Rixia Mao

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Rixia Mao
Debut	Trails from Zero
Seiyuu	Rina Satō
Voice actor	Erica Mendez
Biographical information
Alias(es)	Yin
Age	16 (Zero/Azure/Akatsuki) 17 (CS2) 20 (Reverie) 21 (Kuro)
Date of birth	S.1187
Place of birth	Calvard
Affiliation	Arc en Ciel Heiyue (former)
Occupation	Performing Artist Yin
Hobbies	Cooking, Sewing (Yin's costume and the like)
Likes	Eastern Green Tea
Physical information
Gender	Female
Height	159 cm
Sizes	B92/W57/H86
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Indigo
Blood type	O
Battle information (Trails from/to Zero and Azure)
Weapon	Sword
Orbment type	Mirage
Battle information (Trails of Cold Steel II)
Weapon	Sword
Orbment type	Mirage, Wind
Slash	A
Thrust	—
Pierce	B
Strike	A
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Rixia Mao (リーシャ・マオ) is a performing artist for the troupe Arc en Ciel and the current successor of the title of Yin (銀(いん)), the designation given to a legendary assassin from Calvard over a century ago which has been passed down to inheritors in a chain of succession ever since.

Profile

Appearance

Rixia is a young woman with long thick Indigo hair tied in a top pony tail with a loop, and matching eyes. Rixia wears a variety of outfits throughout the series, however her main outfits include:

Moon Princess: A costume for performing in the Arc en Ciel consisting of a white bandeau, waist cloth, boots, flared arm coverings and a gold headdress with moon iconography. Rixia wears several bead bracelets and necklaces and her body is covered in green tribal markings.

Yin (former): Rixia uses a mystical technique to disguise her true form and appear as a male. She wears long black trousers and a thick black cloak with protective metal plats. Her arm coverings give the appearance of feathers and extend past her hands. The outfit has a lilac trim. Covering her head is a hooded mask consisting of two layers and a metal mask, obscuring most of her face.

Yin (present): No longer, using the disguise technique, Rixia's face is out in the open, using white ribbon in her hair. She wears a revealing blue and violet qipao variant gold patterns that is open at the sides where it is laced up. She wears no leggings, using only thigh high stocking boots covered in metal reinforcement and a the long drape of her purple qipao, also ending in a metal plate. Rixia uses mauve metal armour on her arms consisting of several separate plates laced together and a clawed metal gauntlet is worn on one hand. Rixia uses lots of red cord to tie all of her outfit together.

Rixia is armed with an incredibly large 'demon sword' with a very thick blade, extended handle and a tip ending in a hook like shape. The blade is navy blue with violet markings across the central part.

Personality

Rixia is a polite young lady with a strong passion for dancing, but is humble towards her own capabilities. As Yin, her personality shifts to one of more confidence and one that tests the strength of the Crossbell State Police Department. She finds herself questioning the path of being a dancer or an assassin often leading to self doubts.

Childhood

Rixia was born in Calvard in S.1187. She grew up with her father, the then-current Yin. She has no memories of her mother, which led her to think that her father possibly moved out with Rixia in order to pass down the title of Yin on his daughter. Her father was neither strict nor gentle, and only saw to her training. While travelling across Calvard, she attended the local sunday school and got in touch with a great number of people.

The rest of her days were filled with rigorous training and practice with concealed weapons and Fu Shu. Inheriting the title of Yin also involved inheriting the knowledge and skills of her predecessors. As she progressed her training, Rixia felt that she became Yin. However, since there could be only one Yin active, Rixia spent her days at home honing her skills while waiting for her father to return home. He would never answer her questions as to when she would become acting Yin.

In S.1201, Rixia inherited the role of acting Yin when her father contracted an incurable disease. Although he was perceived as the strongest Yin history had known, the disease was too serious for him to overcome. Her father did not see a doctor or consider medical treatment. From his deathbed, he told Rixia she would inherit the title of Yin with his death. For the first time in her life, Rixia was afraid and told her father she would not be able to do it on her own. Her father told her that she should define her own role as Yin.

