Verses Match up 4: Evangeline vs. Lord Voldemort, Battle of the Immortals
Hello everyone, continuing my verses series, this time my forth match up. Let's get down too it
Brief Bios
Evangeline A.K McDowell is from Ken Akamatsu's Negima series. She is one out of the many students in the Class of 3-A that Negi Springfield teaches. In volume three she is the first out of many villains that Negi Springfield has to face and was his first ever test as a mage. After his first encounter with her was a defeat as he had to be rescued by Asuna Kagurazaka that time, he feared for all of his student's safety and refused Asuna's aide in further. After a while later on he would confront Evangeline again at first once again nearly losing to Evangeline. Asuna was able to show up in time and thanks to her Negi was able to face off against Evangeline a third time. He eventually did defeat her but due to the unexpected power restoration to Madora Academy which made her curse return. She would come to rescue Konoka Konoha from the Western Mages upon the head master's plea where she defeated a Demon God with one spell and easily could've defeated Fate. After this Negi would plead with Evangeline to teach him more about magic which she reluctantly accepted but only after he was able to lay one hit on her robotic maid Chachamaru. Her training to her student was very brutal up to the point where he feared that he could've died. Despite her words of being an Evil Mage, she would find herself helping Negi and his friends even up to their quest to find Nagi Sprinfield his father. In the end of Negima, Negi was able to finally free Evangeline from her curse and she left Madora Academy almost never heard of again.
Lord Voldemort formally known as Tom Riddle is from the Harry Potter series. Lord Voldemort was one powerful Dark Wizard whom was feared through out the wizarding world. Leading an army of Death Eaters, Lord Voldemort tried to take control of the wizarding world which sparked a war between him and Doubledore. During Voldemort's rampage, the Dark Lord hunted down and killed Lilly and James Potter but was ultimately defeated by an infant Harry Potter due to his mother's protection. The Dark Lord would eventually return tormenting Harry Potter and resumed what he had started many years back. In the end Harry Potter eventually defeated Lord Voldemort for good.
Round 1: Physical Attributes
Evangeline Thanks to her curse that Negi's father Nagi had cast upon her, Evangeline's immortal form was changed into a ten year old girl. Despite her setback, Evangeline is quite capable of handling opponents on a physical bases. When she competed in a Madora Academy fighting tournament in Volume 9, she was able to catch and even throw an adult male. In her match against Setsuna, she was able to repeal the swordmaster with and ease. However she maybe immortal but her ten year old girl body can be damaged easily usually due to her own behalf like accidentally tripping and getting a bloody nose. However she is also able to regenerate damage which she even admits it takes time for her to do. The first time we seen this is when she was sent to help Negi rescue Konoka from the Western Mages right after she defeated the Demon God, she took Fate Averruncus's spell Spear of Stone, which impaled her through the stomach in which should've killed any other mage, but Evangeline took it and was able to continue on the fight against him even downright defeating him and forcing him to withdraw.
Lord Voldemort
Over the many years that he was once known as Tom Riddle, devolved into the pail, pasty, palid face of Lord Voldemort. With if it was with his own means or by his usage of dark magic, Voldemort was more snake than man. He had no hair and his body was bone thin. For many years up to the 4th book, he was without a body, but eventually was able to regain it, but coming back as skeletal and decrypted as before. Where he may have lacked a healthy color in his skin but he was a dangerous individual. He was always ready and able to fight to the death. His reflexes were perfectly sharp able to attack with curse and hexes in quick succession. His combative speed allowed him to contend with three master wizards and witches of his time.
Both Evangeline and Voldemort were expert fighters, but despite her ten year old body and form, Evangeline had been around sense the medieval ages giving her decades more of experience. Sure Voldemort is quick successions of curses and hexes might give him an edge against most opponents, but Evangeline is quite capable of delivering a serious beatdown against him if she gets into close combat quarters with him. Voldemort's best bet against Evangeline is to try to keep her at a distance, but eventually she'd be able to catch up to him and he'd be at a mismatch against her if she got close to him
Evangeline gets the Slight edge for physical abilities.
Round 2: Magic/Abilities
Evangeline
while Evangeline A.K. McDowell does not have any of the weaknesses of a vampire; she still makes use of vampirism to empower herself. Before being cursed, she wielded near-omnipotent magic power, which was likely what prevented any aging. It is likely that it's the only spell she is still using despite the Thousand Master's curse hendering her powers. One thing in Negima is that all mages are capable of placing up a magical barrier to protect themselves from physical attacks. Evangeline is no exception.
