About

Garnet is a girl who awakened her Vital Force abilities through cruel experiments bordering on torture. Though her body has become desensitized to pain due to fatal wounds and constant suffering, her heart and mind are stained with tears and trauma. Known as 'Garnet' for her jewel-like eyes, what brought her to Lumia Island? Garnet was originally a girl without even a name, the 'Second' child to enter an orphanage under Aglaia. To her lonely self, the 'First' child, Kenneth, was her first human connection and her only family. While relying on each other amidst the abuse of cruel researchers, Kenneth's awakening caused a massive explosion and fire at the orphanage. In the chaos, the children scattered, and Kenneth left Garnet with a promise: "No matter where you are or what you do, I will find you, so please wait for me." Garnet fled, clinging to that promise, but no matter how much time passed, Kenneth never appeared. Unable to just wait forever, Garnet set out to find her siblings and Kenneth herself, but there was nothing a young girl could do alone. Just as she was reaching her limit, she was deceived by an Aglaia researcher who approached her saying, "I will help you find your lost siblings," and was taken back to the facility. The first researcher assigned to her cared for her pure heart and gave her hope of finding her siblings, but Aglaia replaced the researcher after deciding that awakening her abilities would be difficult based on data. The newly assigned researcher began literally torturing Garnet to experiment on the effects of Vital Force. The atrocious experiments—being cut, stabbed, and broken—ruined Garnet's body, causing sensory nervous system abnormalities such as achromatopsia (seeing only in black and white), loss of smell, and phantom pain. Furthermore, the researcher constantly brainwashed her, saying, "The First has forgotten someone like you and is living a comfortable life." All that remained for the broken Garnet was a ruined body, scars, and a rage consumed by hatred. Eventually awakening her Vital Force and being thrown onto Lumia Island, she reunites with Kenneth, who has forgotten his promise and is living peacefully under a name of his own. Garnet declares a tragic revenge: "While you were living peacefully, I was in immense pain. I endured being cut and stabbed with the hope that you would come for me. Even if you die, I will make sure you never forget me."