Aradia (Toaru)

==Summary ==
Aradia (アラディア) is a Transcendent of the Bridge Builders Cabal, that was introduced in Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 4, and following a brief role as an antagonist in Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 6, she has since become a heroine as of Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 7 and onwards after the efforts of Kamijou Touma and Othinus. 
Initially, she presented herself as Aradia, a figure from a famous witchcraft grimoire who was described to be as the "goddess of all witches", however, in truth, she is nothing more than a normal, replaceable human magician that had dressed up as Aradia to take up her identity and magic. While the full background of the individual who took on the identity of Aradia as a Transcendent of the Bridge Builders Cabal is still not fully known, it can be assumed, by the brief glimpses and references concerning her past, that she is genuinely a witch that truly seeks to protect and save other witches around the world from persecution.
== Powers and Stats==
Tier: normally, ; At least to at least with Triple Reload, far higher with Risk 4
Name: Aradia
Origin: Toaru Majutsu no Index
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Transcendent, Bridge Builders Cabal Member, Witch Goddess, Magician
Powers and Abilities:
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
**Bodily Weaponry (Conventional; With her nails)
*Aerobatics (Can perform unorthodox loop-the-loops and evade a downpour of artillery fire, missiles, and tracer lights from antiair laser units that have greater than 99.9% accuracySouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 08 Chapter 4 Part 1Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 08 Chapter 4 Part 4) 
*Social Influencing (Charisma; Possesses dangerous charisma as shown when she created a "coven" consisting of at least hundreds of thousands of people in order to act as her own personal army to take down ToumaSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 3 Part 4Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 10 Chapter 2 Part 4Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 10 Chapter 4 Part 5)
*Magic
**Mind Manipulation (Should be capable of setting up a people-clearing field, a common spell which interferes with the unconscious in order to divert the attention of unrelated people and prevent their intrusion, up to a certain level as it is a simple and widespread spell)
**Darkness Manipulation (Her shadow which powers her magic/flight doesn't change even if multiple light sources try to interact with it. When invoking Risk 4, the shadows spin around her but she was defeated before she could show off any other effects.)
**Energy Projection (Shown to be capable of shooting blinding beams of light through an unnamed spell.)
***Forcefield Creation (Created a mysterious barrier of light to push back a truck that was about to plow into pedestriansSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 2 Part 2)
**Automatic Translation (Verbal; Transcendents have a spell called common tone creation, which translates and synthesizes their speech into unfamiliar languagesSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 2 Part 1) 
**Power Bestowal (By simply writing down her knowledge in a paper notebook or spreading information through a phone's app, Aradia can allow other people to easily borrow a portion of her power and her Triple Reload temporarily)
**Clairvoyance (Through the use of raw animal grease, Aradia can use a search spell that is capable of sweeping through the entire Shibuya area and can track its target by using the microscopic ecosystem of germs and bacteria found on their skinSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 2 Part 5)
**Earth Manipulation (As a witch that lives with nature, she can manipulate soil and minerals as easily as trees and flowers, even if they are processed or harmed, with a single touchSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 09 Chapter 3 Part 8)
**Flight (By spreading the ointment she uses for her Triple Reload on an object, she is capable of turning it into a "broom" that she can use to fly, which can even be a 20-ton 8-wheel mobile combat vehicle)
**Flight Nullification (Should know the widespread anti-flight spell, St. Peter's Interception Spell, which neutralizes magical flight and causes the flyer to be cast down onto the ground while also preventing them from taking flight again, as her doppelganger knew it and Aradia simply admonished her for breaking characterSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 08 Chapter 4 Part 1)
**Instinctive Action (Magicians can defend themselves against biological-based mind manipulation, such as Mental Out, by the use of an auto-fuse that shuts down their mind as soon as something tries to take control of it.Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 22 Reverse Chapter 3 Part 2)
*Telekinesis & Danmaku (Aradia telekinetically stopped, controlled and guided thousands or tens of thousands to attack an airborne Bologna Succubus at all sides with the speed of bullets with an unnamed spell)
