Excellen Kilekion

"Now, enjoy hell!"

- Excellen's pre-battle catchphrase.

Excellen Kilekion (エクセレン・プルガシオン, Ekuseren Purugashion) is a powerful Esper who entered La Pucelle Academy for a currently unspecified reason. It turns out that she is a spy for the Esper Hegemon; often acting as a double agent, or even a triple agent, serving multiple interests in the same situation. In truth, her only alliance is that to her own, and she tends to change allegiances upon a whim to suit her own needs. Excellen is the last guardian of the Matrix Stone, a powerful ancient relic which is her solemn duty to protect from anyone who wants to steal it; it is what keeps her tied to Earth Land, and without it, she will simply fade away. After reaching Earth Land, Excellen was one of the many victims of the Magic Council's rise to power, and as a child she was left in prison, abandoned by the resistance, and as a result held a grudge against them, with time developing the darker traits of her personality. Upon escaping, Excellen led a life of treasure hunting and other petty crimes until she decided to take revenge on the leader of the movement.

Appearance
Excellen is an attractive woman with a youthful, but mature appearance. Her figure is notably voluptuous, and her height compliments this further. Her hair is long, and is a tinged shade of gold, with sparkling blue eyes. She is able to maintain a trim, young-and-beautiful appearance, despite having been put through so much. She usually has a kind, soft expression on her face; however, this changes when she decides to play the bad guy. She has large, E-cupped breasts, wide and womanly hips, a shapely rear, a thin waist, long, beautiful legs, and a perfect physique. Overall, Excellen is shown to be extremely beautiful.

As a 'heroic' character, Excellen's attire appears to be a white trenchcoat with blue lining over a dark blue top-skirt with golden lining that exposes much cleavage and ends at her thighs, along with this, she wears a pair of dark blue stilletos. However, as a 'villain', her attire becomes much more racy, wearing a black belly top, black fingerless gloves that are elbow length, a grey belted-skirt, black buckled-belt, black skinny pants that have grey padded shoes attached to it.

Personality and Traits
Excellen is a determined fighter, eager to oppose evil since her capture at the hands of the Magic Council. Though powerful and charismatic, Excellen is ridiculously untrustworthy and hides a cold and calculating personality beneath her joshing smile. Somewhat prideful, she tends to hold grudges, such as against her sempai Neve Alloy, who defeated her in an illegal fighting tournament, and towards Deen Lhant, for failing to save her when she was captured by the Magic Council as a child. She has a history of mild illegal activity, including robbery. She is also extremely clever, and has an acute memory. Due to her pride, she starts to fight dirty when facing a superior opponent; and is fond of being pragmatic in battle. Lastly, the promises she makes to her gang are sometimes worded... uncomfortably strangely. She states she has played every major faction and many, many others for chumps, leaving her true loyalties in question. Most of the time she seems to be just messing around, but she may have done more thinking than everyone else combined; though she tends to avoid eye contact when lying.

Owing to her deceitful nature, she also is shown to be treacherous when it suited her goals, evidenced by the fact that she will switch sides at the drop of a hat. In fact, Excellen spends a good portion of the story seemingly playing every side of the conflict, nonchalantly betraying and returning to the main group so frequently that "Liar" becomes a de facto nickname for her with Rosa. If there is a virtuous side to her behaviour, it's that she's usually sincere about her loyalties and why she switches sides. Despite everything, Tsuruko trusts her because even if she doesn't agree, she understands Tsuruko's decisions and feelings. Despite the glee that she shows when betraying people, her backstabbing causes her a fair deal of angst because, since she was raised as a child spy, she doesn't know any other way to live.

She is well-known for her prowess in the battlefield as well as her deceitful nature and her penchant for torture; having an explicit fondness for it, declaring that it is "the ultimate form of expression"; torturing many individuals violently throughout her career as an operative; often with a preference for the application of electrical shocks. Despite being a renowned sadist, she dismisses the word "torture" in reference to her interrogation techniques. She is also highly intelligent and a fast learner, learning swords techniques upon observation and using them to fight Neve herself to a stalemate. However, she is clearly reluctant to talk about her past; and for very good reasons; making her somewhat of a hypocrite when she pries into the pasts of others for a laugh and to dig up more info on them in order to manipulate them better. This, along with her perceived hollowness, suggests that deep inside, Excellen clearly wants friends, and does not know how to live in any other way. Her phrase before battle is "Now, enjoy hell!" (さあ、地獄を楽しみな, Sā, jigoku wo tanoshimina!).

History
As a child, Excellen was declared to be the last of the Guardians; Espers who guarded the Matrix Stone—a gem of immense power, which enabled Espers to survive in environments where there was high concentrations of magic. After she was born, and without the knowledge or consent from his wife, her father subjected Excellen to large doses of magical radiation in order to create a Guardian that surpassed the abilities achieved by her ancestors. The result was that Excellen quickly showed intellect and abilities that were very abnormal in children her age. Her father wanted to begin Excellen's training as a Guardian at age three, but her mother didn't want Excellen to be raised this way. The dispute ended their marriage; as her father won custody of Excellen when she was five, and retreated to the Floating Island. She was put through strict training, never having a chance to be a normal kid.

However, soon after becoming the proper Guardian, the Matrix Stone initiated a Time Shift; thus transporting Excellen from Edolas into Earth Land. Upon arriving, she was found by the Magic Council and used as a test subject in the "Perfect Soldier Project"; a project that was spearheaded by Alexis Tenjouin. The project turned the young girl into a more efficient soldier, capable of killing her targets without remorse, however, it was at a cost. When she was not fighting, she was kept in a fluid-filled sensory deprivation tank which would reset her memories, and suppress her emotions. This intense treatment also enhanced her senses and reflexes allowing her to deflect bullets and become incredibly agile. Gene therapy was used to help overcome stress concentration and rejection responses, but the process resulted in imperfect nerve connections which would later cause Excellen to experience sudden outbursts of extreme pain.

