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Sophie Neuenmuller is one of the main protagonists of the Atelier franchise. She is the main protagonist of the Mysterious Saga
After her parent's death, Sophie lived together with her grandmother who was an alchemist. Sophie aims to become an alchemist who can help others, just like her grandmother. When she discovered a book who was inhabited by a soul named Plachta who had lost her memories, Sophie decided to help her to recover them.
She is voiced by Yuuka Aisaka in Japanese and by Christine Marie Cabanos in English.
Briography[]
Atelier Sophie 1: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book[]
One day, she writes down a recipe in a mostly empty book left behind by her grandmother. When she returns to the Atelier, the book has come to life and introduces itself as Plachta. Plachta becomes her alchemy teacher, and Sophie writes down various ideas the player collects into the book to restore its lost memories.
During her adventures she will also create a doll body for Plachta. She will bee able to customize her appearance and battle capacities. Plachta will also be recrutable as a party member.
Near the end of the game, the two of them will fight Luard who is using Ablation Alchemy. A alchemy more powerful than the original but which cause causes environmentals problems.
In the DLC story, in order to improve her alchemy and to turn Plachta into a human. She decide to leave the town to take alchemist exam and find the materials who will allow her to create a human body for Plachta.
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream[]
On their way to go to the alchemist exam, Sophie and Plachta come across a tree. Afterwhile, a hole open and Platchta gets sucked into it. Sophie tries to save her in vain and both are taken by it. Sophie then lies unconscious in an other place and is found by Alette and Pirka who take her to Pika's store.
When Sophie wakes up, Alette and Pirka explain that she is in Erde Wiege, a world where people from all time come here to accomplish their dream. Sophie then decide to find Plachta. At one moment, she get the information of Plachta whereabout but once she goes to the place, it appears that it was indeed Plachta but a younger version of her. This Plachta will let Sophie stay in her atelier to work here.
In order to find Plachta, she was told that Elvira, the Goddess of dreams, would surely know where she is. However since she never shows up, the best way was to find Ramizel, Sophie's grandmother, who is the only person who was able to talk to Elvira. Sophie decides to search for Ramizel and while she was fighting a monster, will be saved by her. Afterwards, Ramizel would lead Sophie and her team to Elvira in the Dream Tree. Sophie then see Plachta next to Elvira, inconsious and Elvira, not wanting the others to come fight them and is beaten.
Elvira then explain that Plachta doll body didn't have her soul inside, and apologize for that. Which Sophie answer that it's okay. Sophie will find Plachta's soul in an Dream Land and take it back to her doll body. Afterwards, Sophie and the others would help Elvira to protect the Dream Cores from the Grolls, who are monster trying to eat people dreams. They would notably fought Zwei, a dragon serving as Diebold archenemy who has been corrupted by a Groll.
Sophie and the others would then discover that Elvira as absorbed too many Groll by wanting to save the citizen and became corrupted, wanting to eat all dreams from Erde Wiege. Sophie and the others would fight her again and heal her from her coruption.
Afterward, after Elvira announced that she would shut down Erde Wiege, Sophie create a talisman so that Elvira could talk to her and the other members of the party. When everyone leave, Sophie say a last goodbye to Ramizel and leave Erde Wiege alsongside Plachta. When they come back to the real world, they continue their route to Ertona.
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey[]
On her way to go to the alchemist exam, pass by Ertona and blows up the entrance's door. There she meet Firis Mistlud(the protagonist of the game). After installing her tent and showing Firis alchemy, seeing that she is interested in alchemy, and knowning she has a talent to find "ore" which is a important materiel for alchemy, Sophie proposes Firis to be her apprentice, which Firis accepts. When Firis begin her journey, Sophie leaves her thinking she needs experience in alchemy while saying they will meet again during the exam.
Sophie is seen again during the exam and can be fought if the player have beaten Ilmeria Von Leinweber before. After the exam Sophie will be alongside Plachta a member of Firis's party. Sophie will notably learn her to ears the voices of materials.
In the true ending, she travels alongside Firis, Plachta and Liane.
Atelier Lydie and Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings[]
Sophie continues her travel with Plachta. The two have been separate from Firis and Liane.
She saves Lydie,Suelle and their party from Falgior and succeed to makes him retreat for a while. Later when Falgior arrives again, Sophie and Plachta decide to keep Falgior busy while Lydie and Suelle go in Neige's painting world do find how Falgior was defeated the first time. Sophie is later join by the twin's party and after a fight, succeed in defeat Falgior. After that Sophie will join the party and stay at Firis's Atelier.
During the time she spend in Merveille, she will help the twin to improve their alchemy and help them investigating the paintings while continuing her research to turn Plachta into a human. She will also go alongside the twin's party in the Black Horizon Painting and help the girl to defeat the Remplir Core.
Thanks to the materiel found into the Mysterious Paintings, Sophie succeed to turn Plachta into human. This also helped the twins to make the Pastels of Unity.
In the true ending, Sophie travels with Plachta, Firis, Liane, Lydie and Suelle to help everyone with their alchemy. The age of their adventures in the history was knows as The Age of Mysterious.
Warriors All Stars[]
Sophie can be chosen has the starter character, in which case she will be playable at the beginning alongside Plachta.
During her recruitment mission, Sophie is in the middle of a battle between Tamaki and Setsuna's forces but is saved by Tamaki. Upon discovering that Sophie is searching for a bomb, Tamaki help her to recover it. Sophie then uses that bomb to destroy the enemy machines. At the end of the mission, Tamaki asks Sophie to join her, which she accepts.
During Zhao Yun recruitment mission, Sophie who is searching for materials is surrounded by Setsuna's forces but is saved by Zhao Yun.
In "Hurt to protect" ending, after learning that Shiki's actions are to save Tamaki, she joins him alongside Wang Yuanji and Oka thinking it was the best to protect Tamaki.
In the canon story, she and the other heroes help Tamaki, Setsuna and Shiki to fight Yomi. After Yomi's defeat she and the other heroes are send back to their worlds.
Battle[]
Sophie is the only character in Atelier Sophie who can equip items regardless of cost. At higher levels, there are healing and attacking items that can only be equipped by Sophie. She also fights with her staff and magic.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Sophie is the only character to be playable in all four Mysterious games.
- Sophie has earn the 1st place of a character popularity poll for the 20th years of Atelier series.
- Sophie's costume is available as DLC in Atelier Ryza 2 and can be used by Ryza.
- Sophie can use both Ryza costume's from Atelier Ryza and Atelier Ryza 2
- Sophie's costume in Atelier Sophie 2 is available as DLC in Blue Reflection : Second Light and can be used by Ao.
- Sophie can use Ao costume in Atelier Sophie 2 which is available as DLC.
External Link[]
- Sophie Neuenmuller on the Pure Good Wiki
- Sophie Neuenmuller on the Atelier Wiki