Headcanon + Canon history
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suicidollIn the year 1739, there resided a powerful empire in Eastern Prussia. Though formidable, its people flourished thanks to its advanced technology and benevolent rulers. This empire was known as the Genoremasody Reich.
It had the benefit of two benevolent rulers: Einhardt, the twelfth member of the Wilhelm family, and his spouse and love of his life, Alice. To Einhardt, Alice was the ideal woman: graceful, kind, beautiful and perfect in every way. To Alice, Einhardt was devoted and ambitious, but still took the time to enjoy what was right in front of him. They were perfect for each other. And when word of their empress' pregnancy spread, the empire rejoiced. The emperor stood by his wife's side the entire time as he awaited the delivery of his child, tending to Alice as she frequently sang to life forming within her.
...Unfortunately, complications arose at the time of birth. There were problems in the delivery process and it came down to a tragic decision: either they save Alice and lose the baby or save the baby and lose Alice. Einhardt hesitated in making the decision and before he could choose to save his wife, Alice instead chose to save her child. She barely had enough time to hold her newborn daughter in her arms, but when she laid eyes on that little face, all of her pain seemed to vanish in an instant. She was so overwhelmed with joy that she muttered a single name through her warm smile.
"Kreutzer."
Because of Alice's sacrifice, Kreutzer was delivered to the world safely. Though the empire felt the weight of the loss of their empress, they praised the beautiful young girl.
However, no one felt as completely and utterly crushed as Einhardt did when he lost his wife. She meant everything to him...everything. When Alice died, a part of him died with her. Some say it was his compassion, others say it was his sanity...whatever the case, their emperor changed for the worst that day. Though he never made his opinion public, he put the blame of Alice's death solely on Kreutzer and punished her accordingly: he didn't kill her outright since Alice's dying wish was for Kreutzer to live, so he instead raised his daughter himself, forbidding her from spending time outside the castle and, when she was old enough, her room. In the eyes of the public, he was simply an overprotective father who wanted the best for his child. In actuality, he sought to deny his daughter her own chance at life for taking away Alice's.
As such, Kreutzer grew up to be a very lonely girl, with Einhardt serving as her only real company; servants and castle guards were forbidden from speaking to her, though they did so anyway whenever the emperor wouldn't catch them. Since she was indoors most of her life, Kreutzer spent much of her time reading books and studying all manner of things, whether it was literature, science, crafting, music, sewing or even cooking. Her open mind welcomed all knowledge it could gain. Thanks to spending so much time expanding her knowledge, she became very intelligent, practically a genius, by the time she was 8.
But for all that she learned, Kreutzer wanted nothing more than to go out and see the world with her own eyes; though her books were detailed, she knew that words and pictures couldn't capture the sheer brilliance of seeing for herself what those books represented. Plant life, animal life, social interactivity, she wanted to see it all for herself. She quickly adapted to daydreaming and reading fantasy novels since they portrayed such marvelous worlds filled with adventure, love and countless other things that one couldn't experience beneath castle walls. The only view of the outside world she had was a window in her room that faced North. Though she could never see the sunrise, she could see a glimpse of a world that called to her.
But even with all of her intelligence and her dreams, Kreutzer couldn't help but feel incomplete and exiled from even her own empire. In her mind, she wasn't even a normal girl. Normal girls (at least, the ones she read about in her books) loved dolls, tea parties and ponies, three simplistic aspects of "normality" that she felt she could adapt to easily. Experience with sewing helped her grow into a doll maker, but ponies (or horses in general) became her favorite animal. To her, they were majestic and free to roam the land as they saw fit. It may have been part of the illusion of her ideal world she liked to imagine, but such was her life.
She took to pretending her dolls were alive to make her tea parties that much enjoyable, but one day, she discovered her talent with magic when she accidentally enchanted one of her dolls to life. Once Einhardt noticed this, he saw potential in the girl. It was uncommon for magicians to do anything that advanced at so young an age, but with all of her intelligence, it seemed possible. He saw great potential in her and her talents, so he taught her all he could about magic, alchemy and a very forbidden technique known as Universal Science. It was a field of science dedicated to achieving understanding and control over the universe. Its foundations were based on the Tree of Life, better known as the Sephirot; it was equated with demonic power, but it was possible for a master of the field to essentially ascend into godhood. He believed if Kreutzer could master that field, she could learn to counter death and bring Alice back to life.
It was daunting, even with the young girl's knowledge, but with her own curiosities mixed in with her father's two-faced encouragement, she went forward with her studies. She surprised even Einhardt with her potential as she grew into a young woman, a graceful woman who was kind, beautiful and perfect in several ways...Kreutzer's similarities to her mother disgusted Einhardt, treating it as if God himself mocked him by mirroring the two girls.
