Priestess/Synopsis

## Chronology

### Background

Priestess was an orphan who was raised in a temple into the priesthood along with other orphans. Since coming of age, she decided to leave the temple and help adventurers in need.

### Year One Volume 1

As a young acolyte, she was busy washing bandages for injured Adventurers when she noticed a fatigued Adventurer during a hectic day at the temple. Recalling the precepts of the Earth Mother, the acolyte cast a healing miracle on the Adventurer, but became disoriented as a result.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 1

Priestess first appeared as a newly registered Porcelain rank adventurer. She agreed to join three other newbies in eradicating a Goblin nest. After her first goblin hunt almost turned into a near-total party kill, she was saved by Goblin Slayer and joined him on his quests. Despite the events of her first adventure, she still wished to be an adventurer and to help her party however she could. As she fought alongside Goblin Slayer throughout the story, she learned how to use miracles alternatively, gained new miracles, and increased her ability to survive under his tutelage. After defeating an ogre, she was promoted to Obsidian rank.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 2

The party members took Goblin Slayer on a quest to exterminate goblins beneath Water Town, while also meeting the legendary Sword Maiden. While bathing in the Temple of Law with Sword Maiden, Priestess was told that Goblin Slayer would disappear one day. After she saw the numerous scars riddled across Sword Maiden's body, Priestess deduced that Sword Maiden knew about the true threat that goblins represent.

As she and the rest of the party ventured into the sewers again, Priestess discovered in a room what appeared to be an Adventurer in chains. However, upon discovering that the Adventurer was long deceased, they were suddenly locked in by goblins. Shortly after they managed to avoid being poisoned by the subsequent toxic gas, Priestess cast Protection in front of the door to prepare for their imminent battle with the goblins. Her spell managed to hold through the initial stages of the battle, but once Goblin Slayer was dealt a major blow by a Goblin Champion, Protection wore off. As the rest of her party became overwhelmed, Priestess cried in anguish as the goblin champion bit and tore off a portion of flesh from her arm. Fortunately, Goblin Slayer recovered just in time to rescue her by strangling the goblin champion, which also allowed the party members to push back the goblins. On the ground, Priestess apologized, but Goblin Slayer assured her that these types of situations happen sometimes, before he collapsed.

Priestess and Goblin Slayer recovered from their injuries by sleeping beside each other as part of the Resurrection spell. She briefly panicked and covered herself with a blanket after seeing that Goblin Slayer woke up, but calmed down after he told her that there was no scar on her arm. After they met up with the rest of the party, Priestess reminded Goblin Slayer to oblige on their promise to have a meal together after they got back. That evening, the two went out and ate ice cream, while also picking up armor Goblin Slayer ordered.

Priestess and the party then went back into the catacombs down a secret staircase that Goblin Slayer unintentionally uncovered. There, they found a gate mirror and confronted its guardian; right before Goblin Slayer set off a dust explosion to kill it, Priestess cast Protection to shield the party from the blast. When the goblins came back, she helped Lizard Priest pull off the mirror before escaping with the rest of the group.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 3

During the Harvest Festival, Priestess wore special garb to recite the Call God miracle. When Goblin Slayer told her and the rest of the party that goblins were approaching from the east and west, she and High Elf Archer fought the goblins on one side while the rest fought them on the other.

When the party fought Dark Elf, Priestess used Holy Light to blind him, allowing Goblin Slayer to wound him with a poisoned blade before finally killing him.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 4

Priestess was seen returning to the guild with Goblin Slayer after the two had completed a successful mission, albeit covered in what appeared to be blood.

Goblin Slayer Volume 5
As Goblin Slayer had taken a quest to rescue a noblewoman from goblins, Priestess and the rest of the party accompanied him. On their way north to the mountain village, Priestess figured that since the harvest was over, the village storehouses would be full of resources for the goblins to steal. The party arrived at the village currently under siege, where Priestess kept watch of Goblin Slayer's surroundings and supported him with her miracles. After the party saved the village, Priestess relaxed in a hot spring along with High Elf Archer and the two talked about being a human and elf. The party regroups shortly after and decides to storm the goblin nest further north.

