Emilia

A silver-haired half-elf candidate for the throne of Lugnica.

Emilia is a character from Tappei Nagatsuki's light novel series Re:Zero. A half-human half-elf living in a fantasy world, Emilia meets the young protagonist Subaru Natsuki who becomes attached to her. She is a candidate to become the next ruler in the royal election and become the King of Lugnica. During her trials presented in the story arcs of the novels, Emilia is comforted by Subaru which leads her to accept her own identity, eventually choosing him as her only knight.

Quick Facts

Series: Re:Zero
Creator: Tappei Nagatsuki
First: Prologue: "The Waste Heat of the Beginning" (2014)
Voice: Kayli Mills (English); Rie Takahashi (Japanese)

Lore & Background

Emilia is a silver-haired half-elf girl and a Spirit Art User; she is one of the candidates to become the next ruler in the royal election, which would make her the 42nd King of Lugnica. Subaru first meets her when her insignia, which she needs to possess in order to be eligible to participate in the election, is stolen by Felt. She is from the Frozen Forest, and is over a hundred years old (although most of the time she was frozen in the forest).

Her mental state is still that of a teenager. 'Satella' is also the name of the 'Witch of Envy', whose appearance is said to resemble her own and is responsible for the discrimination against half-elves. Emilia is often accompanied by Puck, a familiar and a spirit in the form of a cat. His true identity is that of 'Beast of the End of the Eternally Frozen Lands', one of 4 Great Spirits of the world who can control cold.

Among the half breeds and other discriminated or disenfranchised races and people in Lugnica, she is seen as their hope for a better future due to her ideal of creating a society where everyone can live happily and without discrimination. Because of her heritage and resemblance to Satella, however, Emilia is often shunned and hated by most people, leaving her lonely and without any friends prior to meeting Subaru.

Did You Know?

Tappei Nagatsuki created Emilia out of his ideal of her type being a heroine he wanted to have in the story, with the protagonist being devoted to her too.
Emilia is voiced by Rie Takahashi in Japanese and Kayli Mills in English in the anime adaptation.