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Melromarc Kingdom
Royal Family
King Aultcray Melromarc
King Aultcray Melromarc
Debut: Chapter 1/Chapter 1: The Royal Summoning
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Comic Relief: Aultcray from The Rising of the Shield Hero was a serious threat to Naofumi for his Irrational Hatred and for always making many attempts to hinder Naofumi's journey as a hero. In Ambition of the Red Princess, Aultcray's idiocy is more obvious to be spotted by his close advisors and his daughter, Malty, leading to Aultcray making himself a fool to them. Whenever Aultcray makes his attempts to hinder Naofumi from continuing his adventures as a hero, Aultcray is taken less seriously for being highly likely to fail in his attempts or for coming up with absurd reasons that Naofumi is plotting to hurt Malty.
- Adaptational Villainy: Downplayed. During the early chapters, his character remains similar to his canon counterpart, except for a few key differences that makes him more evil and petty.
- In the original False Rape Accusation trial of Naofumi, it was left as an Ambiguous Situation on whether it was Princess Malty who instigated it or King Aultcray. Here, its confirmed that King Aultcray is the one and only that is initiating the trial, and is desperately goading his daughter, Malty, into siding with him.
- The fight between the Spear Hero and the Shield Hero happens the same, just like in The Rising of the Shield Hero, but a key difference is Malty's presence. In the original story, Malty had King Aultcray's favor and was implied to have been working together to set up Naofumi into losing his slave, Raphtalia. Here, King Aultcray is the one wanting to make it happen, despite hindering his daughter, Malty, from achieving her goals and her Naofumi.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Downplayed. With Malty, Aultcray treats her as a loving, innocent daughter he can trust, similarly like in canon. However, the difference comes from how genuine their relationship is, as Ambition!Malty has fond memories of their time together, despite Aultcray eventually losing his wisdom from his emotional fragility. As for Canon!Malty, she only views her father as a pawn and after killing Mirellia, she disowns him and their relationship shifts to viewing each other as enemies.
- From the canon portrayal of Mirellia, she and Aultcray had a stable relationship but it broke from the latter's idiocy to actively ruin the Shield Hero's achievements. Here, their relationship is strained from Mirellia's decision to send Malty to the King of Faubley and their relationship mainly happened because Aultcray just so happened to be a legendary hero.
- Ban on Magic: By Melromarc standards, it is seen as profane for anyone to use Blood Magic like the demi-humans from Siltvelt. But being desperate to save Malty at all cost from a goddess in chapter 94, Aultcray forgoes those supposed standards to have the strength to protect his daughter.
- Blade Lock: He uses his staff wand to block off the blade of Lautrec's goddess from striking Malty in chapter 94.
- Blood Magic: To cast a spell strong enough to keep Malty safe from the goddess that is after her death in chapter 94, Aultcray uses his blood to gather the strength to use his want in performing a Blade Lock on the goddess' sword. Aultcray then uses his remaining strength to transfer his wand onto Malty as the new owner.
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad:
- To the people Aultcray had arranged to court Malty, it can be implied that he threatened them with unimaginable pain if they ever hurt her, as noted by a similar experience of Jaune in chapter 79.
- To Naofumi, Aultcray's motive to bring him down is partly to ensure Malty is safe, due to distrust of the Shield Hero and the potential brainwashing ability, even though Naofumi lacks the power to possess it.
- Doting Parent: To Malty and Melty, he always dotes on them believing that they always stay the same innocent children. Deconstructed with Malty, as Aultcray's overprotective care for her means that he isn't able to trust Naofumi into protecting her, resulting in Aultcray actively sabotaging Naofumi's efforts, despite it being a hinderance to Malty's goals in life.
- Exact Words: To make himself look like a fair king to the Phoenix Prince, Aultcray twists his wording of the two trials he gave to Naofumi. To the False Rape Accusation, Aultcray blames a possible foreign country to pin the blame on Kael-thas and for the second trial, Aultcray frames Naofumi's inaction to fight the boss monster of the second way as the latter ignoring his heroic duties. In reality, Naofumi had actually spent his time protecting the commoners, while Aultcray uses it as an excuse for Malicious Slander.
- Feigning Intelligence: To maintain the reputation that he is still the same wise king as he was in the past, he maintains a regal posture and will rub his beard when he does intense thinking. In reality, he is not as smart as he think he is and as noted by Aldrecht, King Aultcray is a highly emotional individual that is only capable of making short-sighted plans.
- Forced Sleep: Despite healing from his coma, Aultcray is put into that state indefinitely, since Cromwell does not want his presence to interfere with his rule in the Three Heroes Church.
- Go Seduce My Archnemesis: His plan to frame Naofumi of rape is to first have the latter gain Malty in disguise of Mein of Samphor as his companion. After Mein spends with Naofumi for a day, Aultcray plans for Malty to be picked up by guards and to implant false evidence to give the impression that Mein was raped. Unfortunately for Aultcray, it doesn't go as planned, since Malty instead chose to save Naofumi from his trial.
- Heroic RRoD: Using Blood Magic to give himself to strength to bounce away the goddess trying to kill Malty and offering his sword to the latter, Aultcray passes out from exhausting his body.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He gives his life and weapon away for Malty to have a chance to get away from Lautrec's goddess who is desperate to have her killed.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: As revealed in Marquis' thoughts in chapter 104's omake, Aultcray is seen by nobles as an idiot that got his eldest daughter sold to King Egbert for looking to be raiding Faubley. But to Douglas and the commoners of Melromarc, Aultcray is hailed as a great hero for stopping the Wailing Death and Douglas personally sees him as a desperate father driven to paranoia to keep his family safe.
- Horrible Judge of Character: As part of his Doting Parent characteristics, he believes Melty and Malty to be innocent children that will never change and will always need his protection for their whole lives. However, while it may apply to Melty, Malty is an adult with her own ambitions to become queen, which makes her not interested in framing Naofumi for rape, compared to Aultcray doing so for petty revenge.
- Hypocrite Has a Point: He has been embarrassing himself in his many futile attempts to defame or increase the difficulty of the Shield Hero's adventures. When watching Lord Noches make a scene of his worries to Bertia in chapter 83 for the latter being near the Life Root, Aultcray of all people is the one that calls out Lord Noches at creating unnecessary drama.
- If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: In chapter 83, Aultcray makes the decision to willingly entrust Motoyasu to have Melty be in his party. As a consequence of the allowance, Aultcray warns Motoyasu of a horrible torture method that will be used against him if Melty is harmed.
- Lethally Stupid: As well-intentioned as he may be towards his family and Melromarc, the plans and actions he does mostly serve to further endanger or hinger their progress.
- By summoning the Shield Hero and intending to find the best possibilities to make his life hard, Aultcray is potentially angering the Siltvelt nation into starting a war against Melromarc.
- Love Makes You Crazy: A platonic example. Towards loving his family, their endangerment and the reminding of what happened to Henrietta and Marianne is what causes his Sanity Slippage into being Improperly Paranoid to protect his current family at all costs.
- Malicious Slander: To Naofumi not fighting the second wave monster boss, Aultcray uses the information as a potential leverage to Kael'thas that Naofumi had ignored his heroic duties. In reality, Naofumi was using his time to protect the commoners of Lute Village.
- My Greatest Failure: In the past, Aultcray had a daughter named Henrietta and he cared for her deeply, even wishing that he stayed as a commoner instead of a king. After the death of Henrietta in the hands of the demi-humans from Siltvelt, Aultcray became much more protective to Malty and Melty, actively trying to do his best to protect them from anything potentially dangerous. Although protective to his family, Aultcray's his own overprotective care for them can cause him to make foolish decisions that end up being a detriment to Malty, the Shield Hero, and the nobles who can see his diminishing wisdom.
- Nervous Tics: Whenever Aultcray is thinking up of a plan or is feeling nervous of particular responses, he will use his hands to stroke his beard to think deeply.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Upon being introduced to readers, Aultcray appears as though he is a Harmless Villain that is desperately trying to find a way to ruin Naofumi's reputation as a rapist, but since his plan involves needing his daughter, Malty, and the latter lacks interest in following the plan, Aultcray doesn't succeed. After the attempt to accuse Naofumi of rape, he ends up looking like an idiot trying to find convoluted conclusions as to why Malty would side with the Shield Hero. Eventually, Aultcray establishes himself as a genuine threat to Naofumi and to an extent, Malty, when he chooses to orchestrate a situation for Naofumi to lose his slaves.
