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| 7 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Arknights}} Characters]]'''\ |
| 8 | '''Operators:''' [[Characters/ArknightsVanguards Vanguards]] ([[Characters/ArknightsVanguardsAToM A-M]] | [[Characters/ArknightsVanguardsNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/ArknightsSnipers Snipers]] ([[Characters/ArknightsSnipersAToM A-M]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSnipersNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/ArknightsGuards Guards]] ([[Characters/ArknightsGuardsAToH A-H]] | [[Characters/ArknightsGuardsIToQ I-Q]] | [[Characters/ArknightsGuardsRToZ R-Z]]) | [[Characters/ArknightsDefenders Defenders]] ([[Characters/ArknightsDefendersAToM A-M]] | [[Characters/ArknightsDefendersNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Casters]] ([[Characters/ArknightsCastersAToG A-G]] | [[Characters/ArknightsCastersHToM H-M]] | [[Characters/ArknightsCastersNToZ N-Z]])\ |
| 9 | [[Characters/ArknightsMedics Medics]] ([[Characters/ArknightsMedicsAToM A-M]] | '''N-Z''') | [[Characters/ArknightsSupporters Supporters]] ([[Characters/ArknightsSupportersAToM A-M]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSupportersNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/ArknightsSpecialists Specialists]] ([[Characters/ArknightsSpecialistsAToM A-M]] | [[Characters/ArknightsSpecialistsNToZ N-Z]]) \ |
| 10 | '''Factions:''' [[Characters/ArknightsRhodesIsland Rhodes Island]] | [[Characters/ArknightsReunionMovement The Reunion Movement]] | [[Characters/ArknightsDublinn Dublinn]] | [[Characters/ArknightsMilitaryCommissionOfKazdel The Military Commission of Kazdel]] | [[Characters/ArknightsAllies Allied Factions]] | [[Characters/ArknightsEnemies Enemy Factions]]\ |
| 11 | [[Characters/ArknightsOthers Miscellaneous factions & characters]] | [[Characters/ArknightsNations Nation States]] ([[Characters/ArknightsNationsAToK A-K]] | [[Characters/ArknightsNationsLToS L-S]] | [[Characters/ArknightsNationsTToZ T-Z]]) | [[Characters/ArknightsEnemyIndex Enemy Units Index]]]]-]]] |
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| 13 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[folder:Nightingale]] |
| 16 | !!Nightingale / Liz |
| 17 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Game Launch\ |
| 18 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiIshikawa (Japanese), Claire (Mandarin Chinese), Sophie Colquohun (English), Lee Hyun-jin (Korean)\ |
| 19 | '''Artist:''' Skade |
| 20 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_179_cgbird_1_3.png]] |
| 21 | [[caption-width-right:350:As simple as a blank sheet.]] |
| 22 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_179_cgbird_2_1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 23 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Witch Feast: an elegy skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_179_cgbird_witch1.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 24 | ->''Nightingale, Sarkaz healer, will do everything she can to provide medical care for the squad''. |
| 25 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★★ |
| 26 | ->'''ID:''' No. 179 |
| 27 | ->'''Subclass:''' Multi-target |
| 28 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing, Support |
| 29 | ->'''Skills:''' Healing Up γ, Arts Shield, Sanctuary |
| 30 | ->'''Talents:''' White Fiend's Protection, Fleeting Phantom |
| 31 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Followers - Rhodes Island |
| 32 | %%->'''Real Name:''' Liz |
| 33 | ->'''Race:''' Sarkaz |
| 34 | ->'''Birthday:''' May 4 |
| 35 | ->'''Height:''' 164cm |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ->''"Liz... that's my real name. Everything else is just cloudy, indistinct memories..."'' |
| 38 | |
| 39 | An amnesiac, physically-frail young woman who, alongside Shining and Nearl, formed the "Followers," a travelling healing group. Despite her illness and seemingly emotionless nature, Nightingale is an amazing medic with unmatched prowess in healing arts, and became an operator in order to accompany Nearl and Shining in their missions. |
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| 41 | * AmbiguouslyGay: With Shining. In chapter 13, [[spoiler:she stopped Shining from sacrificing herself by saying that she had always loved the name Shining gave her, that she liked Shining's current name better than her real name, and that Shining shouldn't decide and bear everything on her own when they had promised to get through everything together.]] |
| 42 | * AmbiguousSituation: While Chapter 13 confirmed that [[spoiler:her body was artificially created to house her consciousness, it's unknown ''where'' her consciousness came from in the first place. Theories ranged from a dead friend of Shining, to a part of the Sarkaz collective memory, to even a piece of Shining's own memory/consciousness, but the game has yet to confirm anything aside from some vague hints.]] |
| 43 | * AntiMagic: In a game where anti-Arts measures are extremely rare, Nightingale is ''the'' anti-Arts unit. With an arsenal of skills and talents designed to almost completely neuter Arts damage to her teammates, she's invaluable to have on stages that are heavy on Arts threats. |
| 44 | * BarrierWarrior: Like Shining, she is able to generate a magic barrier with her S2 '''Arts Shield''' which reduces damage received from incoming attacks. However, her barriers are based upon Arts damage reduction instead of physical (Arts damage completely ignores one's Defense stat, but can be reduced by a certain % based on the RES/magic resistance). |
| 45 | * BeyondTheImpossible: It's been established in ''Originium Dust'' event that healing arts aren't the convenient healing spells found in most fiction, being hard to master and in practice mostly being used only as first-aid, thus medicine and medical science are still needed. However, Nightingale in her Operator Records is able to '''reverse the symptoms of Oripathy through her healing arts alone,''' a feat that even medicine and drugs seemingly cannot accomplish. It's no wonder she used to be caged and used for her healing powers when it can accomplish what seems to be miracles. |
| 46 | * BookDumb: It is noted in her profile that Nightingale did badly on written exams and doesn't really grasp the principle and practice of modern medicine; in exchange, she knew human anatomy like the back of her hand, is so good with healing arts that it left researchers and observers in awe, and can discern symptoms of illness and their source with a look. |
| 47 | * CagedBirdMetaphor: |
| 48 | ** {{Invoked}} in her Elite 2 artwork, which shows Nightingale breaking free from a large bird cage. |
| 49 | ** She also recalls being imprisoned in an empty room, and the only time she goes out is when someone else needed her healing powers. Her lack of agency in the past is why Shining always ensures that Nightingale can make her own choices, as she's no longer imprisoned. |
| 50 | ** Her voiced lines also contain allusions between rooms and cages. |
| 51 | * CastFromHitPoints: From her Operator Records, every time Nightingale use healing arts her own condition and illness worsens, though this doesn't deter her at all from wanting to heal people. |
| 52 | * CripplingOverspecialization: Nightingale is the complete opposite of Shining, specializing in buffing RES above all. This makes her ideal when going up against Casters or Arts drones, but much less effective when the majority of the enemy deals physical damage. It isn't all bad however, since Arts damage-dealing baddies tend to be among some of the more dangerous enemies the player can encounter, and ''very few'' Operators have ways of bolstering their RES or Arts dodge to mitigate Arts damage. |
| 53 | ** [[spoiler:Gameplay-wise, so much so that she's practically mandatory when fighting the TrueFinalBoss of the first arc. Her Res buffs are almost always going to be the only thing standing between you beating JT 8-3 and the waves of fireballs killing all your operators while the hounds that come during the firestorm going through and ending your run. Being pre-packaged with a decoy that can DrawAggro is another pointer why she's invaluable for this certain map.]] |
| 54 | *** [[spoiler:[[BrutalBonusLevel [=H8-4=]]] is another fight against the TrueFinalBoss, except instead of enemies trying to sneak through while the firestorm is raging, it's Ursus Civilians you must protect, forcing you to ''block 4 lanes worth of fireballs''. Even worse is that Nightingale can only cover 3 of those lanes, though being able to cover just 3 is already a godsend.]] |
| 55 | * DamageReduction: Nightingale's specialty is in reducing Arts damage to any of her healing targets. |
| 56 | ** Her talent '''White Fiend's Protection''' increases the RES of all allies within her range by 10 (15 at Elite 2). |
| 57 | ** '''Arts Shield''' is an automatic skill that forms a barrier around her next healing targets, which soaks up incoming Arts damage equal to up to 90% of Nightingale's ATK, and increases their RES by up to 20. |
| 58 | ** On top of increasing her reach and her ATK, her S3 '''Sanctuary''' buffs the RES of all allies within range by up to 150%, and gives them all up to 25% Arts Dodge. |
| 59 | * DamselInDistress: In Chapter 13, [[spoiler:Nightingale is kidnapped by the Confessarius to further his plans, as well as force Shining to confront him. However, it's also unusual in that Nightingale ''chose'' to get kidnapped, as the alternative of Shining killing him - and thus "giving birth" to the white-horned Lord of Fiends - is something Nightingale doesn't want]]. |
| 60 | * DejaVu: She gets this feeling whenever she sees Amiya, pondering if she has already met her before. |
| 61 | * DelicateAndSickly: Nightingale is one of the most prominent example in Arknights: the two main prominent ones are her memory loss and physical frailty (with her physical strength, mobility, and physical resilience tests all ranking at flawed), which makes her both physically and mentally disabled to some degree, but it's implied that there are more problems if the censored parts of her profile is of any indication. She's also unique compared to other ill girl like Eyjafjalla in that while she's suffering from Oripathy, it's actually '''not''' the main reason why she's become so ill, with the implication being Nightingale's condition was inflicted by human means. Chapter 11 later reveals that [[spoiler:Nightingale is an experiment of the Confessarius to transfer souls and memories to another body and in this case, Nightingale was the original intended vessel to host Theresa's memories and power as the Lord of the Fiends which was turned moot when Theresa chose to transfer her powers and memories to Amiya instead.]] |
| 62 | * DrawAggro: At Elite 2, Nightingale gains the '''Fleeting Phantom''' talent; with it, she can summon phantoms that don't attack or block enemies, but boast an incredible 75% RES and a good 30% physical dodge, and forcing enemies to attack it, giving your team some breathing room. |
| 63 | * DumbBlonde: Downplayed Type I; she's [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde]] and fairly BookDumb, but tremendously talented in terms of medical experience instead. |
| 64 | * EmotionlessGirl: Amiya describes her emotions as like a blank sheet of paper, and all of her voice lines are delivered in the same, nearly-monotonous tone; she also never emotes in all of her appearances thus far, always sporting the same blank look and only having a single expression sprite, which is notable as even [[TheStoic Shining]] - [[ThoseTwoGirls who always appears with her]] - has smiled a few times. However, she expresses worry when Nearl decides to crash into the arena in "Maria Nearl" event and shows happiness after healing a sick child in her Operator Records, showing that she does have emotions even if it's rather muted. |
| 65 | * FamilyOfChoice: In chapter 10, Nightingale said that Kazdel is not her home; her home is with Shining and Nearl, which is practically this trope. |
| 66 | * FictionalDisability: As a result of breathing Originium toxin, her infection has left her with several nervous-related problems, such as memory loss and motor impairment. It's implied in her profile there are more issues. |
| 67 | * {{Forgiveness}}: In chapter 13, Nightingale managed to remember a question that Shining asked her a long time ago, and gives her answer: [[spoiler:that she had forgiven Shining for what she'd done to her a long time ago, even before Shining had sealed her memories away without her consent.]] |
| 68 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Fittingly, as they travel together, she and Shining form an incredible tag team of Medics. Whereas Nightingale focuses on buffing your operator's RES, Shining can cover the buffing of your operator's DEF where Nightingale cannot, turning your team into an incredible StoneWall regardless of damage type. |
| 69 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Nightingale has blonde hair and is dedicated to healing others despite the fact that doing so would cause pain for herself and worsen her own illness. As seen in her Operator Records, Nightingale very much chooses to do that on her own volition and not just to follow Shining and Nearl. |
| 70 | * HornedHumanoid: As a member of the Sarkaz race, she has two black horns that somehow fold on the sides of her head. |
| 71 | * ImageSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIh8PEwFCtg Spring’s Pulse]]". |
| 72 | * {{Irony}}: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in her profile. The medic operator who writes her medical analysis noted how ironic it is that despite being an amazing healer who can recognize symptoms of illness with a look, Nightingale cannot do the same for herself. |
| 73 | * LadyAndKnight: Nightingale serves as the Lady to Shining and Nearl's Knight. She cannot fight and needs to be protected because of her frailty, but is the most powerful healer out of the three who can also protect them from arts, which few characters can do; she also worries over her "knights" and become an operator so she can accompany them on missions and battle. She's also definitely treated as one when travelling with Shining and Nearl, with both fussing over her to lean on them when tired, offering food and a spot near the campfire so she can rest better, and one of the factors they consider when deciding whether to risk conflict and stay in a village to help the people or not is Nightingale's health. |
| 74 | * MakingTheChoiceForYou: In chapter 13, [[spoiler:the Confessarius gave Shining a choice: either let Nightingale be truly free, foiling his plan at the cost of her health, or she could kill him, had her body taken over and her family's plan realized, but Nightingale will be cured. Nightingale ends up choosing to get kidnapped before Shining could kill him, forgiving her for everything she'd done to her while also saying that she wouldn't let Shining decide everything by herself when they'd promised to face this together.]] |
| 75 | * TheMedic: She definitely fulfils this role in the Followers, despite both Shining and Nearl also being able to heal others just fine, because this is definitely her main role; she's so good at healing, in fact, that she's able to heal and lessen Oripathy symptoms through her healing Arts alone, without the aid of any drugs or medicine whatsoever. |
| 76 | * MythicalMotifs: Demons, due to her Sarkaz race. However, her main motif seems to be that of birds, as she's got the same name of one, has a bird on her staff that spreads its wings whenever she heals, her Elite 2 artwork and her summons refer to birds in cages. Shining also refers to her as a "little blue bird" in her Operator Record. |
| 77 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She is named after Florence Nightingale, the founder of Modern Nursing. It also overlaps to a MeaningfulName with the Nightingale bird, which is referenced in her Elite 2 artwork having a bird cage. |
| 78 | * NoSell: At S3 Mastery 3 and full potential, if Nightingale buffs somebody with at least 25 RES, they can almost completely laugh off Arts damage.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Her talent will give them a bonus 15 RES to increase it to 40, and her M3 Sanctuary buffs that by +150%, resulting in a total of 100 RES translating to 95% Arts damage reduction due to the 5% minimum damage rule.[[/labelnote]] And that's just them eating the raw damage by themselves, without factoring in the 25% Arts evasion bonus offered by the skill. |
