Cradle Garden (揺りかごの園 Kureidoru Gāden ) was the unique Unrestricted Spell used by "One-Indulged-in-Love-of-Others" Tiriel, a brilliant Unrestricted Spell Master. It was based on her essence of loving and protecting others, Doting Embrace (溺愛の抱擁 Dekiai no Hōyō ).
Background[]
Cradle Garden created a defensive formation filled with fog and with bright golden yellow-colored leaves dancing within. Its interior became a causal isolated space severed from the cause and effect of the outside, and it was therefore considered a unique variant of the Fūzetsu. Cradle Garden's unique characteristic was that it could completely conceal the sense of discomfort and Presence of Crimson Denizens and Unrestricted Spells inside it from the outside world. Due to this, the existence of Denizens could not be sensed no matter how close they were, unless through the use of a detection Unrestricted Spell.
Cradle Garden had two types, the first was for covert operations and covered individuals, and the second covered an extensive area to torture prey to death.[1] It was usually deployed at all times covering the surfaces of the Denizens' bodies, and at these times it was not visible. When it was deployed over a vast area like a Fūzetsu, it created a place for predation and battle, an isolated space that beings within could not escape.
Extensive version[]
In Misaki City, Tiriel utilized her multipurpose Rinne Pinion, which were like separate bodies detached from her, and the Treasure Tool Orgel, which could maintain the Unrestricted Spell Insignia loaded into it. This allowed her to expand Cradle Garden to cover the entire city to trap her opponents, and use the Pinions she had set up to devour surrounding humans and supply their Power of Existence to herself and Sorath. As long as the siblings were within Cradle Garden, their injuries would be instantly healed and they would be able to continuously use powerful Unrestricted Spells.[1]
As the Pinions were disguised as humans and were both taking in and releasing Power of Existence, the more the view from the Crystal Altar looked like spots clustered together like mold tied together by patterns resembling vines, the more the Pinions were filled with excessively intertwined decorative patterns and disturbance and camouflage Unrestricted Spell Insignias. This meant that with normal senses, Pinions could not be distinguished from humans and the special characteristics of Cradle Garden could not be accurately grasped. Furthermore, even if Pinions releasing Power of Existence were discovered and destroyed, once they reveal their true forms as Rinne, various traps were set to activate when they are destroyed. This meant it was difficult dealing with them alone.
Though Cradle Garden was extremely powerful once trapped within, it had some drawbacks. The many Pinions that would maintain Cradle Garden, supply Power of Existence, and conduct the large-scale Manifestation, maintenance, and control of vines to be used as weapons, needed to be set up in advance, and the Unrestricted Spell Insignia used to create Pinions was considerably complex. Therefore, the support of the Treasure Tool Orgel to maintain many Pinions was indispensable.
The Pinions' disguises were seen through by the abnormally sharp senses of Yūji Sakai, and the Flame Haze "Chanter of Elegies" Margery Daw followed his directions to reach them and alter them one after the other. Eventually, it was impossible to continue maintaining Cradle Garden, leading to the defeat of the "Aizen Siblings".
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shakugan no Shana no Subete page 33