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Filo

Filo is a supporting character in Final Fantasy XII and a playable character in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. A street urchin, she hangs out with her friends in Lowtown and pretends to be a sky pirate. When first encountered in Final Fantasy XII, she will asks her friend to go look for her in a game of hide and seek. After the conversation is over, she can be found in front of Old Dalan's place.

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Appearance

Filo as she appears in Final Fantasy XII.

In Final Fantasy XII, Filo has silverish brown bobbed hair with evenly cut bangs divided more to the right. She wears a short-cropped caramel-cream fitting top with white laces, a pair of silver armlets, and out-spread caramel-cream baggy pants, along with a brown leather belt wrapped with dark brown straps. Gray straps which cover her shanks, and she wears a pair of tan loafers.

In Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Filo has brown eyes and chin-length straight brown hair with goggles on her forehead. She wears a pink vest and pink-and-white gloves, yellow shorts with a flower print, and a belt and a pouch. She always carries her skybandit with her, which she uses to move, and is attached to her ankle by a strap.

Personality

Filo is often upbeat, enthusiastic, energetic and hasty. She is all about training to be a real sky pirate and wishes to soar the sky on her own. According to a few of her friends, she is strict, and Filo punishes her friends by giving them extra training to make up for ignoring their training to go play. She is confident and bold, quite opposed to Kytes.

Story

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Final Fantasy XII

Template:Sideicon Filo lives in Lowtown and is friends with a boy named Kytes, a fellow orphan. She is part of the Buccaneer's Battalion. When a strange woman with amnesia wanders to Rabanastre, Filo is among the kids to help Vaan solve the mystery.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

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Another orphan from lowtown, Filo follows faithfully in Vaan's footsteps. She still bears the emotional scars of the war, but she doesn't let them interfere with her dream of becoming a sky pirate.

Instruction booklet

Along with Kytes, Filo joins Vaan on his new adventure. When Galbana arrives outside Rabanastre, she tags along to inspect it. The Galbana turns out to be an airship that takes the trio to the newly-discovered sky continent of Lemurés where they run into an aegyl Llyud. The three decide to help him protect his homeland and become familiar with the Espers native to the Lemurés, known as Yarhi by the aegyl. Filo develops a crush on Llyud, and after Sky Saloon on the Galbana is opened, Filo lets Vaan decorate the central fountain with mementos.

Filo is taken hostage by Ba'Gamnan in the Underfane of Yaxin Qul, but is rescued by the party.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

Final Fantasy XII

Filo has a small part in helping Vaan in the three medallions sidequest.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Template:See Also Filo is a flying character and she wields skybandits, a kind of a flying surfboard. She uses "traps" that lower enemy stats, as well as some boost abilities. Her traps can be placed anywhere on the map. Her Quickening, Wind Soul, boosts the speed of all allies, causing no wait time for skills for a time. It can be obtained by defeating Mateus in "Mission 6-4: Audience at the Auralith".

Abilities

Name Level Description Image
Sonic Wave 2 Deal damage to multiple foes. RW Sonic Wave
Defense Snare 7 Set trap to lower Stamina and Mind. RW Defense Snare
Glide 12 Increase group's movement speed. RW Glide
Speed Snare 18 Set trap to lower Speed and movement speed. RW Speed Snare
Decoy Bit 25 Divert damage from the group to the decoy. RW Decoy Bit
Power Snare 33 Set trap to lower Strength and Magick. RW Power Snare
Overdrive 42 Temporarily increase all attributes, then decrease them by the same amount. RW Overdrive]
Wind Soul Earned after beating Mateus in Mission 28 Allow allies to act immediately. RW Wind Soul

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

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Filo TCG

Filo appears in the trading card game with a wind-elemental card showcasing her official Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings artwork. She has the wind-element as she is a flying unit in Revenant Wings, utilizing a hover board.

Etymology

Phyllo is Greek for "leaf". It is also the name of a Greek pastry, which is made up of tissue-thin layers. Phyllo is also spelled as filo.

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