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Quinella 1/2 - Sword Art Online

Quinella , also known as the Administrator, was the leader of the Axiom Church, the tyrant of the Human Empire in the Underworld , and the main antagonist of the first half of Arc 1/2 of Alicization None.

Background

Quinella was born of a marriage of convenience between the two noble houses of the time, 350 years before Kirito's second arrival in the underworld. Her father was the lord of Centoria, who therefore had the authority to grant sacred tasks, or callings. The lord had created a previously unheard-of vocation for his daughter: the "research of the sacred arts."

Chronology

Story: Arc 1/2 of Alicization

Youth

Quinella was undoubtedly a gifted child. She studied the meaning of the words used in the commands and realized that it was a valid language in its own right (English). She continued to piece together the pieces until she found her first offensive command, Flèche thermique , and tested it on an animal. Her stats increased, and she realized that killing a living being increased her system control authority, so she continued to sneak around at night and hunt animals just to improve her stats. In doing so, her authority increased.

At the age of thirteen, Quinella began faking miracles for people, claiming that they were the work of the gods and that they needed to be worshipped to see more. Thus, the Central Cathedral was built in the center of Centoria, and the worship of the Axiom Church began. The talented young woman implemented the feudal system by making lords nobles and established the vertical power system of governance throughout the Human Empire.

Quinella published the world's first edition of a written code of laws, called the Index of Taboos, and ensured that everyone accepted its rules. Chief among these was the rule to remain loyal to the Axiom Church and never do anything that would diminish the life of a living being, so that no one could rise to his level of authority in this way and preserve his supremacy.

Immortality

The cathedral tower was constantly being renovated and expanded, until Quinella stopped going out and focused on her studies in search of the Sacred Arts that would allow her to change her maximum Life parameter. As she aged, her Life naturally decreased, making her frantic. On her deathbed, through a stroke of luck or perhaps outside help, Quinella managed to find the command that detailed the list of all commands available with the system. At the very bottom of the list was the command that increased her System Control Authority to the same level as the Cardinal System , allowing her to do anything, including change the terrain, spawn objects, and finally, adjust the durability stat of any object, including her own life.

Quinella changed her mind and restricted her life to that of a young woman, allowing her to appear young and beautiful again. But even so, she was not satisfied, because the cardinal had the same rights as she did—and for Quinella, there could not be two supreme authorities in the world. She decided to correct this.

Quinella spent a lot of time learning the newfound knowledge of high-privilege commands, trying to understand the complicated syntax guides. Eventually, Quinella devised a complex command to remove and re-enable Cardinal, but she made a single mistake and ended up with the Cardinal system in mind.

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