Arle Nadja

[Arle Nadja]

Personal Information

Appearance

Species: Human
Gender: Female
Age: Forever 16
Birthday: July 22nd
Height: 5'2'' (158 cm)
Weight: 101 lbs (46 kg)
Alignment: Neutral Good
Occupation: Traveling Magician and Healer, Adventurer
Voice Reference: Kotono Mitsuishi (Puyo Puyo CD, Sailor Moon)

Associated Music:
Arle's Theme
Arle's Lament
Arle's Heroinism
Dungeon Exploring Theme A
Dungeon Exploring Theme B

Home World Culture

Arle hails from the Madou World, a semi-medieval world in which technology is almost non-existant, limited mostly to crude analog devices or magical supplements. The culture of her world is a distinct and unique. The architecture is medieval. Magicians, wizards and sorcerers are the dominant force in society, with any gifted individuals being raised in special schools of magic designed to bring out their potential. The societal culture has a heavy flavoring of Japan. There are a great many races, most of which fall under the umbrella label of 'monsters', meaning non-human. Most of them talk and there are entire monster villages. Humans are not normally considered the best race in terms of racial magic talent, making Arle an exception to that rule. Within humanity, gender roles are somewhat strong compared to modern society. Girls wearing pants is simply not a thing and Arle is considered noteworthy for being something of a tomboy because of her somewhat sassy attitude. For example, the "fire" spell was considered a boys' spell back in her world, making her exceptional for choosing to use it.

The world's mythology takes heavily from Christian Mythology. The war between Heaven and Hell was won by Hell, however, and Heaven was destroyed in the process. "God" was banished, and Lilith became the de facto ruler of the world, remolding it in her image after her victory. However, she eventually became dissilusioned with what she had done and yielded her presence. In her absense, Satan took the title of most powerful wizard. No one, including Arle, remembers anything about Heaven or its angels because the war happened so very long ago. Before this and before humans, monsters ruled the world with their own civilization. The downfall of this civilization is unknown, however.

In her world, sugar is not readily available to most people--especially lower class families such as her own. Sake is not an alcoholic drink. It is fermented with magic and is a popular drink for rejuvinating a magician's mana, available to people of all ages. Magicians in Arle's world also cannot evocate to restore their mana. It must be metabolized, meaning that eating specialized food such as the afformentioned sake or the flesh of magical beasts such as dragons is the only way to restore one's mana rapidly. Else, it must be restored by taking an extended rest.