Muspel (ムスペル) is the Stone, one of the Four Great Spirits. It was said to roam freely within the Sacred Vollachia Empire, but in actuality, the spirit was secretly granted convicts to use as anchors by Vollachia and distributed across the country to provide a number of regions with its benefits. Despite not making an official appearance, Muspel's influence played a major role during the events of Arc 8.
Muspel and its mana were used in the Great Disaster by Sphinx to revive undead throughout Vollachia. In an attempt to delay the destruction of the Empire, Muspel was devoured once again by Arakiya. Although the power of Muspel ought to have burst Arakiya, with a strike of Cecilus Segmunt's Dream Sword Masayume, she assimilated the Stone with herself.
Personality
Muspel is thought to have no will, words, or philosophy,[1] and appears to exist solely as a deific being. Records from the Empire state that Muspel moves on a grand scale every 12 years, leading to various earthquakes after its movement.[2]
However, when Arakiya devoured the rest of Muspel, it temporarily gained a sense of self-preservation, which resulted in Arakiya’s uncontrolled rampage in the Imperial Capital.
History
Sometime around the events of Vollachia's most recent Imperial Selection Ceremony, Vincent Abellux found a method to trap Muspel within its territory. By using Muspel's power, he was able to fend off the Siege on the Abellux Castle carried out by one of his younger half-sisters, Lamia Godwin. When Prisca and Vincent's lives were in danger due to Lamia's artillery, Arakiya devoured a small portion of Muspel in order to defend her princess.
According to Vincent, at least throughout his time as emperor, convicts were used to connect to Muspel and preserve its connection to the Empire.
Abilities
Magic (魔法, Mahō): Muspel is capable of using earth magic.
- Restoration Magic (復元魔法, Fukugen Mahō): A type of magic that can recover objects to their original state. Although Muspel never consciously cast restoration magic of its own accord, its mana was siphoned by Sphinx during the Great Disaster in order to cast this spell as a means of creating vessels for the undead resurrected across Vollachia.
Great Power: As one of the Four Great Spirits, Muspel has a tremendous amount of power and mana. Its power is embedded into the very earth of Vollachia, allowing for fertile lands to exist. On the other hand, precisely because its power is so deeply connected to the country’s lands, if its connection was suddenly removed, Vollachia would cease to exist, and the land would become uninhabitable. Similarly, though it is possible to make a contract with humans, its power is so great that it robs its contractor of their mind. In fact, it has been stated several times that Arakiya, who had devoured the Stone on two different occasions, should have exploded from the sheer amount of power flowing through her body.
Trivia
- Like other spirits, Muspel is capable of forming contracts with people, though as a great spirit, a person who makes a contract with it is incapable withstanding the full brunt of its power, and they are often left in a vegetative or otherwise unresponsive state. Uniquely, however, the Vollachia Empire consistently contracted death row prisoners to Muspel in order to keep it connected to the Empire. This all came to an end after Arakiya devoured the Stone in its entirety, though Muspel is still connected to the Empire's land.
References
- ↑ The Stone, Muspel, a sanctum that merely exists, possessing no will, words, or ideology. Re:Zero Prequel: Bonds of Ice, Prologue.
- ↑ “And given that the records of major activity were twelve years apart, we can anticipate a large-scale earthquake in six years.” The Land of Wolves / Death unto the Weak, No Mercy 8.
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