Ragna (Other Timelines)

**Ragna The Bloodedge** (ラグナ＝ザ＝ブラッドエッジ, **Raguna za Buraddoejji**), who is also known as the **Grim Reaper** (死神, **Shinigami**, God of Death), **Man of the Blue** (蒼の男, **Ao no Otoko**) and **Centralfiction** (神の観る夢, **Sentorarufikushon**, Dream Seen by God), is an SS-Class Rebel who originated from Arc System’s BlazBlue series. According to Hayato XII, an infinite number of people

## Ragna (Possibility-2466)

### Occupation

Vigilante
N.O.L. Rebel

## As A Villain

### Kill Count

No information

**Ragna The Bloodedge** (ラグナ＝ザ＝ブラッドエッジ, **Raguna za Buraddoejji**), also known as

### Appearance

Ragna has the exact same clothing as his counterpart with the exception of blond hair and green eyes.

### Personality

Personality-wise, This iteration of Ragna is full of angst and rage, as well as him being an over-protective brother, which is a complete 180 in contrast to his original counterpart, despite having bits of the same personality.

### History

Ragna has the exact same backstory as his original counterpart but with Terumi not appearing in his life, as well as Saya never getting sick, Jin never getting Crazy and etc.

## Possibility-

> I just did 80% of your job, huh? And that, that’s how you repay me?
>
> — Ragna to

## Ragna (Possibility-)

### Alias

Ragna the Bloodedge
Grim Reaper
The Black Beast

### Family

Unnamed Parents (Deceased)
Celica Ayatsuki Mercury  (foster mother)
Jin Kisaragi (brother)
Saya (sister)
Hakumen (brother; alternate timeline)

### Occupation

N.O.L. Rebel
Anti-Hero

### Skills

**Basically, all of his old powers:**
Magic powers
Azure Grimoire
Kenjutsu
Berserk mode
Superhuman strength
Superhuman speed
Swordsmanship
Scythe User
**Has new powers, such as:**
High Intelligence
Excellent in Hand-to-Hand Combat

### Hobby

Cooking
Fighting enemies

## As A Villain

### Kill Count

No information

**Ragna The Bloodedge** (ラグナ＝ザ＝ブラッドエッジ, **Raguna za Buraddoejji**), also known as

### Appearance

Ragna has the exact same clothing as his counterpart with the exception of

### Personality

Ragna has all the qualities of a rebellious 16-year old delinquent who’s willing to destroy an oppressive government just because it destroyed his own family; broody, aggressive, smart, taunting, abrasive, rude, and disdainful. Ragna never truly got over the death of his

However, behind this

### History

#### Early Childhood

A young Ragna, alongside Jin and Saya, were seen confined in a lab before they were eventually freed by Jūbei of the Six Heroes and taken to a church by Konoe Ayatsuki Mercury. There, Ragna, Jin and Saya were watched over by Konoe as they played hide and seek 10 days after being freed before Saya got sick and passed out. Ragna, who was 6-years old at the time, immediately decided to look after his youngest sibling, which in turn, spent less time with Jin, causing him to hate Saya as she spent more time with Ragna.

4 days after Saya got sick, the church was burnt down by Jin and Yūki Terumi, who managed to cut Ragna’s right arm off and leaving him for dead after Saya got kidnapped. At some point, Ragna was bitten by Rachel Alucard  to save his life and was later found by Jūbei, the beastman who left him at the church, where he proceeded to train Ragna on how to control the power of his newly acquired Azure Grimoire, which replaced his lost arm and repeatedly stated that although the item was a part of him now, the power was not his to command yet. For the next few years, Jūbei trained Ragna to control the power of the Blue and was periodically watched by Rachel, who requested Jūbei to take care of him. Ragna then decided that it is time to depart on his journey when his training was at last complete.

Before the three would part ways, Jūbei took Ragna to the burnt down church and handed Ragna two items once belonging to a hero named **Bloodedge**: his jacket and his large sword. Feeling the weight of the man that gave hope to the world and the Six Heroes, Ragna finally takes off, his training now complete.

Ragna has a deep hatred for the World Void Information Control Organization, and travels from city to city destroying their bases; due to this, he has become a world-known rebel and has the biggest bounty on his head, according to Jin. Despite this, he seems to travel through cities by night without much fear of being detected or captured by the Control Organization or any vigilantes.

#### The Attempts to Break Free

Ragna, now 16-years old, is seen trekking through the 9th Hierarchical City of Akitsu-Kō in the dead of night, Ragna noted how dull and unremarkable the city was until the looming figure of the Control Organization headquarters stood overhead. Coming close to the building, he was met with several officers issuing warnings for him to turn back; Ragna came too close and a trap designed for feral beasts was raised, however, he easily dispelled it. Ragna was met with dozens of armed Imperial Guards, but they were easily defeated as he blasted them and the gate down.

Leisurely walking down the interior of the branch, Ragna was eventually met with an army of 300 plus armed officers, awaiting him on the staircase connected to the central hall. He launched himself recklessly into the crowd, effortlessly massacring each and every soldier without much of a struggle from the opposition. Afterwards, Ragna descended into the area that contained the Kiln and effortlessly destroyed it. The weather control in the city was destroyed alongside the Gate.

Becoming slightly lost in the labyrinth that was the lower levels of the City, Ragna encountered Rachel, who teleported in front of him and gestured towards the northwest, whispering that he should go to the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. Rachel then abruptly left as Ragna managed to find his way out of the City. Shortly afterwards, Ragna earned his moniker – the “Grim Reaper”.

