Grandmaster

The Grandmaster () is the absolute leader of Ouroboros. She describes herself as "a 'shadow' that declares the appointed time of the world".
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
The Grandmaster has the appearance of a young woman with bright red eyes and long pale blue hair which reaches her legs. She wears an elaborate multi-layered black and lavender dress with detached sleeves and exposed shoulders. The upper portion of the dress is held by a gold choker around her neck and is ornamented with golden segments and a violet center line. Both the skirt and sleeves contain a edge with ruffles. A purple cloth hangs from the dress, bearing two entwined snakes in a Caduceus symbol with the Ouroboros insignia at the bottom. The Grandmaster also wears black leggings, high-heeled shoes and a long white cloak hanging from the choker and around her arms.
=== Personality ===
The Grandmaster commands a great deal of respect, love and admiration from her society, even to the extent that they would leave their former family and lives behind for her vision. She seems very apologetic, taking unto her self the blame for the lives lost and damage done in the name of the Society's goals. She is also humble, rejecting the grandiose labels her subordinates call her, stating that she is a merely a 'shadow that declares the appointed time.'
=== Background ===
The Grandmaster started recruiting forces for Ouroboros from S.1185 onward. In S.1186, she extended an invitation to Lianne Sandlot. Sandlot initially rejected her invitation to continue her search for Dreichels Reise Arnor's transmigrated soul. Once she finds him living a happy life as Giliath Osborne, she is relieved to find Ishmelga has not yet transmigrated along. Reassured, but wary the darkness cannot have disappeared entirely, she considered and eventually accepted the Grandmaster's invitation to serve her at Ouroboros.
The Grandmaster, however, immediately warns her for an impending crisis. The instant she took her eyes off Osborne, the darkness reared its head again. Lianne sped to Osborne's house, but was unable to make it in time: In order to save his son's life, Osborne had made a pact with Ishmelga, who had been waiting for Dreichels' reincarnation for 200 years. On that moment, Lianne decided to help advance Ouroboros' Phantasmal Blaze Plan, absorb the strength of the five other Deus-Excellion in her Knight and slaughter Ishmelga for once and for all. She assumed the identity of Arianrhod and served the Grandmaster as the seventh Anguis.
She recruited other Anguis and likely other Enforcers in the following years. First, the ex-communicated bishop of the Septian Church, Georg Weissmann after he was expelled from the Septian Church due to his attempt to replicate Stigmas. In S.1194, after Arianrhod, McBurn and Leonhardt destroyed the Order of the Moonlight Horse, the Grandmaster recruited three members of the former order into her ranks - Ellroy Harwood as the fourth Anguis, along with his partners Lucrezia Isselee and Sharon Kreuger as Enforcers III and IX respectively.
In S.1197, Vita Clotilde left the Hexen Clan behind to join Ouroboros as the second Anguis.
In total, she recruited seven Anguis; apart from the three listed above, others that joined were the First and Fifth Anguis, along with F. Novartis, the Sixth Anguis. 
She possesses the ability to forge weapons under the Divergent Laws, weapons that could triumph over the Sept-Terrions. She had created three of these weapons; an unknown staff capable of controlling space, along with two demonic swords, Angbar and Kernviter, used by her first and second Enforcer respectively.
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The Grandmaster first appeared when Campanella reported the outcome of the Gospel Plan to her in the Celestial Globe. Unlike the Anguis, she lamented the passing of the Third Anguis, Georg Weissmann, during the plan's execution. She also lamented the sacrifice of Enforcer No. II, Leonhardt, whom she had given his demon sword Kernviter, and demonstrated a profound sense of responsibility over both deaths. At the end of their meeting, she announced the start of the next phase of her Orpheus Final Plan, the Phantasmal Blaze Plan.
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As a result of Georg Weissmann’s death during the Gospel Plan, the position of the Third Anguis remained vacant, but after learning of Mariabell Crois’ actions during the Azure Tree Incident, the Grandmaster extended an invitation to her to occupy his former seat, which she accepted.
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Following the completion of the Phantasmal Blaze Plan, the Grandmaster appeared in the Celestial Globe talking to Campanella, Mariabell, and the First Anguis. She thanked Mariabell for overseeing the completion of the plan and returning safely. The Grandmaster also informed her 3rd Anguis that the Sept-Terrion of Fire and Earth have disappeared from Zemuria, and it is nearly impossible for them to fall into human hands. She reassured her subordinates that, despite Vita’s resolve to find a new path while maintaining her loyalty, Lianne Sandalot’s death, McBurn regaining half of his memories, and the departures of Joshua, Renne and Sharon, everything was still going according to her plan. Finally, the Grandmaster stated that three years yet remain until the arrival of the Primordial Nothingness in Zemuria. She then announced the start of the third and final phase of the Orpheus Final Plan, the Eternal Recurrence Plan.
This exchange between them is only available on New Game Plus after getting the golden ending of the game.
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While making preparations for the Eternal Recurrence Plan, the Grandmaster's face is seen for the first time in , meeting with McBurn in the Celestial Globe. She praised McBurn for reaching this place, despite only having half of his memories and having to do so without Campanella's guidance. McBurn was confident that he could find out her true identity but worried that he would no longer be able to maintain his human form if he knew who she truly was. She informed McBurn that he had to fulfill his role as the Guiding Flame because he is Enforcer No. I, and confirmed to have found a candidate for the Seventh Anguis, who had yet to give her a response. At the same time, the Grandmaster was contacted by Roy Gramheart, Calvard's newly elected president. She congratulated him for his successful election and commented on how different he is from the Blood and Iron Chancellor. She also noted him to be a threat to her plan, but Gramheart revealed that he came to negotiate; he would not interfere in her plan if she did not interfere in his, which she accepted.
=== Kai no Kiseki - Farewell, O Zemuria ===
The Grandmaster will appear in Kai no Kiseki - Farewell, O Zemuria,
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Category:Characters
Category:Trails in the Sky the 3rd Characters
Category:Trails of Cold Steel IV Characters
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Category:Ouroboros