Gloria

*Not to be confused with the Personification also named Gloriae.*

**"** *My name is Gloria, and 'glorious' is the most fitting thing anyone could call me.* **"** - The first words spoken by Gloria in her debut chapter, said to Circlet after the latter calls her 'glorious'.

**Gloria** (グロリア, *Guroria*, lit. *immortal glory*), who also goes by her other name **Gloriae** (グロリエイ, *Guroriei*), is one of Yuhun's original characters and the main character of Yuhun's soon to be released fiction, *『The Glorious.』*, being one of the two main protagonists of said story along with Circlet.

## Name

The name **Gloria** is an anglicised form of the Latin feminine given name **Gloriae,** meaning *immortal glory*. Gloria's other name being *Gloriae* was inspired by this, but the name *Gloria* was actually inspired by one of Yuhun's favorite soundtracks: 245-beats-per-minute *GLORIA* by Croire. This is in similar manner to one of Yuhun's concepts, the Guroria.

## Appearance

As her name was inspired by the mentioned song, **Gloria's** appearance was also inspired by the song, namely the girl appearing in *GLORIA*'s background art (which Yuhun believes is also named Gloria). Gloria's attire consists of a denim-blue shirt, a detailed long white dress, and a white neck-piece adorned with a pair of creamy-white buttons, complete with white shoes that have small bows the same colour of blue as her shirt.

She has silver-white hair, sky-blue eyes with diamond-like patterns (which darken slightly when she expresses anger or rage), and is of above average height.

## Personality

**Gloria** always carries herself with glory and happiness; however, she is rather enigmatic at the beginning of *『The Glory』*, not really interested in anyone else in her town. She eventually ends up taking a near-instant liking to Circlet when he arrives, and the two swiftly get along.

Though she seldom gets angry and it barely shows on her face when she does, **Gloria** does not tolerate insults towards her or her friends, as shown when she roots Eikou to the spot with fear and her rarely shown angered gaze after Eikou takes it out on Circlet for all the fires breaking out in the town they're living in.

## Fiction appearances

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**Gloria** first appears when Circlet is practicing his archery, firing a single arrow which narrowly misses him, hits the bullseye and goes straight through the archery board. When Circlet turns around and catches sight of Gloria, bow tucked behind her back, Circlet immediately falls for her, calling her "glorious". Gloria chuckles and shoots Circlet a gaze with a "come again?" sort of expression, so Circlet calls her "glorious" again. She then introduces herself, and when she reveals her name to be Gloria, Circlet realises why she was laughing, and says that *Gloria* is a beautiful name.

#### Final moments

[This section is a work in progress. Please hold on to your *glory* and patience while it is being completed. Pun intended.]

As the main antagonist of*『The Glorious.』*, Kurenai, takes Aureole and his fellow bandits to attack once again, before they can do any damage, Gloria appears, and in an attack that she knows she could be wounded in doing, she overwhelms Kurenai with brute strength. Gloria's true colours- which in turn showcase her strong desire to protect those she loves- begin to show, and she seizes Kurenai's gun, head-locking him with one arm while placing the gun against his chest with the other.

Kurenai screams at Gloria, asking whether she's gone mad making an attack like this, to which Gloria replies that in making her move, she knows she might lose her life- after this, Gloria fires the gun thrice, with two of the shots mortally wounding her. Even after this, Gloria praises Kurenai for his fighting spirit, and tries to stop the bleeding until he is taken away to recover- prior to that, Gloria's comforting makes Kurenai cry as he doesn't understand why Gloria is tending to him, but not herself, and why she is being so kind to him. After Kurenai leaves, Aureole thanks Gloria for defeating his leader as Kurenai was making him and the other bandits commit crimes against their will. Gloria comments that it was no problem and that it was what she wished to do, but the last part of her sentence is abruptly cut off by a sudden fit of agony which causes Gloria to wail in pain.

Sinking to her knees, Gloria is left gritting her teeth against the agony, with Aureole trying to comfort her and stop the bleeding- that is, until Eikou arrives on the scene, horrified to see Gloria's gunshot wounds. Charging at the bandits, thinking that *they* were the ones who shot Gloria, Eikou is stopped by Gloria herself, who is enraged at the sight of Eikou due to the latter's mockery of Circlet. Gloria death-stares Eikou- who stops in fear- while rising to her feet and is about to speak when another fit of agony rushes through her body, this time causing Gloria to not just scream in pain but also cough up blood. Eikou screams out Gloria's name in shock, and when Aureole asks her name Gloria replies with, "She said it. It's *Gloria*.", to which Aureole says it is a beautiful name, and that Gloria herself looks glorious- this causes Gloria to have flashbacks to when she and Circlet first met each other. At the same time, Circlet appears, shocked at Gloria's weak-seeming condition.

Gloria starts telling Circlet not to worry, but Circlet interjects, saying that he hates to interrupt her but he knows something's wrong with her. Gloria attempts to deny it, not wanting Circlet to become too concerned about her, but Circlet sees through it, and states, "I know something's wrong. Face it. I know by the way you're staring at me that something's happened to you." Defeated, with a smile on her face, Gloria reveals her gunshot wound just as a third wave of agony rips through her, causing her to faint.

Both Aureole and Circlet rush over to Gloria, horrified to find that she is not breathing. Thinking she is dying, Circlet cries as Gloria is taken away to be treated to. Eventually, Gloria regains consciousness, waking up to see Circlet holding her hand and patting her head. She smiles, and thinks silently to herself that if she doesn't have long left, then she'll live what's left of her life with glory.

A long-seeming month passes as Aureole, Circlet and several other people work together to try and save Gloria's life; however, this proves to be a struggle as Gloria's gunshot wound opens up multiple times during the healing process.

#### Death

When Gloria vanishes, Circlet finds her lying in a bloodstained patch of grass in the nearby meadow, and it is slightly dark- her gunshot wound has opened up for the sixth time (considering that five other times in which it opened are described in the fiction). Circlet is incredibly worried, and this is furthered by Gloria telling him "not to cry if I die- or should I say *when* I die". Circlet panics, and tells Gloria not to give up on life, to which Gloria states that she has accepted her death, not given up on life.

Ultimately, after stating that she can die with a smile on her face and a glory-filled heart, Gloria passes away in Circlet's arms, literally with a smile on her face.

## Notes from Yuhun

* It's funny, because the working title for Gloria's debut fiction was titled "The Glory". But i changed it after the release of the K-Drama also titled *The Glory*. I feel like making a secret reference to one of *The Glory*'s characters to reference this...

## Quotes

**"** *Here, let me help. You've got to put a bit more strength behind launching your arrow.* **"** - Gloria helping Circlet with his archery.

**"** *Don't be worried! You can see that I've got no serious burns- or anything at all!* **"** - Gloria reassuring Circlet.

**"** *I **dare** you, Eikou, to say those heartless words again.* **"** - Gloria furious with Eikou for blaming the fires on Circlet.

## Trivia

* Gloria is one of the two original characters of Yuhun who is inspired by a character appearing in a song's background- the other is Todesuu. Coincidentally enough, both appear as spirits after their deaths.