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Halley Brankett is a playable character from Shadow Hearts. Initially introduced as, Heckling Brat, he is the son of Koudelka and Edward, and aids Yuri in his travels.

The young leader of the London Rats, Halley looks out for the other orphans like a protective older brother. In spite of his age, he manages to take care of them all with the help of Old Carl, a friendly and knowledgeable man who lives on the outskirts of town.

Library Entry[]

A leader of street children who are based in London. He was seperated from his mother when he was little, and since then he has taken care of children who are similar to him. He was born with strong psychokinetic powers, but he has been estranged by others because of it.[1]

Bio[]

Born a few years after the events of Koudelka, he is the result of the union between Koudelka and Edward Plunkett, two of the protagonists from the first game. (However, it is never outright stated that Edward is his father.)

From an early age it became apparent that Halley had similar psychic abilities to his mother, including mild telekinesis and telepathy.

He became an orphan when he and his mother were pursued by the Friar Knights of the Inquisition, led by Viscount Rausan who considered their supernatural abilities witchcraft. Koudelka gave herself up to save Halley and was locked up in Calios Mental Hospital.

Appearance[]

Halley wears a white long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, blue pants held up by blue suspenders, a green scarf, brown boots, and a brown cap.

Personality[]

Halley possesses strong psychic powers, but he has not yet gained full control of them. When he feels intense emotion, particularly rage, this power is released in frenetic waves of energy that can destroy the entire surrounding area.

Fighting Style[]

Using his slingshot, he pummels his enemies from a distance, accompanied by his status-inducing "Exercising* Supernatural Power" (E.S.P) abilities.

His "E.S.P" attacks focus on inflicting highly damaging status effects on his foes, making him fairly viable as a support mage for the party. They also have various elemental attributes and can be useful in a pinch.

Abilites[]

E.S.P

E.S.P
Name MP Cost Description Level Learned Image Ring
Healing 20 MP Restores some HP to target. Default
Halleyhealing
Halleyhealingring
Air Edge 8 MP Add Wind element to attack. Default Airedge Halleyairedgering
Strong Earth 40 MP Earth damage to one enemy (chance of petrification). Default Strongearth Halleystrongearthring
Aqua Blade 50 MP Water damage to one enemy (chance of poison). 25 Aquabalde Halleyaquabladering
Air Shot 60 MP Wind damage to one enemy (chance of confusion). 30 Airshot Halleyairshotring
Black Hole 75 MP Dark damage to all enemies (chance of K.O). 36 Blackhole Halleyblackholering
Reviver 65 MP Resurrects target and fully restores HP. 42 Reviver Halleyrevivering
Shock Max 120 MP Causes heavy non-elemental damage to one enemy. 47 Shockmax Halleyshockring

Name Translation[]

Due to the ambiguity of the Japanese writing system when translated, it is possible that Halley's original name was the more English sounding "Harry". However it could of course be a reference to the famous astronomer and mathematician, Edmond Halley, after whom the famous Halley's Comet is named.

There is also some confusion regarding his surname, which (like his presumed father, Edward) should be given as "Plunkett" rather than "Brankett". This is a probable translation mistake due to the fact that the first character in his surname (プランケット), "pu", looks very similar to the character for "bu" (ブ), and the second character is most commonly anglicized as "ra".

Quotes[]

"Agh! I hate you! I hate you!"

"Ahhh... Yah!"

"Give me power!"

"I’m sorry… I can’t control my power very well…" ~Halley about his "powers"

"My mother told me that too, that she and I are people just like anyone else. It's just that, when we were born, God gave us some powers that are a little different. That's not the way those guys saw it. The Friar Knights of the Inquisition decided from the start that my mother was a witch, and they locked her up in a mental hospital." ~Halley about his "powers" and his mother.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Halley has a similar appearance to Joshua Vermont who appeared in the Koudelka Manga.
  • Halley's age is given as 12, though technically he should be 15, given when the events of Koudelka took place, resulting in his conception. This is potentially a miscalculation, a retcon, or the result of an offscreen adventure - as Koudelka makes it clear that he did return to her, and that she is aware of Edward's whereabouts.
  1. Biographical information from a Japanese promotional flyer:ロンドンを鼠張りとしているストリートチルドレンのリーダー。 小さなころ母親と生き別れ,そん以来自分と境逓の似た子供たちの面倒を見ている。生まれつき強力な念動力を持つが,そのせいで周囲から疎まれてきた.
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