Sariphi

"I offer you... ...my Life."

- Sariphi to Leonhart

Sariphi (サリフィ, Sarifi) is the main protagonist of the anime Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts and Manga series, and one of the main character of The White Rabbit and the Beast Prince.

Initially, Sariphi was the 99th sacrifice from the village of Noel in the North, who was meant to be sacrificed to Leonhart, but, instead she became his queen.

In the epilogue and in The White Rabbit and the Beast Prince, Sariphi is the wife of Leonhart, the mother of Richard and the current queen of Ozmargo.

Appearance
As a teenager, Sariphi is a young girl. She has snow white colored hair that flows loosely to around shoulder length with a slight messy look to it in most situation. She has a pair of light blue eyes that can only be described as filled with a mix of sympathy, kindness and childish excitement.

Sariphi is completely barefooted, as she is never seen wearing any shoes.

Slender built in nature, Sariphi was even considered "unfit" of being a sacrifice to Leonhart, because she might not provide enough energy as Anubis quite bluntly pointed out to Sariphi's annoyance, when she was brought, before Leonhart.

Sariphi wears a plain looking dress, ever, since coming to the royal palace, probably, because she was meant to be "eaten" shortly after coming to the beast country. During rare occasions, during ceremonies or other celebrations she will usually wear a more formal attire. The only time she wore a really extravagant dress was, during Duke Galoa visit to the royal palace, when she was the hostess as part of her trial.

As an adult, Sariphi has grown significantly taller, she is about the same height as Leonhart, when he is in his human form.

Personality
Although Sariphi was brought up knowing that, she was to become a sacrifice she had a cheerful view of her situation, despite being raised around humans that, feared beasts, she holds no prejudice against other individuals, beasts and humans alike. she will treat everyone equally and holds no grudges against other individuals, who have less than favorable views about her.

Sariphi is a very kind and positive individuals, and is very thoughtful and considerate, when it comes to other individuals, especially Leonhart. She is also slightly clumsy and messy in most of the things she does but continues to persevere and tries her best. She has a positive outlook on life, despite being raised to be the 99th sacrifice to Leonhart and is usually seen smiling. When it was announced that, she was to be Leonhart's queen, initially, she was reluctant to become queen, due to her desire to be, with Leonhart just as a supportive individual after knowing his true form and his reasons to be the character he is.

After spending time around the palace and Leonhart, Sariphi started to re-think her position, and she began to re-think her role and to find out how she could be more of a use to Leonhart, instead of relying on him all the time. She then began to try in her earnest to become the best queen, by doing the hard trials provided by Anubis. She also has deep and true romantic feelings for Leonhart, and deeply cares for his well being and loves him very much.

Despite being not afraid of beasts, Sariphi has a ironic sense fear of lightning, due to her rather depressive upbringing.

Early Life
Sariphi hails from the village of Noel in the North, but if that, is her birthplace is still unknown. It is known that, she was raised to be a "replacement" sacrifice for that, particular town and adopted as "Sariphi Kleinoel". Little is known about Sariphi's background, except for the fact that, she had adoptive parents and a sister, specific details are vague. She was raised from an early age to be a sacrifice so her childhood was very bleak, with few light points thrown in. In the first chapter, Sariphi mentions that, she is not afraid of anything, not even being sacrificed, only the "frigid, heartless eyes of those, who had been her parents". It is yet to be revealed as to why, exactly she was chosen to be the 99th sacrifice.

Plot
Sariphi is presented, before the king of beasts as the 99th sacrifice as part of a peace treaty agreement between the beast kingdom of Ozmargo and the human kingdom of Yoana. Because she was the first of all the 98th, before her to show no fear, before the king, she was given the privilege of being, by the king's side. This of course, ended up upsetting a lot of the government officials in the royal court.

Later, Sariphi attends to a royal banquet whereas government officials, nobles and others in a high position is invited to see, who is the new chosen concubine for Leonhart. After it was revealed that, Sariphi was the one to chosen as royal concubine and was a human too boot upset a lot of the people, who protested loudly and called Sariphi "it" and other less flattering names, much to Leonhart's annoyance. During the banquet, Sariphi wanted to give Leonhart a cup of wine she had tasted and ended up spilling it on him after a reptilian envoy tripped her in an effort to make Sariphi anger Leonhart. This of course backfired and the envoy was almost killed, by Leonhart, but was stopped, by Sariphi.

Unknown days after the banquet, Sariphi managed to convince Leonhart to travel to the capital with her, on the condition of her wearing a disguise so that she wouldn't stand out. After a bit of venturing, they were eventually discovered and was forced to travel back to the castle.

Days after Sariphi is in the study with Cy and Clops to continue the study of demon kin culture. During this, she ended up fainting and it was discovered that she was suffering from miasma poisoning and it would eventually kill her if she continued staying in the country. Leonhart managed to leave her in the care of a small border town and had her cured with the help of Ambrosia.

Sadly, shortly after Sariphi's arrival, rumors started to swirl that, she was a runaway sacrifice and she would rain down the terror of beasts on the town. She was eventually chased out and almost ended up falling off a cliff in her teary run away from the town lamenting her position as an outcast and not belonging anywhere. Leonhart managed to find her in time in human form and explained to her she was never abandoned by him as she initially thought. All ended with a happy reunion with her caretakers and Anubis's annoyed look.

Sariphi is looking at the portraits of the late king and queen of Ozmargo, with Clops and Cy wondering why she wants to see the portraits she says that, there hasn't been a single human.

When Sariphi goes outside she sees people that, she has not seen, before in Ozmargo.

Abilities

 * High-Level Intellect: Sariphi is a highly intelligent individual, for example, with just a few bits of information, she managed to deduce that, Leonhart was secretly injuring himself, in order to keep up the appearance of him eating the sacrifices. She also has the ability to win the hearts of several other individuals that, she encounters through her actions and determination, such as the princess of a nearby feline country and princess, Amit among few so far.

Trivia

 * Sariphi's name means "Sacrifice" in an ancient tongue.
 * In author's notes, Yū Tomofuji came up with two versions of Sariphi; long hair and bob, she quickly settled on the bob. Their personalities were worlds apart too, and the story would've been very different if she'd gone, with Sariphi.
 * In Volume 4, her favorite food is anything as long as it's tasty. Her height is 153cm (5').
 * Many fan works and translations have translated Sariphi's name as Saliphie. But, since then, it has been officially established, via the release of Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts related media, by Yen Press that, the correct spelling of her name is Sariphi.
 * According to Clops and Cy's Character Introduction,
 * Sariphi was born on March 4 of the Yoana Calendar.
 * Sariphi likes delicious food.
 * Sariphi dislikes foods that, don't taste good.
 * Sariphi's hobby is reading.

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