Sariphi

Sariphi is the main protagonist of the manga/anime series Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts. She is the 99th sacrificial maiden who is the bride and future queen of Leonhart.
She is the mother of Richard, Shiira and Stella.
She is voiced by in the Japanese version, in the English version and Amira Lesner in the German version. She is played by Kokoro Kuge in 2024 stage adaptation.
==Appearance==
Sariphi has snow white chin-length hair (sometimes, light blue), fair pale skin, and light blue eyes. Her regular attire is a white dress with a sailor collar and is usually barefoot.
==Personality==
She is a very friendly and positive person during the series and is very thoughtful and considerate when it comes to other people, especially the king. She is also a bit awkward and chaotic in most things she does, but she's still trying her best. She has a positive outlook on life, though raised to be the 99th victim for the king. When it was announced that Sariphi would become Queen of the Beasts, she began by trying to become the best queen. Sariphi has deep and true feelings for the king and loves him very much. Unlike the previous girls, she's unafraid of being eaten & accepted her fate, thus intriguing the King. She is a kind and compassionate girl with a upbeat and positive attitude on life.
==History==
Sariphi was born in the village of Noel in Yoana. Little is known about Sariphi's background, except she was abandoned by her biological parents and taken in by the Kleinoel family. There, she was raised by them until one rainy night, she found out they only took her in as a surrogate to protect their own daughter, Maria, from becoming the 99th sacrifice. Since that night, Sariphi has accepted her fate as a sacrifice, unafraid of anything (like being sacrificed) except for the cold expressions of her adoptive parents. 
==Plot==
She is taken in chains to the Kingdom of Beasts, Ozmargo as a 99th sacrifice. The King is intrigued when she is rude to his chancellor Anubis but shows no fear. The King temporarily treats her as a guest and takes her on an inspection of a border town where flowers grow; one of the few places in the kingdom not covered with poisonous miasma. On the night of the sacrifice in a secluded underground room, Sariphi is confronted by an assassin planning to kill the King but a human suddenly stops him. The man is in fact the King whose mother was human which causes him to suffer immense guilt over his deception. After learned The King's secret, instead of acting faithfully on the bloodthirsty stories of previous human sacrifices, King symbolically breaks Sariphi's chains and the next day as the beast King, he outrages his court by declaring Sariphi will be his Queen. Sariphi calls King "Leonhart" as his new name which he accepts. 
Leonhart orders Sariphi not to call him Leonhart in public. Sariphi makes some paper flowers to decorate the castle and likens Leonhart to a carpenter bee because of his large furry body and gentle nature. At the banquet to present Sariphi to the rest of the kingdom, the guests of various beast races are shocked to learn that Sariphi will be the queen. Sariphi disarms the guests by helping the servants distribute food, also impressing Leonhart. The Reptilian trips Sariphi causing her to spill wine on the King. Leonhart saw his ploy and prepares to kill him but Sariphi stops him to prevent any bloodshed. After the banquet is over Sariphi regrets not being more useful, but the King takes her out to a beautiful, remote area on his dragon-like Holy Beast Gwiber. He explains that her purpose is to help keep his violent nature in check as she did with the Reptilian. He allows her to privately call him Leonhart.
Sariphi takes lessons on Ozmargo, Anubis gives up when she proves inept at studying. When Anubis mentions that Leonhart has not taken a break in long times ago, she asks Leonhart to go on a walk with her through town. Leonhart disguises himself with a hood and makes Saphiri disguise herself as a beast. They have fun mingling with the citizens and help a lost child named Bolas find his mother, but Sariphi begins to feel faint and her disguise falls off. The citizens turn hostile at seeing a human, forcing Leonhart to escape with her. Back to palace, Sariphi faints and the physician says she has been poisoned by miasma exposure. Sariphi wakes up in a human town in the care of a doctor and his wife, who explain that they treated her after she was left at their doorstep with money and a note that none of them can read as it is in beast language, but when the townsfolk learn she was the sacrifice, they trash the clinic and assault the physician, forcing them to kick her out. Feeling heartbroken, she wanders the woods, but Leonhart in his human form finds her and explains the note said he would come back for her after he acquired a ring that will protect her from the miasma. They return home and Sariphi likens the ring to a wedding ring and kiss Leonhart.
