Lalatina Ford Dustiness

Lalatina Ford Dustiness, usually known as Darkness, is one of the three main female protagonists of the KonoSuba series. She is a crusader with masochistic tendencies who joins Kazuma's party. Darkness is a 5'6" tall young woman with graceful features and alabaster skin. She is well-endowed and also has light blue eyes and straight, long blonde hair, usually kept in a ponytail tied with a braid and red hair clips secured on both sides of her bangs. According to Kazuma, she is "drop-dead gorgeous". She is usually seen using a yellow and black sleeveless dress with silver trimmings, black chainmail, and a silver armor composed of metal greaves, sabatons, tasset, shoulder plate on her left side, wing-like cloth perched upon her right shoulder and a cuirass with a red bow. As a crusader, Darkness initially presents herself with an aura of pride and nobility, preaching about her duty to shield others from harm. She speaks in a very serious tone of voice and often comes off as very mature. However, her true character is that of a masochistic pervert. While she does want to protect others, her masochistic urges are what ultimately drive her to commit many of her “heroic” acts. Masochism is far from her only deviant sexual inclination; she also demonstrates submission (a running gag being her responding to Kazuma’s sharp insults by reeling back in pleasure), wet and messy fetishism, and exhibitionism. Throughout the story, she becomes progressively more open about her true intentions, to the point where she blatantly reveals her reason for becoming a crusader was in hopes of being sexually tortured by the Devil King, and that her ideal husband is an abusive alcoholic who would force her to sell her body for money. But while she enjoys abuse, there are a few instances where Darkness can become genuinely uncomfortable. Despite her strength and stamina, Darkness’s swordplay is utterly incompetent and she often misses targets directly in front of her, causing her to be embarrassed. One of the only types of humiliation Darkness is not okay with is being made fun of by her real name: Lalatina. Darkness becomes very uncomfortable when Kazuma sexually prepositions her, though she ultimately consents to the encounter. Though her masochism is her most prominent trait, Darkness is a very kind and caring individual and can often be seen as the most courageous member of the party, never hesitating to put herself in harm’s way (though most of the time, she has ulterior motives). Being a devout Eris cultist, she has a strong distaste for demons and has pledged herself to protect those around her. Additionally, while she is more than willing to put herself in harm's way to satisfy her urges, she refuses to allow others to be harmed, as seen when she showed genuine anger at Beldia after he killed several adventurers, and when she rebuked Kazuma for verbally abusing Aqua. Due in part to her consistently poor swordsmanship, Darkness shows extreme, almost childlike excitement when met with opponents she's able to hit.