*Warning: Final Fantasy XV spoilers*
Ever since the days of Final Fantasy II, “Guest” characters have had a reputation for popping up in Final Fantasy games, impressing everyone with their skill, and then vanishing due to certain plot elements. Final Fantasy VI’s General Leo, Final Fantasy VIII’s Laguna, Kiros, and Ward, the entire cast of Final Fantasy IV, and even the mighty Sephiroth himself. All show up, make an impact on your brain with their devastation, and then, they leave.
Poof, gone!
Final Fantasy XV is no different with the clear favorite being Areana Highwind. The sexy Dragoon mercenary shows up as a foe at the adventure’s halfway point, and she knocks our heroes around a bit before fleeing. Fate eventually puts her in charge of Noctis’ group for a dungeon run, and that’s when she starts to taking a liking to the boys.
However, it doesn’t last. Aranea leaves shortly afterwards, never to return to fight alongside Noctis and friends again, at least as far as I know, to the dismay of her drooling fanboys.
Leave it to gamers to solve a way to bring her back! The video above shows how you can glitch the game into keeping Aranea Highwind in your party.