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Ais Wallenstein (アイズ・ヴァレンシュタイン) is a first class adventurer and an executive of the Loki Familia. Among the small fraction of first class adventurers, she is considered one of the strongest. She is the reincarnation of the former queen of Lakrios, Ariadne Lakrios.

Appearance[]

Ais is considered a very beautiful woman with long golden-blonde hair, gold eyes, and a slender body, resembling her mother. She usually wears a white and black battle cloth, black arm covers, and long blue boots. She wears her armor over this consisting of a head guard, breastplate, arm guards, hip guards, and knee guards.

When not heading to the dungeon, Ais usually wears a white one-piece dress with gold lining.

Personality[]

Ais is a mostly quiet person who has trouble expressing her feelings through words. Because of this, she is thought to be mysterious; however, she is actually mentally young, even visualizing a younger version of herself in certain situations, such as when she gave Bell Cranel a lap pillow.

Unlike her fellow Loki Familia member Bete, Ais doesn't look down on the weak despite being a First Class Adventurer. She is also believed to be an airhead, namely due to her quiet nature. She is very strong-willed, doing everything to reach her goal to become even stronger, even offering to train Bell just so she could try to determine the key to his quick growth. She also tends to react violently whenever someone does anything remotely perverted to her (such as Loki).

Ais exhibits a strong interest in Bell, mainly because of his rabbit-like appearance. However, she genuinely helps him whenever she can, such as when she immediately moved to rescue him after hearing he was being attacked by a Minotaur. During the time she trained Bell, Tiona pointed out that she seemed happy, an emotion she had never seen her show before. She interacts with Bell very favorably, such as taking care of Bell on the 18th Floor and accepting his request to dance at the ball held by Apollo, even though it was her first time.

Ais is unable to swim, as when she was 7 years old, Riveria punished Ais for calling her an "old woman" by tying adamantite to her and throwing her in water, calling it "swimming training". This later became a traumatic experience for her, making her avoid water in general while in the Dungeon, and if she has to bathe, she tries to stay in areas where her feet reach the bottom.

Since she has dedicated her life solely to getting stronger, Ais doesn't understand many things and lacks common sense when it comes to certain topics. At the same time, this has made her quite gullible, a quality that Loki sometimes takes advantage of. She has believed various lies from her Goddess such as that mentioning the name of a technique makes it more powerful, as well as that the increasingly revealing clothes Loki gave her as she grew older were actually combat clothes.

Ais' goal is to become strong enough to defeat the One Eyed Black Dragon and take back her mother. Because her goal is revenge-driven and for her own sake, she considers herself unable to become a hero.

Her desire for revenge stems from her traumatic experience with the One Eyed Black Dragon when she was a child, which also caused her to develop a great hatred towards monsters. Such a feeling has resulted in Ais developing an intense obsession with exterminating monsters that borders on the irrational, as noted by many.

Due to her deep resentment, when she was younger, Ais showed a serious expression and was extremely volatile. She tended to be aggressive with others and disrespected her superiors. She didn't care about her condition or her health at all and would fight relentlessly if she was left unsupervised. Ais was only concerned with physically strengthening herself and downplayed everything that had nothing to do with it, considering any other type of teaching useless. Her seemingly lifeless eyes and fragile appearance gave her the nickname "Doll Princess".

However, over time she began to change her beliefs. From Finn, she learned that not only physical prowess was important but also mental strength and techniques in combat, motivating her to study under Riveria's tutelage and practice to polish her technique with him and Gareth. For his part, Gareth taught her that in addition to training one should rest properly. Thanks to the support of the three leaders, Ais eventually managed to reduce her self-destructive tendencies.

While Ais denotes a surprising improvement over her younger demeanor, this does not mean that she has abandoned said traits entirely. Mitigated and numbed thanks to the environment she grew up in and the bonds she forged, her hatred nonetheless remains as intense as in her childhood. She doesn't usually show it openly, but it can be glimpsed whenever the One Eyed Black Dragon is mentioned. Likewise, she often allows herself to be consumed by it when using her Avenger skill, moments in which her judgment ends up clouded and she reverts to her previous self who only sought to exterminate monsters without worrying about anything else.

