Clarith

"*Listen, Michaela. I like you. No matter what anyone says, to me you are a very wonderful person. More than anyone, more than anyone in the world.*"
―Clarith

**Clarith**, later known as the new **Millennium Tree**, was a disciple of Gallerian Clockworker and a former forest spirit of Held. To help Gallerian collect the vessels of sin, Clarith was incarnated as a human, and soon became friends with Michaela. While employed as a Freezis maid, she befriended Queen Germaine and inadvertently became the target of the White Hunting. Killed during the genocide, Clarith was later reborn as a millennium tree, succeeding Held as the guardian god of the forest.

## History

### Early Life

"*Still an energetic spirit as ever.*"
―Gallerian Clockworker regarding Clarith
Clarith was originally an human from America in the Second Period, known as the younger sister of Lich Arklow and called Clara. Clara later went to Russia, becoming the assistant of the psychiatrist Behemo Barisol. During Clara's time as a student, Held Yggdra misread "Clara Arklow" as "Clarith" on the roster, leading to Clara gaining the nickname "Clarith" afterward.

As Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome began to ravage the Second Period, Clarith's father and mother were killed in a HER terrorist attack. Being Behemo's assistants Clarith was offered a seat on the Climb One, one of several spaceships set to leave the planet to rebuild humanity. Four years after their parents' deaths, Clarith met with Lich at the Chloe Cafe they'd frequented as children and tried to convince him to join them on the Climb One, despite his protests.

Later on, Clarith and 61 other crew members on the Climb One were killed during the creation of the Third Period. Held used their preserved spirit data to make them reincarnate into forest spirits in Held's Forest, Heldogort, in BT 528. Having lost any memories of their former life and instructed to remain in the forest by the now-god Held, Clarith continued to bicker with Lich. In EC 001, they witnessed the creation of the Original Sin, seeing Adam Moonlit with the infant Hänsel and Gretel in his arms. In EC 014, the new forest spirit Lemy was born from the dead Hänsel, and Clarith became good friends with them.

On many occasions, they would also witness men and women entering the forest to confess their love for one another, with mixed results. During this time, Clarith met and became familiar with Gallerian Clockworker. In EC 325, Clarith saw Gallerian conversing with Held and greeted him, only for Gallerian to send them away and leave shortly after. Sometime later, at Lemy's direction, they helped the other spirits strengthen the barrier around the forest to temporarily keep powerful sorcerers from entering.

### Chance Encounter

"*And then one day, I found Grüne–a robin, injured by the lake. I brought it home, and bandaged it. I feel like the time I spent with that robin while I was taking care of it was the most peaceful I have ever been.*"
―Michaela regarding Clarith
Around the turn of the fifth century EC, Clarith studied the humans living in the area from the nearby village, including a woodcutter named Pant. In January of EC 499, Clarith and Lemy saw the sleeping Held being attacked by Gallerian and intervened, before having a conversation with him over Clarith's observation of humans.

After Gallerian left, Clarith decided to gather some trauben fruit from an orchard by the Lake of Amusement, but was attacked and injured by Lich in the form of a rollam bird on the way back. As they fell, unconscious, the robin was rescued by Michaela, taken to the girl's home, and clumsily bandaged. After Clarith woke sometime later, Michaela's mother approached them and redid the bandages, as well as trying to feed the robin worms.

Refusing the worms, Clarith instead ate the trauben fruit Michaela fed them and watched the girl talk coldly with her mother. After Michaela left, her mother apologized to the robin for her behavior and reassured them Michaela was actually kind. The next morning, ignored by Michaela the night before, Clarith called for food and was rewarded for their patience with trauben. Pleased, they bonded with Michaela and received from her the name "Grüne". Over the next few days, Michaela continued to feed Clarith and speak to them about her bad work experiences.

Later on, the girl built the robin a shabby bird cage and, sitting inside it, Clarith was able to watch Michaela work and be mistreated by the other villagers from the window each day. After two weeks of staying at Michaela's house, Lemy arrived in chipmunk form to bring them home; before leaving, Michaela's mother gave the two a farewell, revealing she had always known they were spirits and explaining how the green-haired List of Human Races#Elphes like Michaela were hated by the white-haired Netsumas.

