Gloriosa

General Gloriosa is the final boss of the Decaying Woods. She is quite a foe to be reckoned with, as she wields a living weapon - her whip, which is capable of dealing enormous amounts of punishment to her opponents or prey. She is an extremely sadistic and strict succubus, evidenced by the fact that she toys with her prey by submitting it to "training". This is in fact a cruel game she likes to play with her defeated foes, thus her personality is not too different from a dominatrix.

Strategy
A tough fight, especially if missing the second Sumer Relic (Fragment), which will neutralize the confusion status effect her skill 'Flower of Pain Punishment' inflicts. Even if you do have it, it's still worth neutralizing that skill with Blue Thunder. Outside of that, prebuffing with Iron Will and then dumping as much damage as you can early on with Two-Handed Blow when you have enough TP and Blue Flame when you don't should help a bunch.

For additional tips, review the combat guide.