Nicole Sion Eltnam

*Another Wiseman's Blood*

Sutra Sion Eltnam *(Mother)* †

Joseph Sion Eltnam *(Father)*

Hermes Trismegistus *(Ancestor)*

**Nicole Sion Eltnam** *(ニコール・シオン・エルトナム Nikōru Shion Erutonamu)* is a powerful magician and an alchemist who perfected her alchemy to the state where she is able to turn her thoughts into reality. She is the first enemy Eiichiro faces after meeting Felicity, with Nicole introducing Eiichiro to his new life of defeating magicians and evil scientists. She is a businesswoman who provides all the magical items to CERBERUS for their missions, she is also the first Left Head Member although at the time it wasn't called as such.

Nicole didn't officially joined CERBERUS until it's actual formation. Before that, she was just an informant and a frenemy who would occasionally visit him in Academy City to help him in his missions (as the Academy City Board of Directors and UN Magic Cabal already have eyes on him for defeating a powerful alchemist).

## Personality

When Eiichiro first met Nicole, he described her as having a seriously menacing air surrounding her. She has been known to toy with the lives of her opponents if she finds them "amusing" enough. She is extremely smug and likes to boast and gloat, as well as underestimate her opponents due to her achievements in Alchemy. However she was never like this, she originally wanted to be a doctor so that she can help her dying brother and father unknowing that they were both cursed by her sister and mother.

She has a caring side to her, which she shows only to her family, later to Eiichiro and the rest of CERBERUS. Which was displayed often before her defeat by Eiichiro, especially when taking care of her family. Her stern look softens and she seems to have taken a more intimate tone of voice, like how one actually talks to a family member. She has also shown to taking a mother like figure role to Eiichiro before he reunited with Nana, even after their reunion she tends to argue a lot with Nana on who was the better mother. She also has a master-student relationship with Akiko who sees her as a role model in terms of becoming a successful person.

Despite her kindness, she also has casual disregard for the well-being and lives of other people around her, especially the ones who she barely ever cares about. This was shown on full display when she didn't care for the lives of the people she used to create the False Philosopher's Stone and the time when willing to use the students of Academy City to cast the Gregorian Chant that will enable her more power over the Ars Magna. She also doesn't have any disregard to her own well-being, being described by Academy City's General Director as a magician who studies magic like a mad scientist.

Eiichiro has definitely made some changes in her views of the world. For one, his existence as a **Level 6 Magic God Hybrid** by itself is an impossible one which completely takes her by surprise and close to insanity from trying to figure out how it was done. Another is the respect she owes Eiichiro for dispelling the curse that was brought about her brother and father and exposing her sister and mother's plan to her. It is at this point that she starts to show an ample amount of respect for Eiichiro, it is hinted that she likes him but it is not confirmed.

## Appearance

Nicole is a busty slender woman in her thirties. She has dark, wavy long hair that mostly rests on her left shoulder, and narrow golden eyes that seem to peer into the soul of those who incur her wrath. She is mostly seen wearing a beige blazer jacket accompanied with a beige pencil skirt, which is worn over a black tank top that shows off a bit of cleavage.

After her defeat her face retains it's stern and distinguished look, however she no longer has any lingering sadness that was there before her defeat. Currently her stern look is complemented by the way she dresses, wearing a white suit over a black dress shirt and wearing a white tie, although from time-to-time she switches between white business trousers and a white pencil skirt. She also wears black high heels.

## Powers and Abilities

### Alchemy

Nicole is a master at the sub-branch of magic known as **Alchemy** *(錬金術 Renkinjutsu)*, as she started at the tender age of 8 and has spent the majority of her years practicing and perfecting the art. She has full understanding of chemistry and ancient alchemical theory, and also has a sort of natural talent towards recognizing and manipulating the physical objects with magical energy, which by itself showcases uncommon levels of intelligence and aptitude within. She has also shown the ability to process information and comprehend matter and it's molecular structure with really quick speeds, as the sequence of manipulating and altering matter when using the Transmutation Circle is usually described as:

1. **Comprehension** - Understanding the inherent structure and properties of the atomic or molecular makeup of a particular material to be transmuted
2. **Deconstruction** - Using magical energy to break down the physical structure of the identified material into a more malleable state so as to be easily reshaped into a new form.
3. **Reconstruction** - Utilizing magical energy to reform the deconstructed material into a new shape for any usage in any situations.

