Despera

Despera is an advisor and strategist to Grimlord who also created her. She is dressed in an elegant white robe and a horned headdress, and wields a large scepter. She is quick to lose her temper and is an immensely powerful warrior. She is the sister of Desponda. Ryan once clashed with Despera, who battled him through various dimensions. In our dimension, Despera could float and blast purple electricity from the sphere on her staff. In another dimension, Despera seemed to turn invisible and attacked by throwing her staff around like a spear. Ryan also encountered another dimension, while involved in a battle with her, that was like a giant, slowly revolving crystal ball. Ryan escaped this dimension by blasting the crystal ball walls a few times with his laser pistol. Ryan defeated Despera in battle, by tricking her into zapping a trap wall in the temple containing Grimlord's secret identity. She was struck in the shoulder by an arrow, and after removing the arrow, promptly retreated. Unlike her Japanese counterpart, she doesn't fade away after Oraclon's destruction.

Fun fact: In "Uchuu Keiji Shaider," Despera's Japanese equivalent is the transvestite grandson of Oraclon's Japanese equivalent, who is also second-in-command.

We Are VR Troopers! Despera was one of Grimlord's foot soldiers during the Virtual Reality War. She, along with the Techies, were wiping out most of the Mutants thanks to her deadly scepter, until Kaitlin and her double intervened after they infiltrated Icebot's Sky Castle. Sadly, the original Trooper was wounded during the fight, and her double sacrificed herself as she took the final blow, resulting in her demise. Ryan vowed revenge as he was willing to take the fight to Grimlord directly, even if he should get captured. In the meantime, Snake unleashed all her fury, and left a scratch on Despera's face...which gradually grew and deformed her complexion. She became decayed and lost the grip on her staff. Kaitlin fired toward her upon her double's passing, though it, too, was disintegrated by Grimlord's Dark Fortress.