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> *To protect Edoras, I must fight Edoras... How ironic.* — Elrica, before confronting Gonzalez
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**Elrica Edoras** is a character in *Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent*. She was one of the main protagonists of the Master of All path and a princess from Edoras Kingdom. She was married to the Lion General, Mahrez, and dearly loved her sister Alaune. She also served as the next-in-line heir to King Pardis III.

## Profile

### Appearence

Elrica has long blonde hair that reaches her shoulders and her hair is tied in a bun. She usually wears a white-blue formal dress.

###  Personality

Elrica is a tough girl with a kind heart. She was raised and trained by the left hand of the Edoras King, Lebrandt. As she headed west of Edoras, she saw how sad her father's subjects were. They told how cruel Pardis III was and she instantly sought out to change her father's rule for the better. Since then, Elrica has always thought of her people and helped them secretly.

## Story

Elrica is first seen by the Chosen One on the day of her wedding. She gets married to Mahrez and then confronts her father about his ambitions. Her father decides to execute her right there in front of him until he is stopped by an attendant. Upon the death of Mahrez in the battlefield and then learning the truth of his death, she tells Alaune of her plans and sets off on an adventure. Under the guise of the swordsman "El" hailing from Edoras, she finds the Chosen One who decides to accompany her. They later encounter another traveler named "Charles" who travels with them to Sunshade where they try to foil the assassination plot of King Solon. They find King Solon and eliminate the assassin coming for him. The trio swear their fealty to the king as they hear from a messenger about Riven's fall. "Charles" leaves the group, leaving El and the Chosen One to serve King Solon.

When Altinia is attacked by the Edoras forces, El and the Chosen One decide to ambush King Pardis with a sneak attack, having encountered General Krauser and his lackeys and disposing of them. Revealing her true identity to Krauser as Elrica, she attacks her father on the behalf of her kingdom. Unfortunately, she loses the battle and is imprisoned. King Solon, the Chosen One and her sister Alaune attempt to save Elrica but to no avail. A meeting was held to hold King Pardis accountable for his crime of breaking the peace treaty. However, he is assisted by the King of Riven who was reported to have been killed in combat. Following their failure, Elrica is ultimately executed by her father at the same place she had just been married.

In a moment of despair, Elrica's spirit encourages Alaune, which allows her to find the courage to perservere in defeating their father.

## Relationships

### Alaune

Alaune is Elrica's younger sister. Elrica always cared for Alaune when she was in trouble. On the other hand, Alaune will do anything to help Elrica as well. Both of them really care about each other, and even when Elrica is in big trouble, Alaune is willing to travel far to help Elrica like she does in Chapter 6 of the Master of All storyline.

### Mahrez

Mahrez is a general of the kingdom of Edoras and also Elrica's husband. He married Erika because of his continual victories against the Western Tribe and the respect of the people resting on him. Mahrez and Elrica love each other deeply and the people of Edoras openly voice their support for their union. Because her father ordered him to attack the Western Tribe shortly after the wedding ceremony, their moment of togetherness was delayed. Upon hearing the news of Mahrez's murder, she immediately sought after the Chosen One and blamed them of her beloved's death until Lebrandt told her they were framed by her father. Afterwards, Elrica departed from the castle and vowed that she would avenge Mahrez's death by bringing about change to Edoras.

### Lebrandt

Lebrandt is the left hand of the princess of the kingdom of Edoras. He taught Elrica skills such as swordsmanship, cultural learning, education, and more to fulfill her royal duties. Initially, Lebrandt was going to be executed until he was saved by Elrica's insistence. Subsequently, Lebrandt took up occupation as Elrica's valet and au-pair and became one of her most trusted advisors in thanks to her saving his life.

## Skills (Master of All)

In the main storyline, Elrica is a playable warrior at the end of chapter V. She will fight Pardis alone at the end of the chapter.

### Battle Skills

  Holy Sword
  Invoke Sacred Flame
  Mother's Protection

### Passive Skills

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* Bestower of All Chapter II
* Bestower of All Chapter III

In Bestower of All, Chapter II, **Elrica** is fought as Fallen Elrica.

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* **Physical Evasion Stance**: Start of battle. Imparts self with   9 time(s).
* **Dream Blade**: Deal medium  damage to single target. Inflict   for 3 turns.
* **Ghostly Sword**: Deal  damage to single target 2 time(s). Inflict   for 3 turns.
* **Fulgent Light**: Deal  damage to single target 2 time(s). Inflict   for 3 turns.
* ***Fallen Elrica quakes with fury! // She stands ready to avoid physical attacks!***: Used after recovering from a break. Imparts self with   for 4 turns.
* **Stand Firm**: Can be used at the end of the turn after recovering from a break. Locks Lightning and Dark weaknesses (). Effect is removed upon break.
* **Radiant Verse**: Deal  damage to Front 2 time(s).
* **Decrepit Blade**: Deal  damage to Front 2 time(s).
* ***O you whose heart is wicked.***: Deal heavy  damage to single target. Inflict   for 3 turns.
* ***My fury is your fiery judgement!***: Deal  damage to random target 3 time(s).
* **Ward of the Black Flame**: At 40% HP or less. Imparts self with permanent  ,  ,  ,   and  .
* ***Make right your hearts.***: Deal heavy  damage to Front.
* **Fettering Brilliance**: Deal heavy  damage to Front. Inflict   for 3 turns.
* ***Sorrow grips Fallen Elrica...***: At 30% HP or less. Fallen Elrica enters boost mode. Uses **Holy Sword** if not broken before her next action.
	+ **Holy Sword**: Deal  damage to Front 5 time(s).

