Brian

**Brian** (ブライアン, *Buraian*), also known as Queen **Sakuya** (サクヤ, *Sakuya*), is a player of ALfheim Online. He was one the roleplayers who discovered the game and is currently playing as the Queen of the Sylphs, after his ex-girlfriend hacked his account.

## Appearance

Sakuya is an excessively tall figure, with glossy, dark green hair so dark hanging down her back. She has white skin, mint green eyes, a high nose bridge, and thin lips. Sakuya wears Japanese-style clothing and a katana that hangs from her obi. Her feet clad in high crimson clogs peek out from beneath the hem of her leaf green kimono.

## Personality

Brian is a self-absorbed man who believes that he is always in the right and that anyone who disagrees with him is in the wrong. This ego of his causes him to believe things like his job as a lifeguard is on the same level as serving in the navy. He is stated to like roleplaying and is a fan of the Lakers.

As Sakuya, he portrays himself as a stuck up, overly posh noblewoman. This is because Sakuya was originally his ex-girlfriend's account, having hacked into it after their breakup, and this is him mocking whatever Sakuya's personality used to be as well as Becky's general interests.

It is through Sakuya that Brian shows the depths of his petty side, going so far as to force his friends to fight in a war against each other just to mess with Becky. If anyone tries to stop this and tries to reason with the two of them, Brian will either have them banished or have their entire race exterminated.

## Skills & Abilities

### ALfheim Online

* **Flight:** (飛行, *Hikō*) As a Sylph, Sakuya has the ability to fly, like the other fairy races.
* **Stealth:** (ステルス, *Suterusu*) As a Sylph, Sakuya has the ability to use stealth spells that allow them to hide from monsters and other players.
* **Enhanced Speed:** (強化された速度, *Kyōka sa Reta Sokudo*) As a Sylph, Sakuya is incredibly fast and agile.
* **Wind Magic:** (風の魔法, *Kaze no Mahō*) As a Sylph, Sakuya is capable of being a master of Wind Magic.
* **Wall Run:** (ウォールラン, *Uōruran*) As a Sylph, Sakuya is capable of temporarily running on walls.

## Differences from the Original

In the original, Sakuya isn't played by a man named Brian, we never find out what her real name was. Sakuya and Eugene aren't bitter exes, nor did they steal each other's accounts. Sakuya had only heard Eugene's name prior to their encounter. As such, the entire conflict between the races isn't based on their breakup. It's never stated that Sakuya was friends with any of the other leaders prior to ALO, though she is stated to hang out with the leader of the Cait Sith's player IRL.

## Voice Actor

* In the Japanese dub, Sakuya is voiced by Sayuri Yahagi.
* In the English dub, Sakuya is voiced by Lauren Landa.
* In the abridged series, Brian is voiced by Coffinjockey.

## Trivia

* Originally, the joke with Sakuya was just going to end with the fact that one of the bustiest women in the series had a deep male voice. The idea that he was playing as a girl to get back at his ex came later.
* Brian was originally going to be voiced by ErehcVA, but he got replaced because his Sakuya voice didn't feel right.
* The goal of Something Witty Entertainment was to make sure that Brian and Becky were equally terrible, so that the audience wouldn't pick either of their sides.
* Something Witty Entertainment had trouble writing the complicated relationship between Brian and Becky, because they kept getting the two mixed up.

## References

1. ↑ Original Sakuya joke
2. ↑ Brian's original voice
3. ↑ No win situation
4. ↑ Bumbling with Brian and Becky 1
5. ↑ Bumbling with Brian and Becky 2