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".
Plot
Relationships
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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Notes
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