Confident and charming, the rakish Ringabel remembers nothing of the past. The future is another story—this maidens' man possesses a mysterious journal that tells him his destinations and the people he will meet.– Online description
Ringabel is one of the protagonists of Bravely Default and a non-playable character in Bravely Second: End Layer. An amnesiac with attitude, he's found in possession of the enigmatic D's Journal, which seems to foretell events that will occur in the future.
Due to the nature of amnesia in stories, expect major unmarked spoilers throughout the article.
D's Journal entries
Though my memory is gone, this name seems engraved upon my mind somehow. A tattered journal is my sole remaining possession. Who am I?
A man of unknown age, currently experiencing amnesia. Clearly a man of high morals. Taciturn and reflective, I believe I am a gentleman well-liked by all.
- Likes: Spicy things, juicy things
- Dislikes: Sweet things
Profile
Appearance
Ringabel has mid-length pale blond hair styled into a pompadour and light tan or grey eyes. He wears small silver stud earrings.
His default outfit consists of a light blue shirt with fur around the collar and black elbow-length gloves. He wears black pants, a white belt and extensions with white pouches hanging on each side and black boots. This appearance changes according to which asterisk he is using. Across the jobs, he dons the male version of the outfits similar to Tiz, and has a blue theme where applicable.
As Alternis Dim, Ringabel wore a dark suit of armor with his helm obscuring his face.
In Bravely Second, Ringabel wears his Dark Knight armor, forgoing the helmet once he reveals himself to the party. Also, he has a white and aqua blue bow, matching Edea's bow, tied around his right gauntlet.
Alternate outfits
Ringabel has several alternate outfits released as part of downloadable content in the Japanese release, which can be obtained in-game in the Western release. Wakoku Warrior is unavailable in the Western release.
The Melodist's Shirt consists of a long gold high-collared jacket with red accents. He wears a white dress shirt and a white cravat with a blue gem in the center, tan pants and red boots. His Plain Tunic is simply his Freelancer outfit. His Wakoku Warrior (Eastern War Garb) outfit is comprised of a long white scarf around his neck and a white loincloth secured to two golden rings at the hips, with brown gladiator sandals and brown bands wrapped around each wrist. When summoned while wearing this costume in the Western releases, it is replaced with the Plain Tunic.
Personality
Ringabel is an amnesiac dandy, seducing women with his youthful charm. He is considered a handful by others with his incessant interest in seeking dates, often making remarks about love and ladies even in unrelated conversations. Despite his flirtatious demeanor, he seems genuine in his desire to find his "angel" and from time to time serves as counselor for some of the other characters and gives rare pearls of wisdom that show a cautious and wise side to his otherwise frivolous personality.
Though he is a serial flirt and potentially a pervert, he's sincere and at times naïve about what he claims to be knowledgeable in, as he could not figure out what Fiore DeRosa could mean by his "techniques" to lure in women. In contrast with DeRosa, whose seduction techniques involve drugging women and using them to climb the social ladder, Ringabel looks down upon men who trick women and see them as tools, becoming protective of his party members. His bravado is also not solid, as he immediately cracks into stammers when Edea seemingly accepts going on a date with him before she reveals she's joking.
Ringabel later learns that he was Alternis Dim, his personality being a solemn warrior who takes his duties seriously and is extremely loyal to the Lee family. After regaining his memory, Ringabel adopts some traits of his original personality and becomes slightly more serious and less flirty.
Background
Prior to his memory loss, Ringabel was Alternis Dim, a member of Eternia's Council of Six who ended up a victim of a dimensional paradox.
Orphaned at a young age and left to fend for himself in the slums of Florem, Alternis attempted to steal the purse of Braev Lee, who was visiting the city. Braev decided to take Alternis back home to Eternia and raise him.
In EC 13, the Council of Six was founded, with Alternis appointed one of its members. He was given his own personal airship, the Black Knight. During his on-duty travels, Alternis kept several journals, the fourth of which ended up being D's Journal, starting to be penned in EC 16. He gave the Eschalot to the Sky Knights and infiltrated Caldisla to survey its defenses. During his stay, the Great Chasm opened and swallowed up the village of Norende.
After two weeks, he returned to the Duchy and was given a new mission to study the changes stemming from the Great Chasm as Edea joins up with Tiz Arrior and the wind vestal Agnès Oblige on their quest. Alternis has feelings for the Grand Marshal's daughter Edea Lee, taking her sudden betrayal hard as he attempted to secure her safety while dealing with halting the wind vestal Agnès Oblige from awakening the crystals.
