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Ake

Ake is one of the Juvenile Knights of Melromarc who aided the Heroes during the Waves.

Albert

Albert was a hero secretly killed by Kyo, whose body was then used for illegal experiments.

Altorese

Altorese is a businessman from Glass' World who once ran a shop with Kizuna Kazayama.

Ashil

Ashil is a griffin capable of high-speed melee attacks and both wind and griffin-exclusive magic.

Atla Fayon

Atla Fayon is a slave bought by Naofumi alongside her brother Fohl who becomes a valuable ally.

Atla Fayon Image Gallery

This is an image gallery collecting anime appearances of Atla Fayon.

Aultcray Melromarc XXXII

Aultcray Melromarc XXXII is the former King of Melromarc and the current Staff Hero.

Aultcray Melromarc XXXII (Spin-off)

This is the spin-off portrayal of Aultcray, a king whose grief and prejudice were manipulated by Malty.

Beloukas

Beloukas is a merchant who assists Naofumi by selling him slaves and conducting seal rituals.

Beloukas Image Gallery

This is an image gallery collecting anime appearances of Beloukas.

Beloukas's Uncle

Beloukas's uncle is an influential Zeltoble slave trader who sponsored the Shield Hero at the coliseum.

Biscas T. Balmus

Biscas T. Balmus is the Pope of Melromarc who despised the royal family as blasphemous parasites.

Biscas T. Balmus Image Gallery

This is an image gallery collecting light novel appearances of Biscas T. Balmus.

Black Thunder

Black Thunder is a black-feathered Filolial raised on a Filolial farm in Melromarc.

Characters

An overview of the characters in The Rising of the Shield Hero, grouped by world, role, and faction.

Chick

Chick is the second Filolial raised by Naofumi Iwatani, and unlike Filo she remained an ordinary Filolial.

Chris

Chris is a Shikigami created by Kizuna and Glass with the help of Ethnobalt using various monster parts.

Chris: Image Gallery

An image gallery collecting light novel artwork featuring Chris.

Cian

Cian is a cat-like demi-human who lived in the ancient past and is protected by the Shield Hero Mamoru Shirono.

Crimmy

Crimmy is a Filolial purchased by Motoyasu during his obsession with Filo, capable of becoming a Filolial Queen because she was raised by a legendary hero.

Earl of Habenburg

The Earl of Habenburg is the ruler of the Cal Mira Archipelago who oversees its monster-hunting bonus event and keeps track of the heroes during it.

Eclair Seaetto

Eclair Seaetto is a Knight of Melromarc, daughter of Lord Seaetto, and the Queen's right-hand guard in charge of the demi-human-protected district.

Eclair Seaetto: Image Gallery

An image gallery collecting light novel artwork featuring Eclair Seaetto.

Eclair's Father

Lord Seaetto, the right-hand man of Queen Mirellia Q Melromarc, is the father of Eclair Seaetto and a close friend of Van Reichnott.

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Locations 28

Alchemist's Cave

The Alchemist's Cave is a maze-like dungeon where Motoyasu searched for his party amid illusions.

Ancient Labyrinth Library

The Ancient Labyrinth Library is a maze-like library in Glass' World and home to the Library Rabbits.

Cal Mira Archipelago

The Cal Mira Archipelago is a famous holiday resort ruled by Count Habenburg, where a large release of monsters occurs every ten years.

Castle Town

As the heart of a nation that despises demi-humans, Castle Town has few or no demi-humans, and those present are only slaves.

Faubley (Web Novel)

Faubley, also known as Four Bray or Foburei, is the world's most powerful country and follows the faith of the heroes.

Faubrey

Faubrey, also known as Four Bray or Foburei, is the world's most powerful country and follows the Heroes' faith.

Glass' World

The parallel world beyond the dimensional rifts, home of Glass and Kizuna, being fused with Raphtalia's World by the Waves.

Hot Spring Town

A town whose region yields the rare metal Lachium, sought by wizards and alchemists and believed by locals to be a good luck charm for love.

Infinite Labyrinth

A world created by an ancient wizard that is now used as a prison by the country that captured the Hunting Hero Kizuna.

Lerno Village

Lerno Village is a settlement whose locals battled a dangerous plant grown from a suspicious seed before being saved by Filo.

Lurolona Village

The seaside demi-human village, Raphtalia's home, destroyed by the first Wave and later rebuilt under Naofumi's rule.

