Riesz

"My mother's ribbon... may you protect me on my journey."

- Riesz

"This is how it's done in Laurent!"

- Riesz

Riesz is one of the six main characters in Trials of Mana, which was previously only released in Japan as Seiken Densetsu 3. She is the princess of the wind kingdom of Laurent, which is situated high up on the mountains, and the captain of its Amazon army as well as the daughter of King Joster and the late Queen Minerva and the elder sister of Elliot, whom her mother died giving birth to, leading her to become like a parent to him. She also makes a guest appearance as a fighter in Million Arthur: Arcana Blood.

She is voiced by Mikako Komatsu in Japanese.

Story
Riesz vowed to take good care of her younger brother Elliot following the tragic death of her mother after she had just given birth to him. One fateful day, though, Elliot met two ninjas from Nevarl named Bill and Ben, who offered to show him "magic tricks" and even offered to "help him see his mother" if he turned off the protective winds of Laurent. What he didn't realize was that they were discreetly tricking him into doing so so that the assassins of Nevarl as well as Belladonna (who was using her human guise of "Isabella" at the time) could take over the kingdom. With the winds protecting the kingdom turned off, Nevarl attacks Laurent and succeeds in conquering the kingdom, while Elliot is kidnapped. Joster is fatally injured during the process of Nevarl's conquest of Laurent, leaving Riesz devastated by the loss of everything she held dear. Making her escape, she begins her adventure across the world, seeking the Priest of Light in the holy city of Wendel for counsel and looking to find and rescue her brother Elliot.

She shares many story elements with fellow playable hero Hawkeye, who was exiled from Nevarl prior to its invasion of her beloved kingdom of Laurent. If either hero is chosen as the main protagonist of Trials of Mana, the main villains will be Belladonna and her master, the Dark Majesty, and the final dungeon will be the Dark Castle.

At the end of Riesz's story, Elliot welcomes her back to Laurent and tells her how he saw both of their parents in a dream, both of whom encouraged him to be strong, and resolves to be a good ruler and help rebuild Laurent, which moves his sister.

Abilities & Classes
Riesz is a well-balanced character in every category, making her handy in almost any situation thanks to her above-average strength, agility and vitality. She can gain the ability to manipulate the stats of others once she changes classes; whereas her Light classes can raise the heroes' stats, her Dark classes can lower the stats of enemies. All of her four final classes can learn a summon spell that affects all enemies.

Her starting class is Amazon, and she can later change her class to Valkyrie or Rune Maiden, and later to Vanadis, Star Lancer, Dragon Master or Fenrir Knight.

Trivia

 * Her starting class, Amazon, has the origin of its title in ancient Greek, and means "without one breast", as amazons of the original legend would cut off their left breast to better use a bow (which has been debunked).
 * Out of all the six playable main heroes in Trials of Mana, Riesz has become the most popular with the fandom, as she has more fan art than the others, has what is considered by fans to be the "canon" storyline alongside Hawkeye, and appears in Million Arthur: Arcana Blood as a playable fighter.