Billiophia

Billiophia (ビリオフィア) is a mysterious new character in Mass for the Dead and a member of the Mercenary Knights.
==Appearance==
A tall slim woman with a pale complexion and dull blue eyes. She has purple hair with streak of white hair in the front. Her attire is a white outer coat and trousers. Said coat appears to have gold epaulettes on the shoulders and ending trims of the shoulder flaps. Underneath she wears a blue inner coat with a black vest suit with two belts across her stomach. Her left arm is equipped with a greave with a sharp daggers on each finger digit. Atop her head is a hat with goggles strapped at the the front.
==Personality==
Billiophia has a reserved attitude, always appear to be reading from the book she carries in her right hand whilst seemingly ignoring the world around her. Though this is only a superficial perception of of her personality. The woman is more organized in her thoughts compared to her older sister, allowing priorities to be established. She is also more thoughtful of social situations and norms and matters of perception. And while Billiophia is somewhat elusive, she has a respectful attitude. 
==Background==
Little is known about Billiophia, save that she lives with five other girls who she considers as her sisters: Aggresiel, a twin pig-tailed girl, a spear-wielding girl, a wheelchair bound girl and a lethargic girl that is seen sleeping on a pile of some unknown objects. Which together they make up the group called the Mercenary Knights.
Though later it is revealed that she is a creation of someone from YGGDRASIL who was a long-time admirer of the guild Ainz Ooal Gown who recorded their mighty deeds in a series of documents. At one point she and her sisters came in possession of the documents, about the heteromorphic guild. These tales greatly made an impression on the Mercenary Knights, which Billiophia always kept with her his a small book she carried.
She and her sisters operate "inside the Crack", traveling to various worlds, taking on different roles and identities, where they are Mercenary Knights, in another workers, etc. The current world which her sisters are in is one where there is a minimal presence of the Chaos Beasts, at least compared to the New World.
==Chronology==
===Mass for the Dead Arc===
While resting at the home shared with her other sisters, Billiophia and the others saw Aggresiel barge into the domicile, with exciting news. Billiophia though quickly deduced that it was probably about Enhela meeting his death. Upon learning of this, her other sisters were jubilate. With the priest gone, Billiophia saw that the uncertain threat he represented was gone.
Aggresiel then proposed in finally making the move to contact the great guild. After Di threw in her support along with the other sisters, Billiophia went along with the vote. Aggresiel despite having just returned wanted to start right away, which Billiophia obliged to expedite. The two then left to make preparations for contact, with Billiophia telling Di and the others take care of things while they were away.Mass for the Dead Chapter 19: The Battle to Conquer Nazarick
Billiophia and Aggresiel made their way to the Baharuth Empire, finding themselves in Arwintar. Though they lacked money and were getting hungry and attempted to find work. They managed to meet with the merchant Osk, and pleaded to for him to hire them as fighters at the Grand Arena, claiming themselves to be bounty hunters. Although the merchant was doubtful of them, his aide, Headhunter Rabbit convinced him otherwise.
Aggresiel and her sister were set to fight on the last day of Go Gin's comeback training matches. They were to have a friendly match against two members from Silver Thread Bird: Freivalds and Fan Long. Billiophia and her sister were regarded as newcomers, but they surprised the crowd with their physical strength and skill and won the match. After the match the woman kept silent as Aggresiel chatted with the adventurers. The two later picked up their payment from Osk and the promptly left the arena.
Their next destination turned out to be the Singing Apple Pavilion where they ate with some workers. At the end of the meal they headed to the lodging facility prepared by the Empire for the representatives of the Sorcerer Kingdom. Their approach was noticed by the Shadow Demons lurking about. However, Billiophia and Aggresiel shocked the demons, when they addressed them directly, displaying that the women could perceive them despite their abilities of stealth. Her sister demanded an audience with Prime Minister Albedo. The Shadow Demons seeing that the pair were unfazed, got clarification from their mistress on how to proceed, permitted the women to pass into the room where the Overseer Guardian and the protagonist were waiting.
During the initial meetings with the representatives of the Sorcerer Kingdom, Billiophia stayed mostly out of the conversation, content with reading her book, only interjecting to remind her older sister to stay on track, stop acting weird and casting suspicion on them from the other party. She even had to reign in Aggresiel's enthusiasm at meeting the Prime Minister and apologizing for her behavior. And when she noticed that the demon was studying Aggresiel's leg armor. Seeing this was a distraction she openly chastised Aggresiel for not taking them off beforehand, only to be told by her sibling that it was impossible. 
As the conversation went on, with Aggresiel revealing that they had been watching the Sorcerer Kingdom, Billiophoa could see that the other party were starting to see them as spies and that the meeting was not going well.
