Bianca Whitaker

Bianca Whitaker
Dragon Quest V

Sprite(s)	File:Bianca.gif
Japanese name	ビアンカ
Romaji	Bianka
Title	Girl from the Inn Wife
Race	Human Warning: Spoilers! Click expand to view content descended from Zenithians
Age	8 (originally), 18 (after first timeshift), 26 to 28 (after second timeshift)
Family	Whitey (adoptive father)
Voice actor	Maria Kawamura (CD Theater) Marina Inoue (Heroes) Rosie Jones (Heroes, English)

Bianca Whitaker (ビアンカ, Bianka) is a character in Dragon Quest V. She is a childhood friend of the Hero and one of his possible brides.

Appearance and Personality

As a young girl, Bianca wore her blonde hair in two braided pigtails with purple hairbands and she wears a long myrtle green cape over an orange dress. She has blue eyes. Bianca also wears silver bracelets, a belt with a silver buckle around her waist, dangling pink earrings, and black shoes with myrtle green socks. As an adult, Bianca wears her hair in a single braid with a silver hairband on the right side of her face and a myrtle green dress with an orange cloak attached. She still wears the same earrings and bracelets she did as a child, as well as a black belt with a silver buckle around her waist, a silver choker, and black leather boots worn with myrtle green stockings held up by string. Bianca is known as a great beauty, and many of the men in Stockenbarrel and Mostroferrato comment on her attractiveness.

Like most other characters, her appearance in Heroes has been embellished slightly. Bianca now wears brown, knee-high leather boots held up with myrtle green ribbons at the top and black thigh-high stockings. Her belt is now yellow with black triangular designs all around it. Bianca's dress and cloak are embroidered with silver and gold designs respectively and her choker is now gold with small green gems decorating it.

Bianca is something of a tomboy as a child and she has a strong sense of justice, demonstrated when she deals with the bullies in Roundbeck. She has a love of the outdoors and enjoys going on adventures with the Hero, even when the two grow up. In the ten years that pass between their encounters, Bianca has become strong and independent, having to deal with the loss of her mother and her father's sickness. She is known for her good heart and is beloved by the people of Stockenbarrel. She is humble as well, putting the happiness of the hero before herself when faced with the difficult prospect of choosing a bride and wishes happiness for him at his wedding if he marries either Nera or Debora.

Story

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The hero and his father first meet Bianca Whitaker as a child in Whealbrook. She and her mother are in town getting medicine for her father. After the herb-maker is found in a cave, Pankraz escorts them back to their home in Roundbeck.

Pankraz is thinking of returning, but agrees to stay the night and catches a cold, and the party is unable to leave. While wandering around town with the Hero, they meet two kids who are bullying a sabrecat cub. After some discussion, they agree to give up the cat if they can defeat the ghosts at Uptaten Towers. This quest is successful, and she names the sabercat, also giving it a ribbon.

Bianca is not seen again until much later after the first timeskip. While searching for the Circle of Water as part of Mr. Briscoletti's tasks, the Hero stops in Stockenbarrel where he meets up with Bianca again. She unlocks a gate blocking the path to the Cataract Caves where the ring is stored, and accompanies him back to the town of Mostroferrato. Mr. Briscoletti asks him to choose whether he'll marry Bianca or his daughter Nera (or his other daughter Debora, in the DS remake). If the player chose Bianca, the two marry and she will continue to travel with you as the hero's wife.

Upon reaching the hero's homeland, the kingdom of Gotha, it is revealed that Bianca is pregnant and she will stay in the castle to rest until it is time. After he returns from the Riteof Passage, she gives birth to twins: a boy and a girl. The hero is coronated as the new King of Gotha. After a night of celebrations, Bianca is abducted by monsters while most of the castle inhabitants were passed out. While attempting to rescue her from Kon the Knight at his tower, it is learned that she has the blood of the legendary hero - and for this reason she and her husband are turned to stone by Bishop Ladja.

In the eight years that pass, Bianca's petrified form ended up at the temple of Crocodilopolis. The Hero and the children are able to finally free her, who rejoins the party. Together, they travel to Nadiria to find the hero's mother, Madeline, and defeat the Grandmaster of the Underworld.

If the player does not marry Bianca, she will return to Stockenbarrel and remain there throughout the game with her father, (whose health will recover regardless of who the Hero marries). She will not marry, but apparently has admirers and will not meet an unhappy fate in any version of the game, contrary to Internet rumors that said her father would die and she would end up as a mistreated, sad bar maid.

Stats

Bianca can equip most knives, whips, and staves. Her armor selection includes lightweight tunics, robes, and female-exclusive equipment, but her choice in shields is limited. Unlike the other brides, she can wear the metal king helm.

Since Bianca is briefly a party member during the first generation, she starts out at level 1 and learns early magic spells, so unlike the other brides, she has a full selection of fire magic. In the Super Famicom version, when she rejoins at Stockenbarrel, she will automatically be leveled to level 10. In the PS2 version, her level will be the level she was as a child plus 2. In the DS and Mobile versions, her level will be the level she was as a child plus 10.