During his journey Alternis made an enemy out of Qada when he came to the aid of a boy named Egil who was being tortured for knowledge on the location of the Fire Crystal. When Egil took him through the Underflow to reach the Temple of Fire, Alternis was confronted by Agnès's group and nearly died were it not for Qada's torturous healing prior to being placed in a White Magic stasis chamber by Victor to fully heal from his burns.
Once in top condition again, Alternis learned from Braev that the true threat is Agnès's cryst-fairy guide Airy. After Agnès awakened all four crystals, Alternis attempted to confront them at the Holy Pillar with the goal of killing the fairy from completing the ritual. Once there, Alternis was forced to watch Edea and the others die by Airy's hand as he ended up in another world's newly created Norende Ravine.
Story
Bravely Default
– Ringabel after looking into D's JournalMy angel of fate...
Ringabel wakes up without any memories, not even remembering his name, with the D's Journal being the only item in his possession. Instead of offering clues to who he is, the journal spoke of events that had yet to pass. He enters Caldisla in such a state, where the residents nickname him "Ringabel" due to his amnesia.
A week after his arrival, Ominas Crowe burns down the old house he took residence in, leaving him to spend the night at the inn instead. Using D's Journal under the notion of it being a tome foretelling future events, Ringabel requests to join Agnès and Tiz to meet Edea, whom he refers to as his angel; he feels that he has met her before. Agnès reluctantly lets him join after Tiz and Airy convince her.
When meeting Edea, Ringabel surprises her by saying her name, introducing his journal's prophetic ability. Edea joins the group and the two start easily bantering and bouncing off each other. A few days later, the party storms the Lontano Villa to rescue the King of Caldisla, and Argent Heinkel traps them in battle in a flying airship. After slaying Heinkel, the airship starts veering off dangerously with no pilots aboard. Checking the journal, Ringabel asks Edea what the airship's name is, and in an epiphany, he takes control of the wheel and stabilizes the vessel. With these newfound skills, Ringabel ends up as the party's pilot, taking them around the world aboard the Eschalot.
Ringabel aids the others in battling the Alternis of their world, and is shocked to see his face once Alternis's helmet breaks off before the dark knight falls off the Grandship. Ringabel begins to question their journey when he regains parts of his memory after confronting another version of the dark knight. After he regains all of his memories in the Third World, Ringabel remembers he was the Alternis of a world that Airy already visited, and that the fairy is evil. Ringabel confides this information to Tiz, asking him to tell Agnès. During his time in the Third World Ringabel defeats the Alternis of that world to spare him the fate he and the two previous Alternises suffered.
After helping the others defeat Ouroboros, Ringabel sets off to return to his own world. It is ambiguous on whether or not he succeeds.
Pocketbook of R
The Pocketbook of R novels detail his adventures after crashing in a completely different Luxendarc where he ultimately departs to return to World 5. In the novels' sequels he succeeds and finds Tiz's body unmoving in Caldisla. On Yulyana's orders, he journeys for one and a half years to search for a way to revive him. On the eve of his return, he is warned of Agnès's impending danger, but before he can act, he finds himself in another predicament involving two parallel worlds.
Bravely Second: End Layer
Ringabel assists Edea, Tiz, and their new allies, Yew Geneolgia and Magnolia Arch, while posing as Alternis Dim. Ringabel first appears to save the group from Yōko and her illusions surrounding the Sword of the Brave, and later saves Edea from Geist Grace in Florem. He tracks Yōko down to the Vampire Castle and fails to confront her, losing his helmet in the process, which the party later finds when they enter the mansion. When Yōko delves into Edea's heart after leading the party deeper into the castle, Ringabel comes to Edea's aid and reveals himself to the others along with explaining his mission as an agent of the Dimensional Bureau to pursue Yōko. He joins the others in the battle against her and following her defeat, he is forced to leave due to the secretive nature of his job; however, he promises Edea that they will meet again.
Ringabel is last heard reporting back to the vice president of the bureau, confirming the existence of the third key, the Sword of the Brave.
Gameplay
Bravely Default
Ringabel's stats shift depending on his current job class, he joins the party at level 5. Ringabel has the highest Dexterity and Agility, making him the fastest of the group. Though his Mind stat is the lowest, his Intelligence stat is the second best. His MP and HP are also balanced, which can be helpful for the Ninja and Thief classes, the player should keep in mind however that base stats don't ultimately determine a character's competence on a particular job, and that any of the party members can do any job without major drawbacks due to stat differences.
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