Arcueid Brunestud (アルクェイド・ブリュンスタッド, Arukweido Buryunsutaddo?) is the princess of the True Ancestors. She is the main heroine of Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- and the Tsukihime Remake series.
Profile[]
Background[]
Arcueid Brunestud is the White Princess of the True Ancestors. The title of Brunestud was given to those True Ancestors capable of manifesting the Millennium Castle Brunestud, and has been likened to be the vampire royal family, although this is not strictly true. The True Ancestors were a race of beings copied from Type Moon, the ultimate being of the moon, also known as the Crimson Moon. Long ago the will of the planet had no defense mechanism against humanity, nothing to keep them in check. Thus the Crimson Moon came down and offered to help the planet make a race of ultimate beings to rule over humanity, thus resulting in them being the "consciousness of the planet".[5][6]
She is a True Ancestor who, around the year 1200, spawned naturally, as True Ancestors always do. It was soon discovered that her specs were far above the True Ancestor standard. It was decided impromptu that she was to be educated for anti-corrupted True Ancestor purposes. She woke up only to kill corrupted True Ancestors, and went to sleep after defeating her target.[1][7]
As the executioner, she did not have any Vampiric Impulses, and the rest of the True Ancestors also believed she had none. Somewhere along the cycle of her killing Demon Lord duties, she was tricked by the Magus Roa into drinking human blood, causing her to go haywire. After killing all the True Ancestors who raised her, she regained her sanity and locked herself in the Millennium Castle. After that, she formed a new cycle where every time Roa reincarnated, she would visit the world outside the castle, punish him, and return to sleep.[1][8]
Appearance[]
She has the appearance of a female teenager around 16-17. Her real age is about 800-900.[1] Arcueid has short, golden blonde hair and piercing crimson red eyes, wearing plain clothing (often a white turtleneck sweater, a blue skirt, black tights, and boots). At the time of the French Incident and when Roa first met her, Arcueid had much longer hair.
Arcueid is seemingly capable of changing the form of her clothes at will, as seen in the Ciel Route True End when her clothing rapidly change until she gains her Red Arcueid outfit.[9] As Red Arcueid, she gains a complete appearance of how Classic Arcueid looks, only with an open gap on the right side of her skirt, which causes it to resemble her EXTRA counterpart's outfit.
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Personality[]
Not the best person to have as an ally and the absolute worst to have as an enemy.[1] This princess is a killer machine who never experienced anything other than fighting and doesn't care for "useless" matters. Or rather, was.[1] That said, the total time she's been active is less than an year. She's a genuine bloodsucker who came to Souya town in pursuit of the vampire Roa. An invigorating heroine with looks and a personality unbecoming of a vampire, who gets killed by the protagonist in her introduction scene. She gets interested in Shiki's murder skills and asks him for his help.[1] She has no desire to threaten human society, instead hunting other vampires known as Dead Apostles.[10]
After suffering through a traumatic experience, a naively innocent side of her was somehow released. She now lives as a free-spirited, almost childish princess.[10] She's Chaotic Good. Introverted (extroverted when it comes to Shiki), cheerful, and active. Since her appearance is stuck in an late teens form, her mental age is also not matured. Not caring about details is in her personality. She got happy-go-lucky ever since Shiki killed her, but she still has her vast knowledge and dry humor (her logical nature as a True Ancestor), resulting in an unbalanced personality, carefree yet intellectual.[1]
After being broken as a True Ancestor beyond repair, she grew greatly interested in Shiki, and this interest eventually developed into affection, which was taken to extreme level of loving Shiki's life, so she wants to protect not only Shiki himself, but also everything Shiki approves. Except when she is rampaging or awakened. In Ciel's route, the awakened Arc's directive was to first obtain Shiki, and only then respect his life. And to obtain Shiki, she chose the frightening method of eliminating all obstacles.[1][9]
Arcueid does everything in her power not to drink Shiki's blood, which nearly occurs several times in game as he is practically the only human at night with her, and she has problems controlling her Vampiric Impulses (吸血衝動, Kyūketsu Shōdō?) after being drastically weakened by Shiki's attack. She doesn't want to drink blood, as she doesn't want to become a monster that feeds on humans in order to survive.[11][7]
As Red Arcueid (暴走アルクェイド, Bōsō Arukweido?, Berserk Arcueid), due to the effects of coming back from a "certain incident" (in Type Lumina, this incident was Shiki killing her - much like he did when they first met in the original Tsukihime series), her Vampiric Impulses and overwhelming desires have taken over. Controlled by pure emotion, her words and actions are quite dangerous, but her underlying personality remains mostly unchanged. The only big difference is her increased selfishness and changed attitude toward humans.[12]
Role[]
Tsukihime[]
Arcueid Route[]
In her own route Moon Princess, Arcueid acts as the heroine.
Ciel Route[]
In Ciel's route Rainbow in the Night, Arcueid acts as one of the main antagonists, along with Noel.
Melty Blood: Type Lumina[]
While pursuing her greatest enemy, she arrives in Souya, where Shiki lives. Although a fateful encounter awaits her and Shiki, a story of an earlier possibility is about to unfold.[10]
Abilities[]
Arcueid is the brain of the planet, its Archetype, possessing a frame on the level of an Alter-Ego of Earth. Due to this, Arcueid stands at the highest echelon of power in all of TYPE-MOON,[13] and is the strongest being in the setting of Tsukihime and Mahoutsukai no Yoru.[14] As the most powerful True Ancestor ever, she possesses super speed, strength, durability and resistance to attacks she has experienced before, higher power during the night and her most potent weapon that is her Marble Phantasm.
World Backup[]
Arcueid receives backup from the planet as part of the Counter Force. She has the ability to increase her fighting power to one level above those she faces while drawing upon it, and it is said to be virtually unlimited. The World provides Arcueid with just enough power to overpower her opponents.[9] As she receives backup from the planet, it can be said that the limits of her actions are the limits of nature itself.[5][6] When she is active, her output is "always limited to one degree above the opponent", but that is not an expression of her all-powerfulness. In the case that the limiter known as the physical body is taken away from her, and that her mental activity is not weakened, suppression over her power is undone. The Magical Energy hidden within the physical body is diffused, and the limit on the energy drawn from the Earth's surface is undone.[9] It is said that she can use the same ability as Enkidu's Transfiguration skill when the latter has the World as their Master; to gain A-rank in all parameters along with extra power she may allocate freely to boost herself further, becoming A+ Rank in all parameters if she distributes it evenly or even higher if she focuses on one or two of them.[15]
She is hard to kill during the day, and she is almost invulnerable at night, her power reaching its peak during the full moon. During the night, she technically "has no death", so all of her lines and points of death disappear. It is possible to see them if she is weakened, and removing her connection with the planet by killing part of the world around her allows for Shiki to view them clearly even at night.
