Arcanette

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"*Attempting to conquer others with threats of violence will always fail. Those who are subdued by strength cannot help but rebel. To conquer them—truly conquer them—you must subjugate their hearts and minds. Harken to the shadows in their hearts… People are desperate for a place to belong. Give it to them, and they cannot bear to live anywhere else. And then, their hearts and minds are yours.*" —*Arcanette, mocking Temenos trying to coerce her after showing her true colors*

**Arcanette**, also known as **Mindt**, is a character in *Octopath Traveler II*. She is a cleric working at the Flamechurch branch of the Order of the Sacred Flame, but is also secretly the leader of the Moonshade Order cult. She is the true main antagonist of Temenos' story, as well as one of the main antagonists of the game overall.

## Profile

### Appearance

Arcanette has long, dark green hair, and wears a golden headband until Pontiff Jörg's funeral. She wears a blue cleric robe with gold decorations, and black shoes.

### Personality

As Mindt, Arcanette is a kind, soft-spoken and gentle young woman, even as she chides Temenos for forgetting his lines during a play of Aelfric's battle against Vide the Wicked. She also shows empathy for Tanzy after the latter loses her husband, and writes a letter to Temenos that briefly expresses her grief over Jörg's murder.

In reality, Arcanette is a sadistic nihilist who is determined to resurrect Vide so that he can end the world, and is a cunning, deceitful and manipulative woman. Most of her former personality is an act; she coldly mocks Tanzy after using the Darkblood Staff to sacrifice her to Vide, and taunts Temenos over everyone he's lost. She is sadistic, and enjoys ruining the lives of others, but calmly accepts her own defeat and death because of her nihilistic beliefs. Despite her depravity, her soft-spoken manner as Mindt seems to be genuine, as she never once raises her voice even after showing her true colors.

## Story

Arcanette is an immortal and the leader of the Moonshade Order that is devoted to enabling Vide's return to the mortal plane. Among her numerous deeds are overseeing the slaughter of the Kals decades prior to the events of the story. She currently assumed the identity of Sister Mindt in Flamechurch, getting to know Temenos as he entertains church attendants with a tale of Aelfric's battle against Vide, but when Arcanette realizes Pontiff Jörg is on to her deception, she ordered Vados to murder him so as to maintain her cover. As Temenos travels to solve the mystery behind Jörg's death, Arcanette manipulates a grieving Tanzy into seeking out the sacred flames for her out of misguided love before sacrificing her to quell the sacred flame at Flamechurch: Cathedral.

Arcanette would later confront the travelers when they attempt to undo what she and her comrades did, revealing her true identity before she battles them. Fatally wounded, she leaves parting words to Temenos and Throné Anguis before dissolving in dark mist.

## Etymology

* "Arcanette" is a combination of "Arcane" and "Nette".
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## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

 (100%)

**Stats**

 580
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**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

**Arcanette** summons various **Servants of the Night** throughout the battle to aid her and guard her weaknesses. While the **Servants of the Night** are present, **Arcanette** can provide buffs to the **Servants** or consume them to perform various abilities.

### Abilities

* **Beckon the Night:** Summons two **Servants of the Night** and seals and locks all of **Arcanette's** weaknesses. **Arcanette's** weaknesses will become unlocked once both **Servants of the Night** are defeated.
	+ Ant, Servant of the Night x 2
	+ Howler, Servant of the Night x 2
	+ Ant, Servant of the Night x 1, Howler, Servant of the Night x 1
	+ Condor, Servant of the Night x 2
	+ Mushroom, Servant of the Night x 2
	+ Condor, Servant of the Night x 1, Mushroom, Servant of the Night x 1

* **Power of the Night:** Buff. Applies the following buffs for 3 turns:
	+ **Increased Physical Attack**
	+ **Increased Elemental Attack**
* **Elusion of the Night:**
* **Offering of the Night:** Effect. Instantly destroys a **Servant of the Night** and heals **Arcanette** 2500 HP.
* **Fire of the Night:** Physical attack. Instantly destroys a **Servant of the Night** to deal a strong physical attack to the entire party. [Power 120]
* **Obedience of the Night // *Servant of the Night can now take more actions!*:** Effect. Applies the following debuffs to a **Servant of the Night** indefinitely, but increases their actions per turn by one:
	+ **Decreased Physical Defense**
	+ **Decreased Elemental Defense**

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target. [Power 100]
* **Moonshade:** Elemental attack,  [Power 85] /  [Power 85]. Single target. Hits once per element.
* **Shooting Stars:** Elemental attack,  [Power 70] /  [Power 70] /  [Power 70]. Targets entire party. Hits once per element.
* **Entrance:** Effect. Inflicts  **Confusion** for 3 turns.
* **Heaven's Vengeance:** Effect. Targets entire party. Reduces HP to 1.

* ***"And soon, night shall fall."*:** **Arcanette** enters boost mode for 1 turn. Uses **Deny the Dawn** if not broken before **Arcanette's** next action.
	+ **Deny the Dawn:** Strong elemental attack, non-elemental. Targets entire party. Reduces BP by 2. [Power 120]

## Minions

* Ant, Servant of the Night
* Howler, Servant of the Night
* Mushroom, Servant of the Night
* Condor, Servant of the Night
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## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

None

**Stats**

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**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

* **Toxic Needles:**
* **Ingest:**

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### Item Drop (Rate %)

None

**Stats**

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**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target.
* **Silencing Gaze:**
* **Mental Degradation:**
* **Blackout:**

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## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

None

**Stats**

 580
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**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target.
* **Galestorm:**

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## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

None

**Stats**

 600
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**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target.
* **Paralyzing Mist:**
* **Toxic Mist:**
* **Body Bash:**
* **Darkness:**

## Trivia

* In the Japanese version, Inquiring/Scrutinizing Mindt prior to the final chapter shows that upon reading the first characters on the leftmost of her profile (「全てうそ」) translates to "all lies".

## References

https://old.reddit.com/r/octopathtraveler/comments/11vmyly/mindts\_hidden\_secret/