Arfoire (Sisters VS Sisters)

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==Summary==
Arfoire, also called Magiquone (マジェコンヌ, Majekon'nu) in the Japanese version, is a recurring antagonist in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series. She is also known as the Deity of Sin.
The Deity of Sin is an entity that once attempted to take over and destroy Gamindustri many years ago. Thanks to the efforts of the Goddesses, Goddess Candidates, and Makers, it was promptly defeated and taken care ofHyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 (2014). However, many years later, it had somehow resurrected despite being seemingly defeated, soul and all. Upon its revival, it used its newfound strength to ravage the PC Continent, which was about to be consumed by a space-time rift. The Goddesses confronted the resurrected Deity of Sin, but only Purple Heart left herself to face against it, giving the other three Goddesses enough time to evacuate the residents of PC Continent as well as themselvesNeptunia: Sisters vs. Sisters (2022).
Two years would pass as Arfoire worked behind the scenes to sabotage the Goddesses with the Trendi Outbreaks as well as the Magiphones to curb their Shares whilst simultaneously giving Arfoire more Shares. She is eventually confronted by the Goddesses and Goddess Candidates once more, and to their surprise, Arfoire has captured Neptune in a capsule, the former of which planning on killing the latter in front of her younger sister's eyes. However, she is defeated thanks to the Goddesses felling her in battle and Maho swiping away the IS Crystal from Arfoire, forcing her to retreat.
Later on, Arfoire masquerades as Compa to bring the Goddesses out into a forest to retrieve the IS Crystal from Gray Sister, eventually succeeding thanks to the latter letting her guard down and leaving herself open to be attacked. Following this, Arfoire seeks a way to remove the limiter on the IS Crystal, as it inherently limits the amount of Shares the user can absorb, to which she uses the present Maho as a spy to do so, eventually learning that Maho's very biometrics are required for this. She searches out the cursed sword Gehaburn in order to slay her current vessel and fuse her soul with present Maho's body, to which the latter begrudgingly agrees as a result of her cynical behavior.
Arfoire, in Maho's body, then uses Gehaburn to tear a hole in space and further break down space-time, which revitalizes the Gamindustri Graveyard. With the ultimate goal of destroying space-time entirely, Arfoire begins to spawn Trendi Outbreaks and space-time freezing phenomenons all across Gamindustri. Later on, she is confronted by the Goddesses in the Gamindustri Graveyard. She first creates a fake version of her True Deity of Sin form and retreats into the center of the Gamindustri Graveyard where the final battle against the Goddesses and Goddess Candidates commence. After being defeated the first time in Maho's Human Form, Arfoire uses the IS Crystal to receive more Shares, despite Maho's pleads to do otherwise as it was destroying her body. However, in spite of her massive amount of Shares, Arfoire as Gray Sister was defeated once more.
However, Arfoire says that even if she were to be sealed away, she will not be stopped. Thus, the amnesiac Maho intends on erasing Arfoire in a pair annihilation with her present self. The plan failed, as Arfoire manages to barely escape by time-traveling once more; two years into the past. But Gray Sister, who was previously thought to be forever lost within the space-time rift, appeared out of nowhere after coming out of cold sleep and slayed the weak soul-form Deity of Sin with a shard of Gehaburn, before Gray Sister herself loses both her consciousness and her memories.
