Alisha Diphda
Alisha Diphda | |
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IC Information | |
Full Name: | Alisha Diphda |
Gender: | Female |
Age (Birthdate): | 17 (Full Blue 20, 4048 GY) |
Hometown: | Ladylake |
Hair Colour: | Blonde |
Class: | Princess Knight |
Role: | Drifter |
Bounty: | 0 gella |
OOC Information | |
Theme: | Tales of Zestiria |
Groups: | None |
Player: | Sheriff Star |
Alisha Diphda is royalty, but only barely. The youngest of the King of Hyland's children and last in the line of succession, she turned to being a knight as a way to serve her kingdom. She is a skilled fighter, trained in the spear and still advised by the Blue Valkyrie, Lady Maltran. It has been a fraught and frustrating path, however. Her idealism has met constant obstacles, as she has tried to look out for her kingdom's people as the Council guides Hyland towards war. Alisha has turned to legends of the Seraphim, seeking out their aid in a world that seems to be going wrong. Her efforts helped uncover the new Shepherd, Sorey. Now, she has allied with him and travels with him on his journey, in the hope that it can bring Hyland peace.
Background
Alisha was born the youngest child of the King of Hyland. Her life wasn't easy, even from a young age. Her mother was a commoner, and that resulted in her being promptly discounted and looked down upon by the rest of the royal family. Hyland's transition to an oligarchy also left the monarchy with little power, besides; by the time her father's reign began, the Council controlled much of Hyland. That left her as the butt of a great joke by the royalty and nobility, even as they faded from the view of history.
When she was little, her mother tried to shield her from that. But, Alisha's mother passed when she was young, and she soon learned that she was met with derision for the circumstances of her birth. She might have grown bitter or angry with the world, and felt powerless to face it, had it not been for Lady Maltran.
The famed Blue Valkyrie, having just proven her valor ten times over in the last war, looked at the princess and saw opportunity. She never let slip what opportunity she saw -- the way that Alisha was an instrument for her, a tool to be fashioned to seize political power and sew strife. She gave Alisha hope when there was none, instilling in her a sense of idealism that came to define her and reinforcing that when things fell apart.
Maltran taught her to use the spear -- and Alisha showed herself a natural with most weaponry, but especially the spear. She learned the Azure Lance Style from her, and Maltran gave her a sense of duty.
It was no surprise that, when she came of age, she chose to leave the comforts and snide remarks of the royal family behind. She instead became a knight, serving in Hyland's military, under the command of of Maltran. This afforded her the barest of semblance of authority and importance. It seemed like a chance to help, at first -- to work with the military to make the lives of Hyland's people easy and have some sway in political matters.
Except, of course, it didn't work out that way.
As Alisha tried to become involved in politics, the Council worked against her. Chancellor Bartlow, especially, was skilled in stymying her every move. As Hyland moved towards another war against Rolance, Alisha was compelled to speak out against it, to try to save her people from war. The Council wanted none of it -- and they ignored her entreaties over another troubling matter. Alisha's soldiers found strange disappearances, deaths, and weather phenomena in the countryside. After one of her soldiers went missing, she and a squad went to investigate.
On their way, political machinations in the capital caught up with them. Alisha and her squad fended off an attack by the assassin guild, the Scattered Bones. She squared off with one fierce foe -- but they withdrew after the battle came to a draw. They continued on, to the area where their comrade had vanished.
A terrifying tornado appeared and tore through their ranks. Her squadron was killed, to her great distress, and a nearby village utterly shattered. Alisha managed to limp to a nearby ruin, and when strange insects rushed her, she fell into its depths -- and appeared in a part that no one had ever set foot in.
Alisha collapsed. She was found by a most curious young man: Sorey. With her copy of the Celestial Record, a childhood favorite that she hung onto, Alisha began to realize she was in ancient ruins tied to the Shepherds of the past. She clung to a hope: if she could find the Seraphim, perhaps they could help Lunar, for the Goddess Althena had not yet been able to save the continent of Glenwood from disasters. She had needed help before, hadn't she?
When Sorey brought her back to Elysium, she beseeched the Seraphim -- who she couldn't see -- for help. They didn't answer.
She befriended Sorey there, and she spent most of the time alone, unable to see the Seraphim even as they debated what to do with her. In the end, she decided to return to Ladylake; her faith was unshaken, but she decided that humans had to go it on their own.
