Novella

Novella
Japanese Name	ノヴェラ
Weapon	Whip
Race	Elf
Nationality	Verforet
Birthday	December 3
Constellation	Sagittarius
Talents	Making medicines, Making perfume
Likes	The female form
Dislikes	Men that touch women too friendly
Strengths	Able to get along with anyone that's a woman
Weaknesses	The fact that she touches women too much
Hobbies	Flirting, Getting physical with girls

Novella

I'm Novella of the Verforet Military. I'm a pharmacist, so I'm real good at making medicines and perfumes. By the way, have you seen Vivienne? I have this love potion, errr I mean perfume, that I want her to try out. I'm sure she'd like it...

Layers

Icon	Title	Release Date	Where to Obtain
	[Girl-Loving Pharmacist] Novella	2021 August 30 (EN)	Premium Gacha
	[Enchanting Fingers] Novella	2021 August 30 (EN)	Premium Gacha
	[Bewitching Fragrance] Novella	2022 February 24	[Undercover Mission and the Steel Mechanic] Limited Gacha
	[Deceiving Aroma] Novella	2022 April 22 (EN)	[Falling Cherry Blossoms in the Village of Nishiki] Limited Gacha
	[Dress Up Once in a While] Novella	2024 May 16	[Let It Be a Vivid Fashion Revolution] Pick Up Gacha, Premium Gacha

Owned Skills

Skills
Skill Name	SP Cost	RP Cost	Power	Element	Range	Effect
Normal Attack	-	-	E		Short/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow).
Power Hook	4 (3)	-	D		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow).
Punk Whip	5 (4)	-	E		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) and rarely inflicts confusion (Moderate) for 2 turns.
Snapshot	5 (4)	-	C		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow).
Wide Fluence	5 (4)	-	E		Long/All	Attacks all enemies with physical damage (Blow).
High Power Hook	6 (5)	-	D		Long/All	Attacks all enemies with physical damage (Blow).
Chemical Whip	8 (6)	-	B		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) and increases all allies' Protect (Major) for 2 turns.
Foglia Snap (Link Skill)	8 (6)	-	D		Long/All	Attacks all enemies with physical damage (Blow) or physical damage (Wind).
						Link Condition When Foglia Snap is selected, select other physical attack all-target skills total 2+ excluding self on the same turn. Activated Effect Increases all Layer's DEF by 30%. Effect lasts only for the turn it is used.
Restos Verdes (Link Skill)	8 (6)	-	A		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) or physical damage (Wind).
						Link Condition When Restos Verdes is selected, select other Blow Element included double-element skills total 2+ excluding self on the same turn. Activated Effect Increases self and linked Layers' Condition by 50%. ※Effect lasts this turn only.
Twin Dragon Strike	8 (6)	-	B		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) and decreases ATK (Moderate) for 2 turns. If the enemy's species is Devil, damage dealt is significantly increased.
Zweig Bite	8 (6)	-	A		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) and decreases DEF (Moderate) for 2 turns.
Suppression	9 (7)	-	B		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) and decreases MATK (Moderate) for 2 turns. Rarely inflicts silence (Moderate) for 2 turns.
Cracking Whip	12 (9)	-	S		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow).
Foresta (Link Skill)	13 (10)	-	SS		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) or physical damage (Wind).
						Link Condition When Foresta is selected, select other SS+ Power Blow Element skills（※Excludes total power）total 2+ excluding self on the same turn. Activated Effect Self and linked Layers gain buff 'When using an A+ Power Skill, increases ATK by 30% for 1 turn'. ※Buff is permanent for the rest of the battle.
Slaughter Beam	13 (10)	-	B		Long/All	Decreases all enemies' DEF (Moderate) for 2 turns and attacks all enemies with physical damage (Blow).
Grand Snap	12 (9)	-	S		Mid/Single	Attacks a single enemy with physical damage (Blow) and for 2 turns reduces damage taken of all allies (Very Major).
The Doploph			B		Long/Horizontal	Attacks horizontally with physical damage (Blow) and increases all allies' Blow Element Resistance (Minor) for 2 turns. [Effect changes with number of charges]
Tenta Fragrance			S		Long/All	Attacks all enemies with physical damage (Blow). If this Special Skill is activated at Charge 4+, increases all allies' ATK during Elemental Burst (Moderate) for 1 turn. [Effect changes with number of charges]

