Esther Blanchett

Esther Blanchett is one of the main protagonists of Trinity Blood. She is introduced as a novice nun and rebel who meets Abel Nightroad in Istvan. After the Mark of a Lady Saint/Imitation Star Arc, Esther becomes The Lady Saint.

In the anime, Esther first appears as a girl who is riddled with grief and guilt after murdering the person who was responsible for the death of her foster mother. She is shown to be a sweet, calm and kind girl who is stubborn at times.

In the manga, Esther is a more short-tempered girl with a strong sense of justice. She is a member of the human resistance who first appears under the guise of a boy. Abel crashes into her as he was fighting off crows. She attempts to stop Gyula's tyranny, but her church is destroyed by the Star of Sorrow, killing her foster mother in the process. After witnessing Gyula sacrifice his life for her's, Esther questions why people have to kill each other, and she eventually sets off on a journey to find an answer. After meeting Ion and the other Methuselah in the Empire, Esther realizes Methuselah and humans were the same. By the end of the Mark of a Lady-Saint arc, Esther she does not understand why people had to die, but she knows it is wrong. She therefore decides to embrace her title as the "Lady Saint," a which she initially she rejected, in the hopes that she could change the world. Compared to the anime, Esther is shown to be quite clever and a more skilled fighter.

In the novels, Esther is shown to be a fearless and rather short-tempered leader of the human resistance and novice nun. Although a capable leader and fighter, she is double-crossed by Dietrich. Unlike the manga and anime, she is not initially afraid of Abel's Krusnik form and is confused as to why he does not use his power. Eventually she becomes traumatized after witnessing his full power. Her personality throughout the series is very similar to how she is portrayed in the manga after the first story arc.