One month later, her father passed away. Inheriting his connections, she mimicked her father by dressing in black and resorting to neigong. While she was not yet as skilled as her father, she had no problem taking over his jobs.

Trails from Zero

Two years later, she signed a long-term partnership with Heiyue in West Calvard. Their goal was to gain total control over the trade market in Crossbell City. She arrived in Crossbell at night and prepared for battle when the leading Arc-en-Ciel performer Ilya Platiere noticed Rixia's natural talents and roped her into performing for the troupe, causing Rixia to juggle her duties as the disguised assassin Yin and her acting job as the Princess of the Moon.

In Trails from Zero, Rixia discovers that someone had used the name "Yin" to sign a threatening letter to Ilya. Despite Ilya not paying much attention to the letter and calling it a prank, Rixia sprung to action in order to discover the identity of who impersonated "Yin". Deciding to kill two birds with one stone, Rixia visited the Special Support Section with an appeal directly to Lloyd to find the identity of the letter sender while simultaneously sending a digital message over the Orbal Net to the SSS under the name "Yin" to meet at Stargazer's Tower. In doing so, Rixia (while in disguise as Yin) was able to collaborate investigative data with the SSS and get a clear picture of the strengths and limitations of the newly formed police group.

When the SSS were rushing to Ursula to confront Joachim Guenter and rescue the hospital workers, Lloyd directly appeals to the disguised Rixia to temporarily team up, stating that they could achieve both of their goals while watching each other's backs. Rixia, surprised that Lloyd would even propose teaming up with a known assassin, agrees with Lloyd and temporarily joins the team to discover more of the truth behind the link between Gnosis and Revache.

Trails to Azure

Rixia is revealed to be Yin after a confrontation in the swamps with Arianrhod and the Stahlritter. She then disappears from the scene as Yin and not does appear for a while. Shirley Orlando of the Red Constellation is eager to fight Yin and the two start up a sort of rivalry, with the two fighting during the raid on Crossbell City and reaching a climatic battle in the Azure Tree.

Trails of Cold Steel II

Rixia accompanies Lloyd as part of Crossbell's resistance forces acting against the country's annexation at the hands of Erebonia. The pair search for information in the Geofront but confront Rean Schwarzer and Altina Orion in the process. After a battle, the two manage to escape.

Trails of Cold Steel III and IV

Rixia does not physically appear in The latter half of the Erebonia arc but she is mentioned as being amongst the individuals trapped in Operation: Birdcage by Rufus Albarea. Rixia takes part in the operations countering Operation Jormungandr at the outbreak of the Great War.

Trails into Reverie

It is revealed that Nadia Rayne and Swin Abel know of Rixia and her identity as Yin as the two sides prepare to fight each other, each thinking the other is after them for assassination. It turns out to be a misunderstanding however and they part ways amicably.

Rixia joins the Special Support Section's efforts in freeing the city from Rufus' personal guard by performing in a special Arc en Ciel comeback performance. following this, she accompanies Lloyd and the SSS around Crossbell performing various jobs in the lead up to the independence ceremony. Following the takeover of the city by Supreme Leader Rufus, Rixia joins Lloyd in searching for missing persons during the occupation, such as Shanshan, Rixia's best friend, in Armorica Village. They track down Ilya to the Sun Fort where they are ambushed by Garcia Rossi and Heiyue due to Shanshan succumbing to the curse and revealing their location. It is after confronting Garcia and Cao Lee that Rixia discovers Ilya has been taken over by the curse and narrowly avoid being injured by her co-worker by an intervening Zeit.

Rixia overcomes Ilya in the operation to retake Crossbell, breaking the mask and restoring her original frame of mind. Rixia then joins in the assault on Reverse Babel.