| 79 | * SilkHidingSteel: Chapter 13 shows that despite being extremely kind, frail and gentle, Nightingale is no pushover; [[spoiler:she refuses to let herself be manipulated by the Confessarius, trapping him in her cage and even exposing his soul for Shining to attack, and when it's revealed that [[ThanatosGambit killing him is a part of his plan]], Nightingale ''chooses'' to get kidnapped because she knew the Confessarius wouldn't actually hurt or kill her, thus giving Shining the necessary resolve she needs to face her past]]. |
| 80 | * SituationalSword: As described under CripplingOverspecialization, Nightingale focuses entirely on giving your team more RES. This makes her invaluable in situations where the enemy mainly deals Arts damage... which isn't that common until harder levels or events like Contingency Contract#1 or Chapters 7 and onwards, which limits her utility during the early-to-mid game. Regardless of occasion, the vast majority of enemies in ''Arknights'' deal Physical damage, which Nightingale doesn't protect against. |
| 81 | ** [[spoiler:This proves to be really useful in Chapter 8 against the final boss, due to the fact that after each of her phases, she will release waves of gigantic fireballs for several seconds, dealing heavy Arts damage that will likely wipe out your operators while groups of hounds try to sneak through. This is where Nightingale's S3 will really shine due to its strong Arts protection. Outside of this, there's really no other point in the game where one absolutely needs to have her to win anything.]] |
| 82 | *** [[spoiler:Even more useful for Chapter 8's BrutalBonusLevel, [=H8-4=]. Instead of having to block hounds trying to sneak through the firestorm, you need to plug 4 separate lanes (top 2 lanes and bottom 2 lanes) in order to protect a bunch of Ursus Civilians. Nightingale's S3 range is a literal godsend in providing enough RES for your plugs in 3 lanes to survive the firestorm (while you need to somehow figure something out for the last lane).]] |
| 83 | * SuperSenses: From her Operator Record, Nightingale is shown to be able to sense people suffering from Oripathy without seeing them directly. |
| 84 | * SupportPartyMember: Nightingale is really a RES buffer just as much as she is a healer, meaning that she is an excellent choice for when Arts-dealing enemies show up to ruin your day (especially in Contingency Contract), as there are very few versatile options for dedicated Arts tanking. |
| 85 | * ThoseTwoGirls: In all her appearances thus far, she's always seen together with Shining, and before Nearl joined them Nightingale traveled together with Shining for quite some time. [[spoiler:After the events of ''Near Light'', with Nearl staying in Kazimierz to help reform the country, Nightingale is once again left together with Shining as they go to Londinium.]] |
| 86 | * WhatIsThisFeeling: In her Operator Records, Nightingale felt an unknown emotion stirred within her after healing a boy suffering from Oripathy. She then asks Shining whether what she's feeling is happiness, which Shining confirms with a smile. |
| 87 | * WistfulAmnesia: Nightingale is one of the few operators who has amnesia. Despite that, however, she could still felt a sense of DejaVu, such as meeting Amiya. |
| 88 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Because her body is artificially created, her condition inevitably deteriorates as time goes on, and not even Rhodes Island or Kal'tsit can stop it. The only one who can cure or stabilize her condition is Confessarius or Shining with her family's lab and equipment.]] |
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| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | [[folder:Paprika]] |
| 93 | !!Paprika |
| 94 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Episode 11: Return to Mist\ |
| 95 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuSasahara (Japanese), Zhou Yihan (Mandarin Chinese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (English), Park Ri-na (Korean)\ |
| 96 | '''Artist:''' VVVVIIIIIIA |
| 97 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paprika_arknights.png]] |
| 98 | [[caption-width-right:350:She's still fumbling for a direction, and in fumbling she'll grow.]] |
| 99 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paprika_elite_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 100 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her 0011/Tempest: The Road to Here skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_4071_peper_whirlwind5_min.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 101 | ->''A young and tender Sarkaz mercenary, still a child in the eyes of many.'' |
| 102 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 103 | ->'''ID:''' No. 4071 |
| 104 | ->'''Subclass:''' Chain |
| 105 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 106 | ->'''Skills:''' Shielding Tactics, Camaraderie |
| 107 | ->'''Talents:''' Focused Attention |
| 108 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhodes Island |
| 109 | ->'''Race:''' Sarkaz |
| 110 | ->'''Birthday:''' March 13 |
| 111 | ->'''Height:''' 155cm |
| 112 | |
| 113 | ->''"Hey there! Starting today, my squad and I are at your beck and call, Doctor. Call me Paprika. You seem like a solid employer, but you're still on probation! I've got my eye on you!"'' |
| 114 | |
| 115 | A member of a Columbian mercenary squad hired by Manfred, who was rescued by Rhodes Island after defecting due to conflicting ideals following the Londinium incident. |
| 116 | ---- |
| 117 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: She constantly tries to project the image of a hardened mercenary like how she's been trained, but her constant fumbling and toothlessness owing to her inexperience and innocence only make her more laughably endearing, especially since she and her antics provide some of the few lighthearted moments in the Londinium Crisis. |
| 118 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Paprika is stated to be very young for a merc (at the age of 12) and is equally naïve to what war is actually like, as she joined the Military Commission of Kazdel just because her squad leader told her to and isn't even sure what she's fighting for. As a result, she's incredibly inexperienced and somewhat oblivious to how ruthless being a mercenary can actually get, and is noted to behave more like a girl scout than an actual mercenary. Fittingly, pretty much all of her Military Commission allies treated her as a sheltered kid at best or a clueless idiot at worst. |
| 119 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Both of her parents died when she was very young, and she was forced to live in relative poverty with her grandmother due to being a Sarkaz. And then she contracted Oripathy at a young age and was kicked out of school, forcing her to become a mercenary to survive. |
| 120 | * DefectorFromDecadence: "Decadence" is a stretch considering the grueling life of a Sarkaz mercenary, but once she witnessed the horrors of the Londinium incident and discovered that being a "full-fledged mercenary" meant having to be able to kill without remorse, she decided to give up on serving Kazdel and joined Rhodes Island instead. |
| 121 | * FantasticRacism: She was subject to racial prejudices during her childhood in Columbia, which only got worse after she contracted Oripathy. This led to her being pressured to drop out of school, which led to her joining the Pioneers, and then a Sarkaz mercenary outfit after that. |
| 122 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: |
| 123 | ** She served Manfred's army in the occupation of Londinium and was part of the operation to kill anyone in Catherine's factory who knew too much, technically making her an enemy for the duration of Episode 11, but it quickly becomes clear that she's not good at it in the slightest. She never shows genuine hostility, makes small talk with Catherine and opens up to her when the latter is her prisoner, and ultimately can't even bring herself to kill her when her commander directly orders her to. |
| 124 | ** This only continues in Episode 12 where Manfred decides to bring her to the frontlines and personally show her the harshness of war, where Paprika continues to fumble with the weight of a mercenary and gets in trouble for giving food to the starving citizens of Norport, as well as getting effortlessly subdued by Ines aboard the K.M.C.'s airship and needing Manfred to bail her out. |
| 125 | ** Ditto in Episode 13, where she and her crew are stuck doing menial labor for the Blood Court and run into Amiya's group, where Logos and Doctor manage to leverage the former's Banshee status to make them give up their car and unwittingly become their prisoners. Paprika does catch on to this eventually, but between her inexperience and her being surrounded by genuine powerhouses, she can do little but tag along with them. When all the allied groups meet up and Paprika gets dragged into their plans, it's clear that nobody considers her a threat in the slightest. |
| 126 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: She originally became a mercenary because she didn't know of any other way of making a living. |
| 127 | * EdibleThemeNaming: 'Paprika' is the native name for the bell pepper. |
| 128 | * TokenMinority: She is one of the three Columbian-born Sarkaz alongside Domma and Vigna. |
| 129 | * TrueCraftsman: She is actually a very skilled weaver and regularly weaves gifts for her friends. Her operator files show that at least one other operator believes that she could turn her talent in knitting towards running a clothing business on the landship. |
| 130 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: At 155cm, she is a bit taller than Ceobe--however, her confirmed age is 12 (which is quite young for her height). |
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| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Perfumer]] |
| 135 | !!Perfumer / Lena |
| 136 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Game Launch\ |
| 137 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieTakahashi (Japanese), Rachel (Mandarin Chinese), Sam Slade (English), Lee Hyun-jin (Korean)\ |
| 138 | '''Artist:''' Lanzi |
| 139 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_181_flower_1_6.png]] |
| 140 | [[caption-width-right:350:Anyone with a pollen allergy should stay away.]] |
| 141 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_181_flower_2_4.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 142 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Test Collection: Species Plantarium skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_181_flower_daily1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 143 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Epoque: Leisurely Afternoon skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_181_flower_epoque9_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 144 | ->''Perfumer, manager of "Health Garden," will use her fragrant aromatherapy to heal the squad''. |
| 145 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★ |
| 146 | ->'''ID:''' No. 181 |
| 147 | ->'''Subclass:''' Multi-target |
| 148 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 149 | ->'''Skills:''' Healing Up β, Fine Blending |
| 150 | ->'''Talents:''' Lavender, Lavender's Fragrance[[note]]Replaces Lavender at Elite 2[[/note]] |
| 151 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhodes Island |
| 152 | %%->'''Real Name:''' Lena |
| 153 | ->'''Race:''' Vulpo |
| 154 | ->'''Birthday:''' January 30 |
| 155 | ->'''Height:''' 158cm |
| 156 | |
| 157 | ->''"Nice to meet you, Doctor. I'm Lena, a perfumer. Interesting job, right? Did you know it existed?"'' |
| 158 | |
| 159 | A [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin perfumer]] employed at Rhodes Island and the caretaker of its Convalescent Garden. |
| 160 | ---- |
| 161 | * AscendedFanfic: Perfumer is actually Lanzi's [[https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/65872215 original character]], but with fox ears and a non-baseball job added. This is similar to some of the characters designed by [=KuroBlood=], who were also original characters at first. |
| 162 | * AnimalMotifs: Fennec foxes. |
| 163 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Her S2 '''Fine Blending''' more often than not proves to be this. While its massively increased healing (up to a ''+250%'' ATK buff) is powerful, the fact that it also creates a much longer delay between bursts makes using it dangerous in most heated fights, where the enemy damage can greatly outstrip Perfumer's output, making the team more liable to being overwhelmed. As such, it's typically reserved only for maps where the enemy comes in small waves and[=/=]or Perfumer has someone else to back her up, such as a healing Defender or another Medic. Where constant healing output is needed, such as event challenge maps, Perfumer's S1 is typically the go-to skill in the meta, although her S2 does have its uses when Perfumer is being used for her passive regeneration, as the ATK boost from S2 increases the regeneration without any penalty on its speed. |
| 164 | * BoringButPractical: Her '''Lavender''' talent, which passively heals ''every'' friendly entity on the map, including Operators who can't be healed normally, summons, and even passive friendly structures on the map like Control Terminals. It's not flashy but it can be the difference between life and death, and no other Medic can do it. |
| 165 | * CaringGardener: Perfumer both loves and is scientifically-fascinated with herbs and flowers. She keeps a large greenhouse on Rhodes Island to experiment with new forms of aromatherapy. She's also a literal case; her last trust file reveals that she's successfully treated patients with her aromatherapy, most notably getting [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Nightmare]]'s [[SplitPersonality condition]] under control. |
| 166 | * FloralThemeNaming: Her talent is named after the Lavender flower. |
| 167 | * GreenThumb: She has deep knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants, and all of her abilities are themed around her making use of them to heal her teammates. |
| 168 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Due to her '''Lavender''' talent, Perfumer has technically ''infinite'' range. However, only those within her highlighted range will receive full-strength healing, since her global heal is calculated after a percentage of her ATK. Notably, this also heals things/Operators that can't normally be healed, like summons or enmity guards like Hellagur, and even works if Perfumer's been stunned or frozen. |
| 169 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Her real name is Lena, and by the route of {{Engrish}}, her name is a reference to the French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé, who wrote about Aromatherapy in 1928. Since that, treatment using extract of plant is called Aromatherapy. |
| 170 | * RegeneratingHealth: Her talent '''Lavender''' passively causes all friendly units to gradually regenerate HP equal to up to 5.5% of Perfumer's ATK each second, making her one of the few sources of global healing in the game. |
| 171 | * TheNoseKnows: According to her dossier, Perfumer has a super keen sense of smell that allows her to identify plants based on their aroma, and can sniff down anyone on Rhodes Island with ease. She also determined from scent alone that Beanstalk's Metal Crabs grow flowers with medicinal properties. |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Ptilopsis]] |
| 176 | !!Ptilopsis / Joyce Moore |
| 177 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Game Launch\ |
| 178 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto (Japanese), D. QQ (Mandarin Chinese), Heather Nicol (English), Kim Sae-hae (Korean)\ |
| 179 | '''Artist:''' Ryuzakiichi |
| 180 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_128_plosis_1.png]] |
| 181 | [[caption-width-right:350:101010111101000[[note]]Translates to '«' in ASCII, and '嗨' (hi) In Unicode.[[/note]]]] |
| 182 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_128_plosis_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 183 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Epoque: Serenity skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artptilopsisskinepoque.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 184 | ->''Ptilopsis, database maintainer of Rhine Lab, activated. Please enter commands to operate''. |
