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Julis-Alexia Marie Florentia Renate van Riessfeld (ユリス＝アレクシア・マリー・フロレンツィア・レナーテ・フォン・リースフェルト), usually known as Julis Riessfeld, is one of the main heroines of Gakusen Toshi Asterisk and a student of Seidoukan Academy. Julis's main objective behind entering Seidoukan is to make conditions better for those living in Lieseltania.
Appearance[]
Julis is a beautiful girl, often described like rose, with long, bright pink hair and cyan eyes. She wears the Seidoukan Academy uniform jacket and dress with a white blouse underneath, along with two key like headpieces on either side of her hair. She also wears a grey belt with light red designs. Her jacket has trimmings on the sleeves. Aspera Spina, Julis' weapon, is held in the right guard on her hips.
When Julis showed Ayato around the city, she wore a long sleeved thigh length dress with a pointed black collar with a button, a strip of white ruffles across the bust and a small black bow in the center. The edge of her sleeves and the dress are decorated with black lace, and the second layer of the dress is scalloped. She wore thigh high socks with white lace across the top, and heeled shoes. She also carries a black umbrella with a white flower pattern.
Right before the Lindwurm, Julis changed part of her appearance, changing to a left side ponytail with a feather shaped hair accessory sent to her from everyone at the orphanage, and got rid of her two headpieces.
Personality[]
Julis is elegant, proud, beautiful, hot-headed, stubborn, and can be cold to those she is unfamiliar with. However, underneath that cold, unfriendly facade, is an honorable, faithful, and loyal person who would do just about anything for a friend. Initially, she treats Ayato and his friends with (mostly) disdain, but eventually warms up to them and even calls them by their first name. Julis has a fear of disappointment and rejection, and will do whatever it takes to keep her friends safe. She dislikes relying on others, though later kearns to accept others help. She has a soft spot for children. Julis is a hard-worker who is willing to dedicate herself in the pursuit of her goals. While she initially had a cold facade, her emotions are shown to be very visable with her blushing and facial expressions being obvious when embarassed or angry etc.
History[]
Julis was born the first princess of Lieseltania. As a child, she came across an orphanage, and developed a fast friendship with the children and Sisters of the orphanage, striking up an especially close relationship with Orphelia Landlufen. She was given an handmade embroidered handkerchief as a birthday gift by her friends at the orphanage, leading it to being her most prized posession. The orphanage's financial troubles is her primary reason for going to Asterisk in the first place. Where she has been a student at Seidoukan Academy, for the last two years having transfered in during her third year of junior high.
She has also known Claudia Enfield since they were both young, due to Claudia's fathers frequent visits to Liseltania.
Abilities[]
Strega (魔女): Julis mainly attacks by gathering her prana to create fire-based attacks. The image she uses when using her Strega abilities is flowers which is because of an experience with Orphelia about them. She combines these with her Aspera Spina, and later the Nova Spina, to great effect. Julis begins her moves by saying Bloom (咲き誇れ) or Open (綻べ) for her traps. During her duel with Fan Xinglou, she is shown to use a move that begins with Flourish (華めけ), though it is unknown if it falls under the previous two categories or if it's a new category of its own. She can't be harmed by her own flames.
Lux (煌式武装): Julis wielded the Rapier Lux Aspera Spina until it was destroyed during the Phoenix Finals. She currently wields the Rect Lux Nova Spina.
Genestellar (星脈世代): As a Genestellar, Julis has enhanced physical ability and an aura known as prana.
