Angela

Angela
Title(s)	Princess of Altena
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Faction	Altena
Health	84
Level	1
Status	Protagonist
Location	Altena, Kingdom of Sorcery
Voice Actor(s)	JP: Rumi Ookubo (Remake) EN: Sarah Miller-Crews (Remake)
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"I'm Angela, princess of Altena."

—3D selection

Angela (アンジェラ, Anjera) is one of the six main characters of Trials of Mana. She is 19 years old, 5 ft. 5 in. tall (165 cm), and weighs 106 lbs (48 kg). She is the oldest of the main characters.

Profile

Appearance

Angela as depicted in the character selection menu

Angela is a young woman with long lilac hair and green eyes, described as the image of her mother the True Queen. However, she also has tapered ears, not unlike those of elves. In her default Magician class, Angela's outfit consists of a red leotard with a wrap-around garment at the waist that forms a cape, along with a purple hair ornament, choker, gloves, and boots.

In the remake, her clothing is trimmed with gold accents, her boots have long oriental points as well as more defined high heels, and these along with her cuffs and choker are adorned with gemstones. She also sports a pair of jewel earrings. In both versions, she wields wands and staves as weapons.

As she learns to switch classes in the remake, Angela's attire will change according to the path she takes. Her Light classes give her more coverage overall, emphasizing dresses and fuller capes, while her Dark classes veer toward full bikinis and expose more of her body as they progress upward.

Personality

Owing to a lack of support from her mother, Angela has developed a rebellious air. She was known to play pranks on the Queen's courtiers, for which she was scolded frequently. She often views others as below her and has a quick temper, demonstrated when events do not go her way. Her stubbornness has caused some friction between her and the court mage José, as she has skipped his lessons at times.

Her portrayal in the remake is that of a spoiled princess, when in reality she struggles with her lack of ability as well as rejection by the Queen. In the English script, she speaks in a dialect typical of Southern California.

Story

"Wendel, huh? I don't know what awaits me there, but it's better than getting caught in my own kingdom. I'll go. It can't be worse than here. If I learn how to handle my magic, maybe my mother will welcome me back... There's a chance, at least."

—Angela

See also: Angela's Introduction

Angela is the only princess of the ice-covered Altena, Kingdom of Magicians. Her mother, Valda, the True Queen, uses her magic to keep the Altenish citadel in a perpetual spring. However, like her country, Valda is cold and unfeeling towards her daughter, who has become lonely and selfish as a result of her upbringing. The fact that Angela is the only person in Altena who cannot use magic does not improve her disposition. As the world's mana starts to fade, the Queen's spell weakens, and winter begins to return to Altena. In order for her spell to continue and prevent Altena from freezing over, Valda, following the advice of the Crimson Wizard, decides to invade other nations and claim their Mana Stones. Once done, she would make use of a cursed ancient spell intended to unlock the power of Mana kept in the Stones, opening the way to the infinite power found in the Sword of Mana, letting her spell continue. Unfortunately, the spell for unlocking the power of the Mana Stones requires the user to sacrifice a life when it is cast; Valda decides to sacrifice her own daughter to power the spell.

When Angela learns of this, she unwittingly uses her latent magical powers to teleport out of Altena and into the Frostbite Fields. She soon succumbs to the cold and collapses, but citizens from the nearby town of Alrant find her and nurse her back to health. After receiving counsel from a wandering fortune-teller, Angela decides to travel to the Holy City Wendel and ask the Priest of Light for guidance.

Angela shares many story elements with Duran, who lives in Valsena, one of the many kingdoms Altena tries to invade. If either of them is chosen as the main hero in Trials of Mana, the main villain will be the Dragon Lord and the final dungeon will be Dragonsmaw.