Evangeline specializes in in ice-based based and dark magic, and is shown to be incredibly and near omnipotently powerful once in her full capacities. This once again is shown in her easy win over both Fate Averruncus the demon-god Sukuna in which with Sukuna she one shot it killing it but here is the thing at the end of the chapter, Evangeline did mention that there was no full moon and that gives a hint that the spell she used on the Demon God wasn't completely at full power. Her list of spells are impressive Nivis Casus, Crystallitatio Tellustris, Dios Tuskos *AKA Axe of Lightning*, Sagitta MagicaI prefer to call this one Magic Archer which allows her to fire multiple magical arrows of that element, She prefers to use Series Glacialis which are magical arrows of ice and Causes piercing and blunt damage. Or if it isn't Series Glacialis she will use Series Obscuri which are dark magic arrows which cause explosive damage. Ensis Exsequens Also known as Executioner's Sword it is one of Evangeline's high level spells this spell, when invoked, the caster's desired hand is wrapped with magical energy, which stabs outward in the direction of the outstretched fingertips in the rough approximate form of a blade. In terms of its effects, Ensis Exsequens causes damage by instantly converting matter from a solid (or liquid) into a gas, via a violent phase transition in order to attack its target; any living opponent caught within such an effect would thus be instantly vaporized and killed. Due to it's transformation into gas, Ensis Exsqeuens is one of the spells in Evangeline's aresonal that isn't considered an ice based magic. Iaculatio Grandinis, Malleus Aquilonis, Nivis Tempestas Obscurans Aka Blizzard of Darkness a spell in which combines her usage of ice and dark into one, Gelidus Capulus or Frozen Coffin which traps enemies in a pilllar of ice, Reflexio a more power magic barrier. And I've saved the very three spells for last, Endless White Nine Heavens An Ice/Lightning original spell of Evangeline she developed to capture Averruncus and similar puppets/constructs after her fight with Fate, and of the same tier as End of the World, and on that matter, remember the spell that I mentioned that took out the Demon God? Well it's known as Kosmikê Katatrophê which means translated End of the World. I quote from Negima Wikia what this spell does It is a high-level Ice-series spell incanted in Ancient Greek that creates a 50 metre diameter (ca. 160 m²) area of absolute zero temperatures (−273.15 °C). At such extreme temperatures, events which do not normally occur in nature begin to happen, such as superconductivity as well as breakdowns at the atomic level. For an Ice Mage,like Evangeline, lowering temperature may seem to be a simple enough operation, but to so completely bypass the Laws of Thermodynamics as this spell does requires an incredible amount of magical ability.
The area effect is created and achieved when "αἱώνιε κρύσταλλε" ("Eternal Glacier") is spoken. The area becomes frozen, and the target encased, immobile in pillars and spikes of ice. But until the final words are uttered, the outcome has yet been decided. With the final passage, "Κοσμικη Καταστροφή" ("The End of The World"), the target is completely frozen and shattered into pieces as soon as the caster commands "Brich bah" ("Break!") and snaps her/his fingers. With a slight revision to the final passage, "Κοσμικη Κρυσταλλοπηγια" ("Frozen Cosmos") the target is instead encased in a virtual pillar of ice, their fate left at the hands of the caster. In other words once casted you are at Evangeline's mercy. Now she she has one other spell that can make her even more dangerous. It is called Magia Erebea, and it's considered a forbidden technique that she came up with under a 10 year time frame, and for Negima standards, that's saying something, basically when involved, Evangeline absorbs offensive magic designed to harm the enemy into her own body, to the point where it fuses with their very soul. The technique feeds on the user's body and soul, but in return the user gains power many times that of any ordinary person.
With all these spells, Evangeline is a force to be reckon with is it any wonder why Negi Springfield feared her even when she was teaching him?
Lord Voldemort
Voldemort was regarded to be the most powerful and dangerous Dark wizard of all time, surpassing even Gellert Grindwelwald. His followers noted that he possessed knowledge of magic that nobody could possibly imagine, and even Dumbledore once stated that he was probably the most brilliant student Hogwarts had ever seen.