Sariphi learns that Leonhart's mother's identity was concealed as a beast. She meets Vivian, the princess of Visund, whom with other beast princesses seek to marry Leonhart or at least become his concubine. Sariphi walks in on Vivian trying to seduce Leonhart and walks out in jealousy, missing Leonhart kicking her out. Later, she befriends Amit, the sixth princess of the Reptilians, who has been exiled until she can get with Leonhart. Amit reveals to Sariphi that she has been in love with Jormungand ever since a time he helped her as a child. At the banquet to honor Jormungand's return, the other princesses tear Amit's dress apart, but Sariphi loans her a dress that makes her turn heads. Vivian gets Sariphi alone and threatens her as she plans to seduce Leonhart and make him her puppet. Amit finds and defends Sariphi, then Leonhart arrives and angrily orders Vivian to get out. Leonhart tells Sariphi that he don't needs concubines because he only wants her, which makes her blush and heart skip a beat.
Anubis says that Sariphi must prove herself as Queen by summoning a Holy Beast, but Leonhart points out since she has no magic, she would have to power the spell with her own life force, and there is a risk that she could summon a malevolent demon. She wanted to contribute, she agrees to do it, but repeatedly botches the spell and hurts herself. While resting, Sariphi says that she is willing to sacrifice herself, but Leonhart reminds her that she must live for him. She performs the spell and summons a baby phoenix named Bennu and is insulted when Anubis doubts he is really a phoenix. When the pair of assassins fire an arrow at Bennu, which grazes him and knocks him off a wall and Sariphi instinctively jumps out a window to try to catch him. To save her, Bennu transforms into his full phoenix form, catches her, and flies into the sky.
When her old friend, Ilya got locked in the dungeons and want revenge on the beasts for kills Sariphi, but is only to be relieved when he sees her alive. She explains that he is her childhood friend who hates beasts for attacking his village and swore to protect her. She convinces Leonhart to release him and send him home, but after he is released, he faints from hunger. They put him in a guest room, but when Sariphi and Amit bring food, he insults Amit for being a beast and asks Sariphi to come with him, angered when she refuses because she will marry Leonhart. After comforting Amit, Sariphi brings Ilya more food. He tries to convince her that a beast like Leonhart could not possibly love her, but she still refuses to leave, he knocks her out and carries her off. Ilya carries an unwilling Sariphi on horseback, they get attacked by a pack of hyenas. Ilya kills them, but when he attempts to kill a hyena child among them who begs not to kill its father, Sariphi helps hyena child escape and asks why he would go this far. Ilya says all beasts are evil and confesses that he is in love with her since as child. She refuses him and says that there are good and evil beasts, just like the humans but he will never rest until the beasts are exterminated. He ties her up just as Leonhart arrives and fights him. After Leonhart holds back and gets stabbed in the gut, Ilya loses his will to fight when Sariphi cries over Leonhart, making him realize she genuinely loves him. Bennu flies Sariphi and Ilya to a human territory so they can say goodbye. Back in the palace, they have a garden party. Sariphi ponders that she cannot stop the hatred between humans and beasts, but now, they are happy together.
The feast is held in honor of the war hero Duke Galois of the Ichthyan. Galois, who is abusive to his disfigured servant, arrives and insults Sariphi for being human. She attempts to give him a tour of the palace, but forgets about the fact and angers him. Galois gets even angrier when she cannot drinks his gift of wine. She excuses herself from the feast, but Leonhart follows her, shares food, and kisses her. She later asks Galois for a dance, but he makes his servant take his place. When his servant sees Sariphi and his servant are having fun, Galois angrily threatens him with his sword, but she shields him. When he attempts to strike her, the servant catches the sword, then reveals that he is the true Galois and the fake was his second-in-command, Joz. Galois explains his ruse was to test who would be their queen, and she passed. Sariphi urges Leonhart not to punish them for tricking everyone, so he orders them to continue to protect his kingdom from sea invaders. Once everyone has gone home, Leonhart asks Sariphi for a dance.
