History Characters / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha

Precia's deceased daughter, [[LoveMakesYouEvil for whom Precia went completely nuts]], [[spoiler:and for whom Fate was cloned as a temporary replacement. Precia sought the lost technology of Al Hazard to resurrect her. If she wasn't already [[KilledOffForReal irreversibly dead]], she became so when her pod fell into the trans-dimensional void alongside Precia]]. A false version of her was created in Fate's LotusEatingMachine, where she regretted not having met in real life, and offers Fate some encouragement.

* DeathByOriginStory / PosthumousCharacter

First introduced as Nanoha's [[TheRival rival]], Fate is [[TheDragon the daughter]] of the MadScientist [[EvilMatriarch Precia Testarossa]], and constantly yearned for her approval. Unfortunately for her, Precia had snapped, abused Fate constantly, and thoughtlessly threw her into dangerous and painful situations. When outside, Fate was usually assisted by her [[BattleButler familiar Arf]] and armed with the Intelligent Device Bardiche. She first met (and fought) Nanoha Takamachi over the [[MineralMacGuffin Jewel Seeds,]] which Fate had been ordered to capture. Considering herself unfit to be friends with such a pure-hearted and kind girl as Nanoha, Fate rejected her attempts at negotiation, determined to win back her mother's affection. Ultimately, she pushed herself far beyond her limits in a desperate gambit to obtain all the remaining Jewel Seeds at once, though Nanoha intervened when it became evident that Fate would not emerge unscathed. Shortly afterwards, Precia revealed Fate's origin; a [[ReplacementGoldfish failed clone of Precia's daughter, Alicia.]] Precia cruelly destroyed Fate's fragile hopes, and denounced her as both a daughter and a person. With her identity, memories, and motivation shattered, Fate fell into despair. However, with the encouragement of Arf, Bardiche, and Nanoha, she decided to face Precia one last time, and reaffirm her feelings as real, even if she herself is fake. Despite Fate's efforts, Precia died in the collapse of The Garden. Afterward, Fate was adopted by Lindy Harlaown, and awaits trial as a material witness, keeping in constant contact with her new friend, Nanoha.

* CloningBlues: Fate is a ReplacementGoldfish for Alica Testarossa.

* TheDragon: Quite an unusual example, but an example nonetheless.

* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Something of a variation, in that she is TheDragon, and never betrayed Precia. Precia threw her away.

* ReplacementGoldfish: For Alicia.

* SuperSoldier: An unintentional case as she was meant to be just a clone of Alicia.

* TheUnfavorite

* YouCantFightFate: Part of her initial depression, even before her CloningBlues.

* GogglesDoNothing: His side-pouch. Used to contain Raising Heart, though.

First introduced as Nanoha's [[TheRival rival]], Fate is [[TheDragon the daughter]] of the MadScientist [[EvilMatriarch Precia Testarossa]], and constantly yearned for her approval. Unfortunately for her, Precia had snapped, abused Fate constantly, and thoughtlessly threw her into dangerous and painful situations. When outside, Fate was usually assisted by her [[BattleButler familiar Arf]] and armed with the Intelligent Device Bardiche. She first met (and fought) Nanoha Takamachi over the [[MineralMacGuffin Jewel Seeds,]] which Fate had been ordered to capture. Considering herself unfit to be friends with such a pure-hearted and kind girl as Nanoha, Fate rejected her attempts at negotiation, determined to win back her mother's affection. Ultimately, she pushed herself far beyond her limits in a desperate gambit to obtain all the remaining Jewel Seeds at once, though Nanoha intervened when it became evident that Fate would not emerge unscathed. Shortly afterwards, Precia revealed Fate's origin; a [[ReplacementGoldfish failed clone of Precia's daughter, Alicia.]] Precia cruelly destroyed Fate's fragile hopes, and denounced her as both a daughter and a person. With her identity, memories, and motivation shattered, Fate fell into despair. However, with the encouragement of Arf, Bardiche, and Nanoha, she decided to face Precia one last time, and reaffirm her feelings as real, even if she herself is fake. Despite Fate's efforts, Precia died in the collapse of The Garden. Afterward, Fate was adopted by Lindy Harlaown, and awaits trail as a material witness, keeping in constant contact with her new friend, Nanoha.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Fate's Barrier Jacket is black and frequently includes a Dracula-esque high-collared black and red cape. Black is even stated to be her favourite color and she fights with an axe/scythe. And while she was a DarkMagicalGirl, after her HeelFaceTurn she became one of the closest friends Nanoha [[DefeatMeansFriendship "befriended".]]