Combat[]
Her specs are far above the True Ancestor standard. While there are different levels of power in the True Ancestor hierarchy, Arcueid, as a sublimation on the level of the First True Ancestor, Crimson Moon, is beyond all of the other True Ancestors.[1] She is incredibly powerful and very capable in close combat, and despite being a Vampire, is able to survive in direct sunlight.[10] Arcueid can freely turn her hands into claws for combat like other Vampires, allowing her to easily shred opponents. She can move at tremendous speeds, and her physical strength is easily able to overwhelm opponents.[16] Once she taps into her full power, Arcueid can easily deflect projectiles such as Seventh Holy Scripture: Blaze's bullets or even a 2 million volt thunderstorm of lightning magecraft, via distorting the space and gravity around her caused by concentrated, meaning she doesn't even have to try to avoid them. Arcueid is also capable of attacking with a blast of concentrated energy, and making the air itself attack her opponents without having to lift even a finger.[9]
Arcueid can also conjure vines and chains for combat. During Arcueid and Shiki's fight with Vlov, she chained Shiki onto one of the blocks with her vines, with the vines later converging onto the other debris, coming together into an aerial pathway.[17] Tapping into her full power causes flowers, vines and other vegetation to sprout whenever Arcueid takes a step. At the True End of the Ciel Route, when Arcueid has recovered most of her strength, the effect is strong enough to cover an entire city block in creepers in a matter of seconds.[9] Her Arc Drive, Melty Blood (メルティブラッド, Meruti Buraddo?), has Arcueid bind her foe with vines then ferociously slash them to pieces with her claws.
Due to being an Elemental, Arcueid possesses several special abilities:
- Regression to the Age of Gods: Arcueid in her Archetype: Earth form possesses her own type of Magic Circuits known as Regression to the Age of Gods. This ability represents the extent at which Arcueid is capable of reproducing Mysteries that existed on Earth before True Magic.[3]
- Quality (Rank B): Quality represents "how distant from what Humans are capable of" their pure Mysteries are.[3]
- Quantity (Rank A++): Quantity represents power. The higher the quantity, the greater the degree of influence over the surrounding environment.[3]
- Composition (Before Common Era, pseudo-deified natural phenomenon): Composition represents the era of the "Mystery". In terms of Magecraft, it would be equivalent to which foundation they use.[3]
Arcueid's Mystic Eyes of Enchantment.
- Mystic Eyes of Enchantment: Arcueid's Mystic Eyes enchant the Souls of those who the user looks at and of those who looks at the user, granting her the ability to plant suggestions and paralyze people in place.[16][18]
- Regeneration: Arcueid can regenerate her wounds rapidly, but her time during Tsukihime leaves her unable to do so while trying to hold back her bloodlust. Arcueid can create another body, even if the previous one has been completely destroyed, as it can be considered a form of resurrection.[16]
- Body Resistance: Arcueid gets antibodies and resistance against any type of Magecraft she has already experienced before. Due to this, Runes and Kabbalah don't work on her. The only attacks she has yet to experience are ancient Shinto magecraft in Japan and the treasures in South AmericaWP. However even those wouldn't be as effective as Shiki Tohno's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception during daytime, as she was unable to build any antibodies against it. The wounds caused by his eyes made her question what kind of Conceptual Weapon Shiki had used against her.
Weakened[]
Normally, Arcueid can heal her entire body even if she was cut into 17 pieces, however, the wounds caused by Shiki Tohno's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception stop her healing abilities, forcing her to remake her missing body parts from scratch at the cost of 80% of her power.
Prior to their next fight with Vlov, she states to Shiki that if they wait three days, she can regain enough of her power to take Vlov Arkhangel down.[17]
Marble Phantasm[]
Arcueid using Marble Phantasm on Roa.
Arcueid's Marble Phantasm is an ability possessed by the Nature Spirits that are the planet's sense of touch, allowing them to reconstruct the world through probability alteration. By connecting their will to the world, they can transfigure it into whatever environment they imagine. However, the same cannot be done with things like humans or animals, which exist independently of the world. Imagination realization is purely the ability to freely transform one's surroundings.[19]
During her fight with Roa, Arcueid activates her trump card to change the corridor's shape to become an ethereal crystallized form of itself. This disables Roa's Magecraft Foundation, sealing him in a confined space that is visualized as a cube that appears before Arcueid, then proceeds to swipe her claws over it, causing Roa's body to be disintegrated.[18] This is portrayed through her Last Arc Marble Phantasm - Event Storage (空想具現化・事象収納, Māburufantazumu・Jishō Shūnō?).
The reason why the Millennium Castle suddenly appeared in the city of Souya in the Ciel route is simply because Arcueid willed it into existence.[19][9]
Other Capabilities[]
- Whenever Arcueid faces down an enemy with the full intention of annihilating them, the atmosphere around her physically becomes more oppressive. Various people have described themselves as suffering actual physical pain merely from being the target of Arcueid's killing intent.
- Arcueid was capable of tending to Shiki's wounds by using the remains of Vlov to patch him up.[17]
- In Red Arcueid's Arcade Route ending, Arcueid traps Shiki in a dream world.[20]
Forms and Alternate Versions[]
Luminary[]
Appearance[]
Luminary Arcueid's appearance varies on the situation and how far away the observer is. When she’s first emerging, she’s super scary and something to the effect of a demonic terror . After she’s stabilized, to someone who is distantly removed from the Luminary—300 meters or more outside her zone of influence—she only looks like light, while if they’re within the 300 meters of her zone of influence, she has a human shape. There might be eye-shaped holes, similar to cavities, where her mouth, eyes, etc, are supposed to be. When even closer to the Luminary—30 meters within Arc’s zone of influence—then the light being emitted looks more subdued, with her eyes, mouth and lips shining with the brilliance of life. She looks even more beautiful than normal Arcueid, due to a perception manipulation effect that the Luminary has against intelligent beings. Those who look on from afar will get the impression of something terrifyingly unknowable, while those who have arrived close will get the impression of something beautifully unknowable. Those who are far away are enemies who are to be killed without being shown the truth, while those who are close by are allies who are to be given a glimpse of the truth—a truly spiritually divine mechanism, in the religious sense.[4]
The Luminary's surface was indeed hot, but it did not have enough heat to burn the skin, in addition, it had a definite texture. It existed as proper matter. When seen as a landmark from afar it did not seem to be a lifeform, but the impression when touching it directly with one's fingertips was different. The feeling was that of "tough rock" but also "flowing water". Though the Astral Body's skin was certainly tough, it was not the toughness of rock, but rather something smooth and pleasant. As though a beautiful porcelain of sorts.[9]
Abilities[]
- Class Skills
