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A few words about the Stilladìa's own name.
When I first was thinking about her character, about the narrative strength she was supposed to convey, I also tried to think of a name that fit her.
I stumbled upon this sonnet by the Medieval poet Guido Guinizzelli, which first stanza reads:
<span class="mu-i">
Vedut’ho la lucente <span class="mu-s">stella diana,</span>
ch’apare anzi che ’l giorno rend’albore,
c’ha preso forma di figura umana;
sovr’ogn’altra me par che dea splendore:
</span>
(emphasis is mine)
'Diana' is not the name the Roman Artemis in this case, but it means 'relative to the day', so 'the star that announces the day': the planet Venus.
But 'Stelladiana' was a bit of a mouthful, so I shortened it to 'Stilladìa' (I liked 'stilla' more, and it means 'droplet' in Italian, which also references her own work of corroding Ansàrra's domination, like rain shaping rock).
Another fun fact: as for Venus itself, the shape of its orbit seen from earth (pic related) resembles that of a five-lobed flower (the very same you have seen her souls make).
This is not only a reference to the orbit of Venus (seen from Earth, which would hint at her own devices with the Etemen'Anki, piercing through the veil to be reverse isekaied), but also to the <span class="mu-i">pentagram</span>, the five-pointed star inscribed inside a pentagon. The secret of building the pentagram was shared only among few for the longest time (sort of a magical knowledge that goes back to the Egyptians through the Greeks), as it contained geometrical significancies and mathematical advancements.
In this sense, it represents Helias as well. And the five-pointed star, upside down? Well, you have certainly seen that symbol...
... it's the symbol of the goat, and the Devil.
Let's just say that our AnCap Adversary has a lot of admirers...
