She assumes the pseudonym Dagger and cuts her hair, at which point the writers began to treat her as a different character while writing her.

Her design was meant to strike a balance between realism and a comic-like style, taking inspiration from the characters in the film The Dark Crystal.

[5] At one point in the game, Garnet cuts her hair, a scene which event designer Kazuhiko Aoki felt was an important one in the story of Final Fantasy IX.

[6] Event planner Nobuaki Komoto found this difficult, adding that players tended to have different images of Garnet in their heads.

Zidane and Vivi join with them, and when they return to Alexandria, Brahne betrays her, having her eidolons — powerful creatures usable by Summoners — extracted from her.

The party intends to seek out Kuja, and on their path, Garnet and Zidane must participate in a wedding ceremony due to a location only allowing married couples to enter.

The group pursues Kuja, and Garnet later returns to her mother's grave, where she breaks her silence to state that she will defend her kingdom, before cutting off her ponytail using Zidane's dagger.

[10][1] A figurine of Garnet was released as part of Square Enix's Bring Arts line, sold as a pair along with Zidane.

However, once Lucas acquired more life experience, she began to relate to her more, citing Garnet's struggles with her mother and guilt over what happened to Alexandria.

[17] Writers Mikel Reparaz and Jason Wojnar of GamesRadar+ and Screen Rant respectively felt that the relationship between Garnet and Zidane was poor, with the former citing a lack of chemistry between the two characters as the cause.

[18][19] IGN writer Leah B. Jackson was more positive towards their relationship, finding the early premise that Garnet wanted to be kidnapped by Zidane intriguing.

[20] Author Sean Atkinson discussed her musical theme, "Melodies of Life", and how it is used to represent particular relationships, namely those with Zidane and Eiko.