Raphtalia

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Raphtalia
Place of Origin
Melromarc, Rock Valley
Age
18
Date of Birth
Height
160.00 cm
Weight
Blood Type
Bust
Waist
Hip
Submitted By
Neapolitan
Popularity # 35
Like # 33
Trash # 98
Description

Raphtalia is the main heroine and Deuteragonist of The Rising of the Shield Hero series. She is the first real companion of the Shield Hero Naofumi Iwatani. Although she was originally bought as a slave, she was never treated badly and the two forged a strong bond. She later travels to another world and obtains the Vassal Katana, becoming the Katana Hero. Additionally, she becomes the Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo after overthrowing the previous emperor. Raphtalia is a young girl with long brown hair and reddish eyes. Being a demi-human with racoon and tanuki ancestry, she has fluffy red tanuki ears and a bushy tail. She takes after her father in having a lean build but has built some muscle from the demanding life of an adventurer. Over time, Raphtalia's appearance has changed significantly. When she was first introduced, she was a young sickly child dressed in rags with an unkempt appearance. However, after she met Shield Hero Naofumi, he was able to bring her back to health and give her a suitable set of clothes for adventuring. After several weeks adventuring with Naofumi, Raphtalia started increasing her level. Being a demi-human, this accelerated her aging until she was a young adult. During this time Raphtalia switched her knife for a sword and donned a leather breastplate. Upon traveling to Glass' World, Raphalia reverted to being a child of around 10 years old until she had leveled-up sufficiently. While she was escaping from enemy territory, she was selected as the wielder of the Vassal Katana and given a Miko outfit. The Vassal Katana removes the slave crest she had on her chest up to this point. Now she remains an adult when traveling between the two worlds. When she is first introduced, Raphtalia is initially very shy, sickly child who was fearful for her life. Her village and family were just recently destroyed by the waves, she was captured by slave hunters and sold to a wicked noble. When she got deathly sick, she was sold off and expected to die. This left her in a very vulnerable state of health and mind which was actively worse by her constant nightmares at night. By the time she was bought by Naofumi, she was losing hope in the future. Fortunately, Naofumi turned out to be a kind master who took care of Raphtalia. He treated her sickness, fed and sheltered her despite his own misfortune. His unexpected good treatment of Raphtalia allowed her to heal and gain hope in the future. Eventually, she was forced to face her trauma when they encountered the Two-Headed Dog which reminded Raphtalia of the Cerberus that killed her parents. Raphtalia was frightened stiff. With Naofumi's help, Raphtalia was able to overcome her deep-rooted trauma and slay the beast. From then on, she swore to stay by the Shield Hero's side and be his sword - preventing others from experiencing the tragedy she had faced. After a long time adventuring with Naofumi, Raphtalia got separated from him for the first time when they traveled to Glass' World. Kyo had set a trap and Raphtalia was forced to escape a specialty prison with heroes from another world. While Raphtalia was worried about Naofumi and being separated from him, she showed a great deal of growth and independence as she led the prison break by herself. She became the Vassal Katana wielder which permanently removed her slave crest. Raphtalia worried about losing her slave crest since it was a symbol of her connection to Naofumi but upon reuniting, it became clear that it was no longer needed. Upon returning to her world, Raphtalia's decisiveness and connection with Naofumi grew. Upon being targeted for assassination by her home nation Q'ten Lo, Raphtalia fights back for her own sake. She also eventually becomes the reluctant leader of that nation. Finally, after being ambushed by Takt, Raphtalia decided to stay behind to let her friends, and the critically injured Naofumi, to escape to safety. Despite her mistreatment in the past, Raphtalia is a kind and compassionate person. When Naofumi has been at his lowest points, such as his duel against Motoyasu, Raphtalia has been there to comfort him. She is also willing to put herself in danger to protect those she cares about, such as when she's gotten burned by the shield of wrath to prevent Naofumi from losing himself. When her village gets rebuilt, she takes on a "big sister" role to the villager children: being a role model and taking care of them, but also reprimanding them when they do something wrong. Raphtalia has even been shown to protect those who have mistreated her, such as warning her bullies before Naofumi enacts punishment or saving Riyute Village when their nation enslaved her in the first place. Ostensibly, Raphtalia doesn't outwardly care for romance and being girly, but this comes from her desire to support Naofumi. At the beginning, he believed that such things should wait until after the waves. As a result, Raphtalia started to instead focus on efficiently and improving in combat though extensive training. Tragically, Raphtalia does harbour romantic feelings for Naofumi but has decided to wait out of respect for him. Raphtalia's close friends have repeated encouraged her to try bolder steps to get his attention. At first, Naofumi felt himself unworthy of such relations but this has begun to change as he has begun to heal from his own trauma. At times Raphtalia feels disappointed by Naofumi's actions and wishes for him to be the hero she knows he is. She wants him to stop pretending to be the villain and be more straightforward about his motives. For example, she is disappointed that he did not remove his villagers' slave crests upon purchasing them from the slave trader. She often objects when Naofumi does something distasteful, such as acting cruelly towards his enemies or creating the Chivalrous Thief Guild. Finally, Raphtalia is disappointed and slightly disturbed in Naofumi's creation of Raph-chan and the Raph species which he created using her hair. She finds that the creature is based off her unsettling and is jealous is the abundant affection Naofumi gives towards them. She feels that he can sometimes be a bad influence and is worried about people like Ruft taking after his undesirable behaviour.

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