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Aran (KR:아란) is one of the six Heroes who sealed away the Black Mage and is part of the Warrior branch. With a Polearm in hand, Aran uses many ice and combination attacks against her foes.

To view Aran's skill list, click here.

Story

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Heroes vs Black Mage

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Aran sealed in ice

A hundred years ago, an evil mastermind known as the Black Mage conquered all of Maple World. The citizens tried to resist, but had no way to fight back. However, there was one hope: the six Heroes of MapleStory.

Before the final battle of the Heroes against the Black Mage, Aran was wounded and was sent to a camp. The hero walked out of the tent, learning that Athena Pierce was organizing an expedition to Victoria Island with the intention of keeping the townsfolk safe. At the moment the hero approaches the ark, a child is missing, and Athena Pierce had little choice but to get the injured hero to rescue the child. After facing a few of the Black Mage's forces, the hero manages to return the child to the child's family. Athena Pierce urges the hero to join them and leave the others to fight the Black Mage. The hero stubbornly refuses and insists to join the rest of the hero's comrades.

After a fierce and violent battle, the Black Mage was sealed away. However, he did manage to lay one final curse on the Heroes which encased them in ice and erased Aran's memory. After Aran was cursed, Maha sealed the hero in a remote cave in Rien to slow down the curse.

A century later, Aran awakes in Rien and meets Lilin, the last member of her clan who believed in the hero's resurrection. Day by day, the citizens of Rien aid the awoken hero, and the hero slowly regains the hero's long-forgotten memories and powers.

Heroes of Maple

During the Black Heaven arc, she befriends Shade "again". When they were training, they received news of Lilin being kidnapped by the Demon Army. She brought along Shade and witnessed Evan's actions in Slumbering Dragon Island. She breaks the ice wall and fight several troops of the Demon Army, with Shade as a backup to save Lilin. They eventually met Afrien and she briefly fights Damien, being knocked back by his blade. The trio manages to escape the ice cave.

Due to Maha taking damage from Damien's previous attack, she have to catch up with Evan later. After Maha was healed, she and Shade fought the Demon Army from the other side of the Sanctum, taking them a long time to reach the heroes. The group eventually escapes the Demon Army when Evan starts up the airship.

She along with Evan and Mir stays behind in the Abraxas and discussed about Shade's curse, which was a hindrance for him to accompany the heroes. However, they were under attack by Damien's forces, who were aiming to delay the heroes by destroying the airship. Fortunately, they managed to escape and meet up with the other heroes on one of the skyscrapers, with Shade using a inter-dimension communication system to contact with them from the Maple World.

Heroes of Maple - Credits 2

Aran laughing at the missing section of the mural

In the credits, she was shown laughing at the missing section of the mural depicting the heroes sealing the Black Mage, much to Shade's embarrassment.

Mastery

The majority of Aran's attacks are activated through key commands.

Aran's way of fighting revolves around her Combo System, which increases based on how many consecutive hits the player has dealt to monsters and applies it to Aran's skills. Many skills focus on creating long combos and utilizing the combos to use special abilities. The combo will decrease by a certain amount over time. There are also skills that will increase the combo count so that some abilities can be used instantaneously. Certain skills can be used either with a key command, or activated by pressing the skill key, the latter of which deals more damage.

Heroes of Maple

As of the Heroes of Maple update, Aran's playstyle is changed significantly. While she still uses a Combo System, the Combos are not used to enhance certain attacks or use special abilities. Instead, when Aran reaches 1000 Combos, she will enter Adrenaline Boost, which grants a huge damage boost, an increase in attack count, and extra damage for select skills.

In 4th job, two new attacks are gained while in Adrenaline Boost, one of which deals continuous damage and pulls enemies to you, and the other of which can be held down and released to deal 1500% damage 15 times on a single enemy, with a damage cap of 99,999,999.

Gallery

Trivia

  • The release of Aran introduced the first ever central plot of MapleStory with an antagonist.
  • Aran's opening cutscene has many continuity errors:
    • The cutscene says the Black Mage's curse wiped out the memories of all the heroes. Only Aran was affected by this.
    • The archer heroine possesses a normal Bow. Mercedes' weapons are Dual Bowguns.
    • Only five heroes are shown. There are actually six.
      • This continuity error leads to the question as to whether Shade's storyline is true. Aran never came into the room where the Black Mage was being sealed until after Shade had sacrificed himself, so the picture above isn't accurate.
  • Aran was depicted male in the class's initial release. Aran was later shown as female in the Age of Battle trailer, which became canon.
    • It hasn't been explained why Aran was the only one who lost her memory.
    • Both genders of Aran can be found in-game; a male Aran can be found in Leafre of Past while a female Aran appears in the Conference Room of the Alliance, and in Phantom's, Luminous's, and Shade's storyline.
      • In the Explorer Warrior's storyline quest, the player talks to Lilin about Aran, who asks about Aran's gender. This choice determines the gender of Aran that appears in the same quest.
Availability of Aran
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Characters and Skills
Class
Job and Skills (Click on icon for skills)
Beginner

Class Beginner Beginner Skill Link Manager Link Skills

Explorers
Warrior

Class Warrior Hero Class Warrior Paladin Class Warrior Dark Knight

Magician

Class Magician Magician (Fire, Poison) Class Magician Magician (Ice, Lightning) Class Magician Bishop

Bowman

Class Bowman Bowmaster Class Bowman Marksman

Special

Class Pathfinder Pathfinder

Thief

Class Thief Night Lord Class Thief Shadower

Special

Class Dual Blade Dual Blade

Pirate

Class Pirate Buccaneer Class Pirate Corsair

Special

Class Cannoneer Cannoneer Class Jett Jett Class Dragon Warrior Zen

Cygnus Knights

Class Warrior Dawn Warrior Class Magician Blaze Wizard Class Bowman Wind Archer Class Thief Night Walker Class Pirate Thunder Breaker

Special

Class Mihile Mihile

Heroes

Class Aran Aran Class Evan Evan Class Mercedes Mercedes Class Phantom Phantom Class Luminous Luminous Class Shade Shade

Resistance

Class Blaster Blaster Class Battle Mage Battle Mage Class Wild Hunter Wild Hunter Class Mechanic Mechanic Class Xenon Xenon

Demon

Class Demon Slayer Demon Slayer Class Demon Avenger Demon Avenger

Nova

Class Kaiser Kaiser Class Angelic Angelic Buster Class Cadena Cadena Class Kain Kain

Flora

Class Illium Illium Class Ark Ark Class Adele Adele Skill Summon Chakri Khali

Sengoku

Class Hayato Hayato Class Kanna Kanna

Anima

Class Hoyoung Hoyoung Skill Land's Connection Lara

Monster

Skill Pink Powerhouse Pink Bean Pet Mini Yeti Yeti

Beast Tamer

Class Beast Tamer Chase

Child of God

Class Zero Zero

Kinesis

Class Kinesis Kinesis

Wu Shen

Class Mo Xuan Mo Xuan

Miscellaneous

Skill Macro Test Game Master Skill Banner of Plenty I Guild Skills Skill Monster Riding Miscellaneous Skills

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