She is a plain looking 18-year-old young adult, who passes all of her time working in a hat shop. She has big brown eyes and matching hair, tied with two pink ribbons, in a long braid. She has thick eyebrows, and Howl says that her smile is beautiful. She wears a cerulean dress with a white neck and black buttons. Sophie is a gentle, quiet young woman who doesn't like being in the spotlight. She is mature, and wears clothes meant for women older than her, despite her sister, Lettie's, protests. Sophie also initiates cleaning the massive castle. After getting cursed by the Witch of the Waste, she gains the appearance of a 90-year-old woman (with a similar appearance to Yubaba or Zeniba) with wrinkled skin and pain on her spine. According to her, she becomes more cunning as she has grown older. She still wears her dress, and now wears her straw hat adorned with a red ribbon. Due to her love for Howl, Sophie de-ages depending on her emotional state.

 ~!A lioness who would later be Leo&#039;s mate and bear him a son and daughter. She is the niece of the old mazori Specklerex and lives with him after her parents are slain by hunters. She notices things that Leo sometimes overlooks. She is always there when he needs advice, a &quot;better nature&quot; to calm him down in anger or impatience, a shoulder to cry on, or a warrior at his side. In the movie, Lyre falls victim to the speckled fever and slowly dies.!~    (Source: Wikipedia)

In Swallowing the Earth she is an extremely beautiful, mysterious woman first reported on the island of Mamoo in the South Pacific during World War II.  She resurfaces in Japan in the 1960's.  Gohonmatsu Seki is the only man that seems to be immune to her charms. 

She appeared as the Spirit of the West Wind in UNICO and as Konomi Kuwata aka "Black Queen" in Black Jack.

Chieko Baishou

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