Meteors (ミーティア, Mītia) are ancient tools bearing the name of shooting stars that enable people to make use of magic without employing a gate.
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Meteors allow people to use magic without opening up a gate. However, instead of being used as tools, they are typically exchanged as gifts.[1] Various types of meteors with diverse functions exist, but they are generally scarce in nature. Individual meteors differ greatly from each other, and it is rare for any two of them to have the same function.[2] Yin and Yang magic stones are also used as battery substitutes in meteors.[3] In antiquity and the present, the main issue underlying meteors is that they have tended to deviate from their developers’ intentions, creating trouble in the long run.[4] Additionally, they were named after shooting stars, and they have been believed to possess the capabilities to make people's wishes come true.[5]
Types of Meteors
Moguro Hagane
Moguro Hagane (モグロ・ハガネ, Moguro Hagane) is the Eighth of the Nine Divine Generals in the Sacred Vollachia Empire and a living meteor who governed the Imperial Capital of Lupugana's Crystal Palace as its magic core (魔核, ma kaku).[6] As a meteor, they were influenced by the one who sat upon the Crystal Palace’s throne.[7] They had colossal toughness, a whirlwind fighting style, and an ability to alter the shape of their body. As long as Moguro’s true body, the magic core of the Crystal Palace itself, remained intact, they could not be completely defeated.[8] Though, even with the magic core destroyed, the other parts of the meteor of the Crystal Palace could still be weaponized. Amidst the chaos of the Great Disaster, the magic core exploded, and afterward, with the Crystal Palace turning into a “giant magic crystal soldier”, it was destroyed by several members of the imperial family and the Nine Divine Generals. The magic core of Moguro survived the explosion at the cost of having their memories reverted to zero.
Conversation Mirror
Conversation Mirrors (対話鏡, Taiwa-kyō) are meteors that allow a user to communicate with others over a long distance by connecting with a separate Conversation Mirror, similar to a cell phone. They were created by Echidna.[9] Though meteors are usually scarce, Conversation Mirrors are relatively common and easy to obtain.[10] A method to reproduce Conversation Mirrors was invented, but the costs involved in doing so make the idea of mass producing them impractical.[11] The Witch Cult often makes use of these meteors.
Collar of Submission
A Collar of Submission around Ricardo's neck
Collars of Submission (服従の首輪, Fukujū no Kubiwa), alternatively known as slave collars (奴隷の首輪, dorei no kubiwa),[12] are meteors that connect with the gate of the person controlling the collar and the meteor itself. The meteor administers electric shocks and causes scalding when used. It carries a small jewel in it, and without the jewel, the meteor becomes useless. When Reinhard wore a Collar of Submission during his diplomatic trip to the Vollachia Empire, it made him feel lethargic and limited his powers to a certain extent.[13]
White Fox's Nest
The White Fox's Nest (白狐の巣, Byakko no Su) is a meteor that captures a person and makes them do a trial based on the owner's magical experience and mana. The target cannot escape unless the trial is finished, and the target cannot die within the trial either. When Ezzo used it against Subaru and Rem, thinking they were Roswaal and Ram, the design of the inside of the meteor was a plain white room with white walls on all four sides and a crystal in the middle. When a person entered a room, the iron door behind them closed and did not open until the trial ended. Ezzo forced them to challenge four trials in order to get out of the meteor. In order for the trials to end, the crystal had to be destroyed.
Void Garb
The Void Garb (虚影装, Kyokagesou) was a meteor that Mother loaned to Reisel. It can allow the user to create shadowy humanoid figures using their hair that can be controlled. The user shares in the shadows' senses, including in their sense of sight and pain. The Void Garb was destroyed by Reisel to prevent the recoil of his shadows from killing him.
Beast Protection Bracelet
The Beast Protection Bracelet (獣護輪, Juugorin) is a bracelet shaped meteor that transforms the user into a beast when they sense danger, whether it is while they are conscious or unconscious. As a beast, the user gains a rapid influx of mana, making them stronger in combat at the cost the user's capability for reason.[14] In the days of yore, the meteor was created as a resource to help humans out of pity.[15] The Beast Protection Bracelet is currently owned by Colette.
