Zero

:See relevant article: Anima.
, sometimes known by Her pseudonym, Reizora — and frequently recorded as: Zero Daescin — was The Progenitor of Anima. An Exalted Elder Daescin God, Zero granted all living creatures and entities within Caerulus the ability to have, use, see, invoke, and seek, Anima. She was considered equal to the supreme being of Diovus, if not higher due to the chicken and egg causality dilemma of Diovus having His own Anima. Zero was among the most debated entities among both Kodai and Technocrat philosophers, historians, and scientists; with much of Her true nature and existence unknown until the events of .
Zero was a former supreme being of Aeternatus — and unknowingly of Caerulus — before Her assassination in 0255AA at the hands of Xeraph and Ophelia Evergarden, and the Aeternatus Divine Assemblage during the finale of The Rise of Aeternatus.
==Appearance==
:Zero's asset is the Vtuber, Vienna.
::Skip to: Zero Gallery.
Zero appeared as a tall, slim, well-endowed celestial horned woman. She had long wavy dark space-blue hair with feathered bangs that curled around Her head; small white specs akin to celestial bodies and stars were embellished throughout Her hair. Two cowlicks in the shape of kemonokin ears stuck out from the top of the back of Her head, where She also had four horns protruding from the side of Her head; two curved downwards, and two curved upwards. Zero had crimson red eyes with Her Zerosara patterned translucently. In some depictions, Her Zerosara was instead white. Her outfit consisted of a type of white strapped tube crop top with two suspenders covering Her waist to lift Her white slim-fitted dress pants, that She wore with simple short black boots. She wore a large dark brown-blue fur coat often off of Her shoulders. The coat had various golden trims in strange designs on the back. Zero wore some accessories, including hanafuda earrings with long ribbons that almost reached the floor, a celestial ornament on the front-side of Her bangs, and a white choker with an unknown piece of Materia embedded into it; She also wore a white belt strapped around Her upper left thigh.
During the events of Anima Rising, Zero wore a different outfit. Her hair was also notably shorter, but still long. Her attire consisted of a strapless beige corset top that was tucked into a large waist band belt that held up a short dark violet slit skirt. She wore indigo shorts underneath Her skirt along with many belts and straps that fit to Her legs, as well as a large purple, violet, and dark indigo bomber jacket that She also often wore off of Her shoulders. The celestial ornament on Her head from Her default appearance instead appeared as a small piece of jewellery on a black choker.
==Personality==
Zero was nigh-omniscient, well and soft-spoken — to the point of being eerie — and somewhat apathetic and aloof due to Her exalted Godhood. Prior to the events of The Rise of Aeternatus, Zero was noted to be cheerful, upbeat, and warm. Because of the nature of Her domain, She was considered a mother-figure in many cultures, cults, and societies. She was loving, doting, and well-mannered, not allowing Her status to belittle those around Her. Under Her warm exterior however, Zero was capable of cold and calculated idealism for true peace and bonded unity, among those who did and did not worship Her. She was capable of extremist ideals and truths, such as seeking to wipe out billions in order to prevent future suffering; albeit reluctantly.
Zero's wrathful nature stemmed from a deep-seated love and desire for those She granted Anima. Because of this, Her actions saw no bounds, whether morally black, white, or grey. After being split into Thirteen Pieces, much of Zero's psyche was fractured and split among Her fragments. Some were much like nothing had changed, whilst others were incredibly bitter and resentful, or particularly loving and forgiving. Overall, She became much more distant and cold, viewing the world nihilistically and at face-value. Zero was known to be unchanging, static, and stubborn, as well as deceptive, manipulative, and cunning in order to deceive those that managed to encounter a piece of Her, to free Her. Some pieces were also noted to be maniacal, frantic, or depressed, as Her range of personalities split into many different facets and varieties. 
During the events of Event Horizon, Zero's personality mostly shifted back to Her cheerful, happy state. Her promise to help Nica Dexlus on her Daescin Scenario, reopened and refreshed Her state of mind on the value of the life that She had created and given, through Anima; much like how She changed Her mind when she met Xeraph and Ophelia Evergarden for the first time.
==Background==
Zero was an unnamed and unknown entity from beyond the bounds of , descending from the sky of Exodius mysteriously one day, and granting all life and organisms in Caerulus, the ability to have, use, see, invoke, and seek, Anima. She was theorized to originally ascend from the Reality that the Ancient Divine Apothica created, as The Photographer was from that space, and he had Anima.
