Millennium Tree Forest

The **Millennium Tree Forest**m originally named **Held's Forest** and also known as the **Lost Woods**, was a wood bordering Lucifenia and Elphegort and a pilgrim site for Behemoth followers of Held. It was infamous for its dense flora and lack of roads, making it extremely difficult to traverse for those unfamiliar with it. It was later dubbed **Evil's Forest** after rumors spread of its visitors disappearing in search of Elluka Marlon's small theater.

## History

### Early History

In BT 528, under suggestion of Held Yggdra, Behemo Barisol installed the spirit data of the deceased sixty-two Climb One crew members in the forest. Afterward, Held became the Millennium Tree and oversaw the forest and his reincarnated Forest Spirits. Afterwards, the forest became a pilgrim site for Behemoth followers of the Held sect in Heldogort.

### Original Sin

At some point before EC 0, Eve Moonlit and Adam Zvezda settled in the forest and lived within a small home, marrying at the location. Following the establishment of the Evillious Calendar, Seth Twiright sought refuge at the forest and periodically visited it with his children, Hänsel and Gretel.

In late 001, Seth visited the forest with his children and briefly left them in the forest. They were subsequently found and taken by Adam while he was strolling. Chased by Seth, Adam fled to his home when he was caught by the sorcerer and immediately killed him at his doorstep.

Following the famine caused by the Catastrophe in Magic Kingdom Levianta, Adam and Eve took their children out into the forest in EC 014 and abandoned them there before returning to their home. The twins later found their way back home and were killed by their foster parents, splitting Adam's Original Sin into seven fragments. After the couple scattered the vessels of sin they created across the world and left the forest, Held was visited by Gallerian Clockworker in EC 015 and tasked the sorcerer with collecting the vessels.

### Glassred and Marlon

Afterward, Gallerian and Irina Clockworker periodically visited the earth god. At some point, the village of Yatski began cultivating the area around the Lake of Amusement as a trauben farm. Following the end of the Glassred Event in EC 136, Cherubim Venomania often came to the forest to pray to the Tree of Held as another pilgrim. Gallerian later visited the forest to report to Held about the incident with Lady Gumina Glassred.

In EC 325, Gallerian visited the forest again to report his failure to acquire the Twin Blades of Levianta and discuss the recent subordinate he acquired. Several hours after he left, Irina arrived and tried to torture the god to learn of Gallerian's location. She eventually gave up and left, prompting Held to task his spirits with erecting a barrier to prevent those with great magic power from entering the forest. Later on, the barrier was removed.

### Story of Evil

Sometime during the 5th century EC, an Elphegortean king of the Behemo sect renamed the forest as the "Millennium Tree Forest" and dubbed the Tree of Held as the "Millennium Tree". At some point during the turn of the century, Keel Freezis constructed a secret hiding place within an old well in the forest.

Gallerian later visited Held around EC 492 to report his success in sealing a hand mirror vessel he encountered. Around that time, a group of bandits took refuge in the abandoned Moonlit residence. Later that year, the bandits were fended off by Ney and Rin Avadonia following their abduction of Chartette Langley.

In January of EC 499, Gallerian visited Held, asking for an apprentice to help him collect the vessel of Pride and discuss his visions of the Kingdom of Lucifenia's destruction. A few weeks later, Gallerian returned and Held agreed to have his spirits, Lemy and Clarith become his disciples. The sorcerer then took the spirits farther west and incarnated them as humans. Afterward, the three took residence at the abandoned house while Gallerian trained them for a month.

The house was later used as the headquarters for the Lucifenian Resistance in EC 500. The forest was set ablaze later that year by the Lucifenian army as part of the White Hunting. Gallerian and Lemy swiftly entered the forest and conjured a rainstorm to douse the fire. Clarith later sought refuge from the genocide in Keel Freezis' secret room in the well.