* BabyGotBack: [[http://fabien.li/tvtropes/794cfd9b4005605c7041c8a0d074716e.jpg Hell yes she does.]]

* PetTheDog: Sound Stage 2, which deals with her backstory, shows that she made Arf into a familiar solely to save her life, and set the contract open so that Arf can live the way she wants to, without having to worry about herself disappearing when it's fulfilled.

* DemotedToExtra: He was the hero in ''TriangleHeart3''. In ''Nanoha'', he only has a few appearances in the first two seasons.

* BabyGotBack: [[http:///fabien.li/tvtropes/794cfd9b4005605c7041c8a0d074716e.jpg Hell yes she does.]]

* {{Understatement}}: "This is going to hurt a bit." Before hitting [[spoiler:Vivio with ''''five Starlight Breakers''' in order to free her from mind control]].

* BarrierWarrior: In ''Gears of Destiny'', one of his long range attacks is Barrier Smash, where he dashes straight at his opponent in a flying tackle while protected by a barrier.

** ''Gears of Destiny'' finally reveals that this is not quite the case. Yuuno does in fact know how to magically enhance his melee attacks like most everyone else, and his Shoot Bullet shooting spell isn't all that bad. He's still much better at defense than offense, but he isn't as over-specialized as he seemed, and even seems to have a balanced mix of long range and short range attacks.

* MinoredInAssKicking: Considering that Yunno's Chain Binds can rip apart the body of a Superweapon Doom Program ''and'' that he can forcibly teleport people into space to suffocate to death, his merely average firepower belies how deadly he could really be in a fight if he put his mind to it. The ''Gears of Destiny'' game also reveals that he is able and willing to punch his enemies in the face with a magically-empowered fist when he has to.

* RazorFloss: His Chain Bind is used this way in the final battle of the second season. A different version called Aleister Chain (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Arrester" Chain]]) serves as his super-attack in ''Gears of Destiny''; he binds his target up in four chains, and then yanks on them. This not only presumably cuts the target, it causes the chains to ''[[MadeOfExplodium explode]]''.

* StoneWall: Even without a Device, Yuuno's defenses are stronger than Nanoha's, as Nanoha clarifies in the first Megami Sound Stage drama disk; she needs to use her full-strength with Raising Heart to pierce through. ''Exactly'' how strong his defenses are is a matter of debate; the issue is tricky, considering his lack of a Device versus the quality of the other character's Devices, ''and'' the fact that he doesn't fight as often. See also the Worf Effect entry below.

* TheJorEl: In the movie, Precia tried to explain to her superiors that accelerating the timeline for the final stage of her reactor project from one month to one ''week'' was a bad idea. They didn't listen, and the disaster that resulted from that foolish management decision cost Precia her daughter and, eventually, her sanity.

* BarrierWarrior: He sometimes uses his barrier power semi-offensively. Usually though, he binds enemies for Nanoha to make the finishing blow.

* MinoredInAssKicking: Considering that Yunno's Chain Binds can rip apart the body of a Superweapon Doom Program (since they inflict physical rather than magical damage) ''and'' that he can forcibly teleport people into space to suffocate to death, his lack of straight-forward non-lethal firepower belies how deadly he could really be in a fight if he put his mind to it. We might be able to see this in proper action in the future as Yuuno is playable in the upcoming ''Gears of Destiny'' game.

