History Characters / ArknightsSpecialistsAToM

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'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoSanpei (Japanese), Vila (Mandarin Chinese), Ying Ying (Cantonese), TBA (English), Jeon Suk-kyeong (Korean)\\

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuSerizawa (Japanese), Erjiao (Mandarin Chinese)\\

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'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChitoseMorinaga (Japanese), Wang Xiaotong (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English)\\
'''Artist:''' Xiàyě Hóng Míng

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame (Japanese), Huang Ying (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English)\\

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyuTomita (Japanese), Xiao Sibai (Mandarin Chinese), TBA (English)\\

'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Flynn Liu (Mandarin Chinese), Pan Haoming (Cantonese), Joseph May (English), Choi Han (Korean)\\

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!!Mr. Nothing / [[spoiler: Chu Wuyuo]]

* CallBack: Her animations are effectively lifted wholesale from various ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' games: she swings into the battlefield using the Wirebugs from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'', her first skill is [[https://youtu.be/GUowVxDGeiQ?t=369 Sixfold Demon Slash]], her second skill is [[https://youtu.be/GUowVxDGeiQ?t=471 Blade Dance]], and her third skill is [[https://youtu.be/47-XqjSaREE Heavenly Blade Dance]].

* SituationalSword: Forms a part of a CheeseStrategy together with [[Characters/ArknightsSniperAToM Erato]] against the Last Knight, one of Integrated Strategies #3's more tough bosses. As Mr. Nothing alone does a stunning punch whenever he hasn’t attacked for more than 4 seconds, something he can achieve by freezing himself. Combined with Erato’s long range sleep arrow while the former is frozen, the two can keep Last Knight stalled forever (in combination with Mr. Nothing's module and an SP boost like Ptilopsis).

* SituationalSword: Forms a part of a CheeseStrategy together with [[ArknightsSniperAToM Erato]] against the Last Knight, one of Integrated Strategies #3's more tough bosses. As Mr. Nothing alone does a stunning punch whenever he hasn’t attacked for more than 4 seconds, something he can achieve by freezing himself. Combined with Erato’s long range sleep arrow while the former is frozen, the two can keep Last Knight stalled forever (in combination with Mr. Nothing's module and an SP boost like Ptilopsis).

* MythicalMotifs: As obvious from her name and race, it's the manticore - A winged lion with a scorpion's tail. It also appears in her Elite 2 artwork.

* TokenGoodTeammate: While the Rhine Lab section directors tend to range from shady schemers to ruthlessly pragmatic {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, Dorothy, although a bit delusional and manipulative herself, likely has the strongest moral compass of the current directors, to the point where she cannot bear the thought of using unwilling test subjects.

* BattleThemeMusic: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKsNIFALQQU Endospore]]" [[spoiler:as Izumik, Source of Ecology.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Mizuki can be seen as one of the top scorers on the April Fools minigame Barrage Fortress, under the username [[SignificantAnagram "IZUMIKun~"]]. [[spoiler:Not only does "Izumik" turn out to be his name after being reborn as a Firstborn, his Monthly Squad reveals he named his Firstborn self that on a whim after playing what is implied to be said game.]]

* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:Mizuki, or rather, Izu-mik, is a fully benevolent and heroic Seaborn whose existence is the key to solving the Seaborn threat once and for all in "Mizuki and Caerula Arbor". This notably makes him the sole playable full-on Seaborn operator in the game.]]

* NonLinearCharacter: There are certain implications that [[spoiler:Izumik, his self reborn as a Firstborn in an alternate timeline, sees time nonlinearly and is capable of conveying thoughts back to Mizuki himself in the present, despite not yet existing in the same time or space. Mizuki acknowledges the boons of such a power, but ultimately rejects the idea of completely becoming Izumik. However, he presumes that Izumik is the result of one iteration of himself and the Doctor after making a rational choice, so he holds no ill will towards his potential future self and shares thoughts with Him, even giving Him a name.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Mizuki can be seen as one of the top scorers on the April Fools minigame Barrage Fortress, under the username [="IZUMIKun~"=]. [[spoiler:Not only does "Izumik" turn out to be his name after being reborn as a Firstborn, his Monthly Squad reveals he named his Firstborn self that on a whim after playing what is implied to be said game.]]

* ChekovsGun: Mizuki can be seen as one of the top scorers on the April Fools minigame Barrage Fortress, under the username "IZUMIKun~". [[spoiler:Not only does "Izumik" turn out to be his name after being reborn as a Firstborn, his Monthly Squad reveals he named his Firstborn self that on a whim after playing what is implied to be said game.]]

