Vivian

*"I exist only to serve."*

**Vivian** (ビビアン *Bibian*) is the main antagonist of the Western arc of *Stained*. She is an **Ipsissimus** of the Conclave of Avalon and the current leader of the organization, going by the title **Lady Vivian of the Lake** (ビビアンのおうじょ湖 *Bibian no ōjo-ko* lit. "Vivian, Lake Princess"). The first disciple of Merlin, she is the one who forged the Legendary Sword Fergus mac Roich used by Ilcarthon Roscarrock and the teacher (and legal guardian) of White Witch Cristory Quail. Ferris Lost's arrival in the Eastern Soul Society is the direct result of her machinations.

## Powers and Abilities

**Host Inhabitation and Manipulation** - Along with the other fairies of the Conclave, Vivian has bypassed her need for a traditional contractor by taking Humans or pluses as hosts and feeding off their inherent Om, with her personality and appearance overwriting their own. It is apparently a bastardization of and advancement upon a technique Merlin invented to allow them to host as many Om familiars as they wanted, only possible with the extensive physiological "changes" they made to their original group of familiars. As a longtime user of the technique, Vivian is capable of manipulating and making use of both parties' Om, even while she is not actively inhabiting them (an occasional habit of hers). She is regarded as the "gourmet" of the Conclave, seeking out only individuals with certain traits or training to take as a host; she describes their Om as having a "unique flavor". Previous hosts have included a druid, through which she interacted with Ilcarthon.

**Witchcraft Master**: As a member of the Conclave and their leader, Vivian possesses the greatest degree of control over Western spellcraft and Avalon than any other individual currently alive.

* **Legendary Sword Creation**: Vivian was responsible for the fashioning and ownership of Fergus mac Roich many years ago, during the Old Wars, originally wielding it as her own weapon before passing it onto Ilcarthon Roscarrock many centuries later.

**Kiai Practitioner**-

### Witchery

**Cocytus Rose** (コーサイタス・ローズ (失望神の愛), *Kōsaitasu Rōzu (Shitsubōshin no ai)*, Japanese for "*Despairing Divine Love*"): Vivian's Personal Magic allows her to manipulate both time and ice, with the two concepts becoming mixed and entertwined under her use. The ice that she produces when her Witchery is active is uniquely purplish-white in color, giving off an unearthly glow. For this reason, it is often referred to as simply **fae ice** (話氷 *hanashikōri* lit. "tale ice"/Viz: "Fairy Tale Ice"). While it possesses a degree of conceptual superiority over water-based abilities and other types of ice, Vivian admits that it possesses two distinct weaknesses: items designed *specifically* to counter it, or (so she claims) "true love".

* **Cryomagma Generation and Manipulation** - For basic offense, Vivian prefers to use her ability to produce a mixture of water, ice, methane, and ammonia commonly found ejected from icy moons, manipulating it freely to attack opponents and defend herself. By accelerating time, she is even capable of producing various carnivorous (and otherwise) fish and more aquatic lifeforms unlike any seen on Earth that can strike from within the streams and constructs that Vivian creates with it.

#### Techniques

* **Caina** (カイナー *Kainā*):
* **Antenora** (アンテノラ *Antenora*):
* **Ptolomea** (プトーローミー *Putōrōmīa*):
* **Judecca** (ジューデカー *Jūdekā*):

In its **Lúin Celtchair** (*Irish for "Lance of Celtchar"*), Compass Rose manifests as an actual rose sprouting up from behind Vivian and from her back.

### Curses

**Coire** (*Irish for "Cauldron"*): A technique that allows Vivian to "stockpile" her own emotions for extended periods of time, converting them into raw Om and power. She claims that, until her confrontation with Uriel Verne, she had been stockpiling it since the middle of the Old Wars.

**Drochshúil** (*Irish for "evil eye"*): A technique in which Vivian weakens the target's ability in exchange for empowering her own; however, a condition is that she must see it in action first and "mark" it.

**Ríastrad** (*Irish for "Warp Spasm"*): By sacrificing her beauty and sanity, Vivian can briefly enhance herself to a much greater level of combat prowess; she appears to personally dislike this technique, saving it as an absolute last resort when her loathing for an opponent reaches its highest ebb.

**Sguaba Tuinne** (*Irish for "Wave Sweeper"*): Vivian slows down time in exchange for increasing her own speed, allowing her to match other high-speed movement techniques while reducing the capabilities of her opponent.