Material-L

Levi
Levi in Reflection
Character profile
Other names	Material-L (portable) Levi the Slasher (GoD) Levi of Lightning (movie)
Gender	Female
Species	Material (portable) Familiar (movie)
Family	Purple Sky family (siblings) Testarossa sisters (Levi's self-proclaimed siblings)
Background
Affiliation	System U-D
Magic
Color	Golden (BoA) Aqua blue (GoD/movie)
System	Midchilda (portable) Formula-emulated Midchilda (movie)
Device	Vulnificus
Production
Japanese name	雷刃の襲撃者(レヴィ・ザ・スラッシャー) (Revi za Surasshā)
First app.	Battle of Aces
Voiced by	Nana Mizuki
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Material-L (マテリアル－Ｌ Materiaru Eru) is first introduced as one of the chief antagonists in The Battle of Aces, along with Material-S and Material-D.

Name and origins

In the portable continuity, Material-L is the Material in charge of "power" (力 chikara), part of the System U-D materialised as a clone of Fate Testarossa during the Dark Fragment Incident. She is first introduced in The Battle of Aces in English Material-L and in Japanese "Assailant of Thunderblade" (雷刃の襲撃者 Raijin no Shūgekisha).

In the sequel The Gears of Destiny, it is revealed her full name/title is Levi the Slasher (レヴィ・ザ・スラッシャー Revi za Surasshā, usually rubied as 雷刃の襲撃者(レヴィ・ザ・スラッシャー)), which may be shortened as Levi (レヴィ Revi, usually rubied as 雷刃(レヴィ)). Levi is short for "levin", an archaic word for "lightning". Nevertheless, in the scenario U-D still calls her Material-L in Japanese.

In the movie continuity, her name is merely Levi (レヴィ Revi). She also introduces herself to Fate with the title "Levi of Lightning" (雷光のレヴィ Raikō no Revi).

Appearance

Material-L looks like her original, Fate, except that her hair is light blue instead of blond. Her pupils are always contracted, like the other two Materials.

Alternate continuities

Portable

Levi the Slasher in The Battle of Aces

Levi appears in both Battle of Aces and Gears of Destiny. Unlike the other Materials she was aware of Nanoha's using her magical power to shoot down the Defense Program when it fully took over Reinforce and was aware of Hayate's involvement in taking out the Defense Program's expelled Linker Core(with Dearche only being aware that Reinforce removed the Defense Program's actual units from the Book of Darkness).

In Gears of Destiny her Dark Fragment copy believing herself to be the real Levi mentions watching the Defense Program's rampages when it took over and wanting to join in indicating that she was intended to monitor the Defense Program's outward manifestation when it took over the book while the other Materials took care of internal matters(Dearche in serving as the Core Unit of both the Book of Darkness and the Defense Program and Stern in serving as the Dream of the Book of Darkness).

Unlike Fate, Levi is very outgoing and often childish, but also prone to going berserk. She also likes to nickname others, e.g. Signum as "Bushido" (ブシドー Bushidō), Reinforce as "Black Feather" (クロハネ Kurohane) etc.

Movie

Levi appears in Reflection and Detonation.

She is the materialised state of a "soul" awakened by the Tome of the Night Sky's pages, with reference to Fate's appearance and magic talents, in 0067 instead. In Detonation, it's revealed that Stern, Levi and Dearche were originally cats who lived with Yuri and Iris. During Yuri face against Phil Maxwell in 40 years ago, along with Levi and Dearche was bite Phil's shoulder to save Yuri. After the bite, Yuri tells the cats to hide inside the Book of Darkness. Due to Yuri never releases the cats from the tome, the cats died inside the tome.

Brave Duel

Levi Russel (レヴィ・ラッセル Revi Rasseru) is an international student studying abroad in Uminari City, owning the title "Levi the Slasher" for Brave Duel games. As a human, her pupils are no longer contracted. Her battle-related designs are based on Fate's in The MOVIE 2nd A's instead.

Powers

Levi wields an axe-shaped Device named Vulnificus. It is a copy of Bardiche Assault, but its primary color is dark indigo and its gem is blue.

In The Battle of Aces, Material-L is one of the most powerful characters, combining Fate's speed in melee with Signum's weapons finesse and long-range defenses and Chrono Harlaown's extensive Full Drive enhancement skills. After Levi acquires her new powers upon reviving in The Gears of Destiny, lightning effects of her spells also change from golden-purple to her new/true aqua blue (水色 mizuiro) magic color.

Barrier Jacket

As revealed in The Gears of Destiny Material Girls., Levi's protective clothing, presumably a Midchildan Barrier Jacket, is known as Slash Suit (襲撃服(スラッシュスーツ) Surasshu Sūtsu, lit. Assault Clothing). Its design (except colors) is same as that of Fate's Barrier Jacket "Lightning Form" in A's.

In The Gears of Destiny, Levi's Slash Suit gains a speed-oriented variation named Sprite Form (スプライトフォーム Supuraito Fōmu). Its design (except colors) is same as that of Fate's Barrier Jacket "Sonic Form" in A's.

In the movie continuity, Levi's Slash Suit has instead an original new design, although its overall style is still similar to Fate's.

In the games

Spells in The Battle of Aces
		Cross Range	Long Range	Long Range (Charged)
▢	Attack/Basic	[unnamed]	Lightning Blade Shock
△	Block/High	Light Thunder Slash	Light Wing Slash
◯	Catch/Bind	Lightning Blade Blasting Light Break	Heaven-breaking Thunder God Hammer
L	FDB	Thunderblade Annihilation Aurora Slash	---
R	Guard	Round Shield		---

Spells in The Gears of Destiny
		Cross Range	Long Range	Long Range (Charged)
▢	Attack/Basic	[unnamed]	Lightning Blade Shock
△	Block/High	Light Thunder Slash	Light Wing Slash (SF:) Light Wing Double Slash
◯	Catch/Bind	Lightning Blade Blasting Light Break	Thunderlight Ring	Thunderlight Ring: Following Tachi (SF:) Thunderlight Ring: Following Tachi "Aurora"
△△	EX Attack	[unnamed slash attack]	---
L	FDB	Thunderblade Shutout Blaster Sword	---
R	Guard	Round Shield		---
R+L	Form Change	Sprite Form		---

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