Melusine

A member of Faerie Britain's Knights of the Round Table.

This Tam Lin's Spirit Origin was dubbed Lancelot, after the Round Table knight from Proper Human History.

She is the lone dragon faerie in Britain. Though she plays the part of a merciless warrior, her bearing, grace, and unique appearance lead many to call her the proudest and most beautiful fae within the Faerie Kingdom.

Height/Weight: 147cm, 20kg

Source: French faerie lore, legends of Mélusine

Region: Dark swamp

Alignment: Neutral-Evil

Sub-Attribute: Earth

Gender: Female-type

"Mélusine isn't my real name. But it's very precious to me."

Her faerie name is Mélusine. In French legends, she is also known as Mélisande.

Since ancient times, Mélusine has been a heroine in stories featuring mixed-species birth. She has been depicted as a beautiful half-fae woman with dragon's wings and the lower body of a serpent. The beautiful daughter of a human father and a faerie mother, she was cursed to take the form of a serpent from the waist down every Saturday as punishment for locking her father in a mountain cave.

It is said that the curse strengthened when her lover saw her serpentine body, and Mélusine transformed fully into a frightful snake.

Personality:

Introverted and active.

The type to swiftly carry out her tasks while keeping her thoughts to herself. A fastidious and businesslike girl knight who gives off a tense air.

She classifies humans as evil creatures and mercilessly drives them away, which leads people to think of her as a ruthless faerie. But while she finds humans alien, she neither hates nor looks down on them.

She simply perceives them as "lifeforms with low individual survival ability."

Mélusine herself has a complex history, so she does not discriminate against others based on the ecology of their birth.

Dragon Heart: B

Refers to Mélusine's Magical Circuit, known as a dragon's reactor core or dragon's jewel.

In Proper Human History, her venting of excess life energy would be classified as a type of Mana Burst.

Mélusine, after reconstructing herself as a "dragon fae," has the same biological functions as a dragon, despite not strictly being dragonkind.

Eternal Arms Mastery: B

A skill transferred from the Heroic Spirit Lancelot, of Proper Human History.

Its user can fully demonstrate the martial skills they have mastered, under any mental limitations.

Although this is meant to represent combat experience engraved into one's body through harsh trials, it is a rather unnecessary ability to Mélusine, who was formidable from the day she was born.

Mélusine dislikes this skill, for it is a device that creatures born powerful have no need of.

Ray Horizon: A

Derived from the English legend of the dragon mirage which guards the horizon, said to represent the boundary to another world.

The faerie Mélusine is ultimately just a name and a vessel. Her original role is the very boundary itself.

...It is a process by which she can exhibit her original form.

When acting as a knight, Mélusine carries herself with a princely air and speaks in a boyish manner. When she is being less reserved, she reverts to more feminine habits and her scatterbrained personality comes out. Since she was left all alone in the world, she is self-deprecating and gets lonely easily.

She is aware that she is an apex lifeform, so she does not view strength and weakness as good or bad. After all, everyone else is weak in comparison. Mélusine likes the "kindness to care for the weak," not the "courage to challenge the strong." In fact, she dotes on those she likes by saying, "Obey the strong, absolutely. By which I mean, obey me."

『Innocence Arondight』

Rank: A

NP Type: Anti-Personnel

Range: 2-10

Maximum Targets: 1

Innocent Light of the Lake, Unbeknownst to the Present.

A simple Noble Phantasm created by refining Mélusine's outer skin into a Faerie Sword Arondight, then using it to strike the target. It is a spear version of Lancelot's Arondight. It may not deal an incredible amount of damage, but the trade-off is an incredibly rapid cooldown, allowing this Noble Phantasm to be deployed as casually as a normal attack. This is all largely because Mélusine considers this to be a Noble Phantasm she simply borrowed (counterfeited) from Lancelot, rather than her own.

『Hollow Heart Albion』

Rank: EX

NP Type: Anti-World

Range: 20-500

Maximum Targets: 500

Innocent Pulsation, Unbeknownst to All.

Dragon breath released by Mélusine after she transforms into her true form through the use of her third skill. Mélusine can no longer be called a faerie in this form, and the light that spills from her imposing heart is akin to a weapon of mass destruction. The sight of it is likened as a rainbow that arcs over the boundary, or even a gate (of a different dimension) that opens into a different world. After using it, Mélusine is unable to return to the faerie vessel she always wished to retain, and disappears unbeknownst to all. In the Lostbelt, Albion continued to fly through the Sea of Nothingness until she eventually died, proving that dragons who fail to return to the planet always meet a cruel end in any version of human history.