Naga the Serpent
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Naga the Serpent (Japanese: 白蛇のナーガ Romaji: sāpento no nāga; also Nahga the White Serpent), formerly known as Gracia Ul Naga Saillune (Japanese: グレイシア＝ウル＝ナーガ＝セイルーン Romaji: gureishia uru nāga seirūn), is the self-proclaimed rival and companion of Lina Inverse in the Slayers Special series. Her Japanese voice actress is 川村万梨阿 'Maria Kawamura, and her English voice actress is Kelly Manison.
Naga's exact age is not known, but it is assumed that she is around 19 or 20 during the time Slayers Special took place, making her several years older than Lina.
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[edit] 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 murdered before her own eyes several years ago by the famous assassin Booley, and as a result, Naga slayed her mother's killer with the crown princess' original spell, Chaos String. After the funeral, Naga found the outrageous outfit she currently wears inside her mother's closet, and shortly after this, she left home in order 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. The people of Saillune know that she has not gone missing; they accept the fact that she has left on her own journey.
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).
Naga may be an alcoholic. She is often shown drinking to excess, especially in the Slayers movies, to the point that her cheeks are flushed, and can often be seen sleeping beside an empty mug or bottle, implying that she may drink herself to sleep.
To her dismay, Naga is often referred to as Lina's sidekick or "that other girl." Lina thinks Naga following her around is akin to goldfish poop.
[edit] Abilities
Naga is very skilled in white magic, no doubt because of where she grew up. Lina is often surprised when Naga uses these spells, because Naga does not seem like the kind of person to want to heal people. 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.
Another of Naga's skills is to terrorize people with her obnoxious laughing. She's extremely proud of her highly developed, self-confident laugh and the effect that it has on unsuspecting people. She also likes to use her body to tease or distract men who are trying to go against her.
Naga carries a large sword, but she never uses it, as she is afraid of blood. This phobia was most likely caused by witnessing her mother's brutal slaughter. The mere sight of blood, even from a small cut, is enough to cause her to faint.
[edit] Relationships
The only Slayers character Naga really interacts with is Lina. Naga proclaims herself to be Lina's strongest and foremost rival, and this annoys Lina to no end. Nevertheless, these two will often work together despite their differences, and when they do, they are a great team.
One more thing to be noted is that there are eleven copies 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 has a complete opposite personality (a whiny, extremely modest girl).
Also of note is that in the various media of Slayers, Amelia and Naga never meet. In the first season of Slayers, episode 17 ("Question? He's proposing to THAT girl?"), a woman with Naga's distinctive build and outfit walks in front of the disguised Amelia, Gourry, and Lina, and Amelia appears to do a double-take. In the Slayers video games, Naga met the rest of the TV cast, but not Amelia. In Slayers Premium, Amelia was blasted off shortly before Naga's appearance. However, there were two times when they did meet; in Slayers VS Orphen. Naga was wearing a mask that hid her face, and Amelia began to ask Naga a question, but Naga interrupted and told Amelia she was a friend of Lina's; in the epilogue of the Slayers Premium CD drama, Naga makes another appearance inside a big golem, but Lina blasted off her with the Giga Slave.
[edit] Appearances
- Slayers Special novels
- Slayers Delicious novels
- Slayers VS Orphen novel
- Slayers Special OVA series
- Slayers Excellent OVA series
- Slayers Perfect movie
- Slayers Return movie
- Slayers Great movie
- Slayers Gorgeous movie
- Slayers Premium movie
- Slayers Return manga
- Slayers Special manga
- Slayers Premium manga
- Slayers Premium CD drama
- Slayers VS Orphen CD drama
- Slayers Royal game
- Slayers Royal 2 game
- Slayers Wonderful game
- Slayers SFC game
- Slayers PC98 game
