Project 'Ma'

Project ‘Ma' is a government science project developed and funded by the Leviantan Senate. Its purpose was to birth Levia and Behemo as humans to prevent the country’s foretold annihilation. It succeeded in reincarnating the twin gods as Hänsel and Gretel.

Candidates

 * 1st Project: Eve Zvezda
 * 2nd Project: Meta Salmhofer
 * 3rd Project: ???
 * 4th Project: ???
 * 5th Project: ???
 * 6th Project: ???
 * 7th Project: Elluka Chirkrassia

Development
After Maria Moonlit prophesized the country's destruction by the “Dark Legacy “Sin””, the Leviantan Senate heeded her prediction and its projected countermeasure: the rebirth of the twin gods, Levia and Behemo, as humans to cleanse it. The senate sanctioned the project and selected Adam Moonlit to direct it, opting to have the gods artificially produced in the Royal Institute. The project determined that a woman with powerful magic would be needed to birth the twin gods after being injected with the Divine Seed to induce the pregnancy. In order to entice potential candidates, the woman who successfully birthed the twin gods would be worshipped as the “Mother of the Gods: Ma” (Mem Aleph) and be seated as the ruler of the Magic Kingdom.

Many flocked to the Institute, desiring to be the mother, but failed the administered to determine their magic capability. Eventually, Eve Zvezda tested admirably and was selected as the Project’s candidate, receiving treatment. Soon after being implanted with god’s seed, she conceived children and, after an inspection, they were determined to be twins and dubbed Cain and Abel. At the time of their births, the twins were discovered dead and the project was deemed a failure.

With Adam fleeing with Eve from the country, Seth Twiright was selected as his replacement. Under Seth’s direction, the second project selected Meta Salmhofer from Apocalypse to be the next mother due to having a rare magical power. With the senate’s cooperation, Meta was captured and forced to undergo treatment to escape execution. After Meta conceived and later safely birthed the twins, Hänsel and Gretel, the first year of Evillious, EC 0, was established in celebration of the project’s success by the people. However, Meta fled with the children afterwards, leading to the project being deemed another failure.

Between EC 0 and EC 011, four more projects were established but produced no successful births and were considered failures. With the seventh project established under the Senate’s supervision, four potential candidates were submitted for evaluation, including Elluka Chirkrassia and Irina Clockworker. Elluka was selected and, after the results of the seventh project, was given the title of Ma (Mem Aleph) and made the ruler of the nation.

Aftermath
Shortly after receiving the title as a result of the project, the sorceress Elluka directed the Department of National Research; in EC 013, her laboratory's illegal techniques generated negative attention and resulted in the Great Leviantan Fire Disaster that decimated the country and its neighboring nations. The successful experiments, Hänsel and Gretel, later murdered their foster parents and disappeared, with few historical records even validating their existence outside legends and folklore.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The project's name, Mem Aleph, is composed of the Hebrew characters for "MA"; in Hebrew mythology, Mem (water) and Aleph (air) are two of the three "mothers" God chose as the first elements from which all creation was born.
 * It's romanized spelling (Ma) shares the root sound for "mother" in many romance languages.

Curiosities

 * Despite not birthing the twin gods, Elluka was able to acquire the title "Ma" and rule Divine Levianta.
 * Ironically, the projects' attempts to save the Magic Kingdom from destruction indirectly caused the Great Levianta Fire Disaster as well as the creation of the Original Sin and later the Seven Deadly Sins.
 * The character Ma shares the project's romanized spelling, albeit a different pronunciation in its English equivalent.

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