Several years after, the one known as Deen Lhant joined the Magic Council as Alexis's assistant; and he helped Excellen to escape her containment, and summarily covered up Excellen's actions when she later killed the lead scientist, reporting it as a laboratory accident. Excellen had actually been used to kill the man by Mr. E, who had previously recruited Deen into his organization, as part of a power struggle between opposing factions of the resistance. Deen went out in an attempt to rescue Excellen but ultimately failed to free her; however, after a long period of imprisonment, Excellen realized that no one would rescue her, and thus she became determined to do so herself. Through long, grueling attempts, she managed to dig an escape tunnel from her cell over a period of at least two years, eventually reaching freedom outside.

Equipment
Matrix Stone (マトリックス・ストーン, Matorikkuu Sutōn): The Matrix Stone is a mystical relic from the untold past, and is a prominent object in the universe due to its enormously powerful properties and its ability to defy fate. Before Excellen managed to take ahold of it, it rested Floating Island where its power keeps the island floating in the sky. It takes the appearance of a hollow, spherical metal shell with two handles on either side and with a core sphere of bluish crystal at its center. The main power of the Matrix Stone is described as being able to “transform thoughts into power”, implying that it has some form of reality-warping capability. This allows it to perform certain feats, such as showing visions, perform rituals and even revive the recently deceased. The energy of the Matrix Stone can also be harnessed to power machines, making it possible to power various types of powerful and advanced machinery that normally would be impossible to use, due to the immense amounts of energy they require; such as Neo-Etherion. The type of energy that the Matrix Stone can produce is based on thoughts/emotions. Positive thoughts, such as friendship and caring, generate positive energies, and negative thoughts, such as anger and hatred, generate negative energies The Matrix Stone has also been seen creating three-dimensional holographic images within itself, thus suggesting that it is in fact sentient. In addition, if the Matrix Stone is broken into several pieces, it can repair itself if the shards are brought back together. However, the shattering of the stone seems to give the shards an explosive trajectory, causing them to fly a great distance which makes the task of gathering them rather painstaking. In reality, the Matrix Stone is a transcendental object that exists simultaneously in all time lines across the time-space continuum. That means should the Matrix Stone disappear in one time frame, it would cause a chain reaction that would make the Matrix Stone disappear in all existing time frames. The sheer power of the Matrix Stone enables an Esper to survive in environments where there was high concentrations of magic—meaning that if Excellen loses it, she will fade away.

Bashōsen (芭蕉扇, Banana Palm Fan): The Bashōsen is Excellen's main weapon, and a unique weapon passed down through the Guardian line. The Bashōsen is unique amongst the weapons of the cast due to nobody else possessing a weapon like it—and because of this, it is all the more deadly. The Bashōsen takes the form of a Gunbai (軍配; army arrangement). It was used in ancient Japan by samurai officers to communicate with their troops. Nowadays, it is used by referees of professional sumō matches. It is a wide fan with red tomoe on it and has a long handle with bandages wrapped around the base, as well as having a long chain attached to it. The fan is shaped like a diamond with concave edges. This diamond has four small, diamond-shaped gaps in its center. Its inner edges are blue while its outer edges are a very light blue colour. Each of the sides sports a large spike, and another, enormous one sprouts out of the top corner of the shield. All five of these spikes have the same coloration; white in the center with magenta edges. Excellen wields the Bashōen predominantly like a flail using the chain attached to guide the fan which she can use also as a shield because of its durability, both as a shield and as a mace; allowing her to perform various techniques. The fan itself can also be used as a club or to block attacks. It also seems to be able to deflect magical blasts and can also be lodged in the ground. Sheer momentum makes this a superb weapon for unhorsing foes, crushing helmets, smashing shields, and driving bits of armour into her opponent's body. In order to enhance its speed, range, and power against enemy targets, the Bashōsen has four miniature thrusters that emit high-powered flames to help the weapon quickly launch and smash its target with great destructive force; allowing it to maneuver in zero-gravity also the ability to change it's direction before impact, and to increase the damage it could cause. The Bashōsen is based on a tool from the Chinese classic "Journey to the West". In this story; there are two demon king brothers, known as the Great King Kinkaku (金角大王, Kinkaku-daiō) and the Great King Ginkaku (銀角大王, Ginkaku-daiō). The siblings possess five treasured tools, one of which is called the Banana Palm Fan (芭蕉扇, Bashōsen).

