Murakumo Unit (group)

The Murakumo Units (ムラクモユニット) are special types of Boundary Interface Prime Field Devices that wield the Nox Nyctores, Lux Sanctus: Murakumo. The Murakumo Units were created after the First War of Ars Magus as Anti-Sankishin Core Units (対三輝紳用ユニット).

Information
A Murakumo Unit is a metallic lifeform (金属生命体), so its smelting requires a human body (人体) as a raw material. The science incorporated in its creation is extremely complicated, and its greatest characteristic is the ability to directly connect to the Boundary, harnessing virtually unlimited amounts of power.

As of now only thirteen have been created, and only three are known.
 * Lambda -No. 11- was an imitation Murakumo Unit, relying on her Idea Engine to substitute for the Nox Nyctores and wearing armor made from titanium, but after her revival in the Embryo she seems to have a proper Lux Sanctus.
 * Mu -No. 12-'s first tempering was interrupted by a blast from the Nox Nyctores, Gigant: Takemikazuchi, which destroyed Ibukido, and she was deemed a failure. Mu was later tempered again, fused with the true Azure and became a perfect Boundary Interface Prime Field Device, named the Sword of the Godslayer: Kusanagi. Noel Vermillion herself also does not count as a Murakumo Unit, since she uses Arcus Diabolus: Bolverk instead of Lux Sanctus.
 * Nu -No. 13- was forged at the bottom of the Sheol Gate of Kagutsuchi and counts as the only successful Murakumo Unit. Prior to her smelting in Kagutsuchi, Ragna the Bloodedge destroyed two of her unsmelted bodies.

Etymology
Murakumo Units' names come from the Greek Alphabet. This means that the full list of Murakumo Units may be:
 * Alpha -No. 01- (α -No. 01-)
 * Beta -No. 02- (β -No. 02-)
 * Gamma -No. 03- (γ -No. 03-)
 * Delta -No. 04- (δ -No. 04-)
 * Epsilon -No. 05- (ε -No. 05-)
 * Zeta -No. 06- (ζ -No. 06-)
 * Eta -No. 07- (η -No. 07-)
 * Theta -No. 08- (θ -No. 08-)
 * Iota -No. 09- (ι -No. 09-)
 * Kappa -No. 10- (κ -No. 10-)
 * Lambda -No. 11- (Λ -No. 11-)
 * Mu -No. 12- (μ -No. 12-)
 * Nu -No. 13- (ν -No. 13-)

Trivia

 * There is a fourth Murakumo Unit, which does not exist in any BlazBlue media, but was drawn several times by Toshimichi Mori. First she appeared in the Arc System Works 25th Anniversary Official Character Collection artbook, on an illustration named "???" . Later Mori uploaded a new cover picture on his twitter, which featured that same image of an unknown Murakumo and also her name: "alpha No.01 -Α-pocalypse" . He drew three more images of Alpha, one of them has her name written as "α-No.01" . Alpha looks like a hybrid of Ragna and Nu, she was shown to wield the Blood-Scythe in its scythe form and, according to a concept artwork, her right arm possesses the Soul Eater ability.