Re-l Mayer

Re-L Mayer is one of the main characters of Ergo Proxy. As an investigator for the Intelligence Bureau in Romdeau, she is attacked by two monsters and drawn into the mystery of the Proxies. She eventually joins Vincent Law and Pino on their quest for answers. Re-L goes through a large personality shift over the course of the series. At first impact, Re-l appears as a detached, cold, insensitive and almost apathetic girl; as every Romdeau citizen has been trained since childhood to a rigid emotional control system to maintain impassivity, but in fact the meeting with the proxy has marked her more than she would like to show, so much so that the only occasions where you see her in tears are in the memory of that event. Little sociable and extremely haughty, Re-l behaves with others feigning disinterest and superiority, fact perhaps derived from her social position as the granddaughter of the Regent; although she does not like to be called "excellence". Her rank has led her, over the years, to be spoiled at times, so much so that, infected by the Cogito, Iggy himself calls Re-l "much more inept than she believes"; it is implied that she’s not used to doing her hair by herself, is unable to cook, has made a career relying heavily on the entourage and has little capacity to adapt to situations; which makes her easily subject to nervousness. Despite this, Re-l is, in fact, fairly self-reliant. One of her first lines spoken aloud is to Vincent Law, telling him to rely less on his AutoReiv and that it is through people interactions that he will move up. Further, she has shown to be capable of manipulating others. In episode 2, she began to cry, getting Deadalus to set up a brain scan. This was in fact a ploy to get him to leave the room so she could look up information on his computer, as all information on the proxies, including Iggy's memories fo the investigation, had been wiped. She later noticed that Vincent was in love with her, and much later kissed him to distract him so she could hide her anti-proxy gun. And because of her paramilitary training, Re-l is a perfectionist control freak and has an obsession for order, even in foreign residences; a feature that, under stress, makes her hysterical even over the slightest defect. In addition, she appears to be a slave of the rigid routine of the alarm, the exercise, and the hours of the meals she self-imposed and records on the same notebook in which she transcribes her observations about the cases. Many of the episodes are narrated from her point of view through introspective monologues that show the psychological evolution and maturity of her relationship with other characters: if initially the only people she showed affection for was her grandfather, her entourage and her childhood friend Daedalus; in the course of the series, especially during the journey to Mosk, she also relies on Pino and Vincent, learning to coexist and showing more and more empathy and kindness to them, especially with the latter. Also, like Vincent, while traveling through the restored Earth, she considerably progresses on a personal level, becoming more ingenious and practical, and finding the courage to face the ghosts behind Romdeau, first of all her grandfather, and to get to bottom of the mystery of his own creation. She has a sweet tooth for ginger ale and has a habit of sitting with her left leg crossed over her right.