Ornette

Ornette is a playable Hero in DragonSword: Awakening and the sixth playable Hero to be individually introduced by Hound13 in the pre-launch wave. She is the Saintess of the Dawn of the Organa Order, the same religious-judicial faction that fields the Heretic Inquisitor Theresia. Ornette fights with a scythe and a hybrid sacred-magic and action style that pairs the Electrocution Status Ailment with a Knockdown follow-up.

At a Glance

Combat

Ornette's kit blends sacred-magic effects with direct scythe-range melee. In the language of the wider three-step combo, her job is to stack Electrocution on the target during the Apply step, ride that ailment through her Active Skills during the Extend step, and either close with her own Signal Skill or tag out so an ally can land a finisher off the primed shock window. Knockdown rounds the kit out as a secondary, letting her flatten a target whose Electrocution stack has run its course.

Hound13's own description of Ornette frames her as a hybrid practitioner. She channels what the studio calls sacred power through her weapon while the scythe itself handles the physical side of the exchange. The exact reach of the weapon, the breakdown of magical versus melee inputs, and her specific Active Skill names have not been broken out beyond the trailer reveal yet.

Combat Loop Snapshot

Saintess of the Dawn

Saintess of the Dawn is the role Ornette holds inside the Organa Order. Hound13 has framed her as the most benevolent and selfless at heart of the Order, while at the same time being capable of rendering cold judgment upon heretics who stand against the institution. Whether the Saintess of the Dawn is a singular titled office held by Ornette alone, or a class of saintly clerics inside the Order, has not been spelled out in pre-launch material. The role clearly sits at a different tier from the ten Heretic Inquisitors who carry execution authority, with Theresia as the only Inquisitor named so far.

Position in the Roster

Ornette is the sixth of the nineteen playable Heroes to be individually revealed in the run-up to the July 2026 launch. As of mid-May 2026, the publicly named playable cast also includes:

• Lute

• - the protagonist, with greatsword and the Stun and Knockdown ailments.

• Castella - the Elf assault vanguard with Break and Stun.

• Aria

• - the firepower specialist of Lute's mercenary band, with Fire and Airborne.

• Kalien

• - the Spiritist of the

• Red Fox Mercenary Corps

• who carries Stun with fire flavour.

• Theresia

• - the Heretic Inquisitor of the

• Organa Order

• , who carries Bleed and Stun.

Ornette is the second confirmed Hero affiliated with the Organa Order after Theresia, and the first Hero publicly tied to the Electrocution Status Ailment. The wider Status Ailments page tracks how her shock window overlaps with other Heroes who carry Stun or Knockdown.

What is Not yet Public

• Whether Electrocution is a fully distinct Status Ailment category from Stun, or whether it shares the same underlying lock mechanic with a sacred-magic visual coat.

• Named individual Active Skills and the Signal Skill associated with Ornette's kit.

• The exact balance of sacred magic versus physical scythe damage and any resource gauge or cooldown structure behind her sacred-magic effects.

• Whether Saintess of the Dawn is a singular role held by Ornette or a tier of clerical office shared by other unnamed members of the Order.

• Ornette's exact place in the main story alongside the modern mercenary cast and the Heretic Inquisitors.

Related

• Organa Order

• - the faction Ornette serves as Saintess of the Dawn.

• Heroes

• - the full nineteen-strong playable roster.

• Status Ailments

• - the wider system that frames Electrocution and Knockdown.

• Active Skills

• and

• Signal Skills

• - the mid-combo and finisher layers Ornette plugs into.

• Theresia

• - the only other Organa Order Hero publicly named.