Vermillion Flame Sword

«**Vermillion Flame Sword**» (朱しゅ炎えんの剣, *Shuen no Ken*?) is a «Priority» 49-class «Divine Object» longsword, synthesized by Shinku from the ashes of a man who had tried and failed to absorb the powers of the phoenix it had a contract with. It is the personal weapon of Chantelle Rosenberg.

## Background

On the Fourteenth Day of the Sixth Month in the year 1215 of the Imperial World Calendar, the plot known as the Laurentine coup d'état begins. Laurentius, a court magician, had planned to overthrow the Kingdom of Flava's royal family, the House of Rosenberg, and in a period of four days, managed to successfully oust the royal family, executing the incumbent king, Harold Rosenberg, and his eldest son, Josiah Rosenberg; they failed to capture the queen, Adelia Rosenberg, her second son, Neville Rosenberg, and her first and third daughters, Charlotte and Chantelle Rosenberg. (The Second Princess, Emilia Rosenberg, escaped unscathed due to being in the neighboring Kingdom of Maeventius.)

Laurentius had enlisted the help of Alexius, who was friends with Revi, a phoenix. Alexius had struck a deal with Laurentius about how they'd divide the kingdom now that they've taken it over. Over the next five months, they shared equal power in governing the Kingdom as consuls. However, on the Tenth Day of the Eleventh Month, a punitive force led by the Second Princess waged war against the perpetrators of the *coup*. It took them a little over a month to corner the perpetrators.

In the final showdown, Alexius attempted to steal the powers of the phoenix for himself by using a high-level «Sacred Art» to fuse himself with the phoenix. However, the phoenix managed to fight back long enough for the man to conflagrate himself. The phoenix then departed from the location, leaving behind only a scant few feathers and three of its talons. Shinku, who was part of the punitive force, quickly used her own «Sacred Arts» on the ashpile, converting it into the «Vermillion Flame Sword».

## Stats

 Life
 Priority Class

## Abilities

### Armament Full Control Art

When the «Armament Full Control Art» is in effect, the sword awakens its memories of roaring flames. This «strengthening» phase coats the sword with fire as well as granting Chantelle the ability to shape the fire as she pleases. There is no hard limit to what she can conjure out of the roaring flames of her sword. She mostly copies her older sister's ability with the «Azure Wind Blade», by way of creating swords entirely composed out of fire and manipulating it as she pleases.*[citation needed]*

In the second «releasing» stage, the sword fully awakens its memories of its source, the lifeblood of the Vermillion Bird. Emulating the fate of Alexius, Chantelle is "possessed" by the phoenix, temporarily turning her into a phoenix herself for as long as she can keep the «Armament Full Control Art» active. In this state, Chantelle grows wings of flame and gains the ability to fly as well as high-speed regeneration to the point where she is temporarily immortal for the duration of the «Armament Full Control Art».*[citation needed]*

## Notes

1. ↑ The Latin letters making up the Object ID stand for **N**on-ranged, **D**ouble-Edged, **L**ong**s**word, **S**ingle-Handed and the alphanumeric characters following that is the hexadecimal form of the number 137,647,937,643 which represents the order in which this specific weapon type was made in.

## Reference

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Volume 22, Prologue, Part 5