Her hunger for power is also severely intensified when she feels that she has hit a limit or is handicapped by a lack of power. Back in her times as a Level 1, despite the positive changes in her attitude, she began to show frustration once her stats' growth slowed. Upon discovering that to level up she had to complete a feat, she launched herself to the 12th Floor to face Infant Dragons despite how dangerous they were, and aggressively exploded against Riveria for having hidden how to level up from her.

After her duel with Revis, her feeling of helplessness from losing against the mysterious woman due to her lack of power, in combination with having hit her limit as a Level 5, reached a critical point. Prompted by it, she made up her mind to face Udaeus, a monster which was not only a Floor Boss but whose level was also higher than hers. Even being in a severe state, she refused to receive assistance from Riveria, determined to defeat it so as to overcome her weakness, this feat being what pushed her over the edge to Level 6.

Her past is a sensitive subject for her and she is very secretive about it. Although she trusts her friends and fellow Familia members, she has refused to reveal anything related to it to them, having opened up exclusively to Loki and the top executives of the Loki Familia. Likewise, confronting Revis, who seemed to know about her past, and overwhelmingly losing to her, Ais was severely affected and refused to talk about it with anyone, not even Riveria.

During the Xenos incident, Ais experienced certain changes in regards to her thoughts about monsters. Initially, even after discovering that Xenos could feel just like people, she clung to her belief, refusing to accept that some monsters should not be exterminated.

However, after seeing Wiene's actions to protect Bell and hearing her story, she was seriously affected and started to believe that the Xenos could truly deserve to live. Likewise, her resolve began to waver, unable to decide if monsters were truly an evil that deserved to be destroyed. Seeing Bell fighting to save the monster girl also pushed Ais into her own silent sense of despair, desiring for someone to save her too.

After her training with Ottar, she came to the conclusion that there were monsters that could have emotions and a heart equal to that of a person, in the same way that there could be people who had the heart of a monster, and it would be she herself who would decide who was a monster and whom to use her power against.

History[]

Ais entered the Loki Familia at the age of 7. As a new member, she acted as a supporter of other adventurers while training as hard as she could. She reached Level 2 within a year, becoming the fastest person to reach Level 2 at the time until Bell broke that record. She then continued to maintain her rapid growth rate, ranking up to Level 4 at a rate of one to one and a half years per level.[1]

Ais has also fought against Phryne Jamil on three occasions: once when she was a new Level 2, a second time when they encountered each other in the dungeon two years after their first meeting, and a third time when Ais reached Level 5.

Abilities[]

Ais has been recognized as a mighty fighter, considered already one of the strongest first class adventurers when she was Level 5 thanks to Ariel. Ottar acknowledged her prowess as remarkable among her generation, however, he also noted that she isn't as skilled against other people as she is against monsters, losing to those who fought the Zeus and Hera Familias, such as him and her Familia's top executives.

Oomori made an analogy that if the world was a gacha game (with Gods being players and dependents being characters), Ryuu and Ais would be SSSR characters.[2] However, he also remarked that Ais is not very good against other people and specializes in fighting monsters due to her skill. She would be able to hold the edge against skilled Level 6s like her fellow Loki Familia young executives in a pure duel, though could still lose to them sometimes if they managed to make a reversal against her.[3]

As a Level 6, Ais is extremely powerful. In a brief confrontation between her Familia and Kali Familia, she defeated and heavily injured dozens of their Level 3s and 4s at the same time, even though their complete lack of concern for their lives made them particularly dangerous opponents, while she emerged unscathed from the battle. Even when her stats were all still zero, Ais with Ariel already surpassed high Level 6 Finn and the rest in pure close combat.

Exceptional Physical Prowess: As a Level 6, Ais' physical abilities are all extremely superior to those of a normal person. In terms of raw physical prowess, her abilities are also far superior to those of any Level 5 or below.

