Gumillia

"Yes, it's a spring onion. A very amazing spring onion."

Gumillia is a reincarnated human and former forest spirit of Eldoh. She is the apprentice of Elluka Clockworker, helping her collect the Seven Deadly Sins, and is a close friend of Michaela.

Early Life
About 528 years before EC 0, the god Eldoh created the forest spirits of Eldoh's Forest, including Gumillia. Forbidden from leaving the forest by the deity, Gumillia obeyed. At some point, Gumillia met Elluka Clockworker and the two became familiar with each other. Sometime between EC 100 and EC 136, Gumillia would often see the aristocrat, Gumina Glassred, praying to Eldoh at the Millennium Tree.

Wiegenlied of Green
In early EC 499, Gumillia, along with Michaela, saw the sleeping Eldoh being attacked by his old friend, Elluka. Gumillia, in an animal form, picked up a pomegranate fruit and threw it from a tree at the sorceress. Hitting its mark, the sorceress cried in pain before turning to face the two spirits, explaining that she wasn’t “bullying” the deity. Gumillia lectured the mage on using violence and Elluka sarcastically responded to the statement’s hypocrisy. Interpreting it as sincere, the forest spirit thanked Elluka and the mage bluntly clarified it wasn’t a compliment before saying Eldoh was asleep and should return some other time.

Shortly afterward, Michaela had gone missing and Gumillia searched ceaselessly for the forest spirit. Two weeks later, the chipmunk finally found the spirit in a human home, trapped in a cage. Gumillia threw stones at the window to catch Michaela’s attention, squeezing through the window and opening the cage so they could escape. Seeing an old woman interrupt them and speak with Michaela, Gumillia dully listened to their conversation until it was finished and slipped out with the fellow spirit back to the Millennium Tree Forest. Gumillia watched as Eldoh lectured Michaela and, the next morning, comforted her as she cried. As Michaela tried justifying her disappearance, the chipmunk responded that it was the spirit’s fault for leaving the forest in the first place, explaining how the robin could have died and that Gumillia didn’t want that.

Several days later, Gumillia was present when Elluka returned to discuss her mission to gather the Seven Deadly Sins with the earth god. The deity agreed to assist the mage, offering two of his spirits, both Gumillia and Michaela, to assist her in finding one of the sin fragments as reincarnated humans with Gumillia as Elluka’s apprentice. The three travelled West through the forest in search of a good place to perform the ritual. Once the ritual site was prepared, Elluka told the two of them to imagine beautiful women from Elphegort, preferably who weren’t currently alive. Gumillia discussed the names with Michaela and they agreed on whose appearance they would have. Imagining the visage of Gumina Glassred, Gumillia reincarnated as a human in her image.

The sorceress then took the two humans to an abandoned house, using it as a shelter from the rain where they could study magic and the basics of being human. One day, Gumillia woke up habitually early and awaited Michaela and Elluka. Later that morning, Michaela woke up and greeted the former spirit before returning inside. Soon after, Michaela returned and told her Elluka was awake and that she would join her soon. Curious, Gumillia asked why and the spirit said she needed to wash her face. During their time there, Gumillia excelled under Elluka’s tutelage, often helping Michaela learn magic. Three months after her reincarnation, the three spent their last supper together before departing on their mission.

As Elluka told Michaela humans could feel sickness and hunger, Gumillia said she never felt like that as a chipmunk. Elluka lectured her that reincarnation was different from Eldoh’s morphing powers; Elluka warned that a mage was no different from a normal human. The next morning, Elluka and Gumillia packed their luggage before waking Michaela. Seeing her friend still sick, Gumillia told Michaela she was worried about her and the former robin grabbed her hand with a smile, reassuring her she would be fine. Looking at her friend’s smile, she attempted to imitate her laugh and promised she would come to rescue her if she was ever in trouble. Returning the promise, the two hugged before going their separate ways.

