Black Swan (Honkai: Star Rail)

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Mortals are bound to the perception of the tangible, failing to comprehend that it is the spirit and the spiritual that form the true essence of the cosmos. Through the grace of "Fuli", we may shed our perishable forms and attain closeness to the true essence of being.

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Summary

Black Swan (ブラックスワン, Burakku Suwan) is a Memokeeper from the Garden of Recollection. A mysterious and elegant soothsayer. Bears a warm smile and is willing to patiently heed the words of another, and thus uses such means as a pretext to enter "memories" and gain a comprehension over the flow of all information. Feels strongly about collecting unique memories, yet the thoughts that guide her are hard to glean.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 3-C

Name: Black Swan

Origin: Honkai: Star Rail

Gender: Female

Age: Unknown

Classification: Former-Human, Memetic Entity, Memokeeper, Emanator of Remembrance

Powers and Abilities:

• Powers and Abilities
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Summoning (Can summon her Orb and Tarot cards)
  • Expert Card User
• Extrasensory Perception (Enhanced Sight) & Enhanced Senses
  • (Neutral Vision & Soul Vision; Can see souls)
  • (Microvision; Can see memory fragments which are as fine as dust)
• Non-Physical Interaction
  • (Spiritual, Mental, Information [Type 2] & Concept [Type 1]; Can interact with souls)
  • (Energy; Can interact with a Stellaron which is composed of pure energy)
  • (Memory; Memokeepers can interact with memories)
  • (Data; Can interact with a Stellaron made out of data and Aether Spirit which are also composed of data)
  • (Abstract Existence (Type 2) & Concept (Type 3): Vision, Sight & Death; Can affect Allseer, which embodies the concepts of vision and sight as well as Something Unto Death, which is a sort of figurative amalgam of complex concepts, which for now is known as death)
• Memetic Entity Physiology & Memokeeper Physiology:
  • Self-Sustenance (All Types; Black Swan is a Memetic being who shed her physical form thus she doesn't need any sustenance)
  • Space Survival & Flight (Memokeepers can freely traverse through worlds)
  • Invisibility (1 Layer; Memokeepers are invisible even to those who can see invisible beings like Welt and Himeko)
  • Incorporeality & Intangibility (Immaterial & Phasing; Black Swan is being who shed her physical form to become a memetic being. Memetic beings can phase through physical structures)
  • Shapeshifting (Memokeepers can disguise themselves as natives of the worlds they visit)
  • Psychometry (Black Swan can gather memory fragments to manifest them for her and others to see)
  • Memory Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Information Manipulation (Type 2) & Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1; Memokeepers are granted powers by Fuli that allow them to read, erase, seal and loop memories that resides in the soul, a person's soul is regarded as their mind and is composed of fundamental information, the latter that shapes reality and life as a line of code, being conceptual in nature)
• Crystal Manipulation & Additional Limbs (Black Swan can summon multiple arms made out of crystals to attack and restrain opponents)
• Dimensional Travel (Emanators can travel through imaginary spaces and the boundary between worlds)
• Empowerment, Blessed (Protection & Enhancement) & Imaginary Energy Manipulation (As a Pathstrider and Emanator of the Remembrance's path, Black Swan is capable of drawing Imaginary Energy from Paths which is a part of imaginary element, with the imaginary space being both the metaphysical world and a higher-dimensional plane. Emanators were directly bestowed power and blessed by their respective Aeons, gaining abilities and resistances related to the Aeon they follow)
• Passive Probability Manipulation (When one walks on a Path their various possibilities collapses into a single entity)
• Air Manipulation (All of her attacks deal wind damage)
  • Status Effect Inducement & Statistics Reduction (Black Swan attacks can induce status effect such as Burning, Freezing, Electric Shock and Sharp Winds. She can also reduce her opponent's defense and elemental resistances)
• Gravity Manipulation (Black Swan can pin down her enemies with gravity)
• Portal Creation (Black Swan can create a portal to traverse between the real world and the Dreamscape)

Resistance to:

