Ursula Fang Leiden
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| Japanese Name | Ursula Fang Leiden |
| Kana | アーシュラ・ファン・ライデン |
| Romaji | Āshura Fan Raiden |
| Job | Princess > Monk |
| Skill | Kick, Chakra, Tenketsu (after event) |
| Birthplace | Fabul |
| Age | Newborn (Interlude) 16 (The After Years) |
| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Laterality | Ambidextrous |
| Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Character | |
- "Ursula is Yang's only daughter and the first princess of the kingdom of Fabul. She was brought up watching her father's form and training and has yearned for such strength since she was a young girl. However, she is irritated by her father, who refuses to give her lessons. The heart of her strength comes from her mother, the queen."
- —Game Description
Princess Ursula Fang Leiden is a character from Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, the daughter of Yang and Sheila as well as Cecil and Rosa's goddaughter, Ceodore's godsister and Golbez's godniece. Ursula wants to be strong like her father, but he refuses to teach her.
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Appearance and Personality
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Ursula has hazel eyes, green earrings, and blonde hair tied back in pigtails with a small red rose to the side of her head. She wears a red modern-style Oriental dress called a cheongsam with green flower and vine details. Ursula also wears a yellow band on her upper right arm and gray shoes.
From a young age, Ursula has been a determined girl who wishes to become strong like her father more than anything else. She desperately wants him to train her, but he refuses no matter how many times she begs him. As a result, he often scolds her for not acting in a manner not fitting her position as princess. Her determination to have her father's strength is so strong that she travels up Mt. Hobs alone to train in secret. Through her journey, she learns what Yang has tried to teach her: that someone with the strength of heart needed to protect friends and family is stronger than someone with physical strength alone.
StoryEdit
Final Fantasy IV InterludeEdit
Ursula is born during the events of Final Fantasy IV Interlude. Cecil and Rosa, being witnesses of the birth of his child, become her godparents and it's Cecil who, under the request of her father, named her.
Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit
Ursula grows up a strong and capable woman, but Yang refuses to train her as a Monk as he believes she is placing too much value on strength and power. Frustrated with him, Ursula flees the castle and travels to Mt. Hobs, where she is attacked by a Mom Bomb. She is rescued by Yang who reprimands her, but Ursula explains she was going to inspect the impact site of a meteor that struck in the west, and didn't tell Yang because she knew he wouldn't let her go. Yang agrees to let Ursula accompany him, and the two inspect the crater and head back to Fabul.
On their way back over Mt. Hobs they spy the Red Wings approaching, and Yang orders Ursula and Sheila to take refuge. The Red Wings attack, and when Yang is pushed back to the throne room he sees Ursula and Sheila still there, wanting to help him. Yang and Ursula battle Kain Highwind to protect the Crystal, but he merely jumps over them and claims it before escaping.
Yang sets sail to Baron to speak to Cecil, and Ursula accompanies him. An attack by monsters damages the ship's fuel and they are forced to make emergency dock at the Adamant Isles Forest to find palm oil fuel in the forest. Yang sets out alone, and when he fails to return by night Ursula and a trio of Monks set out to find him. They find the palm oil tree but are attacked by an Adamantoise. The Monks protect Ursula from the beast but fail to penetrate its thick hide.
With the Monks weakened Ursula steps forward to fight herself, and remembering a training exercise she observed unlocks her Tenketsu ability, exposing the Adamantoise's weak point. Yang arrives and the two defeat the beast. Having witnessed Ursula's compassion when she protected the Monks, Yang accepts the strength of her heart as well as her body and takes her as his newest disciple. The group returns to the ship and sets sail again, but the ship is destroyed by Leviathan.
In The Crystals, Rydia, Edge, Luca and the Man in Black find Yang and Ursula recovering in Kaipo. With a frying pan and ladle from Sheila the four knock them to their senses and they rejoin the party. In the ending, Ursula is seen sparring with Yang, tired but unwilling to give up the fight.
Equipment and StatsEdit
Like her father, Ursula is a monk and so relies on attacking physically. She has Yang's Kick ability, along with Chakra and Tenketsu. Chakra heals an ally of some HP and status ailments, while Tenketsu attacks an enemy for normal damage, occasionally doing an automatic critical hit, dealing elemental damage to hit the enemy's weakness, or instantly killing them. Ursula's HP is average while her Strength and Stamina are high, though not as good as Yang's. Ursula's main strength is her high Speed, she is the third-fastest character in the game, after Edge and Tsukinowa. Ursula can use the following Band abilities:
| Ability | Members | MP | Effect |
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| Twin Wing Frenzy |
| 6 | Strike a single enemy in a pincer attack. |
| Five Star Crimson Palm |
| 9 | Attack an enemy together, striking their weak point. Inflicts Slow. |
| Twin Rush |
| 12 | Attack an enemy with fist and sword together. |
| Delta Evolution |
| 15 | Attack an enemy with three varied fighting styles |
| Sword and Fist |
| 30 | Four fighters combine power to attack a single enemy. |
| Petal Whirlwind |
| 35 | Freeze all enemies and shatter them. |
| Makeshift Cannon |
| 58 | Combine powers and attack all enemies with weapons and magic. |
EtymologyEdit
Ursula is a female given name which means "she-bear". In the Final Fantasy Character Ultimania, Ursula was originally the name of her mother, whose name was retconned to Sheila. In katakana, her name can also be read as "Ashura", a group of Hindu deities.
GalleryEdit
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Ursula with Yang in the opening FMV for The After Years in Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection.
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Ursula in the opening FMV of Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection.
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Ursula's trading card.
TriviaEdit
- Ursula's artworks were censored for the North American release of The After Years, giving her shorts to cover her thighs. Similar censoring was done with artwork for Rydia and Porom.
- Ursula was originally seventeen for the original version of The After Years. When The Complete Collection retconned Ceodore's age to remove the implication of Rosa being pregnant during Final Fantasy IV's ending, Ursula was similarly aged down.
