Goddess Ilias/Paradox

Goddess Ilias, also known as The Divine Light Goddess or the Goddess that Created the World, is one of the main characters in Monster Girl Quest: Paradox.

Iliasville Mountains
When Luka is climbing the mountain to save Hans, Ilias falls from the sky and makes a crater right in front of him. She proclaims herself the Goddess of Creation but Luka brushes her off due to her tiny form. She tries to punish him with Thunder of Retribution, but ends up only giving Luka a tiny static shock. She realizes she has been sealed but has no memory of how it happened, and runs off on her own.

Luka saves Hans and returns to Iliasville for his baptism despite Goddess Ilias having disappeared since the Great Disaster, thirty years ago. However, another version of the goddess appear in front of the trio and gives Luka the mission to save the world which risks to be covered in darkness, repeating her warning.

Iliasville
Sonya warns Luka of a fight going on his house between two little girls. He arrives to find Alice and Ilias in a childish quarrel which he puts a stop to. They force Luka to choose one of them to go along with him. If Luka choose Ilias, she joins the party but is shocked to learn that Luka just came from his baptism where she, allegedly, showed up. Now, Luka's dad is still alive and he has a new childhood friend and Ilias doesn't understand any of it, only that this world is not supposed to be this way.

Ilias tells she doesn't remember appearing in front of Luka. It is also one of the mistery she wants to solve, as she think the other one might be an impostor. Ilias accompanies Luka to Iliasburg but before that.

Ilias meets Nero, a mysterious man with a scythe claiming to be just a traveler passing by. Ilias doesn't know him and mistrust his appaering at Iliasville. Luka later helps a Slime Girl but Ilias is known to hate monsters but due to their condition to travel, she reluctantly agree to take a slime with them.

Iliasburg
Upon leaving Iliasville Ilias managed to steal the Pocket Castle from Alice when they were fighting, she approves of Luka using this for their adventure and explores the interior of the castle. She explains the functions of the castle and the maid, and decides that, because it was made by monsters, it shall be destroyed once they no longer have any use for it.

On their first camp, Ilias warns Luka not to trust her childhood friend Sonya, as she knows she doesn't exist in her eyes even if Luka knows her as a friend. Ilias just tells Luka to be on his guard. Ilias teaches Luka a new angelic skill called Angel Dance, noting Luka may not be on the level of Micaela but she commends him for learning the skill faster.

Arriving in Iliasburg, a new presence appears and calls herself "The White Rabbit ", a mysterious character jumping out of nowhere while Ilias expected to meet Granberia. Ilias gets annoyed at her for not explaining the circumstances as her "role" is to guide Alice. If Luka asked the White Rabbit about Granberia he will have a flash moment of the dragonkin. Ilias demands to know what Luka's vision is all about, but the White Rabbit only claims that the space and time is interacting with Luka's mind. The White Rabbit explains that Chaos is not the same as darkness like Ilias thought, because it is the result of a mix of Holy and Dark and was the primordial force before she existed. If Luka chooses to force the information out of the White Rabbit. Ilias is shocked that a Rabbit like herself has indeed the power of space and time after she summoned a copy and paste version of Bunny Slime and two Slime Girls from another dimension. The White Rabbit said that she was going to eliminate Ilias but if that happens the Chaos would spread and speed up the process. After the fight Luka picks up a Key that only he can see.

If Luka opens up the door to Hades and returns, Ilias says that the Hades realm doesn't exist and that he looked like a fool. Simultaneously, rumors of four bandits and of a missing Amira have spread to Iliasburg. Inside the Sutherland Inn, Ilias stumbles onto Alice wanting Ama-Dangos and leaves upon being insulted for not having any companions. Ilias tells Luka she doesn't want to leave to Sentora until the White Rabbit is caught.

Irina Mountains
Once the four young bandits are beaten, Ilias wants to execute the 4 bandits while Luka doesn't want that and instead asked them to apologize to the town. The rumors about Amira being kidnapped and up proven a lie, and she is enraged by the fact that the unfortunate lamia was never kidnapped. Amira is ready to give the information about the White Rabbit for a price, but should Luka be unable to pay, she instead offers a job about dealing with Phoenix tails being smuggled. While Ilias is reticent to get involved into the business of humans, she none the less accept to deal with this.

Mitra Sealed Castle
When Luka and the party arrive in a ruined castle south of the nameless slums, Ilias remembers the place as it called Mithra Sealed Castle. She and the Dark Goddess Alipheese used the weapons on the pedestals during the Great Monsters War, but its now an empty place and there's no use for it, leaving open the questions as to where the weapons went.

