Omni-Giantess Patchouli Knowledge | The REALLY unmovable library.

General:

• Patchouli Knowledge is a witch and resident of the Scarlet Devil Mansion in the library. She's friends with the mistress of the house, Remilia Scarlet, and acts as resident librarian. She's known as a highly capable, experienced and studious magician, usually found researching the countless tomes within the house library.

• She is a magician (or witch) who is over 100 years old. As described in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, she is the type of magician who was naturally born as a magician; rather than a human that has become a magician through training such as Alice Margatroid. Though she has also become a deity due to recent developments. Appearance:

• Shown in various works, her hair and eyes are purple and has many ribbons tied to her hair and other parts of her clothing. She wears pink pajama-like clothing and a night-cap with a gold crescent moon on it, which is her daily wear. Her dress in some appearances looks like it has stripes of purple and violet. Her nails are painted in a deep shade of purple, and she sometimes wears black stir-up stockings. Her form is now also finely toned and muscular in addition to being curvaceous. Her eyes are normally purple, when whenever they are covered, usually by her hair on her right side, they glow with an otherworldly pure white glow.

• She used to be "fairly short" and was formerly around the height of Marisa and Youmu Konpaku, but her 'mortal' height is now at least 3 meters tall, or over 9 feet tall. She has no maximum height and is not afraid to show herself being taller than infinity. She often used to stay confined to the library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion because the books and her hair were damaged by sunlight. She used to have weak constitution, but her ascension to omnipotence has since completely nullified any weaknesses she had, making her unrivaled in magic and body. Personality:

• She doesn't have a very proactive personality but rather always walks her own path. However, she's always interested where knowledge is concerned and will proactively go and try to acquire it. She does everything by the book but still makes a lot of mistakes. She's also described as very dark and taciturn, which in this case means she is introverted and silent in expression and manner.

• It's suggested in Immaterial and Missing Power that Patchouli drinks coffee occasionally when she's studying, unlike the other residents of Scarlet Devil Mansion who almost always drink tea. Patchouli's Elemental Magic:

• Patchouli manipulates the five Chinese elements, making her an "Eastern style Western magician", an antithesis existence to Marisa Kirisame: "Western style Eastern magician". Patchouli is able to handle the five phases, commonly called Wu Xing, sometimes known as the five elements, fire, water, wood, metal, earth, with the addition of the sun and moon elements. Elemental magic borrows the powers of spirits that exist in nature. Through this, she's able to receive great output from a small input. Since the Wu Xing elements interact with each other, she can combine them and multiply their power. Abilities:

• She uses spell cards that combine multiple elements. In addition to using combinations with good compatibility such as Earth & Metal Sign "Emerald Megalith", she also uses combinations with poor compatibility such as Water & Fire Sign "Phlogistic Rain". Sun and moon are not within Wu Xing but they're classically opposite to each other and these two have been combined with each other in Sun & Moon Sign "Royal Diamond Ring". With a large diversity of element combinations, she can do many things such as increasing her power or covering her weaknesses.

• Fitting her magic to the same attributes as the days of the week is her secret hobby but nobody has realized this.

• Other than spell cards, she's able to use a revolving laser that focuses on herself as her regular danmaku.

• Patchouli has many books in the library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion which are mostly used for magic. Some of these books appear to act "independently" and can shoot danmaku. She also has waterproof books that Marisa finds interest in reading in the bath.

• In recent times, Patchouli has mastered every form of magic and has effectively removed any and all weaknesses in her abilities and own self. She is borderline omniscient and literally omnipotent.

Lore:

• In Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Patchouli attempts to stop the player from going further into the Scarlet Devil Mansion but has trouble as her anemia is preventing her from casting spells properly. Later on, when Flandre Scarlet gets out of the basement while Remilia Scarlet is away, she casts a rain spell around the mansion to prevent her from leaving. When the player returns, she challenges them again, this time with more powerful magic as she happens to be feeling better.

• After the Scarlet Mist Incident during Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, she became somewhat more active. It was commented that Suika Ibuki's party at the shrine was enjoyable for her.

• In Subterranean Animism, Patchouli noticed abnormalities underground and had Marisa go investigate with the help of Yukari Yakumo preparing Marisa's options.

• In Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Patchouli appears in an article where she decides to organize a setsubun festival at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, though summer is already approaching. She claims that the word "setsubun" originally means "interval between seasons" so there should be no problem having it at that time rather than between winter and spring when it's usually held. However, it being an outside world holiday, Patchouli is unclear on a lot of the details.

• In Silent Sinner in Blue, Patchouli is the main force behind the research and design of the rocket that Remilia Scarlet, Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame and Sakuya Izayoi use to reach the Moon. However, she cannot create the rocket fuel so she decides to get Reimu to help by using her powers. She also remains behind as the navigator as the rocket travels to the Moon.

• In Foul Detective Satori, she was the first victim of Mizuchi Miyadeguchi who got put in a coma. She was initially convinced that Sakuya Izayoi poisoned her. but discovered that this was the work of Mizuchi. Later on, she guessed what Satori was thinking using natural methods. Relationships:

• Patchouli Knowledge is Remilia Scarlet's old friend. In Perfect Cherry Blossom, they called each other "Remi" and "Pache" respectively. The two have been depicted having tea and casual conversations together where Patchouli offhandedly commented that they're both creatures of the night. As stated in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Patchouli's role at the mansion is to solve problems and to cause them. Patchouli will often volunteer her services when she sees Remilia in need of them. Patchouli is unlikely to be formally employed by Remilia.

• The head maid, Sakuya Izayoi is occasionally seen serving Patchouli. Patchouli tends to be rather sarcastic and condescending with her and Hong Meiling but seems to appreciate her as she always remembers to thank Sakuya for tea or for completion of other jobs. With Meiling however, she tends to tell her to read books to improve her brain. Koakuma is an employee of Scarlet Devil Mansion seen working in the library; any dialogue interactions between the two are unknown.

• Not much is known about the relationship between Patchouli and Flandre Scarlet. Patchouli is aware of Flandre's existence and the need to keep her confined to the mansion.

• Marisa Kirisame is a thief who steals books from the library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. She states that she's only borrowing but Patchouli reacts by telling Marisa in Oriental Sacred Place that she has no intention to lend books in a rather serious tone. However, she's one of three people who assists Marisa during Subterranean Animism's events, showing some sort of affinity despite Patchouli having her own agenda. Patchouli often refers to the science and technology of the outside world as magic. This is not ignorance but more due to her personal beliefs as she tells Marisa Kirisame that science and magic are the same.