By the time she was 16, Kreutzer learned everything she needed to know and became a talented magic-user in her own right; her genius mixed with her potential made her a force to be reckoned with. Einhardt one day decided it was time to put her capabilities to the test and finally have Kreutzer attempt to resurrect her mother. The preparations were made and on paper, everything looked like it would run perfectly.
...But Einhardt miscalculated one very important thing: for one to use Universal Science to its fullest capabilities, one must have a complete understanding of life itself, essentially reaching nirvana. Because most of Kreutzer's life was spent in her room, staring out the same window, she couldn't possibly come close to that. The ritual failed and instead of resurrecting Alice, Kreutzer summoned a foul creature that took her mother's form: she called herself Matrix Lord Lotus. Hailing from Que Pholith, the deepest level of hell, Lotus rained destruction everywhere she went; the only hint of kindness she showed was to a very traumatized Kreutzer.
Einhardt was furious with Kreutzer's failure, once again blaming her for the misfortune as he confronted Lotus himself. Because she took on Alice's appearance, he couldn't bring himself to kill her. Instead, he and Kreutzer were forced to send her back to Que Pholith. Through this, he learned of the source of Lotus' power: The Philosopher's Stones, legendary alchemical artifacts that could bestow great power to those who could wield them properly. Blinded by his greed, he saw this as another opportunity to resurrect Alice; as such, he began reinforcing the Genoremasody Reich's military forces for an all out invasion into Hell for the stones.
The potential damage from such an excavation was incredibly high and after banishing Lotus, Kreutzer began to develop her own suspicions. One day, she confronted Einhardt herself and after a heated argument, he told her everything: how he loathed the girl, purposely kept her locked away and merely used her for her magical potential. Though enraged, Kreutzer was inhibited by love for her father and, as a result, couldn't kill him outright. Instead, she used her power to seal his spirit into a machine, faking her father's death and taking over as empress. She sought to undo her father's madness before it spread any further...
...Two years passed and despite her best efforts, Kreutzer only slowed the process down. As she ran out of options, she reach for the most desperate one she could: she needed to destroy her empire before it spread. Its military forces began spreading destruction everywhere and enslaving innocents...at this point, it couldn't be saved; only put down. However, she couldn't do so herself; she needed to act as empress and if they caught her proceeding with their plan, they would've killed her and realized that Einhardt was still alive. She needed outside help...
Almost everything after this is canon
And so, she chose to seek outside help. Kreutzer made a perfect doll replica of herself and sent it out to find one who could help her destroy the empire. As she controlled the doll, Kreutzer saw a small portion the world she never could see before...but she also saw her empire's destruction spreading further. Eventually, her search lead her to a 16 year old girl named Rosa Christopher. Rosa had the incredible ability to synchronize with and control artificial humanoids. Kreutzer decided that Rosa would lead her army of enchanted dolls loaded with weapons and kamikaze bombs against the empire.
She needed to be trained, but the girl caught up quickly, much like Kreutzer did years before. Despite meeting in tragedy, the two became great friends, which was something Kreutzer never felt in her life before. The closest she had were her dolls and arguably Einhardt, but this? This was pure...this was the foundation of life that she never quite understood before.
Tragically, this was also what made the rest of the plan heart wrenching for Kreutzer. Rosa learned to control Kreutzer's dolls well and began taking down sections of the empire, one by one. After destroying the fourth stronghold, Kreutzer knew she was ready for the grand finale. Kreutzer faked her own death using the doll of herself, which sent Rosa spiraling downward into an eternal pool of rage. She knew Rosa's anger would be enough to destroy what remained of the empire...and it was. The capital of Wilhelmgrob was destroyed, along with its castle and the machine housing Einhardt's spirit, effectively killing him.
...And here was the part of the plan that was most difficult. Kreutzer revealed herself before Rosa and her remaining dolls, informing the girl of her ties to the empire that killed the girl's family and without further explanation, attacked. It was a difficult battle for both of them; Rosa was completely confused about how her friend was still alive and why she was attacking, while Kreutzer desperately struggled to keep up the act as she tried to have Rosa accomplish her final task: kill Kreutzer. Though her empire was corrupt, she knew she built up most of Einhardt's insanity. On top of knowing too much via Universal Science and guilt for bringing Lotus into this world and betraying her only friend, Kreutzer saw no more reason to live.
Though Kreutzer demonstrated skill in wielding her dolls and their power, Rosa showed much better control over them and their potential. Kreutzer was brought down to her final attack pattern, one that left her intentionally open for a kamikaze attack.
And Rosa delivered.
As she lay on the ground, broken and near death, Kreutzer was able to take one last glance at her dearest friend. At that moment, she felt her entire body go numb as she forced up a smile. She chose not to waste her breath with an apology and instead, spoke four words before her death:
"Thank you...and goodbye..."
