Hamel

Hamel (ハーメル), also known as Forgotten Village (忘れ去られし村), Ghost Town (ハーメル廃村), and Hemel in the localisation of the PSP version of , was a village located in the south of Erebonia, 120 selge near the border of Liberl.
== Background ==
Hamel was initially a small happy and lively village that had occasional contact with Ravennue Village until it was completely destroyed and its inhabitants indiscriminately slaughtered by a group of jaeger dropouts. The attack on the village was then used as a excuse for Erebonia to invade Liberl and became the start for the Hundred Days War.
Only three of the villagers had escaped and survived; Joshua, Leonhardt and Johan, although the latter changed his name, so most people often acknowledge Joshua and Leonhardt as the only two survivors.
Following the Hundred Days War, both the Erebonian and Liberlian governments decided to keep the incident under wraps. Access to the village ruins was strictly prohibited, with Erebonians requiring permission from Marquis Hyarms and Olaf Craig, Sutherland's highest-ranked civilian and military official respectively, along with a promise not to reveal the truth to the public, as it would cause a general panic. The official reason was that the road to the village had been destroyed in a landslide, and it was never rebuilt, although Joshua and Leonhardt did return to create a grave for Karin.
Karin's grave also served as an impromptu grave for Leonhardt following his death in SC, where Joshua laid his sword, Kernviter, as a memento. Many people who knew Leonhardt (or his aliases) would also visit the grave from time to time to pay their respects.
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Hamel is briefly visited during Class VII's field session in Sutherland. Following an attack during the branch academy's first field study, Rean was tasked by the government to stop the society's plans in the region. He was assisted by some of his former classmates, suspecting that the society was based in Hamel. Upon getting permission from Hyarms and Olaf, they arrived at Hamel and found the society had indeed operated from the ruined village. The incident was quickly resolved and the society left the province.
The village was soon visited once more in September 1 S.1206 by Leonhardt's former Liberlian adversaries along with Rean and Ash. In part due to the Great Twilight, the area surrounding the village was soon corrupted by Bennu, one of the Seventy-Seven Devils. After dispelling Bennu, the area returned to normal.
== Known inhabitants ==
* Mayor and his wife
* Leonhardt
* Karin Astray
* Joshua Astray
* Unnamed parents of Karin and Joshua
* Johan
* Parents of Johan, Jan and Emilia
== Trivia ==
* The name of the village is called "HARMEL" on the road sign at the entrance to the village in .
* The name is likely an allusion to the Pied Piper of Hameln, a German legend. In this tale, the town’s people hire a rat catcher with an enchanting magic pipe, but refuse to pay him for his work. The rat catcher then punishes them by luring the town’s children away with the same magic pipe he used to lead the rats out of town. (When Joshua, who is called “the lost child of Hamel”, tells Estelle the story of his past, he refers to Georg Weissmann as a “magician” who took control of his life as the price for curing his mental damage.) The real-life town is known as Hamelin in English, and is located in the present-day German state of Lower Saxony.
== Gallery ==
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Hamel.PNG|Official artwork
Hamel ruins.jpg|The Capua family standing among Hamel's ruins.
Hamel house ruins.jpg|Don Capua near a destroyed house.
Karin Astray's grave.jpg|Joshua Bright at the grave of Karin Astray.
Memories - Hamel Tragedy - Visual (SC Evo).png|Flashback
Erebonia - Hamel_1_(SC).png
Erebonia - Hamel_2_(SC).png
Erebonia - Hamel_3_(SC).png
Erebonia - Hamel_4_(SC).png
Erebonia - Hamel_5_(SC).png
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Hamel Unused Highway (Sen III).jpg|Entrance to Hamel Unused Highway
Hamel - Gate (Sen III).jpg|Rean Schwarzer near the gate that blocks off Hamel
Hamel - Sign (Sen III).jpg|Sign near entrance
Hamel Entrance (CS III).jpg|Hamel Entrance
Hamel Village Ruins (Sen III).jpg|Introduction
Hamel (CS III).jpg|Hamel 
Shirley and Duvalie - Hamel (Sen III).jpg|Shirley Orlando and Duvalie near the grave of Leonhardt
Hamel - Memorial Service 2 (Sen III).jpg|Memorial service
Hamel - Memorial Service (Sen III).jpg|Memorial service
Hamel - Chapel (Sen III).jpg|Ruins of Hamel's chapel
Hamel Tragedy 1 - Visual (Sen III).jpg|Flashback
Hamel Tragedy 2 - Visual (Sen III).jpg|Ash Carbide's flashback
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Hamel - Introduction (Sen IV).jpg|Introduction ()
Hamel 1 (Sen IV).jpg|Hamel
Hamel 2 (Sen IV).jpg|Hamel
Draco Sanctuary in Hamel (Sen IV).jpg|Entrance to the Draco Shrine
Otherwordly Hamel Unused Highway (Sen IV).jpg|Otherwordly Hamel Unused Highway
Kernviter in Otherwordly Hamel (Sen IV).jpg|Kernviter in Otherwordly Hamel
Otherworldy Hamel - Bennu (Sen IV).jpg|Plutus Bennu in Otherwordly Hamel
=== Loewe Monogatari ===
Burning Hamel (Loewe Monogatari).jpg|Hamel burning
Category:Erebonia Locations
Category:Destroyed Locations