In the game, Rinoa is a member of the Forest Owls, a small resistance faction seeking to liberate the small nation of Timber from Galbadian occupation, She's often found planning their strategies and using military tactics learnt from her father.
Rinoa first meets Squall Leonhart, the male protagonist of the game, at a ball at Balamb Garden.She has a positive attitude, is bright and lively. She can easily guess what someone is thinking and uses it to charm anyone. During the dance, she manages to charm the usually taciturn and antisocial Squall into dancing with her. Meeting with Squall at the dance party changed everyone's fate. Her purpose for visiting the Garden is revealed when the Forest Owls hire Squall, Zell Dincht, and Selphie Tilmitt as mercenaries. Everyone is aware that she's very affectionate towards the people she knows. She stays with them as they are forced to flee Timber, and ends up traveling along with them for the remainder of the game.
Outspoken, spirited, emotional and compassionate, open and honest with her feelings, she speaks her mind without reservation. Driven by her ambition, she can be stubborn at times. Rinoa is in many ways the polar opposite of the cold and antisocial Squall; in fact, in the previous summer she was romantically involved with his long-standing rival Seifer Almasy. Together she and Squall go through many things, including Squall flying into space to rescue her from the sorceress' memorial and surviving time compression together. Although their personalities do clash at first, Squall and Rinoa gradually fall in love, and their relationship is a major focus of the game's storyline.
Rinoa's weapon of a choice is the Blaster Edge, a bladed ring mounted to her wrist that acts much like a boomerang. She is assisted by her faithful dog, Angelo, during battle. Due to events later in the game, she becomes a sorceress, acquiring a secondary limit break called Angel Wing, in which she becomes uncontrollable for the remainder of the battle, acting on her own by casting spells with greatly increased power.
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