Kreiss

Kreiss is a playable character from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga. He is one of the knights of Razelia accompanying Runan. He is also the older brother of Rina, and the partner of her fiancé, Arkis.

Profile

When Razelia falls to the reborn Zoa Empire, Kreiss escapes alongside Runan and several other knights. Early in the game, he attempts to calm Arkis down when the latter doubts Runan's cause out of concern for Rina. If both he and Arkis are sent with Holmes' army after the first route split, they can meet Leteena at Verge.

If the aforementioned encounter with Leteena occurred, Kreiss can visit her in Verge at certain points in the game. Although she initially thinks that he is acting out of pity, his actions are driven by his romantic feelings for her. During his second visit, he brings a Healing Drop, believing that it could be used to cure Leteena's blindness. When he visits for the third time, he leaves a gift of flowers and an Amulet for Leteena, which causes her to realize that she has misunderstood him.

During his fourth visit to Verge, Kreiss learns from Elette that Leteena has left alone to search for him. If he is sent with Runan's army after the second route split, he can reunite with Leteena in Map 25. To do this, he must defeat Marco and thereafter visit the bottom left village.

Later in the game, Leteena asks Kreiss to abandon the army with her because she does not wish for him to die like Marco. If he refuses, she leaves alone. If he agrees while Ezekiel is not in either of the player's armies, they leave together. However, if Ezekiel is present when Kreiss agrees, Leteena is convinced by her brother to stay.

In the ending, Kreiss and Arkis are assigned to be the bodyguards of Enteh. He will also be accompanied by Leteena if she was recruited.

Personality

Unlike Arkis, Kreiss is an honorable man with a calm and serious personality. He values his loyalty to Razelia over his loved ones, although he can be convinced to abandon his knighthood for Leteena. He considers Arkis' willingness to sacrifice civilians for the safety of his family to be selfish and shameful to knights such as themselves. Although he often worries about Rina, he considers her safety to be less important than his knighthood. He also thinks that he and Arkis should not enjoy eating food because people in Razelia are most likely starving.

In-Game

Recruitment

Automatically from the start of Map 1.

Base Stats

Starting Class						Group
Rook Knight						Horseback
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Agl	Lck	Def	Wlv	Mov
2	24	7	0	5	5	4	5	5	7
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Gale (Lv 19) Geomancy (Lv 25) Awareness (Lv 37)			Sword Lance			Hand Lance Iron Sword

Growth Rates

Supports

• Arkis
• Runan
• Rina
• Leteena

Promotion

Item Required				Promoted Class
Knight Proof				Commando Knight
+3	+2	+0	+2	+1	+2	+3	+0

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Kriess falls in the Cain archetype of the Christmas Cavaliers with higher Strength but worse Speed. More relevant, however, is that Kriess's high Mastery enables him to wield the earlygame crit-boosted Iron Lance from Map 1 and Javelins for 1-2 range. Even if Narron were to be recruited early, Kreiss is solid enough for the first three chapters to warrant his use.

Unfortunately, Kriess's flaws surface rather quickly. TRS gives the player a ton of powerful cavaliers like Narron, Raffin, Zeek, Roger, Mintz and Loffaru. All of which have tools to dispatch stronger enemies (namely Armor Knights and Soldiers), whereas Kriess is both too slow to double them with stronger weapons, and too weak to one-round them with lighter ones. What doesn't help is that Kriess has an awful promotion. While using Lances indoors is nice, he doesn't gain any movement when promoted. He also has heavy competition with Narron and Estelle for the first Knight Crest, meaning that he has to wait till Holmes route to see promotion.

The only justification for training Kreiss is to recruit Leteena. Since he is needed to land the finishing blow on Marco, it is important to train him for that role. The biggest drawback would be missing out on Narron, Lionel or Lee for the 2nd Verge Recruitment, as the player needs to recruit Ezekiel instead. To recruit Leteena, Kreiss must be sent to Holmes' Route, where he will likely have enough time to patch his combat issues despite the movement penalties indoors. If the player doesn't intend to recruit Leteena however, then Kreiss is only worth using early on and can simply be benched when you get better cavaliers.

Quotes

Gallery

Artwork of Kreiss.

Kreiss's portrait

Kreiss's battle model.

Kreiss's battle model (dismounted).

Kreiss' battle model as a Commando Knight.

Kreiss' battle model as a Commando Knight (dismounted).