During his stay, the Great Chasm opened and swallowed up the village of Norende.Īfter two weeks, he returned to the Duchy and was given a new mission to study the changes stemming from the Great Chasm as Edea joins up with Tiz Arrior and the wind vestal Agnès Oblige on their quest. During his travels, Alternis kept a journal of his activities, D's Journal, as he gave the Eschalot to the Sky Knights and infiltrated Caldisla to survey its defenses. Orphaned at a young age, Alternis was found by Braev Lee who raises him before he became an officer in the forces of the Duchy of Eternia.
Prior to his memory loss, Ringabel was Alternis Dim, a member of Eternia's Council of Six who is a victim of a dimensional paradox. When summoned while wearing this costume in the Western releases, it is replaced with the Plain Tunic. He wears brown gladiator sandals and has brown bands wrapped around each wrist. His Wakoku Warrior outfit is simply a long white scarf around his neck and a white loincloth. His Plain Tunic is simply his Freelancer outfit. He wears a white dress shirt and a white cravat with a blue gem in the center. The Melodist's Shirt consists of a long gold high-collared jacket with red accents. Wakoku Warrior is unavailable in the Western release. Ringabel has several alternate outfits released as part of downloadable content in the Japanese release, which can be obtained in-game in the Western release. Also, he has a white and aqua blue bow, matching Edea's bow, tied around his right gauntlet. In Bravely Second, Ringabel wears his Dark Knight armor, forgoing the helmet once he reveals himself to the party. As Alternis Dim, Ringabel wore a dark suit of armor with his helm obscuring his face.
He wears black pants, a white belt with white pouches hanging on each side and black boots. His default outfit consists of a light blue shirt with fur around the collar and black elbow length gloves. Across the jobs, he dons the male version of the outfits similar to Tiz, and has a blue theme where applicable. Ringabel's appearance changes according to which asterisk he is using. Ringabel has mid-length pale blond hair styled into a pompadour and light tan eyes.