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Acedia
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Other names

Benedictus of the Bookshelf

Born

May 13, 1945

Died

October 12, 2009

Gender

Male

Eyes

Red

Affiliation

Index
Black Knights

Occupation

Index Apostle

Seiyuu

Yoshiya Naruke

Acedia (アケディア Akedia) is a Black Knight and an antagonist of Sin, Damnation and the Atonement Girl.

Personality[]

Acedia contains two people within himself, who are siblings. Aside from Superbia, Acedia seems to be the only one who is completely loyal to Avaritia without questions. He is a little arrogant, however, as he is the very first version of Index's ultimate weapon. Not much information is given about his personality, but it's shown he is very calculative in battle, he is one of the most cruel towards the Fragments amongst all the Black Knights, and he isn't zealous in his mission, unlike Ira. On the other hand, he isn't shown to have any particular affection or comradeship toward his comrades, though he shows care toward his sister. In the anime, he developed an obsession toward Kakeru, as he wanted to see the power of his eye. His sister never talks in the story directly and her own personality isn't really shown, but in the anime, as her brother died first and she ran away, she is showed being the least dangerous Black Knight, as she has been easily killed by Shiori.

Plot[]

Past Life[]

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Benedictus and Scholastica

Acedia is not composed of one, but of two humans combining their magical power together. They are Benedictus of the Bookshelf (書架のベネディクトゥス Shokan no Benedikkutusu) and Scholastica of the Bookshelf (書架のスコラスティカ Shokan no Sukorasutika). The two used to live in Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus range. Benedictus' real body was only his head, as everything from the neck and below were replaced with an artificial body, called Batraz, to amplify high speed chanting and the power of his attack spells. Scholastica's body was completely discarded and her psyche was transferred inside the red orb in front of Benedictus's chest, called Dzerassæ, which also stored all of his relics and spell books. Due to not having a humanoid body, Scholastica's "body" is actually a hologram projection and couldn't talk. Due to her link with Benedictus, she can communicate telepathically with him. However, for other people, she couldn't do more than use bodily gestures to communicate with them. As Index's research in artificial bodies progressed, both of them often used a giant artificial body for combat situation, called Uastyrdji.

Later in 1945, they came with Georgius of the Rainbow as his subordinates to Ayamegaoka to defeat the witch Lieselotte. Despite his magical abilities, the gap of power between Benedictus and Lieselotte was clearly too great and he was killed. After Georgius managed to defeat Lieselotte by splitting her power into different dimensions, Misao Kusakabe used her shikigami to bind the souls of the Punishment Squad to the Larvas in the area, forming the Black Knights. The souls of Benedictus and Scholastica were bound together to form Acedia, who would then spend his life to defend the crystal which was holding Lieselotte (now as Lisette) imprisoned.

Fragments[]

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Acedia using in his defensive formation

In 2009, the Fragments of Lieselotte were gathered in the Red Night and the Black Knights decided to destroy them. After Gula was killed and Ira was incapacitated, he and Invidia were dispatched to attack the Fragments from two directions, making a surprise attack. Unfortunately, he was the only one that arrived at the designated point, as Invidia was stopped by Shiori. Even without support, his abilities as the ultimate weapon of Index gave him some advantages. However, he was up against all the Fragments (with the exception of Shiori who was secretly defending the bridge) simultaneously. Therefore, he was defeated by their combined efforts.

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Acedia without his sister as a support

During the battle, while the others distracted him, Misuzu used her most powerful weapon, the cursed sword Doujigiri Yasutsuna, to slice his head in half. He did not die, however; the one that Misuzu killed was his sister Scholastica instead. In rage and sadness, Acedia swore revenge the next time they meet and teleported away. Unfortunately for him, Shiori was still at the bridge and he encountered her on his way back to the crystal. He tried to attack but to no avail, as his magical capabilities were halved by losing his sister. Shiori then revealed that she was "Ursula of the Bookshelf", the completed version of Index's ultimate weapon, who held 5000 magical books within her body as her energy source, which was obviously far more than Acedia's 8 scrolls. Acedia realized that she was also from his family line and was shocked. Shiori then killed him without holding back.

Anime[]

Acedia appeared with the others in the Crystal Palace during the second episode, but before they could attack the Fragments, the Red Night ended.

He made his first main appearance during episode 6, after Ira's defeat. When the Red Night appeared again, Avaritia sent him to battle the Fragments. When Superbia told him to not let his guard down, he responded that he wasn't like Ira. Later, he confronted the Fragments while they were searching for Yuka (except Takahisa). Misuzu asked him why they attacked them, and argued they didn't have a reason to kill them, but Acedia responded that the reason was their existence was a sin in itself. Misuzu mocked him, but Acedia answered that they must been killed for the future. Afterward, he attacked Misuzu, before threatening Kakeru whom he wanted to see the power of, but Kakeru couldn't use it. Disappointed, Acedia was about to kill him but Kukuri intervened and stabbed him from behind, before cutting his head off. However, one part of his head managed to escape away which was Scholastica.

In the episode 7, his sister survived to go for another mission but met an unknown enemy (who was actually Shiori) who killed her.

In the episode 9, Superbia used fake versions of Black Knights due to her shikigamis, including Acedia. However, Kakeru defeated them.

Powers & Abilities[]

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Acedia releasing all of his power

Acedia acts as the "mage" of the Black Knights. His proficiency in magic enables him to excel at both defense and offense. He cannot defend himself from attacks from more than two directions, however.

As the prototype ultimate weapon of Index, he carries a total number of 8 scrolls as part of his body. Normally, he uses two of them to support him. In a situation where he has to go all out, all of the scrolls can be used, allowing him to perform more devastating spells.

Relationships[]

Scholastica of the Bookshelf: Scholastica is the less dominating part of Acedia, as Benedictus controls most of the actions. As Acedia, she is mute and cannot speak to anyone but her own brother through telepathy. Benedictus often talks for her.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Ironically, even though Acedia is a supposedly mage of the Black Knights, other Black Knights are also magi or sorcery users.
  • Scholastica's disability to talk to others aside Benedictus makes her Kukuri "mute-girl"'s replacement in Resona Forma.
  • His name "Acedia" means "Sloth" in Latin.
  • In the game, Scholastica's form isn't shown, given that she dies first, slain by Misuzu. However, in the anime, she has her own individual form, which looks like the doll version of a young girl with blond pigtails.
  • In the Black Knights's fancomic, it's Scholastica who speaks instead of her brother, the latter rarely speaks. She is said to be very talkative and have a horrible voice.
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