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Barbariccia
Barbariccia is one of the demons in the "Inferno" of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". Barbariccia is one of the Malebranche, whose mission is to guard Bolgia Five in the Eighth Circle, the Malebolge. Barbariccia's name means "curly beard" in Italian (from "barba"=beard, and "riccia"=curly). Barbariccia seems to be the most important devil after Malacoda as he becomes the "provost" of nine other devils, when Malacoda commands them to escort Dante and Virgil, which can be read
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 (Valvalis in the original SNES release and PlayStation re-release) is the only female member of the Four Elemental Lords. The Lord of Wind, Barbariccia can transform herself into an almost indestructible tornado. Cecil's party first defeat Barbariccia in the Tower of Zot, and again inside the Giant of Babel.
She also appears as an optional boss in "Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls" on the final level of Hellfire Chasm, and is one of the revived Lords in "The After Years"