Brave

Hildie the Brave
Base Stats
Health	100
Attack	30
Special	15
Armor	40
Speed	15
Abilities
Enemy Ability	Strike
Ally Ability	Protect
Self Ability	Purge
Runes
Rune 1	Brave Blade
Rune 2	Bandage

"Brave knight of the errant variety. Into lost causes."

Hildie the Brave is a playable hero and the main protagonist of Bonfire. She's on an ongoing, hopeless quest to defeat the Faceless Overlord of the Mournfolk. 

Hildie, as the main protagonist, never leaves the party.

Roles

Primary: Mitigator, Cleanser, Redirector

Secondary: Healer, DoT, Damager

Abilities

	Icon	Description	Power
Enemy Ability		Strike User lunges and deals damage to a single enemy with their sword.	Damage 110%
Ally Ability		Protect This ability places the Protect buff on the user, making them take hits in stead of the target ally. Area attacks will still hit the protected unit however. The buff also raises the Armor stat. Protect does not stack, and if the ability is used on another ally while it's still in effect, the user will switch to protecting the new ally.	Protect 60% 2
Self Ability		Purge This ability removes all debuffs from the user and heals them. The more debuffs are removed, the stronger the healing effect, although the ability still restores some health even if no effects were removed.	Heal 60% (+60%/debuff removed)

Ability Runes

Icon	Description	Power
	Brave Blade Strikes the most powerful enemy and sets them on fire for a few turns. As the burning effect also reduces target's Armor, this ability may be used to increase future damage done to the target. Ranks: 4	Damage 300% Burning 120% 4
	Bandage Recovers the Health and Max Health of the most wounded ally. This ability may seem fairly weak power-wise, but its high number of uses means Hildie can serve as a pretty viable replacement for a dedicated healer. Ranks: 4	Heal 130%

Skills

	Stats	Skill 1	Skill 2
Branch 1	4 1	Mournfolk Slayer Inflict additional damage to Mournfolk enemies. (+10%/rank, max 30%)	Heroism Inflict additional damage to elite enemies and enemies of Challenge rank or higher. (+10%/rank, max 30%)
Branch 2	1 4	Sworn Protector Protect also increases Attack stat. ( 20%/rank, max 60%)	Tough as Nails Reduces Max HP decrease from hits. (-10%/rank, max 30%)
Branch 3	1 1 3	Combat Medic Increases effect of all healing itemsonly for Hildie?. (+15%/rank, max 45%)	Blinding Purge Purge stuns all enemies when removing debuffs. (Stun 20%/rank, max 60%)
Branch 4	4 1	Hidden Potential Gain additional Special on Motivation Ups. (+1/rank, max 3)	Flamestrike Attacks have a chance to inflict Burning. (Chance: 10%/rank, max 30%) Burning 70% 2

Inspiration

Dedication

Hero with this inspiration starts each battle with an Armor buff. (Duration: 4 turns.)

Level	1	2	4	5
Power	10%	20%	30%	40%
Level 3 ability	Prevents death once per quest. (Hero revives with 5 Health.)

Strategy

The Brave can soak a lot of damage, especially when enjoying the Armor boost due to protecting, and will often take only the minimum 5 damage from weaker attacks. The Protect ability is a good way to keep heroes with low Armor alive, and is a cornerstone of many strategies.

Hildie can also serve as an emergency healer thanks to her Bandage ability rune.

Applying burn through Hero Blade may be used to increase future damage done to the target, which works especially well with powerful attacks, like Blastmancer's fully charged Blast. Pyra can also use the burn debuff to proc her Detonator rune ability.

Inspirations

Zivko's Attitude: Hildie's most likely cause of death is maximum Health reduction due to taking more hits than other characters, so more opportunities for a Motivation Up refill will extend her survivability. She can also gain a large amount of Motivation Points by taking damage under Protect. The buff extension allows her to protect allies for longer, giving her more time to attack.

Erzsi's Majesty: Hildie's most likely cause of death is maximum Health reduction due to taking more hits than other characters, so Majesty's health regeneration will extend her survivability, especially with other healers like Ephrem or Erzsi herself. The Shambler summon, though weak given Hildie's low Special, aids in tanking by being a potential target for enemy attacks, giving Hildie more room to breathe.

Phrases

Event	Phrase
Begins Journey	Let's show them what we're made of! Onwards! This is the only way. Get ready, everyone!
Enemy dies	Not bad! No stopping us! Great! Yeah, no chance!
Ally dies	I will avenge you! It's on us now! [name]!!!
Both allies dead	This is hardly over! You and me now! As long as I'm here, you haven't won!
Revived	Just another scar. Back in action!
Finds an item	Pack it up. I can carry it. Just what we needed!
Empty chest	Too bad. Let's just go.
Finds a rune	Something we could use? This is exactly what we needed.
Encounters hard enemy	Let's show them what we're made of! They can't beat us! Let's do this!
Encounters boss	Don't worry. I'm here! Watch out, everyone! Some challenge finally!
Receiving aid	Let's show them now! Knew I could count on you. Thanks, [name]!
Uses Protect	Get behind me! I'm here! Got your back, [name]!
Uses Strike	Charge! Face me! I will end you! Taste steel! Hiiiya! Enough of this!
Uses Purge	Begone! Can't slow me down! Try that again!
Reduced to low health	I'm good, I'm good! Need some healing here. That all you got?
Level up	Let's go! You can count on me. I'm ready for anything!
Team is winning	This is our moment! We can't be stopped! Let's keep this up!
Team is losing	We can still do it! I won't accept defeat!
Ends journey	I'm keeping guard tonight. Good work, everyone! Let's make a camp here.
Joins the party during an Endless Journey	Here I come! My turn!
Campfire reached (Endless Journey)	We can do more! Do we call it a day?
At campfire	I feel we're getting close! It's nice to sit here with you all. We can make it another day. I hope it's not too late. I can do this!
At campfire (morale low)	I can't lose hope, but... I can't always protect them... We aren't getting any closer. It's bad, but it'll get better.
At campfire (hungry)	We need to ration food... When was the last time I ate? Don't worry. We'll find some food soon.
Leaves for an Errand	See you soon. No worries. It's as good as done.
Picking a normal Journey	Let me sharpen my sword. Everyone ready? Nothing we haven't faced before!
Picking an easy Journey	We'll plow through. We can do it. Let's get it over with!
Picking a hard Journey	This is... challenging. Challenge only makes us stronger! I can do this if it's really necessary.
Map	We should search the area. And not a living soul... I've got a few routes in my mind. I think I know where to go next. Time to make some plans. How are we stocked on supplies?
Map (hopeful location)	This place feels... homely? It's so quiet. Traveling has its highs.
Map (hurt)	I'm still wounded, but I can go. A few bruises won't stop me! I don't know if I can protect you like this.
Not enough heroes	We should wait for [name]. I'm not leaving anyone behind!
Party lacks essential hero	We need [name] for this. We can't go without [name].
Departing	I don't think I'm needed here. All is lost no matter what we do.
Rejoining	I'm not done yet! I'm back and ready to continue our quest!
Hero rejoins	We never gave up on you. You know you're always welcome here.