Priscilla Barielle

Lady Priscilla Barielle (born Prisca Benedict), also known as the Bloody Bride and the Sun Princess, is a major character in the 2014 Japanese dark fantasy light novel series and its 2014 manga & 2016 anime television series adaptations of the same name, and a major character in its 2015 spin-off prequel light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Ex.
Prisca Benedict was an arrogant princess of the Holy Empire of Volakia who faked her death after failing to claim victory over her beloved brother in the war of succession known as the "Rite of Imperial Selection." As "Priscilla Barielle," she became a candidate to rule the neighbouring Dragonfriend Kingdom of Lugunica. Highly intelligent, beautiful, and powerful, Barielle firmly believed that the world existed to suit her desires.
Priscilla Barielle is voiced by in Japanese and by in English. Tamura has also voiced Tenten in Naruto, Elizabeth Midford in Black Butler, Suzuha Amane in Steins;Gate, Mine in Akame Ga Kill!, Rika Furude in Higurashi: When They Cry, Nanoha Takamachi in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Talim in the Soulcaliber series. Mata has also voiced Ryuko in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Aqua in KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!, Astolfo in Fate, and Rin Hoshizora in Love Live!.
==Appearance==
Priscilla Barielle was a young woman with pristine light skin and a slender, curvaceous physique who stood at five feet and five inches tall. She had large, upturned eyes with crimson irises and white pupils, faint pink lips, rosy cheeks, thin eyebrows, and long, radiant orange hair. Her bangs were parted to the left and braided, and her face was frame by two long stands that reached down to her neckline. She usually had the end of her hair arranged in some form of ponytail. She was considered immensely beautiful, and her appearance was often described as evoking the feeling of gazing at the sun.
Priscilla wore exquisite clothing that matched the crimson color of her eyes. The dress she was seen wearing most frequently was an opulent black and red aristocratic dress with wrapped off-the-shoulder sleeves, a wide-hemmed heel-length red skirt, a black petticoat, a large black ribbon with red striping attached to the right side of her waist, and a black flowery ornament with red edging and emerald jewels decorating each petal that was adorned on the opposite side of Priscilla's waist. The dress was also backless and prettified by various emeralds fastened to the skirt. Under her dress, she wore translucent reddish-brown holdup stockings with a black elasticized band at the top. She also wore a black choker, a pair of red high-heel shoes, and a pair of long black fingerless opera gloves. She often carried a crimson handheld folding fan that she stored in her cleavage when not using. Finally, her middles fingers were bedecked with a single emerald ring each and similarly-colored teardrop-shaped earrings dangled from her earlobes. The jewels enriching Priscilla's figure were all of such fine craftsmanship that anyone could tell they were incredibly expensive at a glance. Subaru Natsuki estimated that her full outfit from top to bottom was worth at least a hundred times his own money.
==Powers & Abilities==
===Abilities===
*Genius Intellect: Priscilla Barielle, ever since her childhood as Prisca Benedict, exhibited a genius level of intelligence. Born into the Volakian Royal Family, her environment encouraged her to grow mentally and emotionally at an accelerated rate in comparison to a regular person. Before she even reached her adolescence, Benedict was a masterful strategist, manipulator, politician, and leader capable of outdoing a majority of her sixty-six siblings. Despite her general disinterest in the mundane occurrences of the world, Barielle demonstrated remarkable perceptiveness and intuition. She was even able to notice details that were concealed by magic. In regards to her siblings, her only known rivals in terms of intellect were her older brother Vincent Abelks and her older sister Lamia Godwin, the former of whom definitively surpassed her.
