Lithia Spodumene

Lithia Spodumene
Information
Appearance	Tales of Hearts
Hometown	Cind’rella
Age	2,000+
Height	4'11" / 149 cm
Weight	157 lbs / 71 kg
Race	Mineran
Japanese Voice Actor	Kaori Shimizu
Character Designer	Mutsumi Inomata

Lithia Spodumene, known in Japan as Richea Spodune (リチア・スポデューン, Richia Supodyuun^?), is one of the main characters in Tales of Hearts, and joins the party as an unplayable protagonist.

History

Kor Meteor first meets Lithia when he enters Kohaku Hearts's heart with the help of his Soma. When he reaches the end of Kohaku's Spir Maze, Kor meets Lithia. Lithia seems frightened of Kor, and almost immediately, Kohaku's Spirune shatters, and Lithia disappears. Once Kohaku's Spirune is whole again, Lithia is able to speak through Kohaku, in essence possessing her. However, Kohaku and Lithia have a good relationship, and are close friends. After Lithia is restored to her own body, she continues to travel with the party. At first, Kor, Hisui Hearts, and Beryl Benito are reluctant to help her in her feud with Creed Graphite. Hisui, in particular, seems to resent Lithia for "using" his sister. His opinion of her seems to improve, however, once she saves him from drowning, and in the end the party agrees to help Lithia defeat Creed.

Lithia is the "sleeping princess" worshiped by the Church of Valentin. However, she is not a goddess. Rather, she is one of the few surviving members of the Minerans, an ancient race that resided on the white moon, Minera. 1,000 years prior to the events of the story, Minera was at war. Wanting to put an end to all war, Creed created the weapon Gardenia, the black moon, which would calcify all impure Spirune, turning the individual to stone.

Gardenia worked too well, calcifying everyone on the planet, save the ones on Gardenia at the time: Creed, Lithia, and Lithia's sister, Fluora Spodumene. Gardenia was out of control and would have destroyed Organica as well, but Fluora sealed off its power with herself. Creed was distraught by this, and he wanted to unseal Fluora, indifferent that it would destroy Organica. To prevent this, Lithia sealed both Creed and herself away as well, however, Creed's interference caused their minds to be separated from their Spirune. For the ensuing 1,000 years, Lithia and Creed fought each other through a series of human vessels. Lithia eventually came to inhabit the bodies of the women of the Hearts family, eventually finding herself sharing the body of Kohaku's grandmother, then Kohaku's mother, Iola Hearts, and finally Kohaku herself. Lithia was good friends with Iola, just as she is now with Kohaku.

Appearance and Personality

Lithia is a woman with emerald green hair and a similar appearance to that of the sleeping princess of the fairy tales of the world. She appears fickle, but she has a strong will, refusing to change her mind once she comes to a decision.

Relationships

Kohaku Hearts - Lithia and Kohaku share an understandably close bond. Lithia has been with Kohaku her whole life, and the two trust each other without question. Kohaku does whatever it takes to protect Lithia, even agreeing to shatter her own Spirune to prevent Creed from getting to Lithia.

Kunzite - Kunzite is Lithia's personal guardian knight. Lithia is shown to be a kind and polite master to Kunzite, and through this she has gained an unwavering loyalty from Kunzite that goes far beyond his programming. Kunzite is very protective of Lithia and will fight anyone who would seek to do her harm. Around Lithia, Kunzite has a softer side, contrasting with his usual mechanical coldness.

Trivia

• Lithia's last name is a reference to the mineral spodumene, while her first is a reference to lithium, which is present in spodumene.