The Liberation Army | Cornia | Drakenhold | Elheim | Bastorias | Albion | Zenoira | Classes
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In General
- Cultural Posturing: While the majority are amicable enough, a number of elves in the overworld make it no secret that they consider all human societies violent and barbaric compared to their own. Some look down on the bestrals as well, viewing them as tainted beings.
- Foil: The shopkeepers in the eastern region of Elheim consist of a haughty armorer, a serenely mature provisioner, and an elven child running the tavern. In the west, their dark elf counterparts consist of a friendly blacksmith appreciative of your business, a young and awkward clerk, and the one running the pubs is most definitely not some kid.
- Head-in-the-Sand Management:
- It's brought up that, compared to Drakenhold not aiding Cornia in its war ten years ago due to an old rivalry between the nations, Elheim abstained to preserve their own peace, only to pay for it when they were invaded themselves.
- It is mentioned they did the same thing during the original Zenoiran invasion, leaving the northern elves to fend for themselves and turn themselves into Bestrals to fight off the invaders. This time they expected history to repeat and for Galerius to ignore them as he did the first time due to being unable to cross the Winding Woods, only to be taken aback when Alcina led their troops through.
- Hidden Elf Village: More like Hidden Elf Nation. The homeland of both the Light and Dark Elves of Fevrith, situated in dense forests; the mystic Winding Wood prevents non-elves who lack a finely-attuned magical mastery from finding their way in.
- Immortal Procreation Clause: On the lower end of the scale, as elf children are not exceptionally rare. However, Alain does note elf populations grow much more slowly than those of humans (the context being that there is no reason to think Elheim is interested in a land grab from Cornia as they have all the land and resources they want already and are unlikely to outgrow those resources any time soon), suggesting substantially lower fertility.
- Inhumanly Beautiful Race: Downplayed given how attractive many characters in the game are, but the elves feature no characters that could be called unattractive (even their elderly are still noble and graceful in appearance), and quite a few humans in the overworld express admiration and/or desire toward the elves due to just how stunning they find them to be.
- The Lost Woods: The Winding Wood serves as a natural protection from invading forces, with anyone trying to get through without the know-how or a guide getting lost in its expanses.
- Long-Lived: While not to the extent of the elves of some settings, it is indicated they typically live for centuries. As for those born of Interspecies Romance unions, their lifespans are indicated to be shorter on the whole; this has led to Half-Breed Discrimination. Most non-“pure” elves thus reside in the easternmost region of Elheim, which isn’t totally free of intolerance but allows them to more or less live their lives as they see fit.
- Magic Knight: All elf units are able to use magic in some way, with each class having healing, support, or offensive magic. They also tend to have skills that naturally do magic damage such as the Elven Archer's bow attacks doing magic damage over physical. This means weapons that give magic attacks or stats are better suited to them over other characters.
- Older Than They Look: As usual, the elves of Elheim age far slower than humans. Rosalinde measures decades like a human would months.
- Our Elves Are Different: Atypical of most depictions of different elf races, the dark and light elves are not antagonistic toward each other anymore and have been on friendly terms for centuries. It's even possible for light and dark elves to be twins, like the case of Rosalinde and Eltolinde. This is apparently due to a quirk of elf genetics where instead of acquiring traits from both parents, the children of a mixed race elf pairing are either a light or dark elf entirely. Further, while a notable number of elves do look down on humans and would like to see them expelled from Elheim (even the efforts of Alain's army sometimes not changing their minds), a majority of elves and their leadership are willing to accept and cooperate with humans on fairly equal terms. Some discrimination is still widespread though, with half elves not being allowed to become knights of Elheim due to their "impure" blood, and a entire town of outcast elves having to live outside of the protection of the Winding Wood.
- Our Dark Elves Are Different: These ones largely live in a subterranean city system in the northeastern part of Elheim, but are considerably more integrated with their light brethren societally; they also have a more acutely antiquated idea of loyalty and honour, loathing underhanded tactics but are nonetheless pragmatic. Part of it was the marriage of Rosalinde and Eltolinde's parents, who were a dark elf woman and a light elf man managing to win over their respective groups. They generally prefer the darkness, to the extent that some like Ithilion had never been on the surface during the day until he'd become an adult, but are not harmed by sunlight in any way.