Upon their return, Held harshly scolded Clarith for breaking his rules; after Lemy chided them as well, Clarith apologized to them both and stayed with Held as he fell asleep. Before leaving him, Clarith saw Michaela approach the Millennium Tree and hovered beside her; they listened as the girl related her troubles with being persecuted and prayed to god to give her at least one friend in the wake of her ill mother's impending death. Alarmed to realize that Held, asleep, would not hear the wish, Clarith nonetheless became resolved to grant it.

### Incarnation

"*It seems you have an interest in humans. You might as well take the opportunity to study them more.*"
―Held
Once Held awoke a few days later, Clarith recounted the event to the earth god and tried discussing options to improve Michaela's life, such as even fleeing Elphegort. As Held insisted Clarith shouldn't involve themselves with the human world, Gallerian interrupted and Clarith watched the two discuss giving the sorcerer some spirits to reincarnate as human apprentices and help her search for a vessel of sin. To Clarith's surprise, Held offered Clarith and Lemy as apprentices for a span of three years.

With their course of action decided, Clarith and Lemy followed Gallerian west through the forest as they conversed about what they would do next. Once they reached the location for the Reincarnation Ritual, the two spirits chose the appearance of two people who weren't already alive as their new bodies, after Gallerian's suggestion; selecting a normal Netsuma woman, Clarith entered the ritual and was reincarnated into her new form.

Once the reincarnation was complete, Held overwrote the saved copy of Clarith's memories as a forest spirit into her mind, which had been wiped on reincarnating as per the world's rules. After discussing her choice of appearance with Gallerian, Clarith listened as the sorcerer told her and Lemy they'd be studying what they needed to know to live as humans on top of their magic training. Gallerian then took the two to an abandoned house and the three began living together, teaching them everything necessary about humanity between magic training; Clarith learned how to cast spell songs. One morning together, after Clarith woke Gallerian up, Gallerian complimented her on her beauty and Clarith washed her face as instructed.

As time progressed, Clarith struggled under Gallerian's tutelage, often having Lemy help her with her studies. A month since their incarnation, Clarith used the Clockwork Lullaby to successfully detect a vessel of sin north of the Millennium Tree Forest; she was told after that when she'd mastered the spell she would be able to find the vessel's exact location. Clarith also learned Lemy had developed a talent for predicting the weather and revitalizing flowers. Afterward, Clarith began suffering side effects from Held updating her mind, feeling lightheaded.

During dinner that night, Gallerian told the half-dazed Clarith to go to the capital city of Aceid to further investigate the location of the vessel of sin. He then warned Clarith she had a fever, giving her an herb and sending her to bed early. The next day, the former spirits packed their luggage and gave each other their respective farewells, as Lemy departed with Gallerian to Lucifenia.

All alone, Clarith faced a relapse of her symptoms and tried to make her way back to Held. As soon as she reached the tree, her fever overwhelmed her and she collapsed, unconscious. Soon after, Michaela found Clarith and took her home, tending to her until she regained consciousness. After awakening, Clarith learned from her rescuer of what had transpired and where she was now, introducing herself to Michaela and thanking her for her help.

When questioned why she had fainted by the tree, Clarith hastily explained she was heading to Aceid from Lucifenia, claiming the country was inhabited by lots of different races when faced with Michaela's bewilderment. She then watched as Michaela suddenly broke down hysterically, only to be interrupted by the girl's mother with a bowl of soup.

The chief then barged in and threatened Michaela for not paying her rent; after Clarith offered to pay the amount for her, she convinced the two to leave and suggested to Michaela that she pay their rent in exchange for staying with them. Over the next few months, Clarith lived with Michaela in Yatski and helped the Elphe with the farm work. During the period, she got on friendly terms with everyone she met in the village and was adored by the residents there.

### First Friend

"*I'm sorry... Miss Clarith.*"
"*Hey, you can dispense with the formalities any time now. Call me just 'Clarith'. We're friends, aren't we?*"
―Michaela and Clarith
One day during work, Michaela took a break with Chelsea behind a building and the two got to discussing their work. Soon the talk turned to Michaela, Clarith trying gently to argue against Chelsea and the rest of the village's vehement disliking of her. The two later returned to work; after finishing, Clarith spotted Michaela and the chief's son, Ayn, on the way home and joined their conversation about the planned harvest festival.

