Ebenholz

★★★★★★ Ebenholz Mystic Caster Leithanien		Caster Operator Ebenholz refuses to add any unnecessary prefixes in front of his name. Despite the losses he suffered in the search, he will soon find his own path.
Position	Ranged
Tags	DPS
Trait	Attacks deal Arts damage; When unable to find a target, attacks can be stored up and fired all at once (Up to 3 charges)
Availability	Headhunting

Operator

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Story

Overview

Dialogue

Gallery

Trivia

Ebenholz
In Other Languages
Chinese	黑键
Japanese	エーベンホルツ
Korean	에벤홀츠
Character Information
Pronunciation	/ˈeːbənhɔlts/
Real name	Franz von Urtica
File no.	LN05
Operator Record	Lone Lamp
Paradox Sim.	Ruhelosigkeit
Internal name	char_4046_ebnhlz
Basic Info
Gender	Male
Combat Exp.	None
Place of Birth	Leithanien
Date of Birth	June 5th
Race	Caprinae
Height	173 cm
Infection Status	Confirmed Infected by medical examination.
Physical Exam
Physical Str.	Standard
Mobility	Normal
Physical Resil.	Normal
Tactical Acumen	Standard
Combat Skill	Standard
Orig. Arts Asml.	Outstanding
Background Information
Age	19–23 as of 1100
Occupation	Graf (Count) of Urtica (nominally)
Family	Herkunftshorn the Witch King (ancestor, disavowed) Kreide (distant relative)
Other Information
Leitmotif	Ständchen
Illustrator	竜崎いち
Japanese CV	Ryota Osaka
Chinese CV	Che Lie (credited as "Jax" in Global)
English CV	Atilla Akinci
Korean CV	Uhm Sang-hyun
German CV	Malte Meibauer

Stats

Range

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Attributes

		MAX	MAX	MAX
HP	732	1046	1359	1678	–
ATK	611	873	1134	1400	+150
DEF	51	87	120	135	–
RES	10		15	20	N/A
Redeployment time	70 seconds
DP cost	23		25
Block count	1
Attack interval	3 seconds

Potential

	DP cost -1
	Redeployment time -4 seconds
	ATK +52
	Improves Appoggiatura
	DP cost -1
Total Cost
5 OR 20

Promotion

Elite 1
Maximum attributes increased. DP cost +2. New talent: Dynamics. New skill: Desolate Echoes. Range extended.
Prerequisites
Raise Ebenholz to Level 50. 30K 5 7 3

Elite 2
Maximum attributes increased. New talent: Appoggiatura. New skill: Sound of Silence. Dynamics improved. Operator Modules available.
Prerequisites
Raise Ebenholz to Elite 1 Level 80. 180K 4 4 7

Talents

Dynamics
	Stored attacks deal 120% damage; Can store 1 extra charge that is only used when attacking elite or boss enemies
	Stored attacks deal 135% damage; Can store 1 extra charge that is only used when attacking elite or boss enemies

Appoggiatura
	If there are no other enemies near the target, attacks deal an additional 15% ATK as Arts damage
	If there are no other enemies near the target, attacks deal an additional 17% (+2%) ATK as Arts damage
Additional information
Appoggiatura's burst has a radius of 1.1 tiles centered on the target. Appoggiatura is triggered independently by the main attack and the stored attack(s), and will not count hostile devices as enemies.

Skills

	Quickening Presto Auto Recovery Manual 5 seconds	■□□□□

Level	Effect
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 30% ATK as Arts damage	5	25	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 31% ATK as Arts damage	5	24	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 32% ATK as Arts damage	5	23	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 35% ATK as Arts damage	5	22	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 36% ATK as Arts damage	5	21	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 37% ATK as Arts damage	5	20	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is significantly reduced, and each attack deals 40% ATK as Arts damage	5	19	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is massively reduced, and each attack deals 43% ATK as Arts damage	5	18	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is massively reduced, and each attack deals 46% ATK as Arts damage	5	17	5s
	Attack Range changes, Attack Interval is massively reduced, and each attack deals 50% ATK as Arts damage	5	15	5s
Additional information
Quickening Presto multiplies Ebenholz's attack interval by 0.2/0.2/0.2/0.2/0.2/0.2/0.2/0.17/0.17/0.17, reducing it to 0.6/0.6/0.6/0.6/0.6/0.6/0.6/0.51/0.51/0.51 seconds (before modifiers).

