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Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator

 * Ch26-30
 * Rosenthal history (400), Isaac (4th head - Taowu), Nathan (5th head), Estelle (23rd head). (Did the family's name originate from the ancestor or was it acquired past way along the line?)
 * Golem, Kabbalah, Soul.
 * Hishigata Hirumi/Mitsuhiko
 * Ch32
 * Li family
 * Ch37
 * Unnamed girl, wait until next chapter for picture in case name revealed

Terminology:
 * Perfect Golem (完全なるゴレム)
 * Obed (オベドが)
 * 4th generation (4代目)
 * 5th generation (5代目)
 * Family head (当主)
 * Isaac (イサク)
 * Nathan (ネイサン)
 * Soul (魂魄)
 * Residual thoughts (残留思念)
 * Ghost/earthbound spirit/Jibakurei (地縛霊)
 * Ancestor/Founder (始祖)
 * Artificial Soul (疑似魂魄)
 * Rabi (ラビ)
 * Heresy (異端)
 * Adonai (ご主人様（アドナイ）)
 * Seiin High School (聖音高等学校)

Rosenthal Family

 * Point for discussing: Did the Rosenthals gain their name before their ancestor was banished from the Rabbinic region (given heads) or after the 5th generation (given the etymology and origin of the name, and that the heads up to the 5th have only been referred to by their given name).
 * Obed, Isaac and Nathan only referred to by given names.
 * Obed referred to as ancestor.
 * Isaac and Nathan referred to as heads.
 * Etymology notes: (Categories: German-language surnames, Jewish surnames),, , , , , , , ,


 * Points for discussion: (own + 2 views, 3rd other)(apology for delay)
 * Aspect to discuss - Estelle's ancestors, given how referred - good idea to hold off until certain possibility analyzed and addressed.
 * Chapter 29, three during explanation of Rosenthal Family's 400 year history:
 * Obed (Family Ancestor)(slightly less but still very likely)
 * Isaac (4th head)(very likely but slightly more so)
 * Nathan (5th head)(very likely but slightly more so)
 * Only referred to by given names
 * Etymology: Rosenthal, German/Jewish origin, "valley of roses"
 * Reasonable assumption that last name Rosenthal. Best to look over possibilities and reasoning before proceeding on it with articles. No oversights.
 * Use reasoning and explain anyway via note in Trivia sections.
 * Isaac and Nathan are described as 4th and 5th head respectively. Someone described as the head of the family will almost certainly bear the family's name as their last name. If they were a head ancestor from a different family line with their name, wouldn't be counted as the head of the latter family. Possibility of both names hyphenated as surname. Patriarchal attitude (possibly throw out the window), name origin and location increase likelihood.
 * Obed, slightly less likely, however still very likely. An ancestor of a family does not necessarily bear the family's name. Name origin (G/J - Rabbis) and location post exile (East), increases likelihood of bearing name. Patriarchal attitude (possibly throw out the window). Likely from a community, possibly moved from sub to main for life/work? Ancestor but not described as a head (chance slightly reduced). Possibly the first.

The Rosenthal Family are a family of necromancers, who sought to create the perfect golem for over 400 years.

Principles
The Rosenthal Family is a line of necromancers who have spent over 400 years developing techniques of creating golems from corpses in order to create the perfect golem.

As opposed to rock dolls only capable of carrying out simple commands, the Rosenthal make use of a method devised by their ancestor Obed, which involves placing an artificial soul into a corpse, allowing them to use a human brain and greatly increasing their intelligence. These techniques were further developed through subsequent generations with the 4th generation head Isaac incorporating the Hopping Zombie Spell into what would become the Rosenthal style, and the 5th generation head Nathan, who created four artificial souls with greatly increased abilities; Taowu, Taotie, Hundun and Qiongqi, capable of producing superhuman strength when their charm was attached to a corpse.


 * Could create true golems, not just rock dolls like that which attacked city before

The greatest desire of the Rosenthal Family is the creation of the perfect golem, one with a perfect soul and a perfect body - a god.

