Sophie (Tales of Grace)

Sophie is one of the three heroines in Tales of Graces games.

Sophie is a young girl Asbel Lhant meets in his childhood, who has lost her memories and possesses no recollection of her past. Her name was given to her by Asbel; Sophie is derived from the Sopheria flower she seemed fascinated by the first time they met.

In the AWA fics, Sophie is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Sophie has lavender hair with long pigtails that reach down to her legs, and during the main arc of the game, she wears her humanoid armor, with which she was born. It consists of a gray suit with a pink over-vest that has magenta lining. She wears a black belt that connects to her white leg warmers, and on her arms are large dark blue gloves, fastened by red rings at the top. She wears light pink shoes, with a red ribbon on each, and an anklet on her right foot. In the "Lineage and Legacies" arc of the game, she becomes accustomed to human clothes.

Personality
Sophie appears to lack any common sense at first, shown by almost walking off the cliff while chasing a butterfly. Due to her amnesia, Sophie has only basic knowledge of communication, and knows little of anything else, especially emotions; however, as the story progresses, she develops strong bonds with everyone she meets, fueled by her desire to protect those important to her, a trait learned from Asbel. She is often left confused at the more complicated discussions that the party has, and takes many things too seriously. Due to the fact that she does not know much about the world, she is incredibly curious about the world around her often asking the party many questions, though mostly trivial.

Abilities
Sophie has two main styles: the Martial Assault Artes ("Martial Artes Style"), which specializes in unarmed attacks and the Regenerative Burst Artes (Saiseijutsu, "Regenerative Burst Style"), which has an equal focus between healing artes and photon-based attacks. Her assault artes have high focus on speed and maneuverability, while her healing burst artes focus more on single-target as opposed to Cheria's area-based ones, while her offensive burst artes are mainly long-ranged techniques that draw inspiration from her friends. In Japanese, the title of those artes contain sounds that are shared with the character they are from, while in English, the techniques directly reference the character's weapons.

Trivia

 * Sophie is the diminutive of Sophia, which is derived from "σοφία", the Greek word for "wisdom". Since her adoption by Asbel during "Lineage and Legacies" chapter of Tales of Graces ƒ, she is known as Sophie Lhant; in Tales of Zestiria, Sophie introduces herself as such.
 * Sophie's "iDOLM@STER" costume is based on the one Eri Mizutani wears in THE iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars. Both characters are voiced by Kana Hanazawa.