#sf alef

[peak-widow]

torasu and alef defeated by darksol at the tower of the ancients

[starswordartblog]

Shininginktober late Day 5: Alef.

[claire-starsword]

All of Alef’s dialogue. She is one of the few characters changed from the guide book, since there she’s said to be from East Rune instead of near Bustoke.

Also, “Vulpes” is an adaptation of the english version, in japanese she’s still a foxling. In the english manual she’s also still a foxling, so it wasn’t a very consistent thing.

[claire-starsword]

Today I bring you the classic electric pokemon with black tipped ears. That’s right. Alef.

Alef [Foxling] Class: Mage -> Wizard

Burn the enemies to ashes with lightning magic!

*** A sage from Prompt, the country of the Ancients' descendants.

She used to live in a small country that was invaded by Runefaust, but she found out Darksol's ambitions and sought help in Prompt. And thus she settled down in the country. Her specialty is the Bolt line of magic. ***

High class mages can use many kinds of magic, but generally speaking, they have a single line they specialize in. For Tao that is Blaze, for Anri and Domingo it's Freeze, and Alef here specializes in Bolt spells.

Usually, Bolt magic uses Mana (the source of magic) to conduct lightning discharges from the skies. It is an exceptionally strong type of offensive magic, but because it consumes a lot of Mana at once, it is hard to control. Alef however was born with the peculiar ability to generate electricity by amplifying the bioelectricity in her whole body. Using that as an auxiliary source of electric power, she can cast Bolt while consuming less Mana.

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Lowe [Hobbit] Class: Healer -> Priest

He chants healing spells to protect the protagonist

*** An apprentice priest from the church of Guardiana. He was the one to rescue the protagonist when he laid unconscious by the coast, and after that they became great friends.

When he heard the protagonist was sent to the Gate of the Ancients, he decided to join the party, and later became a Shining Force member. ***

Compared to mages, who join the team little by little, three priests join you in a short span of time (Chapter 1).

Lowe's woes start there. There's no problem with his healing and fighting abilities (if you wait for the best weapons he's stronger than Gong) but, he loses to Khris when it comes to cuteness, and to Gong when it comes to looking strong, so he's always in danger of being dropped off the team.

Even in headquarters, you won't hear great things about him (especially from the girls), he's like the bumbling country bumpkin type turned into a troublemaker. With a best friend like this, the protagonist is in trouble, isn't he? Well, things are fine if you don't toss him out...

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Notes on Alef:

I'm sad that they didn't elaborate on it here, but the japanese manual states that Alef foresaw Darksol's plot, implying some sort of precognition power from her as well. Her backstory here in the guide book is very vague and says nothing on how she came to know of Darksol. From how it is worded, I'm not even sure if she went to Prompt before or after her country was attacked.

Notes on Lowe:

*sigh*

As mentioned here, Lowe harasses the girls in HQ in the japanese version. It's a character archetype that pops up in pretty much every game in the series and i'm very annoyed so I won't go in depth about it.

I'm also unsure on the country bumpkin line since it seems to be referencing a specific character from japanese TV, and I couldn't find much on it, and was also a bit tired on the topic here so didn't try that hard. Basically, take that with a grain of salt.

[claire-starsword]

oh no she had gifted kid syndrome