Rynith

Rynith
Character profile
Age	22 (apparent)
Gender	Female
Species	Familiar (Mountain cat)
Homeworld	residence::Mid-Childa
Date of birth	Not later than 0061
Date of death	0064
Background
Affiliation	Presea Testarossa
Occupation	Magic trainer
Magic
System	Mid-Childa
Production
Japanese name	リニス (Rinisu)
First app.	Nanoha (Sound Stage 02)
Last app.	A's (ep.12, dream sequence)
Voiced by	Masumi Asano
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Linith (リニス Rinisu, also romanized as Rinis), was Presea Testarossa's familiar created specifically to train Fate Testarossa in the arts of magic.

Name

The spelling "Linith" is used in the official English subtitles of The MOVIE 1st.

Personality

Linith is kind and even-tempered. She considers Fate to be like a daughter to her, and is willing to defy Presea's orders if she believes doing so is in Fate's best interest. While she dislikes Presea for her cruelty and sometimes feels jealous of her for being Fate's actual mother, Linith feels gratitude for her for allowing her to meet Fate. It is also shown that Linith's presence had a powerful calming effect on Presea, who, while already cold and distant to Fate, never resolved to downright abuse while Linith was around. This was probably because Linith was the only one who dared to speak boldly in front of Presea and even defy her orders, temporarily reverting the mad woman's behavior back to normal.

In Nanoha

Linith appears in second Sound Stage of the original series, set two years before it, in which she oversees Fate's training while making her Device, Bardiche. In her former, animal life, Linith was a mountain cat from Mid-Childa. It is not said how she became Presea's familiar but her reward for her services was originally supposed to be a return to her animal form and habitat. She is initially opposed to Fate making Arf her familiar, but relents after Fate insists and also helps train Arf. After Fate's training and Bardiche are complete, she forfeits her original reward and instead demands that Presea has a single normal, family-like dinner with Fate to celebrate her achievements. Linith then fades away and leaves behind Bardiche.

Linith also appears in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st. In this version, she was originally a cat who lived in Presea's mansion and was turned into a familiar almost by accident: she was the first living being that Presea met after resolving to have someone train Fate to hunt Jewel Seeds.

Legacy

Linith appears again in Fate's dream sequence in the end of A's, suggesting that Alicia should be more like Fate. Fate realizes that this is a dream sequence because both Linith and Alicia are dead. Linith is mentioned at several points in the manga and sound stages, having taught Fate mathematics, cooking and etiquette. In the third A's Sound Stage, Fate sings a song that Linith wrote.

In StrikerS manga (ch.12), Linith appears briefly in Nanoha's flashback as the person who gave Fate the power to achieve her dreams.

Powers

Linith's original cat form, as seen in The MOVIE 1st

Being a familiar with a signed contract with Presea, Linith has access to all spell knowledge and the considerable magical power of her master. It can also be conjectured that like all familiars, she has the power of shapeshifting (alternating between her original cat form and the catwoman she usually appears as), though she never uses it on-screen.

Linith is a skillful Device Meister, as she has created Bardiche, one of the finest and most powerful Intelligent Devices in the Nanoha canon.

Spells

Spells in The Gears of Destiny
		Cross Range	Long Range	Long Range (Charged)
▢	Attack/Basic	[unnamed]	Jet Smasher
△	Block/High	[unnamed magic arrows]	Spin Saber	Saber Slash
◯	Catch/Trans.	[unnamed wand bomb]	Fast Step	Guard Step ↓ [Spin Saber variation]
△△	EX Attack	[unnamed magic spear]	---
L	FDB	Plasma Saber	---
R	Guard	Round Shield		---