Esther (Ni No Kuni)

Esther (マル Maru) is a songstress who joins Oliver on his quest. She is the daughter of the Great Sage, Rashaad. Esther is known to have a fiery personality, which causes her and Swaine to butt heads frequently. Her real-world soulmate is a shy girl named Myrtle, who is nicknamed Starey-Mary by the children because she never leaves her room and always looks out her window.

She initially had part of her heart removed by Shadar, but Oliver helps her return to her former self.

Appearance
Esther has blonde hair in a ponytail and blue eyes. She a dark indigo top with a gold neck collar and light purple short sleeves a matching dark indigo skirt with a gold band near the bottom pink puffy pants with gold bands at the legs and orange dancers' slippers. At the Winter Isles, she wears a pink coat with fluffy white edges. In Castaway Cove she wears a blue bikini with a purple towel skirt around her waist.

Abilities
Esther uses a harp which she can use to attack enemies. She also has songs, which can be utilized to heal allies or apply buffs. Furthermore, her harp can be used to capture lovestruck monsters through the use of "Serenading".

Esther's Miracle Move, Crescendo, increases the entire party's attack.

Trivia

 * Ensure that she has at least one physical attack familiar, as she burns through her magic points very quickly.
 * Late in game, having her set to 'Keep us Healthy' will cause her to burn through her magic casting buffs on all party members. Each time a buff is cast on party members, the player's character has to stop in place.