Maria Cadenzavna Eve (Bruno)

**Maria Cadenzavna Eve** (マリア・カデンツァヴナ・イヴ *Maria Kadentsavuna Ivu*?) is one of the six main characters of the *Senki Zesshō Symphogear* series. She was initially an antagonist during *G* before becoming a protagonist from *GX* onwards.

She is a Symphogear user who primarily wields the Airgetlám relic, replacing her Gungnir she used in *G*.

Throughout most of *Symphogear G*, Maria claims to be the newest reincarnation of Finé after Ryōko Sakurai's demise. This ruse is eventually dropped, leading to confusion about the real identity of Finé's new host, as it is implied to be Kirika Akatsuki until G Episode 12 reveals it to be Shirabe Tsukuyomi.

## Etymology

**Maria** (マリア?) - Means the beautiful in Greek and comes from Miriam and Mirjam and the name from Jesus' mom: the virgin Maria.

**Cadenzavna** (カデンツァヴナ?) - is a family name which implements both European and Ukranian grammar, in which female names end in "a" (example: Kowalska, Składowska) and male in "i" (example: Kowalski, Składowski), while the "v" is common in Ukranian surnames. Cadenza comes from the Italian word *Cadenza* which is a form of music that is usually played or sung solo.

**Eve** (イヴ?) - English name originating from Hebrew, meaning "life" or "living one". It is most famously known as the name of the Biblical Eve, the first woman and sinner who caused humanity to be expelled from the Garden of Eden.

## Appearance

Maria has long, coral hair with the top styled up in two horn-like curls, with a blue flower accessory centered into each curl. The rest of her hair hangs loose down to her hips. Her eyes are blue-green. Maria is most often seen wearing a white corset-like top under a blue jacket with feathered ends, a wide open collar, and white accents secured with a bow under her chest. She also wears white short-shorts, a stocking on her left leg and dark laced up boots.

Her first stage dress is pink, green and blue while her second one is white, light blue and blue-yellow high shoes.

When she was younger, she wore a blue dress with black tights and pink ribbon near her stomach. At that time, her hair was shorter, falling just past her shoulders.

## Personality

Maria is an energetic idol and a bit mysterious. She's gradually revealed to have a conflicted heart, torn between her determination to complete her mission and her unwillingness to cause others harm. While she will gladly make harsh speeches and fight other Gear users, she cannot bring herself to harm normal people unless absolutely enraged. This conflicted nature makes her easily manipulated and vulnerable at times, but at heart Maria is just a kind and sincere girl who simply wants to help and protect everyone she holds dear.

## History

Maria and her sister Serena originally hail from Ukraine. They were constantly put at risk by the flames of war fanned by territorial and ethnic disputes in the region. Eventually, Maria and Serena lost their home and family in the wars and became vagrants, wandering aimlessly and huddling together to stay alive. Sometime later, they ended up in the White Orphanage as part of the Receptor Children project.

Six years prior to *Symphogear G*, Maria watched Serena sacrifice herself in order to defeat the monster Nephilim by using her Superb Song. It was during this time that Professor Nastassja had lost the ability to walk as her legs were trapped under debris caused by the energy whiplash when she attempted to save Maria.

Years later, after the death of Ryōko Sakurai during season 1, the FIS attempted to determine if Finé had revived in any of the Receptor Children, but were unable to do so. They then planned to dispose of the project, but due to an armed uprising led by Nastassja — with the help of funding provided by the Bavarian Illuminati — the existence of the confined Receptor Children was brought to light. In fear of criticism from the international community, the US government quickly changed their tune and arranged for the children to be released of their own will or provided shelter. At this point, Maria, Shirabe, and Kirika joined with Nastassja and Dr. Ver in order to stop the fall of the Moon.

Sometime before *Symphogear G*, Maria made her debut as an idol and quickly rose to the top ranks in the US, eventually leading her to be arranged to duet with the top idol of Japan, Tsubasa, leading to the disastrous concert that would be used to awaken the Nephilim.

## Holy Chants

*Granzizel bilfen Gungnir zizzl*

*Seilien coffin Airgetlám tron*

## Attacks & Abilities

**Change †he Future** -

**DIVINE†CALIBER** -

**ELEGANT†LUMIERE**[7] - In her X-Drive form, Maria uses her Armed Gears to summons shorter swords linked to the orginals, before releasing them, each shooting beams at the swarm of Alca-Noise.

**EMPRESS†REBELLION** - Converting her Armed Gear into a whip-sword, she slashes through all of the enemies around her.

**Energy Shield** - Using three of her Armed Gears, Maria can form a triangular shield to protect herself. In *AXZ*, Maria can use this to restrain a transformed Hibiki.

**Highest Good: Rose Cross** (至高善・薔薇X字 *Shikōzen Bara X ji*?) -

**HORIZON†CANNON** -

**INFINITE†CRIME** - Similar to Kanade's **Stardust∞Foton**, she summons multiple copies of her Armed Gear and launches them at her enemies.

**SERE†NADE** - Attaching her Armed Gear to the elbow of the gauntlet on her left arm, she charges at the enemy and slashes through them. When the Ignite Module is active, this attack is powerful enough to defeat an Autoscorer.

**SILVER†GOSPEL** - Similar to **EMPRESS†REBELLION**, but at the end, she spins her whip-sword spiral on top of her.

**TORNADO†DRAGON**[7] -

**TORNADO†IMPACT** -

**Vitalization** - A six-member combination attack accessible only in X-Drive, which forms a pair of large arms out of Gungnir and Airgetlám's armor components that deliver a combined punch fueled by the energy of all six Symphogears.

## Songs

* Ressō Gungnir
* Dark Oblivion
* Ginwan Airgetlám
* Junpaku Innocent
* Stand upǃ Readyǃǃ
* Stand upǃ Ladyǃǃ
* Shirogane no Honō -keep the faith-
* Kono Ima wo Ikiru Hikari