Rin Avadonia

"*Well, it's presumptuous of me, a mere servant, to say this, but I feel I must protect the prince.*"
―Rin
**Rin Avadonia**, born **Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche** and regarded as **The Servant of Evil**, was the last Princess of the Kingdom of Lucifenia and a servant to her twin brother, Prince Alexiel. After the death of their mother, the twins were separated in a political dispute. Pronounced dead and adopted by Mariam Avadonia, "Rin" returned to the royal palace to serve as her brother's chamberlain, helping exterminate any opposition to Alexiel's tyranny.

## History

### Early Life

"*I hadn't known at the time why you had that kind of attitude. But I do now. You had just been terribly used, and wrapped up in a political conflict...*"
―Ney Avadonia
Riliane was born on December 27, EC 485 along with her twin brother, Alexiel, as the heirs to the Lucifenian Royal Family. In EC 491, Riliane visited a market in Lucifenian with her mother Queen Anne and the captain of the royal guard, Mariam Avadonia, encountering an old woman selling toys in bottles. Told by Anne to pick only one despite being royalty, Riliane chose the prince doll, deciding to "split" the toy with Alexiel.

In the same year, Riliane discovered a hidden passage in their room's fireplace and, with Alexiel, frequently escaped into the Lost Woods before arriving at the shore of Lucifenia's coast, playing on the beach. During one of their visits, Riliane saw that Alexiel had discovered a black box in the sand with one of the Four Mirrors of Lucifenia inside. When the Demon of Gluttony manifested from the mirror, Riliane tried to befriend the demon and watched with worry as it possessed her brother. Later on, the twins returned home, burying the box they found.

During their three o'clock teatime another day, the demon appeared and Riliane kindly shared her snack with him. As a reward, he told her that if someone wrote down their wish, put it in a bottle, and placed it in the ocean, it would come true. During one of their visits to the beach, Riliane tended to Alexiel when he scraped his knee. When she later comforted him as it grew dark, Riliane told him about the legend the demon relayed to her. Sometime after, Alexiel began treating Riliane coldly as the struggle over who would succeed their deceased father continued.

Later, Mariam was assigned to protect her during the civil dispute, foiling an assassination attempt on the girl's life. After Minister of Interior Affairs Presi Rogzé was confirmed the culprit behind the entire incident, Riliane asked her father to let Mariam adopt her to end the unnecessary conflicts and avoid becoming like her selfish brother. King Arth agreed to his daughter's wishes and pronounced "Riliane" dead to the public.

### A New Family

"*Back then you looked for all the world like everyone around you was an enemy. You never met my gaze completely.*"
―Ney to Rin
Adopting the name Rin, the former princess lived with Mariam and was introduced to her new sister, Ney, staying closed off from her. A few days later, in EC 492, Chartette Langley went missing and Ney ran off after her, convinced she was kidnapped by the bandits headquartered in the Lost Woods. Following along to help, Rin rescued Ney from some of the bandits and the two children continued to their hideout together, opening up to each other along the way. Once they reached the bandits' hideout, Rin was shocked and frustrated to find that Chartette had already convinced the bandits' leader to reform.

Returning home, Rin and Ney came back to find Mariam furious with them for doing something so dangerous. Over the years, Rin grew close with her foster mother and sister. As time progressed, Mariam began training Rin in fencing, teaching her the art of swordplay and horseback riding. Rin was also visited several times by Arth; during her father's final visit in EC 498, she noticed je looked gaunt and was told to protect Alexiel. After King Arth died in January of the following year, Rin attended her father's funeral, disguised in a cloak. Around that time, Mariam decided to have the girl return to the royal palace as a servant as a way to reunite her with her brother.

### Servant to the Prince

"*Looks like being a servant is a little rough, Rin.*"
"*Not as much as being captain of the royal guard, Lady Mariam.*"
―Mariam and Rin
That year, Mariam brought Rin back to the palace; while traversing the halls, they encountered Alexiel and Rin was touched by how cheerfully he took to her. After the Head Servant Leonhart Phutapie had her dressed and brought in as a chamberlain, Mariam instructed Rin to keep their relationship as parent and child secret from Alexiel. Leonhart then brought Rin to serve the Prince and he started playing a game of tag with her through the halls.

When Rin started to win during one round, Alexiel threatened to behead her and tackled her to the ground. After the triumphant prince put a bow on her, signifying his victory, Rin watched as he talked to Leonhart and Gallerian Clockworker, who had witnessed the exchange. Over the next year, Rin worked as Alexiel's attendant, cleaning the interior of the palace and serving the prince's needs; as part of his duties, Rin provided the Prince with his mid-afternoon snack at three o'clock each day.

On December 26, the day before Alexiel's and her fourteenth birthday, Rin received orders from Leonhart to help Chartette clean the courtyard in preparation for Alexiel's upcoming birthday party, as a way to keep an eye on the destructively clumsy maid. In case she and Chartette took too long, Rin passed her job serving Alexiel's snack off to another servant, Kyle Phutapie, and then spent the next three hours cleaning the Heavenly Yard with Chartette and others. When Chartette became exhausted and begged them to quit, she flatly refused her and convinced her to keep working.

