Cosette

Gender: female Height: 165cm Initial arm: Hunter

Camp: Parisians

Profile: A girl who lost her mother since childhood and was elected to the join the Military Academy for the same reason as Polina was.
The Skylark, who accompanies her all the time, seems to be able to communicate with her.
Oscar de Rosanbo

Gender: female Height: 165cm Initial arm: Dragoon

Camp: Royal

Profile: A noble girl who was once a member of the Royal Cavalry Regiment and joined the National Guard, in order to find a way to free her family in prison.
She was subordinate to Polina, when she commanded an army for the first time.
Paulette Méric

Gender: female Height: 168cm Initial arm: Artillery

Camp:-

Profile: Her father is a local rich businessman, with established contracts and acquaintances with in the Army. This helped her join the Artillery Force.
Although she is not able to handle personal relationships, she is very intelligent and loves drinking wine.
Eugénie Caron

Gender: female Height: 166cm Initial arm: cavalry band

Camp: Parisians

Person profile: A musician who entered the military academy at the same time Polina did.
Her unusual talent in music and careless character makes her performances on the stage, hard to believe. One of Polina's usual pleasures, is to observe her various rash performances.
Maximilien de Robespierre

Gender: male Height: 178cm Initial arms:-

Camp: Jacobins

Profile: The current leader of Jacobin school has a high reputation in the public for his open and upright image. In order to pursue the ideal France, with the change of the current situation, the attitude to other camps often changes.

Pauline Bonaparte

Gender: female Height: 167CM Initial arm: Rifleman

Camp: malmaisonite

Profile: a girl from Corsica, who entered the military academy with her outstanding military talent, experienced the baptism of war at a young age and was involved in the war again when she went to Toulon to visit her brother. I want to get a higher position because of my experience in the battlefield.
Jean Lannes

Gender: male Height: 175cm Initial arm: Rifleman

Camp: -

Profile: a civilian general who was born in poverty and promoted by his own ability. Dissatisfied with the situation of the army, he is not optimistic about the junior Polina, but he is still willing to lend a helping hand.
Louis Desaix

Gender: male Height: 180cm Initial arm: Dragoon

Camp: -

Profile: a young general with both civil and military skills, who was born into the aristocracy but joined the revolutionary team, is one of the few aristocratic school officials who are highly valued. Once on the battlefield, it will change the image of daily affinity and become serious.
Joachim Murat

Gender: male Height: 175cm Initial arm: Hussars

Camp: -

Profile: when he was young, he joined the cavalry regiment and was promoted to a fast cavalry general. He liked the gorgeous clothes of Hussars and had a pompous style, but his bravery in the battlefield was genuine, although he was not very good at complicated tactics.
D'Éon de Beaumont

Gender: male Height: 175cm Initial arm: Sandal

Camp: Royal

Profile: as a diplomat and member of the secret service bureau, he has served the royal family for many years, and has been exiled abroad for many years. He returned to his motherland with the help of his friends. He came to the army for secret missions and taught Polina some swordsmanship.

Dear players, Happy New Year!Thank you for your support and trust all the time.We also hope to be with you in the new year.If your friends have not received New Year gifts, we offer 40% off discount, which may be a great New Year Surprise!In addition: write down your New Year wish at the bottom of this discussion, and you will have a chance to get the game(2 copies in total). I sincerely wish your wishes come true.

Dear players, Merry Christmas! Thank you for your support and company all the time.The achievements and word-of-mouth of the Banner of the Maid cannot be separated from your help and trust. If your friends have not received Christmas gifts, we offer 40% off discount, which may be a great Christmas Surprise!In addition: write down your Christmas wish at the bottom of this discussion, and you will have a chance to get the game (2 copies in total). I sincerely wish your wishes come true.

