Construct Ribbon

Users: | * Thapoli's Warband
* Sword of Laeradr Members
* Obsidian Dragons
* Molly McIntyre

**Construct Ribbon** is a type of enchanted ribbon in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*.

## Description & Characteristics

A testament of Thapoli's technological advancement prior to Helena The Great Inventor's days, Construct Ribbon is a very versatile equipment at hands of magic users with creativity. Appearing as long, segmented alluminium gray metallic strip made of alchemically processed Orichalconium, the Ribbon can be used to create a perimeter to detect intruders who crossed through it, to trap or attack the enemies and true to its namesake, be magically formed into constructs such as weapons and armor. The constructs can be disassembled at will and if a target is impaled by the Ribbon spear, it can be unraveled with enough force to swiftly tear it apart. The Ribbon can be easily tied to other objects, such as throwing knives, to control their course of flight when thrown, thus taking the enemy by surprise. It can also be used to patch up broken structures and infused with spells to increase its effectivity.

Thanks to its ability to absorb and store magic energy like spellstones, Construct Ribbon can be formed into staves/wands to cast magic with.

Over time, Construct Ribbon undergone improvements to increase its flexibility and efficiency. Not only later iterations can be formed into objects with moving parts (ex. simple locks, mundane firearms, automatons), but also responsive to the user's fuel spirit not unlike Dragon Armor, Solais Metal-based constructs, and Shiny Rod albeit at lesser degree. Such development opened up the possibility to create cheaper alternative to both Dragon Armors and Valkyrie Armors which had since exclusive to Obsidian Dragons and Valkyrie Corps. respectively, culminating to the invention of Raider Armor.

Despite its improvements, a critical weakness Construct Ribbon possesses is its quantity; lacking the ability to self-replicate, the Ribbon must be manufactured in large amounts to create proportionally large and/or numerous constructs. While a damaged Construct Ribbon-formed construct can be restored by reforming it anew, repeated process will cause its Ribbon composition to brittle and eventually falls apart. The Ribbon is also vulnerable to damage in its normal state, which further exacerbated by its greater susceptibility to magical impurities compared to Solais Metal; as long as the user keep it repaired (which includes periodical purification), however, there is no situation it cannot be useful in.

### Variations

#### Draconic Construct Ribbon

A variation of Construct Ribbon which infused with shed scales of Crystaltail Dragons, giving it its characteristic scale-like pattern and affinity to the Dragons' elements; fire, ice, and lightning. In addition of superior durability and greater resistance to magical impurities, this variant possesses self-repairing ability derived from Crystaltail Dragons' regenerative power, making its maintenance requirements less strict.

For this reason, Draconic Construct Ribbon is ideal for construction of Drekar-class Flying Longships.

#### Moonlight Construct Ribbon

A variation of Construct Ribbon infused with Moonlight Shard, giving the latter's characteristic moonstone blue color and ability to channel and manipulate lunar energies. As with Draconic Construct Ribbon, it has superior durability and greater resistance to magical impurities than regular Construct Ribbon as well as self-repairing ability. Owing to its ability to absorb moonlight to replenish its lunar energy reserves, Moonlight Construct Ribbon's overall performance is relative to the phases of moon, in which the Ribbon is at its strongest during the full moon.

### Equipment That Uses Construct Ribbon

#### Construct Ribbon Gun

Construct Ribbon Gun is a special equipment to conveniently employ Construct Ribbon with and designed after a tape gun. By pressing the trigger, the user can fire the ribbon for variety of purposes and even magically shaped it into constructs mid-air.

#### Construct Ribbon Ballista

Construct Ribbon Ballista is a large turret that hold twin giant spools of Construct Ribbon that can be formed into ballista to deploy artillery strikes with. At full power, said ballista possesses enough firepower to "pierce a hole through mountains."

## Pics Gallery

Construct Ribbon TurretsConstruct Ribbon Gun