Shutina

Steina is one of the Heavenly Kings of the Demon Army. She is the magic general and one of the main characters of the Yuusha, Yamemasu series.

Appearance
Steina is a beautiful and voluptuous woman that wears glasses and has pointy ears. She has long blonde/yellow hair usually kept in a ponytail and deep purple eyes. She wears a purple dress with opera gloves, a hood, and thigh-high boots.

Personality
Steina is a diligent and proud person who works hard in any situation. She is especially confident in her magic skills, knowing the most spells of any magic user in the Demon Army. She speaks calmly and respectfully in most settings, rarely losing her cool or getting flustered. Underneath this affect, she is barely keeping it together. Being Echidna's right hand woman and the most capable of the Four Generals, she shoulders almost all of the responsibility of running the Demon Army. This leaves her on the brink of collapse every day with only loyalty to her queen keeping her going. She also has a hard time trusting others to help her, refusing to properly train subordinates and giving tasks to the other generals only when she can't help it. Despite being attractive, Steina has no experience with men, which is why she gets flustered at Leo's innocent flirting. She also loves to sleep in, and will attack nearly anyone who disturbs her rest.

Background
Steina has known Echidna since childhood, and formed a close bond with her despite being 300 years younger than her. Over time, she built up her magical power and learn more spells than anyone, becoming a powerful sorceress. She also developed the book smarts needed to manage resources and accounting for the entire army. When Echidna invaded the human world, Steina helped command at her side, until the Hero Leo Demonheart began beating them back. After the other three generals lost to the Hero, she went to personally stop him. Despite her potent magical strength, Leo was ready for her and put up a magic-nullifying field to strip her of her power. To her embarrassment, she was reduced to using her nonexistent physical strength on Leo, lasting only two minutes before yielding in tears.

Chronology
After the Demon Army being crushed, Steina is put in charge of every major task needed to maintain what's left of the army and begin rebuilding for another invasion. However, even with the other generals helping her, things are bad enough that the childish Lily is put in charge of logistics. Seeing a need for powerful allies, she joins the other generals in giving Leo a chance to explain his reasons for wanting to join them. After hearing him out, she makes him a temp under her supervision for one month, after which she and the other generals will talk the queen into letting him join full time.

Leo Demonheart
Leo is originally seen by Steina as an enemy who embarrassed her in battle, but her need for useful allies outweighs her grudge. However, her vitriol quickly vanishes as he successfully solves one problem after another for her army. In a short time, he becomes a trusted confidant and friend to her. However, she is put off by his flirting, usually responding with an ice blast.

Echidna
Having known Echidna since childhood, Steina greatly admires and cares for her queen. To support Echidna's dream, Steina endures non-stop workdays and mountains of tasks impossible to accomplish on her own. Echidna is also the only person who can disturb her sleep without being blasted with magic.

Lily
Steina sees Lily as childish, but due to the army being understaffed, she has no choice but to trust her with running logistics. Despite the fact the girl sends her reports as crayon drawings, Steina still has faith that she can become a competent leader.