Gretel Twiright

"*Hey Mother, what are you doing? You're acting like a witch.*"
―Gretel
**Gretel Twiright** was a girl kidnapped and raised by Eve and Adam Moonlit, and the twin sister of Hänsel. Born as part of Project 'Ma', the newborn twins were taken by their father, Seth Twiright, to Held's Forest and raised by the Moonlit Family after Adam killed Seth. After being abandoned in the forest during a famine, Hänsel and Gretel were murdered by their foster parents, which split Adam's Original Sin into the vessels of sin.

## History

### Early Life

Gretel was born along with her twin brother, Hänsel, on December 27, EC 0 in the royal institute in Magic Kingdom Levianta as part of Project 'Ma'. After being born with the DNA of her father, Seth Twiright, Gretel and her brother were placed in a life support system, due to having problems breathing on their own. Celebrated by the people of the Magic Kingdom, their births marked the first year of the new Evillious Calendar.

Five days after their birth, when Meta Salmhofer launched an attack on the research institute with the remnants of Apocalypse, Gretel and her brother were taken by Seth from the laboratory as she fled with Meta. When Pale Noël used a gas derived from the brainwashing drug Venom to capture the fugitives, Meta collapsed, but the twins and their father remained unaffected. Escaping into the night, they fled to Elphegort, Seth hiding with his children in Held's Forest.

One night, on a stroll through the forest after a year of being hidden by Seth, he settled them near a tree and left them. Soon after, she and Hänsel were discovered by Adam Moonlit. The wizard took the infants and fled through the forest, killing Seth during his pursuit. After Adam showed the children to his wife, Eve, the woodcutter couple adopted the newly orphaned babies and raised them as their own. Secretly knowing the two weren't their real parents, Gretel caused tons of mischief for them over the years, scolded by her father each time.

### Moonlit Abandonment

In EC 013, fragments of the Levia-Behemo dragon descended upon the twins as two lights and fused with their bodies. A few months later, in EC 014, Gretel and her brother were led by their parents deep into the forest on a moonlit night following a famine in Elphegort resulting from the Levianta Catastrophe.

Despite questioning their parents on where they were going, the twins received no answers, continuing to be lead deeper into the forest. Eventually, Gretel and her brother realized that they would be lost if they continued on the path and were soon after abandoned by their parents to die. Seemingly betrayed, Gretel and her brother concluded their parents were tricking them somehow, but they didn't know why.

Using the glass bottle full of moonlight, the two lit their path as they wandered. At last, Gretel and Hänsel arrived back home. When arriving, expecting to see their happy parents, the twins were instead murdered by their foster parents, who they compared to a "witch" and her "henchman".

Watching the children burn to ashes in the oven, the couple witnessed the bodies of the children become the embodiment of Adam's Original Sin. Splitting it into seven fragments, the couple also performed a Re\_birthday, remaking the six spirits of the earthlings into Demons of Sin. Housing each demon inside a household object, the two thus created the vessels of sin. Afterward, they scattered the vessels across the world. Hänsel and his sister wandered alone as ghosts before deciding to go out and search for their "real" mother and father.

### Wicked Maid

*Main Article: Arte*

"*Do you know Arte and Pollo's true identities then?*"
"*It's a bit difficult for me to describe. They're Hänsel and Gretel— reincarnations of friends of mine, or parents or kids.*"
―Banica Conchita and Vlad Tuberci[src]
Following her death, Gretel and her brother reincarnated as the twins Arte and Pollo in the Beelzenian Empire in EC 298. Losing their parents at a young age, the twins became servants to the Conchita Family and became obsessively loyal attendants to Banica Conchita. When she became a cook for Carlos Marlon, the two tagged along, but were hateful of Carlos because of his disgusting habits and similar appearance to Adam. After Banica's suicide, Carlos forced the twins to cook and serve her body for his dinner. Arte was later killed and devoured by Carlos around August of EC 325.

### Marlon Assassin

*Main Article: Ney Avadonia*

"*You aren't Ney. You are Gretel. The girl who was originally supposed to be born with the name of 'Riliane'. You took on a different form, led a different life, thanks to a twisted fate.*"
―Banica
In EC 482, Gretel reincarnated as Zita C. Beelzenia, a member of the Beelzenian Imperial Family. After being orphaned, she was took in by Mariam Avadonia and renamed "Ney Avadonia". Growing up unaware of this, Ney protected her mother from Special Manuevers Task Force, and was fully accepted by her as a daughter.

