User blog:SiRenfield/Michael

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Michael is a reincarnated human and former forest spirit of Held. He is a disciple of Elluki Clcokworker, helping him collect the Seven Deadly Sins, and a close friend of Gumillio. He succeeds Held as the New Millennium Tree.

Early Life
About 528 years before EC 0, the god Held created the forest spirits of Held's Forest, including Michael. Forbidden from leaving the forest by the deity, Michael obeyed. At some point, the forest spirit met Elluki Clcokworker and the two became familiar with each other. In EC 001, Michael, using his robin form, witnessed the creation of the Original Sin, seeing Adam Moonlit crying with the infant Hansel and Gretel in his arms.

Forest Encounter
Around the turn of the fifth century EC, Michael learned much about the humans living in the area from the nearby village, and Pant, a woodcutter. In early EC 499, Michael, along with Gumillio, saw the sleeping Held being attacked by her old friend, Elluki. After Gumillio threw a fruit at the sorcerer, the spirit chastised him for "bullying" the god while in his animal form. Soon after, the sorcerer began to leave and the robin flew to his shoulder, stating the lack of humans in the area was a good thing. Questioned about this, the spirit explained how people didn't come by and noted that a Lucifenian mage shouldn't be hanging around them. Asked by Elluki, Michael explained where the robin learned about them. Michael, asked if the spirit was interested in humanity, expressed a fascination with humans but that Held didn't let them leave. Agreeing with Elluki that the god was a stubborn, old woman, the robin laughed before Elluki said goodbye and left.

With Held asleep, Michael decided to gather some trauben from a orchard by the Lake of Amusement. After tasting the fruit, the spirit began to fly back when a black bird attacked. Painfully grasped by the large bird, Michael dropped the fruit in the robin's claws and was freed. Bleeding from the wing, the forest spirit spiraled down and fell to the ground, knocked unconscious. Soon after, the robin was rescued by Albin and he took Michael home to treat the bird's broken wing. Awaking to find himself on a table, the forest spirit tried to escape before noticing his bandages. At that moment, Albin's father carrying a box entered and redid the bandages, apologizing to the bird for how poorly done they were. Albin returned right after and, curious, Michael took the chance to look inside the box, disgusted by the worms within. Refusing to eat them, Albin gave the spirit some trauben she picked and the robin gladly ate it.

After Albin and his father argued about his work, he left and the man resigned to feeding Michael more trauben, asking he please forgive him; he then explained that Albin was the one who saved him. Over the course of two weeks, the white-haired man fed Michael and spoke to him everyday of his bad work experiences. At some point, he built the robin a badly-made bird cage and, grateful for his dedication, Michael used it. Sitting near the window each day, the robin watched Albin work and saw how he only smiled when at home.

The following day, Michael heard a sound and realized someone was throwing stones at the window. In the form of a chipmunk, Gumillo climbed up and squeezed through the broken window, and urged Michael to escape after he opened his cage. Revealing he knew about spirits, Albin's mother explained that he had been a sorcerer. Michael thanked him for his hospitality and the former mage thanked him in kind for making Albin happy. The man then commented that the robin was his only friend and told the spirit about the Netsuma Clan's discrimination and Albin's cruel circumstances, much to Michael's confusion. Saying the spirit wouldn't understand why Albin was bullied, the man gave him some trauben. Michael thanked the man and accepted his gift before leaving, wishing the spirit could thank Albin for his kindness.

Upon his return, Michael was greeted by Held's roar and the god lectured the spirit for breaking her regulations. The next day, the robin cried and was comforted by Gumillio. Although trying to justify the situation, Gumillio lectured Michael for leaving in the first place and not understanding that the spirit could have died. After explaining how awful the chipmunk would feel if the robin died, Michael apologized to Gumillio and said it wouldn't happen again. Repeating the apology to Held, the god said it was fine for her "most precious child" to learn from mistakes but not to worry her. The earth god then fell asleep and Michael saw Albin approach the Millennium Tree and heard his despair of being alone once his father was gone, begging to have a friend.