Trivia

• Novella's birthday is date of Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano's succession as rulers of Florence, Italy in 1468. Lorenzo de' Medici is best known as a patron who sponsored artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo, at the peak of the Renaissance.
• Novella's design is based off the Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella (Officina profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella), the first and oldest pharmacy in the world.
• Novella's medic and perfume maker theme is a reference to the actions of the monks of the Dominican order of Florence during the Black Death in Florence. Perfume was a sign of health and religious protection in Italy: the monks made huge batches of rosewater distillate to disinfect homes.
• Novella's attempt to woo Vivienne may be a reference to the Medici family's long relationship with the royalty of France from the 16th to 18th centuries. The Medici family were the rulers of the region of Florence around this era. Catherine de Medici commissioned the perfume in Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella from that she would bring to the Court of France at the marrying age of 14, becoming the wife of Henry II of France.
• Novella's finger of God, also called "Novella Finger", may be a reference to Michelangelo's painting - the Creation of Adams. Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence.
• The background of [Enchanting Aroma] features the apothecary and cashier counter of the Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella.
• The building in the background of [Dress Up Once in a While] is the Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, the public square that has the church of Santa Maria Novella, located directly next to Santa Maria Novella train station. The location does also feature sculpted tortoises.

Counterpart

Stazione di Santa Maria Novella is a terminus railway station in Florence, Italy. The station is used by 59 million people every year and is one of the busiest in Italy. It is at the northern end of the Florence–Rome high-speed railway line Direttissima, which was completed on 26 May 1992 and the southern end of the Bologna–Florence railway line, opened on 22 April 1934. A new high speed line to Bologna opened on 13 December 2009. The station is also used by regional trains on lines connecting to: Pisa, Livorno (Leopolda railway); Lucca, Viareggio (Viareggio–Florence railway); Bologna (Bologna–Florence railway) and Faenza (Faentina railway).

The station was designed in 1932 by a group of architects known as the Gruppo Toscano (Tuscan Group) of which Giovanni Michelucci and Italo Gamberini, Berardi, Baroni, Lusanna were among the members; the building was constructed between 1932 and 1934. The plan of the building, as seen from above, looks as if it were based on the fascio littorio, the symbol of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party, many documents give this explanation, but, that shape was forced by the pre-existing station. The "blade" represented by the first two-passenger tracks and the postal ones were in fact the extension of the 1861 alignment which included the tracks of the line from Livorno.

The building is a prime example of Italian modernism, but has little to do with the Italian Rationalism movement, being more strongly influenced by the Viennese architecture of Loos and Hoffman, with perhaps a nod to Wright; but it is the building's complete originality that makes it outstanding. The competition to design the station was controversial but the approval by Mussolini of the Gruppo Toscano project was hailed as an official acceptance of modernity. The station was designed to replace the aging Maria Antonia Station, one of the few example of architecture by I. K. Brunel in Italy, and to serve as a gateway to the city centre. Wikipedia

The Perfume-Pharmaceutical Workshop of Santa Maria Novella (Officina profumo-farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella), also known as Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella, is located in via della Scala 16 in Florence, in a part of the region of Santa Maria Novella. It is considered the first pharmacy in the world, and also the oldest historical pharmacy in all of Europe, having been continuously open for business for over four centuries.

As early as 1381, there exists documentation on how the Dominicans of Santa Maria Novella sold rose water as a disinfectant, used especially in times of epidemics. The friars cultivated medicinal plants (from which the name of the Semplici garden derives) in an adjacent garden, distilled herbs and flowers, prepared essences, elixirs, ointments, and balms. The simple garden supplied the closest and twin Pharmacy of San Marco, which was also founded and managed by the Dominican friars.

The ancient apothecary, now no longer a pharmacy, but a perfumery and herbalist's shop, still exists to this day, with antique decorations and furnishings dating back to various eras. It also preserves a valuable collection of scientific devices over the centuries, such as thermometers, mortars, scales, and measuring cups, as well as precious apothecary jars from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Wikipedia

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