| 185 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 186 | ->'''ID:''' No. 128 |
| 187 | ->'''Subclass:''' Multi-target |
| 188 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing, Support |
| 189 | ->'''Skills:''' Healing Up γ, Enkephalin |
| 190 | ->'''Talents:''' Skill Aura |
| 191 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhine Lab |
| 192 | ->'''Real Name:''' Joyce Moore |
| 193 | ->'''Race:''' Liberi |
| 194 | ->'''Birthday:''' October 6 |
| 195 | ->'''Height:''' 164cm |
| 196 | |
| 197 | ->''"I am Ptilopsis, former data analyst of the Rhine Lab Medical Research Institute. Please submit your orders via the Command Line."'' |
| 198 | |
| 199 | A former data analyst at Rhine Lab, the woman who identifies herself as Ptilopsis followed Silence out the door when Silence departed Rhine Lab with [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Ifrit]]. She is now employed with Rhodes Island as one of the medical technicians, assisting Silence with her care of Ifrit and other Oripathy patients. |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * AnimalMotifs: While her Liberi race represent birds, hers is specifically [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_white-faced_owl northern white-faced owls]]. Multiple owls can also be seen in her Elite 2 artwork. When you tap her in the base, she will stand right up straight as in [[https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard/27/ Tarnstellung]]. |
| 202 | * AnimalThemeNaming: Ptilopsis is a genus of owls, which are her AnimalMotifs. |
| 203 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Her hairstyle resembles the top of the head of the northern white-faced owl (''Ptilopsis leucotis'') and its general form resembles the shape of the owl, and also their orange eyes are similar to the specie. Her mostly white outfit in her Elite 2 artwork does another job of mimicking their white, black and grey colors. |
| 204 | * BrainComputerInterface: [[spoiler:Her module reveals that Rhine Lab chose her as experimental subject to essentially become this in order to interpret the mysterious signals of Originium as a human decryption system. The experiment went south and damaged her brain, which forced her to get a chip implanted in her brain to repair the injury, since which she starts hearing voices in her head which puts a lot of strain on her and forces her to speak in robotic fashion to reduce the burden.]] |
| 205 | * CombatStilettos: She wears high heels in her Elite 2 artwork. |
| 206 | * DelicateAndSickly: Apart from her Oripathy, Ptilopsis [[spoiler:suffered a permanent brain injury during a botched Rhine Labs experiment. She's only able to maintain her mental faculties due to an experimental chip implanted in her brain, but the strain placed on her brain has increased, exacerbating her narcolepsy and threatening to worsen the condition of her brain in the near future.]] |
| 207 | * ExpressiveHair: The two hair parts on the sides of Ptilopsis' head will move and twitch according to the mood she's feeling, much like the ears of a dog. |
| 208 | * GatheringSteam: Her second skill takes a ''long'' time to charge. The first use is alleviated by a bout of starting SP, but even a skill 2 that is at mastery 3 will take a full 100 SP to charge. This is partially alleviated by her own talent, however, and can be further alleviated by sources that directly give SP, like Saria's second talent. |
| 209 | * LittleBitBeastly: More notable beyond the general fact of ''everyone'' being so in that she is identifiably a specific genus of owl -- Ptilopsis is definitely some kind of African white-faced owl, which is the genus ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptilopsis ptilopsis]]'', with her more likely being a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_white-faced_owl Northern white-faced owl]]. |
| 210 | * MisplacedWildlife: Although Ptilopsis is a native Columbian, which makes her an in-universe equivalent of an American, the owl species she represents is only found in Africa. |
| 211 | * NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: When Mayer probes Ptilopsis for details on Device #9, [[spoiler:her brain chip, she states that there are no backups or any kind of reference materials she can give to Mayer, indicating that it's an absolute one of a kind chip that can only be found in Ptilopsis' brain]]. |
| 212 | * AnOddPlaceToSleep: Ptilopsis' Oripathy manifests not only as narcolepsy but also memory loss. Because of this, she can spontaneously fall asleep where she stands and wake up not remembering where she is or why she's there in the first place. Because of this, she's not allowed to travel far without an escort lest she ends up passing out in a dangerous place. |
| 213 | * TheOwlKnowingOne: She's based on an owl, and she's got a database in her head. |
| 214 | * RepressedMemories: It's implied in "Stories of Afternoon" that she suppressed her own memories regarding her involvement in the Flame Demon Incident, which is shown in Extra Chapter 3 of the Rhine Lab manhua. [[spoiler:Ptilopsis was actually not present when Silence's attempt to smuggle Ifrit out of Rhine Lab led to Ifrit going on an unconscious rampage that was stopped by Saria, because Ptilopsis was undergoing a month-long treatment of her own condition at Director Parvis's suggestion. She only saw Ifrit in critical condition after the incident.]] |
| 215 | * RoboSpeak: She very rarely talks in something ''not'' RoboSpeak, occasional ThirdPersonPerson and all, but not [[spoiler: because she ''wants'' to]]. |
| 216 | * RobotGirl: A truly strange example: Ptilopsis behaves like a stereotypical one, never breaking character and speaking as if she was the interface terminal to a computer (and enters "sleep mode" rather often). However, make no mistake: she is a flesh-and-blood Liberi no different from, say, Silence. It's unclear if this is just how she is, or if her Oripathy is affecting her self-perception and thought patterns in some way (she asserts it's more the latter, but one has to wonder a bit, since nobody else is remotely affected this way). It doesn't interfere with her ability to work, at any rate (even if it makes conversations with her a bit odd). [[spoiler:Once you get her trust high enough, she'll admit she actively ''dislikes'' socializing this way... but she thinks it's necessary to "prevent the system nexus from being devoured by [[WhamLine that other voice]]".]] |
| 217 | ** [[spoiler:Rhine Lab actually intends her to be a human CPU more or less, minus the robotic speech and attitude that came about as a result of the faulty experiment.]] |
| 218 | * ShoutOut: Her real name may be referencing two people: '''Joyce''' Reynolds, an American computer scientist who played a significant role developing many of the basic internet protocols (including Telnet, FTP, and POP), and Gordon '''Moore''', co-founder of processor manufacturer Intel. |
| 219 | * SleepsWithBothEyesOpen: To emphasize that she's a "robot", Ptilopsis' sleep animation still has her eyes wide open. |
| 220 | * {{Sleepyhead}}: To an extreme degree. She'll fall asleep ''while conversing with people'', and then pick up where she left off on waking up. [[spoiler:Silence has diagnosed her narcolepsy to be a result of her chip constantly forcing her brain to be in a state of active stimulation even while asleep and is perturbed by the implications of what this means.]] |
| 221 | * SplitPersonality: Her robotic SpockSpeak tendencies are implied to be a method to combat this, being necessary to, as she puts it, "prevent the system nexus from being devoured by that other voice". |
| 222 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Despite her robotic mannerisms, raising her trust enough reveals that Ptilopsis is a lot more emotional and attached to the Doctor than she lets on. Her mechanical facade is only there to keep her Oripathy infection in check, because if she doesn't, her damaged sanity might cause her to go insane from her emotions going haywire. |
| 223 | * SupportPartyMember: Upon reaching Elite 1, Ptilopsis gains the '''Skill Aura''' talent which increases the SP recovery of all allies by .15 per second upon deployment. As soon as she's promoted to Elite 2, the rate increases to .3 SP per second, and her module bumps it up further to 0.35 for allies in her range. This may seem small, until one [[https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/fcokwt/i_got_curious_on_how_much_e2_ptilopsis_talent/ compares it to a non-Ptilopsis run]]. |
| 224 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Occasionally. |
| 225 | * {{Troll}}: |
| 226 | ** She jokes about resetting the entire system when promoted, saying it in a very deceptive manner. |
| 227 | --->'''(Talk after first promotion)''': Warning! Reverting Rhodes Island database to initial state... Don't worry. It's just a joke. Please don't panic. |
| 228 | --->'''(Second promotion)''': Warning. Reverting Rhodes Island database to two years ago... Relax. It's just joke. System update completed. |
| 229 | ** When someone calls for "Feathers" at both Ptilopsis' and Silence's direction in the "Stories of Afternoon" event, she tells Silence that they must be referring to Silence because Ptilopsis refuses to be saddled with such a stupid nickname. There's also the UnreliableNarrator aspect of her below. |
| 230 | * UnreliableNarrator: She narrates her own profile page. There's a few places where she's clearly embellishing a little bit and is not quite as robotic as her manner might first indicate (particularly in her final entry). One specific example is that despite her cell assimilation not being high and her having no visible lesions, her blood crystal density is ''rather'' high (0.43u/L, four times the safe limit and above many other "mild" oripathy victims) and she tries to pass it off as being mild and "under control". |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | [[folder:Purestream]] |
| 235 | !!Purestream |
| 236 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Coexistence\ |
| 237 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarieMiyake (Japanese), Cheng Li (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English), Gabin (Korean)\ |
| 238 | '''Artist:''' Wei@W, [=WalkingBoring=][[note]]Yearly Present[[/note]] |
| 239 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_385_finlpp_1_5.png]] |
| 240 | [[caption-width-right:350:She always thought that throwing coins into water to make a wish was a rather silly practice.]] |
| 241 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_385_finlpp_2_3.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 242 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her 0011 Series: Yearly Present skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_385_finlpp_nian11.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 243 | ->''Purestream, water treatment specialist, is working hard as always, cautious and conscientious.'' |
| 244 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★ |
| 245 | ->'''ID:''' No. 385 |
| 246 | ->'''Subclass:''' Therapist |
| 247 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing, Support |
| 248 | ->'''Skills:''' Healing Waves, Lifespring |
| 249 | ->'''Talents:''' Rapid Restoration |
| 250 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhodes Island |
| 251 | ->'''Race:''' Aegir |
| 252 | ->'''Birthday:''' October 24 |
| 253 | ->'''Height:''' 155cm |
| 254 | |
| 255 | ->''"Hello, I am the municipal waterway cleaner, codename Purestream! From now on, I will handle the water treatment and sanitation of this ship, so please rest assured! Oh, these are pickled vegetables from my hometown. Everyone is welcome to try some - I assure you, it's delicious!"'' |
| 256 | |
| 257 | A water treatment worker and water conservation enthusiast who signed up at Rhodes Island as an Operator. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * AnimalMotif: Finless porpoise. In fact, the scientific name of her species (''Neophocaena phocaenoides'') was explicitly given in the WWF collaboration materials. |
| 260 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Her second base skill '''Renewable Energy''' grants a 20% buff to gold production for each Trading Post you've built, meaning with the maximum of five Trading Posts, she would be providing a ''100%'' productivity buff all on her own, which is more than most teams of three can accomplish and can stack with buffs from other Operators. In practice though, building five Trading Posts would be ''far'' more trouble than it's worth; to make room for them, you'd either have to be running just one Factory, which wouldn't be able to keep up with the demand from all five Trading Posts even with Purestream's huge boost to production, or build fewer Power Plants, which would prevent you from fully upgrading all your base's facilities. In either case, it makes more sense to use a smaller number of Trading Posts and accept a less impressive, though still substantial production boost instead. |
| 261 | * EarlyBirdCameo: On Global/EN servers, she first appeared in the "Astray" interlude from Rewinding Breeze, due to the WWF collaboration event being pushed significantly further from its original release date on CN servers (between Ancient Forge and Contingency Contract #0: Barrenland) to after the release of Chapter 8. |
| 262 | * RaisedByNatives: Despite being an Aegiran and her parents were originally from Iberia, she was born and raised in Yen. She even tells fellow Iberians Elysium and Thorns that she enjoys Yen and Lungmen food instead of her parents' native food. |
| 263 | * RareRandomDrop: She's only available through recruitment like Estelle, Vulcan, and Indra. Since she's a 4-star, she's somewhat easier to obtain at least. |
| 264 | * SignificantBirthDate: Her birthday is Changjiang Porpoise Protection Day. |
| 265 | * TemporaryOnlineContent: She was originally introduced as a part of the WWF collaboration, where she was rewarded upon buying one of the limited featured packages. She was later made part of the permanent Recruitment pool in 2022. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder:Reed the Flame Shadow]] |
| 270 | !!Reed the Flame Shadow / Loughshinny Dublinn |
| 271 | !!!'''Introduced:''' What the Firelight Casts\ |
| 272 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamikoNoto (Japanese), Fumeng Ruowei (Mandarin Chinese), Creator/MarthaMackintosh (English), Yoo Bora (Korean)\ |
| 273 | '''Artist:''' Starshadowmagic |
| 274 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_1020_reed2_1.png]] |
| 275 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Now she recognizes herself as the Red Dragon of Tara, and in bearing those humblest of ideals, she is illuminated.'']] |
| 276 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:''Click for her Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_1020_reed2_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 277 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:''Click for her Epoque: Curator skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flameshadow_skin1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 278 | ->''From a mired land returns Reed, a warm flame in her grasp.'' |
| 279 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★★ |
| 280 | ->'''ID:''' No. 1020 |
| 281 | ->'''Subclass:''' Incantation |
| 282 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing, DPS, Debuff |
| 283 | ->'''Skills:''' Swift Strike, Wither and Thrive, Ember of Life |
| 284 | ->'''Talents:''' Cinder, Reflected Shine |
| 285 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Dublinn |
| 286 | %%->'''Real Name:''' Loughshinny Dublinn |
| 287 | ->'''Race:''' Draco |
| 288 | ->'''Birthday:''' October 16 |
| 289 | ->'''Height:''' 172cm |
| 290 | |
| 291 | ->''"I know—you'll have many new questions for me, about my identity, about my goals... but—I am still the same Reed."'' |
| 292 | |
| 293 | An alternate version of [[Characters/ArknightsVanguardsNToZ Reed]] after she embarked a journey to help the Taran people and find a purpose beyond being her sister's shadow. |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | * AllLovingHero: As opposed to her sister, who is willing to harm or sacrifice anyone for her rebellion, Reed has no desire to hurt anyone at all, and as her ImageSong depicts, she only wishes to protect and care for the oppressed, whoever they may be. |
