User blog:SiRenfield/Palea Noël

"My children are nowhere to be found!"

Palea Noël, also known as The Mistress of Malice, is one of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse and the mother of Hänsel and Gretel. She was selected as the second test subject for Project 'Ma' under the direction of Lilila Twiright.

Early Life
Palea was created in the Magic Kingdom Levianta via artificial means along with her twin sister, Lilila. Since she had no parents, she was left on her own to survive, while her sister was actually treated like an actual person instead of a disposable object. When she was 20, she met Metam Salmhofer, a murderer and the leader of the Apocalypse organization, and fell in love with him. Eventually, Palea became his lover and joined Apocalypse as "The Witch of Merigod". As a member of the organization, she became involved in multiple raids staged throughout Levianta, causing bloodshed and murder in her wake. However, after Metam committed suicide by cop for unknown reasons, she eventually became one of the organization's key leaders. At some point, Milkio Eights joined after escaping from a prostitute ring his father sold him to as a child and became another one of the organization's leaders. Pale became involved with her and the two eventually married.

Project 'Ma'
One day she crossed paths with Eve Moonlit, finding her covered in blood screaming and lamenting over the loss of her children. As Meta looked down on the witch, she was suddenly captured and bound in chains. Confused on why they're arrestinf her for only one count of murder ,that being a pair of newborn twins she doesn't remember, instead of the dozens if not hundreds of other ones she did. Imprisoned and condemned to death, she awaited her execution when Lilila entered her prison cell, seeing that she resembled her. The scientist offered her exoneration if she submitted herself as a candidate for Project 'Ma'. Seeing the opportunity to escape her hopeless situation, Palea accepted.

Now in the Levianta Royal Institute, Palea was inoculated with god's seed and later gave birth to twins, Hänsel and Gretel, who continued their development in vitro conditions. Looking at her children in their tanks, she remembered how she too was an artificial being, a Ghoul Child. By the power of Deus Ex Machina (AN: that's not a real thing ,but I use this to describe my occasionally lazy writing) she suddenly comes across a record from several decades prior from a scientist that used to work there explaining that the whole reason she was born is because of an experiment with identical twins if they are in different living conditions. Therefore, they purposely abused Palea, ditching her once the experiment was "finished" while they treat Lilila like an actual human being. Not wanting her children to be test subjects, unloved and without a family, Palea locked Lilila in the closet (but not after shoving the scientist's journal under the door so "she'll learn the sad truth of her existence"),stole her ID card in order to pull of the escape, and took the twins from the laboratory and escaped from Levianta, fleeing through the forest to Elphegort. Living in the foreign country, the fugitive mother hid with her children away from people's eyes.

Original Sin
A year later, in EC 001, Palea took her children out on a moonlit night to Eldoh's Forest. After putting them on the ground and leaving them for a moment, she returned to find them gone. Shortly afterward, she discovered that Adam Moonlit had run off with her twins and began chasing him through the forest. Crying as Adam continued fleeing from her, Palea finally caught up with the former scientist in front of his home and reached out to grab him. However, the terrified Eve lashed out and killed Palea, dying with only the witch's cloak in her hand.

Legacy
Shortly after Palea's death, the dillusioned Adam realized his sin,having believed that Palea was a bear the entire time. With Palea dead, Adam and his wife, Eve, raised her children in her place and would later be killed by them. Afterward, the twins decided to go find their "real mother and father".Ve speculated that the reason Hänsel and Gretel's reincarnations, the Helio and Arte, were so loyal to Kronos was because of her resemblance to Metam, the man who Palea couldn't erase from her memory. As such, he thinks that "they thought that if they find 'Metam' they'll find their 'real mother'"

Personality and Traits
In history, Palea is regarded as a malicious person, earning her the title 'The Mistress of Malice'. During her reign as one of the leaders of Apocalypse, Palea had no qualms with killing and caused countless bloodsheds. Although she established several relationships with other members within the Apocalypse, none of them lasted very long, leading her to believe that none of them never truly loved her but was only using her for personal gain. Such as Metam letting himself get killed by a police officer for unclear reasons and Milkio supposedly fleeing during her arrest.

Though after her revelation, she realized that she was actually a rather lonely woman who searched for love her entire life. Born without any parents to adore and take care of her, Palea learned to survive on her own and was constantly desiring affection, willing to even become a murderer for her lover's affection and even symphonizing with Milkio's story despite never showing it to him. After, her capture and Project MA ,she was left heartbroken and lost all hope in her future. She felt that her life was filled with running and, in the end, it amounted to nothing. Because of this, she felt sympathy for her children who shared her similar circumstances of birth and desired to love them in a way that she was never loved, hoping to give them a better life than being experiments in a laboratory.