Character Notes

Trails into Reverie

リーシャ・マオ
	劇団アルカンシェル/伝説の《凶手》
	《月の姫》と謳われる、劇団の看板女優。伝説と言われる暗殺者《銀》でありながら、縁あって《特務支援課》と絆を結んだ。
	Ｅｐ：自分なりの 自分なりの《銀》に悩んでいたリーシャは、思わず出会ったスウィン＆ナーディアから在り方のヒントを得るのだった。
	イリアとの離別 助け出したイリアは、リーシャに対し刃を向けた。妖しい仮面を身につけた彼女は舞いで人々を洗脳した張本人だった。
	舞姫の対決 クロスベルでイリアと対峙。舞いの対決と熾烈な戦いの末、ついに彼女の仮面をはがし、本来の人格を取り戻せた。

Gameplay

Weapons

Trails to Azure

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Trails of Cold Steel II

	Name	Cost	Upgrade materials	Acquired
	Yatagarasu Kai 八咫烏・改	—	—	Initial gear
		[STR+1075/RNG+2] A black sword for those who live in the darkness.
	Bakuya 霊剣・莫邪	—	—	Treasure: Geofront E
		[STR+1165/RNG+2/Crit+5%/Causes Faint (5%)] A large sword that appears in Eastern legend. Repels evil.
	Bakuya +1 霊剣・莫邪+1	—	—	Phantasmal Mirror
		[STR+1555/ATS・DEF・ADF+200/SPD+30/HP+3000/EP+10]

Trails into Reverie

	Name	Cost	Upgrade materials	Acquired
	黒鶫	—	—
		[STR+955 RNG+2 必殺2%]
	黒鶫+1	—	—
		[STR+1055 RNG+2 必殺2%]
	莫耶の宝剣	—	—
		[STR+1155 RNG+2 必殺2%]
	莫耶の宝剣+1	—	—
		[STR+1255 RNG+2 必殺2%]
	莫耶の宝剣+2	—	—
		[STR+1355 RNG+2 必殺2%]
	莫耶の宝剣+3	—	—
		[STR+1455 RNG+2 必殺2%]
	霊剣「月読」	—	Black Zemurian Ore x1	Upgrade
		[STR+1605 RNG+2 必殺4%]

Crafts

Trails from Zero

	Name	Effect	Cast Cost	Level
	Dragon Claws 龍爪斬	Craft - Attack - Area (S) Draws in foes, then slashes with a sword.	20 CP	Initial
	Exploding Talisman 爆雷符	Craft - Attack - One - K.O. (90%) Throws a kunai with a talisman attached and detonates it.	20 CP	Initial
	Qilingong 麒麟功	Craft - Support - Self - STR/SPD+50% Concentrates spirit, raising STR and SPD.	20 CP	Initial
	Falling Moon 崩月輪	Craft - Attack - Line Throws sword like a boomerang, eradicating foes.	20 CP	Initial
	Paraselene Dance 幻月の舞	S-Craft - Attack - All Binds foes with claws and lunar light.	100+ CP	Initial
	Ogre Needles 鬼針	Support Craft - Attack - Area (M) - K.O. (50%) Throws innumerable kunai coated with a deadly poison.	—	Initial

Trails of Cold Steel II

	Name	Effect	Class	Cast Cost	Level
	True Dragon Claws 真・龍爪斬	Attack (Set) - Area (L) - Suction Draws in foes, then slashes. Attacks twice.	Cx2	30 CP	Initial
	True Falling Moon 真・崩月輪	Attack (Set) - Line (M) - Faint (50%) Throws sword like a boomerang. Unbalance+20%.	S+	40 CP	Initial
	Moonlight Butterflies 月光蝶	Support - Self - Stealth/SPD+50% (2 turns) Disappears from sight in a group of silvery butterflies.	—	50 CP	Initial
	True Paraselene Dance 真・幻月の舞	Attack - All Binds foes with claws and lunar light.	4S	100+ CP	Initial

