Seraphina Nightshade¶
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| Age | About 1,790 years (estimate, as of Ch589; an apprentice at Ch87)13 |
| Wizard level | Fifth-level wizard 12 |
| Status | Alive 13 |
| First appearance | Ch871 |
Seraphina Nightshade is a tenth-level-aptitude genius from Noren Academy No. 1, versed in dark wizardry, illusion and stealth and skilled at mental infiltration and precise assassination.6912 Her concealment surpasses most first-level formal wizards even as an apprentice.1 A fifth-level wizard by Ch588, she is at Noren Academy No. 147 when Jie Ming meets her again.12
Relationships¶
- David Colmar: Fellow alumnus; knows him best.9
- Jie Ming: Cohort rival whose leaderboard climb she calls "Intriguing"; meets him again a dozen or so years after the war.121112
- Mentor: Taught her a stealth technique that even a sixth-level wizard should not detect.12
Background¶
She appears as a slender figure in a deep purple hooded robe, unnoticed in the crowd at the plaza, her power melding into the void.1 At the elite trial she is one of the tenth-level-aptitude geniuses from the Noren academies, and her disguise flickers back to her true appearance when she unmasks.612
Abilities¶
| Ability | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wizard level | Ch871 | Apprentice at the elite trial; fifth-level wizard by Ch588.112 |
| Dark wizardry and stealth | Ch871 | Illusions, mental infiltration and precision assassination; concealment melding into the void; presence reducible to a minimum even against a demigod.18 |
| Disguise | Ch1304 | Poses as a peerlessly beautiful elf in the elven delegation; flickers back to her true appearance.46 |
| Dust of Delusion | Ch1367 | Sixth-level wizardry creation amplifying selfish desires and fears in faith.7 |
| Shadow-step teleport | Ch32610 | Pitch-black energy spreads over her and she reappears beside Jie Ming.10 |
| Mentor's stealth technique | Ch58812 | Hides in a pillar's shadow beyond a sixth-level's detection; Jie Ming still spots her.12 |
Timeline¶
- Ch87-100: Watches Jie Ming at the plaza; murmurs "Intriguing" at his leaderboard climb.12
- Ch102: Infiltrates a native town near the elven kingdom, secures a legal identity and foments rebellion.3
- Ch130-131: Leads the elven delegation and scorns both humans and orcs to stall the negotiations.45
- Ch135-137: Unmasks in the sewers; deploys Dust of Delusion; buys time against a demigod.678
- Ch326: Shadow-steps to Jie Ming's side.10
- Ch466: Notes Jie Ming's jump from second to fifth level in under a thousand years.11
- Ch588-589: Spotted in a pillar's shadow at Noren Academy No. 147; names the graduation plane's provider and defends the dark-chamber meeting as a Noren Workshop tradition.1213