Later, as Chartette panicked when she realized she was going to miss giving Alexiel his snack, Rin reassured her by explaining the arrangement she made with Kyle. The two were then warmly approached by Mariam, who chatted with them about the hard work they were doing and how Ney got into another fight. She was soon shocked to learn that Mariam had quit drinking so as not to indulge herself during the famine plaguing the country. As the conversation quickly turned to Alexiel's refusal to help the starving people, Rin got into an argument with her foster mother when she pointed out that Alexiel was not the only one to blame.

Afterward, Mariam brought up that Josephine was missing and they discussed the possibility that she'd been stolen; they were soon alerted by a hysterical Kyle, who revealed that the Prince was missing. As Kyle showed them the opened secret passage behind the fireplace, Rin recalled the time she and Alexiel used the passage as kids. She soon after joined Mariam's search party to look for Alexiel in the Lost Woods.

### The Birthday Party

"*Rin! We're not done yet! There's one thing left, the big one!*"
―Kyle to Rin
As the search party traversed the Lost Woods with no luck, Rin spoke to Mariam to confirm Alexiel had really gone this way; she soon had to comfort Kyle when he became disconsolate about the prince going missing on his watch. Suddenly, Rin remembered the time she and Alexiel had snuck out together to visit the coast; deciding to check the same coast, she announced her plan to go on ahead to Mariam and hurried to the forest. Arriving at the coastline, Rin found Alexiel sitting on the beach with Josephine.

As she met up with the prince, Rin learned that Alexiel, irritated that he had been discovered, had intentionally gone missing to give himself a pretense to execute Mariam. Once he nonetheless prepared to return, Rin saw a cut on hus hand and convinced him to let her treat it. As she healed the wound, she became lost in thought over her childhood and was flustered to find herself holding his hand for too long. She then suggested that they go to the port town and summon the royal guard, rather than going back through the forest.

Alexiel, mounted upon Josephine, had Rin lead the way and the two launched the signal beacon from the port town. There they waited; once the search party arrived, Rin watched as Mariam lectured the prince over his reckless behavior and Alexiel invoked his status to retaliate; at his command, Rin knelt along with the rest of the search party to show him their loyalty.

With Alexiel returned to the palace, the servants were forced to make up for their lost time that evening and exhaustively served dishes for the guests during the celebration that night. After finishing, Rin took a brief moment to rest with Chartette and together they tiredly praised themselves for having done their jobs perfectly. When Chartette returned to help in the kitchen, Rin tried to come along but was convinced to stay and rest. Alone, Rin drifted in her own thoughts about how different her life was from Alexiel's despite their being twins.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Leonhart, who came to check on her and then correctly surmised what must be on her mind. Talking to him about how she hadn't yet been found out, and learning how Gallerian had dispelled others' suspicions of her resemblance to Alexiel, Rin continued to be puzzled by how Alexiel didn't even seem to remember her. Her thoughts were interrupted by Kyle, who dragged her away to help bring out Alexiel's massive birthday cake.

While the gigantic cake was unveiled to the public, Rin saw Mariam storm from the hall in a rage and chased after her. Catching up to her, she overheard her furious foster mother express her disgust with Alexiel and leave. Shortly afterwards, Leonhart approached after having also overheard and he mused over their sad situation. Chartette arrived, interrupting the conversation, and reminded them of the approaching end to the party. On Leonhart's orders, Rin helped Chartette see out the guests.

### To Protect Alexiel

"*Rin...in the end, let me say... that... with this you have become a genuine 'Servant’ of the 'Son of Evil'...*"
―The dying Mariam
Sometime after, Rin and Asan went to clean the Hall of Sounds after a minister was executed in it. While cleaning the expensive decorations, Rin watched Alexiel return to complain about his lunch to Minis Stoup; she then witnessed Asan attack Alexiel with a knife and tackled him. Using the blunt sword she was cleaning, Rin was able to disarm and subdue Asan, who was arrested shortly after. Rin later learned that Asan was the brother of the minister who'd been executed, and that he was executed the next day.

Three days since the incident, Rin was helping KyleNey prepare dinner when Alexiel stormed into the kitchen demanding to know who was stealing food from the palace. After the head cook confessed that he saw someone sneaking into the palace warehouse and smuggling out some food, Rin watched when Kyle eventually admitted that it had been Mariam. After dinner, Rin was summoned by Alexiel to meet him in his room; after praising Rin's swordplay with Asan, he gave her a message in a bottle that ordered her to kill Mariam. Shocked, first by his method of request and then by the request itself, Rin listened to Alexiel's petty reasons for killing the woman that even included gossip from Kyle.

After hearing his plans to have him herpoisoned first and promising to keep the request a secret, Rin retired for the night. The next day, Rin met Kyle in the Servant Room and he hesitantly told her that he had overheard Mariam admitting to Leonhart that he had made Rin a servant so that she could eventually assassinate the prince. Hurt and cheated, Rin decided to help Alexiel to neutralize Mariam as a threat. Giving Alexiel a slow-acting sedative, she stood outside his room and listened as Alexiel convinced Mariam to drink the drugged wine and, with a lent sword, confronted her as she walked drunk through the Heavenly Yard later.

