Souren Araya

== Summary ==
Souren Araya is the main antagonist of Kara no Kyoukai. Araya was a fallen monk who had lived for hundreds of years by assuming new bodies. He gave into practicing magecraft to find the reason behind everything in the universe. He set into motion the actions of Fujino Asagami, Kirie Fujou, and Lio Shirazumi to gain Ryougi Shiki's body, whom he believed was the key to reaching "The Root." 
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with Magecraft
Name: Souren Araya
Origin: Kara no Kyoukai
Gender: Male
Age: Around 300 years old
Classification: Disembodied soul/mind occupying a human body
Powers and Abilities: <tabber>
|-|Powers=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Preparation, Immortality (Type 2 and 6. If his body is destroyed, his consciousness would survive regardless, eventually finding and attaching itself to a new body, a process that can be as short as half a day with spare bodies), Regeneration (High-Low. Was able to immediately reattach his arm after Shiki had cut it off), Skilled practitioner of Magecraft, Portal Creation, Body Control (Was able to control his arm after it had been severed to attack Shiki), Master Bounded Field user, His three-layered bounded feild induces paralysis, conceals his presence, and interferes with magecraft, Resistance to Magic (All magi have basic resistance to magical effects) and Death Manipulation (His origin of Stillness makes it hard for Shiki to discern his lines of death, which is further confounded when he added Śarīra to his body, which put his concept of death on a higher order), Within the Apartment Complex, he gains Teleportation (Can spontaneously move to any position within it), Clairvoyance (Is aware of all happenings and actions being taken in the complex itself), Limited Intangibility (He can move through the walls of the complex, reforming in and out of them. He can also do this to other people, throwing them into the walls of the building and leaving them there), Plant Manipulation (used his Magecraft to create an enhanced version of Cannabis, imbued with the concept of Consumption), Spatial Manipulation (Can compress and crush targets with the space around them, and cause the structure to rearrange itself), Necromancy (Resurrects the denizens of the apartment every day to reenact their dying moments. Can control and summon zombies to attack his foes), Pocket Reality Manipulation (The Complex was likened to a Reality Marble in function, and is a representation of his internal world, separated from reality), limited Conceptual Manipulation (Can awaken and unlock people's Origins, the conceptual basis and foundation of a person, from which their existence and past lives are built upon. However, he needs his target's consent)
|-|Resistances=Resistance to Magic, including Power Nullification, Law Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Sealing, Fate Manipulation, Density Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Body Puppetry, Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, Petrification, Holy Manipulation, Purification, Memory Manipulation, Death Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Social Influencing, Fear Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Absorption, Transmutation, Curse Manipulation, Dream Manipulation, Perception Manipulation, Sense Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Illusion Creation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2), Deconstruction, Subjective Reality, Telepathy, BFR, Higher-Dimensional Manipulation (All magi and characters with Magic Circuits have resistance to magical effects that aim to control and create effects within others, by rejecting the effect with magical energy)
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Attack Potency: Large Island level+ (Comparable to Nrvnqsr Chaos and Kouma Kishima. Shiki commented in Melty Blood that Nrvnqsr was easier to defeat than Araya), Small Country level with Magecraft (Should be capable of generating an amount of power equivalent to that of Nrvnqsr's strongest beasts. Easily powered through Touko Aozaki's long coat, which could protect her from some blast fired by Aoko Aozaki, breaking her ribs)
Speed: Supersonic+ to High Hypersonic (Can keep up with, and sometimes outsped Shiki) with FTL reactions and combat speed (Is a peer of Nrvnqsr Chaos, Kishima Kouma and Servants such as Saber)
Lifting Strength: Class M (Comparable to Martha who stopped a speeding train, Achilles who stopped a rolling 300-ton jumbo jet, and Asterios who swam carrying the 100-150 ton Golden Hind galleon ship while injured, and Jeanne who can spin an entire airplane)
Striking Strength: Large Island level+ (Comparable to his Attack Power. Claimed he could easily have crushed Ryougi Shiki's head when he had the opportunity and knocked her out with two clean hits. Ripped off Touko Aozaki's head and heart with his bare hands)
Durability: Large Island level+ (Can take hits from Dead Apostle Ancestors and Servants), Small Country level with bounded fields (Should be capable of blocking attacks from Nrvnqsr Chaos' most powerful beasts), Immortality and death resistance makes him hard to kill
Stamina: High (Wasn't particularly tired in dispatching Shiki the first time or dealing with Touko in his fight with her. Only began to be fatigued when caught off-guard by Shiki)
Range: Several meters with the thrice-fold barrier, Several hundred meters within the Apartment Complex
Standard Equipment: None notable, although with preparations, he typically has various magical items to use in rituals
Intelligence: Genius. Despite being born with average intellect, his sheer willpower allows him to outperform even the most brilliant magi. Set into motion most of the events in Kara no Kyoukai, and has hundreds of years of experience in magecraft, hand-to-hand combat, and manipulating people. One of the few magi who came close to discovering the Root and made plans to survive in the mortal world should he be taken by it.
Weaknesses: Despite his preparations to be nearly immune to the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, he has several weak points Shiki could barely perceive and nearly struck in their final fight. Much of his abilities are only gained through massive preparations, such as those he demonstrates in the Apartment Complex. Even after years of planning and experiments to outwit the Counter Force, his operations are still monitored by the world. As a result, his plan was doomed to fail through Shiki Ryougi, who acted as an unwitting Counter Force.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Threefold Barrier Anime.gif|Activation in the Anime
Threefold Barrier.png|Threefold Barrier in Fate/Grand Order
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Rokudou Kyoukai - Threefold Barrier: A three-layered bounded field surrounds Araya and hides his presence. Following his origin of "Stillness," all who enter the outer field are frozen. As it is mobile, something normally impossible to accomplish, he can freely use it as a weapon. It is constantly crumbling over time, and it takes time for Souren to recreate it. He calls the names Fugu, Kongou, Dakatsu, Taiten, Chougyou, and Ouken when he uses it.
Śarīra: Sacred remains of the Buddha, embedded within his left arm. It belonged to an enlightened one who achieved "becoming extinguished, alive," making Araya's "death" more complex to decipher with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. They are still just bones in the physical sense. Hence, they are susceptible to being burned to ashes. The force of an enormous impact can also destroy them even with their natural protection.
P68u79l.jpg|The Apartment Complex in the Anime
Shuku .gif|Shuku
Hounouden Rokujyuyonshou - The 64 Layers of the Hounou Temple: A bounded field surrounding his workshop, the Ogawa Apartment Complex. The original architect was Touko Aozaki, and it is a shrine for the Taikyokuzu, the diagram of the supreme ultimate. The building can be called the embodiment of his inner world, similar to the concept of a Reality Marble, which gives him complete control over its internal workings. Touko notes that the bounded field has left the realm of Magecraft and entered the realm of Magic. Within the Ogawa Apartment Complex, he gains the ability of instant teleportation anywhere within his bounded field, all-knowing of any occurrences within the building, and the ability to crush space itself.
==Notable Matchups==
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Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Diavolo's profile (Speed was equalized)
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