Ways of Combat
Tessenjutsu Master (鉄扇術, Iron Fan Techniques): Tessenjutsu is the martial art of the Japanese war fan (tessen). It is based on the use of the solid iron fan or the folding iron fan, which usually had eight or ten wood or iron ribs. Her fighting style is free flowing, often revolving around moving with opponents own movements giving Excellen an appearance similar to that of a cunning viper swirling around its prey. In addition to being used as a makeshift club or to block attacks, the fan can be used to glide upon in order to intimidate her foes; utilizing her gunbai as both a mace and a shield. Attached to the gunbai is a chain that is connected to Excellen herself, which also allows her to use the fan much like a flail, as an alternate means of attacking and defending, as well as a method to get within proximity to brutalize her foes. She can use the gunbai to fend off frontal attacks, making it necessary to attack her from behind. She is also able to use the gunbai offensively in a bashing manner; which is only enhanced by the spikes lining the edge of the weapon. Her skills in Tessenjutsu are able to match and even surpass various dangerous opponents seemingly through the use of just this weapon alone, including the likes of Wizard Saints with ease. Unusually, she tends to deliver brutal strikes by swinging the fan with the chain, rather than simply employing the weighted end, which is generally considered to be the most effective manner. She fights with no-holds-barred, attacking relentlessly without any remorse for her opponent, swinging her gunbai with wild abandon as to slice into their weak bodies. She prefers an off-hands style that is best suited for her own tastes, relying on a combination of power, strength, and speed, always on the offensive, attacking with wide, fast, and powerful swings, performing amazing feats of acrobatics, such as somersaults and backflips, not only for attack, but also to evade the slashes and strikes of her opponents. Running, jumping, and spinning are all emphasized in her style, allowing Excellen to move at high speeds and rain strong blows, jumping and attacking through the air. Powerful and quick spinning attacks are utilized from all angles, either from ground or air, appearing like a blur to her opponents, attacking from all directions—the front, the sides, overhead, or behind. She has displayed use of techniques using this weapon as a medium. She could use it to absorb and return the force of an enemy attack and create powerful gusts. By flowing magical energy through the gunbai, Excellen can produce a large barrier that was strong enough to block an Abyss Break attack. She is so skilled with Tessenjutsu, fact, that she is able to defend herself against an attacker wielding a sword, and even kill an opponent with a single blow. The winds released from a single swing of the Bashōsen allow her to attack from afar and alter the battlefield to her liking, as well as deflecting or diverting most ranged attacks.
 * Great Scythe Weasel (大鎌いたち, Ōkamaitachi): Excellen's signature technique; by freely manipulating the gale brought forth by the Bashōsen, the many air currents collide and create vacuum pockets; sending slashes which fly through the air itself; and can even remain floating in it until the right moment to slash; rapidly heating up due to the friction caused by its movements. Once it makes contact with the enemy, the now heated wind will proceed to tear into the opponent as well as sear their wounds preventing any rapid regeneration from taking place. The winds will then pick up and reform into a medium-sized tornado around the opponent in order to trap them before closing in on them and then starts to slice the target apart on the molecular level. These blades of wind possess incredible range and devastating power; and Excellen has mastered this ability to the point that it can cut through barriers of magical energy. The person enveloped by this gale is assaulted by countless invisible blades, carving up their body. Also, the strong wind power will blow away all incoming projectile weapons and will even make the opponent unable to stay on their feet; this technique possesses enough power to slice down many trees in a forest. This technique can deflect both physical and sound wave attacks and attack at the same time, making it both an offensive and defensive technique. Excellen has also shown the ability to manipulate the form of the gale, creating a tornado to envelop and lift her opponent, while also cutting them several times; she is skilled and accurate enough to cut away the armour of a Rune Knight without injuring the wearer. Due to her intimacy with her scythe's inner workings, Excellen is able to effortlessly change the size and direction of the attack, as well as pour more power into the attack in order to increase the damage it inflicts. Excellen can also separate the attack into several sections and utilize them for multi-directional onslaughts. It is a powerful technique with great force, capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction. A sickle weasel (窮奇; 鎌鼬, kamaitachi) is a creature from Japanese mythology, said to ride on gusts of wind, cutting people with his sharp, sickle-like claws.
 * Refleclear (リフレクリア, Rifurekuria): Seen as the counterpart to Tsuruko's Reflequartz; Refleclear is a special attack where Excellen holds the Bashōsen in front of her in a wide manner, anticipating the foe's blow. Upon impact, the stillness of the gunbai neutralizes the kinetic energy involved in the opponent's attack, absorbing it momentarily as it completely nullifies the effects of an incoming attack, but also deflects the technique back along its original course. As this redirection occurs both suddenly and unexpectedly, the reflected attack can prove difficult for opponents to evade. The reflection is so swift that it appears as if Excellen herself had launched the attack, confounding many an opponent. This technique is capable of bending the opposing projectile away from her, as well as some physical attacks. However, the technique is difficult to use has it can only manipulate so many kinetic energy particles at a time and it required precise timing. Thus, this grants Excellen immunity to most attacks, and can defend other allies with it.

Master Assassin: Excellen is shown to especially excel in the art of stealth and infiltration, and is able to sneak through or behind even the toughest of enemies and their forces without bringing any attention to herself, be it through sight or sound. She has vast array of skills, such as picking pockets, blending into crowds, and stealth and public assassination techniques; being a master of stealth and assassination. She has extensive knowledge of the human body's pressure points and most vulnerable organs, and she is most renowned throughout the world for her high skill in killing opponents through zero visibility. She has repeatedly shown impressive skill in staying hidden and unseen. When necessary, she can effectively exploit having an advantage against an opponent or hiding her presence. Even a member of the Magic Council was taken completely by surprise, and just as easily subdued; she has repeatedly proven to be insightful and crafty, capable of quickly understanding any situation that presents itself and adjusting to it effectively. With her assassin techniques, Excellen is deadly, being able to erase every trace of her existence from the enemy's eyes, and striking them before they notice her, and she has developed her natural five senses, most notably her sense of hearing, and has quick reflexes. However, despite her skill in this art, Excellen has only utilized it a grand total of two times, due to the need rarely, if ever, arising and escalating to the point that she would need to stealthily take a life.

Physical Prowess
Immense Speed: As befitting a ninja, Excellen can move at impressive speeds, as seen when she slides down to the train, landing on it from the cliff. Rivaling Tsuruko in speed, Excellen also shows above average agility and endurance. For example, when fighting multiple enemies she maintained constant motion and stayed energized. Because of her speed, Excellen is able to utilize an "after image" technique in which she leaves a still image of herself behind, when she has actually already moved. It is useful for surprising or disorienting enemies; she is able to move quickly and efficiently in sprinting, climbing, and jumping. In addition, she is also an enduring athlete, being able to perform all these actions without being encumbered by her large variety of weapons and armour. Her speed is so fast that her movements can't be seen, allowing her to perform both rapid attacks and defensive evasions; having the advantage of being able to not only approach and attack either an enemies blind or weak spot, but to also allow her to better engage and fight in close combat, which she is best suited towards. She can effectively use her agility to use the battlefield to her advantage, jumping from wall to wall to keep her opponents unsure of her attack patterns. Excellen moves at such a speed that her foes more often than not can't register her movements, until she's made them; she's also skilled enough to dodge at tremendous speeds, even if she's assaulted from behind. When launched into the air, she can perform several tricks before finally landing on ground. She has also shown on several occasions that she can jump incredibly long distances, up to several hundred meters by applying speed to her jumps. She often only appears as a black shimmer of energy, with only the fastest foes even catching sight of her true figure during a battle. This incredible speed gives her an edge in battle against slower or close-range fighters.

