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* LovingAShadow: Sword Maiden's infatuation with Goblin Slayer began before she had ever met the man, having learned of his existence through folk songs. Once they meet, she willingly puts up with his brusque conduct, opens her heart out to him, and more. When she thinks of him, she imagines a figure clad in stalwart armor only tangentially related to Goblin Slayer's actual appearance. [[spoiler: In the end of Volume 2, Sword Maiden finally snaps and undergoes a mental breakdown after he firmly rejects her pleas to alleviate her suffering. Having said that, Goblin Slayer's last words afterward not only brought her back from the brink, but reinforced her love and desire to pursue him.]]
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* LovingAShadow: Sword Maiden's infatuation with Goblin Slayer began before she had ever met the man, having learned of his existence through folk songs. Once they meet, she willingly puts up with his brusque conduct, opens her heart out to him, and more. When she thinks of him, she imagines a figure clad in stalwart armor only tangentially related to Goblin Slayer's actual appearance. [[spoiler: In the end of Volume 2, Sword Maiden finally snaps and undergoes a mental breakdown after he firmly rejects her pleas to alleviate relieve her suffering. Having said that, Goblin Slayer's last words afterward not only brought her back from the brink, but reinforced her love and desire to pursue him.]]
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* LovingAShadow: Sword Maiden's infatuation with Goblin Slayer began before she had ever met the man, having learned of his existence through folk songs. Once they meet, she willingly puts up with his brusque conduct, opens her heart out to him, and more. When she thinks of him, she imagines a figure clad in stalwart armor only tangentially related to Goblin Slayer's actual appearance. [[spoiler: In the end of Volume 2, Sword Maiden finally snaps and undergoes a mental breakdown after he firmly states that there's nothing he can do for her. Having said that, Goblin Slayer's last words afterward not only brought her back from the brink, but reinforced her love and desire to pursue him.]]
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* LovingAShadow: Sword Maiden's infatuation with Goblin Slayer began before she had ever met the man, having learned of his existence through folk songs. Once they meet, she willingly puts up with his brusque conduct, opens her heart out to him, and more. When she thinks of him, she imagines a figure clad in stalwart armor only tangentially related to Goblin Slayer's actual appearance. [[spoiler: In the end of Volume 2, Sword Maiden finally snaps and undergoes a mental breakdown after he firmly states that there's nothing he can do for her.rejects her pleas to alleviate her suffering. Having said that, Goblin Slayer's last words afterward not only brought her back from the brink, but reinforced her love and desire to pursue him.]]
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* LovingAShadow: Sword Maiden's infatuation with Goblin Slayer began before she had ever met the man, having learned of his existence through folk songs. Once they meet, she willingly puts up with his brusque conduct, opens her heart out to him, and more. When she thinks of him, she imagines a figure clad in stalwart armor only tangentially related to Goblin Slayer's actual appearance. [[spoiler: In the end of Volume 2, Goblin Slayer dashes Sword Maiden's hopes by professing that he cannot save her, so she comes dangerously close to Maiden finally snaps and undergoes a mental breakdown. breakdown after he firmly states that there's nothing he can do for her. Having said that, his Goblin Slayer's last words afterward not only brought her back from the brink, but reinforced her love and desire to pursue him.]]
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* LovingAShadow: Sword Maiden's infatuation with Goblin Slayer began before she had ever met the man, having learned of his existence through folk songs. Once they meet, she willingly puts up with his brusque conduct, opens her heart out to him, and more. When she thinks of him, she imagines a figure clad in stalwart armor only tangentially related to Goblin Slayer's actual appearance. [[spoiler: In the end of Volume 2, Goblin Slayer dashes Sword Maiden's hopes by professing that he cannot save her, so she comes dangerously close to a mental breakdown. Having said that, his last words afterward not only brought her back from the brink, but reinforced her love and desire to pursue him.]]
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* {{Foil}}: The eldest sister is this to Goblin Slayer's Older Sister. Both are attractive young women that try to protect their family on the same night goblins attacked their village and were subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath. The difference being Goblin Slayer's Older Sister succeeded in protect her brother by hiding him, while the eldest sister fail to protect her two younger sisters by try to get them to run away. Additionally, Goblin Slayer make it clear that his sister died that night, while its implied the three sisters got to live on a little longer, as BreedingSlave.
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* {{Foil}}: The eldest sister is this to Goblin Slayer's Older Sister. Both are attractive young women that try to protect their family on the same night goblins attacked their village and were subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath. The difference being Goblin Slayer's Older Sister succeeded in protect protecting her brother by hiding him, while the eldest sister fail failed to protect her two younger sisters by try trying to get them to run away. Additionally, Goblin Slayer make it clear that his sister died that night, while its implied the three sisters got to live on a little longer, as BreedingSlave.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is unwilling to do anything about the goblins when they are running amok in sewer systems of his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments government's unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is unwilling to do anything about the goblins when they are running amok in sewer systems of his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
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* {{Foil}}: To Goblin Slayer, both being adventures obsessed with killing goblins, which is fitting since he was Goblin Slayer's mentor. However, were as Goblin Slayer can be cordial and social toward other people, Burglar has clearly lost any social skills to properly interact with people in a non-aggressive manner. He is essentially what Goblin Slayer might become if he back tracks from his CharacterDevelopment, a crazy goblin-obsessed old man living in solitary.
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* {{Foil}}: To Goblin Slayer, both being adventures adventurers obsessed with killing goblins, which is fitting since he was Goblin Slayer's mentor. However, were as Goblin Slayer can be cordial and social toward other people, Burglar has clearly lost any social skills to properly interact with people in a non-aggressive manner. He is essentially what Goblin Slayer might become if he back tracks from his CharacterDevelopment, a crazy goblin-obsessed old man living in solitary.
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* OutWithaBang: Implied to have died in this manner at the hand of a horde of goblins while her little brother was ForcedToWatch.
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* OutWithaBang: OutWithABang: Implied to have died in this manner at the hand of a horde of goblins while her little brother was ForcedToWatch.
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* OutwithaBang: OutWithaBang: Implied to have died in this manner at the hand of a horde of goblins while her little brother was ForcedToWatch.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is unwilling to do anything about the goblins when they are running amok in sewer systems his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is unwilling to do anything about the goblins when they are running amok in sewer systems of his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
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* DeathByOriginStory: Her death is what turned her little brother into Goblin Slayer.
* HeroicSacrifice: Allow herself to be captured by goblins knowing that they would be too busy with her to notice her hidden little brother.
* HeroicSacrifice: Allow herself to be captured by goblins knowing that they would be too busy with her to notice her hidden little brother.
* OutwithaBang: Implied to have died in this manner at the hand of a horde of goblins while her little brother was ForcedToWatch.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: While the goblin were having their way with them.
* {{Foil}}: The eldest sister is this to Goblin Slayer's Older Sister. Both are attractive young women that try to protect their family on the same night goblins attacked their village and were subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath. The difference being Goblin Slayer's Older Sister succeeded in protect her brother by hiding him, while the eldest sister fail to protect her two younger sisters by try to get them to run away. Additionally, Goblin Slayer make it clear that his sister died that night, while its implied the three sisters got to live on a little longer, as BreedingSlave.
* {{Foil}}: The eldest sister is this to Goblin Slayer's Older Sister. Both are attractive young women that try to protect their family on the same night goblins attacked their village and were subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath. The difference being Goblin Slayer's Older Sister succeeded in protect her brother by hiding him, while the eldest sister fail to protect her two younger sisters by try to get them to run away. Additionally, Goblin Slayer make it clear that his sister died that night, while its implied the three sisters got to live on a little longer, as BreedingSlave.
* SacrificialLamb: Their only purpose is to show the fate of any woman unfortunate enough to be captured by goblins.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is does unwilling to do anything about the goblins when they are running amok in sewer systems his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
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* {{Foil}}: To Goblin Slayer, both being adventures obsessed with killing Goblins, which is fitting since he was Goblin Slayer's mentor. However, were as Goblin Slayer can be cordial and social toward other people, Burglar has clearly lost any social skills to properly interact with people in a non-aggressive manner. He is essentially what Goblin Slayer might become if he back tracks from his CharacterDevelopment, a crazy goblin-obsessed old man living in solitary.
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* {{Foil}}: To Goblin Slayer, both being adventures obsessed with killing Goblins, goblins, which is fitting since he was Goblin Slayer's mentor. However, were as Goblin Slayer can be cordial and social toward other people, Burglar has clearly lost any social skills to properly interact with people in a non-aggressive manner. He is essentially what Goblin Slayer might become if he back tracks from his CharacterDevelopment, a crazy goblin-obsessed old man living in solitary.
* UncertainDoom: He disappears after going out on one of his adventure, and has not been seen or heard since, without giving Goblin Slayer a proper good-bye. It does leave one wondering if survived the last adventure he went on.