- Luminary (A Rank): Rapid expansion (急膨張, Kyū Bōchō?) of the Spiritual Core.[4][21] It is what in astronomyWP is called InflationWP (インフレーション, Infurēshon?), it’s what the exponential expansion of the universe that occured after the Big BangWP is called.[4][9] An excited state only possessed by True Ancestor royalty. When a True Ancestor's body is completely destroyed by some means, this reaction is said to occur. It was the result of Arcueid, a "small yet massive being", losing the container called 'body' and consequently having the compressed Magical Energy released, causing her Life Scale to expand (though this is actually a false impression). Arcueid's consciousness exists at the core of the light, but since the barrier called 'body' doesn't exist, it is a state where in this excess of Magical Energy "an image of herself as she imagines it" is projected and diffused. Ciel describes this as what a True Ancestor looks like without a body; a Luminous Body made of pure Ether.[22][4][21][9] The Mage's Association calls this a Spiritron Frame (Lightframe). In other words, this is a natural phenomenon created out of nothing but mental power.[4] It is capable of changing from a phenomenon into a lifeform, but Ciel states that this change, if it's completed, will mean the world's done for.[22] If one carelessly destroys a True Ancestor who still has magical energy in surplus, the energy stored within their body manifests—a retribution mechanism—to become a calamity that destroys human cities.[4] While originally staying in the planet's interior, the "soul" meant for prolonged management of the planet leaks onto the surface, a system failure that should never happen.[9] Michael Roa Valdamjong describes the Luminary as a 'system' for the World to reset the environment, one not to be used for one's own feelings. Once it started to walk, it is no longer the world's will, but just a single "Lifeform".[9] If a True Ancestor still brimming with Magical Energy is imperfectly destroyed, it will reemerge through just this energy that had been stored within its body and destroy human settlements in the form of a calamity, as a revenge mechanism.[21][9] Arcueid does not cause Inflation when Roa still has part of her power and she’s about to die from maceration, but with her having killed Roa in Ciel Route, her love toward Shiki causes her to bug out—unable to keep suppressing her vampiric urges, she brings about this phenomenon.[4][21][9] Luminary Arcueid is about 200 meters when she’s emerging, and about 100 when she’s stabilized her dispersed consciousness and is in her normal state.[4]
- Mystic Eyes (Hyper Wide-Range): All intelligent beings who Luminary Arc looks at will have their minds paralyzed, either out of fear, or out of worship. Unless those seen by Luminary Arc have unusually powerful mental strength, both escaping and fighting is infeasible.[4] Her Luminous Body's Mystic Eyes are in a different league from a Dead Apostle. Even if someone does no meet her gaze, in simply by being "seen" by the Princess, their whole body will freeze up and be captivated.[9]
- Fantasy Dequantification (Nullification of Normal Attacks): Because of being in a mental form, only attacks which Arcueid recognizes as ‘oh, this one will suck’ are capable of wounding her. In addition, being in an energy form means all injuries she receives are instantly restored to normal.[4]
- Geothermal Manipulation & Atmospheric Manipulation: To change the surrounding environment into a harsh one. The ground going into high-temperatures alone is enough to impede the activity of life, with all that approaches at the mercy of the atmospheric turbulence, as though a leaf in the wind—in short, she’s a personification of natural disasters. An existence which is earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, and the likes, all put together. Princess Arc from Melty used all these consciously and intentionally, while Luminary Arc can only ever use them unconsciously and reactionarily. They are only activating automatically as biological functions, and cannot be controlled. Princess Arc is actually the one who is the superior of the two, given that she can properly use these disasters as weapons, and is able to keep damages to a minimum. The Luminary is not a form meant for attacking, but for regeneration. It is nothing more than a necessary procedure for recreating the body of the True Ancestor so they will once again be able to act out their role as one. Therefore, it’s unable to move from the spot where it manifested, no matter what (as there is no need to). It’s sort of like the cores and surface-level synchrotron radiation quantity of stars. The convergence of hydrogen and helium through strong gravity leads to planets being pressed together into masses of resources, eventually forming a benign crust after they cool down, while a Luminary is meant to turn into a body after its convergence. The benefit to having a body goes without saying: the establishment of an ego—a self. Remaining a Luminary means that eventually the consciousness would eventually merge with the Earth itself and then disperse as mere energy.[4]
- However, in Ciel's Route, as Arc couldn’t control her reason/emotions, she also couldn’t cancel her Luminary. The only thing awaiting her at the end of that would be to perish from dispersal.[4]
- In addition, once she started walking out of jealousy, she gave up on being a chrysalis. Though the Luminary is ultimately a system meant for returning her to normal, once it is employed as an individual lifeform, even Arcueid will start falling apart at the seams, and eventually completely perish.[4]
- On the other hand… if one was to use the Luminary as a means of birthing a new, stronger individual instead of a means of returning it to normal, then this would not apply. It would be able to act as a new True Ancestor, while the Arcueid of before would then quite literally disappear.[4]
- Personal Skills
- Marble Phantasm (D Rank): Though Arcueid normally has this at A, here it has been ranked down to D. True Ancestors in a Luminary state can only use Marble Phantasm in an approximate manner. Due to having turned into a Luminary, she cannot construct any detailed fantasies.[4]
The gravitational sphere caused by Arcueid's Event Storage.
- Event Storage (EX Rank): The ability to conceptually and physically store things that have been cultivated on the surface of Earth. The confiscation of all creations birthed on the surface of the planet—its Textures. An ability on par with the Divine Spirits’ so-called ‘Authority’, though given that it’s a function possessed by the planet, it is less of a skill, and more of a system. The gravitational sphere that appears under Arcueid’s feet when she has turned into a Luminary has enough of a reach to store all Textures on Earth.[4] An ability of the True Ancestors, the planet's sense of touch. The conceptual and physical storage of things reared on the planet's surface. Every creature that has appeared on the face of the planet——it is something that requisitions textures.[23][9] Roa explains Arcueid's Event Storage is leveling of spacetime, describing how the city has been confiscated and become metaphysical.[9] A never before observed amount of Magical Energy density. The heat of the absorbed events are being condensed until the extremum. It was, so to speak, a type of Principle, something Roa also believes to be true as Arcuied's. All the information in the region was compressed to the 10 to the power of minus 35 meters extremum. The Celestial Egg will cause absolutely no irregularities as long as it is within the Inner Sea of the Planet, the Conceptual Dimension. However, when it appears materially, the vast amounts of energy are not possible for the extremum to contain, and it rapidly expands.[9] Due to the Event Storage, the city is becoming an uncertain world upon Arcueid entering her Luminary state. Approaching Arcueid, the world's center and furthest depths, is difficult. It seems the world itself is showing discretion, and distancing itself away from her. Roa likens it to a conveyor belt.[9]
- Mana Burst (Star) (A Rank): The super version of Mana Burst—the Breath of the Planet. What animals know as ‘breathing’. She inhales Magical Energy (Mana) from the atmosphere and then exhales it into the outer World as new magical energy after circulating it through her body—a Mana Cleaner. This is the reason why the Earth gets filled with high-density mana when the Luminary appears, causing Humans to die. The gravitational field that appears under Arc’s feet when she’s turned into a Luminary has enough of a reach to store all Textures on Earth.[4]
Archetype: Earth[]
- Main article: Archetype: Earth (Servant)
Development[]
Conception and creation[]
Takashi Takeuchi designed Arcueid after idea of an un-vampire-like vampire. He also states that she is "not the best person to have as an ally and the absolute worst to have as an enemy". Her long skirt form at the second half of Ciel’s route was meant as little surprise. It goes to show how much he can’t let go of his habits.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21
[] Tsukihime Material I - CHARACTER Profile: Arcueid Brunestud, p.6-13 Arcueid Brunestud
- Gender: Female
- Age: 17 (self-proclaimed)
- Blood type: Unknown
- Height: 167cm
- Weight: 52kg
- Birthday: December 25th (self-proclaimed)
- Alignment: Neutral Good
- Likes: Movies, novels, going out, at home dates, Shiki’s verbal abuse, kitties
- Dislikes: Snakes, boredom, pollution, Shiki’s verbal abuse
- Natural enemy: Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Retrograde Canal
Comment from the illustrator: True Ancestor, a vampire born as one. One of the main heroines in A Piece of Blue Glass Moon, and the poster girl for Tsukihime as a whole. A character designed after idea of an un-vampire-like vampire. Not the best person to have as an ally and the absolute worst to have as an enemy. Her long skirt form at the second half of Ciel’s route was meant as little surprise. It goes to show how much I can’t let go of my habits.