- Shipper on Deck: To desperately save Malty's fate to marry King Egbert, Aultcray had her court lots of scions from rich and powerful families in Melromarc, but all the relationships could not work with Malty.
- Smart People Play Chess: Though his mind has deteriorated from the stress of Henrietta's death and the paranoia of what the Shield Hero is doing with Malty, Aultcray has enough focus to beat Aldrecht in a chess match at chapter 13, proving that Aultcray is just as smart as he was in his youth, but has too many distractions to think clearly.
- Smug Snake: He believes himself to be a smart king capable of making tactical plans like from what he used to be, but a majority of the actions he had taken has mostly resulted the situation becoming worse for most individuals in Melromarc.
- Spanner in the Works: He ends up getting in the way of Malty's plan to become queen by purposely sabotaging the Shield Hero's slaves, despite Malty working to help him become the best hero for Melromarc. Aultcray does so under the delusional belief that he is saving Malty from the Shield Hero's brainwashing, but all he really does is waste his time scheming for petty revenge to force the Shield Hero into a duel against Motoyasu.
- Suddenly Shouting: In chapter 22, Aultcray is informed by Pope Balmus of Malty receiving injuries from a Hell Hound. At first, Aultcray acts composed to analyze how bad the injury was, but once he learns of the severity from Pope Balmus, Aultcray bursts in a fury of rage to murder Naofumi for failing to protect his daughter.
- Take Up My Sword: Aultcray surrenders his status as the Vassal Wand Hero for Malty's safety from a goddess out to kill her in chapter 94 and to keep his wand away from the Three Heroes Church potentially gaining too much power for themselves.
Queen Mirellia Q Melromarc
Queen Mirellia Q Melromarc
Debut: Chapter 28/Interlude 4: Grievance of the Red Queen
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Abusive Parents: In the case of Malty, Mirellia never smiled to any of her achievements that were made during Malty's childhood days. At the exchange of Mein's recent death, Mirellia's solution to deal with Malty's grief was to scare her into fighting a monster while the latter was not mentally prepared. The resulting consequences was that Malty had an Accidental Murder of her nanny and was stripped as the crowned princess out of the belief that Malty was trying to defy her. To make Malty's life even harsher, Mirellia made an agreement to King Egbert for Malty to become his wife as an exchange to stop Faubley into going at a war.
- Doting Parent: At Melty, Mirellia is always showering her with love and praise for being a perfect princess, unlike the harsh treatment Malty received for most of her life. To assist Melty in having the easiest chances of becoming a princess, Mirellia has taken her to academic studies and trained her at a proper age to kill weak monsters.
- Empty Promise: He makes a promise to Marquis Douglas Ibil Noches that she will find a way to cure his wife, but the neutral face Mirellia displays shows from his perspective highly implies that Mirellia has no interest in saving Douglas' wife and the main focus is used on saving the lives of her political allies.
- False Reassurance: To deliver the bad news that she won't be helping Douglas' wife in the past of the chapter 104 omake, Mirellia admits that she is focused on caring for the sick populace of Melromarc and doesn't have time for his wife. This is despite Mirellia secretly keeping from him that she does have herbs that can prolong the survival of those infected with the Wailing Death and brought the herbs for Lord Luigi's father.
- For Your Own Good: Mirellia's decision to force Malty into killing a rabbit monster at the latter's childhood is out of a misguided belief that Malty needs to get stronger as soon as possible to defend herself and any allies. However, it the decision fails to work as it is intended, since Malty was too burdened by the death of Mein to properly kill the rabbit monster and instead made an Accidental Murder of her nanny.
- Harmful to Minors: She has Malty at her youth to kill a rabbit pill, despite Malty being mentally unprepared from having lost Mein just a day ago. The result was that Malty's pressurized state made her cast an unstable and inaccurate fireball that had accidentally murdered her nearby nanny.
- Nepotism: The reason as to why she isn't willing to hand over any Ruona Herbs to Douglas in chapter 104's omake is because while the latter is deeply loyal to her, Mirallia is more interested in assisting her more powerful political ally, House Claes, in their time of need and since Lord Luigi is a friend of hers.
- Self-Serving Memory: From her point of view and a few maidens like with Anne, Mirellia's interpretation of Malty killing her nanny looks to be an act of defiance in refusing to obey her demands to kill the rabbit pill. The truth to Malty was that she was too panic-stricken to properly aim her fire attack and murdering her nanny was an accident.
Princess Melty Q Melromarc
Princess Melty Q Melromarc
Debut: Chapter 28/Interlude 4: Grievance of the Red Queen
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: With Raphtalia from the original series, Melty and her stayed mostly stayed at friends at assisting Naofumi in his missions. Though at times, Raphtalia will act as a Clingy Jealous Girl if Melty were to act demanding in wanting Naofumi to pay attention or give more respect to her. For this fanfic, Melty has a Sibling Rivalry towards Raphtalia and has feelings of envy for the latter getting to have Malty as a big sister.
- Age Lift: Downplayed. Melty in The Rising of the Shield Hero is around 10 years old, and she is about a year or two older in Ambition of the Red Princess ahead of her original age in canon.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Besides Melty taking away Malty's birthright that could have allowed her to become queen, there are other traits of Melty that Malty despises. Melty's naivety and cheerful optimism can grind Malty's gears, as children's lack of awareness means they are not prepared to look for the dangers ahead.
- Malty was once alone in her room and had the privacy to read her romance novels, but due to Melty not knowing what privacy is, Malty is forced to share her book with Melty and isn't able to enjoy her day.
- Big Sister Worship: As much as Malty secretly despises Melty, the latter frequently offers praises for Malty looking as a great sister for always taking the time to spend time, despite disliking the option.
- Blowing a Raspberry: Played for Laughs. As a goodbye to Raphtalia in chapter 81, Melty blows her tongue out at her to declare a Sibling Rivalry to be one that is most favored by Malty.
- Demoted to Extra: In the canon story, Melty had a role in the Shield Hero's party for being a Guest-Star Party Member and stayed with him to get protection from Malty wanting to kill her. Here, Melty never joins the Shield Hero, due to Malty warning her of the danger of the waves and Melty is more of a character that is mentioned in Malty's mind.
- Ditzy Genius: She excels in many of her school studies and is known for having memorized the history of Melromarc by the text of a history book. Although Melty is brilliant at being obedient to her parents and for being a princess believed to be better than Malty, Melty is a Sheltered Aristocrat with no experience on how she can navigate her life.
- In an attempt to attach her self to the Shield Hero in chapter 54, she is unable to understand she is in danger when a hooded figure dragged her alone into a forest, before the figure reveals her self to be Malty.
- Heal It with Water: She uses her water magic in chapter 91 to cool down Malty's lightheadedness from an explosion of a fish monster.
- Jerkass to One: Usually, Melty is an optimistically naïve Nice Girl that treats everyone with respect, despite showing a bit of her childish side. To Raphtalia, however, Melty views her as a rival that is challenging her for Malty's position as the latter's younger sister and is fueled by jealousy.
- Kill Steal: Exploited. She got herself stronger levels by killing monsters that have been captured by knights and the monsters themselves are weakened to a point that all Melty needs to do is to kill them.
- Loose Lips: Whenever she is addressing Malty, Melty is sure to call her as "Big Sister". Despite Malty wanting to be known and keeping her princess identity low as Mein of Samphor, Melty is insistent in calling her as Big Sister.
- Oh, Crap!: Seeing Malty's scar on her face, Melty's initial cheerfulness towards her disappears and is replaced by horror under the impression the Shield Hero had hurt Malty. Through Melty's horror, Malty uses it as an excuse to drive Melty from joining the Shield Hero.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Since joining Motoyasu's party in chapter 83, Melty fails to consider the necessary things she needs to disguise her princess status to prevent any potential enemies from harming her. For what causes her disguise to fall apart is that she uses her princess-like manners in situations that shouldn't be applied to as shown in chapter 86.
- Please Wake Up: She walks up to her father's motionless body in chapter 95 and is in denial as to the person that left him for dead.
- Put on a Bus: Though she was given allowance by her father to become an official team member of Motoyasu, Melty is left in the clutches of the Three Heroes Church, and eventually in Lady Ethnia's hands, which prevents Melty from interacting with the main plot of the story to personally handle the Three Heroes Church.
