Tea Flatte

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Tea Flatte


Tea Flatte

Publisher Flag of Japan Shogakukan
Flag of Canada Flag of United States VIZ Media (Defunct)
Flag of France Glenat (Defunct)
Flag of Germany Planet Manga
Flag of Hong Kong Jade Dynasty
Flag of Indonesia Elex Media
Flag of Malaysia Komik Remaja (Defunct)
Flag of Netherlands Big Balloon
Flag of Singapore Chuang Yi (English)
Flag of South Korea Junior Special Comics (Original), Daiwon & Gang Dok Mok? (Collector's Edition)
Flag of Spain Planeta DeAgostini
Flag of Republic of China Youth Comic Series
First appearance Spriggan, Volume 5
Created by Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa
Characteristics
Full name See Aliases
Species Human
Affiliations ARCAM Corporation, Spriggans under ARCAM Private Army
Supporting
character of
Yu Ominae, Jean Jacquemonde
Notable aliases Tea Flatte Arcam, Witch
Abilities
  • Teleportation
  • Space Continuum twist, can reflect projectiles such as bullets and thrown weapons
  • Creation of Calling Beasts, giant lions with wings, via pentragram-painted cloths

Tea Flatte (ティア・フラット Tia Furatto?),[1] whose real name is Tea Flatte Arcam,[2] is a fictional character in the manga series Spriggan. Her cover identity is a British Spriggan operator stationed in ARCAM's British headquarters. She is one of the few Spriggan operatives not to use firearms.

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[edit] Origin

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Pre-Spriggan

Born in Britain during the times of the wizard Merlin, he bestowed upon her immortality and made her go out and protect relics that were found to be not made by human hands from being used for wrong purposes.

It is unknown on what she did during her time before the modern times, but it is assumed that Tea fought against various individuals and groups that tried to harness the power of the ancient artifacts that were found to be made by other races that were not from Earth.

[edit] Spriggan life

[edit] Encounter with Jean

In her modern incarnation, Tea was dispatched to France to befriend and rescue the young teen when the Trident Corporation held him hostage in order to extract his DNA for use in its biological weapons program. She was first one who knew of Jean's werewolf heritage.

[edit] Encounter with Others

She first participated in Romania for an assignment with Yu and the others to investigate what Trident agents were doing in the country after reuniting with Jean and teaming up with Yu. Later one, she was dispatched to Britain to subdue a group of Neo-Nazi militants that tried to secure the Holy Grail, Tea mystified Yoshino Somei with her Calling Beasts and her space continuum twists. She teams up with Yu and Yoshino in defeating Kutheimer's group when the Adolf Hitler clone attempted to use the Vajrayana scepter after her and the other ARCAM agents and Yoshino before it blew up due to its overuse.

Tea later participated, in a side role, in assisting Yu's infiltration of the S.S. Eugenio E to recover the Ark of the Covenant, which was unfortunately captured by Trident operator Sidewinder. She was not involved in the South Pole operation in any way.

[edit] Character

Nothing is known about Tea, except her presence brings fear to those who have met her, especially Yu since no one knows about her true age and heritage. Only Steve Foster and Professor Mayzel knows about her true background.[3] However, she is friendly and nice to others who knew her and dangerous to those who are her enemies. As possible, Tea tries to keep her real identity a secret.

Tea's Calling Beast illusions used to scare Trident commandos in Romania.
Tea's Calling Beast illusions used to scare Trident commandos in Romania.

Her Calling Beast skill is legendary since no one was able to figure out how to get rid of the summoned illusions used to fool enemies into insecurity. However, the skill was only defeated thrice. Trident operator Dary Graham was the first to discover this weakness. Neo-Nazi Bo Brantz too was able to find its weakness after coverly observing him from a distance, deducing that it needs a few seconds before the beast illusions would appear from the cloth. The Adolf Hitler clone disrupted the Calling Beasts since he had psychic awareness in him as Hitler's soul was imbedded into the clone with the ability to detect any psychi abnormalities after wielding the Vajrayana.

[edit] References

  1. ^ In the Japanese version, her name was known as Tia Flatte.
  2. ^ This was revealed at the end of Volume 11, where one of Henry's associates told him of Tea's origins
  3. ^ Henry Garnum was the only one who knew about Tea's heritage at the end of Volume 11 aside from Steve and Professor Mayzel.

[edit] See also

Spriggan by Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa
Characters
Yu Ominae | Jean Jacquemonde | Tea Flatte | Oboro | Yamamoto | Rie Yamabishi | Yoshino Somei | Mayzel | Iwao Akatsuki | Bo Brantz | Larry Markson | Henry Garnum | Sho Kanaya | Minor Spriggan characters
Organizations
ARCAM Corporation | ARCAM Private Army | Trident Corporation | COSMOS | Spriggans | Minor Spriggan organizations
Mystical locations
Forest of No Return | Phantom Island | Reverse Babel Tower | South Pole Shrine
Mystical artifacts
Fire Orb | Mask of Palenque | Noah's Ark | Berserker | Crystal Skull | Program YAMA | Holy Grail | Vajrayana | Ark of the Covenant | Megiddo Flame | Gold Statue of Pachacamac
Other mystical items
Armored Machine Suit | Armored Muscle Suit | Hihiirokane | Magical Circle of Chaos | Message Plate | Omihalcon | Soma
Others
Franchise | ISBN Codes