Palamena

Palamena, the Queen of the Deep, is one of the five main heroes and playable characters of Visions of Mana. She is a Tailed and the queen of the Capitol of the Deep of Illystana, who must abdicate in favour of her kid brother Iain when she joins the party as the Alm of Water.

Background

Illystana is the largest city in the world and one of the most prosperous. Until recently a cabal of corrupt nobles, chief among them the loathsome Master Passar, imposed themselves as the power behind the throne, hoarding all wealth and oppressing the people. Their hold was broken by the late king, Palamena's father, but the new regime is still fragile.

Palamena has studied in the Dark Archives of Log'grattzo with Aesh the Master Curator who became her close friend. She also befriended the wealthy merchant Niccolo, who has advised her as queen and helped her fend of the corrupt nobles in their efforts to take back the power. Having been anointed as the Alm of Water, Palamena is concealing it, as it forces her to join the party and abdicate the throne in favour of her kid brother Prince Iain. While she fully trusts her brother despite his age, few do the same, and she wants to make sure no-one would take advantage of his inexperience before assuming her role.

It is only as Val, Hinna, Careena and Morley enter her kingdom that her destiny really turns.

Personality

Palamena and Iain, with Passar in the background.

Palamena is very calm, collected, poised and regal, never ever raising her voice or losing her cool, despite her doubts and fears. She is also very well-read and a bit verbose, speaking with an overly flowery vocabulary, with complex phrasing and a flair for alliterations. She acts like a caring big sister to the other heroes.

She is extremely devoted to her country and cares enormously about her subjects, wanting them to thrive. As such, she tends to overwork herself and neglect her own needs. She is an excellent judge of character, knowing the worth of everyone she speaks to, being rightfully wary of Master Passar but unable to go against him without iron-clad proof, and trusting the heroes at once.

However, she is a dreadful actress, with her attempts at disguise and passing herself as someone else being comically transparent to everyone.

Powers and Abilities

Palamena is this game's Mage Character. She shares many of her classes with Angela and can cast the recurring elemental spells, mastering attacks spells as much as healing and curing ones, to replenish life-point and lifting status effects. While very bad at stealth and disguise, she is an exceptional warrior who wields a flail in battle, and sometimes a scythe or boots to kick enemies with impressive unarmed fighting skills, depending on her classes.

Palamena can use the Elemental Vessels, not only to use the Mana Spirits' powers on land and in battle, but also to adopt a Character Class, each for a distinct element used in their Class Strike. Like every other playable character, she can switch between relics to change her class, element and abilities.

Classes

Grand Diviner (Water Class)

Masquer (Fire Class)

Rune Seer (Wind Class)

Magus (Earth Class)

Archmage (Light Class)

Reaper (Shadow Class)

Beast Leader (Wood Class)

Majesty (Moon Class)