True Longinus

Cao Cao wielding the True Longinus

The **True Longinus**, also known as the **Spear of Destiny**, is the first and most powerful Longinus and the same spear which St. Longinus used to stab the side of Jesus Christ during the Crucifixion. It is wielded by Cao Cao, the leader of the Hero Faction.

## Overview

The **Holy Lance** (also known as the **Spear of Destiny**, **Holy Spear**, **Lance of Longinus**, **Spear of Longinus** or **Spear of Christ**) is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus' side in John's account of the crucifixion of Jesus. It is named after Saint Longinus, the Roman soldier said to have been wielding it at the time.

This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.

## Summary

The True Longinus is one of the Holy Relics, known as the **Holy Lance** - alongside the **True Cross** (Incinerate Anthem), the **Holy Chalice** (Sephiroth Graal), the **Holy Nail** (Alphecca Tyrant), and the **Holy Shroud** (Agnus Raiment) - and is considered top-class among them.

It is the same spear that was said to have pierced the side of Jesus Christ as he was bound on the cross, wielded by a centurion named Longinus, according to legends, who gave the weapon his name. The spear is one of the holiest and most sacred relics in existence, having been blessed by the blood of Christ and making it an extremely powerful and effective weapon against virtually every entity in existence.

It is a Sacred Gear that is known as the first and original Longinus and gave its name to all Sacred Gears capable of slaying gods and buddhas, which became known as the Longinus Sacred Gears. Even among the original 13 Longinus and the Neo Longinus, it is still considered to be the strongest.

As the original Longinus, it is considered to be one of the biggest "bugs" in the Sacred Gear system, having powers that can possibly either destroy or conquer the Four Worlds and every single entity within them if used in the wrong hands. However, this is only on paper as there is no mortal capable of comprehending its powers great enough to fully use them for such a feat, even using the combined powers of the True Longinus and the Sephiroth Graal to supernaturally enhance themselves beyond the absolute limits.

According to Azazel, the spear possesses powers beyond even the understanding of the Angels and Fallen Angels themselves, being the crystallization of [Anomaly] itself in its purest and most powerful form.

## Appearance

The True Longinus is an ornate spear with a dark blue rod and features golden decorations, in the shapes of arrow tips, that spiral around in a double helix pattern. They finish at the top of the rod of the spear ,which features a white circle and has a cross that fills in the circle, but not completely. The tip of the spear is silver, and similar to the rod of the spear is longer than other types of spears.

### Truth Idea

Truth Idea (覇輝トゥルース・イデア, *Turūsu Idea*), also known as the **Brightness of Supremacy**, is the forbidden ability exclusive to the True Longinus, which is similar to the Juggernaut Drive in nature. Azazel calls it the *Dying Will of the God of the Bible*.

Also, like Juggernaut Drive, it requires a chant to activate it. The chant goes as follows:

*Suck the ambition of the King of Domination sleeping within me and pierce through the gap of blessing and destruction.*
*You. Announce the will, and turn into a glow.*

The powers of the Truth Idea are dependent on the Holy Spirit's will, which dwells inside of the holy spear. Through absorbing the wielder's ambition and by responding to how strong their opponent is, it could cause many effects and miracles, ranging from granting the absolute power to annihilate their opponents or a blessing that will capture their hearts. However, according to Azazel, the final effect is entirely depending on the Holy Spirit, whose personality is just as mysterious as Her origins'.

## Forms

### True Longinus Götterdämmerung

**True Longinus Götterdämmerung** (真冥白夜の聖槍トウルー・ロンギヌス・ゲッターデメルング, *Tōrū Ronginusu Gettādemerungu*), also known as the **Holy Spear of the Pure White Night**, is the original Balance Breaker of the True Longinus.

According to Michael, it is the most powerful Balance Breaker in existence, allowing its wielder to reach the same power as that of the Seraphim and the Archdemons, and was thus sealed away permanently by the Heavenly Council in fear of immense destruction across Creation. He also stated that the form was sealed away by a seal that can only be broken in tandem with the first of the Seven Seals, and that only the White Rider can unlocked it from within the user.

### Decalogue di Longia

**Decalogue di Longia** (永遠の真っ白な黄昏の女神の十戒デカログ・ディ・ロンギア, *Dekarogu di Rongia*) was Ingrid Yggdmillennia's Sub-Species Balance Breaker while wielding the True Longinus.

It created ten markings on her body in various places known as the **Ten Commandments** (十戒, *Jikkai*), each granting her different abilities and enshroud her inside an immense holy aura, which was powerful enough to instantly kill a Satan-class Devil upon contact. The ten abilities are as follows:

