Beginning Child

==Summary==
The Beginning Child is the name used to refer to the very first artificial esper developed by Academy City, the foundation of the Power Curriculum that was trained based on the data of the gemstone Chizuko Mifune more than half a century prior to the beginning of the story. Although she went missing at some point in the past, she eventually reappeared cryogenically frozen and in the hands of L.S.S., an Academy City corporation involved with animal services and biological/genetic research that wished to wake up the Beginning Child and use her to rise above the rest of Academy City.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with esper power
Name: Beginning Child (real name unknown)
Origin: Toaru Majutsu no Index
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Esper
Powers and Abilities: Subjective Reality, Quantum Manipulation, Limited Probability Manipulation and Limited Law Manipulation via Esper Power; Limited Reality Warping and Weather Manipulation (Rewrites the world and weather in her surroundings to the optimal environment for the closest living thing to herself)
Attack Potency: Human level, Varies with esper power (The Beginning Child has no control over what her power will actually create, which can range from harmless flower fields to sandstorms, sudden changes in air pressure and fields of lava/toxic sludge depending on what her power chooses as target)
Speed: Average Human
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level
Durability: Human level
Stamina: Average
Range: At least a radius of several dozens of meters around herself with esper power, mentioned to be able to fill a domed stadium
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Probably high since she is considered equivalent to a high-level esper, but due to her sudden waking from cold sleep she didn't try to communicate with anyone and just violently attacked the people near her, with the narration questioning whether she was fully aware of her surroundings.
Weaknesses: Normal human weaknesses, her ability automatically chooses the closest lifeform to her as its target, which can lead to misfires
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Environment Optimization: The Beginning Child's unnamed esper ability allows her to supply the ideal environment for the survival of a living creature near herself by rewriting the world around her, as a form of instant localized terraforming. She triggers this ability with a powerful roar. Additionally, no matter what kind of environment is produced by her ability, the Beginning Child and anyone next to her are left unharmed by whatever hazards might appear due to her power also automatically creating a safe zone around her. Because of this safe zone, if the conditions are right, the Beginning Child can survive being thrown onto the moon or Mars, or even survive being thrown into the center of a black hole or the Big Bang without issue due to automatically remaking the area around her into the environment needed to survive. However, when the Beginning Child activates her ability it automatically selects the closest lifeform to her as the target, so it can "misfire" if a creature with a harmless optimal environment gets closer to her than her initial intended target. Since the Beginning Child is an esper developed prior to the current version of the Power Curriculum, her ability lacks an official name and rank. However, her ability is strong enough that she would probably be considered a Level 5 by the modern ranking system.
* Volcanic: The environment turns into a crimson world made out of magma and blazing heat that scorches and melts the ground. The air is filled with a rain of embers and white ash, so even breathing in the air can scorch a human's throat and lungs. This environment was created by using a bat.
* Flashflood: Several drops of water appear suspended in the air around the Beginning Child before turning into a severe flash flood. This environment was created by using a frog.
* Artic Wind: The environment is filled with a frigid wind that can quickly freeze large amounts of water. This environment was created by using microscopic bacteria.
* Sandstorm: The environment is covered by a powerful sandstorm with a blazing temperature of 50 degrees, severely limiting visibility and battering the enemy with wind and sand. This environment was created first by using a large spider and later a scorpion.
* Lightning Storm: An environment with an unknown source in which countless lightning strikes pour down from the sky.
* Geyser Field: An environment with an unknown source in which the ground is covered in geysers that send 100-degree water and steam erupting from the ground.
* Mountain: The environment is filled with an unnatural fog and the air pressure suddenly changes, inducing altitude sickness. This environment was created by using a rabbit.
* Toxic Pollution: The environment is covered with a sticky black and pink toxic goo-like sludge. This environment is speculated to have been created by using a mosquito or a roach.
* Flower Field: This environment is changed to a field of colorful and harmless blooming flowers. This environment was created when the Beginning Child accidentally used first a butterfly and later a beetle.
* Others: The Beginning Child was also able to obliterate a log cabin with an unknown environment that also caused an intense flash of light. When Touma and the Gokusai sisters removed all macroscopic animals and all microscopic bacteria from her surroundings in order to leave her without options, the Beginning Child apparently almost used the microbes found on her saliva/skin/gut before being defeated. The narration noted this would likely produce an absurdly dangerous environment for humans, suggesting the possibility of creating a lake of a digestive acid that would dissolve all fat and protein in the area.
==Notable Matchups==
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Category:Characters
Category:Toaru Majutsu no Index
Category:Antagonists
Category:Female Characters
Category:Humans
Category:Law Users
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Category:Probability Users
Category:Psychics
Category:Quantum Users
Category:Reality Warpers
Category:Subjective Reality Users
Category:Weather Users