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“The weak yield to the strong–as you will yield to my blades!”
—Tenjian, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Tenjian "The Frozen Blade" is a co-founder of Eden, leader and strategist of Eden's "The Seven", possessing the rank of Queen, and a major antagonist of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.
He is an Adept with the freezing Septima Permafrost.
Abandoned by his parents at a young age due to his Septima powers and nearly poisoned by a non-Adept offering food, he grew up to believe that only the strong survive and that Adepts and normal humans are at war. Together, he and his adopted sister Zonda founded Eden, an organization dedicated to Adept supremacy. A proud and fierce warrior who always has something to say about strength and power, Tenjian's loyalty to Eden is matched only by his hatred of humanity.
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Tenjian has the ability to freeze solid anything in his path with his “Permafrost” septima. He wields a total of seven ice-covered bladed weapons made up of swords, sickles, and chakrams in combat. His ingenuity is easily one of his strongest traits, and one of the qualities that allowed him to become the leader of The Seven.
His bladed arsenal isn’t just sharp, though. The blades on his weapons are frozen at temperatures that plummet below even absolute zero, to the point where simply coming into contact with them will cause the person’s molecular structure to lose its pliability, causing them to shatter where they stand.[3]
すべてを凍てつかせる
四字熟語を好んで使う。円月輪や直刀、
曲刀など七本の氷刃を使い分けて
戦う技巧派で、知略にも長けており、
Ｇ７の実質的なリーダー格。
それぞれの刃の刀身は絶対零度すら
下回る超低温になっており、
これに接触したあらゆる物体は
分子構造の柔軟性を失い、
たちどころに切断されてしまう。[4]
Appearance
Tenjian is a teenager with short, somewhat spiky white hair. He wears a white suit, a blue waistcoat with gold highlights, black shoes, and a white and black jacket draped over his shoulders with blue and silver highlights. He wears a black belt with a silver buckle and black gloves. His eyes are always shut. He is occasionally seen holding an apple.
In his Armed Phenomenon, Tenjian gains bright blue hair and his eyes open, revealing black eyes, each with a single pale blue pupil. He wears black and gray armor with white and blue highlights, with two wing-like appendages attached to his lower back. His swords are stored in two black half-spheres attached to his shoulders by arm-like appendages. When Tenjian uses his false Glaive, his appearance is identical, although his blue armor is monotone gray, and his eyes remain closed.
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Personality
As the leader of Eden's elite, Tenjian is a serious, cold-hearted character. After narrowly surviving a poisoning attempt on his life, Tenjian developed a fierce Social Darwinist philosophy, believing that only the strong survive.
Always having something to say about strength, Tenjian is incredibly boastful, and despises those he sees as weak. In combat, Tenjian is shown to be arrogant. However, when it comes to adepts and those he deems strong, he does show respect. He even offers Gunvolt a place within Eden's ranks, though gladly attacks him when he refuses.
When it comes to humans and those he deems weak though, Tenjian neither shows mercy nor respect. As a result of the hardships he endured, Tenjian holds a burning hatred for humanity, and while he is willing to admit the possibility of humans willing to accept them, he sees it as just that: a possibility, one that can easily be ignored.
Tenjian is an atheist, and believes that the cruelty and injustice of the world proves that there is no God. Tenjian told Copen that in such a "rotten world", God does not exist.
Tenjian is also fiercely dedicated to his adoptive sister Zonda, acting more like a mentor than just a protector at times, and is the only member of Eden seen having the audacity to order her around. Having been raised alongside her, he has vowed to do whatever it takes to make sure that she is safe, and that her vision of an Eden for all adepts comes true.
He appears to have some minor friction with fellow G7 member Teseo due to the latter's antics during missions and potential influence on Zonda.
In the Japanese version, he frequently uses four-character idiomatic compounds.
