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| “ | The Son of God used His Right Hand to cure the illnesses of the sick and revive the deceased. It was the Right Hand which drew the Cross and scattered the Holy water used for the Baptism of Christ. Furthermore, the Right Hand of The Likeness of God has the distinction of being the greatest weapon in history, having cast down an uncountable number of Fallen Angels; even The One Who Challenged the Light was defeated when opposed by the Right Hand of The Likeness of God. It is such an overwhelming power. | „ |
| ~ Fiamma of the Right to the defeated Pope Matthai Reese. |
| “ | I will save this world. You are no longer necessary to do that. You should be honored, you mass of flesh. You managed to carry out your purpose in life. | „ |
| ~ Fiamma of the Right to Touma Kamijou |
Fiamma of the Right (in Japanese: 右方のフィアンマ, Uhō no Fianma) is the main antagonist of the light novel and anime series A Certain Magical Index: Old Testament.
He is the leader of God's Right Seat and the de-facto ruler of the Roman Orthodox Church, leading it from behind the scenes for some time and manipulating the Pope Matthai Reese for his own personal agenda.
He initiated a series of events that would cause unrest in key areas around the world and was ultimately the main cause of World War III. His powers are such that he can literally be compared to entire forces like the Roman Catholic Church and Academy City. He was the first major threat that Touma Kamijou has ever faced and served as his archenemy throughout the latter half of Old Testament.
He is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa in the Japanese version of the anime and Christopher Wehkamp in the English version.
History[]
Fiamma of the Right was the leader of God's Right Seat, though he was initially absent until appearing in Volume 16. Believing humanity to be sinful and filled with malice, Fiamma secretly set in motion a plan to attain the status of "La Persona Superiore a Dio" (The One Above Good) and purify the planet.
Shortly after his emergence, Fiamma revealed his true intentions along with how he'd been manipulating the Roman Orthodox Church all along and backstabbed the Pope. When the Pope attempted to stop Fiamma, Fiamma easily pushed him away with an attack that would have destroyed the entire Vatican had the Pope not bore the brunt of it.
Fiamma's next move was to obtain control of Index Librorum Prohibitorum. To do this, Fiamma took advantage of the coup in England being led by Carissa to use as cover for his plans. He appeared shortly after the princess was defeated and used the fighting as a distraction to obtain the spiritual remote to Index's John Pen mode, bringing her under his control and allowing him to access the 103,000 Grimoires contained within her. Fiamma then attempted to dispose of the princess, who he had used as his pawn, but was stopped by Touma. With Index in his possession, Fiamma chose to leave now that he had gotten what he came for.
Fiamma's next move was to use his power as a member of God's Right Seat and ties with the Russian Orthodox Church to instigate a war between Academy City and Russia. Fiamma's plan was a success, after manipulating the Russian Orthodox Church into engaging in hostilities with Academy City Fiamma set off World War III, the first global conflict between the Science and Magic factions.
With all the pieces in place, Fiamma commenced the final stages of his plan by having two hundred magic-wielders of the Russian Orthodox Church perform a ritual summon holy items from all across the world to create his flying fortress, the Star of Bethlehem. Once the Star was formed, Fiamma betrayed the Russian Church and revealed he'd been using them all along, no longer needing them since he now knew the spell and had Index in his control to keep the Star afloat. Trapped inside the fortress, Touma goes to stop Fiamma's scheme.
However, during their confrontation, Fiamma was able to attain the final component he needed for his plan: Touma's Imagine Breaker. After separating the Imagine Breaker from Touma, Fiamma used his Holy Right's Third Arm to absorb the Imagine Breaker and its power, leading him to finally ascend to being The One Above God. Fiamma then attempted to strike down Touma and finish him off with his Third Arm but, shockingly, Touma was able to regrow Imagine Breaker and block Fiamma's attack. Though weakened, Fiamma attempted to power himself up again by using the distortion between Heaven and Earth to level Eurasia with the Telesma created and absorb the malice formed as a result but his plan was thwarted by Accelerator, who stopped the Telesma.
Having been brought down and caused to doubt his plan, after being overpowered by Touma Fiamma realized he was defeated and accepted his death would come soon as Bethlehem was now beginning to collapse. However, despite there being only one escape pod within the Star of Bethlehem, Touma chose to save Fiamma and shoved him in before sending it away from the fortress.
After landing in the snowy Russian plains, Fiamma got out of his escape pod, grateful for Touma's generosity. Soon after emerging, Fiamma was attacked from behind by Aleister Crowley, who shot off his right arm. Aleister commended Fiamma for his plan to achieve the One Above God, but commented that he still yet to attain the same level he had. The two then clash, with Fiamma determined to not allow Aleister to tear down the world Touma had fought for and attacked him, only to be overpowered and left for dead by Aleister. However, Fiamma did not die and was able to stay alive long enough to be saved by Ollerus and Silvia.
Appearance[]
Fiamma of the Right is a tall young man with a rather lanky appearance and has golden eyes with fiery red hair along with a red suit and pants as his typical attire. He always has a calm look on his face with a calculated expression and a calm smile all the time. This is due to his plans succeeding all the time although after his master plan had failed, his expression changes to that of Aleister Crowley; cold indifference.
Personality[]
Fiamma of the Right is a vain, arrogant, manipulative, self-centered and sarcastic individual who is delusional in his beliefs that what he does is for the greater good even if it means distorting the world and starting another world war. He is a solitary and isolated man focused more on his plans than others. As the leader of God's Right Seat, he seeks to become the "One Above God" and acquire both Godhood and Ultimate Salvation. He manages to acquire these goals, but in the process, he betrays his former followers and is not afraid to abandon anyone he sees as unfit.
Powers and Abilities[]
The Holy Right: The embodiment of the power of the Right Hand within Christianity, which Fiamma of the Right claims has the power to create miracles and destroy all evil outright. The power itself is aligned to the Archangel Michael. The Holy Right derives its power from the prominence the right hand has in Christian lore, wherein several miracles, rituals, and traditions are performed using the right hand. The Holy Right's strength depends on Fiamma of the Right’s needs and the enemy that stands before him — ergo, the Holy Right simply defeats whatever it targets with the precise amount of force needed, no more no less. The Holy Right manifests as a mirage-like hand that appears like a malformed bird’s talon that appears to be growing out of Fiamma of the Right's right shoulder.
- Miracles of the Right Hand: Can use any symbolism magic that has anything to do with the Right Hand: Archangel Michael cast down Lucifer and his fallen angels with the right hand, the Son of God healed the sick with his right hand, and one needs to record bibles with their right hand, plus many others.
- The Strike That Ends Everything It Touches: This attack destroys everything it touches without any destructive force. The striking force is as much as is needed to destroy a target - if the target is humanity it can lifewipe, but will not destroy the planet. The maximum power shown was continental (All of Asia and Europe).
- Holy Right Auto Target: The Holy Right has a function which allows it to automatically target anything that it deems as a threat. This was shown when a satellite laser from Academy City shot Fiamma out of nowhere, and the holy right blocked the laser and destroyed the satellite when Fiamma waved his arm. Fiamma had no way to even know that the laser was fired at him, nor did he even know where the orbital satellite that shot the laser was located, so the logical explanation for this is that the Holy Right has the ability to auto-target threats, that even Fiamma may not know about.
- The Strike That Reaches Everything When Swung: This attack delivers itself right next to its target without any speed, thus allowing him to move and attack anywhere and anything at will. It is essentially teleportation.
- Teleportation: Fiamma of the Right can teleport anywhere he wishes instantly as long as he has an open horizontal path.
- Flame Sword: He can produce a 30~40 km-sized sword made of flame.
- Absorption: The Holy Right is able to absorb other things, shown when Fiamma disassembled and absorbed Imagine Breaker as part of his plan to achieve La Persona Superiore a Dio.
- Other Attacks: Fiamma has demonstrated other attacks with the Holy Right, such as creating beams or swords of light.
Index's Controller: After acquiring Index's controller, Fiamma solved the issue he had with the Right Arms slowly disintegrating in the air with each use, limiting the number of times he could use it in a row. Additionally, using the controller he can activate Index's John Pen Mode, access the knowledge of her grimoires and even have her cast magic for him, which will come from the controller.
- St. George's Sanctuary: A high-class defensive spell which distorts space-time. Two magic circles over two meters across appear and glow before exploding into something that looks like pitch black lightning. This is described as cracking space open, with the cracks quickly spreading in front of the user and looking like a barrier preventing anyone from approaching them. Additionally, something that seems to be pulsating swells up from within the cracks, and a beast-like scent wafts in from the slight opening created by the pitch black cracks. Kamijou Touma instinctually realized that the thing inside the cracks was very dangerous, even if he didn't know what it was exactly.
