| “ | In the end, shrine maidens are two colors. Your power is only twenty-eight-point-five-seven-one-four percent as powerful as mine. | „ |
| ~ Alice Margatroid |
| “ | You're the one causing all the fuss around here, aren't you?! | „ |
| ~ Alice to Yuuka |
Summary
Alice Margatroid is one of only a few people known to live within the Forest of Magic. She's a magician known primarily for her skilful use of dolls as well as being a loner. She gets in many fights with Marisa, but they are somewhat acquaintances, sharing many of the same interests and even teaming up at times.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 2-C, higher with preparation
Name: Alice Margatroid, the Seven-Colored Puppeteer
Origin: Touhou Project
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Youkai Magician
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses (Can recognize non-humans and see through illusions. Youkai can see better than humans in the dark of night[1]), Flight, Magic, Extrasensory Perception (Magic users are sensitive to changes in temperament[2]), Acausality (Types 1 & 4; Unaffected by Keine erasing the human village from history,[3] despite the fact that youkai rely on the continued existence of the human village in order to sustain their own existence.[4] Exists within the Hakurei Barrier,[5] which created a world with a different flow of time[6] and different physical laws.[7] Could act normally within Eientei,[8] which exists outside of time and causality[9][10]), Danmaku, Spirit Manipulation, Limited Creation & Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; The process of creating a spell card requires giving it a 'name' to define its form and power, not unlike how the gods gave 'names' to everything at the beginning of reality to give them form from nothingness, albeit on a much smaller scale[11][12][13]), Power Modification (Spell card users are capable of changing the traits of any attack or ability by naming it, being able to turn ordinarily lethal attacks into nonlethal ones, or severely restricting the potency of an ability by 'gameifying' it[14][15]), Acrobatics, Body Puppetry, Thread Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Forcefield Creation, Summoning, Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Phantoms and Evil Spirits with her regular attacks), Space-Time Manipulation (Caused the eternal night in the Magic Team Scenario of Imperishable Night. All spell card users are shown to possess magic circles, which have the properties of slowing anything within their radius down to a near stop. Via the ability to name their spell cards, spell card users are able to distinguish things within space and time[16]), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation (Capable of using fire and ice magic), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Informs Marisa that Parsee is the stage 2 boss of Subterranean Animism), Invisibility (Can make her dolls invisible by hiding them), Explosion Manipulation (Can make her dolls explode), Vibration Manipulation (All characters in Immaterial and Missing Power are capable of generating shockwaves to push their opponent back), Limited Pain Manipulation (Fujiwara no Mokou, who has adapted to living her life in constant agony,[17] had to give up while fighting her due to the pain caused by her attacks[18]), Longevity (Youkai lifespans are longer than that of humans,[19] and half youkai such as Rinnosuke seemingly do not age at all[20]), Self-Sustenance (Types 2 & 3; Magicians do not need to eat or sleep, though they can do so if they choose), Stealth Mastery (Magicians can steal children and livestock undetected[21]), Minor Telekinesis (Magicians are capable of performing sleight of hand magic[22]), Preparation (A magician can take on any kind if youkai, so long as they have sufficient time to prepare[23]), Age Manipulation (Magicians can restore youth with their magic[24]), Shapeshifting (Upon entering Gensokyo, youkai gained the ability to change their form as they please,[25][26] often choosing to take forms more closely resembling that of humans[27][28]), Intangibility (Youkai can break themselves down into,[29][30] or regenerate from,[31][32][33][34] a sort of black mist. They are also repeatedly shown to form from this mist out of thin air), Incorporeality (Youkai are stated to be unbound from the confines of the material world,[35] and are made of Spirit[36]), Regeneration (Mid-Godly; Youkai are able to recover from bodily destruction, despite being made of Spirit.[37][38] They can also quickly recover from their Spirit being drained or destroyed), Aura, Sense Manipulation, Fear Manipulation (All youkai possess 'youkai energy' that takes the form of an aura.