#### The Calamity Trigger

On the date 2199/12/31 AD, New Year’s Eve, Ragna traveled to the  13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi to destroy the Control Organization base located there. Along the way, he has a brief confrontation with his younger brother, Jin, inside the headquarters. After the fight he makes his way down to an elevator shaft that leads him straight down to the headquarters basement. There, he meets Hakumen of the Six Heroes and a lengthy battle ensues. As Ragna is about to lose, he activates his Blue Grimoire to tap into the power of the Blue and is able to defeat Hakumen.

He then arrives at the battle between Noel Vermillion and Nu-13. Right before her death blow, Ragna intervenes and saves Noel, but cannot defeat Nu, either. Noel then saves Ragna from being taken by Nu, who wanted to fuse and jump into the Kiln with him. Rachel then appears and tells Ragna that Noel is the new “eye”, who will inherit the “true” Blue, and that the world will change. She then departs to activate her Tsukuyomi Unit to protect Kagutsuchi from a powerful blast that came from the Event Weapon named Highlander: Takemikazuchi. Shortly after Rachel returns, Hazama appears before all three of them, and Ragna immediately recognizes him as Yūki Terumi, the one who cut his arm off and burned down the church. He and Rachel attack him, but Terumi merely rubs them off, stating that Ragna is too weak for him to fight and Rachel is the only one who can keep up with him. He then leaves the three of them.

#### The Continuum Shift

Since Rachel left both Ragna and Noel inside the collapsed interior of the Control Organization branch, the Grim Reaper was forced to burrow himself out of the rubble, being slowed progressively by Noel’s repeated clumsiness. Finally, they made it outside of the building, despite Noel’s slow movements.

After the incident at the Sheol Gate, Ragna lets Noel travel with him for a short time, though he tells her to leave afterwards, upsetting Noel who tells him that the next time they meet they will be enemies. He is shortly thereafter attacked by the vigilante, Carl Clover, managing to beat the boy though he is dealt a nasty blow from Nirvana. He then wakes up in the Kaka tribe village, having fallen in there and spends the next few days recovering and becoming friendly with the Kaka tribe, including Taokaka.

He leaves shortly thereafter and meets Platinum the Trinity before fighting Lambda-11 due to Kokonoe Mercury messing up the teleporting process. After fending her off, Ragna hears from Kokonoe not to fight Hazama as he cannot beat him. Hearing Noel’s name from Kokonoe prompts Ragna to find Rachel who tells him where to go, though reminding him that he must not fight Hazama. He then runs into Jin at the Control Organization branch, and Ragna manages to defeat him. There Jin also warns Ragna not to fight Hazama, saying Ragna cannot beat him.

Nonetheless, Ragna proceeds to fight Hazama, though his grimoire is useless as Terumi, the original creator of the Blue Grimoire, locks Ragna’s. Ragna is forced to watch as Noel descends from the Kiln as Mu-12. Just as he is about to be killed, Nu intervenes in Lambda’s body and gives Ragna the Idea Engine, allowing him to bypass his Blue Grimoire’s restrictions and allow access to the true Blue and defeat Terumi. He runs to Rachel to free her from a binding spell cast by the Phantom, and then fights Mu. Ragna manages to wake Noel’s mind by using the True Blue’s power to activate the Idea Engine, but his left arm is destroyed in the process. After the fight, he, Jin and Noel see that Hazama and Relius Clover are working for Saya, which is a shock to them. After they leave from Kagutsuchi, he, Jin and Noel decide to leave the city and become stronger. Kokonoe gives Ragna a new mechanical arm using parts from Lambda’s regeneration tank. Ragna leaves for Ikaruga with Taokaka, who was ordered by Jūbei to go with him much to Ragna’s dismay, but he caves in when he realizes Taokaka would follow him even if he declined.

#### Phantom of Time (Chronophantasma)

While traveling with Taokaka, Ragna temporarily separates with her and visits the Sister’s grave on the remains of the church. Rachel approaches him, and upon being asked about Kushinada’s Lynchpin, tells him that it is located in Ikaruga, and that the technique to activate the Lynchpin has been lost, but she doesn’t know all the details surrounding the Lynchpin. She tells him that the Lynchpin has the ability to sever the connection between the Boundary and the Kiln, stopping the flow of magic element, which could defeat the Emperor, and give Ragna the chance to defeat Yūki Terumi. Ragna asks Rachel how he can obtain it, but she tells him it is impossible for him. She tells him that Tenjō Amanohokosaka had sealed it, and to remove the seal, Noel’s power as the Successor of the Blue and the Eye of the Blue is required.

Suddenly the Emperor appears with Phantom, who immobilizes Rachel with Gravity Seed. The Emperor asks Ragna to become hers, swear loyalty to her and serve her forever. She offers him Yūki Terumi’s head in exchange, but Ragna declines. Then, the Emperor switches to Saya’s voice and asks Ragna to come with her. Ragna attacks her in rage, but becomes subdued by Phantom until the two take their leave.

Ragna is injured due to Phantom’s attack, so Rachel asks, the recently arrived, Torakaka to take him to the Kaka Hot Spring that is located in the old Kaka village. Rachel reveals that attacks by magic inflicts damage towards the soul, and that the Blue Grimoire remembers all the damages that Ragna takes, even bypassing dimensional interferences, and that it is the same case with damages occurred by an Event Weapon. She warns Ragna that if the Blue Grimoire’s assimilation continues, he will become damaged by injuries that happened within other dimensions.

