Diva

**Diva** (ディーヴァ, *Dīva*) is the main antagonist of *Blood+* and is the younger sister of Saya. She is the greatest sworn enemy of the Red Shield and, like Saya, is a pure blooded Chiropteranqueen born from the Chiropteran Mummy.

## Appearance

Diva bore a great resemblance to Saya, and only differentiating from her sister with the fairer shade of her skin tone, her striking blue eyes and, for most of the series, the way she had kept her black hair waist long and the way she wore simple yet elegant dresses which used the colors blue and white and beige lips.
According to Ted A. Adams, a defected Delta 67 scientist, claimed that Diva was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and also just as dangerous[18].However, after killing Riku, Diva took his form and later used it to mock Saya. In this form Diva wore her hair short similar to pixie cut, the body structure the same as Riku's despite her being female she does not wear lipstick in this form either.

### Chiropteran Appearance

When Diva goes into Chiropteran mode her eyes glow bright blue, her pupils resemble slits surrounded by a light blue iris.
Her nails become long and sharp, and her fangs become much more prominent and, like Saya, her lips darken.

## Personality

Through out the series, Diva had been essentially a child in both personality and actions with a psychopathic streak of selfishness, which led her to become the younger one of the two, Saya and her, despite being twins and born at the same time. Having been locked in the tower and tested on while her older sister was treated otherwise, Diva came to hate humans for how she was treated. However, at the end of the series, it was clearly shown that all Diva ever wanted was to have a family of her own.

Unlike Saya, Diva held a very sadistic nature, killing for pleasure rather than for duty, the result of the negligence she went through and being raised by Amshel. Due to her upbringing, Diva had her ruthless nature wrapped in her child-like demeanor, giggling after killing people. She tended to destroy things when she grew bored of them and showed very little reaction to the deaths of her own Chevalier as well as seeming to enjoy tormenting Saya.

She was shown to always engage in playful threats on her enemies, such as teasing David that she could eat him alive or, in Kai's case, extending an offer of becoming a Chevalier so he could be with Saya.

Prior to being released from the tower and the locked room she inhabited for fifty years, Diva had been unable to speak, communicating to Saya only telepathically. Just before Saya opened the door, Diva mentioned that she was scared, the only sign of fear she ever mentioned throughout the series. However, despite this, she remained aloof, showing no surprise when Saya unlocked the door and showing no joy when she killed the people at the Zoo.

Probably due to her great abilities as a full-blooded Chiropteran queen, Diva was shown to be quite fearless, even when Saya came at her with the intent to kill. She never once showed any sign of cowardice, only being afraid to go outside alone before she was let out, possibly because of her imprisoned life in her early years.

However, very much like her sister, Diva's personality gradually began to change once she learned to love someone.

## Skills

**Singing:** Diva was a born singer; in fact, her name comes from her singing ability. Saya heard her sing and henceforth called her 'the singing Diva'. In Diva's first concert, many claim her to be "the Diva of the century". When heard live, her song is able to increase the chance of humans turning into chiropterans who had ingested Cinq Flèches products infected with the Delta-67 agent from 3% to a 100% likelihood. Only Nathan wanted Diva to continue performing and become a star while Amshel wished to use the skill to create more chiropteran.

**Sword-fighting:** Although she has not received training to fence like Saya, she has shown quite flexible movements wielding longsword during her final battle with Saya.

## Exceptional Abilities

**Strength:** Diva has enhanced strength due to her being a chiropteran queen. Even a chevalier is likely to face mortal wounds if she attacks. It is affirmed by Nathan when he sees Diva beat Solomon for daring to try hurt her and her children. In fact, she may well be the most physically powerful character in Blood+, as she is the only chiropteran queen who feeds freely on blood. At one point she throws Saya through the wall of the Zoo tower while holding Riku with enough brute strength that the impact upon Saya's subsequent landing causes the ground to cave in beneath her.

**Speed:** Diva shows to be highly agile to the point that it can seem that she can teleport. Her speed stirs up fear as shown when she attacked the Red Shield HQ. Diva is fast to the point that it is nearly instantaneous and her movements (when perceived) are depicted as a blur: after knocking Saya through the wall of the tower, she appears seemingly out of nowhere next to Lewis. She is also able to evade Hagi's attack when he throws his cello case at her as she prepares to kill Saya, and reappears moments later next to Solomon.

* **Senses:** Diva has extremely sharp hearing, best displayed when she tracked Riku down at the Red Shield HQ by the sound of his heartbeat.

**Flight:**Diva can perform long distance jump similar to flight if considered the way Saya jumps. She rarely uses it since she likes to rely on her chevaliers to take her wherever she wants.