Reincarnation
A few days later, Michael consulted Held on the matter, since the god had been sleeping during Albin's visit. While the god forbid him from interfering with the affairs of humans, Elluki arrived and interrupted their conversation. Agreeing to help the sorcerer with his mission to gather the Seven Deadly Sins, the deity offered Gumillio and Michael to assist him in finding one of the sin fragments as reincarnated humans, with Michael as Elluki's tracker. Surprised, Michael was told the spirit had three years to learn about humans while helping Elluki. The three traveled West through the forest in search of a good place to perform the ritual. On their journey, Elluki told Michael to not be afraid of becoming a human and follow instinct.

Once the ritual site was prepared, Elluki told the two of them to imagine handsome men from Elphegort preferably those who weren’t currently alive. Michael discussed the names with Gumillio and they agreed on whose appearance they would have. Imagining the visage of Adam Moonlit, Michael reincarnated as a human in his image. Upon seeing his visage, Elluki commented about his choice of appearance. The sorcerer 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, Michael woke Elluki up early, hurrying the sorcerer to eat breakfast outside with them. Staring at his face, the sorcerer told Michael how a man's charm was in his eyes and that he should remember to wash his face from time to time. Heading outside, he greeted Gumillio and explained he was going to wash his face. At the nearby spring, he stared at his reflection and smiled. During the third month they trained with him, the sorcerer taught Michael the Clockwork Lullaby. Sometime later, Elluki asked him to demonstrated what he learned and the boy complied, singing the spell song.

After answering Elluki that he heard the sound of Sin north of the forest, Elluki ended the practice lesson and said he just need to repeatedly practice in order to master the spell and find the vessel's exact location. The sorcerer then spoke of Gumillio's greater magical potential and ability to predict the weather and revitalized flowers earlier that day. During dinner later that night, Elluki told Michael to go to Aceid for easier information gathering and that the vessel was likely possessed by someone unique such as Queen Sohnika Elphen, Duchess Parkage Meld, or Keela Sfarz, who all lived in the capital. Feeling a headache, Michael snapped that he knew and earned Elluki's concern. After explaining he felt hot, Elluki suspected the boy was sick and lectured him about not taking care of herself. Given a herb and told to go to bed early, the former spirit took the medicine and went to bed.

When he awoke the next day, Elluki and Gumillio were about to leave and she thanked the sorcerer for the short time they spent together. Saying the medicine worked and he felt better, he looked at Gumillio and grabbed his hand to sooth his worries, explaining he would be close to Held while Gumillio's future in Lucifenia was unknown. After Gumillio promised to rescue him if something happened, Michael reciprocated the sentiment and they hugged. With Elluki's send off that they would meet again in three years, the two left while Michael headed towards Aceid. Taking a detour to see Held first, Michael collapsed near the Millennium Tree due to his illness. Albin found his later on and carried her back to Yatski to heal.

Residence in Yatski
After Michael regained consciousness, Albin said he still had a fever and told him to continue laying down before replacing the towel on his forehead with a new one. After Albin explained what had happened, Michael sighed in relief and thanked him, struggling to get up. Once he learned they were in the village, he expressed his appreciation for the Netsuma's help and introduced herself. When Albin asked why he fainted there, Michael hastily explained he was heading to Aceid from Lucifenia. The white-haired boy noted he never heard of such a thing and the former forest spirit said that the country was inhabited by lots of different races. Albin, after Michael stared at him in silence, burst out in apologies when his father arrived and offered the sick Elphe a bowl of soup.

When the village mayor threatened to evict Albin and his father from their home since they haven't paid their rent, Michael offered to pay the rent with the money Elluki gave him and asked if he could stay here for a while. All of the townsfolk adored Michael due to his wonderful personality, but he was distraught about how Albin is discriminated by the rest of the village due to his white hair. When Albin's stepfather died, Michael suggested that he and Albin leave Yatski Village and told him that he is the nicest person he had ever met. Albin, with renewed happiness, wholeheartedly agreed. Michael and Albin left Yatski Village to start a new life in Aceid, capital of Elphegort.