A while later, Ragna finds Tsubaki. Tsubaki attempts to arrest him, but fails as Ragna manages to overpower her. She blames Ragna for the changes in Noel, Makoto, and Jin, and declares that she will definitely kill him. Tsubaki pleads for him to kill her, but he declined because she is Noel’s friend. As Tsubaki keeps blaming him, Ragna decides to just destroy the Izayoi. Hakumen appears out of nowhere to protect Tsubaki and let her escape. Ragna tells Hakumen that Tsubaki is currently affected by the Mind Eater technique and that it isn’t something she can solve by herself. Hakumen tells Ragna that the one to toss aside the Sealed Armament: Izayoi should be Tsubaki, not Ragna, and the two begin to fight.

After the fight between the two, Hazama appears to insult them, telling Phantom to get rid of the obstacles, and both Ragna and Hakumen are teleported. Ragna is teleported into the Grave Marker of Bases, and decides to face against Terumi, but he declares that his opponent is not him, while Nu-13 descends. Hazama requests that Ragna fight against Nu, the Sword of Izanami. Ragna tries to activate the Blue Grimoire, but he becomes unable to do so, because Terumi used the power of Takamagahara to create an Event Interference. Ragna becomes surprised as such level of Event Interference is impossible, but Terumi declares that the Emperor’s Event Interference power is above the Successor of the Blue. Terumi tells Ragna and Nu to continue fighting and killing, and that their distressing “song” will open the Nemesis Horizon.

Time rewinds back to when Ragna was eating with Taokaka in the restaurant. Suddenly Ragna feels intense pain and injuries start appearing from his body. Taokaka becomes shocked by the sudden happening, and Bullet runs into the scene asking if Ragna was alright. Ragna asks her if her name was Bullet, then she takes caution as Ragna knew her name. Ragna remembers the words that Rachel told him before about Ragna receiving injuries from magic and Event Weapons. Ragna’s vision becomes blurry and he is unable to think straight, then faints.

Ragna dreams about his time with the Sister when he was young, and wakes up to find out he was lying down on Celica Ayatsuki Mercury’s lap. He realizes that Celica was using magic to heal him, and stands up in panic. Celica happily comments that Ragna is the same as always, but Ragna tells her to not call his name so easily. Suddenly, Ragna’s right eye becomes blind and his right arm paralyzed. Celica asks Ragna if he is still hurt somewhere, but Ragna pushes her aside and runs away.

Later Ragna walks on a rainy street, and notices that his right eye and arm had gone back to normal and suddenly bumps into a stranger. Ragna’s temper appears and he tries to attack the stranger, only to see that Rachel had teleported him away. Ragna tells Rachel to go away, which makes her disappear after she insults him due to his behavior. Ragna wonders why he is in an enraged mood, then meets Noel. Noel becomes surprised as Ragna was soaking wet in the rain, where she tries to dry him with something. Ragna suddenly grabs Noel painfully, saying that he had looked for her everywhere, and demands her to come with him. Noel pleads him to let her go but Ragna keeps on trying to bring her with him by force. Suddenly Kagura Mitsuki comes to Noel’s rescue by attacking Ragna. Kagura calls Noel “his woman” and asks Ragna what he was doing to her. Ragna becomes more enraged and tries to attack Kagura and fights with him, only for him to fall into Kagura’s pace. Kagura insults Ragna by calling him weak, which makes Ragna try to activate his BlazBlue, but then suddenly his arm and right eye becomes paralyzed again, due to Celica appearing. Kagura tells Ragna not to look away then knocks him unconscious.

Ragna gets arrested and is thrown in jail. He asks why he is jailed, Kagura replies that it is because of Ragna’s past crimes, and tells him to be grateful that he wasn’t executed on the spot. Celica and Noel becomes surprised by his statement, which makes them ask Kagura to not execute him. Kagura tells them he was joking and that he still has a job for Ragna to do. However Ragna declines saying he will not do anything Kagura asks him to do. Kokonoe later reveals that the reason Ragna was imprisoned was because of the Emperor’s Event Interferences and that the underground where Ragna is has an anti-Event Interference device, and that Ragna should cool his head while he is imprisoned.

Later, Kokonoe arrives to Ragna’s jail room, telling him to get out and follow her. Ragna asks if it’s alright for her to let him out of prison, then she shows him a rectangular object with a switch, and reveals that Ragna’s left arm has a bomb installed in it, which would kill him alone if activated. She tells him that if he wanders too far from Celica, the bomb would activate and explode. Because of Kokonoe’s threats, Ragna is forced to follow her.

After the group heads to Kagura’s room, Kagura and Kokonoe reveal that they need Ragna to become bait for Azrael, as he is a threat. Hibiki Kohaku reveals that the news about Kagura having arrested Ragna had spread all around Ikaruga, and that there will be a tournament with Ragna’s bounty as a prize at the Colosseum, where Ragna will fight against the participants, which would attract Azrael to join in. Kagura tells Ragna that he will reward him with the Kushinada’s Lynchpin. Ragna abruptly asks Kagura if he truly has the Lynchpin, Kagura says that the key to activating the Lynchpin is already with them, and points to Celica. Kokonoe confirms that Celica is the key to activating the Kushinada’s Lynchpin. After hearing this, Ragna decides to go with Kagura and Kokonoe’s plan. Ragna then asks what their plan is. Kagura answers that their plan is to take down the Emperor and take over the World Void Information Control Organization.