As she bantered against Mariam, becoming increasingly conflicted in carrying out Alexiel's orders, Rin did battle with her foster mother and struggled to survive her onslaught until the sedative kicked in. As she prepared to deal the finishing blow, Rin saw a hand mirror roll from Mariam's arms and learned it was her birthday present. Shaken, she tried instead to maim Mariam's sword arm, leaving her neutralized but alive, only to be forced to deal the finishing blow anyway when Mariam attacked her while her back was turned. Receiving a cryptic warning about her strengthened resolution to serve Alexiel, Rin watched Mariam die of her injuries.

### Visit to Elphegort

"*You met her on the way over here, didn't you? ...Oh? Your face is red, has she mayhap stolen your heart?*"
―Keel Freezis noting Rin's affection for Clarith
After both Elphegort and Marlon provided aid to relieve the citizens' starvation, Rin was assigned as the envoy to Elphegort's contributor, Keel Freezis. On the morning of her trip, Rin was approached by Lemy, who awkwardly asked her to deliver a green onion to her friend, a white-haired girl named Clarith. On the bumpy ride to Aceid, Rin became absorbed in her own thoughts until the carriage arrived in the city's Central District and Rin got out to recover from motion sickness. While outside, Rin saw a beautiful Netsuma girl singing to a crowd and fell in love with her, before shortly after learning that she was Clarith.

Approaching her, she delivered the green onion from Lemy and Clarith, after learning Rin was going to the Freezis Mansion, was overjoyed to repay the favor by showing her a shortcut there, revealing it was where she worked. On the way, the two shared a lively conversation about their respective jobs, Rin's as a servant and Clarith's as a maid, and Rin became more enamored with her. During the conversation, she also noticed Clarith was wearing a shell necklace and learned that it had been a gift.

Once they arrived at the estate, Clarith went to work while Rin waited for Keel to finish meeting with another guest. While waiting, she met and introduced herself to Gast Glass, who shortly began to ask Rin about the state of the palace soldiers before introducing herself and offering the services of her mercenaries to the Lucifenian monarchy. As Gast suddenly asked her if she had ever killed someone before, they were interrupted by Keel's servant, Bruno, bringing Rin in to meet with Keel.

In the next room, Rin and Keel chatted about the gifts Lucifenia sent the latter in thanks, as well as talking about what business Keel had with Gast and his reasons for helping Lucifenia. Keel then revealed his intentions in inviting Rin over had been to inquire about the state of affairs in Lucifenia from an ordinary person at the palace, and Rin answered his questions as best she could. During the talk, Clarith came in and served brioche, which had been made by her friend, Michaela. After she left, Keel teased Rin over her obvious crush on her.

After the interview was over, Rin mingled with Clarith and their coachman for a brief time before departing back to Lucifenia. The next day, she reported her meeting with Keel and Gast to Alexiel and the other ministers, and then watched Minis make his report about his trip to Marlon. Afterward, she watched Alexiel become furious that Germaine Marlon had withdrawn her engagement to him, having fallen in love with a woman with white hair.

### White Hunting

"*So then... what are you going to... do? Are you going to... kill the Daughter of White... like the Prince said?*"
―Kyle to Rin
A week later, while cleaning Alexiel's room, Rin overheard Leonhart report his failure to uncover the identity of Germaine's lover, and Alexiel's subsequent tantrum and order to kill all the white-haired women in Elphegort. When Gallerian objected and resigned, under Alexiel's orders Rin pursued him as he left the room and found him arguing with Leonhart in the hall. Before he left, Rin was shocked to hear Gallerian's prophecy that Lucifenia would perish. When she returned to Alexiel's now empty room, she spotted a shell necklace that Germaine had given the prince and realized Clarith was Germaine's mysterious lover.

During the White Hunting, Rin visited Keel in the palace dungeon and learned that Clarith was Germaine's one-sided crush. Sympathizing with Keel's desire to protect Clarith despite the massacre occurring, Rin was able to convince him to give her the location of where Clarith was hiding, Keel also explaining how Germaine was planning to arrive and save her. Later that day, Rin traveled to the Millennium Tree Forest and went down the old well there, finding Clarith at the bottom. As the two talked, Rin was unable to kill her and, after Clarith rejected her offer of taking her somewhere safer, she departed having realized that she loved her.

When ahe returned to the palace, Rin found Kyle and Alexiel speaking in the Servant Room; after Kyle left, Alexiel angrily confronted her on knowing about Clarith and refusing to tell him. Deciding to give her another chance, Alexiel gave Rin a new "wish" in a bottle to kill Clarith. After Rin left the room, she met with Kyle, who pressed her about whether she'd follow through on this next order. The next day Rin returned to the well under the cover of darkness, planning to run away with Clarith, only to find her already stabbed and dying.

Afterward, she returned to the palace and claimed to have done the deed herself, while tearfully confessing the truth of the matter to Keel in prison. As the war with Elphegort continued, Rin attended to her brother while he enjoyed an afternoon with Kyle and Chartette. Following the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Minis, Rin, Chartette, and Kyle eavesdropped on the meeting in the Hall of Sounds and heard the ministers agree to hire the Glass Mercenaries to make up for the shortage of troops.

