It didn't take long for the rest of the group to arrive in quick succession, Magical Girls they were called, but more specifically, Merlin's Daughters as all of them were associated with the Marrywell Academy. For Lumiere, it just so happened that the girls tonight were all buds, flowers which had yet to fully mature, none of them had been in service to the light for more than a few years at best. This fact just behooved the century-old angel to make sure that all of them would go home safe and sound tonight.

As her wings raged down below, slicing and searing Pageless into motes of black dust, Lumiere's blue eyes noticed that some of the creatures made a beeline toward the enraptured civilians. Just as she was thinking of erecting a barrier to shield them, Burning Heart made her arrival, a "mahou shoujo" in the most culturally-accurate sense of the word. Her blazing arrows burned a streak through the air before they landed around the innocent victims, creating a literal ring of fire, protecting them from the Pageless' dark claws. The kitsune then charged forward, brandishing an exotic weapon from the Orient, a distant cousin of the halberd. The enchanted weapon decapitating clawed Pageless like hot knife through butter.

"..." Lumierre's glowing white pupils approved of the smart maneuver, however, would it be enough? What was stopping the agile monsters from just jumping over the fire? However, she needed not fret because the answer came in the form of an elegant shimmering lilac. The royal magical girl's first move on the scene being to lift literal steel beams - a feat impossible even for the strongest of men - and position said beams into a makeshift cage, ensuring the safety of its occupants up several notches.

However, all of these measures were only useful for delaying the Pageless, the surest way to ensure the safety was slaying the snake instead of simply warding them. That's where the good captain's boons would help. Goodhope was someone Lumiere personally considered as a friend and the white-haired veteran knew how beneficial her powers were. With but a declaration, her allies would find their spirits lifted, their resolve hardened. That's precisely what she'd do.

"Au nom de Dieu, que notre lumière bannisse les ténèbres!" Lumiere enunciated in her native French, but Wilhelmina's magic wasn't hindered by language barriers, for the thing most important was the recipient's conviction into their oath. As such, as the waves of the good captain washed over her, the seraph and her wings became faster and stronger, surer in the purpose.

Lumiere zipped through the air as four of her wings gathered near her, they formed a golden semi-transparent barrier in front of her as two Pageless leapt at her, trying to pounce the angel into the ground, only to be repelled back by the barrier as if it was a knight's shield bashing them away. Then, nigh-instantly after they bounced off, the very same four wings disengaged the barrier to direct their points at the monstrous pair, firing off four auric beams, disintegrating them.

Then, moments into the engagement, the Pageless horde started... retreating, turning their tails and scattering deeper into the abandoned construction plot. Why? One might wonder, perhaps twas' to regroup and plan their next move, perhaps simply out of primal fear of annihilation, or perhaps... something else entirely. Fortunately for the daughters of Merlin, they needed not to wonder for they could feel it too, this spike of arcane presence, the unmistakable signs of a Grimoire's birth into the world. For all of their differences, they - Pageless and Magical Girls both - were looking for the same thing...

The white-clad angel shaped four wings near the enraptured civilians and another four right beside her, the pair then spawned a light portal each that allowed their mistress to traverse instantly between the two. As a result, Lumiere was now floating just above the steel cage that Lilac constructed earlier. After arriving, she spotted a gigantic tabby cat with a witch hat out of the corner of her eyes, peculiar, but she had something more important to do.

"Girls!" She addressed every magical girl in the vicinity, "Go! You must not let the Pageless destroy the Grimoire. I'll stay here and keep these people safe. Worry not, I'll join you once I make sure none can harm them anymore."

Name: Karen Susanna

Age: 18

Nationality: USA

Appearance:



Description:
Karen grew up in the middle of the United States, where there was farmland within a short drive's distance in any direction, though she herself was always in larger towns or cities of her state. She's a fanatic when it comes to weapons, and has been since she was twelve. Being in a relatively well-off family her main responsibilities were her grades, which she managed to get nearly straight A's in. Ironically, it was history that she had the worst time at, considering that she can talk for hours about the history of various famous weapons. She has a love for fiction of all kinds, though comics and japanese manga are her favorites, more the latter than the former. Because of this, she was known around her school as "the weapon weeb" though luckily her teachers refrained from calling her this.

