| “ | …Certainly, I feel enough torment and anguish to tear my chest apart in this moment. It is strange enough I could even stay on my feet. …However, I do not wish for this pain… this emotion I am feeling for the first time to be erased. After all, this pain is what truly taught me that I am not a knight doll, but a single human. — Esteemed Highest Minister, I do not wish for your love. I have no need for your ministrations. |
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| ~ Alice rebelling against Administrator |
| “ | O World! Underworld where I was born and which I love! Can you hear me? I have returned. I... am here! |
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| ~ Alice upon returning to Underworld |
Summary[]
Alice Zuberg (アリス・ツーベルク, Arisu Tsūberuku) is a main character in Sword Art Online's Alicization Arc, an artificial fluctlight who resides in the Underworld.
Years ago, she was but an innocent young girl who lived in Rulid Village alongside her father, the village chief, and is the childhood friend of Kirito and Eugeo. This all changed, however, when she accidentally ended up stepping into the Dark Territory, thus breaking the laws of the Taboo Index. She was labeled a criminal, and taken away by Deusolbert Synthesis Seven to the Central Cathedral, where she would be forced to serve under the Axiom Church as an Integrity Knight, Alice Synthesis Thirty (アリス・シンセシス・サーティ, Arisu Shinseshisu Sāti), having all her memories of her past life erased by the Pontifex, Quinella.
Each Integrity Knight was made to believe the same lie, that they were summoned from Heaven by the Pontifex to serve under the Axiom Church, making up for the loss of their prior memories. But it was thanks to Eugeo and Kirito's efforts that Alice was reminded of her past and Quinella's true nature, and although she didn't actually regain her erased memories, became willing to rebel against the Church, allowing her to break the Seal of the Right Eye, a feat no other Integrity Knight was capable of. From then onward, Alice became a knight who no longer fought in servitude of the Church or the Pontifex, but rather, for the safety of those she holds dear to her and what she believes is truly right.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 9-C | 7-C, higher via Incarnation | 5-B | Low 2-C
Name: Alice Zuberg, Alice Synthesis Thirty, "Empress of Light"
Origin: Sword Art Online
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Classification: Artificial Fluctlight, Integrity Knight
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1), Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Indomitable Will (via Iron Will and Unbreakable Wall), Weapon Mastery, Presence Concealment, Extrasensory Perception (via Beast's Bellow; Allows her to see her opponent's every move and deflect them), Immortality (Type 1, 2 & 6; As an Integrity Knight, she does not age due to Quinella freezing her lifespan. Her fluctlight can exist within artificial bodies in the real world and Underworld and alternate between them), Regeneration (High-Low; Can heal and reattach lost limbs, as well as regenerate her eye), Magic & Creation (via Sacred Arts, which allow the user to conjure up various spells, create objects, change them into other objects through vocal commands, etc.), Healing, Transmutation, Elemental Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Sound Manipulation, Telekinesis, Technopathy (Can interact with modern technology with her mind alone), Danmaku (via Armament Full Control Art; Allows her to control hundreds or up to thousands of petals using the Fragrant Olive Sword), Forcefield Creation & Power Nullification (Can put up a barrier that completely nullifies damage from incoming attacks. Can nullify Hazarding effects with Mind's Eye. Curse of the Weak places a curse on the enemy that reduces their attack level to its minimum. Can set up a benevolent territory where all status effects are negated via Domain of the Benevolent. Godrobe Warrior allows her to create a double that nullifies attacks), Power Modification (via Thorn of the Protector and Abyssal Reflection, which convert her defense into attack), Resistance Negation (Can debuff magic resistances), Sealing (via Bind; Seals the target's movement and abilities), Paralysis Inducement (Can stun her opponents and paralyze them with a glare), Statistics Reduction (Can decrease the enemy's defenses), Statistics Amplification (via Sword Skills, which amplify the user's speed and strength), Subjective Reality, Spatial Manipulation, Probability Manipulation & Reality Warping (via Incarnation, which, through sheer willpower and imagination, allows the user to alter the world around them. It moreover allows Alice to boost the range of her attacks, as well as increase the likelihood of her victory and miracles occurring in their favor. Billion Blossom allows her to always successfully land Skill Connects, completely ignoring its chances of failure), Non-Physical Interaction, Quantum Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (Can interact with and gather spatial