Eighty percent of her Spirit Origin consists of a mad nymph. Fifteen percent of it is a black box derived from the void. Only five percent of her Spirit Orig... [Read more]
Japanese: Karin Takahashi
Eighty percent of her Spirit Origin consists of a mad nymph.
Fifteen percent of it is a black box derived from the void.
Only five percent of her Spirit Origin is made up of the memories and artistic talents of the artist known as Van Gogh.
She is a patchwork Heroic Spirit who was created by the Outer Gods.
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Her True Name is Clytie van Gogh. Clytie is a water nymph of Greek mythology, and one of the Oceanids, born to Okeanos and Tethys. She was Apollo's lover, but was driven mad with jealousy when his affections turned to Leucothoe, the daughter of the Persian king Orchamus, and Clytie's schemes of defamation led to Leucothoe's demise. However, Clytie failed to win back Apollo's love, and she was left to stare longingly at the sun, eventually transforming into a solitary flower.
Van Gogh's personality and body are mainly Clytie's. This is why her appearance mixes flowers and jellyfish as she undergoes Ascension, as well as why she dresses like she's in mourning in her second Ascension, which reflects the deep sadness and regret she constantly experiences. Her low self-esteem and flirtatious smile are likely due to her self-loathing after her own foolish actions cost her everything she loved. Perhaps she is so insistent that she is Van Gogh out of a desire to hide from the parts of her that are not Van Gogh.
As a patchwork being made up of many things, Van Gogh constantly endures an unending identity crisis. This anxiety soon drove her mad, changing her own Spirit Origin into an evil god of flowers that has the potential to single-handedly initiate a crisis which may lead to the end of humanity. Before that happens...can you give her a stable sense of self? Her Master's burden is a heavy one.
...Yet this surprisingly stubborn and cunning being is what the Servant Clytie van Gogh is all about. Masters who go on many adventures with her and learn to understand her troubling personality, her craftiness, her iron will, her strong sense of duty, and faithful camaraderie may eventually form a bond with her and guide her as a loyal and dependable advisor, thereby preventing her fall to madness.
- I'm Clytie! And I'm Van Gogh! I'm Clytie van Gogh!!! I can't give up being Van Gogh! And I can't deny being Clytie, either! I know I'm a strange, bizarre, and creepy Servant, but, even so...If you say I really can go by that name, then...Ehehe! I'd be so happy if you saved me!
(Imaginary Scramble)
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