Even at a young age, Voldemort was able to utilise magic without the use of a wand or even knowing the very existence of magic itself: he had a power to move objects with his mind, to communicate with and control animals, and even inflict harm on those who opposed or annoyed him. This unnaturally high level of control marked him a prodigy even as a child, and as an adult, Voldemort was generally considered to be the most dangerous Dark Wizard who had ever existed, and proved himself capable of holding his own well even against an Elder Wand-wielding Albus Dumbledore. He claimed he had experimented and pushed the boundaries of magic farther than they had ever been pushed, and that if he were to be granted a teaching position, he could teach students things that they can gain from no other wizard. Dumbledore himself also acknowledged that Voldemort's knowledge of magic was more extensive than any wizard alive, and that even his most powerful protective spells and charms were unlikely to be effective if Voldemort was at full power. This degree of power, coupled with his blatant lack of morals, make him an extremely dangerous adversary indeed.
He was also influent and mastered the three forbidden curses which were The Imperius Curse or Imperio which allowed him to completely take control of his opponent although it failed on those with exceptionial strength of will. Crucio which when cast successfully, the curse inflicts intense, excruciating pain on the victim and was often used as torture, and then the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavrawhich was a one hit kill. He also was able to control fire with one of his spells being Fiendfyre.
He was also able to aperate or teleport and he could fly without the usage of anything.
Both Evangeline and Lord Voldemort are expert magic wielders. There is one thing that Evangeline does need in order to invoke her magic and that is her magic release key. She also has to chant out the majority of her spells which you may think may give Voldemort an edge over Evangeline as he is able to cast magic faster by only saying the spell's name. However where Voldemort maybe speedy, his spells which normally would've been a problem for anyone wouldn't be much use against Evangeline. His Imperio curse wouldn't work on someone like Evangeline as she's the very opponent Imperio Curse wouldn't be effective on. Cruxio might be able to something but Evangeline would be able to fight through it and his trump card the Avada Kedavra wouldn't be a one hit ko on Evangeline. At the same time Evangeline is carrying many lethal spells on her which even Voldemort would have trouble avoiding. He'd be able to contend with Evangeline attacking her with curses and even Fiendfyre and his usage of appreating and being able to fly around, but Evangeline can easily match him blow for blow. In short he isn't going to be fooling her but he would be able to contend with her. Still he'd be at a complete loss against her in a pure magic duel. Yes he has the edge in being able to cast curses and hexes against her in however...Evangeline's magic trumps him overall in raw power and abilities in magic.
Evangeline gets the edge for magical abilities
Round 3: Weapons/Tools
Evangeline
In most instances Evangeline rarely ever used anything on hand as a weapon. She required no wand to use her spells however she had used a fan based weapon that allowed her to use her opponent's own weight against them, only using this weapon during the Mahora Academy's karate tournament mostly on Setsuna. However there is one item that Evangeline was known for...Controlling people, sometimes this was delivered by her biting someone due to her being a vampire but she also controlled people by wrapping threads around her opponents and use the opponent as if they were a puppet. It is said that Evangeline could control many opponents and at full power she could control an entire army of people with nearly unlimited threads.
Lord Voldemort
Though out most of his life, Voldemort wielded a wand which was a 131/2 inch long. The wand was made from yew with a phoenix feather core. Phoenix feather core was from Fawkes which made Voldemot's wand the "Brother" or "twin" of Harry's wand. When Doubledore died Voldemort was able to take control of the Elder Wand which unlike most users of the Elder Wand, it didn't give the Dark Lord it's alleginace. Despite this setback Voldemort was able to cast the final Killing Curse. In addition Voldemort also had several Horcrux that unless were gathered and destroyed he wouldn't be killed.
Edge: Voldemort's usage of the Elder Wand is impressive but against Evangeline the wand wouldn't be a threat to her. Sure it was powerful but it had backfired on him during his Duel with Harry Potter due to it not being in allegiance with him. Even without it he was still a powerful Dark Wizard just not on Evangeline's path. True Voldemort was immortal with his Horcruxes but Evangeline's own immortality is WAY beyond his. Further more he usage of threads would over throw someone even as powerful like Voldemort. Evangeline's usage of threads and if she choose to use her fan weapon to use Voldemort's weight against him gives her a way bigger advantage in this compartment.
Evangeline once more gets the edge for weapons/tools As I see that her weapons/tools give her a great advantage over Voldemort.
