Ariane

Ariane Glenys Maple (アリアン・グレニス・メープル, Arian Gurenisu Mēpuru) later renamed as Ariane Glenys Lalatoya (アリアン・グレニス・ララトイア, Arian Gurenisu Raratoia), is the main female protagonist and deuteragonist in the "Skeleton Knight in Another World" series.

Appearance
Ariane is a beautiful woman with golden eyes, flawless light purple almost amethyst hue skin tone, long slender legs that ended at well-formed hips, and ample chest. Her waist-long snow-white hair is usually tied back in a ponytail. Being a Dark Elf, she looks younger than her actual age, but her elongated pointed ears are shorter than those of the other elves.

She usually carries a silver sword and wears maroon-colored corset-style leather armor with a matching colored skirt and stocking, usually accompanied with a dark-colored cloak.

Personality
Ariane is serious and dedicated to freeing her enslaved brethren at all costs. But she is also short-tempered and rushes without thinking about a plan, putting herself and her allies in danger (that's the case when she meets Arc for the first time, she rushes to free elven children but is soon surrounded and the children are taken as hostage until Arc's intervention which turned the tide). Due to the humans who enslave elves, she has developed a hatred for them but after meeting Arc she arrives at the conclusion that not all humans are bad. Despite this Ariane proves herself kind, compassionate, and very loyal to her friends and doesn't accept any insult toward them: when Lalatoia came to the rescue of Doran village and the elder insults Chiyome, Ariane became enraged until her father calms her down. Through the story, Ariane develops a close bond with Arc as she proclaims herself "his guardian" to keep an eye on him. It is highly implied she sees him as more than an ally. She becomes very jealous when Arc is close with other women, she is also quite possessive of him like when Hanzo (the 22nd) offers Arc to work for the Jinshin clan. Even the almighty Arc can not withstand the sharp glare of Ariane. Trough out their adventures Ariane learns to know more about Arc to the point where she can easily guess what he is thinking despite his helmet and skeleton appearance.

Background
Her father, Dylan, is an Elf and an elder Elf Raratoia. Her mother, Glenys, is Dark Elf and may quietly be the best swordsmen in the Elven nation. Her sister, Evin, is considered one of the strongest soldiers in Maple. It seems likely all of these have factored into her being a proud soldier of Maple.

Light Novel Volume 01
Ariane and her comrade were fighting a band of slavers from Diento that had captured several elven children. The humans, unmatched for the elves' swordsmanship, resorted to using the children as hostages, threatening to kill them unless they submit. Seeing no alternative, Ariane and her comrade nearly gave in, but Arc arrived putting the battle in favor of the elves. Ariane was suspicious of Arc, however, after seeing Ponta's friendliness towards the knight, she decided to trust him. Upon seeing Arc's magic in negating the magic sealing collars on the elven children, Ariane hired him to help her rescue the remaining elves in Diento.

Ariane then took Arc back to Diento where they met with the former's comrade, Danka Niel Maple. To her surprise, she learned that the two had met recently. The three then set out to infiltrate the slave warehouses, though to her and her comrades' surprise found the area to be already raided by an unknown individual. Still, they were able to liberate many elves thanks to Arc's teleportation magic and also gain the whereabouts of the other elves sold in the Kingdom. She and Arc then attacked the lord's castle to free the two remaining elves he was using as sex slaves. Once Ariane located the Marquis, she killed him brutally.

Once Arc finished collecting all the loot from the castle, he transported the elves and Ariane to the outskirts of the forest. There Ariane offered Arc to extend their work contract seeing that her people could use his skills. Arc after considering this, then revealed his skeletal appearance to her and the elven captives. The knight's form frightened them, but Ariane saw that Arc was not like the other undead and remained unconcerned about his skeletal form. Thinking that Arc's body was under some sort of curse she offered to introduce him to the elders to see if they could find a way to break his curse.

Light Novel Volume 02
Ariane would then bring Arc and Ponta to her town and introduced her friends to her parents. Ariane would allow her mother and Arc to get to know each other, whilst she and her father went before the elders in Maple to discuss her actions in attacking Diento and executing the noble.