Becoming a fierce swordswoman, she took revenge against Prince Alexiel after her mother's death by taking the position of leader of the Lucifenian Resistance. Surprised that Alexiel had swapped places with his twin sister, Ney's foster sister Rin, Ney fell into a depression upon her execution.

Later possessed by an unknown mage, Ney spent the last months of her life in prison under the impression that she was "Julia Abelard", leader of Père Noël. After dying, she met Banica again, who helped guide her to the Heavenly Yard.

### Evil's Theater

"*Search, search, search for her left, right or below; find the holder of all keys, the Master of the Hellish Yard.*"
―Gretel following Gallerian's "testimony"[src]
Once Carlos awakened as Master of the Graveyard, Banica took Gretel and her twin along as they continued to serve her; they did this by defeating any intruders to Evil's Theater, allowing Carlos to eat them. Gretel later met Postman and got along with him; learning that Postman was unable to express any emotion or will because his body was broken, Gretel gave Postman his own physical body and had Lich make her a new one.

Bruno Octo later encountered and escaped from the servants, and they attended his trial for him by the Master of the Court. Although calling for Bruno's execution, they were forced to comply when Postman, now Waiter, recruited him as a choreman. When Bruno submitted a "motion" to review the script regarding his vision for the Director Doll's utopia, Gretel attended the faux hearing but largely ignored the prophecy.

In EC 998, Gretel attended the "trial" meeting called by the Master of the Court as they searched for the vessel of Wrath. After Gallerian claimed the last vessel was in the hands of the Master of the Hellish Yard, Gretel frantically ordered everyone to look for him. Gretel was later killed in the destruction of the world the following year.

### World's End

After the Third Period's destruction and subsequent merging with the Hellish Yard in EC 999, Gretel and her twin joined Banica at the Conchita Mansion in Gasto, cooking and serving her desired meals in their forms as Arte and Pollo.

When Tasan Party soldiers arrived with a Black Box, Gretel and Hänsel captured and interrogated a soldier about Evil's Theater under Banica's orders. After reporting their findings to Banica, Gretel and the other servants accompanied her to Evil's Theater; the twins later escaped the theater with Lich when Gallerian absorbed Carlos. Resting under a tree, Gretel watched as the confrontation between Rin, Michelle and Gallerian carried out. Hearing Clarith sing the Clockwork Lullaby, Gretel discussed the lullaby and Clarith with Lich before taking part herself.

After Gallerian's soul rebuilt, Hänsel reunited with him along with Lemy to thank him for all that he had done to help. Along with Gretel, they participated in the ball at the Lucifenian Royal Palace. Afterwards, he and Gretel discovered akashic records and played them on a jukebox. He then gathered to play games along with Seth, Gretel, Lemy, Gallerian and Meta.

### Legacy

Gallerian wrote several screenplays involving Hänsel and Gretel and adapted them into films. While watching the films with an intruder to Evil's Theater, Gallerian playfully questioned their existence, citing they seemed to be hidden so well by their parents that there were no recorded documents of them in existence.

While reflecting on the "motions" of the Master of the Court, Bruno Octo noted how Hänsel and Gretel's reincarnations Lemy and Ney existed at the same time and died within months of each other. Bruno also wondered what became of the twins, questioning if they needed to ask the Master of the Hellish Yard to find an answer.

## Personality and Traits

"*... I don't know, I can't apologize.*"
―Gretel unable to apologize
Gretel was a haughty and devious girl, as well as bossy with her inferiors and mildly self-centered. Compounding this, she could be very sarcastic and was quick to insult others. She however had faith in her brother and relied on him.

Unusually for a HER, Gretel was mischievous and loved playing pranks. Following her reincarnation as Arte, Gretel became wholly devoted to Banica Conchita, serving her lord in whatever she needed and acting uncharacteristically humble, albeit relatively casual, when conversing with her.