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stats
Level	1	99
HP	18	530
MP	0	530
Strength	3	140
Agility	10	255
Resilience	5	150
Wisdom	20	255
Luck	2	255
Initial gear	First generation:Paring knife, Pot lid, Handwoven cape Second generation: Thorn whip, Scale shield, Leather dress, Hairband

Spells

Dragon Quest V (DS)
Spell	Level Learned
Frizz	3
Dazzle	5
Kasap	7
Sizz	8
Snooze	12
Oomph	13
Sizzle	15
Safe Passage	17
Bounce	18
Frizzle	20
Thwack	23
Kasizzle	27
Kafrizzle	33

Equipment

Dragon Quest V (All)
Weapon	Modifier(s)
Poison Needle	Attack +1
Paring Knife	Attack +5
Bronze Knife	Attack +12
Thorn Whip	Attack +18
Chain Whip	Attack +23
Poison Moth Knife	Attack +24
Lightning Staff	Attack +27
Falcon Knife Earrings	Attack +35
Staff of Divine Wrath	Attack+35
Steel Broadsword	Attack +33
Morning Star	Attack+38
Staff of Antimagic	Attack+40
Morning Star	Attack+45
Somatic Staff	Attack+55
Stolos' Staff	Attack+60
Magma Staff	Attack+63
Spiked Steel Whip	Attack +65
Staff of Resurrection	Attack +66
Siren Sword	Attack +70
Faerie Foil	Attack +85
Gringham Whip	Attack +100

Dragon Quest V (All)
Helmet	Modifier(s)
Leather Hat	Defense +2
Hairband	Defense +7
Fur Hood	Defense +11
Silver Tiara	Defense +14
Hermes' Hat	Defense +28
Happy Hat	Defense +35
Thinking Cap	Defense +40
Golden Tiara	Defense +45
Metal King Helm	Defense +70

Dragon Quest V (All)
Armor	Modifier(s)
Plain Clothes	Defense+4
Handwoven Cape	Defense+6
Wayfarer's Clothes	Defense+7
Silk Apron	Defense+10
Leather Armour	Defense+11
Silk Robe	Defense+13
Leather Dress	Defense+17
Fur Cape	Defense+18
Dancer's Costume	Defense+20
Iron Cuirass	Defense+23
Cloak of Evasion	Defense+28
Robe of Serenity	Defense+33
Lacy Bustier	Defense+36
Glombolero	Defense+40
Silver Cuirass	Defense+40
Shimmering Dress	Defense+45
Sage's Robe	Defense+50
Flowing Dress	Defense+55
Silk Bustier	Defense+60
Angel Leotard	Defense+70
Princess's Robe	Defense+80

Dragon Quest V (All)
Shields	Modifier(s)
Ruinous Shield	Defense+0
Pot Lid	Defense+2
Leather Shield	Defense+4
Scale Shield	Defense+7

Dragon Quest V (All)
Accessories	Modifier(s)
Bianca's Ribbon	Wisdom+10
Crude Image	Luck+15
Meteorite Bracer	Agilityx2
Kamikaze Bracer	Style+10
Elfin Charm
Circle of Water
Circle of Fire

Other Appearances

Dragon Quest IX

Bianca appears as one of the special guests at the Quester's Rest in Stornway. This could be obtained when the DQVC was available using Nintendo's Wi-Fi Channel. When spoken to, Bianca gives the player different pieces of her outfit for fulfilling certain conditions. The player will receive the Accolade "Best Friend Bride" when having acquired all pieces of her outfit.

Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special

She is one of the three characters from V featured, alongside Nera and the Hero.

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory

Bianca can be summoned to perform a special attack. After leaping from the wagon, she jumps on Saber's back and uses the power of the Circle of Fire to trigger a volcanic eruption to attack the enemy party.

Dragon Quest Heroes and Dragon Quest Heroes II

Bianca is one of the thirteen playable characters in the first game. She and Nera have been mysteriously transported to the land of Arba in the Dwarven settlement of Grannet on the night before one of them is about to get married. In order to differentiate her from other playable characters, Bianca uses bows as her weapon of choice in the game, and can cast both Frizz and Snooze in battle. Her Coup de Grâce is Ribbon Let Die, where she uses her ribbon to summon her trusty great sabrecat companion, here named Purrcy, who rushes out and strikes any enemies in front of her. Bianca can also be played in co-op dungeons in Heroes II, but cannot be used in the regular story mode.

Etymology

Bianca is the Italian form of the name Blanche, which means "white, pure", contrasting her with Nera, whose name means black in Italian.

Trivia

In Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Dragon Quest Heroes, Bianca speaks with a Cornish accent.
Jessica compliments Bianca's bow arm in Heroes and states that she'd probably be good with a whip, too, referencing the fact that she can equip whips in her original game and the developers were initially considering her whips as a weapon.