Arachne Gorgon

**Arachne Gorgon** (アラクネ・ゴーゴン, *Arakune Gōgon*) was formerly the head of Arachnophobia. She was also the oldest of the Gorgon Sisters, formerly an associate of both Death and Eibon of some sort,[9] and the darkest blemish in witch history.[11][12] She intended to use Madness to replace the ideals which the Death Weapon Meister Academy stands for.[13] She is the second main antagonist in the *Soul Eater* series.

## Personality

Carrying herself in an aristocratic and calm manner in most cases, Arachne is a sinister individual who prefers to manipulate others contrary to doing the dirty work herself. She tends to speak in a refined manner.[16] Arachne rarely ever shows any negative emotions, looking for any advantage and light of the situation in a pragmatic manner.[17] This pragmatic mindset causes her to view not only others but even herself, pointing out to Maka during her fight with the Meister and her partner that her defeat was directly the result of her sacrificing her attacking power by becoming Madness itself, dismissing the notion that courage and spirit had anything to contribute to her imminent death.[18]Arachne also seems to like to portray herself as a commanding and motherly-like figure, with Arachnophobia even regarding her as an "absolute mother figure" to the point of being cult-like[19] as well as desiring the power to becoming the "Mother of All Things".[20]

However, this does not mean even Arachne has noticeable flaws, still able to show even arrogance and pettiness, such as even bickering with her sister[21] and would rather play with her individuals and kill them than go in for the kill from the start.[22] She also has shown anger towards select individuals, which can hold off for as long as even eight centuries.[23]In all, despite her goals, it's even apparent that Arachne cares little for other's actual feelings and free will overall, allowing Crona to be killed at their reaction of rejecting any "love" they might have received from Arachne. In**the anime, Arachne shows no concern** even for her own followers and servants such as Giriko.[24]

Arachne herself prefers high-quality treatment, with having her butler only gather the top of the line vehicles, preferring fancy entrances (such as a red carpet), and drinks the finest of champagne.[25] She even makes her own followers serve her champagne with a ladder in her Spider Queen Room despite the danger and how high she tends to sit.[26]

## Appearance

Arachne has an extremely pale and flawless complexion, making it appear like she’s almost constructed entirely out of porcelain. She has a curvy figure, with very large breasts, a thin waist, and wide hips. Her facial features comprise of long dark/black hair, worn in an upwards manner with two long strands that frame either side of her face, and eyes that have both completely grey irises and pupils, each containing a black spider web pattern.[27]

Her typical clothing consists simply of a long black sleeveless dress; however, this dress is incredibly long, in that it completely conceals her feet, while ending in eight small trailing pieces of fabric like the legs of a spider. A narrow black band encircles her neck featuring a small spider emblem that lies at its front and eight extensions that protrude outwards upon the back, with four emerging from either side. Spider web netting branches the gap between the band and the dress, extending downwards from the aforementioned spider emblem. Two large "sleeves", separated entirely from the dress, are worn on her arms, ending just after her elbows. Each of these "sleeves" also display four protrusions, appearing at the ends of the significant amount of overhanging fabric. She also wears two spider earrings that hang downwards from her ears.[27]

Arachne's soul appears in a purped hued color with a darker purple aura surrounding it with various bright tendrils protruding from the soul.[27] When killed, it appears as a soul with spider legs and some form of plating.[28] **In the anime**, however, it appears as a typical, purple soul.[29]

## Power

Out of all the Gorgon Sisters. Arachne stands out as the most powerful out of the three and is known to be a powerful Witch, perhaps one of the most powerful Witches seen in the series, with her powers being highly revered by those within the magic community (such as Gopher).[30] She is considered a formidable enemy to even Death.[31]

## Special Abilities

**Pure Madness** (狂気そのもの, *Kyōki Sonomono*): As a result of her "magic training", Arachne was able to achieve a powerful form which would theoretically allow her to be able to absorb the Kishin himself. In this form, she takes the appearance of black mist with four holes acting as her disembodied consciousness, though can easily take a more physical form. She can aso harden herself enough to deal physical damage as well as launch spider webs towards her opponents offensively. She claimed while in this form that no physical attack can harm her, although she has been dealt hits physically with the force pushing her back.[32]

After being hit by Maka's Anti-Demon Wavelength, she was reduced to a more physical form in which her body is mostly transformed to resemble a giant spider, save her head and shoulders. In this form, parts of her body can become mist-like and serve as an attack, jump incredible heights, and create/spin spider webs at will. Like that of a spider, she can also clamp onto other surfaces with her legs.[33]

**Madness Wavelength** (狂気の波長, *Kyōki no hachō*): Arachne possess a powerful Soul Wavelength with the capability of swaying individuals within her own variant of Madness. This Madness Wavelength, in particular, can be felt from as far away as from Loew Village to Death City by Franken Stein (Czech Republic to USA).[7]

