| “ | How do you do. I’m a maid that serves the House of Gremory. My name is Grayfia. Pleased to make your acquaintance. | ” |
–Grayfia introducing herself to Issei Hyoudou, Volume 2, Life.2 I Pick a Fight | ||
Grayfia Lucifuge (グレイフィア・ルキフグス, Gureifia Rukifugusu) is the wife and Queen of Sirzechs Lucifer and the mother of Millicas Gremory. She is also the older sister of Euclid Lucifuge and the sister-in-law of Rias Gremory. Grayfia is known as the Strongest Queen and the Silver-Haired Queen of Annihilation, and is the only member of Sirzechs' peerage who stayed behind after the events of the Evil Dragon War.
Appearance
Grayfia is a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous body, appearing to be in her early twenties with back-length silver hair that features a long braid on each side with small blue bows at the ends, while the rest is let down which ends in twin braids and red eyes (silver in the anime).
While on her days off as a maid, Grayfia's normal outfit has few noticeable differences is that she looks younger, her eyes are red and she has a faded-pink scrunchy on her, as opposed to the blue maid outfit. Her outfit is a black shirt with golden-caramel accents at the edges of the shirt and spread horizontally near the bottom, with two light golden trims going down the shirt; and the shirt splits slightly above her stomach, exposing her midriff. Around her neck and shoulders is a long, cyan scarf made from light material that reaches her hips. Her jeans are blue, with a white outline at the top.
In most of her appearances, she is seen wearing a blue and white French maid outfit with long sleeves and a white maid headband over her head with red lipstick as a cosmetic accessory.
While participating in the Azazel Cup as "Bina Lessthan", Grayfia uses demonic power to change her appearance into a younger version of herself as a teenager and wears a dragon mask to conceal her identity.
Personality
As a Devil noble and the former heiress of the Lucifuge Clan, Grayfia is very strict and serious with a calm, dignified and refined personality, with perfect etiquette.
As Sirzechs's wife and Queen, Grayfia is often exasperated by her husband. She also does not like admitting her relationship to Sirzechs while she is "on the job", to the point of pinching Sirzechs's face if he mentions it and denying it. Grayfia also has an issue where she becomes a "troublemaker" as stated by Azazel, who was told by Sirzechs, when she becomes drunk.
Despite her serious personality, Grayfia is a very kind and wise young woman who deeply loves her family and enjoys doing her "job" as a maid of the Gremory Clan.
As an older sister, Grayfia is very loving towards her younger brother Euclid and younger sister-in-law Rias though is also strict with them as she would sternly scold them for misbehaving, as she would often scold Rias for her selfish behaviour which cause trouble for her family in Devil Noble society due to having high expectations for her and frequently remind Rias of her responsibilities as the Gremory heiress as she tried to change Rias's flaws in order to make Rias a splendid Devil noble. Likewise, when Euclid committed terrorism and support Rizevim's dangerous ambitions out of blind loyalty towards the original Lucifer, Grayfia is harsh in reprimanding him during their reunion after centuries.
Despite often being cool, glamorous and dignified, Grayfia does have an emotionally fragile side which are connected to the people she love and cares about, as she tragically cried when her father was poisoned to death in the Devil Civil War. When Sirzechs sealed himself in the Isolation Barrier Field, leaving her behind for millenias, she fell into a depression which she kept hidden and suppressed, choosing to singlemindedly focus on supporting Issei in order to make him a Satan in response to Sirzechs's wish before departing. When Issei pleaded her to show more concern for her son Millicas, she was distraught as after losing to Rias, she finally realized how she had been neglecting her son since Sirzechs left them as she cried profusely while hugging Millicas.
History
Grayfia comes from the House of Lucifuge, a noble family of Pure-Blooded Devils from the Extra Demons, whose family served under the original Lucifer. Grayfia was originally from the Old Satan Faction that opposed the Anti-Satan Faction, where she stood in the front lines as one of the most powerful Devils. It was during that time that she met Sirzechs and fell in love with him. During the Devil Civil War, she would meet him in secret. The two of them married each other after the end of the conflict between the Old Satan Faction and the Anti-Satan Faction, eventually giving birth to a son. Their romance became a well-known romantic story among the young Devils and was even made into a movie.
