Awakener

Rutger Claussell, Giliath Osborne, Arianrhod and Rean Schwarzer, Awakeners of Zector, Ishmelga, Argreion and Valimar, respectively.

An Awakener (起動者(ライザー)), known as a Riser in Japanese, is someone who pilots a Deus-Excellion and may have overcome a trial from the "shadow of the Great One".

Background

If an Awakener were to die, their body will not decompose but is revived as Immortal instead. Only when an Awakener loses a Rivalry and their Deus-Excellion's strength is absorbed, the Immortal Awakener will die.

When a Deus-Excellion is destroyed in battle, it takes time for them to regenerate. Defeated Awakeners wind up as imperfect Nosferatu in most cases. The area in which Class VII fights Loa Erebonius in Trails of Cold Steel is a graveyard of fallen Divine Knights and their Awakeners.

List of known Awakeners

At present the following Divine Knights are known, sort by the order of appearance:

	Colour	Name	Awakener(s)
	Ashen	ヴァリマール Valimar	Rean Schwarzer Dreichels Reise Arnor
	Azure	オルディーネ Ordine	Crow Armbrust
	Vermillion	テスタ=ロッサ Testa-Rossa	Cedric Reise Arnor Hector Reise Arnor I
	Palatinate	ゼクトール Zector	Rutger Claussell Unnamed jaeger (on behalf of Lucius Reise Arnor)
	Argent	アルグレオン Argreion	Arianrhod
	Ebon	イシュメルガ Ishmelga	Giliath Osborne
	Auric	エル＝プラドー El-Prado	Rufus Albarea