Agnese Sanctis

**Agnese Sanctis** (アニェーゼ＝サンクティス *Anyēze Sankutisu*?) is a Roman Catholic Church nun who leads a paramilitary force called Agnese Forces. A girl with a troubled past, her devotion to her religion makes her out to be a totally ruthless leader against enemies. She is first introduced in *Toaru Majutsu no Index* as an antagonistic character, but later reforms and joins Necessarius, and is a representative of Roman Catholicism in England.

After the war, with better relations between the Churches and after much effort by the Agnese Forces, the group returns to the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

## Appearance

Agnese looks a year or two younger than Index, but still around the same height. She appears extremely thin, as her slim waist was even slimmer than Index's, who was rather thin herself.[1]

Her reddish hair is tied into with multiple pencil-thin braids, which from a distance bear an uncanny resemblance to dreadlocks. She wears the standard Roman Catholic Church robes. The sleeves being so long that it nearly covers her fingers, the hem of her robes however is short enough for her thighs to be exposed, this is due to the fact that she unzipped and removed the rest of lower of half of her robes, zippers being part of the ensemble.[1]

She wears platform shoes called chopine which have 30cm thick soles. She usually wears them over her usual form of footwear and during combat they can be removed to enable better movement.[2] Despite walking on it, she insists on wearing them as she says that it is her sense of beauty.[3]

Agnese also wears a Roman Catholic cross on her neck.[4]

## Personality

### Childish nature

Agnese, when not on duty, acts like other girls her age. She is clumsy, particularly due to her choice of footwear, which she refers to as her own style;[3] she gets embarrassed when something lewd happens to her, such as when Touma fell between her thighs;[5] and is afraid of slugs.[3]Like many people from the magic side, she is intimidated and somewhat impaired by technology, such as when the washing machine she uses goes haywire after stuffing an entire futon into it.[6]

Agnese also does not like the idea on having to converse with someone who is a foreigner using the foreigner's native language, opting that she would rather have them converse in other tongues. Indeed, Touma describes her way of speaking Japanese as strange,[3] and is referenced as a mix of Japanese polite honorifics and rude words, and is thought by Stiyl Magnus as someone who has learned Japanese from talking mostly to detectives or police officers.[1]

She also apparently sleeps in her underwear, and walks and talks in her sleep, though this has only been seen once.[3]

### As the leader of the Agnese Forces

She is extremely devoted to the cause of her Church, using deceit on others such as when she tricked Touma and the Anglican Church to handing Orsola Aquinas to her, and blindly following the dogma of her Church, such as when she puts Orsola through a mock Trial of Sin.[7] She despises all magicians despite them being present and calling magic as Christian Black Magic,[8] though uses magic as well, justifying her magic as part of her Church's history, and deems all non-Roman Catholics as animals.[7] Orsola references this as part of her doubts and superstitions as being a Roman Catholic, which extends to all of the members of her group.

Orsola references that Agnese actions are based on doubts not on faith and trust.[7] Indeed, after being cornered by Touma, Stiyl Magnus with his Innocentius, and the Amakusa-Remix Style of Church, there was doubt in the Agnese Forces if they could turn the situation to their favor, and doubted Agnese capacity to defeat Touma, whom hesitated with her actions.[2]

She is a ruthless leader when it comes towards enemies of the Church, whose followers has shown to be loyal to her completely, willing to cause mutilation,[9] and beat a defenseless woman for her.[7] Despite her doubts and their faults, she has a kind of trust towards each other, especially to Lucia and Angelene, knowing that they will do their job. With regards to allies from other sects or organizations, she has no problem in deceiving them, giving limited information, and embellishing the truth.[7] Her personality against enemies make her out to be a sadists who loves toying and making others suffer,[7] as experienced by both Orsola and Touma.[2]

### As member of Necessarius

She reforms later after being defeated and then later saved by Touma, after the events of the La Regina del Mare Adriatico. She joins Necessarius, and remains the leader of her forces, as well as remain Roman Catholic, severing her connection with Vatican which scapegoated them and then use them as tools. Now, she has shown that she is more carefree, befitting that of a child. She is shown that she can be strung along with other girls' shenanigans, such as Orsola suggesting that they wash the clothes that they are currently wearing,[10] play cards with her friends,[11], as well as being referred to as a girl who likes flipping others' skirts but hates getting her's flipped.[12]

Despite this, she still have shades of sadism as one Knight of England discovers, but more importantly, her loyalty to her comrades remain intact.[12]

## Abilities

### Lotus Wand

Agnese primary weapon is the **Lotus Wand** ( *Hasu no Tsue (Rōtasu Wando)*?), a metallic religious staff with an angel statue on the head that allows her to channel the other elemental weaponsthrough the principles of Idol Theory via making it represent the ether element. The staff allows her to create invisible blunt force attacks on an opponent, or a cutting attack, depending on the damage done on the staff, such as hitting the staff for the former and sliding a blade on it for the latter.[2]

Despite the delay of the command before the action could take place, Agnese is fond of the staff and knows how to wield it properly during combat, and adjusts and calculates the position of the target for better use of the staff. Unlike Orsola Aquinas, Agnese does not focus too much on casting, as such she does not tire out when using the staff.[43]

By striking the ground with the staff, Agnese can create an explosive flash of light to temporarily blind her opponents.[25]

### Other magic

As the leader of the Agnese Forces, Agnese needs to have her commands distributed to all of its members. Agnese Sanctis has a notebook that if when written upon it, what was written would appear in similar notebooks, which Index compares to a telephone.[5]

She may also likely know how to apply the Divine Protection of Ægidius.

## Quotes

* (To Touma from Volume 7) *"Shut up; it’s called a sense of beauty. Wearing thick-soled sandals is my own style."*
* (From Volume 7, as she sleep walks) *"Papa…Io non posso mangiare alcuno più qualsiasi più lungo."*Translated into English as *"Father... I can't eat any more any longer."*
* (To Orsola from Volume 7) *"Being so desperate that you’ll ask those foreign Eastern people from a small filthy country? Haha… hahaha! This is really stupid; those pigs don’t even know how to read the Bible, so how much can you expect from them? According to our law, once someone marries a non-RomanCatholic, they’re guilty of bestiality; you should be clear about that. Don’t tell me that you think that everyone’s like you because they’re Christians? What Amakusa? What British Puritans? Those people don’t have the right to talk about Christ! They aren’t humans, they’re pigs! They’re mules! Of course this will happen when you hand your life over to them. Tricking an animal is so easy! Just appease them, and they’ll automatically turn their prey over!"*
* (From Volume 18, upon hearing of Touma's actions) *"…Nice one, boy! I love you!!"*
* (To a Knight of England from Volume 18) *"“Yeah, well I’m a nun!!"*
* (To a Knight of England from Volume 18) "*Oh. So you like being struck more than being caressed? Ah ha ha. What are you trying to tell me with that twitching body of yours? Oh, what’s this? You react here, too? You seem to be much more sensitive here. Hee hee hee. A gentleman like you feels good having someone mess with his hole? What a pervert. How about I stick this wand all the way up there directly?*"

## TMNT X Pokemon

Agnese is the leader of her group which consists of Leone, Usopp, Kagura, and Nico Robin.