Carissa

Carissa (キャーリサ) is the the second princess of the British Royal Family and the second eldest of Queen Elizard's daughters. She launches a rebellion and overthrows her mother, but faces opposition against her younger sister and her allies. Her forces and her allies, the Knights of England, fight against Villian's forces and her allies, Necessarius, for the throne, which sparks the English Civil War. During the civil war, it is revealed she carries the sword Curtana Original, which grants to the wielder the overwhelming power of the Archangel Michael.

Of the three princesses, she possess the aspect of "military affairs."

Appearance
A woman in her upper 20's with blonde hair. She wears a red dress composed of bright red leather which gives off a suggestion of bondage related. The skirt appeared to be supported by a wire framework and is able to contract or expanded to an unnaturally large size like an umbrella. Kamijou Touma remarked that she was very gaudy looking compared to her sisters.

Personality
From her first introduction, she doesn't interact well with the other members of her family and looks down upon her younger sister, Villian, even openly insults her. Once she begins her coup d’etat, Carissa assumes a more tyrannical nature and uncaring beliefs even to her own allies. Only until did Riméa finished her investigation and broadcasted Carrisa's true beliefs revealed more about her intentions and ideals. When Carissa had come to a conclusion that England would lose all it's value and even it's people would be looked down upon by other EU nations, if the country continued on its current course. She decided that the most effective means of maintain England's honor and peace would be through military force, with Curtana Original she would rise as historical tyrant only to fall later but not before sealing all the Curtanas and any possible means of reviving them.

Chronology
In Volume 20, she commands the military forces defending against the attack by France, and by the end of the volume, she is in a duel with the Maiden of Versailles who has the artifact Durandal. Carissa by then used her secret weapon: a shard of the Curtana Second that was chipped off when Elizard used it to duel with Carissa during the UK civil war, and can grant the wielder from the UK Royal family the power to turn it into the best weapon to defend the wielder against a attack. Against the Durandal the shard produced a sword of light with the shard as the hilt, with the narrative description sounding close to that of a "lightsaber." Carissa mentions the power of the shard is weaker than she thought it would be, even in the hands of Royalty.

In Volume 21, the manifestation of Archangel Gabriel and its devastation of both Academy City and Russian forces ends the Battle of Dover Strait inconclusively. Carissa and the Maiden of Versailles turn their attention to the new foe, coming to the aid of the beleaguered Academy City and Russian forces. Despite the effectiveness of both Carissa and the Maiden's weapons against the archangel's wings, they prove to be unable to harm the angel itself. Gabriel unleashes a fierce counter-attack, nearly killing Carissa if not for the timely intervention of the Maiden. It proceeds to shower the battelfield with thousands of icicles, leaving no openings for either Carissa or the Maiden of Versailles to capitalize on. Gabriel then turns its attention to the forces of Academy City and Russia -- Carissa is barely able to intercept the archangel's attack, wounding her heavily and shattering her weapon. As Gabriel attacks again, Carissa reveals that she possesses more than one shard of the Curtana Second, now wielding two shards of the sword in her hands with ten more tied to her belt. Carissa and the Maiden, despite their wounds, help cover the retreat of the Academy City and Russian forces, who are in turn assisted by English and French troops. Carissa declares that they will hold until the troops reach safety. Finally, she procures a communication device from inbetween her breasts (to which the Maiden of Versailles is quick to criticize) and orders multiple surface-to-air missile strikes on the newly-emerged Star of Bethlehem, which is enough to force Archangel Gabriel into a retreat so that it can intercept the missiles. Carissa taunts the archangel as it leaves, but thinks to herself that the angel's power is beyond any mortal reckoning and questions how it can be possibly defeated by mere humans.

Abilities
Even without Curtana Original, Carissa demonstrated that she quite capable fighting with or against an entire group. Her intellect is also quite remarkable as she easily countered her opponents tactics and abilities. With Curtana Original in-hand she: fought nearly on even grounds against three Saint level opponents, and eliminated all her possible openings by exploiting the weakness in the group unity.

Other abilities she demonstrated with Curtana Original are: Knight Leader commented that Carrisa could use all the powers he had with Hrunting all at the same time whereas he could only use them one at a time.
 * Sever dimensions with a cut
 * She could run from Folkestone to Buckingham Palace by running as fast as a helicopter
 * Strength almost equal to an angel
 * Move and fight at supersonic speed
 * Create a shield that can easily withstand blasts from a limit lifted sky fortress

Design evolution
Carissa's design remains static throughout the series. According to Haimura, she was designed similarly to Debora Briscoletti of the DS version of Dragon Quest 5.

Quotes

 * (During volume 20) : “Oh, no. At this rate, those French bastards are going to capture me and then gang rape me to death” -- She jokingly stated this as her troops were losing morale to keep them motivated.
 * (During volume 20) : “Having me take action is actually the greatest secret plan for England” -- As she revealed her ability to use the shards of the Curtana Second

Trivia

 * Curtana's Dimensional Cleavage Formula, like other spells such as Stiyl's Innocentius, can't be blocked by the Imagine Breaker at times; but Kanzaki mentioned to Touma in Volume 18's climax that if the Imagine Breaker comes into contact with the dimension cutter attack within 1.25 seconds of its activation, it can be stopped. After that, the attack becomes after-effects of magic and can't be blocked - with the metaphor given in the narratives as Touma can negate magic fire, but can't negate the ash it leaves.