Angel Fall Notes

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My Notes for Angel Fall…

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-05-21 14:34:24 UTC

Chapter 1

How the Angel Fall Ritual's constructed is slightly below...

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Avatars with Five-Fold Court / Sundering Spirits, switch with their Hosts... and possibly other Avatars too...

But, you can assume that Whateley is protected... or those Avatars are protected... or more vulnerable?

Index stays the same due to having her robe intact.

Serial Killer doesn't leave prison due to better prison.

Touma's mom doesn't switch with Index this time, but with Misaka Mizusu, Mikoto's mom.

Otohime switches with Misaka as normal... and all other switches stay the same?

But Aogami doesn't switch with Index... perhaps with Kuroko? Well, we won't see him, so doesn't matter?

Perhaps the switching is sometimes based on astrological stuff?

So, this time, Touma's parents do have sex... and Touma gets a sibling? If so... do girl... or boy... I want girl... 'cause... just 'cause... but could do coin flip...

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Angel Fall's Spell Diagram

Angel Fall's Spell Diagram should be mainly "Calling Down the Blessings of God" with a Luck slant, that somehow calls down Water or some other aspects of Gabriel to call down Gabriel accidently. Note that Uriel and Gabriel have been switched by the Great Distortion, so invoking Fire and Water, and some of Gabriel's Aspects may have been enough of a pull to make Gabriel fall... Perhaps the "Messanger of God" aspect of Gabirel, as "Giver of the Messages/Blessings of God"... Perhaps the location, or the time that Angel Fall occurs also adds to the pull...

Touya's invoking the Pig, who is Water-aligned in the Eastern Zodiac, it's the only luck focused sign:

Have the summoning being in a Year of the Pig, in the Month of the Pig, in the Hour of the Pig.

Wikipedia on the Pig Zodiac:

Pig (zodiac)

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Chinese paper cutting.

The Pig (豬) is the twelfth and the last sign of the Earthly Branches ( 亥). It is characterised as yin so only the negative elements can be attached to it.

In the continuous Sexagenary cycle, every twelfth year corresponds to Hai, and is commonly called "the Year of the Pig" (豬年). There are five types of Pigs, named after the Chinese elements. In order, they are: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth.

Contents

    1 Pig in the Chinese Zodiac Legend

    2 Years and the Five Elements

        2.1 The Pig and the Elements

        2.2 The Years of the Pig

    3 The Month and Hour of the Pig

        3.1 Month of the Pig

        3.2 The Hour of the Pig

    4 Relationship With Other Zodiacs

    5 Basic Astrology Elements [3]

    6 Cultural note

    7 See also

    8 References

Pig in the Chinese Zodiac Legend

According to the myths, the Pig was the last to arrive when the Jade Emperor called for the great meeting. Other sources said that Buddha called for a great meeting when he was about to leave the earth. The Pig came in last.

Legend has it that just as the emperor was about to call it a day, an oink and squeal was heard from a little Pig. The term "lazy Pig" is due here as the Pig got hungry during the race, promptly stopped for a feast then fell asleep. After the nap, the Pig continued the race and was named the 12th and last animal of the zodiac cycle.[1]

Other sources say that given his very stout form, he was just too slow a swimmer, and thus he could not do anything against the other animals.

Years and the Five Elements

The view of the Pig along the coastal city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea.

The Pig and the Elements

The natural element of the Pig is water. Thus it is commonly associated with emotions and intuitions. Yet, given that along with the elements (also called the Celestial stem), the animal zodiac (called the earthly stem) also follows a cycle, each of the elements affect the characteristic of the same earthly stem.

However, the Pig is yin, and this only the negative aspects of the elements can be attached to them, thus only 5 kinds of Pigs are found in the zodiac. They are the following :

    乙亥 (y?h?i) - The Wooden Pig

    丁亥 (d?ngh?i) - The Fire Pig

    己亥 (j?h?i) - The Earthen Pig

    辛亥 (x?nh?i) - The Metal Pig

    癸亥 (gu?h?i) - The Water Pig

Each element is said to alter a bit the personalities of the person born in the year of the Pig. Thus, those who were born in the year of the Wooden Pig are said to possess stronger convictions than the rest. Yet, like the bamboo, he is flexible when the situation calls for it.

Those born in the year of the Fire Pig are supposed to be enthusiastic, extroverted, rebellious, passionate, brave and valiant; however, they can also be hot-tempered, snappy, uncontrollable and short-tempered.

