Thea Marshall

**Mentors**

* Amanthi

Fragments:

* Wind based (Peak)

“*I- I just want to become stronger. I wanted to hit faster, kill my enemies before they could kill me or my family. I want to become more powerful to stand at the peak. I don't want to be a nobody*." **Chapter 536**

## Summary

She hates being looked down on (**Chapter 138**) and has a bit of a short fuse (**Book 2 Chapter 27**). According to Zac she is the more introverted one (**Chapter 226**) and she laments her lacking conversational skills (**Chapter 536**). She is fiercely competitive (**Chapter 223, 293, 607**) and becomes a completely different person when it comes to business according to Calrin (**Chapter 295**).

She has been described as being both a fighting idiot (**Chapter 582**) and a cultivation maniac (**Chapter 660**). Living on the edge of life and death is something she finds exhilarating (**Chapter 536**) and an oddly freeing feeling (**Chapter 683**) and at least based on her Tutorial experience she excels in such environments (**Chapter 536**).

Thea was smart, driven, and she cared for the people around her. She had an aura that inspired confidence even when she didn’t say anything (**Chapter 616**).

During the Technocrat Mystic Realm she felt she had lost her momentum because of Zac being too powerful (**Chapter 581**). She had mentally "given up" a bit until getting woken up again by the Inheritance Trial. So she wanted to push forward again so as to not lose that feeling .

Despite this seeming awakening she still compares herself unfavourably with Zac (**Chapter 683**) and had seemingly lost the feeling being implied to be equating Emily's feeling of being stifled by being stuck on Port Atwood with her own (**Chapter 660**) with Leandra suggesting that she felt trapped on Zac's island (**Chapter 683**).

She would be the one to choose the direction, even if that meant her journey ended earlier. **Ch 1,169**

### Family

She gets frantic in situations involving the safety of her family but tries to hide it under a guise of disdain (**Chapter 139**). Her family is incredibly important to her and she would stand with them against any challenge (**Chapter 230**).

She reached a crisis point in her mind when she realised she couldn't keep dancing around, balancing progress with the burdens of her family (**Chapter 536**) and has declared that she is not staying behind any longer and moving forward as well (**Chapter 544**). This has resulted in her developing what Ogras refers to as a masochistic streak (**Chapter 568**).

Leandra sensed that her love for Zac was real, but her allegiance to her clan was stronger (**Chapter 664**)

### Hobbies

She has a liking for kitsch and weird memorabilia that she is embarrassed to admit to (**Chapter 264**).

### Life before the Fall

A year before the activation of the Undead terraforming Array, she was simply running a small non-profit that rescued stray animals, mostly with the help of her family’s vast wealth. She knew nothing about warfare and leadership. **Chapter 392**

Her life had lacked any drive and goals before, with everything she could dream of readily handed to her. **Chapter 536**

## Appearance

She appeared somewhere in her twenties standing at over 170 cm, and possessed of an almost feline grace, Zac describes her as beautiful, but not overly so with the most memorable thing about her being her piercingly blue eyes (**Chapter 130**). Ogras on the other hand considers her a bit plain (**Chapter 131**). She had a few shallow scars on her hands and face and her blonde hair, at least at the time of the New Washington Auction, was shoulder length and kept in a practical tight braid (**Book 2 Chapter 18**)

Following the Inheritance her body was covered in sword scars forming angry red lines that seemed to refuse to disappear (**Chapter 544**). Her scars have been stated to be fading though it is unclear whether this is from comprehending the Sword Intent, upgrading her race to D-grade or simply from getting access to better healing. Her piercing blue eyes had also gained an undeniable sharpness to them. Zac states it looked both dangerous and mesmerising, and he found himself almost lost in that deep blue (**Book 6 Ch 36**).

## Death

Leandra used Thea as a lightning rod to divert and exhaust the tribulation summoned by Kenzie's attempt to evolve Jeeves to E-grade/Stage 2 (**Chapter 664**). The heavens striking her down resulted in her being considered dead as far as the System was concerned (**Chapter 683**). This can be seen most prominently in the Blade Emperor Inheritance being reopened considering the rules Brazla outlined about how they function. For her "death" and the motivational effect it had on Zac, Leandra chose to "reward" her or rather balance Karma by giving her the opportunity afforded by being left on the Goldblade Continent. Live or die karma between her and Leandra would be severed.

### Return

Thea was retrieved from the Goldblade Continent by the Buddhist Sangha (**Chapter 956**), who are later revealed to be using the Karmic Debt, Zac feels he owes her, in order to find Seals for Ultom (**Chapter 1,044**).