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of the fourth ending of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', in a transformed state after merging with the titular Caerula Arbor and reviving as the final Firstborn, [[UltimateLifeForm a godlike evolutionary singularity that seemingly views time non-linearly.]]]]

* FlunkyBoss: In the stage "Glory of Humanity" of "Mizuki & Caerula Arbor" [[spoiler:Izumik, Source of Ecology spawns multiple waves of Izumik's Offspring from the incursion points around the map. Touching an offspring consumes it to heal him.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In order to get the fourth ending of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', [[spoiler:Mizuki must ascend to the position of a Seaborn god, but he has to affirm who he is to avoid losing his sense of self and his sight of what he came there for. The result of this depends on the player's Light, implied to be representative of sanity - high Light (90-100) lets Mizuki hold on to his mission and claim a very powerful item (+2 block count, +120% HP/DEF, and +20 RES), moderate Light (50-89) causes him to become indecisive and gain a smaller buff (+1 block count), while low Light (less than 50) will cause him to submit to We Many and get a ''debuff'' instead (''-1'' block count). Fittingly, the stronger items can be a huge help to defeating Mizuki himself as the final boss of the ending, meaning that keeping Mizuki sane enough to retain his sense of self directly raises the likelihood of Mizuki being able to fulfill his goal, and vice versa.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: In all of the non-canon endings to ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', [[spoiler: Mizuki sacrifices himself. In the Age of the Silence ending, he acts as a decoy for the Seaborn to buy enough time for the Doctor to escape to the surface, but this fails to prevent Ishar'mla and the Seaborn from overrunning the world. In the Price of Peace ending, he uses the remaining power of the Caerula Arbor to defeat Ishar'mla and fuse with the maddened Primordial Lifespring, merging with the ocean and seemingly permanently pacifying the Seaborn. In the Stella Caerula ending, he offers himself up to replace the Caerula Arbor as the new Firstborn, and manages to retain and convey his human ego enough to separate from his Seaborn self and send the Seaborn into space for good.]]

* ShoutOut: Her name refers the main character of ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', while her surname references its writer Frank L. Baum. The story is even referenced in [=DV-ST-2=] as a childhood tale Dorothy heard from her mother.

->'''Race:''' Aegir[[spoiler:-Seaborn hybrid, later revealed to actually be a full-on Seaborn]]

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of the fourth ending of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', in a transformed state after merging with the titular Caerula Arbor and reviving as a [[UltimateLifeForm a godlike being akin to the nexus and singularity of evolution itself.]]]]

* HeroicSacrifice: In two of the endings to ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', [[spoiler: Mizuki sacrifices himself. In the Age of the Silence ending, he acts as a decoy for the Seaborn to buy enough time for the Doctor to escape to the surface, but this fails to prevent Ishar'mla and the Seaborn from overrunning the world. In the Price of Peace ending, he uses the remaining power of the Caerula Arbor to defeat Ishar'mla and fuse with the maddened Primordial Lifespring, merging with the ocean and seemingly permanently pacifying the Seaborn.]]

** ''Mizuki & Caerula Arbor'' takes this a step further and reveals that [[spoiler:he's not just a hybrid, he's actually become a ''full'' Seaborn that has developed free will and advanced to the point of being able to perfectly imitate a human form, and he's carrying the cells of the dormant [[EldritchAbomination Caerula Arbor]] to boot. Once he dies in the "Age of the Silence" ending, he briefly reverts to his true, jellyfish-like form as he loses consciousness and is unable to maintain the illusion for any longer.]]

** [[spoiler:Between his borderline Lovecraftian powers, his strange biology, his mysterious background, and his adverse reaction to what is implied to the the Abyssal Hunters, he's all but outright stated to be part-Seaborn from whatever the Priest that rescued him did to him. This isn't exactly a secret from the higher-ups, which is why Rhodes Island is keeping a particularly close eye on him and doesn't trust him. However, it's unknown whether or not he's fully aware of his nature or the Seaborns' mission - and unlike Deepcolor, another suspected Seaborn hybrid in Rhodes Island, his recounts of his own past are all honest.]]

* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:Izumik, Source of Ecology]] moves slowly across the map, but compensates for it with high HP/DEF/RES and the ability to stun all allied operators on the map with additional Arts damage ticks over time every time it loses a portion of its HP. The global Arts damage blast whenever [[spoiler:Izumik]] absorbs 5 Offspring during its first form in particular is extremely damaging and can wipe out teams that lack copious amount of RES.

* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:Izumik, Source of Ecology]] moves slowly across the map, but compensates for it with high HP/DEF/RES and the ability to stun all allied operators on the map with additional Arts damage ticks over time every time it loses a portion of its HP.

!!Mizuki / [[spoiler: Izu-mik]]

%%->'''Real Name:''' [[spoiler: Izu-mik]]

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In order to get the fourth ending of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', [[spoiler:Mizuki must ascend to the position of a Seaborn god, but he has to affirm who he is to avoid losing his sense of self and his sight of what he came there for. The result of this depends on the player's Light, implied to be representative of sanity - high Light lets Mizuki hold on to his mission and claim a very powerful item (+2 block count, +120% HP/DEF, and +20 RES), moderate Light causes him to become indecisive and gain a smaller buff (+1 block count), while low Light will cause him to submit to We Many and get a ''debuff'' instead (''-1'' block count). Fittingly, the stronger items can be a huge help to defeating Mizuki himself as the final boss of the ending, meaning that keeping Mizuki sane enough to retain his sense of self directly raises the likelihood of Mizuki being able to fulfill his goal, and vice versa.]]

->'''Race:''' Aegir[[spoiler:-Seaborn hybrid, later revealed to be a full-on Seaborn]]

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In order to get the fourth ending of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'', [[spoiler:Mizuki must ascend to the position of a Seaborn god, but he has to affirm who he is to avoid losing his sense of self and his sight of what he came there for. The result of this depends on the player's Light, implied to be representative of sanity - high Light lets Mizuki hold on to his mission and claim a very powerful item, moderate Light causes him to become indecisive and gain a smaller buff, while low Light will cause him to submit to We Many and get a ''debuff'' instead. Fittingly, the stronger items can be a huge help to defeating Mizuki himself as the final boss of the ending, meaning that keeping Mizuki sane enough to retain his sense of self directly raises the likelihood of Mizuki being able to fulfill his goal, and vice versa.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: In the Dossoles Holiday event, Ch'en subdues a group of contestants surrounding Mizuki during the first round of the Dossoles Warrior Championship. Hearing her say that she helped him for no reason has a profound effect on him; not only does he give her the pure gold bar he was holding, but after the competition is over he also regrets not boarding the ship with her to help her if he knew it would end that way. He then decides to follow her to Rhodes Island, expecting to meet many nice people like her there.
* BigEater: Mizuki has an absolutely voracious appetite, to the point where he qualified for the Dossoles Warrior Champion by winning an eating competition. [[spoiler:This may be because of his Seaborn biology, especially since he seems impartial to eating ''people''.]]

* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Kal'tsit manages to persuade Gladiia not to murder Mizuki on the spot by pointing out that him being a largely benevolent human and Seaborn hybrid represents a possible future where humanity and the Seaborn can coexist peacefully. This was also Cicero's intention when he "created" Mizuki, and given the third and fourth endings of ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor'' where he can become a [[MessianicArchetype savior of Terra]], he seemingly succeeded.]]

** Meanwhile, Module Y actually makes him a decent, self-sustaining evasion tank with the 65% Phys and Arts Evasion as well as the heal on kill. This makes it so that Mizuki can be deployed right at certain areas that would kill most operators and dodge most damage while sustaining himself, with the health on kill offsetting the penalty from his S3.

* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:Mizuki, or rather, Izu-mik, is a fully benevolent and heroic Seaborn whose existence is the key to solving the Seaborn threat once and for all in ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor.'' This notably makes him the sole playable full-on Seaborn operator in the game.]]

* SupremeChef: Zig-zagged. Mizuki is actually a very talented cook with a good sense of taste, and apprenticed at a Dossoles restaurant when he was young. However, when he makes dishes from scratch, they are generally considered good-tasting but still somewhat nauseating to eat due to his mysterious cooking methods, which preserve the nutrients inside ingredients to such a degree that they give the impression of being ''still alive'' upon consumption. [[spoiler:This is a recurring motif regarding the Seaborn.]]

* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:Mizuki, or rather, Izu-mik, is a fully benevolent and heroic Seaborn whose existence is the key to solving the Seaborn threat once and for all in ''Mizuki and Caerula Arbor.'' This notably makes him the sole full-on playable Seaborn operator in the game.]]

* StatuesqueStunner: The second tallest female operator to date, standing at 181 cm tall.