Rellana

Biodata

Power Progression

No numbered level or cultivation realm is given for Rellana. Her documented development concerns swordsmanship, sorcery, and later combat capabilities.

Appearance

• Build and bearing: Tall and straight-backed, with an elegant presence even in full armor 20.
• Armor: Silver-blue plate with flowing contours and fine star-and-crescent engravings. Her helmet’s visor initially conceals her face 20.
• Features: Delicate facial features and long hair, worn in a carefully arranged ponytail during one visit to Horace 42.
• Everyday clothing: Wears silver-blue knightly attire outside full armor; on another occasion, chooses fitted dark-blue casual clothes, a leather belt, and light makeup 28 42.
• IF appearance: Appears in ornate silver-white Carian armor at the Royal Family Moon Gazing Grounds 311.

Personality

Rellana is proud, guarded, and deeply conscious of her responsibilities to Caria. She initially treats Horace’s unexplained arrival as a potential threat and challenges his inconsistent account rather than accepting Miriel’s reassurance without question. Her confidence can become recklessness: she investigates the mysterious lunar pull alone despite Rennala’s recommendation that she take Glintstone Knights 21 22 26.

Her composure breaks easily when she is embarrassed, especially by affection or Rennala’s teasing. For years, she disguises her concern for Horace as supervision, criticism, and supposedly accidental encounters. Her growing respect for his leadership does not immediately overcome her reluctance to acknowledge her feelings 28 34 42 57.

Beneath that defensiveness, she is compassionate and attentive. She volunteers to comfort rescued shamans, argues that Albinaurics deserve protection as living beings, and diligently annotates old legal records despite complaining about the work. She also has a pronounced weakness for cute things, which Melina exploits when asking her to intercede for Gaius 43 49 54 86.

Abilities & Skills

Carian Swordsmanship

• Blends elegant paired-sword techniques with sorcery and incantations, switching between close-range thrusts and magical attacks 22 23.
• Uses fast, precise strikes aimed at vital areas, including the throat and waist 22 23.
• Interrupts Horace’s Bayle’s Tyranny by striking his casting arm with a swift glintstone projectile 23.
• Early limitation: Her glintstone and fiery powers alternate rather than fully harmonize. Horace exploits gaps between her transitions and prevents her from completing stronger combinations 22 23.

Moon True Magic and Glintstone Sorcery

• Rellana’s Twin Moons: Her signature sorcery manifests two radiant phantom full moons as she rises into the air 23.
• Produces enormous glintstone blades, moonlit sword attacks, and ranged magical projectiles 22 23.
• During the Stormveil war, unleashes sweeping magical slashes that cut through groups of soldiers 130.
• Vulnerability: Horace times a Flame Lightning counterattack against her descent from Twin Moons, seriously injuring her 23.

Fiery Incantations

• Wreathes her sword in orange-red, lava-like flames that can scorch armor and burn an opponent even with a glancing strike 22 23.
• Her early flames are visually distinct from Messmer’s scarlet fire; their exact origin is not established 22.
• IF enhancement: Her right-hand sword bears red-and-gold flames that inflict hemorrhage buildup. A successful blood-loss trigger heals her, making prolonged attempts to wear her down difficult 311.

Lunar Sensitivity and Recovery

• Is associated with both the Full Moon and Dark Moon, unlike Rennala’s specifically described encounter with the Full Moon 21.
• Detects a powerful lunar resonance in Horace and concludes that he has encountered a moon, possibly more than one 28.
• Her presence weakens the Formless Mother’s tempting whispers while Horace heals the rescued shamans 49.
• Possesses strong natural recuperative ability, though her injuries from Bayle’s Flame Lightning still require medicine and repeated dressing changes 24 26.

Research and Coordination

• Instructs Horace in swordsmanship and practical sorcery during her extended residence in Lakeside Town 31 34.
• Produces organized summaries of ancient legal records and identifies contradictions between old statutes and current Carian practice 43.
• Coordinates supplies, maintains order, and comforts traumatized shamans during their treatment near Leyndell 49.
• Despite these practical skills, admits that she does not understand governance or government documents when Rennala tries to make her queen 138.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Silver-blue armor — Full-body Carian armor decorated with stars and crescent moons 20.
• Paired slender swords / Twinblade — Her early weapons have ornate hilts and guards and channel both sorcery and flame; later passages refer to her weapon as the Twinblade 20 22 84 130.
• Acting queen’s coronet — A symbolic coronet received at her accession ceremony 160.
• Moonlight Greatsword gifted to Horace — Purchased secretly with her savings and money from Rennala. She presents it as a Carian royal symbol of trust and shared power and fate; Horace subsequently infuses it with their three moons and the Law of Restraint 167.
• Two Moonlight Greatswords — IF storyline — Wields one in each hand during the final battle alongside Horace 367.

