Crona Gorgon

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**Crona** is an antagonist turned protagonist from the anime, Soul Eater.

## Background

When they were a toddler, Crona was the test subject of an experiment performed by Medusa Gorgon, their mother. The aforementioned experiment led to the creation of Black Blood by melting down the Demon Sword Ragnarok and transfusing it into Crona’s body. From there, Crona was subjected to various forms of torture, including the likes of killing small animals, Ragnarok’s bullying, and their mother’s ruthless punishment. This experience essentially destabilized Crona’s mind, turning them insane and becoming the ultimate weapon for Medusa’s plan of world destruction.

It wouldn’t be until years later, after several destructive battles with members of the Death Weapon Meister Academy and others, that Crona would meet Maka Albarn. Unlike many others that they had met, Maka was the first person to treat Crona as a person instead of a monster or an experiment. This kindness from her led to Crona starting to become less insecure and a more positive person, eventually joining the DWMA after a tour around Death City.

This peace would not last, as Medusa would ultimately trick Crona into abandoning Maka and Death City. Forced back into doing “experiments” for Medusa, Crona regressed back into an unstable state and went on to slaughter several people in Ukraine. Crona’s instability reached its boiling point when Medusa, for the first time in Crona’s life, displayed motherly love to them. Not knowing how to process this, Crona broke down and killed Medusa. This completed the Black Blood within Crona, allowing Medusa’s ultimate goal to become a reality: Crona could now absorb the Kishin and plunge the world into madness.

After one final parting with Maka in the same church in which they met, Crona departed to the moon and absorbed the Kishin Asura. Unfortunately, Asura regained control when Crona’s will faltered after seeing the bond of family that Maka had with her father. Trapped within Asura, Crona questioned everything and expressed their regrets for everything that had built up to this.

Shortly after, Maka came to Crona’s rescue, having plunged into the Kishin itself. Reaffirming their friendship, Crona revealed that the Kishin could not be killed, instead deciding to seal themselves away with Kishin Asura on the moon using their blood. Maka promised to return one day to save Crona, and Crona proceeded to lock away the Kishin, ending the madness.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Black Blood:** Created by the wicked witch Medusa Gorgon, Black Blood is a synthetic fluid that is actually not that different from normal blood in terms of looks and function. However because this is anime, it means it's actually weaponized. The black blood in Crona’s body can be manipulated in almost every way they desire. It can be hardened to block attacks and stitch up wounds, it grants a pretty potent healing factor and immense strength, and can be bent into any shape the user desires, either be spikes, waves of energy, shields, etc. Interestingly enough each drop of blood Crona sheds will move on its own and attack. If the black blood enters somebody else’s bloodstream, it can affect them with something called “Madness of the Black Blood” which can turn regular people erratic and reckless. However, although it is a powerful tool, sufficient damage will be able to break it, and attacks that can bypass normal defenses can hurt Crona internally, special attacks can also disable the black blood temporarily. Black Blood can be used defensively and offensively by Crona in different variations:
	+ **Blood Slicer:** Crona cuts themselves, creating blades of blood from their body
	+ **Bloody Needle:** Crona can weaponize their blood, turning any drop into a needle for attack
	+ **Blood Lance:** Crona launches a massive lance made of black blood
	+ **Blood Thorn:** Creates thorns of blood for offenses and defense
	+ **Blood Spikes:** Can extend spikes from their body for attack
	+ **Blood Coat:** Creates a barrier of blood
	+ **Black Blood Armor:** Crona hardens their skin to defend against attacks
	+ **Regeneration:** Black blood allows Crona to heal from impalement (such as the chest or head)
	+ **Blood Spike Armor:** Can cover the black blood armor in spikes for extra defense