Cloak of Concealment
The Cloak of Concealment (姿隠しのマント, Shikakushi no Manto) is a meteor that, when worn, allows a user to temporarily conceal their presence by tricking others' sense of sight. However, it can not mask things like sound, odor, footsteps, or anything else like it.[16] The cloak was used by Vincent Vollachia.
Insect Whistle
The Insect Whistle (蟲笛, Mushibue) is a meteor that allows its user to control and manipulate insects. Its capabilities are similar to that of a member of the Insect Cage Clan.
Echidna's Meteor Staff
This meteor is a long, white staff with a spear-like shape, made to be a simple and functional design.[17] It releases a large destructive force when supplied with mana that can be sensed by others,[18] and its attack causes utter decimation, mowing down everything in its path.[19] If there were buildings in the beam's path, a hole would blast through them, leaving lingering hot steam.[20] Its aftereffects on a person leave them with scalding hot coils of steam rising from them and horrific burns across their bodies.[21] Echidna created this meteor,[22][23] and according to what Beatrice heard from Roswaal A. Mathers, its primary purpose was to pester the Divine Dragon, Volcanica.[24]
Broadcast Meteor
This meteor, a device shaped like an pipe organ, allows someone's voice to be spread across a large distance via broadcasts. It is designed the enhance a user's voice and only relies on magic stones as its battery.[25] The broadcasts from this meteor have an important role in the Lugunican city of Priestella, where they broadcast to everyone across the city in preparation for any potential emergencies as a result of the limited escape routes that the city has to offer.[26]
Priestella's Control Towers
In Priestella, the control towers that occupy the four cardinal directions in each of the four districts are meteors. They regulate the amount of water and flow rate of water within the city by using water magic stones to control the currents. Furthermore, the city’s watergates are controlled inside the towers.[27][28]
Fireball-Spewing Meteor
An ring-shaped meteor with a limited quantity of magic sealed within it. The jewel on the ring releases a fireball when it is activated, and the meteor must be kissed in order for it to acknowledge a holder. One copy of the meteor was given to Berstetz Fondalfon as a mark of being Vollachia's Prime Minister, and Vincent Vollachia owned two other copies for the sake of self-defense.
Door Meteor
This meteor appears as a black door with strange patterns marked into its surface, a blue crystal in the middle of it, and an overall eerie air. The material it was made from looks like iron from a glance.[29] When a condition is set on the door, it cannot be opened unless said condition is fulfilled. In one case, this meteor variant was fine-tuned to use a song by Liliana Masquerade as its key.[30][31]
Hair Bobble Meteor
This meteor is a hair bobble that comes in a set of two. So long as one of the hair bobbles is held, it can determine where the other is, no matter the distance between them.[32] Liliana Masquerade and Kiritaka Muse own a set of these meteors.
Tube-Shaped Meteor
This meteor is a tube-shaped device that has the power to amplify magic. The strength of magic unleashed through this device can be at least five times as potent as its normal level.[33] This meteor was previously used by Leip Barielle.
Cup Meteor
This dull-silver cup meteor could turn alcohol into a drug that alleviates pain.[34] There were rumours surrounding its effects, such as the claim that it could cure any ailments when alcohol was poured into the cup and drunk. Priscilla Barielle destroyed the cup after Heinkel Astrea discovered the rumours' fallaciousness.
Pearl Meteor
This meteor is a pearl that can change color depending on the magic affinity of what it was placed on.[35] For example, if the pearl was placed on someone who had Yin Magic, it would change to a black color.
Trivia
- In the web novel, meteors were named magical devices (魔法器, Mahō-ki) up until Arc 7.
- Magicreation Tools, invented by Roswaal K. Mathers, are known as modern-day meteors.
- Around 300 years ago, in the Vollachia Empire, meteors were known as magic tools (魔具, magu).
- Roswaal J. Mathers speculated that a dagger once owned by Leip Barielle was a meteor.[36]
- The Witch of Greed, Echidna, is the only known individual who demonstrated the capacity to create meteors. Her unnamed staff and the Conversation Mirrors are the only two variants of meteors that have been stated to be made by her.
