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Lina Inverse リナ・インバース, Rina Inbāsuis a fictional character, a sorceress from the anime series Slayers.

Lina has many aliases, both chosen by her and applied by others. Three of her most famous are "Bandit Killer", "Dragon Spooker", "Enemy of All Who Live", and "Someone even a dragon wouldn't mess with". Voices: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Lisa Ortiz (English; TV), Cynthia Martinez (English; Movies/OVA)

In-Universe Information

Aliases: Bandit Killer, Dragon Spooker, Enemy of All Who Live, Someone even a dragon wouldn't mess with, Lina the Pink Sorceress
Homeworld: Red Orb, Sea of Chaos
Homeland: Zefilia
Occupation: Wandering Sorceress
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Red Head
Eye Color: Red
Known Relatives: Luna Inverse, Older Sister
Age: 17
Abilities: Dragon Slave
Giga Slave
All known magic
Weapon: A Sword
Weakness: Slugs, Her breast size
Allies: Gourry Gabriev
Zelgadis Greywords
Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun
Filia Ul Copt
Xellos
Naga the Serpent
Role: Heroine
Love Interest: Gourry Gabriev
Loved By: Gourry

Series Information
First Appearance: Slayers, episode 1
Voice Actor: Lisa Ortiz, Cynthia Martinez
Seiyu: Megumi Hayashibara


Early life

Lina was born in a small village in Zefilia, the second daughter of merchants. Her parents owned what was in effect the town's general store, which helped build up Lina's love of food. Her elder sister, Luna Inverse, was the darling of both her parents and the town, excelling in martial studies and quickly beginning to make a name for herself.

At some point in her childhood, Lina concocted a plan which resulted in her deciding to seek a life abroad. Though it's unclear of her reasons (whether for profit or just childish mischief), Lina set up a magical device that projected an image over the entire town of her sister while she was in the bath. Luna's wrath was great, and Lina quickly fled from the town and has been terrified of even the mention of her sister ever since. (In Slayers Try, Lina built an entire pyramid complete with tunnels and a sarcophagus to hide from a letter sent by Luna.)

This was likely Lina's push to attend a prestigious magic academy... far away from home. Lina apparently did very well there, well enough to be assigned a color. In the world of Slayers, mages of great power or importance are awarded colors rather like titles, and most make a great deal of this, dressing in the color and introducing themselves with the full title. (Such as Rezo the Red Priest.) Lina, however, was completely embarrassed by the color she was awarded, and attempts to keep it a closely-guarded secret that her entire title is actually "Lina the Pink Sorceress".

Pre-Slayers TV Series

Chronologically in Lina's life, the events of most of the movies and manga take place in the period after Lina's early life and before the Slayers TV series began with her meeting Gourry Gabriev. (Generally, if any Slayers story, save for the very last movie, contains Naga the Serpent, it should be assumed to take place during this period.)

At some point after leaving the magic academy and beginning her travels, Lina became acquainted with Naga the Serpent, an eccentric and extremely busty sorceress with an ego that matched, or even exceeded, Lina's own. (Unbeknownst to Lina, the big-breasted Naga was also a disaffected princess from Seyruun, making her the first of two princesses from that royal family to annoy the spit out of her.) Naga eventually gained the nickname "Goldfish Poop", for the way that she followed Lina around, constantly insisting that Lina was her sidekick.

Despite their differences, the two actually worked rather well together... when not trying to kill each other. It's entirely possible that some very real affection existed between them, as Lina seems to treat her much like Gourry, like a nuisance, but a useful and not always entirely unwelcome nuisance. In their time together, they saved the world a number of times, and left an impression on a number of villages.

(Naga's presence, however, seems to have left less of an impression, despite being extremely tall, well-endowed, and scantily-clad. Many people are familiar with Lina, but no one ever inquires of her as to Naga's absence.)

It was at around this period in her life, either just before or during her association with Naga, that Lina earned her reputation as a Bandit Slayer, someone who tracks bandits and thieves and steals their ill-gotten gains for their own use. (Making her a somewhat questionable hero... on one side ridding the area of bandits, and on the other keeping stolen goods.)

Original Slayers TV Series

At some point between the manga and movies and the TV series (and the original novels) in Slayers chronology, Lina and Naga have apparently parted ways. Lina proceeds to meet a man of equally questionable intelligence but formidable martial skills, Gourry Gabriev, when he "saves" her from a gang of bandits Lina had injured the previous night.

Gourry soon reveals that he carries the Sword of Light (Hikari no Ken in Japanese), a powerful magical artifact that Lina greatly covets. She announces her intent to follow Gourry around until he gives it to her and proceeds to do so. Around this period, Lina proves just how truly formidable she is by killing a fragment of a Demon Lord, Shabranigdo, with a spell she herself came up with, called the Giga Slave.

Throughout her adventures involving Gourry, they are accompanied by a revolving band of adventurers including the chimera Zelgadis, Princess Amelia (Naga's sister, though this is not revealed until the very end of Slayers Try, and then only visually) and the priestess Sylphiel.

