Ria

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Leah (莉亚)
Alias(es)	Artoria; addressed by her younger siblings as “Big Sis” and “Boss” 3 4 10
Gender	Female 2
Age	Fourteen at introduction; later chapters span several years 2 17 35
Affiliation	Church of the Holy Light, later reorganized as the Holy Church 3 17
Occupation/Role	Caretaker of war orphans; founder and leader of the Holy Church; called both Bishop and Archbishop 2 3 17 32
Residence	Initially Huayu Town in the Land of Rain; later relocates to Corona City 11 23
Status	Alive; continues directing the Church’s expansion 47
First Appearance	Chapter 2, “An encounter” 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 15	3	Her first character panel appears after resurrection and union with Li Ming. Her pain and weakness disappear, and she gains access to Holy Light abilities. Many additional skills remain unavailable.
Level 20 — Chunin-comparable strength	5	Reached after a full day of immersion in the Holy Light. Unlike ordinary believers, Leah can grow stronger without cultivation; active contemplation accelerates her merger with Li Ming.
Additional divine empowerment — level unspecified	33	Li Ming merges another portion of his power into her before her confrontation with Madara. It provides directional guidance and can strengthen all her skills if needed.

Initial Attributes

Leah’s first panel identifies her as Artoria 3.

Attribute	Value
Faith	100 3
Strength	20 3
Agility	20 3
Spirit	25 3
Mana	100 3

Background / History

Before gaining power, Leah supports a growing household of children in a war-ravaged border town. She initially takes in one child, then shelters more after finding them close to collapse by the roadside. As the oldest, she searches for odd jobs while assigning the others to beg, scavenge, or gather wild plants. Despite their hunger, she repeatedly warns the older boys to avoid shinobi battles 2.

After earning one hundred ryo and receiving leftovers from Uncle Coco’s shop, Leah is robbed and brutally beaten on her way home. She crawls through the rain, still worrying about the children, before collapsing. Li Ming finds her with faint soul activity remaining and uses Greater Resurrection to save her. In the darkness, Leah embraces his light and declares her faith, becoming his first bishop and the intermediary through whom others can encounter the Holy Light 2 3.

Appearance

At fourteen, Leah is severely malnourished, with a sallow, gaunt face and a thin frame. After receiving the Holy Light, her face becomes noticeably fuller; years later, Reilly describes her as a beautiful young woman 2 6 47.

• Hair: Blond, tied in a simple ponytail 2 15.
• Eyes: Bright, black, and gemstone-like; turn golden during displays of Holy Light power 2 8 15.
• Initial height: Approximately 1.2 meters 2.
• Early clothing: Patched clothes and a borrowed raincoat; later purchases a gray hooded cloak 2 5.
• Divine transformation: A colossal figure in golden armor, carrying a lance and greatshield, with two pairs of white wings 35.

Personality

Leah’s compassion predates her divine powers. She takes responsibility for children she cannot easily afford to feed, and her first concerns after gaining strength remain their safety, meals, and future. She extends that protective instinct to Meli, refugees, and ordinary people living under abusive rulers 2 5 6 37.

Her gentleness contrasts with her treatment of enemies. Her first killings leave her frightened and uncertain, prompting her to seek Li Ming’s reassurance. Later, threats to her siblings provoke deliberate brutality: she crushes Rasa and his remaining men while declaring that evil deserves painful punishment 3 15.

As a leader, Leah is practical rather than concerned only with religious prestige. She treats money as a means of improving lives, prioritizes relief over a higher-level church building, and negotiates with Hanzō rather than risk intervention by the great nations. At home, she teases her siblings, dislikes paperwork, and eagerly looks forward to Meli’s cooking 8 25 26 30 33 36.

Abilities & Skills

Union with the Holy Light

Leah’s merger with Li Ming gives her a direct mental connection to him and an intuitive understanding of his power and its rules 3.

• Her strength increases as their union deepens; contemplation speeds the process 3 5.
• Ordinary followers require Holy Light Seeds, training, and sufficient faith to advance and unlock skills 3.
• Li Ming can supply additional power and guidance, as he does before she faces Madara 33.

Physical Enhancement and Light Weapons

Leah strengthens her body and creates weapons from Holy Light 3.