Explanation: A True Ancestor who, around the year 1200, spawned naturally, as True Ancestors always do. It was soon discovered that her specs were a far above the True Ancestor standard. It was decided impromptu that she was to be educated for anti-corrupted True Ancestor purposes. She woke up only to kill corrupted True Ancestors, and went to sleep after defeating her target. Somewhere along this cycle, she was tricked by the mage Roa into drinking human blood, causing her to go haywire. After killing all the True Ancestors who raised her, she regained her sanity and locked herself in the Millenium Castle. After that, she formed a new cycle where every time Roa reincarnated, she would visit the world outside the castle, punish him, and return to sleep. This princess is a killer machine who never experienced anything other than fighting and doesn't care for "useless" matters. Or rather, was.
The main heroine of the story. She has the appearance of a woman around 16-17. Her real age is about 800-900. That said, the total time she's been active is less than an year. She's a genuine bloodsucker who came to Souya town in pursuit of the vampire Roa. An invigorating heroine with looks and a personality unbecoming of a vampire, who gets killed by the protagonist in her introduction scene. She gets interested in Shiki's murder skills and asks him for his help. She's Chaotic Good. Introverted (extroverted when it comes to Shiki), cheerful, and active. Since her appearance is stuck in an late teens form, her mental age is also not matured. Not caring about details is in her personality. She got happy-go-lucky ever since Shiki killed her, but she still has her vast knowledge and dry humor (her logical nature as a True Ancestor), resulting in an unbalanced personality, carefree yet intellectual.
After being broken as a True Ancestor beyond repair, she grew greatly interested in Shiki, and this interest eventually developed into affection, which was taken to extreme level of loving Shiki's life, so she wants to protect not only Shiki himself, but also everything Shiki approves. Except when she is rampaging or awakened. In Ciel's route, the awakened Arc's directive was to first obtain Shiki, and only then respect his life. And to obtain Shiki, she chose the frightening method of eliminating all obstacles.アルクェイド・ブリュンスタッド
- 性別：女性
- 年齢：１７歳（自称）
- 血液型：不明
- 身長：１６７ｃｍ
- 体重：５２ｋｇ
- 生日: １２月２５日（自称）
- 属性：善性・中立
- 好きな物: 映画、小説、おでかけ、お部屋デート、志貴の暴言、子猫
- 嫌いな物: 蛇、退屈、環境汚染、志貴の暴言
- 天敵: 直死の魔眼、逆行運河
COMMENT from STAFF
「真祖」と呼ばれる生まれながらの吸血種。本作『-A piece of blue glass moon-』で描かれるメインヒロインであり、月姫という物語全体の顔役となるキャラクター。
吸血鬼らしくない吸血鬼、という着想でデザインされたキャラクターです。
味方でいてくれてもそれなりに大変なんですが、敵にしたら空前絶後に大変なことになりました。シエルルート後半でのロングスカート姿は、ちょっとしたサプライズのつもりで用意しましたが、やっぱり慣れ親しんだ感じありましたね。(武内崇)
EXPLANATION
西暦１２００年頃、他の真祖たち同様に自然発生した真相だったが、そのスペックが他の真祖たちより遥かに優れたものである事が判明。 気頃、 対「堕ちた真祖」用としての教育を施される事となった。
彼女は堕ちた真祖を討つ時のみ眠りから起こされ、目標となった真相を討つ時のみ眠りから起こされ、目標となった真相を倒しては眠りにつく、という事を繰り返していたが、その過程で魔術ロアに騙される形で人間の血を吸い、暴走を引き起こす。
自分を育てていた直祖たちを殺め尽くしたのち、正気を取り戻した彼 女は自らを「千年城」に封じ込める。
その後はロアが転生するたびに千年城から外界に赴き、処罰しては成 に戻って眠るという事を繰り返していた。
戦闘しか経験した事がなく“無駄”という事柄を知らないキラーマシー ンみたいなお姫さま――だった。
本編のメインヒロイン。女性、外見年齢は１６〜１７才前後。実年齢は ８００〜９００年ほど。といっても、実際に活動していた時間は1年に満た ない。吸血鬼ロアを追って総耶の街にやってきた純正の吸血種。吸血鬼 にあるまじき外見・性格をしており、登場するなり主人公に殺されるさ わやか系ヒロイン。志貴の殺人スキルに興味を持ち、協力を求めてくる。
中立・善。内向的(志貴に関わる事なら外向的)、陽気、能動的。外見 午前の十代後半で止まっている為、精神年齢も成長していない。細かい のスにしない、さっぱりした性格。志貴に殺されてからは人のヌボ く」な性格になるが、本人の豊富な知識とドライさ(真祖としての合理性) もあり、お気楽なのに理知的というアンバランスな性格になっ ている。
真祖として壊れてしまった彼女は志貴に大きな関心を持つようになり、やがて愛情に発展するが、究極的な話『志貴の人生を愛している』ので志貴本人は当然として、彼が良しとする。ただし、暴生時、覚醒時はそのかぎりではない。
シエルルートの覚醒アルクは『まずは志貴を手に入れて、その後に彼の人生を尊重する』というものに。応責を手に入れるまでの過程で、邪魔者はすべて排除しようというおっかなさ。 - Gender: Female
- ↑
[] Mahou Tsukai no Yoru Privilege - The Magician's Basic Rhythm: Lugh Beowulf, p.028-029 Lugh Beowulf
- Birthday: January 1
- Height: 134 cm
- Weight: 35 kg
- Likes: The person who gave him his first defeat
- Dislikes: Annoying things
- Day of Decisive Battle: None in particular
- Magecraft System: None in particular
- Regression to the Age of Gods/Quality: A
- Regression to the Age of Gods/Quantity: C
- Regression to the Age of Gods/Composition: Phylogenetic Tree up to the 18th century
Nasu's comment: A still living, genuine phantasmal species. His origin itself was long long ago, but it wasn't until the 18th century that he fell as a droplet on the werewolf village. A two thousand year class vintage monster. He is the natural enemy of the magi of the Common Era. In a contest of pure magical energy, attacks may still work on him, but when it comes to magecraft, it'll be absolutely invalidated. He's a life-form that's sort of like a relative to Arcueid, so he has an aura similar to Arc. It is a bit boorish to mention it but he doesn't have the concept of gender. Although it is very unlikely, in the case that he found a partner, he would be able to freely choose his own gender to compliment theirs. It's just like the manga "They Were Eleven!"
