A Certain Magical Index/Characters/Gods Right Seat

A group of four who each possess one of God's powers, and thus the true power behind the Roman Catholic Church. They are well-revered within the Catholic community, yet are not what people expect them to be.

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God's Right Seat

 * Code Name: Each has title which corresponds the 4 directions of the compass and their elements. Terra for earth, Acqua for water, Vento for air/wind and Fiamma for fire.
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience: Vento wears predominately yellow, Terra green, Acqua blue, and Fiamma red.
 * Equivalent Exchange: To gain the incredible powers of God's Right Seat, a magician must give up his or her ability to use normal spells.
 * Four Element Ensemble
 * Holier Than Thou: They are, after all, the Roman Catholic Church's secret army.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Each of them has one.
 * Heart Is A Completely Broken Power: Except for Vento's, their special powers don't sound very impressive at first... then they start utterly annihilating everything in sight.
 * Jerkass Knight Templar: Except for Acqua.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * One Man Army
 * Religious Bruiser / Soulsaving Crusader: In their own ways, each of them is trying to save humanity.
 * Superpower Lottery: And they won it big time.

The Flame of God
""It's okay to not even be tense, for there's even no luxury of feeling the pain.""

"Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu"

The first member of God's Right Seat to directly attack the protagonists. Blessed with "God's Flame", her powers are drawn from the Archangel Uriel. Vento utilizes a hammer capable of manipulating the air into devastating projectiles. - "Vento: “And what’s with your clothes? If you’re going to be in hiding, shouldn’t you wear something that doesn’t stand out quite so much?”
 * Blow You Away: Has power over wind, most notably in her wind hammer.
 * Creepy Cool Crosses: A particularly Squicky example: It's on a length of chain bolted to her tongue.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Drop the Hammer: It's supposedly designed to resemble the ones that nailed Jesus Christ to the cross. If it is destroyed or lost, she can conjure up a new one.
 * Freudian Excuse: Her hatred of Science stems from
 * Large Ham / Chewing the Scenery: Akiko Hiramatsu's performance definitely brings her character close.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hypocritical Humor: Volume 20.
 * Freudian Excuse: Her hatred of Science stems from
 * Large Ham / Chewing the Scenery: Akiko Hiramatsu's performance definitely brings her character close.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hypocritical Humor: Volume 20.
 * Hypocritical Humor: Volume 20.


 * "I do not think that someone wearing entirely yellow has any right to say anything about my clothes.""


 * Holy Hand Grenade: God's Divine Punishment.
 * Achilles Heel:
 * Rule of Symbolism: God's Divine Punishment is based on the premise that no one should bare any menace towards God, if so, punishment will apply.
 * Superpower Lottery: The function of God's Divine Punishment is to force anyone who bears any ill will towards her to lose consciousness. It also has an unlimited area of effect -- people watching news broadcasts on the opposite side of the world were also affected.
 * I Am Not Left Handed: She makes it look like
 * Obviously Evil: Completely intentional on her part, since her God's Divine Punishment causes people who feel hostile towards her to be deprived of oxygen.
 * One Woman Army: . Then there's her power...
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: The concept art indicates that behind all those metal piercings she uses to intentionally disfigure herself, she's described as having a "virgin-like" face.
 * The Smurfette Principle: Though it's not as egregious as most other examples given that there's only four members.
 * Sort of justified, it's the Roman Catholic Church, after all.
 * Spell My Name With an S: Vent or Vento?
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Survivor Guilt
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: She saves from a missile fired by ... because she wants to be the one to kill
 * Survivor Guilt
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: She saves from a missile fired by ... because she wants to be the one to kill

The Medicine of God
""I wish for salvation, and I wish to bring salvation to others.""

"Voiced by: Hochu Otsuka"

