Characters
Tabula Smaragdina
タブラ・スマラグディナ
The Great Alchemist, Nazarick's gimmick designerAinz Ooal Gown Guild (Supreme Beings)Brain EaterUnknown
Personality
Serious and extremely obsessive about details, he designed gimmicks so complex that they strained the guild's data capacity and drew complaints from other members. He loved horror films, TRPGs, and mythology, was a fan of "gap moe," and often filled Momonga's head with mythological trivia.
Abilities
- In raw magic firepower alone, he surpassed Momonga
- Responsible for about 20% of Nazarick's gimmicks, including the entrance to the Treasury
- Created the three sisters Nigredo, Albedo, and Rubedo, named after the three stages of alchemy
- Rubedo, whom he made, is said to be too strong for even a fully armed Ainz to beat
History
- Took part in the conquest of Nazarick as an early guild member (game era)
- Designed a great many gimmicks and created the three sisters, one of whom, Albedo, he made Guardian Overseer
- Before the shutdown, Momonga rewrote the settings Tabula had written for Albedo, and afterward blamed himself for "defiling Tabula-san's NPC" (Vol. 1)
- Pandora's Actor made his first appearance in Tabula's form (Vol. 3)
- Rubedo was assigned to the unit under Albedo's command (Vol. 7)
Trivia
His name is generally thought to come from the alchemical legend of the Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina; reader analysis); in the Web novel he also created CZ.
Relationships
- Albedo: The second daughter, Guardian Overseer, stationed in the Throne Room; she embodies his love of gap moe; Momonga rewrote her settings before the shutdown
- Nigredo: The eldest daughter, an NPC specializing in detection, whose room is full of his horror-film tastes
- Rubedo: The third daughter, made by a special method; said to be too strong for even a fully armed Ainz to beatunverified
- CZ2128 Delta: In the Web novel he created her and she "knows all the gimmicks"; the published novels changed her creator to a different gimmick designer (Vol. 13 hints that it is Garnet)
- Ainz Ooal Gown: Often filled Momonga's head with mythological knowledge; one of the three who sent him messages when he hesitated to become guildmasterunverified
- Pandora's Actor: Made his first appearance in Tabula's form
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