- Pardon My Klingon: They tend to spruce up their dialogues with elfish (in the English localisation, anyway).
- Team Switzerland: Elheim saw what Zenoria was doing in Cornia and did their best to avoid combat and getting the attention of Galerius, effectively staying neutral. While the Winding Wood allowed them to avoid being attacked at first, Alcina and Baltro were able to get past it, and allow the rest of the army to slip inside. Eltolinde later comments that Elheim shouldn't have tried to avoid conflict, and resolves to work with the Liberation Army to make up for it.
- World Tree: Ervélda, located in central Elheim and from which the Forest of the Fae sprouted around. The elves believes it is the source of all life in Fevrith. It's certainly the primary source of fae magick - without it, they wouldn't be able to survive, let alone protect the land from invaders via the Winding Wood.
Ruling Class
Rosalinde
- Arc Hero: She’s met the moment Alain steps into Elheim through the Winding Wood, and serves as the Deuteragonist for the entirety of its main plot.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Downplayed. She's slightly distant and aloof towards the human characters. It isn't until rescuing Eltolinde and saving Elheim as a whole does she start showing her friendlier side.
- Deuteragonist: Her role in the Elheim arc of the game. She's the first character recruited when the group arrived at the Winding Woods. She appears alongside Alain in cutscenes recruiting other Elheim characters (Ithilion, Lhinalagos, Railanor) and Rosalinde is the who explains the Ring of the Unicorn alongside the rite of the covenant. The final fight against Alcina takes place in Palanspelt Palace, Rosalinde's source of power and domain.
- Developers' Desired Date: Alongside Scarlett, Rosalinde is the other romance option that gets the most focus in the game and is the most developed. Her change from being friendly to Alain to being openly interested in him is seen in the main story cutscene that introduces the Ring of the Maiden. Rosalinde's rapport conversations are romantic from the first one (which puts her ahead of Scarlett) and also her attraction is referenced by other characters' rapport with Alain, such as with Railanor and Scarlett.
- Difficult, but Awesome: Rosalinde and her sister are mechanically the most complex classes in the game. Rosalinde is generally considered to be an S Tier character, one of the most powerful characters in the game alongside Alain and Berengaria.
- Double Weapon: She and her sister wield a spear with spearheads on both ends of the pole.
- The Gadfly: Openly trolls several other party members in her rapports, purely Played for Laughs of the good natured variety. Is also one of the few people who knows exactly what the Unicorn Covenant entails from the get go and teases Alain about it.
- Glass Cannon: Once her faeries show up, she gets some brutal damage output. Has the durability of wet tissue paper if a physical attack does hit her.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: She's Elheim royalty and wears a purple and black cloak.
- Half-Identical Twins: An interesting example in that her nearly-identical twin sister is a different race rather than a different gender. But Eltolinde and Rosalinde are nonetheless virtually identical in everything but skin and hair color, something exaggerated by their wearing very similar outfits and hairstyles.
- Hartman Hips: Like her Hydeland counterpart, Rosalinde has a lot of focus on her hips and legs, her Leotard of Power baring a lot.
- An Ice Person: Her Freezing Thrust deals ice damage to an enemy and can freeze them.
- Impossibly-Low Neckline: She and Eltolinde have a Leotard of Power with a neckline that starts halfway down their chests and doesn't seem to have anything substantial holding it in place.
- Kiss of Death: Some of her attack animations have her blowing a kiss to the opponents.
- Lady of Black Magic: Elven Augur specializes in offensive attacks, namely magic. Even the assist skill has her pelting fire magic at the enemies. While she does have access to healing, it only targets one unit and its primary use is to get rid of ailments.
- Mayfly–December Romance: Rosalinde notes she measures decades the same way humans do months. She's old enough that she knew Ithilion when he was a boy, and she was already an adult back then. And she's of course a romance option for Alain.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Once her kingdom is saved, Rosalinde develops an interest in Alain, and forms a habit of sidling up to him real close, much to his embarrassment.
- Proud Beauty: Rosalinde's gorgeous and she knows it. This is evident in some of her rapport conversations, her level up quote, and her favorite gifts are "appearance" items, like scented soaps and face powders. She is however a lot nicer than many other examples.Rosalinde: Stunning, aren't I?
