Lasa

**Lasa** (ラーサ, *Rāsa*?) is the antagonist in the "Magecraft Academy" arc.

## Biography

Lasa is the **Queen of Universal Death** (万死の女王, *Banshi no joō*?). She is a Goddess of Night. She is a **Goddess of Misfortune** (不運の女神, *Fuun no megami*?) and can be unlucky herself. Lasa is the **Goddess of Death and Boundary** (死と境界の女神, *Shi to kyōkai no megami*?), the Watcher of the night, **Queen of Strega** (ストレガの女王, *Sutorega no joō*?) and the Mother of Death.

She is a goddess worshiped by the striges. Has owl and striges as her kin group. The Striges and the female descendants are called **Strega** (ストレガ, *Sutorega*?), and they form a religious order that worships Lasa. Lasa is not strictly a subordinate deity, but is incorporated into the Zalxis Cult.

She is the elder sister of Casa and Rosa.

She is the wife of Zalxis. With Zalxis she bore many **Divine Children of Death** (死の御子, *Shi no miko*?).

## History

### War of the Gods

She participated in the war between the Nargolians and Mina's Children. Unlike Casa, she sided with Nargol the Archmother Goddess and tried to destroy Odis' faction. This angered Orgis the moon god, and her kin group; the Owls and Striges were prevented from operating during the day.

Lasa is said to have died with Zalxis in the war of the gods long ago. However, she survived and she lost a lot of magical power in the great war. She was so she turned into a little girl. She and Zalxis went on their separate ways.

## Appearance

She is a huge black owl with a mixed humanoid appearance. Currently she appears as a young girl with golden owl eyes and wings on her arms. Originally, Lasa had taken the form of a bewitching adult woman. A goddess with black owl wings.

## Personality

She uses **妾** (Warawa?) as her personal pronoun.

### Relationships

***The following section contains spoilers.***

Casa
Younger sister.
Kuroki
She feels uneasy with the unknown entity. When she sees him in person, she screams in panic and understood she can't win. She felt so much pressure from him that she calls him an utter abomination.
Rosa
Youngest sister.
Zagat
Son.
Zalxis
Husband. They're separated because of mutual loss of power. She is relieved to see him back in full power.
Zars
Daughter.

## Story

### The Magecraft Academy

She was the goddess who gave Vampire Bats to Curly.

In the gathering of her followers, she critised the humans for losing her bats. She planned to use the magical power contained in the forbidden archive and the lives of the Saria people to revive herself. She is confident her son will assist her.

Curly guided Lasa and her subordinates to the library. Lasa destroyed the security defence of the entrance. Lasa goes through the forbidden archive with her followers and she is accompanied with Zagat and Zars.

Even with her precognition, she still has a bad premonition about her plan to foil. She interfered with Dantarias' control of her labyrinth and separated her enemies.

Lasa and her daughter encounters Chiyuki and Kyouka.

She throws Zars at Kyouka. She wrestles with Chiyuki and Kyouka. She flees and tells Zars to escape. She escapes with tearful eyes. She is blown away by Kuroki's storm.

She communicates with Zalxis.

### The Winds of the Prairie

Zalxis leaves the remote palace of Apophis and boards his own sky ghost ship. There, his wife, the Queen of Universal Death Lasa, is waiting for him. Since losing her powers, she has remained in the form of a child and has not returned to her original state.

## Abilities

Like Casa, she possesses the ability of **precognition** (予知能力, *yochi nōryoku*?) but her insight ability is inferior. Her eyes can see many things, for example Lasa's eyes can read the movement of the labyrinth and went on the right path. She possesses a **Magic Eyes** (魔眼, *Magan*?).

Her combat power is more powerful than Casa.

## Etymology

**Strega** (ストレガ, *Sutorega*?) is the Italian word for *witch*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Nargol Pantheon: Deities Name Record 4 Sajuttaris & Casa
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Apophis Pantheon: Deities Name Record 2 Zalxis, Death God
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 12 - The Queen of Strega
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 30 - The Peace in the Magecraft City of Saria
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 26 - Lasa the Queen of Universal Death
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 19 - The Eyes of Lasa
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 28 - Catfight
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 15 - The Labyrinth of Knowledge
9. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 07 - The Enchanted Incense
10. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 14 - The Library Incident
11. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Magecraft Academy: Chapter 29 - The Night of Strega
12. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Winds of the Prairie: Chapter 01 - The Plotting and Scheming