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===Personality=== | ===Personality=== | ||
{{Quote| My name is Zerase. I will explain NOTHING beyond that. | Zerase to the Prince, Sialeeds and Lyon}} | {{Quote| My name is Zerase. I will explain NOTHING beyond that. | Zerase to the Prince, Sialeeds and Lyon}} | ||
[[File:Zerase at the Sun Palace.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Zerase at the Sun Palace.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Zerase reveals a rare smile as the runes are returned.]] | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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[[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". The two apparently know each other, with Leknaat exercising a sense of authority over the magician. | [[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". The two apparently know each other, with Leknaat exercising a sense of authority over the magician. | ||
[[File:Zerase at the East Palace.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Zerase at the East Palace.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Zerase demands to know the location of the [[Dawn Rune]].]] | ||
===Early Appearances and Warnings=== | ===Early Appearances and Warnings=== | ||
{{Quote| A royal family that can't even keep track of the Runes that are the symbols of its country? Don't make me laugh. | Zerase to Lymsleia Falenas}} | {{Quote| A royal family that can't even keep track of the Runes that are the symbols of its country? Don't make me laugh. | Zerase to Lymsleia Falenas}} | ||
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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. | 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| | [[File:Zerase and the Stone Tablet.jpg|thumb|220px|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. | ||
Following the siege, Zerase returned to the sealed room atop the [[Ceras Lake]] headquarters where, worried by the use of the Twilight Rune, seemed willing to impart some information on the matter before [[Leknaat]] appeared. The two seemed to be highly familiar with each other, Zerase sardonically noting that Leknaat was telling her to continue to aid the Prince in her own mysterious way. Leknaat referred to Zerase as a "traveler of the night and bearer of stars", a title she would later reject as being too lofty for someone as lowly as herself. Zerase would summon the [[Stone Tablet of Promise]] and, once Leknaat disappeared, returned to her usual reticent silence. | Following the siege, Zerase returned to the sealed room atop the [[Ceras Lake]] headquarters where, worried by the use of the Twilight Rune, seemed willing to impart some information on the matter before [[Leknaat]] appeared. The two seemed to be highly familiar with each other, Zerase sardonically noting that Leknaat was telling her to continue to aid the Prince in her own mysterious way. Leknaat referred to Zerase as a "traveler of the night and bearer of stars", a title she would later reject as being too lofty for someone as lowly as herself. Zerase would summon the [[Stone Tablet of Promise]] and, once Leknaat disappeared, returned to her usual reticent silence. | ||
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===Conflict with Sialeeds=== | ===Conflict with Sialeeds=== | ||
{{Quote| Give the Twilight Rune back to me! It's not meant to be used for such evil! | Zerase to Sialeeds}} | {{Quote| Give the Twilight Rune back to me! It's not meant to be used for such evil! | Zerase to Sialeeds}} | ||
[[File:Zerase Loses to Sialeeds.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Zerase Loses to Sialeeds.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Zerase laments being unable to overcome the [[Twilight Rune]].]]In the latter stages of the war, hearing of the decimation of Recapture Army scouts attempting to infiltrate [[Stormfist]], Zerase realised that someone else must have equipped the Twilight Rune, someone actually chosen by the rune. This was confirmed when she witnessed the difference in power between its use in Doraat and its use in Stormfist. She accompanied the Prince and his companions in their infiltration of the city. She helped fight against [[Sialeeds]], the new bearer of the rune, but was unable to persuade her to remove it before she escaped. | ||
She later got her one-on-one confrontation with Sialeeds at the [[Sol-Falena]] Dam, her Star Rune clashing with Sialeed's Twilight Rune, in order to stop her from destroying the dam. However, her rune was not powerful enough to overcome the mastered Twilight Rune. Exhausted, Zerase remarked that she needed the "[[Star Dragon Sword|Sword of Night]]" in order to overcome the rune's power. However, Sialeeds was soon defeated by the Prince and his companions and it was Zerase's knowledge of the Dawn and Twilight Runes that allowed the Prince and Sialeeds to cancel out the effects of the [[Sun Rune]], used by the Godwins in a final attempt to destroy the rebel forces. | She later got her one-on-one confrontation with Sialeeds at the [[Sol-Falena]] Dam, her Star Rune clashing with Sialeed's Twilight Rune, in order to stop her from destroying the dam. However, her rune was not powerful enough to overcome the mastered Twilight Rune. Exhausted, Zerase remarked that she needed the "[[Star Dragon Sword|Sword of Night]]" in order to overcome the rune's power. However, Sialeeds was soon defeated by the Prince and his companions and it was Zerase's knowledge of the Dawn and Twilight Runes that allowed the Prince and Sialeeds to cancel out the effects of the [[Sun Rune]], used by the Godwins in a final attempt to destroy the rebel forces. | ||
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. | ||