Riser Phenex

**Riser Phenex** is the third son of the Phenex Clan after his elder brother and an unnamed second older brother. He is the youngest son of Raymond Phenex and Roxanne Phenex, the younger brother of Ruval Phenex and an unnamed older brother, and the older brother of Ravel Phenex. He was the main antagonist of *Misfit DxD*. He was once Rias Gremory’s fiancé who has inherited the powers of the immortal bird, Phoenix, granting him immortality and instant regeneration. His all-female peerage consists of fourteen members.

## Appearance

Riser is a tall and handsome young man in his early 20's with short blond hair and dark blue eyes.

His outfit consists of a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer is a white dress shirt that is not fully buttoned (just one button short), giving a slight view to his chest.

## Personality

During his introductory volume, Riser is shown to be an arrogant, aggressive playboy with a holier-than-thou personality, making improper advances on Rias. He is also condescending towards humans, mocking Jolo as a lowborn, earning him a beatdown by the aforementioned human. Despite this, Riser does show an honorable side, as he allows Rias and her peerage ten days to prepare themselves for their Rating Game, knowing he would simply crush her and her peerage had she not accepted.

Later, after his defeat and humiliation by the hands of Jolo, Riser fell into a slump following his defeat, not moving out of his house after the loss. It is also explained that Riser developed a fear of death as a result of losing to Jolo and he became traumatized, upon seeing Jolo he would quake in fear. Riser is also shown to be a pervert, not only purposely creating an all female peerage, but also his desire to see Rias and Akeno's breast partially being what brings him out of his slump. After recovering from his trauma, Riser seems to have reformed from his old ways, showing a degree of respect for his former combatants, especially Jolo. For example, in Volume 10, he gives Rias advice on Rating Games prior to her match against Sairaorg, and in Volume 12, he gives his condolences to Ravel and Rias after Issei's supposed death.

## History

Riser is the third (and youngest) son of the Phenex family and the second-youngest sibling in the family, behind his sister Ravel. At some point before the start of the series, his family set up an arranged marriage between him and Rias (with her family's approval, as well) in an attempt to unite the two families and to preserve the bloodline of Pure-Blooded Devils.

## Powers & Abilities

**Demonic Power**: As a Devil, Riser has all the common skills and powers of one, including the power to cast spells. It is shown Riser can teleport himself to any location. In the LN, Riser was stated to possess a rainbow-colored demonic aura.

* **Immortality**: As a member of the Phenex Clan, Riser shares his family's signature regeneration abilities, being able to regenerate lost limbs and recover from wounds instantaneously. However, his regeneration is entirely dependent on his level of Demonic energy. Being drenched in enhanced Holy Water caused high amounts of damage which stopped his regeneration altogether and he seemingly couldn't heal damage that was inflicted on him by Issei while he was using a holy cross. His regeneration was also the cause of his arrogance, thinking it makes him immortal.

* **Hell Fire**: Coming from the Phenex Clan, Riser is capable of creating and control the powerful Hell Fire. Riser can also create a defensive barrier made of fire.

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat**: In Volume DX.1, it is mentioned that he trained in hand to hand combat with Sairaorg Bael. Riser was able to hold his own against Jolo and can also combine his punches with the Hell Fire to further increase the power of his physical attacks.

**Flight**: Being a Devil, Riser can fly using his fiery wings.

## Trivia

* Riser is derived from "rise/rising" and the meaning in context relating to Riser, is something that rises; prominence.
* Riser's height is 180 cm. (5 feet 11 inches) according to the visual book with his data, making him the fifth-tallest male character recorded in the series, behind Dohnaseek, Azazel, Sairaorg and Mil-tan.
* Riser's Rating Game record is 9 wins and 4 losses.
	+ According to Rias, Riser lost the first two games on purpose out of respect for one of the households his family was close to.
* In the Ophis side story "My First Errand", it is revealed that Riser likes hamburgers.
* A manga side-story reveals that Riser asked Ravel to be his Bishop so that he could have a full set of different "types" in his peerage, specifically the little sister and the *tsundere*.
* On the cover of chapter 71, he is seen watching the Rating Game match between the Gremory and Sitri teams scolding while his sister cheers for Issei.
* In the anime, Riser has a Greenwing Macaw parrot as a familiar.
* In the Funimation Dubbed version, Riser mostly refers to himself in the third person.
* In the "DxD" popularity election, his battle with Issei (the climax of Volume 2) was selected for 2nd place in the best bout category.