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* UncertainDoom: The last time we see them, they were captured and ganged-raped by a large group goblins. Although it is not shown what happens to them afterwards, it's safe to assume they are no longer around by the time we get to the main story.
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* UncertainDoom: The last time we see them, they were captured and ganged-raped by a large group goblins. Although it is not shown what happens to them afterwards, it's safe to assume they are no longer around by the time we get to the main story. There is slight chance they might have been save by an adventurer, especially since [[HeroOfAnotherStory Burglar]] was tracking the horde that attacked their village.
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* MinorMajorCharacter: He is the king of country where all the characters resides and is mentioned several time, but only makes few appearances in the story.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is does unwilling to anything about the goblins when they are running amok in his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much the governments unwillingness to deal with the goblin threat can be traced back to him. Although in his defense, the guy is dealing with a world ending threat on a weekly basis, so it is understandable why he is prioritizing his fighting force to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. That said, the fact that he is does unwilling to anything about the goblins when they are running amok in his city, does raise a few eyebrows.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: He was basically the "Goblin Slayer" of his time, before he disappeared.
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* RedIsHeroic: The anime give her bright red hair.
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* BigGood: Well he is the king of a country that is continuously being attacked by monsters, so he kind of has to be this.
* {{Bishonen}}: Unlike most stereotypical kings in fantasy stories, he is handsome young man with the looks of a PrinceCharming. Although he did ascended to the throne at a young age due to the death of his father.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
* MinorMajorCharacter: He is the king of country where all the characters resides and is mentioned several time, but only makes few appearances in the story.
* {{Bishonen}}: Unlike most stereotypical kings in fantasy stories, he is handsome young man with the looks of a PrinceCharming. Although he did ascended to the throne at a young age due to the death of his father.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
* MinorMajorCharacter: He is the king of country where all the characters resides and is mentioned several time, but only makes few appearances in the story.
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* BigGood: Well Well, he is the king of a country that is continuously being attacked by monsters, so he kind of has to be this.
* {{Bishonen}}: Unlike most stereotypical kings in fantasy stories, he is handsome young man with the looks of a PrinceCharming. Although he didascended ascend to the throne at a young age due to the death of his father.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a womanthat has who had been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
such creatures.
* MinorMajorCharacter: He is the king of country where all the characters resides and is mentioned several time, but only makes few appearances in thestory. story.
* PoliceAreUseless: Goblin Slayer and Sword Maiden don't hold very high opinions for how the King distributes the country's military, especially since he believes that the Adventurers Guild should be more than sufficient to counter the Frontier's threats. Because he keeps most of his forces stationed at the Capital to ward off demons, a lot of villagers are left to fend for themselves without expecting a response from the government.
* ReluctantRuler: Has expressed his annoyance at being unable to act from beyond his throne on more than one occasion. During his meeting with Sword Maiden in Volume 4, he tiredly confesses how he wishes he was dungeon-diving with his old party like the good old days.
* {{Bishonen}}: Unlike most stereotypical kings in fantasy stories, he is handsome young man with the looks of a PrinceCharming. Although he did
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman
* MinorMajorCharacter: He is the king of country where all the characters resides and is mentioned several time, but only makes few appearances in the
* PoliceAreUseless: Goblin Slayer and Sword Maiden don't hold very high opinions for how the King distributes the country's military, especially since he believes that the Adventurers Guild should be more than sufficient to counter the Frontier's threats. Because he keeps most of his forces stationed at the Capital to ward off demons, a lot of villagers are left to fend for themselves without expecting a response from the government.
* ReluctantRuler: Has expressed his annoyance at being unable to act from beyond his throne on more than one occasion. During his meeting with Sword Maiden in Volume 4, he tiredly confesses how he wishes he was dungeon-diving with his old party like the good old days.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind after witnessing his sister's death. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer thar he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but not the adventurer he is now.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval of him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind after witnessing his sister's death. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer thar that he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but not the adventurer he is now.
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* BreedingSlave: Their presumed fate. They are the first shown example of this in the ''Year One'' manga.
* RapeAsDrama: All 3 sisters ended up being gang-raped by goblins.
* RapeAsDrama: All 3 sisters ended up being gang-raped by goblins.
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* BreedingSlave: Their presumed fate. They are the first shown example of this in the ''Year One'' manga.
fate.
* RapeAsDrama: All 3 sisters ended up being gang-raped by goblins. They are the first shown example of this in the ''Year One'' manga.
* RapeAsDrama: All 3 sisters ended up being gang-raped by goblins. They are the first shown example of this in the ''Year One'' manga.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind after witnessing his sister's death. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer the he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but not the adventurer he is now.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind after witnessing his sister's death. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer the thar he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but not the adventurer he is now.
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* BreedingSlave: Their presumed fate.
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* BreedingSlave: Their presumed fate. They are the first shown example of this in the ''Year One'' manga.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer the he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but now the adventurer he is now.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind. mind after witnessing his sister's death. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer the he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but now not the adventurer he is now.
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Three sister that lived in same village as Goblin Slayer and Cow Girl, and were victims of the goblin attack on it.
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* CoolUncle: To Cow Girl. He is willing to let Goblin Slayer on his farm at her request, even though he clearly disapproves of the goblin-obsessed adventurer that his niece's childhood friend has become.
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* CoolUncle: To Cow Girl. He is willing to let Goblin Slayer live on his farm at her request, even though he clearly disapproves of the goblin-obsessed adventurer that his niece's childhood friend has become.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Although Cow Girl and Goblin Slayer aren't dating, he is aware that his niece is in love with Goblin Slayer and has voiced his disapproval him to Cow Girl many times. He even outright tells his niece that he believe Goblin Slayer has lost his mind. In ''Year One'', he tells Goblin Slayer the he is willing to marry Cow Girl off to the boy she grew up with, but now the adventurer he is now.
* RapeAsDrama: All 3 sisters ended up being gang-raped by goblins.
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* BigGood: Well he is the king of a country that is continuously being attacked by monsters, so he kind of has to be.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
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* BigGood: Well he is the king of a country that is continuously being attacked by monsters, so he kind of has to be.be this.
* {{Bishonen}}: Unlike most stereotypical kings in fantasy stories, he is handsome young man with the looks of a PrinceCharming. Although he did ascended to the throne at a young age due to the death of his father.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized bygoblins.goblins.
* MinorMajorCharacter: He is the king of country where all the characters resides and is mentioned several time, but only makes few appearances in the story.
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* AccidentalHero: When he took Cow Girl into the city on the fateful night that goblins attack her village. He didn't realize it at time, but this action saved his niece's life.
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* AccidentalHero: When he took Cow Girl into the city on the fateful night that goblins attack attacked her village. He didn't realize it at the time, but this action saved his niece's life.life.
* CoolUncle: To Cow Girl. He is willing to let Goblin Slayer on his farm at her request, even though he clearly disapproves of the goblin-obsessed adventurer that his niece's childhood friend has become.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In the anime, he has brown eyes and brown hair.
* CoolUncle: To Cow Girl. He is willing to let Goblin Slayer on his farm at her request, even though he clearly disapproves of the goblin-obsessed adventurer that his niece's childhood friend has become.
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* BreedingSlave: Their presumed fate.
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* SenselessSacrifice: The eldest sister try to hold off the goblins to let her 2 younger sisters escape, unfortunately her sacrifice was in vain as they were captured anyways.
* MsFanservice: All 3 sisters are very attractive cute girls, unfortunately this seems to be why the goblins gave them FateWorseThanDeath instead of outright killing them like many other villagers.
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[[folder:Cow Girl's Uncle]]
A dairy farmer and Cow Girl's current guardian after her parents death.
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* AccidentalHero: When he took Cow Girl into the city on the fateful night that goblins attack her village. He didn't realize it at time, but this action saved his niece's life.
* PapaWolf: To Cow Girl since she is the only family that he has left.
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[[folder:The Three Sisters]]
Three sister that lived in same village as Goblin Slayer and Cow Girl, and were victims of the goblin attack on it.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The eldest sister is blonde, the middle sister is a redhead, and the youngest is a brunette.
* UncertainDoom: The last time we see them, they were captured and ganged-raped by a large group goblins. Although it is not shown what happens to them afterwards, it's safe to assume they are no longer around by the time we get to the main story.
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[[folder:The King]]
A former adventurer and current ruler of the country.
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* BigGood: Well he is the king of a country that is continuously being attacked by monsters, so he kind of has to be.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
[[folder:Cow Girl's Uncle]]
A dairy farmer and Cow Girl's current guardian after her parents death.
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* AccidentalHero: When he took Cow Girl into the city on the fateful night that goblins attack her village. He didn't realize it at time, but this action saved his niece's life.
* PapaWolf: To Cow Girl since she is the only family that he has left.
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[[folder:The Three Sisters]]
Three sister that lived in same village as Goblin Slayer and Cow Girl, and were victims of the goblin attack on it.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The eldest sister is blonde, the middle sister is a redhead, and the youngest is a brunette.
