Zenobia

Zenobia (ZENOBIA) is a witch that appears as a boss in Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record. She also appears in Episode 1 of the anime fighting and killing Box Wood before being slain by Yachiyo Nanami.

Witch

ZENOBIA Zenobia
Type	Sandbox Witch
Nature	Immersion
Appearances	Magia Record Game, Magia Record Episode 1, Episode 19, Magia Exedra

English description

The Witch of Sandboxes. Her nature is Immersion. This Witch has strong preferences and never compromises. She is trying to build an acceptable sandcastle, but she can never satisfy herself. She has destroyed and rebuilt her castles so many times she doesn't even remember what she wanted to create in the first place. When she does manage to make a nice castle, she feels much better for a while, but ends up destroying it again. She looks like a young lady, but acts like a little child. If she is interrupted when she is playing with her sand, she cries and goes on a rampage.

Japanese description

こだわりが非常に強く妥協することを知らない魔女。満足できる砂の城を作ろうとしているが、納得できずに何度も切り崩している。今となっては、魔女自身もどういったものを作りたかったのか分からなくなってしまったただ、それでもそれなりに立派なお城が出来ると結局崩してしまうとはいえ一時的に機嫌はよくなるらしい年頃の女性を思わせる容姿に反し性格は幼稚そのもの。砂遊びを邪魔されると泣きわめいて大暴れする。

Zenobia (Magia Exedra)
Type	Sandbox Witch
Nature	Immersion
Appearances	Magia Exedra

English description

Nature: Immersion.

This Witch has strong preferences and never compromises. She is trying to build an acceptable sandcastle, but she can never satisfy herself. She has destroyed and rebuilt her castles so many times she doesn't even remember what she wanted to create in the first place. When she does manage to make a nice castle, she feels much better for a while, but ends up destroying it again. She looks like a young lady, but acts like a little child. If she is interrupted when she is playing with her sand, she cries and goes on a rampage.

Japanese description

砂場の魔女、その性質は没頭。

こだわりが非常に強く、妥協することを知らない魔女。満足できる砂の城を作ろうとしているが、納得できずに何度も切り崩している。今となっては、魔女自身もどういったものを作りたかったのか分からなくなってしまった。ただ、それでもそれなりに立派なお城が出来ると結局崩してしまうとはいえ一時的に機嫌はよくなるらしい。年頃の女性を思わせる容姿に反し性格は幼稚そのもの。砂遊びを邪魔されると泣きわめいて大暴れする。

Familiars

ZABAII Zabaii
Type	Sandbox Witch's Minion
Role	Toy Train
Appearances	Magia Record Game, Magia Record Episode 1, Magia Exedra

English description

Minions of the Witch of Sandboxes. Their role is Toy Trains. These Familiars are always playing amongst themselves. A quirk of theirs is that as they roll around, all of the things on the ground stick to their bodies. As they do this their Witch collects the debris without them noticing. When their Witch is coming up with a plan for her next castle, they come to her aid. But soon they realize that it is impossible to satisfy her, no matter how hard they try, so they get bored and stray away.

Japanese description

いつも手下同士でじゃれあって遊んでいる。体質のせいか転がって遊び回っていると、その辺に落ちているものが体にくっついてしまう。その度に魔女に取ってもらっているが、手下たちはそのことに全く気付いていない。次の城について悩んでいる魔女を見ると手伝いには来てくれるただ、どう作っても魔女には満足してもらえないため、すぐに飽きて他へ行ってしまうことが多い。

ZABAII Zabaii (Magia Exedra)
Type	Sandbox Witch Minion
Role	Play Train
Appearances	Magia Exedra

English description

Sandbox Witch Minion. Role: Play Train.

These Familiars are always playing amongst themselves. A quirk of their is that as they roll around, all of the things on the ground stick to their bodies. As they do this their Witch collects the debris without them noticing. When their Witch is coming up with a plan for her next castle, they come to her aid. But soon they realize that it is impossible to satisfy her, no matter how hard they try, so they get bored and stray away.

Japanese description

砂場の魔女の手下、その役割は電車ごっこ。

いつも手下同士でじゃれあって遊んでいる。体質のせいか転がって遊び回っていると、その辺に落ちているものが体にくっついてしまう。その度に魔女に取ってもらっているが、手下たちはそのことに全く気付いていない。次の城について悩んでいる魔女を見ると手伝いには来てくれる。ただ、どう作っても魔女には満足してもらえないため、すぐに飽きて他へ行ってしまうことが多い。

History

Magia Record

Memoria Card Description

Zabaii

A minion of the Sandbox Witch; its duty is pretending to be a train. They are always frolicking and playing with each other. Due to its physical makeup, when it rolls around while playing, anything on the ground that it rolls on will get stuck to its side.