Flight to Aceid
There, the two of them began working for Keela Sfarz, head of the trading guild. One day, Kyla Marlon paid a visit to the Sfarz Mansion and she fell in love with Michael, giving him a shell pendant to prove her love for him. Michael took it, believing that it was just a friendly gesture. Kyla did admit her betrothal to Rintoine Lucifen d'Autriche and when she asked Michael about the possibility of "leaving everything behind" and running away with him, Michael was shocked.

One day, Michael was in town, singing and there he met Alena Avadonia. Alena too fell in love with him, but Michael did admit to himself that he couldn't return those feelings. Alena delivered to Michael a spring onion from Gumillio which is revealed to have the power to communicate to other people, notably Elluki and Gumillio.

Green Hunting
News traveled fast about Kyla Marlon's supposed "affair" with Michael to Rintoine, prompting Rintoine to spark the invasion of Elphegort known as the "Green Hunting". Elluki and Gumillio attempted to persuade Michael to leave indefinitely, but Michael refused to leave his human friends behind and revealed to them that he intends to live as a human permanently. Michael and Albin then fled into the forest, pursued by the Lucifenian army. Michael didn't want to abandon Albin but he was forced to when he was unwittingly slipped sleeping pills earlier. He was then delivered to a shelter under a well. Alena finds Michael and promises to help him escape once the coast is clear. Unfortunately, Michael was stabbed by User blog:Lenfield/Neyro Marlon/Neyro Futapie, who was disguised as Alena. In his last moments, she wished for Albin to be safe. Michael died, not before seeing Alena one last time.

However, death didn't come by so easily, for Michael's spirit transformed into a tree sapling and he was recovered by Elluki Clockworker and Gumillio. The two of them revealed Michael's identity to Albin and asked him to take care of Michael until he matures, for he has been chosen to be Held's successor. Michael then appears in his spirit form and says his final goodbyes to Albin, not before saying, "I love you". Michael was finally planted in Held's Forest by Albin and Rintoine.

Praeludium of Red
When Kyla attacked Yukino Sfarz, Gumillio, and Germanus, Held persuaded Michael to help. Michael felt doubtful, since he had lost his human body. However, Held told Michael that he didn't need a body or a voice; what mattered was his heart. Determined to save everyone, Michael sung a song that helped to incapacitate Kyla and return her to normal. Kyla's shell pendant, which was identical to the one that Michael used to wear, had shone brightly that night.

Aftermath
From the ashes of old, Michael quickly grew up into the new guardian of the forest, succeeding Held. He was soon accepted by the inhabitants of Elphegort as the "New Millennium Tree" and was well loved by the populace in place of his creator. Michael's life afterwards is unclear until the last years of Evillious. Evil's Theater did not go unnoticed by Michael due to it's corrupting influence on the forest. The theater inhabitants have taken precaution that Michael may intervene since he can directly influence the theater.

Personality and Traits
Michael was a kind, friendly, and curious person, fascinated with human behavior and everyday life. As a result of his curiosity, he could sometimes act disobedient. Similarly, he found many actions and habits of humans odd and had little understanding of many human emotions, such as romantic affection or love. Because he was originally a forest spirit, Michael looked down upon the rash and emotional actions of humans, although later succumbing to such behavior herself. Due to his time spent as a human with Albin, he grew to understand these feelings and behaviors, learning to love, hate, and feel jealousy.

