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Itsuka Siblings | Spirits (1st to 5th Spirits, 6th to 10th Spirits) | Ratatoskr | Deus Ex Machina Industries (Isaac Ray Peram Westcott) | Others | Extracanonical Spirits | Quasi-Spirits

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Spoilers for all works prior to the end of Volume 11 are left unmarked.

Deus Ex Machina Industries

Deus Ex Machina Industries (DEM) is a corporation based in England that is also one of the largest in the world.

Aside from <Ratatoskr>'s matrix, it is the only known industry that is able to manufacture Realizer Units for the Self Defense Forces and the Realizer units currently equipped by the world's military and police forces. It can be said that all Realizer Units are made by DEM.

Due to their enthusiasm in hunting down Spirits, they are considered economic rivals with <Asgard Electronics> whom Ratatoskr is affiliated with.

In General

• Corporate Conspiracy: DEM is secretly being used by Sir Isaac Ray Peram Wescott in his plan to seek and harness all Spirit powers, and thus plunge the Earth into chaos and destruction.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: After Westcott's death, the company falls into infighting and the Realizer industry is taken over by Asgard Electronics

Isaac Ray Peram Westcott

Isaac Ray Peram Westcott

See his separate page.

Ellen Mira Mathers

Ellen Mira Mathers

Voiced by: Shizuka Itō (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English), Azucena Estrada (Latin-American Spanish)

"Is that all you've got, Princess? And I prepared the Pendragon just for you. I'm disappointed. Let's finish this."

The secretary and right-hand woman of Sir Isaac Westcott, and the strongest Wizard in the world, callsign Adeptus 1. Is very loyal to his cause, and has vowed to never lose to any opponent.

