Source of Evil is a Limited S-Tier Costume for the "Little Girl", "Memory". It was introduced in Season 18 Essence 3 (during the Time of Reunion Event) and awarded "Little Girl" for free with the Costume. The costume was obtainable between November 11th and December 2nd, 2021.
It is also connected to Season 19 Essence 1 Lore.
Appearance[]
Physical[]
"Memory" has pale skin, long, curly platinum blonde hair with the upper half pulled back and tied with a frilly white and gold ribbon, thin platinum blonde eyebrows, and gold primrose button eyes cross-stitched with white thread. She also wears red blush and matching lipstick.
Outfit[]
"Memory" wears an elegant white ballgown with a high fluffy collar encrusted with a white crystal, puffy white chiffon sleeves with pleated hems, gold embroidery and matching ribbons, a white fluffy square neckline with a large white-and-gold ribbon brooch in the shape of a blossom, gold buttons, and split bustles with delicate gold embroidery and dangly gold chains over a layered petticoat with pleated hems and gold embroidery, fanning out to her knees, and fluffy Mary Jane pumps with intricate gold embroidery and white crystals. She also wears mismatched black lace evening gloves with fern detailing, fluffy white fur around the wrists, white pearl earrings, and a white cap with gold roses encrusted with pearls, tiny, matching horns, a gold gemstone, and a frilly hem.
Tool[]
Memory Fragments[]
The Memory Fragments are now white envelopes with fancy gold accents and sealed by a white ribbon and red wax with a Muse Mark inlaid with gold and pearls. Black ferns curl around the top right and bottom left of the envelopes.
Memory Sync[]
While using Memory Sync, she is wearing her complete outfit in doll form, albeit a more simplified version to not overcomplicate her smaller figure.
Doll[]
"Memory"'s Doll is now a feminine doll with pale skin, long, curly brown hair, partially tied back with a faded red ribbon, and brown horns atop its head. The doll is missing its right eye, revealing a bruise in place of the black button. The doll wears a brown dress with puffy sleeves and a cream petticoat. A navy green ribbon around its waist is secured with a dull red rose and it wears black Mary Jane shoes.
Special Effects[]
Small, gold butterflies flutter gracefully around her, while pieces of white fluff fall from her dress.
Concept / Design Notes[]
Official Website[1][]
Nothingness, delusion, absurdity, madness... The last banquet of the Land of Origin is about to begin, the invitation has been delivered, will you attend the appointment as scheduled? Let us return to the "Garden of Eden" and explore behind the nightmare the dominion and source!
Absolute garden island, stepping into the endless night
That Eden-like isolated island, the black fern medicine with special effects, and those scenes of pious worship and gratitude to the Muses are still deeply imprinted in her mind, but all of these have long since followed the red nightmare spreading from the junction of the sea and the sky fell apart, and all the good things disappeared, only the rags and broken walls fluttering in the wind of flames, like tombstones erected for the island.
For a long time, she firmly believed that she was the only survivor of that nightmare, and the vision and promise of that person in her memory had also been swallowed up. However, the attribution of countless absurd and strange rumors all point to the homeland that is obviously no longer inhabited. With the expectation of meeting another survivor, she set foot on the channel of memory again after many years.
But the scene in her home is shocking—the endless night, the chaotic and absurd dinner party, the crazy monster that can be called "human", which made her start to doubt the truth of the year and the leader behind the truth, and even more important thing is that she saw a familiar shadow in the blurred flames of the dinner party, and that shadow belonged to a person who would never be so crazy and would never hurt herself..