Travelling to the Kingdom of Lucifenia, Gumillia was admitted to the Lucifenian Palace as Elluka’s apprentice and studied to improve her magic, improving rapidly. In early EC 500, she attended the funeral of Leonhart Avadonia with Elluka. About nine months since last seeing her friend, Elluka gave Gumillia a Very Amazing Spring Onion to hand off to the servant, Allen, to give to Michaela. Gumillia entered the Servant Room as the boy prepared for his trip, silently greeting him. Bluntly replying “yes” to Allen’s questions, the two awkwardly remained silent at each other before Gumillia finally instructed him to use honorifics with anyone older than him, such as herself.

The servant apologized and she removed the magical tool from her sleeve, asking that he deliver it to her friend. When the servant asked if it was really so amazing, Gumillia reconfirmed that it was. Asked by the servant who her friend was, the apprentice said she had green hair like her but far more beautiful. At that moment, Elluka called for Gumillia and she obeyed, telling Allen Michaela’s name as she left.

Several days later, Elluka took Gumillia and fled after Princess Riliane ordered the Millennium Tree Forest burned and the Kingdom of Elphegort invaded. Travelling to the Forest of Bewilderment as it burned, Gumillia helped her master conjure a large rainstorm to douse the flames, using Elluka’s Very Amazing Octopus. Seeing the flames dissipate, they retreated deeper in the forest, exhausted. The sorceress congratulated her apprentice, thankful they controlled the fire before it burned the Millennium Tree. Suddenly, a brown-haired woman spoke to Elluka, introducing herself as Germaine and offering them shelter at her home. Elluka declined, mischievously alerting her that they were fugitives, and the two left.

Not long after, Elluka contacted Michaela and listened as she explained her role in their current predicament. Once Michaela denied Elluka’s order to reincarnate again as a spirit because she wanted to stay with those precious to her, Gumillia comforted the enraged and hysterical sorceress. Calming her master, the apprentice spoke with Michaela, telling her she wouldn’t ask the reason and could somewhat understand her feelings, having also learned much as a human. The apprentice then told her friend that she too wanted to remain a human, having an important person to protect. Elluka chastised the two green-haired girls for their disloyalty.

Once Michaela told them both that she would be hiding in a well in the forest, she and Elluka encountered the Lucifenian army hunting them but manage to elude them. They then went to Keel Freesis' mansion only to find it burned down. They infiltrated the nearby barracks to retrieve the Venom Sword but discovered the vessel of sin was missing and collected the rest of his property instead. After a short rest, they headed to Michael's hiding spot in the forest. However, they arrived to find Kyle Marlon clutching Michaela's corpse, crying. Despite the King’s violent behavior, they retrieved her body and later witnessed it become tree saplings. Astonished, they visited Eldoh; Gumillia learned that Michaela was chosen by the earth god to succeed him as the Millennium Tree.

After Elluka argued with the earth deity, Gumillia told Eldoh her decision and the saddened earth god accepted it. Once the Lucifenian Revolution ended, the two returned to Keel's mansion to explain what had occurred. The merchant, surprised by the revelation about Michaela, told them to give the sapling to Clarith. Elluka negotiated with Keel before returning the merchant's collectibles to him in exchange for hiding them for a time from the Marlon army's "Witch Hunt" and the Venom Sword. While there, Gumillia thought the Freesis' children were cute and wondered why Elluka was surprised to see Yukina Freesis there. The two returned to Lucifenia and travelled to the Eldoh Monastery in Elphegort in search for Michaela's cherished, human friend.

