Ladylee Tangleroad

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**Ladylee Tangleroad** (レディリー・タングルロード, *Redirī Tangururōdo*?) (Born 1182) is a character introduced in the *Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion*, as its primary antagonist. Having lived over a thousand years, she has become weary of living, and in her unending quest to pursue the sweet release of death had led to various events before and during the course of the movie, specifically, the construction of the space elevator, Endymion.

## Appearance

She has long blonde hair and aquamarine eyes. She has fair skin and wears lipstick. Of special interest is her eccentric clothing, which uses a checkered pattern. For this reason, people, like Shirai Kuroko, call her gothic lolita. As she was a child when she ate the fruit of ambrosia and became immortal, she looks like that of a child, and can be compared to other girls with a similar body type like Leivinia Birdway.

## Personality

She is a very manipulative girl, able to force Arisa to sing for her by threatening the audience. Seemingly complementing this is her management abilities, being able to bring out a company that is nearly bankrupt back into prominence, silence the inquiries and investigations regarding the 89th passenger of the Spaceplane Orion, and led it for three years to construct Endymion. Her dedication to a three year plan implies she has great patience, possibly stemming from the fact that she is immortal, and has been made numb by the long passage of time. She is also quite cruel, with her not killing Shutaura just so she can see the end of her plan, and her not caring for the millions of lives she will sacrificed for the sake of her spell and the aftermath that it would impose on the world.

Once there was a time when she seemed to have shown pity and kindness. For example, before she became immortal, when she was by the side of the injured Crusader who offered her the fruit of ambrosia, she tried to refuse and seemed to insist that it should be for the Crusader. But now those days are gone and the long passage of time has made her a cruel and deranged death seeker.

## Background

Born in 1182, according to Stiyl Magnus, Ladylee was originally an existence in their side of the world, the magic side, and was once a Greek sibyl specializing in astrology. It is unknown if she was a sibyl before or after her "transformation". She also may have had a different name before Ladylee Tangleroad, something befitting of the time she lived a mortal life. She apparently came upon an injured Crusader, whom she ended up saving. The man later gave his ambrosia to Ladylee, who tried to turn down his offer at first, but she eventually yielded. She later ate the fruit, and from then became immortal. Thus she is cursed by magic, given immortal life through it, but at the same time cannot use it, for being transformed into an immortal twists the cycle of transforming one's life force circulating in the body, preventing the use of magic. For that, Ladylee requires someone else to use magic in her place.

As she endured the passage of time, she became weary of life and wished to end it. It seems that she had other people deal to her grievous harm, for she has been stabbed and have come upon explosions many times. Of death by her own hands it is not known how many times though it is known she tried. She has used her knowledge in analyzing magic to create many weapons to kill herself but threw them away when they were unable to slay her. At one point in 1870, she went to Paris and had her picture taken with two gentlemen, one of which being famous French astronomer Nicolas Camille Flammarion, a picture which would later circulate in the Internet. Of that era, she came to admire the body work of Jenny Lind the famous singer. In the following years, Ladylee acquired a great wealth, enough for her to buy a company that had been crippled.

Several times, she must've tried to kill herself on the confines of the earth, but then realized that "something" might happen in space where she is not bound by ley lines. Knowing of the commemorative test flight of the Spaceplane Orion, Ladylee sabotaged the spaceplane where no one would survive. She entered the spaceplane secretly, and in space, the spaceplane's left engine catches fire and later explodes. Her plans on getting the spaceplane destroyed in space might've come into fruition if not for the efforts of the pilot Daedalus Sequenzia, refusing to give up on saving it, as well as the unexpected miracle of the plane that allowed all the passengers and crew, except Daedalus, to survive the Orion incident. This later would be called Miracle of 88 after early reports of the crash propagated the false information that all 88 passengers and crew survived. Ladylee later escapes. Knowing of the miracle and the usual by-product of the Miracle 88, Meigo Arisa, she puts forth her plan to once again attempt to die in space, but this time with Meigo Arisa and her miraculous powers in her core. For that purpose, she buys off the crippled but still standing Orbit Portal Company, who has survived only due to the infamy of the Miracle of 88. Knowing this, she built their company's business up around the slogan of "miracles". Moreover, knowing of the true nature of the number of passengers in the Orion, had it hidden and all inquiries and investigations hidden. She then puts out her plans for the Endymion, and wins the Academy City Academy City Next-Generation Space Travel Competition, beating out the Ballistic Slider.

