Fortuna

Fortuna is a major flashback character in the 2014 Japanese dark fantasy light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, as well as its anime television series adaptation of the same name.
Fortuna was an elven woman whose brother married a human Witch and bore a half-elven girl named Emilia. However, after her brother and sister-in-law were murdered by the Witch of Vanity Pandora, Fortuna took Emilia in and raised her as her own daughter. At some point, the pair moved into an elven village in the Great Elior Forest where they were warmly welcomed. Emilia, for unclear reasons, was of paramount importance and as such was protected by the villagers. The settlement would occasionally receive supply deliveries from Geuse Romanée-Conti and his Witch Cult underlings. Fortuna and Geuse shared a long history and both had unspoken feelings for the other.
One day, the village was attacked by radical members of the Witch Cult led by the Sin Archbishop of Greed Regulus Corneas as well as Pandora. After ordering Archi Elior to evacuate Emilia from the forest, Fortuna attempted to defeat Corneas and Pandora alongside Geuse. The Witch of Vanity was able to separate herself from the fight and catch up with Emilia, who herself had already been separated from Archi. When Geuse and Fortuna arrived on the scene, Pandora was able to use her power to trick the former into impaling the latter. Fortuna died in the arms of Emilia, who subsequently froze the entire forest in her rage. Romanée-Conti, driven insane by his accidental actions, joined the Witch as she left the frozen forest.
Fortuna is voiced by in the Japanese version of the anime and by in the English version. Tomatsu has also voiced Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Zero Two in Darling in the Franxx, Haru Okumura in Persona 5, Iona Hikawa in Happiness Charge Pretty Cure, Kusuo Saiki's female form in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., and Candelilla in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. Connors has also voiced Akane Hiyama in Love Tyrant, Ms. Joke in My Hero Academia, Brandish μ in Fairy Tail, Mei Aihara in Citrus, and Seira in One Piece.
==Appearance==
Fortuna was a beautiful woman with a fit physique whose glistening silver hair was cut fairly short. Her almond-shaped violet eyes, that looked similar to Subaru Natsuki's, glistened like gemstones and were sharp and intimidating. As an elf, her ears were abnormally pointed. In her hair, Fortuna wore a silver hairpin shaped like a four-petaled flower. After Fortuna's death at the hands of Geuse, Emilia took to wearing her pin so she could always have a part of her beloved mother with her.
Like every elf in Elior Forest, Fortuna wore clothing that was primarily white and violet. Her outfit, which prioritized ease of movement, consisted of a sleeveless skin-tight violet unitard, white knee-high boots with violet soles, a band consisting of identical white flowers on her right thigh, and a white cold shoulder jacket with violet edging that went down to her waist and was open below the breasts. A golden broch in the shape of a pair of open wings was affixed to her collar. In the unthinkable present, Fortuna wore a white sun hat with a light blue band and a long dress in a similar style to her usual outfit.
==Personality==
Fortuna was a kind-hearted and modest woman who cared deeply for her loved ones and would give anything to protect and nurture them. She seemed to have low self-esteem, as she routinely understated her positive features. As a result of her pessimistic outlook on herself, Fortuna became easily flustered by compliments given to her by her loved ones, particularly Geuse. In a weak attempt to hide her embarrassment, she would usually admonish the person who complimented her and act as though she was angry with them. Despite her self-esteem problems, the elven woman was courageous in battle, refusing to yield even if she stood no chance of victory and would die as a result of her failure. A pansexual, Fortuna judged her romantic partners by their character rather than their gender or physical appearance, as exemplified by her attraction to Geuse, a male spirit who occasionally inhabited female bodies.
==Powers & Abilities==
*Longevity: As an elf, Fortuna had an unspecified lifespan that far surpassed a human one. At the time of her death, she had lived for at least over a century yet still maintained the physical appearance and athleticism of a young human woman.