It had the benefit of two benevolent rulers: Einhardt, the twelfth member of the Wilhelm family, and his spouse and love of his life, Alice. To Einhardt, Alice was the ideal woman: graceful, kind, beautiful and perfect in every way. To Alice, Einhardt was devoted and ambitious, but still took the time to enjoy what was right in front of him. They were perfect for each other. And when word of their empress' pregnancy spread, the empire rejoiced. The emperor stood by his wife's side the entire time as he awaited the delivery of his child, tending to Alice as she frequently sang to life forming within her.
...Unfortunately, complications arose at the time of birth. There were problems in the delivery process and it came down to a tragic decision: either they save Alice and lose the baby or save the baby and lose Alice. Einhardt hesitated in making the decision and before he could choose to save his wife, Alice instead chose to save her child. She barely had enough time to hold her newborn daughter in her arms, but when she laid eyes on that little face, all of her pain seemed to vanish in an instant. She was so overwhelmed with joy that she muttered a single name through her warm smile.
"Kreutzer."
Because of Alice's sacrifice, Kreutzer was delivered to the world safely. Though the empire felt the weight of the loss of their empress, they praised the beautiful young girl.
However, no one felt as completely and utterly crushed as Einhardt did when he lost his wife. She meant everything to him...everything. When Alice died, a part of him died with her. Some say it was his compassion, others say it was his sanity...whatever the case, their emperor changed for the worst that day. Though he never made his opinion public, he put the blame of Alice's death solely on Kreutzer and punished her accordingly: he didn't kill her outright since Alice's dying wish was for Kreutzer to live, so he instead raised his daughter himself, forbidding her from spending time outside the castle and, when she was old enough, her room. In the eyes of the public, he was simply an overprotective father who wanted the best for his child. In actuality, he sought to deny his daughter her own chance at life for taking away Alice's.
As such, Kreutzer grew up to be a very lonely girl, with Einhardt serving as her only real company; servants and castle guards were forbidden from speaking to her, though they did so anyway whenever the emperor wouldn't catch them. Since she was indoors most of her life, Kreutzer spent much of her time reading books and studying all manner of things, whether it was literature, science, crafting, music, sewing or even cooking. Her open mind welcomed all knowledge it could gain. Thanks to spending so much time expanding her knowledge, she became very intelligent, practically a genius, by the time she was 8.
But for all that she learned, Kreutzer wanted nothing more than to go out and see the world with her own eyes; though her books were detailed, she knew that words and pictures couldn't capture the sheer brilliance of seeing for herself what those books represented. Plant life, animal life, social interactivity, she wanted to see it all for herself. She quickly adapted to daydreaming and reading fantasy novels since they portrayed such marvelous worlds filled with adventure, love and countless other things that one couldn't experience beneath castle walls. The only view of the outside world she had was a window in her room that faced North. Though she could never see the sunrise, she could see a glimpse of a world that called to her.
But even with all of her intelligence and her dreams, Kreutzer couldn't help but feel incomplete and exiled from even her own empire. In her mind, she wasn't even a normal girl. Normal girls (at least, the ones she read about in her books) loved dolls, tea parties and ponies, three simplistic aspects of "normality" that she felt she could adapt to easily. Experience with sewing helped her grow into a doll maker, but ponies (or horses in general) became her favorite animal. To her, they were majestic and free to roam the land as they saw fit. It may have been part of the illusion of her ideal world she liked to imagine, but such was her life.
She took to pretending her dolls were alive to make her tea parties that much enjoyable, but one day, she discovered her talent with magic when she accidentally enchanted one of her dolls to life. Once Einhardt noticed this, he saw potential in the girl. It was uncommon for magicians to do anything that advanced at so young an age, but with all of her intelligence, it seemed possible. He saw great potential in her and her talents, so he taught her all he could about magic, alchemy and a very forbidden technique known as Universal Science. It was a field of science dedicated to achieving understanding and control over the universe. Its foundations were based on the Tree of Life, better known as the Sephirot; it was equated with demonic power, but it was possible for a master of the field to essentially ascend into godhood. He believed if Kreutzer could master that field, she could learn to counter death and bring Alice back to life.
It was daunting, even with the young girl's knowledge, but with her own curiosities mixed in with her father's two-faced encouragement, she went forward with her studies. She surprised even Einhardt with her potential as she grew into a young woman, a graceful woman who was kind, beautiful and perfect in several ways...Kreutzer's similarities to her mother disgusted Einhardt, treating it as if God himself mocked him by mirroring the two girls.