Koyama's comment: As a werewolf, I drew various forms of him. Between the complete wolf form and bipedal form, Beo can transform on the spot into the most fitting form for the action that he wants to do. Just as humans don't put any conscious thought into moving each induvial finger when they eat food with chopsticks, if he wants to run he does it on 4 feet and if he wants to grab something he does it with his "hands". Conversely he's also able to consciously control them. Normal werewolves can't take the form of a full wolf and their transformation is slow. In Beo's opinion that's so half baked it's meaningless, and it's so funny to look at that it spoils his mood. That's all I know. His clothes are supposedly to Touko's taste.
蒼崎橙子
- 生日: １月１日
- 身長: １３４ｃｍ
- 体重: ３５ｋｇ
- 好きなもの: 最初に自分を負かしたひと
- 嫌いなもの: うるさいもの
- 決戦の日: 特になし
- 魔術系統: 特になし
- 神代回帰 / 質: Ａ
- 神代回帰 / 量: Ｃ
- 神代回帰 / 編成: 十八世紀までの系統樹
奈須きのこ
まだ生きている生粋の幻想種。発生そのものは大昔で、雫として人狼の里にこぼれ落ちたのが十八世紀。二千年クラスのビンテージモンスター。 西暦以降の魔術師にとっては天敵で、純粋な魔力勝負ならまだ攻撃は通るが、魔術となると片っ端から無効化されてしまう。アルクェイドの親戚 みたいな生き物なので、なんとなくアルクに近い雰囲気に。語るのも野暮ではあるが、性別の概念はあまりなかった。まずあり得ない事だが、つ がいの相手を見つけた時、その生き物に合わせて性別を決めることも。「１１人いる!」ですなー。
こやまひろかず
人狼ってことで、様々な形態を描きました。完全な狼形態から二足歩行形態の間でベオがとりたい行動に対して最適な形態に即座に変形します。 人が箸で食事する際、指一本一本をどう動かすかいちいち意識しないのと同様、走ろうと思えば四つ足に、何か捕まえようと思えば「手」に。逆 に意識してコントロールすることも可能。普通の人狼は完全な狼形態にはなれないし、変形も遅い。ベオに言わせると中途半端だしイミわかんな いwww見てると気分悪くなるよね wwwみたいな。以上うんちく。服は橙子さんの趣味という想定です。 - Birthday: January 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
[] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:
Q: What do the Quality/Quantity/Composition of Regression to the Age of Gods mean in Beowulf's profile? Do Ploys, Arcueid, and Heroic Spirits have such designations? And what would their number be?
Q: What do the Quality/Quantity/Composition of Regression to the Age of Gods mean in Beowulf's profile? Do Ploys, Arcueid, and Heroic Spirits have such designations? And what would their number be?
A: Regression to the Age of Gods represents the extend at which they are capable of reproducing the Mysteries that existed on Earth before True Magic. Consider it to be like that, their own style of Magical Circuits. Quality represents "how distant from what humans are capable of" their pure Mysteries are. Quantity represents power. The higher the quantity, the greater the degree of influence over the surrounding environment. Since Beowulf only has a quantity of C, he can only display his power to an individual, or over a village.
Composition represents the era of the "Mystery". In terms of magecraft, it would be like Rune, Kabbalah, Black Magic and such.
Ploys are not of Age of Gods, so they cannot be assigned a number in Regression to the Age of Gods.
For Arcueid... Princess Arcueid should qualify. "Quality: B Quantity: A++ Composition: Before Common Era, pseudo-deified natural phenomenon"Ｑ：べオのプロフィールにあった神代回帰の質／量／編成とは何ですか？プロイやアルクや英霊にも同じものがあるのでしょうか？だとしたらその数値は？
Ａ：神代回帰は、彼らが魔法以前の地球にあった神秘をどれだけ再現出来るか、といった基準と思ってください。彼ら風の魔術回路ですね。質は高ければ高いほど”人の手に離れた”混じりけのない神秘となり、量はその出力。量が高いほど周囲への影響は大きくなります。量がCのべオは個人や村ぐらいしかその権能を誇示できません。
編成はどのくらいの年代の神秘を為せるか、というもの。魔術でいうならカバラや黒魔術か......という種別です。
プロイは神代のものではないので「神代回帰」の測定は当てはまりません。
アルクは......姫アルク状態ならアリ。「質:B 量:A++ 編成:西暦以前までの、擬神化される自然現象」といったところ。 - ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41
[] TYPE-MOON Manuscript - Archetype:Earth, p.042-047 Archetype:Earth
Class: Berserker
True Name: Archetype:Earth
Gender: Female Body
Alignment: Lawful Chaotic
Origin: Tsukihime
Region: Earth
Height/Weight: About 200 meters when emerging (depending on the CG)
About 100 meters when stabilized (as big or bigger than the tallest building in the city. Adapts to the level of nearby civilization)
※Its weight stays the same no matter the state—being the same as the normal Arcueid. Given that it’s just the lifeforce spilling out from Earth given shape, if pressed to give an answer, I’d say its weight would be the mass of Earth, or something. So, no matter the action it takes, as long as it’s on the surface of Earth, it’s not heavy, and so its weight doesn’t cause any damage to the terrain—meaning, when the Luminary walks, it doesn’t cause the ground to sink in or anything like that. However, this does not apply to man-made objects.
If normal Arcueid is:
Strength: B Endurance: B Agility: B Magic: A Luck: B Noble Phantasm: EX
Then Luminary Arcueid is:
Strength: E Endurance: EX Agility: B Magic: A++ Luck: EX Noble Phantasm: D
Personal Skills
■ Marble Phantasm: D
Though Arcueid normally has this at A, here it has been ranked down to D.
True Ancestors in a Luminary state can only use Marble Phantasm in an approximate manner.
Due to having turned into a Luminary, she cannot construct any detailed fantasies.
■ Event Storage: EX
The ability to conceptually and physically store things that have been cultivated on the surface of Earth.
The confiscation of all creations birthed on the surface of the planet—its Textures.
An ability on par with the Divine Spirits’ so-called ‘Authorities’, though given that it’s a function possessed by the planet, it is less of a skill, and more of a system.
The gravitational field that appears under Arcueid’s feet when she has turned into a Luminary has enough of a reach to store all Textures on Earth.