[39] This aura can make one feel pins and needles throughout their body,[40] can make one start to tremble,[41] and is powerful enough to deliver these effects even while sealed away.[42] Successfully inducing fear in a target also allows a youkai to absorb their Spirit[43]), Aura Suppression (Youkai commonly infiltrate the human village without their auras affecting nearby people,[44] and are[45] shown[46][47][48] to be able to[49] mask their auras from[50][51] Kosuzu, who can naturally detect such auras[52]), Empowerment, Resistance Modification (Youkai are empowered by human's belief in the rituals that can be used to combat or exorcise them, using them as a basis to solidify their existence and influence.[53] However, youkai are not bound by this, and can simply choose to be unaffected by such weaknesses on a whim, at the cost of the aforementioned empowerment.[54][55] Youkai are even further empowered by the light of a full moon[56]), possibly Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, and Empathic Manipulation (It's been stated that most youkai can control the world through the mental layer of reality,[57] which moves alongside the spirit and determines the emotions of all living beings. However, it is impossible to know specifically which youkai this applies to)
Resistance to Madness Manipulation (Youkai can resist the effects of the true Moon, which can drive humans insane and kill them if they look at it), Illusion Creation (According to ZUN, youkai are able to see illusions.[58] During the events of Imperishable Night, all youkai noticed the moon was illusory[59]), Biological Manipulation (Youkai lack DNA[60] and brains[61]), Matter Manipulation (Youkai are described as a fluctuation and seem to be composed of different particles[62]), Disease Manipulation (As youkai are beings comprised mostly of spirit, they are unaffected by physical illnesses[63]), Subjective Reality, Transmutation (Youkai were once bound to the imagination of humans, with the myths and stories about them defining their forms and characteristics. However, after moving to Gensokyo, youkai were unbound from this system, and became capable of changing on their own[64]), Power Bestowal, Corruption (Youkai are unaffected by the Hourai elixir, which grants immortality and taints the drinker with impurity[65][66][67]), Fear Manipulation, Sense Manipulation (Youkai are unaffected by the passive auras of other youkai), Extreme Heat (Youkai are not affected by heatstroke[68]), Space-Time Manipulation (Unaffected by the effects of Keine's spell card Reincarnation "Ichijou Returning Bridge", which is stated to reverse time.[69] Unaffected by the magic circles used by other spell card users, which cause things near them to passively slow down to a near stop), Time Stop (Can move inside Eientei unrestricted despite it having a frozen flow of time), Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (Unaffected by being near phantoms, which can passively change the emotions or slowly destroy the minds of anybody they come near[70]), Poison Manipulation, Perception Manipulation, Transformation (Can withstand the effects of the Forest of Magic, which is filled with poisonous spores in the air, contains mushrooms that induce hallucinations in anyone who stands near them, and has the power to change the nature of anything inside it[71][72]), Death Manipulation (Can survive being near Yuyuko, whose mere touch can cause death and who passively causes all living things near her to die[73][74]), and Soul Absorption (Survived Tenshi absorbing the souls of all living things across Gensokyo and various Otherworlds such as the Netherworld), Unconventional Resistance to Necromancy (Youkai do not leave corpses behind when beaten[75])
Additional abilities granted from Player System Cards: Time Stop (with Stopwatch), Soul Manipulation (with Soul Torch and Spell-Breaking Drug), Air Manipulation (with Tengu Fan), Poison Manipulation (with Spell-Breaking Drug), Power Nullification (with Spell-Breaking Drug), Space-Time Manipulation (with Yesterday's Money), Weather Manipulation (with Sword of Scarlet Perception), Healing (with Illness Recovery Charm), Ice Manipulation (with Frozen Frog), Chi Manipulation (with Dragon Star), Radiation Manipulation (with Control Rod), Invulnerability (with Three Heavenly Drops and Divine Raiment of the Dragon Fish), Summoning (with Catfish's Great Earthquake), and Statistics Amplification (with Tengu Fan, Left-Handed Folding Fan, and Control Rod)
Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Should be comparable to Marisa as a rival in magic. Claims to be superior to Reimu. She, alongside Marisa in the Magic Team's extra scenario Imperishable Night, inflicted so much pain onto Mokou with her attacks to where she couldn't fight anymore despite her immortality. Both she and Marisa were stated to be on a similar level to members of the Lunar Capital by Kaguya[76]), higher with preparation
Speed: Infinite (Comparable to Marisa. Flew to the end of of Kaguya's corridor,[77] which is composed of infinitely-linked pieces of the space-time continuum and is repeatedly stated to be infinite and endless[78][79][80][81][82])
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Superior to Cirno)
Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level (Can damage characters such as Reimu and Marisa with her punches and kicks, and even break their barriers)
Durability: Low Multiverse level (Fought Reimu, Marisa, Mima, and Yuuka during the events of PC-98,[83] and would later get into a serious fight with Tenshi[84])
Stamina: Unknown
Range: At least Tens of Meters with Danmaku (Her firing range should be comparable to Sakuya's, who can throw knives at least 36 meters)
Standard Equipment: Her dolls, Goliath Doll
- Dolls: Alice has many, many dolls. They can attack with weapons and magic. They can shield her with shields and barriers. They can sacrifice themselves in the blaze of glory near enemies. And, of course, they can do housework. It seems Alice advanced a little in her task to make a fully autonomous doll since her dolls are partially independent (they obey commands). All of Alice's dolls can fly. The mainstream dolls are Shanghai dolls.
- Grimoire of Alice: The sealed grimoire that Alice carries with her. It's unknown what kind of powers are hidden in it. There is a high chance that it is somehow attached to Alice. It could be the same Grimoire from Mystic Square (or not).
- Optional Equipment: Abilities offered by Player System Cards.
Intelligence: Gifted, genius puppeteer, good at tactics and strategy
Weaknesses: The more dolls Alice fields, the more difficulty she has dodging.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Handling Dolls: Alice's magical specialty is the creation and handling dolls. She can manipulate multiple dolls on the field at once with ease, and her skill is amongst the finest in Gensokyo. She can move her dolls just as humans move. She also prepares much of her dolls as explosives to use in combat by stuffing them with gunpowder or otherwise detonating them through magic.
- "Phantom-Seeing Power": Alice can see through illusions and see the actual forms of other beings easily - she saw the invisible light from the true full moon, saw that Mokou was not truly alive, and saw Keine's pure form as a Were-Hakutaku.
Skill Cards:
- Doll Ambush: Alice's dolls lie in wait around her and attack when commanded, springing out from nowhere to defend their master.
- Doll Archers: A set of dolls with bows fire arrows at Alice's opponent, covering a wide area.
- Doll Arrangement: Alice releases a small set of dolls, which they attack in sequence.
- Doll Cremation: Alice throws a small number of explosive dolls at her opponent.
- Doll Negation: Alice fires dolls, charged with magic, that explodes on contact with her opponent.
- Doll Placement: Alice sets down a doll, which then attacks.
- Ooedo Explosive Marionette: A doll walks forwards from Alice, exploding on contact with her opponent.
- Returning Dolls: A doll flies out from Alice to attack her opponent before flying back like a boomerang.
- Seeker Wire: Alice's dolls fire a laser that travels through all of them before piercing her opponent.
- SP Doll: One of Alice's dolls begins orbiting around her before flying out to attack her opponent at her command.
- Thousand Spear Dolls: Dolls armed with lances lunge a short distance forwards from Alice.
Spell Cards:
- Crimson Sign "Holland Doll": Alice throws out a doll that fires a cross-shaped laser as it rotates.
- Curse Sign "Hourai Doll": A set of dolls come out to each fire a high-power laser at her opponent.
- Curse Sign "Shanghai Doll": Alice pulls out a Shanghai doll, which fires a high-power laser from its eyes.
- Demonic Control "Return Inanimateness": Alice flings an extremely explosive doll at her opponent.
- Doll "Futuristic Bunraku": Alice releases a single, powerful doll that she can precisely manipulate from a distance to attack her opponent, detonating it whenever she wants.
- Dolls "Lemmings' Parade": Alice unleashes a high number of dolls that all run towards her opponent, swarming them and exploding on contact.