Illusory dinner, performing desperate pursuit
In the nineteenth season Essence 3 poster released by "Identity V", the "Little Girl"'s S-Tier costume - Source of Evil is hugging the puppet in her arms, and is trying to run forward, but she has no time to take care of her at any time. She might be tripped over by the crazily growing vines; Evil Reptilian costume - Horrendous made a sharp blow, slightly opened sharp claws waiting to catch the prey; The puppet, which is very similar to the source of evil, seems to be intoxicated by the frenzied atmosphere of the dinner; a little farther away, a vague shadow is showing its power, and the onlookers are all applauding. Banquets and chases, madness and despair, gathered in this former "Garden of Eden", what kind of tortuous story will be deduced?
The source of nightmares, appearances are not real
"Little Girl" - Source of Evil attaches great importance to this comeback tour. She is wearing a white gold pattern lace evening dress, pure white plush back hem and trim are warm and gentle, complex golden patterns, bows and petal headbands Dignified and elegant yet cute, the right pearl and diamond jewelry is full of luxury. You may think that she is just a wealthy lady with a good family and a good education, but the two puppets on the ground show her more complex on the other hand, perhaps purity and evil thoughts go hand in hand, and a delicate and pure heart will be forced to fall into the mud. "Little Girl" - Source of Evil seems to be wearing a pair of black lace gloves on her hands, but if you look closely, you will find that these are not gloves, but the blackening of the skin itself. What will happen when the blackness continues to spread throughout the body??
The pure lamb hides the origin of sin and evil, the imprisoned satin blue bow bird longs for its own "toy", and the followers of the truth abandon their remaining reason. In the "homeland", we had a false feast together, and the guests who attended the banquet have appeared one after another, and the host is sincerely looking forward to you shall arrival······
Social Media[2][]
Design Notes
Starting with the "Little Girl's" costume, "Source of Evil", the beautiful story has changed, and this is the beginning of a nightmare.
At this time, the "Island of Eden" is already in danger because of their naivety and ignorance. They used their "purity" and "credulity" to open the box of the outsiders' desires. From then on, things became worse. People plundered and slaughtered wantonly, and all the good things were burned in the raging fire.
"Source of Evil" is the only visitor with a "pure purpose" in this false banquet, and also the only one dressed in white in the essence. She came here alone, like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, but is there really no sin in this world? Perhaps what is buried deep under the white shell is not innocent kindness, but the source of all sinful thoughts. Based on this setting, we chose two images of a lamb and goat: the little girl is the lamb, which symbolizes purity, innocence, and sacrifice; the doll in her arms is the goat, which symbolizes evil and sin; black fern patterns spread across the areas of contact, symbolizing the encroachment and spread of sin.
Initial Sketches
"Little Girl" - Source of Evil, the theme is about her, who looks innocent but is the beginning of evil. The character needs to wear gorgeous costumes, as it has to have the characteristics of lambs and goats, which symbolize the image of innocence/holiness and sin respectively. The overall feeling is to present a pure beauty with a vaguely sinful feeling.
The overall glamour of the two images in the first sketch is not enough to reach the level of decoration of the holy and the sinful, and the overall design is a bit average, and the black doll is too jarring, which does not match the overall image. The character being a sheep is hardly reflected, and it doesn't achieve the sense of innocence and sanctity and is more like a sense of aristocracy. It is difficult to widen the gap from the initial costume on the outer contour.
The two levels of glamour in the second sketch are slightly better overall, and the contrast between good and evil is clearer, but the design is too spliced. The makeup on the face, the hair ornaments on the head, the hair tie, etc. makes the head look very crowded. The finely divided, wool-like decorations not only "cuts" the character but makes the whole design very scattered and while it has many high-performance materials, the effect in-game is not good.
Some "sheep" elements in the costume that fits the theme are too decorative and have no sense of the time period. The whole character costume's decorations feel too forcibly added on under the basis of Victorian costumes, resulting in a somewhat magical feel to the overall character.
