Thread:DrewDarkley/@comment-27109830-20190308181510/@comment-33816748-20190308202946

Both girls are initially introduced as girls from highly named families (Claire is from the high ranking family of Victorious and Alisha being the princess of Hyland) that work in lower occupations. Claire from house Victorious works as a solider of Gleipnir while princess Alisha performs her duties as a princess knight.

Their main dilemma in both their games tends to be focused on more authorital issues. Claire ponders about whether she should obey Gleipnir's commands while Alisha struggles to comandeer her status as royalty. Though upon meeting their respective main characters, they're able to discover the values that are important. Claire learns to stand by her moral values, defying the orders given to her by Gleipnir and stands strong with the main party. Meanwhile with Alisha's travels with Sorey, she gains the confidence to take actions to establish her credibility as Hyland royalty.

Character development notes aside, there are other connections to note Both girls fight using spears against fearsome creatures (Aragami and Hellions). In both their games we've only heard about their family through verbal reference (Claire's dad is mentioned once and Alisha's dad being Hyland king). Both of them have main heroine roles (I still consider Alisha to be the main girl of Zestiria in this case). They also have encountered a similar moment of betrayal by an influential older figure. Finally, my last knowledgable point...they're both best girls.

What mainly got me interested in this matchup was seeing Claire's mystic arte in the Tales of the Rays collaborative event. Since Alisha's arte arsenal is more physically focused rather than magically influenced, I felt like it could be a fairly balanced fight.