* **Mad Blood:** Mad Blood is an evolved state of the black blood exclusive to Crona. Crona releases a wave of Black Blood that engulfs and melts the target. The blood then hardens, trapping the soul of the victim and exposing it and anything that touches the blood to madness. This madness can bypass immunity, as it completely overcame Maka’s anti-demon wavelength and drove Soul Evans insane. Mad Blood can be used on a single target, or encompass a whole city. Crona can also use this ability to forcibly absorb someone, assimilating them and gaining access to their abilities.
* **Wavelength:** Wavelength is the “sound” of the soul. This wavelength is amplified and channeled through a weapon. Crona channels their wavelength through Ragnarok, and possesses the wavelength of madness, manifested through their black blood. This wavelength can shut down the user’s own fear, allowing them to fight without restraint. Crona's own wavelength eventually becomes powerful enough to crush the wills of people. Due to the nature of the wavelength, Crona’s attacks with Ragnarok could be considered spiritual attacks as well. If Crona’s link with Ragnarok is spiritually interrupted, it can cause rejection with their black blood.
* **Thorn:** Thorn is an ability Crona gained after absorbing Asura. Anyone touched by the thorn will be infected by Crona, severing spiritual bonds between people. This even cancels out abilities designed to counter madness, such as soul’s melodies. Crona can also use these as barriers or for killing blows.
* **Screech Resonance:** When a meister and their weapon’s souls achieve the same wavelength, they form a sort of recursive loop known as Soul Resonance. This generates a massive soul wavelength that allows the meister in question to perform far stronger techniques. However, Crona’s is a bit… different. See, Crona’s wavelengths are artificially matched up to Ragnarok’s thanks to Medusa’s experimentation, and rather than soul energy, the energy released from their resonance is sound. During Screech Resonance, Ragnarok starts intensely vibrating to the point where even being in contact with him can inflict damage. Crona’s scream eventually gained enough range to encompass the moon. (which is smaller than the irl moon) Crona also gains access to several powerful techniques:
	+ **Screech Alpha:** Creates a projectile of energy mixed with sound.
	+ **Screech Beta:** A close range slash mixed with energy and sound.
	+ **Screech Gamma:** Slashes from Ragnarock that move in an irregular pattern, making it difficult to defend against
	+ **Screech Delta:** Launches multiple Alpha attacks at once
* **Soul Manipulation:** Besides being able to imbue their spiritual wavelength into their attacks, Crona can absorb hundreds of souls at once to become stronger, though the soul must already be outside of the body of the victim. Crona can also physically harm souls with their swords (cut a ghost)
* **Resistances:** Crona has shown resistance to attacks on the soul (which increased as the series went on) and to madness. (was perfectly fine in Asura’s presence) Through Asura, Crona should be able to resist things such as organic intrusion or possession. Asura was able to weaponize his internal sea of Black Blood to fight off Maka and Soul, who intruded his body. Maka and Soul only managed to enter his body via using their Black Blood to connect with his own. They also only survived inside due to all the souls of their friends, Soul using his melodies as a counter (with assistance from Crona), and an amp from Soul Resonance that cost Maka all of her own Black Blood in the process. Death the Kid and Black Star also had to distract Asura from the outside, while Crona used the Brew inside. (magical empowerment device)

## Equipment

* **Ragnarok:** In the world of Soul Eater, people are bound to sentient weapons that can take physical form. The wielders of these are referred to as “weapon meisters”. For example, Maka Albarn has a living scythe named Soul. Crona is no different but their weapon is actually pretty unique. It's a demon weapon named Ragnarok, which was melted in a pool of black blood and mixed with Crona’s blood in a sort of forced symbiosis. Ever since, Ragnarok spends his days bullying Crona whenever the chance presents itself, though having a demon on your blood has its perks. For starters, Ragnarok is a weapon, and will manifest itself as a long sword for Crona to use which gives it a few unique abilities. Ragnarok can also grow wings, allowing Crona to fly. Should Crona be knocked unconscious, Ragnarok can fight for crona, using the black blood as a weapon.  Ragnarok can further evolve by consuming souls.
* **Black Crown:** An artificially made clown (physical embodiment of madness) made by medusa, this creature shares some of her abilities and was made to fuse with Crona to bolster their abilities. Before fusion, Crona could summon this creature at will, and it is capable of fighting by itself. Made entirely of black blood, the black clown is capable of the following abilities:
	+ **Evaporation:** The black clown can evaporate to travel and escape damage
	+ **Vector Arrow:** Can use medusa’s vector attacks
	+ **Bloody Needle:** Can weaponize drops of their blood
* **Swords:** Ragnarok and the Black Clown become blades for Crona to wield, totaling 3. Crona is extremely proficient at using all three at once, using a “three-sword” style. All three blades are made of black blood, as such scale to Crona’s strength and durability. Crona can also channel scream resonance through all three blades.
* **Kishin:** The kishin, Crona fuses with this embodiment of fear.

## Forms

### Black Clown/Madness Fusion Crona

The fusion of Crona and the black clown, this form enhances Crona’s stats and gives extra arms and blades for extra combat options. Crona’s black blood is further bolstered, giving access to the Mad blood, and Crona now has an exterior layer of black blood for extra defense. Crona also should have access to the abilities of the black clown, which include vector arrows and evaporation.

### Asura Crona

This form is simply Crona after absorbing Asura. Crona gets a massive stat amp, now capable of overpowering Black Star in raw strength. Crona’s screech abilities have been enhanced, now capable of crushing the minds of weak willed people instantly. Crona also gets access to the thorn ability, which can sever spiritual bonds (when Maka and Black Star were exposed to it, it severed their spiritual connections to their weapons). The thorns are also capable of negating abilities that can restore spiritual connections (Thorns touching Soul negates his melody).