Isaac
Isaac Rosenthal (イサク＝ローゼンタール), usually referred to as Isaac (イサク), is the 4th generation head of the Rosenthal Family, whose soul was implanted into the Rosenthal artificial soul Taowu.
 * 4th generation (4代目)
 * Family head (当主)

Appearance: In his original body, Isaac had light hair and wore a turban and non-Chinese clothes.

Implanted in the Taowu and possessing the naked body of Hishigata Hirumi, Isaac occasionally causes her eyes to change color and have slit-pupils, with cracks on her face.

Personality: Isaac shows little regard for human life, murdering many people in order to use their corpses for his techniques. He takes pride in his creations, referring to them as 'works of art', and was displeased when they were compared to 'mere'. He is focused on the Rosenthal goal of creating the perfect golem and is determined to personally accomplish it regardless of the cost.

Background: Isaac was the 4th generation head of Rosenthal Family, who continued the work of their ancestor and founder Obed, who was banished from his homeland as a heretic for developing a method of creating golems from corpses, ending up in the East. Their greatest desire was the creation of the perfect golem, one with a perfect soul and a perfect body - a god, and Isaac was dedicated to accomplishing this goal.

In China, Isaac combined the Taoist Hopping Zombie Spell with the Rosenthals' Kabbalah-based methods of golem creation, developing what would come to be known as Rosenthal-style Necromancy. Isaac continued to develop his techniques in order to accomplish his goal, killing large numbers of people to use their corpses in his work. He held little hope for his son Nathan accomplishing the goal, despite the eventual 5th generation head's creation of four artificial souls with increased abilities.

At one point, Isaac murdered the Li household, using their corpses for his work. When officials broke into the grounds to investigate, Isaac boasted of his 'works of art' before setting his creations on the officials after they made a comparison to.

Isaac continued his work in order to achieve the Rosenthals' desire in his lifetime, but he ended up succumbing to disease. While he was on his deathbed, before his soul could be lost due to death, Nathan transferred it into the Taowu, imprinting it on its artificial soul. The Rosenthal style would continue to develop over the subsequent 19 generations but their ultimate goal of creating the perfect golem continued to elude them.

After Taowu was activated and possessed Hirumi when 23th generation head Estelle attempted to resurrect her following her death, Isaac was contacted by a self-proclaimed demon, who told him of a way to achieve the Rosenthal Family's desire, using a method derived from how the human soul is said to slowly evolve and reach through the process of experiencing 10000 deaths. By converting the memories of death into a special formula and adding it to the sephiroth constructing the artificial soul, engraving the proof of death into the soul 10000 times, their soul would also reach Keter. The memories of death are normally erased from the physical world at death, however the memories of 10031 deaths were present in Academy City, stored within the Misaka Network.

Manipulating Hishigata and DA through the Taowu-possessed Hirumi, Isaac attempted to obtain the memories of death from the Misaka Network, with Estelle attempting to stop them, unaware that Isaac's will was within the Taowu.

Chronology: Hishigata was eventually able to obtain the memories via Misaka 10046 and had the formula inserted into the Taowu's artificial soul. With Hishigata dying from a stab wound after blocking Estelle from stabbing the charm, the Taowu ceased simulating Hirumi and Isaac revealed himself after Estelle pleaded for the Taowu to stop. He then began creating the 'perfect body' to house the 'perfect soul'. Frustrated when the process took longer than expected, he consumed members of DA in an effort to speed up the process but was overwhelmed by their desire for justice and lost his hold over the Taowu.

Abilities: Isaac made use of the Kabbalistic method of creating golems by placing artificial souls into corpses devised by Obed, and developed it further by incorporating elements of the Taoist Hopping Zombie Spell, forming what would come to be known as Rosenthal-style Necromancy.
 * Golem creation, development of Rosenthal-style Necromancy
 * Taowu

Abilities (to incorporate): As opposed to rock dolls only capable of carrying out simple commands, the Rosenthal make use of a method devised by their ancestor Obed, which involves placing an artificial soul into a corpse, allowing them to use a human brain and greatly increasing their intelligence. These techniques were further developed through subsequent generations with the 4th generation head Isaac incorporating the Hopping Zombie Spell into what would become the Rosenthal style, and the 5th generation head Nathan, who developed artificial souls with greatly increased abilities.