* UncertainDoom: The last time we see them, they were captured and ganged-raped by a large group goblins. Although it is not shown what happens to them afterwards, it's safe to assume they are no longer around by the time we get to the main story.
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[[folder:The King]]
A former adventurer and current ruler of the country.
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* BigGood: Well he is the king of a country that is continuously being attacked by monsters, so he kind of has to be.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Talks about how goblins aren't a significant enough threat to be bothered with to Sword Maiden, a woman that has been tortured and traumatized by goblins.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''With these eyes, I see many things... things you cannot imagine...'']]
A blind woman and former Gold-ranked adventurer who runs the Temple of Law as Archbishop of the Supreme God. Having heard of Goblin Slayer's achievements, she enlists him and his party to slay goblins infesting the sewers underneath Water Town, the city her temple oversees.
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* TheAce: She made her mark in history ten years ago for her role in defeating the Demon Lord, in particular ending the machinations of an order known as the Evil Sect. Even long after her retirement, the group is no closer to summoning their god thanks to her power and influence.
* BlindSeer: An encounter [[spoiler:with goblins]] early in her adventuring days left her eyes burned blind, but she was afterwards blessed with AuraVision that perceives enough to let her get around with minimal need for aid.
* BreakoutCharacter: Gets an entire spin-off novel about her quest to take out the Demon Lord that was her original claim to fame.
* BrokenAce: Mixed with BrokenBird - [[spoiler:a single mistake was all it took to make her what she is now. She is blinded, mentally-shattered, and instilled with a crippling fear of goblins. Her nights are constantly plagued with nightmares. Worst of all, no one would ever pay heed to her cries for help, because what would they, and a legendary hero like her, have to fear against the most common and lowliest of mooks]]?
* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler:While speaking with Noble Fencer in Volume 6 and learning about her being rescued by Goblin Slayer, she immediately casts a spell to read her mind and learn her opinion and intentions toward him]].
* CoveredWithScars: Her body is covered in several faint white lines that have all mostly healed by the time the events of the story take place. Her eyes, which she keeps behind a blindfold, were less so. [[spoiler:All evidence of having been a former toy for goblins]].
* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler: Even as late as Volume 8, she is not over her phobia of goblins despite how much peace of mind Goblin Slayer has helped her regain. She locks herself in her carriage for a full day after goblin wolf riders attempt to harass her caravan, and when her party is sent as TheCavalry to get Goblin Slayer's injured party out of the Labyrinth of Death, she is unable to bring herself to take any more active measures than summoning her alligator familiar and clinging to its back as it [[BeastOfBattle chews through a goblin horde]]]].
* EyeScream: She wasn't always blind. [[spoiler:When goblins kidnapped her, among other things they burned her eyes with a torch]].
* FamedInStory: She was formerly a member of the adventuring party that slew a Demon Lord, becoming a household name in the process. A decade later, she is still regarded as a LivingLegend.
* {{Familiar}}: [[spoiler:[[SewerGator An albino alligator]]. It had been defending the sewers underneath Water Town well before Goblin Slayer's arrival and is the reason there are no giant rats to hunt]].
* {{Foil}}: Both Sword Maiden and Goblin Slayer had their lives forever altered by the machinations of goblins at a young age. [[FreudianExcuse Shackled by intense trauma and mental baggage]], they are a pair of damaged goods who still pushed on and became successful adventurers. However, a closer look into their lives exhibits just how Sword Maiden is everything Goblin Slayer isn’t:
** Sword Maiden is a stunningly beautiful woman whose looks and grace draws admiration from all, complemented by robes that show off her curves and leave little to the imagination. The only imperfection about her appearance is the blindfold that covers her useless eyes. [[HeroicBuild Goblin Slayer isn’t too bad]] [[BeautifulAllAlong on the looks department either]], but he covers everything behind plated armor and a closed helmet, and his eyes are ''never'' seen by the audience.
** As an authority figure and dedicated caster of miracles, Sword Maiden rarely permits herself to take direct action, so she works through proxies such as hired help, astral projections, and familiars. Once she gets involved in a fight though, she's packing enough power to bring even gods to their knees. Goblin Slayer is a frontlines man through and through, freely getting himself involved in the thick of combat. He's not an especially great fighter due to CripplingOverspecialization and cheap gear, but if it's good enough for goblins, then it's good enough for him.
** Gold- and Silver-rank are granted only to the most powerful, skilled, and trustworthy adventurers as proof of their accomplishments. Naturally, Sword Maiden is utterly revered as an unquestioned LivingLegend for defeating the Demon Lord. By contrast, Goblin Slayer’s skill as an adventurer is frequently doubted upon by skeptics, especially since he was only given his rank as the Guild’s sole goblin exterminator.
** However, it is ''because'' of Sword Maiden’s accolades that [[LonelyAtTheTop she ends up finding herself distanced from her peers]], somebody to be admired from afar. Her subjects put too much faith in her abilities when she’s the one who needs help the most. Until the events of Volume 2 occurred, she had virtually nothing to show for all the adulation heaped upon her. Goblin Slayer was mostly isolated too, but he’s always had at least ''someone'' willing to reach out to him and give support, be it his childhood friend, his receptionist, or his partners.
** Sword Maiden's mental health issues are characterized by vivid night terrors, arrested development, and a [[DesperatelyCravesAffection desperate need for love from an empathetic soul]]. Because of this, [[LivingEmotionalCrutch she latches onto Goblin Slayer like a child does with a security blanket]], and reveals another side of herself that is [[SmittenTeenageGirl vulnerable, fanciful, coquettish, and occasionally even petty]] when she's not upholding her image. Goblin Slayer is also mentally inhibited and sometimes insecure, but his emotions are mostly numbed whenever he isn't in the midst of TranquilFury.
** Ultimately, their fates at the hands of goblins have taken them through wildly different approaches with their lives, becoming the crux of the issue at the climax of Volume 2 - Sword Maiden had her innocence destroyed through degradation by torture and rape; for her, goblins were something to be feared. Indeed, her paralyzing phobia would plague her for years to come. Even so, she managed to save the world, and would go on to live a mostly functional life as a world-renowned holy woman. Meanwhile, Goblin Slayer had his innocence destroyed along with his sister and his hometown; for him, goblins were meant to be butchered with a ''vengeance''. This anger has been focused into an understandable desire to take down as many of the bastards as possible, and it has worked wonders for the people he saved, Sword Maiden included. [[SmallStepsHero He's never going to aim for higher though]], and his future prospects aren't good if he's left to his own devices.
* FreudianExcuse: She's an emotional wreck behind closed doors, and a frequent victim of night terrors. For an Archbishop and a major figure, she can be surprisingly cynical about heroes and politics. Even with those she likes, she can be unnerving at times, as Priestess can attest to, and some of her actions ([[spoiler:like attempting to ''seduce'' Goblin Slayer with her personal story about being a ''[[FanDisservice rape victim]]'']]) show signs of a not-entirely well woman. [[spoiler:Just like how Goblin Slayer's experience with the monsters left a lasting impression on his psyche, her experience as a prisoner broke her completely, except she's now too afraid to ever face goblins on her own]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: In spite of her beauty and gentle appearance, she can be surprisingly harsh at times, such as warning Priestess that Goblin Slayer cannot protect her forever [[spoiler:directly after implying first-hand experience with goblin savagery. She also takes direct control of her [[SewerGator alligator]] to stalk the underground labyrinth, tearing monsters apart and chasing away adventurers to prevent casualties]].
* HandicappedBadass: Back in her heyday. She was blinded ''before'' she went on to become a legendary hero, performing the deeds that promoted her into Gold-ranked status.
* HighPriest: She's an archbishop, after all.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Chastises Priestess during their shared bath scene for [[LivingEmotionalCrutch leaning on Goblin Slayer as a source of strength]], and warns her to keep in mind that he inevitably will fall someday. By the end of the Water Town goblin extermination quest, Sword Maiden [[spoiler: has formed a romantic obsession for GS, to the point of shamelessly propositioning him on his last day in the city and using the memory of his martial prowess as a sleep aid]].
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:The vivisected girl in a back alley of Water Town that kick-started the whole investigation into potential goblins hiding in the sewers was a FrameUp... on the ''goblins''. Actual goblins would have taken the girl back to their nest first, not cut her apart in human territory, something that Goblin Slayer caught on from the start. The girl was really a victim of Evil Sect's rituals, but the order was supposed to be dead, and Sword Maiden saw an opportunity to finally bring a proper scare and justification to actively hunt goblins in the sewers. Even if it means pinning the blame on the wrong culprit]].
* IntimateHealing: What her miracle Resurrection essentially is. So long as the target is not actually dead, it can stitch shattered bones together, and restore a body to peak health and stamina. However, due to its [[AwesomeButImpractical extensive set-up]] and [[VirginPower highly specific requirements]], she almost never uses it.
