Melascula

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==Summary==
Melascula the Faith is a member of the Ten Commandments, a group of the Demon Clan's most elite warriors handpicked by the Demon King himself. She was sealed away along with the rest of the clan in the Coffin of Eternal Darkness until she was set free by Hendrickson. She displays normal camaraderie with her fellow demons but views humans as inferior lower life forms.
It is revealed that her true form is a snake that was enhanced by the miasma of the Demon Realm over 300 years, turning her into a high-level demon.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: physically, far higher with Magic, with Cocoon of Darkness. with Snake Form | physically, with Darkness, Higher with Snake Form
Key: Pre-Resurrection | Post-Resurrection
Name: Melascula
Origin: Nanatsu no Taizai
Gender: Female
Age: Over 3,000 years (362 biologically)
Classification: Demon, one of the Ten Commandments - "The Faith"
Powers and Abilities: Magic, High Ranking Demon Physiology, Durability Negation, Necromancy, Absorption, Portal Creation, Summoning, Illusion Creation, Spatial Manipulation, Energy Manipulation (Can convert destructive emotions into negative energy), Intangibility (Passed through a wall), BFR, Fire Manipulation (Faith sets its victims' eyes ablaze), Power Nullification (The dimensional space created through Melascula's spatial manipulation is so great that not even the teleportation and portal creation abilities of Merlin are capable of bypassing the barrier), Transformation and Large Size (Type 1: Melascula can transform herself into a giant snake which can expel Poison and Acid), Corruption (By using power of darkness, she can corrupt the gate of heaven and turn it into gateway to Demon World), Body Control
Attack Potency: City level physically (Equal to Gowther), far higher with Magic (Melascula rarely uses her power destructively, making it hard to gauge the depth of her power. Created a dimensional distortion 100 miles in diameter around Camelot that Merlin could not penetrateNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 222. Created a storm cloudNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 141. Implied to be superior to her snake formNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 230), Multi-Continent level with Cocoon of Darkness (Post-Revival enlarged Demon Mark Meliodas could not destroy it, and she freely manipulated his power for her own usesNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 226). Multi-Continent level with Snake Form (Merlin needed Perfect Cube to protect herself, Elizabeth and Gowther from MelasculaNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 229). Her Faith commandment ignores conventional durability | At least City level physically, Multi-Continent level with Darkness (The Cage of Darkness is comparable to the Gloom CocoonFour Horsemen of the Apocalypse Chapter 66. Fought on par with Enchanter TristanFour Horsemen of the Apocalypse Chapter 68), Higher with Snake Form (Implied to be stronger than before, as she forced Tristan to transform)
Speed: At least Sub-Relativistic (Easily reacted to a maxed out Hunter Fest Ban's attacks) | At least Sub-Relativistic (Kept up with Tristan)
Lifting Strength: Class G (Equal to Gowther), far higher with Darkness and Snake Form | Class G, far higher with Darkness and Snake Form
Striking Strength: City level physically, far higher with Darkness. Multi-Continent level with Snake Form | City level physically, Multi-Continent level with Darkness, Higher with Snake Form
Durability: City level physically, Multi-Continent level with Power of Darkness (Her darkness took no damage from Ban's attacks after he stole half of Base Galand's strengthNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 144, and they also no-sold the shock wave caused by Critical Over GalandNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 149). Multi-Continent level with Snake Form (Survived a massive beating from Post-Training Diane with Drole's Dance and KingNanatsu no Taizai Chapter 230) | At least City level physically, Multi-Continent level with Darkness, Higher with Snake Form
Stamina: Superhuman (Stayed active after having her entire body covered in third degree burns, and quickly recovered from having one of her hearts ripped out)
Range: Extended Melee Range with darkness and in her Snake Form. Hundreds of Kilometers up to Interdimensional with magic (Summoned souls from Purgatory across all of Britannia)
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Gifted (Melascula is a master soul manipulator and necromancer even by the standards of the Demon Clan, and she knows a wide variety of spells that allow her to combat foes stronger than herself)
Weaknesses: Melascula cannot break the rule of her commandment or she will fall victim to it. All Demons are vulnerable to Holy Magic, as it breaks down Darkness particles. Note however that high-level demons have shown to take only minor damage from beings near their own level, implying the vulnerability is not extreme. The regeneration used by demons heals injuries but not the "damage" dealt. In practical terms, this has shown to mean that the more a demon regenerates the weaker they get, eventually reaching the point where they no longer have the energy to regenerate at all.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Demon: Melascula is a high-level demon and can access her demonic biology and powers to give herself a boost in physical ability as well as various other advantages. Note that Melascula always has her demon mark activated. At night, her magic power increases.
Power of Darkness: As part of her demon biology, Melascula can generate solid darkness from her body which she can manipulate and shape as well as project outward from herself. She can use this black matter for a variety of offensive, defensive, and supplementary purposes. Melascula constantly surrounds herself with a cloak of darkness.
* Enhanced Durability: Demons can use their black matter as a thin but powerful layer of armor to enhance their defensive capability. Melascula often defends herself by wrapping her darkness cloak into a sphere completely covering her body.
