Pernelle in Magia Record

Pernelle Flamel
Japanese Name	ペレネル・フラメル Pernelle Flamel
Voiced by	Japanese:
ID No:	4029

For her full bio, see Pernelle

General info

Physical features

• Date of Birth: Unknown
• Age: Unknown
• Eye colour: Grey
• Hair colour: Grey
• Origins: Paris, France

Other

• Soul gem:
• Weapon: Caduceus
• Witch form: Hermes Trismegistus
• Wish: unknown
• Japanese pronoun: watashi (私)
• Known relatives: Nicholas Flamel (husband)

Game Info

Stats, Connect, Magia Data

Rarity Final Lv Type Attribute 4★→ 5★ 100 Defense STATS HP ATK DEF Initial 6731 1730 2441 Max at ★4 24406 6183 8914 Max at ★5 30128 7634 11006 Max SE 38261 9693 14760 Disks Connect: My My, Isn't That Terrible ★4 Defense UP [XIII] & Damage Cut [XIII] & HP Regen [V] (3T) ★5 Defense UP [XV] & Damage Cut [XV] & HP Regen [VII] (3T) Magia: En to Pan ★4 Damage to All Enemies [V] & Defense UP (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T) & Barrier [8000 HP] (All / 3T) ★5 Damage to All Enemies [VII] & Defense UP (All / 3T) & Damage Cut (All / 3T) & Barrier [8000 HP] (All / 3T) Doppel: Hermes Trismegistus ★5 Damage to All Enemies [IX] & Defense UP (All / 5T) & Damage Cut (All / 5T) & Barrier [12000 HP] (All / 5T) & Variable (Self / 3T)

Spirit Enhancement Data

Max Stat Bonuses HP ATK DEF Accele Blast Charge 4★ +6% +4% +8% +6% +4% +6% 5★ +7% +5% +9% +7% +5% +7% SE +7% +5% +9% +13% +8% +17% Spirit Enhancement MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II] Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I] Blast Damage Cut [III] Doppel Damage UP [I] & Magia Damage UP [I] MP Gain UP When Over 100 MP [II] Damage Cut [II] Guaranteed Anti-Magia Seal Defense UP While At Max Health [IV] Survive [I] Barrier [5000 HP] (Self/∞) at Start of Quest Regenerate HP [VI] & Status Ailment Resistance UP [II] MP Gain UP When Attacked [VII] Defense UP [II] & Damage Cut [II] (All / 3T) CD: 10 turns

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.

Side Story

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

• Elisa Celjska

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.
• 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

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  Magia Record Four Star Art

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  Magia Record Five Star Art

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  In-Battle Sprite

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  Doppel Sprite

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  Her original live2D

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  Nicolas Flamel

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Memoria Cards

Card	Effect	Cooldown	Eng Text	Jap Text
Beyond the 1000 Year's Sleep	Normal: Max Limit Break:	Normal: turns Max Limit Break: turns	*Unique to Pernelle*
Here Comes the Alchemists Combo!	Normal: Max Limit Break: Damage Cut [IV] & Defense UP [IV] (Self / 3T)	Normal: turns Max Limit Break: turns

External links

• Official Magia Record Website - Japanese

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)

Side Story and Costume Story Videos

• Recording of Pernelle's MSS on Youtube (JP)
• Recording of Pernelle's Dialogue lines on Youtube (JP)