China Sorrows

==Summary==
China Sorrows is an extremely powerful sorcerer, collector of magical objects and tomes, and information broker. She was partly responsible for the death of Skulduggery Pleasant's family out of jealousy of his wife, though Skulduggery did not learn this for a long time. After the battle of Roarhaven she declared herself Grand Mage of Ireland.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with preparation time
Name: China Sorrows
Origin: Skulduggery Pleasant
Gender: Female
Age: 400+ (Only she knows her exact age but she's implied to be around the same age as Skulduggery)
Classification: Human, Sorcerer, Adept, Signum Linguist, Grand Mage of the Irish Sanctuary, Supreme Mage 
Powers and Abilities: 
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*Symbol Magic
*Preparation (The symbols she can create have a variety of effects which she can make in preparation for a fight)
*Empathic Manipulation (Anyone who sees her instantly falls in love with her, regardless of gender)
*Longevity (Magic users age slower, living for several centuries)
*Dagger Mastery
*Extrasensory Perception (Knows when someone is looking at her)
*Mind Manipulation (Can issue simple commands to people with their Given Name and fully control them with their True Name)
*Resistance to Madness Manipulation (Even having a small amount of magic can drive normal people insane, however sorcerers will still be driven mad when viewing a Faceless One), Disease Manipulation (Magic makes sorcerers more resistant to the effects of disease, such as when Saracen survived a magic virus that could kill a normal Human in a few hours for 2 weeks)
|-|With Symbols=
All previous abilities plus:
*Energy Manipulation
*Energy Projection
*Telekinesis
*Weapon Creation (Can create electrified daggers comprised of light)
*Forcefield Creation (Created barriers capable of sealing in Baron Vengeous when he was using Lord Vile's armor)
*Fire Manipulation (Lit up a fireplace)
*Healing
*Regeneration (Low; healed cracked ribs instantaneously using a healing symbol)
*Attack Reflection (With Preparation she can create a prison of symbols that reflects an opponent's magic back at them)
*Statistics Amplification (Has symbols that can enhance her strength, speed, reactions and durability carved around her body)
*Pain Manipulation (Can create symbols that induce pain great enough to be compared to the feeling of a heart bursting)
*Death Manipulation (By touching someone with the symbol on her palm she can inflict great pain and kill them almost instantly, ignoring durability)
*Curse Manipulation (Knows about a symbol that cursed a pen with making their user write down a cause of death and then die that way 12 hours later)
*Temperature Manipulation (As a last resort, she can heat her own body to temperatures hot enough to instantly turn a human into a charred corpse upon contact)
*Transmutation (Can create a façade to cover faces with different ones, one of her students turned a wall into a one-way magnifying glass, used a sigil to open a wall)
*Biological Manipulation (Gave a horse wings by manipulating the resources of its body)
*Shadow Nullification (Can create a beam of light that destroyed a Necromancer Shadow attack)
*Resistance to Extrasensory Perception (Could create a symbol that would hide Erskine Ravel from Darquesse who can detect magic and life force), Mind Manipulation (Has psychic defences and countered a psychic attack)
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Attack Potency: Small Building level with Magic (Fought, but lost to, Baron Vengeous who was armed with Lord Vile's armor. Comparable to Skulduggery. Shredded 14 alternate dimension Cleavers by erupting alley walls), higher with preparation time (Battled and defeated Erskine Ravel when he had been boosted by the Accelerator), can ignore conventional durability with Symbol Magic
Speed: Peak Human (Blitzed Jarron Gallow), at least Subsonic with Symbol Magic (Kept up with 3 Cleavers and reacted to the Black Cleaver's attacks)
Lifting Strength: Unknown, Superhuman with Symbol Magic
Striking Strength: Human level, at least Small Building level with Symbol Magic (Knocked back Baron Vengeous)
Durability: At least Small Building level (Survived a beating from Baron Vengeous who became stronger than Mr. Bliss because of Lord Vile's armor), higher with Symbol Magic (An alternate counterpart to herself survived the collapse of a building that was blasted apart by a mortar round)
Stamina: Athletic (Above average humans, continued fighting Baron Vengeous despite sustaining several injuries)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Tens of Meters with energy attacks and symbols
Standard Equipment: None
* Can Create/Summon: an electrified dagger
Intelligence: Gifted. A master of Symbol Magic having memorised numerous complex sigils to the point of considering a millimeter inaccuracy as an "unforgiveable mistake" and is easily able to break through other sigils. China is a good tactician that utilises symbols for many uses both offensively and defensively, her home and body are covered in sigils that can remain invisible until activated which she uses in fights with versatility to gain the advantage over opponents and can even draw new symbols in the midst of battle. She owns a library filled with a collection of rare and unique books containing magical knowledge. 
Weaknesses: Regenerating from wounds such as bullet rounds and broken bones causes her to feel a great deal of pain, excessive use of enhancement symbols damages muscles, the symbol on her scalp that counters a psychic attack leaves her weakened for a few minutes.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Symbol Magic: China is a skilled user of Symbol Magic, a branch of the Adept Discipline that uses magical symbols to enact various effects. China has symbols tattooed in invisible ink all across her body, and by tapping them she can achieve a variety of effects ranging from strengthening her body to healing from bullet wounds to throwing daggers and beams of brilliant energy. She also has a secret symbol on the palm of her hand, which by activating will cause agonising death in the next person she presses the symbol against.
*Unknown Love Aura: Although she is a master of Symbol Magic, China's true Adept discipline is an unknown type that causes anyone who looks at her to fall in love with her. The effect is not the same as mind control, as it simply causes the person to feel love towards her, and they still maintain other awareness. However, even if one is aware of the effect, the love is still felt. For those with weak wills, they may become slavishly loyal to China, average wills become adverse to harming her, while those with stronger wills can ignore the attraction entirely. This effect works regardless of gender, though the devotion caused on those not normally attracted to women is lessened somewhat.
*Controlling people through their given name: People have generally three names in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. The taken name, the given name and the true name. The true name is one nobody initially knows, not even the person itself. The given name is the name given at birth or in other words usually the name commonly used by other people. The taken name is a name the person itself can freely chose to call itself, like an alias. China is capable of controlling any person if she knows their given name, but only if they don't have a taken name. The control can reaches both the physical level (meaning that she can control a person's movements but not change their emotions or their character), but also be used to manipulate the memories and awareness (for example, through the command to forget or not think about something)
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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Category:Magic Users
Category:Energy Users
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Light Users
Category:Telekinesis Users
Category:Death Users
Category:Pain Users
Category:Statistics Amplification Users
Category:Female Characters
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Category:Skulduggery Pleasant
Category:Attack Reflection Users
Category:Empathic Manipulation Users
Category:Fire Users
Category:Forcefield Users
Category:Longevity Users
Category:Preparation Users
Category:Transmutation Users
Category:Temperature Users
Category:Weapon Creation Users
Category:Weapon Users
Category:Weapon Masters
Category:Sorcerers
Category:Extrasensory Perception Users
Category:Power Nullification Users
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