Nameless Slums
Ilias helped in on the secret business behind Don Dahlia and the Phoenix Tail smuggling ring. She stole a key to Don Dahlia's house to confront the culprit as she discovers that Don Dahlia was just lying to the young Phoenix about the feathers. They then defeat the young monster, who is left to fend for herself by the don.

Pornof
Following Amira's intel, Ilias enter Pornof Town, as she heard rumors about a rabbit staying at the inn. She only to find out it was only a common Rabbit Girl, but the latter mentions that another strange looking Rabbit was heading to a Tartarus Rift where a investigation team is located. Ilias wants to gear up before heading to Tartarus, and suggests getting iron equipment. Later, she agrees with Sonya to destroy the town, but doesn't carry her threat through.

Pornof Mines
She start to get afraid of the dark cavern in the Pornof Mines and just want to get the Iron Lump fast as possible.

Iliasville Southern Tartarus
Upon arriving, Ilias spots the White Rabbit and wants to chase her down for answers, but after going down she is surprised on what's inside the Tartarus. If Luka picks up strange devices, Ilias explains that it's a gun that can fire bullets and a makina that can be used by engineer, and both can be useful in the future. A strange looking door is blocking them from chasing the White Rabbit. Ilias mentions that there is somehing ominous blocking the door that leads through spacetime, and that even a Goddess like her can't just open it. However Luka just accidentaly touch the door open, shocking everyone on how a human can open a door leading to a parallel world. Luka just shrugs as he doesn't know the answer why or how. Everybody is surprised to see Remina on the other side, as the place was destroyed during the Great Disaster. If Luka interacts with the residents one of them will slowly transform into Apoptosis Shesta. Ilias explains the transformation is the Apoptosis effect, and that this is a different Remina from the present timeline. The group then meets a strange creature, and suddenly it starts attacking them. While Ilias want nothing more than to destroy it, Sonya on the other hand wants to take the creature with her and calls her Nuruko. Ilias wonders how she can understand an Apoptosis like creature "Nuruko". When they exit the alternate reality of Remina in Tartarus, they encounter another place where time and space create a passage into another dimension. There is only a path with a teleportation circle that leads to the other dimension itself. Ilias didn't believe at first that space can manifest another world inside the Tartarus rift.

Iliasville (Alt)
After finally catching up to the White Rabbit, the latter explains that this world is crawling with monsters and she gives a hint that they should stick to the road as the inhabitants consider walking on bare soil below them. Ilias knows that Angels are lurking around, and end up teary eyed when she's told they're not the same angels and they will not recognise the Goddess of Creation in her state in this world. Ilias asks the White Rabbit on how Luka can open doors to other worlds, but as usual the White Rabbit has no valuable information, as her role is to guide and not to explain. Upon seeing the destroyed Iliasville she tells Luka to calm down and investigate why this happened. After Luka reads the tombstones regarding him and Sonya being dead. Ilias reveals that this is not the Iliasville they knew, rather it's in another dimension and time has been different from their own. Ilias and others goes back to their own world to discuss the strange activities they encountered so far.

Happiness Village
Ilias mentions visiting first the Happiness Village to prepare themselves before heading to Midas Village. she doesn't like helping out the Harpies in Harpy Village but addressing that issue as fas as possible has to be done anyway.

Harpy Village
Ilias suggest to examine every houses for any evidence about the Harpies disappearing, and they find notes about them leaving temporarily, while in reality, they've been gone for months. They meet Nero hanging out in the house of Queen Harpy, and ask him why is he here. Ilias suspects him for the Harpies disappearance but Nero says he isn't responsible for that incident. Nero explains why they vanished like that because of a virus that had been created during the Great Monsters War era. Ilias is familar with this as it's a biological weapon used in the war and she wonders how such a virus has been carried to today's time. Nero believes a virus carrier is still out there and made the virus spread throughout the Harpies residence. Only the Yggdrasil Fruit can cure them and Nero hands out one, hoping to cure them from their uncontrollable lust.

Harpy Tower
A Harpy grants the party access after Luka was given the Medicine but she attacks them as she's crazy with lust. After the fight, Luka let the harpy hands out the medicine to her friends, and she warns them about Queen Harpy on top of the tower. After facing her, they temporarily calmed down the queen and she tells them to leave her behind in the tower as the remainder of the fruit is not enough to cure her. A harpy later explains how the epidemic started with three travelers meeting the Queen Harpy, then it got cut off shortly. Ilias knows they are the Three Lilith Sisters namely Morrigan, Astaroth and Lilith herself but wonders how those ancient monsters appeared there. The Harpy thanked Luka and the party with items and equipment for their valiant efforts.