* Flight: When the substance covers his body he can use it to manifest wings and fly.
* Self Healing: Demons can use the dark substance to pull their bodies back together, mend burn injuries, etc. However, they cannot regenerate destroyed hearts, and damage stays with the demon despite the wound being healed. This has been shown to mean that powerful enough attacks cannot be regenerated by a weaker demon, and they will eventually run out of enough energy and not be able to continue regenerating. Demon blood has also shown to possess potent regenerative properties, demonstrated when Fraudrin (through Dreyfus) regenerates Gray Demon Hendrickson from just a head, half a torso, and an arm.
* Weapon Creation: The black matter can be used to form various offensive constructs such as large claws or weapons. These constructs enhance melee attacks a considerable amount.
Sensing: High-level demons can sense magic energy from considerable distances away, hundreds of miles.
Soul Extraction and Absorption: Demons can extract souls and absorb them to restore their magic power as well as gain the knowledge of their victim. Both lesser demons and high-level demons have been shown extracting many souls at once from a distance, although some seem to prefer using touch to extract souls. When a soul is eaten it is completely destroyed, removing the victim from the cycle of reincarnation.
===Commandment===
Faith: Anyone who shows faithlessness before her has their eyes set ablaze. "Before her" seems to mean "in the presence of her power" because her commandment was shown activating from long distances away when her zombies caused people to lose faith in their dead loved ones.
===Abilities===
===Base===
Cocoon of Darkness: Melascula envelops and traps her opponent within a pitch black sphere made of darkness. The sphere is resistant to dark energy-based attacks such as purgatory fire, and Melascula can manipulate the energy of those trapped inside for her own purposes, such as for Soul Enhancement - Vengeful Carnage. Her standard usage seems to be appearing behind her trapped victim and removing their soul with a touch.
File:CocoonofDarkness1.png|Wraps up Ban
File:CocoonofDarkness2.png|in Cocoon of Darkness
File:CocoonofDarkness4.png|The Cocoon can phase through solid matter
* Soul Enhancement - Vengeful Carnage: Melascula converts the destructive impulses of an individual trapped in Cocoon of Darkness into negative energy to power her reanimated soldiers with, increasing their offensive and defensive power as well as their resistance to magic.
File:VengefulCarnage1.png|Meliodas' destructive impulses are absorbed
File:VengefulCarnage2.png|and turned into negative energy
File:VengefulCarnage3.png|for her skeletons to transform and power up
Hell Gate: is a portal creating power possessed by Melascula. It allows her to form portals for various purposes, such as summoning demons and creating dimensional distortions around large areas to prevent others from teleporting in. She corrupted the portal to the Celestial Realm and turned it into a portal to the Demon Realm.
File:HellGate3.png|Dimensional distortion
File:HellGate4.png|surrounding Camelot
File:HellGate5.png|100 miles in diameter
File:HellGate2.png|Corrupts the gate to heaven into a gate to the Demon Realm
File:HellGate1.png|Opens a portal to talk to Gowther
* Summon Ring: A technique of Hell Gate, Melascula is able to use her cloak of darkness to form a portal to summon lesser demons to do her bidding.
File:SummonRing1.png|Clasps her hands
File:SummonRing2.png|and opens a large portal
Illusions: Melascula can make various illusions powerful enough to fool opponents that can sense magic energy.
File:MelasculaIllusion1.png|Fooled Meliodas by making a skeleton into Zeldris
File:MelasculaIllusion2.png|Creates large, intimidating illusions of her face to communicate
Soul Invitation: Melascula can draw out her opponent's soul after reciting a demonic incantation. This spell is presumably reserved for those that are able to resist normal soul extraction, as Melascula usually simply touches her target to remove their soul. She used this spell on Meliodas after stating he was resisting her.
File:SoulInvitation.png|Recites an incantation
File:SoulInvitation2.png|and extracts the soul
Vengeful Soul Revival: Melascula calls back a vast amount of souls that wander Purgatory, granting them renewed life in order to sate their unfulfilled grudges and regrets. The dead are brought back with enhanced physical strength and amplified regret, powered by their rage. When their lingering attachments to the living world are fulfilled, they return to the dead. This spell pairs well with Melascula's commandment, as most people cannot maintain faith in their loved ones when they see their loved ones return from the dead as hateful zombies.
File:VengefulSoulRevival1.png|Calls back souls that wander Purgatory
File:VengefulSoulRevival2.png|and gives them new strength
===Snake Form===
Melascula's true form is that of a giant snake. In this form she can shift her heart around her body to make it hard to target, expel deadly digestive juices, and becomes much more physically tough than in her normal form.
Deadly Poison: In her snake form, Melascula can expel from her mouth a stream of digestive juices that dissolves her opponent. The substance is corrosive enough to continually halt Ban's regeneration while it remains on his body, and she states that even inhaling its vapors is enough to kill someone.
File:DeadlyPoison1.png|Expels a blast of digestive fluids
File:DeadlyPoison2.png|onto Ban
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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