Chelsea

"She's a Netsuma! The whole village hates her."

- Chelsea regarding Clarith

Chelsea was a villager from Yatski in the Kingdom of Elphegort and a neighbor to Clarith. Despising the Netsuma like the rest of her village, Chelsea bulled the girl for her white hair and inferior work. She later lashed out at the girl when she was getting attention from the chief's son, Ein.

Early Life
Born in Yatski, Elphegort during the 5th century EC, Chelsea grew up as a fellow villager, making numerous friends with her fellow Elphes. Like the rest of the village, Chelsea discriminated against the resident Netsuma, Clarith. When she came of age, she began helping her family tend to the fields. Seeing Clarith's incompetence at farm work, she repeatedly bullied her hated neighbor over the years. At some point, she developed a crush on the village chief's son, Ein.

Awkward Invitation
"What are you saying? I'm not going to eat with a filthy Netsuma."

- Chelsea

In EC January, EC 499, while working in the fields, Chelsea saw Clarith working slowly and pushed the Netsuma as she passed by. Several weeks later, she began talking with her friend during work when Clarith hesitantly approached them. Looking at her with disdain, they listened to the white-haired girl ask Chelsea to join her for dinner. Distraught by her words, Chelsea immediately pushed her neighbor and answered that she'd never eat with a Netsuma. Clarith then apologized and left.

Love and War
"I saw you earlier. Was the filthy Netsuma trying to leer at Ein? What an eyesore. You weren't plotting anything, were you?"

- Chelsea to Clarith

Several months later, Chelsea saw a new girl, Michaela, start helping with the farm work and learned she was living with Clarith. Over the next few months, Chelsea got on friendly terms with the beautiful Elphe. During work one day that summer, Chelsea saw Michaela work and called out to her, asking if she wanted to take a break with her.

The girl accepted the offer and they moved to sit behind a building. As Michaela lamented the amount of work they had to do, Chelsea pointed out how greatly she was helping them out. When the beautiful Elphe said she should also say that to Clarith, the peasant questioned why, pointing out Clarith's rather slow and sloppy work; afterward, the woman remarked she shouldn't need to give her thanks to a Netsuma. Remembering that the two lived together, Chelsea lamented the fact despite the girl not having decided a place to stay.

After hearing Michaela decribed what she liked about Clarith's white hair, Chelsea questioned if the girl was friendly with Clarith. When she questioned in turn if the peasant hated, Chelsea exclaimed that it was because she was a Netsuma and that everyone in the village hated her. She then told the girl that she wished the village chief would evict her already. Once she admitted the greedy man was only interested in her paying the land fees, she lamented that he was Ein's father.

Later that day, Chelsea saw Ein talking to Clarith and grew envious. When the Netsuma returned home with Michaela after work, Chelsea and her two friends approached the women before they entered the house, saying she wanted to talk to the white-haired girl. Grabbing her arm, the annoyed woman urged the girl to go around the side of her home, telling Michaela the matter didn't concern her.

Once they took her around back, Chelse let go and crossed her arms, asking what the Netsuma thought she was doing. Clarifying that she saw her talking to Ein, she expressed her hope she wasn't planning to do anything. When the scared woman stuttered a response, Chelsea told her to say something. Clarith then said she was sorry. Ticked off by the statement, Chelsea yelled that she didn't want to hear her excuses, claim that even Ein was bothered by being near her yet she still dared to go near him.

Chelsea then forbid her from going near Ein again; watching Clarith remain quiet, she grew even angrier. Demanding she speak up, Chelsea raised her right arm to slap her when Michaela intervened. Surprised, Chelsea stopped as MIchaela argued that them fighting wasn't good, grabbing her raised arm and applying some force to make her lower it. Chelsea retorted that the Elphe was fine and that only the Netsuma's seemingly having a love affair was unforgivable.

Michaela then added more force to her arm and smiled while telling her that it was perhaps a misunderstanding, suggesting that everything could be talked over peacefully without violence. After a brief silence, Chelsea gave up and began to leave once Michaela released her arm. Calling for her two friends to come along, they went back around the house. A few days later, Chelsea approached Clarith and told her that Michaela only treated her nicely to make her look better, saying the Elphe remained by her side to simply make her own beauty stand out more.