* **Asura's Madness:** After fusing with Asura, Crona inherited his madness. Asura’s madness is passive, and affects both sane and insane alike. It causes hallucinations (1, 2, 3) and even distorts reality, making a myth of Atlantis rising become real, and spawning an army of “clowns” (physical manifestations of asura’s fear). They will keep regenerating from nothing so long as they are spiritually connected to Asura (though this requires some genetic material to remain initially, such as ashes). While Crona never used these abilities before Asura took over, Crona did mention they would use Asura’s variant of madness to infect the entire planet. Asura’s madness can also bypass basic resistance, as it influenced Justin, who was trained to resist madness. Even while sealed, Asura’s madness can make individuals near him attempt suicide. Asura himself is capable of taking over if Crona’s will ever were to falter, and is immortal as his existence is tied to the fear of humanity. So long as humanity has fear, asura will remain.

### Kishin Crona

Gained in the final two chapters, Crona is transformed into a Kishin (same species as Asura). In this state, Crona’s Mad Blood is enhanced, now capable of sealing away Asura on the moon. Crona also gains a connection with “the need for a mother” within humanity, which manifests as The Madness of Boobs, a passive field of madness that encompasses the planet. This makes all humans obsessed with breasts, and bypasses immunity (shown with full power Death the Kid and Maka). Being a Kishin now, Crona should have Asura’s regen, though tied with humanity in a different way (motherly need/want).

## Feats

### Strength

* Destroyed a city in Ukraine and enveloped it in a sphere of black blood (54.7-796 megatons of TNT)
* Destroyed the Ghost Ship Nidhogg, who bit off part of an island (259.76 tons-1.22 kilotons of TNT)
* Overpowered Black Star, who destroyed a tooth from the moon (165-567 tons of TNT)
* Comparable to Death the Kid, who’s strong enough to disperse clouds (9.43 kilotons of TNT)
* Blocks a hit from a big golem
* Superior to Gopher, who destroyed a small mountain (19.63-300.55 kilotons of TNT)
* After absorbing Asura, forced the moon’s mouth open
* Comparable to Black Star, who is strong enough to lift one of the moon’s fallen teeth
* Screech Resonance is loud enough to make the moon bleed.
* Scales to Black Star, who destroyed sections of a forest (20:43) (Manga Version) (9.28 gigatons of TNT)
* Covered the moon in Black Blood (7.65 megatons of TNT)

### Speed

* Kept up with Maka and Black Star, both of whom can react to legitimate lasers (0.13c and 0.37c respectively)
* Faster than the Fused Clown, who reacted to light from Maka (0.44-0.89c)
* Comparable to Death the Kid, who can travel from Egypt to Death City and back in a short timeframe
* Superior to Mifune, who outsped a bullet that reached the moon (Mach 2394-4751)
* Scales to Death the kid, who dodged Free’s Magic Eye Cannon
* Maka, Kid, and Black Star can react and avoid Photon Arrow (Beams of photons) from the final boss of Monotone Princess, which is canon to the Soul Eater anime

### Durability

* Takes hits from Maka, Black Star and Death the Kid
* Takes a hit from Stein’s Soul Purge
* Gets stabbed through the stomach, but thanks to black blood is standing up seconds later
* Should scale to Maka, who survived being crushed by Kishin
* Takes a beatdown from Arachne and Giriko
* Is completely unharmed from a blast from a death scythe
* Is unharmed by Maka’s witch hunter
* Thorn Barriers can block attacks from Maka using Spirit Albarn (which is stronger than Soul)
* Is relatively fine after being hit by the demon/genie hunt, just confused

### Skill

* Is the only person to become a Kishin besides Asura
* Defeated Maka in their first encounter, requiring Stein to save her life
* Overwhelmed Kid in their fight and destroyed the Nidhogg ship
* In their second fight with Maka, pushed her to her limits and her use the madness of black blood for the first time
* Saved Maka from certain death, while fighting Medusa and Stein (anime only)
* Covered an entire city in Mad Blood
* Killed Feodor and Tsar Pushka, top soldiers of Death
* Brutally killed Medusa
* Absorbed Asura and the book of Eibon
* Forced nearly all of death’s soldiers to retreat from the moon with just a scream
* Overwhelmed Black Star and Maka at the same time on the moon
* Sealed themselves and Asura on the moon

## Weaknesses

* Due to Medusa’s continuous abuse over the years, combined with a lack of exposure to a proper setting for a child, Crona is mentally unstable. Crona has difficulty dealing with new stimuli (such as making friends). Their instability would reach its peak after murdering Medusa and collapse upon being shown what a healthy family is. Despite this, Crona is still fully capable of fighting, shutting down all conflicting emotions with the madness of the Black Blood.
* Attacks to Crona’s soul interrupt the link between Crona and Ragnarok, weakening Crona, though Crona has since gained resistance to this. Should Crona have a mental breakdown when absorbing someone, the affected party might be able to assert control, though this may have been due to the Black Blood the absorbed victim had (Asura had much more black blood than Crona).
* Additionally, the Black Blood armor can become overcome with sufficient physical force.