Magus Pine

> "*I get that you want to help, but it's dangerous here. Like, actual, for-real dangerous. And I don't want to be responsible for you getting hurt.*"
> ― Pine
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**Magus Pine** is a young warrior-wizard and Rena's main ally in Grapple Force Rena. She has extensive training and knowledge in magic, and utilizes it very effectively. She also claims that she was a reckless tryhard in her youth.

In Grapple Force Rena, Pine is on a mission to find the source of the hollows before the Archmage gets involved in the situation and starts cracking down on people. She becomes friends with Rena and the two work together to track down Lueh, who Pine believes is the source of the hollows. Months after Lueh's death, when Rena is captured by Artificer Joules, she jumps into Joules' laboratory herself to save her friend. She also assists Rena in the final fight in Capital City against the Archmage.

## Appearance

Pine's age is unknown, but it appears that she is either a teenager or a young adult. She has long, red hair which she wears downward and green eyes.

She wears leather pants and a cyan shirt. She also wears boots, gloves, a belt, and a chestplate, and all these items are the same shade of brown. She also has a scabbard tied to her back that carries her sword.

## Personality

Pine takes pride in her fighting ability, but is not so egotistical that she can't acknowledge when she is outclassed, as shown in how she acts after her fight with Rena. She has a large sense of justice and has dedicated her life to helping others. She doesn't like to jump headfirst into fights, however, and prefers strategizing beforehand.

## Abilities

* **Sword-Wielding Capabilities**: Pine can use her sword with great efficiency.
* **Magic Projectiles**: Pine can fire several different types of magic projectiles. However, they take some time to charge up before launching them outward.
* **Slow Falling**: Pine can double jump and fall down slowly.

## As a Playable Character

In the final two levels of Solstice Yard, the player takes control of Pine while Rena is held captive by Artificer Joules. Pine actually has a wide variety of moves that a player can utilize. She has six squares of health, and one square can be refilled by collecting four indigo triangles.

### Moveset

Pine's standard attack in which she swings her sword.
Pine can perform a second jump in midair. After she double jumps, Pine will slowly fall to the ground. If the player does not want to fall down slowly, they can hold the Down button to drop quickly.
Fires three purple projectiles that can home in on enemies.
Fires three lasers that move fast across the screen and cover all the space in a 45° angle.
Fires a tiny red-orange ball that travels to a certain point and then generates an explosion that covers a wide area.
Pine can create a floating disk and put an item on it. She can get rid of the disk at put the item down at any moment.

## Relationships

### Rena

When Pine first met Rena while fighting hollows in the Glass Caverns, she viewed Rena as an overconfident kid with a large ego, and she shot down Rena's offer to work with her in finding the source of the hollows. As Pine progresses further into the Caverns, she realizes that Rena is following her. When she asks Rena how she has made it so far into the caverns, Rena reveals her Grapple Bracelets. Pine immediately understands that Rena bracelets are one of Lueh's bound artifacts, and demands that Rena hand them over. When they fight and Pine loses, Lueh appears and tries to convince Rena to kill Pine, but Rena refuses to do so, as she is opposed to killing a fellow hero. This respect towards her causes Pine to develop a huge sense of respect in turn for Rena. Realizing her arrogance, Pine apologizes and the pair agree to work together. When Pine learns that Rena gone missing after heading into Joules' laboratory, Pine is the first one to jump in headfirst and look for her. She also helps Rena storm Capital City at the end of the game. Although Pine respects Rena, she doesn't appear to like Rena "act first, think later" attitude.

## Quotes

*"...And it's a good thing I was here too. It's not safe here, kid! You could've been hurt!"* -to Rena when she finds her in the Glass Caverns

*"I get that you want to help, but it's dangerous here. Like, actual, for-real dangerous. And I don't want to be responsible for you getting hurt."* -to Rena, declining her offer to work together

*"...So, you want to join the big leagues, kid? Then it looks like you're going to have to learn your lesson the hard way!"* -to Rena when she refuses to give up her Grapple Bracelets

*"I'm sorry about shutting you down every time we met. You're really tough. Like, REALLY tough, considering how young you seem to be. I was a reckless tryhard when I was your age, so I thought that's what you were, too."* -to Rena, apologizing for her actions

*"Hahaha! You really put your money on these pieces of junk? Guess you're not suck a good businessman after all, huh?"* -to Cesar, mocking him and the weakness of his hollow army

*"Of course! I wouldn't do any good just standing out here, would I?"* -to Arlet after he asks if Pine will go into Joules' lab

*"Hey! Not by yourself, you're not! Geez, this kid.."* -to Rena when she leaves to fight in Capital City

*"I'm less worried about her getting away than I am about you getting away! My magic's strong, but compared to her, I'm a hedge wizard flinging cantrips."* -to Rena, trying to convince her that fighting the Archmage is not worth risking her life