The third one is close to the final draft. Most of the opaque materials have been removed from the overall clothing, and it is sorted from top to bottom in the order of material > color > layer > area, so that the character can be more integrated while maintaining a high-end sense. The character's head wear is shaped like a hairband instead of sheep's ears, and the shape of the flower headband is used instead of sheep's horns. With bow knots and special effects to reflect the pure and holy side, her eye buttons are changed to oblique cross-shaped gemstones with the characteristics of buttonholes and looks noble and sacred. The purely decorative elements are removed, and gold and white fern decals are added, which is sacred and in line with the story of "Little Girl". Her doll has a different appearance. The stitching of its clothes is replaced by wool, and the middle cloth is laid to the back to connect with the lamb's tail. The long skirts of Victorian ladies are replaced by short skirts, which lessens the sense of maturity of the costume and strengthens the character's overall pure personality. The evil attribute of the goat is reflected in the doll. The doll is properly aged, looking dilapidated and a little crazy. The buttonholes are changed to single line stitches to imitate the structure of goat eyes, which strengthens the evil features.
Costume Details
- "Little Girl" - Source of Evil has a sweet and pure smile on her face, and her exquisite headband and hair tie are like the ears and horns of a sheep. She is an innocent lamb who strayed into the feast of falsehood, lost.
- The color of the doll in her arms is dilapidated and described as crazy, symbolizing evil and sin.
- The black fern pattern on the "Little Girl's" arms seemed to look like scorch marks left by the erosion and spread of sin.
Showroom Design
A strange feast, sumptuous food, crazy and greedy guests... the "Little Girl" who strayed into the "false banquet" seemed out of place.
The platinum invitation is sealed with a black fern wax seal, symbolizing the sinking darkness of its place of origin.
The doll entwined with vines was forced to surrender to greed and evil, and the golden glow was obscured by a thicker and deeper darkness.
Costume Effects
"Little Girl" - Source of Evil is surrounded by fluttering butterflies and light fluff, exuding pure and holy platinum light. In the deep darkness, she symbolizes hope, and also attracts greedy and coveting eyes.
Trivia[]
- The B-tier equivalent of Source of Evil is Pandora.
- Source of Evil's color scheme is similar to Hollow, and she also appears on the cover of Hollow's Sketchbook.
- The costume's icon used to lack "Little Girl's" doll, until this was fixed on March 27th, 2025.
- It is the only Season 18 Essence 3 Costume that isn't gothic and dark, possibly to create a stark contrast between "good" and "evil".
Gallery[]
Appearance Decoration Menu[]
In-Game[]
Model Render[]
Concept Art & Icons[]
Promotional Art[]
![September 2023 English Former Calendar[3]](/wiki/File:SeptemberCalendar2023ENFormer.jpg "SeptemberCalendar2023ENFormer.jpg (399 KB)")
Merchandise[]
Videos[]
Storyboard & Concept Art[]
Final Product[]
In-Game[]
Appearance Decoration Menu[]
Portraits[]
Tools[]
Cameos[]
Scrapped Content[]
![Unused [Portrait Frame] Season 27 Dashen](/wiki/File:S27DashenPortraitFrameOld.png "S27DashenPortraitFrameOld.png (56 KB)")
Other Languages[]
| "Source of Evil" in Other Languages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) |
恶之源 (È zhī yuán) |
Source of Evil | |
| 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese) |
惡之源 (È zhī yuán) |
Source of Evil | |
| English | Source of Evil | ||
| Español (Spanish) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | |||
| 日本語 (Japanese) |
悪の源 (Aku no minamoto) |
Source of Evil | |
| 한국어 (Korean) |
악의 근원 (Ag-ui geun-won) |
Source of Evil | |
| Bahasa Melayu | |||
| ภาษาไทย (Thai) |
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| Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) |
Nguồn Gốc Cái Ác | The Origin of Evil | |
References[]
- ↑ https://id5.163.com/news/official/20211110/26476_984673.html
- ↑ https://weibo.com/6140485374/L4OqgfNon
- ↑ Both Journalist and "Little Girl" were removed from the 2023 September Calendar and Journalist was later given a different birthday date, May 5th.
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