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 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:32 am
Naga the White Serpent (白蛇のナーガ, Sāpento no Nāga?) is a fictional character in the novel, movie, OVA and manga versions of Slayers. Her Japanese voice actress is Maria Kawamura, and her English voice actress is Kelly Manison.
It is believed that Naga is really Gracia Ul Naga Seiryuun (Japanese: グレイシア＝ウル＝ナーガ＝セイルーン Gureishia Uru Nāga Seirūn), the older sister of Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun.[citation needed] While occasionally referred to as Lina Inverse's sidekick and traveling partner, Naga's self-imagined rivalry made her just as likely to antagonize Lina during the course of any story. Naga's is presumably a few years older than the teenaged Lina, and thus takes great pride in her mature and excessively busty appearance.
Overview
Naga is a tall and overly-buxom woman who wears a leather bikini-like garment, and has a laugh that could cause whole towns to evacuate just to get away from the sound of it. However, Naga takes pride in her laughter, and may take offense at those whose laughter is not like hers. Naga also has an aversion to the sight of blood, and would faint if someone was slightly scratched. Like Lina, Naga is proficient in many spells, especially healing spells and golem-forming spells.
After being a part of a chimera experiment (which took place in the events of Slayers Special), there are now eleven clones of Naga running around the world. Ten of them are just like her, minus the fact that they don't possess any of her memories or magic skills, and the other does have her skills, but has a complete opposite personality (a whiny, extremely modest girl).
Biography
Naga's real full name is Gracia Ul Naga Saillune, making her the first daughter of Crown Prince Philionel El Di Saillune and the older sister of Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune. She has one living uncle, Christopher Wil Brogg Saillune, one deceased uncle, Randy Saillune, and a deceased cousin, Alfred Saillune. Her grandfather, Eldoran Saillune, is the king of Saillune, although Philionel acts as a proxy ruler.
Naga's mother was killed several years earlier by the famous assassin Booley, and as a result, Naga took revenge and killed Booley with the crown princess' original spell, Chaos String. After the funeral, Naga found the outfit she currently wears inside her mother's closet, and shortly after this, she left home to learn the ways of the world. Contrary to popular belief, Naga still keeps in touch with her hometown, and occasionally she will be sent money through a messenger. This may explain that, while Naga has a similar obsession with treasure to Lina, she is rarely seen actually carrying much loot off. In the end credits to the Slayers Special OVA, Lina can be seen sitting atop a large pile of gold, gems, and other treasures, gleefully tossing them and showering herself in gold while Naga merely stands laughing triumphantly. Moments later, the two are shown walking into the sunset, Lina carrying a pouch of loot while Naga is empty-handed.
Being a princess, Naga knows when to be graceful, and when to be self-confident. She does not flaunt that fact that she is royalty (her heritage is never mentioned in any series and has only been acknowledged in informal discussions), but the way she acts makes it quite apparent. When she stands before other members of royalty, she speaks to them as equals, while Lina will bow her head and speak only when spoken to. Many of her confident poses and speeches are strikingly similar to those of Amelia or Martina Zoana Mel Navratilova, another princess (now queen). To her dismay, Naga is often referred to as Lina's sidekick or "that other girl."
In Slayers Evolution R, it is strongly hinted several times that Nama, a suit of "Living Armor"[citation needed], is actually armor imbued with Naga's soul. It is never officially stated, but several incidents tend to lend themselves to this being a fact. Among these are Nama's use of the freeze arrow during her duel with Lina, her performing "Gu Ru Dooga"(Naga's own original summoning spell), Pacifist Crush(her family's signature technique) and her distinct laugh. When they first meet, Lina mentions that Nama seems "familiar".
Abilities
Despite her appearance and Lina's assumptions, Naga is especially good at white magic. Naga also specializes in shamanistic magic, especially spells of the earth and water variety. She enjoys creating her own golems (even if they usually don't turn out very well), and one of her favorite spells to use is Freeze Arrow. She also takes pride in being physically intimidating, preferring a spiky and revealing outfit (though the exaggerated size of the spikes means she has been known to stab herself in the face when spellcasting), an outrageous laugh, and her skills at manipulating men. Her large sword is a similar prop, due to Hemophobia after witnessing her mother killed. Her massive ego and somewhat lacking common sense means she often gets herself (and Lina) into trouble or just plain screws up.
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:33 am
Let's talk about her! wink biggrin
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