Thorn

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**Thorn** is the leader of the Ostinato Musicians. She serves as the primary antagonist of the game and the penultimate boss.

## Appearance

In Mobius, Thorn appears identical to Ichika Saotome, according to Shogo Satake. She possesses long black hair that falls past her shoulders and covers the right side of her face. She wears a hoop earring in the lobe of her left ear, and a star hair clip worn above the same ear. She wears the school uniform, though her bow is slightly larger with a pattern of white hexagrams on it. She is frequently depicted as carrying a conductor's baton.

## Personality

As both an Ostinato Musician, as well as the leader of the organization, Thorn is strict and no-nonsense on top of being very serious. Following Kensuke Hibiki's defection and the emergence of the Going-Home Club, she immediately regarded them as a threat to their "paradise." She especially considers the protagonist to be dangerous, as he was the first to develop the Catharsis Effect and enlisted the aid of Aria.

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When revealed to be Asuka Natsume, he is also revealed to bear a deep grudge against Shogo, having orchestrated events so that Mobius would become his own personal hell. He even went so far as to take on the appearance of Ichika, a close friend of his, just to spite him. Wheras Ichika's death has traumatized Shogo immensely, it has done nothing but fill Thorn with anger: both at Shogo and the world.

Due to Ichika's aforementioned suicide, Thorn desired the destruction of the world. Showing off his cunning nature, he was easily able to warp μ's desires in granting wishes in favor for his own: the destruction of the world. He used the Ostinato Musicians' concerts to fill her with negative energy to achieve this goal.

## History

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Asuka Natsume's history is unknown, other than that he was close friends with a girl named Ichika Saotome and Shogo Satake thirteen years prior to the events of the game. They greatly enjoyed attending concerts at the Grand Guignol, though one day, Ichika and Shogo attempted to commit double-suicide. Shogo had backed out of the idea at the last possible second, a decision which has haunted him since. Asuka, however, was enraged and swore to make Shogo's life a living hell.

At some point in time, Asuka discovered Mobius and became Thorn, modeling his appearance after the deceased Ichika. When she discovered that Shogo had also entered this world, she began to orchestrate a series of events to follow through with her promise while also attempting to have μ grant her own wish. By her own suggestion, μ founded the Ostinato Musicians, who then began concerts that would slowly begin to fill μ with negative energy, thereby warping her view on reality and make her much more willing to comply with the wish of destroying reality.

## Gameplay (Playable)

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As a playable party member, Thorn fights very similarly to Suzuna with the exception of some of her versions of Suzuna's moves as well as having completely different unique support moves (R.I.P Resurrection Arc on Thorn). Statwise, she exchanged some of her Accuracy and Critical stats for more HP, Attack and Defense, all while keeping Suzuna's extremely high Evasion stat (and debatably having very slightly higher Evasion than Suzuna) Here are her Catharsis Effect Skills and Support Skills.

### Catharsis Effect

* **Devil's** **Lance**
	+ Must fill the Stress Meter
	+ Uses 0 SP
	+ Power 770
	+ Attack Skill Level 3 / Defense Skill Level 3
	+ Hit 1
	+ [Overdose Skill] Plunge a cursed spear into the ground, releasing its energy from the ground to pierce victims.
* **Boring Rain**
	+ Requires 8 Skills Points to upgrade
	+ Rush Skill
	+ Uses 45 SP in first phase, 36 SP in second phase, 22 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 30  >  Level 2: Power 34  >  Level 3: Power 39
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 8
	+ Deliver a sequence of thrusts with long reach.
* **Heavenly Wind**
	+ Requires 8 Skills Points to upgrade
	+ Rush Skill
	+ Uses 75 SP in first phase, 60 SP in second phase, 37 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 25  > Level 2: Power 28  > Level 3: Power 32
	+ Attack Skill Level 2 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 11
	+ Perform a graceful aerial dance against airborne enemies.
* **Ritual of Decay**
	+ Requires 16 Skill Points to upgrade
	+ Rush Skill
	+ Uses 70 SP in first phase, 56 SP in second phase, 35 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 150 > Level 2: Power 172 > Level 3: Power 195
	+ Attack Skill Level 3/ Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 3
	+ A fast and powerful chain attack that knocks enemies down.

