Lightning

**Lightning** is a witch from the Fjords, who had joined the Witch Cooperation Association, before leaving to help Nightingale. She is a member of the Witch Union and founder of the Neverwinter Exploration Group.

Out of the witches of the Union, Lightning is the most uninhibited. She will always be upfront and curious about everything without a care about offending people. She is the first one to indirectly introduce business opportunities to Roland.

## Appearance

Lightning is a young girl with fresh and neat short blonde hair. After six months of battling Ursrook's forces, by chapter 1178 her hair reaches her shoulders. Lily has bluntly stated Lightning will not need a bra getting older, claiming she's too flat.

In the Witch Cooperation Association she preferred to wear trousers and a leather jacket full of pockets and patches. Around her waist was a belt, seemingly picked up from somewhere.

Since Roland gave her goggles, she has been constantly wearing it atop her head.

## Personality

Lightning is an adventurer at heart and is always eager to see new things and places. Roland guesses this is something that rubbed off from Margaret raising her.

Lightning feels that as an explorer, she should face the unknown in order to experience new things. However, because of this she often falls into risky or dangerous situations, so Roland repeatedly tells her to put safety first and not to risk her life in unknown events.

She loves to hug Roland when she comes back from a mission or when she misses him.

While she does not say so, Lightning finds dresses inconvenient. Both because of her adventuring lifestyle and because of her ability to fly, for obvious reasons.

## Background

Lightning was born on a ship while her parents were exploring. Unfortunately, her mother was unable to survive, and she was raised by Margaret Farman.

While never explained why she left her father's side, it's possible he encouraged her to use her magical flight to explore on her own (to keep her safe). Lightning joined Witch Cooperation Association not long before Nightingale went to Border Town. Cara had a low opinion of her, considering her to be an irresponsible and windy girl.

## Chronology

Lightning joined Nightingale on her way back to Border Town. She explained she did it out of interest to machines and powder. Furthermore, she said Cara wasn't driven by adventure but by obsession. She helped to carry Wendy to Border Town, telling about her childhood during rest. One and a half day later she arrived in Border Town and put Nightingale and Wendy in care of Nana. After that she told Roland the circumstances of their return and the reason behind her departure.

Lightning signed a contract for free under the condition she would be allowed to test new inventions. One of those inventions was 12-pound field artillery.

At the last day of Months of Demons, she enraged a flying demonic hybrid and lured him to the square where Anna and Nightingale killed him.

Together with Anna, Nightingale, Nana and Wendy, she celebrated newly established Victory Day in the castle's garden.

In order to teach her to evaluate speed and distance, Roland asked her to practice uniform flight and precise control of magic power. At the same time she flew to Longsong Stronghold and back to measure straight distance between two towns and deliver intelligence on Ryan's forces movement.

## Powers & Abilities

As the daughter of the greatest explorer in the Fjords, Lightning learned how to survive by herself when she was very young. This was demonstrated by her ability to live while stuck on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean.

In addition, her many years accompanying her father on his exploits has made her very knowledgeable about matters concerning sailing; from the common terms used on a boat to how to control the boat in calm or violent currents.

Lightning can hold her liquor, having outranked numerous sailors.

### Magic

Her ability belongs to the summoning type.

#### **Awakening**

**Flight:** Lightning's power grants her the ability of unassisted flight. Initially, her top speed was between 60 and 80 km/h, it was increased to 120 km/h after practice. She could also reach up to a height of 100 m in altitude. When carrying something more than 50 kg, her highest altitude drops to 10 m, which drops further to only 2 m when carrying almost 100 kg.

#### **Adulthood** **/ Evolution**

**High-Speed Flight:** Like Anna, Lightning evolved on the day of her adulthood. After the day of adulthood and her evolution, she can now continue to accelerate with the only limit of her magic power (max speed actually reached: break of the barrier of sound).

#### **Branch Ability**

**Magic Synchronization:** A branch ability which, according to Agatha, commonly manifests in Witches whose main abilities were potentially dangerous to themselves. When reaching a considerably high speed, Lightning's magic power will expand into a cocoon and wrap around her, providing a safe environment within the cocoon. But maintaining it requires a lot of magic power. The bigger the gap between the internal and external environment, the higher the speed of magic consumption.

## Equipment

* Goggles

* Dagger

* Revolver

## Relationships

### **Family**

#### Thunder

Lightning loves her father and is proud of the fact that he is the Fjords' greatest explorer.

### **Allies**

#### Roland Wimbledon

She treats Roland the way she treats her father. She doesn't show any awkwardness every time she hugs the prince.

### **Witch Union**

#### Maggie

Lightning and Maggie are best friends who love to fly and explore together. They love boiling birds' eggs and even lost the "demonic beast hunting competition" due to their childishness.

## Trivia

* Roland has referred to her similarity as "a girl" Ezreal from the video game League of Legends
* According to her, she often had drinking battles with the crew and never lost. Despite this, Roland prohibits her to drink alcohol before reaching adulthood.
* Lightning and Maggie are always the first from the Witch Union to leave the castle.
* Lightning visited the main island of Searing Flame Islands, Flaming Mountain, with her father when she had not even reached the age of ten.
* Lightning is rarely seen to be walking in the manhua adaption, always being seen floating around; for this reason, her pajamas include pants.
* She and Maggie are practically vitriolic life partners, since they're never apart from each other unless necessary.

## Gallery

Lightning and Maggie (Colored)Lightning and MaggieLightning while she's flying, taken from the Manhua adaptation.Wendy and Lightning Demonstrating their AbilitiesPromotional material for the manhua
## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1014
2. ↑ Chapter 59
3. ↑ Chapter 61
4. ↑ Chapter 73
5. ↑ Chapter 88
6. ↑ Chapter 90
7. ↑ Chapter 575
8. ↑ Chapter 956