- Replacement Goldfish: In response to Malty wanting to look for Raphtalia in chapter 91, after their separation from a wave monster's explosion, Melty explains her jealousy to Malty over not wanting to get replaced as a sister for Raphtalia.
- Royalty Superpower: Being the Crown Princess that is given the ability known as the [Voice of the old kingdoms] by being related to the Melromarc family, Melty has the ability to amplify her voice into having commanding echoes.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: Most of her intelligence rely on her being the best princess she can be as a way to be better than her sister, Malty, but away from the castle and on the woods, Melty needs the assistance of her guards to be protected. Without the guards, Melty can be easily led astray by dangerous strangers or deadly monsters, as Malty had warned her in chapter 54.
- Skewed Priorities: Even after a wave is happening between herself and Malty, Melty chooses to pout in her face on whether she is getting replaced by Raphtalia in chapter 91.
- Sibling Rivalry: In chapter 81, hearing that Raphtalia views Mein as her big sister, Melty accuses Raphtalia of stealing Malty away from her as her own big sister.
- Sibling Team: Invoked and Defied. Once she finds out that her sister, Malty, is alongside the Shield Hero's party, Melty is given greater reasons to join up the Shield Hero, while also having the additional benefit of having Malty on her side. However, due to Malty not wanting to share her hero with her sister and to eliminate competition to be queen, Malty gives Melty a Jacob Marley Warning to scare her away.
- Strong, but Unskilled: She gained lots of levels by doing lots of Kill Steal onto captured monsters, but while she may be strong in terms of levels, Melty lacks actual combat experience to defend herself.
- Team Member in the Adaptation: In chapter 83, she gets an official allowance by her father, Aultcray, to become a permanent team member of the Spear Hero as a way to get protection from potential assassination attempts. Contrast to the canon of The Rising of the Shield Hero, where Melty only stays as a Guest-Star Party Member for Naofumi's party.
- Theme Twin Naming: Her name as Melty is only one vowel after the "a" in Malty's name to show the former as the younger sister.
- Voice of the Legion: Her Royalty Superpower granted to her by being part of the Melromarc family gives her voice an echoing undertone, as so she is able to more easily draw the attention of those around her.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: She is noted to be good natured at heart, making her a likable princess, but is so good natured that she ends up being naïve in the presence of danger to play the game to become queen.
Henrietta
Henrietta
Debut: Chapter 13/Interlude 2: The Preparation of the Loyal Mage (Mentioned)
Origin: The Familiar of Zero
Queen Lianne
Queen Lianne
Debut: Chapter 57/Chapter 49: Night of the Ravens (Mentioned)
Origin: Unknown
Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret
Debut: Chapter 57/Chapter 49: Night of the Ravens (Mentioned)
Origin: Unknown
Marianne
Queen Evangeline
Mein the Filorial
Mein
Debut: Chapter 2/Chapter 2: Alliances and Schemes Under the Moon (Mentioned), Chapter 31/Chapter 26: The Gathering Storm
Origin: Original Character
Miss Mala
Miss Mala
Debut: Chapter 119/Chapter 102: My Friends, the Fates are Cruel
Origin: Original Character | The Villainess quits
Being one of the many warriors that participated in the Great War, and known as the Strongest Tiger, Mala is later employed by King Aultcray to become a personal maid to Malty. Despite the constant work and difficulties to keep up a flourishing lifestyle for Malty, Mala is dedicated to being loyal to her, going as far as to participate in fighting the Three Heroes Church for her rescue.- Almighty Janitor: Mala, who had a Red Baron name as the Strongest Tiger in the Great War is employed to become a personal maid to Malty, all while the latter is kept hidden of her maid's full skillset as a great warrior.
- Beleaguered Assistant: For all the efforts she made to watch over and provide for Malty's personal life as a princess, Mala is left stressed out from her work as a maid. Regardless of what Mala feels for Malty, she has a genuine loyalty to watch over her safety in the end.
- Defecting for Love: Back in the Great War, Mala used to be the Strongest Tiger of Siltvelt, before turning over to side with Melromarc, as she grew to fall in love with King Aultcray. Even if she does not personally serve him, Mala is still satisfied with her position as Princess Malty's personal maid.
- Escort Distraction: Incase parties of the Three Heroes Church finds all of her group in chapter 120, Mala volunteers to have herself be a bait to distract the Three Heroes Church away with her fighting skills. In all cases where Mala wishes to have herself be the volunteer, Uranus always substitute himself as the more expendable member to risk his life and Main is adamant for Mala to be kept safe with the group.
- Flash Step: She dashes in the blink of an eye towards two squatters and performs a Neck Snap, killing them so quickly before Mein could properly react to what had happened in chapter 120.
- Heroic RRoD: Putting in all her stamina and Super-Strength to stop the Melromarc castle door from closing in on Mein, Naofumi, and Oersted, Mala collapses to the ground afterwards for the strain she had to put onto her body.
- Hidden Depths: As a maid, her past life as the Strongest Tiger is kept a secret from Malty, since Mala is only known to the former as a commoner maid serving her. By the time of Mala's introduction into the story, she gets to show her warrior side by engaging in fights against the Three Heroes Church, which impresses Malty watching her.
- Mistaken Ethnicity: Malty thinks of her as a human commoner of Melromarc that serves her as a personal maid, until chapter 120 reveals Miss Mala to be a demi-human from Siltvelt that had been hiding her real ethnicity from Malty all along.
- Neck Snap She gets two squatters killed in a quick confrontation with them by having their necks twisted in chapter 120.
- Ninja Maid: Contrary to her usual displays as a personal maid only working to serve Malty, Mala has a hidden fighting prowess within that gave her recognition as the Strongest Tiger and a major member fighting the Three Heroes Church in Melromarc.
- Red Baron: Mala had a title in the Great War declaring her as the Strongest Tiger to display the great strength she used to fight Roger of Ajax and presumably other warriors.
- Resolved Noodle Incident: She was known as Mala the Strongest Tiger back in the Great War, and had gotten into a personal fight with Roger of Ajax. However, because of Roger's brief dialog exchange with her in chapter 119, their past battle against each other is not fully elaborated on, until the next chapter. By chapter 120, Mala is revealed to be a demi-human from Siltvelt that left her nation in servitude for her love towards King Aultcray, thereby leading to her employment at Malty's personal main.
- Shoot Everything That Moves: To calm down Naofumi's accusations that of her quick actions to kill two squatters, before letting them have a chance to even understand who they are, Mala justifies her actions to kill any strangers seen as a necessary step, since they are all too desperate trying to survive the Three Heroes Church to have time showing mercy.
- Someone Has to Die: She volunteers in having herself be a potential victim that could get killed being an Escort Distraction to lead the Three Heroes Church members away from her group in chapter 120, but is stopped from doing do by Uranus wanting himself to be the volunteer instead, out of the belief he sees himself as more expendable.
- Subordinate Excuse: Despite the problems and stress she has to deal with in stabilizing Malty's desired life as a princess, Mala works at her best to be a servant always ready to cater Malty's need.
- Super-Strength: Her reputation as the Strongest Tiger of her demi-human species' generation has made her known for having lots of physical strength to do heavy lighting. Coming in chapter 120, Mala's strength is put to test by being able to hold up Melromarc's castle gate that is designed to withstand the strength of the prestigious leveled.
- Tomato in the Mirror: For so long in Malty's life, Mala was thought of a commoner that was elevated to have become her personal maid, leading to the former to not pay attention on what Mala's background was like. As it turns out, Mala is a demi-human from Siltvelt, a race of people Malty was raised to have a Fantastic Racism against, and all this time had been her loyal maid for many years.
Aldrecht
Aldrecht
Debut: Chapter 13/Interlude 2: The Preparation of the Loyal Mage
Origin: Original Character | The Rising of the Four Heroes
- Alas, Poor Villain: Downplayed. Not a villain, but he was an antagonistic force that threatened to steal the Orb of Power from the Shield Hero's party and the Church expedition. When Malty gets Drunk on the Dark Side from absorbing the power of the Seatto heirloom, Aldrecht does a desperate attempt to stop her at the cost of his life. While he succeeded, Aldrecht ended up dying to the crumbling ceilings of the cave, causing Malty to feel guilty towards his death.