As the earth is seen to be constant and unchanging, those born in the year of the Earthen Pig are believed to be calm, practical, hard-working, brave, smart, wise, stable and patient; however, they can also be stubborn, possessive, nearsighted and very harsh.

Metal, being the hardest of the elements give the Pig an air of firmness, rigidity, persistence, strength and determination. The Metal Pig can be controlling, ambitious, forceful and set in their ways. They are often more self-reliant and prefer to handle their problems alone.

Being its natural element, those born in the year of the Water Pig are said to show the extremes of being a Pig. They can be very emotional, deep, nurturing, sympathetic, empathetic, imaginative and intuitive; however, they can also be cold, moody, jealous, sentimental, sensitive, escapistic and irrational.

The Years of the Pig

Persons born within these following date ranges can be said to have been born in the "year of the Pig," while also bearing the associated elemental qualities:[2]

It should be noted that since the Chinese zodiac follows the Lunar calendar, it doesn't coincide with the Gregorian years or months. Thus, a person born on 9 February 1899 still belongs to the preceding zodiac (i.e. the Dog) while those born on 31 January 1900 already belongs to the following zodiac (i.e. the Rat).

Start Date End Date Heavenly Branch

10 February 1899 30 January 1900 Earth Pig

30 January 1911 17 February 1912 Metal Pig

16 February 1923 4 February 1924 Water Pig

4 February 1935 23 January 1936 Wood Pig

22 January 1947 9 February 1948 Fire Pig

8 February 1959 27 January 1960 Earth Pig

27 January 1971 14 February 1972 Metal Pig

13 February 1983 1 February 1984 Water Pig

31 January 1995 18 February 1996 Wood Pig

18 February 2007 6 February 2008 Fire Pig

5 February 2019 24 January 2020 Earth Pig

23 January 2031 10 February 2032 Metal Pig

10 February 2043 29 January 2044 Water Pig

28 January 2055 14 February 2056 Wood Pig

The Month and Hour of the Pig

Month of the Pig

Aside from being assigned a year, the Pig is also assigned to govern a month in the Lunar Calendar. As the Lunar month begins on Spring, the Pig is assigned to the 10th month, usually the time when winter begins. This lunar month corresponds to the Gregorian calendar as beginning from 7 November and ending at 6 December.

The first half of the month is called 節氣 (or in pinyin : L?d?ng). Literally, it means the "start of winter". It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 225° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 240°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 225°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 7 November and ends around 22 November.

The second half of the month is called 小雪 (or in pinyin : Xi?oxu?). Literally, the time of the "Little Snow". It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 240° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 255°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 240°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 22 November and ends around 7 December.

A person born in any year is said to inherit some attributes of the Pig if they are born during these months. And thus, in order to complete the astrological reading, it is important to know this month as well.

The Hour of the Pig

Given that the day is composed of 24 hours, each sign is given to the different signs of the zodiac. The Pig was assigned to govern the time between 21hrs00 to 22hrs59. According to tradition, this is the time when the Pig is doing what it does best (sleeping and enjoying the sweet life).

In terms of Astrology, the hours in which the person is born (technically termed as the Ascendant) is the second most important facet of his astrology. Thus, this alters greatly the characteristics of a person. Even if a person was born in a year governed by another animal (for example someone born on 8 November 2000, i.e. Year of the Dragon) will display strong characteristics of the Pig as well. Thus he may be fierce and strong like the Dragon but at the same time emotional and intuitive like the Pig.

Relationship With Other Zodiacs

The Pig belongs to the 4th Trine of the Chinese zodiac, along with the Rabbit and the Goat. It is said that the relationship between these three archetypes work best as they strive for aestheticism, beauty, and a more philosophical, and intellectual approach in life. Their calm nature gives them great leadership abilities.

They are artistic, refined, intuitive, intelligent and well-mannered. These souls love the preliminaries in love, and are fine artists in their lovemaking. The Rabbit, Goat and Pig have been bestowed with calmer natures than the other 9 signs.

These three are compassionately aware, yet detached and resigned to their condition. They seek beauty and a sensitive love. They are caring, unique, self-sacrificing, obliging, sensible, creative, empathetic, tactful, and prudent. They can also be naive, pedantic, insecure, cunning, indecisive, and pessimistic.

