[i][[Azur Lane]][/i]'s personification of the [[Royal Navy]] battleship HMS [i]Monarch[/i], as part of the [i][[World of Warships]][/i] collaboration. 
Character design by [[Liduke]], voiced by [[Sawashiro Miyuki]].

Historically, the only “Monarch” from the era was an [i]Iron Duke[/i]-class dreadnought. The HMS [i]Monarch[/i] seen in both games is based off of a design proposal for what would become the [i]King George V[/i]-class battleships, armed with three 381 mm triple gun mounts. British policymakers, fearing another naval arms race, called for a reduction in main battery gun caliber to 356 mm.

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #3147112.[/tn]

Monarch is portrayed as a [[large_breasts|large-breasted]], [[purple_eyes|purple-eyed]] [[red_hair|redhead]] wearing a stylized Royal Navy uniform with an admiral's sleeve insignia, with a [[peaked cap]], [[thumb ring]]s, [[black gloves]], [[black jacket]] [[jacket_on_shoulders|around her shoulders]] with [[aiguillette]] and [[epaulettes]], and [[black thighhighs]]. 

Her rigging consists of her triple 381 mm guns as well as her secondary battery of four 133 mm twin [[anti-aircraft gun|DP mounts]], while she uses a [[scepter]] as her melee weapon. 

h4. Personality
Personality-wise, [i]Monarch[/i] is bitter over being abandoned in favor of the 14-inch design that would go on to serve the Royal Navy (though for pragmatic reasons; the Admiralty reasoned such a gun caliber change would delay completion until 1942 at the earliest), while being extremely proud of her capabilities, considering herself "The Greatest". She also expresses resentment towards her [i]King George V[/i]-class half-sisters, believing them inferior to her, especially [[Prince of Wales (Azur Lane)|]] (as PoW was the only one of the class sunk).

As a reference to being taken from [i]World of Warships[/i], Monarch gains an ability based off of the "Adrenaline Rush" skill, improving her reload as the damage she takes increases.

h4. Skins
* [[monarch_(white_warrick)_(azur_lane)|White Warrick]]
* [[monarch_(black_gerard)_(azur_lane)|Black Gerard]]

h4. Related characters/development
* [[King George V (Azur Lane)]]
モナーク モナーク(アズールレーン) 君主 君主(アズールレーン)