User:Sharaku Jr./Tessa (Red Earth)

“	I will remember this about you... always!	„
	~ One of Tessa's win quotes

“	Is this what he meant by true fear? It sounds more like true madness to me.	„
	~ Tessa's statement in regards to Scion's claims of making a new world.

Tessa's Theme - Red Earth

Background

Tessa, alternatively known as Tabasa (タバサ) in Japan, is one of the four main playable characters in the Capcom arcade fighting game, Red Earth, also known as Warzard in Japan. She is also usually the main representative for the series in many of her company's crossover properties, featuring in games such as SNK VS Capcom: SVC Chaos, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, and Onimusha Soul. Tessa is a sorcerologist living in Icelarn, Tessa excels in the usage of magic, which, in her own words, she studies in order to find out the secrets of the universe. She is portrayed as a very intelligent, yet sometimes snarky person who often knows far more than she should and enjoys a good fight. She can easily discern if people are righteous or evil just by a simple glance. She is also notable for mixing in technology with her magic, as discerned by the weapons she uses in battle and the fact that she owns a laboratory where she studies.

In her story mode in Red Earth, an unnatural series of powerful storms in the year 1999 spread across the entire planet. Tessa believes that this occurrence is unnatural, and sets off to find what is causing the huge disturbance and to stop it if necessary. Upon leaving her laboratory, she immediately comes across the sea monster Hydron, who is terrorizing innocent humans. After killing the monster, Tessa made her way through various lands, finding more and more clues on the Empire of Varuda, a nation which many of the enemies she fought kept mentioning. After facing several monsters wreaking havoc across the land, she arrives at the main base of the Varuda Empire, a floating castle island in the sky. There, she fights a powerful foe, the warrior Blade, who she defeats. Afterwards, she makes her way inside the castle and fights the warlock Scion, the leader of the empire. Killing the evil magician in a narrow fight, she rushes to Scion's laboratory and finds a strange alien creature. Sensing evil within it, she seals it away for good, and travels back home before the entire kingdom of Varuda collapses.

Statistics

Tier: 4-A

Name: Tessa (Tabasa in the Japanese release)

Origin: Red Earth

Sex: Female

Age: Unknown, likely in her mid-20's.

Classification: Human, Sorcerologist, Magelord

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System level (Fought against and killed the evil warlock, Scion. His boss room contains a dimensional space filled with several stars visible in the background. Said dimensional space, as well as the entire evil kingdom of Varuda, collapsed upon Scion's death in multiple endings of the game, including one of Tessa's. Scion claimed that he would have made a new world. Can fight against the other three characters in the Red Earth 2-Player VS Mode. Said characters subsequently can also fight and defeat Scion in their own respective story modes.)

Durability: Multi-Solar System level (Survived blows from Scion in their fight. Scion previously sustained a dimension with several stars in the background. Can survive attacks from the other three characters in the Red Earth 2-Player VS Mode, who can also defeat Scion in their own in-game story modes.)

Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level (Fought and killed Scion.)

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed:

Combat Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Can create lightning based attacks and summon meteor storms with the elemental Mystic Spirit Force attacks available to all four of the main characters in Red Earth. Can also create lightning through her Electron Cannon and Hyper Cannon's attacks. Fought against and defeated Scion, who can manipulate lightning in both of his forms and can call upon meteors from the sky in his final form.)

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Can dodge and block lightning based attacks as well as meteor storms from the elemental Mystic Spirit Force attacks available to all four of the main characters in Red Earth. Fought against and defeated Scion, who can fire bolts of lightning and summon flaming meteors from the sky.)

Stamina: Superhuman (Fought and survived several grueling battles against incredibly powerful monsters. The likes of which included giant dinosaurs, ancient fighting machines, and massive demons. Most notably, she fought and won against Scion, who was an incredibly powerful magic user that could manipulate the elements and summon meteor storms.)

Range: Standard Melee range, higher with Magical Abilities and Telekinesis

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Tessa is an incredibly perceptive and intelligent practitioner of magic. She regularly experiments with magic and science in her laboratory, and is seen as incredibly skilled. Tessa constantly seeks new knowledge on any subject that may interest her, which incidentally set her off on her journey in her story mode. In combat, Tessa strategically makes use of her various knowledge as well as her animal spirits to use at her beck and call. In SNK VS Capcom: SVC Chaos, it is shown that she knows quite a bit about various other worlds, such as knowing about Reploids and Maverick Hunters, expressing interest in the Satsui no Hadou and Psycho Power, recognizes Kyo Kusanagi's lineage, the Secret Scrolls of Jin owned by Geese Howard, and can sense Violent Ken's brainwashing. In her ending, she even learns to develop a new type of magic simply by gathering certain materials from Heaven.)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Telekinesis (Can hold and attack with her wand without using her hands.), Magic, Elemental Manipulation (With various Magic Abilities) , Ice Manipulation (With Ice Vials, Glace Cannon, Tricicle Edge and Hyper Cannon), Weapon Creation (With Reverie Sword),

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Standard Equipment

• Wand/Sun Wand:

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Notable Techniques

Normal Moves

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  Telekinesis

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  Ice Vials

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  Cat Spirits: Al and Iven

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  Mew Sweep

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  Bird Spirit: Hato

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  Dragon Spirit: Manot

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  Winder Fist

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  Hat Spirit

• Telekinesis: Tessa controls her wand/staff from afar with telekinetic power, allowing her to hit enemies outside of her normal melee range.
• Ice Vials: Tessa tosses out vials of blue liquid, which can explode into ice upon her own command.
• Cat Spirits: Incidentally, Tessa's two shoes hold two respective Cat Spirits, Al (アル, Aru) and Iven (イブン, Ibun) who aid Tessa in battle in many ways, usually attacking from lower angles to sweep enemies off their feet.
  • Mew Sweep: A quick dive kick performed with Tessa and one of her cat spirits.
• Bird Spirit: A bird spirit named Hato (ハト) that Tessa owns as a pet. It is quite durable, and can block and negate enemy projectiles, as well as strike foes by flying directly into them with a tackle.
• Dragon Spirit: Tessa's cape holds a Dragon Spirit within it, named Manot (マノット), which can transform its cape form into varying parts of its full dragon form. Allows Tessa to strike her opponents with Manot's incredibly sharp tail.
  • Winder Fist: Tessa transforms the arm of her cape into Manot's head and neck, reaching far to smash into enemies with a powerful blow as well as bite down on them with the dragon's fangs.
• Hat Spirit: Tessa's hat holds a deadly spirit. Once awakened, it will teleport onto the head of its foes and shred them apart with its sharp teeth.
• Ascend Proof:
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Special Moves

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  Chakra Wave

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  Reverie Sword

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  Glace Cannon

• Chakra Wave: Tessa transforms her frog spirit, Kaeru (カエル), into the head of a dragon, firing out a pulse of energy from its mouth. Can be used in mid-air.
• Reverie Sword: Tessa magically creates a blade and spins it around telekinetically, simultaneously lifting herself into the air while cutting through her opponent.
• Glace Cannon:

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Other

Standard Tactics:

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