Queen Nehellenia
Nehelenia, Neherenia, 女王ネヘレニア
Queen Nehellenia is a character from the anime and manga series "Sailor Moon." She leads the Dead Moon Circus and is named after the Teutonic goddess Nehalennia. In the anime, she first appears in Episode 148 and is fully introduced in Act 37 of the manga. Queen Nehellenia's dark mirror image is Queen Serenity, who is the self-proclaimed queen of the dark center of the moon. She arrived at Princess Serenity's birthday celebration and confronted her with dark energy. The Moon Stick was used to seal Nehellenia in a dark mirror world forever. As revenge, Nehellenia cast a curse on the Moon Kingdom that it would fall and the princess would never inherit her throne. Her magic brought about the end of the Silver Millennium but she lived on. Over one thousand years later, during a solar eclipse, Nehellenia was able to spread her curse to Earth by infecting people with nightmares through her minions, the Dead Moon Circus. In the anime, Queen Nehellenia is the dark mirror of the moon who had the dream to stay young and beautiful forever. Her kingdom was located on an asteroid that she called lonely and cold. She consumed the dreams of her subjects to retain her beauty and formed the Dead Moon Circus.
Nehellenia still believed that she was the rightful owner and heir of the illusory Golden Crystal; and set out to steal it.
As retaliation, Nehellenia cast a curse that the Moon Kingdom would fall and the princess would never inherit her throne. Her dark magic ultimately brought about the end of the Silver Millennium, but she lived on. However, over one thousand years later, a solar eclipse allowed her to spread her curse to the earth by way of infectious nightmares aided by her minions, the Dead Moon Circus.
In the anime, Nehellenia is the dark mirror of the moon who had the dream to stay young and beautiful forever. Her Kingdom was located on what she called a lonely and cold asteroid. She understood that she would never be able to attain her dream when she looked into an enchanted mirror she saw herself aged and ugly. In order to retain her beauty, she consumed the dreams of the people of her kingdom.
In the manga, she is the dark mirror image of Queen Serenity; the self-styled Queen of the dark center of the moon who first made herself known during the Silver Millennium. Queen Nehellenia arrived at the celebration of Princess Serenitys birth. Swirling with dark energy, she confronted the Queen, who used her wand, the Moon Stick, to seal Nehellenia inside a dark mirror world forever.
Those subjects became Lemures, the main monsters of the day in the series, and formed the Dead Moon Circus.