resources from fallen artificial fluctlights, which are essentially souls described quantum incorporeal entities, as well as conceptual phenomena), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 3; Should be able to cross blades with Scheta, whose sword is described by Quinella as the manifestation of the curse carved into her soul, said curse being created by the distortion of her inherited characteristic parameters. Capable of destroying Shadows, which are emotions that have taken form), Antimatter Manipulation (Comparable to other SA:O players, who can fight and destroy sentient antimatter), Shockwave Generation, Time Manipulation & Fate Manipulation (via Fate Reversal; Can twist the very fabric of time and ensure that she never lost in the first place. According to Gabriel, fluctlights can manipulate fate with their power, attracting other souls to themselves and connecting them), Purification (via Light of Purification; Purifies the target and can cure status ailments), Information Analysis (via Pierce Weakness; Identifies the target's weakness), Chain Manipulation (via Flash Bind; Summons chains that slow down the enemy), Poison Manipulation & Curse Manipulation (via Venomous Curse; Entangles the target with a foul curse and poisons them), Instinctive Reactions (via Battle Instinct; Unleashes the user's instincts), Absorption (via Bloody Waltz; Allows the user to absorb HP, and Dangerous Obsession, which absorbs damage), Vector Manipulation (via Thorn Armor, which, when activated, causes the damage she receives to be partially dealt to the person who damaged her as well), Perception Manipulation (via Silent Flash; Blinds the target), Invisibility (via Shadow Hands, an 'invisible touch'), Madness Manipulation (via Echoes of Madness; Spreads hysteria), Power Bestowal (Can bestow upon her allies the same buffs as herself, as well as increase their strength and speed), Blessed (via Fortification of the Gods; Causes a divine blessing to empower her Sacred Arts), Chaos Manipulation (via Child of Chaos; Causes mass chaos to erupt), Invulnerability (Unbreakable Wall nullifies physical and projectile attacks), Resistance to: Extreme Temperatures & Cosmic Radiations (Can survive in the vacuum of space), Law Manipulation (Was able to break the Seal of the Right Eye, which forces those bound by it to abide by the laws of the Underworld, a feat that no other Integrity Knight besides Eugeo was capable of), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 3), Durability Negation, Antimatter Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Transmutation, Quantum Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (Should resist having her fluctlight altered, her memories erased, and being turned into another object normally, as these processes require the removal of a fluctlight's core protection, be it willingly or through a long, forced ritual. Should also resist the latter ability via Soul Resis. Potions), Electricity Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement (via Stun Res. Potions), Poison Manipulation (via Poison Resis. Potions), Status Effect Inducement & Statistics Reduction (via Debuff Resis. Potions), Mind Manipulation & Biological Manipulation (As an artificial fluctlight and A.I.), Death Manipulation (Can gain the power to "conquer death"), Illusion Creation (via Hawkeye; Allows her to see the truth before her), Madness Manipulation (Type 3), BFR, Existence Erasure, Absorption, Data Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Reality Warping & Subjective Reality (Resistant to Palace distortions and cognition, with which Shadows can warp their Palaces, erect spaces, glitch ALO's system, alter the forms of other Shadows through their perception of them, absorb items, make enemies more aggressive, and erase people from existence)
Attack Potency: Street level (Stalemated Kirito in a sparring match, with both of them shattering their kendo sticks upon clashing, but was ultimately the one to knock him over) | Town level (Noted to be superior to most Integrity Knights and stronger than Eugeo and Kirito, who contended with Deusolbert, with the former managing to block his Armament Full Control Art. At least comparable to Iskahn, who caused this explosion, and during his clash with Scheta, generated a massive shockwave and a pillar of light, generating this much energy. Obliterated a valley and all of the Dark Territory's soldiers within it. Capable of destroying an entire forest in a short period of time. Somewhat comparable to Kirito, who froze 20,000 players solid and later created a massive pillar of light that dispersed the clouds above. Fanatio stated that her sacred power surpasses that of any Integrity Knight, and that she possessed the ability to split the heavens and rupture the earth), higher via Incarnation | Planet level (Comparable to SA:O players and Tia, who, through her own power, initiated the Great Separation in order to recreate Aincrad, and would have used the destruction module to drive the floating castle into Ainground, effectively destroying and tearing it