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• The Ace: She's by far the most competent human fighter introduced, and completely dominated Tohka during their first fight, even breaking her Sandalphon in the process.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: Her depiction in the anime is more prim and proper than the wild, battle-hungry appearance she sports in the novel.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: Her eyes are described in the novel as blue, while the coloured illustrations add a purple tint and the anime series outright turn them purple.
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When Westcott is dying in Volume 19, she begged Elliot to save him, even going so far as to switch her loyalties to him if he does.
  Ellen: Please! Elliot! Ike! Help Ike. Can't you do that? I will do anything! I'll listen to whatever you say! Please!
• Ambiguous Situation: Origami and Shido aren't sure if her memories were lost from trauma or Westcott purposely arranging for them to be erased after his death.
• Amnesiacs are Innocent: She loses her memories of Westcott and DEM after the former's death, and replaces Reine at Ratatoskr and Raizen.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: The most competent fighter, as well the most boastful and arrogant character in the series.
  "Nothing alive on Earth can beat me..."
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: As shown in Volume 19, she has no problem with Karen being at her side when they mourned for Westcott.
• Ax-Crazy: Her calm and analytical façade gives way to a bloodthirsty, murderous and battle-crazed persona once she enters the battlefield.
• Barrier Warrior: Unlike most AST / DEM Wizards, she's able to concentrate a field around a specific target, which she promptly uses to subdue a captive Tohka in case the latter's temperament gets out of hand. In her battle suit, it's powerful enough to deflect a Wave-Motion Gun from the Fraxinus.
• Blood Knight: Moreso than Efreet!Kotori and Kusakabe (though the latter is Played for Laughs). When the opportunity arises, she is very eager to fight a powerful opponent. In fact, she even made a vow to ''never lose to anyone'', not even "an atrocity that kills the world" (referring to the Spirits).
• Butt-Monkey: Trying to trail her target during the school trip has the unfortunate effect of being on the receiving end of Ai, Mai and Mii's antics. Such as falling into a sand trap, or getting hit by a stray pillow. In "Ellen Mathers' Strongest Day" short story, her vacation time also ruined by the same trio. And when she becomes a deputy teacher at Raizen High School, she once again falls victim to the trio's antics.
• Cain and Abel: The Cain to her younger sister's Abel. Both of them are the secretary to their respective organization's leader, with Westcott being the Big Bad and Mr. Woodman the closest thing to a Big Good.
• Combat Pragmatist: Even though she expresses a slight dislike for it given her love for one-on-one duels, Ellen's not above teaming up with Jessica to bring down Mana under Westcott's orders.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: Becomes this when not using her Realizer. After losing her memories, she switches to this full time.
• Dark Action Girl: Brutal, easily angered and lacking in morals.
• Dark Mistress: It is implied in Chapter 2 Volume 5 she and Westcott sleep together at some point, prior to the series. This is removed in anime version.
  "All the more, she was a woman that had rumors of being Westcott’s mistress."
• Didn't See That Coming: After defeating Tohka in a one-on-one match, she did not expect Shido to activate his powers and summon Sandalphon by himself, but is pleased nonetheless, suggesting that she'd capture both him and Tohka.
• The Dragon: Towards Westcott. There is not a single thing she will do without his approval.
• Dumb Muscle: Many characters have told her or implied while she's strong, she's not very smart. She's never been able to prove them wrong. Mana proves this in spades during one of their fights.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Genuinely cares about her boss Westcott. She was the only childhood friend to not leave his side and went far as to offer her life and beg Woodman, an enemy at that time, to save him despite him being beyond saving at that point.
• Evil Counterpart: To her younger sister; Karen Nora Mathers.
  • She's also this to Tohka. Tohka is the secondary protagonist with purple eyes while Ellen is the secondary antagonist with blue / purple eyes. Also both have Cool Sword(s) and are Dumb Muscle(s). Not to mention that Ellen and Tohka are Butt-Monkey(s), or that Ellen and Inverse Tohka are Blood Knight(s). Heck even her hairstyle look slightly like Tohka's.
• Failed a Spot Check: In Volume 12, Mana causes Ellen to angrily react when telling her a Japanese joke that insults her status, the only problem? DEM is stationed in England, so they wouldn't know or understand this joke, Mana even Lampshades Ellen uses her muscles more than her brain.
• Hero Killer: She has killed Shido at least once in Volume 16. Kurumi had to rewind time to prevent it from happening.
• Hidden Depths: Woodman implies that her obsession with being the strongest comes from her past where she had the least magical talent among them. Also, it was a way to psyche herself up for an inevitable confrontation with Woodman. If she believed herself to be weaker than him, her Realizer would automatically turn that into reality.
• Hot Teacher: As an amnesiac in Volume 21.
• Instant Armor: She's able to call forth her Combat Realizer outfit when engaging a Spirit, a privilege made possible by DEM's cutting edge technology. Origami post-Face–Heel Turn can also conjure her CR unit to fight Tohka, Miku and the Yamai twins.
• Laughably Evil: Despite being The Dragon to Westcott's Big Bad, she's subjected into Ai, Mai and Mii's antics during the Yamai Tempest arc and the "Ellen Mathers' Strongest Day" short story.
• Narcissist: She believes that she's invincible, claiming no one can defeat her.
• Never My Fault: Has a habit of refusing to admit her mistakes or even her loses, including her utter failure to capture Tohka in Volume 5, or beating Inverse Tohka in Volume 7. Mana mentions all her faults in Volume 12 when they fight, but she still claims she doesn't have any.
• No-Sell: You know how Miku's voice can seemingly control anyone that's not an unsealed spirit? Ellen is also immune to as shown when Miku tried using it to stop her from attacking Shido, but to no avail.
• Older Than They Look: Much like Westcott, her age is not specified; while she looks to be in her late twenties, she worked with Woodman and Westcott thirty years prior to the series, when the First Spirit appeared.
• Pride: Her Fatal Flaw. She never stops claiming herself as the world's strongest Wizard, no matter the condition it is. Even when defeated, she never admits her losses.
  • She claims Inverse Tohka's power is only at a AAA-Rank level... it's not, and she still claims her loss doesn't count do to her injury.
  • She says she'll never lose to a Spirit, and yet Origami of all people, a human, managed to give her a cut across her abdomen. Not only does she say Origami's the second to do this, she STILL keeps saying no Spirit can defeat her despite it's clear even a Human can injure her.
  • Mana rips her pride to pieces in Volume 12 by proving she can fall for a claim that some of the DEM wizards insulted her via a Japanese joke they wouldn't know to use, how weak her physical condition actually is, and making her expose she CAN be provoked.
• Psycho for Hire: She enjoys fighting with stronger opponent (particularly Spirits), while at the same time she wants to satisfy her superior's ambition.
• Psycho Supporter: Again, towards Wescott. She's willing to do everything to realize her boss' ambitions, even if it means involving innocent lives in the process.
• Purple Is Powerful: One of the few characters to have purple eyes, and she's one of the few humans capable of outmatching a Spirit.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The boastful and arrogant Red to her younger sister Karen's calm and collected Blue.
• Resistance Is Futile: Suggests that she'd rather capture Tohka, and later Shido, without any resistance on their part.
• Sexy Secretary: How she presents herself when accompanying Westcott whenever the latter goes on formal meetings. This gets ramped up in the anime due to her Adaptational Attractiveness.
• Smug Super: She has the habit of looking down on Spirits, particularly Tohka, because she has the power and skill to subdue them very quickly. It's taken to its logical conclusion when she confronts Tohka in her Inverse Form, where her skills are no match for the Superpowered Evil Side's brute strength. She shows her arrogance again in Volume 10 when she warns Kotori and the Fraxinus' crew to not underestimate the power of herself and her own personal airship, the Goetia. Unfortunately, this also makes her loss against the Fraxinus EX's crew in Volume 15, where she uses the Goetia against them again, hit her hard.
• The Sociopath: Aside for her Blood Knight tendencies, she has no qualms about killing anyone who gets in her and Westcott's way, whether they be enemy or ally.
• Sore Loser: Even though she's capable of curbstomping Tohka, she doesn't want to accept her losses when her first effort to kidnap Tohka failed. This also overlaps with Never My Fault, given she'd rather blame it all on others than to assume responsibility for her blunder.
  • This gets satisfyingly subverted when in the rematch against the Fraxinus crew and herself using the Goetia, she's completely defeated and unable to excuse her loss, completely infuriating her.
• Super-Soldier: The most powerful within a squad of soldiers who underwent augmentations to be able to fight on par with Spirits.
• Undying Loyalty: Once again towards Westcott, although with a little bit of Blind Obedience. No matter what happens, she never stops showing her pride, joy and loyalty to him.
• Underestimating Badassery: She thinks Tohka in her Inverse Form is a Spirit who's power is atleast a AAA-Rank, but Inverse Tohka is actually a SS-Rank Spirit, making it questionable if she would have won if she was uninjured at the them.
  • In Volume 15, she lets her victory against the Fraxinus in Volume 10 with the Goetia make her think the end result will be the same against the Fraxinus EX... Kotori uses the Spirits' on the ship's powers against her and utterly beats her, Ellen is unable to make an excuse for this loss.
• Useless Without Powers: This is what she and Artemisia try to avoid by training their physical endurance without their CR units in Volume 14. Needless to say, Ellen is incapable of keeping up with the physically fit Artemisia.
  • Mana defines just how bad this is in Volume 12 by stating she trips over nothing constantly, and that she had to take two breaks when climbing the stairs to take documents up two floors of the DEM building.
• Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Ellen's last name "Mathers" likely comes from MacGregor Mathers, one of the founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hermetic Qabalah was one of 3 groups associated to the Sephirot Tree, this may be why Ellen is the only Wizard who has been able to fight evenly with a Spirit.
• Villain Teleportation: When she retreats along with Westcott after the appearance of Inverse Form Tohka, she uses her Wizard powers to warp away the both of them to safety.
• Woman Scorned: Her vendetta against Woodman gives off this impression. After being defeated by him in the Game Over timeline, she even asks why he didn't take her with him while defecting from DEM.
• Worf Had the Flu: She invokes this in regard to her fight against the newly-spawned Inverse Form Tohka, as she had been injured earlier on by Origami and thus wasn't fighting at her fullest, her wound even opening up during said fight.
• World's Best Warrior: Stated repeatedly by the narrative, others and herself to be the strongest Wizard in existence. The truth is more complicated; while Ellen is a talented fighter, other people (like Kurumi, Nia and Mukuro) are such hefty winners of the Superpower Lottery that it's hard to think she could win a straight-up fight against them.
• Worthy Opponent: Praises Origami in Volume 7 for being the second person to be able to wound her.