■ Mana Discharge (Planetary): A
The super version of Mana Discharge—the Breath of the Planet.
What animals know as ‘breathing’. She inhales magical energy (mana) from the atmosphere and then exhales it into the outer world as new magical energy after circulating it through her body—a Mana Cleaner.
This is the reason why the Earth gets filled with high-density mana when the Luminary appears, causing humans to die.
The gravitational field that appears under Arc’s feet when she’s turned into a Luminary has enough of a reach to store all Textures on Earth.
Class Skills (Passives)
■ Luminary: A
Rapid expansion (Inflation) of the Spiritron Core.
A phenomenon more simply called a ‘Luminary’.
(‘Inflation’ is originally terminology from astronomy—it’s what the exponential expansion of the universe that occured after the Big Bang is called) A state of excitation possessed by True Ancestors of the highest grade—their royalty. It’s said to occur as a side-effect when the True Ancestor has by some means had its body completely destroyed.
When Arcueid—a small yet heavy being—loses the body which forms her frame, the compressed magical energy within is released, and the result is that her Lifescale expands (though this is actually a false impression).
Though Arcueid’s consciousness is in the center of this light, as she no longer possesses a body to serve as a wall, she takes a state where her surplus magical energy levels remain, while the sort of self-image she imagines for herself is projected and dispersed. The Association calls this a Spiritron Frame (Lightframe). In other words, this is a natural phenomenon created out of nothing but mental power.
If one carelessly destroys a True Ancestor who still has magical energy in surplus, the energy stored within their body manifests—a retribution mechanism—to become a calamity that destroys human cities.
Arcueid does not cause Inflation when Roa still has part of her power and she’s about to die from maceration, but with her having killed Roa in Ciel Route, her love toward Shiki causes her to bug out—unable to keep suppressing her vampiric urges, she brings about this phenomenon. Correction: she unintentionally brings about this phenomenon.
Luminary Arcueid is about 200 meters when she’s emerging, and about 100 when she’s stabilized her dispersed consciousness and is in her normal state.
— Mystic Eyes (Hyper Wide-Range)
All intelligent beings who Luminary Arc looks at will have their minds paralyzed, either out of fear, or out of worship.
Unless those seen by Luminary Arc have unusually powerful mental strength, both escaping and fighting is infeasible.
— Fantasy Dequantification (Nullification of Normal Attacks)
Because of being in a mental form, only attacks which Arcueid recognizes as ‘oh, this one will suck’ are capable of wounding her.
In addition, being in an energy form means all injuries she receives are instantly restored to normal.
— Geothermal Manipulation & Atmospheric Manipulation
To change the surrounding environment into a harsh one.
The ground going into high-temperatures alone is enough to impede the activity of life, with all that approaches at the mercy of the atmospheric turbulence, as though a leaf in the wind—in short, she’s a personification of natural disasters.
An existence which is earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, and the likes, all put together.
Princess Arc from Melty used all these consciously and intentionally, while Luminary Arc can only ever use them unconsciously and reactionarily.
They are only activating automatically as biological functions, and cannot be controlled.
Princess Arc is actually the one who is the superior of the two, given that she can properly use these disasters as weapons, and is able to keep damages to a minimum.
The Luminary is not a form meant for attacking, but for regeneration.
It is nothing more than a necessary procedure for recreating the body of the True Ancestor so they will once again be able to act out their role as one. Therefore, it’s unable to move from the spot where it manifested, no matter what (as there is no need to).
It’s sort of like the cores and surface-level synchrotron radiation quantity of stars.
The convergence of hydrogen and helium through strong gravity leads to planets being pressed together into masses of resources, eventually forming a benign crust after they cool down, while a Luminary is meant to turn into a body after its convergence.
The benefit to having a body goes without saying: the establishment of an ego—a self. Remaining a Luminary means that eventually the consciousness would eventually merge with the Earth itself and then disperse as mere energy.
→ However, in Ciel Route, as Arc couldn’t control her reason/emotions, she also couldn’t cancel her Luminary. The only thing awaiting her at the end of that would be to perish from dispersal.
→ In addition, once she started walking out of jealousy, she gave up on being a chrysalis. Though the Luminary is ultimately a system meant for returning her to normal, once it is employed as an individual lifeform, even Arcueid will start falling apart at the seams, and eventually completely perish.
→ On the other hand… if one was to use the Luminary as a means of birthing a new, stronger individual instead of as a means of returning it to normal, then this would not apply. It would be able to act as a new True Ancestor, while the Arcueid of before would then quite literally disappear.
Lore
— Concerning the suppression of Arcueid's power.
The True Ancestors are the Touch of Earth—something like its immune system.
True Ancestors of the highest grade like Arcueid are one step above that of an immune system—something which would no doubt be appropriate to label as the Alter-Ego of Earth.
(In fact, the True Ancestors were only ever birthed to create a frame on the level of an Alter-Ego of Earth. All True Ancestors outside of Arc were failures. Yet in the True Ancestors’ last days, they succeeded in creating the Brain of the Planet that had been desired in the first place).
However, that such a lifeform would conduct itself in a human body could in itself actually be said to be something abnormal.
If you pack the energy of a celestial object into a tiny human body, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it would suddenly go out of control.
As long as Arcueid remains active, her output is limited to always be one step above her opponent, but this is not a representation of her sheer power.
This is to protect the body in its function as an output device, and to prevent wasting energy (for the earth).
However, in the case that the limiter of the body is taken away from her, and Arcueid’s mental activity is unabated, the suppression of her power is undone.
The magical energy hidden within her body disperses almost in an explosion, and the limit on her ability to draw energy from the Earth is removed.
This is Inflation—the Inflationary Luminary Phenomenon.
Though normally bound to the planet's interior, being a ‘soul’ (the chances of a celestial object being born in space is practically none. Force of Fate and Spacetime Causality which lets this be established is defined as a soul) meant for prolonged utilization (administration) of its celestial object, once it leaks onto the surface, it causes a system critical error.
That said, True Ancestors almost never enter this state.
The usual True Ancestor’s mind is worn down by having to suppress themselves, so when their body is destroyed, they do not have the mental strength (as it is abated) to recover
Luminaries have manifested in battles with ‘fallen True Ancestors’—those who have succumbed to their own vampiric urges—but in those cases the Luminaries did not emerge on as large a scale as Arcueid did.
“If thou wisheth to exterminate a True Ancestor, thou shalt first wear down its mind”
This is a teaching passed down among the Church. Just as this precept suggests, Executors do not assassinate True Ancestors from the shadows, but instead defeat them in prolonged all-out wars from head-on—or alternatively—push them into self-termination from a lack of magical energy (because if you kill them via a sneak attack, there’s a high chance they’ll turn into a Luminary).
— Concerning the actions of Luminary Arc
Her gigantic size alone makes her powerful, but her actions are not all that showy.
The same goes for when she caught Ciel:
- She slowly reaches out for the astonished Ciel. Ciel, feeling she is in a pinch, tries to move back, but her body is heavy.