* **Sacrament**
	+ Requires 12 Skills Points to unlock and upgrade
	+ Rush Skill
	+ Uses 95 SP in first phase, 76 SP in second phase, 47 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 75  > Level 2: Power 86  > Level 3: Power 97
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 6
	+ Strike with a chain, hitting all nearby enemies.
* **Broken Faith**
	+ Requires 12 Skill Points and reach Level 47 to unlock and upgrade
	+ Rush Skill
	+ Uses 75 SP in first phase, 60 SP in second phase, 37 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 160 > Level 2: Power 184 > Level 3: Power 208
	+ Attack Skill Level 2 / Defense Skill Level 2
	+ Hit 3
	+ Strike the enemy's weak points, destroying its guard. Breaking guards triggers a follow-up skill.
	+ Triggers "**Crow of Thorns**", Thorn backflips before doing an advancing slash followed by a flurry of stabs into another slash. Hits 7 times.
* **Falling Sun**
	+ Requires 48 Skill points and complete Thorn's Character Episode to unlock and upgrade.
	+ Rush Skill
	+ Uses 170 SP in first phase, 136 SP in second phase, 85 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 200  >  Level 2: Power 230  >  Level 3: Power 260 (needs to be verified properly)
	+ Attack Skill Level 2 / Defense Skill Level 2
	+ Hit 1
	+ A brilliant combo at blazing speeds. Hitting enemies in the air triggers a follow-up skill
	+ Triggers "**Baptism**", Thorn's Ultimate Skill, a Rush Skill where Thorn reposisitions with a backflip before unleashing a small flurry of stabs before backflipping again into a smaller version of "**Sacrament**" that only spins once instead of twice.
* **Support** (Exclusive Skills)
	+ **Field Clearance (フィールドクリアランス)**
		- Requires 24 Skill Points to unlock
		- Uses 45 SP in first phase, 36 SP in second phase, 22 SP in third phase
		- Removes all debuffs from nearby allies.
	+ **Night Terrors (悪夢の繭)**
		- Requires 18 Skill Points to unlock
		- Uses 60 SP in first phase, 48 SP second phase, 30 SP third phase
		- Reduces an enemy's Attack while greatly reducing its Defense
	+ **Blood Scent**
		- Requires 16 Skill Points to unlock
		- Uses 45 SP in first phase, 36 SP in second phase, 22 SP in third phase
		- Grants an ally increased Max HP and healing whenever the ally deals damage

### Gameplay (Boss)

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As the penultimate boss of the game, Thorn does not mess around and is out to kill with his difficult to dodge attacks that can one-shot anyone under Level 60 on Hard mode with relative ease while only being Level 50 at base himself, be prepared to revive anyone at any moment when fighting him or he'll make you regret challenging the musicians and trying to leave Mobius in death. Below are his statistics as interpreted by the official strategy guide as well as a list of all of his possible attacks.

Stats

### Attacks

* **Lance of Destruction**
	+ Thorn does a backflip kick followed by a shielded flurry of stabs alongside her lance drones.
* **Thorns of Grief**
	+ Thorn suddenly drops from the sky with a downwards lance slam that creates a red cyclone and a shockwave for additional hits before backing up and sending the lance drones in for additional hits.
	+ Inflicts Poison
* **Cage of Despair**
	+ Thorn quickly slashes twice before following-up by summoning chains below the target
	+ Inflicts Evasion Down and Accuracy Down
* **Final Spear**
	+ Breaks shields on first few hits and launches into lance follow-ups
	+ Has virtually no recovery, effectively allowing her to stunlock anyone who gets hit by this by simply using it over and over again.
* **Thorn Bind**
	+ Thorn summons a cyclone of chains below the target before sending his lances into their general location whether they dodge it or not.
	+ Inflicts 2 stacks of stun with the follow-up lances inflicting Accuracy Down
* **Rejection Barrier**
	+ Emergency Barrier for Thorn that has lower recovery, allowing her to act out of it faster. Essentially a free shield break launch for you as long as you aren't recovering from anything else by the time he does it since you don't have long to punish it.
* **Requiem for a Lady**
	+ Boss Thorn's Ultimate Skill. A Rush Skill, as well as Thorn's only skill that is a desgnated Skill Type in Overdose (a.k.a the only skill that can be countered) Thorn does a dashing flurry of thrusts, followed by a drill flurry by the lance drones before finishing by creating several groups of chains around the battlefield.
	+ The lance drones inflict Stress Down during this attack, and the chains launch anyone caught by them into the air.

## Gallery

Thorn's sprite sheet.Thorn's shadow sprite.Thorn's status screen sprite.Official Steam card for *The Caligula Effect: Overdose,* featuring Thorn and Shogo.Thorn's menu cut-in sprite.Thorn's WIRE icon.Official Twitter icon of Thorn.Thorn can be seen in the background of the Ostinato Musicians self-cover album.A series of headshots of Thorn from the *Caligula Effect* anime.DVD cover for the *Caligula Effect* anime, featuring Mirei, Sweet-P, and Thorn.Thorn's page in the *Caligula Overdose's* complete guidebook.The first page in the complete guidebook that details Thorn's boss fight.The second page in the complete guidebook that details Thorn's boss fight.The third page in the complete guidebook that details Thorn's boss fight.The fourth page in the complete guidebook that details Thorn's boss fight.The fifth page in the complete guidebook that details Thorn's boss fight.Thorn's page in the official *Caligula Effect: Overdose* complete guide.Concept artwork of Thorn and Shadow Knife from the official *Caligula Effect: Overdose* complete guide.Thorn with her fellow musicians, as seen in the complete guidebook.