- Two meteors have appeared in two Re:Zero EX chapters. One of them, in Re: Drowning Life in Another World from Zero, was Subaru's throne in Pandemonium, which could protect the area surrounding it from attacks as powerful as a sword slash from Reinhard van Astrea. The other, in Re: Natsuki Rem in Another World from Zero, was a photo-taking meteor in Kararagi, although the author has confirmed that photo-taking meteors also exist in Lugunica.[37]
- In the first few arcs of the series, Subaru often claimed that his cell phone was a meteor. Prior to negotiating with Crusch Karsten in Arc 3, he made a deal with Russell Fellow to cooperate with each other in the aforementioned negotiations on the condition that he relinquish the phone once he had finished hunting the White Whale.[38][39] At some point after Arc 3's conclusion, Subaru forfeited his cell phone to Russell under Crusch's supervision.[40]
References
- ↑ “It’s what you call things you can use to do magic without opening up a gate, like magic users do. That said, they’re mostly used as gifts rather than tools…” Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 2, Section 4.
- ↑ “Individual meteors differ greatly, and it is rare for any two to work precisely the same.” Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7, Chapter 1, Section 2.
- ↑ “Yin and Yang magic stones do exist, but those are largely used in meteor magical devices. They’re battery substitutes.” July 30, 2014 AskFM Q&A
- ↑ “Wishes like that were fleeting; in the long run they became a breeding ground for causing trouble, deviating from the manufacturer’s intent. Both now, and in the days of yore, that was the main issue underlying these meteors.” Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 6, The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch, Section 7.
- ↑ “Meteors… they were named after shooting stars because they can make your wishes come true.” Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 6, The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch, Section 7.
- ↑ For those who painted over the picture, the main reason why it could not be swayed, no matter what they did, was Moguro Hagane―― no, it was the meteor which governed the Crystal Palace, the heart of the Vollachia Empire. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 32, Chapter 9, Section 3.
- ↑ Then, the one to direct Moguro to return from far away had been the one who sat upon the throne possessing the function of exerting influence on the meteor; none other than Chisha Gold could have done so. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 33, Chapter 5, Section 2.
- ↑ Even if that happened, as long as Moguro’s true body of the Crystal Palace was going strong, then neither would the Steelman, Moguro Hagane, be defeated, nor would the third bastion be overcome. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 32, Chapter 9, Section 3.
- ↑ The tool Echidna had invented, the Conversation Mirrors, were there, but she did not carry those with herself. Re:Zero Prequel: Loving the Days Gone By, Chapter 1, Section 4.
- ↑ Though meteors were scarce by nature, Conversation Mirrors were numerous among them and comparatively easy to acquire. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 9, Chapter 1, Section 8.
- ↑ “The manufacturing of Conversation Mirrors is an exception because a method to reproduce them has been discovered, but the costs involved make mass production simply unfeasible even for those.” Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7, Chapter 1, Section 2.
- ↑ Very Very Rough Justice
- ↑ “It makes me feel sort of lethargic. I can’t tell exactly how limited my power is, but I suppose you could say it works insofar as I clearly can’t use my full abilities.” Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 4, Royal Selection Prequel: Imperial Diplomacy of Bloodshed, Section 3.
- ↑ “When it senses danger, its owner’s mana is temporarily increased, making it so their body is able to fight. The owner’s sense of reason decreases drastically in exchange, and they become similar to a beast.” Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 6, The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch, Section 7.
- ↑ The Beast Protection Bracelet had been created out of pity for humans, who back then, were putting their lives at risk even to just set up camp. It had been created to help them. Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 6, The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch, Section 7.
- ↑ His meteor could ultimately only trick other people’s sense of vision. It could not mask things like sound, odor and footprints. For that reason, he could not put too much stock into it. The Land of Wolves / Death unto the Weak, No Mercy 1, Section 2.
- ↑ It was a long, pure-white staff, shaped almost like a spear. There was no artisan’s signature and no mechanisms that would draw attention. It was just a simple, functional design. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ The next instant, Beatrice cracked two more crystals in her cloak and poured an absurd amount of mana into the meteor. Sensing the destructive force, Batenkaitos twisted his expression as he stepped backward. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 4.