Arfoire is the personification of piracy and illegal game copying. Her English name is based on a Nintendo DS homebrew chip of the same pronunciation, the R4 chip, whilst her Japanese name is based on dubiously legal game backup devices called "magicoms" (マジコン, "magic computer") in Japan.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with IS Crystal Power, possibly | , higher with IS Crystal Power and HDD Form, possibly 
Key: Resurrected Vessel | Possessing Maho
Name: Arfoire, Magiquone in the Japanese version, the Deity of Sin; called various provocative nicknames such as "Arbore" or "Arflop" by Neptune
Origin: Hyperdimension Neptunia
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown explicitly, presumably hundreds to thousands of years old (The Deity of Sin is classified as one of the oldest entities in Gamindustri's history, and is implied to have been an existence since the first Goddess of Planeptune by Histoire)
Classification: Deity of Sin, False Goddess
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*Share Energy Manipulation (General Abilities) and the Resistances it provides
*Power Absorption (The IS Crystal is capable of absorbing SharesSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 1, and is implied to have been absorbing the Shares of the four nations of Gamindustri ever since the disappearance of the PC Continent two years agoSisters VS Sisters - Prologue. In the Bad Ending, Maho used the IS Crystal to absorb the Shares from all around the worldSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 12, Bad Ending)
*Passive Statistics Amplification (Arfoire was gaining power by the second when in possession of the IS Crystal, allowing her to grow more powerful as time went on, even during battle, though there is an inherent limit to how much Share Energy she can absorbSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 11)
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Attack Potency: Low Multiverse Level (Fused with its alternate timeline self, which gave it more power after its resurrection. Battled against seven HDD Form users in its Resurrected Vessel. Green Heart described the Deity of Sin as one of the greatest threats they've ever faced, which would include the likes of Rei Kiseijou and Kurome Ankokuboshi), higher with IS Crystal Power (Using the IS Crystal and absorbing its Shares, Arfoire can become more powerful. She had been absorbing the IS Crystal's Shares over the course of the game, growing stronger by the second, and was even growing more powerful in the midst of battle), possibly Complex Multiverse level | Low Multiverse Level (Whilst possessing Maho, the fake copy of its True Deity of Sin form was able to battle against eight HDD Forms. Soon after, The Deity of Sin was able to battle against the eight HDD Form Goddesses in Maho's Human Form, to which she complimented them and seemingly sustained little to moderate damage, and claimed that it was time for them to move on to "the main battle" afterward. It boasted that sealing it away would only delay the inevitability of the world's ruin), higher with IS Crystal Power and HDD Form (After removing the limiter on the IS Crystal, the amount of Shares absorbed from the crystal equated to an amount that had been accumulatingSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 1 for over two yearsSisters VS Sisters - Prologue, and was described by the Deity of Sin itself to be a "massive amount of Shares", forcefully transforming Maho into Gray Sister, and subsequently tearing her apart in the process. Required the full power of the HDD Form Goddesses to defeat it), possibly Complex Multiverse level
Speed: FTL combat speed (Kept up with multiple HDD Form users) | FTL combat speed (Could keep up with eight HDD Form users at their full power)
Lifting Strength: Class 25, likely far higher (More powerful than the Human Form Goddesses) | Class 25 (More powerful than in its Resurrected Vessel), higher with IS Crystal Power and HDD Form (Significantly more powerful than before), likely far higher
Striking Strength: Low Multiverse Level, higher with IS Crystal Power, possibly Complex Multiverse level | Low Multiverse Level, higher with IS Crystal Power and HDD Form, possibly Complex Multiverse level
Durability: Low Multiverse Level (In its resurrected vessel, it withstood attacks from seven HDD Forms, including White Heart and Purple SisterSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 4, and later on battled against all eight of the GoddessesSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 7), higher with IS Crystal Power (Using the IS Crystal and absorbing its Shares, Arfoire can become more powerful. After gaining more power, she shrugged off an entire fight from all of the Goddesses, saying that they were disappointing), possibly Complex Multiverse level | Low Multiverse Level (Seemingly took minimal to moderate damage from battling against the eight HDD Goddesses, who could all previously defeat a fake version of the True Deity of Sin), higher with IS Crystal Power and HDD Form (Much stronger due to transforming into Gray Sister and absorbing all of the Shares from the IS Crystal. Withstood attacks from the HDD Goddesses at their full power, though it was eventually defeated, yet still managed to stand back up after the battle), possibly Complex Multiverse level
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Extended Melee Range with its spear and double-edged blade, Dozens of Meters to Hundreds of meters with Maho's / Gray Sister's shield whilst possessing her, up to Hundreds of Kilometers with Magic and Environmental Destruction, Planetary with the IS Crystal (The IS Crystal absorbed the Shares from all over the world in the Bad EndingSisters VS Sisters - Chapter 12, Bad Ending)
Standard Equipment: A Spear (becomes a double-edged blade in its True Deity of Sin form), Infinite Share Crystal, Trendi Disc | A Shield + the IS Crystal
*Optional Equipment:
**Gehaburn: The cursed sword of legend that grows stronger as it slays more Goddesses, said to be able to defeat true evil. It absorbs the souls of the Goddesses that it kills, including their Share Energy, to increase its strength. Arfoire used this sword to slay her vessel so she can merge her soul with Maho's body, though she doesn't end up using it after that.