- Brutal Honesty: Towards Malty's studies, he has never held back his criticisms on her and only criticizes her as a way to improve her learning.
- Dying Alone: As the insides of Boletaria Castle crumble around everyone, he stays behind inside of the castle to stabilize the building as best as he can. Once everyone is able to escape safely, Aldrecht is buried in the rubble with no one to be by his side.
- Excellent Judge of Character:
- Despite Princess Malty's claims to eventually betray the Shield Hero and her supposed nice attitude towards Aultcray, Aldrecht can tell how Malty operates her life. From the shadows, Aldrecht is aware of how spoiled she is and whatever nice façade she puts up, it's usually to convince people to side with her.
- To King Aultcray, while the latter may try his best to present himself as a wise person, Aldrecht is aware of how gullible he can be from his emotional impulses towards close individuals.
- Hold the Line: He stays inside the underground of Boletaria Castle to buy time for everyone to escape before the entire structure collapses on them. Aldrecht succeeds in doing so, but at the cost of his own life.
- Indignant Slap: Hearing Malty insult her father's love under the belief she is being used as a reminder for Henrietta, Aldrecht slaps her face to shut her mouth and to listen to him clearly.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: Since Malty was a child, Aldrecht was her favorite teacher and the main one that taught her the basic lessons to control her fire magic. Later in chapter 77, they face down in an underground cave and Aldrecht is desperately doing her best to calm down Malty of the power that is controlling her mind by reminding her of the first basic lesson of magic. Aldrecht succeeds in warning her of the consequences, when she lacks the air to continue creating fire, but the damage done inside the cave collapses and kills Aldrecht. With Aldrecht dead, Malty can only blame herself for getting her teacher killed for losing her own mind at the Orb of Power.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: To the mistakes Malty makes in his class, Aldrecht would point out her mistakes in complete detail and be honest about it. However, when confronting Malty for being ungrateful towards her father, Aultcray's, love in chapter 56, he slaps her face. Aldrecht's behavior was noted to be unusual by Malty, as Corporal Punishment was not something he believed in.
- Sacrificial Lion: Serving as a major mentor to Malty and being a recurring character that has two major encounters with Naofumi's party, Aldrecht's death acts as a major consequence for Malty's actions. With Malty being Drunk on the Dark Side of power, Aldrecht's death shows her to be more careful of her magic control and question how her goal to become queen of Melromarc will return to hurt her own supporters and allies.
- Spotting the Thread: Knowing that Malty is an adult who can make her own decisions, Aldrecht deduces that she must have chosen the Shield Hero from the False Rape Accusation on the belief that he provides her the best chance at claiming the throne of Melromarc.
- Stern Teacher: As Malty's childhood teacher, Aldrecht is more than willing to point out her mistakes in her studies and views her as more of a student rather than a princess to respect. Aldrecht's stern attitude towards Malty is to ensure she bothers to take the time and focus to apply his lessons for her life.
- There Is No Try: His advice for Malty to mend her strained relationship with Aultcray is for her to stop deciding on whether to try or not try, but to instead just do it and see if the outcome will truly change.
Knights
Zellus
Zellus
Debut: Chapter 23/Chapter 20: Retracing your steps
Debut: Original Character | The Rising of the Four Heroes
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He is known for being Malty's Stern Teacher instructor and generally behaves in a manner where he is aware that Malty outranks him as a princess. However, behind his knightly manners, Zellus is secretly a Sociopathic Soldier that sees no problem fighting innocent lives that had endangered themselves ending the undead Scourge, all just to enjoy an entertaining fight.
- Blood Knight: His main motive to come with Aldrecht to confront the Shield Hero and the Three Heroes Church expedition is not to steal the Seatto artifact, but to instead engage in battle if an opportunity presents itself.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: He goes against fighting all of the Four Legendary Heroes in chapter 88 to prep them up for the third Wave and Zellus succeeds in dominating all of them in battle. Even though the heroes formed a formidable strategy in short period of time to outsmart him, it came to a naught, as Zellus succeeds in beating all of them. In the end, Zellus commends them for their efforts and hopes to experience a proper fight in their next meeting.
- Curb-Stomp Cushion: For most of the fight against Eclair and Pyrrha, he is overpowering them, but he is at times caught off-guard by their secret tricks. Notably to Pyrrha, Zellus focuses on dealing against her more for being more threatening and for managing to magnetize his metal sword into sticking with his sheath.
- Dance Battler: During the fight against Eclair and Pyrrha, Zellus uses the opportunity to start singing in chapter 76, all while being busy at either attacking or blocking.
- Don't Call Me "Sir": As he teaches Malty the basics at learning on how to fight with a sword, he sternly warns her to only call him as a coach or trainer. Having Malty call him as master or teacher would imply he has a higher rank than her status as a princess and that their relationship with each other will eventually part ways the moment the teachings are over.
- Foil: Zellus is a knight that has no interest in fighting for justice and only seeks to fight as a way to enjoy the primal onslaught. Pyrrha on the other hand, despite being a gladiator fighter of the Zeltoble Colosseum, she fights for ensuring flocks of people are protected.
- Level Drain: His suggestion for Lady Yumiela to have a better grasp on her power is to drain her level with the Dragon Hourglass and start back at level 1 to not get overwhelmed by too much power.
- Logical Weakness: He struggles to pull out his sword out of his sheath, due to Pyrrha using her lightning magic to make an electromagnetic reaction to stick the sword inside the sheath.
- Loose Lips: In chapter 88, he makes a brief remark to excuse Mein away from making him deal with unnecessary worries about fighting the waves. The way Zellus calls Mein is by referring to her as a princess and by calling her in that title, he nearly exposed her real identity to everyone else near her. Luckily, because of Zellus' relaxed response, no one took his remark seriously to connect the dots that Mein is a princess.
- More Despicable Minion: Zellus may not be the one leading the Free Fighters like Zellus or is interested in claiming the Seatto artifact, but Zellus' intentions prove to be worst than his allies, as his main motive is to seek and experience the bloodshed of battles.
- One-Man Army: Despite the best efforts of Eclair, Pyrrha, and Yatsuhashi working together to beat him, Zellus' sword skills surpasses their combined strength and are beaten by the end of chapter 76.
- Perpetual Smiler: Zellus keeps wearing a confident smile during Eclair and Pyrrha's fight, since he is overpowering them in their attempts to beat him.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Fighting Eclair, Pyrrha, and Yatsuhashi, Zellus explains his reasoning as to why they can never beat him with their sword skills. To Eclair, she treats her skill as a craft, to Pyrrha, she utilizes her raw talent as a crutch, and Yatsuhashi for acting as a tool.
- Sociopathic Soldier: He is one of Melromarc's most skilled knights, but is also a Blood Knight that is fine with endangering the Church of the Three Heroes expedition and the Shield Hero's party to enjoy a good fight that will provide him.
- Strong, but Unskilled: Discussed. He talks about his theory that the stats displayed onscreen for people wanting to level up are not always accurate. While the stats measure the ratings of how their bodies function, Zellus notes that the stats don't measure any skill. That's why in the past, Zellus managed to beat a noblewoman, Lady Yumiela Dolknes, at level 99, while he was only at level 40. As a suggestion to get stronger, it is better to level up slowly and have the body adapt to the current level.
- Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: As an analogy to compare himself to Captain Lotheringan, Zellus acts like a scissors for his Aldoran fighting style, while the former is the rock can beat him with a fighting that is better suited against scissors.
- Victory by Endurance: Implied. Zellus being far too under leveled win against Lady Yumiela in their fight, due to the latter's high ATK and DEF stats, it would have been unlikely for Zellus to trade blows against her. It can be inferred that he won the battle by clumsily tiring Yumiela out with her own mana and once she was too exhausted to resist, Zellus would have been able to easily defeat her afterwards.
- Weak, but Skilled: Back in the past, he defeated Lady Yumiela in battle when the latter was at level 99, while he was only at level 40. Zellus easily won the fight because his level was backed up with experience, but Lady Yumiela only got stronger through a Kill Steal exploitation.
- Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Inverted. Zellus is at a lower social standing when compared to Princess Malty, but he casually brushes her worries for the third Wave by having nearly revealed her identity. To have her not constantly worry of his recklessness, Zellus casually refers to her as princess, forgetting she is actively trying to hide her identity low in chapter 88.