Sariphi confided to Galois that she felt unworthy to be Queen, Anubis votes to have her removed, but Leonhart overrules him. Sariphi looks for new books to read. Anubis leads her to a library, then tries to kill her when they are alone. He is foiled when books fall on him and knock him out. When wake up from dream of his past, he find Sariphi taking care of him. He angrily says he will never accept her, but she does not mind and says Leonhart was worried about him too. Later, Anubis decides to test Sariphi in earnest to see if she is truly worthy of Leonhart.
The Grand Consecration, (the anniversary of Ozmargo's founding) is coming up. On the night before, Leonhart returns to his human form, Sariphi hides him while he laments that he would be killed if his subjects ever learned of this. The next morning, they are shocked to find he is still in human form. After the palace looks for them, forcing them to run and hide. He slowly returns to beast form, but he notes that he does not have enough time to get dressed and make it to the first ceremony. Sariphi stalls the judge Set when he reaches their hiding place long enough for Leonhart to revert back. He decides to go to the first ceremony in his ordinary clothes and dazzles the crowd with a speech about changing with the times and moving forward. With the Grand Consecration done, Anubis gives Sariphi a choice; she can be Acting Queen Consort, but if she fails in her duties, she will be exiled, or she can decline and live as Leonhart's pet while he chooses a new wife. After encouragement from Bennu, she chooses to be Acting Queen Consort.
When Amit making good luck charms for Jormungand and Sariphi. After Sariphi got her charm from Amit, she encourages Amit not to give up on him. The court goes to the allied nation Sarbul, Sariphi can bless King Teto IV and Queen Calra's newborn son, Calcara, but Calra does not want Sariphi touching her son due to her being human. They have a feast, but Leonhart and Sariphi retire early and he comforts her when she says Calra looked at her the same empty way her adoptive mother did. When the ceremony starts, Sariphi is supposed to hold Calcara and kiss his forehead, Calra pinches Calcara to make him cry and postpone the ceremony. Anubis noticed what she did, but considers this a test for Sariphi. As they decide to try the ceremony tomorrow, Tetra offers to give Sariphi a tour of the palace. Tetra calls Sariphi ugly and makes her do tasks; playing fetch, stealing desserts, and letting Tetra ride her like a horse, but she is surprised that Sariphi thinks this is fun instead of demeaning. Tetra rants that her mother ignored her ever since Calcara was born since no one loves her, she will commit suicide by leaping from a tower. Sariphi tries to talk her down, and she is surprised when Queen Calra shows up to talk her down, convincing her that her mother loves her. She loses her balance and falls off, Sariphi tried to catch her by jump off, Gwiber saves them. Feeling grateful for helping her daughter, Calra allows Sariphi to perform the ceremony. Tetra and Sariphi have a sleepover where Tetra says she is attracted to Anubis, but if they married, their children would look like him due to his superior genetics. Tetra tells Sariphi if she is going to be queen, she will having children with Leonhart which makes her embarrassed. Leonhart pulls her aside, talks with Sariphi about having children and told her of his past that he never knew his mother and his father, the previous king, was harsh and strict with him. Leonhart feared passing his own bloods to any children but he promises to consummate their union once it is safe and kissed second time. The next day, as Sariphi says goodbye to Tetra and her family.
When Sariphi is assigned to visit Maasya to inspect the troops and see the appointing of the new lord, the Hyena named Lanteveldt is the only one who volunteers. She nicknames him "Lante" and he annoys everyone but her due to his lack of manners. On the journey, Lante defeats Sand Snakes. He admits to Sariphi that he lured them on purpose to make himself look good. They arrive to Maaya, Sariphi tells the troops that Leonhart believes in them and to do their best, the new lord, Braun, will be made official tomorrow. Some troops harass Lante for being a Hyena, citing that his people were once traitors, but Sariphi scolds them. Lante dismisses her as naive when he lies about himself and she believes him until he reveals the truth. When Lante is arrested. Sariphi vows to exonerate him and the commander, Teiryn helps her. Sariphi and Teiryns capture the real attacker, a Badger named Nagma who is one of the Anti-Monarchists who hated authority. Sariphi was the only one able to tell the fur did not match Lante but matched the Badger. Upon the release, Lante swears eternal loyalty to Sariphi for believing in him. When they arrive home, Sariphi faints from exhaustion and is sent to her room.
