Phia Melle (フィア・メル, Fia Meru?, lit. Fear Mell) is a playable character in the original Star Ocean and its remake, Star Ocean: First Departure. A young Highlander, Phia is the captain of the Astral Knight Corps and adoptive sister of Cyuss Warren.
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- Birthplace: Astral, Planet Roak
- Birthday: April 19th, 26 S.D.
- A woman who played a part in the war between the federation and planet Fargett's Jie Revorse in the 340s (S.D.).
- She is the only female to ever make captain of the Royal Knights of Astral. This proud and beautiful lady is often the talk of the town.
- She harbors romantic feelings towards her step-brother, Cyuss. She finds his influence and masculine qualities very attractive.
Story[]
Phia is the captain of the Royal Knights of Astral. She is the adopted daughter of Lias, a war-hero of the demonic wars, and resides in the castle at Astral City.
Should Cyuss remain at Haute, Phia will approach the party in Autanim and offer to journey with them to Tatroi. She leaves again shortly after the party arrives however.
When the party arrives at Astral City, the group decides to stay for the night. During the night an alarm bell will ring throughout the town, sounding out a coded message for Astral Knights stationed in the city. Whether or not the party has recruited someone who can understand the message will determine Phia's role in the rest of the story.
If the party only consists of Roddick and Ilia, the two will be unaware what the commotion is and choose to ignore it. In the morning if they go to the dungeon in Astral castle, they find Phia locked up for the murder of Lord Lias. She swears that she had nothing to do with his death and begs the two to break her out, as she can't prove her innocence and avenge her father's murder if she is locked in a dungeon. The choice of whether or not to break her out is then up to the player, and should they choose to break her out she travels with the party from then on (though she can leave the party if certain requirements aren't fulfilled).
If the party contains either Cyuss or Ashlay, they will understand the message during the night and find it hard to believe that Phia would do such a thing, prompting the party to investigate. Chasing Phia to the entrance of the Astral Caves, it is revealed that this Phia is merely a monster disguised as her. The group (temporarily including Phia if Cyuss is on the team) track the imposter through the Astral caves and defeat her in battle, bringing her head back as proof of Phia's innocence. Phia thanks them for their assistance in not only clearing her name, but for protecting Lord Lias.
Should the party save Lord Lias and clear Phia's name, she will not immediately join the party. Instead she will remain behind and become available for recruitment after the demon assault on Astral City, but only if six or less characters have been recruited.
Profile[]
Dedicated and dutiful, Phia wants to prove herself as a valiant knight and is thus hard-bitten and sometimes rather stern. She also often worries about her brother, Cyuss, but attempts to hide such feelings.
Gameplay[]
Phia appears as a playable character in Star Ocean, its remake Star Ocean: First Departure, and the spin-off Star Ocean: Anamnesis. In the first Star Ocean, Phia is an optional character; her weapon of choice are daggers and short swords, and can equip knight armor and shield, and has the Astral Ring permanently equipped.
In Star Ocean: Anamnesis, she has two variants: "Phia", and "Crimson Phia" (the latter unit was released with the event Your Own Great Chivalry alongside Cyuss). In both she is a 5-7☆ Sharpshooter; however, her base variant uses daggers, while Crimson Phia uses bows.
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- In Star Ocean and its remake, Phia is one of two characters who are unable to remove a starting accessory, the other being Ioshua Jerand. This restriction may have been due to her unique normal attack in the SNES version (hinted at by the item's in-game description).
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