History
Background
Tenjian was born in China, where Adepts were actively discriminated against. His parents discovered his Septimal powers some time after his birth, even before Tenjian himself did, and swiftly abandoned him, leaving the Adept to grow up in an orphanage. During his time, he taught himself the art of swordsmanship, becoming a self-trained master at it. His wise, calm demeanour made him popular among the other orphans, seeing him as a big brother of sorts.
However, after the owner died of sickness, the orphanage was shut down, and it's children left on the streets. Tenjian desperately ran around town to try and find people willing to adopt the orphans, but on account of his Septima, he was always rejected and persecuted. This, coupled with all the dangerous jobs they had to take to earn income, resulted in the orphans dying one by one, until all that was left was Tenjian himself, and a young girl whom he came to regard as his sister: Zonda.
While on the brink of starvation, the two were approached by a man with lots of fruit, who offered them food. Immensely grateful at this very are act of kindness, the two accepted his gift, however, the man was in fact a member of a group of non-Adepts, who feared the duo, and had poisoned the food.
Eating a poisoned apple, Tenjian nearly died. Flying into a fit of rage, his Septima went out of control, freezing the area and its inhabitants, bar himself and Zonda.[2]
The seeds of hatred sown, he and Zonda went on to found "Eden", a group dedicated to the supremacy of all Adepts, eventually attracting a large number of members from all over the globe. Tenjian took on the title of "Queen" as part of the group's chess motif.
Tenjian often visited and watched the performances of Ghauri's Adept dance team, and personally recruited him into Eden when the team broke up.[5]
Eden's Party
Due to Zonda sensing danger, Tenjian goes to check on an Adept settlement, but is too late--by the time he gets there he finds little but piles of bodies. While lamenting the gruesome scene and vowing that they will be avenged one day, Tenjian discovers a survivor, an Adept named Olga who seemingly has the power to enhance the Septimas of other Adepts, and Zonda orders him to bring her back to Eden.
Recognizing the immense potential of such power for their cause, and seeking to heal Olga's heart, Zonda and Tenjian gather the available G7 members Gibril, Asroc, and Desna for the goal, and Zonda commences "Operation Love Strike Strategy." When she reveals she got the plan name and details from Teseo, Tenjian claims he'll have a talk with him later.
Ultimately, Tenjian and Zonda conclude that the Septima enhancing power he felt wasn't truly Olga's, but that instead she can receive/copy the abilities of other Adepts, and that the source is Lumen, who is no mere virtual idol. Zonda becomes determined to go to Japan and infiltrate Sumeragi to find the real Adept with the power they seek, although Tenjian is very relucant to let her undergo such a dangerous mission. Zonda insists that she's the perfect fit for it due her illusion power and that it's her duty, and Tenjian relents.
Armed Blue Gunvolt
Tenjian first appears checking in on Gibril and Teseo. After the two confirm they are ready, Tenjian explains the plan and their respective roles; Gibril is to attack the Sumeragi radio tower "Amaterasu" and cause chaos, while Teseo goes to the main computer behind the scenes and disable it, warning him of a Sumeragi hacker on-par with even Teseo.
Gibril ponders why Sumeragi has Adepts that work with humans, calling them a bunch of idiots. Tenjian states that everyone has their own ideals, but should they stand in Eden's way, they will be wiped out, before urging the two to go wild and show Eden's strength, officially starting their mission, slyly telling Zonda to get ready.
Tenjian manages to contact Nova directly and both exchange some words as Tenjian tries to convince him to embrace Eden's ideals yet Nova declines, claiming to be uninterested in them.
However, Nova suspects that the reason Eden is being so flashy is because they are using the attack to camouflage "something" although he doesn't know what it is.
After a few more exchanges stating that neither will yield to the other, Tenjian cuts the call, amusing Nova.
Tenjian contacts Gibril after the satellite laser strike by Nova which ended her attempts to destroy the Kamishiro barrier repeater in the Media Tower. He orders her to retreat and she eventually complains despite her objections that she hasn't fulfilled her missions yet.
