Profile: Alzilory Silvern

Race: Human


Age: 27

Gender: Male

Weapon: None, he uses pure ether blasts unarmed

Abilities: Extreme manipulation of multiple elements

Likes: EtherTech Research, Traveling, Practicing Ether Arts

Dislikes: When Melodia, Zuleika, and Talin get out of hand, The Gods and their religions. The corrupt kingdoms and their political struggles.

Personality: Alzilory has a rather pessimistic outlook on most things and tends to get a bit depressing when he goes on about this 'mission' of his. Many who meet him tend to write him off as evil and suspicious at first glance, and with his demeanor, one would be hard pressed to disagree, but maybe they're judging him a bit too early. He has a dark sense of humor as well, which tends to get mixed reactions from people. alzilory is rather proficient in the field of EtherTech research and application. Given the right materials he can build anything ranging from boosted weapons running on Ether Energy to Mechanized Sentries with limited intelligence.

Profile: Patchoulli Aylin

Race: Half Dragon/Eltian

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Abilities: Power to control multiple elements, Exceptional Ether Abilities. Dragon Transformation

Likes: Cooking, Practicing Alchemy, Gunnar

Dislikes: Melding, Priel's teasing, Laziness, Her parents for basically getting rid of them by sending them to Valdis Academy

Weapon: Ether Device(Drill Knuckle with gun technology intergrated)

Backstory: Patchoulli, or Patch as some people like to call her is the youngest daughter of Cyllya, a woman who is rumored to be a powerful dragon. She and her sister Priel live not too far away from Veili and Gunnar, so they're friends. Her parents want her sister and her to have a greater education, so they plan to send the both of them halfway across the world to Valdis Academy for Achemy and Melding. Faaar away from home, poor Patch. Patchoulli is a rather sensitive individual, who freaks out at the smallest things, nothing like her sister. She's good friends with Veili and Gunnar, but relates to Gunnar a bit more. So much that Priel teases her about having a crush on him. There are also times Patchoulli can act out of line and do impulsive things if something is really important to her. She's been hanging out with Veili too much, says Priel. Patchoulli's weapon, the Ether Device was once a Drill Knuckle forged by Veili and Gunnar's dad. Priel and Patchoulli then took it along with an Albion Issue Firearm and intergrated the technology inside the drill through alchemy and melding, resulting in the weapon Patchoulli now has. It's a perfect weapon for fighting up close or attacking from afar.

Profile: Flann Flaria

Race: Fire Dragon

Age: 12(97)

Gender: Female

Abilities: Extreme manipulation of Flames, Flame Weapon Synchronization, Dragon Transformation, Can use her weapon to stare into the souls of others.

Weapon: Eye of Truth, a disturbingly deformed sword that can be called at will.

Likes: Reading, Writing books, Peace and quiet

Dislikes: Noisy people, Thieves, Rudeness

Backstory: Flann is a young looking girl that literally lives in the Valesta Library on the 6th floor of the tower. She takes it upon herself to protect the rare and valuable material that can be found in her library. Flann is an introvert who spends far too much time reading and writing and not enough of anything else. Sleeping maybe once a month if she's tired enough. She has a mild demeanor and if you don't try to steal her books or disrespect her to any great length, she'll ignore you like you aren't even there. Flann can get away with this lifestyle simply because she is a dragon. Dragons have incredible physiques and stamina, in fact, she can do this and still kick the asses of thieves. Considering her rather vast knowledge and her incredible laziness, one has to wonder how often she steps outside the tower, or even her library. Flann is also acquainted with Maron and Maron is the only person Flann will actually stop reading to acknowledge. It's probably best to stay away from this oddball.

Profile: 'Balcruade'

Race: Angel

Age: 22 (138)

Gender: Male

Abilities: Extreme Manipulation of Earth, Advanced Fencing Abilities

Weapon: Righteous Soul(Rapier)

Likes: Seeing others happy, Forging weapons and armor, Traveling the three worlds

Dislikes: Lies, Deceit and trickery, weak hearted people.

Personality: Balcruade is an honorable man. He is kind and loyal, almost to a fault. He possesses some outstanding abilities and believes in fair fighting. Never striking when an opponent is down. He's also way older than he appears to be as can be evidenced by his way of speaking and apparent wisdom. He has a habit of treating Melodia like a little sister and it annoys her to no end. Perhaps he has siblings somewhere. Balcruade is also a retired Melder, or so he says. If the group is ever in need of money, then Balcruade can always forge some weapons and armor to peddle in towns.

Profile: Priel Aylin

Race: Half Dragon/Eltian

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Abilities: Manipulation of Flames and Earth, Ability to see long distances, Dragon Transformation

Likes: Practicing swordplay, research and learning, Practicing Alchemy, Teasing Gunnar

Dislikes: Being bested in knowledge, overly spicy foods

Weapon: Flamebelk, a sword constantly wrapped in flames, can be summoned at will

Backstory: Priel is Patchoulli's sister and the oldest daughter of Cyllya. She has a prideful and outgoing personality. She easily makes friends and she's pretty smart. Usually siblings are always at each other's throats, but Priel and Patchoulli are actually really close. Unlike Patchoulli, Priel actually sees going to Valdis Academy as a great opportunity to further her abilities and increase her chances of finding a successful career for herself. Priel is good friends with Veili and Gunnar, but she relates to Veili a bit more. Priel tends to have a habit of poking fun at people's flaws around her. She makes fun of Veili and her dolls, Patchoulli and her crush, and Gunnar and his constant failures and bogus theories. Because of the latter, Gunnar sees her as an intellectual rival, though he is certainly outmatched.

