"...I was always afraid of telling the truth. I built igniters into a shell around my life. On the inside, I figured I had nothing, I was nothing. Just a hollow parody of a person. But even knowing how weak I really am, you refused to abandon me. Thanks to you, I've come to know hope again. So I'll believe in that hope, and try to live my life to the fullest... That's my decision, and I'll stick by it. Thank you, <protagonist>. For giving me the courage to live again."
Brigitta Lycaon is a character in Metaphor: ReFantazio. She owns an igniter shop in Grand Trad and is one of the protagonist's followers.
Appearances[]
- Metaphor: ReFantazio: Supporting Character; Follower (Merchant Archetype)
Profile[]
She once lived in poverty, but after watching her friends die on the streets one by one, without any help from the church, she decided to turn her life around and become powerful enough to be the one doing the taking, rather than being taken from. She steeled her heart and did whatever it took to reach her current position, even if it meant doing dirty work for the very church that had trampled on her friends' lives and made a living running an igniter shop. She has tremendous influence as a merchant and even commands her own personal army, however her reputation as an igniter merchant for the Sanctist Church has garnered her many enemies.
At an unspecified time, she finds a puppy and decides to take it in, hiring the protagonist to care for it and threatening him into secrecy, fearing her enemies might retaliate by harming it. Though she tries to maintain a tough and uncaring facade toward the animal, it's clear she cares deeply for it. One day, she returns home to find that the puppy has been kidnapped, and the church informs her that the culprits are villagers from a nearby eugief settlement.
Initially, she plans to raze the village to the ground, but the protagonist convinces her to investigate first. When she arrives at the village, she realizes that the villagers could not have taken her dog and that the church had lied to her and tried to manipulate her. Although she leaves the village unharmed, the church sends mercenaries to kill the villagers and burn the village down, framing her for the atrocity. She laments the hopelessness of the situation and reflects on how the church abuses its power to oppress the weak.
She later opens a research facility in hopes of finding non-destructive uses for the igniters, hiring those whose homes and livelihood were destroyed by igniters. She also takes in two eugief orphans from the village that was razed by the church.
In the post-game, she discovers that the mercenaries hired by the Sanctists to kidnap the dog couldn't bring themselves to harm it and were actually taking care of it. This leads her to forgive them and leave the dog in their care. She supports the protagonist's bid for the throne.
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Etymology[]
- Brigitta is of German origin, meaning "exalted" or "lofty."
- Lycaon is a genus of canines of which the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, is the only extant member of. It comes from Ancient Greek lúkos, meaning "wolf."
- Lycaon is also the name of many figures in Greek mythology.