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Summary
Rom, the Vacuous Spider (白痴の蜘蛛ロマ Hakuchi no Kumo Roma) controls the barrier that prevents normal Yharnamites from seeing the true horrors around them, such as the Lesser Amygdalas crawling around the Cathedral Ward. Rom was once a scholar of Byrgenwerth whom at some point went through metamorphosis into Kin courtesy of Kos, according to dialogue given by Micolash.
Powers and Stats
Tier: High 6-C
Name: Rom, the Vacuous Spider, the Byrgenwerth Spider
Origin: Bloodborne
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Kin
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Immortality (Types 1, 2 [Able to function unimpeded after receiving injuries as severe as being impaled through the skull and torso and having organs ripped out[1]], 7 & 9 - Great Ones exist on higher, transcendental planes of thought[2][3] and are able to exist as disembodied spirits even after their physical bodies have died)
- Large Size (Type 0)
- Blood Manipulation & Absorption (Able to absorb the blood of defeated enemies[4])
- Teleportation (Able to teleport away from The Hunter)
- Illusion Creation (Placed an illusion over the entirety of Yharnam to obscure the Blood Moon from sight)
- Invisibility (Kin are completely invisible to those lacking Insight, or knowledge of their existence)
- Madness Manipulation (Type 3 - Merely looking at Kin or hearing their incomprehensible voices causes one to go insane)
- Summoning & Portal Creation (Able to summon meteors by opening portals into deep space)
- Summoning (Can summon her children)
Resistance to:
- Madness Manipulation (Type 3 - Is unaffected by the madness caused by Kin)
- Poison Manipulation (Possesses an innate resistance to Slow and Rapid Poison)
- Fire Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, Magma Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (Possesses an innate resistance to Fire and heat-based damage)
- Electricity Manipulation (Possesses an innate resistance to electricity [Bolt])
- Magic (Possesses an innate resistance to Arcane Damage)
- Curse Manipulation &Blood Manipulation (Possesses an innate resistance to blood-based attacks.)
- Mind Manipulation, Sense Manipulation &Morality Manipulation (Unaffected by the Shaman Bone Blade)
Attack Potency: Large Island level+ (Comparable to Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos and Amygdala)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Comparable to The Hunter)
Lifting Strength: At least Class M, likely higher
Striking Strength: Large Island level+
Durability: Large Island level+ (Capable of surviving attacks from the Hunter)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Several Meters with physical attacks; Tens of Meters with Ranged Attacks; Planetary with Telekinesis
Standard Equipment: None
Intelligence: Unknown (Her title suggests she's mindless, but her presence in the plot is the entire reason the School of Mensis and Oedon are having trouble with their specific aims, Great Ones are described as being on a higher plane of thought than humans)
Weaknesses: Somewhat weak to magic, fire, and electricity
Notable Attacks and Techniques:
- Frenzy: A status effect that is the result of a target being forced to process information incomprehensible to humans, such as information about the Great Ones, Eldritch Truth, or Cosmos. This effect is a twofold form of damage, as when this occurs to a living being they will rapidly devolve into utter madness mentally, while physically their blood will begin to violently erupt out of various random points on their body as spears of solidified Frenzied Coldblood.
- Thrash Combo: Thrashes from side to side at close range.
- Magic Blast: Spherical area attack with a four-meter radius.
- Rising Meteors: Massive ring-shaped area attack; strikes between two and eight meters from her body but won't reach point blank range.
- Meteor Barrage: Rains Meteors on your current position regardless of range.
Gallery
Others
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
- ↑ Visceral Attacks
- ↑ Isz Root Chalice - According to the Choir, the land of Izs lies in contact with the cosmos, which allowed the Great Ones to function on transcendental planes of thought.
- ↑ Eye Rune - Eyes symbolize the truth Master Willem sought in his research. Disillusioned by the limits of human intellect, Master Willem looked to beings from higher planes for guidance, and sought to line his brain with eyes in order to elevate his thoughts.
- ↑ Blood Echoes
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