Once the party reaches the goblin nest, Priestess takes the initiative by casting Holy Light, allowing the party to kill the blinded goblins with ease. High Elf Archer suffers an arrow to the thigh, however, forcing Priestess and the rest of the party to perform a painful extraction of the arrowhead. After further exploration of the area, Priestess is the first to find the missing noblewoman. Priestess points out that the mark of the green moon had been burned on the nape of the noblewoman's neck, identifying it as the symbol of the God of Wisdom. This information makes Priestess and Goblin Slayer realize that their opponent was a goblin paladin.

As part of a plan to infiltrate the paladin's nest, Priestess along with High Elf Archer and Noble Fencer are disguised as captives of the Evil Sect inside a cage. Priestess tries to bond with Noble Fencer by giving her a Breath ring for warmth, but puts it on for her after Noble Fencer proves to be stubborn. Priestess is harassed by the goblin escorting them, which provokes Noble Fencer to kill the goblin. When High Elf Archer becomes furious at Noble Fencer's lack of control, Priestess and the others get her to calm down. The party frees the captives inside the fortress, before destroying the goblins' equipment stored in the armory.

The party watches the goblin's ceremony in the central courtyard, but their cover is blown when the goblin paladin's magic activates the mark on Noble Fencer's neck and causes her to scream in pain. Priestess, Goblin Slayer, and Noble Fencer act to keep the goblins busy while the rest of the party goes to free the prisoners. As soon as the goblin paladin confronts them, Priestess and Noble Fencer are taken by Goblin Slayer down the fortress wall. The paladin and the goblins pursue the regrouped adventurers with his army, but Goblin Slayer manages to kill the paladin in a duel and Noble Fencer uses a Lightning spell on the mountain to create an avalanche that swallows the goblins. Immediately, Priestess casts Protection to shield the party and the prisoners from the snow.

The party later returns to the frontier town to celebrate the new year. During the festivities, Priestess promises to write Noble Fencer plenty of letters, and the latter promises to do the same. She finds Goblin Slayer keeping guard outside the frontier town, and scolds him for prioritizing goblin slaying over enjoying the festivities with everyone else. To her surprise, however, Goblin Slayer agrees, though he admits celebrating wasn't part of who he was. After Priestess prepares a stew pot, Goblin Slayer tells her he looks forward to another year of adventuring with her.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 6

Having just started her second year of Adventuring, Priestess was ecstatic to receive a promotion referral to Steel. To her disappointment, however, Priestess was unable to pass for promotion. Her party members figured that the Adventurer's Guild thought she was piggybacking on a party of silver-ranked adventurers, so they suggested that Priestess adventure with another Porcelain or Obsidian. Overhearing their conversation, Wizard Boy slandered Priestess for her failure (though he himself was only a day old Porcelain himself) and demeaned the role of support for hiding in the back, which earned him the ire of almost every surrounding adventurer, specifically other surrounding clerics. Female Knight, who decided to intervene, proposed that he slay some goblins on the condition that Priestess would lead him. During an adventure into a goblin-infested mausoleum, however, Wizard Boy refused to heed Priestess' directions and had to be rescued by Goblin Slayer's party. Unable to come up with an action plan of her own, she was forced to hand leadership back to Goblin Slayer for the time being. When the party feasted after completing the quest, Priestess was unsettled after learning Wizard was Wizard Boy's older sister.

Once her fellow rookies finished training with Spearman and Female Knight, Priestess arrived to hand them refreshments. Making small talk with Wizard Boy, Priestess mentioned she knew a wizard who wanted to slay dragons; when Wizard Boy deemed that goal would be nothing more than a dream, Priestess responded that dreams didn't have to be anything more than what they were. Sometime later, while eating with Lizard Priest, Priestess asked Rhea Fighter to adventure with her, which the latter accepted.

