Mystia Lorelei

Main Profile

	Name:	ミスティア・ローレライ Mystia Lorelei
	Species:	Night Sparrow
	Abilities:	Confusion song, night-blindness
	Age:	Unknown
	Occupation:	Unknown, but enjoys tricking humans into getting lost
	Location:	Some forest path near a human village
	Description:	(Touhou 8,9) Grey eyes, pink hair, pointed ears like an owl, light pink bird-like wings with purple highlights. Dresses in white and brown clothing. Hat and dress contain numerous bird-shaped ornaments.
	Relationships:	Yuyuko Saigyouji (Predator)
	Appearances:	Imperishable Night (Stage 2 Midboss, Stage 2 Boss) Phantasmagoria of Flower View (Playable Character, Possible Opponent)
	Titles:	See Character Titles

Mystia is a little night sparrow with an egocentric personality—at least she sounds arrogant—that enjoys infusing confusion and terror into the hearts of humans using her ability: a song that creates confusion in those who hear her. Her song seems to attract nearby monsters as well.

She roams a road near a human village (that Keine is trying to protect) in search of humans to frighten. She is indeed feared by the locals as people around her become blinded by darkness.

Fun Facts

• Mystia's self-confidence makes her the only enemy that attacks as a midboss but does not run away to recover when defeated the first time. She immediately launches into another attack, firmly believing that she will win.

• The "Lorelei" part of her name most likely is a reference to a German poem about the siren Lorelei, that also had a mesmerizing song.

• She gets "eaten" by Yuyuko of the Ghost team in Imperishable Night's story mode, making her a popular "joke character" as she's usually pictured as... food.

• In fact, she's even mocked by ZUN himself in some of his Spell Card comments.

Official Profiles

Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt

Mystia Lorelei

○２面ボス　夜雀の怪 　　ミスティア・ローレライ 　　Mystia Lorelei 　　種族：夜雀 　　能力：歌で人を狂わす程度の能力 　　二面ボス。 　　人を鳥目にする事も出来る。 　　人間は彼女を夜雀と呼ぶが、あまり姿かたちを見る事は無い。何故な 　　ら夜しか出ない上に、人間は何も見えなくなるからである。その姿を 　　見てしまえば、雀とは呼ばなかったかもしれない。 　　彼女の歌声は人間の判断を鈍らせ、暗闇に誘い込まれた人間はそのま 　　ま消えてしまう。夜、道に迷う原因の一つでもある。 　　また、人間を鳥目（暗いところでは視力が極端に落ちる病）にして、 　　自分の姿を隠す事もある。

Stage 2 Boss, Night Sparrow Mystia Lorelei Species: Night sparrow Abilities: Can confuse people with her song. Mystia is the boss of Stage 2. In addition to her song of confusion, she can make people night-blind. Humans call her the Night Sparrow, but few have ever seen her appearance. This is because she only plays during nighttime, and humans around her become blinded by darkness anyway. Had they seen what she actually looks like, they probably wouldn't have called her a sparrow. Her song can cloud a person's judgement; humans who walk into the night in that condition inevitably disappear without a trace. This confusion ability is the main reason people lose their way at night so easily. She can also make people night-blind in order to hide better within the darkness.

Phantasmagoria of Flower View - Demo Manual

	○夜雀の怪　ミスティア・ローレライ 　　夜道で人をさらう鳥の妖怪。 　　歌で人を惑わす程度の能力を持つ。 　　昼間は大して驚異ではないが、彼女の歌が途絶えることはない。 　　花見のバカ騒ぎの中で、最もハードで騒がしい歌声が聞こえた 　　ら、彼女の仕業である。
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Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt

	○夜雀の怪 　　ミスティア・ローレライ 　　Mystia Lorelei 　　種族：夜雀 　　能力：歌で人を狂わす程度の能力 　　　鳥頭で歌ってばっかりいる、傍迷惑な妖怪。 　　　彼女の歌を聴くと、人間は狂う事もある。 　　　お祭り騒ぎで騒々しい事が大好きで、今回の花の異変で包まれた 　　幻想郷は、彼女にとっては格好の遊び場だった。
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