Parasoul Renoir (JP: パラソール・ルノワール Parasōru Runowāru) is the princess of the Renoir family, the rulers of the Canopy Kingdom, and the older sister of Umbrella. She is the daughter of King Franz and Queen Nancy, the previous Skullgirl, and wields the Living Weapon, Krieg, in battle. Under her command are the Black Egrets.
General Information[]
Parasoul is one of the playable characters in Skullgirls, she is one of the earliest concieved characters and is one of the original eight playable characters. Her homestage is the Glass Canopy as of Skullgirls Encore, where she also appears as an NPC if not chosen to be played.
Krieg is a Renoir family heirloom, it is one of the four umbrella living weapons with the others being Eroberung, Hungern and Todd, all of which have currently unkown origins.
Personality[]
Parasoul, unlike her late father, is a firm, fair, wise, and diligent leader who vows to protect the kingdom with the Black Egrets by her side. Her childhood was centered around becoming a warrior that was worthy of her father's legacy. Underneath her serious personality is a noble leader who is thinking about what is best for her kingdom and her family. She attacks with grace, poise, and cunning to defeat her opponents and complete her missions. She prefers to take action over doing paperwork. Although she maintains a solemn demeanor, she tends to be very protective of her sister and the kingdom in general as she does deeply care for their well being.
When seeing the pain of others, Parasoul shows sorrow toward those who are suffering. This is evident during her quotes against Painwheel. She will notice her horrible disfigured body, saying to her "You poor girl... I never authorized this!". When she defeats Painwheel in battle, she will either apologize to her or states that "No one deserves this...", showing that Parasoul is a very caring leader and a kind ruler. She'll lay down her life for her kingdom and her people as shown in her story's ending, when she gives up her fate to become the Skullgirl instead of her sister, so Umbrella can have a full life and defeat her one day.
Character Basis[]
Name[]
Parasoul is a portmanteau of "parasol" and "soul".
Krieg is German for "war", and follows the theme of the Renoir royal family's Living Weapon umbrellas being named after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Design[]
Parasoul has straight lower back-length red hair with a bang covering her right eye and carrot orange eyes. She also has a slender figure. She wears a long sleeved black top, a matching skirt with light purple undies underneath and flat black shoes. The pistol Parasoul uses is a Luger P08, a German 9mm semi-automatic pistol used during both World Wars, and a replacement for the earlier Mauser C96.
In earlier incarnations, she had an affinity with the Black Tree, a discarded concept from lore drafts. It was a magic tree owned by the Renoir family and it’s power would manifest through her right eye socket, which is normally hidden by her bangs. In current canon, the tree doesn't seem to exist and Parasoul has both eyes.
The symbol that Parasoul wears on her necklace and has engraved into the side of her pistol is the Cross of St. Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross or simply as an Inverted Cross, which is a symbol of the Trinity. The necklace is identical to the one her mother wore.
Story[]
Few know the terrors of the Skullgirl as intimately as Parasoul does: seven years ago her own mother became the Skullgirl that nearly destroyed the world. This tragic past has made her fiercely protective of both her country and her family, and these two priorities frequently come into conflict.
Parasoul is now the crown princess of the Canopy Kingdom and leader of its elite military squad, the Black Egrets. Wielding the living umbrella, Krieg, she fights with grace, poise and cunning to defend her family honor and destroy the Skull Heart so no one can repeat her mother’s terrible mistake.
When she was a teenager her mother turned into the skullgirl and she participated in taking her down alongside her father, Big Band and Ileum, with many other characters and factions helping out but without interacting diectly with Parasoul. The resulting fight ended up stopping the grand war and cost his father his head, causing her to become the face of the kingdom instead.
Skullgirls 2nd Encore[]
After defeating Marie the Skullgirl, to save Umbrella who got too close to the Skull Heart and would die in its explosion if Parasoul were to destroy it, Parasoul wishes that her sister will never become the Skullgirl. Thus, causing Parasoul to become the next Skullgirl. In preparation for this eventuality, she orders the soldiers that she will personally train her sister Umbrella , in order for her to be able to combat what Parasoul is destined to become. They were last seen in a fencing lesson.
Abilities & Fighting Style[]
Parasoul is a strategic fighter on the battlefield, her living weapon Krieg is capable of shedding Napalm Tears that can be dropped around when Parasoul shoots it with her luger or twirls it around which she can then detonate later. She can temporarily float in the air with Krieg and any tear that explodes while she still floats propels her upward. Also, her soldiers are more than eager to help her gain the upper hand by defending her from projectiles, dragging her opponents away, or just shooting them from afar.
Story of Joining Sora's Team[]
Parasoul and his sister to atone for his mother's actions, especially She is archenemy of Malty, Yuto, Natsuko, Clovis, Artorius, and other villains as an evil older brother, and an evil older sister who treats his younger sister and younger brother badly, Mirellia, Naofumi, Itsuki, Ren, Motoyasu, Raphtalia, Melty, Filo, Rishia, Eclair, Sadeena, Aultcray, and the other heroes were shocked by Her's words about Malty, and her troops especially Mirellia confirming about Parasoul's words that Mirellia was already suspicious to Malty about Skullheart especially hearing that his mother had caused problems making Mirellia feel very sorry for her, and Umbrella as Nancy Daughter, and Franz Daughter, until finally Mirellia gave her, her sister, and Her troops i.e. all facility with free for search Malty, her troops, and other villains especially Parasoul provide join to Ake, and his troops defend Naofumi to become strong like his troops who made Ake, and the troops allied with Naofumi see that her is as good big sister than Malty, She is archenemy of Relius, Charles, and other villains just like her mother did, even though Isogai and his classmate just like Dahlia are assassins but Parasol has the same principle of mind as the Hero especially from Parasoul's same way of thinking as Class 3-E which is the same as her to protect the innocent especially Class 3-E treats her like the late Aguri as them teachers especially Class 3-E already knows that Her is Umbrella's older sister so Her also mourned Aguri's death so that Her considered Aguri to be an extraordinary hero even though She was just an ordinary teacher even though the Avengers and other heroes see her as Black Widow then Ken, Yu, and persona heroes see her just like Mitsuru especially He is friends with Yu because Yu is like Adam in his youth, Parasoul as Isogai's new teacher is surprised that Isogai can combine his fighting techniques alone or with his troops, especially Isogai combines his techniques from Captain Commando, Black Dahlia, Tomoka Minato, Baby Bonnie Hood, and others that use all his classmates as his backup weapons, especially Isogai learned from Naofumi as Naofumi's student like Nagisa but Isogai saw that Naofumi could use a shield, and see Naofumi led his partner making Isogai learn to use a shield that changed shape in different ways, and Isogai led his classmates as his partner so well that Isogai could be like Parasoul, and Naofumi from Naofumi's lessons taught to Isogai as good leader to be able to leading his classmates, and other heroes just like Sora leads his friends and other heroes.