After Ayn left, Michaela spoke about how she'd recently been getting better at speaking to Ayn and suggested that he had a crush on Clarith. Embarrassed, Clarith said she wasn't interested in men and immediately realized how that could be misinterpreted. Once the girls returned home, Clarith watched as Chelsea and her friends came by and dragged Michaela around the house to talk.

Spying on the conversation and seeing Chelsea bully her friend, Clarith intervened and stopped her from hitting Michaela, persuading the three Netsumas to leave. She then tended to the Elphe and comforted her, the two holding each other for some time. Later on one night, Clarith went to a hill outside the village and sang the spell song, sensing the vessel of sin at a large mansion in Aceid.

Surprised by Michaela, the two sat together and talked about such topics as life in Yatski, Michaela's speculation Clarith was a noble's daughter, and the deteriorating condition of Michaela's mother to Gula. Clarith then learned from Michaela that the mansion in the distance belonged to Keel Freezis and the two talked about Keel's rich life style. As they did, Michaela revealed her desire to have many friends like him but clarified she was content as long as she had Clarith. Touched, Clarith thanked her and the two returned home, only to find Michaela's mother dead.

After attending her mother's funeral, Clarith talked with Michaela and suggested they go to Aceid together to start a new life. At Michaela's response, to her shock, Clarith learned of her friend's suspicions that she was only using her to look more kind and beautiful to others. Clarith replied by embracing her and stating she liked Michaela for who she was, believing she was a wonderful person. After Michaela cried in her arms, the two made up their minds to go to Aceid prepared to pack. Just then, however, Ayn fervently burst into the home and said his father had killed Eugen and was mobilizing a mob blaming Michaela, rushing them to escape.

Ayn led the two girls out of the village along the steep cliff-side. Once they escaped the villagers and took a break, Clarith learned more about Eugen's death from Ayn while Michaela was asleep and the two discussed their separate plans after their escape, Ayn to have his father arrested and Clarith to stay with Michaela. After their break, Clarith and Michaela arrived safely to Aceid and spent the night in an inn whose owner was familiar with Ayn.

After a week at the inn, Clarith learned from the owner and his wife about the merchant Keel Freezis, who had become a success despite being a foreigner, and how they might be willing to hire Michaela and Clarith as servants. The next day, Keel's wife Mikina arrived at the inn and Claritj approached the woman, the two talking until she learned that Mikina had recently fired some servants. She immediately mentioned how she and her friend were searching for a job, and once Michaela arrived Clarith introduced the both of them to Mikina. Although Mikina refused to hire Clarith because she was a Netsuma, she eventually rescinded on Michaela's insistence and they began working at the Freezis Mansion the next day.

### Freezis Maid

"*...I understand. I shall let the both of you come to the mansion. But I warn you, the work at the house will certainly not be a leisurely thi...*"
―Mikina
Over the course of a month, Michaela and Clarith worked at the mansion, meeting up in the garden after dinner to chat each night; at the end of their probationary period, the two girls were accepted as junior servants. On one occasion while Clarith, Michaela, and the other servants washed clothes, Gerda came in and summoned the two girls, claiming Earl Felix had requested them to wait on him.

As they attended to the earl, Michaela and Clarith spotted Ayn beside him, and the three were sent out by Keel so he could speak privately with Earl Felix. Outside, the girls learned from Ayn how his father was arrested and the Earl made Ayn an Elphegort soldier. When the meeting ended and Earl Felix prepared to depart with the boy, Clarith watched Michaela say farewell and give her thanks to him before he left.

After dinner, Clarith met Michaela again at the fountain in the Freezis garden; as Michaela happily chatted about Yukina, Clarith grew jealous until Michaela reassured her. On her friend's request, she sang the spell song she had used back in Yatski and felt the the vessel of sin in the mansion's treasury. Once she finished, they were approached by Keel, who had overheard and wished to hire her a vocal teacher; although confused, Clarith did as Keel instructed and practiced her singing every day, taking vocal lessons for the next two weeks.

On the night of Keel's monthly banquets, Clarith was dressed up for the main event and made to perform onstage in front of Keel's guests in the banquet hall. She afterward went to greet the guests and accepted their praise. Keel then introduced her to his friend, Queen Germaine Marlon, who had arrived at the party incognito; although nervous in the presence of royalty, Clarith warmed up enough to Germaine over the course of their conversation.

