Cerulea
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| Biographical data | |||
| Title(s) | Leader of the landed lords Lady of the Land of Seas | ||
| Race | Human | ||
| Gender | Female | ||
| Age | Unknown[1][1.1] | ||
| Died | June 6, 998[2][2.1] Cathedral City, Midgard | ||
| Weapon(s) | Whip (Japanese: 鞭)[1.2] | ||
| Hair colour | Dark blue | ||
| Eye colour | Green | ||
| Behind the scenes data | |||
| Designed by | IsII | ||
| Appears in | Drag-On Dragoon Utahime Five | ||
Cerulea (Japanese: カエルラ, Hepburn: Kaerura; lit. Caerula; died June 6, 998) was the lady of the Land of Seas and leader of the landed lords in the late 10th century.
History
Life
It is unknown when exactly Cerulea was born.[1.1] Partition, who would go on to serve Lord Beis, used to be her magic student. She eventually became the lady of the Land of Seas and the leader of the landed lords. At some point, she sought to obtain the power behind Mercury's Door in the Cathedral City. The first wall leading to the door had already eroded by the time she found it, and she broke down the second wall herself, where she found Baltas, a mechanical humanoid she employed as the lords' enforcer.[1.1] However, she was unable to destroy or open the door itself.[1.1]
Death
On June 6, 998, Cerulea made her way to the Cathedral City alongside her student Gray, lord of the Land of Mountains, as well as his son Shahor, lord of the Land of Forests. Together, they sought to open Mercury's Door to obtain all the world's knowledge and power, as well as to avenge Beis, former ruler of the Land of Sands.[1.1] To that end, Cerulea told Baltas to open the door. She was shocked when he disappeared.[1.3]
When the magical girls known as Intoners arrived to also open the door, the landed lords ambushed them. However, when Mercury's Door was shattered by Intoner One's Power of Song, the black sludge from beyond it proceeded to use the dead Intoners to summon daemons.[1.4] After Gray was killed by the daemons, Cerulea protected his son. However, she soon revealed her real intentions for saving him; she ripped out his youthful heart in order to restore her own beauty and power, killing him.[1.5] She was killed soon after by Partition, her former student, who had sided with the Intoners.
Legacy
For a while after Cerulea's death, the people of the Land of Seas remained unaware of it.[3][3.1][2.1] The deaths of the landed lords were only made public in January 999, when Intoner One triumphantly returned to the Cathedral City, having conquered all of Europe.[2.1] Cerulea was replaced as lady of the Land of Seas by the Intoner Five. Five initially kept the dresses and jewels Cerulea had in her castle, but later sold them, both due to outgrowing them and wanting to purchase new ones from eastern lands.[4][4.1][4.2]
Characteristics
Appearance
Cerulea was a captivating beauty who wore gorgeous dresses. She wore high heels despite their impracticability in combat. She also often had a fan as an accessory.[1.2] She had dark blue hair she wore in a ponytail with two braids framing the sides of her face.
However, Cerulea was actually much older than she seemed, and had to sustain her youthful appearance using magic.[1.5] If she was drained of her magic, she would begin to look like an old hag.[1.5]
Personality
Cerulea was self-serving, seeking above all to have power over others. She had no issue with sacrificing Shahor in order to further her own power.[1.5]
Abilities
Cerulea was an extremely powerful magic user. Her weapon of choice was a whip which she further enhanced with magic. She could rip out hearts to steal magic power and youth from others.[1.2]
Behind the scenes
Etymology
Her localised name, Cerulea, is the feminine form of ceruleus. Her Japanese name, Caerula, is the feminine form of caerulus. Both are Latin for "having the color of the sky; blue or greenish-blue; cerulean, azure." This follows the theme of all original Drag-On Dragoon Utahime Five characters being named after colours.
Trivia
- She is mentioned by soldiers throughout Verse 1 of Zero's Chapter:
- Soldier: "I'd rather be killed by Lady Cerulea than this crazy woman!"
__ - Soldier A: "Does Lady Cerulea know what's going on here?"
- Soldier B: "Who knows. Even if she did, I doubt she'd care."
__ - Soldier A: "Is Lady Cerulea aware of our situation?"
- Soldier B: "How the hell could she be?!"
__ - Soldier A: "But Lady Cerulea ordered us to-"
- Soldier B: "So what?!"
__ - Soldier A: "To hell with this woman, AND our Lady!"
- Soldier B: "Amen!"
__ - Soldier A: "We don't have to just blindly follow what Lady Cerulea says!"
- Soldier B: "You mean it's not true about these guys?!"
- Soldier: "I'd rather be killed by Lady Cerulea than this crazy woman!"
Gallery
References
- ↑ Drag-On Dragoon Utahime Five. Written by Jun Eishima. Illustrated by IsII. Supervised by Yoko Taro.
- ↑ NieR 10th Anniversary Livestream. Broadcast live on April 22, 2020.
- ↑ Drag-On Dragoon 3 Setting Document Collection + The Complete Guide. First edition produced by ASCII Media Works and published by Kadokawa Future Publishing on April 10, 2014.
- ↑ Page 130: Record of Flower, #5: Related Materials.
- ↑ Drakengard 3 - Prelude. Released by Square Enix as part of the Drakengard 3 Collector's Edition on May 20, 2014.
- ↑ One: "The castle of the previous lord, a woman, had been full of wardrobes and treasuries. Five was delighted, and insisted on keeping the abundant dresses and jewelry. But even though they were the people’s to begin with, I let Five do as she pleased. As greedy as she was, she quickly grew tired of things. She obsessed over what she didn’t have and lost interest in it as soon as she did. And sure enough, Five had grown weary of her flamboyant trappings and tossed them aside in order to get her hands on rare goods from the eastern lands instead." in One: Visitors.
- ↑ Five: "Not just the jewels—I sold the dresses, too. They had gotten so tight I couldn’t wear them anymore! Being a fast grower isn’t all it’s cracked up to be." in One: Visitors.
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