Riley Miller

Riley Miller is a Grenadier Leader in Valkyria Chronicles 4 and one of the main protagonists.

Appearance
Riley's uniform is a modified standard issue outfit she redesigned and tailored herself.

History
Riley Miller grew up in Gallia alongside her childhood friends Claude Wallace, Raz, Kai Schulen and Leena Schulen. Daughter of the brilliant scientist, Albert Miller, Riley's love of tinkering and creativity comes from helping him from a young age.

When the Miller Company factory caught fire, Riley's entire family were caught within the blaze. A young and frightened Claude Wallace refused to let Riley go in to the blaze, and as such she blames him and his cowardice for the death of her sister and her parents, holding a grudge against him for over ten years.

With hints that the fire may have been the Empire's fault, Riley left Hafen to study abroad in the United States of Vinland, determined to finish her father's research and create the Ragnite compression techniques that could be used for stronger explosives, all in the name of revenge for her family. Riley's research and invention of the compressed ragnite launching mechanism contributed greatly towards creating miniature grenade launchers, allowing a single unit to bomb a battlefield with a contraption that previously would have taken several soliders to operate.

When the second Europan War broke out, Riley left Vinland in order to sign up to the Edinburgh army, prove the fruits of her labour yielded desirable results and finally get revenge for her family and free Gallia in the process.

To Riley's dismay, she accidentally ends up in Squad E, led by none other than Claude Wallace. When she discovers he's the commanding officer, she puts in a request to transfer, but Claude sets about proving he is no longer the boy he once was, and manages to impress Riley to the point she rescinds her transfer request. Riley quickly catches up with Raz and Leena, confused why the latter is going by her brother's name now. Upon being filled in, she agrees to keep Kai's secret.

Trivia

 * Riley Miller attended university in the United States of Vinland where she perfected her father's Ragnite compression technology. Riley's technological breakthrough is partially responsible for the modern day use of ragnite within the series.
 * Riley is one of the few characters in the series who's fate varies. After the initial playthrough she appears to not survive the war, but by obtaining the in-game interlude  'Interlude: A Steamy Ceasefire', viewing it and unlocking a sub story in Chapter 13. Watching that will unlock hard difficulty for Mission 29 in Chapter 18. Defeating this hard mission will allow Riley to survive her injuries. This is known as the 'True Ending'.
 * Riley's talk with Isara Gunther in the DLC Squad 7 missions leads to Riley obtaining Isara's smoke grenades, and which helps Isara to develop her smoke shells in the first Valkyria Chronicles.
 * Riley's clothes appear as an outfit in Phantasy Star Online 2 alongside other Sega characters such as Akira Yuki, Arle Nadja, Goro Majima, Kai Schulen, Alicia Melchiott, Crymaria and Selvaria Bles.

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