Slayers Next

This story arc, after a long battle with a clone of Rezo in which Lina very nearly dies (and Gourry flips out in a most spectacular fashion), introduces Xelloss and his machinations (along with further insight on the mazoku). He appears first as a priest of a local temple offering information on the Clair Bible. Lina is interested both as a sorceress and a treasure hunter, while Zelgadis wants the Bible to see if there's a cure for his condition. All too soon, though, it becomes clear that Xelloss is simply using all of them as pawns, although they don't discover to what end because he always ends most discussions with his catchphrase, "That is a secret!" Eventually, the group get caught up in a power struggle between Maryuuou Gaav and Hellmaster Phibrizzo. Lina, temporarily deprived of her magic, eventually gains access to the Ragna Blade. She also discovers the true source of the Giga Slave as the Lord of Nightmares and vows to never use it again. Unfortunately for her, Phibrizzo is just as determined to have her cast it. In the final episodes of this arc, Lina does indeed use the Giga Slave at the cost of her own existence, but Gourry dives into the Sea of Chaos to rescue her, and they share a passionate kiss (which both seem to forget after they emerge).

Slayers Try

In this arc of Lina's story, she is recruited by the dragoness Filia ul Copt to save the world. (Filia originally wanted Luna Inverse for the task, but Luna was busy with her restaurant and fobbed the task off on Lina.) Reluctant to put herself in harm's way to save a world that is typically extremely ungrateful of her efforts, but nevertheless terrified of her sister, Lina sets off on the task.

During this time, Gourry lost the Sword of Light, meaning that theoretically, Lina now has no real reason to continue her association with him. However, she continues to do so in all facets of the Slayers universe, both novels and the following movie.

Differences Between Versions

Lina has varied only a little in her various incarnations, her general character not greatly changing between the novels, anime, and manga in which she appears.

In the novels, her hair is generally described as chestnut-colored, and her clothes are described as being more typical to a D&D magic user, including a cloak embroidered in silver with numerous mystical symbols, and fairly muted colors such as blue and white. (The original Slayers novels are based around a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.) In the Slayers anime, Lina's outfit was shifted to that of a more typical anime adventurer, with a fairly simple outfit of brighter colors such as red and yellow, with emphasis on the pauldrons at her shoulders, which were mentioned in text descriptions but downplayed in early illustrations of the character; her hair was also changed to a bright, vibrant, orange-tinged red color. A running gag in the anime is that Lina is embarrassed of her small bust.

The manga differs as to which outfit she wears, and she has been seen in both. The manga often holds to an even more slapstick style of comedy than the anime, more likely to feature chibi versions of Lina and the others. Lina, in keeping with this style, is often more over-the-top in her exclamations and actions than in the anime, and fires off explosive spells with even greater alacrity and even less serious effect. In the manga featuring herself and Naga, Lina is over-the-top but still fairly close to her anime self; the short run of manga featuring Gourry, however, often borderlined on the surreal, with brief and unexplained tangents into completely nonsensical humor that can nowadays be seen in American shows such as Spongebob Squarepants and Fairly Oddparents.

Other Linas

Several different versions of Lina populate the Slayers world itself, due to various plots.

In one story in the manga, Lina and Naga are exposed to a mirror that creates an exact opposite of whoever looks in it. The user expects this to produce an evil and violent version of the two that would be only too happy to work for him and destroy the originals. However, what comes out of the mirror are a Lina and Naga that are sweet, kind, generous, and extremely concerned about the feelings of each other and everyone around them. Lina and Naga state that the mirror's true power must be to dissuade people "with sheer disgust". In their attempts to break the spell (and the mirror), the two actually wind up creating dozens of similar copies of themselves, which go on to found an entire village full of philanthropic Lina and Naga dopplegangers. A slightly adapted version of this story, which resulted in the mirror being destroyed without creating more than the initial doppelgangers, was used for one of the Slayers OAVs, commonly titled "Explosion Array" (after one translation of a spell in Lina's arsenal).

Early in the first Slayers TV series, Gourry and Lina are both the subject of an attempt at cloning, which spawns a number of miniature, chibi versions of them both. The chibi clones fight to humorous effect, and after the mini Linas win, they all disintegrate.

Another, slightly more successful "evil" clone of Lina was also created.

Relationships

It is heavily implied to the point of outright statement that Lina and Gourry fall in love at some point as the series progresses. The final climax of Slayers Next, the second season of the Slayers TV series, the two characters share a kiss. Though they can not later recall the incident, Gourry and Lina both only remember that something important had happened between them. During the final movie, Gourry appears to tell Lina "I love you", but this is in fact the effect of a spell causing him to speak in the language of octopuses. He is, in fact, saying "I cannot pay you back for this." At the end of Slayers Try, the third season, the two are featured walking off into the sunset together.

Lina has also been the object of affection of various people, both men and women. Young, well-off men have proposed to Lina for numerous reasons, be it her looks, her reputation, or ulterior motives, and in many cases Lina has fully intended to follow through with the relationship in the name of pure greed.