After Noel obtains control over her powers as Mu-12, it is shown that the room where she was sleeping was covered in a dimensional barrier, making the room inaccessible, which made Ragna, Celica, Kagura, Kokonoe, and Makoto unable to enter her room until Noel’s consciousness comes back to her. It’s shown that Noel was getting absorbed by Arakune, and due to her being unable to become free, she unconsciously calls out for Ragna, calling him “Brother”. Ragna senses this and is able to enter the room, then sees that the room has turned dark, full of spider webs, and that Arakune was there. Ragna tries to attack Arakune but Kagura attacks Arakune instead, forcing him to flee the area. Kokonoe reveals to Ragna and the others that it was her fault that Arakune had infiltrated the area, due to her relationship with him. Kokonoe reveals that her frailty was what had caused this, and that her frailty may take an ally’s life as the enemies they are facing should be considered like gods. Ragna tells Kokonoe that he doesn’t believe in gods. Ragna sees that Jin had come visiting to see what was going on, but then sees him take his leave. Celica comments that Jin isn’t being honest, but Ragna tells her that Jin was always that way.

The next day comes, and everyone gathers at the Colosseum. Ragna acts like a true rebel and appears in the main stage with Kagura and Celica. Tsubaki congratulates Kagura for arresting Ragna, and insults Ragna, telling him that he is to be taken to the headquarters and be executed for his crimes, but that she has a mountain of things to ask him, so she will personally question him. Ragna sees that Azrael was not around, so he asks Kagura why Azrael was nowhere to be seen. However, after the preliminaries are over, he sees that Bullet had entered the tournament and that Azrael had finally made his appearance. During their battle, Ragna sees that Azrael was too overwhelming for Bullet as she was getting tortured by Azrael. Celica pleads for Kagura to stop Azrael from hurting Bullet any further, but due to Tager’s power output, the Coordinate Fixture for capturing Azrael was unstable, thus, Kagura could not enter yet. Ragna soon entered the stage himself to stop Azrael from hurting Bullet any further. After seeing this, Kokonoe tells Ragna to buy some time for her to stabilize Tager’s output.

Ragna’s BlazBlue activates, but goes in a berserk-like state, but he manages to subdue it and deactivates the BlazBlue. Kagura becomes impressed at Ragna for being able to subdue the Blue Grimoire and Rachel also becomes impressed over Ragna’s growth. After seeing this, Azrael questions Ragna as to why he didn’t use his power and tries to kill him in disappointment. However, Kagura makes Ragna retreat, saying his turn is over. Ragna runs over to Celica, asking if she was alright. Celica asks Ragna how Kagura is doing and sees that Kagura was getting overwhelmed by Azrael, but then sees that Kagura was able to find out that Azrael could not attack first, and sees Kokonoe successfully capturing Azrael.

After Jin, Noel, and Makoto succeeds in freeing Tsubaki from the Emperor’s control, Ragna goes with Celica to the underground where Kokonoe is. Ragna realizes that Celica was worn out from the day’s incidents and tells her to rest. Kokonoe picks Celica up and takes her with her. Ragna realizes that his right eye and arm went back to normal and wonders if it is because Celica had gone away from him. Ragna wonders what kind of answers he will find the next day about the Blue Grimoire, but suddenly, Hazama approaches him and tells him that he was unable to “observe” him, which forced him to come find Ragna himself, and attacks him as he wants to find out if Ragna was “real”.

Ragna becomes overwhelmed by Terumi in the fight until TR-0009 Tager and Kokonoe interferes, then Ragna notices that his right eye and arm became paralyzed again. However he also sees that Terumi was in pain as well. Terumi, who was in extreme pain asks Kokonoe what she had done, and she reveals that due to all the observations done by the Emperor’s group, she had gone through extensive research on how to fight against them without getting observed, and that she had found out the answer. Terumi yells out to Phantom to teleport him out of the area in panic, and questions Kokonoe why Celica Ayatsuki Mercury was alive when he had killed her in the past. Celica then appears, who runs to Ragna to heal him. Terumi becomes surprised after seeing Celica’s appearance, and Kokonoe reveals that Celica is a Chronophantasma, someone who doesn’t exist. Ragna then sees Phantom appearing to teleport Terumi away from the area.

The next day, Ragna, Noel, and Celica head down to the Ibukido’s Kiln, where Rachel was waiting. Ragna asks what he must do, where Rachel tells him that she will be sending him to a certain location. She tells him that there are people who doesn’t have the time to think about What or Who, and that Ragna has a duty to do in that world, and that after he returns, his future will be decided, from the future of his end. Ragna asks what he must do there, where Rachel tells him that it is for him to decide for who, and for what he will use his Blue Grimoire for. Rachel reveals to Ragna that he will have a time travel to the past through the Boundary. Rachel then uses her Tsukuyomi Unit to protect Ragna from the influences within the Boundary. Ragna then goes into the Kiln to begin his time travel back to the First Great Magic War era, 94 years back.

After returning from his trip, Ragna goes in a state of panic. However, after looking at Noel, Ragna is able to calm down. After hearing the name of Kushinada’s Lynchpin, he takes Celica and runs over back to the base to find Kokonoe. After finding her, Ragna asks her how she plans on activating the Lynchpin. Ragna asks her if she knows the meaning behind it, then Kokonoe asks Ragna who he had heard about it from. Ragna reveals that to activate the Kushinada’s Lynchpin, Celica’s soul must be used as a catalyst, meaning that her soul must be fused to the Lynchpin. However once the soul is fused into the Lynchpin, the soul cannot be returned, as it will be bound to the core, and the soul’s life will be used up until it dies, and once the soul dies, the Lynchpin would deactivate, where the magic element it stopped would spread once again. Ragna reveals that he had heard it from the words of Nine. Kokonoe asks if Ragna had met her mother, where she reveals that she is Nine’s daughter. Ragna tells Kokonoe that her mother was more of a human than she was, as Nine was fighting to protect her sister, but Kokonoe tells him that her mother was foolish. She reveals that if Nine had used the Lynchpin, the Black Beast would have had stopped its activity from 3 to 5 years.