	Desolate Echoes Auto Recovery Auto

Level	Effect
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 140% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	16	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 150% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	16	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 160% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	16	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 170% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	15	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 180% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	15	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 190% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	15	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 200% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	14	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 215% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	14	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 230% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	13	–
	Expends all stored attack charges and summons stored attack charges +1 Old Day Remnants on deployable tiles within Attack Range (lasts for 30 seconds). The Remnants activate when enemies approach, each dealing 245% ATK as Arts damage to nearby enemies and dragging them towards itself moderately	0	13	–
Additional information
Desolate Echoes can expend the extra stored attack given through Dynamics and its activation is considered as an attack, and will trigger Appoggiatura. Ebenholz will place the Old Day Remnants on open tiles matching the conditions in the following order: Occupied by the enemy with the highest aggression level > Closest to one occupied by the enemy with the highest aggression level > Random If there are no open tiles within Ebenholz's range, Desolate Echoes will not be activated. The Old Day Remnants have a trigger radius and area-of-effect of 1.35 tiles, pushes enemies back (instead of dragging as the in-game description claims) towards the Remnant with a force of 1, and will detonate after a delay of 0.93 seconds once triggered. All Old Day Remnants will be destroyed when Ebenholz leaves the map.

	Sound of Silence Auto Recovery Manual 30 seconds

Level	Effect
	ASPD +40, ATK +35% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 115% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	5	25	30s
	ASPD +50, ATK +38% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 118% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	5	25	30s
	ASPD +50, ATK +40% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 120% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	6	24	30s
	ASPD +50, ATK +43% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 123% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	6	24	30s
	ASPD +60, ATK +45% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 125% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	7	23	30s
	ASPD +60, ATK +48% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 128% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	7	23	30s
	ASPD +60, ATK +50% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 130% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	8	22	30s
	ASPD +70, ATK +55% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 133% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	9	22	30s
	ASPD +70, ATK +60% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 136% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	9	21	30s
	ASPD +80, ATK +65% and only targets elite or boss enemies. The damage boosting effect of this unit's first Talent increases to 140% of the original Can manually deactivate skill at will	10	20	30s
Additional information
When Sound of Silence is activated, all of the stored attacks Ebenholz has at the moment and attacks stored while the skill is active will only be used against elites/bosses. Before the Dorothy's Vision update, Ebenholz and his stored attacks will not attack/be used against normal enemies instead, allowing him to attack hostile devices in addition to elites/bosses. Once Sound of Silence expires/deactivated, all but 1 of the stored attacks (or the only one if there's 1 remaining) will revert into normal.

Skill upgrades

	5
	5 4 4
	8 7
	8 4 4
	8 7
	8 3 5
	Quickening Presto 8 4 3	Desolate Echoes 8 4 5	Sound of Silence 8 4 7
	Quickening Presto 12 4 8	Desolate Echoes 12 4 8	Sound of Silence 12 4 9
	Quickening Presto 15 6 7	Desolate Echoes 15 6 5	Sound of Silence 15 6 4

Base skills

	Musicianship
When this Operator is assigned to a Trading Post, for every 1 operator in the Dormitories, Perception Information +1. Additionally, every 1 Perception Information is converted into 1 Soundless Resonance

	Lingering Melody
When this Operator is assigned to Trading Post, for every 4 Soundless Resonance, +1% order acquisition efficiency

	Harmony Astray Replaces Lingering Melody
When this Operator is assigned to Trading Post, for every 2 Soundless Resonance, +1% order acquisition efficiency

Operator Modules

Original

Original: Ebenholz's Badge
	Operator Ebenholz has demonstrated a perennial commitment to Originium Arts. The Field Operations Department has thus passed the following resolution: This operator shall be appointed a Caster Operator during field operations to exercise Mystic Caster responsibilities. In witness whereof, This badge is hereby conferred upon the above named.

