More Montwise Magnificence
Oh my GOD
So Montwise Montwise, the city where you find BOTH of THESE people.
That’s the former champion- a brutally powerful NPC you can fight to get a red chest and a hidden item- and Bandelam, the current champion in Hikari’s Chapter Two Montwise route, who is the chapter boss.
As it turns out, after the arena has been cleared and changed...
There is yet MORE bullshit in Montwise regarding the arena champs.
So this woman, Yurinas, comes up to the party, and asks for help. Her childhood friend, who is so very precious to her, is trying to join the tournament to earn some money. He hopes to use it for him and Yurinas. Yurinas, though, knows that he’s kinda useless in a fight, and is afraid he’ll get hurt or even killed in the arena- while things have improved since the days when Bandelam was champ, it’s still a fighting arena and people still get hurt.
So she asks you to stop a guy from being in the tournament. You do- you can knock him out with Throne or with Castti, and there’s probably other ways to do it- but then you get forcefully recruited to fight the champion yourself to make up for the missing guy.
The champion who, at the time you do the quest, will almost certainly flatten you.
Afterwards, you go into the arena’s backrooms, where the Champion...
Takes off her helmet.
Yurinas, the quest giver, turns out to be the champion. She didn’t want him to find out, which he inevitably would if they fought.
This is her info, which is a BITCH to get a hold of- and only AFTER you face her in the tournament!
Montwise is a wild ass place. Also remarkably progressive; of the three arena champs we know of in Montwise, two of them have been women! Though notably, only the Former Champion is not a sword wielder- both Bandelam and Yurinas use a sword, but if I recall correctly, the Former Champion wields a spear.