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[[Characters/HonkaiImpact3rdHumanOrganizations Human organizations]] ([[Characters/HonkaiImpact3rdSchicksal Schicksal]] ['''Bianka "Durandal" Ataegina'''] | [[Characters/HonkaiImpact3rdAntiEntropy Anti-Entropy]] [[[Characters/HonkaiImpact3rdCocoliaOrphanage Cocolia Orphanage]]] | [[Characters/HonkaiImpact3rdWorldSerpent World Serpent]] | [[Characters/HonkaiImpact3rdFireMOTH Fire MOTH]]) \\

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An S-rank Valkyrie and Rita's superior, and the leader of the Immortal Blades Valkyrie squad. Durandal is the current owner of Cecilia's Divine Key, Abyss Flower (aka "Black Orchid & White Lily"). She first appears in Chapter 9 to quell a fight between Rita and Fu Hua, but is largely uninvolved with the main protagonists until Chapter 15, where she takes Kiana captive to monitor the latter's powers.\\
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She is also the primary protagonist of her titular visual novel, which depicts Schicksal's 2012 expedition in the Sea of Quanta.\\
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Along with [[PromotedToPlayable her introduction as a playable character]] in version 3.8, she was featured in the event "Cybernet Haven", which takes place in the far future, in a [[CrapSaccharineWorld "peaceful world"]] where violence was abolished. She later becomes a boss in ch. 15. Her battlesuits are Valkyrie Gloria (A-rank QUA type, fire), Bright Knight: Excelsis (S-rank MECH type, physical), Dea Anchora (S-rank BIO type, fire) and Palatinus Equinox (S-rank IMG type, physical).\\
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Her signature weapons are Eos Gloria (for Valkyrie Gloria), Hler’s Serenity[[note]]pri-arm: Hler’s Ataraxia[[/note]] and Abyss Flower[[note]]pri-arm: Abyss Flower: Luminal Spiral[[/note]](for Bright Knight), Starlance Prime[[note]]pri-arm: Sagittarius Astra[[/note]] (for Dea Anchora), and Midnight Eclipse[[note]]pri-arm: Midnight Ataegina[[/note]](for Palatinus Equinox).

* MsFanservice: She rivals Himeko and Rita as a blatantly fanservice-oriented character, with noticeable JigglePhysics and a tendency toward midriff-baring outfits. The first Stigmata released featuring her, Durandal: Vacation (M), features her in a fancy bikini. Lord Paramount, the first alternate outfit released for Valkyrie Gloria, has a [[WesternAnimation/Thundercats1985 Lion-O-esque]] belly window, while in its other alternate outfit (Purrfect Holiday) and the clothes she wears in the "London Holiday" event (which seems to have become her default casual outfit), she wears her shirt pulled up and tied to one side. In another casual outfit that she most notably wears in the ''Cooking With Valkyries'' anime, she wears a short tube top that exposes her entire midriff. In her visual novel, her default outfit includes a vest over a sports bra, which her chibi version also wears in the "Target: Durandal" event. The alternate outfits she picked up for Dea Anchora in version 5.5 reduce this to a NavelWindow, something she also sports in the Knight Form of her new Palatinus Equinox battlesuit.

* BoobsOfSteel: She appears to be on par with Rita in endowments, and based on her being an S-rank Valkyrie and Rita's superior officer, she's at least as good at Rita in combat, if not better.

** In keeping with the Devil May Cry imagery, while she lacks the personality and the signature fighting style, in the story she technically fills the role of [[spoiler:Vergil as the long-lost older sibling who got violently separated from their family as a child, developed an obsession for power due to loss of a loved one and makes her appearance into the story as the AlwaysSomeoneBetter and more {{Stoic}} counterpart to their wackier younger sibling]].

* WorldsStrongestWoman: Durandal has worked very hard to achieve her current level of skill and strength as a Valkyrie, making her the strongest "normal" human among the cast at the begining of the story. Through Part 1 the only ones to pose a challenge to her in an honest fight are fully awakened Herrschers or MANTIS SuperSoldiers from the Previous Era like Kevin (though he presumably isn't even fighting at the peak of his power at the time). However, all of this is **also before** Durandal herself even unlocks her own Stigmata related abilities and at the end of Part 1 she is still arguably one of the top contenders for the title of WorldsBestWarrior.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Durandal's voice register is among the lowest in the cast (right next to Darkbolt Jonin Sakura's husky intonation), and remains largely poised even in the heat of battle.

* BareYourMidriff: This is one of her most consistent {{Fanservice}} elements. The first Stigmata released featuring her, Durandal: Vacation (M), features her in a fancy bikini. Lord Paramount, the first alternate outfit released for Valkyrie Gloria, has a [[WesternAnimation/Thundercats1985 Lion-O-esque]] belly window, while in its other alternate outfit (Purrfect Holiday) and the clothes she wears in the "London Holiday" event (which seems to have become her default casual outfit), she wears her shirt pulled up and tied to one side. In another casual outfit that she most notably wears in the Cooking With Valkyries anime, she wears a short tube top that exposes her entire midriff. In her visual novel, her default outfit includes a vest over a sports bra, which her chibi version also wears in the "Target: Durandal" event. The alternate outfits she picked up for Dea Anchora in version 5.5 reduce this to a NavelWindow, something she also sports in the Knight Form of her new Palatinus Equinox battlesuit.