When the goblins attacked the training grounds three days later, Priestess figured the goblins were also hunting the rookies who did not stay for night training. As a result, Priestess took Wizard Boy, Apprentice Cleric, Rookie Warrior, and Rhea Fighter with her to rescue the rookies, while her party and other silver-ranked adventurers dealt with the goblins. Priestess used her miracles to stave off goblins so that the others could rescue the injured rookies, before letting Wizard Boy deter them using his spell.  After the battle was won, her accomplishments enabled her to be promoted to Steel. Recalling her experiences since her first goblin-slaying quest, Priestess questioned if she was actually strong enough for her promotion.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 7

Priestess, the party along with Guild Girl and Cow Girl were invited by High Elf Archer to her sister's wedding. Before they went, the party killed some goblins in a church, recovered several clay tablets, and rescued the surviving nuns; with her new miracle Purify, Priestess cleaned off the dirt, blood, and gore from the nuns' clothes. Once the tablets were delivered to Water Town, the party set sail on a raft to the elves' home. When they were soon attacked from the banks by Goblin Riders, Priestess used Purify to clear the river of debris the goblins had tossed in.

After she and the group were escorted to the elf forest, Priestess bathed in an underground waterfall with Cow Girl and Guild Girl. When Mokele Mubenbe attacked, Priestess healed the beast of its injuries after the party managed to knock it unconscious and kill the goblins riding it.

As Priestess and the party later set sail toward the goblin hideout, she vomited in disgust after they discovered a forest of corpses impaled on sticks. When the party sneaked into the goblins' fortress and picked up the sound of a person's voice, Priestess urged the adventurers to head towards the source in case the person was a captive. Unfortunately, they made their way there only to find the remains of an adventurer crushed under a millstone, which unnerved Priestess once more. When the adventurers took a moment to rest, Priestess struggled to lay still.

When they finally battled the goblins and their shaman leader and to Priestess' horror, most of the party were incapacitated due to the shaman casting Sleep Cloud. Acting upon pure instinct, Priestess used Purify to turn the goblin shaman's blood into water. Priestess was snapped back to her senses when the Earth Mother denounced her usage of Purify, breaking down into tears upon realizing what she had done. However, this stalled the shaman long enough for the party to regain consciousness, retreat, and then flood the fortress, killing the goblins. When Priestess questioned if she was still worthy of the Earth Mother and her miracles, she was prompted by a murmured voice to behold the sight of a rainbow.

At the wedding, Priestess was asked by High Elf Archer to say a prayer to the Earth Mother for the elves. Initially doubtful she was still fit to pray to the goddess, she was pleasantly surprised when her prayer reached the Earth Mother. She and the group returned to the frontier town after three days.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 8

Priestess and her companions took a quest under the assumption that "sea-goblins" were attacking the fishing grounds, but instead discover that the "sea-goblins" were actually gillmen, and that they were being blamed for a sea serpent causing a shortage of fish. When Goblin Slayer prepared to head home, Priestess and High Elf Archer persuade him to slay the sea serpent.

Sword Maiden requests the aid of Goblin Slayer, which has Priestess and the rest of the party accompany them on their trip to the capital. When they are attacked by goblin riders, Priestess was prompted to cast Protection around the carriage and themselves; this allowed Lizard Priest, who had moved to another position beforehand to use his Dragontooth Warriors to press the goblins toward the barrier and to be killed by the rest of the party. After the goblins' and wolves' stomachs open, the party learns that their stomachs were full despite not traveling with provisions. This leads Priestess to guess that the leader was still somewhere.

Upon arriving at the capital, Priestess visits Wizard's grave. There, she tells that she'll keep hunting goblins even with the skittish behavior she was scolded for, and also tells her about the time she met her younger brother. When asked by High Elf Archer if her former party members were all deceased, Priestess revealed that Fighter was alive, but she does not have enough courage to visit her. When she goes with High Elf Archer to a public bathing facility, another girl who looked like her inquired into her equipment, rank and class. She is soon distraught upon discovering that her equipment was stolen by the girl, and the loss of her chain mail causes Priestess to break into tears.