Zero's concept was originally the unnamed supreme god of Ruina, much before it was named so, and long before the events of The Great Merge; in and out of universe canon. Malkuro brought the idea into Aethstyr by finding a solution to Her powerful nature, in that She was to be split into thirteen different pieces. The pieces were to serve as story focuses to enhance and enrich the collaborative experience of Aethstyr — similar to Infinity Stones from Marvel — according to Malkuro.
==Relationships==
:See main article: Zero's Relationships.
==Powers and Abilities==
Zero was an ancient Exalted Elder Daescin God, the most powerful type of -entity. Her true nature and power remained unknown for much of the timeline of Aethstyr, and when She did have focus, She was either depowered, split into pieces, or injured in some manner. It was noted that if Zero was to be restored to Her original state, that She would be supremely all-powerful over all Quadrants. It should also be noted that Her defeat at the hands of the MQ Divine Assemblage and its support was due to the nature of Zero's true feelings of hesitation to annihilate all the life She created; as well as missing two pieces of Herself. To understand the power of a single Piece of Zero, the following feats should be imagined on a scale of 1/13th to a fully realised and restored Zero; as in, take the feat, and imagine 1/13th of it, and you may reasonably gauge the power of a single piece.
Unknown strength: Zero did not have any recorded feats pertaining to Her strength, nor was She shown with any sort of weapon or physical prowess.
Seemingly Omnipotent Magick: It was heavily debated whether or not Zero's feats were strictly Magickal or Animaic in nature. Zero was noted to be able to cast the highest level of Magick within , and perhaps even beyond outside of verse. She had no problems and had shown no exhaustion to casting any type of Magick. Her most powerful spell, Cease Universe, was Counterspelled by more than twenty individual characters who had higher tier godhood whilst She was at 11/13 of Her power.
Omnipresence: Zero was capable of being anywhere, at any time, all at once. It was unknown whether or not She was physically traveling to the point of piercing infinite amounts of hierarchal layers of speed, or simply teleporting. Pieces of Her were personally locked away by a Cat in order to serve as a story device.
:See relevant article: Nica's Hat.
Daescin scenario endurance: It took 20~ different VoTTs and gods to defeat 11/13 of Zero, all whilst using their full potential and whilst semi-bloodlusted. Zero fought with reluctance and was barely defeated. It took the sacrifice of an upper god of time to only just split Her into more pieces, not being able to actually destroy or kill Her.
Unknown intellect: Zero did not have any recorded feats of intellect. Though She was a Daescin God, and had a vast general knowledge of mathematics, philosophy, and science; more so than a regular person, but probably not so much so than a character whose niche was one of these facets. Zero was somewhat omniscient. She was particularly susceptible to narrative warping feats, and did not have knowledge of The Council of Cats, until Nica Dexlus informed Her of their presence.
Godly perception: Zero was the original Zerosara wielder, as it came from Her. As such, She had the most powerful visual prowess in Aeternatus' career. She had somewhat nigh-omniscient precognition, and was able to sense Anima from any distance.
Deific charisma: Zero was worshipped for thousands of years, even long after She was gone. She was able to command, control, and persuade billions if She wanted to. Zero was noted to be more interpersonal. She often acted like a mortal. Other times Her demeanour carried the weight of Her exalted status.
Supreme Anima: Zero gifted Anima. As such, She had the most powerful soul; at least within .
===Notable Techniques===
====One-Thousand Eyes====
:See main article: One-Thousand Eyes (technique).
====Zero's Thirteen Paths====
Using Her Zerosara, Zero was able to do the following:
Magick and Anima warping: Zero was capable of absorbing, deflecting, bending, and destroying any level of Animaic or Magickal attack or technique. It didn't seem to have a limit, or have the capability of being overloaded or overwhelmed.
Adept copying and casting: Zero was capable of copying any technique, Magick, or Animaic ability that She looked at.
True perception: Zero was able to perceive The Weave in its true form, any any Magiculic and Animaic activity without fail.
Reality warping: Zero was able to bend space, time, and reality, to Her whim without fail or exhaustion. Her level of control didn't seem to be superseded, though neither weaker nor at a lower level.
Anima creation: Zero was the only entity within able to create Anima.
===Notable Magick===
====Cease Universe====
Zero's most powerful spell was Cease Universe, which was able to destroy an entire universe. It took Her roughly six seconds to cast.
===Zerosara===
:See also: Zerosara.
Zero's Zerosara was the most powerful and honed of any user, as it originated from Her.