Immense Strength: In stark contrast with her slim and womanly figure, Excellen possesses positively enormous amounts of physical strength, having been repeatedly shown capable of lifting and dragging around objects many times her own size and weight, most prominently due to her habit of carrying around a sword as large as she is tall, and having to deal with the weight of her gunbai. The fact that she is capable of swinging her enormous gunbai one-handedly without any strain is a true testament to her titanic strength. In fact, she is so powerful, that she is capable of splitting the hydrogen in the air just by merely punching, allowing her to cause a small explosion that inflicts decent damage. Another feat of strength is that she can punch the ground with enough force to cause small fissures. Excellen is able to lift and press 75 metric tons, and she can perform other amazing feats such as punching holes right through thick steel, shatter boulders to smithereens and lift objects many times her own size and weight; a shocking display of fearsome power in itself. Her strength allows Excellen to create thin shockwaves of air that cleanly cut through anything they come in contact with. Furthermore; she shows the ability to pulverize large boulders and the like with a single strike using her finger, while others marvel at the level of strength she possesses. Finally, she is able kick through walls and slice a giant block of ice that was released by Neve in half through kicking it lengthwise with a swift, effortless motion.

Tremendous Endurance: Excellen has demonstrated extreme durability, being sent crashing through a wall and landing without a flinch or a minor injury, suffering no damage at all from some of Gary Straights' attacks, and emerging unharmed from most of Tsuruko's attacks during their battle, continuing to fight as if nothing happened, displaying an incredible amount of resilience. She can survive getting caught in the crossfire from all angles by heavy machinegun fire, and merely shrugs it off; and she can smash spires of Lacrima with her fist without showing any sign of pain or injury. It is also worth noting that, for nearly all the battles Excellen has endured, she has never been crippled, nor has she displayed any serious injuries. In addition, she has shown to possess a vast amount of physical endurance, being able to hold the upper hand against two Wizard Saints at the same time after holding her own against Crux Kouga, all the while showing almost no signs of weariness despite having cast powerful spells in rapid succession. She can take a lot of major punishment in battle before she starts to wear down. Even after receiving major damage, Excellen displays a remarkably fast recovery rate from damage, allowing her to quickly re-enter a battle after just a few moments; lastly, Excellen is perfectly capable of breaking free from any sort of spell or technique that threatens to bind and constrict her, preventing her from moving, making her all the more deadlier.

Magical Abilities
High Magical Power: Excellen has high amounts of magical power that is more than a force to be reckoned with; a fact that she proves without a doubt. While she usually keeps it under control, when sufficiently angered, she can release it to its full extent. Due to her unique origins, Excellen's magical power is unlike anything ever felt before. The presence it exudes is completely at odds with her personality and appearance; the magical pressure itself is a vibrant red, crackling intensely when Excellen focuses; when Excellen's power is at it's peak, it transforms into the frightening visage of a Chinese dragon which surrounds her, striking fear into the hearts of her foes. It is so great it can be felt from a great distance and it has the tendency to make people perspire in fear.

Ninja Arts
Ninja Arts (忍法 Ninpō): Ninja Arts are the special techniques utilized by the ninja of separate clans not connected to guilds. Ninja Arts are, in actuality, the first true ninja techniques, with ninjutsu in fact being a derivative of ninja arts. Defined as "The Art of the Spiritual Warrior" (霊武道 Reibudō), many of the techniques were thought to be god-given, and revolve around the use of the element of void, kenjutsu, taijutsu, as well as general footwork. It is a magical power that only highly trained Ninja can use. These arts are so powerful that an inexperienced Ninja would be overcome by their own spell. Some of these techniques were said to be passed on to the Ninja by divine beings; but this is unknown is it is true.

They vary greatly in purpose, with the simpler arts serving such tasks as transforming the user or allowing them to evade attacks. These techniques are second-nature for Excellen, who can use them at will. More complex Ninja Arts manipulate one's surroundings or utilize the elements, respectively serving such tasks as healing others or manipulating nature transformations. In order to properly utilize Ninja Arts, the user channels their magical energy into their hands and subsequently fingertips as declare the art's name, generating an enormous collection of magical particles which burst outward from their hands, which then begins to accelerate and take effect as the Ninja Art that the user wishes to utilize instantly. Ninja Arts can be performed on the ground and in mid-air, as long as the user can harness magical particles.