MSC-X

MSC-X: Originium Dice Case
		ATK +58 ASPD +3	Trait improved: Attacks deal Arts damage; When unable to find a target, attacks can be stored up and fired all at once (Up to 4 charges)
		ATK +75 ASPD +4	Dynamics improved: Stored attacks deal 140% damage; Can store 1 extra charge that is only used when attacking elite or boss enemies
		ATK +90 ASPD +5	Dynamics improved: Stored attacks deal 143% damage; Can store 1 extra charge that is only used when attacking elite or boss enemies

Module Missions	Unlock conditions
Defeat a total of 10 elite or leader enemies with Ebenholz (excluding Support Units) Clear Main Theme 3-7 with a 3-star rating; You must deploy your own Ebenholz, and have Ebenholz defeat at least 1 Heavy Defender Leader	Complete both of Ebenholz's MSC-X Module Missions. Raise Ebenholz to Elite 2 Level 60. Have at least 100% Trust with Ebenholz.

Materials
4 2 80K	4 60 3 100K	4 20 4 120K

Description

"Could you be–?!" Ebenholz quickens his pace as he exits the Medical Department, hoping to shake off the person behind him, but he's nevertheless followed all the way to his dormitory door. "You have crossed the line." "What does it matter?! I felt something was different about you. I can see now–it really is you, Graf Urtica!" The man's forehead is rife with sweat, his voice dramatically lowered. "I know you. You're just biding your time, waiting." "You have the wrong person." "Impossible! Look at these–Haguenau's inherited dice and wand, which went missing along with him twenty years ago! He and I grew up together! He told me himself that they were bestowed on his family by the Emperor!" "Haguenau? ...I'm not familiar." "But I know what these are! Nobody else could have used them as weapons," the man pants, "and you have no idea what I went through afterward! Everyone said I was tainted by Haguenau's madness, shunned me, but Haguenau was never mad. And neither was I! I even caught Oripathy thanks to their backstabbing–I lost my land and family estate. I fell from being a well-to-do squire to this sorry state!" "You have my sympathies–" "No! That was nothing! They were crueler still, a hundred times over!" "A hundred times? Just what did they do to you?" "They dared to slip my only daughter some kind of drug, and she disobeyed me, you understand? She went and married a filthy commoner, even had a bastard child! Can you imagine such disgrace? One worse than death? Would you truly permit such a scandal if it were you?!" "......" "I beg you, take me as a retainer! Take me back to that age, to when we controlled with fear, when we made the petty thieves who dared question you shudder in despair! To when we could drive such presumptuous thoughts from the commoners' minds!" "Of course, I would gladly accept any treatment, be it favor or reprimand! I would fear you as though every day were my last! I would serve you, heed your every command! Should you call for my life to–" Ebenholz sighs the heaviest sigh, gathers the dice in the hollow of his palm, and presents them to the man. "Very well, you will become my retainer here and now, with this secret ritual. Close your eyes and listen well." The man's entire body trembles with excitement. "Fick der Graf Urtica." "?!" "Fick all die Kaiser, fick all die Kurfürsten, die Herzöge, die Grafen, die Barone–as well as you, Herr Knappe, or should I say, Herr Ex-Knappe." The man's expression gradually twists. "Wake up. No more living your dreams of superiority." "You"ve lost your land, so do as the prideful commoner does and lift your head, puff out your chest, and live on." "That is the one and only word of advice I"ll give you."

MSC-Y

MSC-Y: "Theory Expositor"
		HP +80 ATK +80	New trait: ASPD +30 when there are stored attacks
		HP +120 ATK +112	Appoggiatura improved: If there are no other enemies near the target, attacks deal an additional 18% ATK as Arts damage. Otherwise, attacks deal 25% ATK as Arts damage to enemies near the target
		HP +175 ATK +135	Appoggiatura improved: If there are no other enemies near the target, attacks deal an additional 20% ATK as Arts damage. Otherwise, attacks deal 36% ATK as Arts damage to enemies near the target

Module Missions	Unlock conditions
Complete a total of 5 battles; You must deploy your own Ebenholz, and have Ebenholz defeat at least 6 enemies Clear Main Theme 3-6 with a 3-star rating; You must deploy your own Ebenholz, and have Ebenholz defeat the Veteran Butcher	Complete both of Ebenholz's MSC-Y Module Missions. Raise Ebenholz to Elite 2 Level 60. Have at least 100% Trust with Ebenholz.

