Sun-Hwa Yoo

**Sun-Hwa Yoo** was a minor character of The Warrior Returns. She was the *Shield Warrior* and one of the Resistance Warriors who sided with the South Korean government against the 9-Warriors. However, she was seemingly killed before the main story began.

## Appearance

Sun-Hwa was a tall woman with green eyes and long, unkempt brown hair. Her combat attire included black pauldrons adorned with silver crosses.

## Personality

Sun-Hwa is an affectionate woman who always tries to talk to her enemies before resorting to violence, attempting to reason with Minsu Kim and Uiho Jeong and even successfully redeeming the former in one timeline. However, whilst in battle, she can also be quite underhanded, continuously goading Uiho into attacking her to charge up her shield's ability.

## History

### Original Timeline

In the original timeline, before Seongjun Lee began altering events, Sun-Hwa was one of the Resistance Warriors who fought against that world's 9-Warriors. After the war, she married Minsu Kim and started a family.

### Alternate Timelines

In many subsequent timelines caused by Seongjun's time-looping, Sun-Hwa continued to be in a relationship with Minsu. The two of them also tried to help Seongjun find a way to stop his looping. Unfortunately, Sun-Hwa and Seongjun ultimately became enemies when the latter joined the 9-Warriors in hopes that one of the Rebel Warriors might be able to kill him.

Seongjun's meddling with the timeline eventually resulted in the current world where Minsu snapped and joined the 9-Warriors, making him and Sun-Hwa enemies now. However, in at least one timeline, Sun-Hwa managed to successfully redeem Minsu and convince him to halt his rampage by letting him confide in her.

## Synopsis

### Current Timeline

After defeating the Demon King and returning to Earth, Sun-Hwa went on with her daily life. She was riding a train when Minsu Kim, began his rampage, and Jin Yu-seong, the hero of magic , reveals his true identity to stop him, and the Korean government searches for the heroes based on teenagers who have been missing for a year. Yeji Ahn came to Sun-Hwa's residence, hoping she'd fight against Minsu Kim. Sun-Hwa agreed, not wanting her world to fall to ruin. Concerned that she may be defeated, she asks Yeji to do the rest of her family a favor, but Yeji reassures her, saying that as an adult, she has no intention of sacrificing the young children.

## Powers & Abilities

As the **Shield Hero**, Sun-Hwa possessed powerful defensive abilities and shield based skills.

* **Shield Skills:** Her primary weapon was a large shield and as such possessed powerful skills using it.
	+ **Enlargement:** As shown after her death, she possessed the ability/skill to make her shield enlarge into a gigantic size, likely increasing its defense abilities and range of its protection. After her death, her shield notably remained in this size.
	+ **Shield Push:** A technique that unlocks the shield's function and converts the hardships accumulated so far into divine power to counter. After its usage, the spent cartridges are discharged.

## Trivia

* Sun-Hwa's design seems to be based off of Naofumi Iwatani from the light novel series *The Rising of the Shield Hero*, both having spiky hair, a somewhat intimidating figure, and a shield as their primary weapon.
* According to the Yongdol Gallery Q&A, before Seongjun Lee decided to make Minsu Kim the Demon Lord and he was attempting to make other corrupted Heroes turn into Demon Lords, the Shield Hero and the Transformation Hero were the most likely candidates for being the Demon Lord's "adversary". This is because the "potential" within Jeongsu Park was only discovered after Minsu Kim was corrupted and killed him, letting him become the Spear Hero.