Intelligence: Gifted (Serving as the mastermind behind a majority of the events of Sisters VS Sisters, Arfoire is an extremely competent and calculating individual. She was able to convince the Goddesses to follow Maho and Anri into the Black Five Forest to lure out Gray Sister and steal the IS Crystal by disguising as Compa, where nobody could suspect anything. Arfoire is also the one who planned the manufacturing of the Magiphone factories, the Chirper media manipulation, and the sending of spies into Planeptune)
Weaknesses: Its true essence can be harmed if the opponent has a will that overpowers its own. Requires vessels to operate. If its soul is attacked at the same time its vessel is, the soul will begin to disintegrate. Once it possesses a vessel, it cannot move to the next body until its current vessel dies. Its soul can be directly attacked with the use of Gehaburn, however, it was only killed by a powered-up shard of Gehaburn due to being severely weakened from abandoning her vessel.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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File:SvSArfoire1.gif|R4 Riftstrike
File:SvSArfoire2.gif|Denial of Divinity
File:SvSArfoire3.gif|Softmod Swing
File:SvSArfoire4.gif|Infernal Rip
File:SvSArfoire5.gif|Consecutive Damnation
File:SvSArfoire6.gif|Piercing Hypervisor
File:SvSArfoire7.gif|DarkWeb Expulsion
File:SvSArfoire8.gif|Softmod Swing EX
File:SvSArfoire9.gif|Torrential Inferno
Disclaimer: None of the attack names seen below are official names, these are names created for the sake of profiling and organization.
* R4 Riftstrike: Arfoire teleports in front of the enemy and slams her weapon into the ground that strikes the enemy in the process, knocking them back.
* Denial of Divinity: Arfoire creates five arrows above her head that, when making contact, burst into several slash-like attacks.
* Softmod Swing: Arfoire swings her weapon at the enemy horizontally, then performs a follow-up vertical swing before teleporting away.
* Infernal Rip: Arfoire creates two spinning discs of fire at her sides before launching them directly at the enemy.
* Consecutive Damnation: Arfoire launches several energy projectiles at the opponent after creating a small summon ring from her hand.
* Piercing Hypervisor: Arfoire creates a small object above her head that shoots several laser beams at the enemy's position.
* DarkWeb Expulsion: Arfoire shoots out a small bullet of energy that explodes upon making contact with the enemy.
* Softmod Swing EX: Similarly to Softmod Swing, Arfoire swings her weapon twice, but the second vertical slash now creates a shockwave.
* Torrential Inferno: Arfoire charges up a rising aura of fire before shooting out three flame walls to the sides and in front of her to attack any adjacent enemies.
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File:Swordslash.gif|Claw of Desolation
File:Wingthrust.gif|Barrage of Blight
File:Myriadslice.gif|Myriad Slice
File:Crystalrain.gif|Crystalline Catastrophe
File:Spikering.gif|Halo of Hopelessness
Disclaimer: None of the attack names seen below are official names, these are names created for the sake of profiling and organization.
*Claw of Desolation: The Deity of Sin swings its sword with an attack trail resembling a claw swipe.
*Barrage of Blight: Thrusting its wings forward, the Deity of Sin launches a barrage of energy bullets.
*Myriad Slice: After swinging its sword, the Deity of Sin becomes surrounded with numerous points of continuous slashes.
*Crystalline Catastrophe: The Deity of Sin creates a summon ring in the sky, which rains down crystals that eventually explode into energy stalagmites. This attack inflicts the Poison status effect.
*Halo of Hopelessness: The Deity of Sin creates multiple spikes around it in the formation of a ring.
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