Over the next few months, Clarith continued to sing at Keel's banquets and in other residences in the city, growing famous quickly in Elphegort and even receiving marriage proposals. After a year had passed since her incarnation, Clarith went to go rest after another performance and retired to the living room. There, she found a painting of a boy on the coast signed by a "Lukana Octo". As Queen Germaine entered the room, she learned that she had painted the picture and the queen explained how her mother had manipulated her into giving up her career as a painter.

Clarith and Germaine continued to talk, discussing her life as queen and wish to have a family, before Clarith realized that she loved her. She listened as Germaine admitted her feelings and tried to explain that she didn't know what love was. After the queen tried to explain what love was, Clarith became confused when she realized the feelings she was describing applied to how she felt about Michaela. Germaine then gifted Clarith with a shell necklace, offering for them to start out as friends first, and Clarith accepted it with some persuasion.

Once Clarith had recovered, she exited the room and ran into Michaela, who questioned her about what she did with Germaine. As Michaela became jealous and begged her not to get closer to other people, only to apologize and leave shortly after, Clarith considered Germaine's words in relation to her friend.

### Passion of Red

"*Clarith, if—if I were to say that I wanted to defy my mother, abandon both my position as queen and my country and run away with you, would you... would you come with me?*"
―Germaine
Over the next several weeks, Germaine met up with Clarith almost every day, chatting with her about Marlon festivals or her adventures fighting pirates and occasionally buying her gifts. While cleaning Keel's office, she was greeted by Keel himself, who took note of her shell necklace and deduced Germaine had given it to her. As Clarith asked Keel for advice, she learned that Germaine had a fiancé, the prince of Lucifenia, and she ruminated on this fact as she continued cleaning.

Soon after, Clarith went to buy green onions from the market at the direction of another maid; on the way she ran into Germaine and the two shopped and talked. While walking on a bridge together, Clarith was startled to see Michaela jump out and fall into the river, seeing Germaine rescue her. That evening, as King Thorny Elphen, Keel, and Germaine were in a meeting, she and Michaela were instructed to deliver liquor to Keel, Germaine, and Thorny after their meeting and relayed the orders to Michaela.

As the miserable Michaela "tasted" the liquor to make sure it was alright and became drunk, Clarith failed to stop her from bursting into Keel's meeting and cursing him out, and the two girls were harshly scolded afterwards as a result. Clarith later sought Michaela out in the garden to make sure she was sober and tried to cheer her up as she repeatedly lamented her behavior.

The next day, having learned more of Alexiel and Lucifenia's political strife, Clarith grew incensed over Germaine's deception as she did the laundry. She subsequently sulked when the queen came to greet her and then confronted her over her having a fiancé. As Germaine tried to explain that the prince was only like a brother to her, Clarith nonetheless guided her to the entrance to leave. She was then made to listen as Germaine told her that her marriage with Alexiel had been arranged and that although she didn't hate him, she nonetheless didn't love him.

Seeing Germaine hesitate over the issue, Clarith told her point blank to stop pursuing her and chastised her for her conduct. After she apologized, and she prepared to finally see her off, Germaine suddenly ran back and hugged Clarith, begging her to run away with her. As Clarith struggled to reply, Germaine released her, apologized, and left. Contemplating her actions, Clarith returned to the laundry room and realized the vessel of sin had been moved into Keel's private room.

Approaching her employer, she learned from Keel that a messenger from Thorny had just left and that the vessel from his treasury was a sword, called the Venom Sword. That night, Clarith went to the garden and related the news to Gallerian using the spell song "Recollective Musicbox".

### Troubling News

"*Oh, do you have some business with me, cute foreign girl?*"
"*Uh–uh... Do you know a boy named Lemy?*"
―Clarith meets Rin Avadonia
Several weeks later, Clarith was sent to the central district of Aceid to buy laundry soap and was sidetracked to visit the inn she and Michaela once stayed at. As Clarith spent time catching up with the innkeepers, a small Netsuma child entered the inn and she learned he was an orphan whose parents died of Gula. Intending to cheer the child up, Clarith learned from him that his mother liked to sing the song "South North Story" and told the boy to sing that song to feel closer to his parents.

Clarith then prepared to sing the song for the boy, but was stopped by the innkeeper's wife and directed to do it in the city square instead. With the Netsuma child in tow, Clarith sang "South North Story" in the city square and attracted a crowd of admirers. After assuring the child felt better and sending him back to the inn, she was approached by a blond-haired girl, who claimed to work with Lemy and gave Clarith a green onion sent from him.

