Mel Kishida worked as the character designer for the original Arland games and he’s back for its fourth installment in Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland. This week’s issue of Famitsu magazine has info on a couple new characters including Piana who has grown up quite a bit since her appearance in Atelier Totori. [Thanks, Ryokutya2089.]

In Atelier Lulua we’ll meet Piana as a grown up, and she’s actually Lulua’s master.

Christophe Aurel Arland is the name of “that person’s” son. He is in training to surpass a certain man. He has a cool personality, but goes out of his way to help others in trouble.

Piana and Christophe’s ages are currently unknown.

The following are quotes from an interview with character designer Mel Kishida and producer Junzo Hosoi:

Junzo Hosoi: “Talks about doing a fourth title for Arland began sometime around last December’s [Atelier] Festival.”

Mel Kishida: “Rorona’s age is… she was 33 in Atelier Meruru, so let’s just not go there! [laughs]”

Mel Kishida: “Atelier Lulua takes us back to that Victorian era feeling after going through a bit of the Middle Ages.”

Mel Kishida: “Piana is a sensible person, and this time she’ll take on more of a teacher’s role.”

Mel Kishida: “When designing Aurel, a certain someone’s hair color and such did cross my mind, but it wasn’t strongly influenced by it.”

Junzo Hosoi: “We’re putting a lot of focus into facial expressions for the characters.”

Junzo Hosoi: “I believe that most of the characters everyone wants to see from past titles will be in there.”

Mel Kishida: “You can’t just have Rorona and not that person, so…”

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland releases in Japan in 2019 for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It’ll release in the West in Spring 2019 for PS4, Switch, and PC.