If the almighty one cannot create a sword no one can draw, then he is not almighty. If the almighty one can create a sword no one can draw, then the almighty one cannot draw that sword either. One who cannot draw a sword cannot be almighty. Is there no almighty one in this world?
Arcana is described as a beautiful young girl with smooth, silky white hair that falls neatly around her face, with bangs that frame her forehead. Her golden eyes stand out, calm but piercing. She wears a white robe with gold details that give off an air of authority, along with a crown-like headpiece that adds to her striking appearance. Her overall look is clean, refined, and balanced.
Personality[]
Arcana initially has the demeanor of a composed and stoic divine figure, as carries expressionless face most of the time. While seemingly emotionless, she showed that she isn't a traditional god like Nosgalia, who only care about order and disregard mortals and their feelings. This is because having forgotten her divine name and memories, she gained a heart, which allowed her to feel emotions that gods shouldn't be capable of feeling. Due to gaining emotions, she wanted to save people but her ordeal with the grieving father damaged her self-esteem and made her question her worldview. According to Misha, looking into Arcana's abyss felt like she was suffering of a parched thirst. As though she were wandering through an endless desert with no water. The reason for that is that her guilt over the events made her try to find an answer to if it was possible to save everyone at once, with her progressively losing hope over the inability to come up with a proper answer.
After losing the holy war against Anos, she was finally content due to him providing her an answer, as found a new resolve to atone for her sins by dismantling the Selection Trial, which was causing mortals more tragedy for the sake of the gods' convenience.
History[]
Arcana is chased by a dragon.
Arcana was originally born in the underground country of Agatha. Due to the dragon core she possessed, dragons would constantly attack Agatha in search of her, endangering the people. No matter where she went, Arcana was always targeted by dragons and draconids who wanted to sacrifice her. As a result, she was always on the run and starving for food, barely having enough magic power to survive.[1]
Due to the danger she presented, the first Sword Emperor decided to exile Arcana from the country, but he stated that he wouldn't expel her if someone agreed to take her in. This led Arcana to wander around the city, knocking on every door she could find, believing someone would help her. However, no one opened their doors, as the prophecies declared her a cursed child, so she was exiled. The Sword Emperor did not have the courage to take her life, so he chose the future where she was least likely to die, thus condemning her to a life of suffering. Feeling guilty about this, he made Arcana an offer: If she became a sacrifice to the Royal Dragon, she would become an honorable Dragon Knight, allowing her to live in Agatha without being persecuted by dragons. However, this only made her furious, as they abandoned her away when she needed them the most.[1]
They told her that if she sided with Jiordal during the Selection Trial, she would be welcomed into their kingdom. Despite accepting their deal, she was still rejected by the followers of Jiordal, as she was a former citizen of Agatha and a sacrifice to the Royal Dragon, a symbol of their religion. Therefore, the Pope told her that if she threw herself into the Bonfire of Judgment, she would be seen as a holy existence and would be accepted. But it was all a lie, as nothing she did would erase her past. Arcana was deceived by the Pope, who wanted to empower her with the Bonfire of Judgment before sacrificing her, all so he could win the Selection Trial with the resultant dragonborn. Because of the Zecht that she signed, she was unable to defy him.[1]
Due to the intense hatred she felt for the world, the Goddess of Creation Militia thought Arcana was beyond salvation and chose her as her representative for the Selection Trial. The two would eventually win the first Selection Trial, but when Arcana learned that Militia was attempting to permanently end the holy ritual, she felt betrayed by Militia and killed her using Gauddigemon, the Sword of a Thousand Bolts. The god-slaying sword was lent to her by Boldinos, who told her that she could only forget her hatred by becoming a divine proxy, as gods did not have hearts or emotions. However, he had also deceived her, as her positive emotions disappeared while her hatred remained.[1]
Unsatisfied with her salvation, as the Selection Trial was the cause of her suffering, Arcana killed half of the God of Balance and took a portion of its order for herself. Since she had also killed Militia, her order had to be maintained by the first proxy of god, that is, Arcana herself.
After gaining divine power, she betrayed Jiordal and Agatha and then created Gadeciola, which consisted of people who grew disillusioned with the gods. She became known as Genedonov, the Goddess of Absurdity and waged war against the gods. When she finally realized that Overlord Boldinos was deceiving her, she betrayed Gadeciola and attacked him in anger, but she was killed.[1]
After being reborn, she joined forces with Ceris Voldigoad, fully intending to betray him as well. The two exchanged information and then parted ways. She eventually sealed her memories and hatred inside the Moon of Creation and imposed various restrictions on herself in order to achieve her goals.[1] Despite promising Ceris that she would lose her memories until the victor of the Selection Trial was decided, which would seal her Magic Eyes of Absurdity, she lied and only sealed her memories temporarily.[2]
Due to losing her memory and forgetting who she was, Arcana was lost in her purpose, but she remembered wanting kindness, so she used her divine power to grant many miracles and save many lives. She thinks that in exchange for losing her memories and divine name, she gained a heart, something that gods lack.