Midas Village
Arriving at Midas Village, Ilias wants to get Gold Equipment but before that they need a Gold Ore from the Mines before crafting them. Ilias is aonngry that some of the residents like the Slug infestation and helps Flora defeat the Slug Boss at Slug Tower. Flora will award a Maid Permit to Teeny if they beat the Slug Boss.

Slug Tower
Luka and the gang arrived at Slug Tower and finds the Slug Boss, after the battle the Sluggy Stars agreed to stop their reproduction and joins Luka if he proves he has been friends with the Slugs.

Midas Abandoned Mines
Getting Gold Ore from the mines would be no easy task but Ilias still wants to be ready with Gold Equipment on hand before heading for Rostrum where the second Tartarus is located.

Rostrum Mountain Caves
Along on the way to Rostrum, Ilias explains that the Rostrum has been destroyed 10 years ago after the Great Disaster and wants to find a place to rest before heading in the Tartarus Rift, She bumps into Alice again this time with a companion of a Bunny Slime, Alice seems to be recruiting new Heavenly Knights as temporary while she looks for her real Heavenly Knights. Ilias didn't like Alice heading for the same direction as Alice.

Rostrum
Finally they made it to Rostrum, a ruined and abandoned place near the Tartarus Rift as it was destroyed 10 years ago after the Great Disaster. Ilias and the others head for the Inn to rest. Luka later finds a Chef Licence and that it belongs to a famous chef who lived here once.

Rostrum Tartarus
Arriving at the second Tartarus, Sonya sees no investifaton team this time, Ilias says that they can't simply travel here due to the terrains making it hard to investigate this Tartaruss Rift. Sonya ask why are there forest in Tartarus, Ilias explains that this is an after effect of space-time distortion and after Luka opens up the same door they encountered on the first Tartarus Rift, another fragment of Remina appears in Tartarus, with the exception of residents. A woman with a red hair appears and goes back to her house. Meeting this woman she ask who are they, Ilias remembers this woman is Promestein but she wonders how she know her name that quick. Ilias getting annoyed for not being recognised by Promestein. Luka orders the two to calm down and Promestein explains how is here as one of her experiments failed and she was sent in this world. Luka asked whether she is responsible for the Great Disaster but Promestein says no as she has no such means to cause the Great Disaster. Promestein is surprised on how a human like Luka cross parallel worlds.

Rostrum(Alt)
After finally getting out of Chaos Passage, Ilias and the others arrived at Rostrum(Alt) 25 years ago after Promestein asked for the year, Ilias recommends to look for information regarding Marcellus. Ilias meets the Legendary Chef at Rostrum and was satisfied to taste his cooking. Luka later receives a note from his father Marcellus and Luka assumes that he shouldn't be familiar with Marcellus but Ilias figures out, that there are two Marcellus that came here. The Marcellus they know must have come here with a message for his son Luka, to seek out Micaela. Sonya asked whether Luka knows Micaela and he responded No, Ilias knows Micaela and Lucifina are sisters making Luka related to Micaela. Ilias didn't want to meet with Micaela with her current form at Enrika. Luka uses his Harpy Feather to travel back to their world after retrieving the Chef Licence from the present timeline Rostrum.

Enrika Lost Forest
Ilias can sense the Dark Elves inside the forest and commends to just make their way to the village.

Enrika
FInally they arrived at the village and Ilias senses Angels along with the fallens ones hiding amongst the village with Elves. Meeting with an Elf, The Elf recognises Luka and was so glad she met up with him. The Elf explains the situation regarding the Sentora Continent, Micaela's Last Will, The Three New Monster Lords. Ilias was surprise that Alipheese the 15th is somehow involve with the power struggle, Black Alice the 8th Monster Lord who was suppose to be slain by the Legendary Hero, Heinrich and the new Monster Lord Alipheese the 17th. This new Monster Lord works alone and managed to defeat powerful foes along her way. Ilias is shocked on how is her power beyond the leaders of such factions and being equal to Granberia, one of the Heavenly Knights. The elf recommends the party to head for Sentora to see the matter for themselves. Ilias suggest they should go to Iliasport as they will need a boat to Sentora.

Iliasport
Arriving at Iliasport, Ilias and the others look for a transport to Sentora but the captain can't offer passage due to a storm. Ilias knew this is the work of Alma Elma, Luka ask who she is and Ilias says that she is the Queen of Succubus. Just then Nero suggest an idea to get Poseidon's Bell on the cave of treasures and leaves. Ilias still doubts Nero and his strange way of helping. Before they leave they make a stop at the university. Promestein has driven off a scholar due to being smart. Luka and the others make their way to the Cave of Treasures

=== [Biography yet to complete]===

Ilias Temple Ruins
Ilias in her sealed form finally meet the so-called fake Ilias in the Ilias Temple Ruins in part 2. She's informed that she's a shard of her original self who got created as a side effect of her death at the end of the true story combined with the use of the Six Ancestors Great Seal, and later got brought in the Paradox world in hope of solving the Paradox here.

