Lisesharte Atismata

Lisesharte Atismata (リーズシャルテ・アティスマータ Rīzusharute Atisumāta) is one of the female protagonists of Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut. Her nickname is Lisha (リーシャ Rīsha). She is the First Princess of the New Kingdom Atismata. She is also called the Scarlet War Princess (朱の戦姫 Shu no Senki). She is the user of the Divine Drag-Ride Tiamat (ティアマトTiamato). She is also the former slave of Old Arcadia Empire.

At the end of the series, she married Lux and became one of the five queens of the New Kingdom.

Appearance
Lisesharte is a beautiful young woman with a beautiful face, white skin, and crimson eyes. She has long blonde hair which is usually tied in a ponytail on the left side.

Lisha has the brand of the Old Empire on her abdomen by Velvet Barth, which she received as a hostage of the Empire to signify that she was their property.

Personality
At first, Lisesharte acts like a tsundere, but as the series goes on she opens up to Lux little by little. Like most women from the Old Empire, she grew up abused, abandoned, and lonely until the day that Fugil destroyed the Old Empire and handed Tiamat over.

Most of the time, Lisesharte is rather childish. As she enjoys getting praised, believing that the "coolest" of Drag-Rides is the second most important thing, and can be quite clingy when it comes to Lux. She is also very innocent about romance and love, even having difficultly describing what a kiss is. This stunned some of her classmates at how little she knew about love. She showed jealousy when Krulcifer Einfolk and Celistia Ralgris kissed Lux and viewed all those in love with Lux as love rivals.

Lisha is deeply uncertain about her position of princess, wondering if she is suitable for the role. This stems from her imprisonment and slavery by the Old Empire, during which she wished that her father would save her rather than trying to overthrow the Empire. She was also too scared to commit suicide. In the present, she dislikes the expectations that the people have for her as princess. She also doesn't want anyone from the Academy to know from her past, except for the former prince Lux.

Background
Lisesharte was born the first daughter of Count Atismata, a lord in the Old Arcadia Empire. She had a younger sister, Almatea Atismata. At some point, her mother died of illness.

Five years ago, Lisha was kidnapped by the Empire to use as a hostage against her father. This was because of the count's previous objections to the Empire's policies. Count Atismata nevertheless chose to lead a coup d’état against the Empire, abandoning Lisha and intending to have his second daughter Almatea become princess. In the present, Lisha speculates that he did this to protect her. However, Count Atismata died during the coup d’état, while Almatea was believed to have died.

During the coup d’état, Lisha was in the castle of the Empire and witnessed a battle between Drag-Knights. Fugil found her and implied that he had killed the people in the castle, and dared her to take revenge for them. Lisha asked him to kill her as well as, with the Empire gone, she would no longer have a place to return to. Fugil found this amusing and gave her the Sword Device for Tiamat while telling her to flee. Lisha noticed a giant black Drag-Ride and asked what it was - Fugil simply called it the hero who took down the Empire. Lisha fled to a secret passage at the bottom of a well.

The coup d’état succeeded and the Old Arcadia Empire was replaced by the New Kingdom Atismata. Lisha's aunt Raffi succeeded the throne and, having no children of her own, decided to adopt Lisha as her daughter. Lisha thus became Princess of the New Kingdom.

Fallen Prince Arc
Lisha is bathing in the bathroom of the Royal Officer Academy (along with other girls) when Lux suddenly falls through the roof. He pushes Lisha out of the way of falling debris, but ends up pushing her down in the process. She calls him a pervert and asks him if he has anything to say before dying. Lux tries praising her, though his attempt just sounds more perverted. Lisha yells at him to get off of her, and Lux runs away.

When Lux is captured, Lisha visits him in his cell and takes him to meet Relie Aingram. She reveals that he is in the Royal Officer Academy and that she is the princess of the kingdom. Relie wants to dismiss the incident as an unfortunate accident and to make Lux work in the academy, but Lisha disagrees, wanting to instead hand Lux over to the army to be judged. Relie leaves the choice of how to punish him to Lisha, who decides to test his skill in a one-on-one duel. She also tells the students eavesdropping on the meeting to spread the word.

The two of them duel in the academy's practice field. Lisha tells Lux that she'll reveal her reason for challenging him to a duel if he can defeat her. However, Lux suggests that they pretend this duel didn't happen if the outcome is a draw, which angers Lisha. They put on their Drag-Rides and begin fighting, with Lisha at an advantage due to her more powerful Drag-Ride, though Lux is able to withstand her attacks. Impressed, Lisha suggests that he switch from his damaged Wyvern into his other Drag-Ride. Lux refuses and again suggests that they come to an agreement if they draw, angering Lisha further and making her use her full power. However, Tiamat begins to rampage and, shortly afterwards, a Gargoyle appears to interrupt the duel. Lux engages the Gargoyle and tells Lisha to bombard it on his signal, though Lisha is concerned about him fighting an Abyss alone. Lux suffers a serious injury, but he creates an opening for Lisha to destroy the Gargoyle with one shot of Seven Heads. Lisha catches the falling Lux. Now impressed by him, she tells the audience that she has something important to announce.

After the duel, Lisha takes a bath by herself and thinks about the recent events. She wonders if it was fortunate that her brand was seen by Lux. She visits Lux in the infirmary to fulfill her promise about revealing her reason for her challenge. Despite being embarrassed, she reveals the brand on her abdomen and has Lux promise not to tell anyone else about it. Finally, she tells Lux that he's now an official student of the academy and asks him to call her "Lisha" like her classmates do.

The next day, Lisha is asleep (due to exhaustion from the previous day) during Lux's first class. However, she wakes up and is displeased at seeing Lux's interactions with his childhood friend Philuffy Aingram. After the class, Lisha requests that Lux eat a meal with her and become her servant. Philuffy and then Krulcifer intervene, the latter taking Lux away by giving the excuse that the principal asked her to. Lisha plans (offscreen) a welcoming party for Lux which is held that evening.

Later, Lisha sends Lux a request to help her test the operation of Drag-Rides (though she doesn't include her name on the request). Lux goes to her atelier and finds her asleep on the sofa. She wakes up and, when Lux doubts that she's the chief of the atelier, demonstrates her skill by showing him the Chimeric Wyvern she developed. She also gives him the Sword Device to his Wyvern, which she's repaired and remodeled offscreen. Lux is dismayed by her remodeling and asks her to return the Wyvern to its previous form. As she does so, Lisha comments on how the Wyvern's excessive armor weighs it down.

She then leads him to the practice field to recommend him to the Knight Squadron. After some discussion, they decide to test Lux's skill in a mock duel (him and Lisha against all the members of the Knight Squadron who haven't met Lux before). While Lisha and Lux win, he's still rejected because he didn't try to attack even once, annoying Lisha. She then gives him another request: to go out shopping with her.

That evening, the two of them go out into Cross Field. Lisha realizes too late that she's forgotten her wallet, and gets embarrassed when Lux offers to pay for her. After sharing a pie together, they talk about getting Lux into the Knight Squadron and Lisha's Chimeric Wyvern. Lux inadvertently triggers one of Lisha's issues by saying she should do something because's she's a princess. Lisha reveals that she's tired of hearing this, asks him what thinks a princess is, and reveals her past to him. She then talks about the three crises facing the New Kingdom - the remnants of the Old Empire, the Abyss, and the turf war with the other countries - and how she wants to recruit Lux to help with these. They return to the academy and part.

An alarm sounds the next morning. A large Abyss, a Slime, is approaching the city, requiring Lisha (in her Chimeric Wyvern) and the rest of the Knight Squadron to go out to fight it. Lisha takes the first shot at the Slime, but its mucus scatters her attack's power and prevents it doing serious damage. She orders everyone to launch a simultaneous bombardment on her signal. However, she hears the strange sound of a flute and the Slime suddenly self-destructs, so she orders everyone to deploy their barrier. The Slime's explosion damages many of the Knight Squadron's Drag-Rides. To make matters worse, Lisha is attacked by a Drag-Knight: Velvet Barth, captain of the guards from the royal capital who were supposed to be their reinforcements. Velvet reveals that he is actually an Old Empire loyalist and, using his flute, he causes about thirty Gargoyles to emerge from the Slime's remains. Lisha switches to Tiamat and orders everyone incapable of fighting to retreat while the rest (including herself) will stay and fight. She also asks Noct to return to the city to explain the situation.

The remnants of the Knight Squadron manage to kill most of the Gargoyles, but Lisha is exhausted and her allies are no longer able to fight. Lisha decides to target Velvet directly. She throws a small sword (which appears to be her only melee weapon) to distract him, then tries to attack him with her Chimeric Wyvern's two Sword Devices. However, Velvet attacks first using the secret technique Quick Draw and defeats her. While lying on the ground, Lisha hears Lux through the Dragon Voice. Velvet reveals that he has 100 rebel Drag-Knights (who arrive at this moment) on his side and that he was the one who branded her belly. Lisha ignores these words, admits her past to Lux, then throws Tiamat's Sword Device at Velvet, cutting his cheek. She tells Velvet that someone like him won't be able to destroy the New Kingdom, angering him into wanting to kill her immediately. Though Lisha is resigned to die, Lux appears, uses his Wyvern as a shield against Velvet's attack and switches to his other Drag-Ride: Bahamut.

Wearing Bahamut, Lux rapidly defeats the rebel army on his own. He admits to Lisha his own feelings of failing as a prince. Velvet tries attacking him, but Lux defeats him with his own, superior Quick Draw. With the battle over, Lisha walks over and thanks Lux, though he soon faints from exhaustion.

After Lux recovers and wakes up, he passes by the atelier on his way to visit the principal. Lisha asks if he's alright and shows him Bahamut, which she's currently storing and repairing. This shocks Lux, who thought he'd have to leave the Academy, and he rushes to the principal's office. Relie and various students congratulate Lux on his official admission to the academy. Lisha enters the office as well, thanks him for protecting the New Kingdom and formally orders him to stay at the academy as its first male student.

Ymir Nobility Arc
Lisha is the one in charge of sylvalles knights order. They are scheduled to explore the Garden and excavate the treasures from there. This time, Balzeride Kreutzer, the title holder will also participate the expedition without insurance from the Royal Officer Academy as a guarantee or penalty for the knight order in case he gets injured or even dies throughout the expedition. Even with that, Lisha is unsatisfied for being unable to refuse despite he shows magnificent piloting skill and being a necessary help.

After they have returned to Royal Officer Academy, Lisha hears out that Balzeride was having a contact with a blackmarketer whom is suspicious and believed as a spy from Heiburg Republic. Knowing this, Lisha and several people get ready to where Lux and Krulcifer are. She takes him into custody after the tag battle between them ended.

Mel Arc
After she wakes up, Lisha boils tea leaves on the stove. She leaves the stove for a short time and when she has returned, the tea was not well prepared. Someone who did it did not filter the tea leafs and served it. Considering the person just now was not Lux, she begins searching the person in academy. She walks in the school and asks everyone where he is but no one knows even his sister, Airi. Then, Airi also searches the person who did the chore in the morning. The work result was terrible for someone handy like Lux. When they find the worker, it is not Lux but Yoruka. Lux has left from New Kingdom and orders her to do his usual chore in his place.

Singlen Arc
Everyone has gone on duty as a member of Seven Dragon Paladins. Lisha, Philuffy, and Yoruka stays in Royal Officer Academy. Lux and Lisha are summoned to carry out a secret mission. The task is to hide a Grand Force that is believed to be Garden's core. The day they carry out it with the Sylvalles Knight Order, Singlen and his Knight Order suddenly appear then he forcefully asks to follow this mission as they also have some interest in regards to capture Dragon Marauders.

When they have digged, Lisha is surprised there is a human bones underneath. They are distracted then two Dragon Marauders members attack and rob the Grand Force. Zwei are waiting a right moment to appear and put Lux and Lisha under arrest to have conducted a trade with Dragon Marauders and handed the Grand Force over.

Holy Arcadia Empire Arc
Lisesharte just returned her conciousness The battle against a Ragnarok as well as Division commanders of Dragon Marauders was great. Krulcifer that is in her room explains the political changing when she was sleeping. Krulcifer explains that the Lords has betrayed the world and various things that is on going. Today is the day sixth after their announcement and they have to surrender before 12 days countdown.

Lisha and Krulcifer travels to Marcafal. They takes turns to pilot and carry each other to save energy. When they have arrived, Lolotte welcomes them and tells them to take a rest and bath. They will have a strategy assembly while having a dinner with Philuffy and Celistia that came one day earlier.

After they carry Philuffy and Celistia out from surface level floor, they re-enter the maze to pursue Aeril and Lux. However, Lisha confronts all of the obstacles and enemies single-handedly. Thus, Krulcifer can save energy as much as possible. Lisha can only watch Krulcifer that will fight Lux alone.

Abilities
Lisesharte is a highly capable Drag-Knight, being of the best among the Knight Squadron. Using her full power, she was able to defeat the commanders of the Dragon Marauders.

Master Drag-Ride Engineer: Perhaps Lisesharte's greatest strength is her skill as a Drag-Ride engineer. She can repair most Drag-Rides, improve their overall performance and install different parts and weapon all by herself. She even managed to create a new Drag-Ride by combining two different general purpose ones.

Over Unit: A technique that Lisesharte created herself that allows her to equip a general purpose Drag-Ride on top of her own Divine Drag-Ride Tiamat. This allows her to rapidly adapt to whatever situation she's in by changing the type of Drag-Ride she's using. Unfortunately, this technique exhausts her stamina and mental strength several times faster than normal. Even a single mistake could cause her to die.
 * Wyvern Wing: This form gives her additional wings and a sword. This increases her mobility and the power of Howling Roar.
 * Wyrm Claw: This form adds two additional arms possessing a Drill and a high-frequency Blade. It also reinforces Tiamat's barrier.
 * Drake Horn: This form reinforces the armor on Tiamat's shoulders, back, and head, and adds a horn that resembles an antenna. This form has the special abilities of a Drake, has a jamming function that hinders enemy radar, and also has significantly increased maximum output (allowing Lisha to use a Suppressor twice as strong as normal).

Baptism: Under orders from Queen Raffi, Lisesharte underwent Baptism. This gave her the ability to accumulate energy during her daily life, then to "burn" this accumulated energy rapidly during battle. This compensates for her weak point of high stamina consumption.

Tiamat
Lisha uses the flying type Divine Drag-Ride Tiamat.

Breath Gun: A ranged main armament that produces high-temperature flames. It is powerful enough to destroy a building.

Blade: Another main armament, this is a sword suited for melee combat.

Howling Roar: A basic Drag-Ride technique which involves generating a shockwave from the Drag-Ride's Force Core. When using Wyvern Wing, the power of this technique is increased.

Seven Heads: Tiamat's main armament, this is a long-barreled cannon with seven muzzles that is connected to the right arm and shoulder. It fires a beam powerful enough to kill a Ragnarok (albeit one that was weakened).

Legion: Tiamat's special armament, it consists of throwing weapons shaped like huge arrowheads. These are self-propelled and can be controlled remotely. Up to sixteen of them can be deployed at once.

Suppressor: Tiamat's Divine Raiment, which allows its user to control gravity. It can be used to pin down an opponent by increasing gravity around them or negate their gravity completely.

Trivia

 * Lisesharte looks like Nagi Sanzenin from Hayate the Combat Butler, having a similar hairstyle.