The Snake is said to be the most incompatible with the Pig as the jovial character of the Pig is very opposite from that of the reserved and contemplative Snake.

Basic Astrology Elements [3]

Earthly Branch of Birth Year: Hai

The Five Elements: Water(Shui )

Yin Yang: Yin

Lucky Numbers: 2, 5, 8; Avoid: 1, 3, 9

Lucky Flowers: hydrangea, pitcher plant, marguerite

Lucky Colors: yellow, grey, brown, golden; Avoid: red, blue, green

Cultural note

Some Chinese Muslims will say that they were born in the year of the hai 亥 to avoid saying Pig.

TvTropes Eastern Zodiac:

The 12 signs of the Chinese cycle, in order, are: the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog, and the Boar/Pig. (The Cat missed out on the Chinese Zodiac alternately because the Rat purposely gave it the wrong meeting time, or because the Rat pushed it off the Ox into the river during their crossing note  In Vietnamese Astrology, the Cat is indeed included, but takes the place of the Rabbit instead.) They are governed by the 5 Eastern Elements. Earth, being the central element, governs all the signs but chiefly the Dragon, Rat, and Ox. The rest break down as follows:

     Water Signs

    Planet: Mercury

     Pig

The Pig is a sign commonly associated with fortune and good luck. The average Pig is good natured, easy going and optimistic, and generally kind, honest, open and tolerant. Though they sometimes have a temper and can be hot-headed, they dislike serious conflict and don't understand why people cannot just get along. They rarely go out of their way to harm others out of malice and most of them enjoy being of service to their fellow human beings. They seriously wish for others to like them.

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Archangel Gabriel

Archangel Gabriel

Personal Info

Name (Kanji) 神の力 (ガブリエル)

Name (Romaji) Kami no Chikara (Gaburieru)

Epithet

    The Power of God

    Guardian of the Rear

Gender Genderless

Classification Angel

Abilities

Ability Name

    Several spells related to water

    The Sweep

    Astro in Hand

Power Level Angel-class

Media

Voiced By Yuka Terasaki as Sasha Kreutzev (Japanese)

Kate Oxley as Sasha Kreutzev (English)

[Show]  Debuts

Gabriel (神の力 (ガブリエル) Kami no Chikara (Gaburieru)?, lit. "Power of God") is an archangel that appears in the Toaru Majutsu no Index main storyline. Being a divine entity and classed as an archangel, makes Gabriel one of the most powerful characters in the story.

Also referred to as The Power of God, Gabriel rules over the symbol of water which is its attribute, and is the guardian of the moon, the governor of blue, and the protector of the rear side.[1]

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AppearanceEdit

When Gabriel was summoned by Fiamma of the Right, Gabriel featured an androgynous appearance, and is classified as being depicted as both male and female; despite this, Gabriel features breasts, and has feminine features as well, though shows no obvious genitalia.[2]

Gabriel has pure white skin, which has golden lines adorned all over its body in an intricate pattern mostly concentrated on its upper torso, forearms, upper legs, and lower ankles. Interestingly, the golden lines meet in the middle of Gabriel's breasts into a kite-like shape, bearing the symbol of the cross (this can also be seen on Index's Walking Church). These golden lines are also present on peculiar flaps that are on Gabriel's wings. These flaps can be seen attached on Gabriel's head ? which seems to simulate hair, forearms, legs and waist ? which seems to simulate coattails. On top of Gabriel's head is a blue halo, inside the ring is an inner circle where three arrow-shaped lines jut out, slightly beyond the outer ring in differing directions.[2]

Like most of its body, Gabriel's eyes are white and seem to sport no visible iris and pupil.[2]

Though not normally depicted with wings, Gabriel sports wings made of crystallized water through the use of its powers.[1]

PersonalityEdit

Gabriel is an angel of God, neither good nor evil, and incapable of having any sort of emotion or desire that is not of God's will.[3] However, as it falls to Earth, as if from necessity, Gabriel somehow manages to gain a personality and desire of its own. Desiring to return to Heaven, it does not heed Kaori's warning that destroying humanity would go against God's plans.[4] It gains a personal preference, such as liking sweets since they remind it of the grace of God,[5] lamenting the conclusion of its investigation into the true culprit of Angel Fall,[6] as well as carrying on Sasha's speech pattern.