Arcana tries to save the grieving father.
But one day, she was approached by a grieving father whose daughter was chosen as a Selected, which she later regretted due to wanting to stay with him. Because the daughter was killed by another Selected, the father renounced Jiordal's teachings and pleaded with Arcana to punish her killer. To quench his sadness, she stated that she would resurrect his daughter, although that was impossible due to her source being destroyed. Instead, she created a fake daughter who had all of her memories and personality, and he was overjoyed at being reunited with her. However, Arcana was later contacted by the weeping daughter, as the father had killed himself due to learning that his daughter was a fake, a truth that was revealed to him by the same person who killed his real daughter.
Coming to terms with her failure to save the grieving father, she realized that she and the gods were not omnipotent, and were not capable of saving everyone, as salvation for one person meant damnation for another. She tried to find someone who could disprove her hypothesis about there being no Almighty being capable of saving everyone.[3] Eventually, Arcana became the Selection God of Ahid Alovo Agartz and began to participate in the Selection Trial on his behalf. She chose him because he was a hopeless person and she believed that his hopelessness made him worthy of salvation.
Abilities[]
Immense Magic Power: As a god, she possesses immense magic power, having a near bottomless magic pool that can only be used up when doing something of extraordinary magnitude. By consuming the order of multiple gods, her power was further enhanced.
Conceptual Existence: Gods maintain and embody the order and laws of the world.[4]
Altiertonoa, the Moon of Creation:
Arcana's Moon of Creation
She possesses the ability to use Altiertonoa, Militia's order, which takes the form of a large silverly moon, though Arcana's version takes the form of a crescent moon. Altiertonoa is one of the most important orders in the world due to it being responsible for the creation of the world, and for the fact that under its light, all life gained magic at the core of its being to form the source - the origin and foundation of all life. The period of time when the Moon of Creation is active is called the Month of Creation, in which new life is born to replace those destroyed by the Sun of Destruction. Through Altiertonoa's miracle, the order of the world was maintained by cycling the lives that had been lost. The Moon of Creation allows its user to control special ice, as well as create and recreate everything that exists, from physical matter and living creatures to the abstract laws of the universe.[5]
Destruction Symbiosis: According to the established order of creation and destruction, as soon as something in the world is completely destroyed, or when living beings die, something must be created at the same time to replace what was lost. Therefore, a huge amount of death and destruction can significantly increase the power of the Moon of Creation in proportion to the volume of destruction.[6]
Lunar Snowdrops:
Lunar Snowdrop
Altiertonoa produces lunar snowdrops, which are the manifestations of Altiertonoa's divine power that resemble snowflakes inside a crescent moon.[5] The Moon of Creation can create an endless amount of lunar snowdrops, which can be used for a variety of effects. They can be used to freeze anything that they touch, re-create something that already exists, or create ice that can be shaped into various constructs such as weapons.[7][8] Lunar snowdrops also have the ability to pass through an opponent's anti-magic and drain their physical and magical powers with the cold they emit.[6] In addition, the user can turn themselves into lunar snowdrops and instantly reappear anywhere.[5]
Consumed Orders: As a participant of the Selection Trial, Arcana is able to absorb the orders of defeated gods, which are stored in the Selection Pledge Jewels upon their defeat.
Order of Light: It grants Arcana power over the phenomenon of light, allowing her to transform into light itself and move at light speed or attack the enemy directly with it.
Order of Piercing: It turns regular weapons into divine spears, which appear like sharp dragon fangs, possessing colossal piercing power. Arcana can create something out of ice and then imbue it with the order of piercing to enhance her attacks.
Order of Restoration: It gives Arcana power over the phenomenon of restoration, allowing her to heal living beings and restore non-living things. It was able to restore a body that was completely destroyed in no time, and recover a magic link that was severed. Despite this, its power cannot interfere with the source of living beings, although it can restore some of their damage. This order synergizes well with Arcana's own order of creation and makes her nearly indestructible, even against a far more powerful opponent.
However, it can only restore something that is "broken" and, therefore, it is unable to cure a disease like "dragon deficiency," in which the organs of the magical power develop too much for the body to handle.
Order of Dreams: It grants Arcana power over dreams and memories, allowing her to recover missing memories. These abilities are most pronounced in a dream, in which the owner of this power can allow someone to see a specific memory (if it exists).
Levihelluota, the Six Flowers of Absurdity: Arcana's order, which allows her to negate and neutralize the orders and divine powers of the other gods.[9]
Arcana has a habit of referring to individuals by calling them "Child of x", with "x" being usually the race of the person in question, although she would sometimes use that person's unique characteristics in the naming. The only people she would refer to by their names are Anos and Ahid.
