Raph-chan II

Raphtalia's Ancestor is a previous Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo who was summoned by Shildina. She tested Raphtalia to see if she is worthy as a Heavenly Emperor.

Appearance
Raphtalia's Ancestor bears a striking resemblance to Raphtalia. She has a shining, full tail, long hair, and beautiful features.

Personality
Raphtalia's Ancestor is a carefree spirit who is always looking for a challenge. She enjoys battling powerful opponents for fun. When it comes to fighting, Raphtalia's Ancestor is very open about what she thinks.

She has a sense of justice and likes to find a solution without killing. However, if she finds the enemy irredeemable, she has no issue in killing them. Raphtalia's Ancestor also feels a duty to Q'ten Lo and tests the Heavenly Emperor to see if they are worthy.

Abilities
As an experienced Heavenly Emperor and Seven Star Hero, Raphtalia's Ancestor is impressive in battle. She can also use the Hengen Muso Style for defense-rating attacks.

Seven Star Hammer
Raphtalia has not been seen using the power unique to the Seven Star Hammer but her hammer does have a jewel similar to the other Seven Star weapons.
 * Mighty Quake: Raphtalia's Ancestor strikes the ground with her hammer which sends a shockwave across the ground.

Magic
As a Tanuki, she has ying and yang affinity and specializes in illusion magic which she uses to great effect as a tactician.
 * Healing magic: Raphtalia's Ancestor was shown healing herself after she received an attack from Raphtalia.

Heavenly Emperor
As powerful Heavenly Emperor, Raphtalia's Ancestor is able to instantly grow sakura lumina trees to create a strong sakura stones of destiny barrier. Raphtalia was unable to cancel out this barrier with her own Heavenly Emperor powers.

Raphtalia's Ancestor is also able to use magic unique to the Heavenly Emperors. This magic uses the relationship between 5 elements - Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, and Metal - in order to cast spells.
 * Earth Defeats Fire: Binds the opponent to the ground.
 * Fire Defeats Metal: Temporarily prevents the opponent from using the weapon they are holding
 * Water Defeats Fire: Prevents the opponent from changing weapons.
 * Five Practices Destiny Split: An attack that summons 5 magic balls. These balls can both defend the caster and attack the opponent.
 * Divine Clash of the Five Practices: Magic balls which have been summoned are then imbued in the caster's weapon for greater effect.

Volume 14
During Shildina's fight with Sadeena over the future of Q'ten Lo, Shildina summons Raphtalia's Ancestor using her oracle ability as her final trump card. Raphtalia's ancestor took over Shildina's body which filled her with the experience and capabilities of the previous Heavenly Emperor. Showing a new mastery of magic, Shildina with Raphtalia's Ancestor's help was able to defeat Sadeena. Looking for entertainment, Raphtalia's Ancestor wishes to go to the palace to fight to the current leader. After resisting being controlled by Makina, Sadeena agrees and heads to the palace.

By the time Naofumi and his party travel to the Q'ten Lo palace, the place has already been decimated. Many soldiers are dead and the survivors are frightened for their lives. 'Hammer Girl', who had again taken over Shildina was able to kill Makina's body. However, Makina's soul survived and the two started to fight for Shildina's body. With Hammer Girl's help, the heroes were able to successfully attack the evil soul. Together, they defeated it.

Desiring one final battle for fun, Hammer Girl challenges Raphtalia. Raphtalia is to restore Shildina's soul while Hammer Girl tries to stop her. With Naofumi's reluctant approval, she accepts. Hammer Girl proves to be the clearly superior fighter. During the brutal fight, she teaches Raphtalia how to better implement illusions and how to use the power of the Heavenly Emperor. Finally, Raphtalia unleashed her final attack with all of her remaining magic, SP, and life force. With that attack, Hammer Girl approves of Raphtalia and lets her restore Shildina's soul. With her final encouragement, Hammer Girl disappears and Shildina is released.

Volume 16
During Takt's invasion of Melromarc, Raph-chan II summoned the spirit of Raphtalia's Ancestor to fight Tulina. It was revealed that Hammer Girl was the one who sealed Tulina away many years ago for trying to steal power. Tulina eagerly faced Hammer Girl for a chance for revenge. They both fought in an intense battle of illusions. Assuming Hammer Girl was just an illusion when Raph-chan picked up a sword, she attacked Raph-chan. Raph-chan blocked and Hammer girl hit her from behind. Hammer Girl and Raph-chan then started beating into Tulina until she transformed into her monster fox form. Hammer girl then trapped Tulina's head in a spell and crushed it. Hammer Girl confirmed to Naofumi that she is now a new entity with only fragments of her personality and memories remaining. Hammer Girl then transformed back into Raph-chan II.

Relationships
Raphtalia: Raphtalia is her ancestor's eventual successor as the Heavenly Emperor. As a result, Raphtalia's Ancestor felt the need to test her to see if she is worthy of the title. Raphtalia was barely able to pass but got her ancestor's approval.

Shildina: Shildina was the priestess who was able to summon Raphtalia's Ancestor back to the world of the living. Shildina used Raphtalia's Ancestor with her oracle powers to improve her combat ability. Raphtalia's Ancestor also protected Shildina from Makina trying to take over her body.

Tulina: Tulina and Raphtalia's Ancestor seems to have a long history. In the past, Tulina was a trickster and used others to gain power. However, Raphtalia's Ancestor stopped her and sealed her away - hoping that she would repent from her ways. When Tulina went back to her old ways and joined Takt's cause, Raphtalia's Ancestor was forced to stop her for good.

Trivia
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