Her goal is related to her Magic Name, **Excessit797**. Excessit is latin for "Transcend", which shows her goal of transcending humanity and reach the Divine Will of the Heavens. Something that she shares with the researchers of Academy City and Alyssha Vorthinzeitn, all of which who share the dream of attaining the right to divinity and transcend past humanity. As one of the teachings is that alchemy is not only that of turning lead into gold, but also a process in which one can make a natural body into perfection, the process being called Magnum opus or Ars Magna - put it another way, that humans are incomplete gods and through training and making one complete, humans can become gods. She understands multiple alchemical structures and theories that she is able to use them in battle and in daily life.

* **Transmutation Circle***(錬成陣 Renseijin, lit. Circle of Alchemy)*: The Transmutation Circle was created by Nicole to compensate for her reluctance of using the power of her Stigmata. In order to begin an alchemical transmutation without the usage of her Stigmata, a symbol called a Transmutation Circle is necessary, without it transmutation is impossible. The circle itself is a conduit which focuses and dictates the flow of magical energy. Inside the circle are specific alchemical runes. These runes vary widely based on ancient alchemical studies, texts, and experimentation. The circles can either be drawn on the spot when a transmutation is necessary or permanently etched or inscribed beforehand.
* **Flash Air** *(フラッシュ・エア Frashu Eiir, lit. Spatial Displacement)*: Flash Air is a displacement spell that substitutes something for something else. Derived from Alchemy, the system has a fundamental rule that the replacement will always suffer from degradation. An example of it's usage is Nicole's ability to change the relations of door and windows in a building, allowing for her to be changed in an instant to confuse enemies. Displacing a portion of space can place hostile projectiles behind her enemy, allow for her own projectiles to change trajectory by shifting space, allowing for her to have her limbs appear anywhere, and make her enemy's own sword swings hit them from behind.
* **Memory Partition** *(分割思考 Bunkatsu Shikō, lit. Split Thinking)*: Memory Partition is an ability used by Nicole and is usually paired with Thought Acceleration. It is the ability to partition her thoughts to form multiple independent thought processes. While normal people can only have a single "room" in their brain and focus on one thought, she can create multiple rooms in her head. As such her mind is capable of carrying out multiple highly complex calculations and thought processes all at once. Nicole uses it to calculate her opponents movements in battle, think out multiple separate ideas at once, and calculate data she gathers.
* **Thought Acceleration** *(高速思考 Kōsoku Shikō, lit. Fast thinking)*: Thought Acceleration is an ability used by Nicole and is usually paired with Memory Partition. It is a spell that allows her to process information at incredible speeds, allowing her to analyze and come to conclusions at an unprecedented rate and perceive everything at a faster time frame. Combined with her Memory Partition Spell, Nicole is able to calculate at extremely quick speeds. This gives Nicole a computation process that almost reaches Eiichiro's level of computation processing, although still drastically weaker. Her computation process can more or less be compared to Azusa in her female form.
* **False** **Philosopher's Stone** *(偽・賢者の石 Nise Kenja no Ishi, lit. Red Stone Replica)*: The False Philosopher's Stone is not the same as the Operation Orb that was created by Yuiichiro, the process of creation is the same in that it requires huge amounts of human souls. It acts as a powerful transmutation amplifier, allowing her to bypass the equivalent exchange rule by substituting matter and energy for human souls. Being that it is merely a replica of the Philosopher Stone that Eiichiro created, the powers of the stone itself are not unlimited, and only appears to allow an alchemist to bypass equivalent exchange as long as the stone still has human souls stored within it.
* **Stigmata of Trismegistus** *(聖痕のクェイサー Seikon no Kueisā, lit. The Qwaser of Stigmata)*: As a direct descendant of Hermes Trismegistus, she acquired his Stigmata as a birthmark in the shape of an alchemical rune located on her upper left breast. The Stigma is based on paintings that depict the Virgin Mary breastfeeding baby Jesus. By purposefully misinterpreting the act as the milk from which baby Jesus drank from possessing divine powers, she is able to manipulate electrons, molecular vibrations and atomic bonding of elements from the Periodic Table without the need of a Transmutation Circle by drinking milk from a woman's breasts or drinking sperm from a man's penis.
* **Wiseman's Blood** *(賢者の血 Kenja no Chi, lit. Blood of the Wiseman)*: Wiseman's Blood is the enchanted blood of Nicole's mother and sister that she acquired after finding out their supposed plan to usurp the throne of the Sion Eltnam and all of it's fortune for themselves. She then imbued herself with their blood to increase her alchemy and enable more abilities to her. With Wiseman's Blood, Nicole can transform into and shape her metal form as desired to adapt to varying situations. She is also able to use it in conjunction with her stigmata to be able to gather electron particles and fire them as a Charged Particle Beam that is described to be similar to that of Meltdowner.
* **Limen Magna** *(瞬間錬金 Shunkan Rensei, lit. Instant Alchemy)*: In normal conditions, the basic procedures for the alchemy of turning lead into gold are very bothersome and quite expensive, which results in the final product being of little reward in comparison to the process that was done to achieve it. By collecting and condensing ambient magical energy in the air and ley lines, she can have the process of turning something into gold become instant. Even though it's not nearly as impressive as Ars Magna, it is still something beyond the current limits of modern alchemy, even thought it's just doing something that's being done in a new manner.
* **Ars Magna** *(黄金練成 Ōgon Rensei, lit. Golden Training)*: Ars Magna is a magic spell that allows Nicole to turn her thoughts and imaginations into a reality. After sufficient concentration, Nicole has to verbally express a command to initiate the effects that she desires. Of course, while Ars Magna allows her to materialize her very thoughts into reality, it does not actually enable her to alter the laws of reality. Normally, Ars Magna would usually be impossible, but by utilizing the Gregorian Choir to chant the required words simultaneously, she was able to bypass the time required to chant the spell in only a mere three hours as well as increase its effects 120 times.

