Editing Jade (section)

=====Act One=====
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Jade is first met under the guise of a wandering [[Martial Artist]], but she is in fact the missing crown princess of [[Heliodor]] and daughter of [[King Carnelian]]. She is the one who saved the {{Luminary}} from assassination during [[Mordegon]]'s assault on the castle sixteen years ago during the meeting of kings to discuss the fate of the newborn, having wandered off from the royal banquet after becoming bored and spent the evening playing with Lady Eleanor, the infant's mother and Queen of [[Dundrasil]]. The Queen gives her son to Jade in order to flee the castle safely when the monsters attack, acting as a decoy to give the girl time to escape. Jade is able to the the Luminary's cradle basket out of the castle grounds, but becomes separated after the basket is pulled down a waterfall and is herself fished out of the water by [[Rab|Lord Robert]] shortly afterwards. The two refuse to believe the Luminary has died, and wander the world to search for him - though she is initially unaware of her father's possession by Mordegon, the two recognise King Carnelian's strange behaviour in calling the Luminary a blight on the world, and Jade does not return to [[Heliodor]]. She is presumed dead by most of Erdrea.

Jade and [[Rab]] scoured the world for any signs of the Luminary while training together and trying to find out the reason behind Dundrasil's demise. The duo kept a low profile, with Jade often pretending to be a wandering dancer as she grew older. She finally meets the Luminary in the Masked Martial Arts tournament at [[Octagonia]] as a fellow combatant; she first sees him when the pairings are drawn, where her number (8) and his number (11) are paired up, but Rab whispers something to the announcer and the pairings are redrawn so that Rab and Jade are together for the competition. She later sees the Luminary a second time after the first round of the tournament, having defeated [[Erik]] and his unnamed partner in battle, walking towards the party and interrupting Erik and [[Veronica (Dragon Quest XI)|Veronica's]] bickering. She warns the Luminary to keep an eye out for his partner, [[Vince Vanquish]], who she and Rab suspect may have something to do with the disappearing MMA fighters of Octagonia as of late.

The night before the grand final match with Vince and the Hero, the aforementioned have a talk in the lower level of the Orphanage, before hearing commotion in his bedroom. There, Vince and the Hero find that his room had been ransacked by a mysterious someone, with many vials scattered on the floor. The day of the battle, Vince pops a vial and drinks it like usual, and Jade and Rab exchange knowing glances. In the battle, the Luminary guards with his hands crossed, and the pair stop their attacks when she sees the Mark of Light on his hand. The day after the battle, Jade goes missing, and the award ceremony is postponed. Rab requests the Hero for assistance in finding her, and the party finds a big hole in the lower level of the Orphanage that leads down to the [[Caverns Under Octagonia]]. There, in the west-most chamber of the caverns, blocked off by a door, they find that Vince is carrying an unconscious Jade in his arms, offering her as a sacrifice to the giant spider monster [[Arachtagon]]. She wakes up just as the party arrives and tells them to fight off the spider while she releases the other trapped MMA fighters in the room. The next day, at the award ceremony, a staff member announces that the award has been stolen - the note left behind reads that the party should meet Rab in the ruins of Dundrasil.

There, the party figures that she is the long-lost princess of Heliodor. After a ceremony, Jade and the Hero are split from the other party members by wandering Heliodorian soldiers and they encounter [[Hendrik]], who forces the Hero off a crumbling cliff. Unbeknownst to Jade, her cries for Hendrik remind him of little princess Jade many years ago, and he figures out her true identity. Jade takes his faltering stance as an opportunity to dive after the falling Hero, to Hendrik's dismay, as she vows never to let go of him again after the incident years back. The Hero wakes up in the nearby cottage, where Jade had dragged him to, and they share a heartfelt conversation next to the fireplace before leaving to reunite with the other party members. Hendrik catches up to them, and Jade properly engages him in battle, but is too weak. However, her scared stance on the floor reminded Hendrik of a young princess Jade crying, and he skids to a stop before he can hurt her. She takes the opportunity to knock him off his steed and ride off with the Hero, leaving Hendrik behind. When they make it back to Dundrasil, they reunite with the others and properly joins the party.{{spoiler|end}}