Tenjian contacts Zonda once she's successfully infiltrated Japan. He states her mission is about to begin yet, at the same time, he feels sad at having her alone burden with the espionage mission.
He also asks her if he saw anyone else intrude Japan taking profit of the span in which the barrier wasn't working. Upon hearing her reply, he warns her that there's another party apart from Sumeragi is present in Japan and that she should be wary of them.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Prologue
After the failure of the Diva Project, Sumeragi is thrown into chaos. Taking advantage of this, Eden hatches its plan to claim the power of the Muse. Tenjian, Teseo and Asroc hijack Sumeragi's massive airship, codenamed Seraph, and cause it to crash into the Sumeragi building. They also kidnap Mytyl, Copen's sister, and bring her aboard the airship. Tenjian and Teseo monitor Gunvolt as he fights his way through the airship, paying particular attention to the power of the Muse.
After Gunvolt and Copen managed to rescue Mytyl and stop the Seraph, Tenjian freezes the two rivals in place, allowing Zonda to imprison Joule in mirror shards. Zonda reveals her true form and Eden's goal of an Adept paradise. Tenjian tells her to leave out of concern for her safety. As soon as she does, Tenjian then offers Gunvolt a chance to join Eden's ranks, believing he could easily help build Eden. Gunvolt vehemently refuses and demands Joule's return, leading to a fight between the two Adepts. As Tenjian is using a false Glaive that only marginally boosts his powers, he is soundly defeated. Copen and Lola take advantage of the distraction to steal one of the shards and Tenjian leaves with eight shards in his possession.
Icebound (Frozen City)
Sometime after the Seraph hijacking, Tenjian, armed with the power of the Muse, led an attack on a nearby city, covering it in ice and using a five-star hotel as a base of operations. This draws the attention of both Gunvolt and Copen, who race to the city to stop him, battling each other in the process. Tenjian uses his Septima to freeze parts of the hotel and slow them down. The fights with both characters differ slightly:
Gunvolt route ver.
Tenjian congratulates Gunvolt for making his way to him, saying his reputation is earned. During the battle, Tenjian asks Gunvolt why he cut ties with QUILL only to fight his own kind. Gunvolt replies that they are all humans, Septima or not.
Tenjian tells Gunvolt of his past, using it as an example of how humans and Adepts can never coexist. Gunvolt counters by citing his friendship with Quinn, a human who was willing to give him shelter despite him being an Adept, forcing Tenjian to admit that there may be humans who share her kindness, but he considers them so few that they can be ignored. Realizing that Tenjian, like Copen, is too stubborn to listen to reason, Gunvolt faces Tenjian in battle again and manages to defeat him despite his enhanced powers.
Tenjian's final words are him desperately calling out to his sister Zonda before dying, allowing Gunvolt to claim his Mirror shard.
Copen route ver.
During his fight with Copen, Tenjian exposes his Social Darwinist beliefs and his beliefs that humanity is the source of all suffering. Copen calls him a monster and a godless sinner who has no right to speak of human history nor has any place in humanity.
Tenjian spitefully declares that there is no God in this world. After some more heated words, Copen engages Tenjian and defeats him. Desperately calling his sister Zonda in his death, Tenjian is killed, allowing Copen to gain his Mirror shard and freeing the city from his grasp.
Eden (The Garden 1)
Sometime after his death, a copy of Tenjian is created by Zonda, using her Phantasm Mirror Septima. As Gunvolt and Copen fight their way through the Garden, Tenjian and Zonda monitor their progress, and the G7 leader dispatches Desna and Milas respectively to deal with them.
Savior (The Garden 3)
As Gunvolt and Copen make their way to the heart of the Garden, Tenjian leads the newly copied The Seven as the final line of defence standing between Zonda and her enemies. Like above, the fights with both characters differ slightly.
Gunvolt route ver.