- Willfully Weak: Starting his fight against Eclair, he holds himself back to gauge his strength at the knight. When Eclair is assisted by Pyrrha in their fight against him, Zellus decides to stop holding back and to really get serious in fighting them in chapter 75.
Sarah Palmer
Sarah Palmer
Debut: Chapter 28/Interlude 4: Grievance of the Red Queen
Origin: Halo
- Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears: She covers Melty's eyes in chapter 89 to shield them from the naked bodies of the second generation filorials that have gained their humanoid forms.
Lo
Lo
Debut: Chapter 56/Chapter 48: Overture of Days Gone
Origin: Unknown
Captain Tabitha
Seduced/Young Knight/Ake
Seduced/Young Knight/Ake
Debut: Chapter 1/Chapter 1: The Royal Summoning
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Bit Character: He doesn't appear much besides his sole interaction with Malty in chapter 1, but the later chapters he reappears have him be mentioned as the young knight she remembers seducing.
- Breakout Character: The young knight started out as an unnamed character Qinlongfei just so happened to throw into the story for Malty's Establishing Character Moment, before Qinlongfei gave more involvement for the young knight to be related to Raki, and have cameo appearances in later parts of the story.
- The Cameo:
- Afterwards his debut in chapter 1, the young knight appears once again in chapter 21 to signal to Mein that he is the big brother Raki was talking about. By reappearing, the young knight puts Mein in a position of anxiousness, as she worries her seduction attempt from the start of the story will expose her identity to Naofumi.
- Much later in chapter 116, he is briefly seen by Mein again near Lute Village, but makes no comments further to avoid being seen by anyone.
- Connected All Along: He has a connection to Raki and is hailed as a great big brother to have ascended to knighthood. His reappearance in chapter 21 ends up being a worrying factor for Malty, as he brings up the possibility of recognizing and exposing her real identity to Naofumi.
- Loud Gulp: Encountering Malty, he gulps within himself as a preparation to deny her entry from meeting her father. He gulps even louder when Malty starts her seduction tactic to lower down his guard, as so she can be bypassed.
- No Name Given: He has no name besides being described as a young knight, or is associated by Malty referencing her encounter with him in chapter 1.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Invoked. The young knight gets seduced and eventually allows Malty to bypass him, because of her claims she has attraction to him for being a knight that appears to be heroic.
Baldy/Baldwin Winchester
Baldy/Baldwin Winchester
Debut: Chapter 119/Chapter 102: My Friends, the Fates are Cruel
Origin: Original Character | The Villainess quits
A bald knight commonly nicknamed as Baldy to Malty, and is a personal knight assigned to watch over her by King Aultcray. By the time of Baldy's introduction to the main story, he at first looks to be betraying her with Blue Eyes to team up with Consevatie, until being revealed to be Good All Along as one of the people rescuing her.- Big Damn Heroes: After finishing his disguise as one of Consevatie's lackeys, Baldy reveals his true identity to Malty in chapter 119 to assure her rescue from the dungeon cell locking her up, and the slave crest implanted on her chest.
- Good All Along: Appearing before Malty in chapter 119 with Consevatie by his side, Baldy is assumed to have betrayed her, even after all the time he has personally served her as a knight. Suddenly as Consevatie transforms Yomi, the demi-human impersonator, Baldy quickly shows that his Undying Loyalty remains with Malty, as he shows his efforts to wash away her slave crest.
- Eye Take: He stares blankly with Blue Eyes in chapter 119 to comprehend why Malty is acting unusually grateful and protective, which is a contrast to the usual behavior they are familiar with in her princess lifestyle.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Downplayed. Malty knows his real name as Baldwin Winchester, but would prefer calling him Baldy, because his bald head is the most recognizable feature she knows of when calling him to serve her.
- Slave Liberation: He takes actions to apply ointment and healing liquids onto Malty's chest to wash away the slave crest implanted onto her body.
- Subordinate Excuse: No matter all the times Malty had ignored and barked out orders for him, Baldy chooses to remain loyalty her worst times, such as her imprisonment in a dungeon cell.
Blue Eyes/Timothy Haven
Blue Eyes/Timothy Haven
Debut: Chapter 119/Chapter 102: My Friends, the Fates are Cruel
Origin: Original Character | The Villainess quits
A knight known for having and nicknamed Blue Eyes that is employed by Aultcray to act as one of the personal knights to watch over Malty. By the current story of his introduction, Blue Eyes and Baldy act as the Big Damn Heroes that arrived to save Malty and Naofumi from their dungeon cells.- Big Damn Heroes: He arrives into Malty's dungeon cell in chapter 119 to liberate her of her slave crest, thereby allowing her and Naofumi have more fighting chances to defeat the Three Heroes Church.
- Eye Take: Blue Eyes looks at Baldy in confusion for why Malty had suddenly Took a Level in Kindness to be grateful for his efforts, and her unusually protective side for Mala in the rebellion against the Three Heroes Church.
- Good All Along: He is thought to be a dungeon guard approaching Malty's cell in hopes of torturing or interrogating her, until the reveal of his identity as Blue Eyes, where he comes to save her from the dungeon she was thrown in.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: A main heroic trait of his appearance that is a major association for Malty to remember him are his shining blue eyes.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Though his real name is Timothy Haven, Malty goes for nicknaming him as Blue Eyes, because his eyes being blue is his most iconic trait to her.
- Slave Liberation: He adds balm onto Malty's chest and supports Baldy in liberating her from the slave seal limiting her possible actions with Consevatie.
- Smug Smiler: He smirks to give reassurance for Malty to remember him as the knight who served her loyally in the past and the current savior rescuing her from her dungeon cell in chapter 119.
- Subordinate Excuse: Even if his main purpose to serve Malty is because of Aultcray's employment, Blue Eyes prefers serving her personally as one of the people participating in her childish schemes and being one of the people that saves her inside of her dungeon cell, despite having opportunities to bow before new employers.
Free Fighters
General
- Cavalry Betrayal: The Free Fighters in the past were dispatched by King Aultcray to assist the northern houses in having armed defenses, yet one of the Free Fighters ended up nearly committing an Attempted Rape on Lady Yesold, which formed her Jerkass personality.
- Recruiting the Criminal: The agents are composed of humans or demi-humans having a criminal background that are employed on secret missions, as their amoral living is utilized in a way to perform sketchy actions away from the public with no moral integrity to be questioned.
Menlo the child butcher
Menlo the child butcher
Debut: Chapter 74/Chapter 63: Never Compromise
Origin: 雪椰
- Card-Carrying Villain: He takes pride in the fact he is known and acknowledged as the child butcher at the massacre of Alphorn ten years ago by Lucatiel.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Menlo is called a child butcherer as part of his extended name for his massacre of Alphorn ten years ago.
Xepan
Xepan
Debut: Chapter 55/Chapter 47: Aria of the Past (Mentioned), Chapter 74/Chapter 63: Never Compromise
Origin: Tactics Ogre
- Alas, Poor Villain: Despite having attempted to kill Yatsuhashi and assisting Aldrecht in stealing the Seatto heirloom, his offscreen defeat is played for sympathy in Mein's perspective, because getting kicked by Firo is a cruel way to lose.
- Killed Offscreen: During his battle against Yatsuhashi, Xepan was kicked by Firo interfering in the battle and is immediately killed. Even though Mein never knew the man for much and was attempting to kill Yatsuhashi, Mein feels his death was undeserved in the hands of Firo. Subverted in chapter 76, as it turns out he was only knocked out unconscious.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Aside from getting a small mention in chapter 55 for being a potential trainer for Naofumi, Xepan is put out of commission out of his fight against Yatsuhashi by Firo's kicked and is mentioned to have gotten unconscious from the attack.
Moda
Moda
Debut: Chapter 75/Chapter 64: Invincible
Origin: 雪椰
Lugo
Lugo
Debut: Chapter 75/Chapter 64: Invincible
Origin: 雪椰
Lugo is a member of the Free Fighters tasked with assisting Aldrecht in fighting Mein and to retrieve the Seatto artifact.- De-power: His Power Pincers gloves are attached with magical suppressors to drain away Mein's magic to make her an easier target to capture.
- Hostage for MacGuffin: After successfully beating Mein in their fight and draining her magic, Lugo captures her as of orders from Aldrecht and plans to have Mein be used to as a hostage to trade for the Seatto artifact.