She is the type to spend money frivolously on her interests and as such is usually broke. Though she could theoretically turn her "collection" into money, she'd rather die than lose a single piece of her precious assortment of weaponry. Granted, she doesn't have anything too absurdly dangerous; she has no modern firearms, nor bombs, nor rockets or anything of that sort. Her interest in guns extends only to the earliest kinds, while her obsession with bladed weapons of all kinds is concerning to most people, especially if they're able to see the meticulously maintained collection in the basement of her parent's home.

It was desire for growing this collection that led to her acquisition of her Grimoire. A replica of a katana by Muramasa, specifically a replica of the Myōhō Muramasa, was delivered to her home alongside a copy of the famous Lotus Sutra written in Japanese. It was delivered in the afternoon of a sunny day, and at nightfall she was still too excited about her new sword to have any hope of getting any sleep. This was a fortunate thing. At midnight, she was in her upstairs room polishing the blade when there was a loud crash outside. Spooked that something might have broken the fence outside, or worse, that there was a purposeful intruder intent on harming her or her family, she momentarily lost her composure and in her rush to go check she stood up and slipped on the book of the Sutra that came with the replica. When she got up on her hands and knees she saw not the book but rather a second sword, an exact copy of the one she had received that day and was caring for, still in its scabbard. Shocked, she picked it up and noticed that her outfit had changed as well. She had unwittingly become a Magical Girl at that moment.

She found a sense of peace along with the transformation, and walked outside with the sheathed sword in her left hand and its original twin in her right. Luckily for everyone, she was unnoticed by her parents, and found herself facing a Pageless. After trying to speak to it and being attacked in response she instinctually set down her replica and drew the sword that was still sheathed, using it to quickly dispatch the Pageless beast. Upon returning it to its scabbard she noticed that she had transformed back to her normal form, a trait of her Grimoire that once sheathed her transformation would end.

In the past year, after that event, she was approached on behalf of and joined Marrywell Academy. She believes that the Grand Ministry is, like all else, a means to an end. She hopes that the end it leads to is a good one, but she has not had enough experience with it to know for certain if she trusts it as a whole.

Grimoire:
• Title: Lotus Sutra - Myōhō Muramasa
• Classification: Altered Legend
• Description:
The greatest work of Sengo Muramasa, and the only of his blades to be considered an "Important Artwork," the Myōhō Muramasa (or "Muramasa of the Sublime Dharma") is a byproduct of the Lotus Sutra, the saddharma (or "true doctrine") of the teachings of the Buddha. It is a blade that depicts Kurikara beautifully on both sides and the mantra sign "myōhō renge kyō" on the front side. The sword is but a vehicle for the story of the Lotus Sutra, which itself is but a teaching that the three vehicles of Buddhism are of the one true vehicle, the supreme and all encompassing path that leads to Buddhahood.
The teachings of the Lotus Sutra include the idea that all beings can become Buddhas, and that one should see this potential even in enemies. Despite this, the blade is still of Muramasa make, and the stories of its siblings' darkness do not pass parallel to it. As such, the stories of the blade's maker's evil nature and its own nature as an offering to Buddhism create an alteration in its story.
• Abilities:
Devadatta Blade - The Myōhō Muramasa requires bloodshed to be sated, without which it will not return to its scabbard and as an extension of this fact it will not allow Karen to transform back to her mundane form. However, this does not mean she necessarily has to kill something. While killing something, Pageless included, will satisfy this requirement so too will simply harming another human to the point that blood is shed in a literal sense. A single cut is enough, but due to the blade's extremely fine edge this single cut could easily cut too deep and become fatal, or maim the victim.
The Way of the Lotus - Karen finds herself altered in her thinking when transformed. She becomes implicitly kind, understanding, and solemn in her thoughts. This makes using her sword a last resort, which makes her hesitant to enter her magical form, as she knows it'll be difficult to return to normal unless there are Pageless nearby. When in this state, she views even the Pageless as naught but victims of their own nature, and finds difficulty in dispatching them without an attempt at peace. Obviously, this doesn't turn out the way she would like, but perhaps someday she'll find a way to communicate with the monsters.

Misc:
Karen despises insects and insect-looking things like spiders. She also has a bit of a complex about her name due to the meme of people named Karen being horrible people that has leaked from the internet into her real life at school the past few years.