Gunvolt is surprised to see Tenjian alive again, but Tenjian merely replies that he is an illusion crafted by Zonda's Septima with all the powers and memories of the original, also revealing that Zonda is his adoptive sister. Tenjian declares that even in death, he will do all he can to protect Zonda and see her desire for humanity's end come to fruition. Gunvolt sympathizes with Tenjian, saying that he too has people he wishes to protect and declares that he won't be defeated.
Gunvolt manages to defeat Tenjian, but The Frozen Blade has one final, desperate trick up his sleeve: a second Special Skill, Seven Slashes. Putting his all into this attack, he encases Gunvolt in a large snowflake and slashes it seven times, the seventh strike shattering the snowflake and killing Gunvolt. Having exhausted all his power, Tenjian dies instantly. However, a few seconds later Gunvolt is revived by Joule's Anthem, ultimately rendering his sacrifice worthless as Gunvolt goes deeper into The Garden.
Copen route ver.
Copen is surprised to see Tenjian alive again, but Tenjian merely replies that he is an illusion crafted by Zonda's Septima with all the powers and memories of the original. Disgusted, Copen calls him an abomination whose existence is a crime against life itself.
Tenjian points out Copen's hypocrisy in using Septima, a power he reviles, to save his sister and declares that he will do what he must for his sister Zonda. Copen proceeds to mock Tenjian's sibling bond, calling it false and the two lock horns once more, Copen managing to defeat Tenjian again.
Later, during her final fight with Copen, Zonda uses her Eden's Presence Special Skill to summon illusions of the Seven to aide her, Tenjian being one of them.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
Decades after his death, a phantom of Tenjian based on Gunvolt's memories of him is conjured by Serpentine and paired with a phantom of Fake Zonda. The two are fought and destroyed in Karma (Sunrise Palace 2).
Other Appearances
Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Tenjian makes a cameo as collectible pixel sticker #42 in Mighty Gunvolt Burst. Some of Brandish's attacks resemble ones used by Tenjian, and the Highway stage has platforms early on that routinely appear and disappear, similar to in Frozen City. Coinciding with this, Tenjian's pixel sticker is a stage completion reward.
Powers and Abilities
As a human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave and the leader of The Seven, Tenjian is one of the most powerful Adepts in Eden, possibly second only to Zonda. Tenjian wields Permafrost (
The ice he generates has proven to be incredibly hard, serving as an effective prison for even those like Gunvolt and Copen, though both eventually broke out. However, his ice is very vulnerable to Copen's Prism Break, which can easily shatter his frosty attacks. Tenjian is able to shape the ice he creates into multiple different shapes, most notably swords, showing his prowess in swordsmanship.
The blades of these swords are said to be frozen at temperatures below Absolute Zero, draining heat on contact to a degree that overcomes what's possible in standard thermodynamics. Anything Tenjian touches with these blades freezes and become brittle. Tenjian focuses the effects of his Septima through his blades to compensate for the hard-to-handle effect radius it exhibits normally.
When he gains the power of The Muse, Tenjian's power increases to the point where he is able to encase an entire city in ice. He shows the ability to spontaneously freeze areas far away from his location, and can even alter them to a degree by adding things like ice spikes. He is also able to manipulate the hotel's security system in his stage, though it's unknown if this is through Septima or more mundane means.
In his Armed form, along with his ice-controlling techniques being advanced to impressive levels, he also shows the ability to utilize cold air. He can propel himself forward with it to achieve flight, and can use it to instantly freeze his opponents, as seen in his Frigid Blossom Special Skill. His true Special Skill, Seven Slashes however, pushes his power to its utmost limits, enabling him to freeze solid concepts like space, time and souls. The resulting attack is a guaranteed kill. However, this attack is so extreme that it freezes Tenjian himself to death, making it a desperate last resort.[7]
The scripted nature of the gameplay scenario in which Gunvolt fails to dodge Seven Slashes may imply that it is the canonical version of events, and hence Tenjian (or rather, his copy) was able to actually defeat Gunvolt at the cost of his own life, and would have killed him if not for Joule's Anthem.