| 296 | -->''If the roads all greet you with freezing rains,'' |
| 297 | -->''if your so-called comrades all do the same.'' |
| 298 | -->''Just check your pulse and you'll feel my flames,'' |
| 299 | -->''like I'm right there to warm you in the infinite cold.'' |
| 300 | * TheAtoner: At least part of Reed's motivation is to make up for the sins committed as the "Leader", as even though the intentions were not her own, she still bears responsibility for submitting to her role as her sister's shadow. |
| 301 | * BreakingOldTrends: Reed The Flame Shadow is the first non-limited 6* Alter Operator, as well as the first 6* Incantation Medic. |
| 302 | * CainAndAbel: Subverted. Reed and Eblana are polar opposites in personality and ideologies, but neither actually regard each other as the enemy as they know their ideals for Tarans is the same, and it's heavily implied they still care for each other despite their differences. While Eblana does acknowledge the possibility that she may die at Reed's hands one day, she is willing to accept it if it allows her goals to be achieved. |
| 303 | * ChainLethalityEnabler: Her third skill allows her to attack two enemies at a time and guarantees the application of a Cinder for 30 seconds. Additionally, the Cinder lasts for the entire skill duration and causes DamageOverTime, and if an enemy dies with a Cinder active, they explode for Arts damage on surrounding enemies and inflict another Cinder on them, potentially setting off a huge chain reaction of mooks exploding left and right. |
| 304 | * CombatMedic: As an Incantation Medic, she specializes in bringing the pain to her enemies first and healing her allies' pain as a side effect. Considering that Reed herself is an avid pacifist and her development in ''What the Firelight Casts'' is about learning to use her powers for healing instead of harm, there's a certain amount of irony to this. |
| 305 | * CommonalityConnection: With Saileach. Despite her being a witness to the events of County Hillock like Bagpipe, the two still manage to bond over their shared love for literature. |
| 306 | * CulturedBadass: Outside the battlefield, she is an avid reader and writer, who enjoys reading and composing poetry in her spare time. |
| 307 | * DamageIncreasingDebuff: Her attacks have a chance to inflict a Cinder on enemies, which at Elite 2 decreases their ATK by 20% and amplifies the Arts damage they take by 30% for 6 seconds. |
| 308 | * DeathSeeker: In "What the Firelight Casts", [[spoiler:she confesses to Bagpipe that she deliberately allowed herself to be hit by the bombardment attack in County Hillock, both as penance for her actions as the puppet leader of Dublinn and as a means to escape from that role. In the clinical analysis of her Archive Notes, it's shown that the first thing she said upon waking up at Rhodes Island was asking why she was saved.]] |
| 309 | * ExtremeDoormat: "What the Firelight Casts" shows that she has never had the courage to take a stand against her sister's actions despite any disagreements had with them. [[spoiler:Part of her CharacterDevelopment within the side story is learning to move past this, culminating with her defeating a shadow of her sister and leading a group of Tarans under the name of Dublinn, following her own set of ideals.]] |
| 310 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: To reflect her CharacterDevelopment of breaking away from her sister's shadow and maturing into a leader in her own rights, one of her base skills is '''Leader''' which causes her to restore morale to all allies garrisoned in the Dormitories when she is assigned to the Control Center. |
| 311 | ** Her archetype going from a purely offensive Charger Vanguard to an Incantation Medic counts as well. Despite her class, Reed has only basic medical training and is initially unable to use her Arts for healing due to her PowerIncontinence. Her former status as a 5-star Vanguard who merely dealt some additional Arts damage was likely a result of her holding back her powers to avoid hurting too many people around her. It is only after the events of ''What the Firelight Casts'' that Reed learns to embrace her Arts and use them in a controlled manner to heal others. This is reflected in gameplay as her kit is closer to a damage-dealing Caster that incidentally heals allies, befitting the Incantation Medic archetype as a Caster/Medic hybrid. |
| 312 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite being described as strong and tough due to her assumed Vouivre (actually Draco) heritage, she's significantly more fragile in gameplay compared to her Vanguard form as a result of being balanced around a Medic's statline. In fact, she is actually one of the most fragile Medics in the game, with even the physically frail in-story Nightingale having higher HP and DEF than her. |
| 313 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: The side story "What the Firelight Casts" reveals Reed's compassion towards others and adversity towards violence, showing her helping others even at great personal risk and trying to avoid hurting her enemies whenever possible, with multiple characters pointing out her kind heart and gentle personality. [[spoiler:Even Bagpipe, who had suffered personally due to her from the events of Chapter 9, seems to have trouble mustering the will to hate her, admitting that her ideals for Tarans is just, and chooses to leave her to her own devices after hearing the truth from her.]] |
| 314 | * HealThyself: Reed's second talent heals her for half the amount received by her allies, useful for keeping herself alive through attrition damage and letting Reed focus on healing her allies longer. |
| 315 | * HotWitch: Her '''Curator''' skin puts her in a witch costume, making her a literal version. |
| 316 | * ImageSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6RZVhzFDnI Flame Shadow]]". |
| 317 | * LivingOnBorrowedTime: Her lifespan is limited due to suffering from severe Oripathy, and she knows it. |
| 318 | -->''Though there may come a day\ |
| 319 | When my fire fades\ |
| 320 | May it carry on burning bright in every grieving heart'' |
| 321 | * MagikarpPower: While she's already valuable even at low levels due her hybrid role, Reed has two excellent skills that serve different purposes with huge Mastery gains. A fully invested Reed is practically a MasterOfAll that can heal, deal damage, debuff ATK and inflict Arts Fragility at great amounts all at once, with unrivaled single target DPS with proper use of S2 or instant mob clearing with S3. |
| 322 | * MagneticHero: [[spoiler:Her side story shows that, once she has gained the resolve, she is just as capable a leader as her sister Eblana, using her kindness and empathy to win over the Tarans under her care. The ending of the the story emphasizes this, showing the two sisters each providing a powerful RousingSpeech towards their respective followers.]] |
| 323 | * MeaningfulName: In contrast to her sister, who is compared to a violent fire of rebellion, Reed has spent so long unable to think for herself that she doesn't know how to be anything besides her sister's imitation. In other words, Reed is stuck as being a mere shadow cast by her sister's flame. [[spoiler:After ''What the Firelight Casts'', however, her title is meaningful in a different way, as she now emphasizes that she is the shadow of ''Dublinn'', rather than her sister.]] |
| 324 | * MyGreatestFailure: Downplayed example. While she does have a lot of regrets, one of the most noteworthy ones is regarding Mandragora. [[spoiler:It is revealed that she and her sister had found Mandragora who was in a critical condition together. However, when given the chance to save her, Reed didn't even try to save her because she was afraid her power might hurt her. This allowed Eblana to do so. This event has always greatly bothered her. Believing that if only she tried to save her when she had the chance, Mandragora would not have gone down such a dark path.]] |
| 325 | -->'''Reed''': [[spoiler:If I'd reached out to her, then perhaps, things would have been different.]] |
| 326 | * OrbitingParticleShield: Her second skill lets her surround up to two units in range with 3 orbiting fireballs each, prioritizing low ground units. Each fireball deals Arts damage on impact while applying Reed's trait (ie. healing the target for half the damage they deal), although they'll need to regenerate briefly after bursting. |
| 327 | * PlayingWithFire: Like the original Reed, her life-manipulating Arts manifest as flames, restoring the health of allies and overloading foes with so much life energy that they literally ignite. |
| 328 | * PowerIncontinence: Averted in comparison to her original incarnation. While her life-manipulating was formerly so unstable that any use of it warranted the whole area be cleared, Reed later learned not to fear it, and how to better control it so it can heal wounds and suppress pain instead of only causing tissue to combust. |
| 329 | * SiblingYinYang: It's revealed in "What the Firelight Casts" that despite both being based around life manipulation, Reed's Arts are the complete polar opposite of her sister Eblana's. Where Eblana uses her Arts for destruction and to raise the dead, Reed can use her Arts to heal others and [[ReviveKillsZombie neutralize Eblana's Arts]]. It's not explicitly explained whether this is a fundamental difference between their Arts or simply due to their differing ideologies, but considering Reed is capable of dispelling the effects of her sister's Arts to some extent, it's heavily implied to be the latter. |
| 330 | -->'''Eblana''': Are you scared of my fire? But your fire is the same as mine, Loughshinny. |
| 331 | * SquishyWizard: Reed can put out some insane damage alongside healing, but she is very fragile, with her DEF capping out at a piddly 104 points at level 90 (including the +30 DEF from Trust bonuses). |
| 332 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: Her slender build and unassuming appearance give the impression of a scholar or caster, but her being a pure-blooded Draco gives her unprecedented physicality to go along with it, to the point where Bagpipe (an exceptionally strong member of a race known for their physical strength) admits to feeling a severe shock when clashing with Reed's weapon during their encounter. When the Brigadier tries to capture her, he tells his forces to not hold back, as attacks that would kill a normal person won't be able to do in a fully-fledged Draco. |
| 333 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: After her CharacterDevelopment in ''What the Firelight Casts'' and having accepted herself, Reed is significantly more comfortable and open around others while in Rhodes Island, becoming more receptive for conversation and even forging friendships with Operators such as Saileach. This is reflected in her sprites and E2 art, where she is shown smiling. |
| 334 | * TheVirus: When her 3rd skill is active, her attacks are guaranteed to apply Cinder, and enemies who die under its effect will explode and infect nearby enemies. This can theoretically chain and wipe an entire map clean in one go, provided the enemies are close enough to each other and have low enough health to quickly die from Cinder. |
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| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Shining]] |
| 339 | !!Shining / [[spoiler:Qui'saršinnag]] |
| 340 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Game Launch\ |
| 341 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RisaShimizu (Japanese), Ellen Wang (Mandarin Chinese), Jane Jackson (English), Kim Sun-hye (Korean)\ |
| 342 | '''Artist:''' Ryuzakiichi |
| 343 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_147_shining_1_8.png]] |
| 344 | [[caption-width-right:350:Simple, yet a mystery you can't seem to solve no matter what.]] |
| 345 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_147_shining_2_5.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 346 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Coral Coast: Silent Night [=DN02=] skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_147_shining_summer1.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 347 | ->''Shining, Sarkaz healer, will do everything she can to provide medical care for the squad''. |
| 348 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★★ |
| 349 | ->'''ID:''' No. 147 |
| 350 | ->'''Subclass:''' Medic |
| 351 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing, Support |
| 352 | ->'''Skills:''' Creed, Auto Protect, Creed Field |
| 353 | ->'''Talents:''' Black Fiend's Protection, Code of Law |
| 354 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Followers - Rhodes Island |
| 355 | ->'''Race:''' Sarkaz |
| 356 | ->'''Birthday:''' October 7 |
| 357 | ->'''Height:''' 175cm |
| 358 | |
| 359 | ->''"I am Shining, the roaming medic. I look familiar to you? It is possible that our paths have crossed."'' |
| 360 | |
| 361 | A wandering medic who, alongside Nightingale and Nearl, formed the "Followers," a travelling healing group. A noble healer who dislikes violence, little is known about Shining's past aside from her being the one who freed Nightingale from her imprisonment. Despite her claims on the contrary, it is clear that Shining is no simple medic. |
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| 363 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: As both the proverbial fish in question and on the receiving end; as [[spoiler:formerly one of the single most accomplished swordsmasters on Terra, and [[TheDragon the previous Confessarius]] at that]], many who know of her acclaim are [[TheDreaded instantly terrified]] with even most [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty of individuals]] running from her rather than upset her enough [[spoiler:to forsake her personal vow to never draw her blade again]]. However, despite her well-earned prestigious status, [[spoiler:she is considered so far beneath the King of the Nachzehrers that he considers challenging her barely a footnote compared to his own strength—which, given he's [[TheDreaded one of the most feared lords of the Royal Court of Kazdel]], means it's [[BadassBoast no empty threat]]]]. |
| 364 | * AmbiguouslyGay: With Nightingale, to the point that in chapter 13, [[spoiler:the Confessarius revealed that he had trusted Shining to love Nightingale with all her heart when she ran away with her, incorporating her "rebellious love" into his plans because he knew she'd come back to try to cure her. Shining was even willing to go with his plan and fulfill her destiny if it means it'd save Nightingale, though Nightingale herself stopped Shining from going through with it.]] |
| 365 | * AssassinOutclassin: In "Near Light", [[spoiler:though she's not the target herself, Shining foiled no less than '''five''' assassination attempts: Roy's attempt on Młynar, the Darksteel's attempt on Nightingale, Monique's attempt on the Doctor, Armorless Union's attempt on Maria, and Monique's attempt on Nearl.]] |
| 366 | * TheAtoner: {{Implied}}. [[spoiler:From what little we knew about the Confessarius, people's reaction to her presence, and Shining's own dislikes of violence to the point of seemingly hating her own sword skills, it can be interpreted that Shining chooses to be a medic to try to atone for whatever she did in the past]]. This is further supported by Nightingale's "talk after promotion 2" line. |
| 367 | -->'''Nightingale:''' Shining told me that the sins we carry... the crime of starting the war, as Demons... will one day catch up to us and we will have to face our punishment. |
| 368 | ** This also gains some new light when chapter 11 heavily implies that [[spoiler:''she'' was the one who locked up Nightingale in the first place as the test subject of the Confessarius before she eventually grew horrified at the process of the experiments that the others were putting on Nightingale and proceed to leave to take Nightingale away after causing as much damage as possible to the place where Nightingale was once held captive.]] |
| 369 | * BadassBookworm: She's a pioneer of medical Originium study, a scholar in Originium Arts theory, an expert in field medicine and clinical medicine, and is badass enough that [[spoiler:her mere presence can thwart assassinations.]] |
| 370 | * BadassLongrobe: She wears a tattered cloak and robe that adds to her air of mystery, [[spoiler:and is one of the strongest member of Rhodes Island.]] |