The second member to come into conflict with the protagonists, Terra is an elderly man who dresses in green. Blessed with "God's Medicine", his powers are drawn from the Archangel Raphael. Terra's special ability is to manipulate the "hierarchies" of everything around him. -
 * Ax Crazy
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Though he's only seen using it to make his flour blade.
 * Evil Old Folks: Judging by appearances he's the oldest member of God's Right Seat, and without question the most despicable.
 * From a Certain Point of View: He claims to want salvation for all humans, and he does. He just believes non-Catholics aren't human in the first place.
 * High Collar of Doom
 * Holy Hand Grenade: The Execution of Light, the ability to alter the "precedence" of objects over one another.
 * Absurdly Sharp Blade: Justified. Raising the precedence of his blade of flour above whatever he wants to cut means it will be cut without fail.
 * No Sell: As a result of raising his own precedence above whatever is attacking him.
 * Rule of Symbolism: The Execution of Light works on the premise that in order for the Son of God to have been killed by man, he must have lowered his own precedence in order to be vulnerable to weaponry.
 * Superpower Lottery: His precedence-altering ability gives him an almost flawless defense and a perfect attack.
 * What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway: His power is... to change precedence? How is that any use?
 * Heart Is an Awesome Power: How about elevating your own precedence so you're invulnerable to damage, or raising the precedence of grains of flour until you can use them as an infinitely sharp guillotine?
 * Improbable Weapon User: Uses blades made from flour.
 * Whip Sword
 * Knight Templar: Even more so than the other members of God's Right Seat: He regularly used his power on non-Catholic tourists.
 * Obviously Evil: One look at this guy is all you need to know. Yeesh.
 * Slasher Smile: Just look at the picture above.
 * Squishy Wizard: Is over reliant on his powers. He doesn't know how to fight and is physically weak.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Who needs technique when you can literally cut through anything and No Sell everything thrown at you?
 * Would Hit a Girl/Would Hurt a Child
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Obviously Evil: One look at this guy is all you need to know. Yeesh.
 * Slasher Smile: Just look at the picture above.
 * Squishy Wizard: Is over reliant on his powers. He doesn't know how to fight and is physically weak.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Who needs technique when you can literally cut through anything and No Sell everything thrown at you?
 * Would Hit a Girl/Would Hurt a Child
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Flere210: One Who Changes the Reason for Tears
""Pick any unreasonable fight with me and I will shorten your life span.""

"Voiced By: Hiroki Tochi"

The third member of God's Right Seat. Blessed with "God's Power", Acqua's powers are drawn from the Archangel Gabriel, giving him power over water and dominion over the moon. He is the only truly good and noble among the four, and a certified Badass. - ":''' Have you decided whether you will run or die?
 * Badass: The most GAR of all the characters in the Toaruverse.
 * Badass Boast:
 * See his quote above.
 * He has another when confronting
 * He has another when confronting

Acqua: No, my two options are to cut you down or to not cut you down."


 * BFS: His sword, Ascalon, is roughly 3.5 meters long and weighs 441 pounds!
 * : This is why Ascalon being a BFS is a Justified Trope --
 * Blood Knight: He loves a good fight.
 * : After the events of Volume 16,
 * Carry a Big Stick: In Volume 16 he used a steel mace that was five meters long!
 * Code Name: Flere210
 * Fan Nickname: Superman.
 * Fastball Special: With Touma.
 * Foe Tossing Charge: When he, he makes his entrance by sending a few dozen people flying.
 * Dynamic Entry
 * : At the end of Volume 17. It. Is. GLORIOUS.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Divine Mother's Mercy, described as bestowing a divine abeyance for sins that would otherwise never be forgiven. In other words, Acqua can forgive a person's sins and grant them salvation.
 * Boring but Practical: Divine Mother's Mercy lets him use both magic and divine-class magic...
 * Awesome Yet Practical: Without having to abide by the limitations and secondary conditions that would otherwise be present in both!
 * : It was all but stated in Volume 16 that
 * No Sell: He can nullify another person's "sin of killing" to nullify any act of killing directed towards someone (namely himself), and he can just flat out ignore any magic which works via the principle of divine punishment, since he has no sin to be punished for in the first place.
