Plachta

Plachta is a main character of the Atelier franchise. She is the deuteragonist of the Mysterious Saga. 
She is an 500 years old alchemist who had her soul sealed into her book while also losing her memories. After being discovered by Sophie, Plachta will serve as her mentor.
She is voiced by in Japanese who also voiced Mimi Houllier von Schwarzlang from the same franchise and by in English.
== Biography ==
=== Background ===
She was an alchemist with her friend Luard 500 years ago. But after Luard got obsessed with the Eradication Alchemy, a forbidden alchemy technique. Plachta had to fight him in order to stop him. She ruptured Luard's soul into two artificial lifeforms known as Meklet and Atomina. However, fearing that Luard would once again remerge and continue what he started, she decided to seal her soul inside a book. This book will be found 500 years later by Sophie Neuenmuller's grandmother who will later give this book to Sophie.
=== Atelier Sophie ===
One day after Sophie comes back to the atelier, Plachta comes back to life. She will become Sophie's alchemy mentor and Sophie will during the game help her to regain her memory by writing recipes in the book. 
After Plachta regain her memories, Sophie will with the help of her friends create a doll body to transfer Plachta's soul into the doll. Afterward Plachta will join Sophie's party. The player will also be able to customize her appearance and her battle capacity.
After Luard has remerged and planned to use once again Eradication Alchemy, Sophie and Plachta fight him and defeat him.
Afterward, Sophie has the objective to turn Plachta back into human and the two will leave the city to start their journey.
=== Atelier Sophie 2 ===
==== Doll Plachta ====
On their way to go to the alchemist exam, Sophie and Plachta come across a tree. Afterwhile, a hole open and Platchta gets sucked into it. Sophie tries to save her in vain and both are taken by it. When Sophie wakes up in Erde Wiege, she search for her until she is found inconsious next to Elvira. Elvira then tell that Plachta's soul has been lost somewhere in Erde Wiege. Sophie manages to find her soul and to put it back to her doll body. After wards Plachta becomes the mayor of Roytale and assist Elvira in the management of the city. At the end of the game, Plachta leave Erde Wiege with Sophie and the two go to Ertona.
==== Young Plachta ====
Before the event of Atelier Sophie 2, Plachta was transported to Elvira's world, Erde Wiege. She then appears in the land occupied by dangerous monsters. She is joined by Ramizel Erlenmeyer and Diebold Lewerenz and fight monsters together. Afterwhile, Ramizel leads Plachta to her atelier in Roytale, where Plachta shows Ramizel her alchemy skills. Under a request, Plachta, Ramizel and Diebold go back to where Plachta were in order to take down a strong monster there, who appears to be a dragon. After beating it, fearing that children could go to that place, they decide to plug the hole leading there. Ramizel then decides to let her atelier to Plachta, thinking she could work more efficiently if she was alone. Many days later, someone knocks to the door.
Behind the door was Sophie who was transported to Erde Wiege. Though Sophie first though that she was the original Plachta, she then realize her mistake. Learning that Sophie is an Alchemist, Plachta asks her to do an item to test her skills. After Sophie gives her the item and seeing that this item is good, Plachta allows Sophie to stay in her workshop and use it as she wants.
Afterwards, Plachta joins Sophie's party and helps her to find the original Plachta. Thinking about asking Elvira Plachta's location, she advises Sophie to find Ramizel who is the only walk to talk to Elvira. They eventually find her after the latter saves them from a monster. Afterwards, Ramizel leads them to Elvira in the Dream Tree where they fight her as the latter refuses to let them see Doll Plachta.
After her defeat, Elvira explains that Plachta's doll body didn't have her soul inside, and apologizes for that. Fortunatly, they find the soul in a Dream Land and take it back Plachta's doll body. Plachta, Sophie and the others help Elvira to protect the Dream Cores from the Grolls, who are monster trying to eat people dreams. They notably fight Zwei, a dragon serving as Diebold archenemy who has been corrupted by a Groll.
Plachta and the others eventually discover that Elvira as absorbed too many Groll by wanting to save the citizen and became corrupted, wanting to eat all dreams from Erde Wiege. Plachta and the others fight her again and heal her from her coruption.
Afterward, after Elvira announced that she would shut down Erde Wiege, Plachta leaves alongside the others but not before asking Elvira to erase her memory to be sure the timeline would not change and that she would still meet Sophie in the future, also proclaming that she will remember everything when she will comes here as Doll Plachta.
=== Atelier Firis ===
During their journey, Sophie and Plachta stop by Ertona and blows up the entrance's door. There they met Firis Firis Mistlud(the protagonist of the game) who will becomes Sophie's apprentice. After Firis convainces her parents to let her travel outside and take the alchemy exam, Plachta,Sophie,Firis and Liane leave Ertona. Sophie then decides to split up with Firis in order for her to earn experiences.
After the exam Plachta and Sophie will join Firis party. 
In the true ending, she travels alongside Sophie,Firis and Liane.
=== Atelier Lydie and Suelle ===
Plachta still accompanies Sophie on her journey. They have been separate from Firis and Liane. They are first seen traveling in Adalet. She will alongside Sophie and Ilmmeria hold back Falgior while Lydie and Suelle try to obtain the rainbow palette, a tool that significantly damages Falgior. 
After Falgior defeat, Plachta and Sophie will stay at Firis's tent. If the player decide to follow Sophie and Plachta's story arc. Sophie will finally turn Plachta into a human.
In the true ending, Plachta travels with Sophie,Firis,Liane,Lydie and Suelle to help everyone with their alchemy. The age of their adventures in the history was knows as The Age of Mysterious.
=== Warriors All Stars ===
If the player pick Sophie as starter character, Plachta will be in the player party at the beginning in Tamaki's side.
On her recruitement mission, the player will have to help her to recover her bracelet stolen by bandits. After recovering the bracelet, she will recovers her powers and push back the bandits. She will then help the player to escapes from the enemy and will join the player party.
In "The Mysterious Priestess" Plachta and Hojo go with Sayo after she said she will tell them everything about the monsters, they are attacked by monsters which where controlled by Sayo. Despite their efforts to defeat Sayo, their are overwhelmed. Sayo then decide to erase their memory instead to kill them. An amnesiac Plachta is found by Shiki who ask her to join him,which she accepts.
In the canon story, she and the other heroes help Tamaki, Setsuna and Shiki to fight Yomi. After Yomi's defeat she and the other heroes are send back to their worlds.
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