In fandom, Lina sees a much wider variety of pairings and relationships. One strong preference of fans is for Lina and Zelgadis as a couple, as they are both more serious magic users who desire great power. Lina and Xelloss are also a favorite in this vein, as it is believed by some that Xelloss' amoral nature and the sheer power he wields would be attractive to someone of Lina's temperament.

Lina and Naga is probably the largest lesbian "shipping" among the fandom, as the two are without other adventurers for most of their travels together, and their antagonistic behavior while still working together is a standard by which many fans base such pairings.

Other Suppositions & Rumors

Various other tidbits about Lina make their rounds around the internet, and are hotly debated amongst fans.

Chief among them is the idea that Lina may have deific power contained within her. Some say that she may be a Knight or Avatar of a deity, much as her sister is a Knight of Ceipheed; which deity it may be is unsure, but the primary guess is that it may be the Lord of Nightmares herself, which is why Lina can call upon her power to perform the Giga Slave. Other theories are that, like Rezo, Lina has inside her a part of the evil god Shabranigdo, explaining her red eyes, and her extreme handiness with the spell that calls upon his power, the Dragon Slave... her signature spell.

A rumor has long circulated that Lina may be over 500 years old, and merely keeps herself looking young through some magical art. This rumor is false, and is based on a misinterpreted phrase Lina says at one point. In the novels, Lina states outright that she is fifteen, and then several novels later points out that she is sixteen, as she had a birthday "just like everyone else".

Notes

Lina Inverse is a playable hero in the famous map of Warcraft III The Frozen Throne, DotA Allstars.

For some unexplained reason, Lina is absolutely terrified of slugs, though many fans speculate that it was due to Luna punishing Lina in some manner using slugs, after the younger Inverse sister displayed Luna's naked image during her bath.

Summary

Lina is the main protagonist and the only character that appears in all incarnations of Slayers. She is a young but very powerful sorceress, with a great love of money, food, and casting fireballs at people with very little provocation. She has an older sister, Luna, who is a powerful swordswoman. Although Lina has faced down dragons, monsters, and even a Dark Lord with little fear, the mere mention of Luna's name sends her into terrified hysterics. She also suffers from a fear of slugs.

In the first episode, she introduces herself by destroying a gang of bandits known as the Dragon Fangs. She steals a large portion of their treasure, then sets off towards the nearest town to cash it in for a sizeable profit. On the way to the town she is ambushed by the remainder of the Dragon Fangs. However, mere seconds before she would have blasted them to bits, Gourry Gabriev valiantly comes to her "rescue" and they begin their adventures together. Lina and Gourry do fall in love, but acting on these feelings is an entirely different story.

Lina has many different nicknames, one of them being "Dragon Spooker", a name that she isn't too fond of. (This isn't quite correct, but it's how it is translated. The kanji stands for "Dragons step past out of sheer revulsion"; the /spoo/ syllable is correct, but /s*r/ was changed to /k*r/ to translate better into English.) This is rumored to have appeared because of an incident in the first episode, in which the Leader of the Dragon Fangs’ pet black dragon escapes. Just when it appears that the beast is going to crush Lina (and Gourry, who was knocked out on top of her in a ... compromising position), it blanches in disgust and steps over her, a blush along its snout, much to her shock, and thereafter rage. However, the nickname was mentioned before the black dragon met her, thus leading to a possible earlier incident.

Another nickname Lina encounters is the "Dragon Nester." This comes from a rhyme: "Little girl with little breasts, scares the dragon from its nest." This takes off from a running gag, in which characters constantly comment on the small size of Lina's breasts. She generally takes offense to these comments, and often responds with violence. This nickname, though not the breast jokes, only appears in the English dub. The breast jokes start when she first meets Gourry.

In Slayers Try, Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis find out that Lina has an elder sister named Luna. Luna is a skilled and powerful warrior, who later retired and became a waitress in Lina's hometown. When Lina refused to accompany Filia on her quest, Filia handed Lina a letter from Luna that said, "Shut up and do it!", prompting Lina to cower in fear.

Ages (Rough estimates):
OVA's and Movies: 13 to 14, 16 (In Premium only)
First Series: 15
Second Series: 16
Third Series: 17

Voices: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Lisa Ortiz (English; TV), Cynthia Martinez (English; Movies/OAV), Véronique Uzureau (French), Circe Luna (Latin American), Marta Sainz (Castilian Spanish), Emanuela Pacotto (Italian), Shandra Schadt (German), Jhaidy Barboza (Venezualan), Szabó Gertrúd (Hungarian), Duk-Hee Choi (Korean, SBS), Mi-Sook Jeong (Korean, Tooniverse)

Naga the Serpent (Japanese: 白蛇のナーガ; also Nahga the White Serpent) is a character in the novel, movie, OVA and manga versions of Slayers. Her Japanese voice actress is Maria Kawamura (川村万梨阿), and her English voice actress is Kelly Manison.