Trails into Reverie

	Name	Power	Break	Unbalance	Cost	Acquire
	Dragon Claws 龍爪斬				40 CP	Initial
		攻撃(威力E×2 ブレイクD 崩しB)： 円L(地点指定)：吸引 駆動解除100% 遅延+6
	True Dragon Claws 真・龍爪斬				40 CP	Level 106
		攻撃(威力D×2 ブレイクD 崩しB)： 円L(地点指定)：吸引 駆動解除100% 遅延+8
	凰月輪				60 CP	Initial
		攻撃(威力S ブレイクS 崩しD)： 直線M(地点指定)：封魔・気絶・即死20%
	極・凰月輪				60 CP	Level 204
		攻撃(威力S+ ブレイクS+ 崩しD)： 直線M(地点指定)：封魔・気絶・混乱・即死30%
	Moonlight Butterflies 月光蝶	—	—	—	40 CP	Initial
		補助：自己：2ターン「ステルス」4ターンSTR・SPD↑(中)
	True Moonlight Butterflies 真・月光蝶	—	—	—	40 CP	Level 138
		補助：自己：2ターン「ステルス」4ターンSTR・SPD↑(大)
	Paraselene Dance 幻月の舞				100+ CP	Initial
		攻撃(威力4S+ ブレイクD 崩し無効)：全体
	銀月の舞・極夜				100+ CP	試練の扉
		攻撃(威力5S ブレイクD 崩し無効)： 全体：混乱・魅了50%

Brave Order

Trails into Reverie

Name	BP	Effect
影技《不知火》	2	Delay -50% (6 turns) SPD ↑ (M) (2 turns)

Gallery

Trails from Zero

Bust shot in Trails from Zero

In Arc en Ciel costume

in-costume

Opening shots in Trails from Zero

An illustration of Rixia's S-craft

Concept art for Rixia's weapons

Concept art for Rixia's Enigima strap

Sketch variations

A full-length sketch of Rixia from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia in Yin disguise from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia in Yin disguise from Trails from Zero

A full-length sketch of Rixia from Trails from Zero

Concept art for Rixia's hair

A portrait sketch of Rixia

Yin

Trails to Azure

Trails to Azure EVO

Art from Ao Evo

Bust shot of an unmasked Yin in Trails to Azure

Bust shot in Trails to Azure

Rixia's swimsuit bust shot in Trails to Azure

Rixia with Ilya Platiere and Sully Atraid during the Imperial occupation

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Portrait (Arc en Ciel)

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Portrait (Yin Masked)

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Portrait (Yin Unmasked)

Portrait (Yin Unmasked)

Portrait (Yin Unmasked)

Portrait (Yin Unmasked)

Trails of Cold Steel II

S-Craft

Introduction in Trails of Cold Steel II

Trails into Reverie

Character artwork

Key visual

S-Craft

Moon Princess concept art

Swimsuit

Casual outfit Concept art

DLC outfit

Casual outfit concept art 1

Casual outfit concept art 2

Hollow S-Craft

Dancer S-Craft

Hollow Dancer S-Craft

SD

Announcement screenshot

Promotional Screenshot of Rixia with Ilya Platiere.

Promotional Screenshot of Rixia with Lloyd Bannings.

Promotional Screenshot of Rixia with Lloyd Bannings and Shanshan.

Promotional Screenshot of Rixia with Sully Atraid and Ilya Platiere.

Promotional Screenshot of Rixia

Kuro no Kiseki

Promotional Screenshot

Promotional Screenshot

Promotional Screenshot

Others

S-craft in Akatsuki no Kiseki

Yin S-Craft in Akatsuki no Kiseki

Full S-Craft in Akatsuki no Kiseki

Moon Princess Rixia in Akatsuki no Kiseki

Captain Rixia in Akatsuki no Kiseki

Catgirl Rixia in Akatsuki no Kiseki

School Rixia in Akatsuki no Kiseki

Hajimari x Browndust collaboration

Hajimari x Browndust collaboration

Trivia

• Rixia is the only character playable in the Trails of Cold Steel arc who does not appear in Trails of Cold Steel IV. She is also the only playable character in the arc who cannot participate in the fight against the Great One (either directly or via a usable Brave Order) at the end of IV.