Likewise, after her reincarnation as Ney Avadonia, the girl was extremely wary of Irina Clockworker and her manipulative ways, considering her a dangerous threat. Conversely, the girl acted uncharacteristically nervous with Rin, struggling to express herself and feeling guilty about causing the death of her previous incarnation's foster sister. She also helped Rin as best she could.

## Skills and Abilities

Due to being designed after Levia of Levia-Behemo, Gretel was an imperfect copy of one of the dragon gods. Gretel also showed some other magical capabilities.

It also allowed Gretel to reincarnate every few centuries, her soul fated to be reborn in an identical body, typically with her reincarnated brother as a twin. However, if either of the girl's fated parents had children with someone else before her intended birth, Gretel could instead incarnate as someone related instead or not incarnate in that particular reincarnation cycle at all.

After becoming Banica's servant in the Heavenly Yard, Gretel was able to possess others on her master's behalf. However, this also meant she shared her master's weaknesses, unable to manifest her spirit and move freely outside conceptual worlds due to the Third Period's rules. Possessing the combined experience of all her reincarnations, Gretel was extremely skilled in strategy, though pretty terrible at cooking.

## Character Connections

Seth Twiright: Gretel's real father. Gretel didn't remember Seth, growing up in Adam's care, but she later expressed a wish to find her "real" father after ger death. She passed on a fanatic loyalty to Seth to most of her reincarnations, showing this loyalty to people resembling him.

Adam Moonlit: Gretel's foster father. While initially considering Adam her father, at some point Gretel realized he was not her true father and was resentful of this, causing her foster father trouble and acting out as a form of punishment.

Eve Moonlit: Gretel's foster mother. Gretel grew up thinking of Eve as her mother. She appeared to have strong lingering resentment towards the man for abandoning she and Hänsel to starvation.

Hänsel Twiright: Gretel's twin brother. Gretel loved her brother and was always beside him if she could help it, taking comfort from holding his hand. She also acted as Hänsel's voice of reason, telling him the truth of what he heard and saw after their foster parents were dead. She stayed with him after their deaths and would usually be by his side in their reincarnations.

Arte: One of Gretel's reincarnations. Gretel passed on her appearance and soul to Arte's, and with it she passed on her loyalty to anyone resembling Seth, such as Banica.

Ney Avadonia: One of Gretel's reincarnations. Gretel passed on her soul to Ney, and with it she passed on her loyalty to her mother figures, such as Mariam.

Leos Baldured: A fellow resident of Evil's Theater and Gretel's friend. Getting along with him during their time together, Gretel eventually gave Leos her own body in order to restore his will.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Gretel is inspired by the character from the Brothers Grimm's tale "Hänsel & Gretel".

### Curiosities

* Gretel shares the same birthday (December 27) with her Vocaloid.
* The Servants' attire is reminiscent of the clothes of their original incarnations, Hänsel and Gretel; their role to their master is similar to that of Arte and Pollo to Banica Conchita.
* In the Capriccio Farce PV, the Servants' cry to search for the Golden Key is complemented with a small commentary, "That idiot's up above", explaining their reasoning for not searching there.

## Appearances

* Escape of Seth the Sorcerer
* Moonlit Bear
* Ma Survival (indirect mention only)
* Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night (first appearance)
* Chrono Story
* And Then the Girl Went Mad -Ending Tale on a Moonlit Night-
* The Muzzle of Michelle (mentioned in PV)
* Heartbeat Clocktower
* Master of the Graveyard (song)
* Capriccio Farce
* Genesis Girl Gretel
* Ending Boy Hänsel
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (appeared in PV)
* Song of the Third Period
* Carlos Concerto!!
* GrEAT journey
* The Song of the Cowardly Black Bird (mentioned in PV)
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White (appears in flashback(s))
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (mentioned only)
* 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
* Original Sin Story: Crime
* Original Sin Story: Punishment
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* Moonlit Bear (story)
* Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night (story)
* Heavenly Yard (story) (indirect mention only)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline)
* Outlaw & Lychgate
* E.A.T Prologue (story)
* Fifth Pierrot (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
* Original Sin Story -Act 1-
* Original Sin Story -Act 2- (mentioned only)
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Original Sin Story: Complete Edition
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album) (mentioned only)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)
* Evils Extra
* E.A.T Prologue