Mana Takamiya

DEM's Adeptus Number 2 who briefly transfers into AST before defecting to Ratatoskr. See her folder in the Ratatoskr page.

Origami Tobiichi

A temporary addition to DEM's ranks after Mana's defection and Jessica's death. See her folder on the 6th to 10th Spirits page.

Artemisia Bell Ashcroft

Artemisia Bell Ashcroft

Voiced by: Eriko Matsui (Japanese), Lindsay Seidel (English)

A Wizard from the British equivalent of AST, the Special Sorcery Service (SSS). She's a major character in the spin-off manga story Date A Strike, where her past in the SSS is elaborated upon. In the main story, she is in a coma due to her memories being used as a part of DEM's project up until Volume 12, when her memories are returned and she becomes the new Adeptus 2 after Mana's defection.

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• The Ace: Nearly as much as Ellen. And unlike the Adeptus 1, Artemisia is this even out of combat, as the former can attest in Volume 14.
• Anti-Villain: She only works for Westcott because he brainwashed her.
• Arch-Enemy: of Origami, from Volume 13 / Season 4 onward.
• Brainwashed: Volume 15 heavily implies that Westcott has brainwashed Artemisia by rewriting most of her memories, including those involving her fellow Wizards in the SSS.
• Convenient Coma: Occurs to her some time after Date A Strike and during most of the main series. This is because she is missing her memories; she wakes up when they're finally returned to her. It's also likely that Westcott rewrited Artemisia's memories during this period.
• Co-Dragons: After her full debuts in Volume 13 (season 4, episode 3 of the Anime), Artemisia becomes one of Westcott's two Dragons, with the other Dragon being Ellen. However, it's Downplayed in her case since Artemisia only serves as his bodyguard, meaning she won't act out Westcott's more questionable orders (such as attacking Shido, a civilian, like Ellen does in Volume 16).
• The Dreaded: Mana states that if Artemisia were present while she was working for DEM, the position of Adeptus 2 will fall to the latter. Not only that, but her memory is used to create an entire series of Realizers in the DEM due to the unique Territory she can create. When she finally does appear in person, Kurumi recognizes her as a threat on sight, as she manages to annihilate an entire army of Kurumi's clones in Volume 12. Artemisia then one-ups this in the next volume by forcefully takes away Nia's Qlipha Crystal, crippling her to the point of near death. Even as Adeptus 2, but she is just as, if not more powerful than Ellen!
• Evil Counterpart: To Origami, The Lancer of the main cast. Fitting since she has the position of The Dragon (The Lancer's evil version) and as the same eyes color and capabilities as Origami.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Plays this straight during her time as an SSS Wizard. After joining the DEM... not so much.
• Informed Ability: When using Realizers, the Territory she created is stated to be very unique, even among Wizards, but how different it is has not been elaborated on. She is able to rip out Nia's Qlipha Crystal with it though, although Ellen states she can do the same.
• Irony: Artemisia wants to help humanity with her unique powers. Thus, she joins the DEM, where she believes her powers will be put into good use.
• Living MacGuffin: Artemisia is the core subject if the creation of the Ashcroft Realizer series (named after her last name), since the Territories they create are made from using her memories.
• Nice Girl: Origami describes her as a very gentle girl who can easily get along with others. This is still true even after joining the DEM, but less so and only towards her current allies, the DEM members.
• Psychotic Smirk: Sports one of these during her fight with Origami in Volume 15. It's one of the first signs that she is Brainwashed.
• Theme Naming: All of the Ashcroft units are themed from Alice in Wonderland.
• The Stoic: After joining the DEM, and even then only when on duty. She smiles fairly often otherwise.
• Tragic Dream: Artemisia only joined DEM because she thought that her unique powers as a Wizard would be put into better use for humanity. Cue Westcott's brainwashing, and she is doing the exact opposite now, being The Dragon to someone who practically wants to end humanity.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: In Volume 13, she's more melancholic and ruthless than she ever was in Date A Strike. Still, glimmers of her old personality can be seen through her friendly interactions with Ellen. It fully returns after Westcott's death.