===Limits===
====Zero Path II: Zetta Slash====
Zetta Slash was one of thirteen different limit techniques available to Zero. With a single glance, She was able to create a warping slash so powerful that it would destroy information. It's width, height, and area of effect seemingly had no limits, though the bigger and faster the slash was, the more it seemed to hurt Her eyes. Slashes bigger than small celestial bodies were notably difficult in quick succession, whilst She was at 11/13.
====Domain Expansions====
=====True Image Revelation=====
True Image Revelation was Zero's Domain Expansion. When activated, all living organisms within it were immediately Awakened at no cost to their own life, stamina, or power. The true self of a person was also revealed.
===Unison Raids===
===Awakening===
Zero was not recorded to Awaken.
==Notable Items==
===Vassal Coordinator===
:See main article: Vassal Coordinator.
==Timeline==
:See main article: Timeline of Zero.
==Gallery==
:Zero's asset is the Vtuber, Vienna.
file:Zero Render.png|Zero Bust Render
file:Zero Render 001.png|Zero Render
file:Zero Render 002.png|Zero Render used in Event Horizon
file:Zero Render 004.png|Zero Gazing
file:Zero Render 005.png|Zero Sitting
file:Zero Render 006.png|Zero as they appear in Anima Rising
file:Zero AR Token 002.png|Zero's Token
file:Spell - Freedom.png|Freedom Spell card from Anima no Aethstyr depicting Zero
file:Zero.png|Zero depicted with a classic Zerosara Mental Assault
==Quotes==
===Event Horizon===
*( On Self ) "I am The Progenitor of Anima. My Calling suits me, I think."
*( On Black ) "I am unsure, I just like it. Perhaps maybe it was even given to me to like..."
*( On Favourite Animal ) "Humans are the most interesting creatures I have come across, but I like all that have Anima."
*( On Art ) "Art is Anima."
*( On Life ) "I regret the things I have done, and want to cleanse such things from existence... But perhaps that is no longer necessary."
*( On Death ) "Nothing is truly dead, including mistakes."
*( On Magick ) "Something I think about a lot. Maybe none of what has transpired would have so if I had not been overzealous."
*( On Monsters ) "All Anima is important."
*( On Adventuring ) "It is delightful to see Anima so joyous. Adventuring seems to be a common catalyst."
*( On Killing ) "A tragic event between Anima, it saddens me."
*( On Mercy ) "Something I have no such time for... Is what I would have said long ago."
*( On Love ) "One of the most powerful bonds, perhaps the most powerful."
*( On Hate ) "Hatred is a common bond. So common that those riddled with it find solace in each other. Including me."
*( On Friendship ) "Me? Ha, an interesting thought."
*( On Marraige ) "I derive great joy from seeing Anima bond."
*( On Destiny ) "I suppose... My destiny was decided by my Calling."
*( On Michaela Crowne ) "I cannot imagine protecting myself and Nica with only two pieces of myself."
*( To Aerilyn Zephyrus ) "So... Perceptive."
*( To Michaela Crowne ) "You remind me of someone... Which is strange. Because you are strange."
*( To Nica Dexlus ) "PSST— Hey YOU! That hat... Where'd you get it—? Because it's MINE GIVE IT HERE."
*( To Nica Dexlus ) "Above me? There is no one above me."
*( To Nica Dexlus ) "And these masters of yours... These... Cats. They created me too?"
*( To Nica Dexlus ) "I shall help you on your journey child. Call my name."
*( To Nica Dexlus ) "Your desire is not of a puppet now is it?"
*( To Nica Dexlus ) "I'm not weird. If anything— You're the weird one."
==Trivia==
*Zero was inspired off of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki from Naruto.
*Zero wasn't supposed to have a name according to Malkuro; she was simply supposed to be "The Progenitor."
*Zero considered to own a piece of material property if a piece of Her was present within it, as seen with Nica's Hat.
*Zero's identity and name are often stylized as "∅."
*Zero was the first character to have the Daescin Token Border. It was originally only meant to be a personal token for only Zero, but Ludic used it for other Daescin Gods.
*Zero's Enneagram Type was a Nine.
*Zero's MBTI Type was ESFJ-A.
*Zero's favourite colour was black.
*Zero's favourite music was violin and cello.
*Zero didn't have a favourite season, as her favourite season was, "all seasons if you must have an answer."
*Zero's favourite animal were humes. Though she liked all animals.
*Zero's favourite spell was Prestidigitation.
*Zero's favourite Magick was "Any cantrip you could use at a party."
*Zero's favourite food was humourously water.
==See Also==
*Malkuro
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