V2.0.8 Update

[change] The sorting in various UI (roster, shop, item, etc.) has been changed.
[change] You can now change the move button mapping.
[fix] Fixed the combat preview of musical instruments that increases Morale.
[fix] Fixed the voice of Leonora's Heroic Attack.
[fix] Fixed a bug that sometimes causes the indicator jumping to wrong positions.
[fix] Fixed the Animation toggle error when restoring the default resolution.
[fix] Fixed the size of the confirm window.
[fix] Fixed the descripiton error for some skills in "A Sailor's Gossip #4".
[fix] A skill previously named "Prepared" is now "Vigilant".
[fix] Fixed some other typo.

Good day, révolutionnaires! Today is an important day for Banner of the Maid: its first DLC, The Oriental Pirate, is now available too on consoles. To celebrate this occasion, we want to take a look at the historical people and period that inspired this DLC. For us, it is a well-known history – as you know, CE Asia and Azure Flame are both Chinese-based companies; so in some way, this DLC was a nod to our culture and history from the beginning. On the other hand, for Western players the French Revolution is of common knowledge and it’s the Oriental pirates who sound exotic. So let’s take a look at the infamous Pirates of the Chinese Sea!

In the West, the Golden Age of Piracy is said to end around 1730. Pirates had thrived in a certain historical context, and when these conditions changed, they became a relatively rare problem again. But piracy in the South Chinese Coast did not arise until the late 18th century – just as happened in the Caribbean seas, it took a peculiar conjunction of circumstances for it to grow until it became a social and political phenomenon.

The first element to factor in this equation is the radical increase of population in the late 18th century. China was growing quite fast in those days; more people meant more mouths to feed, which prompted the annexations of new lands. Overpopulation almost always leaves some people in need, but also many farmers and fishermen were displaced and lost their lands and means of living. We’ve got the first piece of this puzzle now: some desperate people turned to piracy and other crimes to survive.
The second key element comes into play: a place for these people to gather, organize and thrive. This was the city of Giang Binh, a coastal city in the border between China and Vietnam that had passed hands between both monarchies. A place that was a melting pot of Vietnamese and Chinese people, with access to the sea and strategically located, and somewhat neglected by the politicians of the era – just the ideal place for pirates to meet!

Now, we come to the third and final catalyst: war and conflict. Let’s be serious: pirates cannot compete with a properly organized naval force. Whenever they thrive it’s because there is a power vacuum (see the Caribbean piracy) or because some naval power sanctions and protects it (see corsairs like Francis Drake) – and usually it was because of both. A similar situation happened for the South China Coast pirates to grow. In 1771, civil war broke in Vietnam between local lords, and many Chinese pirates were hired (in both sides) to harass the enemy’s naval forces.

We’re not going in detail into this war and the following conflicts between Vietnam and China – the key fact here is that this turmoil is perfect for pirates. Sometimes they just took advantage of the chaos to rob and plunder, sometimes they were even officially hired as mercenaries or corsairs. At some point, the new Vietnamese emperor decided to stop backing Chinese pirates. They were forced to flee, and started fighting each other for control of their respective turfs – until seven of their most prominent leaders met and created a pirate alliance, a massive fleet with the potential to become a serious threat to the regional powers, from Vietnam and China to the Portuguese settlers and merchants of Macau.
The head of this pirate alliance was the fearsome Zheng Yi, leader of the powerful Red Flag Fleet. He died suddenly in 1807, and his widow Ching Shih inherited control of the Fleet. More than 30,000 men and several hundred vessels were under her control when she took command. Along with her second husband (and former adoptive son), she fought the British, Portuguese, Chinese and Vietnamese; at some point she controlled hundreds of islands and coastal towns with a vast fleet of more than 1,500 ships, manned by 80,000 pirate sailors.

Saying that Ching Shih was a larger-than-life figure is probably understating. Her exploits and adventures are featured in hundreds of books, novels, films and games in China. She was a strong leader, a military genius and a clever politician. She could only be weakened by treason, when some pirates of her alliance switched sides and joined the Qing government. Eventually, she suffered a series of defeats against the powerful Portuguese navy. But as we said, she was also a clever politician: she negotiated a honorable surrender, was pardoned and retained control of more than 120 ships, becoming a powerful merchant (and military advisor at some point). Her husband became a government official and died at sea fighting for the Quing dinasty. This surrender marked the end of the South China Coast pirates era.