Later on, Rin accompanied Alexiel in the Hall of Mirrors as Gast Glass introduced himself to him. After they were done conversing, Rin gave Gast a tour of the palace as instructed, eventually showing him his new quarters. As they talked, their conversation was interrupted by Leonhart come to deliver Gast's meal; Rin watched as Gast and Leonhart tensely talked over the past before Leonhart left. Later, at the Training Grounds, Rin watched Gast defeat a group of soldiers who criticized the presence of mercenaries in the city.

Sometime after, hoping to avert the prophesied destruction of Lucifenia, Rin approached Alexiel in the upstairs garden and confronted him over his plan to incorporate Elphegort into Lucifenia's territory. Fed up with his greed, she begged him to recall the troops from Elphegort and threatened to leave the palace if he did otherwise. Rin was soon after shocked and overjoyed when her gamble was a success, Alexiel agreeing to end the war with the White Country. Despite this, while serving Alexiel a snack later she was disturbed by his comment that the sky looked as though the end of the world was approaching.

### Lucifenian Revolution

"*Any time now. Prince, do you have any last words left?*"
"*Oh, it's teatime!*"
―Alexiel
At the start of the Lucifenian Revolution, Rin eavesdropped on the chaotic war conference until she was spotted and chastised by Minis, who stormed into the Hall of Sounds and instructed the ministers on their countermeasures. A week later, Rin attended another war meeting with Alexiel; over the course of several meetings, Rin watched the ministers' growing panic as the Lucifenian army continued to suffer defeats.

During the invasion of the palace, while meeting with Leonhart in the servant room, Rin and Leonhart discussed the dire situation; during their conversation, Rin was shocked when Leonhart pleaded with her to kill Alexiel and usurp his rule to save Lucifenia, claiming he would serve her loyally as the princess. Resolute, she ordered Leonhart to protect Alexiel instead. After Leonhart left, Gast entered, preparing to depart with the palace invaded. Rin quickly tried to pay Gast to stay; when he refused, wondering why a mere servant would go so far, Rin revealed that Alexiel was her twin brother. The amused Gast accepted her offer and left.

Afterward, Rin found Alexiel and, as she served him, watched his subsequent breakdown over the revolution. As she comforted him, Rin decided to let herself be captured in Alexiel's place and requested he switch clothes with her. After he did so, she explained her plan to disguise herself as him so he could escape the palace unnoticed. As Alexiel opposed the plan, she reassured him by revealing that they were both twins.

After further comforting the shocked and now tearful Alexiel, Rin left his room and locked the door behind her, forcing Alexiel to escape while she went to meet the revolutionaries. She was captured in the Hall of Sounds shortly after and locked up in the Lucifenian palace's dungeon. While imprisoned, Rin was visited by Queen Germaine, who recognized Rin wasn't the real Alexiel but decided to have her executed anyway in light of the political ramifications. During the visit, Rin lied that she was the one who killed Clarith, being struck by the furious Germaine as a result.

Several days since her capture, Rin received another visitor, this time the revolutionary leader Ney who had come to announce her execution date. Seized by the cruel irony that her own foster brother was leading the revolution, Rin laughed and was forced to reveal her deception when Ney also recognized her. She then told her everything about her true identity as Princess Riliane and how she ended up masquerading as Alexiel. When she finished, Ney started trying to set Rin free, to her protest.

As her sister tried to argue that Rin didn't deserve to be imprisoned or executed, Rin tried to persuade her by relating her earlier visit with Germaine. When she nonetheless insisted they could run away together, Rin was forced to take drastic measures to persuade her: deducing how she'd deposed Alexiel to avenge Mariam, she taunted her over starting the revolution for revenge rather than a just cause and then revealed, to Ney's horror, that she had been the one to assassinate their father.

Two days later, Rin was taken to Milanais Square in Rolled and fixed on the scaffold, preparing to be executed. Although triumphant that she prevented Gallerian's prophecy of Alexiel's death, Rin's triumph quickly devolved into terror at dying until she became soothed by what appeared to be hallucinations, one of a mysterious song and the other a vision of Alexiel comforting her when she was a child. When it came time for her to be executed, Rin kept up the ruse to the very end and said "Oh, it's teatime," as her last words before being killed.

### Afterlife

"*To me the important matter is that she did not become one of the gears.*"
―Gallerian regarding Rin
Following her death, Rin's soul went to the Heavenly Yard and met the ruling god there, Sickle. Forbidden from seeing her friends and family in the Gardens of Champs-Élysées, Sickle instead tasked Rin with learning about all of the Third Period's history from the Black Box device. Locked up in Black Box and left in the fields of the Heavenly Yard, Rin used its Akashic Recorder to receive memory data from the souls in the Heavenly Yard, learning about the events of the ground world's past and present over time.

Over the years, Rin oversaw the journey of Ney, the novelist Yukina Freezis, and others as they investigated the conspiracy behind The Son of Evil's terrible reign. As Michaela, influenced by the Demon of Wrath, prepared to murder Alexiel on the coast by the Held Monastery in EC 505, Rin begged Sickle to let her protect her brother. Using the Black Box, she appeared on the Lucifenian coastline and prevented Michaela from carrying out her revenge until she broke free of the demon's influence.

