History Characters / ArknightsDefendersNToZ

-->'''Spot:''' [''When recruited.''] Hi, I'm Spot from the Operation Reserve Team A6. My job is to protect the other clowns on my team, I guess,

-->''Ah, mi dispiace[[note]]I am sorry[[/note]], I did not see you there. If you're all done with work, how about joining me for a drink?... Why that look in your eyes? I'm not an alcoholic. But everyone needs some liquid assistance every now and then, whether for fatigue or for suffering. Ecco[[note]]Here you are[[/note]]. it's on the strong side, so sip slowly.'' (talk after trust increase 1)
* ImageSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bObSMtVo5c "Sentenced"]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In "Il Siracusano", Penance never fights anyone, doesn't own a weapon or unique Arts, and is implied to be outright incapable of holding her own against any actual combatants. At Rhodes Island, she's similarly logistics personnel and never actually engages in combat. Neither of this stops her from being a very powerful Defender who can lay down the hurt with her flail and spiked barrier.

* ShoutOut: Her name is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Falcone Giovanni Falcone]], an Italian judge known for his efforts in overthrowing the Sicilian Mafia.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaOhara (Japanese), Shao Minjia (Mandarin Chinese), Creator/AllegraClark (English), Annalisa Longo (Italian)

A city judge from Siracusa, having left her post to join Rhodes Island on the recommendation of Texas the Omertosa.

** Passive sources of damage like poison haze or Originium Altars, which can quickly drain her barrier if she doesn't have enemies to kill.

* TheAtoner: Lavinia joined Rhodes Island to seek penance for her actions as a city judge, having considered herself an accomplice in the ''mafioso''-plagued Siracusan legal system.

* BarrierWarrior: Unlike the previous Juggernauts, Penance has no way to restore her own health, instead relying on a barrier based off of her max HP that refreshes every time she scores a kill (or uses her third skill). Said barrier however, can stack up to ''300%'' of her max HP, making her shockingly difficult to kill in spite of her lack of sustain. With enough barrier, ''[[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Z14y1G7Hw/ she can tank Patriot like it's nothing]]''.

* DrawAggro: Penance's SignatureMove is her third skill, where she can taunt the ememies to focus their attacks on her.

* MagikarpPower: Penance is a subpar unit at low levels due to her base stats and first talent '''Guardian of the Law''' not being able to outpace the incoming damage. It is only once she hits Elite 2 that she can consistently generate barrier to absorb the damage coming her way, as well as killing off attackers with '''Wreathed in Thorns'''.

[[caption-width-right:350:She walks on the thorny path and paves way for an unusual path.]]

->''Former city-state judge of Siracusa, wishing to keep her own justice.''

->''"I am Lavinia Falcone, formerly a judge of Siracusa. Today I report to you as operator Penance. I hope that in working for Rhodes Island, I can absolve myself of my past mistakes."''

-->''Ah, mi dispiace[[note]]I am sorry[[/note]], I did not see you there. If you're all done with work, how about joining me for a drink? Why that look in your eyes? I'm not an alcoholic, but everyone needs liquid assistance every now and then, whether for fatigue or for suffering. Ecco[[note]]Here you are[[/note]], it's on the strong side so sip slowly.'' (talk after trust increase 1)

->''I am Lavinia Falcone, formerly a judge of Siracusa. Today I report to you as operator Penance. I hope that in working for Rhodes Island, I can absolve myself of my past mistakes.''

* MeaningfulName: Based on the lyrics of '''Sentenced''', Lavinia abandoned her post as a judge to work for Rhodes Island as a form of ''penance'', having become disgusted by the corruption of the Siracusan legal system.

-->''Ah, mi dispiace[[note]]I am sorry[[/note]], I did not see you there. If you're all done with work, how about joining me for a drink? Why that look in your eyes? I'm not an alcoholic, but everyone needs liquid assistance every now and then, whether for fatigue or for suffering.'' (talk after trust increase 1)

-->''Ah, mi dispiace, I did not see you there. If you're all done with work, how about joining me for a drink? Why that look in your eyes? I'm not an alcoholic, but everyone needs liquid assistance every now and then, whether for fatigue or for suffering.'' (talk after trust increase 1)

* GratuitousItalian: The wall behind her in her Elite 2 art reads "giustizia", which is Italian for "justice".

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiAbe (Japanese), Kyle (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English), Kim Ji-yul (Korean)

->''"Hi, I'm Spot from Operation Reserve Team A6. My job is to protect the other clowns on my team, I guess."''

** Warfarin's '''Unstable Plasma''' skill bypasses Penance's barrier and drains her health directly, making it a poor choice of buffing her damage if there is no method to restore her health. Aak's '''Durian-Flavored Stimpack''' on the other hand is safe to use, as the damage is reduced both by Penance's DEF stat and absorbed by her barrier.

* CounterAttack: Her second talent '''Wreathed in Thorns''' deals Arts damage based on 50% of her ATK when enemies attack her barrier. This counter damage is based off of her ''current'' ATK stat, making her counterattacks exceptionally powerful when her S3 is active.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She wears a black suit, but is one of the more morally good characters in "Il Siracusano".

