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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 conceived 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 unknown 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's poster art

Parasoul's poster art

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.[3]

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.

Trailer[]

Skullgirls_Parasoul,_Reporting_For_Duty!

Skullgirls Parasoul, Reporting For Duty!


Color Palettes[]

  1. "Sheltered" - Default colors
  2. Original colors
  3. Mireille Bouquet (Noir)
  4. "No Egrets" - Original colors
  5. "Princess Pride" - Original colors
  6. Original colors
  7. Parasoul's fencing uniform
  8. "Heavy Reign" - Black Egrets uniform
  9. Kneesocks (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
  10. Original colors
  11. Mitsuru Kirijo (Persona 3)
  12. "Regally Blond" - Olivier Mira Armstrong (FullMetal Alchemist)
  13. Original colors
  14. Kula Diamond (The King of Fighters series)
  15. "Shadow Ops" - Alruna (Gaia Online)
  16. Luka Megurine (Vocaloid)
  17. "Risky Ginger" - Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
  18. "Primed" - Samus Aran (Justin Bailey cheat code) (Metroid)
  19. "Ivy League" - Poison Ivy (DC Comics Batman #181) - Indiegogo backer color
  20. "Summer Salt" - Umbrella and Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) - Indiegogo backer color
  21. Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam) - Indiegogo backer color
  22. Jean Grey (Marvel Comics X-Men 90's appearance) - Indiegogo backer color
  23. Kyoko Minazuki (Rival Schools: United by Fate)
  24. Captain Commando (Captain Commando)
  25. "Star-Crossed" - Annie
  26. Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)
  27. Widowmaker (Overwatch)
  28. "High Ruler" - Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
  29. "Bombshell" - Barbie
  30. "Indomitable" - Makima (Chainsaw Man)

Trivia[]

  • Parasoul's napalm attacks are named after a thickening agent often mixed with petroleum or similar fuels to make incendiary bombs, like ones used during the Cold war and Iraqi war.
  • The design of Parasoul's 4th and 11th alternate color palettes were changed in a patch implemented on May 13th 2014, changing the coloration of the red crosses on her necklace to appear silver and white respectively. This change was announced on May 2 2014[4] after the Skullgirls Encore publisher Marvelous AQL couldn't guarantee legal action against a potential copyright claim regarding similarity to the Red Cross' emblem, which involves any red cross against a white background.
  • In an unused alternate ending, Parasoul decides to shoot the heart and Umbrella gets caught in the explosion. Parasoul sadly apologizes to her sister, saying it was the only way to save the kingdom, and Umbrella assures her that she "always does the right thing" before presumably dying.[5]
  • An update in early 2020 removed the armbands on all of Parasoul’s color palettes with the exception of Princess Pride and High Ruler. This was to avoid the similar resemblance to Nazi armbands. For some reason this only seems to apply to Skullgirls Mobile. As time goes on they seem to be slowly removing the armbands from all Egrets more and more as in the Webtoon they don’t have any.
  • Until the release of Umbrella's story mode it was unclear if she was the current head ruler of the Canopy Kingdom or not, with other characters refering to her as “Princess Parasoul” and not “Queen Parasoul.” It was then confirmed that their father was indeed alive though it's still unkown how the power structure works.
    • The meta reason for this is because the devs for many years could not decide if King Franz were to either be dead or just be missing and said “whatever sounds cooler” for what they’d end up going for.
  • There is art of a unused of move Parasoul having a Mecha Kasa-Obake Krieg as an attack.
  • Her wielding the living weapon named after the Horseman of War can be representative of how she is the leader of a military group. She also constantly spends time with her army.
  • In response to fan art of Parasoul in an old livejournal that contained the Black Tree, or at least part of it, sprouting out of her eye, Alex Ahad believed her super mode in early lore would be something like it.

References[]

  1. Reverge Labs. Skullgirls - Show Me Your Moves: Character Movelist. skullgirls.com. Retrieved on 2021 July 9.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Parasoul « Skullgirls. skullgirls.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved on 2021 July 9.
  3. Parasoul's biography.
  4. Valentine, the Red Cross, and You...
  5. Alternate Unused Story Endings in the Game Data

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