Père Noël

Père Noël was a criminal organization formed by Julia Abelard, in the Lucifenian Republic sometime during the turn of 6th century EC. The group was responsible for multiple cases of serial murders and assassinations. Its reach had stretched far across the Evillious region and maintained influence among many nations' businesses and governments.

Foundation
Sometime during the turn of the 7th century EC, Julia Abelard founded the organization and recruited her first disciple Mayrana, who chose the codename "Fourth Shadow". Giving herself the codename First Santa Claus, Julia led the organization while Mayrana acted as her double. In EC 597, Fourth Shadow was tasked with burning the town of Lioness and framing Elluka Clockworker for the event; disguised as the fabled Mage of Eternity, Shadow completed the mission.

At some point, Santa Claus and Shadow recruited a fortune teller in Rollam as "Seventh Magician", tasking her with using the vessel of sin given to her to perform face surgeries for profit. Santa adopted an orphaned Lemy sometime after, raising him to be fanatically loyal to her as "Fifth Pierrot". Julia later became President of Lucifenia. At some point, the organization recruited Gatt Colomb as "Sixth Venom".

Elphegort Dealings
Sometime after, Santa assigned Shadow to assume her identity and become mayor of Calgaround. Around the same time, Venom was assigned under Shadow's command. In EC 609, the organization recruited the destitute Marquis Caspar Blankenheim as "Second Dealer" to operate Père Noël's black market from his mansion in Toragay. Supported by a vessel of sin Santa passed onto Dealer, the underground market thrived with profits from illegal goods. At a later date, Dealer's wife, Margarita Blankenheim was recruited as "Third Sleep Princess".

Later that year, the organization enacted an operation to develop an airborne epidemic from Gift and then monopolize a cure for major profits. While Shadow worked on developing the proper poison, Sleep Princess worked on developing a cure via sap from the Millennium Tree. On August 15, Shadow was tasked with attacking Deputy Mayor Banner in Aceid and completed the mission. Afterward, she took credit for the attack as "First Santa Claus".

Toragay Serial Killings
At some point, Dealer began selling Margarita's incomplete variant of the poison and monopolize the market for himself, claiming to be Santa. On August 25, Shadow confronted Dealer for his apparent betrayal of the organization before passing on the creation of the Gift plague to Sleep Princess. In preparation for a meeting Shuburke Newspaper reporter Hanne Lorre, Shadow had Venom pose as the local librarian.

On August 30, the reporter interviewed Shadow and the mayor directed her to the town's library for more information on the Flower of the Plateau. While there, Venom handed off the original copy of the Freesis Fairy Tale and directed her to Dealer in Toragay. Later that night, Sleep Princess tested her experimental Gift on her philandering husband and the World Police began investigating the Marquis' mysterious death.

After making contact with Bruno Marlon in the Freesis Foundation, Santa had him halt the investigation into Caspar's death. Around the same time, Shadow moved the underground market to her mansion in Calgaround and the vessel of sin Caspar had was retrieved and returned to Santa. On October 6, Fifth Pierrot kidnapped the diva Rin Chan after killing her manager. Less than a week later, Pierrot delivered the girl to Shadow and she was confined in the mansion's basement.

As investigations into Sleep Princess' murders continued, Santa contacted Bruno again and promised to make him the next Second Dealer if he disposed of the meddling Hanne and Heidemarie Lorre. Once she finished her airborne version of Gift, Sleep Princess released the poison in Toragay, enacting a massacre on Toragay starting on October 17. With Toragay plunged into panic, Bruno was left to contain the epidemic while arresting Hanne and Heide.

On October 21, Sleep Princess linked up with Shadow at her mansion in Calgaround and continued working on a new variant of Gift. Soon after, Shadow was confronted by Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia and the two battled, resulting in Shadow's defeat and subsequent demise. After completing her final Gift, Sleep Princess drank her concoction to commit suicide shortly after being confronted by the two mages. Sixth Venom then made an assassination attempt on Elluka while they were escaping with Rin Chan before fleeing to retrieve the Clockworker's Doll. Failing to recover the doll, Venom worked to finish cleaning up the aftermath of the botched operation.

Compromised
In November of that year, Pierrot was tasked with the murder of five prostitutes and he completed each of his missions, taking credit for the murders. After finishing his duties in Elphegort, Venom reported the results of his botched operation to First Santa Claus and was assigned weeding the President's garden that morning as punishment for the affair. Soon after, the organization recruited Elluka and Gumillia whilst undercover as "Seventh Magician" and "Eighth Sniper".

Throughout EC 610, Pierrot was assigned nightly murder missions that he successfully completed. In the winter of that year, Pierrot told Santa that Seventh Magician was a traitor and, the next day, she had gone missing. Soon after, during one of Fifth Pierrot's killing sprees, he was betrayed and shot by Sniper. First Santa Claus then sent Elluka a message telling her she would be waiting at Merrigod Plateau. Elluka confronted Santa at the location and battled her, resulting in Julia's defeat.

Aftermath
Following the battle, it is assumed the organization disbanded after the event. The infamous organization was remembered in history for its actions, with both Julia and "Lemy the Ripper" becoming particularly well known in the succeeding centuries. The USE Dark Star Court Bureau director, Gallerian Marlon, used a similar codename for Julia while acting as a boss of a hitman, Nemesis Sudou; Gallerian likewise gave Santa a similar codename as Père Noël's Eighth Sniper, referring to her as "Eight".

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Père Noël translates to Father Christmas, or Santa Claus in French; following this theme, the most notorious members make reference to the Christmas and Santa Claus' theme, usually with a darker twist.

Curiosities

 * Sixth Venom is referred as being used for "chores", referencing Gammon Octo's outcome after becoming the "choreman" of Evil's Theater.
 * Although the song PV of Fifth Pierrot implies there is a blond female member in the organization, none of the female members are known to have blond hair.