- Dragon's Breath: A high-class offensive spell, used after casting St. George's Sanctuary. The black cracks caused by the previous spell suddenly open and widen all at once. Then a pillar of light, looking like a laser beam about a meter across shoots out from within the cracks. The spell holds the same power of the legendary dragon of Saint George and it can be fired continuously. Upon trying to use Imagine Breaker to stop it Touma Kamijou found out that his right hand couldn't negate the beam fast enough to counter its power, so the spell started to slowly eat into his hand. He also realized that the beam wasn't a solid mass and that each individual piece of light making it was different, which he speculated might be a result of Index using her 103,000 Grimoires to cast 103,000 types of magic at the same time. The spell has shown to have an incredibly long range, destroying Academy City's satellite Tree Diagram by accident when fired from Earth.
- Feather of Light: An aftereffect of Dragon's Breath. Anything destroyed by the beam of light will leave no trace behind. Instead, any matter destroyed by it will turn into several feathers of light as pure white as the beam itself. These feathers slowly float down to the ground, and can apparently kill any human who touches them. They seem to work by frying the brain.
- Dragon's Breath: A high-class offensive spell, used after casting St. George's Sanctuary. The black cracks caused by the previous spell suddenly open and widen all at once. Then a pillar of light, looking like a laser beam about a meter across shoots out from within the cracks. The spell holds the same power of the legendary dragon of Saint George and it can be fired continuously. Upon trying to use Imagine Breaker to stop it Touma Kamijou found out that his right hand couldn't negate the beam fast enough to counter its power, so the spell started to slowly eat into his hand. He also realized that the beam wasn't a solid mass and that each individual piece of light making it was different, which he speculated might be a result of Index using her 103,000 Grimoires to cast 103,000 types of magic at the same time. The spell has shown to have an incredibly long range, destroying Academy City's satellite Tree Diagram by accident when fired from Earth.
- Scarlet Stone of Pexjarva: This spell causes the bones of the feet of the target knee starting to feel a deep pain as the joints between the bones are stretched apart by force. This invisible attack seems to come from the ground and seeps into the body of the target from there.
- Eli Eli Lema Sabachthani: It's a powerful anti-Christian spell which throws a powerful bloody-red beam of light from a magic circle originating from Index's face.
- Sulfur Rain Will Scorch the Earth: An attack that throws about 50 arrows from top to bottom that can drill and burn the target. One arrow is sufficient to turn solid stone into dust.
- Sword of the Harvest God Freyr: Also known as the Sword of Victory, it's the magic sword of the god Freyr from Norse Mythology, which fights on its own "if wise be he who wields it", also famous for its wielder having never suffered defeat in the myths while he had it. It takes the form of a thin Western sword made of a collection of what looks like particles of light. The sword floats around and automatically moves to attack the enemies of the wielder by slipping through gaps on their defense to pierce their vitals. Multiple copies of the sword can be summoned simultaneously.
La Persona Superiore a Dio: Also known as The One Above God, a state reached by Fiamma upon completion of his plan. Having absorbed Imagine Breaker and having it used to purify his Holy Right, Fiamma can wield the Holy Right's full output and complete his right hand's power, which now has a fully physical form instead of its normal mirage-like status. Even the world itself is changed as a reaction to this, with the sky opening up to the Phase of Heaven to respond to Fiamma's call, gathering a massive amount of Telesma that illuminates the world with a golden light. Besides allowing Fiamma to fix the distortions in the world as his plan intended, the Holy Right's power has noticeably increased, allowing him to release attacks with the power to blow away a planet or recreate any miracle/legend found in Christianity.
Communication Spells: Like most magicians, Fiamma is able to use magic to communicate with others via telepathy and various magical devices (such as a red paper plane that projects his voice) over long distances.
Hide Presence: He can successfully hide his presence from anyone to the point that even the magic god Othinus couldn't detect him.
Turn into a Fairy: An anti-god spell in the form of a stake of light based on Christianity shrinking down pagan gods to fairies and monsters. A god pierced by the stake will be turned into a fairy with less power and eventually die. Later Fiamma created his own variation of the spell using his specialization in disintegration techniques, creating a five hundred meters long stake that applies the spell 2,070,000 times in a row to widen the distortion and immediately destroy the god.
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