* RazorFloss: His only offensive spell. Sadly it didn't get used much.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Spellings include Arf, Aruf and Alph. And to make things ''more'' confusing, the English dub uses... ''[[InconsistentDub all of them]]''.

* AloneInACrowd: In the first season, Yuuno talks about how he grew up without parents, being raising communally by his clan. In the drama CDs, he mentions the Scyra family tent, which was often full of a lively, bustling crowd of people, and how comforting he finds such an atmosphere. He tells Nanoha that he's always been alone in the crowd, [[AngstWhatAngst but he appreciates what they did for him, and he's happy to bear the name "Scrya".]]

** Take all of that, then add in the blonde hair and a form that let's her go [[MemeticMutation Three Times Faster]] and she's a [[MobileSuitGundam CHAR]].

* BabyGotBack: [[http://yusa.imouto.org/sample/794cfd9b4005605c7041c8a0d074716e/moe%2070873%20sample.jpg Hell yes she does.]]

* '''ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill''': Nanoha ''loves'' this trope. Just look at the other entries on this page. It's a good thing that in this series, purely-magical attack like hers can be set to do only "magical damage" to targets like mages and magical objects, or else she'd cause [[DestructiveSavior a lot of collateral damage]]. But she can also set her attacks to "indiscriminate" whenever she needs to blow holes through entirely buildings.

* BareHandedBladeBlock: In the "White Devil" training incident against Teana. Her hand did bleed a little, but then again it was a magical energy blade and she ''holding Teana in midair by it''.

* DemotedToExtra: He gets phased out more and more during subsequent seasons, to the point that he doesn't merit a mention in anything after ''Anime/StrikerS''. He isn't even playable in the ''[[NanohaAs A's]]''-centric ''VideoGame/BattleOfAces'' PSP game, though ''Gears of Destiny'' is correcting that. Then again, he may be in [[PinkBishoujoGhetto the wrong series]]...

* {{Unfunny}}: He claims he called Yuuno "ferret boy" as a joke, though you'd never tell from his tone.

* TheWorfEffect: Keeping in mind the above comment that "defense" and "containment" are different ballgames, Yuuno has failed at least five times to contain the firepower of any of the resident [[PersonOfMassDestruction Girls of Mass Destruction]]. The first four were attempts to conceal Nanoha's practice shots with Starlight Breaker from the rest of Earth with time/space-sealing magic; only the fourth failure is seen, [[WorfHadTheFlu and is used to demonstrate that Nanoha had accidentally discovered how to add a]] ''[[WorfHadTheFlu barrier-piercing]]'' [[WorfHadTheFlu quality to her most powerful attack]]. The fifth failure involved Nanoha and Fate pitting their strongest attacks against Hayate's in a practice chamber aboard the TSAB's space-station headquarters. [[IdiotBall Despite being well-aware of how powerful their friends were]], Yuuno and veteran mage Chrono seemed to believe that Yuuno alone would be capable of preventing damage to the room; Chrono made no apparent effort to help, and Yuuno claimed there would be no damage. The room was completely totalled, at the least.

The third season has him effectively PutOnABus -- he only appears in two cameos in the anime... [[BrotherChuck and after that, not at all.]]

Precia's familiar, who was created to further Fate's education and make Bardiche.

Precia's deceased daughter, [[LoveMakesYouEvil for whom Precia went completely nuts]], [[spoiler:and for whom Fate was cloned as a temporary replacement. Precia sought the lost technology of Al Hazard to resurrect her. If she wasn't already [[KilledOffForReal irreversibly dead]], she became so when her pod fell into the trans-dimensional void alongside Precia]].

One of the top enforcers on the Arthra and the son of Captain Lindy Harlaown.

Chrono's mother and the captain of the Arthra. She is responsible for giving Nanoha most of her orders in the original series and ''[[NanohaAs A's]]''. She adopts Fate, and serves as the legal guardian for Erio and Caro, as Fate was too young to officially do so.

-> ''"I'm fine with being a demon... I'll just use my hellish tools to get you to listen!"''\\