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Goblin Slayer, [[spoiler:a fellow victim of goblins]], seemed to fit what Sword Maiden wanted out of a confidant, and not just to empathize and soothe her anxieties: Come the opportunity to spend time together in private, [[ReadyForLovemaking her repeated pleas all but screamed exactly how she wanted him to "comfort" her]]. [[spoiler: Which is why she's crushed to learn the hard way that Goblin Slayer wouldn't (or couldn't) reciprocate her. He just kills goblins - nothing more, nothing less. Sword Maiden would just have to make do with that instead]].
* IronicNickname: She is called the "Sword Maiden" but, as her backstory reveals, she was raped by goblins thus is ''not'' a maiden at all. In a light novel interlude, a cultist of the gods of chaos spitefully [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this fact.
* KnightInSourArmor: Though semi-retired, she remains a high-power and stalwart keeper of the peace and champion of the Supreme God. However, she remains all but psychologically broken from her early experiences of the depths of the depravity of monsters, and during the occupation of Water Town by Evil Sectarians and a goblin nest she is aghast at [[BystanderSyndrome how none of the city natives seem to care about the periodic disappearances and butcherings so long as they aren't in their neighborhoods]].
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Or something to that effect to Goblin Slayer, seeing as he's the only one making an effort to help - everyone else sees her as a powerful figure, so they don't recognize her fear of goblins. Whether or not he acknowledges her words, or even hears them, is a different matter entirely]].
--> '''Sword Maiden''': [[spoiler:I... I cherish you...!]]
* MostCommonSuperpower: Has the one of the largest busts of the entire cast, and her backstory marks her as the most powerful, if now retired, adventurer properly introduced as of yet.
* MsFanservice: She has a very voluptuous body, and gets both a FuroScene ''and'' a BedmateReveal scene involving Priestess, with Goblin Slayer participating in the latter. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Priestess herself has a hard time looking away]].
* NaughtyNuns: For someone intended to be a HighPriest, her ceremonial robes do a poor job at concealing her curves. [[spoiler:She is also deeply in love with Goblin Slayer and throws herself at his arms, alas he is too single-minded in his quest to pay any attention]].
* NotHerself: Says that the main reason she was so brusque with Priestess in the bath was because mindmelding with her alligator familiar taxed her enough to rob her of her usual patience.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:While Goblin Slayer's company were busy foiling Dark Elf's plan to summon Hecantocheir in the flesh, Sword Maiden participated alongside a Platinum-ranked hero in fending off the genuine article within the spirit realm via AstralProjection. Said giant was so powerful, its mere presence manifested in the real world as the howling storm the company did battle in]].
* PsychicLink: Can establish one with her giant white alligator familiar to direct it in patrolling the sewers for monsters, she dislikes doing so because she then feels the sensations of everything it does.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Over ten years ago she was knocked unconscious and dragged into a goblin nest, where she was tortured and raped for an indefinite amount of time. How she managed to get out was not explained, but the experience left her scarred both physically and mentally, with no one to turn to for comfort]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She too is one of the few people outside of Goblin Slayer's circle to fully comprehend the horrors goblins represent. However, she is unique in that she is in an actual position of power to make a change, and was the one who authorized the investigation and consequent purging of the sewers before hiring him.
* ReflectionlessUselessEyes: [[spoiler:Though she's long since healed the worst of the burn scars on her face, the eyes themselves remain opaque and sightless under her blindfold]].
* SourSupporter: Nakedly resents the King for dismissing her fear of goblins and supplications for proper military mobilization against them despite being her old adventuring partner and knowing the reason for her phobia. When he visits her to complain about Evil Wizard building a MageTower and shutting down regional trade routes while his army is still mopping up the Demons, all she does is mock him for being both unwilling ''and'' unable to protect his subjects from local threats and sing a song celebrating the idea of him being violently deposed.
* StepfordSmiler: Is almost always smiling in all of her interactions. As the trope suggests, she's hiding a lot of depression and anxiety underneath.
* TheTease: For an archbishop, [[NaughtyNuns she's surprisingly forward and flirty to Goblin Slayer]]. [[spoiler:It's genuine affection]]; much to her disappointment, [[IgnoreTheFanservice it never gets a rise out of him]].
* TheUnchosenOne: Unlike the elusive Platinum-ranked heroes, she just happened to be an exceptional individual who wasn't destined to save the world, but managed anyway.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An InUniverse example. Not only does she and Priestess share some physical traits, but she too differentiates from Goblin Slayer's age by about five years, was a Priestess back in her adventuring days, and understood how menacing goblins can be at around the same age as well. Given some years, experience, and... [[ShesAllGrownUp filling out]], Priestess may mature to resemble Sword Maiden in both stature and position. [[spoiler:So it is not too difficult to infer that she is a possible outcome of Priestess' future, had Goblin Slayer been too late to rescue her in their first encounter]].
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:The entire reason why she hired Goblin Slayer in the first place is because she can never bring herself to confront goblins ever again - she fears that if the goblin swarm within the sewers ever makes it above ground, she will just fall apart entirely at the seams, leaving Water Town defenseless]].
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: She knows well enough to keep it hidden in public, but she can be a bit immature for a twenty-five-year-old. Sword Maiden has an especially noticeable habit of [[SmittenTeenageGirl sulking like a teenage girl]] whenever the subject involves Goblin Slayer.
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[[folder:Chosen Heroine]]
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A young adventuress who is destined to save the world, her rapidly-escalating quest to reach and defeat the Demon Lord runs in parallel to Goblin Slayer's various extermination missions. Though she hasn't gotten seriously involved with the Goblin Slayer and his group yet, she has had dealings with some of the more high-profile supporting characters they have already helped.
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* ACupAngst: [[spoiler:She envies Sword Maiden's assets as revealed during their fight against Hecantochier in Volume 3]].
* TheAce: Her very first quest sees her slaying entire hordes of monsters. including dozens of goblins and a ''demon general'', single-handedly. And she only gets more powerful from there.
* BornLucky: It is not certain if her luck is part and parcel of being TheChosenOne, or if such fortune is what brought her to Platinum-rank in the first place. Either way, it is very real and part of what makes her so incredibly powerful.
** One example in Volume 3 occurs when she briefly meets Goblin Slayer for the first time. She eagerly approaches him, completely unaware the grungy warrior had set up goblin traps in her path beforehand. Not one of them triggered in her presence.
** [[spoiler:Her home happened to be one of the first villages to be saved by Goblin Slayer's intervention, ensuring her survival and a stable, happy childhood]].
* BringMyBrownPants: Admits during her adventuring report to messing her underwear when she attacked a Demon General and he was the first monster she ever faced that didn't go down in one hit.
* CallForward: [[spoiler:As ''Year One'' reveals, this wouldn't be the first time she visits Goblin Slayer in the midst of making booby-traps right before the Autumn Festival rolls around]].
* TheChosenOne: Ordained by fate to be the one to put an end to the Demon Lord's current attempt at a comeback, sooner or later. For this, she has been promoted to become the sixteenth Platinum-ranked adventurer in history.
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Nearly every enemy she faces dies in one hit, the BigBad Demon Lord dies to her within a couple of months of her becoming an adventurer, before the start of the second volume, and she nakedly ''revels'' in her overpowered abilities everytime she makes an appearance.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Chronologically-speaking, she is introduced in ''Year One'' as a cheerful [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan orphan]] with a bad habit of running off on her own to explore.
* {{Expy}}: In regards to appearance and personality, she's a combination of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya and [[Anime/MedakaBox Najimi Ajimu]] wearing platinum armor. She also resembles [[Anime/SwordArtOnline Konno Yuuki]], especially as shown in ''Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One''
* FearlessFool: Much to the exasperation of her teammates, [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat she has a love for shouting stock battle quips]] and [[LeeroyJenkins jumping right into the fray without assessing the risks beforehand]]. Often times, she doesn't seem to have the foggiest idea about the gravity of the quests she takes. Fortunately for her and the rest of the adventurers, her talent and absurd luck does well to trivialize most dangers coming her way.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:By sheer coincidence, one of Goblin Slayer's earliest jobs happens to come from her hometown, where she is the first villager to meet him face-to-face. She took a shine to his activities, but has apparently since forgotten about him by the time she became a full-fledged adventurer herself]].
* GenkiGirl: In every appearance she makes, it is clear that she is a bundle of energy. So much so, in fact, that it is somewhat exhausting for her peers who deal with her on a regular basis. Even her relatively quieter moments involve running her mouth at top speed and getting easily distracted.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Her exploits have been the subject of periodic side-chapters since the beginning of the story, but she has yet to join forces with Goblin Slayer and crew.
* LickedByTheDog: [[spoiler:It says something that, barring a possible candidate or two, she is the only person to have never been taken aback by Goblin Slayer's appearance or regard him with suspicion upon first impressions]].
