History Characters / TrailsSeriesTheBracerGuild

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:Her exhaustion when fighting Van is represented as her only having about a third of her total HP.]]

''Notable Groups:'' '''The Bracer Guild''' | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesOuroboros Ouroboros]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesJaegerCorps Jaeger Corps]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesSeptianChurch Septian Church]]\\

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaMilitary Erebonia Military]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsStaffAndInstructors Thors' Staff and Instructors]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVII Thors Class VII]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesReanSchwarzer Rean Schwarzer]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIINew New Class VII]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsMainCampusClasses Main Campus Classes]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsBranchCampus Branch Campus]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesImperialLiberationFront Imperial Liberation Front]]\\

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaChancellorOsborne Giliath Osborne]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesRufusAlbarea Rufus Albarea]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaMilitary Erebonia Military]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsStaffAndInstructors Thors' Staff and Instructors]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVII Thors Class VII]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesReanSchwarzer Rean Schwarzer]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIINew New Class VII]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsMainCampusClasses Main Campus Classes]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsBranchCampus Branch Campus]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesImperialLiberationFront Imperial Liberation Front]]\\

* CallingTheOldManOut: She delivers some heated words towards her father [[spoiler:after finding out about his dealings with the Armata.]]

* FightingYourFriend: She's depicted as fighting Van in the opening movie for ''Daybreak''. [[spoiler:Regardless of the route taken during Chapter 5, the two end up fighting each other as a result of Armata's game.]]

* SinsOfOurFathers: It becomes apparent later on that part of her motive for becoming a bracer is a desire to hold her father accountable for his less than savoury actions such as [[spoiler:backing anti-immigration terrorists, sponsoring Armata, and being responsible for Van being taken by the DG Cult.]]

* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:His initial motivation for becoming a bracer was to avenge his sister's death at the hands of Armata.]]

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* ArmorPiercingAttack: When you face him as a boss, he uses the craft "Arcane Gale," which hits twice and nullifies your buffs.

* DeathFromAbove: His ''Avalanche Cleaver'' Craft consists of him jumping into the air to land a downward sword slash. His first two S-Crafts, "Fujin's Fury" and "Termination Slash - Black Paragon", both end with him leaping into the air and barreling down on his foes with an overhead slash and downwards sword thrust respectively.

* DoppelgangerSpin: His ''Twin Arcane Gale'' Craft in ''Reverie'' ends with him summoning a clone with him and the clone each launching a SwordBeam at the enemy from both ends.

* FlashStep: The Eight Leaves One Blade School's 2nd Form, "Gale," is all about moving at blinding speeds, and Arios isn't called the "Divine Blade of Wind" for nothing.

* IaijutsuPractitioner: His ''Crashing Wave'' Craft has him perform an iaijutsu stance before launching a SwordBeam at his enemies.

* LimitBreak: For S-Crafts, he has "Fujin's Fury" as a party member. As a boss, he gains "Termination Slash - Black Paragon" on top of that. In ''Reverie'', his S-Craft is "Second Slash - Raging Tempest," [[note]]''Ni no Tachi: Kojin Tenshou''(literally "Second Sword, Raging God Piercing Heaven") in Japanese[[/note]] while "Fujin's Fury" was made into a regular craft.

* MasterSwordsman: He is a Divine Blade of the [[FantasticFightingStyle Eight Leaves One Blade]], specializing in the Second Form, "Hayate" (Gale).

* StatusBuff: His ''Qinggong'' craft greatly increases his strength and speed. It's upgraded variant in ''Reverie'' adds a boost to his defense on top of that, along with granting him the Insight status turning him into a deadly LightningBruiser.
* StatusBuffDispel: His ''Arcane Gale'' Craft as a boss cancels the target's buffs before hitting the enemy twice, making it an UnblockableAttack that can only be avoided with high evasion. His ''Twin Arcane Gale'' Craft in ''Reverie'' retains the effect, making him one of the very few playable characters in ''Reverie'' capable of canceling buffs with just regular Crafts.

* LimitBreak: In ''SC'', his S-Craft is "Summon Lightning."

* BladeSpam: Her "Kaleido Fencer" Craft has her stab her sword at high speeds.

* KnightInShiningArmor: She fights with a "knight's sword," even learning her skills by studying an ancient sword style Calvard's days as a kingdom, and has a firm desire to help others as a bracer. Her S-Craft is even named "Knights of Asteria."

