Roxis Rosenkrantz (ロクシス・ローゼンクライツ, Rokushisu Rōzenkuraitsu) or Roxis is a playable character in Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al Revis. Coming from the noble family of Rosenkrantz, he seemed to hate Vayne for a reason, yet he fulfilled his promise of joining Vayne's workshop if he lose against him in the School Arena. He is voiced byDaisuke Kishio in the Japanese port and by Patrick Seitz in NA port.

AppearanceEdit

Roxis is a slender teenager at his seventeen, with long blond hair and brown eyes. He wears the common male uniform of Al Revis Academy, consisting a long blue coat and a pale blue shirt with white corners beneath the coat and white trousers. He also wearas a pair of leather, brown and blue short boots.

PersonalityEdit

Roxis is a cool, yet sarcastic young male. He is very prideful in his knowledge on alchemy, and he can come off as stubborn and annoying, however he is just simply pushing himself to meet his own high standards. He is the lone wolf of the group, distancing himself from everyone and absorbed himself in alchemic studies. Apparently, Roxis has a hidden obssession to obtain a Mana, since among the group, he is the only one not contracted to a Mana, except when player pursues his ending.

Roxis is also a very obedient young man, following every instructions given to him however, he is a man of honor, upholding his promise and openly expresses his dislike on the dirty method Tony uses to distract the party.

StoryEdit

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Roxis is first introduced as a cool student enrolling in academy. Flay, hearing this news, immediately set off to force Roxis to join the workshop, but he is already a member of the Tony's workshop, much to Flay's chagrin. He later appears to the party as they make their way to the Huffin Tree at the school exam event at the end of Chapter 2, instructed by Tony to distract the party from reaching the Huffin Tree. Vayne and his party tried to talk him over, but in the end they were forced to fight him, Vayne and co. proved victorious in the end. As they left, Roxis cursed at the notion of having a Mana make a huge difference in battle.

He later appears as final opponent in School Arena event, paired up with Tony to battle Vayne and Flay in the final stage of the arena. Once again, he was oblivious to the fact that Tony had Renee kidnapped Jess to make Flay disqualified from the event, and on Tony's behalf, he apologized to Vayne, but told him that his hatred remains the same. After Vayne had saved Jess, he appeared at the right time to fight Roxis and Tony. Roxis, was, once again defeated.

Character QuestEdit

His Character Quest began with his effort to make a pact with Mana of Light.

AbilitiesEdit

Roxis is a very accomplished student in his studies. He is well-read in alchemy and general knowledge, and is highly knowledgeable in the history of alchemy. He is also a good dueler, as he came from the family who made their living with playing cards. He is also a good alchemist, able to make high level Mana Items such as Tranquilizer.

In BattleEdit

Roxis is the most balanced character out of the three mages of party: Jess, Pamela and Roxis. He has a balanced HP and MP cap, yet his stats favors magic, making him a good magic striker. He is the third best mage out of the party, since he is heavily outclassed by Jess and Pamela in terms of MP cap, yet he come as the best mage in terms of HP cap, since he has the largest HP cap among all the mages in party. His skills are unique, since he has the most card gauge skills out of all party member.

His attribute is Spirit Striker, making him very advantageous against Mana-race monsters.

Skill Table - Grow BookEdit

EtymologyEdit

While his name, Roxis, does not have any particular etymology, his last name, Rosenkrantz, may have its origin from Germany. Rosen is the German word of 'rose', alternatively written as 'rozen' (implied in his Japanese name romanization, rozenkuraitsu).

TriviaEdit

• Curiously enough, Roxis is 17 at the series, yet he was enrolled at the same time as Vayne and co., making him at the same grade as them.
• He is the only playable character appearing as boss battle in main storyline.
• Roxis's hatred for Vayne is never explained in the game, although it can be implied that his hatred has something to do with Theofratus, Vayne's literate father.
• Even though Roxis get to make a pact with Mana when player pursues his ending, Roxis is the only character unable to perform a Finishing Burst.