==Trivia==
*She is 15 years old at the beginning of anime/manga.
*Sariphi serves as the Belle of the series.
**In The White Rabbit and the Beast Prince, Sariphi serves as the Sarabi of the series.
*In translation, she is called "Saliphie".
*Her name means sacrifice in an ancient tongue.
*Sariphi wore a couple of outfits and two objects in different colors which symbolize when she is with the two characters who have feelings for her, Leonhart and Fenrir. When she is with Leonhart, she wears warm colors (or reddish-violet for her court banquet dress) and the field of flowers she found were white and pink before the bouquet she brought back with wilted in a matter of minutes, while developing feelings for him even before his secret was revealed. But when she is with Fenrir, she wears cool colors (like the dark blue and white dress she wore after being kidnapped) and her hair is in a pearl blue tinge from his hideout's lighting. It’s like Sariphi is being warm towards Leonhart while giving Fenrir the cold shoulder.
*In Drama CD, she is voiced by Aoi Yūki, also voiced Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries, Lucyna Kushinada in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Setsuna Tokage and Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia, Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Lysithea von Ordelia in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Female Rookie in Sonic Forces, Eevee in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Hibiki Tachibana in Senki Zesshou Symphogear, Sticks the Badger in Sonic Boom, Iris in Pokémon the Series: Black and White, Lulu in League of Legends, Menat in Street Fighter V, Summer Adams in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside, Noramyako in Doraemon movie, Nodoka Hanadera in Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure, Mélie in Radiant, Meme Tatane in Soul Eater NOT!, Finch in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Female Inugami in Gugure! Kokkuri-san, Traveler in Genshin Impact, Tatsumaki in One Punch Man, Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins, Tanya von Degurechaff in Youjo Senki: Saga of Tanya the Evil, Yuuki Konno in Sword Art Online, Futaba Sakura in Persona 5, Rita Rossweisse in Honkai Impact 3rd, Platinum the Trinity and Trinity Glassfield in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, Azusa Aizawa in I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Tamaki Kotatsu in Fire Force, Jubei Yagyu in Samurai Girls, Peashy in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, Shizuno Urushibara in World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, and Gina Chamber in Undead Unluck.
*Her Anime Japanese voice actress, Kana Hanazawa, also voiced Sharon Rainsworth in Pandora Hearts, Anri Sonohara in Durarara!, Kobato Hanato in Kobato., Mikan Yuuki in To Love-Ru series, Karuta Roromiya in Inu x Boku SS, Kanade Tachibana in Angel Beats!, Shiemi Moriyama in Blue Exorcist, Ayase Shinomiya in Guilty Crown, Chiaki Nanami in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, Mayuri Shiina in Steins;Gate, Charlotte Dunois in Infinite Stratos, Shiro in Deadman Wonderland, Satomi Murano in Parasyte, Kusano in Sekirei, Akane Tsunemori in Psycho-Pass, Chloe Cerise in Pokemon Journeys: The Series, Rana Linchen in Freezing, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kobato Hasegawa in Haganai, Satō Matsuzaka in Happy Sugar Life, AE3803 in Cells at Work!, Rinne Sonogami in Date A Live: Rinne Utopia, Kougyoku Ren in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Ezekiel in Maria the Virgin Witch, Ichika Nakano in Quintessential Quintuplets, Eiko Hozuki in Dark Gathering, and Lucy Maud Montgomery in Bungo Stray Dogs.
*Her English voice actress, Emi Lo, also voiced Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries, Lucyna Kushinada in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Miri Unasaka in Buddy Daddies, Sisbell Lou Nebulis IX in Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Rena Ryuuguu in Higurashi: When They Cry (2020 series), Tsugumi Hattori in ORIENT, Destiny in Takt Op, Uta in Bubble, Tomo Aizawa (young) in Tomo-chan Is A Girl, Delmin in Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!, Michiru Inukai in Talentless Nana, Hawks (young) in My Hero Academia, Suma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Mian Long in SHY, and Nekomamushi (young) in One Piece.
==External Links==
*Sariphi on Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Wiki
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