* LifeDrain: "Sword Ortus"/"Lord Ortus" heals the party's HP after dealing damage.

* LimitBreak: Her S-Craft is "Knights of Asteria."

* MercurysWings: Her "Lohengrin" Craft shows her gaining glowing wings on her feet that allow her to quickly move around her opponent to attack.

* PowerGivesYouWings: Her S-Craft, "Knights of Asteria," has her gain a pair of glowing wings on her back before moving in and slashing her enemies apart.

* SwordBeam: Her "Silvery Cross" Craft has her sword emit silver energy that she sends at the enemy in the shape of an "X."
* SwordPlant: ''Kuro II'' adds the Craft "Sword Ortus", and by extension its upgrade "Lord Ortus," to her arsenal, which shows her sticking her now-glowing sword in the ground to create a larger blade from beneath the target.

* BladeSpam: "Eight-Leaf Blitz."
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Cuteness is Justice!"

* LimitBreak: In ''SC'' and ''The 3rd'', her S-Craft is "Piercing Wave."

* LimitBreak: His S-Craft is "Rebellion Storm."

* SufferTheSlings: His ''Sphere Break'' Craft has him launching an exploding marble of Orbal Energy from a slingshot.

* FantasticFightingStyle: She's noted as one of the few users of the "Gekka" style of martial arts to not be affiliated with [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCalvardMiscellaneous Heiyue]]; she actually expresses annoyance that the style is often associated with said group.

* PropagandaHero: As shown in her ''Reverie'' side story, Zin tried to convince her to be this one for the Calvardian Guild by accepting a promotion to A-Rank, as she'd already garnered quite a bit of fame beforehand. She's initially against the idea, having already turned down interviews and offers to model for magazines or act in movies, but later accepts due to her desire to help others.

* BlowYouAway: Her secondary element is wind, her S-Craft even has her [[PowerGivesYouWings gaining a pair of wings]].

* CooldownHug: Her EarlyBirdCameo in ''Reverie'' has her trying to rescue a pair of kidnapped children. When one of them attempts to attack her in a knife in a panic, she merely grabs the knife and puts it away before giving her a warm embrace to help her calm down and reassure her that she and her brother were safe.

* LadyOfWar: She is the daughter of a wealthy businessman, [[BlueBlood whose family were once nobility]], known as the "Beauty's Blade," and uses a graceful sword style dating from when Calvard was still a kingdom. She fits all the checks.

* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]: Her EarlyBirdCameo in ''Reverie'' has her effortlessly dispatching over a dozen mafia grunts while trying to rescue a pair of childrn they kidnapped.

* PropagandaHero: As shown in her ''Reverie'' side-story, Zin tried to convince her to be one for the Calvardian Guild by accepting a promotion to A-Rank, as she'd already garnered quite a bit of fame beforehand. She's initially against the idea, having already turned down interviews and offers to model for magazines or acting for movies, but later accepts due to her desire to help others.

* BlueBlood: [[spoiler:The Auclair family are descended from Old Calvardian nobility.]]

* CallingTheOldManOut: Does this towards her father [[spoiler:after finding out about his dealings with the Armata.]]

* CostumeEvolution: Her [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elaine_auclair_key_artwork__kuro_ii__2.jpg new outfit]] in ''Kuro II'' keeps the general green color scheme from her previous one, but the new coat has longer sleeves and [[https://www.falcom.co.jp/kuro2/assets/gallery/images/22.webp a black shirt underneath it]], the shorts are brown instead of white, thigh-high black boots replace the previous knee-high white boots over black thigh-high stockings, and gloves aren't included.

* ElementalEyeColors: She has green eyes, matching her secondary element of Wind.

* LadyOfWar: The daughter of a wealthy businessman, [[BlueBlood whose family were once nobility]], known as the "Beauty's Blade," and uses a graceful sword style dating from when Calvard was still a kingdom. She fits.

* LightEmEup: She has Mirage as her primary element.

* UptownGirl: She's a wealthy heiress and renowned bracer and whereas Van grew up an orphan and is a Spriggan. [[spoiler:They used to date.]]