• Imaginary Energy Manipulation (Emanators can control Imaginary Energy without feeling any ill and negative effects)
• Extreme Cold (At least -270.45°C) & Cosmic Radiation (400-900 mSv; Memokeepers can fly through the outer space in order to travel between worlds)
• Antimatter Manipulation (Can resist the effects from Reavers whose bodies are completely made out of antimatter)
• Void Manipulation & Memory Manipulation (Emanators like her should be unaffected by imaginary space which erases all trace of existence and can cause people to forget themselves)
• Curse Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Information Manipulation (Type 2), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Illusion Creation & Sound Manipulation (Emanators are able to effortlessly dispel Sunday's Harmony powers with just their subconscious minds)
• Biological Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement, Space-Time Manipulation & Reality Warping (Can withstand several effects caused by the Fragmentum)
• Status Effect Inducement (Which in-game is represented as Burning, Freezing, Electric Shock, Sharp Winds, Quantum Entanglement & Imaginary Imprisonment)
• Temperature Manipulation, Pain Manipulation & Solar Manipulation (Memetic Entities are unaffected by cold, heat, pain, and solar storms)

Unconventional Resistance to:

• Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation & Information Manipulation (Type 2; The soul contains the consciousness and fundamental information, the latter that shapes up all of reality and life)

Attack Potency: Galaxy level+ (As an Emanator of Remembrance, Black Swan should be much stronger than regular Pathstriders and mere mortals. As a fully-fledged Emanator recognized by the Aeon she follows, Black Swan should be at least comparable to regular Emanators like Herta, since it was stated that in order to defeat an Emanator, the same level of power as one is needed. Was able to briefly overpower "Dormancy" and could fight against it for a while. Together with Trailblazer and Base Acheron, she fought against SAM)

Speed: Immeasurable (Was able to catch "Dormancy" off-guard with her attacks and could keep up with it for a while. Kept pace with SAM)

Lifting Strength: Class G (As an Emanator, Black Swan is stronger than Pathstriders, making her physically superior to SAM)

Striking Strength: Galaxy level+

Durability: Galaxy level+ (It was stated that in order to defeat an Emanator, the same level of power as one is needed. Was able to withstand several attacks from SAM)

Stamina: Infinite (Black Swan is a Memetic Entity who shed her physical form, thus she does not need to rest, being able to act and fight indefinitely)

Range: Several Meters with Orb and Tarot Cards, Tens of Meters with Powers and Abilities, Interdimensional with Portal Creation (Can travel between the real world and the Dreamscape), Hyperversal with Dimensional Travel (Emanators are capable of traveling through imaginary spaces and the boundary between worlds)

Standard Equipment:

• Equipment
• Light Cones

An orb and tarot cards she can summon

Reforged Remembrance (重じゅう塑そ時じ光憶こうおく, Jūso Jikō'oku): Increases wearer's effect hit rate by 60%. When the wearer deals damage to an enemy inflicted with wind Shear, Burn, Shock, or Bleed, they will individually gain 1 stack of Prophet. This effect can stack up to 4 times. In a single battle, each type of DoT can only generate 1 stack of Prophet. Every stack of Prophet increases the wearer's attack by 9% and the DoT dealt will ignore 10% of the target's defense.

Reforged Remembrance

Intelligence: Genius (As a Memokeeper, Black Swan is constantly traveling through countless worlds, gathering memories of numerous people and gaining knowledge of the culture of these planets over the years. She is also a very good fighter, being able to combat the likes of SAM)

