Talk:Skies of Arcadia

Antagonists

Backup of the antagonists section incase anyone wants to use it to build on what is there:

Antagonists

The general villains of the piece are the Valuan Empire, however the main characters are specifically opposed by the six (later seven) Admirals of the Imperial Armada:

• Galcian, Lord Admiral of the Valuan Armada: Galcian is a dark, cold and calculating man. He is strongly connected to the mysterious Ramirez. His flagship is the Serpent, although in the later part of Disc 2, his flagship becomes the floating battlestation, the Hydra. Galcian is an incredibly powerful fighter, and wields a gigantic sword (possibly a wide-bladed zweihander) as a weapon.

• Alfonso, First Admiral of the Valuan Armada: Alfonso is a foppish noble with very little courage. He is closely related to Empress Teodora, which goes a long way to explan his high ranking despite his incompetence. The player never fights Alfonso, only his mechanical bull Antonio, although he is seen using a rapier. His flagship is the Cygnus.

• Gregorio, Second Admiral of the Valuan Armada: Gregorio is the oldest of the admirals, and a long time friend of Teodora's late husband. Gregorio serves as a father figure of sorts for Prince Enrique (who calls him "Uncle Gregorio") and obviously cares deeply for him, even though they are not related. He is known as 'Ironwall' for his impenetrable defenses, and fights with a shield and spear. His flagship is the Auriga. He fights Galcian in order to allow the party to escape from Dangral Island, sacrificing himself.

• Vigoro, Third Admiral of the Valuan Armada: Headstrong and aggressive, Vigoro is a lecher of the first rank. Vigoro has a very large ego, thinking himself impossible for women to resist. He develops a "romantic" interest (i.e. infatuated) in Aika when she is in the Valuan prison. His flagship is the Draco, whose biggest feature is the massive cannon on its front. Vigoro also uses a scaled-down cannon for close quarters.

• Belleza, Fourth Admiral of the Valuan Armada: Sultry and dangerous, Belleza, an expert in espionage, is the head of Imperial intelligence. She addresses Vyse as 'handsome' since they meet in Maramba, where she disguised herself as a travelling dancer. Her flagship is the cruiser Lynx. Late in the game, she sacrifices herself to prevent Galcian from escaping the damaged Hydra. Her name means "beauty" in Spanish.

• De Loco, Fifth Admiral of the Valuan Armada: A deformed, insane little man. De Loco, nicknamed bubble head by Vyse due to his distinctive glass helmet, is the head of the Armada's research and development programs. He cares more for his machines than the lives of his crew, and will go to great lengths to punish anyone who damages any of his inventions. His flagship is the Chameleon, which serves as a test bed for his numerous prototype weapons. He developed the powerful "Moon Stone Cannon" which serves as the Delphinus's most powerful weapon later in the game. The player faces De Loco three times in airship battles; in each encounter, he is armed with a different "super cannon." 'Loco' is Spanish for 'crazy', reflecting his manic behaviour.

• Ramirez, introduced as Galcian's Vice-Captain, later becoming the sixth admiral in the Valuan Armada. The youngest admiral by far at the age of 24. Ramirez has a mysterious connection to Fina. He is a deadly swordsman, and a brilliant tactician. However, he does not scruple to shed blood. (quite the contrary: Soldier:"We can take Nasrad without damaging it, sir." Ramirez: "Maybe, but I want it to burn to the ground.") His flagship is the Monoceros.

• Piastol, A gothic-looking woman who hunts air pirates. Also known as "The Angel of Death". She is after Vyse because she mistakenly believes that he killed her father Admiral Mendoza of Valua 10 Years before the story began. One night, her father's ship the Aquila was on fire. Dyne's Blue Rogues saw the ship aflame and staged a rescue mission to find survivors. However, Piastol thought it was they who set the ship on fire and attacked the first person she saw, which was Aika. Aika came unarmed thinking it was a rescue mission, so Vyse defended her from Piastol's throwing knife and got a scar on his cheek which remains to this day. When Mendoza's corpse was found and examined, it turns out it was a sword wound that killed him instead of the fire. From then on Piastol planned to avenge her father's death by hunting down any and all air pirates. It is later revealed that Piastol is Maria's older sister, who was traumatized by the same incident and believed her sister to be dead. Piastol is armed with a scythe and Eterni spells, along with a Deathhound at her side. She has the Super Move Tempest Dance, which becomes longer and more deadly each time Vyse and company fight her. Piastol appears in Skies of Arcadia: Legends as part of a side quest, not in the Dreamcast version.

2020 source

• http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1211541/skies-of-arcadia-les-coulisses-des-pirates-de-l-air.htm - Looks to be pretty long, and in French. Sergecross73 msg me 18:28, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Just in case, the archived version. Electroguv (talk) 08:50, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Shmuplations' Interviews translation

This is just part 1 of the interviews about Skies of Arcadia recently translated by shmuplations: http://shmuplations.com/skiesofarcadia/ Roberth Martinez (talk) 00:20, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

I forgot this one as well! http://shmuplations.com/arcadiavideo/ Roberth Martinez (talk) 00:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Character info cutting

Starting a discussion since there seems to be a bit of back and forth on it. I personally think it should be somewhere in the middle. I think it should be trimmed back some, but the trim job was a bit heavy handed. We generally have a bit more character info than that if it's a game without a separate "list of characters" article. Sergecross73 msg me 16:17, 29 August 2022 (UTC)