Rishia Ivyred (Web Novel)

Rishia Ivyred (リーシア＝アイヴィレッド) is a major supporting character in the Web Novel series The Rising of the Shield Hero.

She is the daughter of a noble family. Due to an unfortunate string of events, the Ivyred House had grown poor and she was forcefully taken as ransom by a neighboring family in exchange for gold. She was rescued by the Bow Hero, whom she would later devote her life to.

To show her gratitude and support for her savior, Rishia would go on to join Itsuki's party. She would then be treated as an errand girl, carrying food and supplies for the Bow Hero's party, leaving her talent in magic unused and untapped.

During the Cal Mira Island Arc, she saves the heroes in a losing battle against the people from the other world using a dud barrel bomb filled with Lucor fruit, dizzying all other entities with the exception of Naofumi. After the event, the Queen praises and acknowledges her efforts, but Itsuki, bitter about his easy loss at the hands of the heroes from the other world, is angered that is subordinate is getting more recognition than he is. This pettiness is later revealed to be Itsuki's true reason for kicking her out of his party, as he knew that she was merely being framed by his fellow party members.

Rishia later acquires the Seven Star Projectile, becoming the Hero of the Projectile (投擲具の勇者).

Running into the sea in hopes of dying, Rishia's suicide attempt is foiled by Filo and Naofumi, wherein the latter convinces her to keep living after seeing himself in her. Despite everything, Rishia remains devoted to the Bow Hero and hopes to someday return to his side.

Appearance
Rishia appears to be around 14-years-old, giving off somewhat of a childish feeling. She looks to be brought up well, and her genes seem good. She's petite and doesn't seem suitable for combat.

Personality
Originally a daughter of a fallen noble upon being saved by Itsuki, which led to her extreme devotion to him. Upon entering his party she was at the lowest position of the hierarchy and tried to forcefully acquire power against her original potential ruining her growth. After being framed, she became suicidal and was then saved by Naofumi. She then seeks new strength to return to Itsuki's side, but remains nervous in the presence of others, using the expression "Fuee" whenever startled or nervous.

Risha is an easily scared klutz.

Rishia was a fallen noble who even had to sell herself into slavery for the sake of money. And the one who saved her from such despair was Itsuki. He became her goal. Her aspiration. Though she did lose to it once and jumped into the ocean, you could also say that she had enough willpower to do such a thing. Her determination and will are shown during her fight with Kyo. Though she looks up to Itsuki and his men, she doesn't share their view and has trouble expressing them.

Background
Rishia was mentioned to have studied in a school at Faubley until the waves came. She discontinuing her studies due to money problems. Naofumi suspects that both Rishia and Malty might have studied in the same school with a few years apart. Aside from Gym, she had good grades that she had trouble choosing a major. It is because of Faubley influence, she doesn't share the nation's negative belief of Shield hero.

The village they lived in was ruled by a noble family that was obtaining their funds through illegal means and Rishia's parents tried to sabotage their operations. But all of their money was secretly taken by those people. All the villagers who also raised complaints against the noble family were silenced. Then, as Rishia's family had no money left to pay taxes, the Noblemen proposed that they could give Rishia in place of money. They threatened that they would kill her family if her parents didn't comply.

That evening, Itsuki and his companions infiltrated the Villainous Nobles’ Mansion and used the authority of the Hero to put an end to their dealings and save Rishia. Rishia felt greatly in debt to her saviors and decided to join Itsuki's party.

The Rising of the Shield Hero
Though Rishia was present from the time of the third wave, she wasn't that visible as a character. In the Web Novel, Rishia first appears during the final companion exchange with Itsuki.

Rishia belongs to the house Ivyred, a fallen noble family according to the queen. She is described as very childlike by Naofumi and seems to lack a definitive role in her group of companions. She plays the roles of CQC, Attack Magic, Healing, and Support.

In Chapter 109 of the Web Novel, Rishia is accused of breaking Itsuki's bracelet he got from the Swindling Merchant which deeply upsets her. Everyone in the party including Itsuki shuns her out of the party to which she responds by trying to commit suicide, only to have Firo save her. Naofumi demanded an explanation, only to be told that they were caring for her since she was not suited for fighting.

Naofumi is outraged that she is being falsely accused and asks her to join his party in order to become stronger. She hesitantly does so for Itsuki's sake. She is level 68 when she joins the party, so in order to compensate for her lower level, she is asked to wear the Penguin Plush.

She joined hands with Naofumi in the fight against Spirit tortoise and showed her hidden skill during her fight with Kyo. She crossed the world in a belief of her justice and continued her fight for it. She even amazed Naofumi by learning the other world's language and writings. She antagonized Kyo for reasons of Ost and Itsuki and fought till victory. After returning to the world she continued her research about the wave and helped Naofumi in raising the villagers.

He also learned of a way to reset her level/stats/class up a choice from the queen, to which he also offered to do for her. After considering it heavily, she decides to trust him and become a slave. Soon after accepting, a High-class slave crest was engraved on Rishia's chest. Just like Bitch, after a while, it turned invisible. After checking her stats, Naofumi noted that although she was level 68, her stats where nearly 1/5 of Raphtalia's.

Cal Mira Island Arc
Part of Itsuki's crew, but is pretty much the party's pack mule and errand girl. Gives Naofumi information regarding Itsuki's strengthening methods. Itsuki and his party ostracize her for being weak and kick her out of the party while accusing her of breaking Itsuki's bracelet. Joins Naofumi's party after being rescued by Filo after trying to commit suicide via jumping off the boat into the sea. She agrees to become a slave.