| 371 | * BarrierWarrior: With her second skill, Shining can erect a BeehiveBarrier around the target of her healing. The barrier's strength is calculated after a portion of her own ATK and the target's DEF, and will block about as much damage before failing. It should be noted that as the skill is automatic, Shining is very likely to cast it on the wrong ally, however, or even herself, if she happens to be healing them instead of your tanks at the time of activation. |
| 372 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: ''Happened in the same paragraph no less'', which caused quite a bit of confusion regarding Shining's background. The English translation of her profile mentions Shining as once being a part of the "Confessors," only to mention the "Redeemers" not long after; looking at the Chinese text reveals that they're both referencing the same thing (赦罪师, ''Shezuishi'', lit. The Master/Teacher who forgives a sinner). Consequently, the same Chinese text is also used when referring to "Confessarius," which means "Confessarius" is either the new translation for "Confessors," or the localization team is missing the context and thus uses different translations for different context: "Confessors" when the context is a group, "Confessarius" when the context is a person, even though the original Chinese text implies "Confessarius" to simply be '''a''' "Confessor." Needless to say, all of this (understandably) cause quite a bit of confusion and speculation in the EN side. |
| 373 | * CursedWithAwesome: Shining is one of only two Sarkaz operators confirmed to be uninfected, which is exceptional considering Sarkaz are inherently susceptible to Oripathy starting from birth ''and'' she is frequently traveling to Originium-heavy locations. Considering Sarkaz Arts are said to be inherently symbiotic with Oripathy, this suggests Shining is possibly a BadassNormal among her race, yet she manages to be so strong that she commands respect and dread from practically everyone who meets her without raising a finger. |
| 374 | -->"As a Sarkaz, not being infected is both a blessing and a curse." |
| 375 | * DamageReduction: Her specialty is buffing the DEF of her healing targets. |
| 376 | ** Her talent '''Black Fiend's Protection''' increases the DEF of allies within range by 40 (60 at Elite 2). |
| 377 | ** Her S2 '''Auto Protect''' is an automatic skill that erects a BeehiveBarrier that increases the DEF of her target by 20% of Shining's ATK and 20% of their own DEF at Skill Level 1. |
| 378 | ** '''Creed Field''' increases her ATK by 20% and the DEF of all allies within range by 30% at Skill Level 1. |
| 379 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Shining might be dressed in (nearly) all-black, but she is one of the noblest character in the game; it's rather telling that even [[ThePaladin Nearl]] looks up to her. |
| 380 | * DeathGlare: Gives a positively cold glare [[SuperSenses from blocks away]] at [[spoiler:Monique after she broke her word to Shining by firing a fourth arrow at Nearl in an attempt to assassinate her.]] |
| 381 | * DevotedToYou: Shining is absolutely devoted to Nightingale, prioritizing her safety and ensuring she always has agency in whatever she wants to do. At the end of "Near Light", Shining says that her place is always by Nightingale's side - or at least until Nightingale doesn't want her company anymore - and in chapter 11, it's reveled that [[spoiler:Shining chooses to be with her instead of her family.]] |
| 382 | * TheDreaded: [[spoiler:The moment she arrives outside the arena in "Maria Nearl", she stunned Platinum, Old Knight, and Old Mechanic into silence by her presence alone, and she doesn't even have to speak or do anything to make Platinum let her and Nightingale in; considering Platinum was fighting Old Mechanic and Old Knight just fine and was ready to fight Młynar - who challenges Nearl at the end of the event - if he appears, the fact that she doesn't even try to stop Shining speaks volumes on how strong Shining must be. This happens again in "Near Light", where Roy - a Lazurite assassin that outranks Platinum - hastily cancels his plan to assassinate Młynar the moment Shining shows up.]] |
| 383 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first appearance story-wise in "Maria Nearl" nicely establishes just what kind of character Shining is: |
| 384 | ** [[spoiler:Her appearance on the scene alone is enough to [[StunnedSilence stun everyone into silence]] - all of whom are veteran knights and assassins - while Platinum's superiors outright tells her to just abandon the mission and do her best to survive, establishing Shining's power and strength as beyond anyone seen in the event.]] |
| 385 | ** [[spoiler:However, Shining doesn't really shows off her power or strength; instead, the first thing she actually does is to heal the twin Sarkaz knights that Nearl and Blemishine just beat and giving them advice to take care of their body better from using drugs, showing that despite her immense strength Shining prefers being a medic.]] |
| 386 | * {{Expy}}: Chapter 11 reveals that [[spoiler:due to the [[Literature/{{Dune}} Bene Gesserit influence]] of the Confessarius clan, Shining is comparable to Lady Jessica's role as an [[SpannerInTheWorks apostate]] as Shining deliberately defied them by stealing Nightingale away from their eugenics experiments, putting an upset in their original plans, something that has caused considerable drama within the clan when they meet again.]] |
| 387 | * FamilyOfChoice: In chapter 11, [[spoiler:Shining is reunited with her family, but when Salus asked her to come back because Nightingale isn't a part of the family, Shining cuts her off by saying that to her, she '''is''' family. And while she admits that she doesn't hate them, Shining clearly choose to be with Nightingale instead of her real family the moment she killed the people of her clan just to escape with Nightingale.]] |
| 388 | * FriendToAllChildren: Shining sometimes hold a performance with her Arts to entertain the children of Rhodes Island in private gatherings, implying this trope. |
| 389 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Fittingly, as they travel together, she and Nightingale form an incredible tag team of Medics. Whereas Shining focuses on buffing your operator's DEF, Nightingale can cover the buffing of your operator's RES where Shining cannot, turning your team into an incredible StoneWall regardless of damage type. |
| 390 | * GatheringSteam: Even with mastery upgrades and some handholding from SP-regen supports like Ptilopsis, Creed Field still takes ages to recharge between uses due to its exorbitant SP costs, but once it's active, all operators within Shining's range will be able to enjoy up to a solid minute of StoneWall-grade DEF that lets them laugh off high amounts of (physical) damage with ease. |
| 391 | * HardLight: Her Originium Arts was described as a solid and tangible glow, implying this trope. |
| 392 | * HeadPet: Her pet raven in her summer outfit is this while in the dorm. |
| 393 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Despite the fact that many people looked up to her as TheParagon (including Nearl), there had been hints here and there that Shining doesn't have a high view of herself thanks to her past. Nearl the Radiant Knight's second module, which is written from Shining's perspective, confirms this. |
| 394 | --> ''I suddenly felt a little regretful - after all, I have always hated my bloodline. I have never tasted the beauty of home and the meaning of family. She deserved to have it all, deserved to be noticed and blessed and I deserved not to be a part of it.'' |
| 395 | * HiddenBuxom: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Despite her robes and cloak covering her body, it's clear that Shining is quite well-endowed underneath. Her summer outfit confirms this in case anyone still have doubts. |
| 396 | * HornedHumanoid: She has two white horns, a trait caused by her Sarkaz race. |
| 397 | * IAmTheNoun: When asked by W what her relationship with Nightingale is in chapter 12, this is her answer. |
| 398 | --> '''Shining''': She is my... no. I am her sin. |
| 399 | * ImageSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvO_p7KuXmw Winter Absolution]]". |
| 400 | * InTheHood: She wears her hood in her initial artwork, and while it seems to be pierced on the sides by her horns, closer examination reveals that her hood [[DevelopersForesight actually has zippers to accommodate them]]. |
| 401 | * LadyAndKnight: She and Nearl serves as the Knight to Nightingale's Lady, but this is especially true for Shining; she was the one who rescued Nightingale from wherever she was locked up, and act as her protector when they journey together before meeting Nearl. Shining also reveals many classified projects and answer Kal'tsit's questions so that Nightingale could get a comprehensive physical exam and treatment plan in Rhodes island, and when Nightingale expresses her wish to become an operator, Shining fought with Kal'tsit over the issue until ''Kal'tsit actually changes her mind'', a feat that few characters have accomplished. |
| 402 | * TheLeader: Shining is the ''de facto'' leader of the Followers, being the one to make decisions for the group, and both Nightingale and Nearl defer to her judgment. She also tried her best to look after Nearl and Nightingale by minimizing the risk they take when traveling and healing people, as both has a tendency to ignore their own well-being when it come to helping others. |
| 403 | * LetsGetDangerous: |
| 404 | ** Though it hasn't occurred yet in-game, [[spoiler:Shining can turn into a virtual OneWomanArmy if she is forced to draw her sword]], and she only does so in [[GodzillaThreshold the most extreme of circumstances]] in order to protect others. In "Near Light", [[spoiler:she finally draws her sword to block Monique's third arrow, and the sight manages to terrify Monique into submission even though Shining only draws her sword for an instant.]] |
| 405 | ** To a lesser degree, her progression from just a healer to giving extremely potent defensive buffs is this, going by her trust lines. After spending time with Rhodes Island and the Doctor, Shining concludes that she can't simply heal others but must also protect them, which manifests in her [=S2=] and [=S3=] skills. |
| 406 | * MartialPacifist: [[spoiler:Shining's files contain reports by other operators detailing how she's capable of wiping out entire platoons of heavily armed enemies single-handedly if the situation is dire enough. She's also observed to hate having to do that and will personally deny any such reports as hallucinations brought about by her healing arts]]. Both the "Maria Nearl" event and Nightingale's Operator Records also shows that Shining prefers to avoid potential conflicts when possible, steering the Followers clear from places with groups who might have issues with them (like Leithanien's Gendarmerie). |
| 407 | * MeaningfulName: Her original name [[spoiler:Qui'saršinnag]] means [[spoiler:"hope that does not allow separation", representing her clan and family's destiny to become one and "give birth" to their progenitor, the White-Horned Lord of Fiends.]] |
| 408 | * MeaningfulRename: Chapter 13 reveals that [[spoiler:she gave herself the name "Shining" to separate herself from her family and abandon her past sins to become a better person]]. |
| 409 | * MundaneUtility: Her Arts, which can heal and protect people from receiving physical damage, is also used to hold light shows or performance to the children of Rhodes Island in private gatherings. |
| 410 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: Her 200% trust line implies this, as while Shining had lost someone she dedicated her life towards, she now made a vow to ensure that won't happen again, even if it costs her her life. While it's ambiguous as to who exactly Shining's greatest second chance is (her first is implied to be [[spoiler:Theresa]]), Nightingale's Operator Records and later story chapters seems to imply it's Nightingale; while Shining wants to help others as a medic, she seems to place the safety of Nightingale first above all else (though she does respect her decisions and always make sure to give her the ability to choose), and her hopes is to heal Nightingale from her illness so she doesn't have to choose between saving other people or herself. |
| 411 | -->'''Shining:''' Once upon a time, I followed someone who shone bright as the beacon of hope, until wicked machinations took the light away. But this time... the incandescence will cease never more. Even at the cost of my life... |
| 412 | * MysteriousPast: Very little is known about Shining's past, other than she was once part of a group called the "Confessarius" before joining Nearl and Nightingale. [[spoiler:Her profile reveals she is in fact a master swordswoman, a fact that she has kept hidden from even Rhodes Island, but for some reason has sworn off using her sword [[LetsGetDangerous unless things get truly hairy]]. "Darknights Memoir" also reveals a character named Confessarius, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Shining both in appearance and clothing, heavily implying that the Confessarius are an organization that works directly under Theresis. Some of Shining's lines also imply that she had met the Doctor before their amnesia. Episode 12 and 13 revealed that the Confessarius is [[TheConspiracy an ancient Sarkaz secret society]] that researched Originium, souls and memory, dabbling in necromancy and manipulating their genealogy for thousand of years in order to eventually "give birth" to the White-Horned Lord of Fiends; to disguise this, they pose as Theresis' [[PraetorianGuards personal guards]] as well as Originium Arts researchers, which worked well enough that not even Kal'tsit has any idea of what they're doing other than they exist, and the current Confessarius is [[GrandTheftMe Shining's dead father possessing her younger brother]].]] |
| 413 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Befitting her MysteriousPast, Shining has a flowing mane of pure white hair that's nearly as long as she is tall. |
| 414 | * MythicalMotifs: Strangely enough, ''not'' demons, despite her Sarkaz race. If anything, she seems to be based on ''elves'', based on her sideways PointyEars and pure, immaculate white long hair. Her obligatory horns also seem more similar to antlers instead, as they jut out gracefully from the sides of her head and look to be quite blunt, instead of being pointy and sharp like those of other Sarkaz characters. This is especially unusual, as Elves as a race do exist on Terra, but they are exceedingly rare. |
| 415 | * NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:Her trust file and one of Flamebringer's lines indicate that Shining used to be - and still is - a formidable swordswoman, but something happened concerning her previous organisation - the "Confessarius" - that led to her giving up the blade and taking up the role of a healer]]. "Near Light" shows that [[spoiler:her past is so shameful that Shining closes her eyes whenever she draws her sword, and she always sheathes it back as quickly as possible afterwards; it's also implied that the reason why Shining usually embraces/cradles her sword is because she really doesn't want to draw it if possible.]] |
| 416 | * OneHitKill: [[spoiler:Implied to be the case if she draws her sword; The Nachzehrer King, who claims that he could destroy Rhodes Island single-handedly and considers [[TheJuggernaut Patriot in his prime]] as his only WorthyOpponent, concedes that should Shining manages to draw her sword, even he wouldn't be able to take a hit from her head-on.]] |
| 417 | * OneWomanArmy: [[spoiler:As mentioned in her profile, Shining could take on a platoon of heavily-armed enemies when she has to on her lonesome and win.]] |
| 418 | * TheParagon: From her promotion record, many medic operators looked up to her and takes what she had said to heart after her debate with Kal'tsit; You know that Shining is one when even [[ThePaladin Nearl]] looks up to her. |
| 419 | -->'''Nearl:''' Shining, too, is a beam of light that guides me forward. She carries the hope that I've always been seeking. |
| 420 | * PurpleProse: Especially apparent once she gets her EN voice lines, where her lines are translated better that she now sounds like a VideoGame/DarkSouls character. |
| 421 | -->'''Shining:''' (In Battle 3) Grief, ever echoes in our souls. |