## Race

* Thea is not a pure human according to Leandra (**Chapter 683**) as the ancestor of the Marshal clan was not from Earth (**Chapter 666**).
* Kirath referred to her as a **little chick** (**Bk 3 Ch 105**). Brazla called her the **little bird** (**Chapter 535**).
* During the Earth Mystic Realm she managed to get Tier-3 access (**Chapter 567**). Zac speculated that those who came from the Realm, wouldn’t be allowed to move about freely and no security system would hand out clearance to research subjects (**Chapter 581**). Zac himself failed to get access suggesting it denied access to all bloodline holders not just those who were being researched (**Chapter 567**).

## Cultivation

Zac described her as having a sharp aura during the Eastern Trigram Hunt (**Book 3 Ch. 6**) and her eyes had gained an undeniable sharpness to them after her experience in the Blade Emperor Inheritance (**Chapter 544**).

### Class

**Current Class:**

* **Unknown [D-???]** Chapter 1,044

**Former Classes:**

* **Unknown [E-Epic]** Chapter 660
	+ Thea returned from the Tower of Eternity and gained an E-grade Epic Class. She only had one Epic option out of three total, but it was still proof of her talent and the work she had put in during the first year of the integration. **Book 7 Ch 60**

* **Tempest Blade [F-Rare]** Chapter 536
	+ Thea described it as a Ranger/Assassin type class (**Chapter 219**) and it was first revealed to be a Rare class in **Chapter 85**
	+ She was lacking in raw firepower even with her upgraded weapon though, even worse than Ogras (E-grade), and she could only take out one or two cultists after staking her life (**Chapter 628**).

### Skills

* [D] Heaven's Ward - an escape skill (**Chapter 242**) confirmed upgraded to D grade (**Ch 1,169**).
* Sword Mastery **Bk 3 Ch 30**
* **Unknown** - a scouting skill that generates a chromatic field giving her information about her environment such as the nature and extent of an array (**Chapter 219**)
* Gale step - a movement skill (**Chapter 351**).
* Skyshroud - a stealth skill (**Chapter 229**)
* **Unknown** - an attack that summons tens of daggers above the enemy and drops them with incredible force and speed. Thea infused it with the Dao of Sharpness. **Chapter 232**
* Void Piercer - a beam composed of void energies (**Chapter 232**).
* **[Calm Seas]** - a mental defence skill (**Chapter 351**)
* **Unknown** - wind based attack that summons a tornado
	+ At the same moment a huge whirlwind erupted in the middle of the silver army, where Thea suddenly appeared. Everything within fifty meters from here was shredded into ribbons, and over a hundred silver corpses dissipated in an instant. **Chapter 228**
	+ An azure tornado swept forward out of nowhere as well, rippling through a series of the attacks that the cultists had launched toward the spatial gate. **Chapter 631**
* **[Windblade]** - Proficiency: Peak. An offensive skill unlocked in the tutorial (**Chapter 351**)

### Martial Prowess

* Zac felt her swordsmanship was a bit ostentatious, but he realized there was meaning behind every movement. Just slightly repositioning her shoulder or lifting her weapon a few degrees caused changes in the battlefield as the warriors instinctively responded. It was like she was a puppeteer who magically created openings in her opponents to deliver instant death. **Chapter 546**
* Thea reacted so quickly to a hint of killing intent that her sword left its sheath, unleashed an attack and was sheathed before Zac even had time to summon Verun’s Bite. **Chapter 582**
* It looked to Zac like Thea had added another weapon to her repertoire, with one focusing on large-scale battle and the other one on direct confrontation. **Chapter 607**
* She had a knack for timing, no matter whether you were talking about finding an opening to appear herself or silently assassinating unknowing warriors. She was like a gust of wind. By the time the gale had passed, you were already dead. **Chapter 628**
* It didn't look strong enough to cut through wood, let alone the reinforced scales of the crocodilian monstrosity. Yet, the greatest truths hid within the mundane, as they represented the true nature of the universe. The sword finished its arc, and the bus-sized head fell off. Even in its death, the Beast King hadn't noticed anything amiss. **Ch 1,169**