- Though Ciel would normally be capable of easily dodging Arc’s hand, she only barely manages. She pushes her body to try to keep going and create some distance, but it doesn’t obey.
- Ciel then notices that just being inside of Arc’s zone of influence causes a litany of debuffs such as… The thinning of the air, the heating of the ground, and what’s more, gravity being kind of weird.
- However, even having noticed this, it’s far too late. Arc enjoys watching Ciel pathetically squirm as she tries to escape. At this point, Ciel is practically done for—sewn into space from being looked at by Arc.
- Ciel can do nothing but watch with despair on her face as Arcueid slowly lowers her hand onto her. Once caught, the spectacle of her dismemberment inside of Arc’s hand begins.
— The dangers brought on by the three zones of influence
Arc has three layers of consciousness in her Luminary model.
3: AMAZING—Extended Consciousness that goes beyond the Surface Consciousness into the outer world.
(AMAZING—with the meaning of ‘awe’—the fascination of the unknown born from amazement and wonder)
It starts from 300 meters outside the Luminary and extends for several kilometers.
Air turbulence originating from the inside of the Surface Consciousness (2) is let loose (spills out) onto the Extended Consciousness, almost like sharp blades.
The turmoil of the harsh winds, magnetic fields and more, mean that the closer one gets to Arcueid, the more dangerous it becomes. It is impossible for a human to enter the zone of influence of her Surface Consciousness (2) unless they’re in a tank.
Though this is already a dangerous state, physically speaking, the more one distances oneself from the Luminary, the less the danger becomes.
Luminary Arc is completely unaware of the lifeforms inside this Extended Consciousness.
Humans who challenge it are like Don Quixote, voluntarily challenging a dragon—voluntarily going off to die.
Here, the Luminary can be seen as a dome of light—or alternatively, as some kind of symbol.
2: AUDIENCE—Surface Consciousness that extends radially for 300 meters diagonally with the Luminary at its center.
(AUDIENCE—not with the meaning of ‘spectators’ or ‘onlookers’, but that of ‘being granted audience’)
Within the 300 meters of the Surface Consciousness, afforestation proceeds far more dramatically.
The Luminary goes from looking like ‘some light thing’ to a human-shaped titan.
The vegetation that covers the ground’s surface are the same primordial plants as known to mankind, but their size and resilience make them almost completely different—basically, they’re huge, almost 10 to 20 times larger than usual.
These clearly display just how tough the vegetation of the Earth was in the past.
No matter how weak and adapted to the current environment of life that nature of modernity may be, it doesn’t change how frightening this primeval (paleozoic) vegetation once was (before the Mesozoic and the Jurassic periods when the dinosaurs lived, there weren’t any plants that could bear flowers, so be careful to not add that).
It gives off the intimidating impression that primeval nature was far more powerful than human civilization is.
Within this zone of influence, the ground is covered in primeval vegetation, making travel by foot almost entirely impossible (though this does not apply to people who are superhuman).
The difference in atmospheric pressure between the ground and the sky (temperature gradients caused by the oxygen consumption of the gigantic vegetation) perturbs the airflow, creating a corridor of harsh wind from the intersection of up- and downdrafts.
Obstructed by the plants, it becomes impossible to move on land, while the air turbulence in the sky makes it impossible to fly particularly well.
And yet, under these kinds of conditions, the automatic counter-attacks performed by the standard rampaging Arc are carried out as well.
This is because once an enemy has entered the Surface Consciousness, they are obviously recognized as such—as an enemy.
If they then by some stroke of bad luck enter Arc’s view, they will be restrained by her Mystic Eyes, at which point they’re doomed.
The automatic counter-attacks become like invisible claws, either cutting the enemy into pieces, or blowing them up into the air like a leaf, toying with them until they die.
Thinking that it's impossible to survive in the sky, one stops on the ground, only to find there is no oxygen left (the gigantic vegetation is sucking all of it up).
As should be evident from all this, the Surface Consciousness is not an environment in which the current mankind could exist.
Luminary Arc takes not a single action, settling the matter simply by recognizing those who enter as her enemy—almost as if they were fruit flies, flying toward their own death.
1: SKINRAIL—Deep Unconsciousness that exists close (within 30 meters) to herself
(SKIN—with the meaning of the skin also being a railing, even if it’s close enough of a distance to touch with others)
In this zone of influence, the visual impairments coming from the turbulent airflow, the distortions of the Luminary’s energy, and so on, disappear, and the Luminary can be seen for real.
Unlike the revolving airflow hell that was the Surface Consciousness, here the atmosphere is stable, with the environment suited for life.
Once something enters this zone of influence, Luminary Arc will—though hesitantly—counter-attack.
Just by pointing her gaze towards them, she can invoke heat waves and gales that blow them away with an impact that’s almost like a hammer.
Luminary Arc herself almost never does things like punch or stomp though.
If they then stop moving after running out of energy, she’ll probably leave them be…
But if they happen to be an enemy she has an interest in, she’ll probably use her Atmospheric Manipulation to bring them up (into the air) before her eyes.
She went to the effort of stretching out her arms so ostentatiously in trying to terrify Ciel because—yes—Ciel was special.
As for Shiki, she stubbornly refused to ever touch him on her own, due to him having touched her—this pretend indifference is thought to have been a snide way for her to get back at him.
And now for some FAQs about the Luminary.
— Can you touch it?
Once it enters a stable state, the Luminary materializes—so yes, it has hit detection.
It feels both like hard stone and flowing water to the touch.
Also, Arc can will parts of it to rarefy, and when she does that, she can pass those through buildings and what-not.
— Since it's light, does that mean it’s hot?
It’s a bit hot, but not enough to get burned.
— How much reason is left in Luminary Arc?
Enough. She doesn’t feel like saying very much, but that doesn’t mean her reason is lost. It’s more that her True Ancestor supernaturality has gotten stronger.
She does talk, but not with her voice, instead sending orders directly to the other party’s brain (telepathy), meaning that her lips don’t move when she speaks.
— What does she look like to humans?
Depends on the situation and how far away they are.
First, when she’s emerging: it’s totally fine if she’s super scary here. I think something to the effect of the demonic terror found in the storyboard is fine.
Then, when she’s stabilized—around the time when she’s caught Ciel and is playing around with her:
When someone is distantly removed from the Luminary—300 meters or more outside her zone of influence—she only looks like light, while if they’re within the 300 meters of her zone of influence, she has a human shape. I think it'd be fine if one could see that there are eye-shaped holes (kind of like cavities) where her mouth, eyes, etc, are supposed to be.
When even closer to the Luminary—30 meters within Arc’s zone of influence—then the light being emitted looks more subdued, with her eyes and mouth (lips) shining with the brilliance of life. In fact, make her look even more beautiful than normal Arcueid.
This is like a perception manipulation effect that the Luminary has against intelligent beings.
Those who look on from afar will get the impression of something terrifyingly unknowable.
While those who have arrived close will get the impression of something beautifully unknowable.