* MagicKnight: Can sling spells as easily as she chops heads, as she is described as casting at least a half-dozen Firebolts on her first quest without running her limit.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: She gets at least one chapter every other volume chronicling the latest of her increasingly high-octane demon-hunting forays, and her lingering presence in the narrative is clearly building up to something, though so far the closest she's gotten to involvement in the main story is in Volume 3 when she [[spoiler:partners with Sword Maiden to fight off a rampaging PhysicalGod]] in the B-plot.
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[[folder:Burglar]]
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An old Rhea who rescues the preteen Goblin Slayer from being run down by the goblins that destroyed his home village, and then trains him to become an adventurer.
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* AbusiveParents: For five years he was basically Goblin Slayer's guardian. He probably did the world a favor by bringing forth another goblin-slaying maniac like himself, but make no mistake - he spent a good part of those years beating the boy's ego and self-esteem into the dirt, and another good part literally doing so with stones. The end result is more automaton than human, and it has had a real effect on the young man's future relationships.
* BadassTeacher: Goblin Slayer could have had no better mentor than the person whose chronological first appearance sees them slice off the heads and limbs of ''multiple'' goblins with ''one swing of a knife.'' That said, Goblin Slayer most definitely could have had a more [[SadistTeacher humane]] instructor.
* ButNowIMustGo: Stopped training Goblin Slayer suddenly and left him years ago. He apparently didn't even declare their training complete or anything, just said that he was going on another journey one day and Goblin Slayer never heard from him again.
* {{Expy}}: He's [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Bilbo Baggins]] as a {{Grimdark}}, abusive, goblin-butchering HermitGuru.
* GenuineHumanHide: In the Light Novels he is noted to wear a mask made from the peeled face of a goblin.
* RingOfPower: It functions as an InvisibilityCloak, and is one of the bigger hints as to who he is an {{Expy}} of.
* TrainingFromHell: He spent five years in an ice cave brutalizing Goblin Slayer; from pelting him with rocks until he got knocked out, to subjecting him to constant {{Breaking Speech}}es blaming him for his sister's death, to tying his hands behind his back and throwing him into an iced-over lake.
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[[folder:Mother Superior]]
An abbess devoted to the Earth Mother, and Priestess' direct superior.
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* HighPriest: The closest to one we've seen so far for the faith dedicated to the Earth Mother, and she is at least prestigious enough to oversee regional religious rituals and have dealings with other high-status clerics like Sword Maiden.
* OrphanageOfLove: Runs one out of her abbey, which is where Priestess was raised and trained.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Reportedly gave Priestess a [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct strident chewing-out offscreen over her purchasing chainmail]], but didn't do anything more when Priestess held firm, and later on vouches for her and Goblin Slayer's trustworthiness during a meeting of state heroes and religious authorities in Volume 3.
* SoProudOfYou: Greatly respects Priestess magical talent and achievements, and has high hopes for what she will accomplish in the future, even if she does laugh off the idea that priestess is TheChosenOne, [[LostOrphanedRoyalty hidden royalty]], or anything like that.
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[[folder:Noble Fencer]]
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An aristocratic young woman who ran away from home to become an adventurer. The plot of Light Novel Volume 5 is kicked off when Goblin Slayer and co. are hired to recover her when she goes missing hunting goblins in an ice mountain.
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* AncestralWeapon: She wields an ancient silver rapier that is a heirloom of her house. [[spoiler:She begs Goblin Slayer to let her accompany the party to retrieve it from the goblin paladin after he saves her and makes clear he intends to finish the job on her horde-extermination quest]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Priestess. [[spoiler:Just like her, she had her entire rookie party killed and was the sole survivor]].
* BlueBlood: Noted to be high in station,
* BreakTheCutie: She runs away from home to become an adventurer, with her first mission being a Goblin Slaying one. [[spoiler:Her plan results in her team being killed and her body being branded, leaving her vengeful and broken with a desire to kill all Goblins]].
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:The goblin paladin is able to use the brand of the God of Wisdom his lackeys gave her to use her lifeforce as fuel to perform magic at no cost to his own energy]].
* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: [[spoiler:The goblins branded her with the sign of the God of Wisdom and make her the living covenant that allows the goblin paladin to receive divine favor]].
* EmotionSuppression: [[spoiler:Does this almost instantly upon waking up back in the inn from being rescued from the goblin's temple. Priestess just as immediately sets about breaking her walls]].
* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler:Upon seeing the goblin paladin again all the emotions she had been repressing since her rescue: her guilt over causing her friends' death, fear and sorrow from being taken by the goblins, and admission to not being as ready to be an adventurer as she thought, come crashing into all at once. But once she accepts what happened to her, she is able to properly engage with the fight against the goblins and later move on from the experience and try again as an adventurer]].
* ImportantHaircut: Sheers off her long hair at her neck [[spoiler:and offers it to Goblin Slayer as payment to let her join his party and fight to reclaim her stolen sword]].
* LeeroyJenkins: [[spoiler: Unable to calm herself while seeing a Goblin wearing the robes of her dead companion, she attacks one and forces the group to change their plans while in the Goblin territory]].
* MagicKnight: She can use spells alongside her swordplay.
* RescueRomance: Her conversation with Sword Maiden in Volume 6 reveals that after being saved by the party, she has developed a crush [[spoiler: ...on [[LesYay Priestess]]]].
* ShockAndAwe: She has a Lightning spell. [[spoiler:The Goblin paladin wanted to enslave her in the first place to make her use this magic to help him in his attempts to learn smithing]].
* SoleSurvivor: Of her party, she's the only one left alive.
* StartMyOwn: The reason she ran away to become an adventurer was because she wanted to achieve power and fame through her own abilities and not rely on her family name for prestige. [[spoiler:She learns that attaining personal glory is a more arduous and perilous task than she first assumed in the most gruesome manner possible]].
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: [[spoiler:The reason Goblin Slayer and Priestess decide to bring her on their assault on the goblin stronghold is that they can tell that getting back in the saddle right now and confronting her trauma head-on is the only possible way she is ever going to have a chance at reclaiming her self-respect and recovering psychologically]].
* WalkingSpoiler: A given when her role in the story [[spoiler:is so closely bound up in a major [[TheReveal reveal]] of a new goblin evolution and the race's true potential for evil plans overall]].
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[[folder:Magician]]
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A newbie adventurer in Volume 6 who only wants to hunt Goblins.
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* {{Expy}}: Has the appearance of a teenage [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi Springfield]], but with an edgier personality.
* {{Foil}}: Like Goblin Slayer, here is a young man driven to become an adventurer to wipe out the Goblin menace, but in stark contrast with Goblin Slayer he is: a dedicated magic-user as opposed to a CombatPragmatist MultiMeleeMaster, a NaiveNewcomer to the rigors of adventuring as opposed to going through TrainingFromHell before he even started, open-faced and socially out-going as opposed to TheFaceless and completely emotionally closed-off, and inspired by intellectual disgust at reports of Goblin behavior as opposed to personally experiencing them from a DarkAndTroubledPast. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, Guild Girl sees him as a complete nuisance as opposed to a breath of fresh air]].
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While Goblin Slayer was considered a weirdo for a time, but eventually accepted, Magician on the other hand is considered annoying by the Guild, adventurers and staff, alike.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Priestess of all people gives him an epic one for blaming Goblin Slayer for his sister's death. Being a witness to the event, and how [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness OOC]] it is for her to be this angry, it was extremely effective on all present.
* YouKilledMyFather: Blames Goblin Slayer for not doing more to save or caring for the life of his sister, [[spoiler: Rookie Mage from Priestess' initial party]]. Even though [[spoiler:the party's lack of preparation and planning was the real cause for her death]] and Goblin Slayer couldn't do much to save her by the time he arrived except give a MercyKill.
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[[folder:Forest Princess]]
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High Elf Archer's older sister, and princess of the elves. Shows up in Volume 7 to invite the party to her wedding.
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* BigSisterBully: Her first conversation with Goblin Slayer sees her telling the man she bets that her little sister was TheLoad in all their adventurers together and encouraging him to dump her for a more skilled elven ranger, ''while High Elf Archer is standing directly between them''.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: Makes a joke while prepping for her wedding that she and her fiance intend to get an early start on trying for a child, "in just the first two or three hundred years of our marriage".
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[[folder:Goblin Slayer's Sister]]
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Goblin Slayer's older sister. Years before the main story began, she was raped and murdered by goblins right in front of her younger brother, which kickstarted his genocidal hatred of goblins.
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* BrainyBrunette: Had brown hair and was noted by her brother to be wise. In the light novels, Goblin Slayer even recollects that his sister was the sharpest person in their village and earned her food by teaching the village children how to read and write. He also remembers that she could have made a good living in the city, but chose instead to stay in the village to raise him.
* MotherlySidePlait: Of the "doomed anime mom" variety. Having this hairstyle marks her as a goner in this universe.
* NiceGirl: Selfless, loving, kind, and wise.