Materials
4 2 80K	4 60 3 100K	4 20 4 120K

Description

An Engineering operator, his beard slightly white, handed me my custom-order set of casting equipment. Its appearance was exactly as I'd requested: a simple metal case with not a hint of adornment, a wand with the surface polished to a mirror sheen, and a spherical energy reserve unit in a full silver color. Freshly produced, the Originium circuitry gave off the smell of solvent. I picked up the wand from the case, and the reserve smoothly floated up with it, responding to the wand's movements, resting into a stable orbit in the air some thirty or forty centimeters from my hand. I fired the reserve out, and the red circle bullseye at the center of the alloy was dented inwards by it. Impeccable energy conversion efficiency. The Engineering operator's and my expressions were in total accord. We understood what a masterpiece this was. Some months later, I met him again, bringing my old wand with me, and some Originium dice in my pocket. "Old shoes do fit easier," he remarked. I could only shrug. "Still, I'd like to know why you went back to your old equipment," he said, his gaze sharp behind his goggles. "Even if it's just cosmetic reasons–no skin off my nose. Call it a little after-sales service courtesy of Engineering." "Because of... the noise." "Noise?" I simply pulled out my wand and give it a perfunctory wave. The tip streaked through the air, but what came was not the sound of slicing air, but music. "I did some research into your wand there, when we got your request. The frequencies it vibrates against the air at are beyond common sense, I can tell you that. It's a real mystery, but it doesn't do anything to help casting. Doesn't hinder either, though." "I understand, but this ties to my–" My personal affairs. I ordered the wand precisely to distance myself from that bothersome music. It and the fantastical melody that once played at the Afterglow Hall are all but the same. For each day that I use the wand, that night I dream of that scene again, and hear that melody. The new wand successfully quietened my dreams, but the scene still laid before me, the silent struggle all the more wretched, the silent death throes all the more terrible. Only once I took up my old wand again did I understand. That nightmare would run its way through my entire life–had already done so–and to try and forget was mere futility. I couldn't flee it, and couldn't reconcile with it either. I was forced to concede that it was a part of me, and that I would fight it for the rest of my days. As now well demonstrated. I was the one who ordered the wand, and the one who gave up on it. Graf Urtica simply walked away from it all, and left all the trouble and anger to others, but Ebenholz could not. Of course, Ebenholz could denounce those morons who thought themselves so lofty; however, faced with a craftsman who he'd offended, did he truly have the right to send them packing with but a few vile words? If it were... him, what would he do? What would he want me to do? The answer couldn't be any clearer. With difficulty, I cleared my throat, unsure if I would offend the craftsman once again with this. "The story is a little long, but... if you're willing to listen, I can explain in full detail."

MSC-Δ

MSC-Δ: Lineage of Decay
		ATK +76 RES +4	New trait: When dealing Arts damage, deals an additional 8% of damage dealt as Necrosis damage
		ATK +102 RES +5	Appoggiatura improved: If there are no other enemies near the target, attacks deal an additional 24% ATK as Arts damage; if the target is under the burst effect from Necrosis damage, the attack deals an additional 20% ATK as Elemental damage
		ATK +124 RES +5	Appoggiatura improved: If there are no other enemies near the target, attacks deal an additional 30% ATK as Arts damage; if the target is under the burst effect from Necrosis damage, the attack deals an additional 30% ATK as Elemental damage

Module Missions	Unlock conditions
During battle, have Ebenholz use Sound of Silence a total of 10 times (excluding Support Units) Clear Main Theme 11-12 with a 3-star rating under Standard Environment; You must deploy your own Ebenholz, and have Ebenholz defeat at least 2 Londinium Mobile Defense Artilleries	Complete both of Ebenholz's MSC-Δ Module Missions. Raise Ebenholz to Elite 2 Level 60. Have at least 100% Trust with Ebenholz.