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Skills Traces Eidolon Percipience, Silent Dawn (洞察どうさつ・緘黙かんもくの黎明れいめい, Dōsatsu, Kanmoku no Reimei): Deals wind damage equal to 66% of Black Swan's attack to a single target enemy, with a 68% base chance of inflicting 1 stack of Arcana. And if the hit target currently has wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock applied to them, each respectively has a 68% base chance of inflicting 1 extra stack of Arcana onto the enemy. Decadence, False Twilight (失墜しっつい・偽ぎ神じんの黄昏たそがれ, Shittsui, Gijin no Tasogare) Deals wind damage equal to 99% of Black Swan's attack to a single target enemy and any adjacent targets. At the same time, there is a 100% base chance of inflicting 1 stack of Arcana on the target enemy and the adjacent targets. There is a 100% base chance of reducing the defense of the target enemy and the adjacent targets by 22%, lasting for 3 turn(s). Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace (彼方かなたの抱擁ほうように酔よひ痴しれて, Kanata no Hōyō ni Yoishirete): Black Swan's Ultimate. Inflicts Epiphany on all enemies for 2 turn(s). Enemies affected by Epiphany take 27% more damage in their turn, and their Arcana effect is regarded as wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, and Shock effects. In addition, when their Arcana effect is triggered at the beginning of the next turn, the Arcana stacks are not reset. The stack non-reset effect can be triggered up to 1 time(s) in Epiphany's duration, and its charges are replenished when Epiphany is applied again. Deals wind damage equal to 129.6% of Black Swan's attack to all enemies. Percipience, Silent Dawn Decadence, False Twilight Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace Talent Loom of Fate's Caprice (果はてなき運命うんめいの機織かたおり, Hatenaki Unmei no Kataori) Every time an enemy target receives DoT at the start of each turn, there is a 68% base chance for it to be inflicted with Arcana. While afflicted with Arcana, enemy targets receive wind DoT equal to 264% of Black Swan's attack at the start of each turn. Each stack of Arcana increases this DoT damage multiplier by 13.2%. Then Arcana resets to 1 stack. Arcana can stack up to 50 times. Only when Arcana causes damage at the start of an enemy target's turn, Black Swan trigger additional effects based on the number of Arcana stacks inflicted on the target: When there are 3 or more Arcana stacks, deals wind DoT equal to 198% of Black Swan's attack to adjacent targets, with a 68% base chance of inflicting 1 stack of Arcana on adjacent targets. When there are 7 or more Arcana stacks, this enables the current DoT dealt this time to ignore 20% of the target's and adjacent targets' defense. If energy is lower than 50% when the battle starts, regenerate energy to 50%. Once energy is regenerated to its maximum, dispels all debuffs on this unit. Loom of Fate's Caprice Technique From Façade to Vérité (真相しんそうを取とり・表象ひょうしょうを捨すてる, Shinsō o tori, Hyōshō o suteru) After this Technique is used, there is a 150% base chance for each enemy to be inflicted with 1 stack of Arcana at the start of the next battle. For each successful application of Arcana on a target, inflicts another stack of Arcana on the same target. This process repeats until Arcana fails to be inflicted on this target. For each successive application of Arcana on a target, its base chance of success is equal to 50% of the base chance of the previous successful infliction of Arcana on that target. From Façade to Vérité Viscera's Disquiet (蠢うごめく内臓ないぞう, Ugomeku Naizō): After using the skill to hit a single target enemy that has wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock, each of these debuffs respectively has a 65% base chance of inflicting 1 extra stack of Arcana. Goblet's Dredges (杯底顛末はいていてんまつ, Haitei Tenmatsu): There is a 65% base chance to inflict 1 stack of Arcana when a target enters battle. Every time an enemy target receives DoT during a single attack by an ally, there is a 65% base chance for the target to be inflicted with 1 stack of Arcana, stacking up to 3 time(s) during 1 single attack. Candleflame's Portent (蝋燭ろうそく影えい予よ兆ちょう, Rōsoku Eiyochō): Increases this unit's damage by an amount equal to 60% of effect hit rate, up to a maximum damage increase of 72%. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (智恵ちえの七なな柱はしら, Chie no Nanahashira): While Black Swan is active in battle, enemies afflicted with wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock will have their corresponding wind, Physical, Fire, or Lightning resistance respectively reduced by 25%. Weep Not For Me, My Lamb (子こ羊ひつじよ、為ために泣なく勿なかれ, Kohitsuji yo, tame ni naku nakare): When an enemy target afflicted with Arcana is defeated, there is a 100% base chance of inflicting 6 stack(s) of Arcana on adjacent targets. In Tears We Gift (涙なみだも又また贈おくり物もの, Namida-mo mata Okurimono): While in the Epiphany state, enemy targets have their effect resistance reduced by 10%. At the start of their turn or when they get defeated, Black Swan regenerates 8 Energy. This energy regeneration effect can only trigger up to 1 time while Epiphany lasts. And this trigger count resets after the enemy gets inflicted with Epiphany again. Pantheon Merciful, Masses Pitiful (神善かんぜん、苦く役者えきしゃ未いまだ不知しらず, Kanzen, Kuekisha imada shirazu): When enemy targets get attacked by Black Swan's allies, Black Swan has a 65% base chance of inflicting 1 stack of Arcana on the target. Each time Black Swan inflicts Arcana on an enemy target, there is a 50% fixed chance to additionally increase the number of Arcana stacks afflicted this time by 1.

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