Valeria

Valeria (バレリア, Bareria) is a supporting character in Suikoden and Suikoden II who also appears in Genso Suikogaiden Volume 2. Valeria attempted to stop Kwanda Rosman's scheme to annihilate the Great Forest.

Suikoden
"If I stay away from battle for a while, my hands ache with bloodlust."

- Valeria

Valeria was born in a poor village in the vicinity of the Great Forest. At the age of 14, she was self-trained in the art of the sword in order to defeat the boar that had hurt her mother and avenged her with the aid of the swordsman, Conlon. Conlon then trained Valeria for a time before she decided to train under the legendary Roundia Haia in Kanakan. There, she met Anita and the two became rivals, helping to spur on each other's development.

After graduating, Valeria was granted the Falcon Rune and she joined the Imperial Army. She earned the nickname "Blazing Valeria" due to her ferocity and red clothing. However, she would betray the Scarlet Moon Empire in an attempt to stop Kwanda Rosman from burning down the Great Forest. Valeria was horrified at the idea of the Burning Mirror, which she knew could burn down not only Lukie Ende Towayo and the Village of the Elves but the entire forest, including her home. She attempted to warn the elves of Lukiae Ende Towayo, but was rebuffed by them and imprisoned in a cell. While imprisoned, Valeria met members of the Toran Liberation Army and agreed to join their cause.

Following the end of the Gate Rune War, Valeria became a Great General of the Toran Republic and a mediator with the elves.

Suikoden II
During the Dunan Unification War, Valeria would give her power to the New State Army by order of Lepant. As a general, Valeria fought fiercely on the battlefield, showing both the New State Army and the Highland Army why she earned her nickname, Blazing Valeria.

Following the war, she returned to Gregminster along with the soldiers she led.