Melromarc

A matriarchal country under a monarchy where the queen holds true authority, and a human-supremacist state in which slavery of demi-humans is legal.

Mirso Village

A village poisoned by dense magic from a nearby rotting dragon corpse, where Naofumi went to sell medicine and ended up battling the reanimated zombie dragon.

Northern Territory

A region lying to the north of Capital Town, whose original name was never mentioned.

Piensa

An ancient city in the Bow and Shield world where the Bow Hero was summoned, eventually defeated before Raphtalia's World was created.

Q'ten Lo

An isolationist country in the East with strong Feudal Japanese aesthetics, contrasting sharply with the Medieval European motifs of the other nations.

Rabier Territory

The area governed by Governor Rabier, best known as the place where heroes of the past sealed the Tyrant Dragon Rex.

Raphtalia's World

The world Naofumi is summoned to as the Shield Hero; a fantasy realm of seven kingdoms beset by the Waves of Calamity.

Reiki

Also called the Spirit Tortoise Nation, a country east of Melromarc that housed the Spirit Tortoise, whose residents were killed by the Tortoise's familiars at the start of its attack.

Riyute Village

A village, also translated as Lute Village, located south-west of the Castle Town of Melromarc.

Sanctuary

An ancient city founded by the first Shield Hero and Bow Hero in Raphtalia's world, now a filolial sanctuary controlled by Fitoria.

Shieldfreeden

A nation welcoming to demi-humans, home to a dragon hourglass that could grant Naofumi's team a class upgrade that Melromarc initially denied.

Siltran

Siltran is the ancient nation in the Bow and Shield world, the predecessor of Siltvelt.

Siltvelt

Siltvelt is a country located northeast of Melromarc, separated from it by at least two countries.

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Organizations 11

Army of the Waves

The mysterious force behind the Waves of Calamity, seeking to destroy worlds; the series' overarching antagonist.

Butterfly

Butterflies are field insects in Melromarc that unlock the paralysis-resistant Butterfly Shield.

Caterpiland

Caterpilands are large caterpillar-like monsters capable of pulling carts.

Chivalrous Thief Guild

The Chivalrous Thief Guild is a large organization founded and led by Roudy that appeared in Melromarc to manage the kingdom's more malicious bandits.

Dune

Dunes are large earthworm-like monsters capable of turning and maintaining soil for farm work.

Inter-Dimensional Bee

A creature that drops nothing sellable when killed, but whose material can be absorbed by the Legendary Weapons to unlock a new weapon variation.

Inter-Dimensional Locust

Monsters that emerge from several rifts in the sky during the Second Wave and attack Riyute Village.

Poison Bee

A bee-like monster with poison capabilities, encountered by Naofumi, Filo, and Raphtalia near Mirso Village.

Poison Fly

A fly-like monster with poison capabilities, encountered by Naofumi, Filo, and Raphtalia near Mirso Village.

Shadows

Agents in direct service to the nation's monarchs, though not a monolithic organization, as they are also employed by other groups such as the Church of the Three Heroes.

The Church of the Three Heroes

Melromarc's former state religion that venerates the Sword, Spear, and Bow Heroes while vilifying the Shield Hero as a devil.

Items 11

Dagger of Mob Mentality

The Dagger of Mob Mentality is a cursed weapon that can brainwash those it pierces into sharing the owner's opinions and losing their own free will.

Dragon Hourglass

The Dragon Hourglass is a large structure that indicates the time remaining until the next Wave of Calamity and is also used for various rituals and ceremonies.

Items

An overview of the items in the series, organized into armor, weapons, compounds, and accessories.

Items/Accessories

An accessory whose gemstones resisted harming Naofumi and was later reforged into the Four Holy Beasts Guardian Seal: Starfire.

Items/Armor

A catalog of armor items in the series, listing where each piece is acquired and its effects.

Items/Compounds

Compounds are items typically created through the Compounding skill, made either manually or with a Legendary Weapon.

Items/Weapons

Replica Legendary Weapons found in the ancient ruin Sanctuary, modified so ordinary people could wield them, albeit at greatly reduced power.

Light Metal

Light Metal is a type of ore mined near Riyute Village that unlocked the Light Metal Shield when absorbed by Naofumi.

Lucor Fruit

The Lucor Fruit is a grape-sized alcoholic fruit so potent it can turn into an entire barrel of strong liquor.

Red Poison

A substance that has beneficial or adverse effects depending on the drinker, but which is deadly to humans and appears to be made only for monsters to consume.