Delta

Appearance Delta Light novel Delta is a young female wolf therianthrope with large canine ears and a fluffy tail. She sports purple eyes with vertical slit pupils that become circular when happy.[ANIME ONLY][7] Retaining an athletic yet curvaceous build, Delta's body possesses chiseled muscles and well-defined contours.[8][9]

In her daily life, she wears a dark suit with long-sleeved clothes around her neck and opens in her stomach, a pair of gloves, shorts combined with stockings, and a pair of shoes. Often times, Delta will wear a variation of this trend with different materials but always wears something to accentuate her athleticism and form. But some exceptions occur, such as in winter helping Cid dig for Gettan's buried treasure.

When serving in the Shadow Garden, she wears the customary slime bodysuit with black and gold decorations, but with the individualized accessories of fur adornments at the collar, wrists, and ankles. Delta's top has the basic dark attire with twin vertical gold lines running up the central third of her torso before joining two violet gems accents. The gems fall in line where another gold lining traverses her upper pectoral outline above her bust, with gold shoulder pads connected to the gems. Her shoulders have a slight bagginess before connecting to two gold rings where her deltoids meet her arms in regular black sleeve, connecting to standard cestus around both of her forearms and black gloves. Her top is wrapped around the diaphragm by a slight belt where the seam splits underneath to reveal her abdomen.

Her lower half is dressed in leggings with lighter black which has straps from both edges of her lower abdomen wrapping around her hips to the back, resembling short shorts. Her upper thighs have a gold ring each where the leggings get darker going further down the limbs, with a gold diamond shape a few centimeters down the center fold on both legs from the gold rings. Down the legs past the fur accents on her ankles, Delta has a pair of gold chevrons pointing up her feet. Delta's tail has a thick gold ring with an inlaid division around the center at the base of her tail, and a matching ring towards the end of her tail, with an ornament of two bells and a tassel ribbon at the end.

In the game and light novel, Delta wears a gold laced gem on both hips of her trouser line.

In the light novel, there are more detailed grooves on her leggings as well as a trio of belt wraps on both arms around the biceps/triceps.

In the manga, she sometimes she wears a mask to protect her original identity.

Personality Hunting for Delta surpasses a mere way to get food; it is inseparable from her identity. Ever since she was three, she concluded that hunting was the reason for her existence. It revealed to her that one can sustain oneself through strength. The only things that retain value are obtained by oneself.[10][11] Her therianthrope background and hunting connection feed into her life philosophy of might makes right—the strong dictate direction and morality, and those who are weaker follow.[11][12] Consequently, Delta only acknowledges and answers to strength, holding weak in contempt. Wanting to overcome the stigma of her mother's tragic death from sickness, this ideology remains constant and pertains even to family members.[12][13]

Delta’s might logic—musclehead—and reliance on strength-based solutions leave fellow Shadow Garden members exasperated. For those Delta acknowledges or accepts as family, she presents a docile nature. She displays a childish innocence that manifests through a playful demeanor and naive interpretation of the world.[4] Delta’s juvenile perceptions likewise make her easily excitable and impulsive. These impulsive tendencies are near-uncontrollable. Even if she temporarily suppresses urges, they will manifest later through more damaging actions.[12]

Conversely, her enemies receive the full brunt of her feral temperament, revealing a brutal and merciless character.[14]

Powers & Abilities Delta brutally slaughters all of Nelson's clones Delta Brutally Slaughters Magic Clones Delta’s environment and societal reinforcement shaped her into a warrior.[13] When she was three, she killed a wild boar, an unheard-of achievement, even among therianthropes. At age twelve only the chief of the tribe could challenge her strength.[11] After joining Shadow Garden, her power continued to develop until she became one of the organization's strongest combatants. Cid has identified Delta as the Seven Shadows' "most talented (physical) fighter."[4][12]

Martial Arts Delta's hand-to-hand combat lacks the artistry of Cid’s grappling techniques, but the simplicity allows for the injection of substantial might. Drawing from her therianthrope roots, Delta commonly reverts to claw-based attacks whenever the situation permits open-handed strikes.[14][7]

Physical Capabilities In terms of raw physical power, no Seven Shadow or Number is Delta’s equal.[15][12] She adeptly utilizes this strength to augment personal shortcomings in other areas of combat. On numerous occasions, she demonstrates physical feats that well exceed other dark knights. These can include bombastic displays of bisecting a building or a subtler—but not less powerful—display of shattering a magically reinforced sword with her canines.[4][14]

Delta's sensory capabilities are also one of her most potent attributes. Bolstered by her natural therianthrope body, hunter identity, and superior ability, Delta's hearing and sense of smell exceed almost every other member of Shadow Garden. Cid confesses that even with magic augmentation, he cannot equal her sensory powers. She demonstrates an ability to track and identify targets even through high-level camouflage. Another physical skill Cid complements is Delta's presence suppression. A self-proclaimed master of hide and seek, Delta's concealment mastery is the highest out of the Seven Shadows.[14][12] The aforementioned covert movement, Delta's innate tracking, and speeds that surpass typical visual perception make her invaluable for assassinations and abductions.[5][12][6]

Magic Delta, Iron Slab Delta Increasing the Size of Her Weapon Despite never receiving a formal dark knight education, Delta intuitively learned to use magic before becoming affiliated with Shadow Garden.[11] Cid's later teachings failed to instill magic nuances. As an alternative, Delta adheres to his advice of "infuse your slash attack with a bunch of magic."[15] Every attack is backed by immense physical strength and copious amounts of magical power. While Delta does not have the same level of control as her fellow Seven Shadows, she can satisfactorily manipulate her custom slime bodysuit. In magic-suppressant circumstances, it proved adequate to maintain and control a large slime weapon and minimal body cover.[14]

Delta further demonstrates a capacity for both body and weapon enhancement. Taking full advantage of her "superlative" physic, Delta displays creative techniques by augmenting body parts outside the core and limbs. As an example, by enhancing her lungs, Delta can launch a powerful breath-like attack. It has shown to be capable of heavily damaging her opponent's hearing, repelling projectiles, and destroying the surrounding area.[9][7][ANIME ONLY]

Intelligence Despite being a capable warrior, Delta's weakness is her lack of intelligence—derived from simple-mindedness and an inability to control personal bloodlust. She is incapable of any complex thought in or out of combat. Her powerful combat instinct compensates for the lack of strategy and tactics.