Echidna

Echidna
Queen's Blade Unlimited White Triangle Echidna as illustrated by F.S.
Veteran Mercenary
Kanji	エキドナ
Profile
Gender	Female
Race	Wild Elf
Occupation	Mercenary
Likes	Snakes (Especially her pet, Keltan) Flirting with women (Leina in particular)
Dislikes	Sermons from the forest elves (Especially Alleyne)
Hobby	Traveling Alone
Appearance
Hair Color	Dull Green (with whitish bangs) Unlimited = White
Eye Color	Red
Height	162cm (Approx 5'4") Unlimited = 168cm
Bust	94 (37)
Waist	63 (25) Unlimited = 60
Hip	86 (34)

"Aren't you a pipsqueak after all? You're 500 years too early!"

Unlimited: "So, I wonder what sort of fun things I should make you do when I win~?"

Echidna (エキドナ) is a freelance mercenary elf that hails from the southern forests of the continent, presumably near the Calibara Forest. Despite being considered strong enough to win the Queen's Blade, she has no interest in doing so.

Appearance

Echidna wears a white, vest-like top with a snake-themed collar and a simple pattern on the back. Her vest also has a red gem on each breast surrounded by a spiral pattern. The collar has fur and she wears turtle shell shoulder plates with a red dot on the back of each. Echidna wanders around with no underwear, using only her pet snake Keltan as a substitute. Otherwise, she just goes around bottomless. Her armor bears a snake motif. On her legs, she has white shin-guards with dull green thigh-highs underneath. 

Unlimited

Echidna's Unlimited outfit remains the same, with small changes, but she now has much darker skin and red eyes. Her sword also has a different design.

Personality

Echidna is perverted and sadistic in nature as a wild elf who hails from the forests of the deep south. She is strong enough to win the Queen's Blade tournament, but has no interest in doing so. An expert in fighting with various deadly blades, she wanders the land as a soldier for hire. She has a tendency to invade a person of her liking's privacy, groping and subjecting them to humiliation. Although this behavior is primarily associated with the females she likes. Echina is a two-faced elf, with her negative side cruel and rude and her secret bright side with a a heart of gold, aiding anyone in need. She also loves sleeping in the nude, as is showcased in a flashback to when Irma was under her care.

Abilities

Echidna is able to get into the minds of her enemies. She is also an extremely strong warrior, fighting with a curved snake-themed sword and shield alongside her own pet snake Keltan. When fighting with sword and dagger, her specialty attack is the Black Rose: parrying an enemy's attack with her sword, then attacking with her dagger in the other hand.

Parameters

Attack: 4

Defense: 5

Potential: 1

Technique: 5

Reach: 4

Agility: 5

Story

Prior to QB

(From the Queen's Blade site)

Echidna is a mercenary elf with more than 500 years of experience in battles. She doesn't belong to the same forest tribe that Nowa is protecting, but to a rare tribe who are known as the Wild Elves, whose territory is a big, tropical forest by the south.

Having extraordinary self-confidence, superhuman agility, and very rare combat skills, Echidna is practically invincible. Once she led the infamous Fang Assassination Unit, but now she's only known as an extraordinary mercenary and a lone wolf. She's also Irma's teacher.

Usually she's cold and cruel, but she's actually hiding her "weak," pure and gentle side, and she might even cry in moments of crisis...

The reasons of her being hired to participate in the Queen's Blade are unknown. The only certainty is that she's a strong candidate to the victory, though she has no interest in the throne.

Prologue

(From her backcover)

The stone fort was built on top of a hill. After sleeping in the bed where a fur was spread all over luxuriously, I felt someone giving off a strong presence nearing and woke up.

Did the female leader of the bandits come to take her fortress back? Or has a challenger from the silly tournament come over? At any rate, seems like this’ll be fun for the first time in a long time? When I chant a short incantation, the magic snake coiled around my waist. I tie up my hair, put on my armor, and pick up my sword. When I prepare for battle, this feeling of happiness that gradually wells up is unbearable.

Even after 500 years have passed, the never ending thirst for battle arouses me.

Aaah, maybe today I can meet an opponent that satisfies me?

Sure enough, will Echidna’s “Undefeated Record” continue?

They won’t know that unless they fight.

Trivia

• She is voiced by Yuki Kaida (Japanese) and Trina Hilbe (English).
• Echidna did not forfeit or lose her fight in the Queen's Blade tournament.
• Her name is also the name of an animal, the echidna, which is similar to the porcupine and hedgehog.
• She is the only Queen's Blade character to wear an animal for underwear.
• She may have been named after Echidna, the mother of Medusa, with whom she shares traits such as never seeming to grow old and being exceptionally beautiful and provocative. This is further evidenced by her shield bearing a resemblance to Medusa.
• Her sexuality has been disputed by fans numerous times.

Gallery

For this character's gallery, visit: Echidna/Gallery

Freetalks

Queen's Gate Spiral Chaos Freetalks Translation Echidna (1 of 2)

Queen's Gate Spiral Chaos Freetalks Translation Echidna (2 of 2) ( kiss scene)