 * Rule of Symbolism: Divine Mother's Mercy works on the premise that the Virgin Mother of the Son of God was born sinless, allowing Acqua to dilute the Original Sin's hold on him to as little as possible, rendering him invulnerable to divine punishment, as well as unleashing his full potential as a sinless human
 * Super Speed / Super Strength / Super Toughness: Thanks to Divine Mother's Mercy, his natural biological limiters are removed.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Lunacy: His association with Gabriel lets him to use the moon to enhance his attacks, both physical and magical, in various ways.
 * Magic Knight
 * Making a Splash: The greatest user of water magic on the planet, due to his alignment with Archangel Gabriel.
 * Martial Pacifist: He won't kill with abandon, but if you directly oppose him, especially if you do it after he's warned you not to, you're in for a world of hurt.
 * : At the end of Volume 16,
 * Nice Guy: He's actually very nice, especially when compared to the other members of God's Right Seat.
 * Nerves of Steel: You'll be lucky to see this guy flinch.
 * Never Hurt an Innocent: As learned the hard way.
 * Odd Action Duo: With  in Volume 21.
 * One Man Army: He's the most powerful member of God's Right Seat outside of Fiamma himself; that position is not to be underestimated.
 * Curb Stomp Battle / No Holds Barred Beatdown: Most of Volume 16 consisted of him effortlessly steamrolling over everything in his way.
 * Hero Killer / Implacable Man / The Juggernaut: First he effortlessly destroys Itsuwa and Touma, then the Amakusa Catholics prepare specifically to combat him and his abilities, and basically just manage to stall Acqua before getting wiped out. Then after that it's Kanzaki who Acqua uses as his personal punching bag. This all happens in a single volume! When this guy gets going, you're going to need a minor miracle to stop him before he completes his objective.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Not only can a single blow from him cause buildings to collapse on themselves, he can also fight at supersonic speeds and No Sell pretty much anything you throw at him.
 * Person of Mass Destruction: As the member of God's Right Seat aligned with Gabriel, The Power of God, Acqua has access to the same type of power as that which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
 * Superpower Lottery: On top of being a member of God's Right Seat with access to the genuine Divine Mother's Mercy ritual,
 * Pretentious Latin Motto: "The one who changes the reason of tears".
 * Spanner in The Works: Fiamma describes him as that when
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic:
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Acqua's BFS, Ascalon was created by an artist based on what weapons would be needed to slay a dragon. Its blade includes the attributes of an ax, razor, churchkey spike, fretsaw wire, saw, hook spike, and a close combat spike in the same weapon. Furthermore, the hilt can be removed to reveal a hidden blade that can transform into a mace and includes a hidden dart launcher.
 * Token Good Teammate
 * Warrior Poet: He's incredibly insightful, and even mocks 's reasoning for and his attempts to justify them to Acqua as being superfluous.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Poor and
 * : Kanzaki states in Volume 16 that
 * Person of Mass Destruction: As the member of God's Right Seat aligned with Gabriel, The Power of God, Acqua has access to the same type of power as that which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
 * Superpower Lottery: On top of being a member of God's Right Seat with access to the genuine Divine Mother's Mercy ritual,
 * Pretentious Latin Motto: "The one who changes the reason of tears".
 * Spanner in The Works: Fiamma describes him as that when
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic:
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Acqua's BFS, Ascalon was created by an artist based on what weapons would be needed to slay a dragon. Its blade includes the attributes of an ax, razor, churchkey spike, fretsaw wire, saw, hook spike, and a close combat spike in the same weapon. Furthermore, the hilt can be removed to reveal a hidden blade that can transform into a mace and includes a hidden dart launcher.
 * Token Good Teammate
 * Warrior Poet: He's incredibly insightful, and even mocks 's reasoning for and his attempts to justify them to Acqua as being superfluous.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Poor and
 * : Kanzaki states in Volume 16 that
 * Warrior Poet: He's incredibly insightful, and even mocks 's reasoning for and his attempts to justify them to Acqua as being superfluous.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Poor and
 * : Kanzaki states in Volume 16 that
 * : Kanzaki states in Volume 16 that

