Lethe

* Default
* Awakened

**Lethe** is a Partner in Arcaea. **Mobile:** She is unlocked by purchasing the Ambivalent Vision Side Story pack. **Switch:** She and her Side Story pack Ambivalent Vision are unlocked via World Mode after unlocking the Vicious Labyrinth Main Story pack.

## Character

### Name

"Lethe" (λήθη) is an Ancient Greek word that means "oblivion" or "forgetfulness".
In Greek mythology, Lethe is also the name of the female deification (goddess) of oblivion. In the same mythology, Lethe also refers to a river in the Underworld which causes the newly deceased drinking from it to lose all memory of their past life.

### Appearance

Lethe has long, light brown hair with uneven bangs and yellow eyes. Part of her hair is braided and held in place by a large off-white ribbon. Her ears are pointed and a pair of off-black horns protrude from her head.

She wears a dark gray knee-length dress with red-orange lining, as well as an off-black corset vest with a feathered collar. A pair of crosses are attached to the ends of her vest and another, red-orange, garment is visible beneath. She also wears a pair of light gray flared sleeves beginning at the elbow, which end in off-white frills at the bottom and are feathered at the top, and accented with small red-orange bows. A pair of off-white gloves cover her hands and yellow-orange sleeves cover most of her upper arms. She wears light gray stockings and dark gray platform heels.

Lethe wields a large, elaborate scythe with an off-black horned skull attached to the end opposite the blade.

### Variants

Lethe has one variant: Lethe (Apophenia).**Switch:**

## Story

Lethe is the main character of the Ambivalent Vision Side Story.

## Gameplay

### Stats by level

**Mobile:**
*Hover your cursor over a stat to see its corresponding multiplier.*

**Switch:**
*Hover your cursor over a stat to see its corresponding multiplier.*

### Skill

Lethe's **MIRROR** skill is unlocked at Level 8, and will flip all chart elements horizontally.

After awakening, Lethe loses the MIRROR skill and instead gains the **Sense of Incompleteness** skill. This skill partially blots out the following parts of the Play Screen with black ink marks:

* Combo counter
* FR/PM indicator (blue PM indicator is only partially obscured; ink blot location will change depending on whether the FR/PM indicator is under the combo counter or song info display)
* Score counter (first two digits are completely obscured; remaining digits are partially visible)

### Notes

Lethe's MIRROR skill can help players that are having problems with certain sections that are dominant to a specific hand or break an already built-up muscle memory to stop players from hitting a pattern incorrectly.

Due to the potential inconvenience of her Awakened skill, bypassing her awakening is a possible strategic consideration.

## Trivia

* Lethe was the first Partner to have the MIRROR skill.

## Artwork

* Story Entry 5-1
* Story Entry 5-6
* Concept art by softmode
* Image by softmode for the game's Nintendo Switch release
* Image by 桶乃かもく (Kamoku Okeno) for the game's 5th anniversary
* Image by シエラ (cierra) for the game's 1st anniversary
* Genesis jacket art
* Lethaeus jacket art
* Oblivia jacket art
* corps-sans-organes jacket art
* Full body artwork
* Awakened full body artwork
* Icon in the partner select screen
* Awakened icon in the partner select screen
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## References

1. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica article