Ophelia / Офелия

Ophelia
Claymore character
Created by Norihiro Yagi
Voiced by Emi Shinohara (Japanese)
Luci Christian (English)
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Nicknames "Rippling Ophelia"
First Appearance Volume 6 (Manga) / Episode 1 (Anime)
Rank 4
Type Offensive
Techniques Rippling Sword
Post-Timeskip Status Awakened / Deceased

When Ophelia (オフィーリア Ofīria?) was a child, her brother died protecting her from the Awakened Priscilla. This resulted in Ophelia's hatred for Yoma and the Awakened Ones, and her vow to slay the 'one-horned monster'.

Ophelia eventually became Claymore #4. Though powerful, she grows increasingly unstable, displaying sadistic and sociopathic tendencies. She murders humans and fellow Claymores to sate her bloodlust, killing any and all who witness her transgressions so that they will not come to light. She also enjoys torturing and played sadistic "games" with her opponents in battle. Ophelia usually talks in a very feminine and polite way, but once something doesn't work out the way she wants it to or somebody disturbs her "having fun", she changes to a very vulgar, masculine tone. Even though many of her crimes remain undiscovered, or at least unproven, many of the Claymores who have met or worked alongside Ophelia are aware of her monstrous nature.

Her special fighting technique is "rippling" her sword by waving it back and forth at great speed. This technique is extremely difficult to dodge or block, even for an opponent who can predict her movements, such as Clare. However, this attack is no match for the Irene's Quicksword, because the Quicksword's sheer speed prevents Ophelia from using her rippling movement to evade the opponent's block and counter (Ophelia cannot see the Quicksword, thus disabling her ability to "snake" her sword under the opponent's guard). Based on this technique, she gives herself the title Rippling Ophelia (漣のオフィーリア sazanami no Ofīria?) (Or Ophelia of the Ripples). Miria refers to her as the blood-soaked evil warrior (血塗られた凶戦士 chinurareta kyōsenshi?), her official title according to the databook.

In Volume 7, Ophelia is assigned to fight with Clare against an Awakened Being, but she tries to kill Clare and Raki instead as she deduces that Clare is partially Awakened. She almost succeeds, but is stopped by Irene.

Badly wounded and furious at her defeat, Ophelia releases all her Yoma energy and Awakens, becoming a serpentine creature, similar to the Lamia from Greek Mythology. Despite her hunger and desire for guts, Ophelia doesn't realize she's Awakened until she catches a glimpse of her reflection in a lake. She then allows Clare to defeat her with Irene's Quick Sword (Flash Sword in the anime) technique, and lets Clare impale her after requesting Clare to carry on her hope of killing Priscilla.

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