It is believed that Naga is really Gracia Ul Naga Saillune (Japanese: グレイシア＝ウル＝ナーガ＝セイルーン), the older sister of Amelia Wit Tesla Sailune. She is the self-proclaimed rival and traveling companion of Lina Inverse. While not a friend of Lina, she wasn't exactly an enemy, even though she often took sides opposite of the red-haired sorceress. Naga's exact age is not known, but it is assumed that she is around 19 or 20 during the time Slayers Special took place, making her several years older than Lina. Naga is also extremely busty and takes great pride in the superiority of said endowments over Lina.

In-Universe Information

Alias: Gracia Ul Naga Saillune
Homeworld: Red Orb, Sea of Chaos
Homeland: Saillune
Occupation: Formerly: Princess
Now: Sorceress
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Purple
Eye Color: Blue
Known Relatives: Amelia (sister)
Prince Phil (father)
Mother (Deceased)
Age: 19 or 20
Abilities: Shamanic Magic
White Magic
Golem Magic
Weapon: A Sword (She never uses it)
Weakness: The sight of blood
Allies: (Usually) Lina Inverse
Role: Anti-hero

Series Information
First OAV Appearance: Slayers Special
Voice Actor: Kelly Manison
Seiyu: Maria Kawamura

Overview

Because Naga did not appear in any of the TV series (The Slayers, Slayers Next and Slayers Try), she has not been written up in the Ultimate Fan Guides role-playing supplements for the series by Guardians of Order, unusually for such a major character in the Slayers mythos. This is because GoOrder only possess the rights to the TV series, and Naga is strictly an OVA and Movie character. The license is set to expire soon so it is unknown if she will be added if the game is picked up by another company. However, Naga did briefly appear in the Slayers Premium movie, employed as "the octopus sorceress" to go against Lina.

Naga is a tall and overly-buxom woman who wore a leather bikini-like garment, and have a laugh that could cause whole towns to evacuate just to get away from the sound of it. However, Naga took pride with her laughter, and may take offense at those whose laughter was not like hers. Naga also has an aversion to the sight of blood, and would faint if someone was slightly scratched. Like Lina, Naga is proficent in many spells, especially healing spells and golem-forming spells.

There are eleven copies of Naga running around the world. Ten of them are just like her, minus the fact that they don't possess any of her memories or magic skills, and the other does have her skills, but has a complete opposite personality (a whiny, extremely modest girl).

Biography

Naga's real full name is Gracia Ul Naga Saillune, making her the first daughter of Crown Prince Philionel El Di Saillune and the older sister of Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune. She has one living uncle, Christopher Wil Brogg Saillune, one deceased uncle, Randy Saillune, and a deceased cousin, Alfred Saillune. Her grandfather, Eldoran Saillune, is the king of Saillune, although Philionel acts as a proxy ruler.

Naga's mother was murdered before her own eyes several years ago by the famous assassin Booley, and as a result, Naga slayed her mother's killer with the crown princess' original spell, Chaos String. After the funeral, Naga found the outfit she currently wears inside her mother's closet, and shortly after this, she left home in order to learn the ways of the world. Contrary to popular belief, Naga still keeps in touch with her hometown, and occasionally she will be sent money through a messenger.

Being a princess, Naga knows when to be graceful, and when to be self-confident. She does not flaunt that fact that she is royalty (her heritage is never mentioned in any series and has only been acknowledged in informal discussions), but the way she acts makes it quite apparent. When she stands before other members of royalty, she speaks to them as equals, while Lina will bow her head and speak only when spoken to. Many of her confident poses and speeches are strikingly similar to those of Amelia or Martina Zoana Mel Navratilova, another princess (now queen). To her dismay, Naga is often referred to as Lina's sidekick or "that other girl."

Abilities

Naga is very skilled in white magic, no doubt because of where she grew up. Lina is often surprised when Naga uses these spells, because Naga does not seem like the kind of person to want to heal people. During the Slayers Special OAV, she shocked Lina by using the Flow Break spell to stop some magically animated suits of armour. The Flow Break spell is a high-level white magic spell, which Lina did not think Naga would be capable of. Naga also specializes in shamanistic magic, especially spells of the earth and water variety. She enjoys creating her own golems (even if they usually don't turn out very well), and one of her favorite spells to use is Freeze Arrow.

Another of Naga's skills is to terrorize people with her obnoxious laughing. She's extremely proud of her highly developed, self-confident laugh and the effect that it has on unsuspecting people. She also likes to use her body to tease or distract men who are trying to go against her.

Naga carries a large sword, but she never uses it, as she is afraid of blood. This phobia was most likely caused by witnessing her mother's brutal slaughter.

Relationships

The only Slayers character Naga really interacts with is Lina. Naga proclaims herself to be Lina's strongest and foremost rival, and this annoys Lina to no end. Nevertheless, these two will often work together despite their differences, and when they do, they are a great team.