* ParentalSubstitute: Their parents died of a plague while Goblin Slayer was still very young, so she raised him herself as far back as he can remember.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Is long dead by the time the story begins, but her teachings and the manner of her demise are what made Goblin Slayer into the man he is today.
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[[folder:Sword Maiden]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''With these eyes, I see many things... things you cannot imagine...'']]
A blind woman and former Gold-ranked adventurer who runs the Temple of Law as Archbishop of the Supreme God. Having heard of Goblin Slayer's achievements, she enlists him and his party to slay goblins infesting the sewers underneath Water Town, the city her temple oversees.
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* TheAce: She made her mark in history ten years ago for her role in defeating the Demon Lord, in particular ending the machinations of an order known as the Evil Sect. Even long after her retirement, the group is no closer to summoning their god thanks to her power and influence.
* BlindSeer: An encounter [[spoiler:with goblins]] early in her adventuring days left her eyes burned blind, but she was afterwards blessed with AuraVision that perceives enough to let her get around with minimal need for aid.
* BreakoutCharacter: Gets an entire spin-off novel about her quest to take out the Demon Lord that was her original claim to fame.
* BrokenAce: Mixed with BrokenBird - [[spoiler:a single mistake was all it took to make her what she is now. She is blinded, mentally-shattered, and instilled with a crippling fear of goblins. Her nights are constantly plagued with nightmares. Worst of all, no one would ever pay heed to her cries for help, because what would they, and a legendary hero like her, have to fear against the most common and lowliest of mooks]]?
* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler:While speaking with Noble Fencer in Volume 6 and learning about her being rescued by Goblin Slayer, she immediately casts a spell to read her mind and learn her opinion and intentions toward him]].
* CoveredWithScars: Her body is covered in several faint white lines that have all mostly healed by the time the events of the story take place. Her eyes, which she keeps behind a blindfold, were less so. [[spoiler:All evidence of having been a former toy for goblins]].
* CowardlyLion: [[spoiler: Even as late as Volume 8, she is not over her phobia of goblins despite how much peace of mind Goblin Slayer has helped her regain. She locks herself in her carriage for a full day after goblin wolf riders attempt to harass her caravan, and when her party is sent as TheCavalry to get Goblin Slayer's injured party out of the Labyrinth of Death, she is unable to bring herself to take any more active measures than summoning her alligator familiar and clinging to its back as it [[BeastOfBattle chews through a goblin horde]]]].
* EyeScream: She wasn't always blind. [[spoiler:When goblins kidnapped her, among other things they burned her eyes with a torch]].
* FamedInStory: She was formerly a member of the adventuring party that slew a Demon Lord, becoming a household name in the process. A decade later, she is still regarded as a LivingLegend.
* {{Familiar}}: [[spoiler:[[SewerGator An albino alligator]]. It had been defending the sewers underneath Water Town well before Goblin Slayer's arrival and is the reason there are no giant rats to hunt]].
* {{Foil}}: Both Sword Maiden and Goblin Slayer had their lives forever altered by the machinations of goblins at a young age. [[FreudianExcuse Shackled by intense trauma and mental baggage]], they are a pair of damaged goods who still pushed on and became successful adventurers. However, a closer look into their lives exhibits just how Sword Maiden is everything Goblin Slayer isn’t:
** Sword Maiden is a stunningly beautiful woman whose looks and grace draws admiration from all, complemented by robes that show off her curves and leave little to the imagination. The only imperfection about her appearance is the blindfold that covers her useless eyes. [[HeroicBuild Goblin Slayer isn’t too bad]] [[BeautifulAllAlong on the looks department either]], but he covers everything behind plated armor and a closed helmet, and his eyes are ''never'' seen by the audience.
** As an authority figure and dedicated caster of miracles, Sword Maiden rarely permits herself to take direct action, so she works through proxies such as hired help, astral projections, and familiars. Once she gets involved in a fight though, she's packing enough power to bring even gods to their knees. Goblin Slayer is a frontlines man through and through, freely getting himself involved in the thick of combat. He's not an especially great fighter due to CripplingOverspecialization and cheap gear, but if it's good enough for goblins, then it's good enough for him.
** Gold- and Silver-rank are granted only to the most powerful, skilled, and trustworthy adventurers as proof of their accomplishments. Naturally, Sword Maiden is utterly revered as an unquestioned LivingLegend for defeating the Demon Lord. By contrast, Goblin Slayer’s skill as an adventurer is frequently doubted upon by skeptics, especially since he was only given his rank as the Guild’s sole goblin exterminator.
** However, it is ''because'' of Sword Maiden’s accolades that [[LonelyAtTheTop she ends up finding herself distanced from her peers]], somebody to be admired from afar. Her subjects put too much faith in her abilities when she’s the one who needs help the most. Until the events of Volume 2 occurred, she had virtually nothing to show for all the adulation heaped upon her. Goblin Slayer was mostly isolated too, but he’s always had at least ''someone'' willing to reach out to him and give support, be it his childhood friend, his receptionist, or his partners.
** Sword Maiden's mental health issues are characterized by vivid night terrors, arrested development, and a [[DesperatelyCravesAffection desperate need for love from an empathetic soul]]. Because of this, [[LivingEmotionalCrutch she latches onto Goblin Slayer like a child does with a security blanket]], and reveals another side of herself that is [[SmittenTeenageGirl vulnerable, fanciful, coquettish, and occasionally even petty]] when she's not upholding her image. Goblin Slayer is also mentally inhibited and sometimes insecure, but his emotions are mostly numbed whenever he isn't in the midst of TranquilFury.
** Ultimately, their fates at the hands of goblins have taken them through wildly different approaches with their lives, becoming the crux of the issue at the climax of Volume 2 - Sword Maiden had her innocence destroyed through degradation by torture and rape; for her, goblins were something to be feared. Indeed, her paralyzing phobia would plague her for years to come. Even so, she managed to save the world, and would go on to live a mostly functional life as a world-renowned holy woman. Meanwhile, Goblin Slayer had his innocence destroyed along with his sister and his hometown; for him, goblins were meant to be butchered with a ''vengeance''. This anger has been focused into an understandable desire to take down as many of the bastards as possible, and it has worked wonders for the people he saved, Sword Maiden included. [[SmallStepsHero He's never going to aim for higher though]], and his future prospects aren't good if he's left to his own devices.
* FreudianExcuse: She's an emotional wreck behind closed doors, and a frequent victim of night terrors. For an Archbishop and a major figure, she can be surprisingly cynical about heroes and politics. Even with those she likes, she can be unnerving at times, as Priestess can attest to, and some of her actions ([[spoiler:like attempting to ''seduce'' Goblin Slayer with her personal story about being a ''[[FanDisservice rape victim]]'']]) show signs of a not-entirely well woman. [[spoiler:Just like how Goblin Slayer's experience with the monsters left a lasting impression on his psyche, her experience as a prisoner broke her completely, except she's now too afraid to ever face goblins on her own]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: In spite of her beauty and gentle appearance, she can be surprisingly harsh at times, such as warning Priestess that Goblin Slayer cannot protect her forever [[spoiler:directly after implying first-hand experience with goblin savagery. She also takes direct control of her [[SewerGator alligator]] to stalk the underground labyrinth, tearing monsters apart and chasing away adventurers to prevent casualties]].
* HandicappedBadass: Back in her heyday. She was blinded ''before'' she went on to become a legendary hero, performing the deeds that promoted her into Gold-ranked status.
* HighPriest: She's an archbishop, after all.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Chastises Priestess during their shared bath scene for [[LivingEmotionalCrutch leaning on Goblin Slayer as a source of strength]], and warns her to keep in mind that he inevitably will fall someday. By the end of the Water Town goblin extermination quest, Sword Maiden [[spoiler: has formed a romantic obsession for GS, to the point of shamelessly propositioning him on his last day in the city and using the memory of his martial prowess as a sleep aid]].
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:The vivisected girl in a back alley of Water Town that kick-started the whole investigation into potential goblins hiding in the sewers was a FrameUp... on the ''goblins''. Actual goblins would have taken the girl back to their nest first, not cut her apart in human territory, something that Goblin Slayer caught on from the start. The girl was really a victim of Evil Sect's rituals, but the order was supposed to be dead, and Sword Maiden saw an opportunity to finally bring a proper scare and justification to actively hunt goblins in the sewers. Even if it means pinning the blame on the wrong culprit]].
* IntimateHealing: What her miracle Resurrection essentially is. So long as the target is not actually dead, it can stitch shattered bones together, and restore a body to peak health and stamina. However, due to its [[AwesomeButImpractical extensive set-up]] and [[VirginPower highly specific requirements]], she almost never uses it.
