Lemy Abelard

"I will punish the bad children, since that is my job as Pierrot."

Lemy Abelard, dubbed Lemy the Ripper, is the adopted son of Julia Abelard and a deadly serial killer. As a member of Pere Noel, he was given the codename V. the Pierrot. He is one of Hansel's reincarnations.

Pere Noel
When Lemy was young, he was adopted by Julia Abelard and trained as an assassin for Pere Noel, teaching him that the world was filled with mistakes and that he needed to "punish the bad children". In the Lucifenian Republic, Rolled City, he performed murders for his mother, one of them involving a brutal stabbing at 2 A.M. in the city streets. At some point, VII. the Magician approached Lemy with a gloomy demeanor and tried to convince him to escape Pere Noel with her. The assassin tattled to his mother, I. the Santa, and VII. the Magician disappeared the next day. Lemy enjoyed Julia's gratitude as she pet his head, feeling a strange familiarity from it.

On another one of his jobs, Lemy waited for his prey in the dark alley when he heard a gunshot and felt himself bleeding. Seeing he was shot by VIII. the Sniper, he collapsed and began to die. On his last breath, he saw the smiling faces of his true mother and father in a vision and heard a menacing laugh from VII. the Magician, mocking how he should have run away with her.

Legacy
Lemy's carnages in the streets of Rolled City earned him the moniker "Lemy the Ripper" in Evillious' history although the events after his death were blurred out. In EC 978, Gallerian Marlon mentioned Lemy's murder to Ma and queried its connection to Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia. A film concerning the incident would be created by Ma over a decade later and subsequently reviewed by the Master of the Court. While organizing the "court cases", Gammon Octo noted that Lemy seemed to maintain the memories of his past lives and was different compared to when he was with Gretel all the time. The Gardener also found his death a result of misfortune, crediting it to bad luck.

Personality
Lemy is a loyal but twisted individual, manipulated by his mother. He was brainwashed by Julia, taught with the express intent of being a tool for murder. Through her indoctrination, he came to believe that the world was filled with "mistakes" and that it was his duty as V. the Pierrot to rectify them, specifically by killing them. As a result, he guiltlessly murdered "bad children" during the night, bloodily killing them with no remorse.

He held a steadfast loyalty to his foster mother, fulfilling his missions to satisfy her and refusing to betray her when VII. the Magician asked him to escape with her. As a reincarnation of Hansel, his loyalty is due to her resemblance to Hansel's mother, Meta Salmhofer.

Skills
Trained by his mother, Lemy was a skilled and deadly assassin, trained to murder individuals at a young age and able to succeed without being discovered and captured by Lucifenia's authorities.

Appearance
Lemy is a young, pale-skinned boy with blonde hair tied back in a small ponytail and blue eyes. He dressed in a jester's garments, wearing a bright red, orange-lined jacket with yellow tailcoats adorned with golden bells and a frilled collar and cuffs. Underneath his jacket, he wore a blue, red, and yellow jumpsuit with a white cummerbund and red, skull-shaped buttons attached. Atop his frilled collar he wore a red and orange bowtie, and wore brown, blue-tied military boots on his feet. Upon his head, he wore a red fool's hat with two tails with golden bells patterned with celestial bodies and earthly symbols. He wielded a silver knife etched with his number in Pere Noel and had a red hilt with a golden ring.

The Fifth: Pierrot (EC 610)
The Fifth: Pierrot details the events of the time in which Lemy was a part of Pere Noel. He describes his role as its fifth member and describes how he ratted out VII. the Magician and is later shot by VIII. the Sniper.

Connections to Other Characters
Julia Abelard: Also known as I. the Santa, she is the leader of Pere Noel and Lemy's adopted mother. She added Lemy to the organization as its fifth member.

Elluka Clockworker: Under the guise of Pere Noel's seventh member, she offers to him a chance to escape the organization. After he declines and informs Santa of the incident, she flees.

Gumillia: Known as Pere Noel's eighth member, VIII. the Sniper. She shot Lemy for unknown reasons, although it is assumed that it was for betraying Elluka to Julia.

Hansel: He was one of hansel's reincarnations.

Servants: He would later be reborn as the male servant.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Lemy's name is derived from Hebrew meaning "devoted to God" or "being with God".
 * His surname, Abelard, is derived from German meaning "resolute" or "steadfast".
 * Lemy has a strong link to French culture: his codename V. the Pierrot derives from the stock character used in French pantomime, "Abelard" is the surname of a French philosopher, and his debut song takes place in the French-inspired Lucifenian Republic.


 * The Pierrot is usually described as a naive or foolish character that becomes a victim of the other people's pranks, reflecting how he was manipulated by Julia to be her personal tool; the Pierrot is also often portrayed as a clown or jester, matching Lemy's attire.


 * His title as "Lemy the Ripper" is based off the infamous 1800's serial killer Jack the Ripper who murdered his victims at night and is often depicted with a knife.

Curiosities

 * Lemy's role in the organization follows the twisted "Christmas" theme that surrounds Pere Noel, being in charge of punishing the "bad" children stated by I. the Santa.
 * While he is mentioned to be wearing white facepaint The Fifth: Pierrot, the song PV never portrays him with any kind of makeup.
 * It's unknown if Lemy saw his own parents or those of his previous incarnation, Hansel.

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