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Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell (エヴァンジェリン・A.K.・マクダウェル Evanjerin A. K. Makudaweru?), commonly known as "Yukihime (雪姫 Yukihime?)" is a vampire that has been living for seven hundred years. She is also the leader of the family of immortals, UQ Holder.

Appearance[]

Being turned into a vampire at the age of ten, she is bound to look like a child for eternity. Because of the lack of growth, she was exposed as an immortal in any city she used to live in, and had to move constantly because of that. When she learned magic that allowed her to keep an illusion of being older, she began using it all the time. Nowadays she uses a special kind of magical pills that allow its user to visually change one's age without wasting the user's mana.

She has platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. While in her true form of a 10-year-old girl she usually keeps a gothic lolita appearance, and in her adult form she seems to wear a strict business attire.

Personality[]

Much like in Negima, Yukihime retains her cold personality, but has shown to have a soft spot for Touta, most likely due to them living together. Being over 700 years old (born during the Hundred Year's War), she has vast knowledge about the past and on how to live effectively as an immortal. She masks her true age with age changing pills. An infamous witch and Shinso vampire, she has a six million dollar bounty on her head which has stood for over 70 years. Every once and a while, she appears in her child form to drop in on some otherwise private conversations between Touta and others.

History[]

This section covers only the history revealed in UQ Holder!. For Evangeline's past exploits, please see Negima! Wiki.


Prior to this manga, she starred in another manga series, "Mahou Sensei Negima!", the prequel to UQ Holder!. Unlike in UQ Holder, Yukihime retains her original appearance as a 10-year old girl and is also known by her original name, Evangeline. Thanks to Negi Springfield's father, Nagi, Yukihime was also unable to leave Mahora Academy. After Nagi Springfield was saved from the influence of the Mage of the Beginning, he lifted his curse from her, returning her full magical power and freeing her to move around the world. At a certain point she created UQ Holder, a family of all types of immortals. Two years prior to the story Touta's parents died in a crash, she saved Touta by his parents request and turned him into a vampire. Touta had no memories of anything prior to the accident so she decided to stay with Touta and lived with him for two years.

Plot[]

Introduction Arc[]

The First Mission Arc[]

Fighting Fate Arc[]

Mahora Investigation Arc[]

Mahora Martial Arts Tournament Arc[]

After hearing that the numbers are having a tough time with their investigation mission she decides to check it out for herself, but when she arrived it was already over and accepted Touta's application for the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament but she was more interested in the application of Touta's grandfather. Not long after her arrival Fate appeared who was also interested in Negi's application.

Dana Training Arc[]

Fairyland Hall Arc[]

Negi Springfield Arc[]

The Parallel World Arc[]

Cutlass Arc[]

Chachazero's Memory Arc[]

Pactio Arc[]

Ba'al Uprising Arc[]

Inverse Mars Arc[]

Dark Future Arc[]

Following Konoe Touta's sacrifice and fusion with the World tree to stop the Space elevator from collapsing and preventing the world from being destroy by Baal's deadly virus, Yukihime and the rest of UQ Holder went to Pluto and battle against Ialda Baoth's forces which result in Karin's sacrifice by using a spell that attract all enemies attacks on her and Negi Springfield defeat at the hand of Yukihime, however this make her end up been in turn possessed and taking over by The Mage of Beginning after using the forbidden spell "Manus Jaldae - The Hand of Ialda"

Final Battle Arc[]

Relationships[]

Negi Springfield[]

Yukihime kept a strict mutual relationship with Negi Springfield. 80 years ago, she took him under her wing when she realized he needed a teacher. Negi looked up to Yukihime, considering her one of the best magicians in the world. (It was said then that during that time Yukihime was in love with Negi's father Nagi.) However, according to her own words, she is in love with Negi instead.[1]

Nagi Springfield[]

Negi's father, and the love of Yukihime's life whom she married in an alternate timeline after he was saved by his son.

Touta Konoe[]

Touta and his parents died two years ago so Yukihime made Touta a vampire, as supposedly requested by his parents. After that, she raised him as her own. She deeply cares about him and considers him family and Touta feels the same about her. It is also noted by the other members of UQ holder that Yukihime is most happy while around and interacting with Touta. It is later revealed that Yukihime, during her beginning days as a vampire, had met the present day Touta due to the time distortions of Dana's palace, The Rift. During each of their meetings with each other, Yukihime, under the alias "Kitty", and Touta grew close, and he becomes her first ever friend and crush/love interest. Her feelings were so strong that she wanted to meet with him again after centuries apart. After Touta returns to to the present day from Dana's training, he proclaims his love for her and he even proposes to her which she outright rejects. However, it is later shown, in private, that she seems extremely happy about it all and remarks that's he's five hundred years late. Indeed, she still loves him.

