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Gumillia is a reincarnated human and former forest spirit of Held. She is a disciple of Irina Clockworker, helping her collect the Seven Deadly Sins, and a close friend of Michaela. She 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 Gumillia. Forbidden from leaving the forest by the deity, Gumillia obeyed. At some point, the forest spirit met Irina Clockworker and the two became familiar with each other. During the Glassred Event, Gumillia would often see the aristocrat, Gumina Glassred, passing the Millennium Tree several times a month and would come back with several men a few hours later. In EC 325, the spirit was called by Held and promptly answered him. Tasked with telling the other spirits to strengthen the barrier around the forest to prevent powerful mages from entering for a while, the spirit noted how that would keep Irina from entering as well. Held stated that was perhaps for the best and Gumillia asked if they had a fight.

After Held affirmed it wasn't that but something that would be better for her, the spirit promptly accepted the task. The god then told Gumillia that he may someday have the spirit briefly leave the forest in case a human he didn't want her to meet came in contact with her, tasking the entity to assure that person didn't go near her. When the spirit asked how it would do that, Held brushed it off as something that wouldn't happen till much later. Saying the barrier was more important and he entrusted the task to her, Gumillia complied and let the tired god sleep, telling all the spirits his and strengthened the barrier for some time.

Forest Encounter
In early EC 499, Gumillia, along with Michaela, saw the sleeping Held being attacked by his old friend, Irina. Gumillia, in her 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 Irina sarcastically responded to the statement’s hypocrisy. Interpreting it as sincere, the forest spirit thanked Irina and the mage bluntly clarified it wasn’t a compliment before saying Held was asleep and should return some other time. As the sorceress left, Gumillia watch Michaela fly over and speak with the mage.

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 Held 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. Michaela then apologized to the chipmunk.

Reincarnation
Several days later, Gumillia was present when Irina 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 Michaela as Irina’s apprentice. The three traveled 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 those 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 Irina. Later that morning, Michaela woke up and greeted the former spirit before returning inside. Soon after, Michaela returned and told her Irina was awake and that she would join her soon. Curious, Gumillia asked why and the spirit said she needed to wash her face.

During the third month they trained with her, the sorceress taught Gumillia the Clockwork Lullaby. Sometime later, Irina asked her to demonstrated what she learned and the girl complied, singing the spell song. After answering Irina that she heard the sound of Sin north of the forest, Irina ended the practice lesson and said she just need to repeatedly practice in order to master the spell and find the vessel's exact location. The sorceress then spoke of Michaela's greater magical potential and ability to predict the weather and revitalized flowers earlier that day. During dinner later that night, Irina told Gumillia to go to Aceid for easier information gathering and that the vessel was likely possessed by someone unique such as King Sohni Elphen, Duke Parkage Meld, or Keel Freesis, who all lived in the capital. Feeling a headache, Michaela snapped that she knew and earned Elluka's concern. After explaining she felt hot, Irina suspected the girl was sick and lectured her 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.

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

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

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

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

One day, Gumillia was in town, singing and there she met ??? Avadonia. ??? too fell in love with her, but Gumillia did admit to herself that she couldn't return those feelings. Allen delivered to Gumillia a carrot from Michaela which is revealed to have the power to communicate to other people, notably Irina and Michaela.

Green Hunting
News traveled fast about Lennon Marlon's supposed "affair" with Gumillia to ???, prompting ??? to spark the invasion of Elphegort known as the "Green Hunting". Irina and Michaela attempted to persuade Gumillia to leave indefinitely, but Gumillia refused to leave her human friends behind and revealed to them that she intends to live as a human permanently. Gumillia and Clarith then fled into the forest, pursued by the Lucifenian army. Gumillia didn't want to abandon Clarith but she was forced to when she was unwittingly slipped sleeping pills earlier. She was then delivered to a shelter under a well. ??? finds Michaela and promises to help her escape once the coast is clear. Unfortunately, Gumillia was stabbed by Rina Futapie, who was disguised as ???. In her last moments, she wished for Clarith to be safe. Gumillia died, not before seeing ??? one last time.