Clarith was later visited by Rin Avadonia and assassinated the following night by Kyle Phutapie. Rin returned to the well shortly after to discover Clarith's dying body; after the girl left, Queen Germaine Marlon arrived at the well and discovered her beloved's corpse. Gallerian and Lemy arrived shortly after and forcibly took the corpse from Germaine's possession.

Witnessing her body become a plant sapling, the two sorcerers consulted Held on the matter. The sapling was later planted by Michaela and Allen near the Millennium Tree in EC 505. Later that year, Germaine Marlon, transformed by the Demon of Pride, began stalking the forest. Two weeks later, Lemy, Ney Avadonia, and Yukina Freezis visited the forest and checked the old well before visiting Held to confirm the situation regarding the possessed Germaine.

### Change of Hands

The demonically transformed queen then attacked the group before being subdued by Clarith's singing and exorcised of the demon by Lemy. Around the EC 530s, Held's Millennium Tree body died and was replaced by Clarith, becoming the new giant Millennium Tree of the forest. Later on, the Sisters of Michaela established a church at the entrance of the forest to regulate pilgrims attempting to visit the Held sect's sacred tree.

In EC 609, Puerick Rogzé took sap from the tree in order to formulate a cure to an airborne Gift ravaging Toragay; around the same time, Gallerian and Lemy visited the New Millennium Tree to meet with him, and Kasper Blankenheim entered the forest after regaining all his memories as the Clockworker's Doll. In the abandoned house, Gallerian then confronted Adam within the doll and engaged in a battle with the wizard before later leaving with his apprentice.

### Evil's Forest

In EC 964, Ma gave birth to Michelle Octo in the abandoned house and left the baby under the watch of Nikolay Tolle. In EC 982, Elluka Marlon acquired the abandoned property and demolished it, building Evil's Theater in its place. The following year, Ma returned to the forest and resided at the theater with the vessels of sin the judge had collected during life.

Afterward, the theater and forest were largely forgotten. By EC 989, some of the forest's trees started dying and it became inhabited by new ferocious beasts, causing both the Held sect and the woodcutters to leave. The following year, the awakened Clockworker's Doll resounded the Clockwork Lullaby across the forest and numerous treasure hunters began visiting the forest in search of Elluka's rumored fortune. With all the visitors beings killed by the Master of the Graveyard and the Servants, the forest was dubbed "Evil's Forest" as rumors spread it became a place of no return.

In EC 998, the forest was used by the Elphegortean military as a testing ground for their new prototype weapon: Punishment. After Punishment was fired, the forest was decimated.

### World's End

After the destruction of the Third Period and its subsequent merging with the Hellish Yard in EC 999, an illusion of the verdant forest created from the memories of Held and Clarith embodied the obliterated landscape. After Evil's Theater was rebuilt by Hänsel, the souls of Tasan Party gathered at the illusory forest to listen to Bruno Octo's address, eventually setting out to hunt the five demon contractors. After the creation of the Fourth Period, the souls from the Third Period gathered in the forest in preparation to move onto the new world.

## Locations

### Millennium Tree

*Main Article: Held*

The first and largest tree of the forest, found near its center. Originally called the "Tree of Held", it was widely believed to be the incarnated earth deity himself and became a center for pilgrimages by followers of the Held sect. Over time, fewer pilgrims began making the journey to visit the Millennium Tree and less believers would come and pray for the god's assistance or guidance. It was later replaced by Clarith as the "New Millennium Tree". It is assumed that traffic to visit the new tree completely halted after rumor spread of visitors to the forest disappearing.

### Lake of Amusement

The Lake of Amusement was a large lake in the northern area of the forest. Legends were often told of spirits playing there and bringing forth gemstones. The village of Yatski was set up northwest of the lake as a trauben farm, dying its west bank bluish-purple.

### Ancient Well

An old well that existed in the south-east portion of the forest. Down the ladder of the well was a secret room built for emergency situations by Keel Freezis. The hidden room had a bed and carried enough rations to last an extended period of time.