Abilities And Powers[]

She is one of the best and most feared mages in the world, specializing in Dark and Ice types of magic.

Immortality[]

Evangeline isn't a natural pure-blood vampire such as Dana Ananga Jagannatha, Nikitis Laps, and Baal, but she was originally a normal human. She is the end result of the immortal experiments, which turned her into a "True" Ancestral Vampire, which has granted her eternal life and youth, leaving her incapable of death through natural means and stopped her from physical aging from the time she was turned into a vampire (meaning her true form is that of a ten-year-old). As such, she has one of the strongest immortal type in existence, granting her powerful regeneration, being able to regenerate almost all injuries and reattach her limbs such as her head and arm never succumbing to those wounds.

However, this has a limit, as her body parts are linked together using her magical power; as such, if her limbs are severed, she can restore them by reattaching them and/or if they're destroyed she can regenerate another limb. Similar to Touta, if she doesn't retrieve the limb, then Evangeline is unable to regenerate that limb unless she can retrieve it. Her immortality is Class A.

Magic Abilities[]

Master Mage: Evangeline is a master mage who specializes primarily in ice and dark magic, which she has fully displayed with incredible range and power once using her full capabilities. She also maintains a high-level barrier around her at all times, being capable of firing off ice spells with destructive power and range without even trying her hardest. As a testament to this, she was the master of Negi Springfield who is widely described as being the most powerful and dangerous mage of all time; and she was able to duel Fate Averruncus, both the rival of Negi who is almost as powerful as him to a stalemate.

  • Barrier: Yukihime uses this spell to block the physical attacks of Touta and his friends. Depending on the way she uses it, the opponent may also end up being thrown away as shown when she used it to repel one of Touta's attack.
  • Nivis Casus (氷爆 (ニヴィス・カースス) , Nivisu Kāsusu): Evangeline points her finger at her intended target and releases a large blast of ice, powerful enough to knock back Touta with ease.[2]
  • Iaculatio Grandinis (氷槍弾雨 (ヤクラーティオー・グランディニス) : Evangeline creates numerous ice spears, which she is able to direct at her intended target described as being genuine Ancient Magic that no Magic Apps are capable of. Kuroumaru after witnessing this acknowledge she was the genuine Dark Mage being able almost a spell used in war.[3] Using this ice spell again, she could eliminate the weapons of an army of Immortal Hunters.[4]
  • Ice Wall: An unnamed spell, where Evangeline creates a thick ice wall, she could create one even from a considerable distance. It was strong enough to defend Touta against the private army's special bullets, leaving the wall without any signs of considerable damage.[5]
  • Ice Saber Rondo (氷刀輪舞, Hyōtō Rinbu): Evangeline creates several curved swords, which she throws at her opponents and sharp enough to cut through Fate's stone walls.[6]
  • Netherworld Icicle (冥府の氷柱, Meifu no Hyōchū): She creates an ice pillar underneath her opponent at a certain length, which sends them in her direction and catch them off guard.[6]
  • Anthos Pagetou Khilion Eton (千年氷華 (アントス・バゲトゥ・キリオン・エトーン) ), Antosu Bagetu Kirion Etōn): The Strongest Ice spell similar to Thousand Lightning Bolts, which causes a vast wide area of ice to spread outwards from the source that appears almost like a flower from an upward view.[7]
  • Eternal Freeze (永劫氷結, Eigō Hyōketsu): Alongside Fate's spell, "Aionion Petrosis," Yukihime utilizes this spell at the same time to bind Negi Springfield in a block of ice, but was broken apart by him instantly regardless of their combined power.[8]

Magia Erebea[]

Magia Erebea: Evangeline is the first Magia Erebea user having been the person who created this unique magic using herself who was turned into the perfect replica of a True Ancestral Vampire as a basis, as such it became known as the Ultimate Secret to becoming an Immortal. As such, she doesn't suffer from the same drawbacks as Negi did after first using it since it's a Dark Mage meant for someone such as herself, meaning she doesn't suffer the same corruptive effects.

