YMMV / Ciel nosurge

• Complete Monster: Revelt, head of Tenmon, one of the two leading groups of Ra Ciela, in actuality is one of their biggest problems. Building himself as a man for the people due to his technology, Revelt has always wanted to be in the top and would use any means necessary to get there. Separating his own daughter Nay's body and soul to place Ion, a girl with more potential, in her body, endangering Ra Ciela as a side effect. He would then train her to become the perfect candidate for the next empress of Ra Ciela, through years of physical and emotional torture. He then forced his other daughter Renall to befriend Ion and betray her if she ever tries to disobey. Once Ion is ready to be made Empress, Revelt started making deals with other antagonists in order for Ion to gain support and make herself look better to the people. Once Ion began to resist Revelt's hold on her after realizing his true actions, he decides to drop all formalities and starts using force. When Ion and her friends fight back, Revelt ultimately decides to screw over his people by trying to use song magic to teleport himself and his followers away from Ra Ciela to a new planet while leaving it to be destroyed, and then guaranteeing its end when he shot down Dr. Clacket, the only person who knows how to save Ra Ciela, and forced him to perform a Heroic Sacrifice to end Revelt. A selfish, ambitious man, Revelt destroyed his own home just because society didn't follow him.
• Magnificent Bitch: Renall Tartalka is the head of PLASMA and daughter of Tenmon's leader Revelt, who contrasts her monstrous father by using manipulation for the greater good. As Ion's only friend when she first arrived to Ra Ciela, Renall intends to use her to overthrow her father, allowing her be experimented on and betraying her when she attempts to escape, all the while being conflicted with guilt. When Ion was presented as an Empress candidate, Renall set her up to win, subtly leading her to danger so she can perform miracles. When Ion began breaking off from Tenmon, Renall acted as an enemy leading PLASMA, until she launched a coup d'etat on her father, taking over while he's arrested. When Revelt retaliates and dooms Ra Ciela, Renall atones for his actions by helping with the Grand Phoenix plan, assisting Ion and making sure the Soleil launches even if it meant being left behind. Returning in Ar Nosurge, Renall is brainwashed by the Other Player as a servant, but after being freed by Ion, she guides and lays out the Planet Regeneration Plan, even pretending to betray Nay and steals a song from the Other Player to stop them. Though dubious in action, Renall is truly fighting for a better future.
• Player Punch: Ion's origin story. She was a girl on Earth, pulled into Ra Ciela, and forced into the body of the Imperial Princess.
  • It gets worse after listening to the Drama CD that came with Ciel's original collector edition and Ion's character profile disc: they both go in detail into all the things the Tenmon did to her during the time between her summoning to Ra Ciela and the game's start.
  • Furthermore, it was also revealed in a light novel that her coming to Ra Ciela wasn't due to an accident or out of curiosity either: she was forced into using the machine that took her soul to Ra Ciela in a last ditch effort to avoid getting killed by the player who controlled Prim.