Iris Lana Armelia

Iris Lana Armelia is the female protagonist of Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami also known as Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter. She is the first born of Louis Dan Armelia and Mellice Reese Armelia who eventually became the Feudal Lord Representative of her father's territory after her engagement with the Second Prince of Tasmeria was broken off. Her memories and personality were fused with an Unnamed Lady, a modern-day, 30-year-old Japanese lady who died after getting run over by a car. Iris is a very beautiful, petite and slim pale-skinned young woman with thigh-length white-blue hair that has longs bangs hanging to the right side and clear sky-blue eyes. She took up yoga and exercise at the beginning of the series because she was getting a little on the pudgy side. She is seen wearing a beaded circlet under her bangs and an assortment of gowns for any occasion in which they are all shades of blue, white and sometimes black in some way. She prefers dresses made by her company, which are modern flowing gowns; despising the medieval layered dresses. If she is able to, she will prefer to wear something light that is easier to move around in. In her original life, Iris worked as accountant. Thus, she is extremely intelligent as a result, although she was also an otaku for otome games. However, she acknowledged she never considered having a live life due to her workaholic nature. The in-game version of Iris was portrayed as a villain, but not too much is known about her beyond that. In the original game’s ending for the Edward path, Iris would be expelled from High Society and exiled to a nunnery due to apparently bullying Yuri Neuer. Even the unnamed Lady felt Iris's personality obnoxious, but she understood Iris' reason for being confrontational with Yuri. She even felt Iris being disowned by her family and sent to a nunnery was not something she deserved; in fact being OVERKILL. After considering everything, the unnamed lady felt somewhat sympathetic towards Iris due to Yuri stealing her fiancé. She even thought under different circumstances that Yuri would actually be the villain. Despite being portrayed as a villain the game, the real Iris was shown to be generous and kind. She built up good relationships with most of the people she has met. To her, it didn’t matter whether they were nobles or commoners. This was best shown as she went out of her way to rescue several children from dying in abject poverty and giving them jobs as servants in her mansion. After her engagement with Edward was broken, Iris saw love as an illness. Iris realized that her jealously of seeing Yuri seduce Edward caused her to lose sight of herself. This resulted in her verbally assaulting Yuri and later being made the scapegoat of things she didn't actually do. As a result, Iris attempted to suppress any romantic feelings she may have for several years. In addition to suppressing romantic feelings, Iris found it difficult to trust and rely on others. Fearful of being betrayed again, Iris struggles not to depend on Dean whom has been assisting her in the conglomeration. As such, Iris often hides away any signs of weakness, refusing to cry as she felt that it was unnecessary to do so, as crying would not change anything. According to her mother, she is honest and straight forward, even in confronting Yuri. After inspecting the conditions the people were in, she wanted to ensure that no one would end up in dire states like the children, now grown up alongside her, she had saved. With her knowledge from her previous lives, she had drastically improved the lives of the people. She is also shown to be selfless, always putting the welfare of her people before herself. To the surprise of even those closest to her, Iris took her job as Acting Governor seriously from the start rather than pushing her work onto others, such as Sebastian. In fact, Iris has proven to be a workaholic young woman who is in charge of the Azura Conglomeration. After reading through a number of records, she visited her fief under the alias of Alice to understand their condition and to improve them. In a way she was able to connect, mingle and make friends with them without them knowing who she was. She liked to visit the orphanage and play with the children, even hoped that after her retirement, she may work at her orphanage raising the children. Iris uses her knowledge from her previous life to bring about major, positive changes and products to her fief and the kingdom such as the reformation of tax, concept of banking, medical reform, expansion & connectivity of road, various schemes, expansion of trade and schooling for commoners who would otherwise not receive an education, increased the security patrol so that the safety of her citizen is ensured even during the night. She also introduces products that had not previously existed in the kingdom or were only available in a crude format such as chocolate, conditioner, textile and cosmetics, going so far as to create her own successful business. She also established orphanage and funded it through the selling of picture books of her company. Following Iris' brush was excommunication, Iris adopts a somewhat colder and pragmatic approach. While she generally remains kind and friendly, she displays a more no-nonsense attitude towards others, such as Van Lutasha and the public servants who betrayed her. She is willing to grant people a second chance, but she makes it clear that if they betray her again, there will be a price to pay. She realized that despite her best efforts people aren't necessarily going to play nice. She understands that she needs to be ready to do what she needs to do to accomplish her goals and not be blindsided again.