Characters
Leinas Rockbruise
レイナース・ロックブルズ
The only woman among the Four Imperial Knights, "Heavy Explosion"Baharuth EmpireHumanUnknown
Personality
Outwardly formal, cold, and blunt, but at heart she puts her own interests first. Her terms of employment with the emperor are precisely that she "prioritizes herself," and she openly says she will switch to whoever can lift her curse; she is the least loyal of the Four Knights. Very conscious of her looks, she clicked her tongue in envy at the Pleiades' beauty.
Abilities
- The highest attack power among the Four Knights (some say slightly below Gazef)
- Agile enough to leap from a galloping horse onto a carriage running alongside while wearing full plate
- Uses a type of infantry spear; since a Cursed Knight's traits damage low-grade items, her weapon must be of considerable grade
- The right half of her face bears a curse that a monster cast in its dying moments, and it constantly oozes pus (the claim that "even Fluder can't lift it" comes from the mobile game's story)
History
- Originally a noble's daughter who took pride in personally slaying monsters on her family's lands; she was cursed while slaying a certain monster, expelled by her family, and jilted by her fiancé (background)
- After becoming one of the Four Knights, she took revenge on the family and fiancé who had abandoned her, with Jircniv's support; the condition she agreed on with the emperor was that she would "prioritize herself" (background)
- Accompanying the emperor to Nazarick, she was so frightened by a Death Knight that she bluntly asked if she could flee first, and was simply assigned to guard the carriages (Vol. 9)
- After the massacre Jircniv hinted that she could defect to the Sorcerer Kingdom empty-handed, but she stayed, saying she "must first repay the debt"; the emperor judged that she meant to raise her value first and defect at the right moment, and kept her out of confidential talks (Vol. 10)
- In the short story "The Current Situation of Various People. A Prologue" (色んな人の現状。のプロローグ, 2021), published by the author on the posting site Hameln, Nimble and Baziwood noted that the Four Knights were two short; Nimble said, in the past tense, that he had felt only collegial affection for "her," implying she had left the order (she is not named; not part of the main story)
Trivia
Her hobbies are daydreaming about what she'll do once the curse is lifted and keeping a "revenge diary"; she doesn't like to answer when asked her birthday.
Relationships
- Jircniv Rune Farlord El-Nix: Her employer and benefactor, who supported her revenge, though she states plainly that she puts herself first
- Baziwood Peshmel: Colleague in the Four Knights
- Nimble Arc Dale Anoch: Colleague in the Four Knights who sees her only as a colleague but wishes her happinessunverified
- Death Knight: At Nazarick she was frightened by it and bluntly asked, "I'm allowed to run, aren't I?"
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