Abilities

Angela is a somewhat stereotypical "mage" character, having weak physical damage but access to a variety of powerful magic. Though Angela cannot use magic at first, she begins to learn moves with the help of the Mana Spirits that join the heroes on their quest. Changing classes allows her to use more powerful moves; Angela's Light and Dark classes primarily allow her to use more powerful Light and Dark magic, respectively. Her Light classes have a larger focus in causing large amounts of damage to multiple enemies while her dark classes focus more on focusing damage on one target.

Classes

Below is a list of Angela's classes. The first class change takes place at Level 18, while the second one takes place at Level 38, with the latter requiring specific items acquired from ??? Seeds.

Level	Light		Dark
Lv. 1	Magician
Lv. 18	Sorceress		Mysticist (Delvar)
Lv. 38	Grand Diviner (Grand Divina) (Arcana Book)	Archmage (Esotera Book)	Rune Seer (Rune Master) (Rune Book)	Magus (Omen Book)
Post-Game (remake only)	Mystic Queen (Sage Sphere)		Spellbinder (Sage Sphere)

Note:

• Class 4 path is dependent upon the path of the Class 2 switch. All Class 3 abilities learnt are retained.

Magician

Missing description

Sorceress

The Sorceress is the path both expected of the Magician and respected by all who know the rigors of the arcane, and not without good reason. Having tempered a lust for power with reason and focus, the Sorceress calls down incredible destruction on her foes- blizzards, firestorms, lightning and rock slides all serve as warning to those who would waylay her. While her skill with dark magic wanes, the power of light beckons, offering a powerful ray of scorching light that reduces unholy foes to ash.

Grand Diviner (Grand Divina)

An often mystifying, but all encompassing and wholesome belief spoken of by the respected and famous masters of magic and spellcraft have often said that true magic lies in everything, and is unlocked by doing good and believing in yourself and who you are in life's unpredictability and vastness. With such a maxim held deep in their hearts, Grand Diviners are magicians said to be those who often embody this by their deeds and actions on their paths as practitioners of magic. Beheld by time immemorial to be the purest path of magic, Grand Diviners hold fast to schools and methods to see and commune with the magical world in its natural progression, exploring and studying its manifestations into the natural world to understanding even the most arcane, esoteric, and transcendent phenomena that blurs the fantastical from reality to track even the most minute magical occurrences to their advantage. With this gained precision and magical understanding, Grand Diviners have been witnessed and heralded to make such magical results of phenomenal magnitude as if they were more miracle than magic, and with such grace said to embody the same magic when the Mana Goddess created the world. With such study and training to realize the magical from the ordinary, so are Grand Diviners fonts of power beyond just spells and magical power, with their own being as their own anecdotal source and spell of magic. But should push come to shove and the threat of violence dare to come about, the Grand Diviner's magic is feared just as on par with the dark arts, that the wicked would remain afraid and hesitate to wage open war, as the Grand Diviner does not so much fight evil as she reduces it to very small bits, spreading her magics to envelop enemies in a cornucopia of elemental pain, and makes their potential known to be more than what they asked for.

Archmage

The path taken by those whose practice of magic is for the sake of the practice of magic. Redundant as it may sound, this pragmatic, life-long study of what magic is and is not allows the Archmage to have an understanding of the elementals that is free from both holier-than-thou or megalomaniac mentalities. Her skills with magic go beyond mere recitation of moves, having developed an almost first-name basis relationship with the four prime elementals Salamander, Gnome, Undine, and Jinn. This bond is such that she can call on them directly to wreak havoc on those who would interrupt her study with banditry and other such unsavory diversions, meaning that most Archmages are left well enough alone.

Mysticist (Delvar)

Rather than an interest and focus on the path of methodology, proper rites, and traditionally proven workings of magic to utilize it as it is, the Mysticist has instead directed their focus on seeking the ways of achieving greater magical power itself to bend all phenomena to their whim. However, such a path veers nearest the temptation of achieving power at any cost and the will to even undergo the ways of the dark arts.