* ChildhoodFriends: With Van and René. She hadn't seen the former for years until fairly recently, and she has some mixed feelings towards him, especially in regards to his profession. The latter, meanwhile, was the only one who supported her back when she decided to become a bracer,[[note]]She made this decision while they were still students[[/note]] and she's kept in contact with him sense.

* PropagandaHero: As shown in her ''Reverie'' side-story, Zin tried to convince her to be this for the Calvardian Guild by accepting a promotion to A-Rank, as she'd already garnered quite a bit of fame beforehand. She's initially against the idea, having already turned down interviews and offers to model for magazines, but later accepts due to her desire to help others.

They often act as a neutral faction in conflicts around Zemuria, but are limited by the Bracer Code which prevents them to intervene in political affairs. \\

* GoodCounterpart: To jaegers. Both bracers and jaegers make a living doing requests for various people, but whereas the bracers do it for the sake of helping the civilian population, jaegers only care about the paycheck they will receive and usually don't care who they have to hurt.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito (Japanese)

* BettyAndVeronica: As one of Van's two primary love interests, Elaine serves as his cool-headed ChildhoodFriend [[spoiler:and ex-girlfriend]] whose aloofness occasionally gives way to an adorably immature side, while [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCalvardArkrideSolutionsOffice Agnes]] shows a surprisingly mature and determined side underneath her normally demure personality. Additionally, Agnes's biggest obstacle in winning Van's heart is in [[JustAKid how he largely doesn't see her as an equal]], while Elaine's is in how [[spoiler:he's not yet ready to open up about his issues with her.]]

** In contrast to Agnes and Feri,[[note]]Where she's just upset that Van is bringing minors into his line-of-work[[/note]] her reaction to Risette in Chapter 4 is nothing but snark:

* ContinuityNod: Her unexpected visit to Van's office at the start of ''Kuro II'' mirrors Agnes' at the start of ''Daybreak''.

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* ShipTease: There's a few hints of her being interested in Alviss.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito

-->'''Voiced by:''' Toshiki Kusu

-->'''Voiced by:''' Shizuku Hoshinomiya

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie Reverie]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

* AscendedExtra: She went from a supporting character in ''Kuro I'' to a main character in ''Kuro II''.

* BattleAura: She sports a green one in the first ''Kuro'' game, during [[spoiler:any boss battles against her.]]

* BootstrappedLeitmotif: [[https://youtu.be/QuwszdAUYwg "What is Ahead of You,"]] a general event theme from the first ''Kuro'' game, is often regarded as Elaine's theme by both the fanbase and Falcom themselves, for multiple reasons.[[note]]The most prominent of which being how the piece was first used during her EarlyBirdCameo in ''Reverie''[[/note]] To drive the point home, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDEmGBC7p68 "Knights of Asteria"]], a track from the ''Super Ultimate'' album that is explicitly stated to be based on the aforementioned piece, is clearly meant to be Elaine's ImageSong.[[note]]Not only is it named after her S-Craft, but the final part of the lyrics translates to "I am the 'Sword Maiden.'"[[/note]]

** During ''Kuro I'' Chapter 3, she mildly gives him the stink eye when he chooses to sit with Fie over her when drinking coffee together.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Elaine is largely associated with the color green, being the color of her eyes and the most prominent color on her bracer outfit. ''Kuro II'' doubles down on this, as both her new casual clothes and her Xipha are green too.[[note]]In ''Kuro I'', her Xipha had the same brown cover as those belonging to the other bracers[[/note]]
* ContinuityNod: Her unexpected visit to Van's office at the start of ''Kuro II'' mirrors Agnes' at the start of ''Kuro I''.

* ContraltoOfStrength: A MasterSwordsman and LadyOfWar who beat Sara Valestein's record in becoming the youngest A-rank bracer, with Creator/ChiwaSaito giving her the lowest voice of all playable girls in the first two ''Kuro'' games.

* DuelBoss: Her battle with Van in the first ''Kuro'' game is one-on-one.
* EarlyBirdCameo: While her proper debut is in ''Kuro I'', ''Reverie'' has her star in a short story explaining how she accepted her promotion to A-Rank, even giving the player a glimpse of her [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elaine_8.png from behind]]. It can be read after completing the True Reverie Corridor, as well as reading Rean and Renne's short stories.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: A number of characters can easily tell that Elaine has a thing for Van, [[spoiler:even after he broke up with her 7 years prior to ''Kuro I''.]]