Relationships

• Horace Loux / Hesa — Initially an opponent and reluctant ally, later her husband. His treatment of his people gradually earns her respect; he proposes after she acknowledges her feelings, and they marry before Miriel 23 27 34 68 76.
• Rennala — Her elder sister and sovereign. Rellana is devoted to her, while Rennala repeatedly teases her about Horace and eventually forces the burden of queenship onto her 28 35 67 160.
• Miriel — A respected adviser who mediates her reconciliation with Horace, helps her recognize her feelings, and officiates their wedding. His refusal to intervene during her unwanted treatment initially leaves her feeling betrayed 21 24 27 68 76.
• Ranni — Her niece and Caria’s rightful heir. Rellana becomes regent only until Ranni comes of age 160.
• Daughter — Her child with Horace. While still unborn, the girl receives several Outer Gods’ blessings and possesses a soul powerful enough to leave the womb and enter Death’s domain 198.
• Melina — Her niece by marriage and a bridesmaid at her wedding. Melina later appeals to Rellana’s affection to seek leniency for Gaius 74 86.
• Godfrey — Horace’s elder brother. He mistakes Rellana for Horace’s wife before their engagement and later blesses their marriage 49 76.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Meeting Horace and Opening Relations with Caria

An inexplicable lunar pull brings Rellana to the Church of Vows, where she encounters Horace. Suspicious of his claim to be a traveler, she confronts him outside the church and fights him. Horace defeats her with Bayle’s Flame Lightning, carries her back for treatment, and begins removing her armor despite her protests. Her anger culminates in a fainting spell, but subsequent treatment allows her wounds to improve 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Their hostility eases when Horace explains that his migrating tribe includes shamans rescued from the Hornsent. Rellana agrees to make contact on Caria’s behalf, setting aside her personal resentment for her family’s interests. She escorts him to Caria Manor, where Rennala assigns her responsibility for continued coordination with the newcomers 27 28 29.

Lakeside Town and the Carian Alliance

Rellana remains in Lakeside Town under the stated purpose of supervising Caria’s ally and instructing Horace. Over several years, she witnesses the settlement become a prosperous town and comes to admire his fairness and competence. His rising influence nevertheless places her between personal attachment and loyalty to her sister 34 35.

When Caria prepares to act against the Academy, Horace places Uriel and one hundred Inquisitor Knights at her disposal as temporary hired support. Their arrival strengthens Rennala’s plans but also fuels rumors about Rellana’s relationship with Horace 36.

Diplomacy and Protection of the Persecuted

Rennala appoints Rellana deputy envoy on Horace’s mission to the Golden Dynasty, giving the delegation a representative of the royal family. During the visit, Rellana assists with the treatment of more than ten thousand rescued shamans and helps them regain emotional stability 47 49.

Later, she reports that sorcerers are kidnapping Albinaurics to investigate their artificial origins and create cheap soldiers. Rennala orders her to investigate secretly, gather evidence, and use the Inquisitor Knights to arrest those responsible. By the time Gaius is assigned to pursue the kidnappings, Rellana no longer knows who has taken over the original inquiry 54 86.

Confession and Marriage

Concern over Horace’s dangerous underground expedition exposes feelings Rellana still refuses to name. Rennala finally provokes her by announcing that she is considering Horace as a prince consort. After days of protesting, Rellana recognizes her own love with Miriel’s guidance. Horace overhears the conversation, takes her hands, and proposes 57 62 67 68.

Their wedding formalizes both their relationship and Horace’s place within Caria’s ruling family. Rennala invests him as Duke of Caria with authority in central affairs, while Horace grants Rellana inheritance rights to his holdings and titles 76.

Stormveil War

Rellana participates in the campaign against Stormveil and discusses with Horace whether to pursue the wounded Storm King or risk facing the defenses of Stormveil Castle. On the battlefield, her wide-reaching magical sword attacks cut down formations of Storm soldiers 129 130.

Acting Queen of Caria

Seeking freedom from government, Rennala decides to make Rellana her successor and eventually stages her own death. Rellana mourns beside the coffin without realizing her sister is standing nearby. Once the deception is exposed, Horace prevents a permanent succession by establishing that Ranni is the rightful heir 138 159 160.

Rellana consequently becomes acting queen until Ranni reaches adulthood, with Horace serving as prince regent. She later honors the royal consort tradition by surprising him with a personally funded Moonlight Greatsword 160 167.

Second Elden Lord and Pregnancy

After Godfrey and Marika leave on their honeymoon, the position of Elden Lord falls to Rellana. She becomes the Second Elden Lord, though her pregnancy occupies far more of her attention than the title 198.

Horace discovers that their unborn daughter’s powerful soul is poorly matched to her developing body. Blessed by several Outer Gods, the child has already entered Death’s domain and attacked a god. Horace retrieves her soul with his power of restraint and resolves to limit further divine interference 198.

IF Storyline

At the Royal Family Moon Gazing Grounds, Rellana confronts the player as the Twin Moon Knight. Her hemorrhage-triggered healing makes the fight difficult to sustain, repeatedly restoring the health the player has worn away 311.

She later joins Horace in the final battle, wielding two Moonlight Greatswords and alternating attacks with him. After the player reduces her health to one-fifth, she withdraws while Horace continues fighting 367 368.

Notable Quotes

“I am a knight of Caria, and Rennala’s younger sister. My duty and my path were decided long ago.” 35

“This is only... temporarily, for my family’s interests.” 27

“Though I’m only the ‘acting’ queen right now... I’m still a queen. I don’t think we should skip this tradition.” 167