PN

**PN**, publicly known as **Police Neutrality** and secretly known as **Pere Noel**, was the espionage force of the USE Dark Star Bureau. Originally established as a faction working to undermine Loki Freezis, it eventually became the private police force of the bureau and aided Judge Elluka Marlon in perpetrating her corrupt court tactics.

## History

### Foundation

Sometime during the late EC 900s, Gammon Zero founded a faction working against his master Loki Freezis. Dubbed "Père Noël", the butler was joined by Shiro Elphe, Hel Jaakko, Feng Li; the four became Nos. 0 to 3, respectively. At some point, the group came into contact with Ma and began using Lunaca Labora as their headquarters. Around that time, Postman was brought into the group by Ma and was designated as No. 4.

In EC 960, the group collaborated with Elluka Marlon as well as the Yarera Family to indict Loki after the man attempted to kill Elluka. A year later, PN successfully had Loki prosecuted and given 30 years imprisonment. Around EC 977, the USE Dark Star Bureau's private police force was established as "Police Neutrality" in response for the public's call for a police force unaffiliated with the Freezis Conglomerate. With Elluka as its "Master", the force was supplied with officers by the Yarera-Zusco Conglomerate, with Nos. 0 to 4 becoming part and No. 3 commanding the officers.

### Police Work

At some point, Jorm Zusco joined PN. After the Titanis Sinking Incident in EC 978, PN was barred from looking into the event. Père Noël then reformed and secretly investigated the incident and determined that it was perpetrated by Bindi Freezis and the criminal gang Zeus. After being convicted of the crime, one of the Zeus members, Michelle Octo, was taken in by PN under the alias "Themis Eight".

Later on, No. 0 forged evidence regarding the murder of Medea Col, framing Second Lieutenant Nyoze Octo. Sometime after this, PN shut down the Graveyard Restaurant for its illegal business operations and, following this, its manager Lich Arklow and cook Eater Sabella joined PN as No. 6 and No. 7, respectively. After showing proficiency with a gun, Themis was added to PN in EC 982 as an assassin, No. 8.

### Dissolution

In winter of EC 982, No. 0 passed on the orders to kill Nyoze Octo to No. 8. In February of the following year, No. 1 was accidentally killed by General Tony Ausdin during the Evillious War. Months later, Nos. 2 and 3 quit the force. During the Leviantan Civil War, PN attempted to fight off the people's army but were eventually defeated. Later that year in August, No. 8 killed Master in her home, causing the dissolution of PN.

## Organization and Structure

During its time as a criminal organization, PN was composed of several numbered members who maintained a codename containing their assigned number; any member who was recruited would also be given a numbered codename. After being reestablished as a police force, PN was headed by the director of the Dark Star Bureau as its master and was divided into two groups, with the numbered officers being directly under the bureau director and the regular officers being under the codenamed officers.

Because of the group's structure, the bureau director had a great amount of freedom, able to use them for their own ends or recruit new members into even the numbered part of the force. Aside from this, the numbered officers could take on any form of work while in the force, such as military or clerical work, as long as they served PN. The organization also made use of a special code to communicate.

## Known Members

* Master
* No.0
* No.1
* No.2
* No.3
* No.4
* No.6
* No.7
* No.8

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* PN's public name is derived from the words "police"- which are public servants that maintain order, and "neutrality"- which means to support neither side of a conflict.
* PN's secret name is derived from that of the criminal organization Père Noël; like the organization, PN also had numbered members up to eight and worked under the command of a "Santa Claus".
* Many of the members of PN have names derived from figures in Norse mythology.

### Curiosity

* While originally established as an impartial police force, PN would ironically end up assisting in Elluka's corruption later on.

## Appearances

* Judgment of Corruption
* The Muzzle of Michelle
* Miniature Garden Girl (first appearance)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline)
* The Last Revolver
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon
* 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
* 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
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline; mentioned only)
* Outlaw & Lychgate (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil (manga) (non-canon appearance)
* Judgment of Corruption Side Story: Elluka
* Quartets of Evil (non-canon appearance)
* Evils Theater
* Evils Kingdom
* Judgment of Corruption ~A Court of Greed~
* Evils Court
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)