Magia Record Anime

Zenobia appears in Episode 1 of the Magia Record Anime. Her labyrinth appears around Iroha and Kuroe with Box Wood hunting them. Zenobia attacks Box Wood and kills her by tearing her in two. She is killed by Yachiyo.

Magia Exedra

Zenobia and Zabaii appear in Magia Exedra. They appear in the Main Quest Sandbox Witch.

Trivia

• Zenobia is a Greek name meaning 'daughter of Zeus'.
• Her name is a reference to Septimia Zenobia, a Syrian queen who held great power in her kingdom after her husband's death. She cultivated an intellectual environment in her court, governed a multicultural and multiethnic empire, and it was thanks to her that her kingdom greatly expanded its territory. In reaction to the campaign of the Roman emperor of the time, she declared her son emperor and assumed the title of empress for herself; after a heavy battle against them, the Romans were victorious, and she was then exiled to Rome where she spent the rest of her life. She has since been revered as a freedom fighter and a hero of the oppressed, and stands among the likes of Cleopatra and Boudica as a heroic queen with a tragic end.
• Zabaii's name comes from either Zenobia's birth name, Bat-Zabbai, or Zabbai (alternatively spelled Zabaii), considered to be the name of her unknown father or some other distant ancestor.
• In the anime, Zenobia was redesigned significantly, such as no longer having the shovels and bucket on her head and her colors were made to be duller.

Gallery

Magia Record

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  Character card from Magia Record
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  Character card from Magia Record
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  Memoria card from Magia Record
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  Picture showing altered sprite.
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  A similar design is shown in Touka's lecture.
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  Zenobia's Labyrinth and Grief Seed in Yachiyo Nanami (Anime ver.)'s Four Star card art.

Barrier

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  Entrance to Zenobia's Barrier
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  Witch's Kiss
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Anime Screenshots

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  Her labyrinth appears in Episode 1
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  Zenobia's name in Runes
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  Staring at Iroha and Kuroe
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  Zabaii
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  Zenobia catches Box Wood
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  Then tears her apart, killing her
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  Zenobia's death
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  Zenobia's Grief Seed
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  Zenobia's Grief Seed being used in Episode 5
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  Zenobia's cameo from Episode 19

Manga

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  Zenobia in the manga
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  Zenobia's labyrinth
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  Zabaii
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Books

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  TV Animation official guide book vol.1 12page

Magia Exedra

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  Zenobia's sprite
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  Zabaii's sprite
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  Witch's kiss
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  Zenobia's Memory Window
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  Sandbox Witch Labyrinth - Floor 1
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  Sandbox Witch Labyrinth - Floor 2
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  Sandbox Witch Labyrinth - Floor 3
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  Sandbox Witch Labyrinth - Boss Floor

Pre-release Images

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Memoria Cards

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Card	Effect	Cooldown	EN Text	Original Text
Minion of the Sandbox Witch		Normal Passive Accele MP Gain Up [I] Max Limit Break Accele MP Gain Up [II]	Sandbox Witch Minion. Role: Toy Train. Always playing with fellow Minions. Due to its texture and how it rolls on the ground, it always gets things stuck to itself.	砂場の魔女の手下、その役割は電車ごっこ。 いつも手下同士でじゃれあって遊んでいる。 体質のせいか転がって遊び回っていると、 その辺に落ちているものが体にくっついてしまう。
Card	Effect	Cooldown	EN Text	Original Text

Portraits

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Portrait	HP	ATK	DEF	Ability	Obtained
✦✦✦✦ One Lethal Lash! 一刀竜断！	Initial: +65 Max: +264	Initial: +31 Max: +128	Initial: +42 Max: +172	Increases ATK by 2.5-5%. Equipped to Asuka Tatsuki: Also increases DMG dealt by 0.5-2.5%.	Asuka Tatsuki's Heartphial
✦✦✦✦✦ Sandbox Witch 砂場の魔女	Initial: +127 Max: +517	Initial: +40 Max: +162	Initial: +37 Max: +150	Increases break effect by 20-30%.	Main Quest (Battler) Magia Record Sandbox Witch
Portrait	HP	ATK	DEF	Ability	Obtained