Exceptional Strength: While using her black wind, Ais demonstrated an extreme increase in strength. With one strike she created a giant crater in an adamantite floor and then proceeded to easily break through four adamantite walls before destroying another floor. Likewise she effortlessly overpowered Revis. She broke her sword and made her lose an arm in a single sword clash, where Ais' blow would have killed her if she hadn't met it head on.

Even after Revis donned her green armor to massively increase her strength, Ais proved capable of exchanging blows with the Creature, actually remaining the stronger one. The shockwaves from their attacks were powerful enough to incapacitate a second class adventurer and easily crack the adamantite around them. She was also shown able to raise her strength even further many times over.

While cloaked in her white wind, an attack from Ais cut Revis' stone and through her flesh armor, which had previously somewhat withstood a slash from her using her black wind.

Exceptional Speed, Agility and Reflexes: As a Level 3, Ais was so fast that she could finish off multiple Evilus members in an instant without even giving them time to react and was also capable of creating afterimages. As a Level 6, she was fast enough to take on dozens of Level 3s and 4s from Kali Familia at the same time and land multiple attacks on them without taking a single hit.

While using her black wind, Ais demonstrated an extreme increase in speed. She escaped from an encirclement of over a hundred magic spells before any of them fired. She also closed the distance between her and Revis before her opponent could react. Even after coming back to her senses Revis failed to fully respond to her first attack and, though she managed to avoid lethal injuries, she ended up completely covered in wounds from the following onslaught.

Even after Revis donned her green armor to massively increase her speed, Ais proved capable of exchanging blows with the Creature, actually remaining the faster one. She could move behind her enemy's back to attack from her blind spot, with Revis only managing to defend thanks to the reactive response from the eye of her flesh armor. Furthermore, after increasing the wind's output, Ais' speed grew to the point of surpassing the Creature's defense. She was also shown able to raise her speed even further.

Expert Swordswoman: Having trained since joining the Loki Familia, Ais is a skilled swordswoman and is usually recognized as the most powerful in the city. Her ability stems from her constant training by herself and the one provided by Finn and Gareth when she was a new member of the Familia. Even back then, her technique sometimes surprised them, which was the result of her father's techniques that she remembered and practiced.

While her skill with her sword is amazing, her fighting style is extremely brutal and aggressive, which is why few weapons are capable of withstanding it. On the other hand, her reliance on her sword for fighting has caused her to lack prowess in hand-to-hand combat. Upon making her lose Desperate, Revis noted that her attacks paled greatly in comparison to her swordsmanship.

Her dexterity against other warriors is formidable; she is a match for Ryuu in terms of techniques against people while being far superior to her in terms of combat experience. With her wind sealed, her skill allowed her to fight and hold the upper hand against a level boosted Phryne whose status was higher than her own, only unable to finish off the battle due to the low quality of her weapon. However, Ottar pointed out that she isn't as skilled as him, Finn, or others from their generation. Instead, he stated that her techniques specialize in killing monsters, surpassing even them in that regard.

Additionally, despite her habit of fighting on her own, Ais has been shown to be able to fight efficiently alongside the other members of her Familia, able to quickly coordinate with Tiona to perform a synchronized attack against Bache.

Enhanced Senses: After acquiring her falna, Ais' senses became much sharper and far better than those of a normal person. Her senses further improved with each subsequent rank up. Ais can also sense the size of a person's container for their status, allowing her to determine how powerful they are.

Hieroglyphs: Ais is able to comprehend sacred text, the language of the Gods. She correctly read and interpreted the contents of Hashana's falna without problems.

Magic[]

Ariel (エアリエル): Ariel is Ais' wind element enchant magic. In addition to serving as a powerful offensive weapon, it has also been shown to be used as a shield, as it was able to deflect the poison from a Virga. Despite the strength it gives her, she usually stops herself from using it against non-monster opponents, as she is fearful of accidentally killing her opponent.