Later that year, Rin watched the confrontation between the unknown mage, Ney and Yukina on the beach. When the mage was about to incinerate Yukina with the Marlon Spoon, Sickle once again allowed Rin to interfere in the world. On the coast, Rin linked hrr thoughts to Yukina as she stood in despair over the terrible truth about her mother. Scolding her for giving up, she encouraged Yukina to live in order to write the story of Ney, Alexiel, and herself.

Soon after, she was present when Alexiel, now Allen, attempted to steal the spoon from the mage; once the mage was defeated and started to flee in her cat body, Rin manifested and supported Ney as she threw her sword, skewering the mage's true form and defeating her. Rin then disappeared, returning to Black Box. Exhausted, she slept for a long time before resuming her studies.

On January 30, EC 611, while Rin was inside the box she was greeted by the voice of Levia Barisol; puzzled as she spoke to the stranger, she became surprised when Levia offered to get her out of the box before introducing herself and claiming to be Sickle's former colleague. Hesitant and suspicious, Rin finally introduced herself in turn and obeyed Levia's instructions on how to get out of Black Box, leaving it behind as she headed for the Gardens of Champs-Élysées to see Alexiel. While en route, Rin was stopped by the god Held, who promptly returned the downtrodden girl to Black Box.

When Levia, who had gone in to use the box, stepped outside, Held lectured her before Levia went to speak with Rin instead. As she lamented her failed objective, Rin learned from Levia that Alexiel would reincarnate in one or two hundred years in, likely, the far east of Evillious. Although confused, Rin received for the moment no more explanation before Levia left. The girl was shortly after returned to Black Box.

### Hero in the East

*Main Article: Rintan-douji*

In EC 828, Rin inadvertently incarnated as a human, being born from an ebony tree trunk in Momogengou, Jakoku. Raised by an elderly couple, "Rintan-douji" grew up with a feeling that she should be doing something. In EC 842, the girl was told by a mermaid that her true mother was in Enbizaka; she then traveled to Onigashima with her companions Inukichi and Saruteito, punishing criminals along the way.

Meeting the tailor Gakuga Octo, the girl moved in with him and the two began living as father and child. After Gakuga was arrested for his murder of the Miroku Family, and after Levia restored her memories of her former life, Rintan-douji carried out his execution and beheaded him with Grim the End. Sometime after, the girl returned to spiritual form and went back to the Heavenly Yard.

### World's End

In EC 999, once Michelle Octo used the Punishment weapon to destroy the Third Period, Sickle, wanting to increase Rin's chances of saving the world, merged her with a version of herself from an alternate timeline where she had failed. Waking up inside Black Box with Grim the End in her hand, Rin was instructed by Sickle to speak with the seven contractors. With the memories of her alternate timeline self, Rin ignored Sickle's orders and instead went straight to Michelle.

This was due to him having reasoned that "Michelle" was only a mindless body kept alive by her contract with Wrath, Michelle's soul having been separated from her and being under a curse from Behemo Barisol. To prevent her from repeatedly destroying the world and all the souls on it, Rin, as well as Clarith, the Master of the Hellish Yard, and Pale Noël, sought to enter Behemo's mind and bring his body and soul back together.

Unable to enter without appearing like someone from Michelle's memories, Rin dressed up as Postman and took Michelle's catatonic living body into the illusory hospital where Behemo was working. Once she met with "Dr. Behemo Barisol," she asked him for hos services as a psychiatrist in treating Michelle with the Mind Swap Technique. In reality she hoped that, after seeing Michelle's memories of the six people she killed with her revolver, Behemo's own memories would return and he'd return to her body. After setting Behemo and Michelle up in the black box to perform the technique, Rin watched as Behemo experienced each of Michelle's memories.

After Behemo saw the sixth and last victim, Rin asked Behemo about Michelle's life and was disappointed when he showed no memory of Evillious. Taking off her hat, Rin tried to spark his memories by reminding him of who she was; then, using the "Irregular System" function of the box, she initiated another Mind Swap on Behemo to force him to remember. Behemo's memory was fully restored and the soul merged back with the living body, becoming Michelle. Back in the ground world, Rin explained everything to her. Once Michelle finished catching up with Clarith, Pale, and the Master of the Hellish Yard, Rin suggested they go to Evil's Theater next, to solve some remaining mysteries about the world's end and to save the world.

### Alarming Developments

Splitting up with Lemy, Clarith, and Pale, Rin and Michelle trekked towards the site of Evil's Theater. They planned to visit it and then the remains of Lucifenia, with Rin still wanting to reunite with Alexiel. As they walked, Michelle began to complain of her fatigue; after Rin bickered with her pressed her to keep going, the woman relented and the two discussed their plans and current situation as they walked.

Eventually the two reached the illusory remains of the Millennium Tree Forest, talking to each other about how it was there despite the real forest being destroyed. Their conversation soon turned to the owner of the Black Box where Rin learned all of his information, Rin being confused at Michelle's claim that Sickle was a woman. The two continued their conversation before Held joined their conversation as a bluebird.