After Aggresiel got to the point that she and her sister in the Mercenary Knights were born from the Sea of Possibilities just like the protagonist, Billiophia clarified that they did not actively spy on the Sorcerer Kingdom. The Sorcerer Kingdom was sending teams into the Chaos Zone which Billiophia and her sisters referred as a garden to them and had watched their forces operate in the realm. In fact according to the clawed woman it all started when a large number of humans were sent there. The Mercenary Knights were just investigating the circumstances and wondering if they would suffer any consequences. 
However the team found that it was a similar being to them, Enhela who was responsible. And later when the people of the Sorcerer Kingdom began their rescue efforts around the time that the priest fellow disappeared they also learned about the protagonist.
To answer Albedo and the protagonist's questions on where she and Aggresiel came from, Billiophia elaborated that they came from another world on the other side of the Crack, explaining that the Chaos Zone or the Corridor was akin to a branch on a trunk which they used to travel to other worlds. Where all worlds are similar...but with some differences. Such as a world that has ended and a world that is about to begin.
It was then Aggresiel got to the main topic of why the Mercenary Knights approached the Sorcerer Kingdom. The world which the Mercenary Knight resided was being invaded by Chaos Beasts and the group wanted the aid of the Sorcerer Kingdom. As an incentive for a cooperative arrangement, Billiophia offered the Sorcerer Kingdom access their world's knowledge and the technology which they nation lacked, with the goal of turning the unknown into the unknown.
When Aggresiel showed her sincerity by smiling, Billiophia warned her that the sharp toothy grin was off-putting the other party. The Sorcerer Kingdom delegation was still not sure, but were curious to know why Aggresiel and Billiophia kept associating their organization with a certain guild that they admired.
After her leader explained that the were brought up with the tales of the guild from a document they have in their possession. The vice-leader of the Mercenary Knights adds that when Aggresiel saw the Sorcerer Kingdom's agents active within the Crack, she started saying that they might be members of the legendary heteromorphic guild that they know of, although, she was aware that her sister did not actually have any proof, but relied on her intuition. 
To give them proof, Billiophia was asked by Aggresiel to provide it. That being said the woman took out her book and began reciting a series a series of facts about the guild, such as managing to defeat a punitive force of 1,500 people, was a guild made up of only heteromorphic species like the author, fought off against righteous hunters of other races, had a World Champion and World Disaster within their ranks, and was called Ainz Ooal Gown and was led by a guildmaster named Momonga.
The facts stunned Albedo and the protagonist to silence and their skepticism vanishing, more so when Billiophia added that these words were about a place called YGGDRASIL which was a real place and were written by the Mercenary Knights' creator who was a long-time admirer of the guild of Ainz Ooal Gown. While there were some lingering traces of uncertainty on the faces on Albedo, both Aggresiel and Billiophia assured the Prime Minister that their secret was safe with them and that they were not enemies. Billiophia stated that being an enemy of the associates of Ainz Ooal Gown was not their intent as the Mercenary Knights understood they would not survive even if they cross the world. All they ask was a relationship and their patronage.Mass for the Dead Part 2 Prologue: Pilgrims from Beyond
The members of the Mercenary Knights apparently left afterwards, and Albedo and the protagonist passed their message to Momonga and the rest of Nazarick.Mass for the Dead Special Event: Father and Son Play the King of the Undead
== Abilities and Powers ==
Billiophia's true power is unknown, but she is shown to be physically strong enough to defeat an adamantite adventurer. 
=== Main Equipment ===
* Game Encyclopedia: A book that Billiophia always seems to be reading. A possession of her creator, it contains a recorded account of the achievements of Ainz Ooal Gown.
== Relationships ==
=== Enhela Read Gahi ===
According to Billiophia, she was always wary of the man, seeing him as an unknown threat.
=== Aggresiel ===
Billiophia appears to serve as her older sister's adjutant. The woman serves to reign in her Aggresiel's excitement and tendency to diverge from the main topic. 
=== Osk ===
Osk is Billiophoa's current employer who hired her at the Grand Arena, after she and Aggresiel came looking for work.
=== Headhunter Rabbit ===
Heahunter Rabbit was the person who convinced Osk to hire Billiophia and Aggresiel. This was due to unconsciously sensing that who dangerously strong they were.
== Trivia ==
* According to Albedo, while Aggresiel looks like a knight, Billiophia more so resembles her attendant.
* According to Aggresiel, Billiophia can no more remove the claws on her left hand no more than she could remove the armor on her legs.
* Interestingly despite being a heteromorph, Billiophia still appears to be affect by hunger.
== Quotes ==
* (To Aggresiel): "Sis, don't say anything unnecessary. It will only make people suspicious."
* (To Albedo): "......We have the world's knowledge and the technology you lack. We believe we can help turn the unknown into the known."
* (To Aggresiel): "……Sis, that smile is having the opposite effect. It's very suspicious."
* (On the futility of being an enemy of the Sorcerer Kingdom): "…..The same goes for your fighting power. Once we become enemies, we will easily become dust. Even if we cross the world."
* (To Albedo): "....Thank you for your patronage."
==References==
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