Richard Brave (リチャード=ブレイブ Richādo Bureibu?) is an antagonist in the Toaru Majutsu no Index series. He is a magician who belongs to Necessarius.
Appearance
He wears a black coat and looks about twenty. He has about the same height and skin color as Stiyl Magnus.
Personality
Background
When he was a member of the Anglican Church, his primary area of activity was North America, where he specialized in defensive ocean battles.[1] His achievements laid in setting up a defensive line along the Atlantic Ocean in order to prevent American magic cabals from invading England. Some time ago, his signature spell, Lævateinn, was classified by Necessarius as illegal, as its nature was not considered completely magical. As it was his greatest weapon that he had created after researching countless things, repeating countless experiments, working for countless hours, and fine-tuning it countless times, it had become the symbol of his life. He also deemed it worthy to dedicate his life to, as the weapon that prevented many tragedies. To him, he had nothing else. In this incident everything about Richard Brave became twisted, his hatred for the Anglican Church had grown within him and sparked his desire to annihilate the Anglican church.[2]
Chronology
Toaru Majutsu no Index
Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Stiyl
- Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Stiyl
Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Kanzaki
- Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Kanzaki
During Kanzaki Kaori and Jeans Shop Owner's talk about the fate of the defeated Brunhild Eiktobel and the boy she had tried to save, Jeans Shop Owner informs Kanzaki there's a group in Necessarius headed by Richard Brave that wants to retrieve Ceillier and use it to to ‘negotiate’ with Brunhild Eiktobel to make her tell them about Gungnir, the Final Rune, the method of interfering with the core of the earth, and the nature of a Valkyrie. Jeans Shop Owner then asks Kanzaki if she wants to go stop them.[1]
Abilities
Lævateinn
Lævateinn (
The flames created by Lævateinn can seemingly burn anything, even other flames. However, it is a deception, as according to Stiyl Magnus, normal Runes carved on a sword cannot achieve this effect. In fact, the sword itself is not the main part of the spell. What Richard really does is use a spray to spread Vitamin B2 as an invisible ink in the shape of Runes. According to Stiyl, it is probably a combination of the Runes eihwaz, berkana, and wunjo. The end result is that those Runes modify objects to become highly flammable. Then, Richard uses the meaning of sgkalu as "the torch that acquired the sun using magic" in order to create an effect similiar to UV rays. As Vitamin B2 reflects yellow light when exposed to strong UV rays, the Runes becomes visible and their meaning is activated.[2]
Because it uses such a scientific method, the Anglican Church deemed the spell as against the treaty between magic and science.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Kanzaki Chapter 8 Part 7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Stiyl Part 5
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index SS: Stiyl Part 3
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