Pernelle Flamel in Magia Record
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| Japanese Name | ペレネル・フラメル Pernelle Flamel |
| Voiced by | Japanese: Mamiko Noto |
| ID No: | 4029 |
| Release Date (JP): | March 24, 2022 |
- For her full bio, see Pernelle Flamel.
Pernelle Flamel (ペレネル・フラメル) is a character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story: Magia Record. She is an original character from Puella Magi Tart Magica: The Legend of "Jeanne d'Arc".
General info
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| Date of Birth | Unknown (Historically 1320) |
| Age | Unknown (details) |
| Eye colour | Grey |
| Hair colour | Grey |
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| Soul Gem | Unknown |
| Weapon | Caduceus |
| Witch Form | Hermes Trismegistus (based on) |
| Powers and Abilities | Barriers, teleportation |
| Wish | Unknown |
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| Japanese pronoun | watashi (私) |
| Known relatives | Nicholas Flamel (husband), Torte (daughter) |
| Origins | Paris, France |
| School | Not attending |
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Summary
Wife of the legendary alchemist Nicolas Flamel, a Magical Girl from medieval France who has made a name for herself as a collaborator. She gave Tart (Jeanne d'Arc) and her friends magical weapons and advice in order to thwart Isabeau's ambitions. She is an old acquaintance of Elisa and was adored by her when she was a child.
Doppel Description
The Doppel of alchemy. Its form is a unified god. The master of this emotion divides, refines, and synthesizes purely in accordance with her curiosity. This Doppel embodies a unified divinity born from a heart that strives to reach mysticism’s highest peak, and bears the role of a messenger who links the mortal realm with realms beyond. As such, it can request intervention from higher dimensions to aid its master in times of crisis. But because its master believes that all things in nature are part of a closed Cycle, she interprets this dimensional rift as proof that the world still holds mysteries that her wisdom cannot describe. This deepens her curiosity ever further, and she often forgets to avoid the danger as a result.
Side Story
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Pernelle's Magical Girl Story explores her actions and mindset surrounding the events of Tart Magica in the form of a memoir. There, she states that she is a very detached, knowledge-oriented person; her scientific nature coupled with her immortality has led her to a Kyubey-like attitude in which she sees humans and the world around her as mere experimental and observational subjects. All she cared for was exploring the world and its inhabitants in a strictly efficient, rational manner. Isabeau's rise to power, however, threatened the survival of the world; its destruction would put an end to her pursuit of knowledge. While she describes her and Cube's relationship as one of complicity, they agree to work together on an experiment to overthrow Isabeau by finding and engineering a magical girl with karmic potential that could overcome Isabeau's. All of Pernelle's actions from there were strictly to push that goal forward. With Elisa's help, she retrieves the Epee de Clovis from an obscure church where she had stashed it. The sword, associated with the founder of the kingdom that would become France, carried massive karmic weight that would further augment the magical girl they were seeking. In bestowing the sword upon Tart, Pernelle knew she was dooming Tart to a horrific fate, as Pernelle at this point in her life was well-versed with the universe's tendency to correct the balance of hope and despair. While willingly dooming an innocent, virtuous girl without hesitation is alone worthy of condemnation, Pernelle remarks that she has committed even greater sins; that if she and Cube were to reveal their knowledge to the world, it would instigate another war. Even so, Tart was able to make the impossible possible by defeating Isabeau, and even defied her fate of becoming a Witch. She died expressing her gratitude for everything in the world, embracing all of its goods and evils without prejudice - including Pernelle herself. While Pernelle had assumed she had become much like Cube in nature and lacked a heart, she feels remorse and sorrow for the first time in ages (or possibly ever); emotions so unrecognizable to her that she needed Nicolas to remind her of what they were. In her long life, Tart was the only person who created an emotional connection with Pernelle that matched Nicolas's. Pernelle then contemplates her pursuit of knowledge, and decides to commit herself to creating the Philosopher's Stone herself (though Nicolas did have one in his possession as well, which she had been unaware of) - deciding that she, too, wants to achieve the impossible, just like Tart. |
Abilities
Pernelle has the ability to create magical barriers. She uses them as shields and platforms. Her appearances in Magia Record demonstrate her profound defensive capabilities, such as effortlessly blocking attacks from Lapin and Minou. Her offensive capabilities, however, require much advance preparation, given that she is reliant upon weapon-making and casting reinforcement magic to maintain an offense.
She also displayed the power to imbue weapons with unique, powerful, and lasting magic, such as those of Elisa and Tart.
She has also displayed the ability to teleport, during which she appears to fade away.
Etymology
- In her Magical Girl Story in Magia Record, it is revealed that Perenlle was not always known as such. Rather, it was a name she adopted for herself due to its meaning of "stone," which she relates to her pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone, and to a magical girl's Soul Gem.
Appearances
Event Appearances
- Rebel of a Dawnless Land
- End of a Legend, the Limits of Light
- The Masked Student Council Strikes Back (Holy Maiden Academy Edition)
- The Inheritors of Our Souls
Magical Girl Story Appearances
Trivia
- Originally, Pernelle had a plain pink Live2D model similar to that of other NPCs and minor characters (such as La Hire or Baron Gilles de Rais). However, for the third Tart event End of a Legend, the Limits of Light, Pernelle was given a detailed Live2D model like that of other main characters.
