Penelope Eckhart

*For the Penelope Eckhart before the events of the story, see: Original Penelope Eckhart.*

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## Penelope Eckhart

* Manhwa (Penelope)
* Manhwa (Korea)
* Novel

### Name

Penelope Eckhart
페넬로페 에카르트

## Biological Information

### Birthday

April 01 (Korean)
August 16 (Penelope)

## Professional Information

### Affiliation

Eorka Empire
Eckhart Dukedom (formerly)
Imperial Palace

### Role

Playable Character
Villainess (Normal Mode)
Heroine (Hard Mode)

### Occupation

Daughter of the Duke EckhartArcheologist (Side Stories)
Empress (currently)

## Voice Actor

### Korean

Kim Yeon-woo

**Penelope Eckhart** is the main protagonist of ***Villains Are Destined to Die***. She is the adoptive daughter of Duke Eckhart, and the adoptive sister of Derrick Eckhart, Reynold Eckhart, and the late Ivonne Eckhart. She is the spouse of Callisto Regulus and the mother of Judith Regulus. She is the current empress of Eorka.

## Appearance

Penelope is described as an extremely beautiful girl in her late teens, 17 at the beginning of the series before her coming-of-age ball. She has magenta hair reaching down to her hips in soft waves, and the tips on her bangs seem to be a much paler pink. Her eyes are turquoise, being a blue gradient on top with green on the bottom.

As the adopted daughter of a duke, she wears clothes befitting for a noble, most of them have dark colours. In the novel, most of her clothes are red, green, and black. In the manhwa, most of her clothes are purple. Many nobles criticize her style for being too extravagant.

Before she transmigrates into Penelope's body, she had fair skin, long black hair, and grey eyes.

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According to her Korean father, both his child and the original Penelope have small hairs under the ear, dimples, and moles on the side of the hand and the neck.
According to the novel author, Penelope has a cold, expressionless, and cat-like face. Her wavy hair is dark pink like the azalea flower colour, closer to red rather than pink, and reaches down to the level of her waists. Her green emerald eyes are almond-shaped. She wears gorgeous clothes befitting a noblewoman.

## Personality

After years of abuse, the protagonist has become a cold-hearted and independent person. She can also be very sarcastic. Because she grew up in a loveless house, she is very cynical when people shows concern for her. This cynicism gets worst after possessing Penelope Eckhart's body. As a result of dying multiple times on Hard Mode, she constantly fears that anyone and anything could kill her. Desperate to go back to her life in Korea, and because the game system always encourages her to win affection points and other rewards, she does everything in her power to survive, seeing the people surrounding her as only characters from a game. She even goes as far to manipulate some characters to achieve a good ending.

Nevertheless, the protagonist isn't heartless. She does have a compassionate and empathetic side, as she can see herself in the original Penelope. She also doesn't hesitate to intervene Callisto from interrogating and punishing the brainwashed children who attacked during the imperial banquet. Indeed, despite claiming that she has difficulty interacting with children, she has a soft spot for them. When Penelope sees that Laon and some children are about to be kidnapped by some remnants of the Holy Nation of Laila, she doesn't hesitate to go save them and is more worried about their safety than Winter's Affection Score.

Additionally, she strongly dislikes violence. After the hunting tournament, Callisto suggests punishing those who humiliated the original Penelope last year and those who tried to frame her for the assassination attempt against the crown prince. However, she isn't fond of the idea of killing people and tells him that she is a pacifist. Indeed, she prefers to move on instead being stuck in the past and taking revenge, settling things peacefully.

Despite her struggles, she is a hard-working person. This hard-working side comes from when her mother would always encourage her and be proud of her daughter for memorizing everything from the city museum. Her mother would even praised her when she failed her tests. This would eventually push the protagonist to wanting to become an archeologist. Penelope is also highly intelligent. Before being transmigrated in the game, she got accepted into a prestigious university.

## History

Before her father finds her, she used to live in poverty with her mother. She never went to the zoo like the other children. The only place she could visit was an archeologist museum with her mother. Even though the young girl and her mother were poor, she still had good memories of her life with her only parent. Penelope admits that she was jealous to see the other children being picked up by their parents with an umbrella.However, her mother died. Her father took her in despite being his illegitimate child.