- Power Pincers: He has gloves that have claws designed to suppress the magic of the targets he manages to slash or stab.
Yomi
Yomi
Debut: Chapter 119/Chapter 102: My Friends, the Fates are Cruel
Origin: Naraku no Adu
- Adaptation Species Change: She was a human girl in her home series, but is changed into a demi-human raccoon girl for her appearance in Ambition of the Red Princess.
- Good All Along: By looking like Consevatie the Younger, she is assumed to be an enemy that is either going to smugly interrogate or torture Malty for amusement. Once Yomi reveals herself as an Identity Impersonator, Malty calms down from relief she is going to be rescued in chapter 119.
- Good Pays Better: Her purpose to stay on Lord Noches' side as a Free Fighter agent is motivated by the fair payment she receiving from her the good work she provides, since that means no longer having to go around stealing food and be branded as a criminal to be hated.
- Healing Potion: She feeds Naofumi a potion that nourishes his pale skin back to health and to fill his stomach up in chapter 119.
- High-Heel–Face Turn: Among all the other Free Fighters who are male, have an unpleasant personality when deployed on battle, and are likely to have committed horrific crimes from the past, Yomi is the only female that has a sympathetic motive as a Justified Criminal only wanting to steal what is needed for her survival. In addition to her tragic motives, she is the only one who wishes to remain on the job as a desire to live on as a good person, since being paid to do work by Lord Noches is an honest way to earn herself a living.
- Identity Impersonator: She uses her illusion magic to conjure herself up as Consevatie the Younger, so that she, Baldy, and Blue Eyes are able to bypass inside of the Melromarc castle to rescue Malty and Naofumi in chapter 119.
- Justified Criminal: Originally, Yomi had to live out her criminal lifestyle as a thief to steal bread needed to maintain her survival. Once those issues are resolved with Lord Noches hiring her as a Free Fighter receiving a consistent payment for living, Yomi quits being a criminal in favor as Lord Noches' agent.
- The Navigator: When Yomi and her group are pursued by the Three Heroes Church and thief's guild, knowing just which tunnels leads to where, Yomi demands for everyone to escape to the surface, believing the top to be the most viable option to escape.
- Perfect Disguise, Terrible Acting: She can shapeshift herself into looking like Consevatie the Younger, but can't replicate his personality as a Smug Snake and the straight posture he wears when confronting others.
- Transformation Discretion Shot: To transform back into her demi-human self after impersonating Consevatie the Younger, a poof of smoke happens in her transformation.
- Token Good Teammate: In comparison to the other Free Fighters who are proud of their villainous deeds in the past, or have the implication that they were horrible people, Yomi is the only one among them to be a Justified Criminal only stealing to sustain her life. Once her life has its needs stabilized, she willingly joins Lord Noches to be an assistant in rescuing Malty and Naofumi from the Three Heroes Church.
Shadows
Shadow Number 66
Shadow Number 66
Debut: Chapter 28/Interlude 4: Grievance of the Red Queen
Lute Village
General
- Booby Trap: The Lute Villagers all fled out of their village in lived inside of a mine where they set up traps for intruders that may potentially expose them to the Three Heroes Church.
- Child Soldiers: Forced to live into a mine and away from anyone associated with the Three Heroes Church, children prepared themselves to wield Improvised Weapons as a means to protect all the remaining villagers from any enemies that try to walk inside their mine.
- The Famine: As a result of the Three Heroes Church taking Lute Village hostage and the withdrawal of all its supplies, the villagers are force out of their hometown and live inside of a mine, where they starve from malnutrition.
- Fate Worse than Death: The women are given slave seals of the worst kind that are usually exclusive to the worst criminals, since the slave seals themselves originate from an iron rod that can't be washed away completely by holy water.
- Improvised Weapon: The Child Soldiers arm themselves with random items inside of the mine base as their main weapons to use against any enemy trying to barge in their new home.
- Self-Offense: In chapter 116, a bunch of young children armed with an Improvised Weapon all attack Naofumi, Mein, Oersted, and Uranus in the dark, as they believe them to be enemies, that is until Raki steps in to calm down the conflict.
- Slave Brand: The women are turned into a Slave Race by having a hot iron rod be placed on their body for a slave crest to appear. Unlike a usual slave crest, the iron rod versions make the slave crest be left as a visible mark that can't be fully removed.
- Slave Race: All or most of the women that are part of the village are enslaved under orders of Father Caleb, due to him seeing them as people unworthy to have rights or an enemy to the ranks of men.
Raki
Raki
Debut: Chapter 16/Chapter 14: Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Origin: Claymore
- The Bus Came Back: Since his last appearance in chapter 81, Naofumi and Mein get to see him again back in chapter 116, where Raki and the rest of the Lute Villagers mistake them for enemies intruding into their mine.
- Cassandra Truth: While teaching Raphtalia on how she can perform a mouth-to-mouth antidote transfer on someone, Raki is caught by Mein and is suspected to be trying to get a kiss from Raphtalia. Due to how frantic and nervous Raki acts at admitting his explanation, he is not believed by Mein. It isn't until chapter 58 where it's confirmed that Raphtalia was taught the mouth-to-mouth technique to save Mein from poison.
- Defiant Captive:
- He is put into a similar situation like Hob where they are both held in a Hostage Situation that a knight could slice off their head. Rather than denounce the heroism Naofumi had done for Lute Village by orders of High Inquisitor Lord Emon, Raki defiantly lashes out on him and spits on his robe.
- Even when everyone in Lute Village is taken as slaves in chapter 118, along with him being the next target to get enslaved, Raki takes a defiant act to spite Consevatie with criticisms showing the latter to be nothing more than a lame criminal given with lots of resources just to have a chance at victory.
- He's a Friend:
- Raki orders his fellow villagers in chapter 116 to light up their lanterns, believing that the people that they are attacking are the Shield Hero and his allies who once helped them in their previous interactions.
- Raki defuses another confusion with Jackson being on the side of the Lute Villagers, so that Naofumi, Mein, Uranus, and Oersted are not brought into an unnecessary conflict in chapter 117.
- Impeded Messenger: Saved by Naofumi's Yuzus in chapter 118, Raki goes on to meet up with Yatsuhashi, and eventually the Three Heroes to deliver them a message for a way to assist Naofumi to escape his capture from the Three Heroes Church.
- Mouth-to-Mouth Force-Feeding: Double-subverted. When attempting to put his mouth near Raphtalia, Raki is caught by Mein and is believed to be using this technique as a way to sneak a kiss onto Raphtalia. However, later in chapter 58, Raki had actually taught Raphtalia how to feed an antidote by kissing, since Raphtalia used it to save Mein.
- Spiteful Spit:
- In response to retaliate Lord Emon for antagonizing his village, Hob, and the Shield Hero, Raki calls out Lord Emon for his actions and spits on his robe.
- He attracts Consevatie's attention with a spit, and uses the latter's focus on him to deliver "The Reason You Suck" Speech to deconstruct the incompetency of Consevatie behind his Smug Snake talk in chapter 118.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: He gives a speech in chapter 118 to expose Consevatie to be criminal wearing the clothes of the rich, and for all the resources the latter has, they are the only reasons Consevatie is able to stand a chance enslaving everyone under his rule.Raki: You think bullying us, common folks make you strong?! You are nothing more than a criminal wearing a fancy dress! A thief! Flaunting your family's stolen money from us common folks. Without your daddy, you are NOTHING!
Billy
Billy
Debut: Chapter 117/Chapter 100: To a World That Abhors You And I
Origin: Unknown
Filorial Bill/Big Bill
Big Bill (Filorial Bill)
Debut: Chapter 16/Chapter 14: Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Origin: Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged | The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Name Change: Downplayed. He still gets keep "Bill" as part of his name, and the only changes made to his name is changed from "Choco" to "Filorial", as a way to showcase his experience with filorial birds.
- Ascended Extra: Downplayed. He still remains a fairly minor character for Ambition of the Red Princess, but he does play a bigger role in providing facts to teach Naofumi at nurturing Filo by appearing in sporadically in the chapters. When comparing Filorial Bill to his Shield Hero manga counterpart, he only existed in chapter 9 to give Naofumi beans as a sign of gratefulness to feed Firo.
