Alyssa Zaidelle

a character

Alyssa is a character from Final Fantasy XIII-2. She helps Noel and Serah find Atlas's weakness in the Bresha Ruins.

Appearance and Personality
Alyssa has blue eyes and short blonde hair. She wears a puff sleeved yellow and white top with a light blue necktie, and a red vest tied in the back like a corset. She also wears dark gray fingerless gloves, two red packs (one on a belt around her waist, and another on her upper right leg), small dark gray shorts, and black knee high boots.

As a researcher, Alyssa is determined to discover and learn all she can about paradoxes in the name of science. Despite her job, she has a spunky disposition and fondness for exploring, similar to Vanille, but in a more mature sense. However, her inquisitive nature can put her into potential dangerous situations, as she attempts to approach Atlas as he begins to attack.

Story
Alyssa notices Noel, Mog, and Serah emerge from a gate into the Ruins. When Atlas begins causing destruction, Alyssa inches towards him out of curiosity, but is taken to safety by a soldier before nearly being crushed by falling debris. After Noel and Serah's first battle against Atlas, Alyssa claims to know how they could control Atlas and volunteers to help them. Through radio communication, she guides them to a strange machine hidden deep in the sewers that will weaken Atlas, therefore making him easier to fight.

After Serah and Noel defeat Atlas for good, Alyssa also takes Serah to the resting place of a friend of hers who died escaping from the Purge.

Development
Alyssa was designed by Hideo Minaba.

Trivia

 * An NPC in the Excavation Site of the Ruins mentions that the new head of the investigation is Alyssa's age.
 * Like the other researchers, the colors of Alyssa's clothes are reminiscent of the uniforms worn by PSICOM soliders.