Boss Battle Skills
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影氷斬[8] |
A short-ranged attack from a straight blade. The slash becomes an ice wall that remains on the field. The ice wall can only be broken with repeated shooting. He will follow up this attack with a back step and dashing thrust.
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円月輪[8] |
A long-ranged attack from two chakrams. Their circling and special orbits will confuse the player. They also block bullets/tags. He can follow up this attack by leaping at your position to slash.
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凍烈断[8] |
Tenjian performs a dash at you before jumping diagonally off-screen. The attack also generates ice spikes with contact-damage. Can be destroyed with shooting or Flashfield.
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Tenjian’s septima, which he uses at the start of his second phase to freeze the floor. Be careful: the frozen floor will be slippery.
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Ice Flower Snow Cut (Apple Severance)* |
Tenjian’s Special Skill: After taking a few seconds to gather frosty air, he flies upwards off-screen. From there, he marks an area (~1/5th of the screen in your general area) for a second or so before flash-freezing it. Should you be caught in this area, you will be trapped in a giant snowflake, which he cleaves in one slash for massive damage. He will attempt to freeze you 4 times. Even if you dodge all the freezes, he will still try to get a diving slash in on you. Getting caught by this attack will short out Gunvolt's EP/empty Copen's Bullits, so Prevasion can't save you here. |
Silk Snow Plough (Rakshasa Seven Stars)* |
Tenjian's true Special Skill, used only by his mirror copy against Gunvolt. The skill begins when his health drops to 0, and it is impossible to prevent it from starting. He gathers energy and flies up similar to how Frigid Blossom starts, but this one works a bit differently. The freezing pattern has been changed, and the first 3 freezes generate ice pillars to stifle your movements. Getting caught in any of these initiates an unavoidable attack where GV is slashed multiple times before Tenjian unleashes one final slash downwards, instantly defeating Gunvolt regardless of how much HP he has left. Joule's Anthem is guaranteed to be triggered and revive Gunvolt, unless the mute pendant is equipped.
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Frigid Blossom:
- While the Kanji 氷華雪断 means Snow Flower Ice Cut, the furigina ひょうかせつだん can also be read as Apple Severance, which is likely a reference to Tenjian's past and his Snow White basis.
Seven Slashes:
- 七星, Seven Stars, stems from the East Asian name of the Big Dipper aka the Plough. Another name for it in Japanese is Seven Sword Stars (七剣星).
- While the Kanji 羅雪 means Silk Snow, the furigana (らせつ, Rasetsu) means Rakshasa, a man-eating supernatural being from Hindu mythology.
Boss Battle Voices
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
| Event | Translated | Romaji | Japanese |
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| Shadow Ice Cut | Ha! There! Ha! | Haa! Seii! Haa! | はっ！ せいっ！ はっ！ |
| Circular Moon Ring | Ha! Gotcha! | Haa! Soko daa! | はっ！ そこだっ！ |
