Alisha Diphda is the princess of the Kingdom of Hyland and one of the main protagonists in Tales of Zestiria and its anime adaptation, Tales of Zestiria the X. However, due to her mother's low social status, she is the farthest from inheriting the throne, and has chosen to become a knight in order to serve her country. When looking for answers to discover why various disasters around the world are occurring, she becomes involved in the collapse of some ruins. It is there where she meets Sorey, who offers to show her the way out.
She is voiced by Ai Kayano in the original Japanese version of both the game and the anime/TV series adaptation, and likewise, by Alexis Tipton in the English dub of both versions.
What Makes Her Pure Good?[]
- While she still retains some degree of authority, she decides to train herself to become a knight to find another way to help her kingdom despite her mother’s low social status, and the fact she is the furthest from inheriting the throne, and is often looked down on by other members of the royal family.
- She is dedicated to investigating the cause of the recent increase/spread of something called Malevolence, a dangerous by-product created by human’s negative emotions, which can turn people into monsters called hellions when they are consumed by it.
- No matter how many people dismiss her as naïve and even try to kill her for her efforts to advocate for peaceful resolution, she sticks to them all the way.
- Also, despite being a princess, she is very humble, never displaying haughty behavior or using her position to force people to respect and/or obey her.
- Despite not being able to see or hear seraphim since Sorey is one of the few humans who can, Alisha strongly believes him about them really existing, and tells him about the Sacred Blade Festival.
- She believes Sorey can very well be the Shepherd since his desire to see a world where seraphim and humans can live together and co-operate like they used to in the legends really resonates with her.
- Throughout the story, she does her best to discourage her people from going to war with the neighboring kingdom of Rolance, despite their paranoia of being invaded by them.
- At the Sacred Blade Festival, she gives a speech that they are collectively stronger when they decide to work with their neighbors rather than fighting them, and that even if Rolance tries to invade them, they must not strike first under any circumstances.
- Suspecting that Lord Bartlow is planning to get her and those loyal to her out of his way so he can initiate a full-scale invasion/strike on Rolance by sending thousands of their forces to Glaivend Basin, Alisha had soldiers loyal to her monitor his activity, so she is informed of this, and rallies her forces to act as mediators between the two sides to stop war from breaking out.
- She wins the Scattered Bones over and gets them to help her when they see how true and noble her resolve is.
- She succeeds in stopping the war, purifying many of the solders on both sides from the Malevolence consuming them in the heat of battle and saving thousands of lives.
- Resolving to take back Ladylake, she and her remaining forces manage to sneak back into the city, but Alisha insists that they only use non-lethal force to counter those that attack them.
- Even when face-to-face with Bartlow, the man who tried to initiate war, repeatedly tried to have her killed, and even kills her own father when he throws himself between them to save her life when he tries to kill her personally with his sword, she refuses to kill him. Instead, she reveals his treachery to the soldiers by tricking him into a public confession, and declares that he will go to jail for his crimes, including for committing regicide, which he had every intention for frame her for.
- Later on in the story, she makes a contract with Sorey to become a Squire, which, while allowing her to see and interact with seraphim, comes at the cost of acting as an assistant to him by sharing his burden of purifying Malevolence. Despite the amount of pain and strain this puts on her, especially the "armitizing" process, which involved fusing with seraphim to boost their abilities and help the Shepherd actually fight it, she was dedicated to doing this nonetheless so she could do her part in helping him to purify the world of Malevolence.
Trivia[]
- She was mostly approved based on her actions in the anime tv series, Tales of Zestiria the X. It is currently unknown if she is admirable enough to qualify in the original video game.
External Links[]
- Alisha Diphda on the Heroes Wiki