The next day, she and the rest of the party are called to rescue the princess, who had been taken captive by goblins. She felt resentment toward the princess for taking her valuables, but was able to acknowledge that she didn't deserve whatever the goblins might do to her. When the party stumbles upon the site of the kidnapping, Priestess discovers the remains of her vestments and recovers her sounding staff. Once the party manages to infiltrate the Dungeon of the Dead and take the elevator down to fourth floor, Priestess uses her Purify miracle to eliminate the miasma surrounding the area. She soon locates the captive princess and identifies the enemy leader as a goblin priest, who uses Protection to block High Elf Archer's arrows. Priestess soon figures out that the princess was to be used as a living sacrifice, which also leads Goblin Slayer to learn that the blood of the deceased was being used to fuel the priest's magic. She promptly uses Purify to turn the blood into untainted water, cutting off the goblin priest's supply of magic, and allowing Goblin Slayer to club his head.

The party is barely able to relax, as a greater demon's hand emerges from the goblin priest and assails the adventurers with a blizzard. After Goblin Slayer soaks it with slippery gasoline, Priestess uses the Blue Ribbon to open the elevator doors so that Goblin Slayer could slide the hand inside. She then casts Protection above the hand and raises the elevator chamber to crush the hand between it and her Protection barrier.

She and the party prepare to face off more goblins when they return to the first floor, but Sword Maiden and reinforcements arrive to kill them all. Priestess notices that Sword Maiden was barely able to hold herself up, and that her gaze was focused directly onto Goblin Slayer. After reluctantly pulling her hand away from Goblin Slayer's, Priestess resolves to be a source of strength to him.

Later at the tavern, Priestess is told by Guild Girl that the princess has recently converted to a belief in the Earth Mother after meeting a cleric, and that she wanted to grow up like her. Priestess finds herself speechless upon hearing the news, and cries tears of profound happiness.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 9

As Winter rolled in, Priestess found herself studying the Monster Guide when Goblin Slayer went off on an errand with Cow Girl. As she studied, she was approached by her fellow rookies Apprentice Cleric and Rookie Warrior who were hoping she could help them out with a Quest. Excited about helping her friends finally rank up, she quickly agreed and much to her surprise, High Elf Archer, Dwarf Shaman, and even Lizard Priest volunteered their services. Much to her surprise, Priestess was named "Leader" again, placed in charge of the Rookie Duo, and reminded the Silver-Ranked veterans would serve as the rookies "back-up".

Heading towards the Northern Mountains, Priestess is filled in on what the Quest is by Apprentice Cleric who had given a "hand-out" by the Supreme God to end the Never-ending Winter. Priestess was concerned by the vagueness of the request but had faith that getting to the Mountain would be a decent start. As they traveled up the mountain from Apprentice Cleric's vision, the group met Harefolk Hunter who guided them to her village, revealing they were being attacked daily by a band of Yeti who were under the employ of the Ice Witch, the mastermind behind the Never-ending Winter. After using her wits to repel the Yeti from the village, using deception and trickery to defeat them, Priestess eased Apprentice Clerics mind with a loophole explanation. With the village saved for the time being, Priestess and her Party prepared a plan to take the fight to the Ice Witch.

After some scouting, Priestess and High Elf Archer discovered the Ice Witch's location as well as her small band of Yeti guards and the magic *Drums of Winter* she was using to try and bring upon the next ice age. The group then devised a plan to distract her guard and distract the Witch so they can swipe the Drums from the Ice Witch. As the veterans engaged the Yeti, Priestess led the Rookie Duo and Harefolk Hunter into the cave to steal the Drums; however the Ice Witch noticed this and sent a swarm of Giant Rats at them forcing them to split up. Priestess split off with Harefolk Hunter, who found a special silver arrow that the Ice Witch stole. Suddenly, Priestess was confronted by Goblin Slayer, more concerned for her safety than Goblins, to which Priestess immediately sees through as an illusion from the Ice Witch. Casting *Minor Heal*, Priestess was able to wound Ice Witch enough for Harefolk Hunter to shoot the silver arrow into her heart and have Apprentice Cleric finish her with her *Holy Smite*, winning the day for the Forces of Order.