Profile: Talin Ryouta

Race: Eltian

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Abilities: Blinding speed, Manipulation of Light

Weapon: Zantetsu(Assassin's Blade)

Likes: Peace and quiet, games of chance, messing with Melodia

Dislikes: Actually having to fight without having controlled the situation, Losing at gambling, Zuleika's cooking

Personality: Not much is known about Talin. He is almost always in the shadows surveying the landscape. In the odd case that someone ever does see him, he moves so fast that the witness would have to think twice about somone really being there at all. Talin's quiet on the outside, but on the inside. He's actually pretty humorous and amusing. If people knew his inner self, they'd probably drop from shock. Talin also has a secret obsession with gambling, whenever the group is staying at a town somewhere he just has to go off and try his luck at anything ranging from card games to whatever else. He's got a surprisingly good record though. Not too many losses and plenty of wins.

Profile: Melodia Akakkios

Race: Demon

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Abilities: Extreme manipulation of Shadow, power to control soundwaves

Weapon: Claws/Fists/Feet

Likes: Fighting, annoying the rest of the group,

Dislikes: Losing a fight, Annoying people(Oh the irony...), Zuleika's cooking, Weaklings

Personality: Melodia is a brat, plain and simple. A powerful brat, but a brat nonetheless. She's playful and a bit sadistic and enjoys 'playing' with just about anyone and anything. Playing meaning fighting of course. She can emit soundwaves to create noise so loud that the victims are forced to stop attacking and cover their ears. She's also a big whiner and always makes a scene when she doesn't get what she wants. Truly an annoyance. One would wonder how Alzilory and the rest of the group put up with it. Zuleika, and Talin to a lesser degree, always poke fun at Melodia at times. Usually when it involves her wanting to fight someone. The group actually places bets on who would win. And they always bet against her.

Profile: Gunnar Myrrine

Race: Half Demon/Human

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Weapon: Zephyr(Bow)

Abilities: Manipulation of Multiple Elements, Able to bring his mind to a deadly focus in the heat of situations.

Likes: Thinking, Learning, Archery

Dislikes: Having to Fight(Especially up close), Veili's impulsiveness, Priel's teasing

Personality: Gunnar is the quiet type who spends far too much time analyzing situations and coming up with pointless solutions to trivial matters instead of taking action. He gets away with it though since his sister does enough fighting for the both of them. He's a bit of a coward when it comes to combat though, which is why he prefers to use a long range weapon rather than having to get up close and personal. Priel tends to tease Gunnar about Patchoulli having a crush on him. He doesn't think it's true so he always gets annoyed at her for spreading lies. Truly oblivious indeed. He also tries very hard to earn the respect of Priel when it comes to matters of knowledge and theory, but he just isn't at her level. At least not yet.

Profile: Veili Myrrine

Race: Half Demon/Human

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Weapon: Glacier Song (Broad sword)

Abilities: Manipulation of Ice, Ice Weapon Synchronization, Mystic eyes able to see through illusions

Likes: Collecting Dolls, Getting her way

Dislikes: Melodia, Gunnar's wimpy-ness, Having to do exstensive thinking(She prefers to act now, ask question later)

Personality: Being the older of the two(By five minutes), Veili takes it upon herself to make all the decisions between the two of them and does all she can to protect her brother. She's the type of person to who prefers to get things done quickly rather than draw them out with pointless talking. Ideally, she and her brother make a good team. She does most of the fighting and her brother does most of the thinking. It all works out somehow. Gunnar tends to nag at Veili about her impulsiveness. Veili says it makes him sound like an old man.

Battle Specifics

---Outburst System---

The special attack system of the Sacred Earth Series. When a character attacks three times, they are then able to use a stronger special attack or support skill. These skills can be rather abusive if they were allowed to be used with no consequence, so a mini-lock is placed on them to slow things down a bit. Another thing to note is that when a character defends, they lose an Outburst Point in exchange for Mighty Guard.

---Action Rewards System---

In the beginning of battle a message is displayed at the top right of the battle screen. This is an action reward. The specified action is on top and the reward is on the bottom. Do the action to get the reward. There are three action rewards per battle, and the rewards get better as the battle goes on.

---Finish Burst System---

All powerful signature finishing attacks. All party members and some enemies have these. In the case of party members, there is a large gauge at the top of the battle screen. It fills up a point when a character uses an outburst skill. When the gauge hits ten, all character's have their Finish Bursts unlocked. When one character uses a finish burst, then the other party members lose their Finish Burst command their command menus revert to normal.

---Three Layered Personal Action System---

Party members have three personal actions each. Their first action is available under normal conditions. When a character can use Outburst, then their personal action changes to their second one, and then Finish Burst is unlocked, then their personal action changes to their last one.

---Strengths & Weakness Struggle---

All base offensive spells decrease the target's resistance to the element of the attack/spell. To counter that, there are spells known as 'shield spells' that increase resistance to a certain element as well as restoring LF. Use this knowledge to your advantage in order to deal the most damage you can as well as healing large amounts after getting hit.

---Innate Elemental Strengths & Weaknesses---

All playable characters have their own set of elementa strengths and weaknesses. So you may find that character taking lots of damage on one floor and then barely taking any on the next. This is because of their innate elemental strengths & weaknesses.

The game will never outright tell you what your character's weaknesses are. The player must come to the answer on their own. All that's provided are clues such as what elements that character's Ether Spells are.

Take Veili for example, she controls Crystal(Ice), and to a lesser degree, Aqua(Water). From there it should be easy to figure out what to watch out for with her.

Annnd that's all for this update, till next time.