Abilities and Powers
Ariane is very good at swordsmanship and also at fire, earth, and wind Spirit Magic.

Main Equipment

 * Silver Sword
 * Ground Drgon leather armor
 * Sword of the Lion King: A sword gifted to Ariane by Arc.

Spells

 * Earth Spirit Magic:
 * By chanting『─Become Engulfed by the Earth─』all targets will be swallowed by the ground.
 * Fire Spirit Magic

Arc Raratoia
Ariane first meet Arc when he helped her fight slave traders who were transporting elven children. Initially distrustful of the armored man due to Arc hiding his face with his helmet, her wariness died down when she saw Ponta, a spirit beast, traveling with Arc, as well as witnessing Arc freeing the children of their slave collars and healing them. Not too soon after she asked if Arc would work with her to help free her enslaved brethren, an offer he agreed to. When questioned by her comrade who was aiding her in freeing locally enslaved elves if they could trust Arc, someone seemingly human, Ariane answered yes. The two have a friendly relationship, as Ariane isn't above making cutting remarks at Arc's expense, remarks which Arc often can't really object to as he is aware of his faults.

As Arc and Ariane began traveling together, she became impressed with Arc's great strength and has a high opinion of his abilities, saying things like only dragons could restrain Arc.

While she does acknowledge Arc's strength, she has also come to see him as a troublemaker of sorts due to Arc's frequent silliness or carelessness, as well as incidents he directly or indirectly causes, such as summoning an 《Ifit》 to fight a Hydra, with the ensuing battle wrecking the local town, or when Arc accidentally stepped on the back of a sleeping Dragon Lord and proceeded to battle it. Thanks to such events, Ariane has become exasperated with Arc's antics and keeps a close eye on him, believing Arc will cause trouble or get lost if left to his own devices.

Nevertheless, Ariane does still care for Arc's well-being. She stayed by Arc's side for several days when he became comatose from the feedback of experiencing all his pent-up negative emotions returning to him when his curse was temporarily lifted after washing himself in the waters of a curse purging hot spring and became worried when she saw Arc getting homesick.

The interactions between Ariane, her family, and several other characters seem to imply that she has some romantic feelings towards Arc.

Chiyome
Ariane gets along very well with Chiyome, she is able to fight with her efficiently taking down powerful enemy. Ariane finds Chiyome very cute with her ears and her fluffy tail. They share a lot of common points each other the most important is their will and dedication to free their enslaved people.

Ponta
Arc's travel companion and a spirit animal. She is very fond of Ponta, always trying to get her attention and is very disappointed when the fluffy animal chose Arc. Ariane loves to pet Ponta above anything else (except freeing enslaved elves).

Eevin Glenys Maple
Ariane's elder sister. Despite she likes her sister dearly, Ariane has also an inferiority complex with her : Eevin is considered as the very best warrior of Maple, a true prodigy. When she almost fails her first mission she tells herself that Eevin wouldn't have made her mistakes. On the other side Ariane is very confused by her elder sister's clingy and overprotective attitude toward her. She is in a deep shock when she learns her battle maniac sister is gonna marry (to a farmer).

Glenys Alna Lalatoya
Ariane's mother. They love each other very much but Glenys has often to deal with her daughter short-tempered behavior. With Dylan, she is one of the few people who is able to calm Ariane down. The late is very terrified by the simple mention of training with her mother. Glenys seems to be aware of Arc's importance in the life of her daughter and doesn't hesitate to use it like when she accepts Arc as Lalatoia resident.

Trivia

 * Ariane is a terrible drinker and becomes very violent under alcohol : after experienced one time, Arc promises he won't make her drink again.
 * Despite being a fierce warrior and short tempered Ariane has a soft spot for cute things the principal being Ponta, the second being children even human such as Riel.
 * In the light novel Arc stole the sword of the Lion King in the Marquis 's house in Diento and gave it to Ariane after rescuing Sena and Uhna. In the manga and anime it is occurred.
 * She is used to travel and live in the forest, Ariane can not withstand with animal transport like the driftpus.