By the time she was 16, Kreutzer learned everything she needed to know and became a talented magic-user in her own right; her genius mixed with her potential made her a force to be reckoned with. Einhardt one day decided it was time to put her capabilities to the test and finally have Kreutzer attempt to resurrect her mother. The preparations were made and on paper, everything looked like it would run perfectly.
...But Einhardt miscalculated one very important thing: for one to use Universal Science to its fullest capabilities, one must have a complete understanding of life itself, essentially reaching nirvana. Because most of Kreutzer's life was spent in her room, staring out the same window, she couldn't possibly come close to that. The ritual failed and instead of resurrecting Alice, Kreutzer summoned a foul creature that took her mother's form: she called herself Matrix Lord Lotus. Hailing from Que Pholith, the deepest level of hell, Lotus rained destruction everywhere she went; the only hint of kindness she showed was to a very traumatized Kreutzer.
Einhardt was furious with Kreutzer's failure, once again blaming her for the misfortune as he confronted Lotus himself. Because she took on Alice's appearance, he couldn't bring himself to kill her. Instead, he and Kreutzer were forced to send her back to Que Pholith. Through this, he learned of the source of Lotus' power: The Philosopher's Stones, legendary alchemical artifacts that could bestow great power to those who could wield them properly. Blinded by his greed, he saw this as another opportunity to resurrect Alice; as such, he began reinforcing the Genoremasody Reich's military forces for an all out invasion into Hell for the stones.
The potential damage from such an excavation was incredibly high and after banishing Lotus, Kreutzer began to develop her own suspicions. One day, she confronted Einhardt herself and after a heated argument, he told her everything: how he loathed the girl, purposely kept her locked away and merely used her for her magical potential. Though enraged, Kreutzer was inhibited by love for her father and, as a result, couldn't kill him outright. Instead, she used her power to seal his spirit into a machine, faking her father's death and taking over as empress. She sought to undo her father's madness before it spread any further...
...Two years passed and despite her best efforts, Kreutzer only slowed the process down. As she ran out of options, she reach for the most desperate one she could: she needed to destroy her empire before it spread. Its military forces began spreading destruction everywhere and enslaving innocents...at this point, it couldn't be saved; only put down. However, she couldn't do so herself; she needed to act as empress and if they caught her proceeding with their plan, they would've killed her and realized that Einhardt was still alive. She needed outside help...
Almost everything after this is canon
And so, she chose to seek outside help. Kreutzer made a perfect doll replica of herself and sent it out to find one who could help her destroy the empire. As she controlled the doll, Kreutzer saw a small portion the world she never could see before...but she also saw her empire's destruction spreading further. Eventually, her search lead her to a 16 year old girl named Rosa Christopher. Rosa had the incredible ability to synchronize with and control artificial humanoids. Kreutzer decided that Rosa would lead her army of enchanted dolls loaded with weapons and kamikaze bombs against the empire.
She needed to be trained, but the girl caught up quickly, much like Kreutzer did years before. Despite meeting in tragedy, the two became great friends, which was something Kreutzer never felt in her life before. The closest she had were her dolls and arguably Einhardt, but this? This was pure...this was the foundation of life that she never quite understood before.
Tragically, this was also what made the rest of the plan heart wrenching for Kreutzer. Rosa learned to control Kreutzer's dolls well and began taking down sections of the empire, one by one. After destroying the fourth stronghold, Kreutzer knew she was ready for the grand finale. Kreutzer faked her own death using the doll of herself, which sent Rosa spiraling downward into an eternal pool of rage. She knew Rosa's anger would be enough to destroy what remained of the empire...and it was. The capital of Wilhelmgrob was destroyed, along with its castle and the machine housing Einhardt's spirit, effectively killing him.
...And here was the part of the plan that was most difficult. Kreutzer revealed herself before Rosa and her remaining dolls, informing the girl of her ties to the empire that killed the girl's family and without further explanation, attacked. It was a difficult battle for both of them; Rosa was completely confused about how her friend was still alive and why she was attacking, while Kreutzer desperately struggled to keep up the act as she tried to have Rosa accomplish her final task: kill Kreutzer. Though her empire was corrupt, she knew she built up most of Einhardt's insanity. On top of knowing too much via Universal Science and guilt for bringing Lotus into this world and betraying her only friend, Kreutzer saw no more reason to live.
Though Kreutzer demonstrated skill in wielding her dolls and their power, Rosa showed much better control over them and their potential. Kreutzer was brought down to her final attack pattern, one that left her intentionally open for a kamikaze attack.
And Rosa delivered.
As she lay on the ground, broken and near death, Kreutzer was able to take one last glance at her dearest friend. At that moment, she felt her entire body go numb as she forced up a smile. She chose not to waste her breath with an apology and instead, spoke four words before her death:
"Thank you...and goodbye..."