- Her proper Live2D model is the first time Pernelle's eyes were open and colored, confirming that her iris color is gray. The location and shape of her Soul Gem has yet to be revealed.
- Along with Isabeau's Witch form/Doppel keeping her name, Pernelle's Doppel is unique in being the only one from the Tart Magica characters whose name is not a word or phrase, but rather a proper name.
- Her Doppel is named after the Hellenistic deity that is a combination of Hermes, the Greek god of travel and messengers, and Thoth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. He is the purported author of the Hermetica, a set of ancient texts that form the basis of Hermeticism. Their wisdom is that of both the material and spiritual worlds, dealing with the relationship between the material and the divine.
- The main body is based on Thoth, taking the form of an ibis. It wears the ankh, an Egyptian symbol of life.
- There is both a female and male Hermes protruding from the ibis' back, both wearing winged headpieces (with the masculine's helmet also resembling a bird). This references both Hermaphroditus, the child of Hermes and Aphrodite that possesses both male and female anatomy, and the philosophical concept of reconciling masculinity and femininity to reach balance and enlightenment. The ibis wears Hermes' winged sandals.
- The lion and the unicorn are sometimes considered symbols of Mercury, the Roman equivalent of Hermes, and are likely also symbolic of masculinity and femininity.
- Pernelle's weapon, the Caduceus, is the weapon wielded by and symbol of Hermes. It was later adopted into alchemical iconography. It is commonly conflated with the similar but separate Rod of Asclepius, which is a symbol of medicine.
- Ironically, although Pernelle and the protagonists of Tart Magica are French and the antagonists are English, the lion and unicorn together are symbols of the United Kingdom.
- The lion and the unicorn are sometimes considered symbols of Mercury, the Roman equivalent of Hermes, and are likely also symbolic of masculinity and femininity.
- Her Doppel is named after the Hellenistic deity that is a combination of Hermes, the Greek god of travel and messengers, and Thoth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. He is the purported author of the Hermetica, a set of ancient texts that form the basis of Hermeticism. Their wisdom is that of both the material and spiritual worlds, dealing with the relationship between the material and the divine.
- Her Magia's name ("En to Pan") is taken from an ancient document describing alchemy that depicts an illustration of an ouroboros with the words ἕν τὸ πᾶν, hen to pān ("the all is one") in the center.
- The ouroborous is a symbol depicting a serpent eating its own tail. It is a symbol of Hermeticism and alchemy, and represents the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. In Pernelle's Magia, a giant serpent coils around the screen, dangles its tail over the enemy, and the mouth bites down on both.
Gallery
Magia Record Four Star Art
Magia Record Five Star Art
In-Battle Sprite
Doppel Sprite
Magical Girl Seal 2021
Her original live2D
Nicolas Flamel
Pernelle's daughter, also named Jeanne (nicknamed Torte), with Kagome Satori
Art of Pernelle and her husband, Nicolas Flamel from Masugitsune's twitter.
Art by Masugitsune as a tribute to Magia Record.
Memoria Cards
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| **Unique to Pernelle** The sword of Clovis, the founder of the Frankish Kingdom: A fragment of two swords metallurgized by an alchemist... After 1000 years of sleep, one of the holy swords is now quietly awakening... With the memories of Audofleda, the magical girl who supported her brother Clovis. | フランク王国建国の祖、クロヴィスの剣
とある錬金術士が冶金した、ふたふりの剣のかたわれ… 1000年の眠りを超えて、聖剣のひとつが、いま静かに目を覚ます 兄クロヴィスを支えた魔法少女、アウドフレダの思い出とともに |
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| "I looked for you. I thought you were playing in the neighborhood, but I didn't expect this..."
"We were worried when we heard that Cube wasn't with her!" "No normal human can stand up to a Witch. Don't play with fire." "I say that, but I'm just a normal person too..." | 「探しましたよ。近所で遊んでるのかと思ったら、まさかこんな…」
「聞けばキューブも一緒じゃないって言うし、僕たち心配したよ！」 「魔女に会ったら普通の人間は太刀打ちできないわ。火遊びはダメよ」 「それを言ったら僕も普通の人間だけどね…」 |
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| "At first, I just wanted to know.
I wanted to know what kind of person inspired my naming. But now I don't. I want to share the maiden's thoughts and prayers with everyone alive...!" | 「最初は、ただ知りたいだけだった
私の名づけのきっかけになったのが、どんな人かが知りたかった …でも、いまは違う “乙女”の想いを、祈りを、生きているみんなに伝えたい…！」 |
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| The mid-15th century was a time of great change in the course of the restoration of French royal power and territorial integrity.
Those left behind are still running on the battlefields of Europe today In order to keep the "light" brought by their two friends alive. Your wish will come true, believe in that day. | フランス王権と領土の回復へ向けて、趨勢が大きく傾いた15世紀半ば
ふたりの友がもたらした“光”を絶やさぬため 遺されたものたちは、ヨーロッパの戦場を今日も駆ける 願いは届く、その日を信じて |
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External links
Gameplay Videos
- Recording of Pernelle's Transformation Video on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Pernelle's Magia Video on Youtube (JP)
- Recording of Pernelle's Doppel Video on Youtube (JP)