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Karen Erra is the 4th main character you meet, and also one of the most prominent in the story.

Factsheet

Full name: Karen Erra

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Profession: Guardian Instructor

Relations: Mirei Mikura (Sister, Deceased), Dohgi Mikura (Father, Imprisoned For killing Mirei), ??? Mikura (Mother, Deceased), Maya Shidou (Good friend)

Voice actor: Tanaka Rie

Affilation: Guardian's Colony

Role in the story: Lead, Heroine

Position in Story

Karen Erra was a orphan from a young age, Suffering due to her mother being killed by a Tengohg, a resident gargoyle-esque creature native to neudaiz. This has made her seem quite stern at times. She's dedicated to what she does, and is seen through most of the game supporting ethan up to the final Magashi fight. She's first seen in Episode 2 where she comes and tells ethan how to make and dissolve a party, and then sets off to help out the local farm, in which the animals have become rather unruly. She's more background until episode 5, where she collapses twice at the site of a Tengohg (it is here that the player finds out how her mother died). She then disapears for a while, and is thought to be seen in chapter 7; However, this is Mirei. The two share a special bond which allows them to disguise themselves as eachother (Karen doesn't know this, though). She's then seen at the centre of the temple ontop of a pink rune floating slightly off the ground, while being towered over by Dohgi. He, Apparently, wanted to finish what he started earlier (He attempted to kill karen while she was young for not quite being up to scratch as the princess of neudaiz as her sister mirei; this lead to her mother running away with her and the events that followed. Mirei effectively takes the hit for karen, as Dohgi lashes out at her and hits her with a fatal blast of energy as she attempts to stop him from killing her. Ethan then fights Dohgi (who is in a Giant ninja robot mech). After the fight, Karen wakes up from the stasis above the rune and speaks to Mirei before she dies. As mirei is gone, and was the only hope for the people of Neudaiz (and gurhal itself, it seemed), she takes her place, and is able to imitate mirei in all but eye color. She then leaves Ethan and co to get used to Mirei's position. Then, later, in chapter 10 (Still being referred to as Mirei, or "Miko-san") she goes to a temple in the Forests of Neudaiz with Ethan, Lou and Dr. Kanal Tomrain to start an Anti-Seed ritual. During this, SEED attack the local area; Ethan and Lou go off to cut the threat, while Karen continues. After this, they come back, and the Ritual itself completes. Karen then collapses (and is thought to be dead by Ethan, complete with NOOOO scene), and is taken away by Izuma Rutsu and co. She reappears in chapter 12, Disguised as one of the Rogues on board Tylor's ship. Ethan goes up and thanks her (Unknowing), at which point she reveals herself, and is thanked by ethan for coming. Upon entering the hive, Karen and ethan split off from Leo's group and explore the hive. They both later find Hyuga Ryght and Maya Shidou in a state of Suspended animation in a Seed pod, and release them. The four go off and continue going deeper until they find Kou Taragi, also in suspended animation. However, when he is released, he's been exposed to far too much SEED inside the pod and Mutates, resulting in a fight erupting. After, he is returned to normal, but in a critical state; The group watch over maya who Cries over the loss. Hyuga takes Maya back to the landeel, and Ethan and karen continue to press on. Karen gets trapped just before the magashi fight in a door trap, unable to help Ethan with the upcoming fight. She is released, however, when Magashi "dies", and comes to congratulate ethan on what seems like a victory. Unfortunately, it isn't, but she, Leo and Tonnio fight the Seed core version of magashi along with Ethan. Upon victory, they run back to the Landeel. After, all Story characters are seen onboard the landeel during celebration, except karen, who's on the observation deck. Ethan goes to find her, and they talk about what just happened; She then hugs ethan tearily for something he says (Japanese speakers help!), And the credits roll

Other

• Ethan and Karen talk after the credits about network mode (Quote: "Go play network mode and make a character!" - Karen "Hey, i thought i was the main character?" - Ethan)
• Karen has a few random voice shots after chapter ending sequences if you do the chapter in question twice (on a different save each time). In one such case, She asks Ethan if he finds her attractive.
• Karen is voiced by Tanaka rie, a Famous female voice actor with a Very large fanbase (Extending to outside japan). Tanaka herself apparently plays the online mode (she says this in her blog on [1]), though it's unknown what character she is.
• Karen is Deftly afraid of Tengohgs, as they are the cause of her mother's death; She faints half of the time whenever one appears, and entirely blacks out when Ohma Gohg attacks the party.
• "Karen" in chapter 7 is Mirei disguised as her (Which a few people never actually realised), where it's commonly believed she isn't.