Quistis Trepe

Character
Name:	Quistis Trepe
Occupation:	SeeD, Instructor
Relationships:	Squall (student/love interest), Seifer (enemy/ex-student), Rinoa (friend/rival), Selphie (friend), Zell (friend), Irvine (friend), Laguna (acquaintance), Kiros (acquaintance), Ward (acquaintance), Cid (friend), Xu (friend), Edea (matron), Ultimecia (enemy)
Fandom:	Final Fantasy
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Quistis is a main character in the Square Enix video game Final Fantasy VIII.

Canon

Quistis has Blue Mage abilities (a standard Final Fantasy character class meaning she can learn certain abilities from monsters) and wields a whip in battle.

Like most of the game's main characters, Quistis works at Balamb Garden, a military academy training mercenaries. She's known there as a prodigy and is the youngest graduate to obtain a position as an instructor; as a result of being the same age as most of her students, however, she has difficulty positioning herself as an authority, and is removed from her teaching position during the game. Even after this, she remains extremely popular and admired among the Garden's students, even having inspired a fan club. Quistis is also the reigning champion at Triple Triad, FFVIII's card-based minigame.

Quistis has unrequited feelings for Squall Leonhart, the game's main character. As the story progresses, however, it's discovered that most of the main characters suffer from magically induced memory loss; Squall, Quistis, and some of the other main characters grew up together in the same orphanage, where Quistis took on something of an older sister role toward the others. Once she realizes her feelings for Squall are essentially sisterly, she's able to build a healthier relationship with him in the present.

Fandom

Shipping

Quistis' most common ships usually include Zell, Seifer or Xu, with the occasional pining angst fic where she lusts for Squall, and resents Rinoa for stealing his affections from her. (In canon, Quistis gets along well with Rinoa.) Fic that pairs Quistis with Rinoa instead does happen, but usually as a background pairing in fic focused on pairing Squall with Seifer.

She is rarely paired with other major characters such as Irvine or Selphie. However, other minor characters such as Nida, or members of her fan club, occasionally get a chance with her.

Links & Resources

• Quistis Trepe tag at Archive of Our Own