Rune Seer (Rune Master)

Considered the true embodiment of the dark arts of magic, the Rune Seer has achieved their mastery through reinforcing their quest for ultimate magic power through controlling such might through the ways of harnessing by incantation and binding such forces upon call through evocation. Utilizing the power of knowledge, the Rune Seer has vigorously studied long lost languages of mystical influence and magical power believed to tie deeply into the fabric of creation itself, and through their influence, summons terrifyingly great forces of nature upon their recital. As such, the might of Rune Seers call upon moves of such order and chaos that though their magic brings about unmatched spell power, their aftermath is dangerously unpredictable to their intended recipients.

Magus

Considered to have strayed far from the path of contemporary magehood, the Magus has reached the echelons of attaining what can be called the ultimate level of magical power. Delving deeper into study than any typical practitioner of magic, the Magus has rediscovered lost and ancient methodologies to apply that excel anything the current world sees in use; however, whether they know it or not, such methods tapped into discovered at their era were decided to be forgotten: considered with potential of great danger and abuse, these ways were then cast down as taboo, and were abandoned for the sake of such forbidden practices to never ravage the world again. Now in command of these forsaken powers, heaven and earth trembles in the face of such magic that indiscriminately destroys and decimates all who stand in the way of its caster.

Mystic Queen

Standing above all others as a leader in respectable, tried and true methods of magic, the Mystic Queen is often not only a leader among spellcasters but a ruler of a nation, for reasons that become immediately obvious should one witness her in battle. Wielding the highest orders of magic known with unparalleled efficiency and having come to know the elemental spirits not simply as vague forces but deep, personal friends, those who mistake her tempered reason and benevolence for an exploitable weakness do so at mortal peril. With a righteous heart guiding her, magic itself is oft reluctant to do her harm or resist her call, and so once reliable resistances and overwhelming magics falter against her superiority. While her power is undisputed, Mystic Queens never wage war without good reason. Should you should find yourself on the wrong end of her spells, it is best to surrender- and then question your soul.

Spellbinder

Having sought power relentlessly and without regard to the cost, those who can truly call themselves Spellbinders are fortunately found once in so many ages- the world would not survive otherwise. Her own reserves of power not deemed sufficiently devastating enough, Spellbinders often sip of the lives of those willing- or pressed- into fighting alongside them to further fuel the destructive power of their spells, sometimes even going so far as to use the dying breath of their allies to reach greater heights of power and then wringing the dregs of life from their vanquished foes to sustain themselves. She wields magic like a whip, leaving the very forces of nature hesitant to disobey her. Despite all this macabre lore, it has been rumored that a few Spellbinders have pursued such a path not simply out of selfish desire, but because they required unmatched power to fight something worse. One shudders to consider what threat could possibly warrant such extremes.

Class Strikes

Below is a list of skill attacks Angela learns across her different classes:

Level	Light		Dark
Lv. 1	Double Slash (Magician)
Lv. 18	Love Typhoon (Sorceress)		Pummel Star (Mysticist)
Lv. 38	Boomerang Spiral (Grand Diviner)	Dancing Wand (Archmage)	Ton Shatter (Rune Seer)	Hotshot (Magus)
Post-Game (remake only)	Blessed Pledge (Mystic Queen)		Ton Annihilation (Spellbinder)

Moves

As a spell-caster, Angela is capable of learning a plethora of moves, which are all of the offensive variety. Depending on her final class, Angela will also learn an ultimate spell unique to that class as well.

