Risty

Risty
Queen's Blade Rebellion Unlimited White Triangle Risty as illustrated by Eiwa.
QB: Bandit of the Wilderness Rebellion: Indomitable Champion
Profile
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Occupation	Bandit Leader
Likes	QB: Meat, alcohol, stealing valuables Rebellion: Meat and alcohol
Dislikes	Being called a monkey Unlimited: Bossy people
Hobby	Bathing in tubs & hot springs
Appearance
Hair Color	Red
Eye Color	Purple
Height	178 cm (Approx 5'10") Unlimited = 179 cm
Bust	90 (35)
Waist	66 (26) Unlimited = 62
Hip	85 (33)

"I'm not a thief, I'm the Benevolent Bandit of the Wild!"

"Your treachery, yours truly will squash it flat!"

Rebellion: "Not drinking is irritating me. Time to get violent!"

Unlimited: "The strongest rules over all, huh? Sounds right up my alley."

Risty (リスティ originally incorrectly romanized as Listy) is a thief with a heart of gold; she steals from the rich and works as a mercenary to amass money. Her goal is to redirect those funds towards food and shelter for orphans of war. And although many deem her a lowly thief, Risty insists that she is the "Benevolent Bandit of the Wilderness."

Appearance

Risty wears her bright, scarlet hair long. A red headband wraps around her head, she dons a tight, ornate jacket as a top, and has a detailed piece fitted around her neck. She wears black thong-panties and somewhat covers them with a metallic red belt. There are also feathered arm-guards attached high up on her arms. Finally, she is emblazoned with a thigh-length tattoo on her right leg, and wears sandals.

Rebellion

Risty's outfit takes on a more simplistic look in Rebellion; she is now wearing a purple bikini top with matching panties and a brown cloth tied around her waist. New to this incarnation is also a long red cape with a fur mantle at its brim, black bracers fitted onto her upper arms, and black gauntlets with golden knuckles. Risty also now wears black, open-toed sandals. Instead of wearing her hair down, she now has it tied up high in a ponytail and the rest of it dangling down in long bangs.

Unlimited

Risty's design remains largely the same in Unlimited, but her hair is now straight and she is equipped with a metal shield. Her leg tattoo has also been slightly altered.

Personality

Risty's personality has two sides to it. One is a tough, angry, jovial warrior, and the other is a gentle, kindhearted being. The latter side can be demonstrated in how Risty donates her stolen wealth to orphaned children so they can eat.

Abilities

Risty is not shown using many unique abilities. She utilizes the bracer attached to her arm for defense, similar to many other characters in Queen's Blade. She also wields a large, one-handed mace and is shown to be incredibly powerful while using it. Risty is able to direct it back and forth rapidly, just as if she was battling with a one-handed sword. With her mace and shield, she makes for a formidable challenge.

Queen's Blade Parameters

Attack: 4

Defense: 3

Potential: 4

Technique: 2

Reach: 1

Agility: 2

Rebellion Parameters

Bravery: 4

Popularity: 4

Resourcefulness: 3

Leadership: 5

Potential: 1

Experience: 5

Story

Prior to Queen's Blade

(From the Queen's Blade website)

Leader of the mountain bandits' group.

She commands her underlings to attack and pillage caravans of landlords and corrupt merchants. Whatever she steals is distributed according to each one's jobs, and the exploited folks also receive a large part of her raids.

With a rude, temperamental personality, she usually causes a mess without thinking of the consequences whenever she's provoked or called an idiot.

With her older sister feel, her underlings and the town people fear and, at the same time, adore her wild behavior.

When she was young, she became a war orphan, and was taken care of and raised by the mountain bandits.

When she became an adult, she saw her foster father get killed in a struggle for power. In revenge, she killed the traitor turned leader and capitalized on the chance to create a new group of bandits.

Risty's reason for participating in the Queen's Blade is because of her goal to become the next Queen, ban all the corruption and build a country where everybody is happy.

Prologue

(From her back-cover)

The entrance to the fort is noisy. I hear the cry of my followers. Did a daredevil finally come?

I slowly close my hand around the heavy mace that only I amongst this group of thieves can wield, and take action to meet the reckless challenger.

No matter who it is, I’ll mercilessly crush all who interfere with my reaching the Queen’s throne. That’s my way.

If there’s a corrupt, dickish noble tormenting the people under his dominion, there’s no use complaining. That feeling when I defeat them is refreshing, tonight will be the time when I can drink delicious liquor.

As I thought about that, what I see when I get out of the room is…

Sure enough, can Risty win the fight against this unknown enemy?

They won’t know that unless they fight.

Rebellion

(From her profile)

A strong leader who aids the weak to the west of the Continent, she's the Bandit of the Wilderness, who made a name for herself when she participated in the Queen's Blade tournament.

She has known Leina for a long time, but even today, the match with her rival hasn't been settled yet.

Following the tournament, she resumed her training. As a result, her muscle strength increased to the point where she discards her mace for hand-to-hand combat.

Following Queen Claudette's reign of terror on the Continent, she founded the Rebel Army, funded by the distribution of dark magic stones.

However, she was captured by the Queen's Army after the Swamp Witch, during a "Beautiful Fighter Hunt", cast an "Indomitable Curse" on her that made her unable to eat or sleep.

Although she has been weakened after a long stay in prison, her fighting strength still remains. Her "organizational capacity" will fulfill an important role to Annelotte.

Trivia

• Risty is voiced by Yuko Kaida (Japanese) and Jessica Paquet (English).
• Risty could be viewed as the Queen's Blade version of Robin Hood.
• Her shield is slightly smaller in the anime.
• She and Maria Vance are of roughly the same height.
• Risty's title does not actually contain the word "Thief" or "Bandit," but rather "Gizoku" (義賊), a term for someone who is viewed as a thief by those in power, but as a servant of justice by those not in power. There is no English equivalent to the Japanese word, however, so "Bandit" or "Thief" tends to take its place.
• In the video games, Risty's rapid fist attack resembles both Kenshiro's famous Hokuto Hyaku Retsu Ken from Fist of The North Star and Folka Albark's Kouha Kishin Ken as can be seen in Super Robot Wars Compact 3 and Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden.
• In the Queen's Blade Anthology manga, when fighting against Elina in a short story, Risty takes the same pose as Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star did when he used the Musou Tensei during the final battle against Raoh. Elina counters her by trading blows in a fashion similar to the iconic Cross Counter scenes from the boxing manga Ashita no Joe.

Gallery

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

Freetalks

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

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