Ariel has been mentioned as being far beyond normal enchant type magic, being more powerful than Alise's Agaris Alvesynth for example,[4] and Lefiya has even referred to it as being abnormal. In addition to its great base power, Ais can strengthen the magic many times over by reciting its chant repeatedly. By doing this she heightens the boost to her abilities even further, able to obtain a power above her level. The magic was the reason that as a Level 5 she was comparable to Orario's Level 6 adventurers.

In her fight with Udaeus, at full power, Ariel granted a high Level 5 Ais a Level 6's prowess, with the magic having grown more powerful since then. When she used it at full power during her battle with Revis in volume 7, the latter referred to it as a "Great Spirit's wind", and it succeeded in holding her off for a short while despite their difference in power. Her use at the time was described as a "fortress of wind" rather than the usual "armor".

Nonetheless, using Ariel to such an extent puts her body under extreme strain, as she was left severely worn out on both instances. As a new Level 1 adventurer, Ais wasn't informed that she had a magic to prevent her from killing herself in the Dungeon from fighting too much.

In her final fight with Revis, after her heart was cleansed of hate and she stopped using her skill Avenger, Ariel turned white and with it Ais finally finished off her opponent, whose Level 7 prowess had increased extremely at the start of their fight. However, specific details of this variant are currently unknown.

  • Lil Rafaga (リル・ラファーガ Riru Rafāga): Ais surrounds herself with Ariel before lunging at her opponent. Its power has proven to be extraordinary, as it was the only attack of Ais that forced Ottar to use all his raw strength to neutralize it. On top of that, it killed the Virga and Titan Alm Demi Spirits in an instant.

Skills[]

Avenger (復讐姫(アヴェンジャー)): Avenger heavily increases Ais' attack power against monsters, massively increases her attack power against dragon-type monsters, and the effect rises based on her hate. It has an active trigger, though it can also be triggered unconsciously depending on Ais's mindset. When she used it as a Level 1, it caused the enemy to explode upon contact with her sword, blasting their body apart. When Ais first used it, Riveria noted that it had power unbefitting that of the first attack of a Level 1 adventurer.

The skill damages the user's weapons due to its output, which is considered to be the strongest among all skills. The only weapons that were able to survive its usage were Desperate and Sword Ale, though the latter was because she didn't want to break the bond between her and Riveria and the others. Riveria stated that while it was an impressive skill, it was also a chain that dragged her closer to death.

She can also combine it with her magic with the chant Tempest-Avenger (起動(テンペスト)――復讐姫(アヴェンジャー) Kidou(Tenpesuto)――Fukushū Hime(Avenjā)), creating a powerful black wind that dramatically increases her power, being able to easily overwhelm Revis, who had a power equivalent to a Level 7. She can increase its power by chanting Nizel (暴れ吼えろ(ニゼル) Abare Hoero(Nizeru)).

However, just like its power, the damage dealt by such a combination is devastating. Even Desperate, a supposedly unbreakable Durandal that had been able to withstand Avenger's output, began to break after a while of being under the black wind's effects, managing to resist only because Ais stopped using it before it broke.

Development Abilities[]

Hunter (狩人): Hunter improves Ais' abilities against monsters she's fought before and gained excelia from.

Abnormal Resistance (耐異常): Abnormal Resistance negates the effect of abnormalities such as poison. Ais has reached rank G, so almost nothing can affect her, even the strongest poisons in high doses.

Swordsman (剣士)

Spirit Healing (精癒): Spirit Healing automatically begins regenerating Ais' mind at a low rate after using magic. It is a rare ability, with Ais noting that Riveria was the only person she knew that had it, and theorized that she got it herself from repeatedly using Ariel over the years.

Trivia[]

  • Ais is rumored to have rejected 1,000 requests to have a courtship with her.
  • Ais' favorite food is Jagamarukun.
  • Ais only had 149 words of dialogue in the first season of the DanMachi anime.
  • Ais was called the "daughter of the dungeon" by Alfia. Its meaning is currently unknown.
  • Ais is generally connected to the story of sleeping beauty.
  • Ais' magic, Ariel, is named after the spirit of air from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

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