Skills and Abilities
As a forest spirit, Michael was immortal, able to heal from any wound almost instantly while in Held's Forest. Similarly, he could freely transform into an animal, usually a green robin. After becoming a human, he became vulnerable to death but relatively quick to learn human habits and customs. As a mage, Michael was not as adept as Gumillio but learned the necessary song spells as he searched for the sin fragments. Among the songs he learned was the Clockwork Lullaby, used to track the Sins, and Recollective Musicbox, to communicate their location to Elluki. Despite this, he did not understand the songs themselves as Elluki never taught her their meaning.

Michael was skilled at labor and was quite capable at his menial tasks as a maid. Having a naturally melodious voice and talent for singing, Keela refined Michael's technique with tutors before having him perform. Because of his amazing singing voice, he became a popular idol to the people of Elphegort. He was also illiterate due to Elluki's belief that he would learn along the way, which became impossible for him as a peasant farmer in Yatski.

Character Connections
Adam Moonlit: The inspiration for Michael's human body. He observed the event of the Original Sin and thought him to have a suitably handsome appearance, although Michael was frightened by what had taken place. He believed Eve to be a very wicked person.

Gumillio: A fellow forest spirit. Michael and Gumillio were very close, with the former often spending time with the latter before they became human. Michael asked for Gumillio's progress in Lucifenia whenever he could, asking Alena about him and using the Spring Onion, and became most concerned for his well-being during the Green Hunting.

Elluki Clcokworker: Michael's mentor. Michael initially knew him as a friend of Held, and a powerful sorcerer with his secrets to keep. Michael became grateful to the magi for giving him a chance to help Albin and followed all his instructions on being human, although finding him to be rather lackadaisical in nature. In the end, Michael was grateful to Elluki for all the sorcerer had done for him.

Held: Michael's creator and predecessor. Michael respected Held deeply and saw her as a mother figure, although sometimes she would disobey his orders due to her curious nature. She was deeply worried about him during the Green Hunting when Lucifenia attempted to burn down the Forest of Bewilderment. She later returned to his tutelage when becoming the replacement Millennium Tree.

Albin: Michael's best friend. Michael was initially filled with gratitude for Albin due to the aid he gave him as a robin, and wished to protect him from the abuses of the other villagers. He saw him as a wonderful person and friend, and eventually he even came to love him, for as much as he understood love. Michael resolved to remain as a human for the sake of staying with Albin.

Alena Avadonia: A friend of Michael's. Michael was initially uncomfortable with Alena's serious, formal speech, but after she amended his words, he took pleasure in conversing with her over many subjects. He was happy to see her again during the Green Hunting, and told her about his fears for Albin and himself. Michael trusted and liked Alena, although he did not reciprocate her feelings of love for him and thought her foolish because of them.

Kyla Marlon: A suitor of Michael. Michael viewed Kyle with a mild affection, feeling sympathy for her relationship with her mother. He did not understand her advances and did not reciprocate them, although he accepted her offer of friendship. Nonetheless, Michael was angry to discover she was already engaged, believing she was just teasing him. He was vexed by her insistence on loving him even to disastrous results, believing her to be foolish.

Keela Sfarz: Michael's employer. Michael treated Keela with respect and viewed her as caring, as well as a confident individual. He came to care about her as family and it pained him to flee from her employ during the Green Hunting, though he was grateful that she provided him with a hiding place.

Mikino Sfarz: Michael's other employer. Michael was fascinated by Mikino's appearance and respectable nature, though initially cautious due to the man's dislike of Elphegorteans. After singing for Keela's banquets, their relationship became warmer, with Michael considering Mikino to be a very caring person.

Conceptialization and Origin

 * Michael's name is Hebrew,meaning "who is like God".
 * Albin's nickname for Michaela as a robin, Grüne, is derived from German, meaning "green".
 * His nickname by the citizens of Aceid, Idol, means "a popular singer or personality" and an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.
 * Michael's name is partially inspired by the name of her representative Fanloid, Mikuo, with Michael's romanization containing "Mik" in it.

Curiosities

 * The Very Amazing Spring Onion is a direct reference to Hachune Miku and Michael's Vocaloid counterpart.