During Held and Michelle's debate, Held directed Rin's attention towards a Type S Black Box in the sky that they should deal with, with the group realizing the box wasn't an illusion like the rest of the world and could potentially do harm. Michelle and Rin thus resolved to go check it out, particularly as Evil's Theater was underneath it. They then bid Held farewell, Rin speculating that Evil's Theater was made to float by someone with a childlike personality.

As they trekked south, Michelle and Rin discussed the Moon Goddess, whose identity Rin was unsure of. Arriving at the black box, the two watched as Bruno Octo addressed dead soldiers of the Tasan Party and laid blame for the world's end on her and all the other "evil" souls of the world. Hearing Bruno conclude that they must destroy the alleged sources of all evil--that being the demon contractors Carlos Marlon, Gakuga Octo, Alexiel, Gumina Glassred, and Michelle herself--Rin and Michelle departed.

Leaving the forest, they discuss what they heard in Bruno's speech as well as speculating about their next move. Determining Bruno intended to use the Black Box Type S against the demon contractors, Michelle and Rin decide to seek out Pale and Lemy, Pale being the creator of the Black Box Type S. After talking further, the two eventually decided to head to Lucifenia as they originally planned, in part to talk to Alexiel and in hopes of meeting Lemy there.

### The Battle and the Black Box

Arriving in Lucifenia, Rin and Michelle found it had become a battleground between the spirits of Lucifenians, and more of the dead Tasan soldiers, with Alexiel having already fled. After Michelle dissuaded Rin from jumping in needlessly to help, the two spotted the Glass Mercenaries nearby and approached them, Rin hiring them to also fight in the battle.

Seeing Ney hit with heavy artillery, Rin pulled her to safety with the help of Mariam and Leonhart, chiding her for her recklessness. After Mariam explained that Alexiel had fled, Rin in turn explained how she had hired the Glass Mercenaries. When, later into the battle, the Black Box flew out over the Lucifenian forces and began to suck everyone inside, Rin was one of the few spirits to remain.

Holing up with the others in the palace, Rin later watched as Michelle shot down the Black Box, defeating it and freeing the souls inside. With the enemy no longer wishing to do battle, Rin and Michelle joined Anne on the roof of the palace, Michelle announcing that they would go again in search of Alexiel and Lemy. As Michelle suggested seeing Carlos as well and argued with Anne over getting Lich Arklow to help, Rin convinced Michelle to come along with him, citing how her father Gallerian had a love for the world before setting out with her for Marlon.

Arriving, the two met with Eater Sabella in his Worldeater form; after they introduced themselves, Eater took them into the Marlon Mansion. Rin then listened as Michelle spoke with Carlos and Lich, discussing the Tasan Party soldiers having gone there and asking Lich about where the inhabitants of Evil's Theater currently were. Afterwards, Carlos summoned Arte and Pollo and announced his intentions to go to Evil's Theater to stop Bruno, Michelle also joining him. Convinced by Arte on the grounds that Alexiel was probably headed there, Rin joined as well and the party set once more for the Millennium Tree Forest.

### The End of Capriccio

Arriving at Evil's Theater with Carlos and his servants, Michelle and Rin helped engage in battle with the theater inhabitants, Michelle and Rin dealing with GammonBruno directly. During their battle, the three of them were interrupted by the irregular twins Hänsel and Gretel. The twins were soon followed by Alexiel, who had become possessed by Gallerian's consciousness inside him and had absorbed all of the demon contractors in the theater.

As Gallerian attacked them in Alexiel's body, the twins Hänsel and Gretel prematurely began their Re\_birthday ability to stop him. After Gallerian escaped the rapidly transforming theater, Rin was pulled to safety by Michelle, the two forced to leave Bruno behind. After Carlos's servants also escaped, the party flew away from the theater on Eater's back. From afar they watched the theater turn into a giant black box, Rin expressed his concern for the people inside, Michelle explaining to how it might be "formatting" them.

Soon after, Rin and the others learned the possessed Alexiel had also successfully escaped, spotting him on the ground. Appraising the situation, and seeing that Gallerian threatened to suck all of Evillious into his developing vortex to save it, Rin was urged by Michelle to decide between the world or her brother. Rin instead came up with a plan to get Gallerian out of Alexiel first before defeating him, to which Michelle reluctantly agreed. Touching back down, Eater let Rin off to distract Gallerian and flew away again with Michelle.

### The Girl's Choice

Confronting Gallerian, Rin refused to give Michelle's location. The two then talked, discussing among other things the nature of "irregulars" and how he had gained knowledge by discovering Black Box Type B in the Grave Yard; Rin also learned from Gallerian his motivation of trying to save the world by gathering the vessels of sin.

Rin began pleading with Gallerian to come to his senses - the Third Period was over but he could join them in a new world. Hesitating, Gallerian agreed, staring at the girl nervously before letting go of his control of Alexiel and asking everyone around for forgiveness.

Rin later woke up inside the Climb One. In his true form, Sickle explained to Rin the concept of irregulars and Re\_birthdays. Rin was then led by Sickle to the adjacent room, where the "Moon Goddess" Luna Hazuki was. As Sickle claimed that the entirety of the Third Period was a simulation, Rin pointed out the contradictions in his claim, and the flustered Sickle admitted he was lying.

