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Cross

A Cross (十字) is a symbol consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to one another. It is also a term used for symbols based around the shape and objects in that shape.

The shape has various associations in belief and religion, with a cross being the primary symbol of Christianity, representing the cross on which the Son of God died. With its associated meanings, the cross also plays an important role in various forms of magic.

Sections:
 * Etymology
 * Principles
 * Christianity (Son of God, Saint, Churches/Christians)(crucifix)
 * True Cross, Son of God's crucifixion
 * Saints
 * Physical symbols (Churches/Christians/Walking Church/Spiritual Items)
 * Non-Christianity
 * Magic? Banner of the West, Rose Cross
 * True Cross
 * Background
 * Chronology: OT2 (Aureolus Dummy), OT6 (Golem Ellis), OT7 (Orsola Aquinas), OT9/10 (Croce di Pietro/Walking Church), OT11 (Biagio Busoni), OT13 (Vento of the Front), OT14 (Lidvia Lorenzetti), OT20-22 (Vento of the Front/Star of Bethlehem), Necessarius SS (Ch5, Ch8 - Rosary)

Besides the Son of God, many saints are also associated with crosses, with some of the early martyrs being crucified in a similar manner, though a number chose to die on a different type of cross (considering themselves unworthy of dying in the exact same way), such as St. Peter and St. Andrew, with these crosses becoming their symbols.

Other cross variants, some including the shape of the standard Christian cross, include the, the , the pyramid cross, the , the (also known as St. Andrew's Cross (アンデレ十字)),  the ,   the Germanic cross, and the Rose Cross.

Physical objects in the shape of the cross, also referred to as a cross (十字架), are prevalent throughout Christianity with many Christians having a small one, often worn on a necklace,, or a string around the neck, and larger ones are present in most churches. There is also a variant with a figure representing the Son of God attached to it, referred to as a crucifix. . There are numerous crosses which are used as magical tools and spiritual items, with the Croce di Pietro being a notable one. Some Walking Churchs are in the form of a cross (such as Himegami Aisa's Celtic Cross (ケルト十字架)).

Crosses are featured in the flags of various countries (including those of the United Kingdom and the four comprising it), heraldry, and in magic circles and symbols, including the Banner of the West, a prominent symbolic weapon in modern Western magic.

Non-Christian Crosses:
 * The Ankh, a notable symbol of ancient Egypt, is a cross-shaped symbol with a looped handle.
 * Thor's hammer Mjölnir also corresponds to the cross.
 * Crossroads /Intersections
 * Human Body (Germanic/Golem Ellis/Sephiroth)
 * Like the Sephiroth, the cross is a symbol which corresponds to the human body and can be utilized in magic as blueprint for the body and soul.
 * Gesture (crossing)( improvise)
 * Aside from physical symbols and inscriptions, one can improvise a cross shape with positioned objects, or trace the symbol in the air or the body with fingers, referred to as "".

Walking Church:

Deep Blood Arc:
 * Aureolus Izzard was noted to have used a Germanic Cross and basic materials, making a soul, in the creation of the dummy version of himself.

Kazakiri Hyouka Arc:
 * The construction of Sherry Cromwell's Golem Ellis incorporates the image of the Cross, with the head, right arm, left arm and legs, with each side assigned with the power of the four Archangels associated with the cardinal directions.

Orsola Aquinas Rescue Arc:

Daihaseisai Arc:
 * The magic-related events which transpired during the first day of the Daihaseisai revolved around a notable cross associated with St. Peter, the Croce di Pietro. During these events, a misunderstanding from the sight of Himegami Aisa's Walking Church cross resulted in her being severely injured by Oriana Thomson.

La Regina del Mare Adriatico Arc:
 * Biagio Busoni had necklaces with numerous crosses and crucifixes, with his magic drawing out multiple meanings associated with them, many from the stories of saints, as the basis for his spells.

