Alphen

**Alphen**, formerly known as **Iron Mask**, is the main protagonist of *Tales of Arise*. He is a masked Dahnan man who suffers from amnesia. Unable to feel pain either, all he knows is the rage he feels toward his Renan superiors and the care he feels for his fellow Dahnans.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Alphen, Iron Mask, The Balzing Sword of Calaglia
* **Origin**: Tales of Arise
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 300+ (Biologically 21)
* **Birthday**:
* **Classification**: Human, Dahnan Swordsman, Sovereign
* **Blood Type**: AB
* **Height**: 176 cm (5'9.3")
* **Weight**: 72.4 kg (159.6 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light Tan
* **Eye Color**: Gray
* **Hair Color**: White
* **Relatives**: Unknown family (deceased), Shionne Vymer Imeris Daymore (fiancée)
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **S-Class**
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**: Swallow Blade, Iron Cleaver, Destruction, Rising Falcon, Reigning Slash, Devastation, Double Demon Fang, Thunder Fang, Dragon Swarm, Infernal Torrent, Rising Phoenix, Explosive Ring, Rending Flash, Burning Wave, Scarlet Outburst
* **Voice Actor**: Takuya Satō

## Appearance

Alphen is a fairly tall, muscular man with neck-long white hair and gray eyes. He mostly wears a full black armor with blue light clothes beneath it and a blue cape hanging from his waist down. The additional blue cape was his idea since Shionne said that Alphen looks good in blue.

## Personality

Outraged at the Renans abuse of his people's lives, Alphen is very passionate toward liberating his people from the yoke of oppression. Alphen has a habit of trying to find new "routes" from random directions, only for those directions to lead to more problems. According to Shionne, Alphen always prefers a challenge.

In the party, Alphen acts as a pillar support, especially towards Law and Rinwell. He often cheers them up when they are down and even gives advice. Part of his personality are also influenced by Zephyr, especially after the latter's death, which impacted Alphen greatly who sees him as a mentor figure.

Alphen is usually calm and composed, however, he can be emotional and lose his temper when being faced with cruelty in front of him. Because he used to lack a sense of pain, Alphen often put himself in danger without thinking of the consequences.

Alphen cares a lot about his friends, and is quite observant of them. Even in the midst of battle, Alphen understands how they fight and how they have improved.

## Abilities and Equipment

Blazing Sword: Alphen's secondary weapon. It is a blade so powerful, it burns the hand(s) of whoever wields it, and the physical manifestation of the astral energy containted within Shionne Imeris's master core. Shionne's cooperation is required for it to be used.

**Sovereign Powers**:

**Master Swordsman Specialist**:

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant**:

**Enhanced Strength**:

**Enhanced Speed & Reflexes**:

**Immense Endurance**:

**Immense Durability**:

**Expert Tactician**:

### Techniques

**Martial Artes**:

* **Swallow Blade**: Alphen swings his sword to the left, before swinging right as he takes a step back, each slash forming a flashing beam of light-blue light.
* **Iron Cleaver**: Alphen stances his sword above his head before striking the enemy with a two-hit counterattack.
* **Destruction**: Alphen slams his sword for a wide, swinging attack that ends with a ground crush that sends rocks flying.
* **Rising Falcon**: Alphen jumps into the air and then dives downward at an angle toward the enemy.
* **Devastation**: Alphen delivers a downward sword swing that slams his enemy into the ground.

**Arcane Artes**:

* **Dragon Swarm**: Alphen makes a chain of several wide slashes, moving forward with every strike.
* **Reigning Slash**: Alphen sharpens his mind before slashing upward with enough force to knock the enemy into the air.
* **Double Demon Fang**: Alphen fires a pair of shockwaves in quick succession that run along the ground towards his target.
* **Thunder Fang**: Alphen uppercuts the enemy with his left fist, summoning a bolt of lightning. He then spins right to perform an electric right slash.

**Flaming Edge**:

* **Infernal Torrent**: Alphen stabs the ground with the Blazing Sword before taking a step forward and slashing at a top-left angle, creating an arc of fire that burns any enemy in front of him.
* **Explosive Ring**: Alphen spins leftward, slashing twice, before swinging right. He then performs a kick with the left leg, before performing a flurry of flaming slashes that ends in a wave that sends Alphen backward.
* **Rising Phoenix**: Alphen jumps into the air and thrusts down with a fiery, blazing wave akin to a phoenix, striking downward with a crimson blade.

**Boost Attack**:

* **Burning Wave**: Using the Blazing Sword, Alphen performs a flaming slash upward, engulfing the area in front of him in flame, before slamming back down, causing the flames to explode. But performing this move can deal a bit of damage to Alphen himself.

**Mystic Artes**:

* **Scarlet Outburst**: Alphen ignites his Blazing Sword and slashes the enemy leftward, leaving behind a flaming arc. He then performs a jumping uppercut from his right side, sending both him and the enemy upward, before a fireball erupts in front of the enemy in the shape of a cross.

## Weaknesses

Using the Blazing Sword severely burns Alphen himself, but he endures the pain without flinching or feeling major discomfort.