Dlanor A. Knox

==Summary==
Dlanor A. Knox is a character in Umineko no Naku Koro Ni. She is the Head Inquisitor of Heresy of the Eiserne Jungfrau and enforces the commandments of Knox's Decalogue.
She firsts meets Battler and Beatrice on the game board as she tries to cut off the methods of escape for Piece Beatrice and Kinzo, though Battler proves how Kinzo could have left the room and defeats her in a battle. From then forwards, she proceeds to act as a rival to Battler throughout the fifth and sixth games, challenging his theories and engaging in battles with him on multiple occasions.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: . in higher layers | At least to | 
Key: Piece Dlanor | Witch Domain Manifestation | City of Books Manifestation
Name: Dlanor A. Knox, Death Sentence Dlanor, Dlanor of the Ten Wedges
Origin: Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Classification: Heavenly Being/Angel, Inquisitor of Heresy, First-class Archbishop, Personification of Knox's Decalogue, daughter of Ronald A. Knox, Vanguard of Heresy, Higher Order Being | Part of Ange's World
Powers and Abilities: 
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All previous abilities to greater extents, Incorporeality, Abstract Existence (Type 1), Magic, Reality Warping, Resurrection, Avatar Creation, Higher-Dimensional Manipulation (Can manipulate Kakera, which contain infinite possibilities and higher dimensions), Shapeshifting, Teleportation, Reactive Evolution and Adaptation (All of the higher layers exist on the background of the Sea of Nothingness, and the beings of the higher layers may exists directly within this sea, and they adapt to the pressure due to mental and spiritual evolution), Self-Sustenance (1, 2 and 3), Acausality (Type 4), Immortality (Types 1, 3, 4, and 8 [Reliant on either Beatrice, Battler Ushiromiya, or Ange Ushiromiya]), Regeneration (High-Godly; Even if the entirety of her existence is completely erased and lost to the Sea of Nothingness beyond all layers and stories, she can regain her form just by thinking), Time Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Cosmic Awareness, Fate Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Fusionism, Plot Manipulation, Probability Manipulation (Kakeras are like books and works of fiction to beings of the Higher Worlds, and by using them to create worlds, the world's events and fate is set in stone. Much stronger than beings who can manipulate the fate, plots, possibilities and space-time of Kakera), Quantum Manipulation (Can manipulate the quantum mechanics of the Human Domain), Law Manipulation (Beings of Higher Worlds can impose rules within their Gameboards, such as Beatrice creating the Anti Magic Toxin rule), Void Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Mind Manipulation, and Soul Manipulation (Can manipulate the voids of nothingness of Kakera, as well as it's conceptual, mental and spiritual realms. Lives in the Higher World, where the concepts of fate and possibilities are visualized in the form of Kakera, which she can manipulate), Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2; Their essence beyond the physical form is a void that only takes shape when they think about it), Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Void Manipulation and Conceptual Manipulation (Meta-World beings are defined by their thoughts as a conceptualized form and are able to resist conceptual attacks on their identity to a degree)
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Attack Potency: Building level (Superior to The Seven Stakes of Purgatory and struck down many Theory Goats alongside Willard H. Wright). Low Complex Multiverse level (Manifested in a higher order world on Beatrice's game board above the the physical world, which is stated to include 5-dimensional space and a realm existing further beyond) | At least Complex Multiverse level (Exists in the Meta-World, a higher realm of existence from which the entire Human Domain is regarded as fiction and its inhabitants are seen as pieces laid on a chessboard, their fates and lives merely small fragments which can be manipulated and physically interacted with even by normal humans inhabiting this perspective. This includes structures such as the Underside of the Chessboard, a void of nothingness completely lacking space and time which resides "nowhere" in relation to the entire world of the pieces) to Hyperverse level (Killed multiple Theory Goats in the Golden Land. Exists as a natural resident of Heaven, which lies on a far higher plane of existence than Beatrice's territory) | Hyperverse level (Manifested in the City of Books, one of the highest places in the Witch Domain, above the majority of the infinite layers of existence leading to the Creator Domain)
Speed: Infinite to Immeasurable (Comparable to Beatrice and Battler Ushiromiya) | Immeasurable (Dlanor in her battle with Battler) | Immeasurable
Lifting Strength: Superhuman, Immeasurable in higher layers | Immeasurable (Dwarfs Kakera, as they are just small objects to her) | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Building level, Low Complex Multiverse level in higher layers | At least Complex Multiverse level to Hyperverse level | Hyperverse level
Durability: Building level, Low Complex Multiverse level in higher layers | At least Complex Multiverse level to Hyperverse level | Hyperverse level, higher as part of Ange's world (Her existence is sustained by Ange and ensured by her golden truth, thus being completely invulnerable to even attacks coming from the likes of Bernkastel, who failed to kill her despite repeated attempts to deny her existence with the Red Truth)
Stamina: Infinite (Does not physically tire) | Inexhaustible (In the meta-world, physical stamina is irrelevant)
Range: Complex Multiversal | Complex Multiversal to Hyperversal | Hyperversal
Standard Equipment: The Red Key, The Blue Key, Gertrude and Cornelia
Intelligence: Dlanor is incredibly smart, comparable to Battler and Beatrice in terms of intelligence. She manages to take the position of Head Inquisitor of Heresy at a very young age, and has held back many Theory Goats using Beato's mysteries as aid.