Monsterpedia Entry
None. (Unfought)

World Interactions
"Luka, just slice her head off and be done with it. We'll bury her in the field and let her blood fertilize the strawberries." - Ilias advising Luka on how to help out a farmer with an Imp in their field.

If chosen as Luka's companion, Ilias teaches Luka the Angel Dance skill in the first campfire scene, the Holy Light and Meditation skills in the second, the Blade of Healing skill on the boat to Nataliaport, and the High Charge skill in the third and last campfire scene of part 1.

If not chosen to be Luka's companion, Luka and Alice will find Ilias at set locations in the world, gathering allies and trying to figure out what happened to her on her own, or eating lunch.

Her first appearance is in the Irina Mountains South Cave, where she recruits the Slime Girl, Puruko. She's next seen in the village, Rostrum, resting in one of the abandoned houses. Her third appearance is at the pier in Iliasport, where she is joined by the Dog Girl, Wanko. Afterwards, she appears again at Mt. Saint Amos halfway up the mountain. She appears once again in Grandeur, where she can be seen enjoying the free samples at one of the food stalls along with her new companions.

In part 2, she's also regularly encountered in the first half of the game. She's first seen in the caves leading to Port Marle as she also wants to reach the Noah region. She (somehow) found an alternative way to reach the region, as she can be encountered once again in Grand Noah as Luka joins the Queen's cup. She did not pass the first rounds. She eventually makes her way to Yamatai Village where she's seen eating with her companions. Luka's group encounter her once more in Gold Fort where she got imprisonned for trying to sneak in, and again in Grangold Castle, in the same circumstances. She still ends up invited to the feast after the peace between the kingdoms is established, and assists to the following declaration of war. She's later seen with her companions seen aboard the Ghost Ship, completely terrified by the gloomy ambiance.

She's seen one last time at Toxic Swamp near Goddard partaking in Magical Girl Ritual. There's no sighting of her afterward.

Pocket Castle
Basic Greeting:

Ilias' arrow is an ultrasonic wave, ♪ Ilias' ears hear everything. ♪

Ilias' wings fly through the air, ♪ the Ilias beam...

...Wait, that's not even a real skill!

With Promestein:

Promestein: "What's wrong? You're staring at me."

Ilias: (This time I will have you re-educated. Locked away somewhere, you will be forced to listen to my teachings.)

Promestein: "Hmm, can I have one of your feathers? I want to perform a small chemical experiment using the holy element."

Ilias: "And then you'll become my loyal pawn. Fufufu ....." (Use your own.)

Promestein: "...Huh?"

Ilias: "How rude. Now my words and thoughts are mixed up. You shouldn't speak while I'm in the middle of thinking."

With Nuruko:

Nuruko: "Kyukyuu, kyuu. ♪"

Ilias: "What a strange creature... Your composition is similar to that of an apoptosis, yet somehow different."

Nuruko: "Kyu!"

Ilias: "Speaking of resembling things... An octopus wiener?"

Ilias: "... Now I'm hungry."

Nuruko: ".......???"

With King of San Ilia:

King of San Ilia: "I must say, I absolutely did not expect the Goddess Ilias to be reduced to such an appearance..."

Ilias: "I'm surprised by your appearance as well..."

King of San Ilia: "Well, no matter what forms we take, I shall dedicate my flesh and blood to your service."

Ilias: "Even though your flesh is mechanical and your blood is oil? Well, no matter. I expect great things from you."

With Torture:

Torture: "I punish sinners..."

Ilias: "A monster magically created to mete out punishment is itself a sin."

Torture: "Punishment..."

Ilias: "Hey, what are you going to do to me?! Ahhhhh!!"

With Micaela-chan :

Micaela-chan: “Ilias... I've finished reading the Gospels of Seria. What's my next assignment?”

Ilias: “That's right, I'll give you these books to read next.”

Micaela-chan: “"Three Lost Letters of Betrayal", "How to Calm Your Anger", "Advice for Loyalty"... What are these books...?”

Ilias: “Well, they're for the sake of the future...”

With Lucifina-chan:

Lucifina-chan: “Ilias! Let's play! ♪”

Ilias: “It's good to enjoy yourself, but... Like your older sister Micaela, you need to study.”

