Eve Moonlit

"You've been deceiving everyone. ...Me, and even the "Twins of God". I almost can’t believe that you’re still alive, Original Sinner—Eve Zvezda."

- Elluka Clockworker

Eve Moonlit, born Eve Zvezda and known posthumously as the Original Sinner, was a witch from Nemu in the Kingdom of Elphegort and the wife of Adam Moonlit. Brainwashed, Eve fell in love with Adam and became the first candidate of Project 'Ma', failing to birth her twins. Eve then fled with Adam to Held's Forest and the two married. Adopting the twins Hänsel and Gretel after she murdered their mother, Eve was killed in turn by them years later, assuming the role of the Demon of Sloth soon after.

Early Life
"After this you will become the mother of gods, ‘Mem Aleph’."

- Adam to Eve

Born in the village of Nemu in the Kingdom of Elphegort in BT 021, Eve grew up to become a powerful witch of the Zvezda family and her powers were subsequently sealed in accordance to Nemu's laws. Around BT 005, Eve encountered Adam Moonlit. Given the brainwashing drug, Venom, the witch fell in love with the scientist and followed him back to the royal institute in Magic Kingdom Levianta. After passing the tests admirably, she was submitted as a test subject for Project 'Ma'.

Adam told Eve that she would be the mother of the gods, the Ma. He would then soothe her insecurities on the matter, and she expressed a desire to get married with him in Held's Forest afterwards. After being implanted with the seeds of god, Eve awaited giving birth to her and Adam's children. Following an examination, the staff confirmed she conceived twins, naming them Cain and Abel. Later on, Eve gave birth to the twins and they were discovered to be stillborn.

Original Sin
"My children are nowhere to be found!"

- Eve during her hysterics

With the project a failure, the witch fled from the Magic Kingdom Levianta to Elphegort with Adam. Eventually reaching Held's Forest, living in a small house as woodcutters. Soon after, the two married in the woods.

Soon, Eve became caught up in the riots caused by Apocalypse. Covered in blood, the witch became hysterical and screamed that she could not find her children. Over time, Eve became envious of those who had children, wanting to have what she lost. In EC 001, she discovered a boy and a girl on the ground. Thinking they were red fruits, in her hunger, she took them.

While heading back home, Eve found herself chased by the looming shadow of their mother; perceiving her to be a bear, she ran. Eventually making it to her home, she turned back to see Meta drawing in on her; eyes turning red, she killed her just as she clutched her cloak.

Eve entered her home with the "fruits" still in hand and was greeted by Adam. When he saw the "fruits", Eve saw his smiling face descend into horror. As Adam explained to her how their children were already dead and that she needed to return "these children" to their mother, Eve's delusions broke and she recognized the "fruits" she stole were actually twins.

She screamed at the revelation, realizing her crime but refusing to give up the stolen children. After Adam insisted on her returning the children, she explained that she couldn't because she had already killed their mother outside their home.

Moonlit Abandonment
With the mother dead and children orphaned, Adam and Eve kept the twins and raised them as their own. Over the years, Gretel caused plenty of mischief for them, prompting Eve to often scold her. Following the Levianta Catastrophe of EC 013, the effects of the disaster spread to Elphegort, causing a famine. A few months later in EC 014, the two reluctantly agreed to abandon their foster children in the forest to starve to death so that they could survive the famine. With a gloomy expression, Eve and her husband led their foster children deep into the forest before abandoning them and returning home.

Devastated, Eve mourned their loss while Adam comforted her. Soon after, they heard a knock on the door and answered, horrified to see the manic expressions of their abandoned children at the entrance. While their children laughed, Eve was shoved into the house's oven by Gretel and burned alive.

Demon of Sloth
"The one representing "Sloth" of the vessels of sin... It didn't exist originally. Now, what could've happened to the Demon of Sloth? The answer is simple. It didn't dwell in a vessel--it dwelt in people."

- Eve regarding her situation

After her death, Eve's soul became one of the seven demons scattered across the world by Hänsel and Gretel. Accepting her alias as the "Demon of Sloth", Eve used the Swap Technique to take a human as her vessel. When her latest vessel died around EC 118, Eve migrated to the body of her unborn granddaughter, influencing the fetus to share her appearance. The girl, Mikulia Greeonio, became Eve's new host thereafter. After seeing I.R. give Mikulia the Clockworker's Doll she had fashioned, Eve migrated to the doll as her new vessel; she was later taken by I.R. when she left the Venomania Mansion in EC 137.

