Hänsel

Hansel is the male twin kidnapped and raised by Eve Moonlit and the brother of Gretel. Along with his sister, he murdered their parents and later split Eve's Original Sin into the Seven Deadly Sins.

Project 'Ma'
Hansel was born along with his twin sister, Gretel, in the Levianta Royal Institute as part of Project 'Ma'. After birthed by his mother, Meta Salmhofer, Hansel and his sister were placed in vitro conditions. Celebrated by the people of Divine Levianta, their births marked the first year of a new calender, EC 0. Some time later, they were taken by their mother from the laboratory and hid in Elphegort.

Original Sin
After a year of being hidden by Meta, she carried them to Eldoh's Forest for a stroll. While there, Meta settled them near a tree and left them. Soon after, he and Gretel were discovered by Eve Moonlit. Believing them to be fruit, Eve took them and carried them through the forest as she fled from their mother and eventually killed her. After being greeted by her husband, Adam, he saw the twins in her hands and became horrified by Eve's action. With Meta dead and the twins orphaned, the two woodcutters adopted the children and raised them as their own.

In EC 013, Hansel and his sister were led by their parents deep into the forest on a moonlit night. The curious twin asked his father if god was waiting for them down their path and later wondered why their parents were looking at them with such gloomy expressions. Eventually, Hansel and his sister realized that they would be lost if they continued on the path and were soon after abandoned by their parents to die, unable to find their way home.

While wandering the dark forest with his sister, holding hands, the two stumbled upon a small glass bottle illuminated by the moonlight and used it to light their path, not knowing whether the direction they headed in was right or wrong. At last, Hansel and Gretel arrived someplace, recognizing it as "the witch's house". They decided to murder the witch, believing they would become happy if she was gone. While Gretel threw the "witch" into the oven, Hansel killed her "henchman", gleefully asking his father if he was proud of him for doing so.

Watching Eve, the witch, burn to ashes in the oven, they witnessed her body become the embodiment of her Original Sin. Splitting it into seven fragments, they scattered it across the world so that it could be eventually cleansed. Hansel and his sister enjoyed the confines of the witch's house, feeling as if they themselves lived their long ago, and then decided to go out and search for their "real" mother and father.

Legacy
After his death, Hansel's soul reincarnated with his same visage every few centuries. In several cases, his reincarnations maintained some of Hansel's memories and characteristics, including loyalty to matriarchal figures who resembled his mother, Meta. At some point after EC 611, Hansel's soul merged with the Glass of Conchita and later awakened as the male Servant to the Master of the Graveyard.

Escape of the Witch, Salmhofer (EC - )
Escape of the Witch, Salmhofer tells of Hansel's beginnings, about how he is created and ultimately carried away by Meta Salmhofer.

Moonlit Bear (EC 001)
In Moonlit Bear, Hansel is initially described as a "fruit", only to be revealed that he is Meta's child, kidnapped by Eve.

Abandoned on a Moonlit Night (EC 014)
Abandoned on a Moonlit Night tells the story of Hansel and Gretel being left in the woods by Adam and Eve when the guilt of Eve's sin has reached its limit.

Chrono Story (EC 015)
In Chrono Story, it is revealed that Hansel and Gretel took the "Original Sin" and split it into seven fragments and scattered them across the world, hoping that they will be free of their mother's sin.

Connections to Other Characters
Meta Salmhofer: Hansel's real mother, and an artificial human just like him. She gave birth to him and Gretel without a father. His reincarnations tend to be incredibly loyal to anyone resembling her.

Eve Moonlit: The woman who kidnapped him as a child and murdered his mother. She raised him alongside his sister Gretel for 14 years before abandoning the two. After she was thrown into an oven, he split her Original Sin into seven pieces and releases them into the world.

Adam Moonlit: The husband of Eve Moonlit who raised Hansel as his son after Eve commited the Original Sin. Hansel murdered him, believing him to be the henchman of a witch.

Gretel: Hansel's twin sister. Together, the two were abandoned in Eldoh's forest and eradicated their foster parents. Afterwards, they release the Seven Deadly Sins to the world together. It's unknown of her fate as of yet.

Stupid Butler: One of Hansel's reincarnations.

Lemy Abelard: Another of Hansel's reincarnations.

Servants: The male servant is Hansel's latest reincarnation.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Hansel is inspired by the character from the Brothers Grimm's tale "Hansel & Gretel".
 * In the original story, Hansel is depicted as a gluttonous child, strengthening his link with the Demon of Gluttony.
 * Hansel's name derives from German, meaning "Little Hans"; the name Hans derives from the Hebrew name John, meaning "graced by God".
 * A German proverb is, "What little Hans doesn't learn, grown-up Hans will never learn."

Curiosities

 * Similar attire to Hansel is worn by a young Alexiel Lucifen d'Autriche and, to a lesser extent, the male Servant in Gallerian's Theater.
 * Hansel's reincarnations tend to be more innocent or oblivious compared to his sister's reincarnations.
 * Elluka Clockworker noted that Queen Anne's child, Alexiel, resembled Hansel.
 * It is assumed that Levia and Behemo successfully reincarnated as humans and are the stimuli behind Hansel and Gretel's cycle of reincarnation in the series.

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