*Life Manipulation & Transmutation (Transformed a lollipop into a crow, then into a rabbit, and then into a kitten before finally transforming it back into a lollipopSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 09 Chapter 1 Part 4)
*Statistics Amplification (By performing "good" deeds, Aradia can receive triple the blessing of her own good deeds, and triple her strengthSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 2 Part 6)
*Preparation (By performing "good" deeds ahead of time, Aradia is capable of snowballing her overall power to far greater height than what she is able to achieve normally)
*Transformation (Can utilize Risk 4, a state that is said to be true essence of a Transcendent and implied to greatly enhance her overall strength and capabilitiesSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 4 Part 5)
*Air Manipulation (Produced an explosive gust of wind to alter the path of Touma's fist, and could also produce a thick wall of wind spread out around her in all 360 degrees.Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 4 Part 1 By using around 10 thousand tons of cosmic dust, Aradia could absorb all of the carbon dioxide out of the earth’s atmosphere and perform an attack that Touma assumed would be related to the wind or airSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 4 Part 3)
*Cloth Creation (Transcendents can create clothingSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 08 Epilogue)
Attack Potency: Unknown normally (Weaker than Kamijou Touma), Varies (Aradia can triple her strength with each good deed she performs in battle or ahead of time., greatly enhancing her overall strength and capabilities depending on her preparations and actions); At least Country level45.55 Teratons (Even a single Transcendent of the Bridge Builders Cabal is capable of rivaling the entire magic side on her own, making her comparable, if not stronger, than the likes of Víðarr Shoes Woman and Knight Leader. Defeated a weakened Bologna Succubus in a one-on-one battleSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 3 Part 5) to at least Planet level59.44 Zettatons with Triple Reload (By performing enough good deeds, her power can snowball until she can defeat a Magic God or a fellow Transcendent in one attack By using the good deed of saving the world, she can acquire triple the power needed to save the world), far higher with Risk 4 (Touma, upon seeing Risk 4, considered what Aradia was about to unleash as the true essence of a Transcendent. Kamachi has stated the Transcendents have min-maxed their diffusion and destruction skills compared to Magic Gods and their Risk 4s could've killed Othinus before she destroyed the world if they had all worked togetherSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Afterword)
Speed: Supersonic,377.3 m/s likely higher (Can kill Touma before he could react and kept pace with Touma in direct combat after being weakened from a battle with Bologna Succubus. Evaded a downpour of artillery fire, missiles, and tracer lights from antiair laser units which could shoot down cruise or ballistic missiles with greater than 99.9% accuracy)
Lifting Strength: Unknown normally (Weaker than Kamijou Touma to the point that she couldn't get her hand out of his grip), Class 2520 Tons with Magic (Touma couldn't break free from her hold, and was sure that he would die from her crushing all of his flesh, bones, and organs together. Pushed back a truck that weighed more than 10 tons. Can lift up a 20-ton 8-wheel mobile combat vehicle and use it as a flying "broom"Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 08 Chapter 2 Part 5)
Striking Strength: Unknown normally, Varies; At least Country level to at least Planet level with Triple Reload (Killed Touma by piercing her hand through his torso on two separate occasions,Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 PrologueSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 1 Part 3 Even after she was struck by Cold Mistress, Aradia's nails would've sliced right through Touma's torso. Matched her Triple Reload-enhanced Doppelganger in a physical confrontation), far higher with Risk 4
Durability: Unknown normally (Knocked out by Kamijou Touma with a single punch), Varies; At least Country level to at least Planet level with Triple Reload (Could take and parry multiple attacks from her Triple Reload-enhanced doppelganger.Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 08 Chapter 4 Part 2 Despite taking a decent amount of damage from her battle with a weakened Bologna Succubus, she could still keep fighting against Touma), far higher with Risk 4 (Was defeated by Touma before she could show off the capabilities of her Risk 4 magic, but should still be superior to her previous showings)
Stamina: Superhuman (Despite being affected by Cold Mistress, a spell that replaces any and all pleasure signals with pain, Aradia was capable of focusing on her responsibilities and transform herself into a wicked being for selfless reasons, and took careful aim at Touma while powering through all of the pain) 
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Meters with Beams, Kilometers with Search Spell, Planetary with Triple Reload
Standard Equipment: Gold Clasps, Powdered Herbs and Minerals
Intelligence: 