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Divine Punishment
Divine Punishment (天罰術式) is a large-scale suppression magic spell which applies the logic that no one should bear any menace towards God, if so, punishment will apply. As explained by Idol Theory, using the significance of being pierced by steel in Christianity, such as the piercings on her face that bears the attribute of the nails that pierced the Son of God to the cross, and the hammer that she carries which bears the attribute of the hammer that nailed him to the cross. Because of this Vento of the Front can symbolically mimic the Son of God's body during his crucifixion, as such she is practically substituting herself as God for the Divine Punishment to work. In combination of her now already intimidating looks, she uses provocative speech patterns as well to incite hostility to successfully trigger Divine Punishment.

This magic literally strips people of their consciousness if they ever bear any ill will to Vento of the Front. The spell is a large-scale one considering that it can affect anyone in the world, regardless of distance or knowledge of Vento of the Front. For example a person hears on the news that an intruder (Vento of the Front) has invaded Academy City and the person bears ill will to the intruder, then that person will activate and receive Divine Punishment. The spell works by stripping away oxygen inside the victim's body, leaving the minimum necessary amount as to not hinder brain and organ functions, forcing the physical body to go into a state like an animal's hibernation period in order to preserve survival. It is also stated by Index that there may be certain stages in response to hostility given to the user such as depriving consciousness, body-binding, and even preventing interference from the outside.

Resuscitation through regulated oxygen supply to victims is impossible as such the only possible way for revitalization is when the magician deems that punishment is no longer needed, or when the core of the Divine Punishment is destroyed, which is the cross that is at the end of the chain that is attached on Vento of the Front's tongue at which point Vento of the Front will no longer be able to use Divine Punishment. -->
 * A cross on the end of a chain attached to Vento of the Front's tongue acted as the core for her Divine Punishment spell.

Document of Constantine Arc:
 * During her interrogation by Stiyl Magnus and Agnese Sanctis in the Tower of London, Lidvia Lorenzetti made use of an incantation which used Agnese's cross as a conduit for a spell to destroy her bindings.

Kanzaki SS:
 * During her battle with Brunhild Eiktobel, Kanzaki Kaori locked her sword with her opponent's Gungnir at an angle to form a cross symbol for a spell to raise her opponent's Saint side, thereby weakening her Valkyrie side.

Acqua of the Back Arc:
 * Cross symbols were used to supplement the Saint Destroyer, and in the spell Pope Matthai Reese used in an attempt to bind Fiamma of the Right.

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La Regina del Mare Adriatico
The primary ability of the La Regina del Mare Adriatico is to be used to primarily destroy Venice, which is the main phase of the spell. The effect in destroying anything that has value is likened to the destruction of by divine punishment, as La Regina del Mare Adriatico's way of destroying Venice is to launch a rain of fire upon it.

Its second phase is to destroy anyone or anything connected to the city, such as technology, art pieces, culture, knowledge, etc., regardless of distance. Utterly destroying any trace and existence of Venice. Because of the fear of the Roman Catholic Church that the weapon would fall into the wrong hands and can be used at them, the Church made sure that the weapon could only be used on Venice, however, if such an event did occur, then the La Regina del Mare Adriatico can be used to self-destruct as a last resort. The power of the self-destruction covers at least 10 kilometers, and is likened to a tactical nuclear weapon that can incinerate anything within the range.

The spell for activating the weapon resides in a pyramidal room in the flagship, here, it also houses a spherical structure meant for the Rosary of the Appointed Time. Once activated, the room changes, with the lights surrounding the room shutting off, and the equilateral triangles that form the room slowly emerge from it's bases. Finally a light from the ceiling appears, which with coupled with the equilateral triangular shaped pillars, would reflect, inflect, and reform the light to create a large patterned path in the air, surrounding the room making it appear as a dome with a planetarium.

The spell is reinforced by alchemy as well as the prisoners of its fleet, which makes any attempt at stopping the spell difficult. However, destroying the core cross that activates the spell would not only stop the spell but destroy the core of the weapon, it would then essentially destroy the flag ship as well as the other fleet ships.

Vento of the Front rebuilt the 'Queen's Fleet' of the La Regina del Mare Adriatico, and used it to fight against Fiamma of the Right. The new 'core' is an ice-like cross shaped like an anchor, and pierced into her tongue where her old 'Divine Punishment' cross used to be.

