History Characters / ArknightsDefenders

* CuteBruiser: Being a teeny girl doesn't stop her from absorbing tremendous amounts of damage like other Defenders.

* {{Kawaiiko}}: She is incredibly cute, endearing, and likable thanks to her can-do, peppy attitude and desire to help people. This is a bit notable, as her CastHerd stable-mates are Zima (who is a {{Punk}} {{Delinquent}} clearly struggling with [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD from the fall of Chernobog]]) and Istina (who is a [[TheSpock highly-rational]] top student), making her a marked contrast to them both.

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-> ''"All things are bound to evolution by the laws of nature. Yet Rhine Lab attempted to change it; take control of it, even. What a foolish plan..."''
-->'''Artist:''' [=NoriZC=]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaIguchi
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'''Basic File'''
* Codename: Saria
* Gender: Female
* Place of birth: Columbia
* Birthday: Apr. 23
* Race: Vouivre
* Height: 174cm
* Oripathy status: uninfected
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'''Operatives:''' [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards Vanguards]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSnipers Snipers]] | [[Characters/ArknightsGuards Guards]] | [[Characters/ArknightsDefenders Defenders]] | [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Casters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsMedics Medics]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSupporters Supporters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSpecialists Specialists]] \\
'''Factions:''' '''Rhodes Island''' | [[Characters/ArknightsReunionMovement The Reunion Movement]] | [[Characters/ArknightsOthers Miscellaneous factions & characters]]]]-]]]

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Rhodes Island: \\
[[Characters/ArknightsRhodesIsland Core Staff]] | [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards Vanguards]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSnipers Snipers]] | [[Characters/ArknightsGuards Guards]] | '''Defenders''' | [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Casters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsMedics Medics]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSupporters Supporters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSpecialists Specialists]] \\
[[Characters/ArknightsReunionMovement The Reunion Movement]] \\
[[Characters/ArknightsOthers Miscellaneous factions & characters]]]]-]

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* PlotThreads: Saria's final profile entry, achieved at 200 Trust, is the one that really exposes potential future developments for the Rhine Lab plotline: [[spoiler:she is quite worried that Ifrit could go even more out of control than she apparently did during the Flame Demon Incident (and this would likely be serious enough to destroy Rhodes Island the city outright) and that the Rhine top brass have kept things from Silence and might just come looking for their escaped test subject again (but of course, if Saria tries to warn Silence about the things she doesn't know, Silence would likely dismiss it, given the source). It's made pretty clear the crisis will come to a head at some point, and is a likely hook for a Rhine-focused event in the future.]]

* NoodleIncident: Her place in the highly noodly Flame Demon Incident is particularly unclear -- she herself isn't proud of what she did (which is ominously described as "[[DeadlyEuphemism suppressing experimental items that had gone out of control]]") but still ultimately believes [[IDidWhatIHadTo it was necessary]]. Silence seems to ''vehemently'' disagree and clearly fears for Ifrit's safety with Saria around (which, according to Saria, is a misplaced fear). There's also a fair bit of suggestion that Ifrit knew Saria before the incident and wants to talk with her again, but Silence is totally against this and the exact nature of the relationship hasn't been elaborated on (beyond Saria herself also wanting to keep Ifrit safe, albeit from a distance).

[[Characters/ArknightsRhodesIsland Core Staff]] | [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards Vanguards]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSnipers Snipers]] | [[Characters/ArknightsGuards Guards]] | [[Characters/ArknightsDefenders Defenders]] | [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Casters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsMedics Medics]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSupporters Supporters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSpecialists Specialists]] \\

* DefectorFromDecadence: She considers herself one, as she considered the motives and goals behind the experiments involving Ifrit so ethically and scientifically repugnant that she had no choice but to part ways with Rhine Lab and has no intention of returning and wants to ensure no one else is foolish enough to repeat Rhine's mistakes.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: She's a Defender with a skill set, both mechanically and InUniverse, more in line with that of a Medic. Her voice lines and profile even discuss this, and she tends to wave off questions about why she insists on front line duty and insists that, as a former security head, this is her job. [[[[Characters/ArknightsMedics Ptilopsis]] jokingly(?) suggests she didn't become a Medic due to her [[DrJerk lack of bedside manner]].

A former researcher at the Rhine Lab Medical Research Institute and former head of its Defense Division, Saria parted ways with Rhine following the "Flame Demon Incident", an accident of some sort involving [[Characters/ArknightsCasters the experimental subject "Ifrit"]] and [[Characters/ArknightsMedics Olivia Silence]]. Disgusted with the behavior and attitudes of the leadership of Rhine concerning the incident, Saria traveled to Rhodes Island and has availed herself to Rhodes as an independent Operator, fulfilling whatever duties Rhodes needs doing that utilize her considerable skill set, with her taking to the front lines against Reunion as a Defender. Ifrit and Silence coming to Rhodes to control Ifrit's oripathy, however, has made her life a good deal more complicated -- particularly since Silence still holds a smouldering grudge against her for Saria's apparent actions during the incident, and Saria's worries that the "incident" might, in a sense, not be over yet...

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: She's a Defender with a skill set, both mechanically and InUniverse, more in line with that of a Medic. Her voice lines and profile even discuss this, and she tends to wave off questions about why she insists on front line duty and insists that, as a former security head, this is her job. Ptilopsis jokingly(?) suggests she didn't become a Medic due to her [[DrJerk lack of bedside manner]].

* Race:Vouivre

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The vast majority of them wield shields (or shield-like objects), justifying their high defenses. Some of them are even issued shields ''and nothing else''.
* StoneWall: Defenders have mountains of hit points with correspondingly low range and attack power. Many of them have skills that boosts their excellent survivability even further.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: She's a Defender with a skill set, both mechanically and InUniverse, more in line with that of a Medic. Her voice lines and profile even discuss this, and she tends to wave off questions about why she insists on front line duty and insists that, as a former security head, this is her job.