Rory Mercury

Rory Mercury, also known as Rory the Reaper and Apostle of Emroy, is one of the main characters from the Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Rory Mercury is a demigoddess and an apostle of Emroy, the god of war, violence, and death. Despite her antediluvian age, she has the appearance of a 13-year-old. Along similar lines, despite her delicate, petite frame, she is widely known as Rory the Reaper, Apostle of Emroy, who will slaughter her enemies with her giant halberd with no mercy. Her gothic lolita dress is an outfit for priestesses.
Rory has a friendly personality as seen when she immediately became friends with Youji Itami and started sitting on his lap. However she shows no mercy to her enemies as seen when she slaughtered a gang of bandits without any remorse. In battle, she is shown to have a violent, sadistic personality, however, she is not without a sense of justice, often targeting bandits and criminals, while generally friendly towards the common people.
It is hinted that Rory is trying to delay her ascension for as long as possible since when she does, she loses any vestige of human emotion she has left. Her attraction towards Itami—aside from finding him "interesting"—is also because she sees him as a sort of emotional anchor to the world of mortals.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There! Part 2 - Fire Dragon Arc
=== Light Novels ===
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!
=== Manga ===
* Gate! Yonkoma
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!
== Trivia ==
* It is explained that Demigods who ascend into godhood can claim an aspect of the Deity they're Apostles of or claim any other aspect that has no associated Deity. Rory wants to become Goddess of Love after ascending; presumably it is an aspect that is currently unclaimed. Furthermore, she also asks Itami to let her meet Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love so she can ask some experience for her role much to his confusion and hesitation. However, much to her dismay, Hardy also falls in love with Aphrodite after seeing her picture in Lelei's Earth Mythological book.
* She shares Hardy dislike of Anubis since they both think he is ugly.
* She, along with supernatural beings such as the Gods, demigods and other apostles, are one of the few beings from Special Region that are quite capable of posing a relative threat to Modern-Era Soldiers, as evident during the Hakone Incident, as her superhuman abilities and reflexes allowed her to defend herself from US, Russian and Chinese Special forces, although it should be noted that these forces were ambushed and in a state on confusion, giving Rory the advantage.
* However, despite her superhuman strengths, in a realistic scenario, if she or the other supernatural beings fought a well-prepared JSDF, they would lose as under prolong fire from high caliber rounds from Assault Rifles, 50 caliber weapons, or even heavy weapons such as anti-tank rounds and artillery fire would render her regeneration useless as her body would be incinerated and destroyed by modern military weapons.
* She has underground-phobia since she's afraid of Hardy.
* Rory's name is a pun on the Japanese word Loli (Rori) which refers to Lolita, Lolita fashion and so on.
* Rory Mercury could be compared to that of liquid mercury metal. Like the element, she is quick and swift during a melee combat but is also deadly and extremely dangerous to anyone who dares to confront her. Also, as liquid mercury tends to change its state constantly, so does Rory's erratic and hot-tempered vile nature. In the anime even her lipstick color seems to change with her moods.
* Mercury (Mercurius) is the Roman/Latin Name of Hermes, a god from Greek Mythology. One of his duties is to guide the souls of the dead into Hades (the greek underworld).
* Mercury carried a wand, the Caduceus, that has a pair of snakes twined about it, Rory's halberd has a single twined near the axe head.
* She wants to visit Valhalla and meet Odin, the God of War from the Norse-Germanic Mythology when she has the chance to go back to the world beyond the gate, only because they have similarities.
* Rory falls deeply in love with Itami and has never been in love before.
* Rory is a heavy drinker.
* She can only collect souls of warriors who die in the Special Region not in the world beyond the Gate showing that the world beyond the Gate like Japan is out of her jurisdiction.
* Rory is the only girl in Itami's group to use physical violence against Itami in multiple occasion.
* Her Birthday is on March 31st.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Rory Mercury at Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There! Wiki
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