Altera

Altera (アルテラ) is a Holo Core artificial intelligence.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
She is a red fairy-type. Her body shape is highly similar to that of Mare, only she is prominently red instead of prominently blue.
She wears a black and red bodysuit with matching opera gloves and thigh high boots. a long cord resembling a tail ending in an audio jack loosely trails around her and a red tinted diaphanous material flows around her waist. She has two horn-like devices in her hair, pining up her twin tails.
=== Personality ===
She is quite expressive despite being an AI, being arrogant, egotistic and looks down on others. She views herself as the greatest AI but grows uncomfortable when Mare is nearby.
=== Background ===
She can resonate with the Eighth Genesis possessed by a mysterious man in a black coat and hat, and with a vast number of shards, can transform that man into the powerful creature Grendel-Zolga. In general, Altera is analogous to Mare, Van Arkride's Holo Core, which is capable of turning him into Grendel.
It is revealed towards the end of the game that Altera's true identity is Lapis Rosenberg, and she was created after the Garden-Master used the Eighth Oct-Genesis to borrow Elysium's source code and corrupt Lapis (its administrator). he needed an AI that would be capable of performing the high-speed calculations needed to manifest the shard form of Zolga, and Elysium's source code, within Lapis, was the only feasible option. At some points, she seems to question her identity, but the Garden Master is able to force her to follow his commands against her will. After he is defeated, she is restored as Lapis, and remains a Holo Core AI.
=== ===
Altera first appears alongside Grendel-Zolga as it slaughters the unit of Hercules. When Van Arkride and Elaine Auclair confront Zolga, Altera is noticed. Mare states she has no connection to the new holo core.
Elaine, Swin Abel and Nadia Rayne confront Altera again in the Dark Light District where she is tending to a recreated copy of the Aurora supercomputer that was stolen from the Thirteen Factories. She manifests Demi-Grendels to fight the party and successfully kills them all twice in abandoned timelines before the group successfully recruits Walter to assist them. Nadia and Swin recognise the feeling of Lapis Rosenberg about Altera and try to press her for answers.
They later get the opportunity when they meet Altera beneath Aramis High School alongside Garden-Master and Grendel-Zolga. After the battle, she seems to recollect memories and that group surmise that she is in fact using Lapis' code but Garden-master reboots her AI and she loses her memories once again, before leaving.
It is after Nadia and Swin confront Altera for the third time that they finally restore her after a spiritual Ace Rayne leaves them a parting gift. From this point on, she ceases to act as Alter and is once again Lapis, albeit still in in holo core AI form, losing the crimson colour scheme and returning to a palette of black with heterochromatic eyes.
== Gallery ==
Altera (Kuro II).webp|Eroded form character artwork by Katsumi Enami
Lapis Rosenberg (Kuro II).png|True form character artwork by Katsumi Enami
Altera - Finalized Concept Art (Kuro II).png|Eroded form finalized concept artwork
Lapis Rosenberg - Finalized Concept Art (Kuro II).png|True form finalized concept artwork 
Altera - Concept Art (Kuro II).png|Concept art
Altera OP 1 (Daybreak II).png|Opening
Altera OP 2 (Daybreak II).png|Opening
Altera - Promotional Screenshot 1 (Kuro).jpg|Promotional Screenshot
Altera - Promotional Screenshot 2 (Kuro).jpg|Promotional Screenshot
Category:Characters
Category:Kuro no Kiseki II Characters
Category:Artificial Beings