Jessica Bayley

Jessica Bayley

Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Jennifer Green (English), Karen Vallejo (Latin-American Spanish)

"This carnage will be our commemoration. A commemoration to our beloved enemies."

The leader of the DEM squad transferred to the AST as part of a secret mission to capture Tohka Yatogami (codename "Princess") and Shido Itsuka. She's also one of the strongest Wizards in the world, callsign Adeptus 3. Killed in combat by Mana Takamiya by the end of Volume 7.

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• Alas, Poor Villain: Her death is meant to expose the delusion of loyalty most DEM Wizards have towards Westcott, who treats them like pawns on a chessboard. Even Mana angrily lampshades this.
• Always Second Best: She obstinately refuses to admit that Mana's skills as a Wizard are superior, and claims that the callsign "Adeptus 2" should've been hers.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: Even when she's outmatched by Mana and her own body is starting to wear down due to the Scarlet Licorice's severe strain, she still tries to shoot her opponent, forcing Mana to Mercy Kill Jessica.
• Ax-Crazy: She's just as much of a nutjob as Ellen in battle, being previously a torturer before becoming a Wizard. But when she gets to pilot the Scarlet Licorice, she channels too much magic energy through her brain, making her barely able to utter anything other than crazed laughters or calling Mana's name repeatedly when the latter arrives on the battlefield. For comparison, Origami was able to pilot a similar prototype (and a flawed one at that) without suffering psychological breakdown.
• The Berserker: When outfitted with the Scarlet Licorice, Jessica discards what little rationality she has and starts unleashing an endless barrage of attacks towards Mana. This comes back to bite her in the ass once her body can no longer sustain the severe strain imposed upon her by her CR unit.
• Blood from the Mouth / Tears of Blood: After piloting the Scarlet Licorice for too long, blood starts coming out from her mouth and eyes, indicating just how drastic the strain on her body is.
• Card-Carrying Villain: She openly admitted that she likes carnage and massacre. When she was about to attack a event with countless civilians, she had a smile on her face, and during Shido's rescue mission in DEM's Tengu building, she even killed a few of her teammates.
• Character Death: She's the first named character in the story to die on-screen; in the following volumes, Westcott comments that he'd like to find a replacement for her, which he finds in Origami.
• Dark Action Girl: And you thought Ellen was bad.
• Evil Redhead: Dark red hair, and one the few characters in story who are completely off their rockers. Not only is she a sultry woman with a penchant for violence, she also has admitted to killing people throughout her career as a Wizard.
• Green-Eyed Monster: She just can't accept that Mana's higher ranked than her.
• Let Them Die Happy: Just before she dies, Mana falsely reassures her that Westcott truly cares about his subordinates, which obviously isn't the case.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Chides Mana for being an Asian girl who managed to attain the rank of second strongest Wizard.
• Psycho for Hire: Like the rest of Wescott's loyal followers, she's willing to do anything to please her boss, innocent lives be damned.
• Torture Technician: Her previous occupation before becoming a Wizard.
• Your Days Are Numbered: Like Mana, her body have been infused with large amount of magical energy while shortening her lifespan. However, the modification she undergo right before her last battle with Mana was performed in such a short period of time that it had reduced her lifespan to a single day at most, which is further reduced to mere hours of piloting Scarlet Licorice in her crazed obsession in defeating Mana.

Minerva Liddell

Minerva Liddell

"You won't forgive me? Like I give a damn! Shut up and die already!"

The Ace Wizard of Special Sorcery Service, an organization equivalent to the Anti Spirit Team located in England. She is currently a mercenary of the first executive of the Deus.Ex.Machina Industries and is the main antagonist of the prequel series.