Ragna tries to attack Kokonoe in anger, but Celica stops him. Celica reveals that even she thought of becoming a sacrifice 94 years ago due to the tremendous loss humans had experienced during the Great Dark War, but Ragna corrects her saying that even if she had become a sacrifice and the Black Beast had stopped its activity for 3 to 5 years, it would have been meaningless as Nine would have given up all hope after losing Celica. Ragna reveals that because he had bought 1 year of time for humanity, Nine had worked all her hardest in creating the Magic Formula as she had thought only about protecting Celica. Celica denies that her sister is that weak, but Ragna corrects her saying that if one were to lose something very important, they would become weak. Ragna tells her that when the Kushinada’s Lynchpin was found, no one there had ever thought about wanting to sacrifice Celica. Celica asks if Ragna thought the same, where he tells her that he did not want to lose anything, which was why he had fought against the Black Beast alone. Kokonoe tells Ragna that the only reason she had made Celica was to use her as the activation key for the Lynchpin, and that Celica herself knew about it too.

Afterwards, Kokonoe reveals that the Emperor’s group is planning on summoning the Amaterasu from the Boundary, and that Amaterasu itself was going to be a bait to lure the Emperor. Ragna came to understand their plan but rejects the idea of using Celica as the catalyst. However, Kokonoe tells him that if there was another way, she would have already found one. Rachel then enters, and reveals that there is, in fact, another way to activate the Lynchpin. After Celica tells Kagura the way to activate the Lynchpin, which would fuse the soul and the core, Kagura realizes that Tenjō Amanohokosaka’s soul is inside the Phoenix Wing: Rettenjō possessed by Bang Shishigami. After theorizing that the Kushinada’s Lynchpin may activate with the Phoenix Wing: Rettenjō, Celica wonders if she isn’t needed, but Kokonoe tells her that she is needed as an assurance.

Kagura tells Ragna, Noel and Celica to go activate the Lynchpin since everything is ready. Kokonoe gives Ragna a transition device which needs to be attached to the Lynchpin, and that the energy for the transition will be Ragna’s Blue Grimoire. Ragna asks Kokonoe how he is going to do that when Celica seals the Blue Grimoire’s power, then Kokonoe makes the Idea Engine activate, which makes Ragna’s right eye and arm come back to normal. Ragna wonders how this happened, and Kokonoe tells him that the Idea Engine has a Noise Canceler installed that negates Celica’s power from affecting the Blue Grimoire, and as long as Idea Engine is active, he will not be affected by Celica’s power. Kokonoe reveals that the bomb she spoke of before never existed.

Ragna, Noel and Celica arrive at the location but only find an empty room. However Noel tells them that she can see the door, but Ragna and Celica are unable to see it. Celica tells Noel to take strong awareness of the door. Noel transforms into Mu-12 and takes strong awareness of the doorway, which reveals a large room with the Kushinada’s Lynchpin. Suddenly, Bang enters the room and declares that he was waiting for them to arrive, giving off a palpable killing intent.

Following a fight and a moving speech on Ragna’s part, Bang finally acknowledges Ragna as being worthy of using the Lynchpin, and declares he is willing to use the Phoenix Wing: Rettenjō for him, and Noel places the transition device onto the Lynchpin. While trying to find out how to use the Lynchpin, Celica asks Bang to insert the Phoenix Wing: Rettenjō into the Lynchpin. When Bang tries to go to the Lynchpin, he is suddenly attacked by Litchi Faye Ling. Noel is then assaulted by Nu-13, who starts synchronization with her, while Ragna is forced to fight against Relius Clover who prevents Ragna from aiding Noel.

After Terumi activates his BlazBlue, souls start getting sucked into the Ibukido tower. Nu finishes her forced synchronization with Noel and becomes the Successor of the Blue, like Noel. Relius affirms that Noel and Nu have synchronized, and that Noel is no longer needed, where he orders Nu to kill her. Celica tries to protect Noel, then Ex Machina: Minerva arrives to protect Celica from harm. Suddenly, the magic element concentration increases, which makes Ragna, Noel, and Celica cough in pain. Relius reveals that all the Kilns around the world have been released, which is absorbing all life around the world, to be gathered into the tower of Ibukido as a catalyst, in order to summon the Amaterasu.

After Relius reveals that he will be the one to recreate the world after Amaterasu is destroyed, and that not even the Emperor is needed in that world. Ragna tries to attack Relius, but Carl Clover comes to protect him. Kokonoe contacts Ragna again to ask if the Kushinada’s Lynchpin is ready as the Emperor has started the summoning of the Master Unit, but Ragna tells her that the situation is terrible. Kokonoe asks if he has put the transition device onto the Lynchpin, which he confirms that it is. Kokonoe tells him to activate the Lynchpin no matter what, and tells that she plans to have the Lynchpin strike into the Kiln by having it strike the monolith tower. However Kokonoe tells Ragna that one problem is that if the monolith tower’s foundation is hit, the tower itself will be destroyed and that the tower currently has souls trapped inside.

The Master Unit Amaterasu is successfully summoned. However, due to Ignis and Nirvana’s dual attacks, Ragna is unable to approach the Lynchpin. Tsubaki and Makoto arrives at the scene, and after leaving on orders from Kokonoe, Ragna follows Celica, leaving the Lynchpin’s acquisition and defense to them and Bang.