Levia then appeared before them, explaining to Rin the nature of the First Period as well as how the earthlings from the Second Period were online avatars brought into the real world. Soon after, Alexiel appeared with a Black Box; finally reuniting with him, Rin along with her twin brother initiated a Re\_birthday of their own, creating a new world: the Fourth Period. Rin and Alexiel stayed on the moon before vanishing from the Third Period, leaving behind a gate to the Fourth Period.

### Legacy

"*Rin Avadonia's name doesn't appear in textbooks, but she is a figure who yet bears a piece of history.*"
―Gallerian speaking about Rin
In the wake of her death, Ney took up traveling the continent aimlessly, suffering numerous nightmares of losing Rin and their foster mother for years before learning the girl hadn't actually killed Clarith from Germaine. Over a century later, Gallerian Clockworker told the dying Renin Abelard about the servant who shared her face, pointing out that, while Rin tried becoming "evil" to protect her beloved brother, she never enjoyed killing people, in stark contrast to the assassin.

History books noted her as the adopted son of Mariam Avadonia who gained Alexiel's favor as a servant and swiftly fled the Lucifenian Palace during the revolution, often portrayed as a disloyal and unfaithful person in Lucifenia's history. However, Yukina Freezis wrote a novel about the true events, titled "The Son of Evil" that had gained popularity around the world for centuries.

After reading the book, Elluka Marlon was intrigued by the idea that the servant swapped places with her secret twin brother but remained skeptical of its accuracy to the actual events, despite Gallerian's guarantee that the novel told the truth. When Elluka faced heavy backlash for her corruption during her career as judge, her butler Gammon Zero cited the historical example of Rin serving her "evil" twin brother and compared it to her own service for Elluka, although admitting she wouldn't be able to switch places with her as Rin did for Alexiel.

## Personality and Traits

"*Alexiel... You're a bad child. But... If it's said that you're bad, then that same blood runs in me. If you're the 'Son of Evil', then I am the 'Servant of Evil'. Because I'll take your place, in my place you... will live.*"
―Rin
Rin was a responsible, loyal, and yet conflicted girl. As a child, the young Riliane had a soft and trusting demeanor, submissive to her brother and afraid of becoming selfish as he soon did. Although becoming less so after her adoption, Rin continued to show kindness towards others, particularly her friends and new family. As a servant she also maintained a professional and polite air, particularly when in front of her superiors.

In addition to this, Rin had a strong sense of justice and her own set of morals that began in childhood and was compounded by her being raised by Mariam Avadonia. This led to her being disgusted by injustices and the harming of innocents; she ordinarily took the initiative to help others, particularly those she cared about. During her service to Alexiel, Rin became deeply conflicted as she strayed from her morals; because of this, she came to regard herself as also being as "evil" as him until after her death. Her desire to help was often, as well, hindered by her own indecisiveness on which was the correct action to take.

As a result of her traumatic childhood, Rin was naturally unsociable and cynical, as well as prone to sarcastic comments on her sometimes absurd situations. Rin was additionally sensitive to teasing and arrogant about her abilities or opinions, which could make her quarrelsome or competitive. She was also extremely pessimistic about the world around her, adopting a view that everyone was her enemy when she was young which, although toned down, she later transferred onto her view of Alexiel. By the world's end, Rin finally understood that she did not have to choose between others and her brother and became open to the idea of creating a better world.

Despite having many close relationships in her life, Rin's most significant for her was with her brother, Alexiel. Serving him loyally and even befriending him, she became dedicated to protecting and comforting her twin brother, although this dedication often clashed with her other relationships and even morals, causing her much heartache. While recognizing Alexiel's selfish cruelty, she became convinced that at least one person should support him, believing that he was not the sole one at fault for his evil reign, and she hoped that one day he could find true happiness following the revolution.

## Skills and Abilities

"*Deep in thought? It’s not a bad thing to think about things. But nothing starts without action. You have a habit of trying to complete things in your mind too much.*"
―Sickle criticizing Rin's inability to act
Rin had an analytical mind that helped her in understanding politics even from a young age, making her a capable diplomat despite remaining uninvolved in political affairs. This also allowed her to be skilled as a planner, including being able to adapt her plans in the event of complications, although sometimes she could still fail to rise to the occasion. After being executed at the guillotine, Rin was traumatized and could sometimes cease to think rationally when faced with beheadings. She also, after death, gained an extensive knowledge of Bolganio's history through the Black Box. As she was only able to read the memories of souls that had gone to the Heavenly Yard, however, there were gaps in her knowledge regarding the demon contractors.

Having trained under the tutelage of Mariam, Rin was a strong swordsman and knew a number of techniques; ahe even developed her own technique, Unicorn Style, where she centered her blade in front of her while making her offensive. However, because she lacked combat experience, Rin was prone to speak too much in battle and lacked quick foresight in adjusting against more difficult opponents. As a servant, the girl was skilled at a variety of chores such as cleaning, cooking, and running errands, though he considered her skills inferior to that of her fellow servant, Kyle. She was also adept at horseback riding and could sing.