Afterward, Eve conversed with her about both their pasts; the witch learned about Irina's future sister-in-law Elluka Clockworker having been revived after Irina had killed her and about how Irina's brother Kiril had gone about revitalizing Elluka via the ark Sin, hence Levianta's destruction. As the years progressed, Irina continuously experimented on Eve to try instilling a new power the red cat mage could use to destroy everything, including the gods.

Flower of the Plateau
"Mikulia was supposed to have died long ago, so then her going to Calgaround, becoming the wife of a feudal lord, and causing an incident—I had thought if it was perhaps another person of the same name. But the one who had been drawn in the portrait was unmistakably Mikulia herself."

- Elluka Clockworker

Years after the Venomania Event, the Clockworker's Doll was activated, putting everyone, including Eve herself, under a powerful hypnosis. The Doll then assumed Mikulia's identity, crafting a new persona and becoming a florist, settling in Calgaround in EC 141. Garnering fame as the "Flower of the Plateau", Mikulia believed herself to be the former prostitute while Eve slumbered in her subconscious. After murdering two connections to "her" past, Mikulia killed her husband using the poison Gift in EC 151. After Countess Mikulia's death, Eve's memories returned and she awakened.

Phantom Thief Platonic
"Once, you spent time as a human of another era. And the both of us worked together for a little bit." "Heheheh, so you noticed. How nostalgic... During that time, I was given a lot of unfair missions, Elluka."

- Elluka and Eve

During the EC 300's, the Clockworker's Doll was activated once more and she assumed herself to be a daughter of the Calgaround Family. Becoming known as the Phantom Thief Platonic, the infamous thief was hired by the mage AB-CIR to steal a red wine glass from Duke Banica Conchita in EC 325. Initially failing, she was forcibly employed by Elluka Clockworker after being tasked to steal the Twin Blades of Levianta from her.

Later that year, Platonic managed to steal the glass from the sorceress while returning from their investigation of Banica's disappearance. After returning home to her family and later delivering the vessel to AB-CIR, Platonic eventually died, reawakening Eve from her slumber again. AB-CIR eventually reacquired the Doll sometime afterward.

Story of Evil
"It looks like Michaela, but my mother said it was modeled after someone else. If I recall correctly she said it was the 'original sinner' or something..."

- King Kyle regarding the Clockworker's Doll

In EC 482, the Doll was one of the vessels given to Prim Marlon by her court mage, Abyss I.R. During the Battle of Castle Hedgehog in EC 505, Prim brought the vessel of Sloth with her while she lay in the uppermost room of the clocktower. After being confronted by her son, Kyle, Prim invoked Eve's power in order to control the Demon of Lust in one of the vessel of Pride's fragments.

Once Prim was killed by her daughter, Ney, Eve revoked the power she lent. The doll was later collected by Kyle and brought with him to Lioness Castle. Shortly after, Abyss I.R. stole the Doll along with the other vessels of sin before fleeing to Lucifenia. Around the EC 560s, Irina successfully infused Eve with the ability to conjure the Court at her command.

Third Sleep Princess
"We... all of us... have been deceived!"

- Dr. Marx Felix

In EC 593, Julia Abelard replaced the corpse of Marx Felix's stillborn daughter with the Doll and activated it, causing Eve to believe she was Margarita Felix. Fixated on marrying her beloved Kaspar Blankenheim, Margarita lapsed into depression during her loveless marriage to the philandering marquis. Comforted by Mayrana Blossom, the girl joined the woman's criminal organization, Père Noël, as "Third Sleep Princess" and helped with their illegal operations.

After Mayrana gave her the formula for Gift, Margarita went on a psychopathic rampage, killing her husband and decimating her hometown of Toragay with her experimental creations. Suffering from the resurging memories of Eve's past incarnations, Margarita refined a Seventh Gift at the Mayrana's mansion in Calgaround. She then ingested her own poison, unlocking Eve's fragmented memories and deciding to head to the forest before finally dying.

Confrontation in the Forest
"Are you vainly attempting to deceive me? I already know—who your true identity is!"

- Elluka to Eve

Shortly after Eve's consciousness reawakened, the doll left the mansion. Weeks later, in November of EC 609, she traveled to the Millennium Tree Forest, walking into the clearing where the New Millennium Tree was located. As Gumillia and Michaela stared at her in shock, the doll caught Elluka's attention and then went to wait for her in her old home, the abandoned house. Sitting down in a chair, Eve greeted Elluka as she entered.