All in all, she is widely considered the most successful pirate in history. And Mu Zhiyun, the eponymous Oriental Pirate of this DLC of Banner of the Maid, serves under her banner – and is sent to France in a secret mission, bringing Chin Shih’s pirate troops with her…

As you can see, just as Banner of the Maid, The Oriental Pirate DLC might be fiction but it has deep roots in history. We hope you enjoyed this short review of its historical background! The Oriental Pirate DLC comes today for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, and it’s already available on Steam. May a lucky wind sail you to victory, révolutionnaires!

Hotfix Update September 6th :
[fix] Fixed a bug that cause certain mission map (chapter 16) to stuck at loading.

V2.0.6 Update

[fix] Slightly increased the speed of the selection area expanding animation.
[fix] Optimized the memory usage to fix certain UI stuck issues.
[fix] Optimized the initial language selection menu.

Hotfix Update July 28th:
V2.0.3 Update
[fix] Items that was consumed in the Roster panel cannot be sold anymore.
[fix] Items that provide EXP cannot be consumed in the Roster panel when the character is at max level.
[fix] Fixed a bug that caused the level-up UI displayed improperly in the Roster panel when you promote a character.

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Hotfix Update July 24th:
[fix] Fixed a bug that save failed when using the "Suspend Game" button.

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Update log on July 21th
V2.0.2 Update
[new] You can now hold down LB+RB+START on your controller (or corresponding buttons on other controller) to return to the title screen immediately.
[fix] Fixed the cursor display issue in the Roster UI.
[fix] Fixed a bug that you cannot volume of sound or display resolution right after you reset them.
[fix] Fixed the issue that HP forecast being displayed improperly with extra damage skills.
[fix] Fixed the deviation of the Evasion caculation in certain circumstances of the Roster UI.
[fix] Fixed some voice error in certain dialogues and interfaces.

Good day révolutionnaires! It’s been an exciting week: only a few days ago we announced that Banner of the Maid will be released on consoles on August 12th,! Today we want to post the second part of the dev art diary we started a week ago with JiuJiangzi, lead artist of the game. Enjoy the read!

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Hello again! Last week I showed you how Pauline’s design evolved over time; this time I want to give you some insights on the creation process of some secondary characters of the game. Let’s start with Charlotte Cornell, for example. This is her final design; when I was painting her, I paid special attention to how the different fabrics and materials of her clothes would behave. I hope you can see it in the folds and creases of her jacket, leather boots…

This is Rose Duter, general of the French artillery regiments. For her design, we started from the uniforms of that era’s French artillery commanders, but we made some adjustments to highlight the character’s temperament and special charm.

Having seen this, I want to show you a character that didn’t make it to the final game. When I started working in this project I wanted to create a few designs just to practice the style. This is the result – I called her just “Prussia”, as she is supposed to be Prussian, but I did not try to be really faithful to the historical Prussian uniforms and clothing at that moment. I created several versions – with long and short hair, and with a cavalry breastplate armor.

This is a character in the Grenadier uniform with some small twists to it. The characters I’ve shown you so far are basically dressing a direct adaptation of male uniforms, but in these, what I did was to disassemble and reorganize the key features of the real-life uniforms they are inspired by. For instance, in this case of the Grenadier, I re-imagined the swallowtail of the Grenadier’s uniform as a cloak. The cuffs and gloves were combined into long gloves, and I put the Grenadier’s bag tied to her leg instead of her waist. The tall socks are obviously another addition.

Finally, this is my reimagining of the British uniform. The leather wristbands are a reference to the leather boots of the time. The neckline sorts of keeps the design of the throat guard, and the high waist skirt is an evolution of the British military jacket. Finally, the ring and shoes are inspired by patterns of medals.

And that’s all – at least for now! I hope you have enjoyed this trip to our drawing tables. Thanks for reading and have a great day!