Amelia and Naga never meet in any of the various Slayers media. In the first season of Slayers, episode 17, Question? He's proposing to THAT girl?, a woman with Naga's distinctive build and outfit walks in front of the disguised Amelia, Gourry, and Lina; Amelia appears to do a double-take. In the Slayers video games, Naga met the rest of the TV cast, but not Amelia. In Slayers Premium, Amelia was blasted off shortly before Naga's appearance. However, there was one time when they did meet; in Slayers VS Orphen. Naga was wearing a mask that hid her face, and Amelia began to ask Naga a question, but Naga interrupted and told Amelia she was a friend of Lina's.

Appearances

Anime

Slayers Special OVA series
Slayers Excellent OVA series
Slayers Perfect movie
Slayers Return movie
Slayers Great movie
Slayers Gorgeous movie
Slayers Premium movie

Other

Slayers Special novels
Slayers Delicious novels
Slayers VS Orphen novel
Slayers Return manga
Slayers Special manga
Slayers Premium manga
Slayers VS Orphen CD drama
Slayers Royal game
Slayers Royal 2 game
Slayers Wonderful game

Musical appearances

A Skilled Rival Always Conceals Her Claws
Pink Typhoon
Seriously

Summary

A buxom sorceress with an obnoxious laugh (similar to Ayeka's in Tenchi Muyo! and Kodachi's in Ranma ½) who is Lina's partner in the movies and OVAs.

Naga was often found hanging around Lina Inverse during Lina's earlier adventures, but the two had later parted company under unknown circumstances. During the time that they were together, whenever Naga was around, she was either working together with Lina or against her, all the while irritating the red-headed sorceress to no end.

Naga claims she is Lina's only serious rival. Lina calls her "goldfish feces" — as in, she trails after Lina. Like Lina, she has a massive appetite and is an excessive alcoholic. She is extremely well-endowed, much to Lina's disgust and jealousy, and wears very little clothing.

It is rumored and hinted at throughout the different Slayers series that Naga is really the daughter of Prince Philionel El Di Saillune, and the oldest sister to Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune. However, despite the hinting, it was never confirmed until the creator, Hajime Kanzaka, revealed in an interview that Naga is indeed the lost heir of the Saillune family.

Naga appeared specifically in the OAV’s and movies, however there is a debatable cameo appearance by her in the first season of the TV series midway through (during a crowd scene, several people walked in from of the 'camera' including a shapely lower torso that bore an uncanny resemblance to Naga's design, though the long trailing hair was red so it may have been an homage. Amelia notices the character during the brief scene.

Ages (Rough estimates):
OVA's and Movies: 19 to 20, 22 (In Premium)

Voices: Maria Kawamura (Japanese), Kelly Manison (English), Belinda Martinez (Latin American), Veronika Neugebauer (German),

Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun (アメリア・ウィル・テスラ・セイルーン, Ameria Uiru Tesura Seirūn?) (sometimes spelled as "Ameria" and "Saillune"), is a fictional character from the Slayers manga, light novels and anime series. She is a short, bouncy, bubbly princess who's always ready, willing, and happy to help those who need it, but despite her young age, her breasts are already much more developed than Lina's, much to the latter's aggravation. Amelia's Japanese voice actress is Masami Suzuki.

In-Universe Information

Homeworld: Red Orb, Sea of Chaos
Homeland: Seyruun
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Hair Colour: Purple/Black
Height: 5'1"?
Blood Type: O
Known Relatives: Prince Philionel Seyruun (father)
possibly Naga (long lost sister)
Christopher Seyruun (uncle)
Alfred Seyruun (cousin)
Randy Seyruun (uncle)
Age: 14-16 (Slayers to TRY)
Abilities: White Magic
Shamanist Magic
Allies: Lina Inverse
Gourry Gabriev
Zelgadis Greywords
Filia Ul Copt
Xellos
Love Interest: Zelgadis Greywords
Loved By: Possibly Zelgadis

Series Information
First Appearance: Slayers Episode 11 (Season 1)
Voice Actor: Veronica Taylor (series)
Luci Christian (Slayers Premium movie)
Seiyu: Masami Suzuki

Biography

It is described in the story that Princess Amelia is the youngest daughter of Crown Prince Philionel of Seyruun, the Ultimate Pacifist who, for the most part, benevolently rules over the Kingdom of Seyruun, one of the largest white magic using kingdoms of the Slayers universe. Her mother was murdered when she was very young, and the incident reportedly traumatized her older sister, the Crown Princess Gracia, so badly that she ran away from home, while Amelia herself vowed never to use swords in combat (though she did use the Sword of Light once in order to channel the Ra Tilt). A running gag throughout the series is that Amelia looks nothing like her dad, and that Phil looks like a giant dwarf. According to Amelia, tall height runs in her family, and that her older sister was almost as tall as Gourry, which would suggest that Amelia herself, though very small, has not yet stopped growing. According to Amelia, her older sister was "scary" and had a maniacal laugh; it is rumored and hinted at all throughout the different Slayers series that Amelia's long lost sister is actually Naga, the White Serpent (Lina's primary partner in the OAV).

