Felt (フェルト) is a former thief and a candidate to become the 42nd king of Lugunica. She is a supporting character first introduced in Arc 1, where she plays a major role. She also played a supporting role in Arc 5 during the Battle for Priestella.
She was hired to steal Emilia's insignia, but later ended up fighting alongside her, Natsuki Subaru, and Reinhard van Astrea against Elsa Granhiert. Afterward, she is forced to participate in the Royal Selection after being chosen by the insignia. Having grown up in the slums, she takes the opportunity to get revenge on the Kingdom by making her primary policy to disband all government.
Furthermore, it is heavily implied that Felt is, in fact, a member of the Royal Family and the missing daughter of His Majesty's younger brother, Ford Lugunica, who died roughly a year before the events of the main story, as her appearance matches that of the Royal Family’s, and her apparent age matches the number of years since the missing child’s kidnapping.
Appearance[]
Felt is a short girl with fair skin and medium-length golden hair with a black bow. She has a yaeba that becomes prominent when she laughs. She has red eyes and wears a sleeveless black top, red scarf with a golden patch on it, black pants that are incomplete on the left side, and a red ribbon on her left ankle. She also wears a vest, gloves, brown shoes, and has a belt with a sheath where her knife is. When Reinhard took her, he forced her to wear a yellow dress, white gloves on her hands that reached her upper arms, boots, and an orange bun in the center of her hair to look presentable as a candidate for the throne in the Royal Selection.
After the Royal Selection Ceremony, Reinhard made a new outfit for Felt. Just like her former outfit, it's very light. She wears a black top with long sleeves yet leaves her stomach exposed, a blue scarf with a golden patch on it, a brown leather vest, boots of the same material, black leggings, a black belt, and brown leather shorts that she wears over her leggings. She keeps a few pouches on her belt. In the Water Plumage Inn in Arc 5, she wore a yukata.
Her appearance is considered to be a sign of having royal blood.[1] However, as all members of the royal family are currently deceased, there is currently no way to confirm if she actually is part of the royal family.
Personality[]
Felt is short tempered, hot headed, and rather unladylike. Reinhard has commented about this trait several times with Felt often not caring. She is also very childish about a lot of things, although this childish nature goes away when faced with a dangerous situation. Felt is a stickler when it comes to money due to living in the slums which also blessed her with a mentality of never allowing herself to lose in any kind of way. She cares about Old Man Rom and treats him like her real grandfather. She greatly trusts Rom's word, especially when it comes to appraisals in price. Felt has stated multiple times that she resents everything about the Kingdom and plans to tear it all down, which is likely due to the way Felt grew up.
After spending a year living a completely different life from what she was used to, Felt started viewing the world in a different light, not being scared of changes anymore as she realized that change is a natural course of action; one she is unable to avoid. As a result, Felt developed a strong preference for the theory of the "Survival of the Fittest", where the one who could adapt to their situation and discern the best manner of survival would survive and strive over those who could not. Consequentially to this mentality, Felt believes she's what she is today due to the belief that she adapted, opting her to accept every decision she made thus far as something natural.
History[]
Felt was born roughly 14 years before the start of the main story, under circumstances that remain unknown until this day, though it's been heavily implied by multiple high ranking and knowledgeable individuals such as Miklotov McMahon and Reinhard van Astrea that she was, in fact, born as the last daughter of Ford Lugunica, the younger brother of the 41st and last King of the Dragon Kingdom of Lugunica, Randohal Lugunica. At an unknown age, early in her life, Felt was picked up by Rom, who gave her current name and acted as her adoptive grandfather. For over a decade, Felt spent her days in the slums of the Royal Capital, stealing from people in order to earn enough money to move out of the slums and start her own life. Starting off with simple pickpocketing, she broadened out and started accepting requests from other people. Soon, she became a master thief, earning a considerable amount of money through dirty business.
Felt-chan's Job[]
On the day of Natsuki Subaru's arrival to the new world, Felt accepted a very profiting job from a shady woman with a snake-like gaze, thinking this would be her last job, as 10 gold coins would be more than enough for her to start a new life somewhere outside of the Royal Capital's slums. It didn't take her long to locate her target–a woman with white clothes with golden birds woven on it, and long, dazzling silver hair. Just as she was about to approach the woman and steal the object of interest she was tasked to take, another person grabbed the opportunity and snatched away the woman's purse. Just as he was about to scurry off into the the back alley, a tall old man in a black suit pressed his sword against the man's throat, demanding the thief to return what he stole. Noticing Felt, who was staring at the whole ordeal, he causally walked towards her, noting he knew she had the same intentions as the man he had just caught. Despite that, he kindly asked Felt to return the stolen purse to its owner. When Felt started objecting and stating she'll just scurry off with the purse, the man calmly rebuked her and for a moment, his stare became as sharp and cold as a blade, prompting Felt to agree to his request in fear. Right after, another person called out to the old man, catching his attention. Felt used the chance to escape to a back alley nearby. In the alleyway, she tried to confirm the object of interest was in the stolen purse, however, all she could find was change, barely enough for a short shopping spree. Annoyed, Felt returned to the main street and quickly located the woman who was, at the time, in the middle of a commotion, trying to get attention so she could pay for a demi-human child's meal. Felt used the opportunity to throw the woman's purse back to her, making sure she found it right after. Felt then continued to tail the woman who was aimlessly wandering around the Royal Capital. After some time, Felt was finally blessed with a situation that would allow her to snatch away the object of interest. She used her Divine Protection to scale a large building, jumped off behind the woman and snatched away what she was keeping safe in her waist pocket. What Felt found was a black dragon-shaped insignia with a red stone shining inside her palm.