The power and range of the Ships' bombardment attack increased exponentially, shoots giant icicles and was enough to bury Fiamma into a mountain of ice. Ultimately the power of the ships was insufficient to fight against Fiamma and the core was destroyed, and Vento was defeated.

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 * La Regina del Mare Adriatico: As of Volume 20 she modified the Queen of Adriatic Sea on top of Biagio's original modifications, and she now has the power to summon parts of the guardian magical armada to wherever she is. This is shown by a cross made of ice and shaped like a anchor pierced onto her tongue in the place of the cross that uses 'Divine Punishment' that was destroyed earlier. Vento explains this as her element is wind and wind is a crucial part of sailing, so she has partial control over spells that are water-based. However her ability to control the Queen of Adriatic was destroyed when she fought against Fiamma, when he ripped the cross out of her tongue.

Vento of the Front rebuilt the 'Queen's Fleet' of the La Regina del Mare Adriatico, and used it to fight against Fiamma of the Right. The new 'core' is an ice-like cross shaped like an anchor, and pierced into her tongue where her old 'Divine Punishment' cross used to be.

The power and range of the Ships' bombardment attack increased exponentially, shoots giant icicles and was enough to bury Fiamma into a mountain of ice. Ultimately the power of the ships was insufficient to fight against Fiamma and the core was destroyed, and Vento was defeated. -->
 * During Vento's battle with Fiamma, an anchor-shaped ice cross in place of her old one acted as the new core of La Regina del Mare Adriatico.
 * The Star of Bethlehem was in the rough shape of a cross.

Agnese SS:
 * While fleeing with Angelene from the demon of the Ceremony of Ba Moun, Frau Halveria crossed herself with her fingers and invoked Baron Samedi, the Voodoo death god standing at the crossroads, to form an invisible barrier to slow the demon down.
 * A Necessarius magician tasked with observing the Agnese Forces wielded a censer and a cross, with Agnese noting the two as standard for an area-of-effect attack but not very flexible, guessing that he would usually be "dropped in" to crush a magic cabal on his own.

Homecoming Arc:
 * Just like the Star of Bethlehem it was imitating, Radiosonde Castle was shaped like a cross. During her battle with Mjölnir, on recognizing her opponent's nature, Kanzaki considered the correspondence between the cross and the human body.

Coronzon Arc:
 * Among the recreated Golden Dawn, John William Brodie-Innes made use of sparks produced by striking the ground with his metal-soled shoes to form the shapes of various crosses,

including, the , the pyramid cross and the among others -

joints in a battle formation and intersections in magical symbols, intended primarily to gather, direct and scatter power, with greater formations weaved the more time given.

When the group were pursuing the British Royal Family, he made use of a modified pyramid cross to turn Cutia Virginroad's own spell against her.

Aside from being separate symbols or components, crosses act as joints in a battle formation, and form intersections in magical symbols. They can be used to gather, direct and scatter power, and when properly used can interfere with and turn the power of an opponent's spell against them. One magician who uses crosses primarily in this way is John William Brodie-Innes (or at least his reproduction), who makes use of sparks produced by striking the ground with his metal-soled shoes to form the shapes of various crosses, being able to weave greater formations the more time he is given.

John William Brodie-Innes, Abilities:
 * Brodie-Innes wears shoes with special metal soles, which produce sparks when he strikes the ground. He uses the sparks to form the shapes of various crosses, including, the , the pyramid cross and the  among others - joints in a battle formation and intersections in magical symbols.
 * The primary effects of his crosses are the gathering, directing, and scattering of power and the more time he is given, the greater the formation that can be weaved together. He is capable of using his crosses in connection with an enemy's magical symbols to turn their power against them. In the case of Cutia Virginroad, he used a modified pyramid cross to turn her spell's power into a beast made of red cubes which attacked her.

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A Cross (十字) is a symbol consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to one another. It is also a term used for symbols based around the shape and objects in that shape.

The shape has various associations in belief and religion, with a cross being the primary symbol of Christianity, representing the cross on which the Son of God died. With its associated meanings, the cross also plays an important role in various forms of magic.

