Prinsesa Emeralde

Princess Emeraude

Princess Emeraude(エメロード Emerōdo) is both the sovereign ruler of Cephiro and a Goddess-like figure whom all the inhabitants pray to for peace, prosperity, and protection. She is also the first person to summon Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji to the mystical, otherworldly realm of Cephiro, to become the legendary Magic Knights.

She is named after the Mitsubishi Emeraude.

Powers and Abilities 

Aside from her powers of meditation and prayer as the Pillar, Princess Emeraude is also shown to be able to project herself in a non-corporeal form, such as when she appears to the Magic Knights at the Spring of Eterna. She also has the power to heal, as seen when she healed Zagato's wound using a small ball of light. In the fight against the Magic Knights, it was revealed that she also had her own Rune God, and was more than their equal, having tremendous powers of destruction, being able to completely destroy Zagato's castle with only one blow, unleashing potent energy blasts that even Fuu's usually-reliable protection spell, Winds of Protection, was no match for, and causing thunder to roar, lightning to flash, and the very land of Cephiro to literally fall apart, using only the power of her anger and hatred. Indeed, Rayearth himself stated she was "incomparably stronger than anyone else".

Even in death, Princess Emeraude's powers appeared to have lost none of their potency, given that her spirit was able to repel the seemingly all-powerful Debonair from the castle and vaporise hordes of regenerative monsters, by unleashing a potent, bright shine of pure, transcendent light through her tiara; its power completely stunned everyone, and seemed to set the entire land of Cephiro alit with its glory. Debonair herself cursed Princess Emeraude for that attack of light, confessing that it had not only banished her (hence foiling her plans), but had also "weakened her powers". She also caused Hikaru and Eagle to experience vivid visions of her life story, from the beginning where she was crowned Pillar of Cephiro, to the end where she was tragically killed by the Magic Knights, simply because she had fallen in love. Presumably, she wanted the next person who was worthy of becoming Pillar to fully understand the commitment that was required, and the price he/she would have to pay for it, so that when he/she would know exactly what he/she is doing when becoming the Pillar, and her and Zagato's tragic love story would not be repeated.

Zagato and Emeraude