The History Behind The Card Art - Charmer (from Master Guide)

First off, this guide only tell us very little things about the Charmers and many things written there already known by us. But, we still get little things that we don't know yet. Of course, this is better than nothing, since at least Konami show their care for Charmers.

This guide only contain the 4 first Charmers: Aussa

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The History Behind The Card Art
Official Card Game Illustration's History File No. 03

[Familiar-Possessed - Aussa]
[Familiar-Possessed - Eria]
[Familiar-Possessed - Hiita]
[Familiar-Possessed - Wynn]

The Four Girls of the Duel World
In the world of the Official Card Game, even cute girls have a major role. Let's introduce these sweet, gentle girls who fight by borrowing the power of strong monsters in the Duel World! And, they only get more beautiful as they grow up...!

The Girls Who Charm Various Monsters
[Aussa the Earth Charmer]
Aussa the Earth Charmer
"Aussa" uses Spiritual Arts of the Earth Attribute. Accompanied by "Archfiend Marmot of Nefariousness" who is also Earth Attribute, she fights while to the voice of the earth!

[Hiita the Fire Charmer]
Hiita the Fire Charmer
Hiita is accompanied by the Fire Attribute "Fox Fire" . Despite the fact Fire Attribute Monsters have rough tempers, she's able to easily tame them!

[Eria the Water Charmer]
Eria the Water Charmer
"Eria" is a Charmer who controls the Water Attribute. And by her side is "Gigobyte", who has just started his journey into manhood.

[Wynn the Wind Charmer]
Wynn the Wind Charmer
"Wynn" manipulates the power of the Wind Attribute, and is followed by her partner "Petit Dragon". With both her powers and her partner, she plays major role in things!

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Possessed by their Familiars, These Girls Show Their True Power!!
When it comes time to battle, the monsters that follow these girls suddenly transform! They turn into ferocious creatures and possess their Charmers. While possessed, these girls are able to use incredible the powerful Spiritual Arts of each of their Attributes! They defeat their enemies by releasing the power hidden inside their monster friends!

[Familiar-Possessed - Aussa]
Familiar-Possessed - Aussa

[Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane]
Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane

[Familiar-Possessed Eria]
Familiar-Possessed Eria

[Spiritual Water - Aoi]
Spiritual Water - Aoi

[Familiar-Possessed - Hiita]
Familiar-Possessed - Hiita

[Familiar Possessed - Wynn]
Familiar Possessed - Wynn

[Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi]
Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi

[Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai]
Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai

Their Adulthood
[Avalanching Aussa]
Avalanching Aussa
"Aussa" as an adult. Her staff grew as big as her, as she became the guardian of the Earth.

[Raging Eria]
Raging Eria
It seems Eria's hair now comes down to her heels. She calls forth monsters of the WATER Attribute!

[Blazing Hiita]
Blazing Hiita
"Hiita" is now able to free control the blazing flames of hell. She never forgives any enemy who invades their territory!

[Storming Wynn]
Storming Wynn
"Wynn" has continued to master her control over the wind, and is now able to whip up tornadoes.

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Hoping for their background/origin, but well, can't expect much card story from Konami...

So it's essentially a vague summary of what we already know about the cards, somewhat disappointed but oh well. Notably, maybe it's the translation, but the summaries word the charmers as if they're some sort of magical girls, which somewhat imply that they were not born with their powers and got it from their familliars or a central entity. And did they just say "sweet, gentle girls"? Including Hiita? I suppose she's much sweeter than I thought.

Is this new? I would think that this has been printed long ago, especially considering they only have info about the original 4. Nice to know Konami does care like this though, ha.

Dally wrote:: And did they just say "sweet, gentle girls"? Including Hiita? I suppose she's much sweeter than I thought.

Obviously they're stereotyping Razz

Actually this is from Master Guide 2, which printed in 2008. Neo Arkadia just posted the translation months ago, so this would seems like something new for us. So, yeah, since this is from old Master Guide, no Dharc and Lyna.

The statement written there seems like having a hole if you ask me. It says Charmers can only use their Spirit Art while they're in FP state. But, if you look at the artwork of Spirit Arts, they doesn't looks like they're possessed at all, and the most important, they didn't even shown wearing that white ribbon/scroll like in their FP artwork.

In the future after Lyna is released, in her Spirit Art, Lyna is shown to hide Happy Lover in the bag of her belt, this shows if she doesn't even need to be possessed by Happy Lover to use her Spirit Art. You can argue Lyna is an exception since she's not belong to the original 4, but this only make the concept becomes inconsistent.

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