The delighted Clarith soon learned the girl was named Rin, and that he had to meet with Keel Freezis. Offering to show her the way, Clarith shared a carriage with the girl and took a shortcut to Keel's mansion. Along the way she and Rin conversed, talking about Clarith's singing, their respective ages, and about the discrimination her friend Michaela had suffered which made it hard to get a job before Keel hired them. They then spoke about Rin's job to serve the Lucifenian Royal Family and Clarith's job as a maid.

Once Rin commented on Clarith's necklace, she hastily said it was a gift, and the two arrived then at the mansion. After the two dismounted, Clarith saw two men standing in front of the gate and ignored them as they entered. Saying their farewells, Clarith left Rin to her meeting and she met with Michaela. After explaining why she was late and who Rin was, Clarith was reminded of the laundry and left to wash the clothes. As she went, she saw the two men in front greet a purple haired man, Gast Glass, and overheard them discussing his failure to acquire the Venom Sword.

That evening, Clarith chatted with Michaela about the innkeeper and his wife. Later that night, she returned to the garden with the green onion and, using the magic item to contact Gallerian, she reported everything that had happened to her since their separation. She was instructed to keep an eye on the Venom Sword, Gallerian confirming it wasn't related to Lucifenia's collapse and explaining Gast was a former friend towards enemy. Clarith was also able to hear of Lemy's progress before Gallerian's voice cut out and Clarith went to bed.

The next day, she saw a blonde haired messenger visit with Keel; after the girl left, Clarith was summoned to Keel's along with Michaela, Gerda and Bruno, meeting with Keel, Mikina, and their son Shaw. She listened as Bruno explained that Germaine was under house arrest after trying to go to Elphegort and that she had broken her engagement with Alexiel because of a sweetheart there, which Keel suspected was Clarith.

Once Keel went on to explain how Alexiel may be planning to kill Clarith, the girl was instructed of a secret hideout she could go to and watched as Michaela, and then the rest of the Freezis household declared their intentions to protect her. A week later, Clarith saw that the Millennium Tree Forest was burning and, unable to contact Hallerian, prayed for Held's safety alongside Michaela. As she did so, she suddenly saw a rainstorm extinguish the flames and was contacted by Gallerian, who told her that Lucifenia was preparing for war and to escape Elphegort.

### White Hunting

"*I won't say goodbye. You'll come back to this mansion again. You two still have a lot of work left to do.*"
―A teary-eyed Mikina to Michaela and Clarith
Gallerian explained the situation to Clarith, that Alexiel planned to exterminate everyone in Elphegort since she didn't know who Germaine's lover was, and after Clarith explained everything in turn Gallerian instructed her to flee for safety as Alexiel was killing all white-haired women. After Clarith assured herself that Lemy and Gallerian were safe, she listened as Gallerian tried to tell her their strategy and told the other sorcerer that she didn't want to return to being a spirit.

As the enraged Gallerian ranted through the onion and Lemy took over, Clarith learned that her friend had also decided to remain a human. Clarith afterwards told both of them of Keel's secret hideout and they agreed to meet there before the onion's time was up. The next day, the Lucifenian army invaded and Clarith was instructed to flee with the rest of the staff before they broke into Aceid. At Michaela's insistence, she reluctantly said a farewell to the Freezises, was given a cloak to cover her hair, and fled using an underground passage through the city. Passing multiple corpses on the way, Michaela and Clarith successfully escaped to Yatski.

Walking through the village, the women saw many destroyed houses and stacked corpses; after they discovered their own house was mostly intact, they were alerted to Lucifenian soldiers arriving as they prepared to leave. The two were quickly surrounded and Clarith's white hair discovered. As a soldier prepared to kill her, she was saved at the last minute by Ayn, and she and Michaela fled south while pursued by a soldier on horseback. After Ayn met with them again, he instructed them to flee into the forest while he distracted the soldiers and the two obeyed.

Shortly after entering the forest, they met up with Ayn again and he filled them in on the current situation. They soon realized, however, that the soldiers were returning with reinforcements. As Michaela made clear her plan to lure the soldiers away, Clarith protested and the two held each other. After a moment, Michaela told Claritj that she loved her and deeply kissed her before stepping away. As she tried to reciprocate to Michaela, Clarith succumbed to a sleeping pill Michaela had slipped her and fell unconscious.