However, death didn't come by so easily, for Gumillia's spirit transformed into a tree sapling and she was recovered by Irina Clockworker and Michaela. The two of them revealed Gumillia's identity to Clarith and asked her to take care of Gumillia until she matures, for she has been chosen to be Held's successor. Gumillia then appears in her spirit form and says her final goodbyes to Clarith, not before saying, "I love you". Gumillia was finally planted in Held's Forest by Clarith and "Neru".

Praeludium of Red
When Lennon attacked Yukina Freesis, Michaela, and Germaine, Held persuaded Gumillia to help. Gumillia felt doubtful, since she had lost her human body. However, Held told Gumillia that she didn't need a body or a voice; what mattered was her heart. Determined to save everyone, Gumillia sung a song that helped to incapacitate Lennon and return him to normal. Lennon's shell pendant, which was identical to the one that Gumillia used to wear, had shone brightly that night.

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

Personality and Traits
In contrast to Michaela, Gumillia acted stoic, serious and blunt, viewing things as either right or wrong. Due to this, she was never above chastising others for their actions and would speak her mind with absolute sincerity. In a similar manner, she often expressed what she was thinking and was dedicated to work; despite this, she was also caring and sympathetic, comforting Michaela when no one else would and showing concern for Irina's treatment of Held and Clarith's treatment from the people of Yatski.

After becoming a human, Gumillia adjusted to human behavior and habits slowly, awkwardly learning how to express emotions and communicate, often silent or giving short responses between long silences. Due to her time spent as a human with Clarith, she grew to understand these feelings and behaviors, learning to love, hate, and feel jealousy.

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

Gumillia was skilled at labor and was quite capable at her menial tasks as a maid. Having a naturally melodious voice and talent for singing, Keel refined Gumillia's technique with tutors before having her perform. Because of her amazing singing voice, she became a popular idol to the people of Elphegort.

Character Connections

 * Gumina Glassred: The inspiration for Gumillia's human body. She observed the event of the Glassred and thought her to have a suitably beautiful appearance, although Gumillia was frightened by what had taken place, once she was told that the men that she brought back didn't come at their free will. She believed Gumina to be a very wicked person.


 * Michaela: A fellow forest spirit. Michaela and Gumillia were very close, with the former often spending time with the latter before they became human. Gumillia asked for Irina's progress in Lucifenia whenever she could, asking ??? about her and using the Carrot, and became most concerned for her well-being during the Green Hunting.


 * Irina Clockworker: Gumillia's mentor. Gumillia initially knew her as a friend of Held, and a powerful sorceress with her secrets to keep. Gumillia became grateful to the magi for giving her a chance to help Clarith and followed all her instructions on being human, although finding her to be rather lackadaisical in nature. In the end, Gumillia was grateful to Elluka for all the sorceress had done for her.


 * Held: Gumillia's creator and predecessor. Michaela respected Held deeply and saw him as a father figure. 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.


 * Clarith: Gumillia's best friend. Gumillia was initially filled with gratitude for Clarith due to the aid she gave her as a robin, and wished to protect her from the abuses of the other villagers. She saw her as a wonderful person and friend, and eventually she even came to love her, for as much as she understood love. Gumillia resolved to remain as a human for the sake of staying with Clarith.


 * ??? Avadonia: A friend of Gumillia's. Gumillia took pleasure in conversing with him over many subjects. She was happy to see him again during the Green Hunting, and told him about her fears for Clarith and herself. Gumillia trusted and liked ???, although she did not reciprocate his feelings of love for her and thought him foolish because of them.


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


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


 * Mikina Freesis: Gumillia's other employer. Gumillia was fascinated by Mikina's appearance and respectable nature, though initially cautious due to the woman's dislike of Elphegorteans. After singing for Keel's banquets, their relationship became warmer, with Michaela considering Mikina to be a very caring person.

Conceptialization and Origin

 * Gumillia's name is partially inspired by the name of her representative Vocaloid, GUMI, starting with the same letters.
 * Her nickname by the citizens of Aceid, Diva, means "a popular female singer or personality"; the word is derived from Italian, meaning "goddess".

Curiosities

 * The Very Amazing Carrot is a direct reference her Vocaloid counterpart.