After Elluka introduced herself and Gumillia, the apprentice confronted Clarith before being stopped by her master, correcting her that they came to give her a gift. Once Clarith was informed of the circumstances surrounding Michaela, Elluka noted Gumillia’s desire to keep her friend. The former spirit stated they couldn’t decide while Michaela was a sapling and accepted Elluka’s request to perform the incantation. Summoning an apparition of her friend’s spirit, Gumillia supervised the conversation between Clarith and Michaela until Elluka stubbornly asked who “won”. Reciting another incantation, the apparition was dispelled and Gumillia gave the plant to Clarith, telling her if she died, she wouldn’t care. Seeing Clarith’s confusion on what to do, she suggested the white-haired girl plant her in the forest but that it was her decision to make. As they were about to leave, Gumillia remembered The Daughter of Evil’s execution, informing Clarith that the princess was condemned and Michaela was avenged.

About a week later, the nervous Gumillia went back to the convent to check on Clarith, surprised to see Riliane there as well; learning this, Elluka told her apprentice they would not interfere as she should no longer be possessed by a demon. The two began their journey to the eastern kingdoms, continuing their search for the vessels of sin, and stopped by an Asmodean inn to prepare. While there, Gumillia decided to write a report of their actions after leaving the Lucifenian palace, writing about her excitement for what the eastern countries would be like.

Her report was suddenly interrupted by Elluka’s scream and subsequent frenzy, saying they were cheated as she threw the Venom Sword. Gumillia asked if it was fake and the sorceress clarified that the Demon of Lust was absent from the vessel, quickly checking to find the Demon of Vanity was also missing from it’s vessel. Gumillia asked if it was possible and Elluka denied it, explain the demons’ bodies should always be in the vessel, even when possessing a human. After a long while, the apprentice watched her master begin packing her luggage, apologizing for their need to solve their recent enigma first. Sighing, Gumillia was disappointed her tour of the world was delayed but paid it no mind.

Praeludium of Red
Three years after, the mage Abyss I.R. stole Elluka's body, forcing Elluka's soul to take refuge in Gumillia's body. Later on, Gumillia became the advisor to the emperor of Beelzenia. When Yukina Freesis visited Beelzenia, she made contact with Gumillia and asked her where Elluka was. Gumillia said that she does not know, and then took Yukina over to Chartette Langley. Suddenly, Beelzenia falls under attack by undead soldiers, which Gumillia identifies to be imperial troops who had died due to the Gula Disease. After Beelzenia launches a counterattack, that ended in capturing Retasan Fortress, Gumillia hires Germaine Avadonia to be her personal guard and sets off for Lucifenia to confront Kyle Marlon. Yukina manages to catch up to the two of them and offers to help them sneak into the castle unnoticed.

With Yukina's help, Gumillia and Germaine managed to go unnoticed by Kyle. However, Kyle recognizes Germaine during the night, blowing everyone's cover. Gumillia and Yukina escape through a secret passage in Riliane's room, but Kyle manages to catch up to them. Kyle transforms into a six-winged beast due to the Demon of Vanity and sends Gumillia flying into the wall before she could launch a magic spell at him. Driven by insanity, Kyle flies off into the night sky.

Gumillia, Yukina, and Germaine retreated into Eldoh's Forest, where Gumillia consulted with Eldoh on how to stop Kyle. Eldoh tells Gumillia that during a full moon, Gumillia's magic will be powerful enough to incapacitate him. However, Kyle will also be at his full strength then. Soon, Kyle appears and attacks Germaine. Gumillia unleashes a powerful spell at Kyle, but to no avail. However, Gumillia's spell had left behind a small distortion field. Michaela then began to sing, amplifying the field and incapacitating Kyle, freeing him from the Demon of Vanity.

With Gumillia in possession of two of the Mirrors, she then accompanies Yukina and Kyle along with Germaine to Marlon.

Praefatio of Blue
When Kyle's ship encountered a giant octopus, Gumillia magically enhanced the ship's cannon and ordered Kyle's men to aim at the octopus' brow. Thanks to Gumillia, the ship is able to evade the octopus and resume it's course for Marlon. Gumillia is rather disappointed, saying that it is a "very amazing octopus". Kyle asked Gumillia how can a giant octopus exist. Gumillia answers that only Elluka can do that.

