Rebecca

Rebecca (formally Princess Rebecca Cailmel of the Astridian Empire) is a cleric from the world of Terra Ancora, having found herself in the Abode for unknown reasons, and quickly integrating herself into the team. She has committed some terrible crimes in her past and actively seeks redemption for what she has done, but seems to fit in just fine with the Truthseekers. Only time will tell if her past will catch up to her here.

## Background

Rebecca was born on the world of Terra Ancora. When she was 16 years old, she and her best friend Sarah met Lady Astrid, who Rebecca refers to as a Goddess of Good (though is known as a Goddess of Light back home). During a monster attack where someone had nicked all of the Adventurer's Guild's equipment, Astrid was forced to reveal herself as a goddess by creating an entire arsenal of weaponry of the people to drive off the monsters.

Rebecca swore to become the first of Lady Astrid's clergy as a result, and they went about establishing a church. Rebecca apparently was named Hierarch of the church, second only to Astrid in authority. Two years later, when Rebecca was 18, Astrid, apparently burnt out from helping everyone, took a device given to her by someone named "Qusab" that nullified her powers when worn and went into hiding to recuperate, leaving Rebecca alone.

During Astrid's time away, Rebecca had grown frustrated with how people would worship something other than Astrid, citing Astrid's incredible generosity and physical presence on the world, which apparently no other religion back home could claim for themselves. Deciding not to live and let live, she became President of the United Lands of Aditari, formed secret alliances with the Confederation of Monsters, Vinya, and Walaranga, then created an Empire and launched Crusades in Astrid's name.

Rebecca does not recall much of her time spent during the decade-long Crusades, knowing only that she conquered half the world in that time period and made an example of a nation that resisted her, using nuclear warheads to wipe Nayukash off the map.

Some time after, Astrid returned and berated Rebecca for her sins, very nearly smiting her for her misdeeds. Apparently Sarah jumped in the way, and Astrid couldn't kill Rebecca, apparently unable to kill someone who regretted what they did.

According to Rebecca, a trial was supposed to be held, but the courts didn't feel like making it a fair trial, going out of their way to forge evidence and testimony despite having a mountain of such proving Rebecca's misdeeds to make her look even worse, and apparently the judge did not step in when the gallery started chanting for Rebecca's head for a while. It wasn't until Astrid stepped in and berated them all for their insanity that the verdict was declared by Astrid.

Now, Rebecca is set on a redemption quest. Apparently her quest is to travel the world to the eight Elemental Crystal Shrines and pray there for forgiveness, though Rebecca knows that she'll need to get on the good side of other nations to achieve that goal. Before she could actually begin her quest, however, she arrived in the Abode, and decided to help the Seekers out however she could.

During Rebecca's time with the Truthseekers, she acquired a mysterious doorknob that allows her to, with proper knowledge and work, traverse the planes. Rebecca has had the knowledge of how to use the doorknob implanted in her brain twice now, though she still needs to decipher this knowledge before she can use the doorknob properly.

When the Truthseekers were upgraded to Dhe Ehmn status to help undo General Morgan's plans, Rebecca demonstrated apprehension at the topic, remembering her past, though she was willing to push forward with the plan regardless.

## Appearance

Rebecca is 31 years old, possessing fiery red hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. Her outfit is quite apparently what looks like a sleeveless Final Fantasy White Mage robe that replaces the red with gold thread. A book emblazoned with a winged staff with an orb just above the tip hangs from her side, chained to her person, perhaps some form of scripture.

Behind her hip, there is a holster for Rebecca's Gunblade, a weapon that can function equally well in melee and ranged combat. While Rebecca has only demonstrated the weapon in Blade Mode, where the blade itself (roughly the length of a historical Longsword, so about 120 cm long) juts out to its full length, but some guesses can be made at how the weapon functions as a rifle. There is a barrel that is just off to the side of the blade itself that presumably is used to fire the weapon, but it's not clear how one aims or loads the weapon just yet.