- Composite Character: Filorial Bill is a combination of Choco Bill's name from Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged being applied to an unnamed filorial farmer whose origins is at The Rising of the Shield Hero.
- Generation Xerox: His name as Filorial Bill is the exact same name his father and his grandpa shared before him. They all have in common of raising filorial in barns and as their family members age, they switch names depending how old they all are. For Filorial Bill's case he is currently called Big Bill and his father's name is changed to Old Bill.
- Mr. Exposition: Naofumi and Mein struggling to understand as to Firo is always hostile to everyone, Filorial Bill gives them the answer that either Firo was exposed to a violent environment at an early age or was born from a cockatrice lineage, a species known for their violent aggression. On the former fact, Mein is able to deduce that she was an Unwitting Instigator of Doom by having flicked her finger on Firo's head way back in chapter 31, which set up the latter for her vindictive childishness.
- Named by the Adaptation: Filorial Bill lacked a name in the manga of The Rising of the Shield Hero, since he was a minor One-Shot Character that existed to provide Naofumi with beans to Filo. By Ambition of the Red Princess, Filorial Bill is given a name that is based off of Choco Bill from Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged.
- O.C. Stand-in: His personality coming from the manga version of The Rising of the Shield Hero was mainly his gratitude to Naofumi and the type of food that should be offered to Filo. By the fanfic, Filorial Bill is given a name, and his personality is expanded based on the character of Choco Bill.
Hob
Hob
Debut: Chapter 15/Chapter 13: Down Side of Camping (Mentioned), Chapter 29/Interlude 5: Suspicion of the Shield Hero
Origin Original Character
- Defiant Captive: When put on hold and being demanded by Inquisitor Emon to denounce the Shield Hero to have a chance at being spared, Hob defies him and instead calls him a fake hero that should rot in hell for his hypocrisies.
- Off with His Head!: He loses his life by a knight sliding a sword through his neck and it's the result for having decided to insult Inquisitor Emon.
- Sacrificial Lamb: Hob's name and life is only mentioned sporadically in few times he appears in Lute Village with either Naofumi or the other villagers. When Hob is killed by Emon in chapter 33, it wakes up every villager, party members, and heroes into going all out to take down Emon before more people are killed. To Itsuki, the death of Hob causes him to reevaluate his sense of justice to become a better hero like Shining Man.
Georg
Georg
Debut: Chapter 16/Chapter 14: Dear Hearts and Gentle People (Mentioned), Chapter 17/Chapter 15: Prepare for the Future
Origin: Neverwinter Nights
Lefou
Lefou
Debut: Chapter 57/Chapter 49: Night of the Ravens (Mentioned), Chapter 110/Chapter 95: Breakthrough
Origin: Beauty and the Beast
Schnee Family
Weiss Schnee
Origin: RWBY
- Adaptational Badass: Weiss' home series merely had her cast simple crystal shards and glyphs. Here, she substitutes glyphs with elemental magic, taking cues from benders such as Zaheer, and ninjas such as Shojoji. She also buffs her blade like Eugeo. On top of all that, she utilizes no less than two dozen one-handed sword skills passed down from Kirito's teachings, and she's still considered a novice wannabe.
- Combat Pragmatist: Weiss herself tries to be this, using spells to try and win her "sparring match" with Eclair... and only tires herself out, something Eclair promptly takes advantage of.
- Crippling Overspecialization: Weiss is an incredibly skilled fencer. She also is very much unused to fighting people who use weapons significantly different to rapiers or who throw in punches and kicks when fighting. Notably, Weiss executes an impressive combination of attacks, which is stopped by Eclair's crossguard. It shows further when Weiss uses magic to change her rapier into first an arming sword and then a lance. Because she only trained with a rapier, she has almost no ability with her stronger magical weapons and Eclair easily handles each.
- Curb-Stomp Cushion: Weiss's duel against Eclair starts in her favor and she gets some licks in, but a good half or more of the fight is Eclair outright manhandling the merchant's daughter.
- Small Name, Big Ego: As a fighter, Weiss is described as a "novice wannabe" by the author. Doesn't stop her from boasting how "a mere hedge knight" such as Eclair has no chance against her. Eclair spends a good deal of their duel manhandling Weiss.
- Sore Loser: Weiss responds to losing her duel against Eclair by shouting insults about the Seatto House. When Eclair refuses to rise to her bait, Weiss insists that "the hedge knight at least knows when to admit defeat to her betters".
- Technician vs. Performer: In their duel, Weiss is the "Performer" to Eclair's "Technician". Weiss is much faster and well-trained with her rapier, and is a capable spellcaster, but she still loses to Eclair who uses punches, kicks, shoulder tackles and more. Eclair criticizes Weiss for dancing around so much, not only wasting energy, but also frequently exposing her back to her enemy. Eclair's style isn't as well suited for duels, being meant for fighting on the battlefield, but she has far better defenses. For a bit of Irony, Weiss herself was the "Technician" to her weapon-loving friend and teammate, Ruby Rose.
Balafon
Elder
Origin Original Character
Thief's Guild
General
- Conservation of Ninjutsu: As a group of people all fighting the main characters and their rescuers, the Thief's Guild are dispatched with the unnamed members not receiving focus in the fight. For the named characters such as Roger of Ajax and Mercer, they play the biggest role in the fight either, because of their better experience in fighting and sneaky tricks to pull off.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: Just as two squatters appear on sight for Naofumi and Mein, Mala makes a sudden dash with her Flash Step to kill the squatters before Naofumi and Mein could react to the deaths that had happened.
- Trick Bomb: Mercer and his thieves bring out bombs containing a variety of different substances to throw at their enemies as a way to substitute themselves from recklessly fighting everyone head on.
- Zerg Rush: The strategy for the Thief's Guild to weaken and have Naofumi, Malty, and their companions be captured is to have their large number of members overwhelm their group into a corner.
Mercer
Mercer
Debut: Chapter 120/Chapter 103: There are No Dreams, No Honor Remains
Origin: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Hate Sink: Lampshaded. For his irritatingly aggressive behavior to attack everyone with his main reason being that he wants to be valued highly by the Three Heroes Church, Malty personally hates him and sees his face as something ugly enough that deserves to be punched.
- Join or Die: Mercer makes an offer for Yomi to join him in his quest to capture all of the people trying to escape the Three Heroes Church in chapter 120, as the acceptance would mean he will forget Yomi's resistance against him. When refused by Yomi, preferring that Good Pays Better for an honest life under Lord Noches' agent, Mercer goes into his murderous rampage to kill her.
- Self-Offense: Throwing a choke and blind powder at all his pursued targets, Mercel accidentally gets Roger of Ajax to be consumed into the crossfire, due to the latter's shortsighted focus to fight Mala, despite Roger being a church ally he is working with.
Others
Elhard/Smith Demon
Elhard/Smith Demon
Debut: Chapter 3/Chapter 3 Shield Hero and other heroes
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Badass: Elhard was never shown to be a fighter in The Rising of the Shield Hero, since he is only seen selling his weaponry in his shop. At Ambition of the Red Princess, Elhard gets to showoff his ability to wield a weapon by using a Humongous-Headed Hammer to participate in battles againsts the Three Heroes Church.
- Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed. Elhard's most heroic actions in The Rising of the Shield Hero amounted to providing Naofumi and his party high-qualify or sometimes free equipment to have aid in their troubles. By the fanfic, Elhard is one of the people that helped rescue Naofumi and Mein in their dungeon cells in chapter 118, along with participating in a rebellion against the Three Heroes Church.
- Adaptation Name Change: Downplayed. His name is still Elhard, just like all versions of his canon self, but he is frequently referred to as the Smith Demon in Malty's perspective, as a way to be reminded of the horrible but useful resources he recommends for her to buy.
- Ascended Extra: Downplayed. Elhard is still a fairly minor character, but he has an involvement with rebelling against the Three Heroes Church in Ambition of the Red Princess, in contrast to his canon counterpart only appearing as a blacksmith for Naofumi to buy weapons at his shop.
- The Bus Came Back: He enters in chapter 3 to sell Naofumi and Mein the recommended equipment needed for adventure, then disappears afterwards once his role as their blacksmith is over. Later in chapter 119, Elhard makes a reappearance as one of the people participating a rebellion inside of the Melromarc capital to battle the Three Heroes Church's forces.
