Adam Moonlit

Adam Moonlit was a scientist of the Magic Kingdom Levianta and the first director of Project 'Ma'. After brainwashing the witch Eve Zvezda to fall in love with him, Adam used her for the project's experiments. Although Eve was unable to bear the twin gods, Levia and Behemo, Adam fell in love with her and agreed to run away with her to Held's Forest, where the two married and later adopted the twins Hänsel and Gretel.

Project 'Ma'
"You will now become the mother of gods: the Ma."

- Adam to Eve

Born in BT 022 as the son of Queen Maria Moonlit, Adam grew up to become a prominent scientist. At some point, the Leviantan Senate and Seth Twiright took Adam's mother away from him. Embittered, Adam sought vengeance against them. Later on, Adam was selected to lead the development of Project 'Ma' and find a suitable candidate for birthing the twin gods. Seeing the opportunity, Adam hoped to use the mother as a proxy for him to rule the country and get back at the ones who took away his mother.

After none of the candidates surveyed for the project were deemed viable, Adam found the witch Eve Zvezda from Nemu village. Realizing she was a potentially viable candidate, Adam was tempted and used the brainwashing drug, Venom, to seduce her. Acting as her lover, Adam brought Eve back to the royal institute and had her tested; passing the tests admirably, she was submitted as a candidate. Kissing his lover, Adam told her she would become the mother of the gods, the Ma. Seeing Eve was confused about why she was there, Adam held her close and said it was alright. At some point, Eve told Adam that she wanted to have a wedding in Held's Forest.

As part of the project, Adam oversaw the procedure as Eve was inoculated with the god's seed and, once it was confirmed that she conceived twins, awaited their birth. However, the children were stillborn and the project was a failure; realizing he had miscalculated Venom's effects, Adam became distraught over the revelation. With all his hopes and ambitions lost, Adam grieved over what he had done to Eve and then realized that he had truly fallen in love with her.

Original Sin
"Listen, our children are already not part of this world. Please return these children to their real mother."

- Adam after seeing his wife's crime

Fleeing with his lover to Elphegort, the two hid in a small home in Held's Forest as woodcutters. He married Eve, telling her that he loved her and she reciprocated the sentiment. Some time later, in EC 001, Adam saw Eve return home one night and came to greet her. However, when he saw her hold two infants in her arms, a boy and a girl, he was horrified.

With a grim face, Adam explained to his wife that their children were already dead and that she needed to return the twins to their real mother. After Eve screamed in realization of her crime, Adam told her she could fix it if she did it now. However, she retorted that it was too late, explaining how outside their home was a woman Eve killed who had a glass bottle of milk with her: the mother.

With the mother dead and children orphaned, Adam and Eve kept the stolen children and raised them as their own. In EC 014, a year after the Levianta Catastrophe, the effects of the disaster spread to Elphegort, causing a famine. Reluctantly, the two agreed to abandoned their foster children in the forest and starve to death so that they could survive the famine. With a gloomy expression, Adam and his wife led their foster children deep into the forest before abandoning them and returning home.

With Eve devastated by the event, Adam comforted her while she sat in a chair crying. Soon after, they heard a knock on the door and answered, horrified to see the manic expressions of their abandoned children at the entrance. Suddenly grabbed by the spectral shadows the twins spawned, Adam's foster son happily implored his father to praise him for defeating the wicked witch's henchman. While their children laughed, Adam was murdered by the shadowy arms.

Legacy
"Now, I wonder if the dying wish of Adam dwells in the spoon that became Gear? It's a touching effort that it came as a vessel fragment near the world's collapse in year 1000 but..."

- Gammon Octo

Long after his death, Adam and Eve's home was used by numerous individuals over the years, including bandits and the Lucifenian Resistance. Centuries later, in EC 982, Adam and his wife's skeletal corpses were discovered while their long abandoned home was being demolished for the construction of Evil's Theater. Afterwards, a graveyard was constructed around the theater grounds.