Nathan made use of Rosenthal-style Necromancy, developed by his predecessor Isaac from combining the Kabbalistic method of creating golems by placing artificial souls into corpses devised by Obed, with elements of the Taoist Hopping Zombie Spell. As part of this, Nathan was capable of creating artificial souls, also referred to as false souls (偽りの魄), which are stored in charms with a sephira inscribed on them and inserted into corpses to animate them.

The Rosenthal Family make use of artificial souls, also referred to as false souls (偽りの魄), which are stored in charms and inserted into corpses to animate them. Trivia:
 * It should be noted that Isaac (イサク) has yet to be referred to by his full name in the series, by characters or narrative, only referred to by his given name. However it is presumed that the name used in this article is almost certainly correct, given his position as a member and head of the Rosenthal family.

Li Family
Ch33: (Killed by Isaac and reanimated)
 * Ranger General Li
 * Li Fanglan

Emperor Shun's Blade & the Evil Spirits of the Numbers

 * , banished the Four Fiends (Hundun, Qiong Qi, Taotie and Taowu, the Evil Spirits of the Numbers).

<!--Shun (Chinese: 舜; pinyin: Shùn), also known as Emperor Shun (Chinese: 帝舜; pinyin: Dìshùn) and Chonghua (Chinese: 重華; pinyin: Chónghuá), was a legendary leader of ancient China, regarded by some sources as one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Oral tradition holds that he lived sometime between 2294 and 2184 BCE.

Names Shun's ancestral name (姓) is Yao (姚), his clan name (氏) is Youyu (有虞). His given name was Chonghua (重華). Shun is sometimes referred to as the Great Shun (大舜) or as Yu Shun (虞舜). The "Yu" in "Yu Shun" was the name of the fiefdom, which Shun received from Yao; thus, providing him the title of "Shun of Yu"[2]).

Life of Shun According to traditional sources, Shun received the mantle of leadership from Emperor Yao at the age of 53, and then died at the age of 100 years. Before his death Shun is recorded as relinquishing his seat of power to Yu(禹): an event which is supposed to have eventuated in the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. Shun's capital was located in Puban (蒲阪), presently located in Shanxi).

Under Emperor Yao, Shun was appointed successively Minister of Instruction, General Regulator and chief of the Four Peaks, and put all affairs in proper order within three years.[3] Yao was so impressed that he appointed Shun as his successor to the throne. Shun wished to decline in favour of someone more virtuous, but eventually assumed Yao's duties.[3] It was said that "those who had to try a lawsuit did not go to Danzhu, but to Shun." Danzhu was the son of Yao.[4]

After ascending to the throne, Shun offered sacrifices to the god Shang Di (上帝), as well as to the hills, rivers, and the host of spirits (神).[5] Then he toured the eastern, the southern, the western, and the northern parts of the country; in each place he offered burnt-offering to Heaven at each of the four peaks (Mount Tai, Mount Huang, Mount Hua and Mount Heng), sacrificed to the hills and rivers, set in accord the seasons, months, and days, established uniform measurements of length and capacities, and reinforced ceremonial laws.[6]

Shun divided the land into twelve provinces, raising altars upon twelve hills, and deepening the rivers.[7] Shun dealt with four criminals: banishing the Minister of Works to You island, confining Huan-dou on Mount Chong; driving San-Miao into San-Wei, and holding Gun a prisoner till his death on Mount Yu (羽).[8] Yu (禹) was subsequently appointed Minister of Works to govern the water and the land.[9] Later, Shun appointed Yu to be General Regulator (Prime Minister).[9] Yu wished to decline in favour of the Minister of Agriculture, or Xie, or Gao Yao, but finally accepted upon Shun's insistence.[9] Shun then appointed Chui as the new Minister of Works.[10] Shun also appointed Yi as Minister of Animal Husbandry to govern the beasts and trees of the land,[11] Bo-yi as Priest of the Ancestral Temple to perform religious ceremonies,[12] Hui as Director of Music,[13] Long as Minister of Communications to counter deceptions and false reports.[14]

