Mulier Aridus

"Aloft even in quietus..."

—Somnium Fluxus

Aquila (アクイラ, Akuira), more often referred to by her alias, Mulier Aridus (アリドスムリヤ, Aridosu Muriya; "Arid Woman"), is an ancient, once forgotten Nefas alchemist once affiliated with Diluculum Sanctus for a very short period of time. For reasons yet unexplained, she has recently resurfaced as an ally of the newly-formed Espada, serving directly under Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez.

Regarded as little than a fabrication of Nefas lore by even the most astute historians, her living existence unknown to even fellow ancient Nefas of Diluculum Sanctus, Aquila's true name is rarely heard outside of olden fables which depict her abhorrent experiments on Nefas, Hollows, Anima Casus, Venetores Scientiarum, and even Shinigami. Aquila foretold Velia Agostinha Vivax's betrayal and abandoned Diluculum Sanctus in secrecy long before its destruction, seeking nothing but liberation from her terminal illness and the power that could be gained from briefly associating herself with the collective. Following this, she became an influence working within obscurity, perfecting her alchemy and resuming her studies and experiments while remaining anonymous to Soul Society; it is said that it was from her that Fabien, a colleague of Silvio da Parma, acquired his extensive knowledge of Anima Casus. A hugely nihilistic individual, Aquila desires little more than to explore the realm of possibility as much as possible before her own death. As a woman responsible for meddling with the very laws of spiritual nature and using remnants of multiple spiritual race to conjure entities of such despotic nature that not even legends of her sorcery can properly depict, Aquila is, as often agreed upon by unaffiliated Nefas who know of her existence, a greater menace to both physical and spiritual societies than even the likes of Randa Primarosa..

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