Zakarias

*A traveling enigma. He seems to be searching for something.*

 The Worldwalker (Grandfather)
Evelyn (Grandmother)
Joseph (Father)
Dawn (Sister)
Hadriel (Brother-in-law)
Kaethis (Distant relative)
Aylanda (Distant relative)
Amon (Distant relative)
Mortimer (Distant relative)
Morgana (Distant relative)
Albert (Distant relative)

**Zakarias** is a playable character in *Andaron Saga*. He is a mysterious war monk with a storied past and a connection to House Lightbringer.

## In Game

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Recruitment

At the start of the game, do not take Dawncaller. Obtain the Holy Symbol by visiting two stairs and he will automatically be recruited.

He will leave the party when the map ends, but will automatically join again on turn 2 on the following chapter.

#### Overall

Zakarias is a solid unit on all accounts, his only drawback being his conditional availability. His best attribute by far is the utility that he provides; he is (potentially) the second unit that you get that has S-rank staves, so he’ll be able to wield any staff in the game and become another physic bot for your early game team. More importantly, if he officiates the wedding, he will grants Aylanda the Lumina staff, a one-use staff that fully heals and cleanses all party members on the map. It is also not locked to Aylanda only and can be wielded by anyone with an S-rank staves, even Zakarias himself, and so long as he and the staff are deployed on the same map, he will restore Lumina’s usage, so every map you will have a one-use emergency button in case your army gets overwhelm by enemy density. As a combat unit, he is no slouch either. He starts with a B-rank in axes and comes with the Levin Axe, a unique 1-2 range magic axe. His bases are great, his only real “bad” stat being his speed, so he won’t double immediately, but that can be alleviated easily provided you have the Brave Axe you obtained in the early chapters. He also has fantastic growths across the board. This will ensure that as he grows, he hits hard with both forms of damage, heal a bunch and have massive range with physic, and absorb any incoming damage if he’s targeted. He will also have increased likelihood to cap most of his stats, which as a war monk, are incredibly good.

In either chapter 27 or 31, if he’s deployed and the Levin Axe hasn’t been sold or destroyed, Zakarias will unleash its power and turn it into the Hopesfire regalia, restoring the weapon’s uses and increasing all of its stats. It’s not too substantial of a buff, but it does grants +25% crit and passively grant +10 skill, and +5 speed and defense, increasing his crit chance, tanking ability, and doubling capability.

Having Zakarias in your party changes some notable story aspects, namely Baudimon doesn’t get the Dawncaller and you are unable to recruit Dawn in chapter 14. This subtly increases the difficulty of your playthrough as Baudimon’s combat prowess drops significantly without the Dawncaller, losing an unbreakable 1-2 range with self-sustain and a large avoid boost. Randall ends up getting the Dawncaller and, in conjunction with his Bolwerk shield, he becomes abnormally hard to hit. In Chapter 31, the final boss also wields Dawncaller in its true form and becomes even more obnoxiously hard to fight. On top of all of this, Dawn is rendered unobtainable. Despite solely being a combat unit compared to Zakarias, she has even better growths, bases, and stat caps, and can fulfill all of Zakarias’s combative perks to an even greater degree. This, unfortunately, does devalue Zakarias as a unit and his involvement in the story in its entirety, but is nonetheless a great utility machine and decent compensation prize for your choices in chapter 2.

#### Supports

*See main article: Zakarias/Supports.*
* Aylanda
* Ariel
* Albert
* Mortimer

## Quotes

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Death Quote

> And so my time has come.
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## Possible Endings

### Andaron Saga

**Zakarias - Guiding Light**

*After the war, the strange Lightbringer Monk vanished, but not before leaving behind a mysterious scroll full of knowledge thought to be lost to the ages.*