Escaflowne Compendium

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Escaflowne

エスカフローネ
Of all the ancient Guymelefs, none invoke as much awe as the Guymelefs built by the Ispano people for Atlantis. This "Ispano White" Guymelef is all the more unique in that it took the Ispano 150 years to manufacture, and it can transform into dragon mode for flying. However, operating the Escaflowne requires a blood pact with the pilot and all the consequences that entails. Van earns the right to pilot the Escaflowne when he extracts a Drag-Energist crystal as part of his pre-coronation ritual.
Type Guymelef
Affiliation Fanelia
Height 8.2 costa
Length 13.5 costa (Dragon mode)
Weight 7.5 peizo
Weapons Sword

Note: Escavalon, as opposed to Escaflowne, is a place Perceval visits in Chretien de Troyes's Perceval (The Story of the Grail). Escavalon's hermit king (known as Elya Anais or Elinant in other texts) reveals a crucial link between Perceval and the Fisher King of Arthurian legends.

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