

In the Atelier Iris series, all 3 games have character called Iris.

In _Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana_ and _Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny_ ,
they both have Iris Blanchimont. In the first game, she is a great Alchemist
who practices the many teachings of (with the exception of Mull) and she
befriended the Mana.

> She, however, passed away long before the start of the game from fighting
> Amalgam, leaving only her final creation Lita and the materials and formula
> to create the Ruby Prism

This is Iris in the first game:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lfa4S.jpg)

In the second game, she appears as a small child who is taken in by Viese
Blanchimont as her sister (though one could speculate that Viese and Felt one
day married and adopted Iris as their daughter).

> Later, we learn that she has the reincarnated powers of Lilith, the Creation
> Mana, who looks a lot like her, which explains her talents in alchemy.

Also in Belkhyde, there are placed like the Tower of Marcus and the Cleft of
Nelva

> And at the end, Lilith's power releases Mana throughout Belkhyde which makes
> Alchemy possible again.

This is Iris in the second game:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zLjR9.jpg)

I just started playing _Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm_ and found out the Iris
in this game is named _Iris Fortner_. It's mentioned she was raised by a
family of Alchemists. However, when she talks to Yach about how she made the
Heal Jars for the quest, he doesn't believe her and Edge indicates that
Alchemists are rare (kinda like what was mentioned in the first game with
Klein). Furthermore, it seems no one know about Mana and the world seems
disjointed with other worlds called Afterworlds.

This is Iris Fortner:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/shJB0.jpg)

They all look similar, and the first 2 games hint at a direct connection (with
Iris's last name and how she would learn Alchemy). Is Iris Fortner the same as
Iris Blanchimont (being a younger version of her from Atelier Iris 1)?

If that is not the case, is there a deeper connection to her and the game's
title? Apart from her looking like the previous Iris, being an Alchemist and
being a main character from the very start.


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Are the Iris's the same person?


the Iris from Eternal Mana and Azoth of Destiny are the same, set at different
points in the timeline. Grand Phantasm was originally supposed to take place
during Iris Blanchemont's alchemy career with the main antagonist and the
young elder witch from the first game as her teammates, however the storyline
was scrapped and altered, resulting in the seperation. so Iris Fortner is not
Iris Blanchemont. but Eternal Mana Iris and Azoth of Destiny young Iris are
one and the same.


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