==Equipment==
*Bright Sword Volakia: The "Bright Sword Volakia" was one of the ten magical swords of power, a set of unique magical blades said to be unrivalled by all other weapons. Since the Holy Volakian Empire's foundation, the sword had been in the possession of the Volakian Royal Family and served as the symbol of office and personal weapon of the sovereign of Volakia. The weapon took the form of a large, exquisite crimson single-handed sword that shone like a flawless garnet. The wielder of the Bright Sword could materialize and dematerialize the blade at will, and the sword was capable of producing powerful fire that could be telekinetically controlled by its wielder. The white flame produced by the blade was many times hotter than any regular blaze, and could absorb lesser flames. There was nothing the weapon could not affect, as even beings with noncorporeal bodies and metaphysical targets like souls could be cut or burned by the Bright Sword. The Bright Sword's wielder could even designate what was affected by its attacks and what wasn't, meaning the Bright Sword caused no collateral damage. Furthermore, the sword improved the physical properties of its wielder to an immense level while drawn. However, summoning the blade and using its power required a large amount of the user's magical energy. Like certain other magical swords, the Bright Sword had a will of its own. It only imparted its power on members of the Volakian Royal Family it deemed as candidates worthy of ruling Volakia, and those who were deemed unworthy were incinerated by the sword upon making contact with it. The weapon was also known to withhold its power from its wielder if they contradicted the sword's desire. It was possible for multiple Bright Swords to be summoned simultaneously by different candidates for the throne of Volakia, and the existence of multiple copies did not reduce its quality. Despite losing the Rite of Imperial Selection, Priscilla Barielle was still deemed as worthy by the Bright Sword Volakia and as such was able to wield it without being incinerated.
==Quotes==
==List of Appearances==
Light Novel
===Ex Volume 5: The Tale of the Scarlet Princess===
*Crimson Shadow (First identified as Prisca Benedict)
*Vermillion Swordwolf
*Scarlet Parting
===Volume 4===
*Chapter 2: Blessings, Reunions, and Promises (First appearance)
*Chapter 3: On the Very Worst of Terms (First identified as Priscilla Barielle)
*Chapter 4: The Candidates for the Throne and Their Knights
*Chapter 5: Subaru Natsuki, the Self-Proclaimed Knight
===Volume 6===
*Chapter 2: A Pig's Greed
*Chapter 3: The Maw of the White Whale (Mentioned only)
===Volume 15===
*Chapter 4: Next Time, I'm Sure We'll Have Tea (Voice only in vision(s))
===Volume 16===
*Chapter 1: It Always Begins with a Visitor (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 2: The Water Gate City of Pristella (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 3: An Unexpected, Unplanned Reunion Long in Coming (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 4: Noisy Tranquility
*Chapter 5: Theatrical Malice
===Volume 17===
*Chapter 1: Casually Comparing Answers
*Chapter 2: A Showdown of Fire and Ice (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 3: Witch Cult Disaster Response HQ (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 5: The Operation to Retake City Hall (Mentioned only)
===Volume 18===
*Chapter 1: Picking Up the Pieces
*Chapter 2: What It Takes to Be a Knight (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 3: The Newest Hero and the Oldest Hero (Mentioned only)
*Chapter 4: The Stars Etched into History
Anime Adaptation
*Episode EX: Memory Snow
*Episode 12: Return to the Capital (First appearance)
*Episode 13: Self-Proclaimed Knight Subaru Natsuki
*Episode 14: The Sickness Called Despair (Illustration only)
*Episode 16: The Greed of a Pig
*Episode 18: From Zero (Appears in flashback(s))
*Episode 48: Love Me Down to My Blood and Guts (Voice only in vision(s))
Manga Adaptation
===Chapter 3: Truth of Zero===
*Episode 1: A Gentle, Early Morning (First appearance)
*Episode 2: The Orange Girl
*Episode 3: Shared Homeland (First identified as Priscilla Barielle)
*Episode 4: The Royal Selection Begins
*Episode 5: Statement of Conviction
*Episode 6: The Silver-Haired Witch's Request
*Episode 7: Subaru Natsuki, the Self-Proclaimed Knight
*Episode 8: The Self-Declared Knight and the Knight Proper
*Episode 10: A Decaying Mind (Illustration only)
*Episode 16: Immature Negotiating
*Episode 22: From Zero (Appears in flashback(s))
==Trivia==
*The surname Barielle has also been translated as "Bariel." 
==External Links==
*Priscilla Barielle at the Re:Zero wiki
*Priscilla Barielle at the VS Battles wiki
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