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• The Ace: She is by far the most powerful character that was introduced in the spin-off. However, this only happened when she has acquired full power by stealing one of the CR-units of Ashcroft series, she became so powerful that all the heroes had to fight together to defeat her.
• Always Second Best: Minerva was considered the second most powerful wizard in the SSS when Artemisia was in the organization. She later passed Artemisia after having stolen the Lion unit and finally became the most powerful Wizard of the SSS.
• Alone with the Psycho: Cecil was, unfortunately, a victim of this moment. While Cecil watched Artemisia in a coma in a hospital, Minerva came also to see Artemisia. Until then everyone thought Minerva was concerned about Artemisia, however, the story was not that. Minerva almost cut off Cecil's arm with a laser sword without giving any warning. Minerva simply was about to cut off the arm out of her own partner in a public place with no one around.
• Ambition Is Evil: She is willing to do anything to get what she wants. No matter the price.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Minerva is a professional in martial arts, and she underestimates everyone she faces with her combat skills. She also was known as the strongest fighter in the SSS when Artemisia left the organization and joined the DEM. Her combat skills were formidable even for Origami.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: Her fighting style. She also does not have a fighting style that can be "studied". Her attacks are so random that it is impossible to anticipate what she will do. She was a dangerous challenge for Origami when they fought.
• Attention Whore: Her main goal is to receive attention of people. She is willing to do anything for to be honored, respected and admired.
• Ax-Crazy: When she's not masturbating with power or patrolling Tenguu City, she is sexually, physically and psychologically torturing her opponents For the Evulz.
• Badass Back: The back of her Lion unit resemble 4 large spider legs that appear function as iron wings.
• Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: This is what Edgar thought Minerva was doing; doing his dirty work. She is also one of the few characters who has a great relevance throughout the series that makes her dirty work with her own hands.
• BFS: She was only seen once carrying a laser sword in volume 3. She carried a huge <No Pain> with just one hand.
• Barehanded Blade Block: Just her bare fist is sufficient enough to stop and break a sword as sharp as the <No Pain>.
• Berserk Button: During the final battle, Minerva was so confident of herself after she had become more powerful with Lion unit of the Ashcroft Series. However, when Mikie managed to find an opening to strike Minerva, she "really" lost her calm and happiness, and quickly went crazy and psychotic.
• Big Bad: Minerva began her introduction as a minor character that first appeared in a flashback. However, she has become the biggest threat throughout the spin-off after the scientist Edgar F. Carroll hired her to retrieve the Ashcroft Series units that were stolen by 3 SSS Wizards who were trying to save Artemisia of DEM's claws. Edgar was about to discover that evil is not toy, and that he would regret that he had condemned all the poor lives that were around him. Once she made her appearance in Volume 3, Minerva gradually slowly replaces Excuse Plot of the story. After she had stolen a CR-unit of the Ashcroft-Series, she simply betrayed Edgar after she achieved what she always wanted, and quickly became the true main antagonist of the spin-off.
• Blood from the Mouth / Tears of Blood: During the final battle against Minerva, Mikie attacked Minerva countless times before she falls disabled. Once Mikie finished her attacks, Minerva was completely bloodied while a large amount of blood was coming out from her eyes, nose and mouth.
• Blood Knight: She makes no attempt at hiding how much she loves beating the shit out of her opponents. This is also one of the reasons why Edgar chose Minerva to recover his secret experiment. Edgar studied Minerva through SSS documents and he realized that she was "perfect" for his dirty job. A job that involved not leave witnesses alive.
• Bounty Hunter: This is what Edgar thought she was. Edgar hired Minerva to do a dirty job offering a high reward to her. Although Edgar have offered a very high reward for her, she never cared about the reward that was offered to her. All she wanted was revenge, power and attention, she would never be bought for money.
• The Brute: Minerva's body is a normal body of an attractive woman. She does not have muscles and neither appears to be a brute but her fighting style is also nothing subtle or gentle. Her fighting style is based entirely on brute strength.
• The Bully: She loves bullying her opponents after she defeated them. Before she kills her opponents, she humiliates them in every way possible.
• Card-Carrying Villain: She loves death, carnage, people's suffering, torture and any form of crime that can be committed, and she makes no effort to hide it.
• Child Hater: If there is a trope that symbolize Minerva, this would certainly be the perfect trope for her.
• Combat Sadomasochist: This happens only when Minerva was insane. She was attacked and beaten numerous times, however, she was smiling insanely like she was enjoying it.
• The Conspiracy: She conspired against Edgar from the time she was hired by him in order to use him to gain power, ego and revenge. She not only conspired against Edgar but also conspired against the SSS.
• Consummate Liar: She lied to everyone in the spin-off. Lies are, without doubt, one of her greatest weapons.
• Dark Action Girl: She's cruel, cold, sadistic and vile. While reliant on her powers most of the time, she is quite tough and versed in hand-to-hand combat.
• Death by Irony: In her last moments, she said she would crush the skull of all heroines. Guess how she dies.
• Death Glare: This happened when Minerva was defeated for the first time by Wizards of the SSS and AST. When everyone thought Minerva was dead, Minerva gave a fatal attack in Cecil while everyone was off guard. When all looked back, they saw Minerva with a facial expression that represented "pure death".
• Didn't See That Coming: She thought she was ''invincible'' with the Lion unit and underestimated her opponents numerous times in the final battle. When was she injured by Mikie, everything went wrong on how she thought it would be.
• Dirty Coward: Minerva was defeated several times in her own game. She was just a Sore Loser that always gave an excuse for her defeat in her own challenges. After so many defeats, Minerva gave a "low blow" to kill the friends of Artemisia for no reasons (she couldn't win in fair fight). The scar in her left eye is to show to everyone that she is an unfortunate coward.
• The Dragon: The Dragon of SSS. She became the strongest of the SSS after Artemisia left the organization and joined to the DEM. Minerva took place as the Ace Wizard after Artemisia left, and finally ceased to be the second best.
• The Dreaded: Everyone fears her. EVERYONE. How Origami gets along with her shocks many.
• Driven by Envy: Most of the challenges she made to Artemisia was only for envy. Minerva was jealous of Artemisia because she was the most powerful, loved and respected Wizard in SSS. And that's what led Minerva to challenge Artemisia numerous in order to humiliate her in public.
