Raph-chan II

Raphtalia's Ancestor is a previous Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo who was summoned by Shildina. She has since been reborn in the form of Raph-Chan II.

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

As a member of the Raph species, Raph-chan II looks like a mix between a red panda, a raccoon, and a tanuki. She has a brown fluffy tail and walks on her four little legs with proportions that make her look like a mascot. She actually is her own sub-species of Raph although very few can differentiate the different Raph species. Her most notable distinction is her cry "Dafu".
 * -|Raph=

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.
 * -|Tanuki=

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. After being transformed into a Raph, Raphtalia's personality seemed to have mellowed out slightly.
 * -|Raph=

Abilities
Before being transformed into a Raph, Raphtalia's ancestor held a spiritual tanuki form. After being transformed into a Raph, she can transform into her tanuki form but this consumes massive amounts of energy. 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 defence-rating attacks.
 * -|Tanuki=

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.

Raphtalia's Ancestor strikes the ground with her hammer which sends a shock wave across the ground.
 * Mighty Quake「大激震 Dai Gekishin (lit. Great Severe Earthquake)」

Magic
As a Tanuki, she has ying and yang magic affinity and specializes in illusion magic which she uses to great effect as a tactician.

Raphtalia's Ancestor was shown healing herself after she received an attack from Raphtalia.
 * Unnamed Healing Magic

Heavenly Emperor Abilities
As powerful Heavenly Emperor, Raphtalia's Ancestor has the ability and authority to instantly grow sakura lumina trees to create a strong sakura stone 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 power allows the user to sense attributes within the opponent and then imbues some kind of effect onto that attribute. Shouting the skill is not necessary but makes it easier to control the flow of power.

An attack that summons five magic balls. These balls can both defend the caster and attack the opponent. A successful attack will allow the usage of Five Elements Interaction.
 * Five Elements: Destiny Split「五行天命割り Gogyou Tenmei Wari (lit. Five Phases Heavenly Emperor Fracture)」

There is no description of what this technique does but it is likely to be similar to a mix of two techniques that Raphtalia uses, Ying Yang Blade & Eight Trigrams Blade of Destiny.
 * Ying-Yang Eight Trigrams Split of Destiny「陰陽八極陣天命割り Onyou Hakkyoku Jin Tenmei Wari (lit. Ying Yang Eight Extremities Formation Heavenly Emperor Fracture)」

The Five Elements「五行」is an eastern concept where phenomena of the world (body organs, weather, war, politics & etc.) is broken down and categorized into five groups, Fire, Water, Wood, Metal & Earth, of which are the properties/variables of said phenomena. So applications of an interaction between two groups can give varying results depending on what property/variable of a group is introduced. (e.g. Raphtalia's ancestor's Fire Defeats Metal seals skills while Raphtalia's Fire Defeat Metal gives a stat debuff)

Binds the opponent to the ground. Temporarily prevents the opponent from using the weapon they are holding. Prevents the opponent from changing weapons. There is no description of what this technique does. There is no description of what this technique does. Five magic balls are summoned to be imbued into the weapon, unleashing an attack that also creates a pentagram-like magic formation.
 * Earth Defeats Water「土剋水 Do Koku Sui (lit. Earth Restraints Water)」
 * Fire Defeats Metal「火剋金 Ka Koku Kin (lit. Fire Restraints Metal)」
 * Water Defeats Fire「水剋火 Sui Koku Ka (lit. Water Restraints Fire)」
 * Wood Defeats Earth「木剋土 Moku Koku Do (lit. Wood Restraints Earth)」
 * Metal Defeats Wood「金剋木 Kin Koku Moku (lit. Metal Restraints Wood)」
 * Divine Clash of the Five Practices「天命五行相剋 Gogyou Soukoku (lit. Heavenly Emperor Five Phases Interlinking Restraints)」

Raph-chan II has all of the main characteristics of the Raph race including magical abilities. However, she also has a much higher level than most of her race, starting at level 95.
 * -|Raph=

Innate Abilities
Most Raphs are able to magically transform into some form. Raph-chan II can transform into her original Tanuki form although this takes an incredible amount of energy to maintain. When Naofumi or Raph-chan use this ability, it can summon select members of the Raph race including Raph-chan II.
 * Transformation
 * C'mon Raph

Magic
The main power of the Raph species lie in their powerful illusion magic. They also have resistance to illusions themselves. Since Raphtalia's Ancestor is already proficient with this magic, her form as Raph-chan II has even more proficiency than most Raphs. The Raph species have resistance to status effects and can protect others from status effects by touching them. The Raph-species do have some spiritual powers since they were able to conduct a ritual to transfer Raphtalia's Ancestor's spirit into what became Raph-chan II. Raph-chan II was able to see Naofumi's "spirit" when he within the world of the Legendary Shield
 * Illusion
 * Status Effect Resistance
 * Spiritual Manipulation

Cooperative Magic

 * Emptiness is Form: Hollow「空即是色・虚 Kuusokuzeshiki Utsu (lit. Nothing is of Everything - Hollow)」

An upgraded version of the spell Emptiness is Form where Daph-chan & the peudo-personality Demon Dragon joins in with the formation of the spell. It is strong enough to affect even heroes albeit with limited capacity.

Background
The spirit of Raph-chan II is a merge of a copy of Raphtalia's Ancestor Natalia and an experimental hammer created by Holn. Natalia is a previously Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo and the wielder of the Vassal Hammer. During the time as Heavenly Empress, she defeated and sealed away many destructive monsters including Tulina.

Volume 14
During Shildina's fight with Sadeena over the future of Q'ten Lo, Shildina summons the spirit of 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 Raphtalia's Ancestor's help, the heroes were able to successfully attack the evil soul and eventually defeated it.

Desiring one final battle for fun, Raphtalia's Ancestor challenges Raphtalia. Raphtalia is to restore Shildina's soul while Raphtalia's Ancestor tries to stop her. With Naofumi's reluctant approval, she accepts. Raphtalia's Ancestor 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. Eventually, Raphtalia's Ancestor approves of Raphtalia and lets her restore Shildina's soul. Raphtalia's Ancestor then disappears

Volume 16
After the fight with the Phoenix, the Raph species conducts a ritual which reincarnates Raphtalia's Ancestor's "spirit" as Raph-chan II. After Takt's ambush, Raph-chan II produces an illusion which allows Raphtalia to escape. Later, while Takt was invading Melromarc, Raph-chan II transformed into her original tanuki form to challenge Tulina which she had sealed away many years ago. Eventually, Raph-chan and Raphtalia's Ancestor was able to defeat Tulina.

Volume 17
After Ruft receives his class-up, Naofumi tasks Raph-chan II with taking care of her descendant.

Naofumi Iwatani
Information to be added later on

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.

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.

Natalia
Information to be added later on.

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
Information to be added later on.