In Bestower of All Chapter III, **Elrica** is fought as Cursed Princess Elrica right after Fallen Lebrandt.

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* **The Accurst Flame flickers mysteriously...**: Start of battle and can be randomly used at the end of a turn. Randomly switch between her weaknesses sets:
* **Attack** - Deal standard physical damage to single target. Inflict   for 4 turns.
* **Wild Infernal Blade**: Deal  damage to random target 3 time(s).
* **Unyielding Blade of Ruin**: Deal heavy  damage to random target 2 time(s). Inflict   and   for 4 turns.
* **Unyielding Blade of the Absolute**: Deal heavy  damage to Front.
* **Flood of Despair**: Deal  damage to single target. Inflict   and   for 3 turns.
* **Know your place...**: Used at full BP. Deal heavy  and  damage to Front 3 time(s).
* ***Elrica laughs with rapture and despair!***: After recovering from a break. Imparts self with   for 3 turns.
	+ ***And the Accurst Flame flickers mysteriously...!***: Randomly changes her weaknesses to another set.
* ***The Accurst Flame wreathes Elrica's body...***: At 75% HP or less. Sets her shield points up to 99.
	+ ***The Accurst Flame blazes fiercely!***: Sets her BP up to 5. Uses **Sword of Darkness** in the next turn.
		- **Sword of Darkness**: Deal  damage to Front 5 time(s). At the end of the turn, her shield points will be reduced to 40.
* ***Elrica's heart is close off!***: At 40% HP or less. Hides shield points and weaknesses behind a dark fog. After a cutscene, her shield points will be reduced to 20.
* **Ribbon of Restraint**: Deal physical damage to random target 3 time(s). Inflict   for 3 turns.
* **Ribbon of Ruin**: Deal  damage to Front. Inflict   for 3 turns.
* **Ribbon of the Absolute**: Deal  damage to Front 3 time(s).

### Quotes

> *"With my blade" —Next turn.*
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> *"This sword, for helping people" —Next turn.*
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> *"Not yet" —When got hard hit*
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> *"There!" —When found weakness spot.*
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> *"That's the response!" —When just break enemy.*
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> *"Now chance!" —Her turn after breaking enemy shield.*
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> *"For helping people!" —Lv3 Boost.*
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> *"Please..." —Defeated.*
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## Etymology

The name **Elrica** is of Scandinavian origin. The meaning of Elrica is **'eternal ruler' or 'ever-powerful'**. Elrica is the feminine form of the name Elric, which comes from the Old English name Æðelric meaning 'wise noble or ruler'. There are many other variants to this name such as Erika, Erica, Ericka or Ereka.

## Trivia

* At end of chapter, Elrica is shown as a soul as a response to Alaune's prayer for helping the Travelers.
* In a flashback of Alaune during Part 3, when a younger Elrica was practicing sword skills with Lebrandt, Pardis asks Elrica to defeat him in single combat. While she's able to put up more of a fight in the future, she's defeated in single strike counter by Pardis. Afterwards, the latter got disappointed and punched the young princess several times until her mother came to protect her.
* Elrica is one of two characters in the series to canonically fight an opponent in single combat without any help from other Travelers. The other character is Olberic with his fight against Erhardt in the first game.

### Quotes

> *"With my blade" —Next turn.*
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> *"This sword, for helping people" —Next turn.*
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> *"Not yet" —When got hard hit*
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> *"There!" —When found weakness spot.*
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> *"That's the response!" —When just break enemy.*
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> *"Now chance!" —Her turn after breaking enemy shield.*
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> *"For helping people!" —Lv3 Boost.*
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> *"Please..." —Defeated.*
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## Etymology

The name **Elrica** is of Scandinavian origin. The meaning of Elrica is **'eternal ruler' or 'ever-powerful'**. Elrica is the feminine form of the name Elric, which comes from the Old English name Æðelric meaning 'wise noble or ruler'. There are many other variants to this name such as Erika, Erica, Ericka or Ereka.

## Trivia

* At end of chapter, Elrica is shown as a soul as a response to Alaune's prayer for helping the Travelers.
* In a flashback of Alaune during Part 3, when a younger Elrica was practicing sword skills with Lebrandt, Pardis asks Elrica to defeat him in single combat. While she's able to put up more of a fight in the future, she's defeated in single strike counter by Pardis. Afterwards, the latter got disappointed and punched the young princess several times until her mother came to protect her.
* Elrica is one of two characters in the series to canonically fight an opponent in single combat without any help from other Travelers. The other character is Olberic with his fight against Erhardt in the first game.