- Focus Power "Trip Wire": The string connecting Alice and one of her dolls turns into a laser, injuring anyone caught between them.
- Lance Sign "Cutie Phalanx": As Alice advances, dolls with spears fly out in front of her to repeatedly stab at her opponents.
- Magic Sign "Artful Sacrifice": Alice throws a highly explosive doll at her opponent.
- Spy Sign "Seeker Dolls": Alice sends out a large number of dolls, which fire lasers that sweep over her surroundings like a net.
- War Command "Dolls of War": Alice's dolls spill out around her and swing their weapons around, slashing apart any opponents caught inside their attack.
- War Sign "Little Legion": Alice brings in a small set of dolls that lunge out, spinning around with their weapons as they spread out over a larger area.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ Cage in Lunatic Runagate, Chapter 1
- ↑ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Patchouli's Scenario
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Stage 3
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Human Village
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit, Chapter 25
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit, Chapter 19
- ↑ Dr. Latency's Freak Report
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Magic Team's Scenario
- ↑ Cage in Lunatic Runagate, Chapter 2
- ↑ Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Eientei
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Draft of Spell Card Rules
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Afterword
- ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia, Chapter 15
- ↑ Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia, Essay: Marisa Kirisame
- ↑ The Grimoire of Marisa, Reimu Hakurei's spell cards
- ↑ Shoot the Bullet, Afterword
- ↑ Urban Legend in Limbo, Mokou's Scenario
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Magic Team's Extra Scenario
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense Encyclopedia: Youkai
- ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia, Chapter 20
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Magician
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Magician
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Magician
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Magician
- ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism, Part 3
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit, Chapter 9
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Wriggle Nightbug
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 19
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 13
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 15
- ↑ Oriental Sacred Palace, Chapter 17
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit, Chapter 1
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit, Chapter 8
- ↑ Silent Sinner in Blue, Chapter 6
- ↑ Lotus Eaters, Chapter 28
- ↑ Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Eirin's Interview
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Beast Youkai
- ↑ Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Eirin's Interview
- ↑ Grimoire of Usami
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 5
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Volume Two Bonus Sketches and 4koma
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 5
- ↑ Undefined Fantastic Object, Sanae's A Scenario
- ↑ Cheating Detective Satori, Chapter 17
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 33
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 5
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 37
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 38
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 10
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 14
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 15
- ↑ Forbidden Scrollery, Chapter 16
- ↑ Lotus Eaters, Chapter 28
- ↑ Lotus Eaters, Chapter 27
- ↑ Lotus Eaters, Chapter 28
- ↑ The Grimoire of Usami, Section 1-3
- ↑ Curiosities of Lotus Asia, Chapter 27
- ↑ Imperishable Night Demo Afterword
- ↑ Imperishable Night Prologue
- ↑ Double Spoiler Level 9 Spell Card Comments
- ↑ Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Marisa's Stage 6
- ↑ Dr. Latency's Freak Report
- ↑ Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Eirin's Interview
- ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism, Part 3
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Magic Team's Extra Scenario
- ↑ Cage in Lunatic Runagate, Chapter 1
- ↑ Strange Creators of Outer World, Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo, Kaguya Houraisan and Eirin Yagokoro
- ↑ Hisoutensoku, Meiling's Ending
- ↑ The Grimoire of Marisa, Keine Kamishirasawa's spell cards
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Phantom
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Forest of Magic
- ↑ Hidden Star in Four Seasons, Narumi Yatadera's Profile
- ↑ Strange Creators of Outer World, Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo, Yuyuko Saigyouji and Youmu Konpaku
- ↑ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Ghost
- ↑ Wild and Horned Hermit, Chapter 1
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Magic Team's Good Ending
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Magic Team's scenario, Final Stage A
- ↑ Urban Legend in Limbo, Reisen's scenario, Stage 3
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Barrier Team's scenario, Final Stage A
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Magic Team's scenario, Final Stage A
- ↑ Imperishable Night, Scarlet Team's scenario, Final Stage A
- ↑ Cheating Detective Satori, Chapter 15
- ↑ Mystic Square - Stage 3, Extra Stage
- ↑ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - Alice's Story
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