Rose (Street Fighter)

Rose (ローズ, born July 3, 1967) is a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games.

Street Fighter Alpha series
Rose is a fortune teller from Genoa. Sensing that Doomsday was approaching, she knew a person of great evil was causing it. She found the source of the evil in M. Bison and defeated him, thinking she has rid the world of him for good. Unfortunately, by reading her tarot cards she discovered Bison was still alive.

In Street Fighter Alpha 3, she is visited by Ryu during his travel to Genoa, she tells him about Bison and his dark power, and tells him to be very careful during his travels, at some point after warning Ryu, she faces Bison once again and finds out that she and Bison share the same soul. Bison fights her later on as he takes total control of her body. There she lays unconscious where Guy (who she meets earlier on when he goes after Shadaloo) finds her. When Bison's body is destroyed by Charlie (who sacrificed his own life in the process of stoping Bison), Bison's soul went to his new host, Rose.

Bison stayed in Rose's body until a new, albeit weaker, body was made for him during the time of Street Fighter II. Akuma fought and destroyed Bison during the second Street Fighter Tournament, destroying his soul with the Raging Demon, but because he put part of his soul in Rose, he survived the attack.

Street Fighter IV/Super Street Fighter IV
Rose is still alive, but with no memory of what happened to her while being possessed by Bison. Upon learning that he survived Akuma's Raging Demon, she enters the new tournament, intending to stop him once and for all. During her participation in the tournament, she runs into Ryu, dead-set in stopping his advancement for his own protection, stating that he is "the last hope"(most likely stopping him from the Satsui no Hadou trying to take over him). This results in a fight with much reluctance from both parties.

In her ending, Bison reabsorbs the part of his soul that was still left in Rose from Street Fighter Alpha 3. He lets her stay alive for the time being and leaves her unconscious, saying she will make excellent fodder for his insatiable spirit. However Guy confronts Bison and demands her return in exchange for Bison's jet, to which Bison apparently agrees for reasons unknown. Rose wakes up to the sight of Guy, and decides that there is still work left for her to do.