Hilstara

A mercenary who once fought alongside Simon during the later stages of the war with the Incubus King. Despite her occupation she is a noble soul who is willing to do the right thing without pay so long as it helps people both in the short and long term. She knows better the horrors that the war brings and that is another part of her personality.

Story
As a young officer, she fought in the final phase of the war with the Incubus King (when she met Simon). Disenchanted with the whole Chosen of Ivala system, she joined the Redlight Mercenaries:

She keeps a cautious professional relationship with Simon but he said to Robin that he trusts her (coming from Simon, it seems to be a high praise indeed!). In the Devil's Pass, she confesses her feelings to Simon, back in her youth:

She joins the party in Stineford. First you have to find her in the Pub (Noble District) and chat with her (implicit). To recruit her, you have to talk with her again and accept her proposal. Meet her at the mine to finish the process. Try to do that before you take part in any fights to maximize the experience that she is able to receive.

Starting equipment
Weapon: Steel Axe.
 * Axes

Off-hand: Iron Shield.
 * Shields

Headgear: Iron Helm.
 * Helms

Bodygear: Iron Armor.
 * Armor

Accessory: Gauntlets.
 * Pins
 * Charms
 * Others

Tactics
The clear tank of the game: she's blessed to start with a Steel Axe because honestly her attack growth and attack with an Iron Axe is abysmal. Her choice of weapon means that she is also more likely to miss than the others. Both her stats and her equipment provoke that her actions happen very near the end of the turn. Provoke makes most enemies attack her and she has multiple party wide buffs that double as minor healing spells. She compensates her defects (to a certain degree at least) with her AoE buffer skills: Hold the line! is twice as effective as Tactical eye for clarity not to mention the delicious defensive buffs. She's got 2 utility skills for synergy, Encourage which allows her to increase the damage from another physical attacker (Aka/Varia probably) and Bash which is currently the only form of confusion available to the player and can also stun. Honestly, her attack on average is barely stronger than mages so she is pretty much a full on support character. A highly specialized one at that.

Relationship points
Maximum affection is 100, and once there a girl should not lose affection afterward.

Though Hilstara tends to like "good" choices, for the most part she's an easy relationship. Just pay attention to her and her quests, have sex with her when you get the chance, and so on. Hilstara seems to favor military investments, since that's her specialty.

Base value: 25.


 * Up to from Yarra's efforts in Devil's Pass.
 * bathing with her after Yhilin coup sequence.
 * hiring at least one mercenary company, investing in Premium Steel,  from having Megail convert ProN to Sx.
 * (unmissable): at the start of Chapter 2.
 * waiting to fuck Altina.
 * dominating Varia after allowing Varia's gangrape, OR dominating Varia after saving Varia from gangrape, OR  reshaping Varia after allowing Varia's gangrape, OR  reshaping Varia after saving Varia from gangrape.
 * killing the Impaler.
 * if you do well enough against the Orc Horde to get the Orcent orgy.
 * talking to her before any other harem girl when reuniting after Simon's route.
 * Unmissable from reunion orgy.
 * becoming a partner in Premium Steel IF you didn't invest before.
 * ordering Hilstara's Helm custom-made from Premium Steel.
 * having threesome with Megail at Janine's retreat.
 * voting NO to war with the Incubus King, OR voting YES.
 * promising Aram to vote NO to war then voting NO, OR promising Aram to vote NO to war then voting YES.
 * promising Darghelon to vote YES on Unpeople then voting YES, OR promising Darghelon to vote YES on Unpeople then voting NO.
 * promising Zirantia to vote for a then-unspecified defense pact upgrade in exchange for NO on Unpeople (you cannot keep your promise).
 * War Vaults opened.
 * buying Vinario for 1,000,000 ProN, OR for 2,000,000 ProN, OR  for 3,000,000 ProN.
 * getting all four Ardford threesome scenes and thus the Ardford Orgy scene.
 * telling Nalili "Train with Hilstara", OR telling Nalili "Train with Hilstara" after "Train with me".
 * if after the Battle of Yhilin the chaos is: "remarkably contained", OR "ugly, but the situation isn't unworkable.", OR  Merchant Quarter shutdown and "It will take time for every layer of society to recover.", OR  Merchant Quarter shutdown and "It will take a great deal of time for every layer of society to recover."

Maximum legit value: 100 (+12 leeway).

Affection titles

 * 0 Uncertain Ally
 * 25 Old Friend
 * 50 Committed Ally
 * 75 Loyal Ally
 * 100 Beloved Ally

Scenes

 * To comfort a friend in need - After her rescue in the Devil's Pass.
 * Bath bomb - You need a certain affection and talk to her twice in the bath of Yhilin.
 * Warriors rest - A scene that happens after you reach certain relation points with BOTH Aka and Hilstara in Yhilin.
 * Face the wall - An on demand scene that you get for reaching 50 relationship points.
 * A sellsword and a merchant - Threesome with Megail and Hilstara after you talk to Sarai.