True Longinus

**True Longinus**, also known as the **Holy Lance**, the **Spear of Destiny**, and the **Spear of the Setting Sun**, is the first and most powerful of all Longinus. It possesses the power to ███████████████.

## Overview

The **Holy Lance**, also known as the **Lance of Longinus** (named after Saint Longinus), the **Spear of Destiny**, or the **Holy Spear**, is the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross during his crucifixion.

The lance is mentioned in the Gospel of John, which states that the Romans planned to break Jesus' legs, a practice known as *crurifragium*, which was a method of hastening death during a crucifixion.

Because it was the eve of the Sabbath, the followers of Jesus needed to "entomb" him because of Sabbath laws. Just before they did so, they noticed that Jesus was already dead and that there was no reason to break his legs. To make sure that he was dead, a Roman soldier (named in extra-Biblical tradition as Longinus) stabbed him in the side.

## Summary

True Longinus is the first and the original Longinus, exceptionally powerful Sacred Gears that have the potential to kill immortal gods and even destroy the world. In addition, it is also one of the first Sacred Gears to be created by the Biblical God, thus making it among the oldest of its kind.

According to Azazel, even among other world-destroying weapons in mythology, it can still be considered an abnormally powerful anomaly, as at its maximum level of power, it can potentially destroy the entirety of Creation, from the smallest atoms of the Four Worlds to the unreachable heights of Adam Kadmon.

It is considered to be one of the **Holy Relics**, alongside the Holy Chalice, the True Cross, the Crown of Thorns, the Holy Nails, and the Shroud of Turin. It is known as the **Holy Lance** used to pierce the side of Jesus Christ during the crucifixion.

Despite being named after Saint Longinus, he wasn't the first wielder of the holy spear but simply the most famous wielder, and it has had hundreds of wielders before him. However, due to many important documents being destroyed during the Great War and the multiple civil wars within the Abrahamic Factions, most of the past users' names were erased and their identities were lost to history forever.

Among those whose records remain, the oldest wielder was a Sumerian priestess who fought alongside the Mesopotamian gods against the original Tiamat and her spawns in order to regain control of the Mesopotamian cosmos. However, during the final battle, while she was able to defeat and slay Tiamat, she ultimately died because of poison soon after.

Another known wielder was Lü Bu, a legendary military general who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of Imperial China. Despite his famous strength and military prowess, based on surviving records, he had never used any of the True Longinus' supernatural powers for offensive purposes, and only used it during battles and military campaigns to enhance his natural charisma and to boost his soldiers' morale.

The last wielder whose records remained was Percival, one of the Knights of the Round Table, whose reputation was legendary due to him being the first person to achieve the True Longinus' Balance Breaker form - True Longinus Götterdämmerung. Using his Balance Breaker, he assisted his half-brother Lugh in defeating their grandfather, the Evil God Balor and his familiar, the Evil Dragon Crom Cruach.

## Appearance

The True Longinus is an ornate spear with a dark blue rod and features golden decorations, in the shapes of arrow tips, that spiral around in a double helix pattern. They finish at the top of the rod of the spear, which features a white circle and has a cross that fills in the circle, but not completely. The tip of the spear is silver, and similar to the rod of the spear is longer than other types of spears.

## Abilities

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## Techniques

### Truth Idea

**Truth Idea** (覇輝トゥルース・イデア, *Turūsu Idea*), also known as the **Brightness of Supremacy**, is the forbidden ability exclusive to the True Longinus, which is similar to the Juggernaut Drive in nature. Azazel calls it the "Dying Will of the God of the Bible".

Its powers are dependent on the Holy Spirit's will, which dwells within the core of the True Longinus. Through absorbing the user's ambition and by responding to how strong their opponent is, it can create many miracles and phenomena, ranging from granting the absolute power to annihilate their opponents or a blessing that will capture their hearts. However, the final effect is entirely dependent on the Holy Spirit, whose personality is just as strange and mysterious as origins.

It requires a chant to activate it, which goes as follows:

## Forms

### True Longinus Götterdämmerung

**True Longinus Götterdämmerung** (真冥白夜の聖槍トウルー・ロンギヌス・ゲッターデメルング, *Tōrū Ronginusu Gettādemerungu*), also known as the **Holy Spear of the Pure White Night**, is the original Balance Breaker of the True Longinus that was first achieved by Percival. It grants the user the ability to summon celestial spheres known as the **Ten Commandments** (十戒, *Jikkai*), each possesses a different power and enshroud them in an immense angelic aura which is powerful enough to instantly kill an Ultimate-class devil and even cripple a Satan-class devil upon contact.

### Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin

**Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin** (極夜なる天輪聖王の輝廻槍ポーラーナイト・ロンギヌス・チャクラヴァルティン, *Pōrā Naito Ronginusu Chakuravarutin*), also known as the **Heavenly Ring Holy King's Spear Enveloped in Brightness Which Brings the Polar Night**, is Zhihao Han's Sub-Species Balance Breaker.

Similar to the original Balance Breaker, it creates seven orbs called the **Seven Treasures** (七宝, *Shippo*), each having a different ability but with the same appearance, thus making it extremely difficult for the opponents to differentiate between which ability is going to be used by him. The spheres can also combine together to create a Scale Mail around the user which immensely enhances their physical and magical capabilities, as well as allowing them to activate all of the spheres' powers simultaneously.

## Trivia

* According to Tvastar, it is the inspiration behind many powerful mythological divine weapons wielded by the gods, such as Gungnir (Norse), Vajra (Hindu), or Keraunos (Greco-Roman).
* It can be categorized in all categories but the Vritra's Sacred Gears.
* "Götterdämmerung" means "Twilight of the Gods", and is the German translation of "Ragnarök".
* "Chakravartin" means Chakra "wheel" and vartin "one who turns", also referencing an ideal ruler.
* In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the True Longinus is portrayed/depicted as a Chinese *ji* and is named *Fangtian Huaji* (方天畫戟), or "Sky Piercer", despite him existing long before any example of the *ji* was ever discovered.