Principles
Besides the Son of God, many saints are also associated with crosses, with some of the early martyrs being crucified in a similar manner, though a number chose to die on a different type of cross (considering themselves unworthy of dying in the exact same way), such as St. Peter and St. Andrew, with these crosses becoming their symbols.

Crosses are featured in the flags of various countries (including those of the United Kingdom and the four comprising it), heraldry, and in magic circles and symbols, including the Banner of the West, a prominent symbolic weapon in modern Western magic.

Aside from being separate symbols or components, crosses act as joints in a battle formation, and intersections in magical symbols. They can be used to gather, direct and scatter power, and when properly used can interfere with and turn the power of an opponent's spell against them. One magician who uses crosses primarily in this way is John William Brodie-Innes (or at least his reproduction), who makes use of sparks produced by striking the ground with his metal-soled shoes to form the shapes of various crosses, being able to weave greater formations the more time he is given.

Like the Sephiroth, the cross is a symbol which corresponds to the human body and can be utilized in magic as blueprint for the body and soul.

Deep Blood Arc
Aureolus Izzard was noted to have used a Germanic Cross and basic materials, making a soul, in the creation of the dummy version of himself.

Kazakiri Hyouka Arc
The construction of Sherry Cromwell's Golem Ellis incorporates the image of the Cross, with the head, right arm, left arm and legs, with each side assigned with the power of the four Archangels associated with the cardinal directions.

Daihasei Festival Arc
The magic-related events which transpired during the first day of the Daihaseisai revolved around a notable cross associated with St. Peter, the Croce di Pietro. During these events, a misunderstanding from the sight of Himegami Aisa's Walking Church cross resulted in her being severely injured by Oriana Thomson.

La Regina del Mare Adriatico Arc
Biagio Busoni had necklaces with numerous crosses and crucifixes, with his magic drawing out multiple meanings associated with them, many from the stories of saints, as the basis for his spells. A cross also acted as the core of La Regina del Mare Adriatico.

Academy City Invasion Arc
A cross on the end of a chain attached to Vento of the Front's tongue acted as the core for her Divine Punishment spell.

Document of Constantine Arc
During her interrogation by Stiyl Magnus and Agnese Sanctis in the Tower of London, Lidvia Lorenzetti used an incantation which used Agnese's cross as a conduit for a spell to destroy her bindings.

Acqua of the Back Arc
Cross symbols were used to supplement the Saint Destroyer, and in the spell Pope Matthai Reese used in an attempt to bind Fiamma of the Right.

World War III Arc
During Vento's battle with Fiamma, an anchor-shaped ice cross in place of her old one acted as the new core of La Regina del Mare Adriatico. The Star of Bethlehem was also in the rough shape of a cross.

Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Kanzaki
During her battle with Brunhild Eiktobel, Kanzaki Kaori locked her sword with her opponent's Gungnir at an angle to form a cross symbol for a spell to raise her opponent's Saint side, thereby weakening her Valkyrie side.

Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Agnese's Magic Side Work Experience
While fleeing with Angelene from the demon of the Ceremony of Ba Moun, Frau Halveria crossed herself with her fingers and invoked Baron Samedi, the Voodoo death god standing at the crossroads, to form an invisible barrier to slow the demon down.

A Necessarius magician tasked with observing the Agnese Forces wielded a censer and a cross, with Agnese noting the two as standard for an area-of-effect attack but not very flexible, guessing that he would usually be "dropped in" to crush a magic cabal on his own.

Homecoming Arc
Just like the Star of Bethlehem it was imitating, Radiosonde Castle was shaped like a cross. During her battle with Mjölnir, on recognizing her opponent's nature, Kanzaki considered the correspondence between the cross and the human body.

Coronzon Arc
During the battle with the recreated Golden Dawn, John William Brodie-Innes used various crosses formed from the sparks caused by his metal-soled shoes, including the, the , the pyramid cross and the  among others. When the group were pursuing the British Royal Family, he made use of a modified pyramid cross to turn Cutia Virginroad's own spell against her.