• Strength, agility, and spirit enhancement: Used together during her attack on Yamamoto’s gang 3.
• Sword of Light / Lightsaber: Her principal early melee weapon; she uses it to kill the gang and practices with it in the courtyard 3 7.
• Cross Light Slash: A cross-shaped attack that quarters Scarface’s water dragon 6.
• Lance of light: Used against Black Zetsu after her battle with Madara 35.

Offensive Light Magic

Leah’s ranged techniques overpower several conventional ninjutsu defenses 10 15 35.

• Holy Light Judgment: Calls down a beam from above; also destroys Scarface’s corpse 6 10.
• Infinite Light Arcane Bullets: A barrage that penetrates Xiliu’s multiple water walls 10.
• Light arrows: Pierce the Sand shinobi’s earth wall during the rescue of Yui 15.
• Constriction circle: Immobilizes and crushes Rasa and the surviving attackers 15.
• Holy Light Shockwave / Infinite Light Cluster: Used during her battle with Madara 35.
• Super Trial Technique: Obliterates Madara’s falling meteor 35.
• Explosive light sphere: Produces a blast compared to a Tailed Beast Bomb, forcing Hanzō to negotiate 31.

Defensive Magic

Leah uses shields and barriers to intercept weapons and elemental attacks 6 10 35.

• Holy Light Shield: Forms an eggshell-like halo that blocks Scarface’s kunai volley 6.
• Holy Light Gate: Stops Xiliu’s rushing water and Madara’s large fire attack 10 35.
• Light Element Incarnation: Cited as an ability ordinary ninja would struggle to counter; its mechanics are not explained in the provided passages 7.

Tracking, Movement, and Perception

Leah combines rapid light-based movement with supernatural tracking 3 10.

• Light Tracking Technique: Reveals a silver-white trail of footprints leading to Yamamoto’s gang 3.
• Light Leap: Allows repeated rapid jumps back to the church after an attack 10.
• Flight: Used to lead reinforcements and fight Madara in the air 16 35.
• Presence detection: Locates Black Zetsu underground 35.
• Divine directional guidance: Li Ming’s additional power creates a red arrow in her mind pointing toward the enemy 33 36.

Healing, Resurrection, and Purification

Leah can restore injured allies, revive the dead, and cleanse powerful toxins 15 16 35.

• Greater Healing Technique: Restores Ertai’s defeated Holy Knight squad before she confronts Madara 35.
• Greater Resurrection: Cast on A-Ping after he cuts his throat to save Yui; he awakens alive but remains weak and is ordered to rest 15 16.
• Super Purification Technique: Disperses Chiyo’s poison cloud 16.
• Sustained toxin cleansing: Treating already-poisoned Knights requires continuous purification beyond the capability of ordinary Priests at that time 16.

God Descends

God Descends enlarges Leah dozens of times into an armored, winged figure armed with a golden knight’s lance and greatshield 35.

• She rises beyond the clouds and dives lance-first from the starry expanse 35.
• The impact drives Madara underground and shatters his Complete Body Susanoo 35.
• Madara appears to be destroyed, but survives through Izanagi at the cost of his left eye 35 36.

Resistance to Genjutsu

Madara’s genjutsu briefly dazes Leah but fails to control her. She attributes this resistance to the unwavering will developed through the darkness endured during Holy Light initiation 35.

Religious Rituals and Magic Arrays

Leah establishes the infrastructure through which the Holy Light reaches and empowers followers 4 7 8.

• Presents Holy Light Seeds to the children and guides Meli into becoming a Priest 4 6.
• Inscribes the intricate courtyard array that accelerates training; the work leaves her mentally exhausted 7 8.
• Summons an offshoot of Li Ming into the church’s cross during its opening ceremony 8.
• Prepares the altar entrance to the mount realm after Li Ming transforms a Summoning Scroll 11.
• Infuses morning dew with Holy Light for sale as healing holy water 10.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Gray hooded cloak — Purchased after gaining power and used to conceal her face while gathering information 5.
• Holy Light weapons — Creates swords and lances rather than relying exclusively on conventional weapons 3 35.
• Golden armor, lance, and greatshield — Manifest as part of God Descends 35.
• Summoning Scroll — Presents it to Li Ming, who converts it into a crystal entrance to a mount realm 11.
• Holy-light-infused dew — Sold through Reilly for five thousand ryo per bottle, helping resolve the Church’s financial difficulties 10 13.

