Editing Gift

{{Quote|In sleep, everyone forgets life's troubles and suffering. In unpleasant reality, their wishes can't come true. If everyone is in a dream, they can. So I made it for them. Gift.|Margarita Blankenheim|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep}}
[[File:GiftPoison.png|right|280px]]'''Gift'''<ref group="note">gift</ref> was a poison originating from the [[Kingdom of Elphegort]]. Originally created as a sleeping agent, the deadly drug was later refined into an extremely lethal poison. It was utilized by several prominent individuals in [[Evillious]] history, including Queen [[Prim Marlon]] and Marchioness [[Margarita Blankenheim]].

==History==
===Early History===
Gift was first invented by the shamans of [[Elphegort]], using the root of the [[Bolganio Wildlife#Greeonian Plateau Rose|greeonian plateau roses]] native to [[Merrigod Plateau]] to create an effective sleeping elixir. Due to the potency of the drug, it was discovered that Gift instead caused death in anyone who overdosed on the medicine. Due to the difficulty in providing the correct dosage, it was deemed to be more of a dangerous poison. Around [[EC]] 151, Countess [[Mikulia Calgaround]] learned how to make the drug from [[Calgaround]]'s roses and used it to poison her [[Gilbert Calgaround|husband]].{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 1}}

===Story of Evil===
{{Quote|Well, the Rogzé family is a family that specializes in pharmaceuticals, so someone from our family would be able to acquire the new Gift poison served to Arth. Come to think of it, when I last met Arth, I might have put something in his wine glass. But I wouldn't leave any evidence to begin with so I have forgotten such things from so long ago.|Prim recounting her first use of Gift|The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio of Blue}}
During the early EC 470s, the noble [[List of Minor Characters in Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep#Plus Rogzé|Plus Rogzé]] refined the medicine's formula and enhanced it. After its completion, he shared the formula with his children, [[Prim Rogzé|Prim]] and [[Presi Rogzé|Presi]]. Shortly afterward, Prim used the enhanced Gift to poison King [[Arth Lucifen d'Autriche]]'s wine glass during her meeting with the monarch. Arth drank the toxin but managed to survive its effects.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}}

After becoming Queen of [[Marlon]], Prim later sent her creation to her [[Kyle Marlon|son]]'s imprisoned art tutor, [[List of Minor Characters in The Daughter of Evil#Margaret|Margaret]] and her [[List of Minor Characters in The Daughter of Evil#Unknown Marlon Noble|husband]], via a guard with instructions to take the poison in EC 489; they abided the Queen's demands and committed suicide with the poison.{{ref|book|The Daughter of Evil: Praeludium of Red|Chapter 3, Section 2}} After the death of her [[List of Minor Characters in The Daughter of Evil#Unknown Marlon King|husband]], Prim began systematically killing all other potential heirs with Gift.

In EC 491, Minister Presi used Gift to assassinate his rival, Prime Minister [[Genesia]] of [[Lucifenia]].{{ref|story|Twiright Prank (story)}} By EC 494, Prim successfully poisoned all of her husband's children with his [[List of Minor Characters in The Daughter of Evil#Unknown Marlon Queen|previous wife]] and a majority of the children he sired with concubines, leaving only her son to be crowned King.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}} At some point, Prim passed on her knowledge of Gift to her court mage, [[Abyss I.R.]]. The Second Gift continued to be passed down through the [[Rogzé Family]] generations.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}}

===Toragay Epidemic===
{{Quote|Through her failure, Margarita was able to further refine the Sixth Gift. It is a wonderful thing. There is no need to even drink it. It infects you through the air, leading one after another into the sleep called death—She magnificently created a greater epidemic than the Gula Disease!|Mayrana Blossom|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep}}
[[File:Mar JAPANESE.png|thumb|left|250px|Mayrana passes on her Third Gift to Margarita]]Sometime after, [[Julia Abelard]] taught her apprentice, [[Mayrana Blossom]], how to create the poison.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}} Around EC 609, Julia ordered her disciple to enact an operation for [[Père Noël]]: transform the Gift poison into an airborne plague and then monopolize a cure through the black market. While [[Margarita Blankenheim]] was tasked with developing the cure.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 7}}

Mayrana experimented with Gift to create the necessary formula. Unsatisfied with the results, she deemed her Third Gift a failure. She then passed on the task to Margarita on August 25, EC 609, passing on her concoction and the formula to the Marchioness.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}} Margarita then developed a more dangerous Fourth Gift. Mixing it with [[Bolganio Wildlife#Trauben Fruit|trauben]] jam, she tested the variant on her [[Kaspar Blankenheim|husband]] and [[List of Minor Characters in Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep#Eleanor|one]] of his mistresses on August 30.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 2}}