After her father took her in, her life became hell for her. She quickly gave up on having dinner with her father and brothers. At night, she would sneak food. Unfortunately, her second half-brother's pranks resulted in malnutrition and chronic inflammation until she moved out. She was often bullied at school. One day, she came back all beaten up. Her second half-brother asked her what happened to her. She insisted to leave her alone and broke down in tears. After her second half-brother took care of her bullies by beating them up, she coldly thank him. Later, she got accepted into a prestigious college. She happily announced the news to her father. However, he answered her coldly like usual. She then asked him to let her move out to an apartment near the campus. Her father accepted her request.

Finally, starting a new life far from her family, she made some friends at college and studied in archeology. A dating simulator then started to become popular. Her new friends then convinced her to try the game. Initially, she showed no interest in it. However, the game was more fun than she thought, and before she realized it, she fell asleep after playing the dating simulator for hours.

## Relationships

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* Judith Regulus - Daughter
* Korean Family
	+ Korean Mother †
	+ Korean Father
	+ First Korean Half-Brother
	+ Second Korean Half-Brother
* Penelope Eckhart's Family
	+ Duke Eckhart - Adoptive Father
	+ Duchess Eckhart † - Adoptive Mother
	+ Derrick Eckhart - Adoptive Older Brother, and Abuser
	+ Reynold Eckhart - Adoptive Older Brother, and Abuser
	+ Ivonne Eckhart † - Adoptive Sister

Allies* Korean Friends
* Original Penelope Eckhart
* Eckhart Dukedom
	+ Pennel
	+ Emily - Personal Maid
* Imperial Palace
	+ Cedrick Porter
* White Rabbit Guild
	+ Winter Verdandi - Savior, and Business Partner
	+ Laon - Friend
* Alice - Admirer
* Laila †
* Second Prince Faction
	+ Marquis Ellen † - Attempted Accuser
	+ The Queen †
	+ Second Prince †
	+ Count Kellen - Attempted Accuser
	+ Viscount Garboyle † - Attempted Killer, and Attempted Accuser
	+ Baron Tulitte - Attempted Killer
* Rebels of Delman
	+ Eckles - Former Bodyguard and Kidnapper
* Gloria Kellen - Rival
* Countess Dorothea
* Lady Dona - Former Abuser
* Mark Albert

## Abilities

* **Archeology:** As a university student, she studied in archeology. She has sufficient knowledge to extract magic scrolls from a skeleton.

## Etymology

* The name **Penelope** is a Greek girl's name meaning “weaver.”
	+ In Greek mythology, Penelope was the wife of Odysseus in Homer's *Odyssey*, who continued a burial shroud every night to ward off potential suitors as she faithfully waited for her husband's return.
* Penelope's surname **Eckhart** is a Germanic name meaning “edge, brave, strong through the sword.”

## Trivia

* She is fond of desserts. She seems to particularly like melon sherbet.
* She seems to like small and cute animals like rabbits.
* She despises getting rained on because her family would never share their umbrella with her whenever there was bad weather.
* She doesn't really like children.
* On the manhwa and novel covers with Penelope only, there are white lilies.
	+ White lilies are often used for funerals which symbolizes Penelope's deaths.
	+ One of the meanings of these flowers is resurrection which represents the protagonist reincarnating as Penelope Eckhart.

A Bed of White Lilies behind PenelopePenelope Holding White Lilies
* If Penelope never transmigrated in the game, she would have become an archeologist and be happy with her life. She also would wear white shirts or hoodies, comfortable pants, and boots; her hair would have been tied back.
* Penelope is Gwon Gyeoeul's and Suol's favorite character.
* If the series became a live-action drama, Gwon Gyeoeul would see Han So-hee as Penelope.

## References

1. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 34
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 40
3. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 25
4. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 33
5. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 75
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 79
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Manhwa: Season 3, Chapter 90
8. ↑ Manhwa: Season 3, Chapter 99
9. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 47
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://twitter.com/gyeoeul2/status/1135831901015379968
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/gyeoeul2/status/1534850510230265856
12. ↑ *Villains Are Destined to Die* Calendar 2023
13. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 4
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 29
15. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 18
16. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 31
17. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 46
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 51
19. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 60
20. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 61
21. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 66
22. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 70
23. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 84
24. ↑ Manhwa: Season 2, Chapter 77
25. ↑ Wikipedia (EN): Penelope (given name)
26. ↑ ***The Name Meaning*:** Eckhart
27. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 68
28. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 33
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Tapas interview

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