Below is a table of moves Angela learns across her different classes:

Level	Light		Dark
Lv. 1	Holy Bolt Holy Bolt +2D Diamond Shards Diamond Shards +2D Cyclone Cyclone +2D Evil Gate2D Evil Gate +2D Fireball2D Fireball +2D Ice Smash2D Ice Smash +2D ((Magician)
Lv. 18	Holy Bolt +3D Diamond Shards +3D Cyclone +3D Evil Gate3D Evil Gate +3D Fireball3D Fireball +3D Ice Smash3D Ice Smash +3D Earthquake Explode Spike Freeze Thunderstorm Lucent Beam (Sorceress)		Holy Bolt +3D Diamond Shards +3D Cyclone +3D Evil Gate3D Evil Gate +3D Fireball3D Fireball +3D Ice Smash3D Ice Smash +3D Dark Force (Mysticist)
Lv. 38	Earthquake + Explode + Spike Freeze + Thunderstorm + Lucent Beam + Doppelganger (Grand Diviner)	Earthquake + Explode + Spike Freeze + Thunderstorm + Lucent Beam + Glitter Dust (Archmage)	Dark Force + Stun Gust Cold Blaze Blaze Wall Stone Cloud Annihilate (Rune Seer)	Earthquake Explode Spike Freeze Thunderstorm Ancient Curse (Magus)

• Note 1: Angela is able to target one/all enemies with all moves learnt during her Magician class after obtaining the corresponding mana spirit.

• Note 2: Angela will learn how to multi-target 'light' upper-level moves (such as Earthquake and Explode) when she changes class into either a Grand Diviner or an Archmage.

• Note 3: If Angela changes class to a Rune Seer, her Dark Force spell will be upgraded to target all enemies. The Magus does not learn to multi-target Dark Force.
• Note 4: Neither the Rune Seer nor Magus can multi-target the upper-level moves they learn in the four classical elements.
• Note 5: Angela learns the most moves out of any of the playable characters.

Equipment

Weapons

Angela wields wands and staves that are enchanted to help augment and strengthen her magic and mind. As Angela progresses in terms of classes, Sorceress weapons are made to help discipline and draw out its wielder's inner power in balance with its own enchantments, while Mysticists bear staves rooted in construction from occult and even forbidden rituals to bestow its user with unparalleled magic power.

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Wand	22	Starting Weapon	--
Staff	75	Astoria, Wendel, Maia	--
Sorcerer Rod	180	Dwarf Village, Valsena	--
Twisted Rod	220	Beiser, Palo, Jadd Stronghold	--
Pewter Staff	378	Ghost Ship, Palo	--
Ruby Cane	738	Tomato Town	--
Crystal Staff	1100	Alrant, Sirhtan, Diin	--
Soul Staff	2400	Mintas	--
Scepter	2650	Mintas	Sorceress
Cunning Staff	2795	Mintas	Mysticist
Ash Cane	2650	Dior	--
Will Staff	2900	Dior	Sorceress
Tot's Cane	3155	Dior	Mysticist
Rajin's Cane	3480	Altena, Diin, Mintas	--
Mythril Rod	3830	Altena, Diin, Mintas	Sorceress
Skull Rod	4000	Altena, Diin, Mintas	Mysticist
Memyl Rod	6950	Cats	--
Druid Cane	7015	Cats	--
Revelation Cane	7200	Cats	Mysticist
Nebula Staff	14335	Cats	--
Yggdrasil Rod	16400	Cats	Sorceress
Ancient Rod	17335	Cats	Mysticist
Oak Cane	22000	Pedda	--
Eternal Wand	33470	Pedda	Sorceress
Celnunnos Cane	31375	Pedda	Mysticist
Ceryeceon	--	Gear Seed	Sorceress/Mysticist
Ganvantein	--	Gear Seed	Grand Diviner
Spirit Cane	--	Gear Seed	Archmage
Rune Staff	--	Gear Seed	Rune Seer
Dragon Rod	--	Gear Seed	Magus

