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}}'''Zerase''' (ゼラセ, ''Zerase'') is a major character in [[Suikoden V]]. Zerase is a supremely powerful magician and bearer of the unique [[Star Rune]]. | }}'''Zerase''' (ゼラセ, ''Zerase'') is a major character in [[Suikoden V]]. Zerase is a supremely powerful magician and bearer of the unique [[Star Rune]]. | ||
==Profile== | |||
===Appearance=== | |||
Zerase is a pale, slender woman clad exclusively in black with gold trim. According to designer concept art, Zerase's long black hair reaches to the small of her back where it is tied together. She has cool blue eyes, emphasised with purple eye shadow. Under her flowing, dark robes, she wears a sheer dress, held in place by her choker. On each wrist she wears five dark bangles. | |||
Zerase also carries a muff handwarmer, dangling from her neck by a chain, which she normally keeps her hands in unless she is attacking or using a rune. Her feet are never seen. | |||
In battle, Zerase wields a long pointed needle which she throws at her enemies with her right hand. She apparently summons these needles with a flick of her wrist. The [[Star Rune]] is attached to her forehead according to game mechanics but she has no marking to indicate this, although they may be covered by her fringe. | |||
===Personality=== | |||
Zerase is secretive and holds a sharp tongue, being quick to ready a barb or admonishment towards friend or foe for their shortcomings. She has a strong sense of duty regarding the safeguarding of the three runes of [[Queendom of Falena|Falena]], especially the [[Sun Rune]] itself. It is this that leads her to be quick to insult the royal family for what she sees as their lapse in their duties. It was this that led her to state that she would not hesitate to kill the [[Hero (Suikoden V)|Prince of Falena]] if he proved to be unworthy of the [[Dawn Rune]] and to attempt to remove the [[Twilight Rune]] from [[Alenia]] and then [[Sialeeds]]. | |||
Keeping her knowledge close to her chest, Zerase rarely provided answers unless she felt it directly important to her goals. That said, she is never actively dishonest, preferring to bluntly admit that she will not answer questions rather than obscuring the truth with lies. Her curtness comes off as rude; when [[Lyon]] was vitally wounded in the [[New Queen's Campaign]], Zerase refused to help, stating that the [[Dawn Rune]] simply wasn't powerful enough in its current state to heal her. Although dismissive this turned to be exactly the case, allowing the Prince to eventually increase the ability of the rune and heal Lyon. | |||
As Zerase's greatest concern is that of the three runes of Falena, her greatest emotional outbursts come when those runes are misused. Although she was dismissive of Alenia for being "unworthy" of the Twilight Rune, she was also upset at its misuse. This only intensified when the rune chose Sialeeds as its bearer and was able to wield much more of the rune's powers. When the three runes were restored to their proper place, Zerase seemed much more at peace, even smiling before vanishing. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===War's End=== | ===War's End=== | ||
Following the final defeat of [[Marscal Godwin]] and the [[Sun Rune Incarnation]], Zerase oversaw the return of the Sun Rune to the [[Sun Palace]]. As soon as the task was complete, Zerase vanished, her wish to ensure the return of the three runes of Falena successful, and was never seen again. | Following the final defeat of [[Marscal Godwin]] and the [[Sun Rune Incarnation]], Zerase oversaw the return of the Sun Rune to the [[Sun Palace]]. As soon as the task was complete, Zerase vanished, her wish to ensure the return of the three runes of Falena successful, and was never seen again. | ||
==Name and Weapon== | |||
Zerase can also be romanised as Dzerassæ. Dzerassæ was a figure in Ossetian mythology, the daughter of the sea god Donbettyr. Donbettyr's many daughters were said to be incredibly beautiful in a similar vein to the Nereids of Greek mythology. | |||
Her weapon is a throwing needle named "Shooting Star", which upgrades to "Brilliant Star" and, finally, "Blinding Star". This reflects her nature as both the bearer of the [[Star Rune]] as well as the title [[Leknaat]] referred to her as: the traveler of the night and bearer of stars. | |||
==References== | ==References== |