Lame

Lame
Japanese Name	ラム
Character Designer; Primary Artist	Golden Pe Done

Lame is a lesser antagonist in Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of "Jeanne d'Arc", acting as a maid for Isabeau de Bavière, Minou, Corbeau and Lapin.

General Info

Physical Features
Age	Unknown
Eye colour	Unknown
Hair colour	Unknown
Magic
Soul Gem	Oval on the chest.
Weapon	Broadsword
Witch Form	Unnamed
Powers and Abilities	Unknown
Wish	Unknown, but it most likely benefited Corbeau, Minou, Lapin or Isabeau in some way.
Other
Japanese pronoun	Unknown
Known relatives	None known
Origins	Unknown
School	The Holy Maiden Academy (In an event)

Summary

Backstory

A magical girl who was forced to contract with Isabeau against her wills. Once contracted, she lost her free will and acts much like mindless slave under the orders of Isabeau, and by extension, her daughters Minou, Lapin and Corbeau. She was likely the daughter of a lord or peasant before their death by Isabeau's daughters.

Lame During Tart Magica

Lame first appears in Chapter 1, set in the present day of the story. Tart, Riz, Elisa, and Melissa survey a fortress that has been cleared of soldiers by Minou. The girls attempt to attack Minou, but Lame steps in and blocks the attack their attack. She trades blows with Tart, but her sword is knocked out of her hand and she is struck by the butt of Elisa’s rifle, rendering her unconscious. Minou summons a seal with a lion’s emblem and brands Lame with it, causing her to fall into deep despair and transforming into a witch. Minou leaves the area before Tart is able to catch her, leaving the Witch to deal with the four Magical Girls. Elisa fires her rifle repeatedly at the witch as Tart charges her La Lumiere attack and ends up obliterating the Witch completely.

Powers and Abilities

Lame doesn't demonstrate any notable powers in her short appearance at the beginning of volume one, easily succumbing to Tart and Elisa's attacks. Minou immediately turns her into a witch and sets her onto Tart and her friends.

Etymology

Lame is a French word meaning "sword" or "blade".
- The kanjis in her (parallel counterpart's) last name mean "sheep" (羊) and "meat" (肉). Together can be read as "lamb" or "mutton".
- Originally, Masugitune wanted Lame's japanese last name to have the kanji for owl (梟), but he decided to change it due to him having hunger while thinking about it (Source).

Trivia

In the alternative world of the school Holy Maiden Academy, Fléche and Lame attend the school alongside another new magical girl servant of Isabeau named Fauchard, who appeared in Lapin's Magical Girl Side Story (Source).
In the alternative world of the Holy Maiden Academy, Masugitune gave Japanese a last name to Lame (as well as Fauchard and Flèche (Source). Lame full name in this world is Lame Yōniku (羊肉ラム "Yōniku Ramu").
According to Lapin's magical girl story in Magia Record, Fauchard and most likely Flèche, Lame and the rest of the girls in their magical girl army, were daughters of lords (or peasants) whose families were murdered by witches planted by Isabeau's daughters in order to get more girls under her army.
It seems that the alternative Japanese last names for Flèche and Lame are references to their witch forms, as Flèche's last name has the kanjis for "shark" while Lame's last name originally was planned to have the kanji for "owl", being this two animals respective to their witch forms.