| 422 | -->'''Shining:''' (In Battle 4) Agony, ever etched on our hearts. |
| 423 | * RedBaron: [[spoiler:Platinum's superior called her "The Confessarius."]] |
| 424 | * RunningGag: Her exact relationship with Nearl, which began from her talk after trust increase 1 line. In "Near Light", [[spoiler:multiple people asked Nearl about it, including reporters and even her opponents like the Blood Knight, and Nearl refusing to answer only adds more fuel to the fire]]. Shining's answer whenever inquired is always consistent though. |
| 425 | -->'''Shining:''' We're companions. |
| 426 | ** Her status as TheDreaded happens so consistently that it's finally PlayedForLaughs in chapter 11, [[spoiler:where the Confessarius' guards are scared out of their wits when she approaches them... only for Shining to take a note out of her pocket and reveals that she only wanted to ask for directions.]] |
| 427 | * SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:In "The Whirlwind That Is Passion", Shining is forced to make a decision at the behest of her father to protect Liz's wellbeing; either she can strike him down, and much like Kashchey, invoke a DemonicPossession on Shining and [[GrandTheftMe replace her soul]] to honor her attempt to give Liz freedom at the cost of her own self or hand her back over to him so he can stabilize her specifically tailored condition. Shining initially was prepared to do the former and pull a HeroicSacrifice to save Liz, but Liz herself stays Shining hand before [[MakingTheChoiceForYou telling her to let her go instead]], forcing Shining to instead do the latter.]] |
| 428 | * SingleStrokeBattle: Her Operator Record shows that [[spoiler:Shining was able to kill 8 Confessarius guards and 6 assassins simultaneously with a single swing of her sword.]] |
| 429 | * SituationalSword: |
| 430 | ** Shining's focus on DEF-boosting makes her incredible when fighting bosses, or strong enemies who deal high amounts of Physical ATK, but much less so against Casters or Arts Guards, whose damage type completely ignores DEF. |
| 431 | ** If you want to Aak-buff something other than a Guard or Defender, you're going to need a highly invested Shining to make it work. |
| 432 | * StatuesqueStunner: Shining is fairly tall among the female operators behind Pozëmka and Qiubai, standing at a good 175cm. She also has a very curvy feminine figure hidden underneath her robes, which is put on full display in her summer outfit. |
| 433 | * TheStoic: Shining doesn't emote much and is usually calm and level-headed. The only time she's seen emoting thus far is when she's with Nightingale and Nearl, where she smiles a few times. |
| 434 | * StoneWall: Shining's kit hyper-focuses on turning your lineup into a bunch of these, with her buffing their DEF to ridiculous levels via Creed Field and Black Fiend's Protection, or erecting {{Beehive Barrier}}s around them to eat high amounts of physical damage. This also makes her highly recommended, if not outright ''mandatory'' for non-Defenders to be able to survive Aak's buffs. Of course, this comes with the drawback of not doing anything to protect the team against Arts damage, which bypasses DEF entirely. |
| 435 | * StunnedSilence: Shining seems to have a habit of making everyone around her speechless whenever she shows up. [[spoiler:In "Maria Nearl", this happened to Platinum, Old Knight, and Old Mechanic; in "Near Light", this happened to Roy, one of the two Lazurite Assassins of the Armorless Union and Platinum's superior.]] |
| 436 | * SuperSenses: |
| 437 | * In "Near Light", [[spoiler:after stopping Monique's assassination attempt on Nearl, Shining not only looked in the direction where Monique sniped from, but also knew it was her and not, say, her fellow Lazurite Roy. Considering Monique sniped from quite a distance and is well-hidden to boot, the assassin rightfully find Shining to be quite unsettling to say the least]]. She's also the only one who managed to [[spoiler:notice the Darksteel's arrow coming for Nightingale, and warns Nearl in time to help her block said arrow.]] |
| 438 | ** In her Operator Record, [[spoiler:she's able to sense the Confessarius guards and assassins approaching the home she and Nightingale is taking shelter in early enough for her to walk out, kill them all in a single strike and came back in, with Nightingale and the child she's playing with none the wiser that there was any danger at all.]] |
| 439 | * SwordCane: [[spoiler:Her E2 and Trust file hints that her "staff" is really a sword that doubles as a staff, like Nearl's mace. This is confirmed in the Maria Nearl event, as Shining is described as not holding a staff, but a sword.]] |
| 440 | * ThoseTwoGirls: In all her appearances thus far, she's always seen together with Nightingale, and before Nearl joined them Shining traveled together with Nightingale for quite some time. [[spoiler:After the events of "Near Light", with Nearl staying in Kazimierz to help reform the country, Shining is once again left together with Nightingale as they go to Londinium.]] |
| 441 | * TiredOfRunning: In "Near Light", [[spoiler:seeing Nearl coming back to the homeland she dislikes in order to confront her past and change the country for the better gives Shining the resolve to do the same for herself and Nightingale, going to Londinium to sever an unspeakable crime relating to their past once and for all.]] |
| 442 | * TranquilFury: While her expression doesn't [[TheStoic change at all]] [[spoiler:when blocking Monique's fourth arrow]], she gives off one hell of a DeathGlare from [[SuperSenses blocks away]] to make it clear [[spoiler:she's ''furious'' that Monique broke her word.]] |
| 443 | * WalkingTheEarth: Just like Nearl and Nightingale, Shining is a member of the "Followers" a travelling group of healers. She also personally calls herself a "roaming medic". |
| 444 | * WhiteMage: Despite her black robes and (initially) aloof demeanor, DarkIsNotEvil. Shining is a noble healer through and through. |
| 445 | * WillfullyWeak: Despite [[spoiler:likely being one of the most powerful swordmasters on Terra]], something caused Shining to become a medic instead and she never shows her true abilities unless the situation is extremely dire. And even then, she just waves off claims from people who witnessed her as hallucinations caused by her healing Arts. |
| 446 | * WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: In multiple instances, Shining just ''showing up'' causes experienced and deadly assassins to completely abandon their missions lest they invoke her wrath. |
| 447 | * WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Flamebringer notes she could have been one to him, if she hadn't given up her sword.]] |
| 448 | * YouAreACreditToYourRace: The Sarkaz people are usually ostracized or discriminated against due to the negative connotations behind their appearance. However, Shining is noble and pacifistic, which confuses the heck out of the people she works with due to such racial stereotypes. |
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| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | [[folder:Silence]] |
| 453 | !!Olivia Silence |
| 454 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Game Launch\ |
| 455 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkariKitou (Japanese), Liang Shuong (Mandarin Chinese), Creator/EricaLindbeck (English), Seo Da-hye (Korean)\ |
| 456 | '''Artist:''' [=NoriZC=] |
| 457 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_108_silent_1_3.png]] |
| 458 | [[caption-width-right:350:There’s no risk in the fruits of research, as they are only byproducts after all. Experimentation, on the other hand...]] |
| 459 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_108_silent_2_7.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 460 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Pioneer Raythean: Lacquer skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_108_silent_sweep1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 461 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Cambrian: Frost Breath skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_108_silent_winter2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 462 | ->''Silence, medical specialist of Rhine Lab, will make use of the latest scientific developments on the battlefield''. |
| 463 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 464 | ->'''ID:''' No. 108 |
| 465 | ->'''Subclass:''' Medic |
| 466 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 467 | ->'''Skills:''' Healing Up γ, Medical Drone |
| 468 | ->'''Talents:''' Booster Injection |
| 469 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhine Labs |
| 470 | %%->'''Real Name:''' Olivia Silence |
| 471 | ->'''Race:''' Liberi |
| 472 | ->'''Birthday:''' May 18 |
| 473 | ->'''Height:''' 154cm |
| 474 | |
| 475 | ->''"I am Olivia Silence, an Originium scientist from the Rhine Lab Medical Research Institute. My hope is to rid the world of Oripathy... even if it means risking my life in the process."'' |
| 476 | |
| 477 | A former Originium researcher at Rhine Lab, Silence was involved in some fashion with the experiments involving the subject known as [[Characters/ArknightsCasters Ifrit]]. Following the incident, Silence took Ifrit into her care and brought her to Rhodes Island. She now works for Rhodes Island as a physician, doing her best to help keep Ifrit's condition stable and support the Rhodes operators in the field. |
| 478 | ---- |
| 479 | * AnimalMotifs: Great horned owls. |
| 480 | * {{Animorphism}}: She has the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transform either arm into a wing at will]], and the sleeves on her upper garments are modified to account for it. Official art, skins, and spritework depict her both with two human arms, and with her left arm sometimes transformed into an owl-like wing. |
| 481 | * BrokenPedestal: The Rhine Lab manhua reveals that she admired Saria, Control, and her mentor Parvis ever since her time at university, such that she was elated to be part of Rhine Lab. [[spoiler:By the time she joined Rhodes Island to get treatment for Ifrit, those four pedestals were utterly shattered. Even when Dalia's death compels her to thank Saria for saving her and Ifrit, she still cannot forgive Saria or the rest of Rhine Lab.]] |
| 482 | -->'''Silence:''' I want to thank you too, for saving us. But I still cannot forgive you, and neither can I forgive Control, or Rhine Lab... |
| 483 | -->'''Saria:''' I understand. It's not something that can be easily forgiven. |
| 484 | * CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Extra Chapter 3 of the Rhine Lab manhua shows Silence giving Ifrit chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth shortly after [[spoiler:the Diαbolic Crisis, where her heart temporarily stopped beating.]] |
| 485 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has brown hair and eyes, which all compliment her [[AnimalMotifs owl motifs]]. |
| 486 | * DiscOneNuke: If chosen as the free 5-star operator upon starting the game for the first time. While all four are undeniably strong in their own ways, Silence is widely considered to be the best one to start with, due to her being a high-level healer capable of surprising output even with moderate investment, especially at Elite 1 with her drone unlocked. Due to the generally-squishy nature of your operators during the early game, Silence's powerful coverage is a major boon in almost any situation, whereas Projekt Red, Liskarm, and Pramanix all require some significant upgrades to be viable, and even then are all considered to be niche units even in their categories. |
| 487 | * DroneDeployer: Her major contribution to Rhodes operations -- her drone is an in-universe invention of hers that is meant to be cheap, replaceable, and easy to deploy while still being pretty effective at helping people stay on their feet. In gameplay, the drone is what makes her so effective (as it can deploy anywhere on the map, even way outside of her normal healing range) and able to keep pace even with 6* support characters. It is also independant from Silence herself, and is able to be deployed even if Silence herself is frozen or stunned. |
| 488 | * DubNameChange: A particularly ''odd'' example that was also adapted back into the original release. When this character was [[https://twitter.com/i/web/status/916604186791362561 first revealed]] all the way back in late 2017, she was unambiguously named "Silent", with multiple overlapping spellings (including "サイレント" in Japanese) all leaving the intended translation of 赫默 as a closed question. ''However'', once the international promotion began and once the JP voicework started coming in, the character was named "Silence", not just in English but in the Japanese voiceover too (with her introduction line quite unambiguously pronouncing her surname and callsign as "サイレン'''ス'''")... but in Chinese the hanzi of her name, 赫默, never changed. The new name/translation was ultimately adapted back into the Chinese client, with the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/t0108e6bd8726941aec.jpg promo image]] of her Pioneer field work outfit referring to her as "Silence" while retaining the hanzi 赫默 spelling. |
| 489 | * ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Anything to do with Saria and Ifrit. |
| 490 | * GeekPhysiques: She's a scientist and doctor first and foremost, and not really skilled at actual combat aside from keeping people healthy; accordingly, she's typically portrayed as being fairly weedy-looking, and despite being a working professional who is, by all indications, ''well'' into her twenties, she stands just ''barely'' above five feet tall. The only operators who are shorter than her are literal children and LittlePeople. |
| 491 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:In her desire to halt Ifrit's "treatments" to stop her being made into a weapon, Silence attempts to fake Ifrit's death by drugging her candy before a procedure... which accidentally causes Ifrit to go on the devastating rampage which would be known as the Flame Demon Incident, turning her into the very weapon Silence didn't want her to become. To be fair, she didn't expect Ifrit to only take ''half'' of the candy and save the rest to give to Saria.]] |
| 492 | * JerkassToOne: Although Silence is generally placid and easy-going, having Saria around her is a great way to mash her BerserkButton, especially if Ifrit is involved. She also seems to bear no love for Muelsyse, which is once again not helped by the latter speaking of Ifrit as nothing more than a test subject in Mansfield Break. |
| 493 | * TheLadysFavor: According to her Token, Silence gives a feather to those she appreciates and keeps close to her heart. Ifrit has one on her collar, and Saria has one on her belt. Ptilopsis seems to be a recent addition to this "club", as she sports one while wearing her Epoque skin, being attached to the strap of her bag. |
| 494 | ** The Rhine Lab manhua reveals how Ifrit and Saria got their gifts: [[spoiler:the former was to wish her a smooth treatment as she was undergoing an experimental procedure to stabilize her condition, and the latter was to wish her a successful investigation.]] |
| 495 | * MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Despite being an ST Medic, Silence's medical drone basically gives her map-wide range, being able to be deployed anywhere that's a valid tile. It also heals everyone within its range simultaneously, like an [=AoE=] Medic, but much faster since the effect is applied constantly instead of calculating after Silence's [=ASPD=]. |
| 496 | * MyGreatestFailure: She had some kind of hand in Ifrit's current condition and the cryptically-named "Diαbolic Crisis", which she doesn't like to discuss; what's clear is that she considers it the greatest failing of her professional career and has a responsibility to care for Ifrit as a result. [[spoiler: The Rhine Lab manhua reveals that in an effort to fake Ifrit's death and take her away from Rhine Lab and her "treatments," [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the drug she used to put Ifrit in a death-like state accidentally caused her powers to go out of control, leading to the "Diαbolic Crisis"]].]] |
| 497 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Because of an unexpected miscalculation, ''she'' is the one responsible for the "Diαbolic Crisis".]] |
