Mistral

**Mistral** (ミストラル) is a supporting character and optional boss in *Nights of Azure*. She is a bewitching pure-blood demon who leads visitors astray with her sweet fragrance. Currently secluded in the Shrine of Sorrow, she has come to Ruswal seeking the soul of the Nightlord.

## Appearance

Mistral is a cross between a giant snake and a woman with four arms. Her human portion has water green skin, long black hair and golden eyes. She wears a blue and gold hat with two green and red feathers respectively and an ornament resembling a scale. On her body she wears a very revealing thin white veil with golden accents. She possesses four chakrams and a blue fan that she uses as weapons. Her snake body is blue and orange, and she wraps it around a stone pillar that is capable of summoning fiends. She wears silver and golden jewelry around her waist and throughout the entirety of her snake body.

## Personality

Mistral acts very calm and alluring. Although she quickly assumed that Arnice came to slay her based on the knowledge that she is a knight of the Curia, Mistral became more than willing to reason with Arnice after noticing how strong and attractive she was. She is saddened by the disappearance of the Nightlord and hopes for his return.

## History

 **Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Read at your own discretion.**Mistral has been around to at least come in contact with the knights of the Curia that preceded Arnice. She wandered Ruswal in search for the Nightlord's soul, but upon learning that the Curia was in control of the night, she secluded herself in the Shrine of Sorrow, and has not shown herself to others for at least two decades. The only time she left the palace was when she heard a voice crying for help. She only found the corpse of a young woman who was likely attacked by fiends. She was able to feel that the woman bore a child inside her, so she ripped her open with her bare hands and saved the child. Twenty years later, that child was meant to be the heir to the family that adopted him, but he succumbed to darkness. His whereabouts thereafter are unknown.

Mistral owns a book called "The Complete History of Heresy." She states that it is full of lies, but that it can be fun to search for the glimmer of truth between its lines. She asks the lizard fiends to pluck flowers for her from the Rose Count Garden, as she is fond of the things humans cultivate. She explains that demons cannot give birth or foster life, which is why they are attracted to the creations of humans. She also possesses a perfume bottle that she claims contains a human soul. Lastly, Mistral unknowingly owns a bundle of letters belonging to the child whom she saved.

## Relationships

* Nightlord - Mistral is wholly devoted to the Demon King, and is shown longing for his return after her battle with Arnice.
* Arnice - At first, Mistral deemed her another pawn of the Curia, but after their battle, she reconsidered when learning that Arnice had no intention of fighting her. To apologize for her misunderstanding, she offers Arnice tea and allows her to take any one thing from her room.

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