Chris Westland

Chris Westland is one of the major protagonists of the Japanese Light Novel Franchise, Vermeil in Gold. She is the golden square magician and a member of the student council of the Ortigia Academy. She originally start as an antagonist until her defeat by Alto Goldfield and Vermeil, she redeemed and helped Alto to defeat Obsidian (the former instructor) to indebt him for saving her life.
She was voiced by Yurina Amami in Japanese and Olivia Swasey in English.
==Overview==
Chris is a member of the student council and the golden square mage. She is a very powerful dragon summoner and one of the top 5 undefeated mages of the Ortigia Academy. She is a childhood friend of Lex Freud (a powerful dinosaur summoner). Due to her tormented Lex from his defeat by Alto, Chris was challenged and also defeated by Alto and Vermeil. She tried to defeat the devil dosed Lex until Alto and Vermeil came to her rescue and Elena (the student council president) defeated Lex by destroying the devil within him. She was hospitalized, but came to help Alto to defeat Obsidian (the academy staff member who is mastermind that dosed Lex as well the other students) as payback for what he did. Though she learned Vermeil is a devil, but Chris won't tell anyone. She returned to the medical room for the hospitalized Lex.
Before the Bronze Exams, Chris analyzed the paper figure from the mage who helped Obsidian and fought Elena (namely Kohakumiya (a platinum mage who eventually became the archnemesis of Chris' president, Elena Kimberlight). She threats Alto (who is now her new fellow council member) to pass the Bronze Exams or else. However, the Bronze Exams was interrupted by the Platinum Mages' invasions.
After the Platinum Mages' invasion, Chris (as well the other student council) help Alto in training. While Jessica trains Alto in swordsmanship, Chris trains him in physical combat for their upcoming battle against the Platinum Mages for not only nearly destroyed the Academy and murdered the students, but also what they've did to her childhood friend Lex Freud, although she is aware that she, Alto and the other council would also face against the military as well.
==Appearance==
Chris is a young woman who has a short golden blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a royal blue outfit over a white shirt, and black tie, black gloves, a navy skirt, a black cape, and brown boots.
During training, she wore a gym outfit.
==Personality==
Originally, Chris started as arrogant, coldhearted, brutal and ruthless. She dismissed Lex (her childhood friend) to be worthless this was until her defeat by Alto. She may have been defeated by Alto, but she became lesser brutal when she threatened Alto to pass the Bronze Exams or else until the Exams was interrupted by the Platinum Square Mages.
Despite of her ruthlessness, she is a good-natured when she accepted her defeat at Alto's hands and apologies Lex for her previous actions towards him. She also helps Alto and Vermeil to defeat Obsidian (who dosed the students with genes of the low-ranking devils (who are inferior to that of Vermeil)) and prevent the former-yet-cowardly staff member from escaping. She shown grinning towards Obsidian as payback for what he did not only to her and Lex, but also the other students that he dosed. After Obsidian's defeat, Chris made a promise with Alto that she will never tell anyone about Vermeil's true identity as a devil as a part for saving her life from the demonized Lex. Like the other student council (except for Jessica due to her dimwittedness), Chris has no objection of letting Alto to become a member of the student council by the invitation of the president Elena. Like her fellow student council, Chris has a distrust for the staff members due to Obsidian's betrayal. She helps Alto to train in physical combat (because he saved her from the devil dosed Lex due to Obsidian's betrayal). She shown interest of Alto's promising spirit when he decided to continue training. She is shown vengeance towards Platinum Mages when she will never forgive them for what they've done to the students even her childhood friend Lex. 
She is a liar when she said she is not rough as Jessica due to her being brutal than Jessica. 
Like Elena Kimberlight and unlike Jessica Schwarz (who is a paranoia dimwit), Chris also have maturity when she forgave Alto so quickly for his accidentally entering while she was changing because they forgotten to lock the door. 
==Abilities==
*Immense Summoner: As one of the strongest mages, Chris is a very powerful dragon summoner when summoning a dragon.
*Immense Magic: As a Golden Square Mage, she has a powerful proficiency of magic.
*Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Chris has an expertise of hand-to-hand combat. She easily overpowered Alto during training.
==Trivia==
*Chris is the first member of the Student Council learned that Vermeil is a devil.
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