• Evil Brit: Minerva came from England and she is English origin.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Minerva gets enraged at Mikie when she tries to save Cecil O'Brien. She also makes it clear that she hates any solidarity and harmony act.
• Evil Counterpart: To Artemisia B. Ashcroft.
• Eviler than Thou: There are 3 characters of the spin-off that are secondary characters, however, they are also recognized as the first antagonists of the spin-off. In the first two volumes, Ashley, Leonora and Cecil had the role of main antagonists before their true role were revealed. Once Minerva made her appearance in Volume 3, all the characters quickly realized that Minerva was, by far, the biggest threat. Her appearance made all the protagonists and secondary characters had to join forces to fight against her.
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: For being one of Date A Live's darkest and most serious villains, Minerva shows a sick and twisted humor.
• Evil Is Not a Toy: Edgar thought she was just a toy that would lead him to victory .... but he was wrong. Edgar felt it on his skin as his head rolled on the floor while Westcott insanely smile on his corpse.
• Evil Laugh: Bar none the most glorious example in the spin-off.
• Evil Plan: To kill Artemisia B. Ashcroft, Cecil O'Brien, Leonora Sears, Origami Tobiichi, Mikie Okamine and Ashley Sinclair to become the strongest Wizard of the SSS in order to be loved and respected by all employees of Deus.Ex.Machina Industries and Special Sorcery Service.
• Eye Scream: In her retaliation against her, Mikie has managed to injure her when she was off-guard.
• The Faceless: Until Volume 3.
• False Friend: She never cared for her partners. Once she had orders to exterminate her former partners, she did it without thinking twice. And yet, she did they have gone through horrible nightmares.
• Faux Affably Evil: When she's not insulting her enemies, she's usually mockingly complimenting/humoring them.
• For the Evulz: Her goal is something logical that can be justified. However, what is completely unjustifiable are her hobbies!
• Four-Star Badass: She's one of the highest ranking Europe Military Force, and can fight one-on-one with Adeptus.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: She has a huge scar on her left eye. She earned this scar to show how cowardly she is.
• Greed: She is extremely obsessed about killing Artemisia for the scar she created in Minerva's eye. So obsessed to the point have become a paranoid.
• Hate Sink: There's not one shred of likability to Minerva. She's a mass murderer, a rapist, a torturer, a pedophile, a Sadist extraordinaire, an egomaniacal Psychopathic Woman Child, and has a genocidal hatred of both children and the Japanese.
• The Hedonist: Once Artemisia left the SSS, Minerva became the strongest and recognized in the SSS. However, she was not satisfied, and she wanted to kill Artemisia for revenge.
• Hot-Blooded: She's loud, theatric, and eager to kill. And that is what precisely makes her character in Blood Knight
• The Hyena: She laughs or giggles every two or three minutes.
• Hypocrite: She swore to the SSS that she would always serve the organization with loyalty and that she would punish any traitor, but in fact, she was ''all she would'' punish.
• I Gave My Word: She swore to the SSS that she would serve the organization honestly....... would
• I'll Kill You!: She said this several times after Mikie gave a attack on her body. She did not just said that to Mikie, but also for many other people who irritate her.
• Irrational Hatred: Towards children, so much that she wants to kill all children who come in her way.
• Kick the Dog: She tries to kill Artemisia's best friends in front of her in order to torture her psychologically, forcing Artemisia act quite violently to save her friends. And as if that were not enough, she sexually abused children, threatened the SSS Wizards, betrayed Edgar after manipulated him, rapes Artemisia psychologically, tortures her own partners, stolen the Lion unit, abused Mikie and Ashley, broke the bones of Leonora, almost killed Cecil in front of all her friends and even caused the invocation of a monster called Ashcroft assembly that was about to kill millions of people in Tenguu city. Good job, Minerva!
• Kick Them While They Are Down / Finishing Stomp: She does this accompanied with a Kick the Dog. She knocks Mikie easily and crushes her skull with such brute force that the ground breaks. Even when Mikie was almost dead due to Minerva's brute strength, she still kicked her body several times.
• Kick the Morality Pet: The Special Sorcery Service and Edgar F. Carroll.
• Kneel Before Zod: One of the strengths of her bullying tactics is trying to make her enemies kneel before her and make they recognized how much strong she is.
• Knight of Cerebus: As soon as she appears, the humour level drops, the becomes story dark and horrifying. Once she made her appearance, the story was no longer an ecchi comedy.
• Knight Templar: This is how she sees herself. She think it is right to make the weaker suffer and she still considers herself the more "fair" person in this spin-off.
• Lack of Empathy: Everyone thought Minerva still had a bit of empathy, but she rejects such concept. She also rejects any compassion from her partners.
• Laughing Mad: Jesus, she laughs every minute when she is in combat....
• Leader Wannabe: She considers herself the leader of the SSS. However, she ceased to be a wannabe and eventually became the true leader of the SSS. But a simpler way to say, she turned the Ace Wizard while Artemisia was absent from the organization.
• Lies to Children: She told to Ashley that she would never hurt a partner. Ever....
• Love Is a Weakness: Minerva believes this. In the manga when Ashley express her feelings for Artemisia (not yuri), Minerva says these feelings are stupid.
• Loves the Sound of Screaming: Fitting her sadistic nature, she loves to hear her enemies scream in pain.
• The Woman Behind the Man: Edgar thought he was using Minerva for his own benefit, but in fact, was Minerva who was using Edgar for her own benefit.
• Manipulative Bitch: She manipulated Edgar from the moment she joined to his side. Once she stole the Lion Unit and became the most powerful Wizard of the spin-off, she betrayed Edgar after achieving what she always wanted; power.
• Meaningful Rename: Her real (former) name was "Alice Liddell". The reason of why she changed her name to "Minerva Liddell" is unknown.
• Mind Rape: She literally mentally raped Artemisia after she stolen the Lion Cr-Unit. While she was Drunk with Power, she masturbated while she was sexually abusing Artemisia's memories.
• Ms. Fanservice: She had her own fanservice moment at the end of Volume 3. This happened when she was in the shower, her body was completely naked.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: Minerva doesn't have muscles, but she can break a person in half easily.
• Narcissist: She considers herself the most powerful Wizard of SSS, saying that there is no Adeptus on DEM can defeat her.
• Never My Fault: One of Minerva's defining personality traits. She blames Artemisia for her atrocities that she did against to her own partners.
• The Nicknamer: Artemisia is "Piece of Shit", Cecil O'Brien is "Dumbass Bitch", Ashley Sinclair is "Brat Shit".
• Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Minerva offered to all readers and characters multiples Kick the Dog moments since her introduction, and that's before delving into her past crimes. She even gave to the readers a "special double Nightmare Fuel accompanied with a KickTheDog" in her last moments; murdering Cecil in front her friends and invoking a gigantic heartless monster created by science that would destroy the planet.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: See her Berserk Button section.
