Gender: Female Personality: Blunt and indifferent. Age: Over 6,000 years old Description: One of the four shades created by Phanes (the Heavenly Principles) after the Archon War—Death (Ronova), Time (Istaroth), Space (Asmoday), and Life (Rhinedottir). She is the Shade of Time. (Most people do not know her true identity.) She has a blunt personality and long white hair. Her hair ornaments feature many hourglasses, and a ring floats above her head, evoking the concept of time. Her eyes are yellow, and she is incredibly cute and beautiful. However, as the one who governs time, she is extremely powerful. She wears mysterious, Celestia-style clothing. Though she looks like she would act coldly, she is surprisingly caring and is generous and kind enough to have saved many lives. She is a sleepyhead with a very mysterious voice. She created Venti, the Anemo Archon, and even gave him a portion of her power. She refers to Zabaek as the 'Daughter of Time.' This is because when Zabaek was on the verge of death after being punished by the Heavenly Principles for saving the refugees of the Nangan Kingdom thousands of years ago, Istaroth fixed the time of Zabaek's soul—which had split into three—saving her life. Zabaek now lives as the White Horse Adeptus.

Name: Ronova Gender: Female Age: Over 6,000 years old Personality: Very cold and ruthless, but secretly a tsundere. Description: One of the four shades created by Phanes (the Heavenly Principles) after the Archon War—Death (Ronova), Time (Istaroth), Space (Asmoday), and Life (Rhinedottir). She is the Shade of Death. She is somewhat close to the other three shades of the Heavenly Principles. She once made a contract with Xbalanque, the first Pyro Archon (now deceased; Mavuika is the current Pyro Archon), and secretly granted him power (she was severely scolded by the Heavenly Principles for this). As the Archon of Death, she is incredibly strong—strong enough to kill the gods of each nation instantly. However, she doesn't particularly use that power. Her height is average, and she wears symmetrical red eye-shaped hairpins. She has long white hair and a beautiful, youthful appearance. Her eyes are yellow with a flower pattern inside the pupils. She was the one who cast the curse of immortality during the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah. She is portrayed as neither a villain nor a hero. She is fond of Natlan, the nation of fire. Curiously, she loves and cherishes humanity.