Later on, Chelsea and the other villagers heard the chief declare that his nephew Eugen's meal was poisoned, blaming Clarith for making the toxic meal out of spite of her debts. Mobbing, the villagers went to Clarith's home only to find that she, Michaela, and Ein had already fled. During the Green Hunting in EC 500, Chelsea and the others were attacked by the invading Lucifenian army. After the Elphegortean military unit stationed at the village was overwhelmed, Chelsea and the other female villagers were slaughtered.

Legacy
Following her death, Chelsea's corpse was piled and counted by the Lucifenian forces there before the army continued their push north. Shortly after, Michaela and Clarith discovered Chelsea's body among the piles of corpses left in the pillaged village after they returned to Yatski. Years later, Clarith recounted the hardships she faced in her homeland prior to becoming a nun in her autobiography.

Personality and Traits
"Why should I need to tell Clarith? Her work's slow, she's unsociable and I'm not going to thank someone from the Netsuma Clan."

- Chelsea expressing her perspective of Clarith

Chelsea was a self-absorbed young woman and a nasty bully to her enemies. Typically, Chelsea had a friendly demeanor with her fellow villagers. She commonly kept her two close friends by her side as her personal posse as well. However, like her fellow villagers, Chelsea had a deep-rooted prejudice against foreigners, especially the local Netsuma girl Clarith. Along with that came a superiority complex over other races, believing it was only natural for them to be put down by the native Elphe.

As a result, Chelsea treated Clarith poorly and looked down upon the white-haired girl with disdain. Her disgust for the "filthy" Netsuma was amplified by Clarith's seemingly slow and sloppy field work, which Chelsea cited as added justification for her mistreatment. She became easily annoyed by the woman's stuttering as well and had no issue abusing the woman both physically and emotionally for even trying to befriend her. Therefore, the Elphe peasant was exasperated that the village chief even kept Clarith around.

However, Chelsea had romantic feelings for the chief's son, Ein. As a result, she was rather protective of him getting close to other women, particularly Clarith. Likewise, she assumed Ein shared her and village's prejudice for the girl and immediately believed any interaction between them was Clarith trying to leer at Ein, which earned both her further disgust and her envy. Her jealousy quickly led to further bullying Clarith and Chelsea took initiative to forbid the girl ever go near her beloved again.

While cautious of her friendly demeanor regarding the Netsuma, Chelsea had gotten along with Michaela and sympathized with her situation of having to live with Clarith. But, after being physically obstructed by the girl, Chelsea extended her spite towards Michaela as well and had no issue telling Clarith lies to ruin their relationship and further put down the white-haired woman. Chelsea also had an appearance complex, wearing fancy dresses and lots of makeup to doll up her appearance, though wearing her hair rather short and messy.

Skills and Abilities
As a villager of Yatski, Chelsea was a capable field worker and helped out adequately with her peasant duties. While prone to violence, the woman lacked any actual combat skills and was somewhat easy to restrain or overpower. She also had a small degree of prowess with manipulation, particuarly with personal relatinships, although she lacked much tact, making her undlying motives simple for most to recognize.

Character Connections
Ein: Chelsea's crush. Chelsea harbored affection for the man despite his being the son of the greedy chieftain. Due to this, she would be enraged when seeing him give affection to another girl, particularly her hated neighbor, Clarith.

Clarith: Chelsea's neighbor. As a Netsuma, Chelsea despised Clarith and would treat her cruelly along with the other villagers, resentful of the girl being allowed to live in the village despite her race and fed up with her clumsy work in the fields. Seeing the Netsuma get her beloved Ein's attention, Chelsea became envious of Clarith as well, seeking even more to make her miserable.

Michaela: A fellow villager. Finding her kind, beautiful and hard-working, Chelsea initially grew to have an amiable relationship with Michaela over the time she lived in Yatski. Despite this, she was perplexed by her insistence on being friendly to Clarith. After Michaela intervened in her bullying, Chelsea grew spiteful towards her and sought to ensure Clarith didn't enjoy their friendship.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The name Chelsea originates in Old English and means "chalk wharf".

Curiosities

 * Ironically, Chelsea discriminated against Clarith as a white-haired Netsuma but ended up slaughtered with the rest of her village for their green hair while Clarith survived the genocide.

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Appearances

 * The Daughter of Evil: Wiegenlied of Green (first appearance)
 * Entr'acte of Evil: The Daughter of Evil Worldguide (mentioned only)
 * The Daughter of Evil (manga)