Phrolova

Biodata

Power Progression

Phrolova possessed third-grade Reiatsu when Rover first confronted her; no advancement to that rank is documented 1.

Background and History

Phrolova spent centuries grieving and searching for a way to restore her loved ones. She fused villagers’ frequencies with Tacet Discords, trapping Triss among them. She also took part in the earlier Faceless Inferno Lord upheaval and triggered a Tacet Discord tide 4 5 27.

After Rover stabbed her during a confrontation over the Threnodian’s gem, Phrolova survived by fusing with the Lost Shore. Rover later entered the Lost Shore, where he restored Triss with the Book of the End and Imperator’s power of separation 1 3 4.

Phrolova admitted responsibility for her crimes and chose to live and bear her sins. She gave Rover a written record of her actions, remembering 3,726 lives, and agreed to earn uses of the Book of the End through acts of atonement 6 7 27.

After a nightmare about a meteorite disaster, Phrolova told Rover that the disaster might have been man-made. She did not identify its cause with certainty, but shared words she had heard about stars, a ring and Truth 35 37.

Appearance

Phrolova has green hair, green eyes and an exceptionally beautiful face. She is associated with red clothing and a faint red spider-lily fragrance 6 9 25.

• Wears her hair in a ponytail 32.
• Carries the Other Shore Flower as a conductor’s baton 1 27.

Personality

Phrolova is sharp-tongued, proud and quick to anger, particularly when Rover or his companions embarrass her. Her bluster often gives way to shyness around Rover: she hides romantic fantasies in a diary and becomes flustered when her feelings are exposed 4 6 8 32.

Her devotion to Triss and the villagers drove a centuries-long obsession, but she ultimately accepts responsibility rather than allowing Triss to take the blame. Even when Jinzhou’s soldiers condemn her past, she continues fighting to protect them 4 6 27.

Abilities & Skills

Hecate and Tacet Discord Control

Phrolova summons Hecate, a Calamity Class Tacet Discord, with her baton. She directs its attacks through musical techniques 10 27.

• New Moon, Elegant Posture: Immobilizes Tacet Discords across the battlefield; Impermanence Heron initially resists the immobilization 27.
• Full Moon, Bloody Dance: Uses Hecate’s threads to control Tacet Discords and turn them against one another 27.
• Remnant Moon, Final Melody of the Underworld: With power temporarily lent by Sentinel Jué, Phrolova and Hecate use this technique to destroy the Faceless Inferno Lord’s war puppet 28.

Book of the End

Rover grants Phrolova uses of the Book of the End as part of her atonement. It can alter the past, and she manifests it as a longsword during the defense of Jinzhou 7 27 28.

• She uses it to undo her defeat, heal severe wounds and restore her depleted frequency 28.
• She expends all ten of her initial restorations fighting the Faceless Inferno Lord’s war puppet 28.
• After escaping her nightmare, she receives another fifty uses 35.

Fairy-Tale House

Phrolova’s Fullbring awakened through her treasured Rover doll 35.

• Gives intelligence and movement to objects she creates; her favorite doll can fire Hadō #4, Byakurai, at the strength of a third-level Reiatsu expert’s strike 35.
• Can designate an object as a “house” and confine someone inside it. Its interior isolates attacks: Rover’s Sōkatsui explodes inside the doll rather than penetrating it 36.
• Rover escapes the confinement using Separation Authority 36.

Other Skills

• Spatial manipulation: Phrolova attempts to expel Shorekeeper’s butterflies and Camellya’s flowers from the Beyond, but Shorekeeper suppresses the spatial fluctuations 8.
• Singing: She sings “Dreamless Sleep and Crimson Beyond” and later a lullaby to Rover 33.
• Sewing: While imprisoned, she makes a collection of detailed Rover dolls 25.

Equipment and Items

• Other Shore Flower — Phrolova’s conductor’s baton, used to direct Hecate and her musical techniques 1 27.
• Fantasy Diary — A private record of her romantic fantasies; she accidentally gives it to Rover instead of her record of sins 6.
• Record of sins — A written account of her actions, presented to Rover as a sign of sincerity 6.
• Rover dolls — Handmade dolls sewn in prison; her favorite becomes the medium for Fairy-Tale House 25 35.

Relationships

• Rover — Formerly close to Phrolova, he stabs her, then helps restore Triss and guides Phrolova’s atonement. She calls him Xiaochen; after she defends Jinzhou, he tells her he likes her 1 4 6 8 31.
• Triss — Phrolova’s younger sister, whom Rover frees from a Tacet Discord. Phrolova entrusts her to the Black Shores because her frequency remains unstable 4 9.
• Shorekeeper and Camellya — Members of the Black Shores who confront Phrolova over Rover. Shorekeeper later offers her a chance to prove her repentance and arranges Triss’s care 8 9.
• Jinhsi and Sanhua — Jinzhou’s magistrate and her subordinate capture Phrolova after her sudden arrival. Sanhua later releases her to help defend the city 9 10 25.
• Jiyan — Phrolova fights alongside him at Norfall Gorge and has Hecate throw him clear of the Reversal Rain when he tries to stay behind 26 27.

Story Role and Major Arcs

Atonement and Jinzhou

• Phrolova reveals a Fractsidus plan to revive Imperator and gives Rover a spider-lily petal to guide him to their Lament Valley base 7.
• Shorekeeper sends her to Jinzhou, where Jinhsi and Sanhua defeat and imprison her. Phrolova chooses not to spend a Book of the End use escaping and tells them of Rover’s planned attack on the stronghold 9 10.
• A will Phrolova left in Triss’s button carries her stories of Rover into the Gate of Truth and urges the dead to lend him their strength. Their light helps restore him 21 22.

Defense of Norfall Gorge

• Released by Sanhua, Phrolova joins Jiyan and the Breaking Formation Battalion against the Faceless Inferno Lord’s forces 25 26.
• She remains in the Reversal Rain after ordering Jiyan away, controls the enemy Tacet Discords and survives repeated defeats with the Book of the End. With Jué’s help, she destroys the Threnodian’s war puppet 27 28.
• After Jinzhou’s victory, soldiers praise her defense, but she returns to prison because her deeds have not erased her crimes 31 32.

Nightmare and Fullbring

• Rover visits Phrolova in prison; she sings to him and lets him rest on her lap. He later wakes her from a dangerous nightmare with a kiss 32 33 35.
• After awakening Fairy-Tale House, she playfully traps Rover inside a doll until he escapes. She later shares her suspicions about the meteorite disaster with him 35 36 37.

Notable Quotes

“I want to live. I want to see everyone come back to life. I’ll bear my own sins!” 6

“I’ll protect this world he loves!” 27