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Average (Shown to be more tech-savvy than Touma in smart phone usage, and to be more reasonably well-versed in modern day life and equipment then someone like Index. Outperformed other actors in the audition for the role of "Aradia" that the Transcendents had set up, and could adequately keep up with exercises that help her stay in-character)
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Gifted (Witches, such as herself, are knowledgeable in handling medicinal herbs and can use their own experiences to figure out fermentation and decomposition in order to make use of her search spell. Knows how to minimize the potential backlash of her bad deeds caused by Triple Reload by acquiring the necessary point of view or interpretation needed to make her the good guy in everything she does in the perspective of others and her magic. Othinus considers Transcendents, such as Aradia, decently skilled at magic, in addition, Dion Fortune has stated that each and every one of the Transcendents is an infuriatingly brilliant magicianSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 07 Chapter 2 Part 1) 
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Above Average (She is stated to be apparently even better at aerial combat than the Bologna Succubus despite the latter's claim of being skilled at aerial combat; she expertly took advantage of Imagine Breaker's negation to alter the path of Touma's punch to let him avoid that 'collision' in order to maximize the effect of her Triple Reload)
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Weaknesses: Bad deeds caused by her actions will be returned to her at thrice the strength.Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 2 Part 4 She needs to mix her sebum and sweat with powdered herbs and minerals on her bare feet to create the ointment she needs for her magic. Her magic can be sealed by binding her feet and keeping them off the ground.Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Epilogue Unwilling to use spells that make her break "character", such as people-clearing fields and anti-flight spells. The shadow that provides her power always remains on the ground, so her magic can be negated entirely if the shadow is targeted by powerful power nullification such as Kamijou Touma's Imagine Breaker.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Rule of Three: Aradia makes extensive use of the Rule of Three, a concept at the core of Wicca where the effects of a witch's magic, regardless of whether it is used for a good deed or a bad one, return to the witch at three times the strength (e.g. if one uses magic to steal money, they would lose thrice as much, and if they use magic to kill, they would receive a wound thrice as lethal). The rule, meant to keep witches on the right path, is one which is supposedly difficult to use in practice and a double-edged sword that can lead to self-destruction, but Aradia is skilled at manipulating events so that her deeds are framed as 'good' and exploiting the rule to reap the benefits. 
*Triple Reload: The Wiccan spell which she uses to take advantage of the Rule of Three is known as Reload Three Times (三倍率の装填 San Bairitsu no Sōten (Rirōdo Surī Taimusu), alt. Triple Reload), with the 'weapon' being 'reloaded' being her 'shadow', which does not change regardless of the light shining around it and remains just one shadow even if light sources are shining from multiple directions. By performing a chain of continual 'good' deeds, Aradia can amass good fortune, bolstering her magic and cause her power to snowball over time. She also has a few contingencies in place to avoid a potential backlash. Performing a deed corresponding to a spell and its desired outcome increases that spell's effects and the likelihood of that outcome (for example, helping a child find their parents via a simple divination to support a search spell to locate someone for her).
Divination Spells: Aradia has a number of spells relating to divination, including a variant of crystal divination, and a search spell based on animal grease, capable of sweeping the entirety of Shibuya and can track its target by using the microscopic ecosystem of germs and bacteria found on their skinSouyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06 Chapter 2 Part 5
Risk 4: Like the other Transcendents in the Bridge Builders Cabal, Aradia can release a seal through the incantation of "Risk 4" (リスク4 Risuku 4) and . This power itself is in the form of the activating within her flesh and the nature of her seal is a triple seal (三重封印 Sanjūfūin). With its activation of the triple goddess within her flesh, she invoked the night, moon and witches, and how ancient goddesses of wisdom (giving Hecate, Isis, the Morrígan and Freyja as examples) would view the world from three perspectives while providing the priestess serving them with a powerful protection. When she drew on this power during the climax of her battle with Kamijou Touma, it caused her shadow to stretch in three different directions and spin around her in a circle with an inhuman shape and made Touma think that this was the true essence of the Transcendent, but this power was negated by Imagine Breaker before anything further could be seen.
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