At some point before the start of the movie, Ladylee hires Shutaura Sequenzia, knowing of her identity as Daedalus' daughter, for her personal organization the Black Crow Unit, given power by Academy City as a Civil Affairs Resolution Mediation Unit, and has become its leader. And there, she uses them to look after Meigo Arisa. Ladylee also assists Academy City's research of Arisa's mysterious nature, as she has power similar to that of a Saint.

## Chronology

### Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion

*Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Miracle of Endymion*
As the appointed day draws closer, Ladylee frequently appears on interviews regarding Endymion. Here, she is apparently aware of Anglican Church's plan to take Arisa, for she may cause a war between magic and science side, and sends the Black Crow Unit to secure her. After they successfully force the Church to retreat, Shutaura contacts Ladylee, telling her of their unusual powers, though she makes no clear answer. She then asks who Arisa is after going to the trouble of saving her for her, though she replies that she can fight even without knowing. Shutaura then asks if there is something wrong with their connection as she keeps hearing a noise, realizing what she means, Ladylee orders one of her automatons to stop the vinyl player (was hearing Jenny Lind?). With that, the conversation ends with Ladylee telling her to continue protecting Arisa. Two days later, she orders one of her automatons to create an explosion in the venue where Arisa's photo shoot, seemingly to test Arisa's powers. She arrives there herself to meet with Arisa, telling her that she admires her songs and compares it to Jenny Lind's body of work. She later leaves, telling her to do her best. The plan is successful, despite Kamijou Touma and Shutaura's intervention as Arisa's miraculous powers saved the people there.

## Abilities

Ladylee is an immortal girl, having eaten Ambrosia, and is unable to die, age, rot, immune to all illnesses, diseases, disorders, entirely self-sustained, and will heal/regenerate from any and all injuries no matter how destructive and be restored to perfect health. She has lived for at least 1,000 years, though she seems to be able to feel pain and tiredness, and normally fatal wounds can seemingly make her fall unconscious. These many years of existence have given her plenty of experience in magic as she is an expert in analyzing it and creating magical tools for the purpose of killing herself. However she cannot use magic herself because the process by which she was transformed into an immortal twists the cycle of transforming one's life force circulating in the body, preventing the use of magic. For that, Ladylee requires someone else to use magic in her place. She most likely created the male automaton, the bracelet that allowed her to activate her spell in the Endymion, as well as the room that she used as a medium for magic power.

She was once a Greek sibyl, who specializes in astrology, something that would later be quite useful in her later escapades in outer space. According to Index, the spell that she would have used to destroy the world looked like Goetian, implying she has knowledge of Goetia or The Lesser Keys of Solomon.

Ladylee also seems to possess a considerable degree of business, management and manipulation skill, being able to bring the crippled Orbit Portal Company from the brink of bankruptcy, back into prominence and to the point of being able to construct Endymion, as well as covering up the truth behind the Orion incident.

### The Endymion

*Main article: Endymion Spell*
* Ladylee overseeing the beginning of the spell.
* Ladylee's core room activates.
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Her spell in the Endymion banked on Arisa's miraculous power as the core of the Endymion being used as magical device, in order to kill her once she activates her spell in space where the laws of the world, ley lines and directions, do not apply. Needless to say, according to Index, it would have not worked anyway even if she succeeded.

## Trivia

* Of the injuries she has incurred over the years, including the ones she gained during the movie, Ladylee has been stabbed 16 times, caught in an explosion 38 times, and have experienced being in a vacuum. It is unknown how many times she has been shot.
* Ladylee's character and story are most likely a reference to the Cumaean Sibyl of ancient Greek mythology. Known as a prophet with oracular powers, she wished to be immortal. She was granted her wish by the god Apollo, but her boon becomes her bane when she forgot to also ask for eternal youth. Sibyl eventually withered away to be tiny enough to fit in a jar, then hung from a tree where children below taunted her saying, "Sibyl, Sibyl, what do you wish for?" to which she replied, "I wish to die."