The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

Sen no Kiseki: four more characters revealed
Plus, a few other details. Like fishing! You can do that.

Famitsu this week revealed new details and four new characters for The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki, Falcom’s upcoming PlayStation 3 and PS Vita RPG sequel.

(I’ve included all the Katakana, because my romanization will likely turn out wrong. When / if Falcom does provide official English names, I’ll update this post.)

Characters

• Eusis Albalea (ユーシス・アルバレア) – Weapon: Knight sword. Age: 17. Has blonde hair and blue eyes. He is the second son of the Duke of Albalea (アルバレア), whose family rules the Eastern part of the province of Croitsen (クロイツェン) as one of the four great noble families. He displays aristocratic pride, but without ill will. He is always butting heads with Machias. He uses a traditional royal fencing style, but has interest in others as well.


• Machias Legnitts (マキアス・レーグニッツ) – Weapon: Shotgun. Age: 17. Has black hair and wears glasses. He is the son of the current governor of the imperial capital Legnitts, who is a member of the reformist group. He is hostile towards the aristocracy and the noble students. He is hard on himself and others, and is going to be the vice chairman of Class VII.


• Headmaster Vandyke (ヴァンダイク学院長) – Age: 70. Weapon: Zanbato. Has slicked back, white hair. An honorable general of the imperial army, he is almost two meters tall (about 6′ 6″). He is cooperating with the imperial family to back up the establishment of Class VII by gathering superior talent.


• Sarah Ballestein (サラ・バレスタイン) – Age: 25. Weapon: Orbal gun and blade. Has red hair tied up in the back. In charge of leading Class VII, she is an instructor with outstanding combat ability. If she stays quiet, she is beautiful, but her private life is kind of a mess. She says herself that she has a thing for nice-looking middle-aged guys.

Screenshots of the nameless, silver-haired girl (first scan, upper right) we’ve seen before, as well as a brand new girl (last scan, lower right) were also published.

Neighbor Town Trista

• A town 20 minutes east of Imperial Capital Heimdallr, if you take the rail. Thors Military Academy is on the north side of town, so it also has a student town feel.


• Some of the town’s facilities include: book store “Keanzu Bookshop” (ケアンズ書房), orbal radio station “Trista Broadcasting” (トリスタ放送局), rail station “Trista Station” (トリスタ駅), pawn shop “Mihyuto” (ミヒュト), church “Trista Chapel” (トリスタ礼拝堂), and fashion boutique “Le Sage” (ル・サージュ).


• Because seasons change as you progress through the game, the clothing available in the boutique will also change.


• There is a spot for fishing.

Trista Radio

• You can listen to the radio during the game.


• Trista Broadcasting was established throughout the empire via the cooperation of Desk and Reinford under the Imperial News company.


• Imperial News was the agency preferred by the nobles, but there is some confusion evident as they’ve reported positively on the prime minister’s reformation. They’ve put pressure on Trista Broadcasting.

Thors Military Academy Class VII

• A special class founded to make use of the new style tactics orbment “Arcus.”


• Other reasons for the class’ establishment seems to be told within the game.


• Students chosen for the class are not selected by social status. There are students from abroad, too.


• The school has recognized the independence of these students to some extent, and has allowed them to each dress slightly different.

7 seconds of Sen no Kiseki battle gameplay
A brief look at Legend of Heroes' new battle system.

Falcom has posted another short The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki gameplay video on its Facebook page, this time showing the game’s intuitive and speedy command-type battle system. Watch all seven seconds below.

Sen no Kiseki field gameplay, new character screenshots
See Eusis, Machias, and the Trista Radio Station.

Falcom has released 18 seconds of The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki field gameplay footage, and new screenshots showing recently revealed characters Eusis, Machias, and the Trista Radio Station.

The PlayStation 3 and PS Vita RPG is due out in Japan later this year.

Watch the video below. View the screenshots at the gallery.

Sen no Kiseki adds more female characters
Meet Emma, Phi, and Elise. And the Thors academy lieutenant.

Famitsu this week has more new character reveals for Falcom’s upcoming PlayStation 3 and PS Vita RPG sequel The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki.

• Emma Milstein (エマ・ミルスティン): The committee chairwoman of Class VII. A woman with long braided hair, she wears glasses and makes a calm impression. Her weapon is a magic staff. She is a commoner from a remote part of the empire but was accepted into Thors Military Academy due to its enriched scholarship system. She is a helpful and trusted person, and has a wealth of knowledge about herbs. She’s also secretly keeping a cat.


• Phi Crauzel (フィー・クラウゼル): A girl with short silver hair and a student in Class VII. She has an unknown background, and at age 15, is younger than her friends. She’ll sleep anywhere. She wields dual pistols fitted with bayonets.


• Elise Schwartzer (エリゼ・シュバルツァー): Rean’s younger sister and the biological daughter of Baron. She has dark purple hair. For a year, she has been attending St. Astoria Girl’s College (for girls from good blood) in the imperial capital Heimdall. She had always treated Rean as a true sibling, but has gradually started to take on a colder attitude towards him.


• Lieutenant Nighthalt (ナイトハルト少佐): A lieutenant transferred from the regular army to the Thors Military Academy to become a military affairs instructor. He’s serious, lacks sociability, and supposedly does not get along with the homeroom teacher of Class VII.

Barrierhart

A city governed by the Duke of Albalea. Lately, citizens are upset about major tax increases. As an area known for its jewels and furs, there are many craftspeople living there. There’s a central plaza, crafting district, station, restaurants, tailors, and a cathedral. You can buy clothes on display at tailors.

Field Escape

Outside of this week’s magazine update, a new short gameplay video was also released. Watch it below.