Armor

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Cotton Robe	16	Starting Armor	--
Silk Robe	50	Wendel, Maia	--
Witch Robe	95	Dwarf Village, Valsena	--
Bee Gown	184	Beiser, Palo	--
Bat Coat	230	Ghost Ship, Palo	--
Tiger Two-Piece	234	Tomato Town, Valsena	--
Flower Suit	600	Alrant, Sultan, Deen, Mintos, Diorre	--
Lapin Dress	1000	Mintos	--
Owl Coat	1970	Diorre	--
Zephyr Robe	2150	Altena, Deen, Mintos	--
Mananan Robe	3160	Cats	--
Dawn Dress	3830	Cats	Sorceress
Dusk Dress	3440	Cats	Mysticist
Snowy Robe	7495	Pedan	Sorceress
Darkness Robe	7015	Pedan	Mysticist
Dreamdevil Coat	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Sorceress/Mysticist
Myein Dress	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Grand Diviner
Radical Coat	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Archmage
Rune Coat	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Rune Seer
Ancient Robe	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Magus

Helmets

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Circlet	42	Maia	--
Sorcerer Hood	184	Jadd	--
Chryscirclet	820	Deen	--
Panther Hood	990	Diorre	--
Silver Circlet	2300	Cats	--
Snowy Veil	2795	Cats	--
Misty Veil	3630	Pedan	Sorceress/Mysticist
Moonstone Tiara	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Sorceress/Mysticist
Myein Crown	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Grand Diviner
Eremos Crown	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Archmage
Rune Veil	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Rune Seer
Ancient Tiara	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Magus

Accessories

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Jewel Ring	70	Valsena	--
Crystal Ring	154	Jad	--
Mist Pendant	645	Deen	--
Protect Ring	860	Deen, Mintos	--
Snow Crystal	2000	Cats	Sorceress
Fireblaze	2150	Cats	Mysticist
Sage Stone	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Sorceress/Mysticist
Ice Wind Hairpin	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Grand Diviner/Archmage
Firestone Hairpin	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Rune Seer/Magus

Other appearances

Circle of Mana

Rank	Image				Classes	Quote
SUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	理の女王の娘でありながら、魔法が使えないために女王の愛をうけられず、なやみ、苦しむアンジェラ…。
SUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「やだ、ついてこないでよ。あしでまといになるじゃない！」
SUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「だいじょうぶ！寒さなんてへっちゃらよ。だって私達には、この熱い心があるんですもの！」
SUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「フンだ！お説教なら沢山よ。もういい、あんたには頼まないわ！べろべろべーだ！」
SUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「私は冷たいだけの女じゃないの。一緒に情熱のダンスを踊ってくれるのは誰かしら？」
SUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「この格好？……き、気分よ気分。ここは海賊船だし、気分的な問題よ。別に仲間のフリして逃げようなんて思ってないわよ……。」
SUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「ただやみくもに突っ込んだって軍には勝てないでしょう？余計な戦いは避けて、リチアの救出を最優先にすること。」
SUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「ねぇ、プリム？あんたも変な趣味してるよね？こんなののどこがいいの？」
SSUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「どう、見直した？私だって本気を出せば、これぐらい簡単にできるのよ。一緒に冒険できることに感謝しなさいよね！」
SSUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「フフフ、いいの。今までは今までよ。私は過去を振り返らない女なの。でも、今日からは違う！真のヒロインはただ一人。このアンジェラなの！」
SSUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「クリスマスには、こうやって町や森を飾りつけしたり、みんなでご馳走を食べたり、プレゼントを交換したりするみたいよ。」
SSUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「うわー、海って最高っ！とことん満喫しちゃうんだから！」
SSUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「月夜の夜は不思議と魔力が溢れるんだよね。ね、新しい魔法の実験台になってくんない？お菓子をくれたら見逃してあげてもいいけど。」
SSUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「違う…違うのよ！私、知ってるの……竜帝の支配は、これからが始まりなのよ！！」
SSUR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「そっかな……。なんか複雑な気分だけど、それだと、ちょっとうれしいかも……。」
SSUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「やっぱり、あなた達が勝ち残ってきたわね。まぁ、だれが来ようと、私とヴァルダに勝てるわけないけどね。」
SSUR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「まったく、女の子二人を狙うなんて卑怯もいいところね！」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「着物っていうんだっけ？この異世界の衣装、私は好きだな。」
LGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「究極のチョコレートよ。ありがたく食べなさいよね。」
LGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「魔法より、もっとステキなもの見つけちゃったもんネ！それは…」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「…今までの敵とは格が違うわね。みんな、気を引き締めていくわよっ！」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「違う…違うのよ！私、知ってるの……竜帝の支配は、これからが始まりなのよ！！」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「私だって、本当は怖かったわよ！でも、あの時は無我夢中だったわ。「何かしなくちゃ！」って…」
LGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「幸せにしてくれなきゃ、ゆるさないからね！」
LGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「でも、見直したわ。あんた、本当に強かったのね。」
LGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「素敵な異国の衣装ね！どう？私、似合ってるかな？」
LGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「元凶のあんたには、たっぷりお礼をしないと。」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「魔法を使いこなすことができなかった私が、今は大魔法だって使える！これって大器晩成ってやつよね！」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「……努力したのよ。あれからたくさん。」
LGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「ううっ、このドレスすごく寒いよ…。よし、魔法であったかくしよう。えいっ、ファイアーボール！」
SLGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「皆が出来るはずの事が出来ないってすごく辛いんだから…！」
SLGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「勇者くん、こっちこっち！私は上だよ。」
SLGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「プリム、この勝負、私の勝ちね。だって、みんなの視線が私にくぎ付けだもん！」
SLGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「エリニース！もう許さないんだから！」
SLGR					Magician Delver Rune Master Magus	「私たちの中で、このドレス姿が一番似合ってるのは誰かしら？」
SLGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「ふわぁぁ…、無防備だからって、ヘンなことしたら承知しないんだからね！」
SLGR					Magician Sorceress Grand Divina Archmage	「ねえ、ウェンディ。どうしてデュランをつれてこなかったの？」

