Growing up in Rabanastre, Penelo and her family lived happily for some time. Five years prior to the start of the story, a plague had hit Rabanastre killing many people, but Penelo's family survived. Vaan's parents had a tragic fate, however, both meeting their deaths then. Penelo's parents decided they would care of both the orphaned Vaan and Reks.
Three years later, the war between Dalmasca and Archadia began. During the conflict, both of Penelo's parents were killed as well as Vaan's brother Reks. Penelo was taken in by her parent's friend, the Bangaa Migelo, who let her and Vaan work at his sundry shop, doing various odd-jobs.
Vaan and Penelo are childhood friends. Although they are both close, they never pursued romance. Penelo is often frustrated with Vaan's obsession with becoming a Sky Pirate, and frequently tries to dissuade him from getting into trouble. Penelo is seen right at the beginning of the game, lecturing Vaan about trying to steal from Archadian soldiers. Some time thereafter, Penelo meets up with Vaan at the Giza Plains nomad camp, when Vaan was trying to obtain a few sunstones. She accompanies Vaan and later admits that she enjoyed their time together at the plains. When she hears that there were intruders caught trespassing the palace grounds, she rushes to the site, knowing full well that Vaan had planned to sneak into the palace. She meets up with Balthier at this point, where the sky pirate assures her that Vaan will be safe.
Unknowingly, her first meeting with Balthier was seen by the headhunter gang led by Ba'Gamnan. They then assume mistakenly that Penelo knew Balthier personally and kidnap her, leaving a note for Balthier to meet with them at the Lhusu Mines in Bhujerba if he wanted to save her. Penelo is freed by her captors when Balthier shows up, and she makes her escape, only to be caught by Archadian soldiers. She is brought to Judge Ghis, where she meets Larsa Ferrinas Solidor. The two become friends quickly, although Penelo is initially reluctant to trust Larsa, the latter being the brother of Vayne Carudas Solidor. However, Larsa explains how the men of his family are taught to put the needs of others first, and having earned her trust, lends her some manufacted Nethicite.
She later reunites with Vaan onboard the Dreadnought Leviathan. The Nethicite Larsa gave her helps protect them from Judge Ghis' magick. She then escapes with the band of sky pirates and asks that Vaan let her follow through their journey. Along their quest, Penelo and Vaan exchange knowledge about the world of Ivalice with the rest of the party. After they defeat Vayne Carudas Solidor, she takes on new clothes and joins Vaan, now a sky pirate with his own airship, as his partner.
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but i luuurv your cosplay c:
btw i love FF12 ;DD