Moves[]
- Longiflorum (
鋭槍の白炎花 ): Julis waves her weapon to create large whitish-blue colored spears of fire along the path her weapon passed through. The longiflorum shaped spears then fly at the opponent with a force similar to rockets. The shape of the spears can be changed to increase speed, and it can also be used without her weapon. In the anime, the spears are of a reddish-white color. - Amaryllis (
六弁の爆焔花 ): Julis summons a large fireball in front of her and shoots it towards the target. It can be made to explode by saying Explode (爆ぜろ). This is considered her best publicly known move and the size is alterable. - Red Crown (
隔絶の赤傘花 ): Julis creates a pentagonal flower similar to a parasol that is able to brush objects aside. - Antirrhinum Majus (
呑竜の咬焔花 ): Julis waves weapon to create a magic circle along the path her weapon passed through. A fierce wave of heat emanates from the magic circle before a dragon made of fire bursts through. It is one of Julis' trump cards, therefore making it rare for anyone to see it. It also takes much of her concentration to control it. - Strelitzia (
極楽鳥の燈翼 ): Julis creates multiple wings made of fire on herself or an ally by concentrating her prana. - Strelitzia Petty (
極楽雛鳥の輝翼 ): A limited version of Strelitzia, Julis creates multiple wings made of fire on her ankles. It specializes in instantaneous acceleration and uses less prana. - Livingstone Daisy (
赤円の灼斬花 ): Julis creates fire around her that rises into the air like a tornado. The fire then turns into a bladed disc of fire that spins at a high speed. The disc then flies at the opponent while emitting sparks. - Anthurium (
大紅の心焔盾 ): Julis creates a shield of fire. - Primrose (
九輪の舞焔花 ): Julis creates fire around her that turns into nine fireballs that look like primroses. The fireballs are able to attack the opponent from all sides. The chant Flames of Trochia, pass the walls and burn away the nine calamities (トロキアの炎よ 城壁を超え 九つの災禍を焼き払え) can be added for fan service. - Amaryllis Duo Flos (
六弁の爆焔花 ・二輪咲 ): Julis creates a small ball of fire in each of her hands. She then launches them into the air to create fireworks. - Ranunculus (
重波の焔鳳花 ): Julis swings her weapon down to create several waves of fire that spread out from her position. She can continuously create waves as long as she maintains it. It is a defensive move and therefore doesn't have that much power. - Alexandrit (
炎蔓の飾王花 ): Julis claims that this move adds fire around a weapon. - Anemone Coronaria (
灼熱の太陽華 ): Julis raises both hands in the air to create a huge flower made of flames. She then lowers her hands to make it fall on her opponent. It is similar to a miniature sun and is capable of letting out scorching heat that people quite a distance away can feel. - Anthurium Multi Flos (
大紅の心焔盾 ・多輪咲 ): Julis creates multiple shields of fire. - Grevillea (
隆炎の結界華 ): Julis creates countless ten-meter long pillars of fire. - Moss Phlox (
燐焦の防焔花 ): Using Nova Spina, Julis spreads her prana across a wide area, creating small flashes of pink light that burn anything that come into contact with it. This move is mentioned to only be possible because of Nova Spina. - Ixora Chinensis (
密執の破茜花 ): Julis swings Nova Spina, creating a large amount of fist-sized bullets of fire that rain down on the opponent with random movements. - Gaillardia (
天刃の大輪華 ): Julis raises Nova Spina in the air, creating a disc of fire ten times the size of one of Livingstone Daisy's discs. - Oncidium Sharry (
貴婦人の幻映華 ): Julis creates an illusion of herself made of fire similar to Shenyun's own. - Honeysuckle (
突貫の紅槍花 ): Julis creates magic circles that launch spears of fire like rockets. - Impatiens (
天焼の群茜鳥 ): Julis creates a flock of birds made of fire that attack her opponent, block their view, and can burn things within the vicinity. - Erythrina (
乱咲の赤炎刀 ): Julis creates several blades of fire to attack her opponent. - Spiranthes (
炎捩の螺旋華 ): Julis creates drills of fire that attack her opponent. - Nerium Oleander (
焦炎の熟害華 ): Julis creates a giant double petaled flower of fire that envelops her opponent and explodes. - Rose Odysseia (
英傑の焔薔薇 ): Julis creates a small but powerful red rose between her and her opponent that explodes. - Bequaertii (
灼焔の舞踏華 ): Julis creates fire vortex around herself, then fire condenses into six child-sized puppets. Those puppets move as if they were dancers, but they are better close-range fighters than Julis herself. She said she was inspired by Umenokouju's shikigami and created this ability in single day.
Traps[]
- Gloriosa (
栄裂の炎爪花 ): Julis causes a magic circle to appear underneath her opponent that creates a pillar of fire. Four other pillars to the front, back, left, and right are also created, making it similar to being trapped in the sharp claws of a large monster. - Semiseratta (
熔空の落紅花 ): Julis causes a magic circle to appear underneath her opponent that she initially placed before. It creates a huge camellia made of flames above her opponent which explodes as it falls. - Rafflesia (
大輪の爆耀華 ): Julis causes a twenty-meter long magic circle to appear underneath her opponent. A huge flower made of fire bulges out while a deafening noise sounds. A blast the size of a storm blows about and the heat can reach people far away. Rafflesia requires a large amount of prana and takes a while to set up. - Loropetalum (
赤壁の断焔華 ): Julis causes a long wall of fire to appear from the ground which is capable of extending across the Sirius Dome arena. It is ten meters high and can't be seen through. Julis can open a section of the wall if she wishes to. The wall takes a considerable amount of prana to maintain. - Rafflesia Duo Flos (
大輪の爆耀華 ・二輪咲 ): Julis causes a multi-layered magic circle to appear underneath her opponent and causes it to explode. It is powerful enough to destroy the ground and melt snow, making it seem like the blast area was in summer. - Orchid Cactus (
赤天の孔雀花 ): Julis creates a huge Epiphyllum flower made of fire in the air that is used to combat aerial attacks. - Gomphrena (
千日の永劫花 ): Julis creates petals made of fire that envelop her opponent, trapping them inside heat waves. - Phlox Subulata (
燐焦の焔絨毯 ): Julis creates a large field of small flowers made of fire around her opponent. - Dicentra (
業釣の灼華剣 ): Julis creates short swords made of fire above her opponent that rain down on them. - Lycoris Radiata (
彼岸の劫炎華 ): Julis stabs Nova Spina into the ground, creating red spider lilies at her opponent's feet to attack. They are able to inflict poison that makes it hard for her opponent to breathe.