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	アンジェラ (Anjera)	Angela
	Chinese
	French	Angela
	German	Angela
	Korean
	Spanish	Ángela

Gallery

Official artwork of Angela in her Grand Divina class.

Official artwork of Angela in her Magus class.

Scene art

Chibi art from guidebook

Artwork from the 2020 remake's cover art

Render of Angela in her initial class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Sorceress class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Sorceress class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Mysticist class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Mysticist class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Archmage class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Grand Diviner class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Magus class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Rune Seer class from the remake

Key Artwork for Duran and Angela's storyline for the remake

Render of Angela in her Mystic Queen class from the remake

Render of Angela in her Spellbinder class from the remake

Official artwork of Angela in Echoes of Mana.

Behind the scenes

• Although Angela's father is never directly identified, the original SFC game, Heroes of Mana, and especially the remake all imply she is the daughter of Hero King Richard. Richard shows disbelief at the Crimson Wizard describing Valda's goals, hinting he knows her personally. If Angela is in the party, he is shocked to learn the Queen had a child at all and avoids explaining what that means, insisting Angela will figure it out with time. In Heroes of Mana, Richard and Valda are shown to have feelings for each other but refrain from acting on them due to their political responsibilities. In the remake where the supporting cast's eye colors are visible, Angela shares hers with Richard's. Under certain conditions battling the Darkshine Knight, he will comment "The color of your soul... I see, so you're Richard's..." In her Class 4 event, Valda says she sees "strength in [Angela's] gaze," which in the original Japanese phrasing further emphasized her eyes. Not being of pure Altenish heritage would explain why Angela's magical talent took longer to develop. Trying to hide the affair and its consequences likely played a part in the Queen of Reason's outwardly cold attitude toward her daughter, avoiding drawing attention to her and pushing her hard to gain magic. Under the Crimson Wizard's control, she claims she would sacrifice Angela to avoid the shame of scandal. Her actual intent of keeping her daughter safe ultimately wins out, since most of her own countrymen cannot recognize the sheltered princess allowing her to escape Altena and begin her journey.