Iris Hearthouse (Magical Heart)

**Princess Iris Hearthouse** (Japanese: **相川郁江** *Aikawa Ikue*) is one of the main characters of the *Lolirock* arc in *Magical Heart*. She is the Princess of Ephedia who fights for justice and peace for both her home planet/realm and her precious planet Earth, initially not knowing her heritage. She is a Amour/Musique Èlèmen and her Èlèmen of Harmony is both Magic and Love. Needless to say, she is represented by hearts.

## Bio

### **Appearance**

Iris is a fair-skinned girl with classic-length wavy blonde hair that has bangs swept to the right side with a medium-length hair strand resting on her left shoulder, light blue eyes, pink lipstick, and freckles near her nose. She usually wears a pink bow on the right side of her head, a pink strapless double-layered dress with a purple bow tied around her waist and a pair of purplish-brown ankle boots with pink straps. She wears her LoliNecklace for her first two seasons of appearance, and as of her third season of appearance, she wears a necklace with her Dream Seed.

As the **Princess of Ephidea**, her hair grows longer and becomes rose pink. Her magic gem symbol is a pink heart located in her LoliNecklace. She wears a white, gold and pink strapless dress, white handless gloves and pink boots.

In her **Shanila** form, her hair is turned longer and pale pinkish white that is blown above her head. She gets pink eyes and magenta 'wings', a pink and white feathery dress and heels, a sparkly dress train and her Ephedian crown.

In her **Innocent Starlight** form, her hair becomes pale pink and is goes down to just 10 inches above her feet, while her lipstick becomes light pink and she gains blush and eyeshadow. Her dress is still strapless but turns white with pink accents and her skirt is three-layered, while she has light pink Mary Janes and white flared armwarmers. Like all others, she has light magenta star-like wings, but also has a giant hot pink heart-shaped bow on the back of her waist and, like her Shanila form, even has her Ephedian crown.

### **Personality**

Iris is a kind-hearted and selfless girl who is willing to help everyone that she will always be there when her friends need her most and will never give up on her friends. She is willing to show forgiveness to people who have done her wrong. She is also passionate about music and enjoys performing in the *LoliRock* band. However, she can act a bit spoiled or stubborn at times.

### **History**

#### **Pre-Franchise**

Iris was born on Ephedia as the daughter of the King and Queen of Ephedia, making her the princess of the kingdom. However, when she was a baby, her home was attacked by the evil Gramorr, where he took control and overthrew her parents as ruler. In order to protect her, the Queen sent Iris to Earth in order to keep her safe. When Iris arrived on Earth, she was unaware of her true heritage or of her magical powers and grew up for most of her life, believing to be a regular girl. Iris was adopted by her Aunt Ellen and lived in Sunny Bay, where she would become the girlfriend of Nathaniel. She eventually develops strong feelings towards him as she got older, but is too afraid to admit how she feels. Iris also gained a rival, Missy Robins, who also had feelings towards Nathaniel.

#### **Magical Heart: Lolirock Arc**

Iris first appeared in *To Find a Princess* where, having recently been fired from a babysitting job due to her singing causing a mess, she was in a slum over being able to keep a proper job, but then, Nathaniel suggested that she audition for a new band called LoliRock, and after some hesitation, she agreed. When she started singing, her voice unleashed a burst of energy which trashed the entire room, causing Iris to panic and run off. However, the energy burst attracted the attention of the evil Gramorr, who sent Mephisto and Praxina after Iris, but she managed to escape thanks to the help of Talia and Auriana, who brought her to a remote island where they told her about her long-lost family and of her true abilities.

### **Magical Abilities**

Iris possesses great magical powers, being able to perform complicated spells by herself. She also possesses a great deal of agility and physical strength, being able to run up the vertical crystal wall, jump from it and break the crystal with her fist. After her Shanila power-up, her magical powers increase, so she was able to break the mountain in half with one blow. She uses the Scepter of Ephedia to attack her enemies. She is an excellent fencer and very skillfully wields the sword. Her magic aura is hot pink in color. Her powers become very extreme in her Shanila form.

