Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome

**Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome**, also known as **Hereditary Evil Raiser**, or simply **HER**, was a rare genetic condition. Resulting from Malice, those who were infected by the syndrome possessed malicious intent and a destructive personality. After extensive experimentation by Pale Noël, the condition became a lasting presence in the Third Period.

## History

### Early History

At some point, the humans of the First Period created the Malice gene in the Second Period to introduce a crisis for the earthlings. As a result of the gene, Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome spread among the earthlings of the Second Period and the mass outbreak of Hereditary Evil Raisers led to the world's destruction. With a HER, Pale Noël, among the surviving 72 earthlings on the Climb One, the new human species created for the new world was contaminated and thus had a chance of developing the condition. At least two of the earthlings on the Climb One, Behemo Barisol and Lich Arklow, were also contaminated and developed the syndrome. Meanwhile, Pale escaped retribution for his deeds and incarnated into a human body in the new world.

### Twiright Experiments

Starting around the BT 020s, Pale Noël developed ghoul children to increase the number of HERs, creating clones such as Meta Salmhofer. Once he developed another method via seeds of malice, Pale created numerous new ghoul children over the years, causing a surge in HERs rampaging throughout the Magic Kingdom Levianta. As the HERs were identified, the Leviantan government attempted to root out the evil raisers and were largely unsuccessful.

Pale later took over the second Project 'Ma' established to eliminate HERs and prevent Levianta's prophesied destruction. The scientist then extracted the DNA of the ghoul child test subject, Seth Twiright, combing it with the god seed, creating the human vessels for the twin gods, Hänsel and Gretel on December 27, EC 0. Later, Seth escaped from the royal institute along with the babies and Pale continued experimenting in following projects. At some point, Pale began developing several objects for the purpose of becoming vessels of malice.

When the Levianta Catastrophe occurred in EC 013, virtually all HERs were wiped out in the explosion and resulting destruction caused by Behemo and Levia's dragon body; at that time, the deceased HERs' seeds of malice were released into the air, causing an extremely low chance for any human to develop the syndrome. After the twin-headed dragon's body fell apart and descended into Held's Forest, its fragments fused with Hänsel and Gretel. Around the same time, Pale transferred Irina Clockworker's soul from her revived body into a stuffed red cat before dying himself.

### Vessels of Sin

In EC 014, Hänsel and Gretel were murdered by their foster parents, Eve and Adam Moonlit, splitting Adam's Original Sin into seven fragments. Using Pale and his fellow god kin as the demons, the couple created seven vessels of sin before releasing the vessels into the world. Irina then began collecting them to spread malice. In December of EC 135, Irina gave the Venom Sword to Gumina and allowed the lady to contract with the Demon of Lust and propagate to increase the number of HERs.

The lady successfully was impregnated by Maylo Beelzenia, Karchess Crim, and another man with children that could develop Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome. Karchess's bloodline was later ended with the death of his son in EC 150. Hänsel and Gretel later reincarnated as Arte and Pollo in EC 298, becoming the loyal servants to Duke Banica Conchita, meeting the Marlon King Carlos Marlon and discovering his horrid habits. They were later devoured by Carlos around August of EC 325.

On January 14, EC 457, Prim Rogzé was born as a HER. A member of the Beelzenian Imperial Family later gave birth to another reincarnation of Gretel, Zita C. Beelzenia, on November 5, EC 480. Afterward, she was adopted by Mariam Avadonia, becoming a swordswoman. Following Ney's death, Gretel's soul went to the Heavenly Yard and returned to Banica's service.

Part of Hänsel's soul reincarnated as Lemy. Originally a forest spirit, Lemy became the disciple of the sorcerer Gallerian Clockworker and served him greatly throughout the centuries. After Lemy was absorbed into Behemo's inner world on January 30, EC 611, Hänsel's soul went to the Heavenly Yard and returned to Banica's service. Following Irina's clash with Carlos and Behemo, her curse was fused with Behemo's and Adam's, causing Gallerian to become more undtable and a HER himself. The new HER then continued collecting the vessels.

## Characteristics

### Symptoms

A Hereditary Evil Raiser, or HER, is said to be at their core an incarnation of malice, "programmed" to destroy the gods, everything they created and everything related to them; therefore, a HER's tendencies included physical violence, human experimentation, destruction, and deceit. As a natural prerequisite, HERs typically attempted to increase their own kind and ensure the continuation of their "mission" to spread malice by any means necessary. They likewise took immense pleasure in performing their actions, though in behavior they could range from high-functioning individuals to unstable and irrational killers.

HERs could also be unaware of their condition and live their lives under the assumption that they were normal. Similarly, despite their predisposition toward malice, a HER could still feel guilt over their darker tendencies. As a result, HERs varied in terms of personality, with some attempting to resist their symptoms. In a similar vein, a Hereditary Evil Raiser could hide their symptoms to deceive their peers. One case of HERS was co-morbid with the patient having Dissociative Identity Disorder, with a second personality displaying the HER symptoms instead of the original. Similarly, a symptom of HER was sometimes auditory hallucinations, with a separate voice urging the afflicted to do malicious acts.

### Causes

Originating from Malice, all Hereditary Evil Raisers were created from the same source. A human HER could also be developed by cloning the human's body, thereby copying their entire genetic and mental makeup. A HER could also be born by implanting the zygote with seeds of malice, causing them to naturally develop the genes of malice as the fetus grew and matured; HERs could therefore be artificially engineered en masse as with ghoul children. Additionally, a human HER could be created through a human forging a contract with a Demon of Sin.

