Pariet

Pariet (ペリエ)

Gender	Female
Race	Phantom Beast
Group	Eucross
Homeland	Netherworld
Equipment	Mace
Voice Actress	Honda Mariko

"Hunm.... -Hug me!"

— Pariet

Pariet (ペリエ, Perie), is a character from Summon Night 5 and one of the four possible partners (Spinel, Kagerou and Dyth) the player can choose. Pariet is chosen if the player decides to give a cute handkerchief to the protagonist's savior.

Personality[]

She's a spoiled little sister that always wants to be together with the protagonist. She's not used to words and usually doesn't talk much, but she has a habit of waving her arms whenever she needs to express her feelings. Therefore, it is easy to know what she is thinking. She uses "Onii-chan/Onee-chan" to refer to the protagonists.

Background[]

Pariet was originally a shapeless entity of pure light existing in the Netherworld with the sole purpose of purifying Nether Beasts to send them back to the reincarnation circle. However, one day a portal to Lyndbaum was suddenly opened and many Nether Beasts escaped. Subsequently a human child (the protagonist) fell into a portal by accident, but the entity saved them and received a cute handkerchief as a gift. Touched by this act, the entity made a resonance pact with the child and gained a physical body based on the shape of their favorite heroine from an illustrated book: The World Warp War heroine – Maetropa’s Guardian Beast Pariet (狂界戦争の英雄-幻獣界の守護獣ペリエ, kiyoukai sensou no eiyuu – genjuukai no shugoujuu perie), and so they named her Pariet. They were later attacked by Nether Beasts once again, and a strong urge to protect her new friend made them resonate even more. In this moment, Pariet released a light she used to purify Nether creatures with as a light entity. This made the beasts disappear, sending them back into the regular circle of nature. Subsequently a resonance stone between the two was created, making them Cross partners. They later managed to find a portal back to Lyndbaum, and the child invited Pariet to live with them together as siblings would. When they returned, they were found by the Summoner Erst who told them that five days had passed in Lyndbaum since they had gone missing. Upon seeing their resonance stone, he recommended they go to Savorle City to become Registered Summoners like him. They've been together since their school days, and even now as the protagonist works as an Eucross agent. They worked part-time in a Café and rented a room from the owner, where the two live together.

Development[]

Pariet happily spent her days with her partner working on many missions, but the Nether Beasts menace appeared before them in Savorle City once again, bringing an unsettling feeling on her. During a festival, she meets with Ghift, her partner's childhood friend whom she'd heard so many stories about. However, he revealed it was him who was responsible for the incident that brought the Nether Beasts into Lyndbaum during their childhood. Consequently, he was also the one who brought Pariet and the protagonist together. After a confrontation against the now possessed Erst, Pariet learns that someone who touches a Nether Beast will eventually become possessed and will fall into madness. From this point on she started having nightmares about the creatures, causing her to recall her physical contact with them (when she shielded the main character when they first met). She became scared and confused, thinking she would also become a monster and would try to kill her partner. For this reason, she was easily manipulated by Ghift, who revealed to her that she was not from Maetropa and that only he knew about her original world and how to send her back. She accepted Ghift's help, only to be deceived by him and become infected by a Nether Beast, however, the strong resonance born from the faith between Pariet and the protagonist made the pure light be released again, erasing the creature. After this event, Pariet was still a bit hesitant to fight alongside her partner, since she now knew absolutely nothing about her origin.

It was when Ruelly and Primo came along to cheer her up. Ruelly said that there's no one that knows its ownself completely, and that only cowards would hate someone for this reason, therefore the protagonist would never hate her. Thanks to her words, Pariet reconciled with the main character and the two hugged, making Ruelly jealous and a bit regretful for making the two even closer. Pariet returned to the party for good , letting go of all the hesitation she had felt before. They fought against Ghift and Erst, until the two brothers fused together and created an artificial moon made of Nether Beasts. To stop them, Pariet and her friends traveled to the moon by borrowing the powers of the legendary Thousand Eyes Dragon and they fought their final battle against Ghift and the Nether beasts.

Ending[]

Since Pariet doesn't know how to return to her original form or world, she decides to stay in Lyndbaum. She traveled together with her partner to an organization lead by the Lail clan, where they will have Pariet's light ability analyzed to combat any future Nether creature menace.

Abilities[]

She is stupidly strong! Being one of the most powerful damage dealers in the game, however to compensate for all this absurd strength her defense is pretty low. The key to winning is to figure out how to work with this extreme imbalance. Her Resonance Attack with the protagonist is a giant ice mace, which is infused with her Mana.

Trivia[]

During the Summon Night TV live stream on February 22, Honda Mariko - Pariet's voice actress - was many times teased by Souken's voice actor about her character being always naked at the belly. However, when he was asked to act like Souken and talk to Pariet, he said: “Please don’t go out there exposing your belly to the public, Pariet! You are a girl too! You have to be more reserved”. The phrase was so ironic that it has already become a meme in the fandom.