Amelia is first introduced looking for her father when he goes on a secret mission with his brother, Amelia's Uncle Prince Randy, to root out an evil sorcerer who is threatening their kingdom (unaware that it is part of a plot by Randy to overthrow Phil and take the throne for himself), which brings her first into contact with Gourry Gabriev - who was briefly taking a break from Lina Inverse, as she was waiting to meet Prince Phil without knowing that he was not the boyishly handsome figure that she imagined him to be - when she helps a traveler who is being robbed by a bandit; when her initial passionate speech about justice does not work and she is insulted by the bandit, Amelia strikes the bandit down with a spell and then knocks him into the river. Gourry agrees to help Amelia look for her dad, though her zealousness regarding the distribution of justice leaves him at a loss for words. Later they catch up with Lina and Phil when they confront Randy and his partner in crime. Since neither Phil nor Amelia have any money to pay Lina and Gourry for their services, they decide to join their group and escort the fiery sorceress and idiot savant swordsman to Seyruun and then pay them once they have returned to the castle. Along the way Amelia tries to get Lina to teach her the Dragon Slave, in the interest of using it to spread justice of course, much to Lina's annoyance, until Lina makes it very clear that the Dragon Slave is not a toy, so to speak. When they finally get to Seyruun, it turns out that there is a price on Lina and Gourry (and also Zelgadis Greywords), which sends Amelia into a frenzy of moral outrage and she tries to arrest them herself, or at lest with the help of the various bounty hunters and "warriors of justice", and eventually succeeds in helping Zangulus and Vrumugun, the minions of Eris and the Rezo clone. When Lina & Gourry escape, Amelia gets caught in the crossfire and confronts Lina again about her misdeeds, and Lina tries to force Amelia to confront the fact that she is not seeing the bad guys for who they are, which Amelia tries to resolve by blasting them both with a giant fireball, assuming that the real heroes will survive simply because they are the heroes. When Lina and Gourry manage to survive the explosion, Amelia is convinced, albeit for the wrong reasons, that they are innocent and then offers to travel with them to help clear their names - and also because Phil is mad at her for destroying one of Seyruun's buildings. This later brings Amelia into contact with Zelgadis, with whom she slowly develops strong feelings for.

Like Gourry, Amelia often finds herself on the wrong end of Lina's anger, but over time Amelia stands up to Lina more when she thinks that Lina is wrong. Despite their extremely different personalities, Lina and Amelia develop a surrogate big sister/little sister relationship.

In NEXT Amelia is dispatched by her father to the kingdom Xoana as an emissary of peace, but she was captured and held prisoner, but was "rescued" by Lina, who happened to be in Xoana with the intention of seeing its book to see if it held anything particularly important within its contents (it did not - at least, not for her anyway). Later, Amelia and her friends are caught up in another conspiracy to assassinate her father, which turns out to involve Gaav the Demon Dragon King, who has rebelled against the Monster Race, and later involving the dark lord Phibrizzo.

In TRY Amelia is shown as having risen to more prominence within her kingdom, commanding a whole battalion of magic users when necessary.

Personality

Amelia is initially presented as basically a well meaning but slightly scatter-brained little kid who really cannot tell the good guys from the bad guys. She has a tendency to contradict herself; early she states that it is wrong to judge by appearances, but when she first meets Zelgadis she assumes that there is something not Kosher about him because of his freakish appearance (it should be noted that in the manga she was much more friendly towards him when they first met). On the other hand, Amelia is a kind hearted, compassionate person who does her best to support and encourage her friends, even when they are not especially encouraging of her. She is notable for her obsession with spreading justice, a trait she inherited from her father, who taught her all that she knows regarding justice. This could be part of her way of dealing with the loss of her mother and the disappearance of her older sister.

It is interesting to note that Amelia frequently displays personality traits that are prominent in her friends. On occasion Amelia has shown a passion and zest similar to Lina's (especially for food), sometimes slow-witted like Gourry (though due more to naivety than lack of intelligence), and intensely focused like Zelgadis, albeit to reduced degrees. While she never completely loses her innocent personality, she does change over the course of her adventures with Lina.

Another notable habit of Amelia's is her tendency to address those who are older than her as either "Miss" or "Mr.", even when the person in question is only a year older than her like Lina.

Lastly, Amelia has an affinity for high places, roofs or statue points where she can make a dramatic entrance and deliver a rousing, justice themed speech. This is usually followed by a descent and an ignoble face-first landing. The anime hints that she has feelings for Zelgadis.

Skills

Amelia is a white magic user with a fair amount of skill in shamanism and black magic as well. She calls the Ra Tilt her "killer spell". Outside of her magical abilities, Amelia is well versed in aspects of court life and diplomacy. In a physical fight, Amelia is a decent boxer, but her lack of agility makes her an easy target for a more skilled opponent.

Summary

Amelia is a young cleric and the princess of Saillune with an unwavering belief in justice. She joins Lina's group during the first TV series.