Margarita later developed the Fifth Gift and used the same method of poisoning on her father, Dr. [[Marx Felix]], on September 18. Later that night, Marx slipped into a coma and was hospitalized in [[Aceid]] while remaining in critical condition.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}} By mid-October, Margarita developed the desired Sixth Gift and administered the poison to the orphans at [[Toragay]]'s local [[Toragay#Charity Institute|Charity Institute]]. On October 17, all twenty-four of the orphans and staff succumbed to the poison.

[[File:Muzzle sloth.png|thumb|250px|The terror spread by Margarita's Sixth Gift]] As the weeks progressed, the plague spread throughout the entire town.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 5}} Quarantined by the [[World Police]], the survivors eventually hid in the [[Blankenheim Mansion#Basement|basement]] of the [[Blankenheim Mansion]]. While there, some consumed the incomplete cure for the Gift sold to the [[Egmont|local pharmacist]] to stay alive.

On October 21, Dr. Marx awoke from his coma and died of a seizure from the poison shortly after. That same day, Margarita arrived in Calgaround and finished refining her Seventh Gift to rekindle her memories and kill herself.

After ingesting the poison, Margarita died. By November 8, the Sixth Gift's death toll numbered over 300 and Toragay was seemingly wiped out.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}} Around mid-November, the 72 survivors hiding in the Blankenheim manor were discovered and transferred to a hospital in Aceid. After the source of the medicine keeping them alive was discovered, Dr. [[Puerick Rogzé]] formulated a cure from the [[Bolganio Wildlife#Millennium Tree|Millennium Tree]]'s sap to help eliminate the plague.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 7}}

===World's End===
Following the destruction of the [[Third Period]] in EC 999 and its subsequent merging with the [[Hellish Yard]], [[Michelle Marlon]], having [[contract]]ed with [[Eve]], began developing an Eighth Gift in the decimated site of Toragay. After completing her [[magic]]al creation, the Sleep Princess unleashed her poison into the air and spread it across the [[Evillious]] region, putting countless [[soul]]s across the region into a deep slumber.{{ref|story|Seven Crimes and Punishments (story)|Sloth}}

==Creation and Application==
Gift was originally synthesized from the root of the greeonian plateau rose, which helped induce sleep in anyone ingesting it. Refined into a liquid medicine, it was easily digestible and could be mixed with other foods to ease the process. By entering the bloodstream, the poison relaxed the body's essential functions, including heart and respiratory activity, which induced a sleep-like state in the affected.

However, the resulting product required an extremely specific dosage; when overdosed, the body completely shut down, resulting in death; as a result, it was rarely used.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 1}} Symptoms of Gift's deadly effects caused the afflicted's throat to swell due to fluid build up from the inactive tissue.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}} Despite this, the relaxed state of the individual caused them to appear to be peacefully resting, causing the individual to look like they were simply sleeping at first glance.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 5}}

[[File:GiftThorns.png|thumb|left|250px|The lethal poison of "sleep": Gift]]As it was further refined, Gift became extremely lethal in much smaller increments, making it an even more deadly poison. However, despite its effectiveness the enhanced poison was not guaranteed to kill the afflicted even in its smaller amounts. Also, as a result of advances in the field of medicine, the earlier variants became obsolete with regard to hiding the cause of death by the seventh century EC.

Later variants of the poison managed to overcome this problem.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}} Regardless, while newer versions of the poison remained undetectable, they were only useful if the subject died, which caused the poison to break down with the body in the bloodstream and remain indiscernible from regular waste products in dead tissue. Should the subject survive, traces of the poison could still be detected, and the animal blood used in the synthesis could still be analyzed.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 4}}

With the development of the Sixth Gift, the poison was developed into antibody-like structures that could travel through the air into other nearby individuals. As a byproduct, the poison seemed to effectively reproduce and spread like a virus, allowing it to become functionally a deadly plague that could spread to hundreds within a couple of weeks.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}} Improvements also included a delay in the poison's effects, causing the afflicted to not show symptoms for several days. {{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 5}}

Despite the potency of the Sixth Gift, the poison also suffered from the downsides of other diseases like it, and the afflicted could develop a resistance to its effects.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}} Compounding this, the tree sap from the Millennium Tree was able to delay the poison and was later used to formulate a proper cure that could completely eliminate Gift from the afflicted.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 7}}

==Variants==
Out of all the eight Gift variants, three have their colors confirmed and four were developed by Margarita Blankenheim.

