Alena (Dragon Quest)

Alena
Dragon Quest character
Alena in Dragon Quest IV
First gameDragon Quest IV (1990)
Created byYuji Horii
Designed byAkira Toriyama
Voiced by

Alena (Japanese: アリーナ, Hepburn: Arīna) is a character in the 1990 video game Dragon Quest IV, one of its main characters. She is the star of the second chapter, going out to explore the world and become a strong warrior with her retainers Kiryl and Borya, before discovering her kingdom wiped out. She later joins with the protagonist of the game in their quest to defeat the leader of the monsters, Psaro, and save the world. Her design was created by Akira Toriyama, and she is voiced in Japanese by Shoko Nakagawa. She is a fan favorite Dragon Quest IV character, noted as a strong female character by multiple critics, one from RPGFan noting how rare this was on the NES.