Wherever there's a crime, you'll find Amelia tripping close behind. She’s a helpful little princess who's always either in the way or flat on her face (or in a headlock from Lina). She initially comes across as a very dense little kid who really can't tell the good guys from the bad guys. Although Lina was often annoyed with Amelia for her wide-eyed naiveté, desire to learn the Dragon Slave, and larger bust size (despite the fact that Amelia is younger), eventually Lina comes to accept her as a friend. Most of Amelia's lessons in justice came from her father Prince Philionel of Seyruun, the "ultimate pacifist" armed with a variety of oxymoronic but very effective attacks, whom Lina once mistook for a bandit. It is rumored that Naga the White Serpent might be Amelia's long-lost older sister, the crown princess Gracia (this rumor was later confirmed by Hajime Kanzaka during an interview). After the murder of her mother, Amelia has vowed never to use blades, but once used the Sword of Light to channel the Ra-Tilt. Amelia seems to have a crush on Zelgadis.

Ages (Rough estimates):
Premium: 15
First Series: 14
Second Series: 15
Third Series: 16

Voices: Masami Suzuki (Japanese), Veronica Taylor & Joani Baker (English; eps. 11-13) also Luci Christian (Slayers Premium movie) (English), Léa Gabrielle (French), Cristina Camargo (Latin American), Amelia Jara (Castilian Spanish), Federica Valenti (Italian), Sabine Bohlmann (German), Carmen Olarte (Venezualan), Bogdányi Titanilla (Hungarian), Mi-Ae Ji (Korean, SBS), Ji-Yeong Lee (Korean, Tooniverse)

Filia Ul Copt (フィリア＝ウル＝コプト, Firia Uru Koputo?) is a fictional character in Slayers Try. She is a golden dragon, formerly serving as a priestess under Flarelord Vrabazard.

In-Universe Information

Homeworld: Red Orb, Sea of Chaos
Home: Formerly: Flarelord shrine
Now: A Mace and Vase shop
Species: Ryuzoku
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Blue
Known Relatives: Bazard Ul Copt (Father)
Val (adopted son)
Occcupation: Formerly: Priestess
Now: Shop owner
Age: Younger than 1000 years
Height: 5'7" (171 cm) (Human form)
Weight: 1 ½ Tons (Dragon form)
Abilities: Ryuzoku Powers
White Magic
Flight
Immense Strength
Teleportation
Black Magic (Flame Breath)
Weapon: Mace
Weakness: Her Naivety
Allies: Lina Inverse
Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun
Gourry Gabriev
Zelgadis Greywords
Xellos
Role: Heroine
Love Interest: Insulting Xellos
Loved By: -

Series Information
First Episode Appearance: Slayers TRY Episode 1 (Season 3)
Voice Actor: Tara Jayne
Seiyu: Houko Kuwashima

Biography

Filia was a priestess of the first holy order under Flarelord. She obeyed the orders of the elders at her temple, and as a result, she had a rather naïve and biased view of the world. Until she began traveling with Lina Inverse's party, Filia did not know of the barbaric acts of violence her race took part in around the time of the Kōma War. Near the end of Slayers Try, she gave up her priestess position, and by the time the whole Dark Star Dugradigdu ordeal was over, she found that she was the last remaining follower of Flarelord, the rest of her clan having been destroyed.

Appearance

Being a dragon, Filia has two bodies- her original golden dragon form, and the form we see most often, the young human woman. She can transform between these at will, but she does not enjoy transforming to dragon in front of other people, as it requires her to shed all her clothing in the process. Her dragon form is extremely large, and when she is in human form, she keeps her original weight and her tail, which pops out when she becomes angry or startled. She says that this is because she has yet to perfect her transformations. Even in human form, Filia retains her dragon magic and skills, such as holy spells and the ability to teleport herself and others over fairly long distances. She also carries a large mace on a garter belt attached to her leg; Lina has tried to lift it but could not hold it up.

Filia is the only main character (a permanent member of the traveling party) to not come from the manga/novels. She is original to the anime, as the third season was not based directly on events from the manga.

Personality

Being a Golden Dragon, she has a huge sense of honor and is dedicated to "fulfulling her duties to the temple." She is annoyed to great extents by any monster who crosses her path. She carries a large mace (affectionately dubbed Mace-sama) in her garter, and uses it to end many of her arguments. Filia originally wanted Lina's big sister Luna to accompany her on her quest, but Luna retired and suggested Lina as a replacement.

Epilogue

Filia, at the end of Slayers Try, accepts the egg of the reborn Valgaav in repentance of what her ancestors did to his kind. She then opens a vase and mace shop with the glowing see-through egg nestled in a warm basket with Gravos and Jillas as her assistants.

Relationships

Out of all the characters, Filia is closest to Lina. They are good friends, even though they occasionally irritate each other. Filia became acquainted with Lina's sister, Luna Inverse, when she asked the Knight of Ceifeed to help her stop the impending doom. Instead of helping, Luna sent Filia to Lina, and the rest is history. Filia does not like how Lina and the others tend to forget about their responsibilities when a good meal or the opportunity to make money comes along.

