Tiamat (ティアマトー Tiamatō) is the female Crimson Lord to whom Wilhelmina Carmel is bound. Her true name is "Crown-and-Sash of Fantasies" (夢幻の冠帯 Mugen no Kantai).
Appearance[]
Tiamat expresses her will through the Divine Vessel Persona, which takes the form of a headdress. During battle, she changes form to a mask and an innumerable number of ribbons,[1] which is Persona's true form. While the mask represents Wilhelmina's deep psyche and act of hiding her emotions, the ribbons are for battle.[2]
Personality[]
Tiamat is described by her own Flame Haze as a most unsociable entity; being even more taciturn and to the point than Wilhelmina,[3] saying nothing more than what is necessary, usually in monotone, betraying no emotion regardless of the situation. Unlike Wilhelmina, she is not perturbed by anything.[4]
Despite her reticence, many of her statements are harsh. As she only talks using nouns, it is very hard to read her emotions.[1]
However, while in the final battle at Misaki City, she conversed with Wilhelmina in full sentences, using the same "de-arimasu" ending to her sentences that Wilhelmina uses. It is revealed that this was her original way of speaking; a torrent of words like the waters of a great river. Wilhelmina heard Tiamat's speech style during the contract ritual and mistook "de-arimasu" to be the formal ending of a sentence for a Flame Haze.
Background[]
Along with Wilhelmina's "Dancing Princess of Peerless Combatant Skills", Tiamat also has the nickname, "Great River of Reticence" (寡言の大河 Kagen no Taiga), which is sometimes shortened to just "Reticence".
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Powers and Abilities[]
Quotes[]
- (To Wilhelmina): "This is just like you. How much time and effort has it taken for you to become like yourself, indeed? No... This is what gives you power, a mind layered with complexity, but firm at its core, indeed. But even so, as the Lord who has fought alongside you, I could not lead you astray with mere words. And thus, I could but toss pebbles into a sea of suffering. It saddens me greatly."
Trivia[]
- Her name refers to a primordial goddess from Babylonian mythology.
- The name of her Divine Vessel can be taken to mean many things, but in Latin it refers to a theatrical mask.[5]
- In the novels, her lines are almost always written in four kanji letters, with no hiragana or katakana.
- Part of her true name, Kantai (冠帯), is likely referred to the ornamental ribbons which hang down from the left and right side of a Buddhist crown. The style is thought to be derived from women's hairstyles in ancient India.
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