Materials
4 2 80K	4 60 3 100K	4 20 4 120K

Description

"Are you that attached to this place?" Sunlight streams in through the window, glass filtering it clean of its warmth, turning it as frigid and dirty as the panes. "This parlor is just as I remember it—not very big. The only difference is, the mold is ever ranker now, isn't it? Ebenholz paces through the deserted parlor. The expensive furnishings that once filled it have now either been stolen to sell by retainers fleeing the spire, or simply left behind due to their sheer value. He spies that someone tried to move the excessively large piano, but gave up for whatever reason, their attempt having left a visible scratch on the floorboards. Comical, and loathsome. The walls are thick with dust and mildew, no longer showing any sign of the patterns beneath. The only familiar sight is the fireplace sunk into the wall. The timbers' ashes lie under a fresher layer of grime, but they're still there in the hearth, just as Ebenholz had left them. "It's been a long while since you left, and no one's lit the fireplace in the meantime, hence the dust and rot. That's been the story of this room, yes, ever since you left." Ebenholz approaches the fireplace. He can still almost remember how it used to burn. There was a fire here. There was warmth. Now, though, it is an ugly yawning chasm, and all he finds in its maw is darkness. Ebenholz lifts a hand to brush away the stale air, and refreshes himself if only for a moment. "Will that even help? Five seconds, ten, and the foul air will fill your nostrils once more." Ebenholz draws his wand. The Originium dice float, circling in a steady orbit, letting off light and heat. "Of course you could do that. Raise a gust of wind, summon a ball of fire, those are simple feats for you. They can blow away the dust, burn off the rot. You've tried as such before. You've seen some results." Silent, Ebenholz puts away his wand, and the Originium dice fall back into his hand. He bends over, the darkness inside the fireplace staring out at him. "But they always come back, don't they? You can resist, you can refuse, you can do everything you can to keep the darkness at bay. You've contended with it all for far too long. You can choose to brush away the miasma, you can choose to leave Urtica, you can choose to hide, and the further the better. Light your glimmering lights until you lose count, but you will never keep the long night from becoming day." Ebenholz reaches into the ashes, and pulls out a wizened branch, not wholly consumed. "Decay will keep creeping over this parlor with endless arms, until it clambers into your mind and body, just as it ate at your parents, and all the masters of this spire before them." "No!" In an instant, the dizziness born from the depths of his brain takes hold of his entire consciousness. Ebenholz's vision blurs. The voice sneers, loudly and clearly. From the scorched branch protrudes a bud, just as black and burnt, and it pierces through Ebenholz's palm, and winds about his wrist, binding his arm. It grows thorns, pricking his skin, stabbing into his marrow. Fresh blood springs forth, trickling down the branch's length, falling into the darkness and mingling with the embers. "Urtica's veins are the branches of the dark. The decay and withering are nigh. You cannot break free." Ebenholz opens his eyes. The branch is not in his hand; his arm has landed in a layer of fine ash. No wounds, the blood still flowing beneath his skin. The beating of his pulse seems to suggest all that happened just now was an illusion. An illusion—I want no more illusions. "No." Ebenholz finally breaks his silence. "I know decay and withering will take Urtica's every branch and leaf. I know that so long as your soul still lingers throughout my body, this nightmare will never end." "But this rot, this shambling corpse of trite rhetoric, has lingered for too long now." Ebenholz stares back into the dark within the fireplace. The charred branch lies upon the embers there, stained with fresh blood, permeating the black soil. Its blood seeps into the cracks, with first heat, then a spark, and then flashes are crackling about the branch's tip. In an instant, they gather together into a black flame, engulfing the entire branch. Once more, the embers begin to burn. "So it will conclude. So it will end, full stop." The fireplace is lit with a flame blacker than the dark itself, the glow from the charred branch filling the whole parlor. The voice finally ceases to jeer, ceases to respond. "How about I go meet that so-called Austere Authority for myself."

Changelog

Zwillingstürme im Herbst German dialogues (voiced by Malte Meibauer) added. Episode 13: The Whirlpool that is Passion MSC-Δ Operator Module added. Lingering Echoes Rerun Ruhelosigkeit added. Lone Trail Eine Variation introduced. An Obscure Wanderer MSC-Y Operator Module added. Dorothy's Vision (Bugfix) Ebenholz no longer attacks hostile devices while Sound of Silence is active. [Global] Korean dialogues (voiced by Uhm Sang-hyun) added. Lingering Echoes Introduced.