Quna

Quna (クーナ^?) is a character in Phantasy Star Online 2. She is an idol singer who acts as the poster girl for ARKS and the secret "0th" member of the Council of Six.

Appearance

History

Quna's past is shrouded in mystery, being part of ARKS dark history and an operative of the shadows. In public, she acts as an idol who performs various songs at concerts to raise morale and spread propaganda. While secretly, she acts as an agent tasked with intelligence gathering and eliminating threats to ARKS.

Her front as an idol singer enables her to freely move between the Oracle ships and gather information. While in the field, she transforms into "Zelsius Quna" a Twin Dagger-wielding warrior of the infamous "Death Squad", a small elite team of operatives within ARKS whose main task is the eradication of Darkers. Although the "Death Squad" is also tasked with assassinating individuals in ARKS who are deemed as "threats".

In Episode 1, at the command of her superiors, Quna spends her time hunting down her friend, Haddred, for an apparent betrayal against ARKS. Later on, it is revealed the information was falsified in order to get Quna to eliminate Haddred, who had killed everyone at the Void Facility in order to protect Quna from being experimented on. But due to the experimenting done on Haddred, he had gone berserk and needed to be put down. The protagonist would assist Quna in killing her beloved friend and thus freeing him, a favor she would never forget.

She plays a less significant role in Episode 2, where she mainly uses her connections within ARKS to investigate things upon the protagonist's request. At the climax of the episode, she works with Casra to hack into the Central Research Department and expose all of Luther's dirty secrets, including how he manipulated the ARKS. This works to turn the Three Heroes against Luther and undo the brainwashing caused by Code ABYSS invoked by Regius. She eventually catches up with the protagonist's team at the Mothership's core and joins in battle against the newly-born Falz Angel.

In Episode 4, she was named as the Vice-Commander of the Intelligence Division, under Casra, much to her displeasure, and spends most of her time in the ARKS ship as a paper pusher and Idol.

Personality

Quna has two personalities, one her outgoing, popular idol self, the other her silent, secretive assassin self. Quna frequently switches back and forth between her two personas whenever required of her to the point where she even forgets which is her true self. Her time as a shadow operative within ARKS has caused Quna's heart to grow cold, thus causing her to truly care for no one other than herself and her only friend, Haddred. Upon meeting the protagonist, Quna slowly reopens her heart growing to care deeply about the protagonist and also begins to interact with others.

Powers and abilities

Quna's powers and capabilities enabled her to obtain the secret "0th" seat on the Council of Six. She specializes in stealth and assassination, with her combat abilities being oriented around speed and precision. She is also shown to be capable of deflecting powerful attacks from Dark Falz Luther and able to intimidate the likes of Casra.

Her Cosmogenic Arm is the Invisible Blades Mai, a pair of arm blades capable of granting her invisibility but requires a considerable amount of photons with each use. It was stated by Aki that one have to be insane to use the Cosmogenic Arm, as prolonged usage of Mai, and the constant depletion of their photons will eventually lead to health complications, long-term health issues and, in the worse case scenario, reduce her lifespan or dying prematurely.