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===Appearance=== | ===Appearance=== | ||
[[File:Zerase design art.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Zerase reference art and notes.]] | [[File:Zerase design art.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Zerase reference art and notes.]] | ||
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 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 in a low, loose ponytail. 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 | Zerase also carries a muff hand-warmer, 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. | 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. | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
{{Quote| Leknaat calls me "traveler of the night and bearer of stars," but I hardly deserve such a title. | Zerase to the Prince}} | {{Quote| Leknaat calls me "traveler of the night and bearer of stars," but I hardly deserve such a title. | Zerase to the Prince}} | ||
Zerase is a mysterious magician with intimate knowledge of the three runes of [[Queendom of Falena|Falena]], the [[Night Rune]], as well as the [[Sindar]] civilisation. She is also the bearer of the [[Star Rune]], a rune born from the Night Rune, which was stated by [[Levi]] to be a unique, one-of-a-kind [[rune]], like the [[Dawn Rune]] itself. [[Leknaat]] regarded her as a "traveler of the night and bearer of stars" and as someone who could see "the stars that guide people's destinies". | |||
[[File:Zerase at the East Palace.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Zerase demands to know the location of the [[Dawn Rune]].]] | [[File:Zerase at the East Palace.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Zerase demands to know the location of the [[Dawn Rune]].]] | ||
===Early Appearances and Warnings=== | ===Early Appearances and Warnings=== | ||
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===The Twilight Rune and Alenia=== | ===The Twilight Rune and Alenia=== | ||
{{Quote| Do you really think someone as... ordinary as you is capable of mastering that Rune? | Zerase to Alenia}} | {{Quote| Do you really think someone as... ordinary as you is capable of mastering that Rune? | Zerase to Alenia}} | ||
As the [[Sun Rune War]] began, the Sindar ruins at [[Ceras Lake]] had been uncovered and chosen as the headquarters of the [[Imperial City Recapture Army]], Zerase appeared following the vision shown in the sealed room at the top of the ruins. She would | As the [[Sun Rune War]] began, the Sindar ruins at [[Ceras Lake]] had been uncovered and chosen as the headquarters of the [[Imperial City Recapture Army]], Zerase appeared following the vision shown in the sealed room at the top of the ruins. She would reluctantly accept that the Prince's bearing of the Dawn Rune was no small twist of fate. Stating that she would answer no questions beyond her own name, especially not about the Sindar or the vision that was just viewed (a statement which irked [[Lorelai]] and [[Zweig]] to great length), she did agree to oversee the Prince's handling of the rune, thus joining the Recapture Army as a powerful magician. | ||
[[File:Zerase and the Stone Tablet.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Zerase summons the [[Stone Tablet of Promise]], inscribed with those chosen by the stars to fight alongside the Prince.]]During the siege of [[Doraat]], when it was revealed that [[Alenia]] had become the bearer of the [[Twilight Rune]], Zerase angrily accompanied the Prince in order to force its removal from its bearer, whom she considered unworthy. She would caustically lambaste Alenia verbally for her presumption in bearing the Twilight Rune through some "trick", rather than being chosen by the rune itself. After defeating Alenia in battle, she tried to remove the Twilight Rune, which Alenia was rapidly losing control of, after countering its power but failed when [[Dolph]] interceded, escaping with Alenia before Zerase could extract the rune. Following the siege, she also had a short conversation with [[Jeane]], whom she seemed to be familiar with. During their brief encounter, Zerase seemed to resign herself to Jeane's part in giving Alenia the Twilight Rune. | [[File:Zerase and the Stone Tablet.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Zerase summons the [[Stone Tablet of Promise]], inscribed with those chosen by the stars to fight alongside the Prince.]]During the siege of [[Doraat]], when it was revealed that [[Alenia]] had become the bearer of the [[Twilight Rune]], Zerase angrily accompanied the Prince in order to force its removal from its bearer, whom she considered unworthy. She would caustically lambaste Alenia verbally for her presumption in bearing the Twilight Rune through some "trick", rather than being chosen by the rune itself. After defeating Alenia in battle, she tried to remove the Twilight Rune, which Alenia was rapidly losing control of, after countering its power but failed when [[Dolph]] interceded, escaping with Alenia before Zerase could extract the rune. Following the siege, she also had a short conversation with [[Jeane]], whom she seemed to be familiar with. During their brief encounter, Zerase seemed to resign herself to Jeane's part in giving Alenia the Twilight Rune. |