* FightingYourFriend: She's depicted as fighting Van in the opening movie for ''Kuro I''. [[spoiler:Regardless of the route taken during Chapter 5, the two end up fighting each other as a result of Armata's game.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: She's playable at various points in the first ''Kuro'' game, but never gets to stick around for too long. Not so much in ''Kuro II'', where she's playable for all of the prologue and Chapter 1B, and is generally treated as a main party member at the start of Chapter 3.

* ItWasAGift: During Elaine's second Connect Event in the first ''Kuro'' game, Van gives her a limited-edition Mishy movie merchandise to make-up for him breaking his promise to her that they'll go to Mishelam with René during their high school years. It wasn't the gift that made her happy though, it was the fact that he still remembered the promise after all these years they've been far apart.

* NotSoStoic: As the first ''Kuro'' game goes on, the number of moments where her calm exterior breaks begin to pile up:

* WorkingWithTheEx: [[spoiler:She and Van were previously in a relationship before splitting up under less-than-ideal circumstances. Throughout the events of ''Kuro I'', the two end up working together throughout various cases, and she's hoping to receive an explanation from him on why he suddenly left in hopes of finding some closure, which she finally gets with TheReveal that Van has been the host of the Vagrants-Zion demon his entire life.]]

A former member of the Zephyr jaeger corps, she ends up joining the Guild after graduating from Thors Military Academy, getting up to B-Rank by the time of ''Kuro''. See her entry in [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]].

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro II]]''

* BettyAndVeronica: As one of Van's two primary love interests, Elaine serves as his cool-headed ChildhoodFriend [[spoiler:and ex-girlfriend]] whose aloofness occasionally gives way to an adorably immature side, while [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCalvardArkrideSolutionsOffice Agnes]] shows a surprisingly mature and determined side underneath her normally demure personality. Also, Agnes's biggest obstacle in winning Van's heart is in [[JustAKid how he largely doesn't see her as an equal]], while Elaine's is in how [[spoiler:he's not yet ready to open up about his issues with her.]]

* BaritoneOfStrength: A MasterSwordsman, TheAce of the Bracer Guild and one of the strongest characters in the Crossbell duology, with Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa giving him a suitably deep voice.

* CrissCrosssAttack: His third S-Craft introduced in ''Reverie'', Raging Tempest, starts with him rapidly slashing the enemy apart before [[TornadoMove sucking them all into a cyclone]].

* TheLeader: He acts as the de-facto leader of Crossbell's guild branch due to his experience, fame, and combat prowess.

* DeathFromAbove: His ''Avalanch Cleaver'' Craft consists of him jumping into the air to land a downward sword slash. His first two S-Crafts, "Fujin's Fury" and "Termination Slash - Black Paragon", both end with him leaping into the air and barreling down on his foes with an overhead slash and downwards sword thrust respectively.

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaChancellorOsborne Giliath Osborne]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesRufusAlberea Rufus Alberea]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaMilitary Erebonia Military]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsStaffAndInstructors Thors' Staff and Instructors]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVII Thors Class VII]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesReanSchwarzer Rean Schwarzer]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIINew New Class VII]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsMainCampusClasses Main Campus Classes]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsBranchCampus Branch Campus]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesImperialLiberationFront Imperial Liberation Front]]\\

* {{DLC}}: ''Kuro II'' gives her two different "[[https://i.redd.it/qj3g7hvumxc91.png Z1]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgIHFLcXkAASPKn?format=jpg&name=medium Race Queen]]" outfits as pre-order costumes.

''Erebonian Empire:'' [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaNobility Erebonia Imperial Family and Four Great Houses]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaChancellorOsborne Giliath Osborne]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaIronblood The Ironbloods]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaMilitary Erebonia Military]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsStaffAndInstructors Thors' Staff and Instructors]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVII Thors Class VII]] ([[Characters/TrailsSeriesReanSchwarzer Rean Schwarzer]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIIOriginal Original Class VII]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsClassVIINew New Class VII]]) | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsMainCampusClasses Main Campus Classes]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaThorsBranchCampus Branch Campus]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers Erebonian Civilians and Major Groups]] | [[Characters/TrailsSeriesImperialLiberationFront Imperial Liberation Front]]\\