| Extreme Frpzem Slash | Get ready! Hah! Two halves, one slash! Hmph! Go! | Mairu! Haaa! Ittou ryoudan! Funn! Yuke! |
まいる！ はぁっ！一刀両断！ ふんっ！ ゆけ！ |
| All Freeze | Turn all to ice... All Freeze! | Itetsuke… Ouru furiizu! | 凍てつけ… オールフリーズ！ |
| Frigid Blossom | I take it you're ready for this? Frigid Blossom! Hah... This is what cool-headed looks like... There! (Caught) This is it... Slash! |
Kakugo wa ii ka? Hyōka Setsudan!! Haa… Shin no reitetsu… Seaa! (Caught) Owari da… Issen! |
覚悟はいいか？ はぁぁ… 真の冷徹… せあぁ！ (Caught) 終わりだ… 一閃！ |
| Seven Slashes | I can't... fall...now...! I bet my life on this... Seven Slashes! Hah... If I have to die, you're going down with me... There! (Caught) I'll bring you along to my grave... It's, all, or, nothing...! Now, break and scatter! ...!? |
Yabureru wake ni wa... ikanai...! Kono inochi wo toshite… Rasetsu Shichisei! Haaa… Shinaba morotomo… Seaaa! (Caught) Omae wo tsureteiku… Kenkon itteki…! Kudake chiree!! Guoo! |
敗れるわけにはいかない...！この命を賭して… はぁぁ… 死なばもろとも… せあぁ！ (Caught) お前を連れていく…乾坤一擲…！ 砕け散れぇ！！ ぅぐあっ！？ |
| 1st Phase Down | What...!? | Nanii!? | 何っ！？ |
| 2nd Phase Down | What... power... | Kono… chikara wa… | この…力は… |
| Defeated | ...!? Ugh... Zon... daaaa...!! | Uguaa!? Uuu...!? Pan… teeraaaa!! | ぅぐあっ！？ うぅっ… パン…テーラぁぁあ！！ |
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 (with Fake Zonda)
Japanese
| Event |
Translated |
Romaji |
Japanese |
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| Doppler Desire + Shadow Ice Cut |
Zonda: My mirror images! Tenjian: First slash! Ha! |
Waga kyouzou! Ittou! Haa! |
我が鏡像！ 一刀！はっ！ |
| Orb Valley + Circular Moon Loop |
Zonda: I'm over here! Tenjian: Ha! |
Koko dayo! Haa! |
ここだよ！ はっ！ |
| Extreme Frozen Slash |
Zonda: Ideal of love! Tenjian: Gotcha! |
Ai no risou! Soko daa! |
愛の理想！ そこだっ！ |
| Wonder-Ice Prison |
Tenjian: Zonda! Zonda: Let's go! Brother! |
Panteera! Iku yo! Aniue! |
パンテーラ！ いくよ！兄上！ |
| 1st Phase Down |
Tenjian: What is this power...? Zonda: I can feel the love! |
Kono chikara wa...? Ai wo kanjiru yo! |
この力は…？ 愛を感じるよ！ |
| 2nd Phase Down |
Tenjian: Eden is... imperishable! Zonda: Anguish too... is love! |
Eden wa... horobinai! Kurushimi wa... ai da! |
エデンは…滅びない！ 苦しみは…愛だ！ |
English
| Event |
Voice |
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| Zonda: In my image! Tenjian: One! Hah! | |
| Zonda: Here I am! Tenjian: Hyah! | |
| Zonda: The rhythm of love! Tenjian: You're open! | |
| Tenjian: Zonda! Zonda: Together, my brother! | |
| Tenjian: This power...! Zonda: I can feel your love! | |
| Tenjian: Eden will never die...! Zonda: To suffer... is to love! |
Special Skill Chants
Frigid Blossom:
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English
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Japanese
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Korean (with Eng tl)
Strike down cold petals
On a plain of perfect white
With this frosted blade
FRIGID BLOSSOM
白闇に舞う冷氷花弁
地に墮つる間もなく斬り捌く
絶対零度 一刀両断
Frozen icy petals which dance in the white darkness
They fall into the ground and are quickly cut loose
Absolute zero: Be cut in half
ICE FLOWER SNOW CUT (APPLE SEVERANCE)
하얀 어둠 속 흩날리는 얼음 꽃잎,
땅에 떨어질 틈도 없이 베어 버리는
절대 영도 일도양단
빙화절단
In the white darkness, the frigid blossoms dance.
They will be sliced away before they can ever reach the ground.
By the Absolute Zero, Everything will be cut in half!
