Over ten years he has languished under this curse. How much longer can his body hold out? No doubt His Highness would protest... but since he cannot, we have no choice. For the man who cursed His Highness, and murdered our king... There can be no mercy! I never thought I would have to ask this of you. But there are so few of us left now... There is no one else to turn to. Will you infiltrate the military to deliver a message to our contact there? This is your mission. For all our sakes, you cannot fail.Russell to the protagonist, Metaphor: ReFantazio
Russell Albatrus is a minor character in Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Appearances
- Metaphor: ReFantazio - Minor character
Profile
Russell is the prince's mentor and a resident of the Ancient Eldan Sanctum, one of the very few remaining places in the game with a predominantly-eldan population. Supposedly, he was a member of a resistance formed to restore the prince into power and tasked the protagonist to assassinate the person behind the curse. In actuality, this was a false memory implanted by the eldan queen in the protagonist to keep him going, and the real Russell has never met the protagonist before.
He first appears in person when the party ran from a mob incited by Louis all the way to the eldan sanctum to meet the prince. However, they arrived a step too late, as Zorba had already assassinated the prince under Louis' orders. Russell was tasked to safeguard it until the day the party arrives, which just happened to be the day they arrived to the sanctuary. When the party first meets him, Russell, standing in front of the body of a dead villager, regretfully informs the party that the prince has just died. Before he makes way back to the caves of the sanctum, he senses that the protagonist is like the prince, but does not recognize him.
During a tour to the sanctum by Gruidae, Russell spotted Zorba slinking around the sanctuary trying to escape. This alerts the party to a hot pursuit, in which he resurrects Homo Gorleo to distract the party and escapes to the Skyrunner Charadrius.
Russell can be seen hanging around Grand Trad during the epilogue of the game. When spoken to, he tells the protagonist that he is satisfied about how the capital looked like it has returned to life again, and was pleased to see him become the new king.
Etymology
- Russell derives from the French russel meaning "red-haired."
- Albatrus is the scientific name for the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus).