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[[File:atelier_group.jpg|frame|The intrepid heroines of the "classic" Atelier games ([[No Export for You|that haven't come to North America yet]]). Clockwise from upper right: Lilie, Marie, Violet, Elie, and Judie.]]

{{quote|Okay, you know how every RPG has the grand heroes chosen by fate to become wonderful friends and stand up to the evil sorcerer/empire/corporation/monster and keep it from destroying the world?

This game is not about them.

You know how in almost every RPG, buried about halfway down the final dungeon, sitting next to the second to last save point in the game there's [[Dungeon Shop|a shopkeeper who has every healing item in the game and every weapon or bit of armor that doesn't require an epic quest?]] The one who leaves you wondering: "[[Took a Shortcut|Just how in blazes did she get down here?]] I'm the ridiculously powerful chosen one and it's almost impossible for me to do it so how did a lowly shopkeeper pull it off"?~~<br />~~

You know how in almost every RPG, buried about halfway down the final dungeon, sitting next to the second to last save point in the game there's [[Dungeon Shop|a shopkeeper who has every healing item in the game and every weapon or bit of armor that doesn't require an epic quest?]] The one who leaves you wondering: "[[Took a Shortcut|Just how in blazes did she get down here?]] I'm the ridiculously powerful chosen one and it's almost impossible for me to do it so how did a lowly shopkeeper pull it off"?

This game is about '''''her'''''.|[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=953050&topic=52080680 Anonymous Internet poster], succinctly summing up the spirit of the entire franchise.}}