FRIGID BLOSSOM SLICE
Seven Slashes:
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English
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Japanese
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English fan translation
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Korean (with Eng tl)
In the wintry night
Seven blades trace seven paths
To fight Spring's cruel thaw
SEVEN SLASHES
極寒の空に瞬くアルコル
七刃が描く斬撃の軌跡
雪溶けの後に残る者は無し
Alcor that twinkles in the freezing skies…
The slashes’ trajectory drawn by the seven blades…
No – one shall remain after the snow melts…
SILK SNOW PLOUGH (RAKSHASA SEVEN STARS)
극한의 하늘에 반짝이는 알코르.
일곱 칼날이 그리는 참격의 궤적.
눈이 녹으면 그 자리에는 아무도 남지 않으리.
나설칠성
In the frozen skies, the Alcor shines bright.
With the seven blades drawing the slashes’ trajectory,
none shall remain after the snow thaws!
SILK SNOW PLOUGH
Wonder-Ice Prison:
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English
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Japanese
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English fan translation
As white night flickers in and out of love
A sinner gazes up to the northern lights
Passions frozen in a crystal cell
WONDER-ICE PRISON
白夜に揺蕩う愛情模様
咎人は極光を仰ぎ
氷愛の檻に囚われん
A love conjecture flickering in the midnight sun
The sinners revere the aurora borealis
Be trapped in a cage of frozen love
WONDER ICE PRISON
Quotes
"The power of The Muse... We're close now."
—Tenjian, observing Gunvolt
"Two birds? One stone? Excellent. Now freeze, little birds!"
—Tenjian, about to freeze Gunvolt and Copen
"We have her! We trapped The Muse is mirror shards, Zonda. Now, when are you going to abandon that ridiculous disguise?"
—Tenjian, having captured The Muse
"Despite our abilities, Adepts are hounded by our inferiors. Eden is a new land where we Adepts can live in peace."
—Tenjian, explaining Eden
"Enough, Zonda. We need to get you out of here. I have the shards, so if you'd be so kind as to... move along?"
—Tenjian, urging Zonda to leave
"Still fighting? Hmm. That's the Azure Striker for you. It seems it's time to take this Glaive for a little test run..."
—Tenjian, about to face Gunvolt
"Your reputation is earned, Adept. I'm pleased you were able to make it this far."
—Tenjian, facing Gunvolt again
"I've prepared since our last fight... Now... En garde!"
—Tenjian, after his transformation
"In my land, Adepts were hunted from birth. My parents abandoned me to wander the streets alone. When I finally collapsed from hunger, a human gave me food. The food was poisoned! ...I barely survived. It was then I realized our two kinds cannot know peace."
—Tenjian, explaining his backstory
"Nothing so crude I fear. I am Tenjian... And yet I am not. I am an illusion made with Tenjian's powers and memories. A replica made by my sister Zonda's septima, Phantasm Mirror. Now I will defeat you so we can create our perfect world."
—Tenjian, on his resurrection
"Indeed. Well, not by blood. But that's a small matter. We are orphans who suffered and grew as one. We are family! Thus I am able to stand before you even in death. She desires humanity's end, and I will see it done! Come! Offer up your life as sacrifice to our cause!"
—Tenjian, explaining his bond with Zonda to Gunvolt
"Just the arrogance I expected from one so utterly weak. You and your kind are the reason for all suffering!"
—Tenjian, facing Copen
"You humans have abused Adepts for the last time! You fear what you cannot comprehend. It sickens me! Those with superior power have the right to rule. That is the only truth of this world. Do you not see it? Look at humanity's history! The strong cull the weak as Eden does now. "
—Tenjian, showing his beliefs
"Yet you use Septima, a power you revile, to save your sister! This form may be fake, but I also do what I must for my sister. You have stood against my sister Zonda for the last time!"
—Tenjian, facing Copen a second time
"Not but blood. But we were raised together. We had no real family, and so made our own. No matter how empty my life, I will give it for my sister!"
