Lia

Biodata

Background

Lia grew up in a small elven village, where her mother taught her a handful of spells. Demons destroyed the village, and Lia believed she was its only survivor. Despite her great magical talent, she blamed herself for failing to protect the others 20.

After being captured by human traffickers, Lia came into Rock’s care. Galan brought her home, bought her clothes and boots, and tended to her injuries. She eventually told him her name and accepted his offer to stay and help him 2 3.

Appearance

Lia is a young-looking elf, although she is over three hundred years old and considered an adolescent among her people 4 16.

• Hair: Soft, golden and waist-length, with a prominent ahoge 2 17 47.
• Eyes: Emerald-colored 35.
• Ears: Long elven ears 15.
• Height: Roughly a head shorter than Galan 17 49.

Personality

Initially wary and shy, Lia becomes lively and affectionate after Galan offers her a home. She is considerate of his circumstances, avoiding expensive clothes when he first takes her shopping, but also enjoys teasing him and acting spoiled 2 3 19.

Lia is perceptive and cares deeply for the people close to her. She learns to cook for Galan, waits anxiously when he is late, and stays beside him after he returns badly wounded 6 12 34. She also works hard at magic, practicing until exhaustion and studying its history alongside her practical lessons 16 19.

Abilities & Skills

Emotion Sensing

Lia has an innate ability to feel another person’s emotions by looking into their eyes. She uses it to distinguish the greed of her captors from Rock’s sympathy and Galan’s kindness 3.

Mana and Spellcasting

Lia possesses a vast mana reserve and exceptionally fast casting speed. Duncan believes she could become the fourth Great Mage if she overcomes her difficulties with mana control; it is an assessment of her potential, not a rank she has attained 16 17.

• Long-range control: Initially, her offensive spells lose power and veer off course over long distances 16 17.
• Mana concealment: She suppresses her mana well enough for a mana-sensitive fledgling Meteorite Bird to land on her hair without detecting it 44.
• Precision: She later pierces a distant rock with High-Compression Ordinary Offensive Magic, improving both range and penetration 44.
• Combat limits: In her duel with Duncan, her inexperience leaves her vulnerable to feints. Fully deploying Defensive Magic also consumes mana rapidly, even with her large reserves 45 46.

Wind Magic

• Holy Wind Wall: Creates a wind barrier; Lia uses it to block a Lizard Demon Wolf’s tail spike 3.
• Flawless Wind and Tornado Magic: Used offensively against Duncan; she casts the tornado from the air to force him out from behind stone pillars 45.
• Magic That Makes the Wind Dance: Counters Duncan’s fire dragon by drawing the flames into the wind’s movement 46.

Flight Magic

Duncan teaches Lia to fly. During her first lesson, memories of her destroyed village disrupt her control, and Galan catches her as she falls 20. She later uses flight in her duel with Duncan and during Oris’s attack 45 50.

Cooking

Lia learns to make mushroom stew after tasting Galan’s cooking. She later prepares hamburger patties, nourishing soup for his recovery, and caramel cookies for Duncan’s journey 6 12 35 48.

Equipment & Items

• Charred staff: A staff Galan had used as a fire poker. Lia uses it to defend herself from a Lizard Demon Wolf and during her early training 3 16.
• Ebony staff: A gift from Galan with a unicorn-horn core and an affinity for wind magic. Lia uses it in her duel with Duncan 39 40 43 45.
• Brown camel-hair scarf: Galan wraps it around her neck before Duncan’s assessment 44.

Relationships

• Galan — Her rescuer and housemate. Lia senses his kindness, becomes openly affectionate toward him, and fears for his safety. Galan eventually acknowledges that he likes her 3 34 40.
• Duncan — Her magic teacher, who trains her in offensive and defensive magic and tests her in a duel. Lia makes him cookies for his departure and vows not to disgrace him as Frieren’s student 16 45 48 49.
• Frieren — Agrees to teach Lia while traveling with her and Galan. Lia recognizes her as the elf mage from the Hero Party 42 49.
• Rock — Looked after Lia before Galan brought her home. Lia sensed that he sympathized with her and meant her no harm 2 3.
• Lia’s mother — Taught her the few spells she knew before her later training and explained her innate emotion-sensing ability 3 20.

Story Role

Training under Duncan

Galan helps Lia with mana training and arranges for Duncan to teach her. She progresses from struggling with long-range attacks to passing his concealment and precision tests 6 15 17 44.

Duncan’s final assessment is a duel intended to give her combat experience. Lia wounds him with rapid attacks and forces him out of cover, but his feints eventually put her in danger. Galan blocks Duncan’s final spell, and Duncan declares that she has passed 45 46.

Departure and Oris’s Attack

After Duncan leaves with a merchant caravan, Galan tells Lia they will travel south with Frieren to the Royal Capital. Near the cottage, Oris confronts them and draws a black sword 49.

Lia fights alongside Galan, initially struggling to target Oris as he moves. When Galan occupies him in close combat, she strikes Oris in the back with Attack Magic, leaving a deep wound 50.