According to the Canon of Shun, Shun began to reign at the age of 30, reigned with Yao for 30 years, and reigned 50 more years after Yao's abdication, then Shun died.[15] The Bamboo Annals state that Yao chose Shun as his heir three years before abdicating the throne to him. Both sources agree that after abdicating, Yao lived for another 28 years in retirement during Shun's reign.

In later centuries, Yao and Shun were glorified for their virtue by Confucian philosophers. Shun was particularly renowned for his modesty and filial piety (xiao 孝).

The name of Shun's mother was Wodeng (握登), and his birthplace was Yaoxu (姚墟).

Legends Legend has it that Shun's birth mother died when Shun was very young. His father was blind and remarried soon after Shun's mother's death. Shun's stepmother then gave birth to Shun's half brother Xiang (象) and a half sister. Shun's stepmother and half brother treated Shun terribly, often forcing Shun to do all the hard work in the family and only giving him the worst food and clothing. Shun's father, being blind and elderly, was often ignorant of Shun's good deeds and always blamed Shun for everything. Yet, despite these conditions, Shun never complained and always treated his father, his stepmother, and his half brother with kindness and respect.

When he was barely an adult, his stepmother threw him out of the house. Shun was forced to live on his own. Yet, because of his compassionate nature and his natural leadership skills, everywhere he went, people followed him, and he was able to organize the people to be kind to each other and do the best they could. When Shun first went to a village that produced pottery, after less than one year, the pottery became more beautiful than they had ever been. When Shun went to a fishing village, the people there were at first fighting amongst themselves over the fishing grounds, and many people were injured or killed in the fights. Shun taught them how to share and allocate the fishing resources, and soon the village was prospering and all hostilities ceased.

When Emperor Yao became old, he became distressed over the fact that his 9 sons were all useless, only knew how to spend their days enjoying themselves with wine and song. Yao asked his administers, the Four Mountains, to propose a suitable successor. Yao then heard of Shun's tales. Wise Yao did not want to simply believe in the tales about Shun, so he decided to test Shun. Yao gave a district to Shun to govern and married his two daughters to him, with a small dowry of a new house and some money.

Though given an office and money, Shun still lived humbly. He continued to work in the fields every day. Shun even managed to convince his two brides, the two princesses, Yao's daughters, named Ehuang (Fairy Radiance) and Nüying (Maiden Bloom),[16] who were used to good living, to live humbly and work along the people. However, Shun's stepmother and half brother became extremely jealous and conspired to kill Shun. Once, Shun's half brother Xiang lit a barn on fire, and convinced Shun to climb onto the roof to put the fire out, but then Xiang took away the ladder, trapping Shun on the burning roof. Shun skilfully made a parachute out of his hat and cloth and jumped down in safety. Another time, Xiang and his mother conspired to get Shun drunk and then throw him into a dried-up well and then bury him with rocks and dirt. Shun's half sister, never approving of her mother and brother's schemes, told Shun's wives about the scheme. Shun thus prepared himself. Shun pretended to get drunk, and when he was thrown into the well, he had already a tunnel pre-dug to escape to the surface. Thus, Shun survived many attempts on his life. Yet, he never blamed his stepmother or his half brother, and forgave them every time.

Eventually, Shun's stepmother and half brother repented their past wrongs. Shun wholeheartedly forgave them both, and even helped Xiang get an office. Shun also managed to influence Emperor Yao's 9 worthless sons into becoming useful contributing members of society.

Emperor Yao was very impressed by all of Shun's achievements, and thus chose Shun as his successor and put him on the throne in the year of Jiwei (己未). Yao's capital was in Ji (冀) which in modern times is also in Shanxi province.