—Tenjian, explaining his bond with Zonda to Copen
Designer Comments
Source: Armed Blue: Gunvolt Complete Works
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English fan translation
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Japanese
When I first thought of using fairy tales as motifs, the first draft I drew was the Snow White draft; and when you think Snow White, you think the seven dwarves. I used the swords to link the number seven into his design. I also put remarking puffed sleeves slits on his armor. At first, I considered adding more elements from the fairy tales, but they were ditched the more I worked on his design. In the end I was left with the nobleman-like portions, such as a high collar and a *haut-de-chausses, and I chose *shotel swords to go along with his shoulder slits. But as a result, he became something like a swordsman who is versed in many types of styles, excellent!
--Munehiro Araki
* Haut-de-chausses are short, puffy pants that stop above the knee. Shotel swords are a type of sword with a rounded blade, closer resembling a sickle.
童話モチーフはどうかな？と考えて一番最初に描いたのは白雪姫の案でした。
白雪姫といえば７人の小人なので、７にちなんだものとして剣を、それと印象的なパフスリーブのスリットの意匠をアーマーのデザインに入れました。
当初はしろ雪姫の物語の要素も入れようと考えていましたが、デザインを詰めていく段階で少しづつ消えて、最終的には高い襟やオードショースといった貴族っぽい部分が残っています。
ショーテルは特徴的な肩のスリットに沿わせたいだけの理由で選びましたが、副産物としていろいろな剣を使える達人ぽくなりました。やったぜ！
-- 荒木宗弘
Musical Themes
| Title | Context | Composer | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Frozen Swords Madly Dance in the Snow 凍剣六花乱れ舞う |
Frozen City stage theme, Gunvolt version | Ippo Yamada | |
| Frozen Sword and Madly Blooming Snow 凍剣六花狂い咲く |
Copen version | Ippo Yamada |
The theme's melody is intended to express Tenjian's "level and calm as well as the strongest" traits.[9]
Trivia
- As part of the Eden top members being based on classical fairy tales, Tenjian's motif is Snow White. He also has some allusions to The Snow Queen (specifically, the shattering mirror).
- As a callback to earlier story drafts, The Seven are all named after missiles.[10] Tenjian is presumably named after the Tien Chien (天剑), a Taiwanese missile system series, which translates to Sky Sword.
- Tenjian is the first boss to have more than one special skill in the same fight.
- Tenjian is the only member of The Seven to have the exact same role in both Gunvolt and Copen's storylines. All of the others are first fought in a stage of their own in one storyline, and first fought in The Garden in the other storyline.
- Prior to Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, Tenjian was the only boss whose stage had alternate music tracks depending on the playable character used.
- Tenjian has the most screen time out of all The Seven, appearing in five different stages (unlike the rest who appear in one or two, depending on the storyline).
- Tenjian is seen cosplaying as a Chinese Zombie (jiangshi) in the Halloween Artwork, referencing his nationality.
- Although Tenjian can make things go below absolute zero, it is impossible to go below absolute zero in real life, as absolute zero is the complete absence of heat.
- Tenjian is similar to Jota in that they are both ideologically dedicated swordsmen who are the "leaders" of their respective groups of main bosses. (Jota is never described as the Sumeragi bosses' leader in the story, but his character designer Yoshitaka Hatakeyama envisioned him as such.[11])
- Tenjian is similar to Blade in the first Luminous Avenger iX game in that they are both blue-armored swordsmen who occupy second-in-command positions in their respective organizations. They also each have a younger sister who is a major character, though Tenjian's sister is the leader of his organization while Blade's is an enemy of it.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 3DS Striker Pack limited edition height chart
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Tenjian's profile
- ↑ English site profile
- ↑ Japanese site profile
- ↑ Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Ghauri's profile
- ↑ Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Seven Swords section
- ↑ Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Seven Slashes section
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 4gamer.net article about Tenjian, Desna, and Milas
- ↑ Gunvolt 2 OST, sound designer Ryo Kawakami's comment
- ↑ Gunvolt Official Complete Works staff interview
- ↑ Official designer comments on Jota