## Iris, Princess of Ephidea

In order to transform, Iris needs her LoliNecklace (a necklace styled like a heart) in the first two seasons of the Lolirock arc, and then her LoliPilot and Dream Seed in the third and final leg of said arc afterward.

### **Transformation**

#### **Lolirock Arc Seasons 1 and 2**

Iris says the transformation phrase as her necklace glows bright pink. She then becomes covered in a pink glow. She twirls around the screen and each layer of her dress appears in a flash of gold and pink. Her gloves appear when she claps her hands once while raising them up and then boots appear after tapping them. Finally, her hair changes length and color, and after she gains her accessories and makeup, along with a change of eye color, she twirls down and says her introductory phrase in a flash of sparkles and hearts.

#### **Lolirock Arc Season 3 afterward**

Iris inserts her Dream Seed into the LoliPilot and after she says the transformation phrase, the screen on the LoliPilot glows bright pink. While covered in a pink glow, she twirls around the screen and each layer of her dress appears in a flash of gold and pink. Her gloves appear when she claps her hands once while raising them up and then boots appear after tapping them. Finally, her hair changes length and color, and after she gains her accessories and makeup, along with a change of eye color, she twirls down and says her introductory phrase in a flash of sparkles and hearts.

### **Attacks**

* **Crysteur Rock Douche** - Iris creates a crystal shower of heart-shaped music notes that either damage the enemy or heal somebody (though the latter use drains her energy more and requires additional food on top of the normal food required after a transformation.)
* **Crystal Capto** - Used in *Zeris* against Mephisto to retrieve Izira's Medallion.
* **Crystal Offensio** - Iris shoots pink crystal shards towards the enemy. She first used it in *Sirens* to blind the monster.
* **Crystal Exitus** - Iris first used it in *Sing for Me* to push back the Dragon into the end of the dark vortex.
* **Crystal Leos** - Iris first used it twice in *Be Mine*, first to demonstrate the spell, then against the Archer but failed.
* **Crystal Colidum** - Iris first used it in *The Birthday* against Praxina and Mephisto.
* **Crystempactus** - Iris first used it in *Flower Power* to break the collar off the Snumple.

## Trivia

* Iris is analogous to Nina Aarden, Nanette Daisy, Tsubomi Minako, and Yotsuba Kou - all 5 of them represent the Èlèmen of Magic and are among the most powerful magic warriors in existence, as well as having special destinies.
	+ In her case, she becomes the Queen of Ephidea at the end of the arc where she is a main character.
* Like her fellow Princesses from the *planet* Ephidea, her transformation for the first two 'legs' of the Lolirock arc is the same as the original sequence, but redrawn in the show's artstyle and only seen in the Nickelodeon dub.
	+ Her transformation sequence ends a bit differently in the other dubs (the introduction phrase being added in).
* She and her bandmates are some of the few characters to be connected to more than one Èlèmen of Harmony, one of the others being Ishimori Sango/Angel Coral from MHA (who is connected to both Kindness and Gentleness.) She isn't, however, exempt from the running gag of characters connected to the Èlèmen of Love getting constant jokes about romance and marriage, much to the annoyance of Talia and Aurianna.
* Ikue/Iris is similar to Momoko/Molly. Both of them are Amour Èlèmens whose theme colors are pink, are connected to the Èlèmen of Love, wear makeup in their standard transformed modes, and have similar selfless personalities. Unlike Angel Cozy, however, who has no offensive attacks and whose only combat abilities are the standard enhanced physical abilities/flight and the standard kick/punch, healing civilians/Pokémon who might have been hurt by the enemy, creating shields, immobilizing the enemy with a love beam and taking part in the purification beam, Iris can use offensive attacks just fine instead of being a Shiny Luminous-like support fighter.