Countess

"Bloody mistress of the dark. With a flair for the dramatic."
Erzsi the Countess is a playable hero who joins Hildie in her quest to defeat the Faceless Overlord. 
To unlock her, she has to be first defeated across several encounters throughout the course of Blood Bonds. See Bloody Countess for her enemy form.
==Roles==
Primary:
DoT, Healer, Buffer, Turn Manipulator
Secondary:
Boss Killer, Summoner
==Abilities==
 	Icon 	Description 	Power
Enemy Ability	Ally Ability	Self Ability	
== Ability Runes ==
Icon	Description	Power
 	Skull Seed
Use of this rune item summons a Bone Warrior to fight for the party. This minion is considerably stronger than the common enemy variant and also acts right after being summoned. Attempting to use this rune while the minion is already on the field will kill the minion and replace it with a fresh one.
Ranks: 4	Summon
Bone Warrior
 300%
 	Bloodstone
Drains almost the entirety of Erzsi's Health, leaving her barely alive, and produces a number of blood bolts proportional to the amount of Health lost this way. Bolts target random enemies, but generally spread evenly between all possible targets.
Ranks: 2	Damage
 110%
1 bolt per 10 Health lost
== Skills ==
 	Stats	Skill 1	Skill 2
Branch 1	 	 	
Branch 2	 	 	
Branch 3	 	 	
Branch 4	 	 	
== Inspiration ==
=== Majesty ===
Hero with this inspiration regains maximum Health each stage.
==Strategy==
The Countess is a support character that can help the party in many ways, from healing and additional damage and turn control, so she can be used as a sort of "glue character" when deciding on a composition.
Erzsi generally needs to spread her Thrall debuff around to be fully effective. Once enemies are enthralled, she can either spend the extra Health on buffing and healing her allies or simply keep enemies stunned.
Combining her with Nadia and Zhu creates a pretty nasty damage-over-time party with three separate health-sapping debuffs, as well as ways to avoid or redirect incoming damage. Bosses might be a problem for this composition, so it's a good idea to slot runes that help with single target damage.
The summoned skeleton can be very useful for proccing Pyra's Cauterize and spreading burned status more effectively. However, by the same token, beware of it triggering Resonance without your control.
Bloodstone is risky to use, but when cast at full Health has the potential to clear entire encounters, including weakened bosses (especially if their Armor stat is debuffed). In some situations, XP gain from using Bloodstone is enough to get a Motivation Up and get back to full HP instantly.
===Inspirations===
Zhu's Tinkering: Erzsi's runes are very powerful and benefit greatly from the Tinkering bonus. Enthrall also benefits from the debuff extension, as Erzsi heavily relies on it for survival and Hypnotize uses up 1 turn of duration.
Ephrem's Focus: This is useful if you want to use Erzsi as a dedicated healer, as it improves the unimpressive initial heal for Blood Bond without taking any more Health from Erzsi. The starting Sanctuary is also good for giving her time to set up Enthralls, especially if she is already injured from a previous battle.
==Phrases==
Event 	Phrase	
Begins Journey 	
We shall start from here!
Go forth! We shall guide you.
We shall reclaim our glory!
Time for REVENGE!	
Enemy dies 	
Yes! Yes!
Pathetic creatures!
DIE!
Beautiful!	
Ally dies 	
Do not worry, for we are still here!
We shall avenge you!
Don't you dare to fail us, minion!	
Both allies dead 	
Our minions have failed us...
Their blood calls for vengeance!
Beware for we are still standing!	
Revived 	
We are immortal!
Tremble, for we raise again!	
Finds an item 	
Oh, we've had plenty of these.
Yes. Now carry it.
We shall accept this gift!	
Empty chest 	
Just a waste of our time!
Proceed, please?	
Finds a rune 	
Power is such a delight!
Ah, a rune! Marvelous!	
Encounters hard enemy 	
Follow our orders and you shall be fine.
We will show you how it's done.
Overlord's lackeys bother us none.	
Encounters boss 	
We can finally put our powers to the test!
Follow our orders and you'll be fine.
Bring it on, Overlord!	
Receiving aid 	
A fine choice.
Appreciated, my faithful servant.
Just as you should.	
Uses Blood Bond 	
You're in my favor, [name].
We shall bestow our power to you.
Feed, minion!	
Uses Enthrall 	
Die for us, will you?
You belong to us now.
We choose you as our sustenance.
Yess...
You'll do.
This one will do.	
Uses Hypnotize 	
Bow before us!
Heed our command!
We command you to die!	
Reduced to low health 	
How dare you!
We... need... blood.
But we are... immortal...	
Level up 	
Our powers are coming back!
Oh yes, this is it!
Behold our darkness!	
Team is winning 	
Behold our true glory!
Don't bother begging for mercy.
The Overlord shall know our anger!	
Team is losing 	
Try. Harder. Minions.
Argh! Don't you know who we are?!	
Ends journey 	
Rejoice, for we have won!
We have arrived.
Break the camp. Quick!	
Joins the party during an Endless Journey	
If you want it done, do it yourself.
We shall deliver our vengeance.	
Campfire reached (Endless Journey) 	
We shall allow a rest, if that's what you need.
We crave for more glory!	
At campfire 	
Soon, soon...
Will we have our revenge?
What a horrible night to have a curse...
We will reclaim our glory. We must!
The nerve on that Overlord...	
At campfire (morale low) 	
The glory, the splendor... All lost!
We-- We lost, didn't we?
This new world. It doesn't need us.
Oh how we have fallen...	
At campfire (hungry) 	
We hunger!
We need sustenance...
This craving...	
Leaves for an Errand 	
We shall return soon.
We shall humor you.	
Picking a normal Journey 	
Fine, fine. Just go.
We shall lead the way!
We are ready and prepared.	
Picking an easy Journey 	
Such lack of ambition...
Slightly beneath us, don't you think?
Oh, fine. Let's get this over with.	
Picking a hard Journey 	
I expect your best, minions!
Now THIS is something worth our attention!
True glory lies in grand deeds!	
Map 	
All this emptiness is so... insipid.
These lands need a new ruler!
And where are the people? Where's their sweet despair?
This place -- they used to fear us here!
Overlord's lackeys better tremble for we are coming!
We will let you pick our route this time.	
Map (hopeful location) 	
Yes, a castle here would be nice. And a dungeon.
We could turn this place into such a beautiful bloodbath!
Such a quaint place.	
Map (hurt) 	
My body is still broken.
We are not at our full power yet.
Even bloodied and broken, we are ready to go!	
Not enough heroes 	
We believe [name] hasn't come back yet.
Patience! We need to wait for [name].	
Party lacks essential hero 	
This was supposed to be [name]'s moment of glory, wasn't it?
We shall not leave without [name]!	
Departing 	
There's no glory nor despair in this world anymore...
Nobody fears us anymore. Nobody cares.	
Rejoining 	
We have returned, ready to command you again.
The Overlord won't get rid of us that easily!	
Hero rejoins 	
We grow in force again!
We shall accept your return.	
Category:Hero