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Carole Arna

Last updated 2026-02-26

I believe in my dear children. They are the brilliant "Phaethon."

Carole Arna is a mentioned NPC.

Description

Carole Arna was an Advanced Research Director at Helios Academy, and also the teacher who raised us with great care and affection. In the eyes of the citizens, however, she was to blame as the mastermind behind the Hollow Zero incident that led to the tragic fall of the Old Capital.
During the fall of the Old Capital, Teacher Carole saved our lives, but we were too young and powerless to do anything but watch as she was taken away by a terrifying giant hand. We became Proxies to investigate our teacher's whereabouts and to uncover the truth behind the fall of the Old Capital and clear her name.
Tutorial, Ridu Encyclopedia: Carole Arna

Profile

Carole Arna was an employee at Helios Academy, serving as their Advanced Research Director, and friend of Mayor Mayflower.[1] She was also the teacher and foster mother of Belle and Wise. Among her achievements, she created the Hollow Deep Dive System and the Bangboo Eous.

It was her that coined the term "Void Hunter's Weapons", referring to weapons like Tailless and Qingming Sword.[2]

History

After taking Belle and Wise in, she gave them special eye implants connecting directly to their brain, allowing them to uniquely resonate with Eous and the HDD at the cost of lowering their natural Ether aptitude.[1] She and her Bangboo would always be at the academy's entrance to greet her foster children, and she liked to stand to the right of the building's plaque.[3]

Before the fall of the Old Capital, Carole Arna was conversing in Lemnian Hollow about making The Creator descend.[4] She eventually talks with two figures about causing the fall of the Old Capital[5]

On the day that the Old Capital fell, she was abducted by a giant hand after the Academy had been taken under siege by The Exaltists,[6] shortly after saving Wise, Belle, Eous, and the HDD.[3] Because of the nature of her research, she was considered the main culprit behind the tragedy. Carole's disappearance and "supposed framing" would serve as the motive for Belle and Wise to become Proxies, hoping that once they gained enough observation data, they would be able to learn the truth about the Fall of the Old Capital and clear their teacher's name.[3]

After the battle against Justin Bringer, the siblings tried to get more information about what happened to Carole after the Fall, but to no avail.[7] It was only during the preliminary investigations on observation data anomalies inside Lemnian Hollow that Mayor Mayflower received a photo, which showed Carole surrounded by Miasma. He thus contacted Phaethon and requested them to join Yunkui Summit in investigating the Great Hollow, where the photo had supposedly been taken. The siblings completed the investigation, but no trace of Carole was found. Therefore, they decided to stay in Suibian Temple and plan the next step in investigating their teacher's whereabouts.[8]

After Isolde's death, a Miasma fluctuation resonated with Phaethon, took the form of Carole Arna, and started talking. This shadow of Carole first told Phaethon how proud she was of them and that they now had to walk alone, which appeared to be a memory from when the siblings got separated from her during the Fall of the Old Capital. The shadow then shifted to address an unknown Exaltist, asking what kind of being The Creator was and if the "gate to the final domain" was in Hollow Zero, before agreeing to pave the way for them to meet The Creator, as she too was seeking something that could be found along that path.[9]

Due to Lockspring and Youkai further stirring Miasma to allow the descent of the Creator, Phaethon witnessed even more Miasma fluctuations attesting the connection between Carole and the Exaltists, and after the Creator's Messenger was defeated, they witnessed the conversation between Carole and the two figures in Lemnian Hollow, confirming that Carole had a role in the Fall of the Old Capital.[5]

Commission and Event Appearances

Phaethon's Story Episodes

Other Languages

LanguageOfficial Name
EnglishCarole Arna
Chinese
(Simplified)		卡洛丝・阿尔娜
Kǎluòsī Ā'ěrnà
Chinese
(Traditional)		卡洛絲・阿爾娜
Kǎluòsī Ā'ěrnà
Japaneseカローレ・アルナ
Karōre Aruna
Korean캐롤 아르나
Kaerol Areuna
SpanishCarole Arna
FrenchCarole Arna
RussianКэрол Арна
Kerol Arna
ThaiCarole Arna
VietnameseCarole Arna
GermanCarole Arna
IndonesianCarole Arna
PortugueseCarole Arna

Change History

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phaethon's Story, Bury Your Tears With the Past (A), Episode 2: With great power comes great...
  2. ↑ Tutorial: Void Hunter's Weapons
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Phaethon's Story, Tour de Inferno (B), Episode 5: Gates of the Past
  4. ↑ Phaethon's Story, To Be Fuel for the Night, Episode 3: Crisis Emerges
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Phaethon's Story, To Be Fuel for the Night, Episode 10: Mortal Form
  6. ↑ Phaethon's Story, A Storm of Falling Stars (B), Episode 5: Buried Past
  7. ↑ Phaethon's Story, Bury Your Tears With the Past (B), Episode 1: Is This the End or the Beginning?
    (SiblingSibling): (‍You mean, if we work with the mayor, we might be able to get more info on our teacher, Wise?You mean, if we work with the mayor, we might be able to get more info on our teacher, Wise? / Belle... You mean to say... the mayor may not have told us everything he knows about our teacher? True... The only way to gain more information is to work with him...Belle... You mean to say... the mayor may not have told us everything he knows about our teacher? True... The only way to gain more information is to work with him...‍)
  8. ↑ Phaethon's Story, Where Clouds Embrace the Dawn, Episode 11: The Storm Has Settled, but Ripples Remain
  9. ↑ Phaethon's Story, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Episode 7: An Incomplete Story