===First Gift===
The original formula for Gift, developed by the shamans of Elphegort. Although originally intended to act as a sleeping medication, it was easy to provide the incorrect dosage and cause premature death when ingested. Because of this, it was seldom used. It was utilized by Countess Mikulia of Calgaround to poison her husband, Gilbert.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 1}}

===Second Gift===
The Gift formula developed by Plus Rogzé. Improving upon the original product by Elphegort's shamans, the noble refined it into a deadlier poison. It was potent enough that a single drop could kill a person when ingested. It was used to great effect by his two children, Prim and Presi.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}}

===Third Gift===
The Gift formula developed by Mayrana Blossom. A refined variant of the Second Gift, it was mixed with animal blood as an experiment to hide its nature as a poison. However, due to an improper mix-ratio, the Gift was ineffective as a poison and deemed a failure.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}} It had a red color.

===Fourth Gift===
The first Gift formula to be developed by Margarita Blankenheim.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 2}} Improving upon the failed Third Gift, it was developed into a proper poison that could swiftly kill the afflicted when ingested. As a byproduct, it remained undetectable by seventh century medical technology after killing the affected.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}}

===Fifth Gift===
The second Gift formula to be developed by Margarita Blankenheim. Once ingested, it was able to put the affected in a comatose state for several weeks.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 3}} It was possible for the victim to briefly wake up from the coma but they would suffer from convulsions soon after and die.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}}

===Sixth Gift===
The third Gift formula to be developed by Margarita Blankenheim. The poison was transformed into an airborne toxin that caused the afflicted to die after several days of being in contact with the toxin; the infection spread like a disease over a wide range and was able to kill many within a short period of time.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}}

===Seventh Gift===
The fourth Gift formula to be developed by Margarita Blankenheim. Created as a means to help awaken subconscious memories, it was created by Margarita for her planned suicide attempt and help reawaken her fragmented memories. It had a teal green color.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep|Chapter 6}}

===Eighth Gift===
The Gift formula developed by Michelle Marlon sometime after the Third Period's destruction. Like the Sixth Gift, the poison was airborne. As it spread through the air, the poisoned thinned out until it became invisible to the naked eye. The poison was able to affect [[human]] souls, inducing them to enter a deep sleep. However, souls blessed by the [[Michaela|Millennium Tree]] were immune to the poison's effects. It had a green color.{{ref|story|Seven Crimes and Punishments (story)}}

==Trivia==
===Conceptualization and Origin===
*Gift's name is a wordplay on the English and German definitions for the term; in English, the term refers to a "present", while in German, the term means "poison".
*Fittingly, Elphegort, it's country of origin, is based on the real-world country of [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]].

===Curiosities===
*Although effectively more of an artificial biological contagion, the Sixth Gift's true nature was still referred to as a poison rather than an actual epidemic. 

==Gallery==
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GiftPrincess005.png|Margarita with Gift in [[Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep]]
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GiftFrontInsideCover.png|Mayrana holding Gift in the cover of [[Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep]]
MoarMargarita.jpg|Margarita holding Gift in the light novel
SCPSleepPrincess.png|Sleep Princess controlling Gift in [[Seven Crimes and Punishments (story)|Seven Crimes and Punishments]]
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GiftDSEm.PNG|Gift as it appears in the [[Deadly Sins of Evil (manga)|Deadly Sins of Evil]] manga
QuartetsMargaritaCaspar.png|Margarita offering Gift to Kaspar in [[Quartets of Evil]]
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Margarita_proseka.png|Margarita holding Gift in Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE!
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==Appearances==
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*[[Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep]] <small>(first appearance)</small>
*[[The Muzzle of Nemesis]] <small>(appears in PV)</small>
*[[Master of the Heavenly Yard]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[The Daughter of Evil: Praeludium of Red]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio of Blue]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep]]
*[[Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard]]
*[[Twiright Prank (story)]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Seven Crimes and Punishments (story)]] <small>(alternate timeline)</small>
*[[Outlaw & Lychgate]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Deadly Sins of Evil (manga)]] <small>(non-canon appearance)</small>
*[[Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep (manga short)]]
*[[Quartets of Evil]] <small>(non-canon appearance)</small>
*[[The School Capriccio of the Dead]] <small>(non-canon appearance)</small>
*[[Evils Court]]
*[[Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)]]
*[[Master of the Heavenly Yard (album)]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
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==References==
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