Rhea

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## **Character Info**

Rhea is the archbishop of the Church of Seiros as well as the leader of the Knights of Seiros. She guides the church from Garreg Mach Monastery, a school where the nobles of all three nations of Fodlan send their children (along with some commoners) so that they can learn to fight and be the next generation of leaders. Secretly, Rhea is also Saint Seiros, a legendary figure from 1,000 years ago, and one of the children of the progenitor god Sothis. It was Seiros who would defeat Nemesis and help to found the Adrestian Empire before founding the Church of Seiros in worship of her mother.

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

The Crest of Seiros will flash with a bright blue light and as it fades Rhea will appear from behind it with the Sword of Seiros in her hand.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will wear Seiros’ golden regalia atop his head complete with the blue tassels hanging off the side and a white flower on the side of his head.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Rhea will pull out a book of scriptures for the Church of Seiros as she flips through the pages for a second trying to find a particular passage before closing the book.

**Down Taunt:** Rhea will hold out her hand, palm facing up, as the Crest of Seiros manifests above her hand and slowly spins through the air.

**Side Taunt:** Rhea will point forwards with the Sword of Seiros and threateningly say, “You must be purified!”

### **Victory Poses**

1. Rhea will have her hands clasped together in front of her chest as she looks up into the sky and says, “May the goddess protect me.”
2. Rhea will take a sip from a cup of tea and look towards the screen with a serene smile.
3. Rhea will hold open a spellbook as she holds out her opposite hand to her side. An orb of light will appear from her hand as she swings it around in front of her before flinging it towards the ground as a pillar of light erupts from the ground. As she does this Rhea will say, “I must be strong… I must.”

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Finesse Blade:** Rhea will swing the Sword of Seiros with an upwards slash which creates a small crescent arc of magical energy in front of Rhea. This magical crescent will fly forwards in a straight line as a projectile which can hit enemies at a far distance. By charging up this attack the arc will get larger and deal more damage on hit, however it will also fly significantly shorter. At maximum charge the arc won’t travel at all and will instead explode right in front of Rhea after a second or two dealing multiple hits of damage to any fighter in front of Rhea.

### **Side Special**

**Fierce Iron Fist:** Rhea will equip a pair of steel gauntlets as she charges forwards about half of Battlefield. If Rhea makes contact with an opponent she will lay into them with three quick punch attacks. The first two punches are simple hits where the third is an uppercut that sends the opponent up into the air away from Rhea. After the attack is over Rhea will have to take a few moments to collect herself leaving her open to counter attacks.

### **Up Special**

**Recover:** Unlike 99.99% of the rest of the Smash Bros. roster, Rhea’s Up Special will not provide her any means of vertical recovery. This move instead recovers Rhea’s ability to fight in a more traditional way. Rhea will clasp her hands in front of her chest as a glowing light surrounds her from below and a meter next to her designed after the Crest of Seiros will begin to fill up. This meter moves slowly and Rhea is locked in place while she’s channeling her magic. When Rhea lets go of her Up Special she will be healed up to 20% of her damage based on how much she charged this special move with the amount being directly proportional to the charge. If Rhea gets attacked, or is otherwise interrupted, while using this special she will lose all the charge she had and she will not recover any health.

### **Down Special**

**Agnea's Arrow:** Rhea will hold up an arm above her head as she charges up her Faith magic before a small arrow of light manifests a few character heights up above her This arrow of light will fall straight down bypassing soft platforms until they hit something solid. When they do an explosion of light will burst out on impact hitting anything in their path. With some charge, this light arrow becomes thicker making it easier for it to hit opponents as well as making the explosion more damaging.

### **Final Smash**

**The Immaculate One:** With a face filled with rage, Rhea will transform into her draconic form known as The Immaculate One and fly off screen. Rhea will then reappear on either the left or right side of the screen, depending on which side she was closest to when she activated her Final Smash. As the Immaculate One, Rhea will let out a fierce roar before firing out a massive blast of white-hot flame from her mouth in a straight line that pierces all the way through the other side of the screen. This attack lasts for several seconds and immediately damages any opponent who makes contact with it for high damage and knockback, easily KOing fighters.

### **Extra Skill**

**Goddess's Blessing:** Rhea will concentrate with her head bowed as a translucent blue light glows around her. If Rhea is allowed to charge up this Extra Skill for 8 seconds she will erect a blue translucent barrier around herself. This barrier is emblazoned with the Crest of Seiros across its front and once it is created it will reduce the damage of the very next attack to hit Rhea by half of its damage no matter what that attack was.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Rhea [Default]**
2. **Rhea [Mila]** - Rhea’s outfit will reference Mila with her dress becoming more off-white while her cloak becomes shades of teal and turquoise. Rhea’s hair will be a yellowish-green.
3. **Rhea [Yune]** - Rhea’s outfit will reference Yune with her dress becoming yellow while her cloak becomes dark green and cyan. Rhea’s hair will be orange.
4. **Rhea [Ashera]** - Rhea’s outfit will reference Ashera with her dress becoming black and her cloak becomes gray and white. Rhea’s hair will be red.
5. **Rhea [Freyja]** - Rhea’s outfit will reference Freyja with her dress becoming light purple and purple. Rhea’s hair will be white.
6. **Seiros [Default]** - Rhea will change her outfit and name to her alter ego, Seiros.
7. **Seiros [Naga]** - Seiros’ outfit will reference Naga with it becoming mostly a light pink with the inner part of her cloak becoming purple. Seiros will have green hair.
8. **Seiros [Medeus]** - Seiros’ outfit will reference Medeus with it becoming mostly magenta with the inner part of her cloak becoming gold. Seiros’ hair will be white.
9. **Seiros [Loki]** - Seiros’ outfit will reference Loki with it becoming mostly dark purple with the inner part of her cloak becoming black. Seiros’ hair will be dark purple.
10. **Seiros [Eir]** - Seiros’ outfit will reference Eir with it becoming mostly black with the inner part of her cloak becoming white. Seiros’ hair will be silver.

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