- Spin to Deflect Stuff: She and her sister guard attacks by spinning their spears. It evidently doesn't do either them much good since they're both squishy.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Genuinely coy and whimsical, but she is capable of being decisive to the point of coldness in times of true crisis.
- The Tease: She's fully aware that Alain is put off by her getting in his personal space, but likes to tease him that way. He gets over it by the time of his second rapport conversation with her where she falls asleep with her head on his shoulder and he lets her sleep that way.
- Theme Twin Naming: Both her and her sister's names end with -linde.
Eltolinde
- Abdicate the Throne: If she’s given the Ring of the Maiden, Eltolinde abdicates the Turenós title to Rosalinde and marries Alain.
- Can't Hold His Liquor: Exaggerated to the point she gets drunk just from breathing in alcohol fumes. In their Rapport, Lhinalagos is initially angry that Mordon got her drunk, but he defends himself saying that she didn't actually drink any, just smelled it.
- Difficult, but Awesome: Downplayed compared to her sister, but the difference is between an S Tier character and an A Tier character. The difference in power stems from Boon of the Fairies being not as powerful as Rage of the Fairies. It is still a great skill in its own right, giving Eltolinde a much better matchup against Shamans and Featherbows compared to her sister. Albion is where Eltolinde gets her turn to shine.
- Double Weapon: She and her sister wield a spear with spearheads on both end of the pole.
- Grand Theft Me: Rather than being mind controlled, she got possessed by Alcina. Though that turns out to be less of a difference than one would think...
- Half-Identical Twins: An interesting example in that her nearly-identical twin sister is a different race rather than a different gender. But Eltolinde and Rosalinde are nonetheless virtually identical in everything but skin and hair color, something exaggerated by their wearing very similar outfits and hairstyles.
- Impossibly-Low Neckline: She and Rosalinde have a Leotard of Power with a neckline that starts halfway down their chests and doesn't seem to have anything substantial holding it in place.
- Leotard of Power: Her transparent skirt reveals she's wearing a leotard identical to her sister's.
- Love at First Sight: In her Rapport with Lex she says her father, a light elf man, fell for her mother, a dark elf woman, when he first laid eyes upon her.
- Ship Tease: Whereas her sister aggressively flirts with Alain during the main story, Eltolinde’s own affections for him are front-and-centre to their Rapports.
- Shock and Awe: Her Thunderous Thrust deals lightning damage and can stun its target.
- Spin to Deflect Stuff: She and her sister guard attacks by spinning their spears. It evidently doesn't do either them much good since they're both squishy.
- Theme Twin Naming: Both her and her sister's names end with -linde.
- Tritagonist: For the Elheim arc; Eltolinde is recruited halfway through after she’s freed of Alcina’s possession and is only surpassed by her sister and Alain in significance to the storyline.
Others
Lhinalagos
Voiced By: Shun Horie (JP), Kdin Jenzen (EN)
Class: Elven Archer
The commander of Elheim's army turned resistance leader who was separated from Rosalinde during the Zenorian conquest.Class: Elven Archer
- Cadre of Foreign Bodyguards: If Alain chooses Eltolinde as his Maiden, Lhinalagos gets an alternate ending, where he joins the Cornian army so that he can remain close to the elven Queen of Cornia. During that time, he founded an elite elven unit that serves as Eltolinde's bodyguards.
- A Father to His Men: The losses the resistance suffered under him weigh heavy on him, eventually leading him to join the Liberation.
- General Failure: Downplayed, in that he isn't incompetent, but hopelessly outnumbered by the Zenorian forces.
- Guest-Star Party Member: His unit assists in the first Elheim battle before joining in full thereafter; he’s actually able to talk an Elven guard in the same fight into aiding them if given the opportunity to.
- Number Two: Though his loyalty is primarily to Eltolinde, since the Zenoiran occupation he’s been serving under her sister; Rosalinde leads the resistance with Lhinalagos as her military aide. After Eltolinde is saved, he returns to her service as covered in their Rapport; he’ll even relocate to Cornia to continue serving under her if she marries Alain.
- Rank Up: He once refused to become Eltolinde's personal guard, viewing himself as unworthy, but agrees in their rapport conversation as he comes to understand how much Eltolinde thinks of him.