She related how her memory returned after she drank the Seventh Gift, with Elluka following up with a summation of what had occurred and how she had replaced the real Margarita Felix when the baby died. Elluka speculated that being able to fool everyone into the switch with a sort of hypnosis was her ability as the Demon of Sloth. The doll mused on how even she had been taken in by it, believing herself to be the human Margarita up until her death.

Elluka then pointed out that the same had happened in another time, and Eve readily admitted to having been Platonic as well. Elluka explained that she'd assumed Platonic was a descendant of Mikulia, thus explaining the appearance, but because Mikulia's child had been killed and disposed of according to "The Flower of the Plateau", that was impossible. When the doll asked why Mikulia couldn't have had descendants with the lord Calgaround, Elluka asserted that she had witnessed Mikulia's death in Asmodean, before she ever supposedly reached Calgaround. The doll agreed then that she had been the Mikulia in the "Flower of the Plateau" as well. She told Elluka that her body was originally made by I.R. to simulate Mikulia's appearance, something that Elluka hadn't known previously.

Eve elaborated for Elluka on how the vessel for "Sloth" hadn't existed originally, and so the demon instead dwelt inside human hosts, altering each generation's appearances to look like hers until I.R. created the new vessel. Hearing Elluka muse it was the Swap Technique, she attempted to continue the ruse that she was a demon, but Elluka had already figured out her true identity as Eve; incensed, she crossed over and grabbed the Doll around the neck. Eve finally removed the hypnosis she had over the mage and allowed her to see her true form as the Gine doll.

The two exchanged barbs over their respective purposes in continuing to exist in this way, each of them lacking in a true drive to motivate them. Eve commended Elluka on figuring everything out, telling her she'd poison her as a reward. Elluka responded by asserting her determination to destroy Eve, partially out of a newfound desire to rid the world of the likes of mages, gods, and demons so that humanity could develop on its own. When Eve pointed out that she couldn't be killed by ordinary means, Elluka began the spell for the Swap Technique, intending to take Eve's soul into her own to destroy it. Despite Eve vainly attempting to talk her out of it, after fifteen minutes, Elluka's pink light consumed the entire cottage and Eve's soul was torn from her doll vessel. Drawn into her spirit, the mage's consciousness was suppressed and slumbered in Elluka's mind while the mage utilized her magical power for herself.

Duel of Merrigod Plateau
"Awaken—  Master of the Court."

- Irina summoning the Court

During the Duel of Merrigod Plateau on January 30, EC 611, Eve's consciousness was awakened after Elluka was caught in the blast of Black Box Type S; as a result, Eve was transported to Levia's inner psychological world. Once she reached the top of the place's massive staircase, she blankly stared at Gumillia, Behemo, and Irina already waiting on other sides of the temple square. She passively watched Levia join them and discuss "Elluka Clockworker's" true identity with Irina.

After they finished their conversation, Irina approached Eve and wrapped an arm around her while she described the completion of her experiments fifty years ago. She then whispered in her ear for the "Master of the Court" to awaken and Eve immediately transformed Levia's mental world into the Court. As Irina boasted about what she accomplished with the Clockworker's Doll and prepared to continue her duel with the twin gods in the reset stage, the Demon of Gluttony intervened and clashed with the gods instead, resulting in Irina, Levia, and Eve's souls fusing together as a new being in Elluka Clockworker's body: Ma. Following the birth of the irregular twin "Eve" and the world's subsequent destruction in EC 999, Eve's soul separated from Ma and merged with the twin's, giving her a will.

Legacy
"I do not know the name of the husband, but the wife's name was… Eve. Yes, Eve Moonlit. It must have been a name like that. In this forest, she committed the "Sin"."

- Ma

In the wake of her death, the other six vessels of sin created from Eve's Original Sin unleashed havoc on numerous occasions, corrupting their holders and causing catastrophes for nearly a millennium in the Evillious region. Eve herself became known as the "Original Sinner", and was regarded with disdain for her actions during her lifetime. The spirit Michaela, when asked by Elluka to imagine the image of an Elphe woman, pictured Eve the night she stole the twins from Meta. She then incarnated as a human with the witch's visage.