""To handle an overwhelming power, an overwhelming knowledge is needed.""

Aligned with Arch Angel Michael and blessed with "God's Likeness", Fiamma of the Right is the leader of God's Right Seat and the true power behind the Roman Catholic Church. A manipulative and devious individual, his true objectives are unknown, but they require Index's vast knowledge and Touma's Imagine Breaker to succeed. To obtain them, he engineers a direct clash between God's Right Seat and Academy City... and - ": Who exactly are you...?
 * Zero Percent Approval Rating: comments in the epilogue of Volume 16 that "everyone's goal is to kill that bastard [Fiamma]".
 * : At the beginning of Volume 22,
 * Badass Boast: To, at the end of Volume 18.
 * Badass Boast: To, at the end of Volume 18.

Fiamma: I am Fiamma of the Right. If that isn’t enough of a hint for you, then you really need to rebuild your intelligence agency from the ground up."

"'''Fiamma, : I'm about to save this world. Therefore, I have no more use for you. Feel the glory, meatbag. Your value as a human being, obediently let me have it."
 * He also had this in Volume 22.


 * Big Bad: He has been the Big Bad ever since the end of Volume 11, but he doesn't take center stage until.
 * The Chessmaster: One of the three greatest in the series, along with Laura and Aleister.
 * Batman Gambit: He wanted England in some type of turmoil so he could without anyone noticing. For that purpose, he . Cue  before that could happen, and . Guess what Fiamma does soon after?
 * The Man Behind the Man: Was an advisor to the current Pope, and uses that influence to control the Vatican.
 * Manipulative Bastard: Manipulated the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches into doing his bidding.
 * Determinator: You have to be to put as much effort towards your plans as he did,
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Perhaps one of the more major hitches in Fiamma's plans was his largely mistaken belief that Humans Are Bastards. Several people, connected and not, unite against him as they realize the danger of his intentions.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Touma, who even compares their powers and draws attention to their similarities. Both use their Right Hands to shatter something that someone worked desperately to obtain, except Touma uses his to solve the problems around him and Fiamma his own personal problems -- selflessness versus selfishness. In their final battle, Touma points out the biggest difference between them: Fiamma observed the world and was disgusted by what he saw, so he wanted to "save the world" by wiping out the human race. Touma observed the world and saw evil people to fight and good people to protect.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Hannibal Lecture: To in Volume 20 -- calling out  out on his hypocrisy on saving others when he deceived the person he wanted to protect the most.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: The Holy Right. More specifically, the ability to use any ability, benevolent or destructive, involving the right hand.
 * Always Accurate Attack: "The strike that reaches everything when swung" reaches the target without any speed, meaning it cannot be dodged.
 * As Strong As It Needs To Be: His Holy Right is directly stated to only be as powerful as it needs to be, meaning that the stronger its target the greater its power.
 * Born Winner: He was born with the Holy Right. Volume 2 of New Testament even goes so far as to state that, to Fiamma, the power to save the world is as instinctive as walking upright.
 * Green Lantern Ring: Since his power lets him do anything that has ever involved a right hand, he can do pretty much anything, especially since this includes feats done by Archangels with their right hands. The Holy Right does have limits, since it can't copy Touma's right hand, Imagine Breaker.
 * Heart Is an Awesome Power: So his power is "every ability related to the right hand"? That doesn't sound... Holy shit! Did he just wipe an entire city off the map?!
 * Healing Factor: Vento points out that there is a limit of times Fiamma can use the Holy Right before his Third Arm completely disintegrates in the air, thus leaving him as a powerless human.
 * Offhand Backhand: The Holy Right will automatically defend him against any attack, then destroy the attacker, even if he's completely unaware of the attack.
 * One Hit Kill: His specialty.
 * Power Gives You a Giant Hawk Talon: Fiamma's power manifests itself as a giant red, bird-like claw that seems to be growing out of his right shoulder.
 * Rule of Symbolism: The Holy Right derives its power from the prominence the right hand has in Christian lore, wherein several miracles, rituals, and traditions are performed using the right hand. The Holy Right is capable of replicating the power all of these original acts held.
 * Story Breaker Power: likens Fiamma's power to a jRPG, where besides the commands like "Attack", "Item", "Magic", etc. available to everyone, the Holy Right gives you an additional option: "You Win".
 * Superpower Lottery: Even before in Volume 22, Fiamma was already the fourth most powerful character introduced. The only people above him were . That's some serious power.
 * Unblockable Attack: "The strike that ends everything it touches" annihilates anything it hits without any destructive force, meaning it cannot be blocked.
 * Villain Teleportation: One of the Holy Right's powers is the ability to travel to any place Fiamma wants instantly.
 * Humans Are Bastards: He's disappointed in mankind and believes the only way to save them is by cleansing the world of them.
 * I Shall Taunt You: After the events mentioned in Xanatos Speed Chess, Fiamma not only, he also manages to . As a thank you to for the roll she played, he stops by to tell her just how useless her actions truly were.
 * Japanese Pronouns: Refers to himself as "Ore-sama".
 * Kill All Humans: See Humans Are Bastards.
 * MacGuffin: He needed both Touma's Imagine Breaker and for his plans to come to fruition.
 * Older Than They Look: Is a long-time adviser to the current Pope, despite looking like he's in his twenties at most.
 * One Man Army: The most blatant example in the series, even more so than Accelerator.
 * Curb Stomp Battle: Every fight he's been in can't even be called a "battle".
 * Glass Cannon: If you land a solid hit he can be knocked out by one punch. Good luck actually landing that hit though...
 * Person of Mass Destruction: His debut consisted of destroying a large potion of with one attack, and it's implied that, had  not raised a barrier in time, he would have destroyed  and a large portion of  as well.
 * Physical God: Even before, Fiamma was more powerful than Archangel Gabriel.
 * Playing With Fire: He can create a Flaming BFS forty kilometers in length!
 * : It's directly stated in Volume 22 that
 * Squishy Wizard: Without the Holy Right, Fiamma is no different from a Level 0 Esper.
 * Summon Magic: Powerful enough to summon
 * Treacherous Advisor: To The Pope.
 * The Unfettered: When you without a moment of hesitation or shred of regret for the sake of your plans, you're this.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Like Accelerator, he's at a bit of a loss when he can't just one-shot his opponents.
 * : In his debut scene, he tells the Pope that Which leads to...
 * : After in Volume 22,
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:, at the end of Volume 16.
 * : It's directly stated in Volume 22 that
 * Squishy Wizard: Without the Holy Right, Fiamma is no different from a Level 0 Esper.
 * Summon Magic: Powerful enough to summon
 * Treacherous Advisor: To The Pope.
 * The Unfettered: When you without a moment of hesitation or shred of regret for the sake of your plans, you're this.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Like Accelerator, he's at a bit of a loss when he can't just one-shot his opponents.
 * : In his debut scene, he tells the Pope that Which leads to...
 * : After in Volume 22,
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:, at the end of Volume 16.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:, at the end of Volume 16.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness:, at the end of Volume 16.