Relationships

• Li Ming / the Holy Light — Savior, source of power, and spiritual mentor. Leah is his first bishop and uniquely enables others in this world to sense him; he reassures her through doubts and supplies additional power against Madara 2 3 9 33.
• A-Ping / Axel — Younger found-family brother and trusted commander. She affectionately teases him, revives him after his sacrifice, and praises his growth as a leader 10 15 16 23.
• Rich — Younger found-family brother who helps gather food before becoming a Holy Knight and later a legion leader 2 5 13 28.
• Yui — Younger found-family sister. Leah rescues and comforts her after the hostage crisis, then later entrusts her with managing Huayu Town 15 17 23.
• Meli — Fellow Church leader and found-family companion. Leah saves her from forced marriage; Meli provides the first church premises, welcomes the children into her home, and supports Leah’s diplomacy and household 6 7 31 36.
• Shui Sha — Younger sibling and Holy Cantor. Leah encourages her when she worries that her profession contributes too little 4 25.
• Xiao Cao and Xiao Shu — Younger siblings who frequently seek Leah’s affection and welcome her home after dangerous missions 4 36.
• Reilly — Merchant partner, later a Priest and intelligence organizer. Leah credits his kindness and business support with accelerating the Church’s early growth 10 27 47.
• Hanzō — Initially an enemy, later a treaty partner. Leah defeats his offensive and secures cooperation under the Holy Light’s witness 28 30 31 32.
• Chiyo — Enemy commander whose poison forces Leah to abandon pursuit and treat her troops 16.
• Uchiha Madara — Powerful opponent and ideological rival. Leah defeats his Susanoo while rejecting his view that conflict and suffering are unavoidable 35 36.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Leah’s role and outcome
Awakening and first judgment	Resurrected after the robbery, Leah embraces the Holy Light, kills the gang that abused her, and declares her ambition to become pope 2 3.
Founding the Church	Introduces her siblings to the faith, rescues Meli, and converts the clinic into the first church and training ground 4 5 6 7 8.
Early growth and village missions	Establishes schooling and work for vulnerable residents, secures income through holy water, defeats Xiliu, and sends clergy to nearby villages while upgrading the Huayu church 9 10 11 13.
Sand shinobi conflict	Rescues Yui, kills Rasa’s force, revives A-Ping, and leads fifty level-20 clerics against Chiyo. The Church wins, but Chiyo escapes using poison 14 15 16.
Transition to government	Reorganizes the group as the Holy Church, pursuing taxation, law, education, industry, and public works. Its combat force grows to over a thousand level-20 clerics before territorial expansion 17.
Corona City administration	Relocates headquarters, plans public trials of former nobles, prioritizes civilian welfare over a level-three church, and develops a trade-based intelligence network 23 26 27.
Conflict and cooperation with Hanzō	Directs Corona City’s defense, demonstrates overwhelming personal power, and negotiates an agreement combining Church expansion with aid to Amegakure 28 29 30 31 32.
Madara’s challenge	Heals the defeated Knights, moves the battle away from civilians, and breaks Madara’s Complete Body Susanoo. Madara and Black Zetsu survive and withdraw from the Land of Rain 33 34 35 36.
Relief and consolidation	Orders large-scale relief for refugees and intervention against nobles obstructing escape. Later approves overseas trade branches and churches in the Land of Wind as the Holy Church gains nearly every city in Rain 37 47.

Notable Quotes

“My heart and my will are devoted to justice. I'll work hard to be a good archbishop of the holy light! And I'll make becoming pope my goal!” 3

“Protection? What kind of protection? The kind that leaves us hungry? The kind that leaves us freezing? Or the kind that leaves us orphaned and homeless?” 10

“We must improve people's livelihoods because our Holy Light Clerics come from the common people.” 26

Trivia

• Artoria is the name displayed on Leah’s character panel and used in her formal treaty pledge; the provided passages do not explain the name’s origin 3 32.
• Becoming pope is her stated ambition, not a confirmed appointment in the supplied chapters 3 35.
• A-Ping exposes her underage sake drinking after she criticizes him; Meli makes her promise not to drink again 25.
• Her eagerness to eat Meli’s octopus balls distracts her from confirming the outcome of the Madara battle, a mistake she recognizes when the tracking arrow reappears 35 36.