Alara, a Viera mercenary hired by Goltana (though she may show up in other missions in the service of the other kingdoms) to aid the kingdoms troops in the invasion of Ivalice. Part of the expeditionary force that entered to scout the lay of the land before the main forces. This is not her first time in Ivalice, her father (another mercenary) had brought her once before when she was very young. It was the last time she was with him as he died in the mission he took afterwards in a faraway kingdom. Her father loved Ivalice and had planned on retiring there in a few more years to raise his daughter instead, with his death, Alara was raised by his friend Josef from the mercenary unit he belonged to. Alara grew up in the buisness, and is very practical and calculating. She never allows emotions to interfere and accepts life for what it is. But, she is still quite young (for a Viera) and perhaps her personality is more likely a result of her training and her strong belief to be independant and mature. As the invasion insues, she begins to question Goltana's approach to the war and she herself begins to gain the same strong feelings for Ivalice that her father had. A chance encounter with Judgemaster Cid at the place her father had taken her only strengthens her resolve to protect Ivalice (I was thinking of having a hint that she may have fallen for Cid but I don't feel it should be forced or blatanly obvious) I figured she would bow out and leave the war with her unit towards the end of the game cause of her convictions. If Skyblade follows a similar game layout like the original, she could be a secret character that joins you on the second quest, after the main story is finished. She should be a Fencer with Red Mage as her secondary class.

Two questions Skyblade: One, will there actually be other major judge characters besides Cid? Two, if the enemies can use law cards now (in the story) does that mean that in the game they can use them as well? Like you enter a battle that prohibits color magic and the enemy could either remove the law themselves or even add to them to hinder you based on your party. I don't know how to make such an algorithm or A.I. (I'm pretty bad at computer stuff, including vocab for it... so point and laugh now (at your homes) and let's stay on topic please ) but it would be damn cool. I figured if you had to battle a judge, the judge could be changing the rules in battle every few rounds... Just a thought but I was curious...