- ↑ Meanwhile, Felt, who was also holding the meteor, was dumbfounded as she looked at the sheer destruction wrought by the staff. Beatrice and Felt’s one attack with the meteor had landed a direct hit on Batenkaitos and mowed down everything else that was in its path. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ Hot steam was rising off the pavement wherever the white light had passed, and buildings in the path of the beam had a perfectly symmetrical hole blown through them in the shape of the beam. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ ――A few meters away, Batenkaitos was sprawled on the ground, coils of steam rising off him. He was unconscious with hideous burns all over, not making a sound. It was a blazing attack that burned through the entire body, and it was a coin flip whether he was still alive. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ “This staff was created by Mo… by a great and wise and beautiful mage long ago to annoy a certain Dragon.” Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ There was an air of admiration in her voice as Otto’s face tensed, because he was one of the few people who knew that the mother whom Beatrice was referring to was in fact a Witch who had disappeared from history. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ Though, the one who told Beatrice that was the first-generation Roswaal. Back then, he teased Beatrice in all sorts of ways, so it was possible that report was just another of his pranks. That it was an absurd weapon created with the express purpose of tormenting the Dragon, Volcanica… Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 20, Chapter 1, Section 5.
- ↑ The device he spotted was designed for expanding and enhancing the user’s voice, increasing the range of its reach. Relying only upon magic stones for its power source, this was a “machine” shaped like a pipe organ. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 17, Chapter 5, Section 5.
- ↑ “I have heard it is preparation for emergencies. Given the construction of the city, there are very few evacuation routes available, so people familiarized them with broadcasts in hopes of avoiding a general panic in case of a real emergency.”
- ↑ “Those are the control towers that regulate the flow of water inside the city. Apparently, the towers themselves are complex meteors that use the power of water magic stones to control the current. It seems like the city’s huge watergates are operated there, too.” Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 16, Chapter 2, Section 6.
- ↑ These structures were administration facilities that regulated the amount of water as well as the flow rate of the city’s always-running waterways. They occupied the cardinal directions, with one each in the north, south, east, and west. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 17, Chapter 3, Section 2.
- ↑ There was a black wall in front of him, blocking the way to the deepest part of the cave. The wall was practically crammed between the rocky passage, with patterns grooved into its surface and a blue crystal in its middle. Though the material it was made of resembled iron at first glance, its stygian appearance gave it an uncannily creepy and oppressive look. Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 1, A Heroic Tale Starting from Zero, Section 15.
- ↑ “…So this is the door that’s sealed by the song. What a troublesome meteor.” Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 1, A Heroic Tale Starting from Zero, Section 15.
- ↑ “This contraption sets specific conditions ‘n won’t move unless they’re fulfilled. It doesn’t have to always be a song, but this door’s fine-tuned to use the lil’ lady’s song as its key.” Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 1, A Heroic Tale Starting from Zero, Section 15.
- ↑ “It seems like the hair bobble he gave Liliana-sama was a meteor that came as a set of two. Apparently, so long as each of them holds one, it has the ability to tell you where the other is, no matter how far apart they are.” Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 1, A Heroic Tale Starting from Zero, Section 17.
- ↑ Right after he finished speaking, Leip threw away all pretenses and raised the short tube, unleashing his magic. Conveyed from Leip’s palm, the mana passing through the tube gained overwhelming power. The strength of the magic emerging from the end of the meteor had swollen to over five times its normal level. Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 1, The Day I Gave Up on Being a Following Star, Section 7.
- ↑ “That crap is just a sham that turns alcohol into a drug to alleviate pain.” Priscilla's Cheers for Me, Drunk Father Part, Section 2.
- ↑ And then, Audrey picked up the meteor, a pearl that changed color based on the magic element of the object it was placed on, on the lap of the person next to her. Re:Zero Tanpenshuu Volume 6, The Three Idiots Set Out! Cursed Goddess Statue Episode, Section 18.
- ↑ Assured of Roswaal’s identity, the knight returned his dagger to its sheath. She didn’t recognize the weapon. Most likely, it was a meteor, a magical item capable of tremendous power. Roswaal made no mention of this and looked past Leip. Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 2, Sixth Stanza, Section 11.
- ↑ “They have a magical device that’s similar.” June 10, 2014 AskFM Q&A
- ↑ “You were a big help, Russell. Just like I promised, I’ll give you my cell phone after we’re done hunting the White Whale.” Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7, Chapter 1, Section 3.
- ↑ Once he got ahold of Russell, whose negotiations with Crusch had similarly failed during Subaru’s third time through the loop, they agreed to help each other during the meeting. That cooperation rested on the condition that Subaru would eventually hand over his cell phone. Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 7, Chapter 1, Section 3.
- ↑ “After the results of Arc 3, it was handed over under Crusch’s supervision.” July 31, 2014 AskFM Q&A
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