Queen's Shadow

The Queen's Shadow is a supporting character of The Rising of the Shield Hero. He is one of the main shadows who is loyal to Queen Mirellia and he protects Melty.

Appearance
The queen's shadow is male and is able to use magic to appear exactly like Queen Mirellia. In his disguise as a noblewomen Naofumi determined him to be in her early 20's with purple hair.

Personality
The Queen's Shadow is quite serious and professional. He follows the orders she was given as intended. However, in a side story, the Queen's Shadow was depicted as having some fondness for Melty.

Abilities
As a shadow, the Queen's shadow is highly skilled at both concealment and disguises. He is able to use magic to change her appearance, regardless of the desired gender.

Background
The Queen's shadow is a member of Melromarc's shadows - a secret organization which serves the royal family. They are similar to a "secret service" and may be used as bodyguards, assassins, escorts, messengers and spies. The Queen's Shadow had forsaken his name in order to become part of this organization.

As Melty was sent back to Melromarc to repair the relation between King Aultcray and Naofumi, the "Queen's Shadow" was sent to look after her during that time. He watched from the shadows as Melty met Naofumi and they journeyed to Melromarc.

Volume 3
Naofumi found Melty playing with filolials and brought her back to Melromarc, however the Queen Shadow was present for the whole scene and was just hiding in the background. Leaving from talking with the King after the third wave, Naofumi is met by the Queen's Shadow who was dressed as a noblewoman and was escorting Melty. In contrast to everyone else, the Queen's Shadow thanked Naofumi for his work.

Later on, when Naofumi was framed for kidnapping Melty and had the other heroes chasing him, the Queen's Shadow helped Naofumi escape. He convinces Naofumi to go to meet the Queen instead of leaving to Siltvelt.

Volume 20
With Melty becoming Queen on Melromarc, the Queen's shadow continued to work as her hidden bodyguard. When Lurolona Village was sent back in time, Melty and the Queen's shadow were included in the transfer. Apparently the Raphs were aware of her existence but kept it a secret after some negotiating. Since last time Naofumi had talked to her, she had been training with shadows from Q'ten Lo and had become even more skilled. The shadow's skills at infiltration and espionage became essential since it allowed Naofumi to negotiate with Mamoru and learn about the enemy nation of Piensa.

Relationships

 * Mirellia Q Melromarc: Mirellia is the true monarch of Melromarc which her shadow recognizes. The shadow is completely loyal to Mirellia and will follow her commands.

Trivia

 * The Queen's Shadow is distinguished by her speech. In the light novel his accent pronounces "s" like a "z". In the anime, she ends her sentences with "I daresay".
 * The Queen's Shadow is depicted as male in the light novels but female in the anime.
 * The Queen's Shadow's gender is unknown. When they asked Naufumi if they would like to know. He declined and instead decided to continue calling them shadow. (much to the shadows dismay.) They mentioned how they now know how it feels to be referred and know as only by their title. This led them to directly compare themselves with Melty in this regard.