Category:Four Spirits



The Four Spirits are major characters within the game. Luka meets and battles them in order to earn their abilities over the first two parts of the game. According to legend, Heinrich recruited the Four Spirits and "moving like the wind, with the strength of the earth, heart calm and flowing like water, with attacks holding the blazing power of fire", he was able to defeat Black Alice. Alice hints that it's a secret way of fighting.

Each Spirit corresponds to one of the four traditional elements, which are wind, earth, water, and fire.

Besides being tests of strength and character, the battles also serve to test the player's knowledge of the usage of the spirits, sometimes unlocking more potential from within them. Gnome’s battle relies on Sylph for the eventual win, Undine unlocks the ability to summon Sylph and Gnome simultaneously while Salamander unlocks Undine's true potential.

After earning their abilities, Luka can summon a Spirit to use their corresponding element. These abilities are upgraded through the story. With Undine and Salamander, the abilities are not of much use until after the upgrade.

Each spirit also corresponds to a special technique after the technique has been upgraded, further adding to its power if the move is selected when the respective spirit is in effect.

The spirits, in general, cost 2 SP to summon, but the level 2 upgrades of Undine and Salamander are unique. Undine consumes SP while she is in effect and Salamander fully recovers your SP, till the her power wanes, draining all your SP in the progress. Both of them cost 4 SP at their final upgrade, while Sylph and Gnome cost 1 SP at the end.

In Chapter 3, Promestein analyzed the Four Spirits to produce artificial copies of them to empower her armies. Additionally, she devised a world-wide seal that captures all four elements, as destroying the forces of nature would set the world off balance. According to Undine’s second monsterpedia entry, it is believed that the fake copies were intended to replace the originals, preventing global catastrophes from occurring and thus making it possible for the original to be killed without consequences.

Trivia

 * The names of the spirits are derived from Paracelsus's alchemical work Liber de Nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris et de caeteris spiritibus.