Arriving at Marlon and staying over at Yukina's home, Gumillia found "Elluka" at the door and suggested that the two of them talk in private. Moments later, Yukina and Germaine find Gumillia and Abyss I.R. clashing against each other. After a few attacks, Gumillia is no match for Abyss I.R. alone. Abyss I.R. summons three black bears to finish off Gumillia but Germaine comes to her rescue, easily defeating the bears with the help of Gumillia's magical enhancement.

Abyss I.R. then grabs Gumillia and tells her that she is going to take her body for her own. Suddenly, Elluka's soul calls out and proceeds to wrestle her body from Abyss I.R., sending her and Gumillia flying in the air. Germaine rushes over to finish off Abyss I.R. but Gumillia stops her, saying that Elluka is in control now. Afterwards, Gumillia and Elluka were hired by Kyle to aid him in stopping Prim Marlon. She later releases Germaine from her service.

Pere Noel
Following the events of the mysterious deaths in Toragay, Elluka and Gumillia set out for Lucifenia to find out more about the criminal organization Pere Noel. She joined Pere Noel under the name "Sniper". When Lemy Abelard blows Elluka's cover, she was ordered by Elluka to "kill the snitch". Gumillia shot Lemy with a revolver and Elluka made her escape.

For reasons unknown, Gumillia stayed in the organization and was tasked by Julia Abelard to retrieve the Venom Sword from the Freesis Foundation. She ultimately fell in love the one who was guarding it and when she finally shot him down and retrieved the sword, she killed herself with the same gun.

Personality
Gumillia seems to be the more stoic, in contrast with Michaela. Being Elluka's apprentice, she does take her job more serious. She also appears to be caring, often worrying about Michaela's wellbeing. Despite all that, Gumillia does make a crack at others, notably Allen Avadonia, though it is hard to tell if she is doing so on purpose or unintentionally.

Skills
Being a forest spirit, Gumillia is immortal. She has the ability to transform into any animal she wants, her favorite being a chipmunk. However, her immortality is lost whenever she is in a physical form, leaving her vulnerable to death. Her ability is assumed to be nullified after she had gotten her human body. While under Elluka's mentorship, Gumillia becomes well versed in magic. When infiltrating Pere Noel, she appears to be skilled with a firearm.

Appearance
Initially, Gumillia had the form of a chipmunk. Afterwords, she received a human body that resembles Gumina Glassred. During the events of Praeludium of Red, Gumillia is shown to be wearing glasses, noting that Elluka's soul is currently dwelling inside her. By The Last Revolver the glasses were shown to be gone.

Handbeat Clocktower (EC 505)
Gumillia makes a cameo in Handbeat Clocktower.

The Fifth: Pierrot (EC 610)
Gumillia makes her appearance as "Sniper" in The Fifth: Pierrot. She kills Lemy Abelard for blowing Elluka's position.

The Last Revolver (EC 610~)
In The Last Revolver, she was assigned the mission of retrieving the Venom Sword from the Freesis Foundation, although she never expected to fall in love with the person who was taking care of it. After spending around a year with him, she received the order to kill the man, from Julia. Finally, after she completed it, she committed suicide.

Connections to Other Characters
Eldoh: Guardian of the forest. Eldoh tasked Gumillia to be Elluka's apprentice.

Elluka Clockworker: Gumillia's master for more than a century.

Michaela: A fellow forest spirit whom Gumillia has a very special attachment to.

Yukina Freesis: Gumillia made contact with Yukina and she travels with her to Marlon.

Germaine Avadonia: Gumillia's hired guardian.

Gumina Glassred: Gumillia's human body resembles her.

Unnamed man: Gumilia's lover whom she was forced to kill.

Curiosities

 * When Gumilia received her new body had poor eyesight, so Elluka suggested she wear glasses, until she was able to heal herself with magic. Then, during EC 610, she appears to be able to aim a gun without her glasses.

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