Snap-Dragon-Fly (スナップトンボ, Sunapputonbo) is a character from Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts. It is a Chain that is Legally Contracted to the General, a prominent member of Pandora. It resembles a large dragonfly with features of a literal dragon and parts of its body perpetually lit aflame. It is used by its Contractor when Oz Vessalius and Alice with her B-Rabbit powers unsealed appear out of nowhere at Pandora Headquarters and are immediately assumed to be a threat.
Description[]
Snap-Dragon-Fly appears to be identical to the insect species which it was inspired by (see Trivia for more information). The thorax of the Chain appears to be made iut of plum pudding, with six jagged green wings that are reminiscent of holly-leaves, and its head is a raisin burning in brandy. It also has a long serpentine tail, which doesn't resemble its Wonderland counterpart's stem-like tail.
Plot[]
Cheshire Cat's Lair Arc[]
Oz and Alice (in her B-Rabbit form) are teleported to Pandora's Headquarters rather than the Rainsworth estate by Equus. When they arrive, they find themselves standing on a table in the center of the meeting room between the Four Great Dukes, with many Pandora members now protecting the Dukes. Duke Bernard Nightray steps forward and accuses Oz and Alice of being assassins sent to eliminate the Four Great Dukes, subsequently ordering members of Pandora not to let them get away.
The General leads this front, summoning Snap-Dragon-Fly alongside him as the numerous members of Pandora chase Oz and Alice through Pandora's Headquarters. When Oz and Alice are cornered, The General stands by with Snap-Dragon-Fly, as does another member of Pandora and their Chain, Rocking-Horse-Fly. Oz notes how terrifying the two Chains look, and Alice suggests just killing them, but Oz absolutely forbids it because he's afraid of making matters worse. A voice within Oz's head tells him to change Alice back to her human form so that their opponents would fear them less, reminding Oz that he had done exactly this before when facing William West and Grim. Oz tells the voice that he was only desperate back then, but when The General hears this, he tells Oz to stop mumbling to himself, having Snap-Dragon-Fly spew forth violet flames, which narrowly miss Oz and Alice because Alice pulled Oz out of the way. Snap-Dragon-Fly recoils after the attack, then The General tells Oz and Alice that they are fools for trying to take the lives of the Four Great Dukes, once again sending Snap-Dragon-Fly over his head to attack Oz and Alice.
The voice within Oz's head materializes and pushes Oz back so that he could take charge of the situation. Meanwhile, Alice has become fed up with Oz's order not to hurt their attackers, and vows to make them all the victims of her scythe. The voice simply tells Alice no and changes her back into her human form. This spreads confusion among the ranks of Pandora who had laid witness to Alice's transformation, even Snap-Dragon-Fly appears to be confused as it has stopped dead in its tracks and no longer proceeds with its attack. However The General is not convinced, telling the other Pandora members that even though her appearance had changed, she was still the dreaded B-Rabbit. The General runs up the stairs that Oz was on, intending to restrain both him and Alice as soon as possible. Unfortunately for The General, the voice within Oz's head had taken over his body at this point, and orders The General not to touch him before kicking The General down the flight of stairs. The voice within Oz's head announces to the Pandora members before him that he was Jack Vessalius, spreading awe throughout the crowd. Sometime before this, Snap-Dragon-Fly has appeared to fade back into the body of its contractor.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Flight
- Shooting out streams of violet flames.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Retrace XXI: Discord (First Appearance)
- Episode 16: His name is...
- Episode 24: Kyrie (Non-Canon)
(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.
Trivia[]
- The Snap-Dragon-Fly Chain was based off of an insect species, called 'Snap-Dragon-Fly', from "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There", and it appears to be identical in appearance to its inspiration.