* MsFanservice: While not to the extent that Himeko or Elysia are, Durandal is very attractive with her long blonde hair, large breasts, and her Bright Knight battlesuit is quite revealing in a "graceful sexy" kind of way.

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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: According to supplementary materials and Valkyrie Gloria's Battlesuit Details, Schicksal's top Valkyrie is quite popular among their ranks. Case in point, on one of her birthdays, the hallway outside of her room was packed full of presents from her admirers. She returned them all after clarifying that it wasn't ''actually'' her birthday (her real date of birth is unknown, so it's just listed as January 1st). And yet, she received ''even more'' presents the next year.

* IWillFindYou: After regaining her memories and discovering that her father is still alive under Kevin's imprisonment, and that he's still grieving her supposed death, Bianka swears that she and her sister together are going to find their father and bring him home no matter what.

* SignificantNameShift: After the InternalReveal and the discussion that follows, Bianka and Kiana begin to refer to one another as big sister and little sister respectively.[[note]]In the Japanese dub Kiana uses "Onee-san" for Bianka while Bianka in turn drops the "-san" honorific for Kiana. In the Chinese dub they instead use jiějiě(姐姐) and meimei(妹妹).[[/note]]

* BigSisterInstinct: Post-Kolosten her and Kiana's relationship has strengthened to a point where Durandal has now begun to mentor Kiana and even she displays a bit of a protective streak towards the latter, [[spoiler:likely in no small part due to learning the truth about their relation]]. At times she even gets emotional enough that her mask of stoicism falls off for a moment. While the main trio are trying to make their way out of Sea of Quanta after being trapped there by Kevin, all the rest of team can do with their limited communications is little other than wait and hope for the best. Seele is amazed that Durandal and Sushang are able to remain calm enough with the whole situation to meditate, but Sushang is somewhat confused by her notion. It is then pointed out that their whole reason for meditating is specifically because they are ''not'' calm at all and this is their method for trying to manage those emotions better. Once they emerge, Durandal, in a very [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic burst of emotion]], instantly rushes to Kiana just to clasp her hands in hers while exclaiming how glad she is that Kiana made it back safely, which naturally confuses everyone until Durandal catches herself and returns to a more professional workmode.

* CoolBigSis: The relationship between her and Kiana begins to improve in leaps and bounds starting from their friendly rematch at Kolosten. After their business there is settled with them both ending up working as allies under the same organisation again, the two are now found regularly hanging together when at the Schicksal base. In ch. 31-Ex it is mentioned that Durandal has even started personally overseeing Kiana's training - despite being the younger of the two ([[spoiler:as far as everyone else knows, anyway]]) - by putting her through the same regimen that got Bianka to where she's at now, which Kiana acknowledges as quite intensive compared to what she's used to while still being appreciative for Durandal's help and expressing her own motivation to keep up.

* ThatWomanIsDead: Played with in regards to her pre-amnesia identity. On one hand she considers the past and current her to be different individuals and doesn't want to reclaim her spot from [[spoiler:Kiana]] but on another has consistently referred to [[spoiler:Siegfried]] and [[spoiler:Kiana]] as her father and sister in her own thoughts. This is even discussed on several occasions:

** In Chapter 34, [[spoiler: Kiana and Bianka have a discussion now that the truth is out. Though Kiana does suggest allowing the two of them use the same name, Bianka mildly amusedly turns it down because one, it would be needlessly confusing for everyone, and two, that as the two of them have already forged their own identities after everything each of them has been through, Kiana has more than earned the right to bear that name and that the name Bianka means more to Durandal than her birth name. Despite this, Kiana tells her that regardless of whether or not she sees herself as 'Kiana' or 'Bianka', she will always be her sister. Bianka is uncomfortable and tries to deny their relationship because most of her memories are gone, but Kiana tells her that she can just make memories together in the future.]]

* ThatWomanIsDead: Discussed briefly in the Forgotten Diary event between Bianka and her pre-amnesiac past self, [[spoiler:who still identifies herself as Kiana]]. Durandal states to her younger self that she's not [[spoiler:Kiana]] anymore, but the young girl in turn states that she herself is still Bianka, or rather by deciding to go rescue her "little sister" that day caused her to eventually become Bianka and she stands by this decision without regrets. She points out that what name one chooses to call oneself is not relevant because names can be easily changed, but a name doesn't change the life choices they've made which are used to define who they are as a person. In the end, Bianka Ataegina resolves acknowledge herself as both Durandal and a [[spoiler:Kaslana]].
** In Chapter 34, [[spoiler: Kiana and Bianka have a discussion now that the truth is out. Though Kiana does suggest allowing the two of them use the same name, Bianka refuses to do so, claiming that after everything each of them has been through, the two of them have forged their own identities, and that the name Bianka means more to her than her birth name. Despite this, Kiana tells her that regardless of whether or not she sees herself as 'Kiana' or 'Bianka', she will always be her sister. Bianka is uncomfortable and tries to deny their relationship because most of her memories are gone, but Kiana tells her that she can just make memories together in the future.]]