(AN: Wow, either I'm unfocused in my writing, I did a crappy job in merging the personalities of Meta and Pale, or maybe Palea has HIS.)

Okay after, thinking that through I am officially diagnosing Palea with HIS (I'm not sure if Lilila has it too or she's just crazy due to the conditions of her lively hood) and she would frequently switch from being the "love hungry Mary-Sue (don't worry I'm not calling Meta a Mary-Sue, I'm just trying to make sure I don't make her counterpart into one)" to "a sadistic killer"

After discovering that she had a twin sister who was actually living a better life than her, she grew jealous and angry at Lilila. Her sadism causing her to lock her in the supply closet, allowing her to force her to read the journal that reveals the truth of why she was born as to opposed to "what she was lied to about".

Skills and Abilities
As one of Apocalypse's leaders, Palea is a capable planner and coordinater. His skill at manipulation extends to her escape from Project MA. She is also powerful sorceress with a rare magical power that caught the attention of Lilila Twiright, allowing her to be the second candidate for Project 'Ma' and the first to successfully give birth to the twins for the Project. She was capable of fleeing from the Magic Kingdom without being recaptured or knowingly pursued and was able to successfully hide out with her children for about a year.

Character Connections

 * Eve Moonlit: Palea's predecessor. Meta was shocked by Eve's bloodstained appearance at their first meeting, which is what caused her to be caught and arrested.


 * Adam Moonlit: Eve's husband. She first briefly saw him comforting Eve as she was being arrested and had no idea who he even was. When meeting him again, Palea viewed Adam only as the thief that was stealing her children as she pursued her.


 * Metam Salmhofer: Palea's first lover. Palea was madly in love with Metam, this love prompting her to join the Apocalypse organization despite the many crimes it perpetrated. At some point, however, she became disillusioned with her love for him, recognizing that he did not reciprocate her feelings.


 * Milko Eights: Palea's former husband and a fellow leader of Apocalypse. Although married, they eventually separated when Palea was arrested.


 * Lilila Twiright: Palea's long lost twin sister. Palea was at first astonished by Seth's resemblance to her, but saw her only as a last chance to escape her execution. Although she went along with Project 'Ma' at her request, she did not share her goals or ambitions. After discovering the truth, she grew to extremely hate her for being the only reason that she exists just for the Levitan scientist test out the nature of man. Causing her to lock her in the car while forcing her to read the journal from a scientist who ran the Project and did not spare her another thought once she'd resolved to run away with the children.


 * Hänsel: Palea's son. After his birth, Palea grew to love him as she realized the depth of their connection and her mistakes in life. She became greatly concerned for Hänsel's emotional and physical well-being, taking him from Project 'Ma' to live a normal life and pursuing his abductor until her death.


 * Gretel: Palea's daughter. After her birth, Palea grew to love her as she realized the depth of their connection and mistakes in life. She became greatly concerned for Gretel's emotional and physical well-being, taking her from Project 'Ma' to live a normal life and pursuing her abductor until her death.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Palea's name is derived from the pale horse of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, representing Death.
 * Her surname, Noël, is French for "Christmas"; the name would later appear in the name of another criminal organization: Père Noel.
 * Adam's delusion of Meta being a bear as she chased after her stolen children references the protective maternal qualities of bears, hence the phrase "mother bear"; interestingly, bears are known to eat salmon. Refrencing how she succeded Metam after his death.
 * An extra ,but uninentional connection to bears is how they are one of the representive animals of Wrath, as she has shown several signs of aggression towards Adam and her sister.
 * Palea's status as a Ghoul Child may reference the sin of Gluttony and Metam's connection to Kronos Conchita; ghouls are undead spirits or demons usually depicted as scavengers and human flesh eaters, often associated with graveyards and burial grounds.

Curiosities

 * Ironically, the words Palea heard from Eve after coming across her are the same she says concerning her own missing children.
 * Both sisters have a connection to Adam Moonlit. Lilila was his assistant charged with spying on him for the Senate to keep him in check and his eventual successor as the Head of Project MA, while Palea was accused on killing his future wife's children and was eventually murdered by him.
 * Interestingly, her marriage to Milkio parrallels Keela Sfraz's marriage to Mikino.