She successfully returned to Ladylake, but her return was met with measured welcoming and not-so-private disappointment that she hadn't died. Alisha decided to use her authority as a princess, limited as it was, to sponsor Ladylake's Sacred Blade Festival. The festival was meant to find a new Shepherd. She knew that wasn't likely, though she hoped. Instead, Alisha hoped it could inspire the people.
She was surprised when Sorey turned up, having come after her to help. She wasn't, though, when he drew the blade and became the Shepherd.
Working with Sorey, she learned to speak with and then see the Seraphim in his party. She also learned to see the effect of malevolence on the world, and came to understand how dire things were. They traveled together briefly, dealing with the problems of Ladylake and the vicinity as best they could. Perhaps she wasn't with the military, then, but she had a chance to do real good.
But then she was ordered to Marlind. Alisha knew what that was -- an effort to kill her, sending her to give aid to a town infested with a plague. It was on their way out that the Sorcery Globe's tremendous influence reached out. Alisha, Sorey, and the rest were plucked away from their world in a flash of power. She went from one world to another -- something she never thought possible. The Blue Star, Filgaia.
Powers and Abilities
Alisha is from Lunar, so she is capable of using Lunar magic. She has the light elemental and uses White Magic. This is secondary to her first area of expertise: the Azure Lance Style.
This style is practiced by the spear-wielding knights of Hyland, and the master is considered to be Lady Maltran. Many of Alisha's techniques came from Maltran, who taught her, including her finest technique, Light Blast (which obviously incorporates a little of her element, though it is entirely a spear technique). Alisha is capable of doing those techniques with other weapons, too, though her finest is her long bladed spear.
Her magic consists of Litanies. She learned those in Ladylake, taught by the mages in the court. Alisha received some formal instruction, though never as much as a full-fledged mage. She was never considered for traveling to Neo-Vane; her magical prowess isn't nearly so great.
Relationships
Friends
- Sorey: The Shepherd and a true friend besides. To say that Alisha is loyal to him is a dramatic understatement.
- Seraph Lailah: The Seraph who lived in Ladylake's Cathedral and the Prime Lord of their Seraphim. Alisha truly looks up to her, and that she fits the reverence she feels for the Seraphim helps.
- Seraph Edna: Lady Edna doesn't quite match Alisha's image of the Seraphim. But, she likes her, despite her sense of humor.
Acquaintances
- Talise Gianfair: Someone from Lunar! Alisha likes her already, because she knows some amazing songs.
- Amelia Rose: Another person from Lunar! She likes and respects the blind priestess. And, she came to their aid against the Lord of Calamity.
Enemies
- Lucia: The Lord of Calamity! Alisha isn't convinced that she is human -- or that Sorey's vow to purify her and save her could work -- but she feels that they must try.
- Hiro: One of the Lord of Calamity's lieutenants. She liked him, but then he lied to her about his identity -- but she hopes that he has been corrupted or misled, rather than truly helping her willingly.
- Jean: Another of the Lord of Calamity's lieutenants! She thought she was nice and hoped they could be friends. But... she doesn't understand how she could choose to help the Lord of Calamity. Or, perhaps, she has been lied to.
- Lemina Ausa: The daughter of the premier of the Magic Guild and not Sasha Nash. She doesn't understand why she could stick with the Lord of Calamity -- and is it really over guild dues!?
Logs and Cutscenes
Chapter 1 Logs
- 2017-02-18: Hellions, Strangers, and Stranger Things
- 2017-02-19: Exploring the Sacred Grounds with Future Enemies!
- 2017-02-19: Finding the Fire Seraph
- 2017-02-21: The Nature of Filgaian Saloons
- 2017-02-24: Of Golems, Seraphim, and Other Worlds
- 2017-02-25: The Lord of Calamity: Lucia the Destroyer!
- 2017-03-02: Strange Meetings at the Ancient Culture Exhibit
- 2017-03-03: Shepherd Looking for Destiny (But Not His Destiny)
- 2017-03-12: Wherein Zed Makes Someone Stop Crying (No Really)
- 2017-03-17: Two Princesses
- 2017-03-20: Calamitous Misunderstandings
- 2017-03-25: In Which Princess Alisha Discovers Churros
- 2017-03-26: ARMology 101
- 2017-04-01: Everyone Is Clucked
- 2017-04-02: Scrapped Princess
- 2017-04-18: New World Old Problems
- 2017-04-21: The Princess and the Merchant Go to Market
- 2017-04-25: The Exhausting Berry Cave
- 2017-04-28: Come Hellion or High Water
- 2017-05-04: Cheer Up, Princess!
