Campanella (カンパネルラ), also known as The Fool (
Profile[]
Introduction[]
Trails in the Sky SC[]
Enforcer No.0. A boy sent to oversee the Gospel Plan carried out by Weissmann... He appears all over the place, appearing unexpectedly and using fire-based illusions. Each time, he disappears leaving behind a suggestive and sarcastic remark.[2]
Trails to Azure[]
Enforcer No. 0 of the Society of Ouroboros. Known as "The Fool," Campanella is a mischievous provocateur. His actions since appearing in Crossbell are enigmatic at best...[3]
Trails of Cold Steel III[]
Enforcer No. 0 of Ouroboros, he reports directly to its Grandmaster and was sent to Erebonia to reclaim the Phantasmal Blaze Plan. Though he may appear to be a mischievous child, he has allegedly looked the same for years, and no one is quite sure of his true age. In order to take the Phantasmal Blaze Plan back from Chancellor Osborne, he has hired a number of different jaeger corps and used the resources of the Thirteen Factories to sow chaos across the empire.[4]
Trails of Cold Steel IV[]
An Enforcer of Ouroboros known as "the Fool." Though this mysterious individual has the appearance of a young man, it's said he's looked exactly the same for years. He worked behind the scenes in Erebonia in order to reclaim the Phantasmal Blaze Plan after it was stolen by Chancellor Osborne. However, after Ouroboros' experiments with the Aions were complete, the society made the decision to join forces with Osborne to bring about the Great Twilight. Now Campanella stands alongside the Chancellor, serving as Ouroboros' witness for the events that will soon unfold...[5]Appearance[]
Campanella takes on the appearance of a young boy, but he hasn't aged in ten years. He is not a homunculus, nor an Immortal. His age and sex are not known, but he is referred to as male by the other characters.
Campanella has bright green hair with two strands sticking up like antennae . Although only one eye is visible under his hair, it is red and there is a red tribal tattoo like marking underneath. Campanella wears a pink suit over a lavender collar shirt, with a yellow ribbon tie and black shoes.
Personality[]
Campanella is a mysterious individual whose true self can't be seen. Due to the ambiguous nature of his gender, he is a hard individual to classify.
Although he appears to have an optimistic personality, Campanella is both cold and sadistic, taking enjoyment in taunting and threatening both enemies and allies alike - in particular, he enjoys messing with Gilbert Stein the most. He rarely gets upset.
Campanella is not completely irredeemable however, being able to garner genuine respect for his enemies and understanding their feelings. He also apologizes on the Grandmaster's behalf in the event of accidents or specific incidents, promising not to have the society's presence in said area.
Despite his powers as an Enforcer, Campanella is rather laid-back, letting others do the work for him in most cases, as he acts as an "observer" - simply seeing what will happen and letting his enemies escape upon being satisfied.
Serving as Enforcer No. 0 of Ouroboros, Campanella holds a special position among his fellow Enforcers - he reports directly to the Grandmaster about the progress of the plans enacted, and he doesn't appear to share the same freedoms as them.
Trivia[]
- Campanella is the first and only character to date who has broken the fourth wall. At the end of Star Door 14: The Phantasmal Blaze Plan in Trails in the Sky the 3rd. At the end of this episode, he turns around and remarks that he is hardly one to talk and kindly requests the player to stop "peeking". Within this same title, Campanella also takes on the role of the host of the quiz game Who Wants to Be a Miranairre in Sun Door 5, quizzing the player with trivia that the real Campanella theoretically would not have knowledge of, such as the code the player input in the very first mission. Additionally, in Trails to Azure, Campanella comments that he may not have an audience, but that it's never a bad time to make a declaration and then declares the Phantsmal Blaze Plan to now be motion.
- Campanella and Renne are the only two characters in the series to appear in at least one game in each arc.
- His Tarot (0- The Fool) matches not only his title, but can be said to represent his very antics and actions as he 'plays around' and pulls tricks on those he comes across.
- Campanella means "little bell" in Italian, possibly alluding to the bells on a fool's cap.
References[]
- ↑ Zach Aguilar Twitter (accessed: October 23, 2019) at @airzach
- ↑ Trails in the Sky SC, Official Website Page (JP)
- ↑ Trails to Azure, Official Website Page (EN-JP)
- ↑ Trails of Cold Steel III, Official Website Page (EN-JP)
- ↑ Trails of Cold Steel IV, Official Website Page (EN-JP)
