Ssizz
Meight: Dr. Chrome Ballanche
Number: BFOS-15
Gauge: B1-2A-A-A-B1
Clearance: VVS2
Type: S-M
Masters: Cardinal Alcten Sayaste, Cardinal Muse Van Reyback
Ssizz (pronounced “Shizu”) is Dr. Ballanche’s 15th masterpiece fatima and the partner of Lown Knight, Muse Van Reyback. She is the 2nd in the Dr.’s line of Oriental Fatima (which includes Toki, Machi and Kyo) in which all four fatima are Japanese in appearance.
Ssizz is the perfect companion for the much less experienced Lown knight, and because of this, Sir Reyback often relies on Ssizz’s guidance and advice. Ssizz has had a history of serving with Lown Knights, as her first master was Cardinal Alcten Sayaste, the headdliner who defeated and killed the first Black Knight, Tsuri Peidoll in a mortar headd duel using a Bang Doll.
It is no coincidence that the headdliners whom Ssizz chose to serve with are assigned an ultra-rare Bang Doll. They are very powerful mortar headds that are too sensitive for just any run-of-the-mill fatima to control. Ssizz is one of the few fatima in the galaxy with the capability and experience to bring out the full potential of the Erupting Puppet.
In the untranslated version of the story, Ssizz speaks English but since it is referred to as "Lown", referring to the Lown Knights from Cobalkan, that means Cobalkan must primarily speak English/Lown. In the English translation of the manga, Ssizz's lines are re-written in Japanese. This "fits", as Japanese readers would find reading English as foreign as English readers reading Japanese. It also makes more sense in this manner since Ssizz is ethnically Japanese.
Editor’ Note: Shizu is the Japanese word for "quiet" or "silence".
Illustrations
Special thanks to Nu Soard Graphite for the fatima profile.