North

Personality

North appears to others as introverted, as expected of someone in Ignihyde. She appears mostly stoic but is more expressive and outgoing with those she is close to. If one were to read her thoughts, they would get a storm. Under that, she is jaded, pessimistic, wary of people's intentions, even pragmatic or selfish no matter how much she wants to do the right thing, as a result of her magical girl days. Under that, she is capable of love. As for how far she'll go out of love, it's best not to discuss that.

She is tight-lipped about her background or her magic, as things in Twisted Wonderland may be different on Earth where magic is unnatural. She will say she had an ordinary life but won't disclose her place of origin. Her past is in the past and is best left there instead of dug up.

She is aware of the differences between the descriptions of the Great Seven and their film counterparts but doesn't comment on it. She knows the original version of "Aladdin" had the sorcerer and vizier as separate characters, that myth!Hades is the chill one that isn't as involved in the "family drama" that the other gods get into, and some of the original versions of stories that have been adapted by Disney.

She has untreated C-PTSD and undiagnosed autism. She knows she has trauma and autism but can only self-diagnose because getting officially diagnosed would require others to get involved. Because the trauma has to do with her time as a magical girl, she keeps quiet about it.

As an NRC student... She works in the Mystery Shop and will pick up on notable regulars like Ruggie and Ortho. In terms of academics, she does her best and tries to aim as high as she can. But in Physical Education classes, she feels that the superhuman strength and abilities her magical girl status gives her would make her stand out, so she holds back and sticks to being on the average side, never using her full strength. To Vargas, it looks like she isn't pushing her limits so he tries to encourage her. In the beginning, she only used magic when necessary but nowadays uses it for small everyday things such as levitating objects or making a barrier for an umbrella.

Magic

In-game, her elemental magic is primarily Water with Fire later appearing as a secondary element. Her Cosmic magic is Light. In Magia Record and Magia Exedra, her in-game element is Aqua and she is an Attacker type.

As a magical girl, her magic comes from her Soul Gem. Her Soul Gem is similar to Twisted Wonderland's magestones except the Soul Gem literally contains her soul so destroying it would kill her, and separation after 100 meters would cause her to lose control of her body until the Soul Gem is returned to her, like a lich. The soul is in the Soul Gem so the magical girl will feel less pain in combat when taking damage that would leave regular humans in excruciating pain, out of commission, or possibly dead. They can open portals into Witch or Familiar's labyrinths. (For better information, see Puella Magi Wiki pages "Magic" and "Soul Gem".)

• Magical Girl form/tranformation: They can change into magical girl form which comprises of an outfit unique to them.
• Superhuman physical strength and abilities: This is the result of the separation of soul and body. If one chooses to, they can make themself immune to or cure physical ailments and illnesses, which North has opted into. They can still take damage during battle and will have to heal them but they don't experience as much pain compared to humans.
• Summon weaponry: Magical girls can summon any weapon but tend to stick to one. They can also use magical energy blasts if not using a weapon. North can use the spear, quarterstaff, sword, shield, shovel, parasol, and multiple other weapons, even a steel chair. She's working on ranged magical weapons like the wrist-mounted crossbow and... gun despite her anti-firearms stance. She primarily uses the staff or spear sometimes with a shield.
• Magic Seals: Has a variety of uses, platforms being one of them.
• Defensive/Barrier magic: This isn't a well-known magic that magical girls can use. It can be learned if chosen to.
• Magic Imbuement: This can enhance the object's function.
• Telepathy: There is a maximum range but that range is unknown in canon.
• Magic detection: She can detect the magic of other magical girls, Witches, and Familiars, each having magic signatures. This extends to the magic in Twisted Wonderland, being able to detect a presence or traces of magic which can be helpful while on the lookout for danger. Some magical girls can hide their magic so others can't detect it.
• Connect: An ability that is dormant in magical girls and has to be unlocked by Adjusters to be usable. This ability allows magical girls to share their magic with other magical girls to perform a powerful team attack. Those lacking experience with this can accidentally get overwhelmed and lose control with their next magic attack. This ability is useful for those working in teams. In Twisted Wonderland, North is able to use Connect on other magic users but they have more difficulty controlling the surge in magic compared to Puella Magi. (For better information, see "Connect" on Puella Magi Wiki.)
• Concealed Messages