After being rendered unconscious, Ayn delivered Clarith to the Freezis hiding place as Michaela ran to distract the soldiers. Waking up inside an underground well, Clarith frantically left the well and found Ayn dead just outside. Distraught, Claritj gave him an informal burial and returned to the well to wait for Michaela.

A few days later, Clarith was visited by Rin Avadonia, who had learned of the hideout's location from Keel, and she told her that Germaine would arrive in five days to take her away. In turn, Clarith recounted her escape with Michaela to her; when Rin begged her to come with her to a safer place, she refused to wait for Michaela and Gallerian. As Rin prepared to leave, she started to speak and then stopped himself, leaving, and Clarith realized the girl had wanted to confess her love to her.

The following night, Clarith received another visitor, who appeared in the guise of Rin and told her that the prince had learned of her location. As Clarith started to climb down the well, her visitor pushed her and she fell the long way to the bottom. Paralyzed, she watched as the visitor came down and revealed himself as Kyle Phutapie; triumphant, Kyle stabbed Clarith in the chest, cutting through her shell necklace. Sometime later Clarith regained consciousness, the wound partially blocked by the necklace but still too deep. As she bled out, Rin arrived to the well and held Clarith, screaming with grief as she died.

### New Millennium Tree

After her death, Clarith's corpse was discovered by Germaine and then shortly after transformed into a sapling. The sapling was quickly recovered by Gallerian and Lemy, who delivered it to Michaela after revealing Clarith's true identity to the girl. Clarith was entrusted to her until her sapling matured to become the new Millennium Tree in Held's place. Lemy then conjured a projection of Clarith in her human form and said her final goodbyes to Michaela, the two confessing their love to each other before their reunion ended.

Clarith was eventually planted in Held's Forest by Michaela and Allen. When Germaine, transformed by the Demon of Pride, attacked Yukina Freezis, Lemy, and Ney Avadonia in EC 505, Clarith sang a song to amplify Lemy's magic on Held's instruction, allowing her to exorcise the demon. In the process she enchanted Germaine's shell necklace.

Within the following decades, Held finished teaching Clarith what he knew and died, leaving the sapling as his successor. After quickly growing into a large tree, she was accepted by the inhabitants of Elphegort as the "New Millennium Tree" and worshiped as Held's reincarnation. Over time Gallerian related to Clarith what occurred in Marlon, referring to a mage with a red cat as her true body, an unknown mage, as being the boss of her killer, Kyle Phutapie.

Later on, Clarith saw Shaw approach her and make a wish for eternal youth; attempting to grant his wish, she instead merely extended his lifespan and had an argument with Gallerian over interfering in the lives of humans. As years passed, the criminal organization Père Noël began extracting some of the Millennium Tree's sap for themselves. In November of EC 609, Puerick Rogzé visited the new Millennium Tree and collected some of her sap, roughly analyzing its properties. He was then joined by Gallerian and Lemy, who discussed the possibility of turning the sap into a cure for Gift.

After Puerick departed, Gallerian greeted Clarith and she quickly began to complain about Puerick taking her sap, even to help humans. She, Gallerian, and Lemy then discussed the current situation with Gift, with the vessels of sin creating trouble again and with the red cat mage also on the move. Clarith learned how the other mage had tricked them into tracking down a fake and how Gallerian had failed to collect the vessel. Clarith then caught sight of someone else in the forest that resembled Adam Moonlit and Gallerian left to talk with the man.

Clarith waited until the sorcerer reemerged; once Gallerian insisted to Lemy that he hadn't just seen Kasper Blankenheim and bid Clarith farewell, Clarith was taken aback by his change in attitude before her friends left for Lucifenia. Around the mid EC 900s, Clarith had learned that Lich was incarnated as a death god and was active once again. In EC 964, when Gallerian, having learned his curse from Behemo Barisol and then having been expelled from his body, put his curse in the newborn Michelle Octo, Clarith resolved to watch over the child while she grew up in the forest, helping keep her safe in various ways over the years.