Ragna and Noel leave the area and see Amaterasu floating in the sky. Suddenly they see something fall from the sky, which is revealed to be Takemikazuchi. With Jin and Noel in tow, Ragna heads off to face it, finding Celica along the way. Kokonoe reveals that she plans on deactivating Celica’s limiter because Kushinada’s Lynchpin hasn’t been activated yet. and that Takemikazuchi has been attacking Amaterasu. She intends to use Celica’s ability to make Takemikazuchi unable to attack Amaterasu, but if that doesn’t work, she plans to use Celica as a bullet and fire at the Takemikazuchi. Kokonoe tells him to buy 10 minutes of time as that is the time limit before Celica ceases to exist. Ragna asks Kokonoe if that doesn’t work either, what she would do, where she answers that she will fire all nuclear missiles at Takemikazuchi. Suddenly after hearing that, Hakumen appears. Ragna and Celica then ask Hakumen to destroy the tower’s foundation.

After Hakumen accepts their request, Ragna asks Kokonoe to give him access to the communication towards Bang, where he asks him to activate the Lynchpin within 10 minutes. Ragna tells Celica to turn off the limiter once 10 minutes hit, whether the Lynchpin activates or not. After Celica releases her limiter, Ragna and the others face Hades: Izanami, and the battle between Ragna, Jin, Noel, and Takemikazuchi begins.

After Hakumen defeats Yūki Terumi and destroys the foundation of the monolith tower with Jin, Ragna sees that Celica is reaching her time limit. After Bang successfully strikes the monolith tower with the Phoenix Wing: Rettenjō, the activity of all magic element stopped, where Rachel immediately tells Ragna to activate his BlazBlue and take down Takemikazuchi. Ragna asks how he can even use any Magic Formula when magic element activity has completely stopped, but Kokonoe tells him that the Noise Canceler within his Idea Engine works the same for such a situation. Ragna then activates his BlazBlue and defeats Takemikazuchi.

Afterwards, Ragna, Celica and Minerva goes inside the Takemikazuchi’s core. Nu suddenly appears in front of them, starting to speak like Noel talks, telling them the place they are in is Magic City of Ishana, which was the final scene that the current Celica saw before coming to the future. After a series of other surprising revelations by Nu (see Nu’s character page for more information), she reverts to her regular persona and says that they should start fighting, also stating that Celcia can join in to “make it a threesome” but she would probably die straight away. Following the innuendo Nu declares that she will hug Ragna, by which she means she will impale them both whilst actually giving him a hug in a similar fashion to the first game in the *BlazBlue* series. Ragna says that she did not come to kill Nu, saying that even if he did come to destroy her, Nu wouldn’t stay dead. Nu reveals that this is due to a Life Link that they share, saying that it’s as if destiny wanted them to be together forever, but Ragna says that they really need to let go of this negative, one-sided relationship already. When Nu says that she wants to kill each other forever, Ragna says that it’s already too late since she said she asked Ragna to “save her”

Confused, Nu denies saying anything like that, but Ragna tells her that the whole story that she had just told him was like asking him to save her. Nu then becomes even more confused, which turns into anger, telling Ragna to “drop the bullshit” or she would kill him for real. Ragna, getting a little cocky now, taunts her, asking her to try if she is truly capable of doing so, since she knows that neither of them aren’t truly capable of dying due to the Life Link she had recently mentioned. Nu becomes even angrier, while Ragna tells her to bring it on, knowing that his method of saving is rough, and the two engage in an intense battle inside the Takemikazuchi’s core. Ragna easily defeats Nu even without the use of his Blue Grimoire, which makes Nu go into denial on how Ragna became stronger. Ragna tells Nu that it isn’t that he is strong but that she is weak, even though he said that she is the “strongest” out of the two. Nu then falls unconscious, where Ragna catches her before she falls. Ragna points out that Nu’s sleeping face looks similar to Noel, where Celica comments that she looks cute. Nu is then taken out from the Takemikazuchi by Ragna and Celica.

Celica escapes the core first, while Ragna comes out while holding Nu. Suddenly, Hades: Izanami appears, and Ragna immediately attacks her. However, Ragna stops short before his attack can land. At that point, Nu awakens and attacks Ragna from the back, causing Ragna to collapse. Hakumen then attacks Hades: Izanami using his Time Killer technique, which leaves her unaffected, and Phantom teleports Hakumen away from the area. Noel then transforms into Mu-12, where Hades: Izanami comments that since Noel is known as the “Godslayer Kusanagi”, she must strike back.

Hades: Izanami then declares the awakening of the Beast, which makes Ragna’s Blue Grimoire go fully berserk. Ragna tells Jin and Noel to take Celica and run away, and screams in pain. As Noel and Jin stand ready to fight Ragna, Hades: Izanami notices that neither Hazama or Relius are coming, and points out that her contract with them had already ended, but since they had served her, she declares that she shall give them a “good death” and disappears with Phantom. Noel and Jin then attacked by Ragna, who then attempts to warn them off, lest he kill them.

In the Epilogue, Tsubaki arrives at the scene only to find Ragna gone and saw that Noel and Jin were both critically injured, with Kokonoe having tasked Tager with searching for Ragna, with the possibility that he is already dead not yet ruled out. Although Noel wasn’t as badly injured, Jin was in a critical condition with heavy injuries, and Celica was doing her best to heal him. Tsubaki then prepares to take her leave, intending to go after Ragna, whom she sees as an evil that must be destroyed, but not after Rachel tells him that Ragna may be slowly dying due to his current fate, and that Tsubaki is one of the few that must destroy either Ragna or Rachel herself before it is too late.

Somewhere at an unknown place, Ragna’s body reverts into a normal state, as he wakes up and sees the Embryo in the sky. However, he somehow lost all of memories and doesn’t know who he is.

