Collected Miscellany: Esmeralda - Seeker of Forgotten Knowledge
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Dainsleif: Out in the wilderness of every nation, the bulky forms of various automatons are common sights.
Dainself: The source of these Ruin Machines is a mystery to most and a much-debated question, although people can agree on one thing: they defend themselves and any nearby ruins with extreme force, regardless of any damage to their surroundings.
Dainsleif: Yet somewhere in the ruins of Stormterror's lair, rumor has it that a strange floating automaton resides, protecting not treasure but a single young woman.
Esmeralda: Don't worry, she doesn't bite. *Giggles*
Dainsleif: Although Esmeralda looks like an easy target for bandits and monsters, she is far from defenseless.
Dainsleif: Having done the impossible, Esmeralda's domesticated Ruin machine follows her everywhere.
Dainsleif: Its name is Daisy, for reasons I will never understand.
Dainsleif: Daisy protects its master with mechanical devotion and precision, smashing aside all who seek to harm her.
Dainsleif: In return, Esmeralda takes care of Daisy in a world where the technology that created it had long been forgotten.
Dainsleif: Having survived out in the wild for long periods of time while maintaining a Ruin machine, Esmeralda has become exceptionally skilled at scavenging broken Ruin Guards for components to repair her creation.
Dainsleif: While Esmeralda is in your party, most automatons killed have a chance to drop additional components.
Dainsleif: These include Ruin Guards, Ruin Graders, and Ruin Sentinels, but not bosses such as the Perpetual Mechanical Array.
Dainsleif: Esmeralda commands Daisy into battle, relentlessly crushing her foes. Her normal attack combos up to 4 heavy strikes. The first 3 deal physical damage to enemies, while the final strike deals Geo damage in a long line.
Dainsleif: Holding the attack button causes Daisy to perform continuous spinning attacks, dealing physical damage.
Dainsleif: Esmeralda's elemental skill 'Missile Flurry' launches a group of 6 missiles that automatically target nearby enemies, dealing AoE geo damage on hit.
Dainsleif: By holding down her skill, the direction in which the missiles are launched can be chosen.
Esmeralda: Daisy, get them!
Dainsleif: Esmeralda's elemental burst causes Daisy to open up and release its power core. It fires a beam that automatically locks onto the nearest enemy, targeting its weak spot if possible, dealing constant physical damage. This persists even if Esmeralda leaves the field.
Dainsleif: While the core is firing, Daisy is placed in an inactive state, forming armor around the active character that increases their physical damage resistance, defense, and resistance to interruption.
Dainsleif: However, Esmeralda cannot perform basic or charged attacks in this state, and her plunging attack is weakened. She can still use her elemental skill.
Dainsleif: Through continuous improvements, Esmeralda further increases the combat capabilities of her mechanical ally.
Dainsleif: After unlocking the talent 'Target Acquired', the missiles fired by tapping her elemental skill will automatically home in on targets, striking even the most agile foes.
Dainsleif: The talent 'Remnant Energy' allows Daisy to react to threats against her master. When the active character takes damage while Power Surge is active, a Geo shield is created. This shield is effective at absorbing all damage and has its Hp based on Esmeralda's Def.
Dainsleif: Although Esmeralda prefers not to fight, the bandits and lowlifes that prey on the helpless often have other plans. Forced to defend herself, Esmeralda strikes hard and fast to end the battle with minimal damage to Daisy, for repairs are not easy.
Dainsleif: In battle, Esmeralda begins by using her elemental skill. Target enemy weak spots with this ability, if they have any, to being them crashing down and make them vulnerable.
Dainsleif: Follow up with consecutive basic attacks to damage enemies. If she is surrounded, hold the attack button to force them aside.
Dainsleif: Once energy is full, release her elemental burst. As Esmeralda is weakened while it is active, swap out to another character to continue assailing your foes while Daisy unleashes a beam of destruction.
Dainsleif: Digging into the past, unearthing secrets lost for millennia... Esmeralda is close to a host of answers.
Dainsleif: Yet this knowledge was buried in mountains of blood and bodies, and a whole nation paid the ultimate price for understanding this technology.
Dainsleif: Should she carry on this path, she would undoubtedly find the answers she seeks. She will find the knowledge that the divine decrees forbidden.
Dainsleif: And when she does... who will pay the price?