Once members of the police group PN entered the forest to find Michelle, Clarith telepathically spoke to Michelle through the Clockworker's Doll. She warned the girl to flee, and additionally cautioned her to be careful if she ever encountered Lich. After Michelle left, Clarith controlled the trees' branches to ensnare both the road and the woodcutter's house that PN was staying in. She later released them on Sickle's command after informing him of the situation on Lich.

As the years progressed, Clarith continued monitoring the incidents caused by the vessels of sin. In the EC 990s, she recognized the danger the inhabitants of Evil's Theater were causing in her forest.

### World's End

After the Millennium Tree Forest was destroyed by Punishment in EC 999, Clarith along with Lemy met with Sickle, deciding to reduce the influence of the Second Period in order to allow humanity to decide the ruined world's fate. Having learned of Sickle's plans, Clarith was tasked with managing both the vessels of sin and their demons.

Later on, after Rin successfully reunited Michelle's body and soul, Clarith reunited with her along with Lemy, learning that Michelle had never met Lich. Laughing over Lemy and Michelle's similar personalities, she later heard Rin resolve to go to Evil's Theater next, setting out to save the world.

Later on, Clarith separated from the group, eventually traveling to the destruction site of Marlon. There, the other Demons of Sin gathered, namely Rahab Barisol, Salem Dunbar and Gilles Derais. After Alexiel and Michaela arrived, Alexiel bantered with the demons before announcing her intention of stopping Sleep Princess. After Clarith handed her the Doll, they discussed the Doll's appearance and how it was empty after the world's destruction. Lemy then burst in and took Alexiel to the bowels of the Hellish Yard to protect her, Clarith thanking Alexiel at the last minute for raising her sapling form into a tree.

After Alexiel and Rin reunited and black clouds began forming over Evil's Theater, Clarith decided to head there as well, leaving Michaela in charge of the demons while she was away. As Rin confronted Gallerian, Clarith began singing the Clockwork Lullaby to restrain Gallerian. with all the souls of the Third Period eventually joining in her singing.

After the creation of the Fourth Period, Clarith led the souls in singing as they prepared to move into the new world. Later, Clarith participated in the ball at the Lucifenian Royal Palace before being presumably incorporated into the Fourth Period.

## Personality and Traits

Clarith was a kind, friendly, and curious person, fascinated with human behavior and everyday life. As a result of her past as a forest spirit, she found many actions and habits of humans odd, such as praying to Held when he wouldn't be able to hear. She also had little understanding of many human emotions like love, lust, or even bigotry, struggling to understand her love and jealousy for Michaela as it developed. As she spent more and more time among humans, and Michaela especially, she grew to understand and develop a full range of human emotions and behavior.

Throughout her life Clarith maintained a cheery, carefree and hardworking attitude; this was even present in her time as Clara in the Second Period, regarded as being upbeat and spirited by Behemo. As a human, Clarith was even polite to those who were bigoted or cruel, although remaining firm when stopping bullying. She constantly took the initiative to protect and support others, particularly those she was close to like Lemy, Gallerian, or Michaela, and got along well with nearly everyone she met as a result. Despite this, she had a cheeky streak and wasn't above disobeying her superiors to do what she liked; this tendency increased after she became a god. As a human she herself often looked down on rash, emotional, or irresponsible behavior, while herself demonstrating a strong will and brave temperament.

Although originally genderless, after reincarnating Clarith began identifying herself as female, even when her life as a human ended and she became the new Millennium Tree. Similarly, she typically identified her human appearance as her "true" or ideal appearance, although briefly spending time in her old robin form as well.

## Skills and Abilities

As a forest spirit, Clarith 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 white robin. After becoming a human, she became vulnerable to death but relatively quick to learn human habits and customs. As part of this, she became skilled at labor and was capable at menial tasks, in addition to having both a talent for singing and a remarkable beauty that earned her wild popularity. Despite this, she never learned to read and was mostly illiterate.

As a mage, Clarith was not as adept as Lemy 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 vessels of sin, and Recollective Musicbox, to communicate their location to Gallerian. Despite this, she did not understand the songs themselves as Gallerian never taught her their meaning.

After becoming a god, Michaela had an extended lifespan as the Millennium Tree and had the power to pull off amazing feats, such as bringing the forest foliage to life in order to combat someone. The sap she gave off also worked as an energizing tonic for humans, and could be refined into a cure for Gift. Despite this, she still fell short of some tasks, such as being unable to grant Shaw immortality and only giving him longevity. Her body also remained mortal and subject to damage.