*Magic: Like all living creatures, Fortuna naturally absorbed magical energy known as mana into her body that she could potentially use to produce magical spells that manipulated reality in very limited ways. Most people were only able to use spells from only one of the six magical elements, with Fortuna being connected to the element of fire. Considered one of the five greatest fire mages, Fortuna was able to perform powerful spells with her vast reserves of mana.
**Thermokinesis: The fire element, despite its name, allowed its user to cast spells that manipulated temperature rather than simply fire. By freezing the air around her, Fortuna could produce large amounts of sturdy ice that she could then telekinetically direct. She could wordlessly summon icicles sharp enough to rip a human in half and could produce shards of ice large enough to crush a person under its weight. Al Huma was a spell used by Fortuna that produced a spear of ice large enough to blot out the sky and upend any surface it struck.
==Gallery==
ReZero Light Novel Volume 14 Cover.jpg|Fortuna with her niece Emilia and Geuse on the cover of the fourteenth light novel.
ReZero Light Novel Volume 14 Cover Art.jpg|Fortuna with young Emilia and Geuse on the textless cover of the fourteenth light novel.
ReZero Volume 14 Fortuna & Geuse Description.jpg|Character summaries of Fortuna, young Emilia, and Geuse in the fourteenth light novel.
ReZero Volume 14 Fortuna & Emilia Princess Room Illustration.jpg|Fortuna telling Emilia to stay in the Princess Room while the Witch Cult made their deliveries.
ReZero Volume 14 Geuse accidently kills Fortuna Illustration.jpg|Due to Pandora's trickery, Fortuna was accidentally impaled by Romanée-Conti's Unseen Hand.
ReZero Volume 14 Fortuna dies Illustration.jpg|Fortuna died in the arms of her precious daughter as she told Emilia that she loved her dearly.
ReZero Volume 15 Emilia's trial of present Illustration.jpg|Fortuna with Geuse and an older Emilia in a vision of a possible alternate reality witnessed by the latter.
ReZero Season 2 Announcement.jpg|Fortuna (with Archi Elior and Geuse) on the announcement illustration for season two of the anime.
Geuse, Fortuna, Emilia Long Shot opening.png|Fortuna with Geuse and Emilia in Long Shot, the second opening of the anime's second season.
Fortuna Frozen Bond.png|Fortuna appearing in Emilia's fractured memories after the girl emerged from her icy imprisonment.
==List of Appearances==
Light Novel
===Volume 13===
*Chapter 4: Lies, Liars, and Con Artists (First appearance) (Appears in dream)
===Volume 14===
*Chapter 1: —Journey of Memories (First full appearance) (Appears in vision)
*Chapter 3: The Day Alpha Orionis Laughed (Appears in vision)
*Chapter 4: The Eternal Freezing of the Great Elior Forest (Appears in vision)
===Volume 15===
*Chapter 2: Happiness Reflected Upon the Water's Surface (Appears in vision)
Anime Adaptation
*Episode EX: The Frozen Bond (First appearance) (Appears in flashback)
*Episode 39: STRAIGHT BET (First identified) (Appears in flashbacks)
*Episode 42: A Journey Through Memories (First full appearance) (Appears in vision)
*Episode 43:The Day Petelgeuse Laughed (Appears in vision)
*Episode 44: The Permafrost of Elior Forest (Appears in vision)
*Episode 47: Happiness Reflected on the Water's Surface (Appears in vision)
==Trivia==
*Fortuna and Petelgeuse's Japanese voice actors also voice Asuna Yuuki and Kazuto Kirigaya, a well known and popular couple from the anime series Sword Art Online, respectively.
*In episode 43 of the anime adaptation, Fortuna erroneously chanted Al Fula (the name of a wind magic spell) when using Al Huma against Regulus of Greed.
*A popular fan theory speculates that Fortuna survived the Elior incident and became the crazed Sin Archbishop of Wrath Sirius. Both Fortuna and Sirius had silver hair and violet eyes, traits considered rare; both were in love with Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti and didn't care what body he was in; both possessed longevity and lived for at least over a century; both were able to manipulate flames; and both had their home destroyed in a Witch hunt.
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