| 498 | * NoSocialSkills: Downplayed. Silence's profile notes that she's awkward and quiet in social settings, but does well in one-on-one conversations, especially in regards to research. The description of her token indicates she's aware of her lack of social eloquence, hence why she gifts her own feathers to those she forms sincere bonds with. |
| 499 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 500 | ** Precisely what happened with Ifrit and Saria and what led her to remove Ifrit from Rhine Lab and bring her to Rhodes Island. Unlike Ifrit, Silence seems to have some idea of what was going on, [[MyGreatestFailure but generally remains tight-lipped about what it was]] aside from being something Ifrit needed to be removed from and involved biological experimentation (on Ifrit). The ''bigger'' noodle is what went down between her and Saria, as she refuses to say a word about that and simply wants Saria kept as far away from Ifrit as possible... and the fact that, from her tone, it seems just a hair too ''personal'' to be simply professional or even "motherly" objection to Saria's actions. [[spoiler:The Rhine Lab manhua explains what exactly occured during the "Diαbolic Crisis" which drove them apart and caused Silence to take Ifrit to Rhodes Island.]] |
| 501 | ** Relatedly, there's also the question of just how she contracted Oripathy, given that Saria ''hasn't'' done so (Ptilopsis was already speaking robotically when she, Silence, and Saria rescued Ifrit) and how Silence, being more a lab bird than anything during her time at Rhine, theoretically shouldn't have had any reason to be exposed to dangerous levels of Originium. [[spoiler:The Rhine Lab manhua explains that she had Oripathy well before getting involved with Ifrit and Saria, having gotten infected from a lab accident prior to joining Rhine Lab at all.]] |
| 502 | * ParentalSubstitute: She is, in multiple very real senses, the nearest thing Ifrit will ever have to a mother and feels deeply responsible for her. The seeming ambiguity of how Saria fits into the equation gives rise to a number of interpretations. |
| 503 | * SignificantBirthDate: Her birthday was the day on which the modern scalpel was patented. |
| 504 | * {{Sleepyhead}}: She's a [[LittleBitBeastly great horned owl]], so she's supposed to be nocturnal by nature and has a habit of dozing off in general. She tries to be diurnal in order to fit in better with Rhodes Island's staff, but it can be a bit of a struggle (usually to comedic effect). Her early-stage oripathy also messes with her sleep cycle a bit, making things even harder. Her Base sprite even falls asleep on her feet if standing still long enough. |
| 505 | * StarterMon: She's one of the four free 5-star operators that the player could pick after creating a new account around the game's launch as a gift for the game reaching 1 million pre-registration. The other options were Liskarm, Pramanix, and Projekt Red. |
| 506 | * StevenUlyssesPerhero: She gives her full name as "Olivia Silence", with Silence evidently being her genuine surname, and she's a quiet owl-like researcher by nature.[[note]]This was, interestingly, [[Trivia/{{Arknights}} not quite the plan originally]], as early in development she was seemingly intended to be "Olivia Hermer" with Silent/Silence as a proper CodeName. The game as shipped, though, has apparently dropped all reference to the Hermer surname.[[/note]] |
| 507 | * SupportPartyMember: The '''Booster Injection''' talent makes it such that the ASPD of all your Medics on the field increases by 6 (12 at Elite 2) as soon as Silence hits the field. |
| 508 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: She'll work with [[Characters/ArknightsDefenders Saria]] if deployed with her on an operation, but her voice lines make it absolutely clear she has an axe to grind with Saria over something that happened during their Rhine days involving Ifrit, and Silence absolutely ''will not'' let Saria "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything have]]" Ifrit. |
| 509 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: It seems like she used to be on good terms with Saria. Now... not so much. |
| 510 | ---- |
| 511 | [[/folder]] |
| 512 | |
| 513 | [[folder:Sussurro]] |
| 514 | !!Sussurro |
| 515 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Heart of Surging Flame\ |
| 516 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarukaTerui (Japanese), Yue Xin (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English), Seo Yu-ri (Korean)\ |
| 517 | '''Artist:''' Sho |
| 518 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_298_susuro_1_0.png]] |
| 519 | [[caption-width-right:350:She will strictly follow the operator guidelines when providing medical assistance.]] |
| 520 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_298_susuro_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 521 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Coral Coast: Summer Flower [=FA026=] skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_298_susuro_summer6.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 522 | ->''Sussurro, Medic of Rhodes Island, is on standby to provide first aid at the front''. |
| 523 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★ |
| 524 | ->'''ID:''' No. 298 |
| 525 | ->'''Subclass:''' Medic |
| 526 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 527 | ->'''Skills:''' Healing Up β, Deep Healing |
| 528 | ->'''Talents:''' Minimally Invasive Surgery |
| 529 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhodes Island |
| 530 | ->'''Race:''' Vulpo |
| 531 | ->'''Birthday:''' September 4 |
| 532 | ->'''Height:''' 142cm |
| 533 | |
| 534 | ->''"Sussurro, Medic, reporting in and reminding you to follow your doctor's orders, no matter how much you have on your plate."'' |
| 535 | |
| 536 | A medical school graduate serving who signed up as a hospital volunteer before transferring to Rhodes Island as a Medic. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | * AnimalMotifs: Foxes, due to her Vulpo race. One also appears in the corner of her Elite 2 artwork. |
| 539 | * DiscOneNuke: Sussurro is this for healers. She is available from both headhunting and recruitment, and once she hits Elite 1 and unlocks '''Deep Healing''', things start to get silly. At skill Level 7, Deep Healing grants +70% ATK and ASPD for 30 seconds, which is absolutely bonkers for a healing skill, outhealing 5-6* medics by a significant margin for the level of investment needed to get there, and its surpsingly low SP cost of 19 means it'll be ready for two consecutive uses rather quickly. While its obvious downside is that it can only be used twice per operation, two uses is all it takes to get the player through tough early-game content like 3-8 or 4-10. |
| 540 | * GratuitousItalian: Her name, "sussurro", is the Italian word for "whisper". |
| 541 | * NecessaryDrawback: Again, '''Deep Healing's''' 2-use-per-battle restriction is a practical necessity to stop it from becoming downright broken, as it single-handedly gives the humble 4* Sussurro the highest healing-per-second of any Medic, and some of the highest healing output in the entire game, period. |
| 542 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She volunteered at a hospital to treat Oripathy patients, but ended up getting infected herself. |
| 543 | * OlderThanSheLooks: Sussurro's extremely short stature and small frame often make it hard to remember that she's a graduate student with a proficient background in medical sciences. On top of her height, she also spends a lot of time in official media around Suzuran, Shamare, and Popukar, which often leads some fans to mistake her for being in their age group since she's in the same height bracket as the three children. |
| 544 | * SituationalSword: Sussurro has a very niche kit. Her '''Minimally Invasive Surgery''' talent increases healing effects by 10% (20% at Elite 2) on all operators with a DP cost under 10 if she's in the squad, basically confining her to babysitting low-rarity operators if she's to operate at full capacity. A further crimp on her performance is her S2's usage limit, with '''Deep Healing''' turning her into an extremely powerful single-target healer, but only twice per sortie, which rules out using her on longer stages like Annihilation maps. |
| 545 | ---- |
| 546 | [[/folder]] |
| 547 | |
| 548 | [[folder:Tuye]] |
| 549 | !!Tuye |
| 550 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Contingency Contract Lead Seal\ |
| 551 | '''Voiced by:''' Nanako Saima (Japanese), Z (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English), Han Chae-eon (Korean)\ |
| 552 | '''Artist:''' [=aZling4=] |
| 553 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_402_tuye_1.png]] |
| 554 | [[caption-width-right:350:Avoid touching the device on her back or that umbrella of hers, else you'll be spending quite some time scrubbing your face out.]] |
| 555 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_402_tuye_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 556 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Epoque: Cultivate Vegetation skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_402_tuye_epoque14.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 557 | ->''Medic Operator Tuye, a Forte most unlike a Forte.'' |
| 558 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 559 | ->'''ID:''' No. 402 |
| 560 | ->'''Subclass:''' Medic |
| 561 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 562 | ->'''Skills:''' Aqua Loop, Cardiac Stimulant |
| 563 | ->'''Talents:''' Water Storage |
| 564 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Sargon |
| 565 | ->'''Race:''' Forte |
| 566 | ->'''Birthday:''' April 15 |
| 567 | ->'''Height:''' 153cm |
| 568 | |
| 569 | ->''"You the Doctor? They all say you're the one here who knows more than the rest. You're gonna let me figure that out."'' |
| 570 | |
| 571 | A former trading company employee who contracted Oripathy in an accident and was recommended to Rhodes by her former employers. |
| 572 | ---- |
| 573 | * ADogNamedDog: Her name is Kazakh for...'camel'. |
| 574 | * AnimalMotifs: Camels. The water tanks on her back mimic the humps of a camel, albeit storing water instead of fat (although it's a common misconception that camels store water in their humps). A number of camels also appear in the background of her E2 art. |
| 575 | * DeflectorShields: Her first skill confers temporary water barriers on units she heals, blocking a certain amount of damage before breaking. |
| 576 | * MakingASplash: Her healing visually manifests as water blasts, befitting her theme. |
| 577 | * ParasolOfPain: Less pain and more healing - like Whisperain and Ceylon before her, she uses an umbrella to cast healing Arts. Amusingly, she's the only umbrella wielding Medic to not be classified as a Therapist. |
| 578 | * TemporaryOnlineContent: Like Bibeak and Scene before her, Tuye is a limited welfare operator purchasable from the Contingency Contract shop. |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[folder:Vendela]] |
| 583 | !!Vendela / Magdelene Shaw |
| 584 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Episode 13: The Whirlpool That is Passion\ |
| 585 | '''Voiced by:''' Yu Wakui (Japanese), Chang Jiameng (Mandarin Chinese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English), Kim Mi-so (Korean)\ |
| 586 | '''Artist:''' Studio Montagne |
| 587 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vendela_arknights.png]] |
| 588 | [[caption-width-right:350:If you happen to run across her napping on a clear afternoon, don't say anything. Do as she does, and close your eyes. Feel the sunlight on them.]] |
| 589 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vendela_elite_2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 590 | ->''Vendela, a florist who survived when war came. Now doing what she can to rebuild her little greenhouse.'' |
| 591 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 592 | ->'''ID:''' No. 494 |
| 593 | ->'''Subclass:''' Incantation |
| 594 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 595 | ->'''Skills:''' Tactical Chant γ, Umbrage of Thorns |
| 596 | ->'''Talents:''' Soil Fertilizer Enhancement |
| 597 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Victoria |
| 598 | ->'''Race:''' Feline |
| 599 | ->'''Birthday:''' May 14 |
| 600 | ->'''Height:''' 160 cm |
| 601 | |
| 602 | ->''"Greetings, Doctor. Vendela reporting in. Um, what did Rockrock write for me next, I can't remember... Never mind! Please take this flower, I insist! Its meaning is good luck."'' |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * AttackReflector: Her second skill envelops the highest HP ally in range with thorny vines. While the vines persist, the ally will DrawAggro, and any enemy that hits them will take Arts damage and heal the ally for half of the damage. |
| 605 | |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | [[/folder]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[folder:Warfarin]] |
| 610 | !!Warfarin |
| 611 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Game Launch\ |
| 612 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ManakaIwami (Japanese), Gelin Tian (Mandarin Chinese), Lindsay Morton (English), Shin Song-yi (Korean)\ |
| 613 | '''Artist:''' Shi-Chen |
| 614 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_171_bldsk_1_9.png]] |
| 615 | [[caption-width-right:350:Of course, medical research is a tiny little bit more important.]] |
| 616 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_171_bldsk_2_7.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 617 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Witch Feast: the feast skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_171_bldsk_witch1_6.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 618 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Coral Coast: Casual Vacation [=HD31=] skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_171_bldsk_summer7.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 619 | ->''Warfarin, Medic Operator of Rhodes Island, sees the safety of her fellow Operators as her duty''. |
| 620 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 621 | ->'''ID:''' No. 171 |
| 622 | ->'''Subclass:''' Medic |
| 623 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing, Support |
| 624 | ->'''Skills:''' Emergency Triage, Unstable Plasma |
| 625 | ->'''Talents:''' Blood Sample Recycle |
| 626 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhodes Island |
| 627 | ->'''Race:''' Sarkaz (Vampire) |
| 628 | ->'''Birthday:''' June 27 |
| 629 | ->'''Height:''' 157cm |
| 630 | |
| 631 | ->''"I am Warfarin, the blood-scientist-slash-doctor. Besides typical healing Arts, I also bring you specialized medical treatments, courtesy of my remarkable expertise in hematology and plentiful experience. Anyway, look forward to working with you."'' |
| 632 | |
| 633 | A vampiric Sarkaz and one of Rhodes Island's senior medical staff. |
| 634 | ---- |
| 635 | * AnimalMotifs: Under the Sarkaz race, she's a vampiress, and so she has motifs involving bats, as seen in her Elite 2 artwork. |
| 636 | * ArtEvolution: Her appearance in Chapter 10 features [[https://raisengen.tumblr.com/post/698675100967370752/the-new-story-outfits-rightly-get-a-lot-of an updated look to her base sprite]] in the story. |
| 637 | * BloodMagic: She has discussed the use of old Sarkaz Blood Marking Rituals [[https://gamepress.gg/arknights/news/arknights-crimson-solitaire-monthly-log-1-mudrock-warfarin-vigna with Mudrock and Vigna]], although she does not actually practice these old rituals in the present day. She does have a signature stamp that bears an old Blood Mark symbol that she still uses to sign documents in Rhodes Island. |
| 638 | * CastFromHitPoints: Her '''Unstable Plasma''' ability increases the ATK stat of Warfarin and a ''random'' ally within range in exchange for scraping off 3% of their max HP per second. In total, each activation will result in a ding of 45% max HP, so for your own sanity's sake, do ''not'' put her together with an Ifrit specced for Scorched Earth, unless you have another Medic at the ready to hold both of their hands. |
