| “ | So what are we going with? Two on one? Or should I call in my other two selves and make it four on one? | „ |
| ~ Hecatia Lapislazuli. |
| “ | I'll give you a real fun choice! The Moon, the Earth, or the Otherworld...? Pick whichever body you want to be killed by! | „ |
| ~ Hecatia Lapislazuli challenging the heroines to combat. |
Hecatia Lapislazuli is a major antagonist from Touhou Project, being the overarching antagonist of Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
She is a very eccentric and mysterious death goddess of Hell who has three bodies, each occupying a different realm. She partnered with Junko to eliminate the Lunarians.
Appearance[]
Hecatia appears within the Dream World with red eyes and hair. She is fairly modern looking, wearing a short, three-colored, plaid skirt, and a black t-shirt with "Welcome ❤ Hell" written on the front, worn off her shoulders. She also wears a collar, with chains attached, each one leading to an orb of the Moon, the Earth, and an orb representing the Otherworlds, the last of which sits in her hat atop her head. During the course of her fight, her hair and eyes turn blue or blonde as she switches the Otherworld orb with the Earth or Moon orbs respectively. As it mentioned in the liner notes to her theme, her outfit is inspired by Death Metal. ZUN thought of the process "Hell -> Shinigami (death gods) -> Death -> Death Metal". Although she is shown barefoot in her in-game portraits and various manga appearances, she is seen wearing boots in Chapter 13 of Visionary Fairies in Shrine.
History[]
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom[]
Disliking the Lunarians for their supremacist attitudes, Hecatia befriended and teamed up with Junko to take down their hegemony over the Moon. Junko had previously killed Houyi as revenge for him killing her son, and had gained an eternal, uncontrollable hatred towards Lunarians, aiming on killing Chang'e next. Hecatia sympathised with Junko's situation, and so helped her. It is also possible Hecatia wanted revenge on Chang'e since Houyi shot down one of her stars, Apollo.
Hecatia loaned Junko her subordinate, the Hell Fairy Clownpiece, and instructed her to assist Junko in carrying out her plan. Clownpiece led a horde of Hell Fairies to attack the Lunar Capital, disrupting the purity between life and death that kept the Lunarians immortal. As a result, the Lunarians evacuated to the Dream World and devised a plan to relocate their capital to Gensokyo. However, this drew the attention of Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sanae Kochiya and Reisen Udongein Inaba. After learning from Sagume Kishin of Junko's actions, the girls headed to the moon and defeated her and Clownpiece, disrupting their plans.
Afterwards, Hecatia would attempt to put in motion another plan to wipe out the Lunarians by trapping them inside the Dream World so they couldn't return, leading Sagume to seek out the help of Reimu and the others once again. The girls would then make their way through the Dream World and confront Hecatia. With Junko assisting her, Hecatia challenged the girls but was defeated, after which she released the Lunarians.
Visionary Fairies in Shrine[]
Shortly after the events of Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, Hecatia brought Clownpiece to Gensokyo and asked her to stay there and get used to the place. In Chapter 10, Hecatia appears in Gensokyo again to check on Clownpiece, and assigns her a new task asking her to encounter more lifeforce, especially from things that aren't often seen in Hell. In Chapter 13, she meets Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame, and talks with them about the stone cherries that are appearing in Gensokyo, affirming that those stones are nothing but the crystallization of the missing fairies' lifeforce, and saying that she wants to take them with her to Hell.
Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia[]
Aya Shameimaru interviewed Hecatia about the recent arrival of denizens of Hell, such as Clownpiece, in Gensokyo. In the interview, Aya expressed cynical views towards Hecatia and her cohort, wondering if they weren't planning some sort of invasion into Gensokyo to take it over and destroy its "charming atmosphere." Hecatia rebuked Aya and told her that maintaining an isolationist attitude would make Gensokyo no better than the Lunar Capital, and that Gensokyo had always relied on new youkai to ensure its culture didn't become stagnate and stale, echoing sentiments from an earlier interview with Yukari Yakumo. Hecatia also harshly chided Aya for frequently stretching and abusing the truth to gain attention and newspaper sales through manufactured outrage. Aya was apparently so disturbed by the interview that she decided not to publish it, and ended up cancelling that edition of her newspaper entirely.
Trivia[]
- Hecatia is based off Hecate the Ancient Greek Goddess of Magic.
- Hecate is usually depicted with 3 bodies or 3 heads, which is somewhat where her 3 bodies derive from.
- Hecate is also a TItan, due to the fact that she's the daughter of the Titans Perses and Asteria.
- Hecatia according to ZUN is Stronger than anyone in the Lunar capital, Gensokyo and Other Worlds which would mean that she is The Strongest.
- The Three Bodies are the embodiment of each concept due to the nature of god's being nameless and conceptless they name themselves becoming the embodiment of the concept associated with the name.
External Links[]
- Hecatia Lapislazuli on the Touhou Wiki
- Hecatia Lapislazuli on the Heroes Wiki
- Hecatia Lapislazuli on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
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