Carciphona

Definitions

"carcino- for cancer and phone for sound, because the life-sapping demon spirit infection is like cancer, and the way to identify carciphonas is by listening to the sounds/song of their soul, which would sound different because of the infection." (source)

"It's someone with a demon-infected soul." (v2 p107)

"Children get infected at birth…" (v2 p107)

Attributes

  • Low lifespan
    • "Although the infection and human soul have already fused into one, they would still clash as if destroying each other until the soul becomes too battered to support the body." (v2 p107)
    • Said infusion is believed irreversible. (v4 p22)
  • Constant pain (v5 p2)

Treatment

  • Usually the Church is in charge of finding the afflicted infants and culling them to death with the extract of Lacrima (v5 p2)
    • Some parents still prefer to hide their child
    • The demon infection cannot be exorcised with holy magic
    • The fairy tells that this practice is useless, as it only releases the afflicted souls back to the "lifestream" where they could be reborn again (v5 p61)
      • [THEORY/SPECULATION] Seroccrim (and the church) might know more about this but keep it a secret, as he stops Fairy-chan from talking

Known Carciphonas

Visrins

  • Have unnaturally prolonged their lifespan, thanks to the necklace that allowed them to stabilize the conflict between their human soul and the demon part
    • It gives off a similar aura to the the demonic spirits that allowed the demonic spirits to stabilize within and not fight itself to destruction (v2 p109)
  • [THEORY/SPECULATION] Young Veloce seems particularly angry at the necklace, as it if it has cause some unknown and unnatural repercussion at the time of its acquirement
    • So do many others, like Kathryn, the fairy etc
    • Possibly hosts a demonic entity…?

Blackbird

Blackbird is commonly believed to be a powerful Carciphona because of her exceptional skills. This belief caused the Prohibition, an attempt to stop from other Carciphonas from being born. However, Veloce refutes this by saying that her soul doesn't sound like one (v5 p123).

Kathryn

Kathryn is confirmed to be a cured Carciphona.

Theories

  • There is a heavy implication that the Carciphonas have sinned, while it may refer to the fact of this unnatural state of demon human infusion, it probably means something more
    • "These pests are born of the world's sickness" (v5 p21)
  • Holy-type Carciphonas
    • Though commonly attributed to demonic influence, it can be theorized that the same could happen with holy spirits, as the two are essentially the same thing but living on the opposite planes (underworld/overworld), with the later being glorified by the church and thus preventing morally? The daily usage of said holy magic
    • Kathryn might be one such carciphona