Because of her resemblance to her brother, Rin could effectively masquerade as Alexiel in appearance and voice, though only to those who hadn't met either of them personally. After her death, Rin was able to manifest her spirit in the Third Period, with Sickle's permission, and could communicate with others. However, interfering with the world would leave her exhausted once she returned to the Heavenly Yard. She could also communicate telepathically with others seemingly instantly.

## Character Connections

Alexiel Lucifen d'Autriche: Rin's twin brother. As children the two held a close relationship, though strained during the political conflicts that separated them; after becoming Alexiel's servant, Rin devoted herself to his protection above all else and was overjoyed to later find that she was important to him in turn. She perceived Alexiel as being a lonely and gentle boy warped by his unfair situation, though acknowledging that he could also be cruel and not above trying to reason with him.

Mariam Avadonia: Rin's adoptive mother. While thinking of her as a mother, Rin held a high respect for Mariam and was greatly influenced by her sense of justice, although she was regularly frustrated by her inflexible nature and harbored a desire to overcome her, if only in part to earn her approval. Despite becoming resolved to kill Mariam, Rin's resolve was easily shaken and ultimately her hand was forced in delivering the finishing blow. Following her death, Rin justified her subsequent devotion to Alexiel to keep Mariam from having died in vain.

Ney Avadonia: Rin's foster sister. They bonded over their rescue of Chartette and became very close, Rin occasionally asking after Ney in the time she worked at the palace and thinking of her as her "righteous sister." Their relationship became strained on his end after killing Mariam, and she disapproved of her methods of avenging her; despite this, Rin continued to love Ney until her death, even afterwards relying on her swordsmanship to help Yukina.

Chartette Langley: Rin's childhood friend and fellow servant of Alexiel. Rin always tried to keep Chartette out of trouble, rescuing her when they were kids and supervising her work to make sure she didn't slack off or do any damage with her strength. The two of them were able to converse on a less formal level than other servants.

Kyle Phutapie: A fellow servant of Alexiel. Rin trusted Kyle more than Chartette with discussing matters such as Clarith's ordered assassination or Mariam's reasons for sending Rin to the palace. She held no ill will towards him for the rumors he relayed to Alexiel and herself, comforting him whenever he appeared distressed.

Leonhart Phutapie: Rin's superior as a chamberlain. Rin saw Leonhart as an employer for the most part and found his character inscrutable. Nonetheless, she spoke to him about her confusion at having such a different role from her brother, Alexiel, and saw him, as one of the few people to know her true lineage, as an ally. Nearing the end of the revolution, she was shocked by his apparent attempt to betray Alexiel and determined him to be mad from his allegiences in the same way she was.

Clarith: Rin's crush. Rin fell in love with Clarith after listening to her sing. She found her very beautiful and talented, and was tolerant of her teasing when, elsewhere, she would become angered. She became conflicted between her love for her and devotion to Alexiel after learning she was Germaine's supposed lover, and eventually was heartbroken by her death.

Keel Freezis: A merchant whom Rin visits. Rin found Keel to be a very intelligent and pragmatic businessman, unable to fully understand the life that the latter lived. Despite this, she appreciated Keel's tendency of putting loved ones first due to her own devotion to Alexiel and Clarith.

Germaine Marlon: Alexiel's fiancé. Although only knowing her from afar, Rin expressed an intention of destroying her for making Alexiel unhappy. After being arrested she viewed Germaine as a potential problem due to her overpowering emotions, but agreed with her political motivations to continue with the execution.

Gretel Twiright: An intended past incarnation. Rin was fated to be a reincarnation of Gretel and shared the girl's appearance, but the disturbance of fate and Ney's existance broke it.

Sickle: The god of the sun and Rin's mentor. Although perplexed by the god's namelessness and his enigmatic nature, Rin nevertheless was obedient to his will and did what he asked even when the task was boring or he was unaware of the intended outcome. Additionally, she took Sickle's counsel seriously and relied on him for aid when the situation arose.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Rin is based on the canon character Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche and is role swapped with Allen Avadonia.
* Her original surnames, Lucifen and d'Autriche, are a reference to Lucifer, the patron demon of Pride, and Marie Antoinette, respectively.
* Her adopted last name, Avadonia, seems to be a corruption of Abbadon, meaning "destruction" in Hebrew.
* Rin parallels Jesus Christ, being punished for crimes she did not commit, executed at 3 o'clock, and appearing to her allies many times after her death.

### Curiosities

* Rin was executed the day before her fifteenth birthday.
* She shares the same birthday (December 27) with her Vocaloid.
* The Master of the Heavenly Yard's posture in Evils Court is reminiscent of Rin's pose from The Son of Evil PV; similarly, both are portrayed in such a position before their formal debut.

## Appearances

* That Queen was Born from Mud
* Twiright Prank
* The Son of Evil
* The Servant of Evil
* The Daughter of Green
* Handbeat Clocktower
* Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Genesis Girl Gretel
* The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* The Adventure of Two Girls
* Twiright Prank (story)
* Heavenly Yard (story)
* Pierrot & SCP Bonus Story
* The Son of Evil: Novelette of Green
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Evils Theater
* Prelude to Forest
* Evils Forest
* Evils Kingdom
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)
* Evils Extra