Centuries later, in EC 982, Eve and her husband's skeletal corpses were discovered while their long abandoned home was being demolished for the construction of Evil's Theater. Afterwards, a graveyard was constructed around the theater grounds. The playwright Ma wrote several screenplays concerning Eve's actions at Evil's Theater and they were made into films. While watching the film with another visitor, Ma related how Eve's kidnapping-murder in the forest had begun it all.

Eve's incarnations were recorded in history to varying degrees, many earning folklore or rumor being passed on through the centuries. Due to their nature, few records existed regarding the actual birth or death date of many of her different personas. While never widely accepted by the public, the Clockworker's Doll was recorded by Will Jaakko as one of the vessels of sin in the possession of the mysterious mage "I.R." and "AB-CIR", though the true nature of its "demon" was never discovered.

Personality and Traits
"She depended on the love she had with her husband. She had been conceited in her wish coming true. Because she didn't do what she had to, her neglected children died. She envied people who were happy. Soon, it turned into wrath. She wanted what she had lost. And then, in her hunger, she picked up those fruits. That was the beginning of it all."

- Ma regarding Eve's darker intentions

Eve was a raving madwoman, broken by her own evil intentions and centuries of a pointless existence. Due to the Venom drug used on her, Eve became deeply enamored with Adam, hoping to marry him in her favorite place, Held's Forest. She additionally felt deeply connected to the twins she conceived for the project; she would become devastated by their deaths, to a point of having flashbacks about it. Completely conceited in the belief that her wish would come true, the witch became negligent in doing what she needed to for her soon to be born children. With their loss, Eve became distraught and embittered, envying those who had happiness.

While taking care of the stolen Hänsel and Gretel, Eve was similarly a capable mother to them as if they were her own children, although not good at hiding that she wasn't their real mother. Despite this, she still valued hers and Adam's life over theirs, willingly abandoning them during a famine, albeit deeply saddened by the decision. Following her death and worsening madness, Eve became completely resentful of the twins, instead humanizing the Gift poisons she created as her true children, valuing their "obedience" to her will.

Eve began developing a delusional mental state following the deaths of Cain and Abel, leading to her to steal what she told herself were two "fruits". After becoming a "demon" of Sloth for centuries, Eve's mental stability degraded further; with no real purpose for life, she fittingly lazed about throughout the centuries largely in inertia, save for the few times the Doll was used and she underwent self-hypnosis. While she "slept," her subconscious self became inclined to spread chaos and pursue anyone resembling her beloved Adam, becoming obsessed with him.

While she maintained her own sense of self, Eve considered herself both intrinsically a part of and different from her various incarnations and seemed to look at their lives as small distractions for her. Typical of her conceit, she believed herself practically invincible. She similarly took pleasure in the lives taken by her and her incarnations, even playfully teasing about her other selves' common use of poison. Adding to this, the mage enjoyed toying with Elluka and openly mocked her whenever she could.

Skills and Abilities
"Taste the menace of—The Original Sinner Eve Moonlit!"

- Elluka utilizing Eve's powers

Eve was exceptionally skilled in magic and was arguably the best witch in the Magic Kingdom Levianta at the time,  enough for her abilities to be considered on par with those of the Demons of Sin. Among her abilities were possessing the powerful Swap Technique, wielding lightning magic, and having a powerful hypnosis, although sealing the latter two when she lived in Nemu. Due to Eve acting as a "demon" through the Body Swap, she suffered from similar weaknesses as the Demons of Sin, able to be completely sealed in her vessel or be forced to find a new one if it was destroyed.

After she became the "Demon of Sloth", Eve's hypnosis could be projected as a field, manipulating people's perceptions and recollection of events as she pleased; as part of this, she was able to make her vessel be perceived as an ordinary human. This hypnosis was strong enough to remain unnoticed by even skilled mages. As a side effect, Eve was typically effected by the hypnosis herself, forcing her consciousness to "sleep" while she lived out the life of a human being and unable to turn it off. This would result in her "incarnation" being unable to experience fatigue or sleep. However, her incarnation could regain the the subconscious memories of past incarnations, as well as be subtly influenced by her. Eve's consciousness would reawaken upon death. This hypnosis could also be applied to individuals, making them mere puppets to Eve's will.

Compounding this hypnosis, Eve had the cumulative memories and experiences of her different incarnations. This resulted in her ability to magically create and improve an airborne version of Gift and manipulate it to her will. Due to Irina Clockworker's experimentation, Eve was also given the ability to conjure the Court at Irina's command, resetting the area so that all living things within it were mortal, even gods. Eve's power and relation to the demons also left her immune to their influence, allowing her incarnations to act on her own accord.