Weaknesses: Her thinking is inflexible and can be taken advantage of | If Ange Ushiromiya dies, she will disappear
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Truths: Special moves utilized in debates between Witches and Humans taking place in the Meta-World, being statements denoted by specific colors which often manifest as conceptual weapons that directly target the enemy's very existence in an attempt to deny it, and are thus impossible to physically avoid, forcing opponents to counter the attacker's arguments with another truth. As the damage dealt by the Truths is conceptual, rather than strictly physical, they completely bypass conventional durability and allow the user to skewer and even kill opponents much more powerful than themselves
** Red Truth: Irrefutable, objective truth that needs no evidence or proof to demonstrate its validity. In essence, the Red Truth takes an unobserved possibility existing alongside infinitely many and asserts it as the ultimate truth, being capable of completely denying an opponent's existence, body and soul, and sending them to the depths of oblivion without hope of recovery. However, it is impossible to lie (Essentially trying to deny the validity of a wave function that has already been collapsed) using this technique, and one can find gaps, semantic loopholes and different interpretations even in statements spoken in red, potentially allowing them to counterattack with an argument of their own, though the Red Truth itself remains unrefuted.
** Blue Truth: A theoretical scenario made with the purpose of directly denying the enemy's arguments and existence, whose true validity is unclear but nonetheless takes precedence over any statements spoken in basic white text, while being inferior to the Red Truth. It normally assumes the form of several stakes which skewer and impale opponents, damaging them on a conceptual level and being impossible to remove unless their falsehood is directly declared with the Red Truth; otherwise, that which is spoken in blue will be asserted as the truth and grant victory to the attacker, while erasing their opponent's concept entirely.
*The Red Key: A weapon for emergencies used by official Inquisitors of Heresy belonging to Eiserne Jungfrau. Dlanor's primary weapon. Unlike a normal weapon, whose purpose is to cause physical damage, this special tool is known as a conceptual weapon, and it is used to deny the existence of concepts. Defense is Impossible, evasion is impossible, buying time is impossible. The ultimate conceptual weapon is the embodiment of these three impossibilities. A strict investigation by the Great Court of Heaven is required for the use of the Red Key.Because of this, the very act of dispatching Dlanor, who arms herself with it, is equivalent to a death sentence.
*The Blue Key: The primary weapon used by the official Inquisitors of Heresy belonging to Eiserne Jungfrau. Like the Red Key, it is a conceptual weapon, but instead of denying the existence of concepts, it is used to create self-doubt and forces others to deny themselves. For this reason, it is called the Blue Key of Reflection, in contrast with the Red Key of Judgement.
*The Knox Decalogue: The Decalogue represents rules that can be enforced by Dlanor. If there is a violation in one of these rules at the opponent's theory, Dlanor can invoke one of them to conceptually attack the opponent:
**Knox's 1st: It is forbidden for the culprit to be anyone not mentioned in the early part of the story.
**Knox's 2nd: It is forbidden for supernatural agencies to be employed as a detective technique.
**Knox's 3rd: It is forbidden for hidden passages to exist.
**Knox's 4th: It is forbidden for unknown drugs or hard to understand scientific devices to be used.
**Knox's 5th: Unknown
**Knox's 6th: It is forbidden for accident or intuition to be employed as a detective technique.
**Knox's 7th: It is forbidden for the detective to be the culprit.
**Knox's 8th: It is forbidden for the case to be resolved with clues that are not presented.
**Knox's 9th It is permitted for observers to let their own conclusions and explanations be heard.
**Knox's 10th It is forbidden for a character to disguise themselves as another without any clues.
==Notable Matchups==
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