Riddle Rosehearts

Riddle Rosehearts is a second-year and the head of Heartslabyul. He strictly upholds strange rules made by the "Queen of Hearts." He's feared by the rest of the students because of his severe punishments towards those who break the rules.

Appearance
Riddle has red, mid-length hair that curves inward, V-shaped bangs covering his forehead, side bangs, and two strands of hair forming a heart on top of his head. He has a stern look and silver eyes.

He wears a small crown leaning on the left side of his head. His outfit consists of a white and red coat dress with the bottom being lined with a gold-coloured fabric. The inside of the coat dress is entirely red and has a pattern consisting of tiny hearts, spades, diamonds, clovers, and crowns. He also wears white trousers.

Personality
From a very young age, Riddle Roseheart is a hard-working individual and one who is fully-determined to be at the top of his field, competent inside and outside of his school activities. He is known to help his peers in need, whether it be underclassmen, upperclassmen, or fellow students from the same grade. As studies are his forte, he will aid those who struggle academically, as seen with his interactions with fellow student and dorm leader Kalim. He is also capable of seeing potential in a person, as he saw Epel as one who can grow and reach to the fullest of his abilities and thus supports him in his growth. Riddle is also intelligent and more than capable in the fields and studies he pursued, often being the top of his peers and maintaining such position, and is able to master studies that are supposedly above his grades, as he helped Cater, an upperclassman, in his studies.

Riddle sees the Queen of Hearts as a role model and holds dear the principles she has cemented, finding her elements befitting for all to follow as an example. Just like the Queen of Hearts, Riddle is a very strict and stern leader figure, demanding those around him, whether inside or outside of the dorm he orders to bid by the rules, and will not hesitate to punish those he saw has broken said rules. Like the Queen herself, Riddle has a short temper and has a knack of throwing tantrums.

The story revolving Riddle’s life before Night Raven College gave a glimpse of who he used to be : A normal child who simply wants to have fun and eat what they want. However, due to the harsh restrictions from his mother, he has learnt to burrow deep his own wishes and so only follow the orders from his superior (his mother in this case), which may contribute to Riddle’ twisted sense of superiority in his dorm, where the students should follow the orders of their dorm leader.

As a child, Riddle greatly treasured his bond with both Trey and Che’nya, even after the separation forced by his own mother, as during his times of tyranny he still spared Trey out of his punishment. This may be due to Riddle’s lack of social interaction with children his age, and having friends he could interact with leaves a great impact on his growth.

During the events of the first story, Riddle Roseheart is somewhat of a tyrant and a perfectionist, mirroring the characteristics of the Queen of Hearts, as he sees the smallest of errors and would go into a tantrum, punishing those around him over minor mistakes. He doesn’t seem to properly think reasonably as he demanded all of his dorm members to memorise all 810 rules that are recurring. During the peak of his overblot, Riddle has lost most, if not all of his sense of rationality and ability to think properly, as when he was called out of his tyranny, he pushed himselfs to the limit and casted his unique magic to all of his dorm members without a though in a fit of rage. He also seems to gain a sense of narcissism as he sees himself as the best in his dorm, both academically and practically, thinking his magic is the best off all in Heartsabyul, and was even angered when his unique magic was momentarily blocked by Trey’ own.

His redemption after his overblot shows an immensely remorseful and fragile core, as a child who never got to feel the happiness and freedom he so rightfully deserved due to the boundaries that was set upon him. His sense of morality also was shown, as he deeply regretted his actions and the harm he has inflicted towards his dorm members, and thus wishes to change his behaviour and mindset to better cooperate with his peers, and become a better individual in general,

After the events of chapter one, Riddle still stuck to the rules set by the Queen of Hearts, still used as a standard in his dorm, and is still as strict as ever. However, he has learnt to be more lenient and forgiving, giving second-chances to students who simply didn’t know any better and no longer demands unreachable heights from his peers.

Background
Riddle is a single child and lives with his mom. The status of his father is unknown, however, he has implied that his parents don’t get along. Both parents are magic doctors, but his mother seems to be more well-known. To Riddle, she is extremely overbearing and planned out nearly every second of his life: controlled his education, his schedule, his diet, his clothing, the supplies he used, and which friends he could have. She put a heavy emphasis on studying and always being the best.

Unique Magic
Riddle's unique magic is called "Off with Your Head!" It causes a collar to lock around one's neck, sealing away their magic until he takes it off.

Trivia

 * Riddle's name is an allusion to Alice in Wonderland's protagonist, Alice Liddell, as "Liddell" and "riddle" are phonetically similar in Japanese. The last name Rosehearts comes from the words "rose" as a reference to the Queen's favorite flowers; and "hearts" as a more overt reference to the Queen of Hearts.
 * Riddle became a Dorm Leader a week after he started studying at the Night Raven College, while he was still a first-year.
 * It seems Riddle is very self-conscious about his height; he flares up immediately whenever anyone mentions his stature.
 * Riddle states furiously in the Ghost Marriage event story that he still has one more year to grow taller.
 * His horse in the Horseback Riding Club is named Vorpal.