Princess Monica Raybrandt

Princess Monica Raybrandt is the female protagonist in Dark Chronicle. She lives a hundred years ahead of Max's time, in an unknown part of the land. Monica's Atlamillia was passed down from her father, after he was murdered by an assassin named Gaspard in the beginning of the game. Using her Atlamillia, Monica teleported herself 100 years into the past, Maximillian's time. She first appeared as a young boy dressed in rags, to attract Max's attention. Monica lived 100 years into the future from the time that Max lived in as princess and heir to the throne of her father, King Raybrandt's, kingdom. Her mother passed away sometime at some point. After her father died, Monica inherited the Blue Atlamillia, the Moon Stone, from him, and under orders from Elena, traveled back 100 years to Max's time to recover the Red Atlamillia, the Earth Stone, before Griffon could. When she arrives in Palm Brinks, she assumes the disguise of a young red-haired child. When Max arrives at Flotsam's circus tent in the city square to go in to watch the show, Monica steals his ticket and runs off with it, hiding behind a balloon stall near Corinne. When she accidentally shifts the balloons, she alerts Max to her hiding spot. When he finds her, he is able to chase her down and tackle her. Having caught her, Max demands his ticket back. Monica surrenders it, saying she only wanted to see the circus, and Max, after some thought, decides to give her his ticket so she can see the show. After she runs a short distance away, she turns to face Max again and draws him into an illusion where she tells him he's passed and to hurry as the first door is waiting for him before vanishing, leaving the ticket behind before Max finds himself back in the town square again, puzzled by what he just witnessed.

Monica later reappears, still in her disguise, to confront Flotsam on the Blackstone One when he threatens to blow the train up with a belt of dynamite he is wearing after Max and Cedric took out the P-3000. Flotsam, unaware it is Monica at first, lights two of his sticks of dynamite and slowly approaches her. At that point, Monica drops her disguise and reverts back to her true form, startling Flotsam, who recognizes her, before she quickly disarms Flotsam of all his dynamite, kicks him off the train, and blasts him with several blasts of fire-elemental magic for good measure before he finally tumbles to the ground and rolls along the tracks a short distance before coming to a stop. Needless to say, there's no way Flotsam could have endured all that and lived. Monica is very friendly and kind girl; she is also wise and very cautious. While she is generally shown as dutiful, helpful, and strong, and sometimes she also has a mean temper and can sometimes be offended easily. Overall, she is giving, charming, and competitive.

Monica is not selfish; she is, in fact, probably the most generous character in the game. When she meets Max, she quickly becomes his reliable ally, and also becomes very protective of him. She is a princess, and like Max, she does not take advantage of her wealth and power. She is adventurous, and loves to explore. She has a slim form and large red eyes.

Monica has extremely long pink-red hair that grows slightly past her knees. Several bands are used to tie it into a ponytail, and the player can choose her hair ribbon. She likes to dress simply, but her father gave her extraordinary clothes, as seen in the tutorial. Her default outfit consists of pumpkin shorts, knight boots, and a yellow hair ribbon, but the player can choose different outfits for her, which are sold throughout the game.

Monica is proficient with swords, and has great magical capabilities that are empowered by armbands. She has 48 different swords, and 19 different armbands. Monica starts her journey with a basic Long Sword and Magic Brassard.