PIROTESS SPOILER!
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A dark elf warrior serving Marmo, Pirotess combines speed, elemental magic and swordsmanship with a fierce devotion to Ashram. She initially appears as one of the most dangerous enemies facing Parn's group, especially because her abilities make her a natural mirror to Deedlit. Where the high elf fights beside humans by choice, Pirotess has tied her future to Marmo and to the Black Knight she serves. The contrast is more interesting than a simple good-elf/bad-elf divide. At Fire Dragon Mountain, Pirotess repeatedly risks herself to protect Ashram and ultimately dies after saving him during the collapse. Her final moments make explicit what had been building beneath their formal commander-and-subordinate relationship.
PIROTESS THROUGH THE ARCHIVE //
RECORD OF LODOSS WAR COMBAT LEDGER //
Open page →Parn sees Ashram on the battlefield and charges the Black Knight with all the confidence of somebody who has spent the journey trying to grow into the armor he wears. Ashram is still the superior swordsman. The duel matters less because Parn nearly wins than because he is finally facing the man who has represented Marmo's military power since Myce.
The Breakdown
Ashram controls the exchange. Parn's aggression keeps him in the fight, but experience, reach and composure favor the Black Knight. The battle around them interrupts any clean finish, leaving the rivalry unresolved and giving Parn a standard he has not yet reached.
The fight with Shooting Star forces enemies and allies into the same collapsing space. Ashram wants the Scepter. Kashue wants the dragon dead. Parn wants to stop both a disaster in Flaim and Marmo's search for greater power. Pirotess and Deedlit are still watching each other even while everyone is trying not to burn alive.
Orson lands the first lance. Deedlit's magic helps create the opening for the remaining strikes. Kashue and Parn finish the job while the mountain breaks apart around them.
Orson lands the first lance. Deedlit's magic helps create the opening for the remaining strikes. Kashue and Parn finish the job while the mountain breaks apart around them.
The Breakdown
Nobody solos the dragon. The victory is logistics, courage, magic and timing stacked together. It is one of the best examples in the OVA of a legendary monster actually requiring a party.
