Raphtalia

Raphtalia's History

Raphtalia originally lived in a small coastal village outside of Melromarc.

Her best friends were two little girls named Rifina and Keel.

Her parents were good people who told Raphtalia to always smile so that others could find hope and happiness. Growing up, Raphtalia was told tales about the legendary Shield Hero, who was considered a hero by all demi-humans.

Raphtalia's life was fairly peaceful until the waves of calamity devastated her village. During the attack, Raphtalia's parents sacrificed themselves to save their only daughter from the Cerberus. A short while after the attack, Raphtalia convinced the rest of her villagers that they could rebuild their lost settlement.

Before the villagers could rebuild, a group of vile Melromarc Knights came to the village and ravaged the settlement. The adults were slaughtered during the raid, while the children were captured for slavery. Raphtalia and Rifina were separated from Keel during the ordeal.

She and Rifina were purchased by Idol Rabier, who pleasured himself by torturing innocent demi-human children. Raphtalia was tortured ruthlessly, which lead to a mental breakdown and severe trauma. After some time in the vile noble's possession, she was sold to several different people before ending up in the hands of a slave-dealer named Beloukas in Melromarc.

One day, at the age of 10 years old, Raphtalia was purchased by a man named Naofumi Iwatani] for thirty silver coins. She was given a slave crest on her chest, meaning she couldn't disobey any of Naofumi's orders or lie to him. Naofumi took Raphtalia to Erhard's blacksmith shop, where he brought her a new outfit and a knife. Iwatani took an orange balloon monster out of his cape and ordered Raphtalia to kill the creature. Although she originally refused to harm the balloon monster, Raphtalia's slave crest forced her to comply. After managing to kill the creature, Raphtalia was told by Naofumi that he needed her to kill monsters for him as he had no means of any offense himself.

Naofumi then led Raphtalia to an inn where he brought her a meal due to her grumbling stomach. Raphtalia was extremely grateful to her master as she hadn't had a fulfilling meal since her capture.

After lunch, Raphtalia was brought into the wilderness to hone her skills against low-level monsters. While taking a break, she asked her master about himself. Naofumi revealed that he was the current Shield Hero, a fact that awed the young slave. The Shield Hero then gave medicine to Raphtalia, who had been suffering from coughing fits since her imprisonment.

That night Raphtalia had a nightmare about the death of her parents and woke up screaming, prompting Naofumi to comfort the child. Over the next week, Raphtalia continued training with her master, forging a close relationship with him due to his kindness. Raphtalia declared after killing her first animal that she would become Naofumi's sword and fight the waves of calamity that took her parents.