**Telepathy:**Diva shows this ability communicating with chevaliers if necessary. But mostly she uses it to find Riku on Red Shield ship. She listens to his heartbeat and follows it. Diva possibly possesses a telepathic connection to Saya and vice-versa as she is shown to be capable of verbally communicating with Saya without knowing how to speak, and could have utilized this to match Saya in swordplay at the opera house, as she did not appear to have much experience beforehand.

**Telekinesis:** Diva is implied to be telekinetic; she shatters a window at one point with no apparent movement other than smiling.

**Voice:**Her mesmerizing voice was not only a sheer talent but also a power that controls, awakens and attracts chiropterans. Her voice also intrigues Saya and drives her to frenzy, awakening her chiropteran mode. When trying to convince Kai to join her, she even manages to mimic Riku's voice.

**Physical Transformation:** Diva's impersonation of Riku in the latter half of the series demonstrates that she can alter her physical features, though this ability seems limited in comparison to other chiropterans' transformation abilities. She then resumes her default appearance before her duel with Saya at the Metropolitan Opera House, even regaining her long hair. Most likely, Diva also used this power to impersonate the Grand Duchess Anastasia in 1918.

**Psychological Overpowering:** Diva has a severe psychological effect on her enemies: Hagi's chiropteran hand begins shaking at one point when he senses her presence, during the first half of the series Saya freezes up when she hears Diva's song, Riku is paralyzed with fear when she corners him on the Red Shield HQ (though the explanation in the light novels is that his own chiropteran biology rendered him immobile and unable to resist her), and she intimidates Lewis badly enough during a brief encounter that he sweats and falls down when she steps close to him.

**Blood Attributes:**

* **Regeneration**: Diva has the usual ability to heal herself from any normal injuries almost instantly.

* **Anti-aging**: Her special blood stops her growth after aging 16 years, the same as her sister Saya. That was why she maintains the appearance of a teenage girl even though she is at least 173+ years old.

* **Producing Chevaliers**: When her blood enters the bloodstream of a human who has lost most of their blood,  it has the effect of turning them into Diva's chevalier, as demonstrated with Solomon and Karl.

* **Possible Power Drainage**: After she turns Amshel into her first chevalier, she spends only a few years awake from periodically entering a 30-year hibernation cycle, before which she experiences a slow in her regenerative abilities and bouts of fainting spells.

* **Crystallization**: When mixed with Saya's blood, Diva's blood crystallizes, which is lethal to her. In turn, her blood can crystallize Saya and her chevaliers. She didn't know that Riku was Saya's chevalier and gave him her blood as a return gift for being impregnated, thus bringing about his death.

* **Conceiving:**Queens lose their blood powers when they conceive. Diva, having forcefully mated with Riku, unknowingly loses her power to kill her sister. This was known to Nathan only and he explains it to Saya when Diva dies. On her final duel with Saya, she plunges her sword loaded with her blood into Saya and simultaneously gets impaled by Saya. However, only Diva begins to crystallize and dies.

## Weaponry

Diva does not usually use any weapons (since she does not require any). But she is shown to wield a long sword during her final battle with Saya where something was required to cut and inject her blood into the opposing queen.

## Diva's Wardrobe

The main antagonist, Diva, having five wealthy chevaliers at her disposal, showcases several exclusive attires throughout the series:

1. White long dress with blue ribbon across the waist and matching blue shoes
	* Used in:
		+ Episode 20
		+ Episode 23
		+ Episode 24
		+ Episode 30
		+ Episode 31
2. Midnight blue gown with grey ribbon across waistline
	* Used in:
		+ Episode 26
3. White taffeta dress with frills and blue bordered fringes
	* Used in:
		+ Episode 27
		+ Episode 31
		+ Episode 32
		+ Episode 36
4. White top and blue scarf with a blue rose; navy-blue shorts and shoes.
	* Used in:
		+ Episode 34
		+ Episode 35
		+ Episode 36
		+ Episode 38
		+ Episode 40
		+ Episode 42
		+ Episode 44
		+ Episode 46
		+ Episode 47
		+ Episode 48
5. Dark blue dress with black bat-wings and a collar with a blue rose and white ribbons.
	* Used in:
		+ Episode 48
		+ Episode 49

## TMNT X Pokemon

Diva is one of the many villains you'll face throughout the game. On the difficulty scale, she is somewhat easy to defeat.

## Trivia

* All of Diva's Chevaliers (sans Grigori and Martin), are each named after members of the historical aristocratic Rothschild family.
* Because of Diva being raised by Amshel and her viewing him as a father figure, fans have given her the Goldsmith surname.
* Diva's chevaliers are usually seen with belongings that are blue (possibly to signify their loyalty to their queen), such as Amshel's Ring, Solomon's Jaguar convertible, and even their cellphones[1] [2] .
* Diva's astrological sign is Leo.
* Diva is associated with blue roses,while Saya is associated with pink roses.