Stella "The Sudarshana Gravity Well"

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Stella "The Sudarshana Gravity Well" is one of the elite Falcons serving Sumeragi Institute and one of the antagonists of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, appearing as the boss of the mission Sumeragi Building 13. Defeating her grants the EX Weapon Orbital Edge.
The young, confident president of a powerful manufacturing company, Stella ended up serving as one of Sumeragi's Falcons to protect her android assistant Dystnine, the only one to whom she'll open up. She is an Adept possessing the Septima Gravity, which allows her to alter the gravity of her surroundings.
==Website Description==
==Appearance==
Stella is a young woman with dark skin and green eyes, with short, matching hair, complete with a long, thin ponytail and heavy eyeliner. She wears a white shirt and black undershirt with no sleeves, black short shorts, and brown heels with tan soles that expose her toes and heels, which are secured by a strap at the top. She also loosely wears a blue Falcon jacket with cyan rims, and has a Falcon Quill clipped to her left breast. Stella wears numerous pieces of gold jewelry, including a bangle on her right wrist, a neck-piece, a belt and a pair of hoop earrings. Her nails are painted green.
In her Armed Phenomenon, Stella's sclera turns black and her irises a dark green, though they are often obscured by her bangs, which turn a darker, more cyan shade. She is covered in white, black and green armor, with the lower half of her body enclosed in a blade-like shell. Attached to her back are two white appendages that hold duel bladed disks, each with a hole in the middle that generates purple energy and lightning when used with her Septima.
Stella's skin appears lighter than usual to varying degrees in most art depicting her Armed Phenomenon, with the exception of her dialogue portrait.
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==Personality==
Stella is a typical serious, no-nonsense business woman with no desire for meandering or leisure when there is a job at hand, as seen with her first and only interaction with Copen.
The only person she seems to care about remotely is Dystnine. Upon her death she calls out to him by name, and on one occasion she refers to him as her "beloved Dystnine", suggesting a high level of affection.
==History==
===Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX===
====Sumeragi Building 13====
Copen, on the hunt for information on the Butterfly Effect, infiltrates Sumeragi Building 13, the largest Sumeragi base in the world, hoping to find clues there. After he breaks into the building, Stella becomes aware of him and alters the gravity in the building in an attempt to slow his progress, but Copen continues to press on, eventually crossing paths with Stella herself, who is accompanied by Dystnine.
Dystnine greets Copen and Lola and introduces both him and Stella, who tells him to not bother introducing himself to someone she's about to kill, sending him away to prepare her coffee, though not without expressing her affection for his human-like qualities. After he leaves, Stella informs Copen that although she has nothing against him, she must fight him nonetheless to save Dystnine from Sumeragi's clutches, much to Copen's confusion. She then transforms into her armed form and attacks him.
Despite her efforts, she is slain in battle by iX, calling out Dystnine's name as she dies.
====Sumeragi Secret Bunker 2====
As Copen makes his way through Sumeragi's underground bunker, Demerzel creates holograms of the various Falcons he's fought and killed to stop him. One such hologram is Stella, appearing before iX only to be swiftly slain.
==Other Appearances==
===Card-en-Ciel===
"...I got a good reason for deliverin' the poundin' that yer about to get!"
Stella is one of the characters from the first Luminous Avenger iX featured in the crossover roguelite card-battling RPG Card-en-Ciel, appearing as both cards and an enemy paired with Dystnine.
Stella's cards possess the [Convert] function, which means her normal state card is the default one in the deck and all copies will be converted into the armored version when [Convert] is triggered, and back again if [Convert] is triggered again.
Card 	Character 	Effect 	Cost	Movement
The Sudarshana Gravity Well	Stella (Normal) 	Draw 2 cards. [Convert] (Special: Draw 4 cards. [Convert])	1 	Right
Gravitation* Pandemonium 	Stella (Armed Phenomenon)	Draw 5 cards. [Convert](Special: Draw 8 cards. [Convert]) 	1 	Right
*Misspelling of her Special Skill Graviton Pandemonium.
==Powers and Abilities==
As a human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave and a member of the Falcons chosen specifically for her powerful Septima, Stella has an affinity for the Gravity Septima, which as its name states, grants her dominion over gravitational forces. With her Septima, Stella can lower or raise the gravity of her surroundings at will. However, she is more skilled at lowering gravity than raising it. While she is capable of lowering the gravity in an area, she must focus on specific objects or people to increase their gravity. By turning her Septima on herself, Stella can stimulate flight. 
In her Armed Phenomenon, Stella mainly fights with twin discs that she can manipulate with her Gravity Septima. The discs are extremely sharp and can cut through most objects. She can also increase the size of these discs, turning them into giant buzzsaws. With these discs, she can fire beams of gravity or create a gravitational field that can pin opponents down and halt their movements. Stella can also fire green energy projectiles and utilize the stinger-like blade on her underside to slash and impale opponents. Stella can also use her gravity powers to manipulate the debris around her, forming high density cubes to crush opponents. 
===Boss Battle Skills===
EX Stella's discs are almost always spinning around her, except when she launches most attacks.
Skill 	Description
"Gravity Shot" 	Stella shoots a sphere of light directly at Copen.
