Meta Salmhofer

"My children are nowhere to be found!"

Meta Salmhofer, otherwise known as the bear, was Hansel and Gretel's mother. Like her chidren, she was an artificial human created by scientists.

Project 「MA」
Meta Salmhofer was a woman created in Divine Levianta through artificial means. Since she had no parents, she was left on her own to survive. When she was 20 years old, she met Pale Noël, a criminal and leader of the infamous Apocalyse, and fell in love with him. She became associated with him and got a reputation as a criminal, receiving the name of "The Witch of Marigold".

One day she crossed paths with Eve Moonlit. At that time, Eve was covered in blood screaming and lamenting the loss of her children. Meta approached to see what was going on, but she was captured and accused of killing Eve's children despite the fact the twins were born dead. Meta was imprisoned and condemned to death. While awaiting her execution, the scientist Seth Twiright offered her to be exonerated of her crimes if she became a "guinea pig" for Project 「MA」.

Meta accepted and at the Royal Institute of Levianta she was inoculated with "seeds of God" and gave birth to twins, who continued their development in vitro conditions. Looking at her own children, she remembered how she was artificially created just like them. Not wishing that her children would suffer the same fate she did, she took them and escaped from the laboratory, travelling to Elphegort and managing to live undercover in Eldoh's Forest.

The Original Sin
On a moonlit night, Meta went out on a walk with Hansel and Gretel in Eldoh's Forest. She put them on the ground and walked away for few minutes but when she came back to pick them up they had vanished. Meta discovered Eve Moonlit had run off with her twins and began chasing Eve through the forest. They finally ended up in front of Eve's house, where the delusional witch killed Meta, believing she was a bear.

Skills
Meta was an infamous witch and can presumed that her magical skills were powerful, as she was chosen as the second candidate for Project [Ma] and the first to successfully give birth to the twins for the Project.

Project「MA」
Project 「MA」 explains the events involving Meta's previous candidate: Eve Zvezda, the woman destined to stole Meta's twins and kill her. The song also explains how and why Seth Twiright eventually will choose Meta as the next candidate.

Escape of the Witch, Salmhofer (EC - )
Escape of the Witch, Salmhofer relates part of Meta's life. It explains how she, an artificial child, grew up without parents, how she fell for a criminal, how she was accused of murdering Eve's children, and how she ended up being part of Project [Ma]. Seeing that her in children would suffer the same fate as her, she stole them from the Laboratory and escaped with them.

Moonlit Bear (EC 001)
Moonlit Bear relates how Eve kidnapped Meta's children and killed her.

Connections to Other Characters
Eve Moonlit: A twisted woman who marked deeply the life of Meta. Meta was accused of killing Eve's children, obligating her to be a test subject on the 「Ma」 Project for avoid the death penalty. Eventually both women will cross their paths again, just for lead to the events of the Original Sin.

Pale Noël: Leader of the criminal organization called 「Apocalypse」. Meta fell in love with him, eventually becoming an important member of that criminal organization.

Seth Twiright: A scientist that was part of the 「Ma」 Project. He offered her the opportunity of escape the death penalty if she agreed to be part of his experiments.

Hansel: Meta's in vitro son.

Gretel: Meta's in vitro daughter.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Her name comes from the Latin word Meta, which means "goal", which seems to make reference to her role as a successful experiment.
 * Her last name seems to be derived from "Salem", linking her to the Salem Witchcraft Trials and tying with her infamous nickname.

Curiosities

 * The 3 female protagonists of the Original Sin series (Meta, Eve and Elluka) share the nickname of "The Witch".