Mia Grand (ミア・グランド) is the owner of the Hostess of Fertility, and is later revealed to be the former captain of the Freya Familia.
Appearance
Mia has brown eyes and long brown hair. She wears a different colored version of the Hostess of Fertility uniform than the others.
In the past, she had a more Dwarf-like stature and was cute and lovely. She was said to have a figure worthy of being called a follower of a Goddess of Beauty.
Personality
As the proprietress of the Hostess of Fertility, Mia is strict both to her employees and customers alike. She doesn't tolerate any violence within the pub or slacking off by her employees and will punish any individuals accordingly, such as when she threatened Mord.
She is very strong-willed, fearless and straightforward. She doesn't care if a person is a God, nor will back down against far stronger people, Mia treats everyone the same rough way and will punch anyone who provokes her ire. She never fell for neither revered the captivating Goddess Freya, treating her as a comrade if anything and later a daughter, and following the Great Faction War she forced all of Freya Familia, including Ottar and his fellow executives, to help out in her tavern as punishment for all the trouble they caused under Freya's orders.
Despite her rough personality, she is also shown to be kind, taking in girls with histories and protecting them. Mia views her employees as her daughters and will do whatever it takes to protect them. She also cares about people in general, having opened her tavern to bring happiness during Orario's Dark Age. Even Freya acknowledged Mia's great virtue.
Being born in an impoverished town suffering from hunger, Mia is highly passionate about food, believing good food is worth more than Gods and jewelry. Thus, she doesn't like people wasting food and can get violent whenever someone disrespects her cooking. Despite being on bad terms with the einherjars when she was their captain, she still felt obligated to cook for them due to her strong sense of duty as a chef.
Mia believes one should be prepared for anything and be able to think in order to overcome challenges, stating that those who are unable to can't live. She likes money, telling Bell a couple of times to spend a lot of money. Mia is also an alcohol lover and keeps a large amount of it in a private reserve.
Relationships
Freya
Unlike the rest of the Freya Familia, Mia has no interest in Freya. From the start she treated her more like a comrade than a Goddess, and later like a daughter. Under Freya's role as Goddess, Mia frequently expressed annoyance when her orders interfered with her life, although she always obeyed her instructions even if reluctantly. However, under her identity as Syr Flova, Mia has always loved her and treated her as one of her "daughters". Their relationship was different from any other Freya had since the very beginning because Mia met the "girl" before the "Goddess" when she found her crying in a field of flowers.
Despite Freya's actions Mia was reluctant to fight her familia in the Great Faction War due to her motherly love, arguing that she would only help the alliance if Freya herself said she wanted to be saved. True to her word, once she heard Syr's true feelings, she joined the battle against Ottar for Freya's sake and later offered her to work again in her pub after she was stripped of all her goods following her defeat.
Freya Familia
Mia has always been on rather bad terms with the rest of her Familia. She finds the violent and fanatic attitude of her fellow dependents annoying and is not opposed to the idea of engaging them in combat. She in fact used to beat up any einherjars that attacked her when she was still their captain, and in the present expressed her intention to do so in case they bothered her and her business too much. After the Great Faction War, she forced all of Freya Familia, including Ottar and his fellow executives, to help out in her tavern as punishment for all the trouble they caused, including forcing the lower ranking members to enter the Dungeon to gather exotic ingredients for her pub's cooking, which they do not dare to oppose due to Mia's strength as a former first class adventurer.
Gareth Landrock
Not much is known of it, but Mia has a bad relationship with Gareth. The two argued a lot back when they worked together during her time as an adventurer. The animosity between them seems to remain just as strong, shown one of the times that Loki Familia went to her establishment.
History
Mia was born in a poor mining town where she came to run a tavern so people could eat. One day while looking for ingredients she found Freya crying in a flower field and punched her when she tried to charm her to make her forget the scene. Her rough treatment caught the Goddess' interest, who was happy to meet someone that didn't revere or fall in love with her.
Wishing to recruit the Dwarf, Freya saved her hometown so Mia joined her familia to repay her the favor, with her eventually becoming the captain of the familia. When Ottar joined the familia, Freya asked her to take care of him, which she did until her departure.
Around nine years ago, sometime before Ais came to Orario, Mia partially left the Freya Familia to open the Hostess of Fertility under the condition that she allowed Freya to work as a waitress under her Syr identity. She also employed Anya there.
Abilities
Exceptional Physical Prowess: As a Level 6, Mia's physical abilities are all extremely superior to those of a normal person. In terms of raw physical prowess, her abilities are also exponentially superior to those of any Level 5 or below.
Extraordinary Strength: Mia completely restrained a high Level 4 Ryuu with great ease using only one hand and knocked out Anya with a single blow. In the Great Faction War she was described as the only one present in the battle capable of injuring Ottar barehanded, and could also clash in near equal footing with the Boaz when it came to raw strength, despite him being a Level 7 who in terms of stats alone had already maxed out both his strength and endurance stats. However, in the latter case she fell short of truly matching him, as Ottar overpowered even a full-strength blow from her.
Exceptional Speed, Agility and Reflexes: Mia faced and defeated two Spirit Soldiers, who were Level 5 opponents, at the same time.
Extraordinary Durability: Mia withstood a slash from Ottar, who is strong enough to generate tremors that extend for several kilometers with a single attack. Shortly afterward she survived an attack and being buried under debris by a shockwave created by a beastified Ottar, who boasted a Level 8's power, although she was badly injured. It was stated that she could have endured an attack from Ottar that proved fatal for Hedin.
Stealth: Mia successfully hid her presence from the keen senses of Level 4s Ryuu and Aisha, who noticed Syr's easily. However, she also went unnoticed partly due to the nearby commotion caused by her employees.
Enhanced Senses: After acquiring her falna, Mia's senses became much sharper than those of a normal person. Her senses further improved with each subsequent rank up.
Master Cook: Mia is a veteran master chef whose dishes have been noted to be very tasty by many on several occasions. She was the one originally in charge of preparing meals for all of the dozens of einherjars on a daily basis. Heith remembers her as a legendary figure for single-handedly managing the kitchen, a duty that ever since she left required the combined efforts of all the Andhrímnir to be fulfilled. Ottar also felt sorry for the current generation of einherjars since they didn't get to eat her dishes. After retiring she went on to open the Hostess of Fertility, which became popular in Orario for her delicious food.
Equipment
Scoop: In the War Game Mia wielded a shovel so large it was almost like an axe. It broke when she delivered her final barrage of attacks against Ottar.
Trivia
- Mia's alias, Demi Ymir, is a reference to the primordial giant Ymir from Norse mythology, whose flesh and blood was said to have given birth to the race of Dwarves.
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