Those who are far away are enemies who are to be killed without being shown the truth.
While those who are close by are allies who are to be given a glimpse of the truth—a truly spiritually divine (religiously speaking) mechanism.Archetype:Earth
光体
クラス：バーサーカー
真名：アーキタイプ: アース
性別：女性体
出典：月姫
地域：地球
属性：秩序・混沌
身長・体重：秩序・善
- She slowly reaches out for the astonished Ciel. Ciel, feeling she is in a pinch, tries to move back, but her body is heavy.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
[] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: True Ancestor, p.100-101 True Ancestor
The original bloodsucking species.
One of the races of so-called nature spirits, fairies independently established by the planet as its sense of touch. A completely different species from the originally human Dead Apostles, no religion's purification ritual works on them, nor does sunlight faze them — they are beings infinitely close to immortality.
As they receive backup from the planet, it can be said that the limits of their actions are the limits of nature itself. If the planet is thought of as a single organism they are like its white blood cells, regarding the humans who consume nature as an element that must be exterminated.
In the same way that humans perceive the vampires who prey on them as "evil", from the standpoint of the True Ancestors it is the humans who enjoy the blessing of nature all the while plundering its resources that are "evil".真祖
はじまりの吸血種。
星が自らの触覚として独立させた妖精、
霊と呼ばれるモノの一種族。
元が人間である死徒とは完全に異なる種であり、あらゆる宗教的な浄化儀式は通用せず、陽光をものともせず、かぎりなく不老不死に近い存在。
星からのバックアップを受ける彼らの活動限界とは自然界そのものの限界と言え、地球を一個の生命体と考えた場合には彼らは白血球のような物であり、自然を食い物にする人間を駆逐すべき要因だと見なしている。
人間が自分達を捕食する吸血鬼を『悪』だと捉えるように、真祖にとっては、星の恩恵を受けながら資源を略奪する人間は『悪』……という事なのだろう。 - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Rainbow in the Night route - Day 9: "Bow of the Skies I"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 11: "Vermillion, Crimson Moon II"
- ↑ Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 14: "The Lunar Princess"
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Rainbow in the Night route - True End - Day 14: "Stone without End"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3
Melty Blood: Type Lumina - Arcueid Brunestud - character profile A royal member of the vampire race known as the True Ancestors. After suffering through a traumatic event, a naively innocent side of her was somehow released. She now lives as a free-spirited, almost childish, princess. She is incredibly powerful and, despite being a vampire, is able to survive in direct sunlight. She has no desire to threaten human society, instead hunting other vampires known as Dead Apostles. While pursuing her greatest enemy, she arrives in Souya, where Shiki lives. Although a fateful encounter awaits her and Shiki here, a story of an earlier possibility is about to unfold.
- ↑ Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 10: "Vermillion, Crimson Moon II"
- ↑
Melty Blood: Type Lumina - Red Arcueid - character profile Due to the effects of coming back from a "certain accident," her Vampiric Impulses and overwhelming desires have taken over. Driven by instinct, she arrives in a lowly human city. Controlled by pure emotion, her actions and words are quite dangerous, but her underlying personality remains mostly unchanged. The only big difference is her increased selfishness and changed attitude toward humans.
- ↑
Tsukihime Remake 4gamer interview As a matter of fact, Ciel's Route is special! And that is because we find it indispensable to showcase via images what would happen if you were to make an enemy of the strongest echelon in TYPE-MOON's denki fiction.
- ↑ Tsukihime Tsuushin R - Nasu Kinoko's Arcueid Route Memo - Translated by Petrikow
- ↑ Type-Moon: Bamboo Broom Diary (12/14) translated by taiboo
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Day 4: "Infernal Sanguine River I"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 5: "Infernal River of Blood II"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 13: "The Lunar World"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1
- ↑ Melty Blood: Type Lumina - Red Arcueid's Arcade Route - Ending
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4
[] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Luminous Body, p.101 Luminous Body
Rapid expansion (Inflation). A phenomenon more simply called "Luminous Body".
An excited state only possessed by True Ancestor royalty. When a True Ancestor's body is completely destroyed by some means, this reaction is said to occur. It was the result of Arcueid, a "small yet massive being", losing the container called 'body' and consequently having the compressed magical energy released, causing her lifescale to expand. Arcueid's consciousness exists at the core of the light, but since the barrier called 'body' doesn't exist, it is a state where in this excess of magical energy "an image of herself as she imagines it" is projected and diffused.
If a True Ancestor still brimming with magical energy is imperfectly destroyed, it will reemerge through just this energy that had been stored within its body and destroy human settlements in the form of a calamity, as a revenge mechanism. Inflation does not occur with Arcueid having her power stolen by Roa and fatally wasting away, but the Arcueid in Ciel route who killed Roa, was troubled by the bug that was her love for Shiki, and could no longer control her bloodsucking impulse could cause this phenomenon. Or rather, ended up causing it.光体
急膨張（インフレーション）。シンプルに『光体』と呼ばれる現象。
真祖の王族のみが持つ励起状態。真祖がなんらかの手段で肉体を完全に破壊されてしまった時、その反作用として起きるとされる。
『小さくて重いもの』だったアルクェイドが、肉体という筺を失った事で圧縮されていた魔力が開放され、存在規模を膨張させた結果。光の中心にアルクェイドの意識はあるが、肉体という壁がないため、その有り余る魔力量のまま『彼女が思い描く、自身のイメージ』が投影·拡散されている状態。いわば精神力だけで作られた自然現象。
『まだ魔力が有り余っている真祖』を下手に破壊してしまうと今度はその体内に蓄えられていたエネルギーのみで出現し、災害となって人間の都市を破壊する、という報復機能。
ロアに力を奪われ、衰弱死を迎えているアルクェイドではインフレーションは起きないが、シエルルートでロアを殺し、志貴への恋心によってバグを起こし、吸血衝動を抑えなくなったアルクェ - ↑ 22.0 22.1 Melty Blood: Type Lumina - Powered Ciel's Arcade Route
- ↑
[] Tsukihime Material I - GLOSSARY: Event Storage, p.101 Event Storage
An ability of the True Ancestors, the planet's sense of touch. The conceptual and physical storage of things reared on the planet's surface. Every creature that has appeared on the face of the planet——it is something that requisitions textures.
In terms of Divine Spirits it's an ability on the level of an Authority, but since this an Authority of the planet it is a 'system' rather than a 'skill'. The gravitational sphere that appeared at Arcueid's feet when she had become an Astral Body was of a scale great enough to store the entire planet's texture.事象収納
星の触覚たる真祖の能力。星の地表で育ったモノを概念的、かつ物理的に収納する。惑星の地表に発生したあらゆる創作物———テクスチャーの没収が行われるのだ。
神霊でいうのなら『権能』レベルの異能だが、惑星が持つ機能なのでスキルというよりシステムである。光体となったアルクの足下に現れた重力圏は地球全土のテクスチャーを収納するだけの規模を持っている。