Dia: Frozen Delight
"Outstanding grades with exceptional leadership. Actively carries out assigned duties, but often exhibits a tendency to be stubborn."
- Excerpt from Albion Military Academy Student Records
"A stubborn honors student." That was the best description of Dia Elias. She was Albion Military Academy's most promising cadet, set to join Command unless something unexpected happened. Of course, she was disappointed that she was not a Descendant, but Dia was thrilled that she could at least get revenge on the Vulgus, who had taken her father from her. She did feel guilty about secretly enlisting despite the fierce opposition from her mother, Gley, but she was confident. "I know she'll be mad when I get back from the mission, but she'll be proud when she sees this report card." That's what she thought.
But the day that Dia could show Gley her report card never came.
The horrific biological experiments that continued without fail every single day, the piling of corpses of her colleagues, Gley's incessant screams she could not shut out… All of it was a reality far too harsh for Dia, a mere teenage girl, to bear. The most unbearable thing, however, was the guilt that Gley had also been captured by the Vulgus because of her. Yet she could not give up on her will to live, for that would be the ultimate sin she could commit against her mother. "I have to live. I have to live and save my mom." Every time her consciousness grew hazy, Dia clung to the thought and held on.
Then one day, a huge explosion rang out from the room where Gley was imprisoned, followed by roars of the Vulgus. "Shit, get her now!" Time passed, and soon all was quiet. But she no longer heard Gley's voice either. Instead, a faint murmur of the researchers' voices seeped through. From their conversation, Dia realized that Gley had awakened her Arche, and with that power, destroyed the lab and escaped.
She felt no resentment toward Gley that she had left her behind, only relief that she was alive. Perhaps that was why Dia felt strangely at peace during the repeated experiments on her that led to the awakening of her Arche and right up to the moment the Vulgus completely broke her mind.
There was only one thing Dia wished for.
To see her mother one last time before she died.
And to tell her she was sorry.
Exclusive Equipment, Gunlance with a built-in Arche Cooling Core, Frozen Spire
This gunlance was inspired by the Cavalry Lance, Dia's most cherished weapon during her cadet days. Cadets at the Albion Military Academy were required to be adept at using different kinds of weapons, and Dia in particular excelled with melee weapons such as the Cavalry Lance or swords, which were favored by the early Descendants. The Magisters suspect that the Vulgus must have noticed this as well and created a lance specifically for the Obliviant Dia.
Inside the gunlance is an enhanced cooling core that reacts to Arche, which instantly freezes everything in the surrounding area as soon as it interacts with Dia's frosty Arche. The moment Dia held the beautiful white lance, she instinctively grasped how to wield it. She channeled her Arche into the gunlance to gauge the cooling core's maximum capacity, then proceeded to demonstrate incredible ingenuity in the use of the weapon to the astonishment of the Magisters. Slamming the cooled lance down to freeze and strike enemies simultaneously, or momentarily amplifying her Arche output to unleash a torrent of sharp ice shards.
"Even during her days as a cadet, no one could even come close to her combat prowess."
- Ajax
"As her mother, I don't know if I should be happy or sad…"
- Gley