Born Rinoa Caraway, she has taken her mother's maiden name as her surname. She is the seventeen year old daughter of General Caraway, a high-ranking officer in the Galbadian army, and Julia Heartilly, a famous singer and former love interest of Laguna Loire.
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 hero of the game, at a ball at Balamb Garden. She has a positive attitude, and is bright as well as 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.
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.
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