It is also incredibly ruthless, as show in its encounter with Hino Jinsaku, breaking his left wrist and forcibly taking out his teeth, destroying one of it in front of his eyes.[7]

BackgroundEdit

Before the start of the series, a distortion of the four elements allowed Gabriel to bypass God's naming restrictions to its angels, most notably because of this its alignment to water becomes switched.[8]

Gabriel is referred to as the one who destroyed Gomorrah in the Old Testament, and was the messenger of the birth of the Son of God to the Blessed Virgin in the New Testament.[9]

ChronologyEdit

Angel Fall ArcEdit

    Main article: Angel Fall Arc

MishaKreuzhev profile

Archangel Gabriel as Misha Kreutzev during his first appearance.

A weakened Gabriel appears in the the Angel Fall Arc, here, it takes the form of Sasha Kreutzev and names itself Misha Kreutzev (ミーシャ＝クロイツェフ Misha Kuroitsefu?). During the arc, Misha tries to attack Touma believing him to be the cause of its fall, though later after proving that he was not the culprit, it helps him, Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Kaori find the real culprit. They later find out that Touma's father, Kamijou Touya was the one who caused the Angel Fall and it tries to attack him thusly so it can get back to heaven. Kanzaki Kaori later curbs Misha while Touma and Motoharu try to find a way to stop Angel Fall before Misha uses The Sweep, though Kaori is obviously out-classed by the angel even with Misha depowered.[1]

World War III ArcEdit

    Main article: World War III Arc

Fiamma of the Right summons the actual body of Gabriel during the World War III. Here, Fiamma still calls it Misha Kreutzev which indicates that there is still a distortion in its alignment to the elements which still weakens it. Howerer, even a weakened Gabriel's displays power well above several characters, and completely overwhelms both the English and French forces being led by Carissa and the Maiden of Versailles respectively. Misha uses its powers to turn day into night ? just as it did during the Angel Fall Arc ? in order to enable Fiamma's flying-fortress, the Star of Bethlehem to return the balance between the elements to its proper order, as well as to protect the fortress from damage, as seen when Carissa ordered missiles to attack the fortress.[2]

Even with Kazakiri Hyouka and Accelerator teaming up against Misha, it was only defeated after Touma destroyed Fiamma's control over Misha, as well as Acqua of the Back's absorption of half of it's telesma as he is aligned with Gabriel.[2]

After Fiamma’s successful realignment of the elements and subsequent defeat at the hands of Touma; the true name of the angel is retaken. Archangel Gabriel materializes itself into the world, however its presence threatens a world-wide calamity, as it begins to melt ice around the Arctic Ocean to restore its power that was lost during its stint as Misha. Touma uses the collapsing Star of Bethlehem to steer him towards Gabriel, at which point he clashes with it and tries to defeat it with his Imagine Breaker. The results of the clash were inconclusive, as both Touma and Gabriel are not seen afterwards, though Touma was successful enough to stop Gabriel from melting the ice. It supposedly returned to Heaven.[10]

AbilitiesEdit

As an angel, Gabriel lets out incredible magical energy, possibly telesma, in its vicinity. If left alone, it distorts reality itself.[3] Gabriel in the form of Misha has somehow been able to control it, however, and made Motoharu and Kaori unable to detect its presence.

Ruling over the symbol of water, Gabriel can manipulate water in various forms and can use it as a means of attack.[11] It can even create a blade of ice out of nowhere, probably using the water presents in the atmosphere.[12]

SpellsEdit

    Water Snake Misha chants an incantation and forms several serpentine columns water taken from a source to strike an enemy like a a sword. The incantation uses Hebrew Numerals, a number corresponds to a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Specifically, it uses the numbers 40, 9, 30 and 7, then adding them, then their corresponding letter's names: Mem (?), Tet (?), Lamed (?), Zayin (?), respectively. It is first seen being used against Touma, to determine if he was telling the truth regarding his Imagine Breaker.[7]

    The chant:

    "Values: 40, 9, 30, 7. Total is 86."

    "Respond. Mem, tet, lamed, zayin."

    "Oh water, form as a Holy snake, and strike through like a sword."

    Water Wing (水翼 Suiyoku?) Gabriel can make several 50 to 70 meter length crystalline wings made out of water that radiates from its back like a peacock, and one of them is capable of destroying a mountain with a single swing. They can even be used as projectile like weapons.[4] If destroyed, the archangel can recreate its wings using water. To form the water needed for this purpose, it can melt ice and snow.