• No Song for the Wicked: Well, that is obvious, she comes from a Manga series.
• Not Brainwashed: Most DEM Wizards were brainwashed. However, Minerva proved to everyone that she made all her atrocities by her own will.
• Nothing Can Stop Us Now!: "I win!"
• Not in This for Your Revolution: She only joined with Edgar to get what she wants. Once got what she wanted, she betrayed Edgar. She never had intentions to help Edgar in his cause.
• Obviously Evil: Has dark yellow eyes, a scar in her left eye and has a indelible slasher smile is enough to confirm that Minerva not a good girl, or much less a hero....
• Oh, Crap!: In volume 4, she underestimated Mikie because she was a child. However, this "child" opened a huge gash in her stomach. Minerva was terrified at what she just saw; "a brat hurt the strongest woman on Earth".
• One-Hit Kill: She just needed an attack to beat off Cecil!
• One-Woman Army: Simple Wizards are no match for Minerva; she breaks the bones of 5 overpowered Wizards that were using the strongest CR-units series already created in the history of humanity.
• Pædo Hunt: Despite the fact that she hates children, she apparently finds them attractive enough that she's not above sexually assaulting them, as she nonchalantly confesses that she once raped and murdered a little girl.
• The Paranoiac: When Artemisia made a scar in Minerva's left eye, she got extremely crazy and paranoid in killing Artemisia.
• Playing with Puppets: She likes to beat and torture her opponents before killing them without mercy.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: She hates Japanese people and she doesn't hide it. And if they are Japanese children, it would be much worse. It's not a coincidence that she really hated Mikie.
• Psycho for Hire: She was a crazy sociopath much before Edgar hires her. When Minerva was hired by Edgar, she used her position only to commit horrible atrocities.
• Psycho Lesbian: Most of her sex crimes were directed to women and girls. Minerva never had any sexual or romantic involvement with men.
• Psychotic Smirk: There is no appearance of her character that she is not with a "big" grin on her face. Minerva is one of the few characters that challenges the famous Isaac Ray Peram Westcott's psycho smirk.
• The Punishment: She said she would punish any traitor of the SSS.
• Put the "Laughter" in "Slaughter": When Minerva had been defeated, everyone was glad they were able to defeat her before the truce between the SSS and AST over. However, Minerva had not been defeated yet and Crap shot a laser that pierced the heart of Cecil, and made the happiness scenario in a nightmare scenario. Until to the end of the spin-off, Minerva proved to all readers that she was so vile that there was absolutely no chance of a "happy" end to exist as long she lives.
• Razor Floss: Her trademark weapon, stored in her gloves. She used this ability only when she wore the typical combat suit of SSS.
• Resistance Is Futile: She ordered Cecil, Ashley and Leonora to surrender without any resistance.
• Revenge: Her new main goal is to take revenge on Artemisia.
• Rival Turned Evil: Previously, she was just a Sore Loser who wanted attention and fame. She constantly challenged Artemisia to duels in order to defeat her and becomes the most powerful Wizard of the SSS. But all that changed when Minerva made a cowardly act in attack the 3 best friend of Artemisia; Ashley Sinclair, Leonora Sears and Cecil O'Brien.
• Sadist: Oh, dear... She is, without doubt, the best example throughout the series!
• Scars Are Forever: She has a huge scar on her left eye.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: She tends to instill fear in her enemies by stating her position as DEM Wizard.
• Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: Minerva uses her position to commit terrible atrocities on people, be they combatant or not. Once Artemisia left the SSS, Minerva used her position as the Ace Wizard of SSS to create her own rules about how other Wizards would work.
• Serial Rapist: She mentions in volume 4 she used her authority to rape children. And still blamed Ashley, Leonora, Artemisia and Cecil for her '''own''' actions.
• Slasher Smile: She gave an incredibly scary while she crushed Mikie's head!
• Smug Smiler: The New World's Strongest Woman takes to showing an insufferably superior expression when no one but the audience is looking.
• The Social Darwinist: She believes that weak people as children are just a burden, and must be wiped out in a very painful way.
• The Sociopath: People are just her stress toys, and she likes beating and humiliating those stress toys a lot.
• Sociopathic Soldier: As the soldier's military forces of Europe, the Wizard of DEM Task Force and the Ace Wizard of SSS.
• Spoiled Brat: After she lost so many duels, she made a cowardly act in attacking Artemisia's best friends just because she is a Sore Loser.
• Squad Nickname: Has callsign "Seorikasu 12".
• The Starscream: Once she was hired by Edgar, she swore to him that she would kill the rebels of SSS and recover his experiments back. That's what everyone thought ... but who knows what she really had in mind...
• Starter Villain: The spin-off is a prequel of the original story, the spin-off was prior to beginning of the series. Accordingly, Minerva would have been the first villain antagonist of the entire series.
• Super-Soldier: She was already a super soldier when she was just a SSS Wizard. When she stole the Lion unit, she has become the new World's Strongest Woman.
• Super-Strength: She breaks a huge wall of steel as if it were paper.
• Tail Slap: Once Minerva stole the Lion unit, she acquired a huge iron tail that could be used also to tear her opponents to pieces. In the final battle, Minerva used her tail to give countless slaps in Ashley and Leonora.
• Terms of Endangerment: She gives many offensive nicknames for various people, and all of hates because of that.
• Torture Technician: Her previous occupation before becoming a SSS Wizard, and she even shows her torture techniques in torturing her opponent physically, psychologically and sexually in battle.
• The Unfettered: She does not care about anything as long as she reaches her goal. She is willing to commit any atrocity for revenge. And all this because of a simple scar that was caused by her own cowardice!.
• Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Her last name "Liddell" come likely comes from Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, one of the three founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Like Ellen, she is the only Wizard who is able to fight evenly with a Spirit. See her entry in World's Strongest Woman.
• Villainous Breakdown: See her Berserk Button section.
• Walking Spoiler: She is revealed to be the true main antagonist after she "usurped" the role of the Big Bad of the spin-off, Edgar F. Caroll.
• We Have Reserves: When she became the Ace Wizard of SSS, she considered the SSS Wizards nothing but expendable parts for her own ego.
• Why Won't You Die?: She says that to Mikie after defeating her several times.
• Would Hurt a Child: She would abuse and kill defenseless children, mainly underage girls.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: She joined with Edgar only to get what she wanted. When she got what she wanted, she betrayed Edgar after manipulating him.
• You Monster!: Ashley said this one for Minerva in volume 4 during the final battle for all her inhuman atrocities.
• You're Just Jealous: She was this in the prior of the spin-off.