After letting the Rookie Duo and Harefolk Hunter handle the Drums of Winter for the Harefolk Village, Priestess and the others noticed a rising smoke signal in the distance and decided to check it out, having a hunch that Goblin Slayer was behind it. Using frozen blankets as makeshift sleds, Priestess was able to get down the mountain quickly and found her hunch was correct. Goblin Slayer was engaged in battle with an Ogre and a small army of Goblins in an abandoned village and trying to enact a plan to send them into a frozen lake. Working together, Priestess and the others were able to cast *Holy Light* and *Falling Control* on Ogre and send him into a frozen lake, drowning him and rescuing the captured Adventurers.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 10

As summer came, Priestess began to balance her time doing quests and helping out her Temple's vineyards, something the other members of her Party agreed to help her out with as well. Priestess notes she has turned 17 but wonders if she has matured since she starting adventuring with Goblin Slayer 3 years ago, to which he compliments her growth. Upon hearing that the Temple's vineyards have detected "Small footprints", Priestess gets Goblin Slayer to look into it with her, worrying about Goblins on the move. Sister Grape thanks Priestess, her junior, for the help; but not before playfully teasing her in front of her Party much to her embarrassment.

The next day, Priestess went with her Party to investigate a potential Goblin Nest, however, Priestess was off her game due to the numerous new rumors spreading that Sister Grape was a "Goblin's Daughter". The unusual anger from her was enough to cause the rest of her Party to worry about her and get her to focus. Quickly they found the "Nest", only to discover there were indeed Goblins there, but the *undead kind*. Using her Miracles effectively, given the Undead's weakness to holy nature, Priestess becomes essential to the fight. The arrival of a Flying Demon further complicated things for Priestess, hurting her leg in the process; but as Lizard Priest dealt with the Demon, Priestess was able to banish the Undead with her Miracles.

As they return to the Guild, the constant rumors about Sister Grape frustrate Priestess to the point where she turns to drink to deal with her feelings. As the rest of her Party, sans Goblin Slayer, try to cheer her up, Padfoot Waitress came over and revealed that a major wine merchant from the Water Town has been trying to push into the Frontier Town's industry. She then confirms the Guild gets a large amount of their wine from Sister Grape's operation. With this, Priestess and the others immediately deduce this Wine Merchant has been spreading the false rumors about Sister Grape to muscle in on the Frontier Town's wine market. Despite understanding the situation, Priestess admitted she had no idea how to confront the situation, causing her more anguish.

The next day, many of the Veterans of the Guild, included Goblin Slayer, had decided to look into Priestess and Sister Grape's situation and start their own investigations, sensing something larger was afoot. After interviewing Cow Girl's Uncle, and learning the Wine Merchant made an offer to buy his land and even promised to find Goblin Slayer a Noble-born wife, much to her and Cow Girl's jealously, Goblin Slayer realized there was indeed a larger plot. Priestess then followed Goblin Slayer to a shady part of town, to a hardware store. Much to Priestess' confusion, Goblin Slayer and the Owner start to talk in coded riddles and then are led to a secret backroom to a speak easy. Staying silent, Priestess watches in awe as Goblin Slayer and a Masked Man begin speaking in codes implying a transaction about the Wine Merchant in question. After leaving, Priestess questions what had happened, only to realize Goblin Slayer had just contracted the Rogues Guild for "assistance" much to her shock.

