Sunday, November 12, 2006

Tales of Symphonia Character Association Part 6

I know it took forever to get to this part, and you're probably all dead from old age or scurvy or something, but it took soooooo long to find this one picture that I knew existed and needed and even longer to pick just a few pictures to use from the many great ones that I did find. The artists who post on deviantart.com really seem to genuinely like Raine and it made things more difficult than you would expect.

Anyway, the show must go on.

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Raine Sage
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 108 lbs
Class: Mage
Race: Half-Elf
Hair: Silver
Build: Average
Weapon: Staff
Occupation: Teacher

This has pretty much been reduced to process of elimination, with only two left to cover and the last one being me, who could I possibly be comparing Raine too?

Kalinka, duh.

Par for the course, I've come up with real reasons for the comparison:
1) Raine, as the school teacher for three of the other characters at the start of the game, takes on a maternal role throughout the game, specifically towards her younger brother Genis, whom she raised since their abandonment. Much like Kalinka, who has taken on the role of older sister to the rest of Lucid Seed.
2) Raine is the most intelligent character in the entire game, need I say more.
3) Raine and Kalinka are very soft spoken most of the time, moreso guides than an actual commanders, but don't make them mad.
4) Raine has a glaring multiple personality disorder, wherein she spins into an insane "Ruin Mode" whenever exposed to specific stimuli such as tombs, artifacts, and just about anything archeological. Now, replace "tombs" with "cats" and "artifacts" with "steam", what does that make you think of?

I know full well that Kalinka isn't near as serious as Raine is. But that's not a bad thing. I like her better like that.

And, of course, PICTURE ADVENTUUUUUUUUUUURE!



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Okay, Part 6 is finished. Tune in next time for the thilling conclusion: Kratos Aurion!

Marr Vell