Hauteclairé

''"This is not a weapon meant to be used recklessly, Sage. You need to be precise, agile and unflinching in your resolve when fighting an opponent. Exploit every opening and whittle them down. Gunblade mastery is not for everyone." ''- Unknown to O'lias.

Hauteclairé (or Hauteclere) is a fictional weapon that was once used by the character O'lias Sage in his earlier appearances. It was also part of the form he could take when he uses Armatura.

Background
Where the weapon came from is currently unknown, but it is implied the weapon was given to O'lias during his time in Tokyo, Japan, where he spent an undefined amount of time there 'finding himself'. Prior to his return to the group before the events of Chapter 1: The tournament, O'lias was approached by an individual cloaked and shrouded in shadow, weapon in hand. Instead of attacking O'lias, he instead handed the weapon over, parting ways with only a few words before vanishing completely. O'lias named the blade after a blade in one of his favorite stories, The Hauteclairé, a blade wielded by one of the knights of Charlemagne, Olivier de Vienne.

O'lias continued to use this weapon through Chapter 1 and other appearances, until it was destroyed by King Julian, Julian Hazel Sky's father during Chapter 8: Attack on Andromedia.

Trivia
-The gunblade was directly inspired by the Protagonist's weapon in Final Fantasy XIII. The model in particular was that of Omega Weapon. All rights of the photo go to Square Enix.

-Hauteclairé was also the name of another gunblade in Final Fantasy XIII, a reocurring weapon name in the full series, and partially named after the main character, Claire Farron.

-Hauteclere (or Halteclere, or Hauteclaire, literally "High and neat") is the sword of Olivier, a character in the French epic "The Song of Roland". It is described as being of burnished steel, with a crystal embedded in a golden hilt.