Thank You For Your Patience
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Rose Oriana (ローズ・オリアナ, Rōzu Oriana?) is the former student council president of Midgar Academy for Dark Knights, where she was Cid's upperclassman, as well as the princess of Oriana Kingdom. After being a victim of a plot by the Cult of Diablos, she joins Shadow Garden under the codename No. 666 and is later made her country's new queen following the "Black Rose Incident".
Appearance[]
Rose at the Midgar Academy for Dark Knights
Rose is a beautiful young woman with an athletic figure and a noticeable bosom, with bright honey-yellow eyes that match her long honey-blonde hair, with short bangs over her forehead and curls going down into spirals. After becoming the new queen of the Oriana Kingdom, Rose cut her hair to shoulder length. (In the anime, she cut her hair after joining Shadow Garden while in the manga she never cut her hair at all.)
In terms of attire, Rose often wore her school uniform with her black thigh-high stockings with golden stripes and black loafers during her time at the Spellsword Academy. She also wore the school's sports uniform during practice and tournament events. As a civilian, Rose would wear something fashionable typical for a teenage young lady of her status.
After becoming a member of Shadow Garden, Rose started wearing the organization's standard Slime Bodysuit. She was quite skilled at manipulating it with her magic, capable of altering its shape and color to give it the appearance of a wedding dress. However, following her ascension to queen, Rose returned to dressing in ornate robes befitting her new station.
Personality[]
Rose is depicted as an exceedingly kind, cool, strong, selfless, charismatic, and pure-hearted girl. Possessing a highly trusting personality, she readily places her trust in others, with the concept of deceit or lies absent from her understanding. These qualities align well with her royal lineage and dedication to serving with the purest of motivations, holding the distinguished title of Dark Knight. Demonstrating a robust sense of honor, Rose is willing to defend those who cannot protect themselves and holds admiration for individuals with unwavering determination. Despite being born into the highest echelons of society as a princess, she harbors no disregard or discrimination towards commoners. In her youth, she even clandestinely engaged with commoner children, concealing her true identity. Rose consistently exhibits respectful and considerate behavior towards everyone, exemplified when she grew to respect Cid for his resilience in their duel, despite repeated setbacks and significant injuries. Her admiration for Cid deepened when he risked his life to rescue her from terrorists attacking the school, leading to the development of romantic feelings for him.
After her rescue by the Stylish Bandit Slayer and seeing his beautiful swordplay, Rose views swordsmanship as more of an art form with wondrous potential than a hobby, with her most noteworthy trait being that she is very passionate about it. It's because of such passion that she pushed herself to excel in her tasks, but the same passion can lead her to make drastic decisions, such as after killing her father - although, it was an act of mercy, since he was suffering and being controlled, and it was thus the only option available to her to spare him further pain. Yet she does have the ability to grow, as after she learned the truth about her mother's relationship with Perv Asshat and motivated by Cid leaving her a wedding ring, she resolved herself to fight the Cult of Diablos and stop the Black Rose in order to save Oriana Kingdom. That resolve allowed her to take up the throne and lead as the next Queen of Oriana.
Rose shows emotional attachment to gifts she receives from her loved ones. When she joined Shadow Garden, Rose was really hurt when told to discard and forget everything, especially when Lambda destroyed the patty wrapper that Cid had given her, which left her heartbroken.
Upon becoming the new ruler of the Oriana Kingdom, she cuts off her hair to shoulder-length to show her resolve to become a ruler strong enough to defend her homeland from the Cult of Diablos. While the tole of rulership was great, Rose's steadfast love for Cid keeps her resolve absolute as she rebuilds Oriana Kingdom and coordinates with Shadow Garden in the proxy-war against the Cult.
Powers & Abilities[]
Before her effective expulsion, Rose was considered to be the strongest student at Midgar Academy for Dark Knights, second only to Iris Midgar prior to the latter's graduation.[1][2] Following her training with Shadow Garden, she can now easily defeat Perv Asshat and subdue Magical Beasts that would otherwise take ten people to overpower. After becoming the new queen of the Oriana Kingdom, she also would have gained great political power but said power was limited due to Church condemnation and international sanctions.
Physical Prowess[]
In the anime, Rose's physical strength is great enough to easily subdue Claire Kagenou, despite having a dislocated shoulder[3], who was able to overpower a full-fleshed knight.
When she was a fugitive, Rose ran with little to no rest while suffering the pain of Possession, before being cured by Shadow. After joining Shadow Garden, being empowered by Shadow, Rose showed a remarkable ability to reach heights like the Seven Shadows.[CITATION NEEDED] During the Red Moon incident, Rose was able to weather through damages from Blood Queen Elisabeth's attacks and still stand back up and fight. When encountering John Smith, Rose was the only one on her team who was able to sense and avoid the magic threads and engage the masked adversary, before she was ultimately defeated along with her squad. When engaging Mordred during the advent of the Black Rose, she was able to parry and counter the ancient villain alongside her Shadow Garden companions until Shadow arrived to end the conflict.
Swordsmanship[]
During her time as the Student Council President, Rose's skill with the sword was at the top of the academy, second only to Iris Midgar, when the latter was still a student.[CITATION NEEDED] Rose uses a white rapier molded from slime, different from the sword normally used by Dark Knights or Shadow Garden.
Magic[]
Standard Equipment:[]
- Rapier Sword: Rose utilizes a Rapier sword in her combat art, being swift and nimble, and also developed from her practice emulating Shadow's sword style from his "Fancy Bandit Slayer" days.
- Slime Bodysuit: As an initiate within Shadow Garden, Rose used the bodysuit upon becoming 666 and has worn it during her tenure. Upon learning the suit's versatility, Rose could morph the suit into sleepwear or into her 666 uniform.
Trivia[]
- The name Rose is derived from the Latin word Rosa.
- Rose's surname Oriana means Gold, Sunrise, Dawn in Latin.
- Likely a reference to her blonde hair, righteous character, and potential to bring light back to her kingdom.
- Rose's surname Oriana means Gold, Sunrise, Dawn in Latin.
- Excluding the Seven Shadows, Rose is one of the few healed of possession by Shadow. The others being Victoria and Claire.[4][5][6]
- After receiving Shadow's power, her mana color changed from honey yellow to light green.[ANIME ONLY][7]
- Rose's real name and identity are an open secret among the members of the Shadow Garden. The only person who does not know about Rose's membership in Shadow Garden is Shadow himself.
- Her assigned number in Shadow Garden, 666, is affiliated with John's biblical account of "the beast."
- He compelled everyone—small and great, rich and poor, slave and citizen—to be branded on the right hand or on the forehead and made it illegal for anyone to buy or sell anything unless he had been branded with the name of the beast or with the number of its name. There is no need for shrewdness here: if anyone is clever enough, he may interpret the number of the beast; it is the number of a man, the number 666 (The Jerusalem Bible, Revelation 13:16-18).[8]
- Shadow Garden and Yukime's Snowfox Company have funneled money into Oriana's economy to help repair the damages of the Black Rose Incident, while also alleviating economic hurdles from the kingdom's heretic branding.
References[]
- ↑ Volume 1 Chapter 5: Mastering the Peaceful Life of a Nobody!
- ↑ Manga Volume 3 Chapter 9
- ↑ Episode 4
- ↑ Volume 1 Chapter 1: Starting The Shadowbroker Tutorial
- ↑ Volume 2 Chapter 6: A Mastermind Always Plays Piano Under Moonlight!
- ↑ Volume 4 Prologue: It's Time for a War in the Oriana Kingdom!
- ↑ Episode 17
- ↑ The Jerusalem Bible. Doubleday, 1966. Print
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