  • Lunar Path (太陰の道, Taiin no Michi; Path of the Moon): A technique that can reflect a spell back towards the caster.[9]
  • Krystalline Basilea (氷の女王 (クリュスタリネー・バシレイア) ), Queen of Ice): Evangeline's armament, which she activates by absorbing the Strongest Ice Spell, Anthos Pagetou Khilion Eton. She adorns a regal attire that appears to be made of ice, letting her to utilize all the ice elemental spells under high-level ones such as Ice Saber Rondo and Netherworld Icicle, without incantation, a "cheat" that makes her almost invincible, while being capable of freezing the entire area around her turning it into her area.[10]

Fighting Style[]

Master Martial Artist: Though a mage is not known to possess much physical ability, she adapted to using physical combat. She's able to outmatch match Touta in hand-to-hand combat. Being devoid of her magical powers at one time she learned martial arts. She is a very skilled fighter and can effortlessly take down a man twice her size, largely due to her mastery of the Japanese martial art Aikido. It is implied that Yukihime learnt the art from its creator Morihei Ueshiba himself, as she casually referred to having "picked it up from that old geezer when I came to Japan 80 years ago."

Ki Manipulation:

  • Shundō (瞬動, Shundō): A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. This is used by concentrating ki or magic power into the feet to get from point A to point B in the least amount of steps. It's important when going from point A to point B that you hold to the ground with the inside of your feet, or you will simply trip.

Battles[]

Opponent Result
Evangeline A.K. McDowell vs Touta Konoe & friends (various times) Won
Evangeline A.K. McDowell & Touta Konoe vs Tachibana Won
Evangeline A.K. McDowell vs Kuroumaru Tokisaka Won
Evangeline A.K. McDowell vs Touta Konoe & Kuroumaru Tokisaka (bath towel battle) Loss
Evangeline A.K. McDowell vs Fate Averruncus (Manga only) Draw
Evangeline A.K. McDowell , Zazie Rainyday & Mana Tatsumiya vs Fate Averruncus (Manga only) Interrupted
Evangeline A.K. McDowell , Touta Konoe, Kuroumaru Tokisaka, Santa Sasaki, Karin Yuuki, Ikkuu Ameya & Fate Averruncus VS Mage of the Beginning, Negi Springfield, Albireo Imma, Jack Rakan, Yue Ayase, Nodoka Miyazaki & Tena Vita Interrupted

Voice Actors[]

  • Japanese: Yuki Matsuoka
  • English: Heidi Hinkel (As Yukihime), Shanae'e Moore (As Evangeline)

Chapter Appearances[]

Introduction Arc
1. Beauty and the Boy Debut
2. I Hate Being Immortal Appears
3. I Thought We Could Be Friends Appears
4. Touta's Clever Scheme Appears
5. A Stop in the Journey, Romance Between Men Appears
6. What Does It Mean To Be A Bit Ahead? Appears

Trivia[]

  • Her first name, Evangeline, is of English origin and means "Bearer/Messenger of Good News" (possibly the origin of her title: the Gospel [Good News] of Darkness).
    • The first part of Evangeline's middle name 'Athanasia', is of Greek origin and means "Eternal Life".
      • Her other middle name, Katherine, means "Pure or Clear" an Irish name with Gaelic origins.
        • All together, her full given name might mean something like: "The Pure Bearer of Eternal Life," a reference to her being made a vampire as a young maiden. Another interpretation could be "The Pure Bearer/Messenger of Good News to/for Immortals" a reference to her creation of UQ Holder, as a safe haven for immortals.
    • Her family name, McDowell, literally means "Son/Child of Dowell," and is the Anglicized version of the Gaelic "Mac Dubhghaill." It apparently was a byname for "Dark Stranger" referencing darker haired Danes from the fair haired Norwegians. Considering she is naturally blond, this is a misnomer and ironic considering its original meaning, but Dark Stranger would be an appropriate name for a vampire, so it could be in reference to that.
  • Evangeline's power is notorious in the Magic World, which leads to nicknames, such like: "Advent of Evil", "Apostle of Calamity", "Gospel of Darkness", "Dark Evangel", "Puppet/Doll Master", "Maga Nosferatu", "The Girl Queen of Darkness", "The Visitation of Woes", and "The Disciple of Dark Tones."

References[]

  1. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 110, Page 12
  2. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 5, Page 13
  3. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 5, Page 14
  4. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 28, Pages 3-4
  5. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 28, Page 3
  6. 6.0 6.1 UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 41, Page 11
  7. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 30, Page 4
  8. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 132, Page 32
  9. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 154, Page 26
  10. UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 41, Page 10

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