#### Shifting Phases

##### Phase 0

Although it is not a widely remembered part of the Great Dark War, six years after its appearance the Black Beast went dormant for an entire year. This was due to the actions of an individual known only as “Bloodedge”, who sacrificed his life and managed to delay its cataclysmic destruction for an entire year. This small window he created allowed the Six Heroes to teach humankind how to use Magic Formula, and to amass a greater and stronger following. His sacrifice also strengthened Jūbei’s resolve to defeat the monster, as he had personally bore witness to Bloodedge’s final moments.

Bloodedge was a close friend of Jūbei, then known as Mitsuyoshi, one of the Six Heroes, who is one of the few people who remembers Bloodedge and what he did for the world. After Ragna completed his training, Jūbei gave Bloodedge’s red jacket and weapon to his young apprentice. Ragna’s title, the “Bloodedge”, is in honor of this man. Ragna even speaks a phrase eerily similar to something Bloodedge once told Jūbei.

In reality, Bloodedge is actually a time-displaced Ragna, who was sent into the past by Rachel halfway through the events of *BlazBlue: Chronophantasma* and stripped of most of his memories, along with the ability to move his right arm or see with his right eye. At first, the only thing he can remember is his name 'Ragna', but he continues to regain fragments of his memories as the story progresses as he traveled with Celica and Mitsuyoshi. In these novels there are two versions of Ragna: one that became the Black Beast by merging with Nu-13 in the original timeline and one that travelled back in time and would later be remembered as the hero known as Bloodedge, a human that sacrificed his life for the world by going up against the Black Beast alone.

The human Ragna travels with Celica and Mitsuyoshi to the now destroyed Japan, which had been hit by nuclear missiles from around the world in an attempt to kill the Black Beast after it appeared, to search for Celica’s father, Shūichirō Ayatsuki, since Celica wanted to prove her father’s innocence in the project which caused the Beast’s appearance.

Towards the end of the novel, he fully regains his memories due to being in close proximity with the Boundary through the Sheol Gate. Together with Nine and Trinity, they managed to find Celica’s father. They then learn that he wanted to use Celica as the key for the Kushinada’s Lynchpin, which would defeat the Black Beast, but in return would mean Celica’s sacrifice. However it would only be temporary, as it can only be activated until Celica’s life wears out. Angry, Ragna walks out from Shūichirō’s laboratory to cool his head, though it is only an excuse to meet Rachel of his time, who was waiting for him near the Kiln. Ragna asks her how to create the one year window of chance, to which Rachel says that he already knows the answer.

Suddenly, the laboratory shakes, and through one of the surveillance camera, everyone is aghast to realize that the Black Beast is coming at tremendous speed. Nine wants to stay and fight, but Ragna tells her to wait for a chance, which he will create to defeat the Black Beast. As Nine prepares to teleport everyone out, Ragna tells her to gather the Six Heroes and prepare for humanity’s counterattack during that one year. He also warns her to be wary of Terumi, and passes his jacket to the tearful Celica and promises her that he will return afterwards. Mitsuyoshi stays behind with Ragna to fight the Beast, while Ragna laments the fact that he had lied to Celica. Ragna makes Mitsuyoshi promise to run away as soon as he gives the signal, as he is needed in the future.

As Mitsuyoshi and Ragna fight their way to the Beast’s body, the two are struck with fear, realizing how much of a monstrosity the massive Beast is. However, Ragna realizes that his inability to move his right arm or see with his right eye was due to Celica’s latent magical ability to suppress magic element. Reaching the farthest point they can go, Ragna signals Mitsuyoshi to retreat and activates the BlazBlue before charging at the Black Beast. The clash between the Beast and the Blue Grimoire creates a reaction, which pulls Ragna into the Beast’s core and results in the phenomenon which the Beast is dormant for one year.

##### Phase 1

Ragna appears in one of Kazuma’s dreams, battling Terumi at the top of Kagutsuchi.

Ragna was later found wounded in a forest by Celica, with most of his memories stripped away.

##### Phase 4

Inside the pitch black darkness, the human Ragna survived being consumed by the Black Beast and meets Nu-13, whom he fights while time is distorted. He manages to kill Nu which allows Hakumen to kill Black Beast Ragna. Approximately one year later in the real time (much shorter in the core), the Beast re-emerges in the real world and human Ragna is expelled of its body. While the Six Heroes fights the Beast on the frontline, Ragna reunites with Celica, brought by Rachel to see him one last time before he is sent back into the future. As their window is short, Ragna says farewell to Celica and tells her that they will meet later in the future before heading back through the Boundary to get back to the future where he belongs.

#### The Dream Seen by God (Centralfiction)

Ragna reawakens within the Embryo, mostly stripped of his memories and searching for who he truly is. All that he has is his name, most of his old personality, and his fighting skills to aid him in recovering his memories. He was told to go to the Kiln where he encountered an illusion of Nu acting as if she was smelted for the first time, like in *BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger*. Despite their confrontation, Ragna insisted that he will not kill Nu or destroy her, which led her to ask who he is. Ragna replied that it does not matter, and said that he will save her. After the battle, Ragna said that he probably came to this place to save her, and Nu asked what his desire was, but her voice then turned into Nine’s voice. Ragna saw a vision of his childhood at the church and after it ended, he found himself standing in the Purgatorium in front of Nine. She told Ragna that the only way to make his wish come true is to defeat Izanami with his own hands before the Doomsday arrives.