Ultimates[]
- Queen of the Night (
月華美人 ): For a 12 second duration, Julis is granted 10 times her normal power. Behing her appears flower with twelve petals, and each second one petal withers. Julis created this ability when noticed, that she can convert surrounding mana into her prana. But this is very intricate process, which will have very bad result if control is lost. When Julis used this ability in Xinglou's training area for the first time, the surrounding area was described to be burnt away, exposing the earth beneath, and Xinglou's clothes were burnt. In addition to that, numerous spell tags were attached to Julis' body, and when some of them flared up, Xinglou immediately replaced them with new ones. According to Xinglou, one mistake with this move could potentially cost Julis her life. Julis can only use this once per Festa, as using it wears down her stamina, mind, and prana to the limit, making her unable to fight in the next match if she wins. - Queen of the Night Multi Flos (
月華美人 ・多輪咲 ): Twelve Queen of the Night flowers bloom in mandala pattern, which gives her 144 seconds of increased power.
Relationships[]
Amagiri Ayato[]
Their relationship began with a bad start, with Ayato seeing her changing accidentally, culminating into a duel. She was quite impressed by his skill and surprised that he would save her, despite their battle. However, throughout the course of the series, Julis comes to know Ayato better, and as a result values and trusts him more and more, even training together every day. As their relationship grows people around them began to realize that they aren't just "tag team partners". Eventually, Julis's brother asked them if they would possibly get married or at least engaged.
After becoming friends they become tag team partners for the Phoenix and eventually win it together. They are both members of Claudia's team for the Gryps Festa, which they later win. Their teamwork is considered top-notch as they are noted to be in sync by outsiders with their respective specializations matching up well with Ayato a master of close-combat with the sword, while Julis ability as a Strega is best use from range.
Ayato and Julis's relationship has led to both of them to grow and change each other for the better. It was through Ayato that Julis grow more sociable with others and developed a friend group with him and the others, after initally maintaining a distance from her classmates solely focusing on her goal to win the Festa and raise money for the orphanage. She and Ayato were each other's first new friend at Seidoukan and helped push each to do their best to meet their goals. Julis also develops obvious feelings for Ayato which is noticed several times through her reactions. It can be quite easily said that Julis and Ayato are each other's most trusted allies and friends together at Asterisk and they both have a great amount of trust and affection for each other.
Orphelia Landlufen[]
Julis's childhood best friend is Orpehlia Landlufen, they became close friends after Julis was saved by the children of the orphanage and began to visit them regularly. Orphelia used to be a normal girl who loved plants and flowers, and would not even kill a bug with Julis being a bit of a playful child. They were best friends until Orpehlia was taken away from the orphanage due to its large financia debts and was experimented on. This event was arguably the catalyst for Julis future decision to go to Asterisk to financially support the orphanage and highlighed to her the growing inequality in her country that needed to be resolved.
Julis encounters Orphelia once again in her first year in Asterisk (she had just transferred as a third-year middle schooler at Seidoukan Academy at that point). Orphelia had changed drastically with the experirments turning her from a normal human to a Genestellar and a Strega, and her personity changing as a result of her experiences into a pessimist with subdued emotions. Julis and Orphelia fought then but Orpehlia defeated her soundly and gave her a warning. Julis later encounters her once again in Liseltania in Volume 7/Anime Season 2 where Julis once again desires to "save" Orphelia who rejects her statement and is again defeated by her before being rescued by Ayato Amagiri and Claudia Enfield. One of Julis's primary motivations is to try defeat Orphelia thinking it will help change her back to who she once was. They face off again in the Lindwurm Festa with Julis finally triumphing over her.
Jolbert Riessfeld[]
While she and her brother have highly contrasting personalities and priorities ( Julis wanting to bring about change vs Jolbert being content to enjoy being a figurehead) they still seem close as siblings with Jolbert having played pranks on Julis/ teasing her and genuinely worrying for her well-being and trying to protect her from challenging the Integrated Enterprise Foundation. Julis acknowledges that in Jolbert's view she is the most important person in the world to him.
Trivia[]
- According to the author, Julis' birthday is April 23rd, her horoscope is Taurus, and her blood type is AB.
- She was the first person Ayato Amagiri met at Seidoukan
- Her attacks are named after different flowers, fitting given her nickname.
- She often states "Burst into bloom" than the name of the move, when fighting.
- She is well known in Asterisk with many of her opponents recognizing her on sight as the Glühen Rose. She is considered to be among the strongest Strega of her generation.
- She is incredibly popular in Liseltania particularly after her victory in the Phoenix Festa.
- One of the first wielders of a Rect Lux type weapon
- (Spolier) Through the course of the series she ends up being among the select people to have won multiple festa.
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