Orie

"Strange... I will never forget what happened tonight, or about you. So, I suggest you pass on in peace."

Orie Ballardiae Harada (原田 織依(「オリエ」)・バラーディア), originally Orie Ballardiae^[2] (オリエ・バラーディア), is an Executor of Licht Kreis who was sent on an undercover mission by Silvaria to investigate the high influx of In-Birth activity in Kanzakai.

She is one of the first twelve characters who debuted in UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH.

Background

Executor of the Licht Kreis

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH

She is an execution officer of the Licht Kreis -- an organization with their minds set on annihilating the Voids, and maintaining the peace for mankind. Having lost her parents at a young age, she was raised with an institution of the organization. To repay her debt to society, and to ensure there are no more children who suffer the same fate she has, Orie takes a stand and fights. Tonight, on orders of the Licht Kreis, she travels to the metropolis to investigate the large surge in In-Births, and the movements of the ever-expanding Amnesia. All the while, she also searches for the "Void who speaks" -- the creature responsible for her parents' deaths.^[3]

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes]

Orie is a member of Licht Kreis, an organization sworn to enforce order among EXS.

Catching wind of the incident that occurred in the city, she set off to defeat Paradox, the root of all evil, and prevailed.

But Orie's fight did not end there.

When Kuon the Aeon awakened and declared that he would destroy the world, Licht Kreis mobilized its forces... resulting in fatal orders being given to Orie's comrades.

Refusing to let her friends die, Orie abandons Licht Kreis and decides to face the Night on her own...

Appearance

Orie is a young woman with long blue hair and blue eyes. She wears a white hairband, a long grayish-blue dress that goes down to the bottom of her legs with bronze designs, white thigh-high stocking and silver high heels shoes (which are apparently up to 15 cm high).

Personality

Orie is a kind-hearted young woman with a strong sense of justice. Having been rescued and trained to be able to fight Voids, Orie is extremely loyal to Licht Kreis and fights to uphold the peace and order that it brings to the world. However, although Orie does not doubt the intentions of the organization, she can't help but feel that Licht Kreis may not be as noble as she believed due to the extremely questionable actions of some of her fellow members - particularly Erika Wagner.

Story

Ten years before the game's story takes place, Orie's parents were devoured by a Void right before her eyes. That Void was a special kind of Void who could speak human language. Orie was then saved by a member of Licht Kreis who brought her to their orphanage. There she learned all the basics about the things surrounding the Hollow Night.

She also became good friends with Mika, Kaguya and Lex who she met in the same orphanage. They decided to start an Execution Team together. Ever since then, Orie and her friends have been fighting against the Voids to make sure no one else has to suffer the same fate as they did. Orie personally has also been on a search for that mysterious Void who spoke human language on that fated day years ago...

Episode: "A Just Messenger" ("純潔なる使者)

11 months before the actual story starts, Orie receives an order from Zenith and heads to Japan. Lex had already been there for some time to investigate the area. Their target is told to be the force that's been gaining power recently, an organization by the name of "Amnesia".

Lex picks her up at the airport. On the train heading for their destination, Lex quickly briefs Orie about the current situation in Kanzakai and gives her information on her cover and the school she will be going to, while also discussing Licht Kreis' history. After getting off the train, Lex invites Orie to a nearby café for something to eat.

There, Orie senses an angry glare and investigates it. To Orie's surprise, she finds that Erika had also been given an assignment on the same area. The two of them are something like rivals who had often clashed during the combat practice back at the Licht Kreis HQ.

Orie's orders were to investigate Amnesia while making sure to continue her studies. She assumes the alias "Orie Harada" (原田 織依) and then transfers to one of the high-school in Kanzakai. During her first days in the new school, Hyde helps out Orie in getting used to the new school.

Arcade Mode (アーケードモード)

Orie heads into the Hollow Night to find the leader of "Amnesia" who goes by the name of "Paradox". On the way, Orie encounters her fellow classmate Hyde and both discover the others true identity.