Powers & Abilities
Immense Demonic Power: Even for an Ultimate-Class Devil, Grayfia is a highly powerful Devil. She's noted by Rias and Euclid to be one of the strongest Devils produced by the Old Satan Faction and is titled the Strongest Queen. Her power is stated to be on par with the Four Great Satans, having once fought evenly against Serafall for ten days in the Devil Civil War with neither able to gain an advantage and even Sirzechs, a Super Devil and the current Satan Lucifer, is terrified of his wife when she becomes angry. After the war, her power was further enhanced by the addition of Sirzechs Queen Piece. In Volume 25, with the support of Asia and initially Fafnir, she was able to fight evenly against Artemis.
- Transformation: Grayfia was able to use demonic power to appear the same age as a teenager, while under her alias, Bina Lessthan.
Master Magician: Grayfia is highly skilled and talented in magic, enhanced by her demonic power and Queen Piece. In Volume 4, she was entrusted to analyze the transference magic circle used by Nilrem during Khaos Brigade attack on the Three Faction leaders. In Volume 22, she can create a red magic circle in the form of a dragon to fire a blast of tremendous energy that not even Armaros, an expert of anti-magic, can negate.
Enhanced Offense and Defense: From the Rook trait of her Queen Piece, Grayfia has offensive and defensive enhancement, giving her enhanced strength and defense.
Enhanced Magic Power: From the Bishop trait of her Queen piece, Grayfia can strengthen her magic and demonic powers.
Enhanced Speed: From the Knight trait of her Queen piece, Grayfia has speed enhancement, increasing her speed. She was easily able to dodge Artemis' arrows during their fight.
Flight: Being a Devil, Grayfia can fly using her wings.
Master Chef: As part of her maid duties, Grayfia is highly skilled in cooking.
Equipment
Queen Piece (女王の駒, Joō no koma): Grayfia was given the Queen Piece, which grants her the attributes of a Rook, Bishop, and Knight.
Trivia
- Grayfia's height is 174 cm. (5 feet 8 inches) according to the visual book with her data, making her the second-tallest female character in the series (only behind Kalawarna).
- Grayfia's last name, Lucifuge, is a reference to Lucifuge Rofocale, a demon in charge of Hell's government and Lucifer's subordinate. Her role as Sirzechs' wife and Queen, as well as her family's lineage of serving the original Lucifer, justify this reference.
- The original Japanese spellings of Lucifuge, ルキフグス (Rushifugusu), can be transliterated as Lucifugus, the original spellings in Latin for "Lucifuge" (both meaning "to flee the light"), and its counterpart Rofocalus for "Rofocale".
- Grayfia's name is derived from the names of two Pokemon: Glaceon and Leafeon.[1]
- The name Grayfia alias "Bina" in Italian means "double", referring to the fact she was using a double personality to hide her own.
- Grayfia once challenged Serafall Sitri for the title of Leviathan.[2]
- Grayfia has two different roles in the House of Gremory, as a maid and as Rias' sister-in-law.
- According to Rias, Grayfia's work as a maid is mostly as a hobby, as she likes doing small tasks and housekeeping.
- Normally, she acts as a devoted maid and on special occasions, such as her day off, she acts as Rias' sister-in-law, during which she lectures her.[2]
- Grayfia is shown to have low alcohol tolerance.[3]
- Apart from Sirzechs Lucifer, Issei Hyoudou is the only other man to have seen her naked.[3]
- Grayfia bears a near-exact resemblance to Sakuya Izayoi of the Touhou Project series.
- In the "DxD" popularity election, she came in eighth in the heroine category.[4]
References
- ↑ Ishibumi's twitter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Light Novel Volume 8, Extra Life. The Fun Gremory Family.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Light Novel DX.1, Life.6 Let's Go to Onsen
- ↑ Dragon Magazine May Issue 2021