Sally

Sally—whose real name is Risa Shiramine—serving as the tactical, high-agility contrast to her best friend Maple’s absolute-defense playstyle. Originating as a normal high school student, her background is rooted in being an elite, seasoned gamer who possesses legendary reaction times and has won various gaming championships in the past. This deep gaming history directly shapes her occupation within the Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) New World Online, where she operates as a front-line assassin, a dual-dagger swashbuckler, and the co-founder and chief strategist of the powerful Maple Tree guild. It was actually Risa who originally invited Kaede Honjou (Maple) to play the game, though Risa was initially blocked from joining due to her mother banning her from gaming to study for exams. When she finally logs in, she adopts the alias "Sally"—a clever anagram of her real name—and quickly demonstrates her unmatched mechanical skill by choosing a build that relies entirely on natural reflexes, manual dodging, and zero defensive stats, allowing her to clear complex underwater dungeons solo and claim unique gear like the Dagger of the Ocean and Oceanic Garments. Personality-wise, Sally is highly intelligent, analytical, fiercely competitive, and fiercely protective of Maple, though she also exhibits a mischievous, slightly manipulative side when designing battlefield traps or teasing her guildmates; however, this fearless, calculated persona completely shatters due to an intense, debilitating phobia of ghosts, horror elements, and the undead, which often leaves her paralyzed with fear during spooky event layers. Beyond her legendary, soul-sister bond with Maple—with whom she shares an unbreakable friendship and absolute trust—Sally's social circle expands rapidly through her guild leadership, counting the elite blacksmith Iz, the expert scout Kanade, the dual-wielding attackers Mai and Yui, and the powerful swordsman Kasumi as close friends, while maintaining a healthy, respectful rivalry with top-tier players like Payne from the Order of the Holy Sword and Mii from the Flame Emperors. Throughout the history of the game's server events, Sally has cemented herself as a legendary figure; during the Second Event's treasure hunt, she famously engaged in a breathtaking, high-speed duel against Kasumi and carried out a ruthless, solo slaughter of dozens of players to harvest silver coins, propelling her and Maple to the top spots. In later server expansions, she tames her loyal fox companion Oboro, learns complex illusion and shadow-cloning magic to summon up to ten duplicates at once, and masterminds the defensive strategies that allow Maple Tree—a tiny, casual guild—to shockingly defeat the game's massive, powerhouse factions during the chaotic Fourth Event guild war, proving that her tactical genius is just as dangerous as Maple's absurd, rule-breaking luck.