| 639 | * CombatMedic: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Whereas Warfarin, being a Medic, is innately unable to attack anything, she is suited for a much more offensive playstyle as per her first skill that provides emergency treatment that can hold charges, and her second skill in particular adds a hefty ATK buff, making it so that strong skills will essentially become kill buttons. Also, any enemy that dies within her range will grant her and an ally SP, so doing that will make it so that you will be able to churn out skills much more often and faster. This makes it so that a consistent stream of enemies is highly encouraged and AttackAttackAttack as a reaction to that is faciliated by her deployment (special mention to operators like Saga, Siege and Blue Poison, who can spam their skills without abandon if there's something to kill). |
| 640 | ** Her upgraded module even makes it so that killing elite enemies or boss enemies within her range boosts her talent and grants extra SP, alleviating the downtimes on the next skill cycles even further. |
| 641 | * CommonalityConnection: Aak used to hate mainstream medicine. But when he learned that the real identity of "Mr. Blood" is no other than Warfarin, the two frequently engaged in academic discussions. And when they found out that they share some [[MadScientist common interests and tastes]], strange laughing and cheering became commonly heard from either Warfarin's or Aak's lab, now with two voices instead of one. |
| 642 | * DeadlyDoctor: Since her second skill actually drains health (something very unusual for TheMedic) she can be this as said skill is random to boot. A bit similar as to Aak, the operator receiving has to be able to withstand both the HP drain and the incoming damage they're already receiving from enemies, not to mention maps with constant damage over time effects and some Operators' skills also inflicting self-damage.[[note]]Both of them need clever placement too, if one wants them to focus on a certain operator to use it on[[/note]] And as she [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 takes the Hippocratic Oath for a Hippocratic Suggestion]], this counts as GameplayAndStoryIntegration. |
| 643 | * DifficultButAwesome: Warfarin's Unstable Plasma ability is her primary selling point, offering a substantial ATK buff in exchange for [[CastFromHitPoints casting from both her and an ally's hit points]]. Hard-hitting operators like Meteorite can inflict somewhere in the neighborhood of three to four ''thousand'' damage per shot with both Unstable Plasma and their own self-buffs going. To offset this awesomeness, the ability is not very reliable owing to its ''[[NecessaryDrawback random]]'' nature. It's not at all uncommon to pop Unstable Plasma hoping to buff a Sniper or Caster, but ending up applying it to a Defender who don't need the ATK increase or worse yet, a fragile Guard or Vanguard instead, which makes proper positioning a must to make the most out of her buff. |
| 644 | * TheDreaded: Many Rhodes Island operators actually fear her, not because of her vampiric nature, but because of her ForScience tendencies. Earlier {{Noodle Incident}}s even had RI members blacking out and then finding themselves strapped to a slab in Warfarin's office with her manic cackling ringing in their ears. |
| 645 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 646 | ** Despite her MadScientist tendencies, Warfarin does have standards, and she completely shuts down the notion of testing Bagpipe's constitution against Originium. |
| 647 | ** Several of her voiced lines has her refute accusations of sneaking tastes out of blood samples, and she even protests that she can tell the difference between her patients, their samples, and her own stash of drinkable blood. |
| 648 | * {{Expy}}: Like Aak, Warfarin shares quite a lot of commonalities with [[Characters/TeamFortress2TheMedic The Medic]]. Both are {{Mad Doctor}}s with a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate and a morbid sense of curiosity toward humanoid biology, whose impressive medical breakthroughs were made ForScience first, to satisfy their own curiosities second, and actual life-saving benefits last. To top it all off, Warfarin in particular is from the Terran equivalent of Germany, Kazdel, and has a similar color scheme as to the RED Medic. |
| 649 | ** She also plays similar to him, having a notable skill that renders immense support to one operator, which needs to be set off at certain moments. It does not last very long, but both of them do have tools to quicken its preperation. Warfarin's '''Unstable Plasma''' might not outright render the operator invincible, but it does grant them such a high attack steroid akin to '''The Kritzkreig''' that strong operators will be the last one standing anyway. |
| 650 | * FacePlant: She enters the battlefield in a similar manner to Pramanix. |
| 651 | * HollywoodRestrainingOrder: Her extreme attraction toward the Doctor's blood has resulted in "unladylike behavior" which led to Kal'tsit slapping a restraining order on her. |
| 652 | * HorrorHunger: Zig-zagged. Warfarin is normally able to control her hunger, which is important considering she's Rhodes Island's hematologist and oversees the blood bank. She even gets offended in one of her voicelines when the Doctor seems to imply she takes blood samples as food and makes it clear she differentiates between food and patient samples. However, there is something about the [[AlienBlood Doctor's blood]] that causes her to lose control and forced Kal'tsit to intervene after some "unladylike behavior." |
| 653 | * MadScientist: |
| 654 | ** Warfarin doesn't actually care too much for the Hippocratic Oath. In fact, she will handily put any idea she has in mind into practice without regards for possible detriments or harmful effects, usually on both herself and her allies. This is represented by her [[CastFromHitPoints Unstable Plasma]] ability. |
| 655 | ** She's also been plotting to drug Skadi with enough sedatives to knock out ''two hundred people'' just to have a look at her biology. Kal'tsit found out what she's been up to, and took away one whole month of her salary as punishment. |
| 656 | ** This trait is the reason why she gets along well with Aak despite the latter normally scoffing at mainstream medicine. |
| 657 | * MeaningfulName: Warfarin is named after the drug that reduces blood clots in veins or arteries, so it would make sense why she's a Medic. But there could also be a [[IronicName sense of irony]] here if we remember that the playable Warfarin in ''Arknights'' is a vampiress, a creature known to suck blood... and the drug has also been used for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin#Vampire_bats vampire bat pest control]]. |
| 658 | * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Vampires are a thing in-setting and they are just as nasty as they are in literature. However, Warfarin seems to be the TokenHeroicOrc, and has remarkable self-restraint, considering her job is to look after Rhodes Island's ''blood bank''. |
| 659 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 660 | ** Her first meeting with the Doctor apparently went very badly, with Kal'tsit mentioning that they'd have to postpone something called the "Kazdel matter" indefinitely. |
| 661 | ** Warfarin has been given a restraining order because of unspecified "unladylike behavior" towards the Doctor. |
| 662 | * TheNoseKnows: In an audio recording for Integrated Strategies, it is revealed that Warfarin, along with other Vampire Sarkaz, can apply a "brand" to people they care about that marks them with a scent. This lets the Vampire locate the branded person no matter where they are, and also serves as a warning to other Vampires that the person is under their protection. |
| 663 | * NotTheIntendedUse: As it buffs ATK, Unstable Plasma actually works pretty well when applied to another Medic, as it gives them significantly-increased healing output, while also easily counteracting the HP drain. |
| 664 | * OhCrap: It's implied being treated by Warfarin isn't a particularly enjoyable experience, even if she does have standards. However, she herself also experiences similar moments [[spoiler: in Kazdel encountering what's basically an eldritch abomination.]] |
| 665 | * OlderThanSheLooks: In her files, it is said that the number she gives when asked for her age 'still elicits a gasp' at some people. Her second Operator Record and Chapter 10 eventually reveal she's been alive for a few centuries. |
| 666 | * PenName: She wrote several medical books under the author pseudonym of "Blood". While she was popular in the medical field, not everyone knows if "Blood" is a man, a woman, or a group. It turns out she used a pseudonym to hide her vampiric nature. |
| 667 | * SignificantBirthDate: On this day, the coagulant dicoumarol was extracted for the first time, kickstarting the research of warfarin. |
| 668 | * SupportPartyMember: Upon reaching Elite 1, she gains the '''Blood Sample Recycle''' talent, which restores 1 SP to Warfarin and a random ally within range whenever an enemy within range is killed. |
| 669 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: A thankfully [[DownplayedTrope minor]], [[PlayedForLaughs joking]] case of this happens in her Operator Record, which involves her trying to treat an Infected child during the Chernobog Incident. When his friend shows up and attacks her, thinking she's some horrible monster that wants to eat him, it does nothing to stop her from trying to help them... though she can't resist playing up her vampiric nature while she takes a blood sample from him in order to give him a scare. |
| 670 | * VampireDoctor: Specifically, and appropriately, she is a vampire hematologist, with extensive such knowledge of the discipline that she's authored a number of widely-used books on the subject. |
| 671 | * WingedHumanoid: {{Invoked}} in her Elite 2 artwork, which shows Warfarin with bat wings to go along with her vampiric nature. |
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| 673 | [[/folder]] |
| 674 | |
| 675 | [[folder:Whisperain]] |
| 676 | !!Whisperain |
| 677 | !!!'''Introduced:''' Episode 8: Roaring Flare\ |
| 678 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriGoto (Japanese), Jingxia Liu (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English)\ |
| 679 | '''Artist:''' Chuzenji |
| 680 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_436_whispr_1_2.png]] |
| 681 | [[caption-width-right:350:Come closer to her, and do not be afraid.]] |
| 682 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see Elite 2 appearance.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_436_whispr_2_4.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 683 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her 0011 Series: Tremble Cold skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_436_whispr_nian4_9.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 684 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click to see her Witch Feast: Priory of Abyss skin.'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whisperain_skin2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 685 | ->''Whisperain, roving doctor, journeys gentle and lovely with us''. |
| 686 | ->'''Rarity:''' ★★★★★ |
| 687 | ->'''ID:''' No. 436 |
| 688 | ->'''Subclass:''' Therapist |
| 689 | ->'''Tags:''' Healing |
| 690 | ->'''Skills:''' Oriented Diagnosis, Pain Suppression |
| 691 | ->'''Talents:''' Tower of Life |
| 692 | ->'''Affiliation:''' Rhodes Island |
| 693 | ->'''Race:''' Aegir |
| 694 | ->'''Birthday:''' March 6 |
| 695 | ->'''Height:''' 169cm |
| 696 | |
| 697 | ->''"My code name is Whisperain—but I'm a mere roving doctor. If possible, treat me like a traveler lodging under the eaves, away from the rain. You needn't pay me much mind..."'' |
| 698 | |
| 699 | A roving doctor who drifts aimlessly around Terra, never staying in one place and always helping those in need. |
| 700 | ---- |
| 701 | * ActressAllusion: An externally-EmotionlessGirl with surprising HiddenDepths and yet no friends, who has an appreciation for arts and can pen extremely emotional and profound articles, and is implied to be associated with an organization of dubious intent? And voiced by Creator/SaoriGoto to boot? Sure sounds a lot like [[Characters/SteinsGate Kiryu Moeka]]. |
| 702 | * AnimalMotifs: Jellyfish. She bears some subtle jellyfish traits, for example, the shape her dress makes her and the long threads behind her. The jellyfish that appear in her Elite 2 artwork specifically resemble ''Turritopsis dohrnii'', better known as the "immortal jellyfish" for their namesake biological immortality. |
| 703 | * ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: Like with more of her fellow Aegir, her race could not be discerned before her full official artwork revealed her to be based on jellyfish. |
| 704 | * BilingualBonus: Her '''Priory of Abyss''' skin has two: The plaque at her feet has "Circulo de Mortalidad"[[note]]Circle of Mortality[[/note]] and below it is two lines of Morse code, which reads "Rest the soul of the wandering" and "Soothe the pain of the dying". |
| 705 | * TheCameo: The stained glass windows in her '''Priory of Abyss''' skin and the statues at her feet appear to depict Rhodes Island operators and [=NPCs=] of Iberia origin. |
| 706 | * DelicateAndSickly: Whisperain is noted to have a very weak constitution and immune system, to the point where the medical staff notes it's a miracle she ''hasn't'' contracted Oripathy yet. |
| 707 | * EmotionlessGirl: Whisperain is described as a very reserved and emotionless person, who isn't very inclined to socialize with others. This is partially because her ResurrectiveImmortality erases her memories each time she "dies", making her afraid of forming connections. She accordingly speaks with a very exhausted, monotonous voice, as if she's [[{{Pun}} whispering]]. |
| 708 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Unlike other operators, Whisperain's first Operator records can only be unlocked once you reach 200% trust with her. This is due to Whisperain's closed off nature and the nature of her ResurrectiveImmortality making her reluctant to get close to people. |
| 709 | * HiddenDepths: Despite her closed-off nature, Whisperain has a profound fascination with movies, and is able to express a surprising degree of emotions in her reviews of them. These reviews are in turn regarded extremely highly by the other movie buffs among Rhodes Island's staff, who usually refer to her recommendations when planning their own watchlists. |
| 710 | * MsFanservice: Despite her poofy dress in her base art, all other art really likes to show off her curves. Her Elite 2 art has her in a BoobsAndButtPose, her ''winter'' skin nonetheless hugs her curves and shows off some cleavage, and her second skin puts her in a nun costume with an open back that does the same thing. |
| 711 | * ParasolOfPain: Played with. While Whisperain wields an umbrella in place of a staff or other implements commonly used by Medics, she can't actually attack anything. |
| 712 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: She's part of a rare subspecies of Aegir that has the ability to survive fatal situations by regressing to a younger and healthier state at the cost of losing all its prior memories. This is almost exactly how the ''Turritopsis dohrnii'' she's based off of achieves its own biological immortality. |
| 713 | * SexyBacklessOutfit: Her '''Priory of Abyss''' skin has this, putting it closer to NaughtyNuns. |
| 714 | * ShrinkingViolet: Whisperain is very introverted and actively avoids confrontations. During her stay with Rhodes Island, she's observed to shy away from conversations and doesn't seem inclined to make friends, not helped by the rambunctious bunch that are the usual operators, although there are signs that this is starting to change. |
| 715 | * SituationalSword: She has bonus healing on operators with the Resist buff, and her skills grant Resist to operators in her attack range. Naturally, this makes her useful on maps where status effects are a particular issue. |
| 716 | * WalkingTheEarth: She's a self described "itinerant medic", and was constantly on the move before joining Rhodes Island. Even then, there's no guarantee that she won't just up and leave again. This is a reference to the aimless nature of real jellyfish, who will endlessly drift through the open sea for their entire lives, following wherever the current takes them. |
| 717 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Tthe Iberia icon is prominently displayed on the back of her head in her '''Priory of Abyss''' skin. |
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| 719 | [[/folder]] |
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