Name: Karen Susanna

Age: 18

Nationality: USA

Appearance:



Description:
Karen grew up in the middle of the United States, where there was farmland within a short drive's distance in any direction, though she herself was always in larger towns or cities of her state. She's a fanatic when it comes to weapons, and has been since she was twelve. Being in a relatively well-off family her main responsibilities were her grades, which she managed to get nearly straight A's in. Ironically, it was history that she had the worst time at, considering that she can talk for hours about the history of various famous weapons. She has a love for fiction of all kinds, though comics and japanese manga are her favorites, more the latter than the former. Because of this, she was known around her school as "the weapon weeb" though luckily her teachers refrained from calling her this.

She is the type to spend money frivolously on her interests and as such is usually broke. Though she could theoretically turn her "collection" into money, she'd rather die than lose a single piece of her precious assortment of weaponry. Granted, she doesn't have anything too absurdly dangerous; she has no modern firearms, nor bombs, nor rockets or anything of that sort. Her interest in guns extends only to the earliest kinds, while her obsession with bladed weapons of all kinds is concerning to most people, especially if they're able to see the meticulously maintained collection in the basement of her parent's home.

It was desire for growing this collection that led to her acquisition of her Grimoire. What she believed to be a replica of a katana by Muramasa, specifically a replica of the Myōhō Muramasa, was delivered to her home alongside a copy of a famous Sutra written in Japanese. It was delivered in the afternoon of a sunny day, and at nightfall she was still too excited about her new sword to have any hope of getting any sleep. This was a fortunate thing. At midnight, she was in her upstairs room polishing the blade when there was a loud crash outside. Spooked that something might have broken the fence outside, or worse, that there was a purposeful intruder intent on harming her or her family, she momentarily lost her composure and in her rush to go check she stood up and tripped on the booklet of the Sutra that came with the replica. When she got up on her hands and knees she saw not the booklet but rather a second sword, an exact copy of the one she had received that day and was caring for. Shocked, she picked it up and noticed that her outfit had changed as well. She had unwittingly become a Magical Girl at that moment.

She found herself thinking dark thoughts and rushed outside where she saw a single Pageless. While this would normally be horrible luck, in her case it was fantastic. She had a monster to let out her now twisted desire on. She swiftly dispatched the beast and after some effort managed to return to her normal form, the thoughts leaving with it.

In the past year, after that event, she was approached on behalf of and joined Marrywell Academy. She believes that the Grand Ministry is what is most likely to find a way to remove the darker thoughts that come with her transformation.

Grimoire:
• Title: The Muramasa Kei 村正派
• Classification: Fable
• Description:
The blades made by Muramasa were of utmost quality and considered among the sharpest swords in Japan at the time. So sharp were they that it is said by those whose profession is sword sharpening that you could slip and make a cut so fine and clean that you might go on working, not realizing that your fingers had fallen to the floor. This sharpness and their prolificacy in the Tokugawa Dynasty made it so that they were often the cause of accidental, or malicious, injuries and deaths among Mikawa's samurai. This led to the reputation of being blades that were anti-Shogun, which in turn led to many who wished to fight the Shogun trying to get their hands on such a blade, furthering the reputation of being swords for the evil or unsound. This culminates in one way in the story of Muramasa's blade being tested against that of Masamune, in which both were placed in a river and Masamune's sword cut only dead leaves that flowed by, leaving all living things unharmed, while Muramasa's blade cut everything indiscriminately.
• Abilities:
The Cursed Sword - Karen is able to manifest a katana which, under all inspection, matches the traits of Muramasa's work perfectly. It is extremely sharp and, once manifested, will not allow her to sheath it or transform out of her magical form unless it is satisfied by killing something. Luckily, Pageless count for this purpose.
Bloodletting - By allowing her own blood to stain her blade, Karen is able to increase her martial ability on an instinctual level. However, this leads to the drawback of The Cursed Sword becoming stronger, in that she must make additional kills before it is sated.
Antithesis of Authority - As the myths of Muramasa's blades came about from a single prominent family's misfortune, and later the usage by those who despised the Shogun, the more people that believe in, trust, or care about Karen's opponent, the greater her martial skills become. She becomes stronger, faster, and more skilled with her weapon, culminating in nigh-superhuman abilities.

Misc:
Karen despises insects and insect-looking things like spiders. She also has a bit of a complex about her name due to the meme of people named Karen being horrible people that has leaked from the internet into her real life at school the past few years.