The EX boss version will split into two smaller, diagonally flying spheres upon contact with a surface.
Edged Saucer(エッジソーサー) 	Stella launches bladed discs which then travel along the terrain. During this attack, she leaves herself defenseless until the discs return.
The EX Boss will increase the speed of the discs.
Sword Dive(ソードプレッジャー, Sword Presser) 	Using her lower half as a massive blade, she launches herself at Copen with this quick attack, before somersaulting backwards to slash at him. If Copen happens to be directly underneath her, she will go straight down and omit the somersault.
The EX Boss will finish this attack by spinning her discs around her, discouraging tagging attempts.
Heavy Shackles(ヘウィシャックレス) 	Stella fires high-gravity beams from her discs. Anyone caught in the beams will have their gravity greatly increased, stunning them. Mashing the buttons might let you break out before Stella slams the discs into the ground, sending out shockwaves.
The EX Boss reduces the delay on both the gravity beams and slamming the discs.
Cage Chakram(ケイジチャクラム) 	Stella's discs connect and form a sphere of gravitational energy that will slowly chase after Copen, trapping him and causing constant damage if he is caught. While the sphere is chasing you, Stella will also fire energy projectiles.
The EX Boss' version of this move moves faster and she occasionally makes a pass with Sword Dive.
Graviton Pandemonium(グラヴィトンスクラバイター, Graviton Scrabiter) 	Stella's SP Skill. She spins her discs in a large circle around her and summons pieces of debris around Copen to crush him into a cube. After doing this five times, her discs become increase in size to fill the entire upper half of the area, pulling the debris blocks up towards them. During this attack, the area's gravity is lowered, and Stella's defense is increased.
Orbital Edge can destroy the blocks.
The EX Boss version will lower the discs to the ground after the blocks are crushed, leaving few safe zones.
==Boss Battle Voices==
Event 	English	Romaji 	Japanese
Transform 	 	Kontorakuto 	コントラクト
Battle Start 	 	Hona, iku de! Uaa! 	ほな、行くで！うあっ!
Edge Saucer 	 	Fuu! Mou ippatsu! 	ふっ！もう一発！
Sword Pressure 	 	Sokoo! 	そこぉ！
Heavy Shackles 	 	Misetaru wa!Fuuun!Tsuburetokii! 	見せたるわ！ふうっん！潰れときィ!
Cage Chakram 	 	Itekomashitaru!Nigasahen! 	いてこましたる！逃がさへん！
Light Bullet 	 	Haaa! 	はあっ！
Gravity Pandemonium	(SP) 	Totteoki ya!Gurabiton sukurabaitaa!Haaa! Aaaa! Oujoushii!Ikude! Finisshu!(SP) Okawari ya!	とっておきや!グラビトンスクラバイター！はあっ！ああっ！往生しい！行くで！フィニッシュ！(SP) おかわりや!
1st Phase Down 	 	Yaruyanaika 	やるやないか
2nd Phase Down 	 	Ki… Irete okou ka 	気…入れておこうか
Defeated 	 	Dainain…! 	ダイナイン...!
==Special Skill Chants==
Graviton Pandemonium:
==Musical Themes==
Title 	Context 	Composer 	Audio
Wishing for a Megalopolis(メガロポリスを望む) 	The Sumeragi Building 13 background music, and Stella's theme.	Ippo Yamada	
Sound master Ryo Kawakami's track notes:
*Wishing for a Megalopolis
The Sumeragi Building 13 BGM, and Stella’s theme. The slightly fancy techno sounds are the speciality of Yamada-san, and perfectly fit the image of the female CEO and of a modern building. This baseline that moves with elasticity makes the first half of the stage, the train sequence, get exciting, in a perfect manner. Also, this track has a very deep relationship with the theme of Data Center Beta “Synaptic Code: IRE”*. Please pay attention to the phrases spread in the gaps of the melody.
*Also Dystnine's theme.
==Trivia==
* The Falcons are inspired by the Christian hierarchy of angels (known as Orders or Choirs), with their design based off the astrological signs of the western zodiac. Stella is inspired by the seventh Choir, "Principalities/Rulers", and is based off the seventh zodiac, "Libra".
**Her design was specifically inspired by Lady Justice.
* The names of the Falcons are all derived from various films. "Inters" and "Stella" are taken from Interstellar, a 2014 epic science fiction film.
** Stella's company, Gargantua, could also be named after the supermassive black hole that appears in Interstellar.
* Part of the Japanese name for Stella's SP Skill, "Scrabiter", is a made-up word created by Inti Creates, the meaning of which is currently unknown.Matt Papa's Twitter
**One fan theory is that it's a combination of "scrap" and "orbiter", based on the skill's nature.
* Stella's title is partially derived from the Sudarshana Chakra (सुदर्शन चक्र), a spinning disk used as a weapon by the Hindu god Vishnu.
*Both Stella and Dystnine being weak to Anchor Nexus is likely a reference to the Red Thread of Fate from Chinese mythology, an invisible red string that ties two destined lovers together.
*Stella and Serpentine are the only Adepts whose hair and eye colors both remain unchanged in their Armed forms.
== References ==
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