## Personality

Rebecca's personality definitely hints at her being royalty at some point, as she has several habits that point to such, among them being a somewhat more refined manner of speaking (though it sometimes drops into a commoner's speech patterns, perhaps owing to her not having always been royalty). As well, one of the biggest factors with Rebecca's personality is her loyalty to her goddess, Lady Astrid. Rebecca quite plainly has difficulty comprehending why one wouldn't worship Astrid, which was one of the driving factors behind her Crusades.

Rebecca also seems to be very open to helping other people, though given the fact that she is so hated back home, she has a habit of being somewhat concerned over ambushes and looking over her shoulder to make sure she's not followed. She also seems to be concerned for the well-being of the Seekers, saying that should they ever find themselves on Terra Ancora, it would be best if they pretended they didn't know her personally to avoid the rebellion coming for them too.

Rebecca has also shown strong attachment to the Seekers as a result of their lack of judgmental behavior towards her, to the point where she did not want to either forget Maelstrom or allow Mohrrighan to die again to help set things right. She seems to doubt her worth to the team owing to her lack of special skills, though it appears other Seekers look to her as an example because of her willingness to push forward in spite of all odds.

## Abilities

Rebecca, perhaps to be expected from a former Empress, knows more than a few things about how to run a nation, and apparently knows how to fight well with a Gunblade. Rebecca may also be skilled at math, as apparently casting magic back home requires high-end mental mathematics to achieve anything.

Rebecca is also a cleric of Astrid, and her spells are currently powered by Falerin owing to him, perhaps ironically being the closest match for Lady Astrid. She has demonstrated fairly reliable healing magic, though she admits her spellpower is under-par for back home healing-wise. As well, Rebecca knows another spell, referred to as "Tactician's Insight" that requires no attunement to a god to cast. According to Rebecca, the spell was developed to help military officers better control their soldiers.

Rebecca claims that Tactician's Insight gives her a birds-eye view of the battlefield, including the ability to look inside buildings to spot potential ambushes. What's more, this spell enables her to determine the threat level of everyone present by being able to read their statline, enabling her to spot the biggest threat *and* the weakest link at the same time. The data Rebecca gets regarding this spell has been altered during her time on Caelestia, but still functions reliably as a means of determining the threat level of adversaries. Curiously, Tactician's Insight cannot get a read on Gabriel Desmond. According to Rebecca, she gets nothing but question marks for all of his attributes.

Rebecca's most powerful spell is a spell she refers to as "Divine Blast", or on occasion "Divine Kamehameha". It was a spell that Lady Astrid had to grant Rebecca access to manually. From Rebecca's explanation and the stance she takes while casting it, it looks almost exactly like a Kamehameha. However, Falerin grants the spell in a radically different format, with him personally appearing to blast the enemy with a stream of energy.

## Trivia

* Rebecca apparently once held an item called a Magitek Storage Device, but there doesn't seem to be any clear information on what this device even is (beyond what could be guessed at by the name). Similarly, Rebecca seems to at one point had a Guardian Spirit by the name of Peri, which apparently keeps her from dying somehow. Both of these things vanished from her when she arrived in the Abode.
* According to Arden, Falerin knows Lady Astrid, citing her as an alternate of Eldron and having some sort of obligation to Astrid, though what that obligation might be is unclear at the moment.
* Rebecca apparently knows what Uncreation is, having heard of the topic from Astrid at some point. It's not clear yet how deep Rebecca's understanding of the topic is, or if she'd know related matters like The'Galin, though she does seem to understand just how dangerous Uncreation is.
* Rebecca managed to re-acquire her formal attire, an elaborate set of body armor given to her by a military organization. While it may not look practical on the surface (lacking armor plating for much of the body and even having uncovered portions, not to mention no helmet), the entire outfit possesses very heavy enchantments that render it as viable as a full suit of body armor.