Leivinia Birdway

Leivinia Birdway (レイヴィニア＝バードウェイ) is a supporting character in the special story of Toaru Majutsu no Index released on Dengeki Bunko and in Toaru Majutsu no Index: Kanzaki SS, the special story of Toaru Majutsu no Index released as an addition to the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. Her full name, Leivinia Birdway, is revealed in New Testament Volume 1.

Appearance
She is a 12-year-old girl with short blonde hair, blue eyes and a petite figure who wears a pink white dress, she also is the elder sister of Patricia Birdway. She is a talented magician who has received various proposals from many organizations to join but flatly rejected them all. She encounters Touma in a random discovery of a certain organization's meeting and which involves him in a misunderstanding which makes her group to think of him to be a spy from a rival organization. She is later revealed to be the leader of the said organization, called the Dawn-colored Sunlight, despite her age.

Chronology
In the main story, she first made a cameo appearance in volume 18 as one of the listeners who queen Elizard reached using the Union Jack, and in chapter 11 of Volume 22 when she and the Dawn-colored Sunlight helped defending against Fiamma of the Right's golden hands. However, her name didn't come up until near the end of New Testament volume 1, where she kicks Touma in the groin while he was explaining magic to Accelerator and Hamazura, saying that he needs to go apologize to some girls he made cry, and took over explaining.

At Touma's house she explains the magic side to Accelerator and Shiage, while picking a fight with Fremea Seivelun.

Abilities

 * Summon Explosion, without relying on complicated theories and calculations, she is able to accurately use the right amount of Telesma just by intuition for a series of dome-shaped explosion attacks.

Trivia

 * According to the interview on Kazuma Kamachi featured in "Toaru Majutsu no Index no Subete", he states that his favorite character is Birdway.
 * Despite being 12 years old, she sleeps with a nightlight.
 * She doesn't like panties with a large rabbit on them or anything spicy.
 * While the meaning behind Birdway's sorcery name is unknown, 'regnum' is Latin for 'kingdom.'
 * Given her attitude toward Sphynx while explaining magic, Birdway seems to have a distaste for cats.

Quotes

 * (Volume 22) “Now, the time has come for a bombardment of the people, by the people, and for the people!! Let’s make this flashy, baby!!”
 * (New Testament 01) "I am Birdway. I am Leivinia Birdway of the Dawn-Colored Sunlight. As you can see, I'm the boss of a magic cabal. (...)Welcome to the entrance to a new world, children who have been made ignorant by science."