- 2017-05-13: Fertile Soil
- 2017-05-15: Breakfast in Bed
- 2017-05-23: Ominous Berries
- 2017-05-26: Trial by Fire
- 2017-05-27: 2 Dragon 4 Sorey
- 2017-05-29: The World We Desire
- 2017-06-11: Butterflies of Doom
- 2017-06-19: A Panel Of Berries (Ending)
- 2017-06-19: A Panel Of Berries (Side A)
- 2017-06-24: Two Tree Cakes
- 2017-06-26: Opening Her Eyes
- 2017-07-01: Sponsorship and Training
- 2017-07-03: Alisha versus Claude
- 2017-07-09: Alisha Diphda vs. Arleph Ardan
- 2017-07-10: Team No Gimmick
- 2017-07-14: Trials and Crucibles
- 2017-07-21: Alisha versus Garan! Hyland versus Rolance!
- 2017-07-22: Alisha Diphda vs. Lemina Ausa
- 2017-07-22: Lady Chloe Alexandre vs. Alisha Diphda
- 2017-07-22: Two Princesses Meet... Again
- 2017-07-23: Celebration Dinner... with Mabo Curry
- 2017-07-23: Mabo Curry Buns
- 2017-07-27: Loser Bracket Finals: Alisha vs. Garan, Round Two!
- 2017-08-17: Meeting with the Shepherd
- 2017-08-20: Ancient Civilizations Hated People
- 2017-08-21: Ghosts and Wagons and Explosions
- 2017-08-22: A Little Moment
- 2017-09-02: Genesis of Sweetness
- 2017-09-08: The Shepherd's Squires
- 2017-09-17: Gurdijeff Outhouse
- 2017-09-21: Spreading the Ghosts Around
- 2017-09-26: A Title About Food And Punching Birds
- 2017-10-09: Wrong Train
- 2017-10-17: Armatization
- 2017-10-20: Misery Loves Company
- 2017-11-12: What Is Art Really
- 2017-12-01: Hot Krosse Burns
- 2017-12-16: A Storm of Wind and Earth
- 2018-02-25: The Frogs and the Ox
- 2018-03-04: Fall or Fly
- 2018-06-01: The Fall of Lastonbell
- 2018-06-06: An Unlikely Interrogation
- 2018-07-06: A Place Without a Name
- 2018-07-14: Leviathan
- 2018-08-17: Lord Commander Strelka, I Presume
Chapter 1 Cutscenes
- 2017-03-07: The Saint of Last Resort (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-03-21: The Art of the Swindle (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-04-01: The Skies Darken
- 2017-04-08: Leave the Dead Buried (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-04-12: An Awkward Family Reunion (Alisha Diphda: Jacqueline Barber)
- 2017-04-13: What's The Worst That Can Happen? (Alisha Diphda: Noah Hawthorne)
- 2017-04-18: Very Professional Assassins (Alisha Diphda: Rose)
- 2017-04-30: Eye of the Tiger (Alisha Diphda: Mother Oba, Rosaline Calice)
- 2017-05-06: Mercy Kill (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-05-07: Personal Correspondence - Short Stories (Alisha Diphda: Jude Moshe)
- 2017-05-08: Tales from the Gutter I (Alisha Diphda: Jedan, Cetiri, Sedam, Riesenlied)
- 2017-05-09: Tales from the Gutter II (Alisha Diphda: Cetiri, Riesenlied)
- 2017-05-11: Tales from the Gutter III (Alisha Diphda: Jedan, Dva, Riesenlied)
- 2017-05-19: Mistaken Identity (Alisha Diphda: Claude C. Kenny)
- 2017-05-19: Someday, together... (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-05-19: The First Blade (Alisha Diphda: Tethelle Cirdian)
- 2017-05-20: A New Twist on Old Habits (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-05-20: Familiar Uncertainties (Alisha Diphda: Catenna)
- 2017-05-20: Maybe That Will Be Enough (Alisha Diphda: Gwen Whitlock)
- 2017-05-20: Nightmare Past (Alisha Diphda: Mariel)
- 2017-05-20: On Wings of Darkness (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-05-20: The Scattered Bones (Alisha Diphda: Rose)
- 2017-05-22: Consume or Refine (Alisha Diphda: Kestrel Apricity)
- 2017-05-24: Red Skies (Alisha Diphda: Kahm Yugh)
- 2017-05-26: Reconnaissance Amongst the Flames (Alisha Diphda: Ambrosius)
- 2017-05-28: After Action Report: Gungnir (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-05-29: A Fun and Glorious Adventure (Alisha Diphda: Talise Gianfair)
- 2017-05-29: Their First Taste of Battle (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-06-05: A Rack of Not A Rye to Eat?! (Alisha Diphda: Yarobeleedt)
- 2017-07-03: We Are Not Playing Tag (Alisha Diphda: Ethius Hesiod)
- 2017-08-07: To Take Arms Against A Sea of Troubles (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-08-10: Handing Over the Reins (Alisha Diphda: Jacqueline Barber)
- 2017-08-19: Facing The Truth (Alisha Diphda: Xantia)
- 2017-08-19: Going the Rite Way (Alisha Diphda: Avril Vent Fleur, Dean Stark, Rebecca Streisand)
- 2017-08-19: The Boy From Earth's Trial (Alisha Diphda: Claude C. Kenny)
- 2017-08-19: The Fall (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-08-20: A Priestess' Trial (Alisha Diphda: Tethelle Cirdian)
- 2017-08-20: Journey to the West
- 2017-08-20: Partially Illuminated Disc (Alisha Diphda: Catenna)
- 2017-08-21: An Inrospective Interrogation - 1 (Alisha Diphda: Ethius Hesiod)
- 2017-08-21: Past and Present (Alisha Diphda: Leon Albus)
- 2017-08-21: The Cost of Failure (Alisha Diphda: Jacqueline Barber)
- 2017-08-22: The Template Dreaming (Alisha Diphda: Maya Schrodinger)
- 2017-08-29: The Last Page (Alisha Diphda: Cassidy Cain)
- 2017-08-30: Methods (Alisha Diphda: Kalve)
- 2017-08-30:Distorted Reflections (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2017-09-01: Promise Me (Alisha Diphda: Gwen Whitlock)
- 2017-09-11: Neotectonics (Alisha Diphda: Loren Voss)
- 2017-09-17: Sea of Tranquility (Alisha Diphda: Layna Manydays)
- 2017-09-25: Trouble
- 2017-09-27: Night Terrors (Alisha Diphda: Rosaline Calice)
- 2017-10-04: 'Self' (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-10-25: The Limit of Hatred (Alisha Diphda: Kahm Yugh)
- 2017-11-04: The Gears of Change (Alisha Diphda: Kahm Yugh)
- 2017-11-06: Elsewhere (Alisha Diphda: Unknown)
- 2017-11-06: The Ancient Dance (Alisha Diphda: Shakhan)
- 2017-11-19: Judgement Falls (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2017-12-09: Snatching Defeat (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2017-12-10: A Fateful Proclamation (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2017-12-11: Welcome Home (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2017-12-12: A Certain Bloodline (Alisha Diphda: Kahm Yugh)
- 2017-12-13: The Truth of You and I (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-01-10: The Legendary Cucco (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-01-13: Things Unseen Under a Great Light (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2018-01-14: Swords of Past and Present (Alisha Diphda: Ryudo)
- 2018-01-15: Persistence and Resistance (Alisha Diphda: Ambrosius)
- 2018-01-22: Restlessness and Relaxation (Alisha Diphda: Jacqueline Barber)
- 2018-01-22: The Darkest Hour (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-02-10: Atoner of Sin (Alisha Diphda: Mother Oba, Rosaline Calice)
- 2018-02-20: Vague Hope (Alisha Diphda: Gwen Whitlock)
- 2018-02-22: Fragmented Purpose (Alisha Diphda: Xantia)
- 2018-02-25: Memento Mori (Alisha Diphda: Vorthuzahl, Cassidy Cain)
- 2018-02-27: Hope (Alisha Diphda: Elhaym van Houten)
- 2018-03-04: Returning Traveller (Alisha Diphda: Avril Vent Fleur)
- 2018-03-05: A Lunarnyan Sidequest (Alisha Diphda: Rosaline Calice)
- 2018-03-05: The Sins of the Father (Alisha Diphda: Thessaly)
- 2018-03-05: Truth and Fantasy (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-03-06: No Place Like Home (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2018-03-14: Isostasy (Alisha Diphda: Loren Voss)
- 2018-03-20: Just Another Night (Alisha Diphda: Gwen Whitlock)