 * Kawarimi-no-Jutsu (変わり身の術, Foot Lightness Technique): One of the most basic techniques of the Ninja Arts; when performing this technique, Excellen gathers magical particles upon her feet; and upon deciding the direction that she wishes to travel to, performs several hand seals; this causes her magical energy to momentarily vitalize her body. Once this is done, her magical energy travels down to her feet; causing a reaction with the magical particles. Due to the interaction between magical particles, Excellen shoots off like a bullet voluntarily, allowing her to move long distances at an almost untraceable speed, moving faster than the eye can follow; to an onlooker, it appears as if she has teleported. Excellen has mastered this ability to the point where she can appear to be in several places at once; she can easily close tremendous gaps of distance in the blink of an eye while remaining undetected, all with this one technique. The amount of magical energy required depends on the overall distance and elevation between Excellen and the intended destination.
 * Jyumonji Ganseki Kuzushi (十文字岩石崩し, Rock-Shattering Cross): An earth-element ninja art; when using this, Excellen she places her hands together, and small chunks of gray stones are torn up from the earth via the sheer pressure of Excellen's magical aura. The emerald aura now surrounding her hands acts as a magnetic force, quickly meshing the stones together, molding them completely into the form of an enormous gray rock which is pulsing with a scarlet aura; by appearances the rock has several stalagmites erupting from its round composition, which is used rather nicely in the blow. Blake uses her magical aura to propel the rock upwards at impossible speeds; before it crashes down at an enormous velocity. The rocks possess tremendous force; they descend at incredible speeds, making it extremely different to react to; as they descend in succession along the same trajectory, if one of these rock is stopped, Excellen can summon another one in order to back up the failing rock, which will then collide with the first, ensuring that they crash into their intended destination without fail. The moment that the rock impacts—which it will with a sharp protrusion impaling the foe with a guarantee—it explodes violently, decimating the surroundings for about twenty meters.
 * Seiryū Tepposui (青龍鉄砲水, Blue Dragon, Flash Flood): Excellen's water-element ninja art; when using this, Excellen shapes a large amount of water into a giant, powerful dragon, which hits the opponent with formidable might, dealing physical damage. The ideal place to use it is near a body of water, but it is entirely possible to use it even in a place where there is none. For Excellen, this technique takes a fair amount of water to form, and can exhaust her rather easily. Upon formation, the water dragon heat ups/boils, making it capable of burning the opponent harshly. Being made of boiling water, the dragon completely burns all it devours, as by colliding with most structures and opponents, it is able to incinerate anything in its path. As Excellen transfers to dragon to all the joints in her body once she has absorbed it, she gains a massive boost in power, defense, and speed, able to overpower a Wizard Saint-level foe when she first uses it. In order to utilize this technique, Excellen must consume and trap the dragon within herself, binding it to her will. When she utilized this technique, Excellen demonstrated an inability to feel pain. Rather than sustain the damage to her arm after using this the first time, Excellen instead channeled the boiling water of the Dragon into the hilt of her broken sword. This action extends both the reach and cutting ability of the blade, making it capable of great destruction, as shown the blade completely penetrated a considerable stone pillar, before continuing to damage the immediate surroundings. The boiling water is compressed to the point that it can cut through almost anything.
 * Kaen-no-Mai Midareuchi (火炎の舞乱れうち, Flame's Dance of War): The most basic Ninja Art; despite this, it is extremely useful. This is a technique where magical energy kneaded inside the body is converted into fire as she inhales and transforms the magical energy into flames, and expelled from the mouth as it starts out as a very thin stream, enough to be fit between the her fingers, before suddenly enlarging to strike the opponent in a roaring stream of flame. The scope of the attack is altered by controlling the volume of magical energy that is mustered. The released flames will engulf their target, and leave a crater on the ground's surface. Flame's Dance of War is highly effective against enemies in front of Excellen. Those unlucky enough to fall victim to this Ninja Art are completely engulfed in flame. The fire it unleashes is no ordinary flame; akin to the flame of a Dragon's breath, it is no surprise that records fail to mention anyone surviving the intense heat of the inferno. Having practiced this technique all of her life since starting her ninja training, Excellen mastered the technique to such a level that she can modify its shape, range, etc. If she wants to focus it into a stream, she can with frightening ease by spreading out the magical energy before it is kneaded and converted into flame; and she can transform it into a chaotic set of spiraling flames by distorting and randomly converging and separating the magical energy that is required to create the technique.
 * Hayakuji-in (早九字印, Early Nine Seals): With this technique, Excellen is capable of decoding certain spells that aren't Lost Magic. It normally takes quite a bit of focus for Excellen to do so, but it enables her to manipulate some spells against the foe (this only works on most elemental magic which hasn't been altered), as well as perform them in a much weaker state; leaving her able to instantly analyze her opponent's capabilities. This analysis goes as deep as making an instant record of her foe's powers, personality, and skills. However, this analysis does not extend to revealing her foe's weaknesses and fears, leaving Excellen to have to discern her foe's low points by herself; though such a thorough scan does provide more than a few hints. Excellen is further capable of analyzing a technique's magical energy composition as well as the subject's muscle movements when they use the technique, by simply timing it right she could cancel the technique out instantly by slicing it. However, this only works for "weak" techniques, and has zero effect upon powerful techniques.

Esper Magic
Esper Magic (エスパー・マジック, Esupā Majikku): Esper Magic is known as the "Magic of the Ancients"; as the Espers were the only beings in Edolas capable of utilizing magic naturally; the power dates back to the old royal bloodline of Edolas itself and is in a way linked to the basis of Lost Magic which is apparent in Earth Land. Esper Magic is shown to be a different kind of magic compared to the regular magic in Earth Land, and the Edolas Items in Edolas. For a lack of a better word, Esper Magic has many forms and powers—it all depends on the user. The innate talent of Esper Magic enables the user to learn at an exceedingly swift pace, mastering obscure concepts within hours. It is said that any user of Esper Magic has enormous physical and magic power; being beyond that of regular human beings, to the point that they can be considered something akin to a Majin.

Esper Magic enables an Esper to communicate with the Source of Magic in both realms; an ethereal substance of pure, unrestrained magical power that flows in streams beneath the surface of both planets that takes the form of many separate bands of green-white fluid flowing as a whole. The Source of Magic contains the essence of the universe and the memories, emotions, and knowledge of all who have lived on it. Portions of the Source of Magic are believed to be used to create new life in both universes, and the energy of a person returns to the Source when they die, bringing with it the emotions, memories, and knowledge they obtained during life. The Source of Magic is referred to many times as the life in the dimensions itself, and acts as an afterlife for the conscious spirits of the universe's inhabitants. It is a sort of immune system for the worlds, flowing to and "healing" scars. All life is said to exist within the cycle.