Lucifina-chan: “............”

Ilias: “I-I understand... The rebellion...I can't let her rebel...”

With Eden:

With Trinity:

Gadabout Actions
“My children, you must never turn your backs on God. Faith is not something that comes only from within, it is something that...” Ilias starts preaching! But no one is listening.

“Mwahaha, taste the wrath of God! Evil creatures, return to the abyss from which you came!" Ilias digs a pit… And clumsily falls into it! (Ilias takes damage)

“Mwahaha, taste the wrath of God! Evil creatures, return to the abyss from which you came!" Ilias digs a pit… And (Enemy) carelessly falls into it! (Enemy takes damage)

“Mmm, I'm tired. Do not awaken me for a while." Ilias takes a nap! (Ilias falls asleep)

“As a special treat, I will allow you to witness the noble dance of a Goddess." Ilias dances a happy little dance! But nothing happens...

“I'll be standing here... I mean watching over you all. Keep your spirits high!" Ilias cheers on the others! But no one is listening...

“I'll be standing here... I mean watching over you all. Keep your spirits high!" Ilias cheers on the others! Their morale rises! (Increeases parties attack and magic)

“You've found your way here again? You really are a pathetic hero." Ilias jumps the gun and starts an evaluation! But no one is listening...

“I am the all-knowing, and all-powerful Goddess, Ilias… Hmm, if I come straight down like this you could look up and see my panties. I should probably descend from the heavens at an angle to prevent that…" Ilias is practicing her descent to Earth.

“Taste my Lightning of Judgment, Alispheese! You foul incarnation of evil! Boom! Gwah! Ilias you are too powerful for me! I stand no chance! Bweh." Ilias is playing out The Great Monster War by herself.

Camp Ilias: Just as good as I'd expect from someone who learned how to cook from Lucifina. That really hit the spot

Ilias: First off, we need to bolster and equip our forces at Iliasburg. It be a suicide to head to the north the way we are now

Ilias: That's because i given countless evaluations to disappointing heroes over the years. You could say I wrote the standard practices myself...

Ilias: Never mind those. Alas, why did this cruel fate befall me.

Ilias: To be precise, to escape from that seal, I had to reduce myself to this size.

Ilias: The Six Ancestors' Great Seal maintains itself by drwing on the sealed person's own power. The stronger the power, the stronger the seal. As a result, the spell isn't effective against the weak. Knowing that, I must have been able to escape by reducing my power. It took a considerable amount of time to split off most of it apparently, and in addition, i couldn't keep my normal size or all my memories either.

Ilias: Black Alice is the most likely culprit. Or it could have been the work of Promestein. It's also possible the Dark Goddess herself is behind it all. If that's the case, that kitsune becomes very conspicious...

Ilias: There are many points around the world that are especially close to Heaven, one of which was nearby. However...

Ilias: I'm not crying...

Ilias: I need to get somewhere closer to Heaven where my voice is more likely to reach them. The Holy Mountain Amos in North Sentora would be ideal. Once we get there, I'll make another attempt to summon them, but we'll have to travel through heavily monster-infested lands first.

Ilias: Yes, much to my delight, she is the current Monster Lord. Seeing her look so pathetic made me feel a lot better about my own situation. Ilias: No, I think she's affected by something else. She was blabbering about a rabbit doing something to her or something. A white rabbit leading Alice... That seems like something important... It's no use, something is screwing with my memory. I'm going to be limited until I can deal with that.

Ilias: Using the bathroom? Take your time.

Ilias: While she's gone, I want to warn you, Luka. You shouldn't trust that girl.

Ilias: As creator of the world, I know every living person in it. Even with my memory loss, I can still remember every man and woman. So keeping that in mind... I don't know this Sonya person. In other words, she's someone who shouldn't exist. The girl Sonya does not belong in this world.

Ilias: If don't know her, she doesn't exist. We've met one other person who fits that description too. Nero, the black-clothed man we ran into this afternoon. I have no recollection of him either.

Ilias: I don't think she's trying to deceive us though. It's possible she isn't aware of it. Just what is going on with the world... I'm this world's Goddess. There shouldn't be things I don't understand.

Ilias: Don't let your guard down, Luka.

Ilias: I'll be keeping my eyes on her. ...anyway, I think it's about time to sleep.

Trivia

 * As of Part 2, Ilias is the only companion who has a request scene requiring more than 100 affection


 * Ilias' normal pocket castle greeting is a reference to, ironically enough, the theme song for the Devilman anime
 * She and Nero are the only ones who managed to know who the Armored Berserker really is due to its desire to kill angels.