* **Arachne's Madness** (アラクネの狂気, *Arakune no Kyōki*): This particular variant of Madness allows her to force those under the influence to lose their minds, with the sensation of their head being ripped apart by tiny spiders and powerful enough to affect those such as Sid Barret, Medusa, and most of the DWMA as well as Black☆Star, who resisted it's effects by sheer will.[34]

* **Madness Attack** (狂気攻撃, *Kyōki kōgeki*): With Arachne possessing Madness, she can utilize it in an attacking manner. Targeting the mind much like her Magic Attack, this attack allows her to physically take down her target, with her even remarking her Madness Attack is so much more powerful and the Magic Attack paling in comparison.[32]

**Spider** (蜘蛛, *Kumo*; *FUNimation* "Tracking Spider"): A sort of Magic involving the creation of Magic Lifeform spiders from her body, allowing her to see and hear through the spiders to function as spy devices. These spiders also compose the majority of her body.[35] She can break her own body down into tiny pieces of spiders and use such capability to escape from danger.[36]

**Thread** (糸, *Ito*): A Magic which creates magically-enchanted web presumably from Arachne's soul and can be inserted into objects like that of the Oldest Golem. In turn, this thread can infect a victim and cause instant paralysis which takes several days to dissipate, even for Anti-Demon Wavelength carriers.[37]

**Magic Attack** (魔法攻撃, *Mahō Kōgeki*): Arachne's Magic is a Magic which specializes in attacking an individual from within, exploiting the target's weaknesses within their mind, and propelling them into powerful illusions in an effort to turn them to Arachne's side.[7]**Spiderweb** (蜘蛛の糸, *Kumo no ito*): Spiderweb is a Magic which supports Arachne's spread of Madness, particularly her own variant. According to Soul Eater, this magic works by casting her soul out in a form of a spiderweb, enabling her to spread her Madness at a wider range than normal for those with a Madness Wavelength. She puts people under her spell, pulling them towards Madness.[38]**Weapon Combatant**: Not much is known about Arachne's prowess in close quarters combat, though her weapon of choice seems to be her fan. When Crona attempted to kill Arachne, Arachne easily blocked one of their attacks and retaliated with a slap from the fan with ease.[39]

**Demon Tool Expertise**: Clay, while researching the cause of abnormality for Traitors, mentioned she was an expert on Demon Tools.[40]

**Information Warfare**: Of her own admission, Arachne excels at the capability of using and managing information to seek an advantage over her enemies. When she found out that "BREW"'s function had "ceased", she had lied to her own organization by claiming that "BREW" was functional to her organization and by extent, DWMA.[41] According to Death himself, this resulted in Arachnophobia consistently threatening to pull out "BREW" to attack, causing DWMA forces to mobilize, and then attacking their base from a different direction. From Azusa's report to the headmaster, her stategy had cause both the DWMA East Asia Branch and DWMA African Branch to sustain heavy damage.[42]

**Enhanced Strength**: Arachne has displayed some degree of incredible strength, having blocked an attack from Crona using the Demon Sword with the use of her fan.[39]

**Enhanced Durability**: Arachne is one of the few individuals to have survived an encounter with Death, despite receiving fatal injuries.[43] She also was able to survive Asura's skin scarves slamming and choking her with moderate injuries **in the anime**.[44]

### Weaknesses

As a witch and magic-user herself, Arachne is susceptible to attacks like the Witch-Hunt and those who carry the Anti-Demon Wavelength. Despite having some considerable skill in close combat, she lacks physical attacks and according statements made even by herself, she no longer possesses the physcial combat skills she had due to being out of commission for over 800 years. This plays into her downfall in the manga when she loses to Maka Albarn.

## Equipment

**Arachne's Fan**: Arachne often seems to have a fan within her person, unknown whether she physically carries the fan itself or even has the ability to conjure it up one way or another. This object, however, is also seemingly her weapon of choice and durable enough to avoid being cut in half by the Black Sword.[45]

## Quotes

* (To Giriko)"*Oh, it's very easy to manipulate someone who has a weakness.*"[76]
* (To Maka Albarn) "*Do you really believe believe courage is the answer to everything, little girl? In the face of an overwhelmingly powerful foe, courage becomes utterly moot and all that remains is pure recklessness.*"[77]
* (To Medusa Gorgon) "*It doesn't matter who comes up with an idea or who actually implements it. What matters is what you are able to get out of it. And that's where you fall short, little sister. You can't even get a man when you want one.*"[21]

## TMNT X Pokemon

Arachne Gorgon is one of the many villains you'll face throughout the game. She is very hard to defeat on the difficulty scale.