The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki details characters, scenery and battle system; first gameplay

■ Characters

Van Arkride

• Age: 24
• Weapon: Stunning Gauge
• Affiliation: Spriggan
• Height: 180cm

“That’s what the job is about. Never underestimate a Spriggan. “

A young “Spriggan” with black hair with blue highlights and deep blue eyes who works mainly in the old city of the capital Edith.

Although he seems dry and pragmatic, he tries not to be insincere and is not bad at taking care of others.

He has contact with people from different sectors due to his work, and seems to have a wide range of personal connections, but he also has a side that
he doesn’t allow people to become very personal with him.

Although he started working as a Spriggan almost by coincidence, he seems comfortable with his way of life, and although he complains when he has to deal with bad jobs, he still makes a point of dealing with it.

Agnes Claudel

• Age: 16
• Weapon: Orbal Staff
• Affiliation: Aramis High School (first year student)
• Height: 158cm

“I understand Mr. Van’s style … but there are some commitments that not even students can make!”

First year student at “Aramis High School”, prestigious academy in the capital.

A girl with a clean and gentle atmosphere, and beautiful long blond hair, but great willpower behind her cold eyes.

She takes an oral self-defense course as an elective in her school and is also a member of the student council. While working with her close friends, she struggles every day in the General Affairs department.

Upon learning that someone stole the “Orbment” left for her by her great-grandfather, who died due to certain circumstances, Agnes avoided consulting the police and the Bracer Guild for any reason and instead placed an order at the “Arkride Solution Office, “Who accepts any job …

Feri Al-Fayed

• Age: 13
• Weapon: Assault Sword
• Affiliation: Kurgha soldiers
• Height: 150cm

“I will protect you … with the blessing of the flame and the goddess Arusha!”

A girl with dark skin, short hair and a small physique who is also a young member of the high-ranking Jaeger corps “Kurgha soldiers”.

Having experienced serious combat training since childhood, she shows her aggressive jaeger side in battle, but being a young girl unfamiliar with a big city, she also shows expected reactions from a girl her age on a daily basis.

Upon receiving the news that a body of jaegers with whom she had networked suddenly disappeared, Feri begins his own search. In the meantime, she tries to get in touch with the Republic’s “Spriggans” about whom she heard rumors.

Aaron Wei

• Age: 19
• Weapon: Twin Fencer
• Affiliation: None
• Height: 175cm

“Don’t get in the way, old man … If you can’t understand the way of the men of the East.”

A playboy who gained fame as a flirt in the huge eastern neighborhood of the Republic and leader of the warm-blooded youth.

Although he is a master of the sword and hilt of the “Flower of the Moon Style”, one of the three main styles of martial arts, he never stops attracting the attention of others with other feats, such as winning lots of money in a casino and sword in the east theater as a female role.

Because of his extravagant behavior, he is nicknamed “Prodigy” and “Young Emperor of Luo Zhou”.

There are moves to appoint him as an executive in “Heiyue”, the union that dominates the Easterner neighborhood, but he himself does not seem to have much interest in the organization.

More characters coming soon

At least four more characters are planned to be announced, aged 20, 15, 22 and 69 years old.

■ Configuration / Keywords

Calvard Republic

One of the largest nations on the continent, located in the midwest of Zemuria.

Originally a monarch, it became a democratic republic after the democratic revolution that took place a hundred years ago.

After many years of bloody war for Crossbell, which is located between Calvard and the huge Empire of Erebonia in Western Zemuria, Crossbell regained its independence as an autonomous state after several years of events …

Although Calvard no longer receives tax revenue from the autonomous state, the empire’s huge reparations have brought about an unprecedented economic boom, and it is growing to become the leading nation on the continent in economic and military matters.

Capital City Edith

The capital of the Republic of Calvard and the largest metropolis on the continent.

The venues include Revolution Plaza, which overlooks the president’s office and the Assembly of the Republic Hall built 90 years ago; the prestigious high school that produces many elites; districts filled with orbais publishers and cinemas; the old city untouched by developments; the commercial district that faces the river; and on the main street, you can see “Clove trees” by the side of the road.

As the main orb vehicle superpower on the continent, a variety of vehicles circulate through the streets and traffic lights were introduced here before other countries. It is also widely known for being the first city on the continent to adopt a “subway” system instead of a tram network.

Spriggan

A kind of “underground profession” born from the melting pot of diversity that is the Republic of Calvard. Some days as detectives, some days as negotiators and other days as bounty hunters, they are ready for any client’s job.

Since cases accepted in the eyes of the public must be dealt with by the police and the Bracer Guild, the line of work that comes to them tends to be one that the CID (Central Intelligence Department) does not want to deliver to the guild, citizen, queries that they cannot be made public and even “honest” work by criminals and clandestine organizations.

■ New battle system

At the The legend of heroes: Kuro no Kiseki, the command style AT (Action Time) battle system used in the series so far has been overhauled. With a new exclusive system that seamlessly transitions from action battles on the field to command-style battles, you can enjoy even faster and more strategic battles.

Basic System

(1) Upon discovering an enemy in the field, you can start an action battle. (You can also avoid the battle.)

(2) During an action battle, you can switch to a command battle by deploying the “Xipha” combat orb. (Removing Xipha will take you back to (1), allowing you to return to an action battle.)

Use various actions in the field, including combined and dodge attacks

You can perform various actions on the field, including combined attacks and strong attacks against specific enemies, and if you are in a group, you can freely switch between characters in the middle of the battle. And since the enemy side will also launch multiple attacks on the player’s side, actions like adjusting your position on the field and evasion are vital to avoid damage.

—Attack enemies directly on the field with combined attacks!

—Every character has their own evasive actions.

Command battles: strategic combat with crafts, arts and other turn-based actions

In command battles, the battle will progress by selecting commands such as Standard Attack, Craft, Arts and Items, as has been done in the series so far.

By keeping your actions in mind, such as using Crafts with various effects and Arts with the seven elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Weather, Space and Mirage), you can even compete against stronger enemies on an equal footing.

In addition, you can receive a temporary boost with the “Xipha” combat orb, and if a party member is nearby, you can activate additional attacks – or additional effects, such as sharing each other’s Arts.

—Select a command for each character to act.

—Double the damage with art attacks according to the attribute

—When an Art is used, the work of the camera changes to give form to the combat!

—Enable additional effects with the “Xipha” combat orbment.