### Gregorian Chant

Nicole Sion Eltnam could replicate the use of the Roman Catholic Church's *Gregorio's Chant* by using mind controlled magicians or non-magicians, as a substitute for the 3,333 monks needed for the spell. It is apparent that the more members of the choirs have, the more powerful the spell would become. 3,333 monks alone is powerful enough to result in a bombardment spell that can raze a multi-story building. She has shown to mind control the people around her to chant 120 years worth of chanting in only 3 hours to give her access to Ars Magna and also have them chant another 60 years worth of chanting to be able to use Limen Magna. After joining CERBERUS, she made a deal with Chinatsu to continue providing funds to CERBERUS and she would provide PARASYTER Clones so that she does not need to hire many people and can keep the money all to herself and use them to continue creating more False Philosopher's Stone. The PARASYTER Clones can also act as a substitute for the 3,333 Monks needed for the Gregorian Chant.

## Trivia

Nicole Sion Eltnam's family name Sion Eltnam refers to Sion Eltnam Atlasia from the *Tsukihime* Franchise. As Sion Eltnam is an alchemist, the name seemed fitting. Her abilities are also inspired from the alchemical structures of other anime such as *Seikon no Qwaser*'s Qwasers; *Fullmetal Alchemist*'s State Alchemists; and Kou Amatsukasa from *Strike the Blood*.

#### Some extra non-relevant information regarding Nicole Sion Eltnam that were not added above:

* Her business was originally developed to support Eiichiro and CERBERUS.
* She developed a love for money after her business became even more successful, extending to both the magic and non-magic societies. She even planned to have Eiichiro help her by creating new scientific ideas.
* She has an unusual fetish for money, and likes to boast her huge amount of money to CERBERUS and specifically Eiichiro as revenge for him punching her in the face during their first battle.
* She doesn't read smut very often, but when she does she likes to read mother and son erotic manga.
* More often than not, she likes to end her sentences with "Zamatsu~".

Once every four months, the members at CERBERUS undergo a physical check-up from Academy City and United Nations of Magic Society to record the health and status of the members. These are her recorded physical statistics:

* Recorded Weight: 52kg
* Three Size Measurements: 96 (Bust) • 62 (Waist) • 87 (Hips)
* Recorded Physical Strength: 60kg (Squat) • 90kg (Hinge) • 20kg (Push) • 20kg (Pull) • 100kg (Carry)
* Body Type: Hourglass
* Body Fat Percentage: 17% Body Fat