Alma

Alma is a recurring character in Mana series.

Heroes of Mana
Alma makes her first appearance in Chapter 5, where she meets Roget and his crew in Laurent's throne room warning Galura about Pedda's ambition to overtake other nations. She shares at first her leader's opinion to not take arms hastily as this would aggravate already existing tensions between Nevarl and Laurent. However, she quickly comes to her senses after the Wind Kingdom's invasion by Peddan and Nevarlan forces. As she witnesses Galura's demise and Minerva's surrending to Olex, she decides to join Roget's team.

Trials of Mana
Now many years removed from her fighting days, Alma presumably remained close to both Joster and Minerva and thus was employed as a chambermaid in Citadel Laurent, where she remains in the present day. She was a nanny to their two children, Riesz and Elliot, until shortly after Minerva's passing. However, per additional backstory in the 2020 remake, her position afforded her access to the royal family's many myths and legends. So, when Riesz must look for the Kind Sphere needed for her to reach Class 4, Alma explains that the royal family once had a rite of passage to obtain the Sphere, and that it took place on the Heavensway. Riesz then makes her way to the southern summit, where she and her party must battle a swarm of bee-ladies to claim her birthright.