- "Someone... Someone has to inflict judgement upon you humans." —Ceraphina
Ceraphina is a character in Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. She initially appears as a minor NPC in the Master of Power, but is later revealed to be the one behind the events of said path (and indirectly the Master of Fame one) and becomes the main antagonist of the Bestower of Fame one.
Profile[]
Appearence[]
Ceraphina is a young woman with long silver hair. During her time as Phina, she wore a cleric outfit of the Flamesgrace Church, but switched to a more solemn white robe when revealing her true identity.
Personality[]
Because of her grandfather's death, Ceraphina is a bitter and misantropic person obsessed with punishing humanity, a goal she's spent centuries to achieve. However, she manages to change her mind a bit after confronting the Chosen One, admitting there can be some good in humans after all.
Story[]
She was the granddaughter of the Sage Solomon. She witnessed the execution of her grandfather when she was a child, causing her to gain a deep hatred towards people. At some point she met Lyblac, who granted her semi-immortality along with the Warrior, Apothecary and the Thief rings. She would bestow the last one on Simeon.
When Orsterra was facing the Southern Tribes menace, she bestowed the Warrior's Ring on a young Tytos.[1] As "Phina", she infiltrated into the Church of Flamesgrace to closely monitor the actions of both the Church and the Scarlet Wing Commander.
Following Tytos' demise, Ceraphina took control of the remains of the Scarlet Wings loyal to Tytos and reformed them into the Black Scarlet cult, working for her to achieve godhood through a ritual once performed by a saint named Odypus who, in his greed, tried to take control of the First Flame and ended up burned by the Accurst Flame resulting from said attempt. That was because he lacked the Divine Rings and the Divine Blood from the Crossford family line, which Ceraphina managed to acquire both through the Apothecary Ring and a cleric named Rinyuu, an illegitimate child of Graham Crossford.
Despite the Chosen One, Sazantos and the Knights Ardante pursuing her, Ceraphina managed to complete the ritual and take control of the Accursed Flame, as well as a new angelic form thanks to her Divine Ring. However, the ritual also revived Lyblac, who had secretly possessed her body following her brutal defeat against Redeye. Lyblac mocked Ceraphina for thinking she was worthy of passing judgement on humanity, claiming only Galdera had the right to do so. After Lyblac's defeat at the hands of the Chosen One and Sazantos, Ceraphina admitted that watching the Chosen One's actions helped her regain a bit of faith in humanity. After that, she succumbed to her injuries.
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Etymology[]
Her name alludes to a seraph, a kind of heavenly existence featured in Abrahamic religions that is usually depicted as a multi-winged being.
Trivia[]
- In the conclusion of the final clash between Ceraphina and the Knights Ardante, while the misanthrope Ceraphina ends acknowledging there may be some goodwill inside the people, Flameguard Sazantos concludes mankind is rotten beyond salvation.
- In that sense, she is indirectly responsable for the events leading to the Bestower of All storyline as well.
- Hirohito Suzuki about Ceraphina's ring form: "Ceraphina begins her battle with a transformed body. She has wings and a halo because she has gained a portion of the power of the gods, and also follows the design pattern of the bosses from the later Domain of the Gods arc".[2]
- Ceraphina is the only playable apothecary so far who doesn't have axe skills. Even if she must be equipped with axe weapons, her damage set is entirely elemental, consisting in light and dark skills.
- She is also the only traveler so far who doesn't have a physical skill as a default attack.
References[]
- ↑ Seeker of Power
- ↑ The Art of Octopath Traveler 2020-2023, page 145.
- No one shall stop me...!: Start of battle. Permanently increases her actions per turn to two.
- Dark Hex: First action and after recovering from a break. Can permanent inflict and stack
Poison (The target will take elemental damage at the end of their turn)/ Bleeding (The target will take physical damage at the end of their turn)/ Silence (The target will be not able to use one skill)/ Sleep (The target will be unable to act until a turn has passed or they take damage)/ Paralysis (The target has a certain chance of being unable to act)/ Terror (The target will not gain BP at the start of their turn and cannot boost)/ Weakness (The target will consume more SP)/ Blindness (The target has a certain chance to miss physical attacks) to Front for 2 turns. Effect is removed upon break. - Prostrate: Deal physical damage to single target.
- Divine Great Axe: Deal damage to single target.
- Snowy Slumber: Deal damage to random target 2 time(s). Inflict Comatose (The traveler will be unable to act until a turn has passed) with every attack for 2 turns.
- Accurst Flame: Deal damage to random target 3 time(s).
- You'll burn to ash!: Deal damage to Front.
- Luminous Wings: Deal damage to Front. Inflict Comatose (The traveler will be unable to act until a turn has passed) and Silence (The target will be not able to use one skill) for 2 turns.
- Ebony Wings: Deal damage to Front. Inflict Comatose (The traveler will be unable to act until a turn has passed) and Blindness (The target has a certain chance to miss physical attacks) for 2 turns.
- The heavens await...!: Reduces HP of single target to 1.
- The divine power coarses through me...!: Can be used at the end of the turn. Imparts self with Phys. Atk. Up and Elem. Atk. Up for 5 turns.
- Heathen...!: Impart Phys. Atk. Down , Phys. Def. Down , Elem. Atk. Down , Elem. Def. Down , Spd. Down and Crit. Down to Front for 2 turns. Removes enfeebling effects of self.
- Now...are you prepared?: At 70% HP or less. Ceraphina the Charitable enters boost mode. Uses The Time of the End if not broken before her next action.
- The Time of the End: Deal non-elemental damage to random target 3 time(s). Inflict a random status ( Poison (The target will take elemental damage at the end of their turn)/ Bleeding (The target will take physical damage at the end of their turn)/ Silence (The target will be not able to use one skill)/ Sleep (The target will be unable to act until a turn has passed or they take damage)/ Paralysis (The target has a certain chance of being unable to act)/ Terror (The target will not gain BP at the start of their turn and cannot boost)/ Weakness (The target will consume more SP)/ Blindness (The target has a certain chance to miss physical attacks)) for 2 turns.
- The Time of the End: Deal non-elemental damage to random target 3 time(s). Inflict a random status (
- Tremble in fear...: At 40% HP or less. Ceraphina the Charitable enters boost mode. Uses The Time of Demise if not broken before her next action.
- The Time of Demise: Deal non-elemental damage to Front. Inflict a random status ( Poison (The target will take elemental damage at the end of their turn)/ Bleeding (The target will take physical damage at the end of their turn)/ Silence (The target will be not able to use one skill)/ Sleep (The target will be unable to act until a turn has passed or they take damage)/ Paralysis (The target has a certain chance of being unable to act)/ Terror (The target will not gain BP at the start of their turn and cannot boost)/ Weakness (The target will consume more SP)/ Blindness (The target has a certain chance to miss physical attacks)) for 2 turns.
- The Time of Demise: Deal non-elemental damage to Front. Inflict a random status (
