Rita Mordio

A brunette-haired girl who wears goggles. Rita is a researcher that studies Blastia, and hates to be interrupted during her research. She is eccentric and has a poor social disposition. In battle, she wields scrolls, whips and books and is capable of using various magical attacks.

Early Life
Virtually nothing is known about Rita's early life or immediate family, except that she lost both parents and was forced to take care of herself from a relatively young age. Rita has stated that she can't even remember the faces of her parents. An optional conversation between Rita and Judith about a pioneer in Blastia research whom discovered the truth about Blastia and tried to find a way to destroy them implied that the aforementioned researcher had been Rita's father.

The Famed Mage of Aspio
Contrary to what her young age would make one believe, Rita is actually one of, if not the most, intelligent mages of Aspio, the city of scholars. Despite this, she was treated as a weirdo due to her obsession with research and with Blastia. When Yuri first asked anyone of the famed mage, Mordio, they were in awe as to 'why he wanted to see that weirdo'. It is explained later in the game that the reason for her obsession was that they all she had due to her status as an orphan and her lack of any friends or family. Her lack of social skills also stems from the fact that she always had to worry about herself instead of taking the time to socialize with others, and thus wasn't used to having friendly relationships.To add to the oddness around, there's also something in her dresser than even Estelle is shocked about, and although there are many theories about what was in Rita's dresser, it is never found out for sure.

In the end credits, it shows that Rita has continued to be a researcher, conducting experiments with chemicals and flying around in a device of her own build. She flies by Estelle and is later seen having tea with her, indicating that she maintains her friendship with the princess. At the end the entire gang are seen at a reunion.

Relationships with Other Characters
Despite her cold-hearted attitude, Rita has made friends with most of her group, specifically with Estellise Sidos Heurassein, who saw past Rita's harsh exterior. Over time, Rita became quite taken with Estelle's kind demeanor and optimistic, positive attitude, and eventually became very protective over the Princess. Though Rita won't admit it, she cares about Estelle very much and doesn't want to ever see her hurt.

Because of the problem between her and Yuri Lowell, they don't have as much interactions. Like with everyone else, Yuri is normally sarcastic with Rita ("Aww, I've always wanted to hold your hand, Rita"). His apology wasn't very convincing either. However, as the game goes on, Yuri and Rita seem to form a relatively strong friendship. Later in the game, when Yuri was injured and went missing, Rita passively claimed to have "looked all over" for him, trying to sound as if the task had been annoying. However, Estelle and Judith notice that Rita is happy that Yuri is okay and comment on it, resulting in her embarrassment.

Rita is also the few people that Repede has taken an interest in. At first, Rita is afraid of him, and has even admited she would never eat any gels that were in his mouth. She refers to him as just "the dog" or "the pooch" in the first half, but she eventually begins to compliment him, and use his name in the third part of the game.

Her relationship with Karol Capel is more humorous than anything else. Karol is actually nothing more than Rita's punching bag. Whenever Karol acts up, she's quick to give him a smack in the head to set him straight. She has also smacked him when he almost squealed, gave something a stupid name, and just because he was there when she was freaked about ghosts.

Though Karol is her usual punching bag, Raven is pretty close behind. Whenever he says anything even remotely perverted, she is quick to deal a brutal punch, kick, slap, and sometimes even a spell, to knock him over or send him flying. The two seem to love to annoy each other, and are frequently engaged in sarcastic banter. However, Rita does seem to hold at the very least a shred of care for him. When the group was forced to fight him, she shouted rather emotionally that she hated him, but when he appeared to have died after saving their lives, she almost broke down in tears when she tried explaining what happened to LeBlanc. Later, when he unexpectedly rejoined them, looking perfectly fine and seemingly not a scratch on him, the gang proceeded to pummel him with Rita delivering the strongest blow.

Rita's relationship between her and Judith is the biggest change. At first, without even knowing it, Judith was just a "Dragon Freak" that destroyed her precious blastia. When she finally discovered the secret, she told Yuri that she was going to beat her to a pulp if she saw her again. When the group met up with Judith again, after she explained the reasons for her actions, Rita had a quick change of heart, and decided to help Judith on her quest to stop Hermes blastia, realizing the danger. Eventually, the two met in Aurnion before the final battle.

Trivia

 * Rita's Japanese voice actor's name, Rika Morinaga, is similar to Rita's full name, Rita Mordio.
 * Rita seems to like cats, or at least have an affinity with them. One of her artes involves a giant cat paw, and she also has a spell that involves the summoning of a golden, good-luck cat. She also interacted with a stray cat in town; she gets into character when she wears the kitty costume.
 * When casting spells in Over Limit, she will state, "Blah, blah, blah" in place of the incantation, and cast it nearly instantly, regardless of the spell level.