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Matilda is a character in Dragon Quest VII.

She first meets the party at the forest outside of Rexwood. She offered weeds to some nearby graves because she had no flowers to offer. Maribel gives her some flower seeds and, moved by her kindness, Matilda escorts them to the town, but slips away quietly just as they arrive.

She meets them again at the entrance to Colorstone Mines, but declines to help them.

Deep in the mine, she helps the party obtain a piece of the colorstone, and at the same time, gives them a wooden doll. She says that it is a memento of his brother, but she doesn't need it anymore, and gives it to them.

She is last seen in a nearby tower, where she reveals that she is a monster, and that only her death will bring back the women of Rexwood. However, during the boss battle, she doesn't attack, and afterwords, if the party protects her from Hank, she will elect to commit suicide for the sake of the town and for the sake of her new-found friends.