The Chained Maiden, Andromeda

***Andromeda***

## Info

One of the 88 Crusaders, Andromeda, bearing the title of the Chained Maiden, bears the role of a jailer and guardian in Aether World. She captures enemies with her chains and sends then to the Realm of Saturn's jails, or the prisons of Fort Corona and Fort Buwan. Before she became a member, she worked as a bodyguard to a ruler of another world. Her known relations are her parents Cepheus and Cassiopeia.

## Appearance

She appears as a lithe woman wearing a white and lilac gown, and golden gauntlets with chains hanging from the wrists and chains worn on her legs. Andromeda looks like a woman from the Mediterranian area, and her eyes glow purple when her powers manifest.

In her Crusader Form, she wears a white and lilac armour, with the golden gauntlets revealing themselves as the Monster-Sealing Arms, while the chains lengthen, glowing with the light of the stars. Her helmet, which vaguely resembles an eel's head, has chains attached to her sides, and she wears an azure scarf. Andromeda can control these chains with her mind. She also carries a kusari-fundo forged from white pearl steel as a weapon. Her alternate form is that of an anthropomorphic armoured eel, which she finds unsettling, resulting in her rarely taking on this form.

## Personality

Andromeda gives off the aura of a stern warrior to anyone she meets. She is a self-disciplined warrior, training from day till night to master even the simplest of her special moves when she was a student at Aether World Cosmic University, in contrast to her mother's easygoing nature. It didn't help that anyone meeting her back then was quite wary of her due to her stoic expression. She can come across as distant at first but warm up to her and she'll warm up to you and regard you as a friend.

And once she regards you as a friend, she will be loyal for life. While she serves the White Swan Warrior of Venus who saw her abilities as something useful, she takes her job as the Realm of Venus's Guardian seriously, removing anyone deemed a threat to the Realm and Aether World as a whole, and sending them to Zenith Castle of the Sun to be judged. Once, she allowed the White Swan Warrior of Venus to cut off her chains to forge the Golden-White chains that hold down anyone imprisoned in Fort Corona's prison and the silver-pearl steel chains of Fort Buwan.

Yet, Andromeda has a side she rarely shows, namely that she's a fan of motorbikes, and hopes to own one someday. Despite her duty as a guardian of Aether World, she still has her tomboyish side from her days before and during her studies at Aether World Cosmic University, though she's not that rough. Aside from the White Swan Warrior of Venus, she counts Virgo and Phoenix as her closest friends. Vulpecula still remembers her as 'that expressionless girl who trains hard with only the martial arts manuals as her friends' and has been known to tease her sometimes when they meet. But Andromeda seems to make the fox behave, and this made Vulpecula consider her a worthy rival.

She is close to her parents Cepheus and Cassiopeia, and Cassiopeia cooks for her from time to time. Andromeda has been known to inherit her personality from her father and her mother's cooking skills. That she can cook serves to make her embarrassed, being known for being a stern guardian, yet as her mother, Phoenix, the White Swan Warrior and Vulpecula told her, there's no shame at being good with a feminine hobby. She also loves Perseus, and he, having discovered how delicious her cooking is, has been attempting to propose to her when given the opportunity.

## Powers

### Offensive

* Golden-Ebon Nullifier ( ● ): Wraps the chains of her Monster-Sealing Arms or her kusari-fundo around an enemy, nullifying their abilities.
* Starlight Whip ( ●  ● ): gives lashes to an enemy with the chains
* Galaxy Whorl ( ●  ●  ● ): Spins around, giving multiple lashes to her surrounding enemies
* Thousand Power Nova Bomber ( ●  ● ): Cracks her whip, creating sonic booms that damage opponents

### Defensive

* Celestial Spiral Protector ( ●  ● ): Extends the chains of her Monster-Sealing Arms to coil around a target or a group to protect them. This defensive technique was created by Andromeda from her time training with Ranald.

### Passive

* Starlight Blessing ( ●  ● ): Sprinkles starlight from her kusari-fundo on her allies, boosting their stats

## Arsenal

* Transformation Gear
* Weapons

### Andromeda Constellawatch

One of the 88 Constellawatches, this item enables Andromeda to access her Crusader Form. It has a lilac strap, and a white jade watch face with steel chains encircling the display.

### Monster-Sealing Arms

A pair of golden gauntlets with chains made of an amorphous metal attached to it, it can be used as a weapon and ensnarer. Andromeda can make the chains lengthen to perform her special moves.

### Kusari-Fundo

Forged from white Pearl-Steel during her AWCU student days, this weapon can also be lengthened by its owner. It's said to deal extra damage to creatures of darkness, even removing their powers forever.