Incinerate Anthem

**Temporary Wielders**

* Tobio Ikuse
* Guy Fawkes
* Shell Thropp
* Walburga Belgrave

**Incinerate Anthem**, also known as the **Chief Mourner's Crucified Stand of Purple Flame**, is the 9th of the original Longinus. It has the power to manipulate fire, especially powerful purple-colored holy flames.

## Overview

The **True Cross** are the physical remnants which, by the tradition of some Christian churches, are said to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.

According to historians, Empress Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, travelled to the Holy Land and discovered the hiding place of three crosses that were believed to have been used at the crucifixion of Jesus and the two thieves executed with him. To one cross was affixed the titulus bearing Jesus's name, but Helena was not sure until a miracle revealed that this was the True Cross.

Many churches possess fragmentary remains that are by tradition alleged to be those of the True Cross. While the bulk of Roman Catholic and Orthodox believers recognize them as genuine pieces of the cross of Christ, their authenticity is disputed by other Christians, mainly Protestants.

The acceptance and belief of the True Cross tradition of the early Christian Church is generally restricted to the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, and the Church of the East. The medieval legends that developed concerning the provenance of the True Cross differ between Catholic and Orthodox tradition.

## Summary

Incinerate Anthem is the ninth of the original Longinus, exceptionally powerful Sacred Gears that have the potential to kill immortal gods and even destroy the world. It is considered the opposite of Absolute Demise, which can create ice and snow so cold that they could freeze time itself.

It is considered to be one of the **Holy Relics**, alongside the Holy Lance, the Holy Chalice, the Holy Nails, the Crown of Thorns, and the Shroud of Turin. It is known as the **True Cross**, the same cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified.

It is an Independent Avatar-type Sacred Gear that can take on the form of any object or being the cross is bound to, after which it can be transferred to a temporary wielder even if the current wielder hasn't died. According to Azazel, the Longinus itself doesn't need a living "trueborn" host to activate, but rather a compatible one, similar to the current Regulus Nemea.

The most famous former wielder of Incinerate Anthem was Sir Kay, one of the original Knights of the Round Table and the foster brother of King Arthur. Another famous wielder of this Longinus was Guy Fawkes, who was infamously known for his involvement with the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

## Appearance

Incinerate Anthem appears as a giant cross shrouded in purple flames, which is roughly 10-meters in height. When an object or being is bound to the flaming cross, the fire will quickly burn them to the point where no ashes remain and slowly morph into a giant version of that object or being.

## Abilities

Incinerate Anthem grants the wielder the power to create, shape, and manipulate all forms and every type of fire, as well as having an absolute control of the temperature of the fire at will, allowing them to create and control flames whose heat that go beyond Planck Level and defy the very laws of hyper-thermodynamics. They can also turn fire into tools, objects, weapons, and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures or buildings of varying permanence.

The most powerful fire it can generate, as well as its most well-known power, is the ethereal purple-colored holy fire, which is extremely effective against dark and/or demonic creatures and can burn anything, even non-flammable, incorporeal, or conceptual things such as time or existence. As opposed to regular or magic-infused fire, these purple flames are indistinguishable and absolute, and as such, they can cause tremendous natural/supernatural effects of fire, such as crown wildfires, firestorms, solar flares, hypernovas, heatwaves, etc.

Because of this, the Longinus allows the wielder to manipulate the underlying foundation of the concept of fire or the concepts associated with it, such as passion and charisma. Not even those who possess resistance to fire/heat are protected from them as they will be completely bypassed due to its sheer potency and divine nature.

While the purple flame can burn for eternity, possibly outlasting even time and space, it can be extinguished, either by itself if the wielder commands so, or with two kinds of special water: The water of life collected from the Fourth Heaven or the tainted water collected from the territory of Leviathan within the Ring of Envy in the Underworld. However, if the wielder imbues their life-force into the purple flames, not even these special waters will be able to put them out.

Like other holy relics, it can be used to influence and manipulate the mind of followers of the Abrahamic religions, especially devout Christians, and if any controlled victim tries to resist or actively rebel against the wielder's command, their mind will be immediately destroyed beyond saving and they will fall into a persistent vegetative state.

## Techniques

### Fire Giants

Shell Thropp possessed the ability to manifest a 50-meters tall giant made out of purple flames to aid him in battle. The giant was powerful enough to fight equally agagainst Lavinia Reni's Ice Princess, and could use the physical manifestation of the Incinerate Anthem as a club during close-quarter combat, as well as a long-ranged weapon by launching fireballs and other pyrokinetic artillery at opponents.

He seemed to required these chants to manifest the giant:

## Forms

### Incinerate Antiphona Calvario

**Incinerate Antiphona Calvario** (最終審判者による覇焔の裁きインシネレート・アンティフォナ・カルヴァリオ, *Inshinerēto Antifona Karuvario*), also known as the **Blazing Verdict by the Final Judge**, is Walburga Belgrave's Sub-Species Balance Breaker. It has the ability to manifest different forms depending on the souls that she uses. The forms are able to move independently from her and acted more like a familiar than a bounded soul.

* She used half of the soul of Yamata no Orochi, the Evil Dragon from Japanese mythology, in her fight against team D×D. It took the form of a 100-meters long eight-headed serpentine dragon crucified to a cross while appearing to be made entirely of purple holy flames. It could breathe out flames and continuously regenerate its heads.

### Pluvia Aurea Sanguinis

**Pluvia Aurea Sanguinis** (燃える天国の黄金の木プラビア・アウレーア・サンギニズ, *Purabia Aurēa Sanginizu*), also known as the **Golden Tree of the Burning Heavens**, is Hadrian Marbrand's Crest Side Balance Breaker. It creates a giant world tree with golden bark and leaves made of purple flames, and upon commands will transform into a giant cannon that repeatedly fires extremely explosive fruits that can track down his opponents.

Upon ascending to a High-class angel, this Balance Breaker upgraded and Hadrian can now create up to ten trees simultaneously, with the fruits' destructiveness further strengthen to the point that they "make atomic bombs look like some firecrackers".

## Trivia

* It has a consciousness inside of it, which is only referred to as the Chief Mourner.
	+ Later on, it's revealed to be a fragment of Judas Iscariot' consciousness and memories.
* "Pluvia Aurea Sanguinis" means "Rain of Golden Blood".
* Antiphon has the meaning of "ecclesiastical" which means: of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular. Calvario has the meaning of "torment" so what Antiphon Calvario means in relation to the Incinerate Anthem's power is "Holy Torment".