Rizze (リジェ) is the Captain of the Guard in the town of Xandria in Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand. She seems to be working with Dorman for mysterious reasons...
History[]
Rizze is actually the last member of the royalty from the ancient city of Kefin. When the seal on Kefin got weakened three years ago before the events of the game, she escaped along with some of her soldiers. She manipulated Dorman, tempting him with the power of alchemy that lies within Kefin, so he would start collecting the six crystals, which act as keys to unsealing the ancient city.
In Games[]
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand[]
Adol first encounters Rizze when he arrives at the village of Xandria. Just as soldiers demand that Adol be inspected due to an increase in robberies, Rizze shows up and orders them to let him go. While she initially appears favorable to Adol, it becomes increasingly apparent that she is plotting something insidious with Dorman as Adol finds more crystals.
Later on, she shows her true colors after her partner Dorman is defeated. Calling Dorman useless, she holds Niena hostage and demands Adol to hand over all the crystals. After Adol complies, she reveals her identity as the royalty of Kefin and breaks the seal, causing the ancient city to appear once again. She then teleports to Kefin with Niena. In order to rescue Niena and prevent the city of Kefin from harming rest of the world with its alchemy, Adol travels to Kefin.
After aiding the resistance against Kefin's oppressive regime, Adol sets off to destroy the Philosopher's Stone, the source of Kefin's alchemy. On his way to the core of Kefin where the Philosopher's Stone is placed, Adol encounters Rizze again. Rizze states that she has captured the Ibur gang, Niena, and Stein and will use them as sacrifices for the Philosopher's Stone. Adol chases after her and reaches the core where he rescues his allies. There, Adol confronts Rizze and Jabir, the alchemist who has been controlling Kefin from shadows. In the ensuing battle, Adol comes out a victor and destroys the Philosopher's Stone. Without its source of power, Kefin starts to disappear. Adol and his allies escape with the citizens of Kefin but Rizze, with her goal completely thwarted, accepts her fate and remains in the crumbling city.
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Trivia[]
- In the original concept, Rizze was a 24 year old man as seen in the image above, he was Dorman's butler and bodyguard, he looked feeble but in reality was a highly skilled fighter that also would always carry around a black cat. He was the loyal retainer of King Kefin that would always carry out his lord's wishes, he approached Dorman, in hopes of recovering the source of alchemical power scattered throughout the land, in other words, he was using him for his own purposes, just like in the game. After Dorman's death, he fled with all the crystals, but reappeared in the last part of the story to reveal his true identity. He wasn't just a antagonist but also an idealist who wouldn't brush aside the idea of dying for his own beliefs. In the end, he would be defeated by Adol in a battle.[1]
- In the PS2 version of Ys V, Jabir reveals that she is a homonculus that he created from the body and soul of a female knight from the Kefin royal family, before killing her.