Iliana Eckart (Manga)

"*I'm the Pretty Heroine of travel and messages! I am Sailor Hermes! It's my duty to direct you to the great beyond!*"
— Sailor Hermes's introduction
**Iliana Eckart**
 (デミ アルマシー, *Demi Arumashī*?) is a tertiary protagonist of Pretty Guardians of Olympus and the co-leader of the Secondary Olympian Sailor Senshi. She is also known as **Sailor Hermes**
 (セーラーエルメス, *Sēra Erumesu*?)–the Guardian of travel and messages–whose powers reside over speed and creating barriers.

## Appearance

### Civilian

Iliana is a slender girl with a peachy complexion and blue hair. Her blue hair is held in a long side ponytail on the right side of her head and she has fringed bangs parted in the middle. Iliana has a youthful face and wide dark blue eyes. However, in her character notes it is written that she has a fair amount of muscle because of her athleticism.

Iliana frequently wore the Prometheus Academy school uniform which consisted of a very dark blue blazer with yellow accents, white blouse, a blue tartan skirt, black socks, and a blue and yellow striped bowtie along with shoes of her choice (blue sneakers). She added a pin with the words "Future Olympian" written on it to her blazer. However, when she was not in her uniform, she often wore varying different outfits.

In the epilogue, Iliana wears an oversized jersey with the American flag printed on the back, track shorts, tube socks, and blue track shoes.

### Sailor Guardian

* Sailor Hermes
* Super Sailor Hermes
* Eternal Sailor Hermes
* Nobility

## Personality

Very noticeably, Iliana is naturally curious and very talkative. Her curiosity has often led to her digging her nose into things and spending hours researching or investigating. Thanks to this curiosity, she discovered the true identities of the Primary Olympian Sailor Guardians which was troublesome because of her difficulty keeping secrets or staying quiet. Iliana unabashedly enjoys gossiping and hates having to be quiet when people are around. This has resulted in her getting in trouble with her friends on various occasions. She's a social butterfly. Iliana knows how to work people with her quick tongue and cunning words. She knows what to say and how to say it, and can quickly clue in on how someone is feeling. Meanwhile, she is notorious for her jokes.

Iliana has demonstrated a trickster personality, often playing pranks on others and teasing them. She never has done this maliciously on purpose and expressed great remorse when it was malicious. However, this hasn't stopped her from toying with her combatants or rivals for extended periods of time. Iliana greatly cares for her family and friends along with her own pride and she isn't afraid to backdown from a challenge to prove her worth to those she cares about. She views protecting and helping others as one way to prove worth along with winning and demonstrating strengths.

According to Ares, Iliana has almost the exact same personality as her father. For this, Ares frequently avoided Iliana the best he could to not be "annoyed to the depths of Tartarus and back." Hermes lacks Iliana's self control and remorse with malicious pranks, though.

## Sailor Hermes

Iliana can transform into Sailor Hermes by calling out her transformation phrase as long as she has her transformation item with her.

### Phrases

* **Hermes Power, Make Up**
* **Hermes Deity Power, Make Up**
* **Hermes Divine Power, Make Up**
* **Hermes Crystal Power, Make Up**
* **Hermes Crystal Eternal Power, Make Up**

### Items

* **Transformation Pen**
* **Deity Power Stick**
* **Divine Power Wand**
* **Hermes Crystal Heart**
* **Hermes Crystal Star**

## Nomenclature & Etymology

### Etymology

**Iliana:** Iliana is the feminine version to the modern Greek name Ilias or the Bulgarian name of Iliya. Ilias, in turn, comes from the name Elias which derived from Elijah and Iliya comes from Elijah.

**Eckart:** Eckart originates as a German given name which is a variant of Ekkehard. Ekkehard means "edge which is brave or hardy."

## Trivia

* Iliana's favorite food is cheeseburgers.
* Unsurprisingly, Iliana has played almost every sport available to her: volleyball, softball, swim, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf, and track and field. But, she's best known in school for track and field.
* In the original publication and release of the manga, Iliana was born in 1978. With the rerelease, her birth year was left ambiguous and subsequently retconned to fit the ambiguity of the story now taking place in the 21st century.
* Iliana is the youngest of the Olympian Sailor Guardians (not including Elle who is younger than her).