Orie confront Hilda near the Abyss, but is then interrupted by Merkava who had come to devour Hilda's EXS. Orie is amazed that she had finally found a Void that speaks human language. She tries to interrogate Merkava to make sure that he's the one who killed her parents, but Merkava cannot recall such events. In the end, Orie leaves Merkava alive and flees the scene.

During the Night, Mika who had been missing for several months finally makes her way to Kanzakai and reunites with her best friend, Orie. After this, Orie asks Silvaria to see that Mika can stay in her apartment and help during her mission.

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II: Sys:Celes

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Abilities

Orie's ability is the EXS of Purity: Thanatos (純潔のEXS 「タナトス」), which allows her to gather and manifest EXS in the form of a mysterious type of energy dubbed "Holy Power", which she can shape and materialize into an avatar: The titular Thanatos.

Thanatos takes the form of a tall, armor-clad woman with its face hidden behind a visor. Thanatos wields a large broadsword bearing the Licht Kreis insignia, which allows it to fight both offense and defense, and help Orie fight at distances she can't usually cover by herself. Orie's desire to protect others from fates similar to the one that befell her is what gives Thanatos its visual appearance, and its name was chosen by her because she perceives it as "a being that brings death to the Void".

While most of the Holy Power used goes towards materializing Thanatos, Orie is capable of wielding it herself, with some of her own attacks being augmented with Holy Power.^[4].

When Orie became officially recognized as an Executor, she was personally bequeathed a weapon by Adelheid^[4]. The weapon she received was a rapier called the Guardian of Law and Order: Ruler (法と秩序の守護者 「ルーラー」), which was made specifically for her. The Ruler was forged with metal that was purified with holy water and strengthened with holy magic.^[4]

Musical Theme

• Official
• Localized (UNIst only)

Title	Description
Purity & Strictly	Orie's theme (UNI1)
Purity & Strictly [UNI2 Mix]	Orie's theme (UNI2)

Title	Description
Strictly Pure	Orie's theme

Composer Commentary

• ENG
• JPN

Purity & Strictly
The basic theme is "honesty."

I expressed an unshakeable will by using mostly pure sounds with a straight and powerful melody of piano and strings passage.

During the production, we had talks like "If UNI sells well, I'd love to release a vocal arrange CD or something". That's why this song ended up sounding like a song with vocals. Unfortunately, we never got around to release a Vocal CD, but I haven't given up on the idea just yet. ^[5]

Purity & Strictly
基本テーマは「清廉」

あまり音を濁さず、素直で力強いピアノのメロディとストリングスのパッセージで確固たる意志を表現しています。

制作当時「UNI売れたらボーカルアレンジCDなんか出したいよねー」なんて話していたため、この曲はなんとなく歌モノっぽくなってしまっています。残念ながらボーカルCD出すに至っておりませんが、まだ諦めたわけでもありません。

Introduction Text

• Exe:Late[cl-r] (Artbook)
• Exe:Late (EN)
• Exe:Late (JP)
• Original
• Location Test

She judges. And hopes that the heavy weight placed on her frail shoulders may one day be
lifted. Delicate physique and delicate sword - its point aimed at the monster responsible
for her parents' death. Light fills her body, and the melody she sings resonates throughout
the city. The girl, a beacon of justice... no doubt her shadow will burn in the eyelids of her
enemies.

She judges. And hopes that the heavy weight placed on her frail shoulders may one day be
lifted. Delicate physique and delicate sword -- its point aimed at the monster responsible
for her parents death. Light fills her body, and the melody she sings resonates throughout
the city. The girl, a beacon of justice... no doubt her shadow will burn in the eyelids of her
enemies.

She controls. For the law which carries the heavy fate with which it was charged on the small back.
A thin arm and a thin sword. The point of a sword turns on the monster which took the dearest parents.
Light with which the body is filled. That and the melody to play are sung aloud purely.
The girl who hung up justice. The figure will remain in people's eyelid deeply.

She judges. To undertake the severe destiny on her weak shoulder.
Her weak arms and fine sword. The sword points at the monster who took the lives of her dearest parents.
The light shines on her body. The purification melody sings loudly.
The girl advocates her justice. Her figure would leave a vivid impression upon people's pupils.

