Toaru Majutsu no Index Wiki:Featured articles/This month's featured article/2022

Openers for articles that have been featured in 2022.

January
The Featured Article this time concerns the Kremlin Report, a Russian military manual which influenced certain events during World War III.

The Kremlin Report is an important defense manual for Russia's nuclear launch facilities, with drastic measures to prevent the silos inside Russia being used against it, with the country's recent missile defense network being focused outside its borders.

The manual's main measure is a bacteriological wall, disseminated if the facility is likely to be captured, meant to eliminate enemies without damaging the facility and render the silo inaccessible to invaders. The deadly airborne biological weapon has a high mortality rate, no effective vaccine and is capable of eating holes in air filters. The manual prioritizes securing the facilities, so no evacuation warnings are given to soldiers there or nearby civilians.

During World War III, officers in Moscow decided to activate the Kremlin Report, considering the possibility that Academy City might go after the nuclear silos. Information reached the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations, where Hamazura Shiage and Takitsubo Rikou were. With one of the silos close to a border village they had previously been, the news spurred them to act to save the villagers from the bacteriological weapon.

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Recently featured: Element

March
The Featured Article this time around involves the Ceremony of Ba Moun, considered to be one of the most wicked curses in Voodoo.

The powerful and dangerous spell involves forming a contract with a demon, who will grant the caster's every wish. In exchange, once a year they must sacrifice the life of someone they care about, who it will pain them to sacrifice, such as a lover or a family member. If they fail to deliver, they will be relentlessly pursued and devoured by the demon, currently unseen in full but shown to manifest massive spider-like legs and make a noise like a crying baby, only much more malicious.

It isn't known when the Ceremony of Ba Moun was created, but it has been used enough times to gain its present infamy. One notable time was by a researcher in Frankfurt, whose efforts to escape the curse resulted in a series of disappearances, which came to the attention of Agnese Sanctis, Lucia and Angelene when they visited the city, with the latter being forced into a dangerous sting operation as punishment for her part-time job for snack money.

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Recently featured: Kremlin Report

May
The Featured Article this time around, chosen given the time of year and recent events, is for the Witch. Witches are a certain type of magic user whose presence and traditions have cropped up from time to time in the background during the series and came to the forefront in the most recent volume.

There are various traits traditionally associated with witches, including the brewing of magic potions and flying on broomsticks. Nighttime sabbaths, familiars such as black cats, and wide-brimmed pointed hats, are also among the things associated with them. They are generally female, though there are apparently some male ones.

Witches have been the subject of slander and persecution by the church in the past, with the infamous witch hunts. Although the Anglican Church's Necessarius developed during and played a role in those events, there are witches within their forces in the present day.

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Recently featured: Ceremony of Ba Moun

July
The Featured Article this time is for Bunny Grey, a British mascot character whom Karasuma Fran is obsessed with.

With a design mixing elements of a and a stereotypical  (hence his name), Bunny Grey is a mischievous alien, whose backstory has him landing on Earth after mistaking Stonehenge for one of his species' landing sign crop circles. With help from the characters Know-It-All John and Precocious Mary, Bunny Grey goes on to have many adventures, including discovering the secrets of and getting preserved in formaldehyde at the British Museum.

Karasuma Fran adores Bunny Grey and owns a lot of character-themed merchandise and items, including her hoodie and her distinctive UFO-shaped balloons, even having a space station dedicated to him. Aspects of her obsession played a notable role in the events concerning her and the Kamisato Faction.

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Recently featured: Witch