* IntimatePsychotherapy: Goblin Slayer, [[spoiler:a fellow victim of goblins]], seemed to fit what Sword Maiden wanted out of a confidant, and not just to empathize and soothe her anxieties: Come the opportunity to spend time together in private, [[ReadyForLovemaking her repeated pleas all but screamed exactly how she wanted him to "comfort" her]]. [[spoiler: Which is why she's crushed to learn the hard way that Goblin Slayer wouldn't (or couldn't) reciprocate her. He just kills goblins - nothing more, nothing less. Sword Maiden would just have to make do with that instead]].
* IronicNickname: She is called the "Sword Maiden" but, as her backstory reveals, she was raped by goblins thus is ''not'' a maiden at all. In a light novel interlude, a cultist of the gods of chaos spitefully [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this fact.
* KnightInSourArmor: Though semi-retired, she remains a high-power and stalwart keeper of the peace and champion of the Supreme God. However, she remains all but psychologically broken from her early experiences of the depths of the depravity of monsters, and during the occupation of Water Town by Evil Sectarians and a goblin nest she is aghast at [[BystanderSyndrome how none of the city natives seem to care about the periodic disappearances and butcherings so long as they aren't in their neighborhoods]].
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Or something to that effect to Goblin Slayer, seeing as he's the only one making an effort to help - everyone else sees her as a powerful figure, so they don't recognize her fear of goblins. Whether or not he acknowledges her words, or even hears them, is a different matter entirely]].
--> '''Sword Maiden''': [[spoiler:I... I cherish you...!]]
* MostCommonSuperpower: Has the one of the largest busts of the entire cast, and her backstory marks her as the most powerful, if now retired, adventurer properly introduced as of yet.
* MsFanservice: She has a very voluptuous body, and gets both a FuroScene ''and'' a BedmateReveal scene involving Priestess, with Goblin Slayer participating in the latter. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Priestess herself has a hard time looking away]].
* NaughtyNuns: For someone intended to be a HighPriest, her ceremonial robes do a poor job at concealing her curves. [[spoiler:She is also deeply in love with Goblin Slayer and throws herself at his arms, alas he is too single-minded in his quest to pay any attention]].
* NotHerself: Says that the main reason she was so brusque with Priestess in the bath was because mindmelding with her alligator familiar taxed her enough to rob her of her usual patience.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:While Goblin Slayer's company were busy foiling Dark Elf's plan to summon Hecantocheir in the flesh, Sword Maiden participated alongside a Platinum-ranked hero in fending off the genuine article within the spirit realm via AstralProjection. Said giant was so powerful, its mere presence manifested in the real world as the howling storm the company did battle in]].
* PsychicLink: Can establish one with her giant white alligator familiar to direct it in patrolling the sewers for monsters, she dislikes doing so because she then feels the sensations of everything it does.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Over ten years ago she was knocked unconscious and dragged into a goblin nest, where she was tortured and raped for an indefinite amount of time. How she managed to get out was not explained, but the experience left her scarred both physically and mentally, with no one to turn to for comfort]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She too is one of the few people outside of Goblin Slayer's circle to fully comprehend the horrors goblins represent. However, she is unique in that she is in an actual position of power to make a change, and was the one who authorized the investigation and consequent purging of the sewers before hiring him.
* ReflectionlessUselessEyes: [[spoiler:Though she's long since healed the worst of the burn scars on her face, the eyes themselves remain opaque and sightless under her blindfold]].
* SourSupporter: Nakedly resents the King for dismissing her fear of goblins and supplications for proper military mobilization against them despite being her old adventuring partner and knowing the reason for her phobia. When he visits her to complain about Evil Wizard building a MageTower and shutting down regional trade routes while his army is still mopping up the Demons, all she does is mock him for being both unwilling ''and'' unable to protect his subjects from local threats and sing a song celebrating the idea of him being violently deposed.
* StepfordSmiler: Is almost always smiling in all of her interactions. As the trope suggests, she's hiding a lot of depression and anxiety underneath.
* TheTease: For an archbishop, [[NaughtyNuns she's surprisingly forward and flirty to Goblin Slayer]]. [[spoiler:It's genuine affection]]; much to her disappointment, [[IgnoreTheFanservice it never gets a rise out of him]].
* TheUnchosenOne: Unlike the elusive Platinum-ranked heroes, she just happened to be an exceptional individual who wasn't destined to save the world, but managed anyway.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An InUniverse example. Not only does she and Priestess share some physical traits, but she too differentiates from Goblin Slayer's age by about five years, was a Priestess back in her adventuring days, and understood how menacing goblins can be at around the same age as well. Given some years, experience, and... [[ShesAllGrownUp filling out]], Priestess may mature to resemble Sword Maiden in both stature and position. [[spoiler:So it is not too difficult to infer that she is a possible outcome of Priestess' future, had Goblin Slayer been too late to rescue her in their first encounter]].
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:The entire reason why she hired Goblin Slayer in the first place is because she can never bring herself to confront goblins ever again - she fears that if the goblin swarm within the sewers ever makes it above ground, she will just fall apart entirely at the seams, leaving Water Town defenseless]].
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: She knows well enough to keep it hidden in public, but she can be a bit immature for a twenty-five-year-old. Sword Maiden has an especially noticeable habit of [[SmittenTeenageGirl sulking like a teenage girl]] whenever the subject involves Goblin Slayer.
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[[folder:Chosen Heroine]]
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A young adventuress who is destined to save the world, her rapidly-escalating quest to reach and defeat the Demon Lord runs in parallel to Goblin Slayer's various extermination missions. Though she hasn't gotten seriously involved with the Goblin Slayer and his group yet, she has had dealings with some of the more high-profile supporting characters they have already helped.
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* ACupAngst: [[spoiler:She envies Sword Maiden's assets as revealed during their fight against Hecantochier in Volume 3]].
* TheAce: Her very first quest sees her slaying entire hordes of monsters. including dozens of goblins and a ''demon general'', single-handedly. And she only gets more powerful from there.
* BornLucky: It is not certain if her luck is part and parcel of being TheChosenOne, or if such fortune is what brought her to Platinum-rank in the first place. Either way, it is very real and part of what makes her so incredibly powerful.
** One example in Volume 3 occurs when she briefly meets Goblin Slayer for the first time. She eagerly approaches him, completely unaware the grungy warrior had set up goblin traps in her path beforehand. Not one of them triggered in her presence.
** [[spoiler:Her home happened to be one of the first villages to be saved by Goblin Slayer's intervention, ensuring her survival and a stable, happy childhood]].
* BringMyBrownPants: Admits during her adventuring report to messing her underwear when she attacked a Demon General and he was the first monster she ever faced that didn't go down in one hit.
* CallForward: [[spoiler:As ''Year One'' reveals, this wouldn't be the first time she visits Goblin Slayer in the midst of making booby-traps right before the Autumn Festival rolls around]].
* TheChosenOne: Ordained by fate to be the one to put an end to the Demon Lord's current attempt at a comeback, sooner or later. For this, she has been promoted to become the sixteenth Platinum-ranked adventurer in history.
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Nearly every enemy she faces dies in one hit, the BigBad Demon Lord dies to her within a couple of months of her becoming an adventurer, before the start of the second volume, and she nakedly ''revels'' in her overpowered abilities everytime she makes an appearance.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Chronologically-speaking, she is introduced in ''Year One'' as a cheerful [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan orphan]] with a bad habit of running off on her own to explore.
* {{Expy}}: In regards to appearance and personality, she's a combination of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya and [[Anime/MedakaBox Najimi Ajimu]] wearing platinum armor. She also resembles [[Anime/SwordArtOnline Konno Yuuki]], especially as shown in ''Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One''
* FearlessFool: Much to the exasperation of her teammates, [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat she has a love for shouting stock battle quips]] and [[LeeroyJenkins jumping right into the fray without assessing the risks beforehand]]. Often times, she doesn't seem to have the foggiest idea about the gravity of the quests she takes. Fortunately for her and the rest of the adventurers, her talent and absurd luck does well to trivialize most dangers coming her way.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:By sheer coincidence, one of Goblin Slayer's earliest jobs happens to come from her hometown, where she is the first villager to meet him face-to-face. She took a shine to his activities, but has apparently since forgotten about him by the time she became a full-fledged adventurer herself]].
* GenkiGirl: In every appearance she makes, it is clear that she is a bundle of energy. So much so, in fact, that it is somewhat exhausting for her peers who deal with her on a regular basis. Even her relatively quieter moments involve running her mouth at top speed and getting easily distracted.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Her exploits have been the subject of periodic side-chapters since the beginning of the story, but she has yet to join forces with Goblin Slayer and crew.
* LickedByTheDog: [[spoiler:It says something that, barring a possible candidate or two, she is the only person to have never been taken aback by Goblin Slayer's appearance or regard him with suspicion upon first impressions]].
* MagicKnight: Can sling spells as easily as she chops heads, as she is described as casting at least a half-dozen Firebolts on her first quest without running her limit.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: She gets at least one chapter every other volume chronicling the latest of her increasingly high-octane demon-hunting forays, and her lingering presence in the narrative is clearly building up to something, though so far the closest she's gotten to involvement in the main story is in Volume 3 when she [[spoiler:partners with Sword Maiden to fight off a rampaging PhysicalGod]] in the B-plot.