After the events in the Stolen Goods Warehouse, Reinhard took her to the auxiliary Astrea Manor, where she was kept for the next two months. During her time, she became close to Carol and Grimm Fauzen, though they wouldn’t let her leave, and she witnessed the predicament of Reinhard’s mother.
Lugunican Papers[]
In the year that followed the Subjugation of the White Whale, Felt was requested an interview by Shorty Megan and Lululala. Meeting at the Astrea Manor, Shorty witnessed the usual interaction between Felt and Reinhard, which he felt was peculiar. Likewise with the other candidates, Felt gave her opinion on the Royal Selection and the other candidates. Having both grown up in the slums of the Royal Capital, they both understood the plight of the people there and were able to agree on numerous things. In the end, Lululala drew an image of Felt and Reinhard, which Felt felt dismayed about.
The Lion’s Ferocity[]
Following the Battle for Priestella, she and Reinhard were responsible for escorting the Sin Archbishop of Wrath to the Royal Capital’s Prison Tower. Due to Sirius’s attraction of trouble, it took two months before they arrived. When Reinhard took her up the tower, Felt was invited to dinner that night by Russell Fellow. She ultimately accepted, and that night with Reinhard, she went to dinner and spoke with Russell about the heretic hunts of Gusteko, the actions of Kararagi’s mayors, and the signs of a civil war in Vollachia Empire. Likewise, they spoke about how the times were changing drastically, with Felt associating those changes with Subaru and Emilia.
Meili’s Witchbeast Observation Record[]
Some time later, after the successful Pleiades Watchtower Expedition, she took part in a meeting with Meili Portroute and the Council of Wise Men, and she helped negotiations smooth out, resulting in members of her camp and Meili being tasked with investigating the conquered Pleiades Watchtower. As they made their way through the Augria Sand Dunes, Volcanica attacked them, leaving Reinhard to defend them. However, thanks to Meili, Volcanica stopped attacking, and they successfully reached the tower. Inside, the group bore witness to the innumerable Books of the Dead, and Felt suggested to Reinhard to look for the book of his grandmother, to which he was grateful, though she was curious as to why there were so many empty books laid on the ground. However, the nearby birds caught their attention, and after the crimson scorpion killed the one they’d caught, Reinhard and Ezzo Cadner began slaughtering the others, as they were being used to spy. Though they didn’t know the assailant, the group decided to leave the tower, with Ezzo and Flam Remendis remaining in the tower. In the Royal Capital, Felt reported their discoveries to the Council of Wise Men.
Abilities[]
Divine Protection (加護 Kago): Felt has a currently unnamed Divine Protection which Elsa mentions is related to wind.[2] Felt mentions that she's used to using this ability rather than relying on tools and weapons. The Divine Protection allows Felt to dash ahead as fast as the blink of an eye, exactly like the wind, releasing a gust of wind when she stops moving. During Arc 5, Felt has also shown that she can use her Divine Protection to climb up walls and buildings.
Street Smarts: Having grown up in the slums, Felt is considerably smart when it comes to handling other people. Naturally, this makes it hard to trick her. She can speak to people as shrewd as Russell Fellow and those who work in underground organizations such as in Flanders with no issue, and she can quickly understand darker political matters associated with them without allowing them to walk circles around her. Likewise, she also used these street smarts in order to bring the people of lower class to her side during the Royal Selection.
Expert Thief: Felt has been a pickpocket for years, and she became heavily experienced in thievery over the course of her life. She became rather well known in the slums for it.
Melee Fighter: From a young age, Felt has physically trained herself to utilize her full agility while fighting. She is so quick that she can steal the insignia from Emilia without her realizing it.
Equipment: Felt wields a knife. By the time of the attack of the Witch Cult on Priestella, she came into ownership of Echidna's meteor staff.
Trivia[]
- Felt is the name Rom gave her and isn't her real name. She doesn't know her real age either and claims to be around 15 at the start of the series. In Arc 5, Lye tried to eat Felt's name but couldn't because Felt is an alias given to her.[3]
- According to the author, Felt considers her birthday to be August 8, the day Rom found her.
- According to the author, Felt and Reinhard are scheduled to be more active in the latter stages of the story.
- In Arc 1, during Elsa's attack, Felt ran for help and encountered Reinhard who she asked for assistance. The author later revealed that the place the two encountered each other for the first time was the same place where Wilhelm Trias and Theresia van Astrea first met, 40 years before the start of the main story.[4]
- Shin'ichirō Ōtsuka, the illustrator of the series, considered Felt to be easy to draw in comparison to other characters. since her design was able to be completed in under an hour.
- According to the author, Felt is only interested in older men.
- Felt received her earth dragon, Romy, after an arrangement Reinhard made with a rancher at an earth dragon ranch to the south of Flanders. She named it after Rom.
- In the IF chapter commonly referred to as Mimagau IF, Felt makes an appearance as a gold-haired boy named Forte (フォルテ).
References[]
- ↑ "Blond hair and crimson eyes---these are peculiar to be the bloodline of the Lugunica Royal Family." Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 4: Chapter 4. Section 1.
- ↑ "So you have the protection of the wind, Oh, how wonderful. The world must adore you..." Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 1: Chapter 2. Section 6.
- ↑ "We never thought, that you'd have the cleverness to use only an alias against us. We got completely deceived" Arc 5: Chapter 70. Section 1.
- ↑ "it would be alright to think that the place where Reinhard and Felt ran into each other in episode three was around that field of flowers from just now" Director Cut Episode 11 Commentary
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