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Colette (コレット) is a girl who once lived as an outcast in a forest after being shunned from her village for being a “Beast”. She, alongside Palmyra, later joined Omega and formed the Omega Party.
Appearance[]
Colette is a girl with light brown hair, hazel eyes, youthful-looking features, and a short stature. She wears a green coat, a green trapper hat, and average-sized boots. She and Palmyra have matching hairpins.
Personality[]
Colette was initially presented as a recluse with a warm yet wary temperament. Due to the prejudices she faced as a result of her circumstances, she was labelled a “Beast”, and attempted to conform to those expectations until she met Omega and they began to travel together. Her true disposition was quickly shown to be that of a kind and accepting girl who quickly befriends and makes an effort to understand the people she meets. Because of her innocent nature and vulnerability, she is often excluded from discussions on grim matters with her companions, and her friend Palmyra is particularly protective of her.
History[]
As a young child, Colette's parents were on business outside of their home village, and brought back home a bracelet they received during their travels as a memento for her. This bracelet was the Beast Protection bracelet, a meteor that transformed its user into a “Beast” whenever it sensed danger. Due to Colette being a young child, this effect could cause her to feel danger even in a nightmare. As such, she transformed into a “Beast” when the bracelet sensed danger, unwittingly killing her parents in the process. Although taken in by other families, she was eventually outcast from her village after being accused of being a Witch for surviving supposed witchbeast assaults that would kill everyone near her. As a result, she grew a warped belief that she herself was a Witch and tried to perform rituals to become one, turning into the “Beast” and killing animals to do so, with her friend Palmyra making graves for the slain animals.
The Requirements to be a Witch[]
One day, Colette happened to meet a elven girl being swept along the river she was at and saved her from its currents. She introduced herself as Omega, and the two got to know one another over the course of several days, exchanging stories from their pasts. Omega decided to take a walk on another day, Colette informed her to not travel to the eastern side of the forest to avoid a witchbeast that had been attacking people there, though she visited anyways, meeting Palmyra there. Upon returning, Omega relayed to Colette her intent to leave the forest but take care of the witchbeast first as a show of gratitude for her kindness, which the young girl hesitantly accepted. That night, she travelled to the eastern side of the forest and attempted to murder the beast herself until Palmyra came and revealed that it was Colette. Piecing together the circumstances behind the “Beast” and its attacks, Omega manifested her true form to Palmyra and the unconscious Colette, before deciding to set off for the village in hopes of setting things straight with the villagers. However, this only made things worse for Colette, as she was forced to leave the area as a consequence for being acquainted with an actual Witch. Seeing as how Colette had nowhere else to go and Palmyra had used up all of her courtesy for the village, the two of them were invited by Omega to join her, officially forming their party.
Abilities[]
Equipment: Colette owns the Beast Protection Bracelet (獣護輪, Juugorin), a meteor that allows the user to transform into a beast to protect themselves against danger when the bracelet senses it. As a beast, the user gains a rapid influx of mana making them stronger in combat despite losing most of their capabilities to reason. It is possible to control this effect.
Trivia[]
- In The Requirements to be a Witch, Colette is twelve years old.[1] However, this was contradicted in the Comic Alive version of One Wild Night, where her age is said to be fifteen.[2] The adaptation of One Wild Night in Tanpenshuu Volume 10 changes the sentence to avoid any mention of age, thus making Colette's age twelve.
References[]
- ↑ Though adults would probably laugh it off as her being “cheeky” if she used a phrase like “compared to the typical year”, considering she was still twelve years old. The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch, Section 1.
- ↑ Faintly drawing her eyebrows together, Palmyra fixed her gaze on Omega. The pleas of this young girl, so brave at only fifteen—the same age as Colette—left Omega with no choice but to surrender. The Witch's After Tea Party / One Wild Night Part 2, Section 2.