Praline à la Mode



Praline à la Mode, sometimes referred to as the Diva of the Battlefield, is a non-playable character from Bravely Default. Praline is a member of the Eternian Black Blades. Praline is a performer and holds the Performer asterisk. She is set to reappear in Bravely Second.

She also appears in Bravely Default: Praying Brage.

D's Journal Entries
''Stationed at Eisen Bridge, where the Shieldbearers and Swordbearers are locked in battle. She uses song to bolster her fan club.''
 * Black Blades

''A 17-year-old girl from Florem. She goes by the name Praline à la Mode, and carries the performer asterisk. She is a battlefield diva, and tends to adlib her way through life without thinking too much.''


 * Likes: Cheering, throat lozenges
 * Dislikes: Boring people, fresh cream

Appearance
Despite being 17 years old, she seems to be taller than the party members who are close to her age (likely due to her boots). She has long wavy-blond hair and blue eyes. She wears a rather flamboyant blue dress and knee-length boots, and always carries a pink microphone with her and rarely talks without it.

Personality
Befitting her title the diva, Praline wishes nothing more than to be the center of all attention, which is the only reason she joined the Black Blades since the war gave her the perfect stage to be heard. Taking great pride on her singing skills, she claims everybody even Agnès and company challenge her solely to listen to her songs, arrogantly dismissing any remarks to the contrary. Being mostly a support unit rather than a fighter, and combined with her much earned praise, she prefers to let her "darlings" do the fighting for her, knowing her "fans" would gladly put their lives at risk for her.

Whenever her songs are interrupted she can quickly lose her temper and composure, resorting to singing louder or even ordering cannonfire to deal with the obstacles, and threw a childish complaint when neither method supported her voice in the least, even calling the party "mean" for not letting her sing. Despite her almost obsessive need to be listened to, she does not seem to be truly heartless, as later on she is not very supportive of Khamer's plan to use her as a means to pacify the people who would be forced into extreme labor, and only agrees to do so thinking it was under Kamiizumi's orders.

Bravely Default
Born in Florem, Praline became a member of the Black Blades and uses her skills to rally her fan-base amongst the Swordbearers at the siege of the Eisenberg bridge. The party first encounters Praline upon arriving at the bridge, wherein the young woman starts encouraging a formidable force of soldiers with "Love in the Crossfire". Ringabel remarks upon her ability, citing the voice as enchanting with Edea sternly pointing out the effect of confusion it can give to a foe. Following their battle, Praline begins a last stand with the party realizing they need to retreat lest they face total annihilation. Frustrated by the endurance of those enchanted under Praline's songs, the party decides to look for an alternative mean of defeating the plucky songstress.

The party arrives at the tavern of the Grandship where the proprietress of the tavern indulges them with a tale about a Siren. Edea remarks that it's a common tale, wherein the siren lures a group of seamen to cast themselves into the sea. The proprietress mentions that the siren's song was once heard throughout the entirety of the Grandship, scaring young and old alike. It just so happened however, that a bard was aboard the ship and knew of a way to combat the menacing siren. He urged everyone on the ship to drown out her singing with their own, thus conducting a long-night display of singing to finally defeat the siren. The bard left the ship soon after, having been mentioned as heading to Ancheim to meet with a pupil. The party then decides to search for Arca Pella's pupils and find the baton to use against Praline.

Having retrieved the bard's baton, the party returns to the Eisen Bridge to do battle once more with a zealous Praline. As Praline begins to sing "Love in the Crossfire", Edea calls out to the Shieldbearers and induces them to sing by conducting with the baton. While in the midst of being drowned out, Praline attempts to sing even louder with little success. She then attempts to use cannonfire, but the attack does not harm the party. Frustrated by the party's interruption of her singing, she engages them in battle.

The party succeeds in defeating Praline and her bodyguards, with a dejected Praline stating that she only wanted her songs to be heard. Fazed by her loss, Praline decides to quit the Black Blades to pursue an ordinary life and runs back to Florem, much to the dismay of her fans.

Following her defeat in the Third World, Praline can be found performing at the tavern on Grandship at night. Her skill at singing and providing buffs is rumored to be the reason why the tavern's service has improved. In the Fourth World, Praline is abducted by Jackal as what the thief thought was a part of a scheme by Eloch Quentis Khamer VIII. At that time, due to her description of Nobutsuna Kamiizumi being similar to that of Ciggma Khint, Praline and Jackal thought they knew the same person which made them able to get along perfectly at the time. In the Fifth World, Praline is summoned to Eternian Central Command where she supports Hayreddin Barbarossa, Barras Lehr, and Alternis Dim as a member of Eternia's third line of defense.

Bravely Second
Praline makes an appearance as the bearer of the Performer Asterisk. Praline emanates a dark aura before she and Kamiizumi engage the party in battle. She is fought as a boss in the demo alongside Kamiizumi.

Bravely Default


As a performer, Praline uses support abilities that enhance the capabilities of her allies. She also has the ability to summon her bodyguards in battle.

Bravely Second
Praline once again relies on her support abilities as a performer to aid her allies. She falls down to her knees when defeated.

Musical Themes
Praline's theme is "Love in the Crossfire" which plays during her cutscenes.

Voice
Praline à la Mode is voiced by Fumie Mizusawa in the Japanese version and Stephanie Sheh in the English release. She shares her English voice actress with Airy.

Etymology
Her Japanese name is Purin.

Trivia

 * Praline is one of the four asterisk holders that doesn't die in the first world loop, along with Yulyana, Lord DeRosso, and Braev Lee. After her defeat, she simply quits being a member of the Black Blades.
 * Praline appears when loading up the game, being present in the Event Viewer description screen. Alternis Dim, Nobutsuna Kamiizumi and Braev Lee share this sneak peek of sorts; the latter two being present in Edea Lee's character introduction video.