Her ability is the ability to recall a magic doll for which the "pure embodiment"
she imagines is enough.
The innocent barrel defence person who doesn't know tainting is a girl friend.
I hope and don't permit all intervention to a request.

Gallery

Official Art
Character Select Victory Portrait Character Select (UNI2) Victory Portrait (UNI2/Thanatos) SD Character Character Select (Cross Tag Battle) Arcade Mode Ending (UNI) Arcade Mode Ending (Mika) Arcade Mode Ending (UNI2) Chronicle Mode Event Normal (通常) Happy (喜) Angry (怒) Sad (哀) Comfort (楽)

Official Illustrations

Teaser Visual by Seiichi Yoshihara (2011) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2011) Happy New Year by Seiichi Yoshihara (2012) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2012) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2012) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2013) Happy Birthday by Takehiko Wagatsuma (2013) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2014) Happy Birthday by 6sec (2014) Console Release Illustration by Toshimichi Mori (2014) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2015) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2015) Happy Birthday by Yuusuke Nakahara (2016) Happy Birthday by Makoto Satou (2017) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2018) Outfit Design by Seiichi Yoshihara (2018) Happy Birthday by Kara Osawa (2018) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2019) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2020) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2021) Happy Valentine's Day by Seiichi Yoshihara (2022) Happy Birthday by Seiichi Yoshihara (2022)

Guest Illustrations
By Yuu Asaba (UNIEL) By Skullgirls Art Team (UNIEL) By Nagy Takatsuki (UNIEL) By Hirotaka Akaga (UNIst) By Namaco (UNIclr)

Concept Art
Orie from the First Trailer Design Sheets from Mook Design Sheets from Mook The parts of Orie's uniform (Original) Concept art from Exe:Late[cl-r] gallery Concept art from Exe:Late[cl-r] gallery Concept art from Exe:Late[cl-r] gallery Concept art from Exe:Late[cl-r] gallery

Store Icons
Additional colors (Playstation Store) Additional colors 2 (Playstation Store) System Voice (Playstation Store) System Voice all-in-one (Playstation Store)

Videos

Creation & Development

• Orie
• Thanatos

The blue-haired justice-oriented character of the game was originally very similar looking young man called "Londrekia". However, at a certain point of development, the dev team decided that there were too many male characters^[6]. They decided to scrap some completely. Londrekia's basic idea was passed on to create a heroine character.

It is also told that originally "Londrekia"'s playstyle was extremely complex. He himself attacked the opponent with rapier thrusts while commanding an enslaved Void at the same time. However, the gimmick was that the Void couldn't move too far away from its coffin, so the player also needed to control that. After they changed the character gender and created Orie, many of the team members were thinking that such an expect-oriented gamestyle isn't good for "heroine character"^[7]. In the end, Orie's gameplay was simplified by only commanding Thanatos to do follow-up attacks. Londrekia's complicated gamestyle where you attack the opponent from both sides was eventually inherited by Chaos. Thanatos' sword design and hairstyle originated a scrapped mysterious Licht Kreis member, who was a male.

When the console version of Exe:Late[st] released, the "Londrekia" design was revealed to have been salvaged in the form of Londrekia Light. Although, the name and blue hair are seemingly the only things remaining of the original idea.

Trivia

• Orie's ability is named after Thanatos, a deity from the Greek mythology that presides over death and is sometimes depicted as an angel and is the sibling of Eros.
• One of Orie's two last names, "Ballardiae", comes from a bred flower hybrid species of Helleborus family, commonly known as "Pink Frost". It blooms in shaded places during winter and is said to have white buds that blooms as a light pink rose.
  • For some reason, the localized version has incorrectly translated her primary last name as "Valadier".

References

1. ↑ (@tsunderica) Officially okayed to announce that, yes, I voice Orie in BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle!
2. ↑ Confirmed as the official spelling on French-Bread Twitch broadcast on October 31st 2017
3. ↑ Introduction on the official site
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Details about weapon and ability confirmed in French-Bread Information Section on July 26th 2019
5. ↑ Raito's Youtube Channel
6. ↑ Dengeki Online interview on July 2014
7. ↑ Mook interview

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