• Ice Magic: Ice is her elemental specialization. North can use this to freeze the ground to mess with the terrain, build ice walls or spikes, and many other applications. Because of how ice works, she may be able to run around with wind or cold water.
• Red Ribbon: The ability to summon red ribbons. North uses the ribbons for grappling hooks or tripwires. This ability is actually from Red's magic. Once Red comes back, North will still be able to summon ribbons and can choose to make them white or light blue but keeps them red. The red "bracelet tattoo" around her right wrist will remain and the two will be able to sense each other.
• "Frozen Heart": If someone wants to know her Unique Magic, she would pretend that it's this. An attack where she injects ice magic into the target's body that gradually freezes/destroys them from the inside out. Because of its lethality and the fact that it can't be undone once used, she only uses it with intent to kill. There is no incantation because magical girls don't use incantations but if it did have an incantation, it would just be lyrics from "Frozen Heart". It can also be called "Snowgrave".
• Survival: The Unique Magic born from North's wish. She doesn't know how it works or whether it's used actively or passively but it she sees it as an explanation for surviving an old teammate's attempt to turn her into a Witch, the fight against Hunter, or ending up in Twisted Wonderland instead of turning into a Witch.

• Ability to read Witch runes and understand Witch/Familiar's dialogue to an extent. She cannot speak in Witch language but Kai can.
• Summon one of Kai's Familiars (Marie or Wisp) as an ally for a few minutes at most.
• Kai's Witch Labyrinth: She can enter and exit the labyrinth when she wants. She can bring other people into the labyrinth but doesn't because of how personal the place is.
• "Hammerspace" inventory via Kai's labyrinth where she just sends the item to Kai's labyrinth. When she wants an item that's in the labyrinth, Kai just sends it to her. (Puella Magi Wiki mentions that Hammerspace is a learned ability but no source for that is stated)
• Summoning Kai as a Witch to fight alongside her takes a ton of energy/Soul Gem impurities. It is very unlikely for a situation to warrant Kai's appearance.