### Talent

* Regarding, Thea being a once in a millennia genius according to the Tutorial Pixies (**Chapter 85**) it is within the context of the planet. So she is the most talented person that can be expected to appear within a thousand years which might not be all that impressive in the scope of the Multiverse. Emily has been stated to be of equal talent to Thea.
* Irei described her as having passable technique, above average strength and decent control of her Dao but was disappointed in the purity of her Path although he *seemed* to accept her explanation of her goals (**Chapter 536**). Leandra calls her an above-average talent of a backwater sector (**Chapter 683**).
* Ogras saw a seed of potential blooming in her during the Earth Mystic Realm. He believed if she had a fortuitous encounter or two before evolving she would have a chance to make a name for herself in the sector in the future (**Chapter 628**).
* She'd barely made it to the end of the sixth floor of The Tower. Even that was largely thanks to Zac sparing no expense in terms of Array Breakers, talismans, and pills to push her as far as possible. **Bk 7 Ch 83**
* Amanthi told her that she she was just a kid, and it takes time to build a temple that can withstand the test of the ages. Her variegated background left her with some gaps that needed to be mended. He believed she would improve even quicker now that she'd found a more cohesive plan and some proper techniques. **Ch 1,044**

## Dao

### Current

* Branch of the Clouded Sword (**Ch 955**)
* Wind based Fragment

### Former

* Unnamed Sword Fragment
	+ achieved after 7 months at the Tower of Eternity Base Town witnessing Dao Apparitions and completing her own Tower run.
* Seed of Gust (**Bk 4 Ch 33**)
* Seed of Lightness (**Bk 4 Ch 33**)
* Seed of Sharpness (**Bk 4 Ch 33**)

### Intent

* Irei imparted her with a small amount of Sword Intent to guide her on the path of the sword and she could use it like mother dough to empower her strikes as long as she didn’t overuse it (**Chapter 544**) Zac felt that her Dao was improving at a rapid pace which might have been a result of incorporating the Sword Intent she gained inside the Inheritance (**Chapter 567**).
* As a result of resisting the effects of the Hallowed Elixir and various cultivation resources provided for her Thea has been able to manifest Intent of her own using it to ambush a middle stage Hegemon. She felt the Intent she manifested in that moment was even superior to the Intent Irei had left her (**Chapter 955**).

## Titles

* Chosen, Tutorial, Child of Dao, Apex Trainee,  Adventurer, Full of Class, Rarified Being, Butcher, One Against Many, Invasion Breaker, Progenitor, The First Step, Tower of Eternity - 5th Floor

### Potential titles

* Giantsbane, Disciple of David, Overpowered, The Second Step, Core

## Inheritance (Incomplete)

Zac rewarded her with the opportunity to undergo the Blade Emperor Inheritance for defending Port Atwood whilst he was in the Tower. Irei, The Blade Emperor, had her undergo two trials after passing the first she picked Aigale (**Chapter 536**). After passing the second trial, she exited the trial covered in sword wounds imbued with his Dao Intent to guide her on her **Path of the Sword** (**Chapter 544**).

## POV Chapters

* **Book 1**: Chapter 85
	+ 1st appearance
* **Book 2**: Chapter 26
	+ Figuring out Super Brother-Man's identity with the help of her grandfather
* **Book 3**: Chapters 29 and 46
	+ After the battle with Inevitability and learning Zac is still alive
	+ *Enjoying* Vasidas' hospitality
* **Book 4**: Chapter 33 and 74
	+ Battle against the Undead Horde
	+ Activation of the Undead Terraforming array and her decision to go to Port Atwood to seek Zac's aid
* **Book 6**: Chapter 28 and 39
	+ Entering the Blade Emperor Inheritance
	+ Witnessing Zac using Oblivion on Karath
* **Book 7**: Chapter 83
	+ Getting dumped on Goldblade and lectured by Leandra
* Chapter 955 - 956
	+ Summary of her adventures on Goldblade, finally being free from the clutches of the Hallowed Mother and signing up on a mission for the Buddhist Sangha
* Chapter 1,044
	+ Travelling with the Sangha, finally learning their true intentions and renegotiating the terms of their agreement.
* Chapter 1,169
	+ Encountering the Primordial
	+ Soultaker of the Anima Court
	+ Deciding to walk her own Path

1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593789035584159765/669106563964731422
2. ↑ Chapter 714
3. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593789035584159765/820320148623851580
4. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593784499846905876/838091208026357831
5. ↑ see Mastery Skills
6. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593789035584159765/737733960867643483
7. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593789035584159765/885212433231249458
8. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593789035584159765/1027271564636463215
9. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/593783253320597515/593789035584159765/856103643790573568.
10. ↑ She has a better version of this title which is down to her unlocking the Seed of Gust in the Tutorial (**Chapter 536**) and so unlocking a Dao Seed before Zac who unlocked his after the Tutorial (**Chapter 22**).
11. ↑ Chapter 536
12. ↑ Chapter 584
13. ↑ Chapter 683
14. ↑ Chapter 1,044