Fated Women

"Maria Custard, on Rance's fated women."

- Why does he have more than one...?

About
While the lustful adventurer Rance has encountered countless women across his travels, some are bound to him by a supernatural force. These women are known as Rance's Fated Women (also translated as Soulmates and Women of Destiny), and are connected to him through invisible red strings. Rance apparently has one of these red strings tied to each of his fingers and toes, suggesting that he has a total of 20 fated women. As of Rance X, however, only 13 are known, leaving the identities of the remaining women a mystery.

The exact meaning behind being considered one of Rance's fated women is unclear. Women in possession of the title first become aware of it after experiencing a dream in which they are visited by a strange yellow birdlike creature. This creature informs them that they are now eligible to enter the mysterious Calculator Cube dungeon alongside their soulmate and acquire their ultimate weapon. This dream can apparently occur at any time and is not dependent on how long the person has known Rance for, as Sheila Helman experienced hers in a matter of weeks after first meeting him, whereas Lia Parapara Leazas did not have hers until several years after falling in love with him. Miracle Tou theorizes that every woman that is recognized as being fated to Rance is destined to bear his child, but she admits that this is entirely speculation on her part.

Trivia

 * Two of the known fated women, Pastel Kalar and the Devil Feliss, have not experienced the dream informing them of their possession of the title, and are thus currently unrecognized as fated women within the universe of the Rance Series. Their status as fated women is only known due to their presence among the "Fated Women" card set in Rance X.
 * Although Masou Shizuka is a fated woman, the child she had with Rance was sacrificed when she became a child to save Nagi at the end of Rance IX.