Naofumi begins to call her out on her "Fuuueeee shit." She helps Naofumi fight the Spirit Tortoise and gains a bit of confidence but still "Fuuueeee"s pretty often. When the hourglass stops and the Wave is pushed back 3 1/2 months, it's time for her to return to level 1. Her stats barely decrease though, and she levels with Filo. She's level 20 at this point.

Spirit Tortoise Arc
She's left in charge of the village's management and level raising while Naofumi is away pedaling.

She is up to level 35, but Naofumi wants her to class up with the others, so he says she might have to wait for the others to catch up.

Rishia reaches level 40 and is able to class up. Naofumi informs her and the rest of the slaves of the way Raphtalia and Filo classed up and explained that they didn't have a choice in which direction their class up went, but since they gained stats superior in all fields to most other class ups, it all worked out in the end. He then asked if she would like to do the same at the cost of her choice in the direction of the class up, to which she declined.

She classes up into a "Universal" type as contrasted to her previous choice, that focused on close combat, with the hopes of becoming part of Itsuki's meat shield rather than directly assisting him. All of her stats grew higher, but not that high in comparison to Raphtalia and Filo's, which nearly doubled everything with the help of Filo's ahoge.

The Reprise of the Spear Hero
Information to be added later on.

Legacy
As the Hero of the Projectile, she saved the world. After that, she went on a journey with the Hero of the Bow and spread her name to various places around the world. According to legend, she was married to the Hero of the Bow. Despite this, a few tales recount her as the comrade to the Hero of the Shield, and some of her assisting the Hero of the Spear. She’s a hero whose deeds are up to much speculation. Even now, she’s written in as the protagonist of many literary works aimed at women.

Abilities
According to Risha, she has never had any talents. If she had to pick something, magic is her specialty, but Itsuki prefers members who take the vanguard, so when classing up she accepted classes with higher close-combat skills. So, because she has ignored her strengths and focused on her weaknesses, she has been unable to improve. Rishia fights very clumsily. When she could stab the enemy with a sword, she recites magic and casts recovery on someone who is injured. She can use all types of Magic and is quite resourceful. She can use a sword, cast magic, and perform healing. Rishia was able to break the level cap. By concentrating chi on her eyes, Rishia can see the flow of energy. The Instructor was so impressed by her enthusiasm that she taught her the Peerless Transformation Style. Rishia excels at maintaining Peerless Activity for a long time and is capable of Elemental magic, which is a synthesis of fire, water, earth, and wind magic. It's apparently hard to control, and there are few people with the necessary magic attributes to use it. The Magic Shopkeeper tried hard to get Rishia to learn it. She said that there were very few people with the potential to use it, but that it is the perfect magic for the Jack of All Trades, Rishia.

Magic

 * Faust Hiding: It is low-level concealment magic. The range of the concealment magic is her, and one other person. The time limit is one minute. The magic calls forth a rain of leaves that wash over them, and cause them to become invisible.
 * Zveit Elemental Blow!: A rainbow mass of light. It gives off a feeling like the Rasengan, which involves a sphere of wind.

Hengen Musou Skills

 * Binding Thrust: Information to be added later on.
 * Musou Kassei: Information to be added later on.
 * Spiral Slash: Information to be added later on.
 * Circle!: The wielder twirls his or her rapier in a full circle, and the blade makes a high shriek as it passes through the air. All projectiles fired at the wielder are mowed down.
 * First Stance, Sun: The wielder emits light as he or she thrusts her rapier at the opponent. Giving a super-divine power up.
 * Second Stance, Moon: Information to be added later on.
 * Third Stance, Star: A consecutive stream of attacks imbued with chi rivaling Female Knight’s multilayered attacks.
 * Fourth Stance, Devil: The wielder walks towards the opponent, swinging his or her rapier in wide arcs. The tip of the sword glows, leaving black tracks in the air. It an attack that inflicts Blind.

Seven Star Projectile Skills

 * Instant Throw (エアストスロー) - Information to be added later on.
 * Second Throw (セカンドスロー) - Information to be added later on.
 * Dritte Throw (ドリットスロー) - Information to be added later on.
 * Tornado Throw (トルネードスロー) - Information to be added later on.
 * Erst Throw - Information to be added later on.
 * Zweit Throw - Information to be added later on.
 * Tornado Throw - First, Rishia throws three weapons each take on different shapes. A knife, a hatchet, and a short spear. The weapons circle the opponent at a high speed, starting up a whirlwind. It blowing away black aura.
 * Rolling Spin - After pouring Chi into it, Rishia throws her weapon at the opponent.

Relationships
Naofumi, who is the only Hero with slaves, finds Itsuki's treatment of Rishia worst than that of a slave. Even he treats his slaves as a family. Naofumi, disgusted with Itsuki's way, took her under his wing. Rishia also views Naofumi in a better light and doesn't share the views of her nation's religion. At first, Rishia was more nervous and scared of his demeanor but was really surprised to see his real personality. During Malty's rebellion, she disagreed with Itsuki's idea of Naofumi being evil and defended him.
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 * Naofumi Iwatani

Information to be added later.
 * Itsuki Kawasumi

Like with every other female, Motoyasu tries to flirt with Rishia, but Risiha sees this as an act of kindness. After seeing her in tears, Motoyasu awakened his yandere trauma and tried to push her and her issues on to Naofumi.
 * Motoyasu Kitamura

He was completely unaware of her existence. During Malty's rebellion, he joined hands with her to bring Itsuki back to his senses.
 * Ren Amaki

Trivia

 * Risha has a language tic: she often says "Fuee" in her sentences.