- "That's just how it is. Keep fighting for me as you did before... until I reach that person's village and claim the treasure he left behind!"
- —After successfully trapping both the Flame Haze of Nietono no Shana and her nemesis.
Cecilia Rodrigo (セシリア・ロドリーゴ Seshiria Rodorīgo) was a monomaniac Flame Haze who appears in a side story called Verger, which takes place years before the main story. Her title was "Knitter of Thorned Gates" (荊扉の編み手 Keihi no Amite).
Appearance[]
Cecilia was a woman around her twenties of Spanish descent wearing brown clothes and a white fur scarf, which she got as a present from Clemens Rott, her partner.
Personality[]
Cecilia only cared about herself and was driven by her own needs. The only person she deeply was interested in and yearns for is Clemens. She would attack anyone who touches her scarf — even her allies. When she wanted something, she would be strict with it and had to possess it no matter how long or how many people would perish for her desire.
Background[]
Cecilia wearing Clemens' fur scarf.
Cecilia was one of many people who formed a contract with a Crimson Lord so that they could become Flame Haze in the fight against Töten Glocke in the Great War (these generation of Flame Haze are later referred to as "Sophie's Children"). She made an acquaintance with Clemens Rott during this war. During the war, she had been looked down due to her power, Alcázar's condition to cast and its function as a defensive spell. After it ended, Cecilia felt lost and was wandering alone until Clemens asked her to come with him. She started to develop feelings for him and wanted to know more about his past. But Clemens never told much about himself. The only thing he ever told her was about his hometown in Austria and a certain thing buried there.
They accidentally encountered a Crimson Lord named Ōnamuchi and lost in the battle. Their paths crossed many times after that. Ōnamuchi, first looked down on their weakness, started to accept and enjoy their battles after the pair had more experience and got stronger every time they fought. Eventually, in the last decisive fight, Clemens pushed Cecilia down from the cliff in order to save her life. He was killed by Ōnamuchi who wondered whether he follows and kills her or not. Clemens gave his last request to his nemesis and perished.
Plot[]
Saddened by Clemens' death, Cecilia tried to go to the village where he once lived to acquire his memento, which she called it her "treasure". She was stopped by Ōnamuchi, who in turn followed Clemens' last request to "keep Cecilia away from getting the memento no matter what". Cecilia tried many times to get to the village but fails. She later sent messages to Outlaw and requested for assistance. Many Flame Haze were killed in the four attempts.
In the fifth time, Pietro Monteverdi sent one of the newly contracted Flame Haze (who had an introduction letter from his former commander, Sophie Sawallisch) to assist her; she was the Flame Haze of the Nietono no Shana. At first, Cecilia was furious Outlaw sent a young girl to help. But after the girl displayed her flame-haired, burning-eyed appearance and the crimson flame, Cecilia came to realized that the girl was the contractor of the true Crimson God, and the legendary "Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter" whom she only heard of the title from behind the front line.
Cecilia with satisfied smile before her death.
In their confrontation with Ōnamuchi, Celicia used the young Flame Haze as the bait and imprisoned her along Ōnamuchi with her Unrestricted Spell, Alcázar. She finally reached the village and obtained a wooden box containing the memento. But when she was about to identify what the memento was, she was cut in half by the pursuing Ōnamuchi without realizing what was in the box.
After her death, the Flame Haze of the Nietono no Shana discovered what was inside: a toad votive made of wax for a safe childbirth. It could be speculated that Clemens once married and his wife was having a baby, which he didn't want Cecilia to know.
Relationships[]
Clemens Rott[]
Cecilia deeply trusted Clemens as he was the one who reached out his hand to her after she wandered aimlessly after the Great War ended. She became his partner and, as their spells complimented each other, effectively fought Crimson Denizens together as a pair. Cecilia followed his steps, listened to his words and always thought of him. Agreeing to his words, trusting his thoughts and accepting his actions were everything to her.[1]
Powers and Abilities[]
Unrestricted Spells[]
Alcázar (アルカサル Arukasaru): Cecilia's defensive-type Unrestricted Spell. It creates non-substantial leaves and branches which, when entwined with any object, highly strengthens it. These leaves and branches also devour the enemy's flame to strengthen themselves; only stronger power will destroy this untouchable wall.
Quotes[]
- (After successfully trapping both the Flame Haze of Nietono no Shana and her nemesis): "That's just how it is. Keep fighting for me as you did before... until I reach that person's village and claim the treasure he left behind!"[2]
Trivia[]
- Interestingly, Cecilia means "the way for the blind" which somehow fits her personality: blindly searching for her beloved partner's memento and only caring about herself.
- Her surname is a homage to a famous Spanish composer, Joaquín Rodrigo. Rodrigo almost lost his sight from an illness during his childhood, which can be related to the name Cecilia. Moreover, he has a daughter named Cecilia.[3]
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ RGB code sourced from 柳色 on colordic
References[]
- ↑ Side Story Verger, Shakugan no Shana Light Novel Volume SIII page 272
- ↑ Side Story Verger, Shakugan no Shana Light Novel Volume SIII page 258
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Joaquín Rodrigo