The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV

Genre: RPG

Developer: Nihon Falcom

Publisher: NIS America

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia

Welsh References: Mythical Figure, Mythology, Name

Welsh Mythology Figure: Arianrhod

Links: Wikipedia, Steam

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Arianrhod is a character that appears in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, and is also known as the “Steel Maiden”.

Arianrhod’s name comes from the Welsh figure from the Mabinogion tales, some of the oldest written Welsh stories.

Deriving from the Welsh words arian, meaning “silver”, and rhod, meaning “wheel” or “orb”, Arianrhod is also interpreted as a goddess of the moon, rebirth, and time.

Another character in this game is Lloyd Bannings. Lloyd is a Welsh name with origins in the Welsh word llwyd, meaning “grey”.

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