Esper Magic is said to be a miracle, allowing the user to reach their full potential. Most deities hate that regular beings are capable of performing miracles, because once this power was once exclusive to them. With Esper Magic, the user is completely capable of sensing the environment around themselves with their energy, not depending on their other senses. Esper Magic is an immortal, inexorable power. It attaches to a person and remains with them until their death; while inactive at first, laying dormant, once the Source of Magic senses a reason to reveal itself to the Esper, it will analyze the Esper's soul and forge a link between the Source of Magic and Esper; transforming into an forged extension of their soul while granting them access to the Source of Magic; bestowing upon them their very own personal magic which has been specially customized for their own benefit, making it their strongest and most versatile magic right from the get-go.
 * Esper Skill: Nightmare Reaper (幻獣力・ナイトメアリーパー, Genjūryoku: Naitomea Rīpā lit. ''Phantom Beast Power: Nightmare Reaper"): When using her Esper Skill, Excellen transforms the surroundings into the moon's environment through terraforming. This is especially effective within the Earth Land, which is forced to adhere to the laws of Earth due to normally following the laws of the moon. There is a great gravitational burden induced upon those who stand before her, forcing her foes under six times the normal gravity, causing great damage; slowing their movements to an absolute crawl momentarily, before she uses her magical energy to wrest that gravity from the opponent to herself; which Excellen controls effortlessly due to being the progenitor of the effect of Nightmare Reaper; with it, she is capable of controlling gravity, allowing her to manipulate it at her advantage in a number of ways. She is able to freely increase or decrease the amount of gravity in the area around her with devastating effects. By applying this gravitational power to incoming enemy attacks, Excellen is capable of rendering them harmless by dragging them down to the ground. Gravity can be used to lift objects, even gigantic ones, and people alike, and to move them around in the air; in addition, when concentrated around a single opponent, it can cause the latter great pain. It is powerful enough for Excellen to shake a house and completely alter the surrounding area with a light touch of her hand, and a minimal amount of it, let out from her body, can prevent falling rain from even coming in contact with her. Additionally, it takes a form chosen by Excellen; meaning that it can by anything and everything; it gives Alexis the power to distort, or remove entirely, large parts of space. With Nightmare Reaper, Excellen can teleport, fly, and create energy barriers to shield herself. She can fire energy blades as laser-like projectiles, and can either fire them directly from her hands or create them in mid-air. She also has the ability to encase herself in a blue ball of energy that made it impossible for the opponent to attack her; following the opponent around if they ever to tried to get away from it. In astronomy, voids are the empty spaces between filaments, which contain very few or no galaxies. Vacuum, a space empty of matter, can also be referred to as a void. In Japanese philosophy 空 kū or sora, most often translated as "Void", but also meaning "sky" or "heaven", represents things beyond everyday human experience, particularly things composed of pure energy. Bodily, kū represents spirit, thought, and creative energy. In martial arts, particularly in fictional tales where the fighting discipline is blended with magic or the occult, one often invokes the power of the Void to connect to the quintessential creative energy of the world. The term void can also refer to a Buddhist philosophical concept, the theme of emptiness (śūnyatā) that emerged from the Buddhist doctrines of the nonexistence of the self and dependent origination, but the exact definition and extent of emptiness varies from one Buddhist tradition to another.


 * Shukutaihō (縮退砲, Degenerative Cannon): Excellen's most basic Nightmare Reaper technique; when charging up the Shukutaihō, Excellen holds her open hand forward towards the opponent, as a rift of gravity is expelled outwards in a ring from her palm, which signals the shadows from around the area being drawn in; the forces being accelerated and powered magnificently as a small sphere of void quickly compresses in front of her palm, pulsating violently as the orb of void grows bigger and bigger. By merely flicking the sphere, Makoto releases the compressed void as a small, thin, very fast and concentrated laser-like beam of negative energy, which barrels down and pierces through the opponent. Excellen is able to fire the attack very quickly, while maintaining precise aim. The whiplash of the attack can be quite huge, usually blowing apart anything behind her at the time of attack. The beam is powerful enough to strike multiple enemies and even two adjacent foes simultaneously while its mere presence covers any exposed light in the darkness despair; violently pushing the intended opponent and objects around them away from her with overwhelming blunt force. Despite being such a small beam, the range of the Shukutaihō is vast and its attack power is positively enormous; this is because the thin beam contains all the power of the shadows compressed. The attack seems to possess highly destructive power, having caused great damage to the area it affected, destroying the ground and piercing through buildings alike, and appears to have a long range, wreaking havoc wherever it passes, as shown when it crossed the entire distance of a city block, generating a large explosion. The trajectory of the laser can be altered, allowing Excellen to strike more than one opponent. Additionally, Excellen can use it as a rapid-fire version that hits the enemy multiple times. This technique is extremely versatile, and has many variants, being her most utilized move, as it causes very little destruction other than that of the foe, making it the perfect tool for assassination.
 * Void Compression: Excellen is capable of completely and utterly compressing her void; enabling to erect a layer of invisible armour which surrounds Excellen's body in a continually rippling manner; thus giving her the ability to, reach levels of physical and magical prowess most mages would have their bodies give out at and cannot handle. This essentially creates a very sturdy defensive armour that allows Excellen to not only increase the strength of her defenses, but also that of her physical strikes as her void energy is constantly surrounding her body and flowing in and out. It allows Excellen to move at very high speeds exceeding those of High Speed, allowing her to be undetectable to unfocused eyes. It allows Excellen to use her natural strength to its limits. Her new speed is so great, that it also allows her to create dozens of tangible clones to confuse her opponent. This compressed void energy is also able to be released momentarily in large bursts which work similar to powerful shockwaves.
 * Gravity Change (重力変化, Jūryoku Henka): Gravity Change is a Caster Magic related to gravity; and an off-shoot of the regular Gravity Magic; Excellen has this magic, only in a massively enhanced form. Gravity Change is a Magic that allows Excellen to alter the gravity of a person, either herself or someone else. She can lower the target's gravity, enabling her to walk on walls, or raise the target's gravity, rendering them incapable of moving. While making only a marginal use of it during her battle with her original, merely employing it to amplify her sword strike, it can be assumed that Excellen is highly adept at Gravity Change, additionally utilizing it in order to enhance her speed and movement to enable her to dart around the battlefield with ease, allowing her to attack with impunity.
 * Angyoku Jūhadan (暗極重波弾, Extremely-Heavy Dark Bullet Wave): Excellen's most powerful Ninja Art; it enables her to project a black hole. Its angle of effect is quite narrow, but this serves to concentrate its destructive power, creating a devastating projectile that can penetrate through multiple targets before dissipating. This penetrating ability is the biggest appeal of the art. It focuses the telekinetic energy created by the centripetal vibrations of Excellen's lower body, then directs the shape of the energy using gravitational waves propagated by her conscious spirit. This creates a gravitational abnormality, forming a rotating black hole trapped inside a repulsing spiritual force field. Because this force field is somewhat permeable, extreme fluctuations of space-time occur near the surface of her projectile that pulverize any nearby living matter. Once she learned the ninpo art, she applied it to combat by ripping and gravitating pieces of earth high into the air before raining them down as meteors upon her enemies, shredding enemies to pieces with its immense gravity. As she mastered this art, she would be able to create larger black holes, with more intense space-time fluctuations and gravitational force. As these monster black holes were created and projected, they would also pull apart the environment around them, resulting in hazardous flying pieces of debris. The art lacks an area of effect radius or impact radius. It moves in a straight line, after hitting an enemy it will keep going, killing any more enemies who are unlucky enough to cross its path. Because it only goes forward and in a straight line, it usually needs to be aimed to avoid missing. It is best used in hallways and corridors where enemies are more likely to be compacted in a straight line.