Lesser exploitable weakness
Evangeline
Though out her life time, Evangeline might've been immortal but ever sense she lost to the Thousand Master and he cursed her, she was cursed to live as a ten year old human girl which completely stripped her of her magical powers most of the time. However on nights of the Full Moon and during Mahora Academy's yearly school blackout, her powers would return and as she'd put it with a vengeance. Evangeline also can get over confident in her abilities and sometimes underestimates her foes such as in her last fight with Negi Springfield in Negima Volume 3. Thoughout that volume Evangeline had bested Negi in two out of the three fights and the two times when she DID have the upper hand on him...She clearly underestimates Negi's first ever Partner Asuna whom came to his successful rescue both times. Negi only won that third battle because of Evangeline's curse returning and even he admitted that later on when he saw what she could really do that had that fight lasted a bit longer, indeed Evangeline would've won.
Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort rarely had any weaknesses at all. One of his weaknesses as explained from Dumbledore was his knowledge but not understanding, wisdom, of magic "That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend." Another big weakness Voldemort has was his ability to Love anyone.
In this round it's a little close to call. On one hand Evangeline's big weakness which involves her schoolgirl curse is a BIG, big weakness for her. Even though she is immortal, she can still get hurt and can get even sick with all diseases known to man. Even if she does underestimate her foes, one-on-one she's incredible. Remember she destroyed that Demon God without much of a problem, and she was speared through her stomach by Fate and didn't die. Still Voldemort's two weaknesses really wouldn't be a factor here. Evangeline was the first ever Dark Mage that everyone of the mages in Negima feared with good reason. Despite all this, I see Evangeline's weaknesses being more of a hindrance to her. However that being said if Voldemort attacks Evangeline during a night of the Full Moon, I don't see him being able to defeat a full powered Evangeline. However during the rest of the days and nights Voldemort clearly outclasses her in this one round
Voldemort gets the edge for lesser exploitable weakness as his weaknesses are really minor and won't effect the outcome of the battle.
Final verdict
Oh boy, everyone, both Voldemort and Evangeline are incredible villains. Even though at the end of Negima she seemed to be an ally to the main character Negi Springfield, she still is one feared and incredible person. It all comes down to this final verdict. Which of these immortals would defeat the other? Well let's set up this fight. Let's say Voldemort is in Mahora Japan seeking out new Dark Wizards to his cause. No doubt he'd hear about Evangeline from the Mages in England and go to try to gain her as one of his death eaters. It wouldn't be surprise to me that Evangeline would catch up to him during a night of the full moon. She'd spot Voldemort right away but keep her cool. She'd confront the Dark Lord which the Dark Lord would be totally overthrown at her ten year old girl appearance. None the less both he and her would be able to sense each others powers. Evangeline probably wouldn't care that He who must not be named was in Japan and let him explain to her what his plans are only for Evangeline to turn him down heavily clearly not wanting to be a part of his death eaters when she knows SHE'S the most feared not him. Thus the fight would begin with Voldemort trying to curse her immediately with the Killing Curse only for Evangeline to simply dodge and begin retaliating with her own magic. Almost immediately Voldemort would realize that on a straight engagement with her his magic would be completely useless and that Evangeline's own spells take time for her to chant and retaliate. He'd start to fly around her but 10 magic ice arrows come at him. He manages to protect himself with a shield spell surprised on how much she'd send at him. Once the ice arrows were launched Evangeline would try to use her Axe of Lightning Spell which is nearly instant because of her usage of magic archer. The Axe of Lightning Spell would seem to hit Voldemort causing Evangeline's cockiness to get the best of her believing that she'd won until a Stupify curse hits and momentary stuns her. Evangeline would turn her head to see that Voldemort managed to bring up a shield spell at the last moment. Seeing Evangeline stunned Voldemort would raise his wand for a Killing Curse that seems to connect to Evangeline. For a while Voldemort would think he'd have won himself now because of the successful Killing Curse hit only for him to realize that Evangeline is still alive. Before he could react Evangeline manages to summon threads tripping the Dark Lord. Voldemort would be taken by surprise due to her being able to control threads at a master level and prepares to use Fiendfyre. Evangeline would smirk allowing this to hit her and engulf herself in Magic Embreda and starts chanting out her final spell Kosmikê Katatrophê.Not believing Evangeline would be able to handle Fiendfyre like this he'd suddenly realize that he's in her range to freeze and Evangeline would at this point cast him in ice with her end of the world spell and with a snap of her fingers would shatter the frozen Lord Voldemort.
In short Voldemort is powerful, but against Evangeline he'd be on a losing end and would be schooled totally and easily fall to Evangeline's immortality which surpasses his in the end. With that said, I deem Evangeline AK McDowell the winner.
Of course this is all my opinion, do you think Voldemort would be able to defeat Evangeline despite her enormous display of magic or do you believe Evangeline would have this? Anyway I'll see you next time.
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