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[[folder:Burglar]]
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An old Rhea who rescues the preteen Goblin Slayer from being run down by the goblins that destroyed his home village, and then trains him to become an adventurer.
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* AbusiveParents: For five years he was basically Goblin Slayer's guardian. He probably did the world a favor by bringing forth another goblin-slaying maniac like himself, but make no mistake - he spent a good part of those years beating the boy's ego and self-esteem into the dirt, and another good part literally doing so with stones. The end result is more automaton than human, and it has had a real effect on the young man's future relationships.
* BadassTeacher: Goblin Slayer could have had no better mentor than the person whose chronological first appearance sees them slice off the heads and limbs of ''multiple'' goblins with ''one swing of a knife.'' That said, Goblin Slayer most definitely could have had a more [[SadistTeacher humane]] instructor.
* ButNowIMustGo: Stopped training Goblin Slayer suddenly and left him years ago. He apparently didn't even declare their training complete or anything, just said that he was going on another journey one day and Goblin Slayer never heard from him again.
* {{Expy}}: He's [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Bilbo Baggins]] as a {{Grimdark}}, abusive, goblin-butchering HermitGuru.
* GenuineHumanHide: In the Light Novels he is noted to wear a mask made from the peeled face of a goblin.
* RingOfPower: It functions as an InvisibilityCloak, and is one of the bigger hints as to who he is an {{Expy}} of.
* TrainingFromHell: He spent five years in an ice cave brutalizing Goblin Slayer; from pelting him with rocks until he got knocked out, to subjecting him to constant {{Breaking Speech}}es blaming him for his sister's death, to tying his hands behind his back and throwing him into an iced-over lake.
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[[folder:Mother Superior]]
An abbess devoted to the Earth Mother, and Priestess' direct superior.
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* HighPriest: The closest to one we've seen so far for the faith dedicated to the Earth Mother, and she is at least prestigious enough to oversee regional religious rituals and have dealings with other high-status clerics like Sword Maiden.
* OrphanageOfLove: Runs one out of her abbey, which is where Priestess was raised and trained.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Reportedly gave Priestess a [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct strident chewing-out offscreen over her purchasing chainmail]], but didn't do anything more when Priestess held firm, and later on vouches for her and Goblin Slayer's trustworthiness during a meeting of state heroes and religious authorities in Volume 3.
* SoProudOfYou: Greatly respects Priestess magical talent and achievements, and has high hopes for what she will accomplish in the future, even if she does laugh off the idea that priestess is TheChosenOne, [[LostOrphanedRoyalty hidden royalty]], or anything like that.
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[[folder:Noble Fencer]]
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An aristocratic young woman who ran away from home to become an adventurer. The plot of Light Novel Volume 5 is kicked off when Goblin Slayer and co. are hired to recover her when she goes missing hunting goblins in an ice mountain.
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* AncestralWeapon: She wields an ancient silver rapier that is a heirloom of her house. [[spoiler:She begs Goblin Slayer to let her accompany the party to retrieve it from the goblin paladin after he saves her and makes clear he intends to finish the job on her horde-extermination quest]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Priestess. [[spoiler:Just like her, she had her entire rookie party killed and was the sole survivor]].
* BlueBlood: Noted to be high in station,
* BreakTheCutie: She runs away from home to become an adventurer, with her first mission being a Goblin Slaying one. [[spoiler:Her plan results in her team being killed and her body being branded, leaving her vengeful and broken with a desire to kill all Goblins]].
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:The goblin paladin is able to use the brand of the God of Wisdom his lackeys gave her to use her lifeforce as fuel to perform magic at no cost to his own energy]].
* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: [[spoiler:The goblins branded her with the sign of the God of Wisdom and make her the living covenant that allows the goblin paladin to receive divine favor]].
* EmotionSuppression: [[spoiler:Does this almost instantly upon waking up back in the inn from being rescued from the goblin's temple. Priestess just as immediately sets about breaking her walls]].
* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler:Upon seeing the goblin paladin again all the emotions she had been repressing since her rescue: her guilt over causing her friends' death, fear and sorrow from being taken by the goblins, and admission to not being as ready to be an adventurer as she thought, come crashing into all at once. But once she accepts what happened to her, she is able to properly engage with the fight against the goblins and later move on from the experience and try again as an adventurer]].
* ImportantHaircut: Sheers off her long hair at her neck [[spoiler:and offers it to Goblin Slayer as payment to let her join his party and fight to reclaim her stolen sword]].
* LeeroyJenkins: [[spoiler: Unable to calm herself while seeing a Goblin wearing the robes of her dead companion, she attacks one and forces the group to change their plans while in the Goblin territory]].
* MagicKnight: She can use spells alongside her swordplay.
* RescueRomance: Her conversation with Sword Maiden in Volume 6 reveals that after being saved by the party, she has developed a crush [[spoiler: ...on [[LesYay Priestess]]]].
* ShockAndAwe: She has a Lightning spell. [[spoiler:The Goblin paladin wanted to enslave her in the first place to make her use this magic to help him in his attempts to learn smithing]].
* SoleSurvivor: Of her party, she's the only one left alive.
* StartMyOwn: The reason she ran away to become an adventurer was because she wanted to achieve power and fame through her own abilities and not rely on her family name for prestige. [[spoiler:She learns that attaining personal glory is a more arduous and perilous task than she first assumed in the most gruesome manner possible]].
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: [[spoiler:The reason Goblin Slayer and Priestess decide to bring her on their assault on the goblin stronghold is that they can tell that getting back in the saddle right now and confronting her trauma head-on is the only possible way she is ever going to have a chance at reclaiming her self-respect and recovering psychologically]].
* WalkingSpoiler: A given when her role in the story [[spoiler:is so closely bound up in a major [[TheReveal reveal]] of a new goblin evolution and the race's true potential for evil plans overall]].
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[[folder:Magician]]
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A newbie adventurer in Volume 6 who only wants to hunt Goblins.
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* {{Expy}}: Has the appearance of a teenage [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi Springfield]], but with an edgier personality.
* {{Foil}}: Like Goblin Slayer, here is a young man driven to become an adventurer to wipe out the Goblin menace, but in stark contrast with Goblin Slayer he is: a dedicated magic-user as opposed to a CombatPragmatist MultiMeleeMaster, a NaiveNewcomer to the rigors of adventuring as opposed to going through TrainingFromHell before he even started, open-faced and socially out-going as opposed to TheFaceless and completely emotionally closed-off, and inspired by intellectual disgust at reports of Goblin behavior as opposed to personally experiencing them from a DarkAndTroubledPast. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, Guild Girl sees him as a complete nuisance as opposed to a breath of fresh air]].
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While Goblin Slayer was considered a weirdo for a time, but eventually accepted, Magician on the other hand is considered annoying by the Guild, adventurers and staff, alike.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Priestess of all people gives him an epic one for blaming Goblin Slayer for his sister's death. Being a witness to the event, and how [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness OOC]] it is for her to be this angry, it was extremely effective on all present.
* YouKilledMyFather: Blames Goblin Slayer for not doing more to save or caring for the life of his sister, [[spoiler: Rookie Mage from Priestess' initial party]]. Even though [[spoiler:the party's lack of preparation and planning was the real cause for her death]] and Goblin Slayer couldn't do much to save her by the time he arrived except give a MercyKill.
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[[folder:Forest Princess]]
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High Elf Archer's older sister, and princess of the elves. Shows up in Volume 7 to invite the party to her wedding.
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* BigSisterBully: Her first conversation with Goblin Slayer sees her telling the man she bets that her little sister was TheLoad in all their adventurers together and encouraging him to dump her for a more skilled elven ranger, ''while High Elf Archer is standing directly between them''.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: Makes a joke while prepping for her wedding that she and her fiance intend to get an early start on trying for a child, "in just the first two or three hundred years of our marriage".
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[[folder:Goblin Slayer's Sister]]
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Goblin Slayer's older sister. Years before the main story began, she was raped and murdered by goblins right in front of her younger brother, which kickstarted his genocidal hatred of goblins.
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* BrainyBrunette: Had brown hair and was noted by her brother to be wise. In the light novels, Goblin Slayer even recollects that his sister was the sharpest person in their village and earned her food by teaching the village children how to read and write. He also remembers that she could have made a good living in the city, but chose instead to stay in the village to raise him.
* MotherlySidePlait: Of the "doomed anime mom" variety. Having this hairstyle marks her as a goner in this universe.
* NiceGirl: Selfless, loving, kind, and wise.
* ParentalSubstitute: Their parents died of a plague while Goblin Slayer was still very young, so she raised him herself as far back as he can remember.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Is long dead by the time the story begins, but her teachings and the manner of her demise are what made Goblin Slayer into the man he is today.
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