James A. Paddington

James A. Paddington

Voiced by: Toshiharu Nakanishi (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (English), José Luis Rivera (Latin-American Spanish)

An executive CEO/officer in DEM and the Captain to the DEM's airship <Arbatel>.

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• Commissar Cap: His military commander cap symbolizes his rank in DEM.
• Villainous Breakdown: He loses all composure after losing to <Fraxinus>, bringing Arbatel into public view out of desperation to capture the Yamai and regain some honor.

Roger Murdock

Roger Murdock

Voiced by: Ryuuichi Hirose (Japanese), Phil Parsons (English)

An executive for DEM. Murdock is not happy Westcott has been neglecting his duties as CEO to further his own plans, so he attempts to get rid of him.

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• An Arm and a Leg: Under Westcott's order, Ellen cuts his arms off.
• Colony Drop: He drops THREE satellites on Tengu City in an attempt to kill Westcott.
• Crazy-Prepared: He prepared a THIRD satellite just in case the first two failed.
• You Monster!: Eventually comes to realize how evil Westcott is.

Nibelcole (Unmarked Spoilers)

Nibelcole

Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori (Japanese), Julie Shields (English), Desireé González (Latin-American Spanish)

Demon King: Beelzebub-Yeled

Astral Dress: Chaigidel-Yeled

Pseudo-Spirits created by Westcott's Beelzebub and DEM technology.

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• Artificial Human: They were created by Beelzebub under Westcott's possession.
• Can't Live Without You: They depend on Westcott's survival for their own existence. Once Kurumi steals back Nia's crystal from him, all of them die.
• Daddy's Little Villain: They're completely loyal to their "father" Westcott.
• Hive Mind: They share one consciousness, so they don't care too much if a few individuals are defeated.
• The Immodest Orgasm: They most certainly... enjoyed being sealed (read: kissed) by Shido, regardless of it being lethal to them.
• Logical Weakness: Because the original source of their powers, Nia, likes Shido enough to be sealed, Shido can get rid of them with simple kisses. Even a blown kiss will do.
• Paper Master: They weaponize Beelzebub's pages, doing things such as forming paper airplanes to act as projectiles or spinning the pages into a Simple Staff for close combat.
• Walking Spoiler: Discussing them requires mentioning that Nia’s powers got stolen.
• Worthy Opponent: Due to being derived from Nia's powers, they consider Nia to be this. Hilariously, this acts as a Foil to MARIA, who lacks any respect for Nia even after using Raisel to manifest herself in a similar manner to the Nibelcole.

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