| “ | We are Agito. We are wings of judgment which unfurl in rejection of deceit. | „ |
| ~ Ciella |
| “ | Because people everywhere labor under the impression they are more intelligent than they, in fact, are. No one cares if information is correct. All they care about is whether or not it fits their own preconceived notions. And that is why they cannot discern the truth of things and find themselves hopeless victims of deception. | „ |
| ~ Ciella to Ayaha and Otoha on deception |
Ciella is a major antagonist in Dragalia Lost. She is the Water-themed member of the Agito. She is a former Paladyn who, despairing over the falsehoods and corruption spread by the Ilian Church, came to the conclusion that all justice is meaningless. Thus, she sets out on her own crusade to kill members of the Church and its pious believers to "release" them from deception.
She is voiced by Yuuki Kana in Japanese and Marlie Colins in English, who also voices Grace in the same game.
Appearance[]
Ciella is a Sylvan with a dark skin tone, with dark blue ears and long white hair with a dark blue interior, as well as light blue lipstick. She dresses in white and dark purple, wearing black pieces of armor and wears a mask that covers her eyes. Her belly button is also exposed in line with the fashion of most Sylvans.
Her transformation is that of a harpy. Her hair takes on a more wing-like appearance with the outside of it being white and the inside being a dark blue to cyan gradient, she sports black and cyan wings, white forearms with cyan claws, white bird legs, glowing yellow eyes and what seem to be feathers covering her upper torso in a similar vein to that of a corset.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
Ciella was once a well respected Paladyn, being a devout member of the Illian Church and a symbol of justice, inspiring Elisanne, one of the Halidom's party members, to be a Paladyn. One day, she was tasked with being a bishop's bodyguard. The bishop's diocese was full of class disparity, so when someone attacked it one day, Ciella was tasked with guarding the bishop, but as she heard the desperate cries of the people, she instead went to protect them. For that, she was condemned by the bishop for rushing out for glory, claiming that as one who spread the word of Illia's goodness, he was more important than the civilians, so he tasked her to track and capture the leader of the attack to redeem herself.
When Ciella finally tracked him down, a young Paladyn approached her and asked her not only to stop questioning him, but release him as the leader was another bishop who was feuding with the bishop she was guarding. Ciella refuses to let the man go as she fears he would endanger more people. The young Paladyn also reveals to her that the Grand Paladyn instigated the feud, believing that the noble blood of the bishops were much more important than commoners'. Upon hearing that, Ciella breaks down in tears, horrified that the Grand Paladyn who was supposed to be a role model for all, was allowing such atrocities.
Realising all that was taught to her about goodness and justice was a lie, she began hunting down the corrupt members of the Illian Church and slaughtering them. However, she is eventually cornered in a church which is then burnt down with her inside. Badly wounded and flames closing in on her, Ciella accepts her fate until a mysterious young man clad in black appears. He gifts her an Agito mask that would allow her to transform into a beast of black mana, granting her the strength to destroy the Illian Church. Donning the mask, Ciella transforms into the beast and easily escapes the church, as well as killing the templars who tried to burn her alive.
The Agito Uprising[]
After four wealthy families of Ilian believers go missing, Euden and Elisanne go off to investigate the latest case. Searching around, Elisanne finds the only survivor of the family who's terrified of her, claiming that she's associated with the perpetrator. She manages to calm him down, to which the nobleman tells Elisanne that the murderer was an arrow-wielding sylvan woman, causing Elisanne to realise the identity of the killer. As Euden arrives, Elisanne notices something strange about a nearby mirror and, confirming her worst fears, Ciella emerges from the fog, remarking her disappointment at the Grand Paladyn's lack of skill. Elisanne reveals that Ciella was once her role model during her training and that she was excommunicated shortly after Elisanne was promoted to the rank of Paladyn.
Ciella confirms her hand in the disappearances, disgusting Euden and Elisanne as she used to be a virtuous and just hero. Ciella proclaims that while she still stands for justice, she has come to a realisation that the system of morals and principles touted by the Ilian Church are false and self-righteous, meant to cow people into following them and that in the end, there is no such thing as salvation or justice, pointing out the hypocrisy of Elisanne using violent means for peace. When questioned whether she used the same logic on her victims, Ciella retorts to Elisanne that she was merely releasing them from the meaninglessness of this world, and that she can do the same to her. As Elisanne refuses to stand down, Ciella reveals herself as an Agito and attacks, beginning her boss fight.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Marksmanship: Even before receiving her Agito powers, Ciella was a renowned Paladyn famed for her faith and apt skill with her bow and arrow. With her beast mask her arrows gain even more power, being able to fire them in a way that tracks players as well as firing bouncing arrows and arrows that can detonate into ice.
- Cryokinesis: Ciella can control ice to a high degree, being able to summon meteors of ice onto the battlefield, send out ice shards which explode in a large radius as well as shoot arrows that detonate into shards of ice when hit by her ice laser, with her arrows seemingly being made of ice as well. She can use it in tandem with her water powers as shown by her Freezing Beam attack, freezing all adventurers that don't resist it while covering the battlefield in ice and making it slippery.
- Hydrokinesis: Being a Water-attuned being, Ciella has a mastery over water and all its states, shooting bouncing arrows coated in water as well as summon detonating bubbles and water jets from below. She can also shoot beams of freezing water from her bow and in her beast form, from her arms.
- Nephokinesis: Ciella can control mist, using it to camoflage herself and shield herself from all damage. She can also shoot it out in powerful bursts, dealing high amounts of damage.
- Agito mask powers: Ciella's Agito mask grants her inhuman strength and durability, being able to charge into people at high speeds and dash around swiftly. She can also transform into an Agito beast, hers being a harpy made of ice, as well as summon a Feral Shroud where her boss fight takes place.
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Trivia[]
- Other than Ayaha and Otoha, Ciella is the only confirmed member of the Agito to still be alive, as evidenced by the "Wings of Rebellion at rest" wyrmprint where she celebrates the new year with the twins, putting on a kimono despite finding it irritating to don.
- It is also shown that she shares a close bond with the twins as despite her pessimistic personality clashing with their lively ones, she agrees to play with them, possibly indicating she acts as an elder sister or mother figure of sorts to the twins.
