Melusine

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Melusine
Blathine in the Court of Fontaine
Type	Species Lore
Region	Fontaine

Melusines are an all-female species in Fontaine. They are the "daughters" of Elynas.

They were first shown in the Version 3.8 Special Program, as part of a story narrated by Alice showcasing a teaser for the nation of Fontaine.

Lore

Around 400 years ago, the Marechaussee Hunters and members of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo battled inside the remnants of the great beast Elynas. During this battle, "someone" caused an explosion, killing many and causing the mechanical components of clockwork meka to pierce through Elynas's body. The Melusines were eventually born from these wounds, with the components becoming "tokens" associated with each Melusine.

Elynas's consciousness regarded the Melusines as his own daughters, teaching them how to establish a home — Merusea Village — and enabling them to grow and live happily within his own remains. As time passed on, the Melusines could no longer hear Elynas's voice, and by the start of the game's events, only Mamere could hear him. After Mamere met and befriended the Traveler, she could no longer hear his voice.

According to Mamere, all Melusines are born possessing special mementos known as "tokens", and every Melusine has a different token. Mamere got a mechanical component inscribed with runes, which can seemingly be used to interact with and repair Clockwork Meka such as Seymour who recognizes Mamere's token as his lost "artificed clockwork relay module," while Aeval's token is the shard of a sword.

According to Carole, the Melusines stayed in the Merusea Village for almost twenty years until they met Neuvillette, who responded to their wish and brought them to the Court of Fontaine. Fontanians were hesitant to accept Melusines into their society at the time, believing them to be creatures of calamity due to an increase in "strange incidents," coupled with Neuvillette having just been appointed as the Iudex. Carole was one of the few Melusines to venture outside Merusea Village, but she sacrificed herself to prove her innocence after being lured and framed by hardliners who opposed Neuvillette's reforms. Following her sacrifice and the subsequent trial of Vautrin, in which he feigned anger to prove Neuvillette's impartiality and fairness, people began to trust both the Iudex and the Melusines. Neuvillette helped pass a law declaring that all Melusines are to be addressed with she/her pronouns rather than it/its and harsh punishments were imposed for anyone who treated them as monsters. By the events of the game, essentially every Fontanian is willing to protect a Melusine from danger, as exemplified during Neuvillette's Story Quest.

Melusines perceive visions and food differently from humans, and this perception has often confused and/or grossed people out; Mamere's art was considered incomprehensible to most, while Sigewinne's cooking, meant to help restore stamina, has the prisoners of the Fortress of Meropide call it "mystery meat" and an ill omen despite her efforts into making it. Likewise, Wriothesley describes her milkshakes as "desolation."

The Breacher Primus do not attack Melusines, as both were born from Elynas' body.

Fontaine's citizens believe Neuvillette shows more affection for Melusines than humans, equating it to a father's love. Similarly, Neuvillette recognizes Melusines as both his dependents and successors, believing them to be a great example of a "new sort of Hydro Vishap species."

Some of the Melusines, particularly Sigewinne, enjoy reading astrology publications.

Overview

A Melusine is described as diligent with her duties and having a great sense of justice. The Melusine shown in Alice's story, who appears to be Blathine, sports a miniaturized version of the officer's uniform worn by Gardes.

Melusines view the Chief Justice as "[their] ideal of the perfect father." It is also noted that he took up his post before the Melusines first appeared.

The denizens of Merusea Village value scrap mechanical parts as a form of currency similar to Mora, called "components," due to their aesthetic quality and abundance in the area. Melusines use these components in the exchange of goods such as those sold by Xana, and give them to one another as tokens of gratitude for helping each other out.

Many Melusines are part of the Marechaussee Phantom due to their powerful eyesight and increased perception relative to normal humans. Melusines are implied to have very long lives, as several Melusines such as Sigewinne and Kiara are known to be at least over 400 years old.

Appearance

Melusines are pink bipedal creatures of a short stature, and are almost faun-like in appearance. They have long, tufted tails; long ear- or horn-like head protrusions resembling the rhinophores of sea slugs; mitten-like hands; and stubby feet. Some have small wing-like appendages on their backs, they wear blue colored uniforms with golden accents, and dark blue cuffs on their sleeves.

Sigewinne is a lone exception, as while she is still a Melusine, she has a "special body" which makes physiologically similar to a human. Her human-like appearance is due to a potion she had consumed from her teacher, who was willing to teach Melusines at a time when they were still viewed with suspicion. She had befriended a human, though when her friend became ill, her parents refused to let her give treatment due to being a Melusine, and she took the potion in order to appear as a human and save her friend. She decided to remain in her current form ever since.

Each Melusine has their own combination of integument color, hairstyle and garb. The variance of accoutrements seen among Melusines presupposes the variety of jobs or roles they perform in Fontaine.

Known Melusines

Playable Characters

Sigewinne

Other Characters

47 Characters match the category selection:

• Aeife
• Aeval
• Ahes
• Blathine
• Canotila
• Carabosse
• Carole
• Ceasth
• Chourei
• Cosanzeana
• Elphane
• Enghiene
• Everallin
• Flo
• Glaisti
• Granna
• Iara
• Kiara
• Laume
• Leuca
• Liath
• Lutine
• Mamere
• Manaia
• Mela
• Menthe
• Muirne
• Nadia (Fontaine)
• Ottnit
• Pahsiv
• Puca
• Rhemia
• Rufina
• Sedene
• Sedile
• Serene
• Siora
• Sluasi
• Talochard
• Thirona
• Topyas
• Tristane
• Trow
• Veleda
• Verenata
• Virda
• Xana

Trivia

• A Melusine is a figure in European folklore, commonly described as a female freshwater spirit. She is usually depicted as a woman whose bottom half is of a fish or a serpent, and less commonly with wings or two tails. In France, the country on which Fontaine is inspired, Melusine legends are majorly prevalent in its northern regions, Poitou and spread to the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg).
  • French interpretations of Melusine legends involve the House of Lusignan, whose members claim to be descended from Melusine. There are also folklore stating that the earliest castle of the House was built by the water spirit, Melusine.
  • Melusines may have come from the Poitevin legend of "Mère Lusine," leader of a band of fairies associated with building Roman structures in the countryside.
• The names of Melusines seem to be based on fairies around the world. For example, Cosanzeana is a Romanian fairy, Aeval and Elphane are based on Celtic fae, while Sigewinne is derived from a water spirit mentioned in the Middle High German epic Ortnit.
• After giving a negative review to the Seven Nations Gazette, Neuvillette was speculated by that tabloid to be the only male Melusine.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Melusine
Chinese (Simplified)	美露莘 Měilùxīn
Chinese (Traditional)	美露莘 Měilùxīn
Japanese	メリュジーヌ Meryujiinu
Korean	멜뤼진 Mellwijin
Spanish	Melusina
French	Mélusine
Russian	Мелюзина Melyuzina
Thai	เมลูซีน Melusin
Vietnamese	Melusine
German	Melusine
Indonesian	Melusine
Portuguese	Melusine
Turkish	Melusina
Italian	Melusina

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