apart, reducing it to nothing, as well as "light all the skies in a cataclysm of fire". Comparable to Administrator and Cardinal, who have the power to watch over, regulate and even reduce the entirety of Underworld to null) | Universe level+ (Comparable to the players and the Phantom Thieves, who defeated Shadow Ideta, who created his very own Palace, essentially another world manifested by his distorted unconscious desires and cognition, which he sustains alongside his Treasure. Ideta's Palace was confirmed to be the entire world of ALO itself, which, as a VR world, would be infinite in size. Is also comparable to Shadow Thirteen, whose Palace was Aincrad as a whole. Moreover, the latter's Palace takes place when the Phantom Thieves sent Sae's calling card, meaning Shadow Thirteen and those comparable to him would be vastly superior to multiple prior Palace Rulers)
Speed: Subsonic (Equal to Kirito) | Relativistic (Comparable to Kirito and Fanatio, who can react to and dodge the latter's light rays), higher via Incarnation | Relativistic | Unknown
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Unknown | Unknown | Immeasurable (Should be physically comparable to Shadow Ideta and Shadow Thirteen, who passively sustain their Palaces alongside their Treasures)
Striking Strength: Street Class | Town Class, higher via Incarnation | Planet Class | Universal+
Durability: Street level (Described her body as being made up of a "steel-element". Comparable to the likes of Kirito and Sugou, the latter of whom tanked having his face slam into a car and dent it) | Town level, higher via Incarnation | Planet level | Universe level+
Stamina: Limitless (As an Artificial Fluctlight who exists in a virtually-simulated world, Alice's stamina is physically infinite as repeatedly stated throughout the series, however she does require mental rest outside of battle)
Range: Extended Melee Range w/ Fragrant Olive Sword. Several Kilometers via Sacred Arts & Armament Full Control Art.
Standard Equipment: Fragrant Olive Sword
Intelligence: Genius (Is an incredibly talented swordswoman with great knowledge and proficiency on the Sacred Arts, having eventually been chosen by Quinella to become an Integrity Knight. She has proven herself skilled enough to clash with the likes of Kirito, who had vastly improved as a swordsman ever since his time spent in SAO, and Asuna. Has fought in the War of Underworld as one of the Human Empire's most valuable warriors, slaying many of the Dark Territory's forces with complete ease. Alice was also the mentor of Eldrie Synthesis Thirty-One, a notable Integrity Knight on the level of the likes of Sortiliena)
Weaknesses: Spatial resources are required in order for her to use Sacred Arts, which also require vocal commands in order to be used. Requires sunlight in order to recharge the Fragrant Olive Sword's petals.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Incarnation: A secretive art within the Underworld which enables an individual or group to alter the state of the world through imagination and will. It is a skill passed down to Integrity Knights since ancient times. However, only several Integrity Knights are able to use this skill.
Sacred Arts: «Sacred Arts» are System Commands in Project Alicization that residents of Underworld believe to be magic rituals. In reality, they are just words used to arrange thoughts and guide the emotions of the caster to make use of one's imagination power. Because of this, the imagination of the user may either improve or decrease the effectiveness of an art.
- Armament Full Control Art: The Armament Full Control Art is a high-ranking Sacred Arts ritual that is used to boost the offensive power of a Divine Object-class weapon by linking with the true essence of the weapon. As all Divine Object-class weapons strongly inherit the properties of the object that served as its nucleus in the form of memories, the Armament Full Control Art may be used to tap into the parameters inherited from the base material, thus increasing the power of the weapon in the form of special abilities. The ability acquired through the ritual depends solely on how the caster pictures the released form of the weapon. The first phase of the «Armament Full Control Art», called the «strengthening» phase, is the partial awakening of the weapon's memories, which manifest as a new offensive ability for the weapon. The «Life» of the weapon decreases greatly every time the command is used and the power of the ritual is determined by the caster's ability to imagine the released form of the weapon. The second phase of the ritual, called the «releasing» phase, is a command that releases all of the memories of the weapon, unleashing all of its rampant power. Memories unleashed with this phase become uncontrollable to the caster and might even engulf the caster himself.
Key: Real World | Alicization | Hollow Realization & Alicization Lycoris | Memory Defrag & Integral Factor
Note: Credit to the SAO Wiki for the Notable Attacks/Techniques section.
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