Ithilion
- Babies Ever After: If Alain chooses Rosalinde as his Maiden, Ithilion's ending changes where it is stated that he and Elina had half-elven children together, and he will continue to look after their descendants when she passes away.
- The Baby of the Bunch: His young age compared to the rest of the full blooded elves in Alain's army is repeatedly noted, him having been a child when all the others were already adults. Downplayed in that he neither wants nor gets much special treatment over it, beyond characters fondly reminiscing over how different he was as a child.
- Interspecies Romance: It's heavily implied he got involved with the human Elina when she was nursing him back to health. However, while the war wages on, he's unwilling to pursue a relationship. The two get married after the war. If Alain gives him the Ring of the Maiden, he will attend their wedding.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Ithilion is very pretty. His long hair seems even longer (and puffier) thanks to the fur on the back of his armor!
- Optional Party Member: He'll only join the army if Rosalinde convinces him to during "The Elven Knight".
- Training from Hell: While ultimately beneficial and coming from a place of faith in him (Railanor was the one who saw his potential and scouted him for Rosalinde when he was a child), it's noted Railanor was a very tough teacher to him, to the point that he regularly used to curse her name.
- Undying Loyalty: Towards Rosalinde to the point it veers into Gameplay and Story Integration.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Downplayed in that he is far from malicious now, but it's noted he was very shy and gentle child compared to the serious and brooding impression he tends to give as an adult.
Railanor
Voiced By: Emiri Suyama (JP), Caitlyn Elizabeth (EN)
Class: Elven Fencer
A Swordswoman and knight in service of Elheim. She and Ithilion serve as Rosalinde's personal guard. She taught the younger Ithilion as a Elven Fencer.Class: Elven Fencer
- Armor Is Useless: In her chat with Lex, Railanor states that armor not only weighs her down, metallic wear is frowned upon by the spirits she serves so all female fencers show their respect by wearing less metallic armor on themselves. Besides, Railanor's philosophy is to evade attacks rather than tank them.
- Battle Bikini: Her armor or lack thereof is described more as strips of metal lining her body like a bikini.
- Commonality Connection: She and Colm bond in their rapport conversation over having masters who are equally prone to going off on their own doing dangerous things, worrying their attendants who nonetheless recognize they seldom actually need protection.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: If Alain gives her the Ring of the Maiden, Railanor will admit that she first started to fall in love with him back when he treated her injured leg. Downplayed in that he didn't treat her exactly but rather insisted he personally carry her to a healer and stay with her after she twisted her ankle while trying to convince him to go to Rosalinde for a tryst, an act which touched her greatly.
- Ms. Fanservice: Railanor has a very voluptuous body while wearing a small armored outfit that shows a lot of skin.
- Schmuck Bait: Her stage looks like a straight shot to where she's stationed with a few watchtowers to deal with. This isn't the case as the woods around her town and the Liberation Army's encampment are loaded with archers. Savvy players familiar with how forests can hide troops might think to send a unit to scout into them just to be safe, but that's the second part of Railanor's strategy as those areas are loaded with debilitating traps.
- Undying Loyalty: To Rosalinde. Railanor wants to make sure Alain is worthy enough to court her since she knows of her infatuation with him. She even keeps her hair long to best resemble Rosalinde. The downsides of this are explored a bit, with Rosalinde wishing Railanor were not so serious in her devotion, and Ithilion disliking the almost suicidal levels of self pity Railanor expresses over having been forced by Zenoira to attack Rosalinde. Played With should she marry Alain, declaring that while her body will continue to serve Rosalinde, her heart belongs to him.
Galadmir
Voiced By: Megumi Toda (JP), Jennifer Sun Bell (EN)
Class: Elven Archer
Eltolinde's personal bodyguard who claims she went into self-exile for failing to protect her.Class: Elven Archer
- My Greatest Failure: During Zenoira's invasion of Elheim, Galadmir lost all her soldiers in battle, and in a fit of desperation to save her skin, told them where to find Eltolinde. She deeply regrets her actions so much she went into self-imposed exile. She also refuses to face Eltolinde until she feels she's sufficiently atoned for her cowardice. This is partially a lie; she didn't betray Eltolinde, but she did watch her company fall and feels immense regret for being unable to do anything to stop Zenoira. She feels similarly guilty for being unable to protect Eltolinde when she was taken by the empire to serve as their puppet. She tells the lie as a way to test the sincerity of Alain's group as allies and observe them, since much of their army consists of people from Cornia and the same is true of the Zenoirans.