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Falldown Mode
Falldown Mode (フォールダウン・モード, Fōrudaun Mōdo): After forging a link to the Source of Magic with her stolen Esper Magic, Excellen transformed into her true form and instilled her power over the source, wresting control over it and tainting the Source of Magic through her immense darkness. This caused the Source of Magic to become corrupted; as Excellen syphoned its energies to become the Second Haven Mage whose power she stacked upon her own power as The Exalted One, undergoing a transformation unlike any other. When she transforms, a bright light surrounds her as the area around her explodes, opening up a wormhole which detonates as galaxies and stars converge upon her body, completing the transformation. When the transformation is finished, Excellen emerges clad in armour which is predominately white and gold. She also gains two horns; one large and one small. Additionally, she gains a magatama-like pattern around her neck, much like the pattern around the Haven's Mage neck, and now wields a broadsword. The armour also becomes adorned with an angel wing motif, with four large wing-like extensions protruding from the upper back, an additional final two from the sides of her new sword. The imagery here likens her to the Seraphim of Judaism, who were said to be the highest ranking angels, and this was signified by their six wings. This divine, angelic appearance is sharply contrasted by the demonic red glare in her eyes. This casts Excellen, who believes herself to be a savior and a hero, in an arrogant, self-praising light. This contrasts sharply Tsuruko who also appears angelic, but in a much more modest manner; appearing rather beautiful yet with nothing arrogant, signifying her status as a true saviour. In this form, her combat style changes radically. Her magical energy becomes dark (greyish in colour) and it can manipulate this in the form of giant throwing knives, energy waves and colossal energy balls among others. She can also stop time to better focus her target. In this form her movement becomes akin to that of an ice skater, moving with grace throughout the battlefield. She also becomes a fierce hand-to hand combatant, as she was able to go toe-to-toe with Tsuruko in a brutal, prolonged display of martial arts, showing extreme strength, skill, durability and endurance before eventually succumbing to defeat at Tsuruko's hands.
 * Projection: In battle as Falldown Mode, Excellen can assume the appearance of a giant ghostly version of The Exalted One which appears behind her in order to assist her in battle. This spectral form of her true form, while sharing many of her characteristics, is coloured completely black with an aura of blue flames, is equipped with an eye on its chest, has four arms, whereas two of the arms are connected at the hips, no legs and a cloth-like tail. On the back of this form, Excellen has dozens of cape-like energy strips floating, and a large circle composed of medieval symbols at the top of her back. In her two lowers arms she has two copies of Deathcalibur, and in her two upper arms she has two short orb-like wands.