Sometime later, and some investigations from the Rogues Guild, Priestess is shocked to discover that in that time the Wine Merchant has been arrested and his son comes to Goblin Slayer for help. Though Priestess was understandably hesitant, Goblin Slayer agrees to help when the son reveals his father was arrested for corruption and dealing with the Forces of Chaos, who reveal they plan on attack the Earth Mother's Temple. Though Priestess admits she'd rather help protect her Temple, Sister Grape gave her a pep talk encouraging her to help and forgive. Hearing Sister Grape's optimism. Sister Grape also convinced her to forgive those who believed the rumors about her, renewing her faith in her fellow Adventures and agrees to help the Wine Merchant's son.

Traveling to the Water Town, Priestess meet the Wine Merchant's family and learned that they were completely innocent and exonerated of the Merchant's crimes, refueling her desire to help. Preparing for the coming Goblin attack, Priestess took to her usual role of support as the other take positions that suit their skills. As the Goblin Horde attacked, Priestess stayed alongside Goblin Slayer and Lizard Priest making sure to be ready with healing and items. Priestess ended up using her barrier to create manageable waves of Goblins for the fighters to handle, greatly whittling down the Goblin Horde. However, when three small Goblin boats and an armored chariot appeared, Priestess' quick thinking caused her to use *Holy Light*, blinding the chariot rider for Lizard Priest to hold it down and Goblin Slayer to blow it off course with his bombs, straight into the coming boats, winning the day for the Party.

Victorious and learning that the Earth Mother's Temple defense had been successful, Priestess celebrated with her friends and thanked them. As the grape harvest had gone under way, Priestess joined Sister Grape in the celebration and harvested her friend's hard defended grapes for her wine. She also congratulated the Wine Merchant's son who had joined them in thanking everyone who helped, and is pleased to hear the wine of the summer's effort was to be named “Wine of the Summer of Goblin Slaying” honoring Goblin Slayer’s efforts. Priestess than joins the rest of her lady friends in smashing the grapes as Goblin Slayer watched on.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 11

As Priestess' friends Club Fighter, Supreme God's Cleric, and Harefolk Hunter returned victorious from their first *Goblin Slaying Quest*, filthy disgusted much to Goblin Slayer's approval, Priestess is informed she had a visitor at the front gates. Priestess learns that Female Merchant came to offer her and her Party a job escorting her to the Desert Kingdom on business. Priestess becomes elated when Goblin Slayer surprisingly agrees, as Female Merchant disclosed the rise of Goblin invasions in the country. Guild Girl burst Priestess' enthusiasm by reminding Priestess, as a Steel-Rank, it was against the rules for her to accept Quests outside the Kingdom much to her dismay. However, because Female Merchant had requested her specifically, Guild Girl used the request as a loophole to make the Quest Priestess' review for Sapphire Rank, allowing her to take the Quest. Teaming up with Female Merchant, Priestess hounded Spearman for advice and information on the Desert climate after Guild Girl told them he had grown up near the Desert Kingdom.

### Goblin Slayer Volume 16

1. ↑ *Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One Light Novel* - Volume 1, Chapter 8: Ending Phase
2. ↑ *Goblin Slayer Light Novel* - Volume 3, Chapter 4: It's Your Smile That Matters
3. ↑ *Goblin Slayer Light Novel* - Volume 3, Chapter 5: A Scenario Overturned
4. ↑ *Goblin Slayer Light Novel* - Volume 3, Chapter 6: Seven Powers
5. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 6, Chapter 3: Magical Resources
6. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 6, Chapter 4: The Men with No Names
7. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 6, Chapter 6: To Each Their Own Battle
8. ↑ *Goblin Slayer Light Novel* - Volume 6, Chapter 7: Onward to Adventure
9. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 7, Chapter 1: A Handout for Her
10. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 7, Chapter 2: Beard-Cutter Goes to the Southern River
11. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 7, Chapter 4: The Fight with the Beast
12. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 7, Chapter 6: Heart of Darkness
13. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 7, Chapter 7: Cleanse the Blood
14. ↑ *Goblin Slayer* Light Novel - Volume 7, Chapter 8: A Midsummer Night's Dream