Vanessa is the mini boss in Temple of Cuatal. Players fight her in the room before the boss, Samsara.
Vanessa sometimes drops a fragment of armor if players are trying to obtain Amy with the Worn-Out Amy Mission at a low drop rate.
Originally she was to defend her master, Samsara, and aided by Amy. She eventually fell to corruption, but freed from its grasp, and requests the chase to help Samsara.
She also appears in Valstrath to assist the players when fighting the boss, as Samsara sensed a "threat" and asked her to help them. When Ashtaroth uses his Danger attack, similar to the Battle Mage's Deep Impact, Vanessa will use Soul Effect to stop Ashtaroth's attack. They start arguing that Ashtaroth should be "guarding" the Fortress of Ascension, and not dealing with the "worms". She also says that their "love is infinite", and they are invincible with their feelings for each other. Ashtaroth, pissed at the moment, summons Mynos to then deal away with them.
After defeating Mynos, Ashtaroth retreats only to see him squirm. Amy becomes furious, but Vanessa comments that Ashtaroth was only being cautious. The Chase thanks her and asks if she will join them. However, she refuses, as it is forbidden for one fraction of an Element to bypass another (ie "Light" cannot cross through "Fire", as in Vanessa cannot go to The Wyrm's Maw).
Attacks
1st Form
Vanessa's first form is similar to Ryan's Sentinel class. Her attacks are quick and can lock and even kill the player if caught in a combo. She has a large Soul Effect skill she uses, along with a seed she throws that turns into a plant, somewhat like the Viken's Nature Tamer, that deals repeatedly small damage and temporarily immobilizes the player. If the player gets caught in it, Vanessa can use her combo on the player, and therefore the player will not be capable of dodging the attack, making it quite possibly lethal.
Vanessa will automatically use Soul Effect when attacked by ranged attacks for too long, or being attacked from below or above her.
2nd Form
Once defeated, she transforms into her wolf form like Ryan's Druid class, with the ability to use the Sentinel's Spinning Phantom skill. The wolf form commonly uses either Spinning Phantom from 1-4 times, or a slashing attack. Sometimes she howls, causing all players to receive a status similar to Home of Darkness in that the players' left and right keys are temporarily switched.
Trivia
- There is an armor set that makes players look like Vanessa, even giving the players her ears and hair if wearing the helm. The armor is dropped at the Xenia Border, the Temple of Cuatal and Valstrath from the boss only, and from The Wyrm's Maw, from both the boss and regular monsters.
- Vanessa is known as Ryan's "Mother" because of her similarities to Ryan, both in appearance and attacks, but she is not related to Ryan.
- However, Ryan may have interests in Vanessa as he was "sniffling" when they had to part.
- Despite her small size, her Soul Effect is equal to Dark Anmon's. In other words, it has an insanely huge range.
- Although she does seemingly use Soul Effect to "shield" the players during the fight between Mynos, that isn't true. It just keeps Ashtaroth off-guard. Players can still get hurt by Ashtaroth's meteors if they hit the players, even if they are in the shield.
- Vanessa may sometimes have buffs, despite the fact that she cannot be fought.
- Vanessa's combo resembles the Sentinel's Back-spin Slash, except that the skill is used in an opposite direction; Vanessa spins left while Ryan spins right at the beginning of the skill & Vanessa ends upward while Ryan's last hit is downward. Also, Vanessa's is much more quicker.