Cyrille

Cyrille is one of the main characters from the Shining Force EXA game.

A young, mysterious woman. Her motives for searching the Holy Sword are unknown. She doesn't talk that much, and her aura gives the impression that she is a cold but gentle person. She is a skilled spellcaster and an intelligent historian.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Cyrille is a member of the Heroes Coalition and is part of the Squad of Excellence. She also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

Appearance
Cyrille has a long ash-blonde hair and has blue eyes. She wears a white neck-length shoulder cape over a white long-sleeve, calf-length robe and a black dress, it has beaded-chain dangling around it. She also wears black pantyhose and white, cross-stitched kneehigh boots. She also wears a black ribbon on her head.

Personality
Cyrille is intelligent, calm, cool, and collected. Initially, she comes off as somewhat of an ice queen, bookish, and somewhat of a loner. She can be socially awkard at times and shy. In time however, she shows kindness, fear, and even remorses for Toma the fate of destined for the Heritors. She is a bit secretive, hiding much from others if but to prevent them from knowing the cruel fate that awaits the Heritor. Unlike Toma who acts in reckless abandon, Cyrille tries to approach things thoughtfully and methodically.

Despite being aloof, she harbors great attachments for Toma, often becoming unhinged and envious when the Les Vaes tries to seduce him.

Abilities
Cyrille is mostly a long-range fighter. She fights by swinging a book, or by shooting enemies with a crossbow. She has high INT, so she can deal a great deal of damage using magic; however, she has lower HP and defense than Toma, making her vulnerable to physical confrontations by enemies.

When using Cyrille, it is recommended to carve Power Arts that reflect her abilities as a mage (e.g. MP Concentration, INT, Elemental Magic levels, etc.), all the while reinforcing her defenses-- particularly to Knockbacks, Stuns, and Critical Hits. It is important to increase her HP and defenses as quickly as possible to survive any melee strikes.

Though she does use crossbows, they typically do not deal very much damage, particularly to enemies around her level or above it. Therefore, it is better to focus on increasing her aptitude as a mage while reinforcing her defenses than to focus on her Weapon Attack or Swinging. However, because her crossbow attacks are rapid fire, she can effectively chip away at an target's HP while maintaining her distance. At higher levels and with a setup geared toward physical power, she can actually defeat enemies with regular attacks while her melee allies keep them away from her.

Powers & Magic
By equipping certain weapon, like books or crossbows with magic, Cyrille can cast certain spells of varying levels of power. According to Attack Power, Cyrille's Attack Power is lower than Toma's and her attack power when equipping a book is higher than when equipping a crossbow. Her Combo when using crossbow is more than when she using a book to attack, though.
 * With 'Fire-Ice Tome' equipped, Cyrille can cast 'Blaze' lvl 1 and'Freeze' lvl 1
 * With 'Freeze Shot' equipped, Cyrille can cast 'Ice Spike' lvl 2 and probably lvl 3, too
 * With 'Gaia Codex' equipped, Cyrille can cast 'Shine' lvl 2, 'Holy' lvl 2, and 'Gaia Nova' lvl 2 and lvl 3

When using Tomes/Books, be sure you try to look for elemental books that have Elemental blessings (e.g. Fire Element increasing Fire Dmg to 30% base value) to help increase the effectiveness of her magic.

Cyrille best bow is Aurora Bow, who contain Avalon Nova spell and 8 Combos.

Trivia

 * Cyrille and Toma are playable characters in the Nintendo 3DS crossover RPG Project X Zone.