### Abandoned House

*Main Article: Moonlit Residence*

The home of Adam and Eve after they fled from Magic Kingdom Levianta. The house was used as a refuge for the woodcutters up until their death. Following the murder investigation into the deaths of twins, it was abandoned. Approximately 500 years later it became a hideout for bandits, Gallerian and his disciples, and the Lucifenian Resistance. The house's furniture and silverware remained and became dilapidated along with the house over the centuries. The house was later demolished to create Evil's Theater.

### Evil's Theater

*Main Article: Evil's Theater*

A small movie theater in the forest. Built in EC 982 by Elluka Marlon in place of the abandoned house, the theater acts as the judge's personal storehouse for her collection of the Seven Deadly Sins. In the years following her death, the theater was forgotten until rumors spread that Elluka's fortune was laid there. It acted as the residence of Ma, Bruno Octo, and several of the awakened vessels of sin.

## Known Inhabitants

* Held
* Lich Arklow
* Eater Sabella
* Clarith
* Lemy
* Adam Moonlit
* Eve Moonlit
* Seth Twiright
* Hänsel Twiright
* Gretel Twiright
* Gallerian Chirclatia
* Germaine Marlon
* Hanma Baldured
* Michelle Octo
* Ziz-san
* Master of the Court
* Master of the Graveyard
* Waiter
* Cursed Gardener
* Hänsel
* Gretel

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Evil's Forest parallels the German Schwarzwald, a wood known for being dark and dangerous, as well as the inspiration for myths such as the Brothers Grimm fairy tales; the nation of Elphegort, where Evil's Forest is located, is inspired by Germany.

### Curiosities

* Interestingly, a majority of the vessels of sin return to the forest where they were born; this fact is alluded to towards the end of The Song that Resounds with Lu Li La, Lu Li La.
* In The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil, Rin ironically notes how she wished she could burn the forest, foreshadowing Alexiel's order for the Lucifenian army to burn it later on during the White Hunting.

## Appearances

* Project 'Ma' (song)
* Escape of Seth the Sorcerer
* Moonlit Bear
* Whereabouts of the Miracle
* Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night (first appearance)
* Chrono Story
* Tree Maiden ~Millennium Wiegenlied~
* The Daughter of Green
* Blink
* Handbeat Clocktower (appears in PV)
* And Then the Girl Went Mad -Ending Tale on a Moonlit Night-
* The Muzzle of Michelle (appears in PV)
* Heartbeat Clocktower
* Master of the Graveyard (song)
* Master of the Court (song)
* Capriccio Farce
* Master of the Hellish Yard (song)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline; illusion)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (illusion)
* Song of the Third Period (illusion)
* The Song that Resounds with Lu Li La, Lu Li La
* The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard (illusion)
* Original Sin Story: Crime
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* The Son of Evil Schedule Book 2013
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* The Adventure of Two Girls
* Twiright Prank (story)
* Gloom of Held
* Moonlit Bear (story)
* Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night (story)
* Heavenly Yard (story)
* The Son of Evil: The Doll Festival (non-canon appearance)
* The Son of Evil: Graduation (non-canon appearance)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline; illusion)
* Song of the Black Bird
* Outlaw & Lychgate
* E.A.T Prologue (story) (mentioned only)
* Original Sin Story: To (mentioned only)
* His Reason
* Aku Musu (non-canon appearance)
* Welcome to Marlon Dining Room (non-canon appearance)
* Deadly Sins of Evil (manga) (non-canon appearance)
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (manga short)
* Quartets of Evil (non-canon appearance)
* Evils Theater
* Prelude to Forest
* Evils Forest
* Evils Kingdom
* Judgment of Corruption ~A Court of Greed~
* Evils Court
* Four Melodies of Evil ~The Son of Evil Novel Music Collection~
* Original Sin Story -Act 1-
* Original Sin Story -Act 2-
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album) (mentioned only)
* Original Sin Story: Complete Edition
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album) (illusion)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)
* Evils Extra