After this encounter, Ragna started to get his memories back. Remembering what Nine said he went to Izanami, and after the battle she let him stab herself. Izanami said that Ragna cannot end anything by defeating her, and that she will show him his true enemy. As the Event Interference reverted their battle’s aftermath, Ragna saw the wielder of Amaterasu Unit, and felt like that woman is someone who knows him.

Ragna realized that the Qualified again force their desires on her, that they want to deny the whole world because they do not like the results of their choices and just run away from the consequences. He thinks that this way nothing will change, and nothing will be saved, so Ragna decided to not let anyone, including God, fulfill their desires, even mentioning that he will devour their desires and become the enemy of the whole world.

He encountered Naoto Kurogane, someone that people have been mistaking for Ragna. After their battle, Rachel teleported to Ragna, warning him to stay away from Naoto, but she did not explain to Ragna that Naoto’s existence overrides his own.

Ragna went to the Kushinada’s Lynchpin to destroy it, but Lambda-11 teleported to him and they fought since she is one of the Qualified. After the fight she asked if Ragna wants to destroy her, and he replied that it is a bit different, but his answer is a “yes”. Ragna said that he will defeat all Qualified and end their desires, and that he can do it because he is not a Qualified. Lambda’s desire to meet Ragna was already fulfilled, so there is no need for her to be a Qualified, and she accepted to be destroyed by Ragna, but he said that he will only make her forget. Before he was able to explain what he meant, Ragna was teleported away by Relius, who said that he cannot allow that. It took him some time to get back, and when he returned, Nu was about to kill Mu, so Ragna jumped in and blocked Nu’s attack with his sword. Nu asked why he got in her way, and he explained that he will not let her take the Lynchpin, so he can save her, and for that, he also has to end her desire.

### Powers / Skills

Like his original counterpart, Ragna is considered as an extremely powerful individual who was trained in combat, culinary skills and Magic Formula by Jūbei. He also wields the Azure Grimoire and Aramasa, which is a unusually large sword that’s able to take the form of a scythe.

Ragna possesses a Drive, the materialization of a soul’s power, made via the power of the Blue. His drive, Soul Eater (after getting the Azure Grimoire), allows him to manipulate darkness in the form of the various body parts of the Black Beast and is also able to absorb the opponent’s life force to replenish his own. By utilizing an ability called **Blood Cain** (ブラッドカイン, *Buraddo Kain*) Ragna is able to use his Blue Grimoire to greatly enhance his physical abilities and strengthens his Drive, although it wears down his own life force during its duration even to the point of the Grimoire being able to nearly corrupt his entire person. Ragna is also capable of using a concealment Magic Formula to help hide him from both man and beast.

Ragna also possesses the Idea Engine (which was acquired after Lambda-11 died at the hands of Hazama), which allows him to access the True Blue and prevent Hazama from suppressing it again. When combined, Blood Cain and the Idea Engine become Ragna’s Overdrive, also known as **Blood Cain Idea** (ブラッドカインイデア, *Buraddo Kain Idea*). This puts Ragna in his Blood Cain state without draining his health, and limits the eroding powers of the Grimoire unless Ragna himself decides to remove the limiter as a last resort (though his own anger can be another factor in causing his Grimoire to corrupt if left unchecked).

### Trivia

* While a majority of BlazBlue’s Events are the same as its original source, Hayato XII made some changes in order to differentiate from said original source. For example, Ragna’s angst.
* Similarities between this Ragna and its original source are:
	+ A
* Differences between thus Ragna and its original source are:
	+ A
* This version of Ragna the Bloodedge is similar to Andrew Garfield’s portrayal of Peter Parker in Marc Webb’s Amazing Spider-Man duology.
* Similarities between the two are:
	+ Both are guilt-ridden and are engulfed in bitterness, aggression, and develop destructive tendencies after the death of their loved ones (Gwen Stacy for Peter Parker and Rachel Alucard for Ragna; despite being a vampire). Both were also rageful as well.
	+ Both are teenagers (with Ragna being one year younger than Peter Parker, who was 17 when he first debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man) that have very high intelligence and are excellent in hand to hand combat.
	+ A
* Differences between the two are:
	+ Ragna had his right arm cut off where as Peter obviously didn’t have his right arm cut off.
* A

## Ragna (Persona)

### Also known as

Ragna the Bloodedge
Bloodedge

### Japanese Name

ラグナ
ラグナ＝ザ＝ブラッドエッジ
ブラッドエッジ

### Rōmaji

*Raguna*Raguna za Buraddoejji
Buraddoejji

### Race

Artificial Human

**Ragna The Bloodedge** (ラグナ＝ザ＝ブラッドエッジ, **Raguna za Buraddoejji**), also known as

## Traits

### Eye Color:

Red (Right Eye)
Green (Left Eye)

## Professional status

### Occupation:

Mercenary

**Ragna The Bloodedge** (ラグナ＝ザ＝ブラッドエッジ, **Raguna za Buraddoejji**), also known as

## References

1. ↑ Ragna the Bloodedge if He Had Blond Hair - DeviantArt Post by mikagome007
2. ↑ Xenophanes (VS. Sonic.Exe) - Villains Fanon Wiki
3. ↑ Ragna=The=Bloodedge - Heroes Wiki
4. ↑ Spider-Man - Heroes Wiki
5. ↑ Ragna=The=Bloodedge - Heroes Wiki
6. ↑ Spider-Man - Heroes Wiki
7. ↑ *Blazblue: Calamity Trigger — Part 1*
8. ↑ *BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger*, Rachel Alucard’s Arcade Mode – *-Crime and Punishment-*
9. ↑ *BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger*, True Ending – *Ragna the Bloodedge*