## Character Connections

Lich Arklow: Clarith’s older brother in the Second Period. Although Clarith was presumably close with Lich in the Second Period, their relationship was irreparably damaged after Lich was infected with HER Syndrome. From then on the two had a strained relationship, never getting along and constantly bickering with one another after becoming forest spirits.

Adam Moonlit: An acquaintance of Clarith. She observed the event of the Original Sin and thought him to have a handsome appearance, although Clarith was frightened by what had taken place. She believed Adam to be a very wicked person.

Lemy: Clarith’s friend. Clarith and Lemy were very close, with the former often spending time with the latter before they became human. While the two were separated Clarith would often ask for Lemy’s progress in Lucifenia, through emissaries from the palace and later the Green Onion; during the White Hunting Clarith became most concerned for Lemy, and after her death would not hesitate to lend him aid when possible.

Gallerian Chirclatia: Clarith’s mentor. Clarith initially knew him as a friend of Held and saw him as being rather lackadaisical in nature, although enjoying playing with Gallerian whenever he would visit. Clarith became grateful to the sorcerer for giving her a chance to help Michaela and looked to him often for advice and guidance, particularly in how to be human. While eager to aiding Gallerian’s search for the Seven Deadly Sins, Clarith eventually came to prioritize her new life as a human over this quest.

Held: Clarith's creator and predecessor. Clarith respected and cared for Held as a father figure, although sometimes she would disobey his orders due to her curious nature and chose to leave him behind to become a human. She continued to care for him and look to him for guidance through prayer, becoming deeply worried for him and the other spirits during the Green War. Clarith eventually returned to Held's tutelage as a replacement Millennium Tree and protected the forest in his stead long after his death.

Michaela: Clarith's best friend and love interest. Clarith was initially filled with gratitude for Michaela due to the aid she gave her as a robin, and wished to protect her from the abuses of the other villagers. She quickly came to see the girl as a wonderful person and friend, and eventually came to love her, for as much as she understood love. Clarith resolved to remain as a human for the sake of staying with Michaela and, while torn by their separation in the White War, was happy to finally express her feelings to her after death.

Rin Avadonia: A friend of Clarith's. While initially put off by Rin's formality, Clarith took pleasure in conversing with her over many subjects after she amended his speech, seeing her as a friend and relieved to meet her during the White War as an ally to confide in. Despite this trust and fondness for him, Claritj did not reciprocate Rin's feelings and thought her foolish for having them.

Germaine Marlon: A suitor of Clarith. Although not understanding nor reciprocating her advances, Clarith viewed Germaine with a mild affection, feeling sympathy for her relationship with her mother and later accepting her offer of friendship, coming to enjoy spending time with Germaine in a platonic sense. Nonetheless, Clarith was vexed whenever she believed the queen was teasing her, and thought her foolish for her insistence on loving her, despite the disastrous results.

Keel Freezis: Clarith’s employer. Clarith treated Keel with respect and viewed him as caring, as well as a confident individual. She came to care about him as family, appreciating him for giving her and Michaela employment and turning into a Diva under his guidance. It pained her to flee from his employ during the White Hunting, though she was grateful that he provided her with a hiding place.

Mikina Freezis: Clarith’s other employer. Clarith was fascinated by Mikina's appearance and respectable nature, though initially cautious due to the woman's dislike of Netsumas. After singing for Keel's banquets, their relationship became warmer, with Clarith considering Mikina to be a very caring person and appreciating how she had aided both her and Michaela.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Clarith is based on the canon character of the same name and is role swapped with Michaela.
* The nickname given to her by the citizens of Aceid is derived from the term "diva", which refers to a popular female singer or personality; the word itself is derived from Italian, meaning "goddess".
* Michaela’s nickname for Clarith as a robin, Grüne, is derived from German, meaning "green one"; Elphegort, her native country, is inspired by Germany.

## Appearances

* The Son of Evil
* The Servant of Evil
* Tree Maiden ~Millennium Wiegenlied~
* The Daughter of Green
* Blink
* Waltz of the Departed
* Song of the Third Period
* The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Gloom of Held
* Song of the Black Bird
* The Son of Evil: Novelette of Green
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Evils Theater
* Prelude to Forest
* Evils Forest
* Evils Kingdom
* Evils Court
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)