15 9 11 11 7 12


Calca and Brina combined into Calcabrina in The After Years.
TenzaZangetsuAdded by TenzaZangetsu

Calca and Brina can use the following Band abilities:

Band Abilities
Ability Members MP Effect
Calca and Brina
  • Calca (Jive)
  • Brina (Dance)
10 Use a random attack to damage all enemies or heal the party.
Go! Calcabrina!
  • Luca (Analyze)
  • Calca (Jive)
  • Brina (Dance)
10 Combine dolls and command them to attack enemies with fire and lightning.
Mystic Waltz
  • Edward (Bardsong)
  • Calca (Jive)
  • Brina (Dance)
12 The song and dance of three fighters triggers a random effect.
Final Calcabrina
  • Luca
  • Cid
  • Calca
  • Brina
30 Reconfigure dolls into twin Calcabrinas to attack enemies together.

BossEdit

Main article: Calcabrina (Boss)

The Calca and Brina dolls are fought in the Dwarven Castle in Final Fantasy IV. They will merge into Calcabrina if the player defeats all three of one type of doll while the others are still alive.

In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Calca and Brina are fought together in a scripted battle on-board of the Falcon upon reaching the Overworld in Rydia's Chapter. Only Luca is usable in this fight, with Rydia being restricted to constantly defending as Luca refuses to let her harm the dolls.

MusicEdit

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Dancing Doll Calcobrena
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Calca and Brina's theme is called "Dancing Doll Calcobrena", and it is played during the first part of the battle with Calcabrina and when the party meets Dr. Lugae. In The After Years, it is played again during the fight against Calca and Brina, and Ultros. It is also played whenever the band Mystic Waltz or the Lustful Lali-Ho is used, or when battling the Quarto Puppet enemies.

Other AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy TacticsEdit

The Calcobrena.

Calcobrena is an Artefact. First popular in regions where other forms of amusement were few, these dolls are now many a young girl's treasure. It is said their lifeless eyes harbor the souls of lost owners.

Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit

Calcabrina in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.
JophirothAdded by Jophiroth

Calcabrina makes an appearance as a summon in Dissidia 012. Its summon ability is Glare, and removes the Break status from the opponent when they are suffering from Break. If summoned when the opponent's Brave is recently broken and has not yet begun to regenerate, the opponent will be left at 0 Bravery. If the opponent has begun to regenerate their Bravery when Calcabrina is called, their Bravery will be whatever it had regenerated to and will stop regenerating. It can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 120 KP. The characters Calca and Brina are mentioned in Calcabrina's Summon Compendium entry.

GalleryEdit

 
Amano Calcobrena II.jpg
View file detailsArtwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

EtymologyEdit

Calcabrina is one of the Malebranche demons in Dante's Divine Comedy. His name means "he who can walk on brine".

Additionally, the name "Brina" is a feminine name of Latin origin that means "Boundary Line".

TriviaEdit

  • If Calca or Brina are brought in battle against the Creator, the cutscene where the people pray for the party members will not show people praying for the dolls, but rather showcase Luca's own cutscene. They share this trait with Harley and the Eblan Four.
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