Death Rose is fought on the Moon That Never Sets. It is actually the first boss the player is facing as an apparition of Miranda's hatred towards her mother.
Story[]
As Dart and the party are running through the Moon, they encounter a snowy landscape. Miranda recognizes it as Mille Seseau that is an actual place in the world below. Miranda continues ahead alone and finds a rose in the snow. Figures from her memory appear: her mother leaving her with a man and abandoning Miranda to her father. This angers Miranda and then the rose wakes up and challenges her.
Battle[]
During the battle, the Death Rose opens up as the face of Miranda's mother and tells her the truth of why she left: Miranda's father being a drunk and wasting all of her hard earned money, so her only option was to leave. This is nothing Miranda didn't know already, and she retorts that at least her father cared enough to stay. The Rose replies "I visited him so many times to take you with me. But every time, he just kicked me out". This digs deep into Miranda and she starts to see her mother had not simply abandoned her. She forgives her mother, and the Death Rose disappears. (You can farm SP to level Miranda's Dragoon Spirit if you keep declining the request to forgive.)
The Death Rose only uses three attacks and are listed below.
- Vine Snap: The Death Rose snaps Miranda with its vines.
- Absorb: The Death Rose bites into Miranda and absorbs her health, and cause damage.
- Pollen Spray: The Death Rose sprays pollen at Miranda.