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Vita, designated the Knight of the Iron Hammer and Crimson Iron Rider, belongs to the Wolkenritter—artificial constructs forged by the sentient artifact, the Book of Darkness. Her form mimics an 8-year-old girl with red hair in twin queues, though centuries of service as the Book's guardian define her true age. She wields the intelligent device Graf Eisen, a hammer altering size and form for combat, embodying her Belkan magic heritage and evoking mythological parallels like Thor.
During the condensed events of *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's* (retelling the Book of Darkness incident), Vita hunts potent Linker Cores to fill the Book's pages. Targeting Nanoha Takamachi as a high-value source, she expends two cartridges in their initial clash, severely damaging the Raising Heart device. Fate Testarossa's intervention escalates the conflict into a broader battle with the Wolkenritter. In this adaptation, Vita and Signum absorb both Nanoha and Fate's Linker Cores simultaneously, bypassing separate interdimensional fights. This attack also destroys Raising Heart and Bardiche, while Shamal and Zafira absorb Arf’s Linker Core.
Driven by unwavering loyalty to her wheelchair-bound master, Hayate Yagami, Vita pursues this mission believing it will halt the Book's consumption of Hayate's life force, unaware completion will kill her. Vita senses the mission's inherent flaw first among her peers but persists out of devotion. The climax unfolds at a hospital on Christmas Eve. Streamlined by the absence of Graham and the Liese twins, the Book of Darkness’s Defense Program manipulates events, framing Nanoha and Fate for the knights' apparent deaths. Witnessing this, Hayate succumbs to despair, allowing the Program to possess her. Vita and the knights are temporarily absorbed into the Book before aiding Hayate in defeating the Program. This battle marks a turning point where Vita begrudgingly acknowledges Nanoha as an equal.
Post-incident, Vita joins the Time-Space Administration Bureau (TSAB) in May 0066 as a Special Investigator Assistant. She later serves as a Tactics Teacher and Sub-Commander in Riot Force 6 under Nanoha and Hayate. During a late 0067 training exercise, she observes Nanoha’s physical decline but fails to intervene, resulting in Nanoha's severe injury by a Gadget Drone—an event haunting Vita with lingering guilt. By 0071, she relocates from Earth to Midchilda with the Yagami family, occasionally using transformation magic to appear older and maintain relationships with elderly human friends.
In *StrikerS*, a decade later, Vita holds the rank of 3rd Air Captain. Battling Jail Scaglietti’s forces, she unites with Reinforce II but suffers defeat when her opponent triggers a reckless Full Drive, shattering Graf Eisen. Later, assaulting the Saint’s Cradle, trauma resurfaces: she aggressively destroys Gadget Drones linked to Nanoha’s past injury. Impaled during the fight, she breaks Graf Eisen in a desperate attempt to destroy the Cradle’s engine. Falling, she apologizes to her comrades, though Hayate reassures her no weapon is beyond her capability. Following Riot Force 6’s dissolution, Vita accepts a role alongside Nanoha in the Aerial Tactical Instructor Corps.
Subsequent media like *ViVid* primarily depict Vita in domestic settings with the Yagami family or at Intermiddle Championship events. A special chapter, *Memory;ex*, explores her past as a Wolkenritter and connections to ancient Belkan emperors, though detailed narrative content remains sparse.
During the condensed events of *Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's* (retelling the Book of Darkness incident), Vita hunts potent Linker Cores to fill the Book's pages. Targeting Nanoha Takamachi as a high-value source, she expends two cartridges in their initial clash, severely damaging the Raising Heart device. Fate Testarossa's intervention escalates the conflict into a broader battle with the Wolkenritter. In this adaptation, Vita and Signum absorb both Nanoha and Fate's Linker Cores simultaneously, bypassing separate interdimensional fights. This attack also destroys Raising Heart and Bardiche, while Shamal and Zafira absorb Arf’s Linker Core.
Driven by unwavering loyalty to her wheelchair-bound master, Hayate Yagami, Vita pursues this mission believing it will halt the Book's consumption of Hayate's life force, unaware completion will kill her. Vita senses the mission's inherent flaw first among her peers but persists out of devotion. The climax unfolds at a hospital on Christmas Eve. Streamlined by the absence of Graham and the Liese twins, the Book of Darkness’s Defense Program manipulates events, framing Nanoha and Fate for the knights' apparent deaths. Witnessing this, Hayate succumbs to despair, allowing the Program to possess her. Vita and the knights are temporarily absorbed into the Book before aiding Hayate in defeating the Program. This battle marks a turning point where Vita begrudgingly acknowledges Nanoha as an equal.
Post-incident, Vita joins the Time-Space Administration Bureau (TSAB) in May 0066 as a Special Investigator Assistant. She later serves as a Tactics Teacher and Sub-Commander in Riot Force 6 under Nanoha and Hayate. During a late 0067 training exercise, she observes Nanoha’s physical decline but fails to intervene, resulting in Nanoha's severe injury by a Gadget Drone—an event haunting Vita with lingering guilt. By 0071, she relocates from Earth to Midchilda with the Yagami family, occasionally using transformation magic to appear older and maintain relationships with elderly human friends.
In *StrikerS*, a decade later, Vita holds the rank of 3rd Air Captain. Battling Jail Scaglietti’s forces, she unites with Reinforce II but suffers defeat when her opponent triggers a reckless Full Drive, shattering Graf Eisen. Later, assaulting the Saint’s Cradle, trauma resurfaces: she aggressively destroys Gadget Drones linked to Nanoha’s past injury. Impaled during the fight, she breaks Graf Eisen in a desperate attempt to destroy the Cradle’s engine. Falling, she apologizes to her comrades, though Hayate reassures her no weapon is beyond her capability. Following Riot Force 6’s dissolution, Vita accepts a role alongside Nanoha in the Aerial Tactical Instructor Corps.
Subsequent media like *ViVid* primarily depict Vita in domestic settings with the Yagami family or at Intermiddle Championship events. A special chapter, *Memory;ex*, explores her past as a Wolkenritter and connections to ancient Belkan emperors, though detailed narrative content remains sparse.