Following the Levianta Catastrophe, the seeds of malice taken into the air created an environment for a human HER's natural birth. Under normal circumstances, the chance of a fetus being conceived with the HER gene was 1/65530. Similarly, the chance of a fetus with the HER gene surviving birth was 1/9999. As a result, the chance of someone being successfully born with the HER gene was 1/655234470.

Despite this extremely low probability, the offspring of one or more parents with HER exponentially increased the chances the child would inherit the gene and thereby the syndrome. As a result, family bloodlines could carry over the gene via seeds of malice throughout generations, though the chances of any given descendant developing the syndrome decreased as the family's blood thinned out over the generations. Despite this, near the end of the Third Period it was possible, although extremely rare, for an individual to contract HER Syndrome after birth.

### Treatment

Originally, those who developed Hereditary Evil Syndrome had no known cure for their condition. In order to suppress the symptoms, eve and marry-go-round drugs could be administered and, in more serious cases, clockwork medicine was given. Despite this, those affected could refuse taking the medication, making it difficult to properly treat them. The priestesses of Lighwatch City in the Magic Kingdom Levianta could detect HER, with outsiders such as Gallerian Chirclatia in particular being able to cure it. Some HERs were also known to suppress their condition with memory loss or willpower.

## Known Evil Raisers

* Unknown Patient
* Held's child
* Pale Noël
* Behemo Barisol
* Lich Arklow
* Gilles Derais
* Vlad Tuberci
* Marie Annette
* Rahab Barisol
* Salem Dunbar
* Meta Salmhofer
* Seth Twiright
* Meta Clockworker
* Irina Clockworker
* Hänsel Twiright
* Gretel Twiright
* Arte
* Pollo
* Prim Marlon
* Leonhart Phutapie
* Kyle Phutapie
* Renin Abelard
* Gallerian Chirclatia
* Loki Freezis
* Michelle Octo
* Jorm Zusco

## Trivia

### Curiosities

* While pondering her use of Renin Abelard, Irina Clockworker considered using her foster daughter as a means for her to become the "Master Of The 'HER'" or "M.O.T.H.E.R."
* The eve and marry-go-round drugs used to treat HER reference Eve Moonlit and her father "Aron Merry-Go-Round", while the clockwork medicine may reference the Clockwork Lullaby.
* Rahab Barisol remarks that HERs are "carriers" of evil.

## Appearances

* Barisol's Child is an Only Child
* Bloodstained Switch
* King of the Glass
* Project 'Ma' (song)
* Escape of Seth the Sorcerer
* Moonlit Bear
* Ma Survival
* Whereabouts of the Miracle
* Recollective Musicbox
* Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night
* The Song I Heard Somewhere
* Chrono Story
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred (appears in flashback(s))
* Evil Food Eater Marlon
* That Queen was Born from Mud
* Neolion of the Inverted Gravestone
* A Hero's Armor is Always Silver
* The Son of Evil (velvet mix; first mentioned in PV)
* The Servant of Evil (velvet mix; first appearance in PV)
* Tree Maiden ~Millennium Wiegenlied~ (mentioned only)
* Handbeat Clocktower
* Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (mentioned in PV)
* Fifth Pierrot
* The Tailor of Enbizaka (mentioned only)
* And Then the Girl Went Mad -Ending Tale on a Moonlit Night-
* The Last Revolver
* Judgment of Corruption
* Miniature Garden Girl
* The Muzzle of Michelle
* Heartbeat Clocktower
* Master of the Graveyard (song)
* Master of the Court (song) (mentioned only)
* Capriccio Farce
* Master of the Hellish Yard (song)
* Ending Boy Hänsel
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Carlos Concerto!!
* The Karma of Evil Will Not End (mentioned only)
* Song of the Third Period
* Waltz of the Departed
* Genesis Girl Gretel
* GrEAT journey
* The Blind Girl and the Angel (mentioned in PV)
* The Song of the Cowardly Black Bird (mentioned in PV)
* 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
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* 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
* Twiright Prank (story)
* The Son of Evil: Illustration Story
* The Daughter of Fog
* Gloom of Held
* Moonlit Bear (story)
* Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night (story)
* Heavenly Yard (story)
* Evil Food Eater Marlon: Setsubun (non-canon appearance)
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred: Valentine's Day (non-canon appearance)
* The Son of Evil: The Doll Festival (non-canon appearance; mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Graduation (non-canon appearance; indirect mention only)
* Gift Bonus Story (mentioned only)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline)
* Pierrot & SCP Bonus Story (mentioned only)
* Song of the Black Bird
* The Demonic Twin Blades
* Outlaw & Lychgate
* E.A.T Prologue (story)
* Original Sin Story: To
* The Son of Evil: Retrouver of Crimson
* The Lunacy of Lady Glassred (manga)
* Judgment of Corruption Side Story: Elluka
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Fifth Pierrot (manga short)
* Aku Musu (non-canon appearance)
* The Servant of Evil ~Opera Buffa!~ (non-canon appearance)
* Welcome to Marlon Dining Room (non-canon appearance)
* Deadly Sins of Evil (manga) (non-canon appearance)
* Quartets of Evil (non-canon appearance)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments! (non-canon appearance)
* Evils Theater
* Prelude to Forest
* Evils Forest
* Evil Food Eater Marlon (revised)
* 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)
* Original Sin Story: Complete Edition
* Lucifenia Trinity
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)
* Evils Extra
* E.A.T Prologue