        Divine Judgment If Gabriel infuse telesma on the water wings from end to end, each wing can gain enough power to flatten a mountain and destroy a city, similar to how God shaped the Earth.[13]

    Astro In Hand (天体制御 (アストロインハンド) Tentai Seigyo (Asutoro in Hando)?, lit. "Heavenly Body Control") Manipulates the movement of celestial bodies, and can be used to turn day into night.[1] It can destroy the Earth by stopping its natural rotation.[9] This will halt aquatic movement in oceans and funnels most of the water towards the North and South poles.

    Toaru Majutsu no Index E17 07m 01s

    The Sweep above the sky.

    With little to no water in the equator and surrounding longitudes, the 'sea level' becomes non-existent and deprives natural land heights of oxygen, as well as removing precious ozone higher up. Without a barrier from solar radiation in the area, the equator becomes inhospitably hot and dry. North and South poles become a bulge of slowly-evaporating water while incredible heats in the equator shift deep rifts and cause sporadic and powerful earthquakes.

        God's Purge (神戮 Shinriku?) or Sweep (一掃 Iss??) After moving the celestial bodies in the sky, Gabriel uses the lights of the moved stars as a magic array, and turns each star in the sky like arrows of fire that rains down upon the Earth.[4] It is capable of turning half of the earth into ashes upon finishing the activation. It is said to have been a spell that destroyed an entire civilization.[1]

Other abilitiesEdit

Archangel Gabriel is also capable of flying at high speeds, demonstrated by its ability to fly from France to Russia to defend the Star of Bethlehem from Carissa's missile lauch attack on the fortress. In addition, being a messenger angel, it has the ability to obscuring to sixth senses of premonition and intuition of others, so any attack aimed to it have to be performed using the normal five senses.[14]

Character Art DesignsEdit

Design evolutionEdit

Currently appearing in a single arc, Archangel Gabriel's design remains static. Haimura wanted it to have a more creepy look than a divine look, and as such gave it a leafy vein motif on its body. Furthermore, due to Gabriel's color scheme, Haimura added similarities between it and Index, such as the badge on its chest.

GalleryEdit

Gabriel Art

Character art design of Gabriel for the 21st Index Light Novel, by Haimura.

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TriviaEdit

    In the Abrahamic tradition, Gabriel is one of the best known angels, and the messenger of God, his most famous act being foretelling the births of Jesus and John the Baptist (though he appeared as early as the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament). Also known as Jibril, he plays a similar role in Islam as he appears to the prophet Muhammad, and the revelations he transmits him are the Qur'an.

External LinksEdit

    Gabriel (Wikipedia article)

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The Distortion of the Laws of the World is an event that occurs before the start of the Angel Fall Arc, quite possibly years before the start of the series. According to Fiamma of the Right, it is an event that occurred unnoticed as magic still works even with the distortion.[1]

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PrinciplesEdit

It is of yet unknown what caused the distortion, though its effects are distinctive. According to Fiamma of the Right, the distortion created holes that allowed an event such as Angel Fall to occur. As the name indicates, the distortion effects the laws of the world, e.g. the four elements ?Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. The elemental alignment of the four Archangels ? Uriel, Raphael, Gabriel and Michael ?switched, severely weakening them, and most notably allowing them to bypass the name that God has given them.[1]

It is unknown what other laws have been distorted due to this event, but the occurence of the Distortion might be linked with the founding of Academy City and the creation of the Imaginary Number District, although the issue hasn't been raised.

ChronologyEdit

Angel Fall ArcEdit

    Main article: Angel Fall Arc

The first hint of the Distortion appears during the activation of Angel Fall, when Archangel Gabriel under the form of Sasha Kreutzev takes on the name of Archangel Michael as Misha Kreutzev.

World War III ArcEdit

    Main article: World War III Arc

Fiamma of the Right addresses the event directly during his battle with Vento of the Front, where he states how the angel that Vento of the Front is aligned to ? Archangel Uriel ? normally has the attributes of Earth and not the Wind. He even goes on to say that this is a serious matter that requires immediate attention, hinting that the distortion could've gotten out of hand.[1]

Fiamma created the Star of Bethlehem for many purposes, one of them was to restore the elemental balance so his Holy Right would be perfectly aligned with Archangel Michael. The Distortion is finally undone by the use of Christian symbolism and the Star of Bethlehem.