Halvard Rider

"Hey, pops, how's your leg doing?Oh, the usual. Twitching, difficult to walk, feels like my bone is trying to stab through my flesh. Yeesh...It was a joke.Work on your humor, dad.Is it the tone?Yeaaah...Dreadful. And here I am trying to actually incorporate humor... Oh, you'll manage, daddy! You always do!"

- A typical conversation between Halvard and her father, Malvarak {{Template:Ten Tails Character
 * image = Halvard1.png
 * kanji = ハルバード リダー
 * rōmaji = Harubādo Ridā
 * color = orange
 * text = brown
 * name = Halvard Rider
 * race = Human
 * gender = Female
 * hair = Black
 * eyes = Green
 * affiliation = Herself
 * previous affiliation = Malvarak
 * occupation = Treasure HunterWriter
 * partner = Geten (On occasion}
 * base of operations = Wandering
 * status = Alive
 * relatives = Malvarak (Adoptive father)Geten (Twin brother)
 * magic = [Writing Magic]
 * weapons = 13th Grimoire: Ahriman|alias = Hal (ハル, Haru)}}Halvard Rider (ハルバード リダー, Harubādo Ridā), commonly known as Hal (ハル, Haru), is a Human, a treasure hunter, and one of the two orphaned twins who were raised by Malvarak, making her the twin sister of Geten. Unlike her brother, who pursued a life of heroism and adrenaline, Halvard opted for adventure, as well as dreaming of becoming an author like her father. As such, she travels the world, and occasionally visits her father, being one of the few humans to know of Gehenna's whereabouts.