Time-Space Manipulation: After tapping into the Source of Magic and becoming the Second Haven Mage, Excellen is capable of utilizing an unstable, yet powerful energy that is generated by turning thoughts into power. This energy can be used for super transformation, to perform other various abilities, or as a power source for machines. This power can be controlled by the Matrix Stone, if requested or commanded by its guardian. As the energy is a perpetual power source, they can be used to power various machines or technology. The power is called Chronokinesis (時能力 (クロノキネシス), Kuronokinesisu, Japanese for Time Power, English for Chronokinesis); it enables her to control the essence of time itself. She can manipulate the flow of time of a general area or a specific target in various manners, the basics revolving around accelerating, slowing, stopping and even rewinding or looping. The range of area affected is proportional to the mastery of Excellen, with top levels can affect the entire space and time continuum. Since "time" exists and flows within "space", the two are interrelated, and by manipulating time, one is basically distorting space proportionally. It can be even used to stop an object's "time" by freezing it in midair. Excellen can also rewind a damaged object's "time" to restore it to its original state, just like turning the ice back into water; and she produce 'bubbles' of time that show the various potential things that the item could do and then pick one of the timelines whenever she wants to. The effects of this relative distortion can vary, such as controlling time of a mere object or person may not affect the space she resides in, but to twist the time-stream of a region of space can cause the area itself to warp. Due to time existing in one space, manipulating it cannot affect another dimension. Excellen is naturally able to tap into the incredible powers of the Source of Magic and utilize this energy to empower herself and use a wide variety of powers. She can specifically harness both positive and negative energy, depending on her state of mind. She is also able to shape the energy into a variety of offensive and defensive attacks, and can even use it delicately enough to distort space in small centralized areas, such as around her fists. Her fighting style revolves around making heavy use of this energy, especially the warp spell. Using the warp spell, Excellen can teleport up in front or behind her opponents in battle to launch surprise attacks, or to distort space around her fists and feet to increase the damage he deals to her opponent when striking them, with the latter often resulting in significant forces being release and blowing the opponent away a certain distance away. To give herself the advantage over her opponents, Excellen will use powerful attacks involving the energy, such as energy bolts or even intense explosions.
 * Hyper Beam (ハイパービーム, Haipā Bīmu): When performing Hyper Beam, Excellen closes her eyes and snaps one of his fingers to manipulate the energy of the source of magic. This usage of the power creates an area of distorted space in front of Excellen in the form of a violet, purple and white spatial rift that tears into the opponents; it is capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction with high penetrative power. Excellen is also able to charge-up this technique to produce considerably more damage. Interestingly, Excellen has the ability to shoot this spell with virtually unlimited ammo; and she can deliberately weaken the attack so that it merely stuns the opponent rather than kill them. It has two settings; the first form emits a higher-velocity beam with enough momentum to breach any defense. However, the damage dealt to the target without penetrating the defense is significantly reduced due to its lower energy transfer. The second mode is like a classic beam attack: the energy particles have less velocity and, while less penetrating, quickly transfer their energy to the target upon impact, reverting back to pure energy and destroying the target from within.
 * Source Warp: Stemming from the source of magic, Source Warp is an ability that allows Excellen to manipulate or warp the fabric of space and time. Usually, a warp created by this spell is used for teleportation, although it can affect reality in a multitude of manners. It is foremost associated with its ability to manipulate space, which is usually used by Excellen to create warps that teleport herself instantaneously from one place in space to another. Excellen can also bring others with her when warping, or warp objects to other locations without her going with them, though varying amounts of energy is required depending on the extent of the warp. Together with the time-manipulating properties of this spell, she can create rifts in space and time, which can make those who passes into them be banished to the void. In battle, it can also be used to distort space and thereby damage the opponent. The second most common use of this spell is its ability to manipulate time, though it is not necessary demonstrated to the same extent as the space-manipulating side of it. It is most frequently used by Excellen to either slow down time or stop it entirely, which in turn keeps her opponents suspended, without any means of breaking free, while Excellen herself is unaffected.
 * Time Freeze (時間結, Jikanketsu): When tapping into the Source of Magic, Excellen is capable of stopping time, albeit only for roughly three seconds. When using this ability, Excellen often seems to be teleporting or moving at impossible speeds; so it was debunked that Excellen cannot move at light speed, but merely, she is subconsciously using Time Freeze to move. The nature of the time stop follows the flow of time in the real world, as shown when the duration of time Excellen was capable of stopping was drastically reduced when a foe accelerated time. This ability can last for a maximum of five seconds; though it will not increase beyond that. This spell also enables Excellen to slow down her opponent by employing a time-affecting blast which affects the opponents' perception of time. With her opponents' delayed reactions, Excellen can move in and attack freely before the opponent has a chance to counter it. However, the range of this jutsu is limited, which means that only people and objects within a certain range of her are affected by this technique. Anything outside the range is unaffected by the jutsu and the people inside of the range, view things outside of it as moving extremely fast. In addition, anything that originated from outside of Excellen's area-of effect will retain its normal speed even if it enters her area-of-effect afterwards.
 * Khronos Execution (時刻執行, Jikoku Shikkō): Excellen's most powerful technique; where she thrusts her left hand forward and condenses energy within it, compressing it unto it's utmost point. There, she adds in the energy values which intermingle within the small sphere, turning it a void-esque pitch-black in colouration. There, she punches the sphere forward towards her opponent with tremendous speed and force, tearing through the atmosphere, releasing overwhelming amounts of energy from anything it touches, that somehow affects the immediate vicinity and brings the whole area to a complete halt. The vicinity freezes, sans for Excellen and her opponent. Any and all projectiles that the opponent utilizes are brought to a complete stop, essentially working as a time stop ability. Upon contact with the opponent, or if it impacts within the foe's vicinity, the black sphere creates anomalies in time, and detonates in the form of an immense dome of destruction that expands outwards for ten meters, freezing anything within the dome to a complete stop until the dome dissipates, returning things to normal, sans the destruction the attack has caused. Anything hit by this attack begins to age rapidly, as a devastating side-effect. Along with its astounding destructive power, the attack has a delayed effect if the initial blast should fail, wherein the target will be blasted by residual effects left over by the beam. While not as overwhelming as the initial blast, the after-effect can catch foes off guard. The attack requires about half of a second to travel a few ten thousand-kilometer distance, and Excellen can immediately fire the next attack after confirming a miss, but after 10 attacks, she will run out of energy. The immense power of this attack makes it the most powerful attack in the series upon it's full début, and it would not be rivaled for decades to come. This attack relies on the indiscriminate targeting of her energy to track down the opponent's energy. Excellen can move the attack in any direction, or stop it in mid-flight, and with a snap of her fingers, detonate it any time she wishes, making it even more deadly. In order for Khronos Execution to fire, a significant amount of charge time is needed and limiting this attack to a single shot in battle. However the strategic value of that single shot is not to be underestimated, though it must be used carefully, for even Excellen's sturdiness can only protect herself from the edges of a nuclear explosion.

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