* **Piety** (敬けい神しん, *Keishin*) allowed her to create unbreakable bonds of loyalty between her and her followers that lasted even after her death. Those with the bonds created by her would have their power immensely increased depending on their loyalty toward her, and turned all those who turned their back to her into her faithful and obedient slaves for eternity.
* **Faith** (信しん仰こう, *Shinkō*) allowed her to control, shape, and shape immensely powerful Holy-attributed elements. It also made all atheists or followers of any non-Abrahamic religion in her presence to be immensely weakened, with the mundanes in her presence dying out because of their life-force slowly erased out of existence. It also granted her immortality as long as she remained faithful toward God's teachings.
* **Reticence** (沈ちん黙もく, *Chinmoku*) allowed her to lock away the powers, special abilities, and potential of her opponents, as well as stopped any magical or energy-based attacks to be formed by her opponents within a 100-meter radius. It also stole the voice of anyone who expressed their hidden feelings and/or emotions.
* **Repose** (安あん息そく, *Ansoku*) allowed her to create an aura that was extremely deadly to those who possessed divinity, which she could channel into her weapons or attacks, and can even be liquified into a colorless and odorless poison. This aura was extremely dangerous and could instantly kill any deity beneath B-rank in terms of magical power. The only disadvantage of this ability was that it could only be activated once every Sunday during mass.
* **Love** (慈じ愛あい, *Jiai*) allowed her to create perfect and extremely illusions on-par with reality that were capable of tricking both the heart and mind, in addition to forbidding whoever with hatred in their heart from dealing damage onto others. It also changed the opponent's pain and suffering into pleasure, leading them to a blissful death.
* **Pacifism** (不ふ殺さつ, *Fusatsu*) allowed her to cancel the offensive powers and attacks of others, as well as instantly destroyed all weapons within a 100-radius that weren't wielded by her or her followers. In battle, it could create a hundred clones of herself, each clone possessed 1/7 of her overall powers. It could also make whoever committed acts of violence that weren't per her orders or in the name of God in her presence to rapidly age and die.
* **Purity** (純じゅん潔けつ, *Junketsu*) allowed her to gain the hereditary demonic powers of any Pure-blooded Devil she slain, in addition to protecting her from all forms of curses, charms, hexes, as well as any magical, spiritual, or mental attack.
* **Patience** (忍にん耐たい, *Nintai*) allowed her to manipulate the flow of time within a 100-radius, in addition to letting her freeze time within her field of vision, which was a near 360º due to modifications via the True Longinus.
* **Truth** (真しん実じつ, *Shinjitsu*) allowed her to change the reality of the world around her to fit her "perfect" delusions. The larger and more outlandish the change, the more energy it took from her and the greater the mental strain she received. It also allowed her to see through illusions and lies, both directly and indirectly, and turned whoever that lied or betrayed their promises to her into salt.
* **Selflessness** (無む欲よく, *Muyoku*) allowed her to manipulate the memories and characteristics of others. It required physical in order to be used, though this requirement could be bypassed via energy arrows she could create via concentrating on the marking's power, which were able to bypass all barriers and protections. It also made anyone who holds desire toward another person to lose their memories, emotions, and sense of self.

She could also concentrate the power of all ten markings into the True Longinus, creating a giant lance of holy light that could potentially destroy the entire Milky Way galaxy with a single shot.

### Polar Night Longinus Chakravarti

**Polar Night Longinus Chakravarti** (極夜なる天輪聖王の輝廻槍ポーラーナイト・ロンギヌス・チャクラヴァルティン, *Pōrā Naito Ronginusu Chakuravarutin*) is Cao Cao's Sub-Species Balance Breaker while wielding the True Longinus.

It has the power to create seven orbs called the **Seven Treasures** (七宝, *Shippo*), each having a different ability. The seven orbs each have the same appearance, making it hard for the opponent to differentiate between which ability is going to be used by the wielder. The seven abilities are as follows:

* **Cakkaratana** (輪宝チャッカラタナ, *Chakkaratana*) has the ability to destroy all weapons upon contact.
* **Itthiratana** (女宝イッティラタナ, *Ittiratana*) has the ability to completely stop the special abilities of others for a short period of time.
* **Assaratana** (馬宝アッサラタナ, *Assaratana*) has the ability to teleport anyone touched by the orb, which includes Cao Cao himself to teleport to the place of his choice.
* **Maniratana** (珠宝マニラタナ, *Maniratana*) has the ability to send an attack directing towards the user to another direction.
* **Hatthiratana** (象宝ハッティラタナ, *Hattiratana*) has the ability to grant the wielder the ability to manipulate the gravity of someone or something.
* **Gahapatiratana** (居士宝ガハパティラタナ, *Gahapatiratana*) has the ability to create warrior-like entity and acts in the same way as Blade Blacksmith's Balance Breaker: Blade Knight Mass.
* **Parinayakaratana** (将軍宝パリナーヤカラタナ, *Parināyakaratana*) is the strongest ability of the seven orbs and has the ability to release waves of destructive energy that immensely outclassed that of Rias' Power of Destruction. It seems to have some sort of restriction on how often it can be used and some sort of requirement for activation.

## Trivia

* According to Ares, the spear was already a Longinus long before Jesus Christ was even born, though it only became known as the True Longinus after it was used by St. Longinus to pierce the Christ on the side.
* Due to the variety of powers it possesses, it can be placed into any category of Sacred Gear, safe for the Vritra's Sacred Gears.
* *Götterdämmerung* means "Twilight of the Gods", and is the German Translation of "Ragnarök".
* *Ratana* means "jewel" in the Pali language.
* Despite Siegfried calling the Truth Idea the Balance Breaker of the True Longinus, Azazel claimed that it is the "Will of the God from the Bible" and is entirely different from its original Balance Breaker.
* Cao Cao's names for his Subspecies Balance Breaker and Ratana jewels comes from Hindu origins.
	+ *Chakravartin* means Chakra "wheel" and vartin "one who turns", also referencing to an ideal ruler. Both him and Azazel references this after being activated for the first time.
* It used to be mistaken for the spear Gungnir wielded by Odin in Norse mythology by users in the Scandinavian subregion prior to the pre-Christianization of the area, much to the Biblical God and the Angels' amusement and Odin's embarrassment.