Shun is also renowned as the originator of the music called Dashao (大韶), a symphony of nine Chinese musical instruments.

In the last year of Shun's reign, Shun decided to tour the country. But unfortunately, he died suddenly of an illness on the journey near the Xiang River. Both his wives rushed from home to his body, and wept by the river for days. Their tears turned into blood and stained the reeds by the river. From that day on, the bamboo of that region became red-spotted, which explains the origin of spotted bamboo. Then overcome by grief, both women threw themselves into the river and drowned.

Shun considered his son, Shangjun (商均), as unworthy and picked Yu, the tamer of floods, as his heir.

Shun was asserted as the progenitor of the Hồ dynasty by Hồ Quý Ly.[17][18][19] China's province of Zhejiang around the 940s was the origin of the Chinese Hồ/Hú family.-->

Taowu incident at Seiin High School
The Taowu incident at Seiin High School was an attempt by the Taowu to achieve the Rosenthal family's desire to create the 'perfect golem', using the memories of death stored within the Misaka Network to transform itself. The event occurred at Seiin High School, which the Taowu's host Hirumi used to attend when she was still alive.

Principles
Taowu: Among the artificial souls used by the Rosenthal are four with greatly increased abilities which were created by the 5th generation head Nathan; Taowu (檮杌), Taotie (饕餮), Hundun (混沌) and Qiong Qi (窮奇). These four, sometimes referred to as Evil Spirits of Numbers (ナンバーズの悪霊), are capable of producing superhuman strength when their charm is attached to a corpse.

The artificial soul, also referred to as a false soul (偽りの魄), is contained within a paper charm, which has several inscriptions on them, including a sephiroth which is a key part of the artificial soul.
 * Installation
 * Capabilities
 * Keter/LV6

Memories of Death: After the Taowu was activated by Estelle Rosenthal in an attempt to revive her friend Hirumi, it was contacted by a self-proclaimed demon who conveyed a method with which it could achieve the Rosenthal family's desire. This method is derived from how the human soul is said to slowly evolve and reach through the process of experiencing 10000 deaths. By converting the memories of death (死の記憶) into a special formula and adding it to the sephiroth constructing the artificial soul, engraving the proof of death into the soul 10000 times, their soul would also reach Keter. The memories of death are normally erased from the physical world at death, however the memories of 10031 deaths are present in Academy City, stored within the Misaka Network.

Posing as Hirumi, the Taowu presented this plan to Hishigata in the guise of making Hirumi into a Level 6,  leading on from his research into discovering where esper abilities originated from within the body and reinforcing the body to enhance esper abilities, in order to create the perfect esper.

Transformation: After the memories of death were converted into a formula and integrated into the Taowu, it went about constructing the 'perfect body' in order to contain the 'perfect soul'. During the initial stage of the transformations, wire-like appendages expanded across the school grounds, with a large mass in close proximity to the Taowu's host body, Hirumi. These wires could form copies of Hirumi.

During the next stage of the transformation, a massive image of the Tree of Life formed over Seiin High School. The Keter Sephirot opened up and connected to Hirumi's body, who was floating in front of it in a fetal position (orb?), via a cord. A cocoon-like structure then formed around Hirumi's body, connected to a large, bulbous mass on the ground with multiple tendrils and protrusions. Not long afterwards, the cocoon cracked open and a mass began expanding from it, forming a giant, long, grotesque body with many protrusions wriggling from it. Several sets of wings also formed, some more ragged than others. Hirumi's original body protruded from a hole in the upper part of the body, partially engulfed by it, and a halo formed over Hirumi's head.


 * Even if rest of body blown away, would regenerate if charm not dealt with.
 * Plan to deal with artificial soul using Emperor Shun's Blade, needs to touch the charm.

Chronology
As the transformation was progressing, the Taowu consumed some of the DA members nearby in an attempt to speed up it's growth and unexpectedly found its mind being flooded with the DA members' thoughts of bringing 'justice' to city.