

In _Tsukihime_ , Ciel is immortal because she was Michael Roa Valdamjong's
previous incarnation called Elesia (on the left). [Slightly NSFW]

> ![Elesia and SHIKI](https://i.stack.imgur.com/US1HN.png)

I am wondering which is her birth name, Ciel or Elesia? Who was it that
decided on the name change? why did they change it from her birth name? and
how did they get the other name?


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Was it Ciel or Elesia?


Her birth name was Elesia. After she was defeated by Arcueid her body was
retrieved by The Church, she somehow survived even after Roa left her body and
her link with him made her immortal. The Church "killed" her repeatedly
throughout a month as an experiment to research her immortality, and then she
was taken y the Burial Agency, there she was given the codename Bow for her
preference with proyectile weapons. According to this [TYPE-MOON Staff
Roundtable](http://tsukikan.com/misc/staff-roundtable-the-second-night.html)
"Ciel" is taken from "L'arc en Ciel", "BOW in the sky" or "RainBOW" in French,
though Ciel = Bow (Ciel means sky, it's the L'arc part that means "the bow")
was a mistake on part of the scenario writer but it was already too late when
the demo was released, so they ended up having Ciel being good at air combat
as well so it didn't feel out of place.


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