As her preferred "body" after becoming a "demon", the Clockworker's Doll had a hidden compartment around its stomach area, allowing it to store and transport small items safely. Although largely made of sturdy Nechuha wood, the Doll's legs were made of softer material and therefore were more likely to be damaged. It also had a rather life-like human appearance, though only around 70 centimeters in height.

Character Connections
Adam Moonlit: Eve's partner and later husband. Eve fell deeply in love with Adam over the course of Project 'Ma', accepting his marriage proposal and running away with him after the projects were a failure. Her marriage with him was a happy one and would often do things in hope of getting his approval, such as stealing the fruits, as well as taking comfort from him when conflicted over troubling matters.

Hänsel: Eve's foster son. Eve initially perceived Hänsel as a fruit and took him in hunger, believing he was crucial to her happiness. Though she later felt remorse for the theft after realizing Hänsel was a baby boy, she continued to want children and so raised him as her son. While later becoming desperate enough to abandon the boy during the famine in Elphegort, Eve felt great regret for doing so and was shocked when he returned.

Gretel: Eve's foster daughter. Eve felt remorse for her theft of the child, but nonetheless continued to want children and so raised her as her daughter. As her daughter, however, Eve was constantly scolding her for her antics and troublesome behavior. While later becoming desperate enough to abandon the girl during the famine in Elphegort, Eve felt great regret for doing so and was shocked when Gretel returned.

Meta Salmhofer: A woman Eve murdered. Despite meeting Meta before, Eve thought little of her except as an obstacle to obtaining the fruits. For a time, Eve perceived her as a bear and, although guilty for her theft, desperately wanted to escape from her. After learning the truth, Eve was appalled by her murder of Meta and showed remorse for it afterwards.

Cain: Eve's stillborn child. Eve had looked forward to Cain's birth with great anticipation, as both her own child and the reincarnation of one of the Dragon Gods. Eve was unable to accept Cain's stillbirth and became desperate to replace the loss that resulted from it.

Abel: Eve's stillborn child. Eve had looked forward to Abel's birth with great anticipation, as both her own child and the reincarnation of one of the Dragon Gods. Eve was unable to accept Abel's stillbirth and became desperate to replace the loss that resulted from it.

Mikulia Calgaround: One of Eve's incarnations. During her time as Mikulia, Eve's soul remained dormant, unaware of Mikulia's actions. Sometime later she passed away, regaining memories of her "past self". Eve cared little for her past life, seeing it only for the malice she spread through it.

Platonic: Another one of Eve's incarnations. Like Mikulia before her, Eve's soul slumbered during Platonic's life, ignorant of her actions until Platonic died; gaining her past memories. Eve teased Elluka about working with her as Platonic, saying she cared little for her time as the thief.

Margarita Blankenheim: Eve's most notorious incarnations. After drinking her own Gift, she passed away, allowing Eve's soul to become conscious, and gained her past memories. Although making use of her image later, Eve commented shortly after about caring little for that persona.

Eve: A soul Eve Moonlit fused with. Their fusion allowed her to gain a will; she also retained at least some Eve's abilities, such as forging demonic contracts.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Eve Moonlit is inspired by Eve from Judeo-Christian mythology; like her biblical counterpart, she commits a grave act against God and is burdened with the Original Sin.
 * Eve's maiden surname, Zvezda, is the Slavic word for "star".

Curiosities

 * In the Escape of Salmhofer the Witch song PV, the L in Eve's surname is capitalized in a similar fashion to the R in Seth Twiright's surname.
 * Eve's hometown, Nemu, is the Japanese root word for "sleep"; fittingly, Eve later becomes known as both the Demon of Sloth and the Sleep Princess.
 * While it was purported that the members of the Zvezda family inherited the blood of the earth god, Held, the truth of the claim wasn't clear.
 * While mothy originally wrote Eve's given name as イヴ (Ivu), he later began writing it as イブ (Ibu); when asked, he stated there wasn't a very deep meaning behind the change, pointing out both spellings had the same connotation for the English "Eve".
 * In Epic of Evil: The Daughter of Evil Fanbook, Eve was voted as the twenty-sixth most popular character in The Daughter of Evil Series by Japanese fans, along with Abyss I.R., Shaw Freezis, Mikina Freezis, Sateriasis Venomania, and Trauben Fruit.

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