Rose

Rose is a fortune teller from Genoa. During the events of Street Fighter Alpha 2, she sensed that Doomsday was approaching, and knew a person of great evil was causing it. She realized that this person was M. Bison and she set out to find him. When she encountered him, she defeated him and thought that she rid the world of him for good. Unfortunately, after reading her tarot cards, she discovered Bison was still alive.

During Street Fighter Alpha 3, Rose learned that she and Bison share the same soul. When she encountered him this time, she punched through his chest and channeled her energy into his body. She used all of her Soul Power to defeat Bison, but it wasn't enough. Rose passed out from complete exhaustion, and was soon found by Guy (who she met earlier on when he went after Shadaloo). When Bison was defeated by Ryu (who destroyed his body temporarily in the process), Bison's soul went to the Psycho Drive. Charlie sacrificed his life to try and destroy the Psycho Drive, but was not successful. Bison's soul then went to Rose's body, making her his temporary host.

In Street Fighter IV, Rose learned by reading her tarot cards that Bison had survived Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu in the previous tournament. "The Fool" card was also revealed to her, which symbolized reckless heroism. Rose determined that the person represented by this card is the only hope for defeating Bison. She also decided that this person cannot defeat Bison until the stars align, and that she must protect him until such a time. Rose knew that she cannot defeat Bison herself, as she possesses the same power he has. During her participation in the tournament, she ran into Ryu who was planning on stopping his advancement for his own protection and stated that he is "the last hope". This resulted in a battle that neither of them wanted to have.

After the SFIV tournament, Bison ambushed Rose and grabbed her by the face. He decided to let her live and left her unconscious, believing that she will make excellent fodder for his insatiable spirit. However, Guy confronted Bison and demanded that he hand her over or he would destroy Bison's jet - his only source of escape. Bison reluctantly agreed, and Guy allowed him to escape. Rose eventually woke up and decided that there is still work left for her to do. FUN FACT: Rose's design was loosely inspired by Lisa Lisa from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Personality: Rose is a serene, respectful, intelligent, and independent woman who muses quite a lot on destiny and fate. Wise and sophisticated, she is not prone to anger easily, and has a very calm demeanor, even in battle. She states that power is nothing without skill and that she must continue on her path, even if it means to give up her life for the greater good. Rose seems to fancy herself a teacher of sorts, many of her win quotes and mid-round quotes, like "Today's lesson is over", seem to imply this. In the Street Fighter V timeline, this has been achieved to a degree by taking in Menat as an apprentice.

Appearance: Rose is a tall woman with long, purple, wavy hair that flows outward horizontally with a large, zigzag forelock. She has violet eyes, a fair complexion, and a small mouth with full lips. Most official artworks of Rose make her appear to be pursing her lips. She wears a loose, red (pink or purple in some artworks) evening gown with a belt and large gold buttons; a violet top with matching tights or stockings under her gown; a set of red high heels; and a large, golden scarf around her shoulders and arms. By channeling her mysterious Soul Power through it, she is able to make the scarf glow and wield it as a weapon. It appears wrapped in front of her neck in Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter V, and levitating behind her in Street Fighter IV. Strangely, her cleavage is easily visible through her top.

Fighting Style:

Rose fights using Soul Power,[1][2] the antithesis to the Psycho Power wielded by M. Bison. In appearance, Soul Power is a kinetic, color-changing energy that Rose channels from her body and often through her scarf, allowing her to control it as a weapon and supplement her attacks with Soul Power. It can be released as projectiles of concentrated energy, zap her opponents, and project temporary copies of herself.

Moveset

Rose's overall styles revolves around pacing and ranged attacks while being able to absorb and neutralize projectiles. Rose has an above-average offensive capabilities with an unusually strong air defense and offense that makes her able to attack from any standing point, and her basic fighting abilities have a far reach thanks to her scarf and excellent dexterity.

Rose has the ability to absorb and reflect projectiles back at projectile heavy characters like Ryu and Sagat, and with her Soul Illusion, she can extend her combos and extend the damage of her super combos to deal more hits. Her Soul Throw can reach out and negate cross-up attacks and could avoid projectiles with her air time.

However, because Rose can reach far with her scarf, it also leaves her open to airborne attacks due to the angling on most of her moves, as well as any form of deft assaults depending on the positioning and recovery of her attacks. Her attacks also don't cause that much knockback, allowing the opponent or the player a chance to counterattack at their leisure. Despite this, Rose is still a force to be reckoned with and is a versatile character with many tools at her disposal to handle almost any kind of situation.

In Street Fighter V, Rose gained new moves besides her old ones in the previous games. Her Soul Spark can now hit her opponents in mid-air. Some of her new moves involving the use of her scarf as a weapon and a new projectile similar to Urien's Aegis Reflector that can knock her opponent in explosion for a certain amount of time. This new move can also use as a combo to distract her opponents. Her first V-Skill is her Soul Fortune which has her to pull out a tarot card to increase her status but also makes the opponent weaker when she threw her tarot card on them. Her Soul Satellite Ultra Combo in Street Fighter IV and its updates is now her second V-Skill as she can summon one or two orbs for a limited amount of time. Her first V-Trigger is her Soul Dimension based on her warp move and can choose in any places to take her on different position to attack her opponents. Her Soul Illusion is now her second V-Trigger which allows her to create a multiple of unique combos to inflict damage to her opponent. Her Critical Art is the Fate Aura Spark. Rose whiplashes her opponent with her scarf. While airborne, Rose jumps and unleash a powerful projectile to deal heavy damage to her opponent.