OVA
Description
Sylvia von Phoenix holds the position of first princess and eldest daughter in a Royal Family of phoenix beings locked in a deadly competition for the throne. Her species grants inherent abilities of resurrection and immortality.
Physically, Sylvia displays her family's traits: blonde hair, scarlet eyes with slit pupils, and a consistent preference for white Gothic attire. She wears a tiara and gauntlets, with her dress evolving from puffed sleeves in youth to sleeveless in adulthood. Her appearance includes a notably large bust size, humorously compared to another character's.
Sylvia cultivates an initial facade of gentleness and kindness. Her true nature, however, is manipulative, cunning, and treacherous. She excels at deception, using pawns strategically and employing underhanded tactics without hesitation, extending to cruelty and sadism against siblings. Pride and calculation define her usual conduct, masking ruthlessness.
Her history includes a once-close relationship with her younger sister, Lillianne (Hime). Sylvia taught Hime skills like piano but also subjected her to harmful pranks, such as magical entrapment. Though she gave Hime her nickname, Sylvia displayed superiority, dismissing her sister's creative efforts. This relationship shattered completely after the throne war declaration, replaced by mutual hostility and caution.
Sylvia actively participates in the royal succession conflict, eliminating siblings like Duken as obstacles. In one timeline, she becomes dominant, defeating all but Sherwood. When Hime arrives in this future, Sylvia duels her, expressing sadistic pleasure at the prospect of killing her, an event interrupted by Hiro's intervention.
Her tactics involve exploiting resurrection: she raised her murdered brother Emile as a blood servant to utilize his telekinetic prowess. Upon adulthood, she absorbed another brother, Fuhito, into her consciousness to augment her power. She then forcibly drew Hime and Hiro into a mental battlefield for a final confrontation. During this psychic clash, Sylvia attempted to obliterate Hime using her phoenix powers, prompting Hime to activate her own, resulting in mutual cancellation.
This outcome rendered both Sylvia and Hime powerless and stripped of royal status, allowing Sherwood to claim the throne by default. Deprived of her abilities, Sylvia was later observed living an ordinary life, frequenting a roadside cafe alongside Fuhito.
Her relationships are defined by opportunism and distrust. She abandoned loyal servants like the android Francette and the combatant Mikasa upon reaching adulthood. She manipulates others, turning the vampire Kiniski into a blood servant by exploiting his dependence on her blood. While she respected Emile's power as a formidable opponent while alive, she utilized his corpse for her gain. She harbors no loyalty towards Sherwood, targeting her without hesitation. Sylvia also demonstrates a recurring interest in Hiro, potentially to inflict emotional distress on Hime.
As a royal phoenix, Sylvia's abilities encompass resurrection of the dead through her blood, casting curses, wielding magic via tomes, and proficient swordsmanship. Her most significant power is consciousness manipulation and absorption, enabling her to subjugate individuals like Fuhito within her mind and create psychic battlegrounds.
She appears in the manga's core narrative and the third OVA, but not in the primary television anime adaptation. Her story arc concludes with her loss of royal status and transition to a mundane existence.
Physically, Sylvia displays her family's traits: blonde hair, scarlet eyes with slit pupils, and a consistent preference for white Gothic attire. She wears a tiara and gauntlets, with her dress evolving from puffed sleeves in youth to sleeveless in adulthood. Her appearance includes a notably large bust size, humorously compared to another character's.
Sylvia cultivates an initial facade of gentleness and kindness. Her true nature, however, is manipulative, cunning, and treacherous. She excels at deception, using pawns strategically and employing underhanded tactics without hesitation, extending to cruelty and sadism against siblings. Pride and calculation define her usual conduct, masking ruthlessness.
Her history includes a once-close relationship with her younger sister, Lillianne (Hime). Sylvia taught Hime skills like piano but also subjected her to harmful pranks, such as magical entrapment. Though she gave Hime her nickname, Sylvia displayed superiority, dismissing her sister's creative efforts. This relationship shattered completely after the throne war declaration, replaced by mutual hostility and caution.
Sylvia actively participates in the royal succession conflict, eliminating siblings like Duken as obstacles. In one timeline, she becomes dominant, defeating all but Sherwood. When Hime arrives in this future, Sylvia duels her, expressing sadistic pleasure at the prospect of killing her, an event interrupted by Hiro's intervention.
Her tactics involve exploiting resurrection: she raised her murdered brother Emile as a blood servant to utilize his telekinetic prowess. Upon adulthood, she absorbed another brother, Fuhito, into her consciousness to augment her power. She then forcibly drew Hime and Hiro into a mental battlefield for a final confrontation. During this psychic clash, Sylvia attempted to obliterate Hime using her phoenix powers, prompting Hime to activate her own, resulting in mutual cancellation.
This outcome rendered both Sylvia and Hime powerless and stripped of royal status, allowing Sherwood to claim the throne by default. Deprived of her abilities, Sylvia was later observed living an ordinary life, frequenting a roadside cafe alongside Fuhito.
Her relationships are defined by opportunism and distrust. She abandoned loyal servants like the android Francette and the combatant Mikasa upon reaching adulthood. She manipulates others, turning the vampire Kiniski into a blood servant by exploiting his dependence on her blood. While she respected Emile's power as a formidable opponent while alive, she utilized his corpse for her gain. She harbors no loyalty towards Sherwood, targeting her without hesitation. Sylvia also demonstrates a recurring interest in Hiro, potentially to inflict emotional distress on Hime.
As a royal phoenix, Sylvia's abilities encompass resurrection of the dead through her blood, casting curses, wielding magic via tomes, and proficient swordsmanship. Her most significant power is consciousness manipulation and absorption, enabling her to subjugate individuals like Fuhito within her mind and create psychic battlegrounds.
She appears in the manga's core narrative and the third OVA, but not in the primary television anime adaptation. Her story arc concludes with her loss of royal status and transition to a mundane existence.