Trivia

Theme メフィスト (Mephisto) - 女王蜂 / QUEEN BEE

• Because North's magic comes from her Soul Gem, she doesn't need a magestone. She still carries it because everyone else does and it would be weird if she didn't.
• In her third year, she chooses Poison Making.
• Rook's nickname for her is "Chevalier de Glace".
• North has seen many Disney media and some of the source material that they're adapted from. Her favorite Disney Villain is Hades. Her favorite Disney Princess is Mulan because of her character overall and North's bias toward Asian characters, with Megara coming close despite being an unofficial princess.
• She goes by "North", her magical girl alias, under the notion that her human self that existed prior to making the contract with Kyubey is dead. Her birth name and Cantonese name are still valid for use so if one needed her name to curse her or anything, they would need those names.
• Other than English, she knows Cantonese and Mandarin. With her parents, she primarily speaks Cantonese and prefers it over Mandarin. Her family is from Hong Kong.
• Her Cantonese name is 白愛雪. Her family name 白 (baak6 in jyupting) means "white, pure, clear, unblemished, bright" or "empty, blank". The characters of her given name: 愛 (ngoi3) means "love, kindness, benevolence", and 雪 (syut3) means "snow". In Japanese, 白 has multiple readings for surnames and 愛雪 can be read as "Ayuki". Her last name would be written as Pak in English but when she has to take on a last name in Twisted Wonderland, she opts for Baak to get people to pronounce her last name "bahk" instead of "pack".
• She has been to Hong Kong Disneyland.
• North is bi/pan. As for gender, she's questioning as she was born and raised female but doesn't really perform gender even though she knows gender norms exist. She isn't open about her gender because NRC is an all-boys school and it's only after she graduates that she shows her pronouns on social media. While she's in NRC, others refer to her with he/him or they/them pronouns because they don't know she's not male.
• When angered, she and the air around her turn cold, a side effect coming from her Witch form.
• She got into roller skating because of Shadow the Hedgehog who skates in his running animation. She plans to recreate Shadow's air shoes.
• She studied many subjects such as how to use weapons for combat, and physics, chemistry, biology, human anatomy, and science topics for magic-related purposes. She also watched anime, cartoons, and video games to see how magic or powers there are handled and try to do something similar.
• North is the only occupant in her 4-person dorm room, as a reference to Anna's room being half-empty after Elsa moving into another room, and to hammer in the isolation. Theoretically, her teammates could occupy those spots in spirit. Sometimes, North thinks about the possibility of having a sleepover since the beds are free anyway. She's fine with being the only occupant as this means she can train without interference or witnesses.
• North has to be banned from fighting Overblot victims... or fighting in general. Because she uses more physical combat than magic attacks which means the victim would land in the hospital and be required to take medical leave.
• She loves cats, especially black cats to the point of having a black cat plushie named Shadow. She also sleeps with a weighted blanket.
• She would be the type to make snowmonsters like in Calvin and Hobbes.
• Her Magicam username is aurorastarlight. She tends to post photos taken at events and food either bought or cooked. She refuses to show her appearance on the internet and avoids posting photos with her to the point where if she is in the photo and has to post it, she censors it.
• Her magic was adjusted, negating the need for Grief Seeds and making it so she won't turn into a Witch. Impurities can still build up in her Soul Gem but will disappear over time similar to how Blot does, but she's still careful to avoid getting her Soul Gem fully tainted. Because she is a Puella Magi, she cannot Overblot or have blot build up.
• If someone tries to out her as not-male, she would go "just because I have a female body doesn't mean I'm female" to make them so uncomfortable about being called transphobic that they back down ala "Update about my German neighbour", the sequel to "How to deal with German neighbours". Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss.
• Some Pokemon associated with her would be Froslass, Alolan!Ninetales, Mismagius, Aegislash, Ceruledge, Beartic, and Vanillite. Her favorite Pokemon is Espurr.
• Playlist:
  • Frozen Heart - Frozen OST
  • Mirror Mirror - Jeff Williams feat. Casey Lee Williams (RWBY)
  • Path to Isolation - Jeff Williams feat. Casey Lee Williams (RWBY)
  • The Witching Hour - Rachel Rose Mitchell
  • Angel With A Shotgun - The Cab
  • Throw it All Away - Everett Bradley (Sonic Adventure 2 OST)
  • Supporting Me - Everett Bradley (Sonic Adventure 2 OST)
  • Fall Fair Suite - Ride the Cyclone
  • Dangerous to Dream - Cassie Levy (Frozen Broadway Musical)
  • Red Like Roses Part II - Jeff Williams feat. Casey Lee Williams (RWBY)
  • Mephisto - 女王蜂 / QUEEN BEE
  • Nigredo - ReReGRAPHICS (Magia Record anime OST)
  • Monster - Cassie Levy (Frozen Broadway Musical)
  • Colder by the Minute - Frozen Broadway Musical cast
  • I Am All of Me - Crush 40 (Shadow the Hedgehog OST)
  • I'm Here - Tomoya Ohtani feat. Merry Kirk-Holmes (Sonic Frontiers OST)
  • Stronger Than You (feat. Estelle) - Steven Universe OST
  • 孤勇者 (Lone Warrior) - 陳奕迅 (Eason Chen)
  • あぁあぁあぁああぁあぁああぁ (AaAaAaAAaAaAAa) - Nashimoto-P feat. Hatsune Miku
  • 勇気が生まれる場所 (Where Courage is Born) - Happiness Charge PreCure
  • プリンセスの条件 (Conditions of Being a Princess) - Go! Princess PreCure
  • Meltdown - Iroha/Sasaki feat. Kagamine Rin
  • Without You - Casey Lee Williams (Shadow Generations)
  • Jane Doe - Kenshi Yonezu & Hikaru Utada
• Her "name" North can refer to either the North Star (aka Polaris) or the northern lights (aka aurora borealis)
• North's black hair color comes from the concept art of "villain" Elsa who had black hair in some drawings... which influenced me to make North Asian and also twist her from Mulan.
• There are multiple basis that North is twisted from, not just Elsa herself:
  • Mulan. Her 2020 counterpart is called "Asian Elsa" which is accurate and actually funny but I'm not pulling from the 2020 version. Animated!Mulan doesn't succeed in conforming to gender norms, poses as male in the army, and wins battles with her intelligence and quick thinking.
  • Kai from the original version of the "Snow Queen" story who had a mirror shard stuck in his left eye and later his heart. This influenced North's heterochromia/blue eye in her design.
• Other character inspirations: Yachiyo Nanami (Magia Record), Shadow the Hedgehog, Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil series) Weiss Schnee (RWBY)
• I made North 14 so there would be less reason for her to be a student through normal means and because the Madoka Magica characters are ~14. As is, North could be shipped with Najma Viper.
• North was sorted into Ignihyde partly to fit with the isolation that Elsa had and the theme of death. She doesn't fit Heartslabyul, Savanaclaw, Octavinelle, Scarabia, and Pomefiore personality-wise so they're out. Diasomnia is known for magical apitude which even if North possesses, North despises the idea of being defined based on magic rather than the person because it would mean being either feared or seen as a means to an end. If she were to be sorted into another dorm, it would be Diasomnia.
• Based on her age, she would be partway into 8th grade before she ends up in TWST. Luckily, canon NRC operates on high school logic.

Story

• Earth
• TWST Main Story
• Post-Canon

Relationships