- Chekhov's Gag: Instances where he has to give Naofumi and Mein equipment for their adventure, the ones Elhard recommends are usually stuff that Mein hates having to wear, despite its usefulness.
- Though Mein wanted to wear a beautiful ivory armor, Elhard dismisses it in exchange for tight leather that can cover up more of her skin in the face of danger. Since giving the leather armor to Mein, she has then referred to Elhard as the Smith Demon for providing her beneficial yet uncomfortable resources.
- Returning to the story at chapter 119, Elhard requests for Mein and all of Naofumi's followers to wear the armor of common guardsman to blend in with all the soldiers fighting inside of Melromarc. Even as Mein dislikes the low-class armor provided to her, just like the leather armor, she wears it to not be spotted by anyone.
- Dressing as the Enemy: Invoked. He offers up four sets of common guardsman armors for Mein, Naofumi, Oersted, and Uranus to wear, so that they are all disguised as unimportant people that won't get targeted by the Three Heroes Church in their escape.
- Fisticuff-Provoking Comment: Having his warhammer broken and insulted of its fragility by Consevatie, Elhard is triggered into smacking Consevatie in the face with the split warhammer to spite him from talking anymore in their fight.
- Humongous-Headed Hammer: Elhard wields a long warhammer in a fight against Consevatie in chapter 119. Even as the warhammer's stick is split by Consevatie's battle axe, Elhard is able to utilize his Wrecked Weapon's head to deliver a Jawbreaker on Consevatie.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He is rarely addressed by his real name, Elhard, and is instead nicknamed as the Smith Demon by Malty as a response for how a blacksmith whose only job was to sell armor and weapons to her, he knows how to make her life uncomfortable with the type of resources he recommends for her.
- Talk to the Fist: Just as Consevatie is insulting to futility to be harmed by his broken warhammer, Elhard hits his face with said broken warhammer to shut him up from talking any further in chapter 119.
- Wrecked Weapon: Elhard gets the stick of his warhammer split in two by Consevatie's axe. However, because of Consevatie's overconfidence to brag on how great his weapon is, Elhard is able to deliver a Jawbreaker blow onto Consevatie with the metal head of the warhammer as a counterattack in chapter 119.
Beloukas
Beloukas
Debut: Chapter 8/Chapter 7: The Way of the Rat
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Chekhov's Gunman: Beloukas who once sold his slaves away for Naofumi and Mein, but more of Beloukas' importance is expanded upon in chapter 120, where he is one of the suggested allies to go to for Mein's group to seek shelter.
Rino
Rino
Debut: Chapter 66/Interlude 11: Incubation of Heroes
Origin: The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Angst Downgrade: From The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series, Rino's tragedy and angst came from being unable to become an adventurer for Motoyasu's party, because Malty had betrayed and had her sold to slavery. The angst ended up transforming Rino into a vengeful spy for the queen with the thirst of wanting Malty's death. At the Ambition of the Red Princess, Rino has a Tragic Dream of being unable to become an adventurer with an exciting life. The reason being that was enrolled to the as a baking apprentice, instead of a adventurer, because of her father, Sir Ashley Raithos, mixing up her application with Macaroon.
- Adaptational Nice Girl: Since she never experienced the same tragedies of being slave like her canon self and developing a desire for Revenge against Malty, Rino is more stable and content in living out her life. Though at first she lashes out at never being able to become an adventurer at the cost of following Macaroon's dream as a baker, Rino does find satisfaction as a baker from Itsuki's compliment towards her skill.
- Fist of Rage: She clenches her fists onto her apron upon hearing that Maron left the Spear Hero's party for a bag of gold coins to start up their own bakery.
- Hidden Disdain Reveal: Initially during her meeting with Macaroon at chapter 66, Rino tries to act with composure towards the Bow Hero's party to sell them baked goods. Once Macaroon talks about leaving the Spear Hero's group for money to start a private bakery of herself and Rino in it, the latter snaps in a fit of rage to reveal her disdain. The disdain Rino has for Macaroon is to explain that while the latter became an adventurer, she was left behind as a baker that will never be able to fulfill her own dream to become an adventurer, all from a mixed application from a year ago.
- Suddenly Shouting: Listening to Macaroon spew out about leaving the Spear Hero's party for a bunch of gold coins and wanting to start their own independent bakery, Rino loses her composure to reveal her disdain at Macaroon being able to live out the life of an adventurer, while she herself is unfulfilled as a baker.
- Sweet Baker: She lost her dream of becoming an adventurer from an apprentice application mix up with Macaroon. The mix up resulted in Rino getting enrolled as a baker's apprentice, while Macaroon was enrolled to be an apprentice of a wizard. Though initially dissatisfied at never experiencing the role of an adventurer like she wanted, Rino is a Nice Girl that still cares for Maron's wellbeing regardless and when praised for her baking skills by Itsuki, Rino is awakened with the determination to be the best baker in Melromarc.
- Tragic Dream: She had a dream of becoming a famous adventurer to fill in excitement for her life, but was unable to fulfill it. The reason being that her father had mixed up her apprentice application to a baker, while the sister, Macaroon, was taken to be trained as an adventurer. With Macaroon living out her dream, Rino is left dissatisfied as a baker, until a complimenting praise from Itsuki encourages her to pursue at becoming the best baker in Melromarc.
Myne of Samphor
Myne of Samphor
Debut: Chapter 66/Interlude 11: Incubation of Heroes
Origin: Original Character
- Breakout Character: Before her real introduction into the story, Myne was a mentioned character that was used to joke around Malty unintentionally impersonation her identity. However, in chapter 66, she gets to properly meet Ren and Itsuki in person, which helps them realize that the Mein in Naofumi's group is an imposter.
- Mistaken Identity: When encountered by Ren and Itsuki in her debut chapter, the two of them mistake her for the Mein of Samphor that is travelling with Naofumi. Having her identity mistaken, Myne clears up the confusion by confirming that she is the only one having the name "Myne" in the town of Samphor.
- One-Steve Limit: Downplayed. To find a way to be a separate character to Malty playing her role as Mein of Samphor, the real Myne of Samphor replaces the vowels of her name, despite both Mein and Myne being similar sounding.
Micah
Micah
Debut: Chapter 66/Interlude 11: Incubation of Heroes
Origin: Unknown
Eulogy Jones
Eulogy Jones
Debut: Chapter 66/Interlude 11: Incubation of Heroes
Origin: Unknown
Madame/Aunty Dolores
Madame/Aunty Dolores
Debut: Chapter 120/Chapter 103: There are No Dreams, No Honor Remains
Origin: Harry Potter | The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Adaptational Nice Girl: Exaggerated. Being based off of Umbridge Dolores, the shopkeeper's referential personality traits she has out of her name as Madame Dolores makes her far tamer than the one from the Harry Potter series. While the original Umbridge Dolores always tries to find excuses for her Disproportionate Retribution on innocent students, Madame Umbridge only gets aggressive on people that have personally ruined her life, where on other times, she is a nice, old lady.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed. Having a personality similar to that of Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter, the shopkeeper's personality has a fiery anger when confronting those she despises. Whereas in The Rising of the Shield Hero, the shopkeeper remains a calm lady never losing her mind to temper.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She behaves as a polite elderly lady willing to shelter refugees escaping from the Three Heroes Church, but can flare up with anger to fight anyone intruding her magical shop, or any church member she personally has grudges against.
- Composite Character: Downplayed. Her appearance and personality as that of a kind elder that takes in and shows thanks to adventurers. However, her name as Madame Dolores gives her a hotheaded temper that is prone to using violence to her enemies, similarly Dolores Umbridge enacting extreme punishments to students in Harry Potter.
- I'll Kill You!: To punish Father Caleb for barging into her house and enslaving her daughter, Aunty Dolores assures on bringing death onto him to have his blood pay for his crimes.
- Improvised Weapon: Madame Dolores wields a magical quill that can burn the hands of people she wishes to inflict pain onto.
- Mythology Gag: As a reference of her quill being used to abuse innocent kids in her class from Harry Potter, Madame Dolores in Ambition of the Red Princess gets to do a similar deed with her quill at Father Caleb to Pay Evil unto Evil for having kidnapped her daughter and intruding her magic shop.
- Named In The Adaptation: The shopkeeper lacked a name in The Rising of the Shield Hero, so her appearance in Ambition of the Red Princess names her as Madame Dolores to reference personality traits of Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter.