->'''Skills:''' Final Word, Stoic Atonement, Trial of Thorns

* BarrierWarrior: Unlike the previous Juggernauts, Penance has no way to restore her own health, instead relying on a barrier based off of her max HP that refreshes every time she scores a kill. Said barrier however, can stack up to ''300%'' of her max HP, making her shockingly difficult to kill in spite of her lack of sustain. With enough barrier, ''[[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Z14y1G7Hw/ she can tank Patriot like it's nothing]]''.

->'''Skills:''' The Final Word, Firm Mind, Hard Work, Overcoming Obstacles
->'''Talents:''' Legal Guardian, Ring of Thorns

** Warfarin's '''Unstable Plasma''' skill directly bypasses Penance's barrier and drains her health directly, making it a poor choice of buffing her damage if there is no method to restore her health. Aak's '''Durian-Flavored Stimpack''' on the other hand is safe to use, as the damage is reduced both by Penance's DEF stat and absorbed by her barrier.

* CounterAttack: Her second talent '''Ring of Thorns''' deals Arts damage based on 50% of her ATK when enemies attack her barrier. This counter damage is based off of her ''current'' ATK stat, making her counterattacks exceptionally powerful when her S3 is active.

* MagikarpPower: Penance is a subpar unit at low levels due to her base stats and first talent '''Legal Guardian''' not being able to outpace the incoming damage. It is only once she hits Elite 2 that she can consistently generate barrier to absorb the damage coming her way, as well as killing off attackers with '''Ring of Thorns'''.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaOhara (Japanese), Shao Minjia (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English), Annalisa Longo (Italian)

* ContraltoOfDanger: She sports quite the deep voice, and is a very formidable tank.

** The ''Records of Originium'' manhua further expands on this, showing that Saria took up boxing at a very young age so she could defend herself against bullies. It also shows how brutally strong she is even without her Arts when she destroys an armored glass window with her bare hands while her Arts were being suppressed.
* HeelFaceTurn: During the Mansfield Break event, she was infiltrating the prison in collaboration with [[spoiler:Muelsyse, who wanted Mountain under her thumb for an unexplained but dehumanizing purpose. Saria turns at the last moment to deliver him to Silence instead, who was trying to break him out for more altruistic reasons. Outside of some speculation, it's left unknown to both parties exactly why she did this.]]

* JackOfAllTrades: Saria is famous among the playerbase for having fantastically powerful and versatile skills that can be used reliably depending on the player's needs, whether it's potent emergency healing with her S1, wide area healing with her S2, or rapid healing, crowd control, and Arts damage amplification with her S3. Saria is regarded as the best "M9" candidate, where a 6-star operator's skills are all upgraded to Mastery 3, though this also makes her incredibly expensive to fully build.

* ParentalSubstitute: Ifrit's comments in particular make it clear that, prior to whatever the incident was, Ifrit and Saria were as close as Ifrit and Silence are; this has led to the fandom semi-joke that Saria is the "dad" to Silence's "mom" concerning Ifrit. Saria, for her part, doesn't feel she's ''ready'' to be part of Ifrit's life again and is much more conflicted about her role in the incident than Silence believes. [[spoiler: In addition, she also keeps her distance out of respect for Silence, who after the incident, told her to never come near Ifrit again.]]

* ToughLove: The Rhine Lab manhua reveals that her dad instilled this in her when she told him that other kids were bullying her and broke her toy car. [[spoiler:When a particularly painful treatment session sent Ifrit crying to Saria, she consoled her instead of emulating her own dad.]]

* WillfullyWeak: Everybody knows that Saria is far stronger physically and through her Arts than she shows in battle, leading them to wonder why she has decided to limit herself to being a Defender rather than taking on a more offensive role. [[spoiler:In the finale of ''Mansfield Break'', she delivers a CurbStompBattle to Jesselton, who prior to her intervention was fighting Mountain, Kafka, and Robin simultaneously and winning rather effortlessly.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Sharp-eyed players may notice that in her official art, she's always carrying one of Silence's feathers with her (first on her belt, then on her shield in E2). The description of Silence's token states that she gifts her own feathers as a gesture of sincerity. That someone like [[TheStoic Saria]] would keep such a memento on her at all times, even in light of their current strained relationship, suggests that if nothing else, they were more than simply coworkers in the past. [[spoiler:The Rhine Lab manhua revealed that Silence gifted her the feather as a good luck token during her investigation into Ifrit's past, before the Diabolic Crisis soured their relationship.]]

* BareYourMidriff: She wears a narrow red tube top underneath her open coat, exposing her midriff.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The former director of Rhine Lab's Defense section is more than able to beat a large, muscular grown man into submission with nothing but her bare hands and her Arts. Even when not using Arts, she is a very solid operator whose versatility will carry you through many hard stages. [[spoiler: With the reveal that she is a co-founder of Rhine Lab, this trope is even more in effect]].