Arte, remembering her past incarnation's life, despised Joseph for his resemblance to Adam. Similarly, Kyle Marlon was referred to by the Demon of Gluttony as the "Soul of Adam". The awakened vessel of Greed, Gear was also referred to as the "Soul of Adam" by the Master of the Graveyard. While reviewing the court "motions" in the Theater, Gammon Octo queried if Adam's dying wish resided within the Marlon Spoon and manifested as Gear after the vessel awakened; although considering the effort touching, he didn't believe it would help with the world's destruction.

Personality and Traits
After losing his mother, Adam felt bitter towards the Leviantan Senate and despised Seth Twiright for his influence in her being taken away from him. Opportunistic, he recognized the possibilities Project 'Ma' presented and planned to use the next queen to achieve indirect rule to get back at Seth and the senate. After meeting Eve, Adam didn't hesitate to use Venom on her to enter a faux romance with the witch, using her as a means for his ambition. With the project's failure, Adam became distraught with how his miscalculations led to the collapse of his hopes and dreams.

Adam, although pursuing a relationship with Eve for selfish intentions, eventually came to care for her and the children she carried for him, even considering the artificial fetuses as his own offspring; as a result, his failure was compounded with guilt over Cain and Abel's deaths and having "ruined" Eve. With his escape from the Magic Kingdom, Adam settled with Eve in hopes to live a happy life with his beloved, even remembering her wish to be married in Held's Forest.

Despite this, he felt dread when seeing his wife had stolen babies over her loss and begged her to return them. However, after learning the mother was dead, he accepted the children as their own to raise them and came to love them dearly as his own. When leaving them in the forest, he felt saddened and torn over the decision, although horrified by their return and monstrous aura.

Skills and Abilities
Adam was an excellent scientist, demonstrated by being selected for directing the first Project 'Ma' and overseeing Eve's development as a test subject. His capabilities extended to his utilization of the Venom drug to brainwash Eve, allowing him to more easily manipulate her for the project. Despite his knowledge, Adam's recklessness bred error in his judgment and would cause him to overlook possibly detrimental consequences to his actions.

Character Connections
Eve Moonlit: Adam's wife. Adam initially saw Eve just as a means of gaining power over the Senate, but over time grew to really love her. He experienced guilt for using her and causing her miscarriage, becoming subservient to the witch as a result; Adam also tried to act as Eve's voice of reason while she was under her delusions. While shocked by her crime, he continued to support and comfort his wife in raising their new children and, later, abandoning them.

Maria Moonlit: Adam's mother. Adam cared about Maria deeply, and he was angered by the Seth and Senate taking her away from him. Her disappearance motivated him to seek revenge, driving him to brainwash Eve.

Seth Twiright: A fellow scientist. Adam hated Seth due to the latter's role in his mother's disappearance; it was his goal to get revenge on Seth that motivated him to brainwash Eve. After running away to live in Elphegort, Adam dropped his desire for revenge.

Hänsel: Adam's foster son. Adam wished the best for Hänsel initially, urging Eve to take him back to his mother and raising him when it was explained this was impossible. While later becoming desperate enough to abandon the boy during the famine in Elphegort, Adam experienced great regret for doing so and was shocked when he returned.

Gretel: Adam's foster daughter. Adam wished the best for Gretel initially, urging Eve to take her back to her mother and raising her when it was explained this was impossible. While later becoming desperate enough to abandon the girl during the famine in Elphegort, Adam experienced great regret for doing so and was shocked when she returned.

Cain: Eve's biological child. While initially seeing Cain and Abel as means to gain leverage over the Senate, Adam came to care about them and consider them his own children as an extension of his love for Eve, regretting his part in their stillbirth.

Abel: Eve's biological child. While initially seeing Cain and Abel as means to gain leverage over the Senate, Adam came to care about them and consider them his own children as an extension of his love for Eve, regretting his part in their stillbirth.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Adam Moonlit is inspired by Adam from Judeo-Christian mythology; like his biblical counterpart, although he does not commit the original sin himself, he is still very much a part of it.
 * The name "Adam" derives from Hebrew for "from the ground", linking him to Greed's original manifestation as The Soil as well as other characters portrayed by KAITO who are associated with Greed.

Curiosities

 * Both Kyle Marlon and Gear are referred to as the "Soul of Adam" by a woman related to the sin of Gluttony.

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