- 2018-04-05: A Guiding Light I've Yet to See (Alisha Diphda: Talise Gianfair)
- 2018-04-26: Allochthon (Alisha Diphda: Loren Voss)
- 2018-04-30: That Wasn't A Request (Alisha Diphda: Cameron Bridges (NPC), Scythe Riebaure)
- 2018-05-06: Faces of the Goddess (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2018-06-01: Bloody Banner (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2018-06-24: Mirror, Mirror (Alisha Diphda: Ida Everstead-Rey)
- 2018-07-02: Inconvenience (Alisha Diphda: Talia)
- 2018-07-17: The Bubble of Bliss (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2018-07-29: Observing with Opened Eyes (Alisha Diphda: Ambrosius)
- 2018-07-30: The Little Unit That Could (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-08-04: Rapidly Evolving Circumstances (Alisha Diphda: Ethius Hesiod)
- 2018-08-09: Burning Bridges (Alisha Diphda: Yarobeleedt, Malfi)
- 2018-08-11: Punishment (Alisha Diphda: Pearl)
- 2018-09-02: Persepolis Rising (Alisha Diphda: Ghaleon, Althena)
- 2018-09-02: The Kinship Alliance (Alisha Diphda: Tadpole, Captain Avery Jack)
- 2018-09-03: The Thoughts of a Golem (Alisha Diphda: Ambrosius)
- 2018-09-03:A Paradise Befitting (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2018-09-06: Going Home Again (Alisha Diphda: Jacqueline Barber)
- 2018-09-08: Alluvium (Alisha Diphda: Loren Voss)
- 2018-09-09: Guilty By Association
- 2018-09-11: An Empress Rethroned (Alisha Diphda: Layna Manydays)
- 2018-09-15: Tabula Rasa (Alisha Diphda: Lan Lilac)
- 2018-09-16: A Promise Renewed (Alisha Diphda: Mariel)
- 2018-09-20: The Lucky Ones (Alisha Diphda: Gwen Whitlock)
- 2018-09-24: Out of Reach (Alisha Diphda: Pearl)
- 2018-10-14: Because This World Is... (Alisha Diphda: Seraph Lanval)
- 2018-10-18: Strength (Alisha Diphda: Jean)
- 2018-11-03: Favor For Favor (Alisha Diphda: Josephine Lovelace)
- 2018-11-16: Follow the Moon (Alisha Diphda: Catenna)
- 2018-11-16: Who Am I Now... (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-11-18: ...Now, I Am To Be (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2018-11-22: Sing (Alisha Diphda: Skylr Paer)
- 2018-11-27: A Song of Steel (Alisha Diphda: Tethelle Cirdian)
- 2018-11-29: See Seething Thing (Alisha Diphda: Yarobeleedt)
- 2018-12-03: Mother's Boy (Alisha Diphda: Yarobeleedt)
- 2018-12-09: Diastrophism (Alisha Diphda: Loren Voss)
- 2018-12-20: Terminal Proscription
- 2018-12-27: Shattered (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2018-12-28: Scattered Pieces (Alisha Diphda: Malfi)
- 2018-12-30: That Burning Name (Alisha Diphda: Avril Vent Fleur)
- 2018-12-30: The Structure of the Self (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2018-12-30: Weight Off Her Shoulders (Alisha Diphda: Jacqueline Barber)
- 2019-01-08: Sphère Catastrophique (Alisha Diphda: Timotheus Lovelace)
- 2019-01-27: The Writing on the Wall (Alisha Diphda: Xantia)
- 2019-02-02: A Grandfather's Sins (Alisha Diphda: Xantia)
- 2019-02-02: Annul and Dispose (Alisha Diphda: Emeralda Kasim)
- 2019-02-02: Darkness Made Flesh (Alisha Diphda: Timotheus Lovelace)
- 2019-02-03: Fish Taco (Alisha Diphda: Lunata Croze)
- 2019-03-12: Departure (Alisha Diphda: Kamui)
- 2019-03-13: Connect (Alisha Diphda: Marivel Armitage)
- 2019-03-13: Meria Bouletin (Mar. 13) (Alisha Diphda: Kamui)
- 2019-03-15: (One of) These Days (Alisha Diphda: Josephine Lovelace, Timotheus Lovelace)
- 2019-03-19: Blue Bird (Alisha Diphda: Riesenlied)
- 2019-03-23: A Busy Evening (Alisha Diphda: Emeralda Kasim)
- 2019-03-23: It Takes All Types (Alisha Diphda: Claude C. Kenny)
- 2019-03-25: Terminal Arc (Alisha Diphda: Neriah Parringer)
- 2019-1-07: No Rest For the Weary