Ridiel
- Aloof Archer: She’s a dark-haired, aloof woman who has been driven to cynicism from her circumstances; when she’s recruited she’s still reserved, but shows a warmer side.
- Big Damn Heroes: Half-way through her mission the Zenoira general creates a cleric ally for the player that acts as a hostage situation complete with an instant fail state if the cleric is killed. When Ridiel finally makes her choice to fight Zenoira, she kills multiple enemy units and allows the cleric to escape.
- Cutscene Power to the Max: Displays one of the most ludicrous ones in the game when she takes out several Zenoiran units at once with Arrow Rain to save some clerics, a Valor Skill which she doesn't have.
- Didn't Think This Through: When she comes to the aid of the Liberation, she threatens to put an arrow into the head of a Zenoiran who once belittled her... before realizing she just used up all of her arrows.
- Freudian Excuse: She justifies selling information to Zenoira by claiming it was her mother's idealism that Zenoira could be defeated that led to her death.
- Half-Breed Discrimination: The people of her town are seen gossiping about her for being a half-elf, to the point one of them believes she's an informant for Zenoira given how her son and some of his friends who badmouthed them in earshot of Ridiel ended up in prison. Ironically, despite another elf rebuking the woman for that statement, that's exactly what happened. It's also noted that her dream of becoming a knight of Elheim is impossible due to her half-blooded nature.
- Half-Human Hybrid: She is a half-elf, born to an elven knight and an unnamed human man. Compared to pureblooded elves, she has dark hair and shorter pointed ears.
- Les Collaborateurs: When we meet her, she’s willingly selling information to Zenoira such as on dissenters in the town or the presence of the Liberation Army; given how even they deride her heritage, it’s less from any dedication than a lack of hope they can be stopped.
- Like Parent, Like Child: She can fall in love with and marry Alain, following in her mother’s footsteps of a Mayfly–December Romance with a shorter-lived human. In this scenario, she notes her mother must be laughing at her right then given her past criticisms of the matter.
- Mayfly–December Romance: She’s the product of one, as her mother married a human man and had her. Furthermore, while half-elf lifespans aren’t specified it’s indicated they still live notably longer than humans given her father’s death is implied to have happened long ago. Alain choosing to romance her means she’ll almost-certainly outlive him, although at that point she’s willing to endure the inevitable heartbreak.
- Parental Abandonment: Her mother, Rydia, was an elven knight who was killed fighting Zenoira. Her human father implicitly died years ago.
- Playing Both Sides: When the Zenoiran she feeds info on the presence of the Liberation Army rebukes her for implying she wants a larger bonus for this intel by stating she'd sell her pride for a few gold coins, Ridiel muses on giving the Liberation info on the Zenoiran movements and being paid for it.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Though Ridiel is slow to open up to most people on account of the Half-Breed Discrimination she’s endured (which among other things deprived her of her dream to be a royal knight), when she’s fond of somebody she’ll show her tender and caring heart more openly.
Celeste
A human living within Elheim's borders and the leader of a local militia.
- A Boy and His X: While most characters with mounts either don't or barely acknowledge their steed, Celeste often talks about her gryphon both in battle and rapport events.
- Genki Girl: Shown to be quite energetic and without much of a filter on her emotions, such as in her rapport events with Adel and Mandrin.
- Idiot Savant: Not entirely present mentally, but Celeste is a Gryphon Master, and has managed to organize a small resistance movement in Elheim that has proven effective enough that she's won a fair amount of support from the local elves.
- Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Enjoys pheasant and chicken dishes despite how eating fowl is considered taboo back home due to it being viewed as disrespectful to gryphons. Celeste relishes the chance to indulge now that she's abroad, viewing that as a loophole that doesn't clash with her culture.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's just as busty as the usual Gryphon Knights and her chest jiggles just as much.
- Nice Girl: While a bit quirky, she's overflowing with kindness and seems to get along with just about anyone.
- That Came Out Wrong: Has a habit of phrasing things questionably.
- Token Human: While not the only human character that is recruited in Elheim, she's the only recruitable human character who is explicitly from Elheim.