Filia always felt sympathy for Valgarv. After all, it was her race who slaughtered his. She accepted his hatred and contempt for her, and she wanted nothing more than for him to be content with himself and the world. In the end of Slayers Try, he was reborn as a pure ancient dragon, and she became his caretaker.

Filia is the only being capable of truly making Xellos angry. Even when he sometimes tries to be polite to her she continues to insult him and call him names like Raw Garbage (namagomi). Sometimes when he teases or infuriates her she delivers a sharp blow to his astral head with her heavy Mace-sama, though he never seems to try to escape it. Filia's hatred towards Xellos comes from the fact that he killed nearly a thousand dragons during the Kõma Wars 1000 years ago, although he claims that he was only following orders. However, by the end of the series they learn to tolerate each other, and are capable of having at least one decent conversation and of enjoying a cup of tea in the same room. Although they don't consider themselves friends they do consider themselves allies, and they are an unusualy popular pairing among some Slayers fans since their behavior is very similar to that of other anime love/hate couples such as the pairings in Ranma ½ and Love Hina.

Voices

Tara Jayne (English)
Houko Kuwashima (Japanese)
Amelia Jara (Spanish)
Elisabeth Günther (German)
Melanie Henríquez (Venezualan)
Roatis Andrea (Hungarian)

Summary

Filia made her first appearance in Slayers Try. She is a Priestess of the Fire Dragon King. Being a Golden Dragon, she has a huge sense of honor and is dedicated to "fulfilling her duties to the temple." She is annoyed to great extents by any monster that crosses her path. She carries a large mace (affectionately dubbed Mace-sama) in her garter, and uses it to end many of her arguments. Filia originally wanted Lina's big sister Luna to accompany her on her quest, but Luna retired and suggested Lina as a replacement.

Filia, at the end of Slayers Try, accepts the egg of the reborn Valgaav in repentance of what her ancestors did to his kind. In the ending credits, you see the glowing see-through egg nestled in a warm basket with Filia yelling something at Gravos and Jillas while they are polishing her pottery.

Ages (Rough estimates):
Third Series: Unknown (Presumed to be a few hundred years). In her human form, she appears to be in her early 20s.

Voices: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese), Tara Sands (English), Liliana Barba (Latin American), Amelia Jara (Castilian Spanish), Elisabeth Günther (German), Melanie Henríquez (Venezualan), Roatis Andrea (Hungarian), Seon-Hee Moon (Korean, SBS), Myeong-Seon Lee (Korean, Tooniverse)

one of my all time fav series. i always loved lisa ortiz's voice acting since her role as deedlit which she will always be remembered as

she is the loveable, spunky elf chick from Record of Lodoss War. Which for a while when it first came out captavated most anime fans to watch fantasy anime for a while. it is a great series and i believe a must in any anime collection eventually when people can get the time to check it out. xd

Martina Zoana Mel Navratilova (マルチナ・ゾアナ・メル・ナブラチョア, Maruchina Zoana Meru Naburachoa?)

Martina, along with her father, plotted to capture Amelia. Lina, along with Gourry and Zelgadis, saved Amelia then used the Dragon Slave to destroy Martina's castle and the surrounding town. Enraged, Martina ran off and learned magic so that she could take revenge on Lina. Later, Martina joins forces with Lina and company. Martina is fickle in her love affairs, obsessed with whatever man she happens to see first that day. At the beginning of the series she is hung up on Zelgadis, but her interests switch to Gourry and even Xellos as the series progresses. She is obsessed with her Lord Zoamelgustar, a monster god she made up, but might actually exist.

She is usually a comic foil for the other characters. However any serious scenes she plays are for the purpose to emphasize an important or dramatic moment in the story.

While she has practically no powers, she does seem adept at curses (even though they seem to backfire on her). She even cursed Lina so that any damage she inflicted would be returned to her. She also worships a dark Monster God, not even Xellos or any other Monster antagonists have heard of named Zoamelgustar (Xellos: "Never heard of him...). However at one point she summons his power and is able to generate a shield far greater than one that Lina or any of the other spell casters could muster.

This may have been her own innate power, but it's actually Aqua, a dragon god they've met along the way to a Claire Bible. She faces down the final enemy in the last episode, showing that she is an ally and, in a way a friend of the regular cast, including Lina. When Hellmaster Phibrizo kills her during the final battle, Martina uses her last moments to encourage Lina to keep fighting and save Gourry. She eventually marries Zangulus in a fake backdrop church, as her hometown is still rebuilding after Lina's Dragon Slave.

Voices: Mifuyu Hiiragi (Japanese), Rachael Lillis (English), Valérie Nosrée (French), Diana Perez (Latin American), Claudia Nieto (Castilian Spanish), Katrin Fröhlich (German), Mezei Kitty (Hungarian), Mi-Yeon Jeong (Korean, SBS), Hyeon-Jin Lee (Korean, Tooniverse)