Ennil El (エニル・エル) is a character introduced in the anime After War Gundam X.
Personality & Character[]
Ennil likes jobs where she has to risk her life, as seen when she goes on a salvage mission at an old United Nations Earth (UNE) powerplant on the cusp of going into a meltdown.[1] She later reveals that she started acting recklessly after her father died, but started hoping for the future when she met Garrod. When he rejected her advances, her strong feelings turned to hatred and she became obsessed with revenge.[2] She did eventually try to put everything behind her but that didn't work out and she once again became vengeful.[3] She calms down during the advent of the Eighth Space War.[2]
Skills & Abilities[]
Ennil is a skilled mobile suit pilot, reminding Nicola Fafas and his comrade about her father who was also a first rate pilot.[4]
History[]
The daughter of a high-ranking officer of the Space Revolutionary Army (SRA) stationed on Earth during the 7th Space War, she had endured a great many hardships during the post-war period. Nothing is known about Ennil's mother except that unlike her father, she had been born on Earth. Her family survived the massive colony drop that brought an end to the 7th Space War and tried to make a living among the other survivors, but her fathers' true identity was discovered. One night, when Ennil was nine years old, a group of people attacked her family home and killed him. Her mother also died later on of unknown circumstances.[5] As an orphan, Ennil was forced to grow up quickly and alone in the harsh environment of Earth. She learnt how to pilot a mobile suit and became a Vulture, joining Zakott Dattonel and his crew.
Chasing the Freeden[]
Ennil is first seen on a salvage mission at a nuclear power plant. escaping just before it has a meltdown. She takes a break upon returning, and is informed by Zakott about Garrod and the Gundam X (GX). She takes an interest and keeps watch on the Freeden, chasing after the GX when it takes off. They catch up to him at an old UNE powerplant and begin a battle, damaging the reactors in the process. She escapes before the powerplant explodes.[6]
After the battle, she heads to the shower and Zakott comes in, offering to drink with her. She takes him up on the offer and he tells her that he'll locate Garrod for her. As Zakott uses her shower, she looks at the pictures, commenting it would be a waste if her prey escaped. She later refuses to launch in order to fight Witz Sou for his gold bars and tells Zakott that she is only interested in the GX. This is a lie and she is actually interested in Garrod. She hears that a GX is being put up for sale and locates Garrod, becoming the highest bidder and getting closer to him. They go out for some drinks at a bar and talk to each other, with Garrod making it clear that he only cares about the money, though Ennil tries to flirt with him anyway. She approaches him in his room at night.[7]
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Seeking revenge against Garrod
Garrod pulls a gun on her and, assuming she approached him to get the location of the GX so she could steal it without paying. She tries to convince him of her true intentions and appeals to his loneliness, but he fires a warning shot at her and tells her to leave before he shoots for real. Ennil is shocked and leaves, upset. She returns to the Trieste and vows revenge against Garrod. She leads a team of Vultures and attacks the Freeden, knowing that Garrod will return once he sees his friends in danger.[8] Shagia and Olba Frost join the battle and face Witz and Roybea Loy, leaving her free to go after the Freeden. She aims at the bridge but Garrod arrives in the nick of time to save them. She faces off against him and once more invites him to join her. Ennil is defeated, and later blown away by the explosion caused by the Satellite System.[9]
Fort Severn[]
Ennil chases the Freeden all the way to Fort Severn and watches as they fight against Carris Nautilus and the Fort Severn forces.[10] She is disappointed that she didn't get to see Garrod die, but wonders why there is a Bertigo in Fort Severn.[11] She makes contact with Nomoa Long, recognising that he is actually Professor Dorat. She introduces herself as Nada El's daughter and tells him her past. Nomoa in turn reveals his plan and shows her the Patulia he has been preparing for mass destruction and about Carris. Ennil joins him on, hoping to make use of his forces to kill Garrod. She realises that Garrod was eavesdropping and points her gun at him once Nomoa's forces have him cornered.[5] However, the battle between the Freeden and Olba makes its way into the city and the ensuing explosions throw Ennil off balance, allowing Garrod and Tiffa to escape. Nomoa later informs her about how important Carris is to his plans.[12]
After Carris is taken aboard the Freeden, she heads out in a Juracg to retrieve him. She succeeds and tries to capture Garrod with her as well, but is forced to retreat as Witz and Roybea catch up in their Gundams. She returns Carris to Nomoa on watches as he activates the Patulia. She watches the destruction it brings forth and its battle against the Gundam units in the control room alongside Nomoa, but she soon realises that Nomoa's obsession has taken away his sanity and reason. She starts becoming concerned with his attitude and the way that the battle is going, but he points his gun at her when she suggests that they retreat and would have fired at her if he wasn't knocked off balance by a tremor. She flees as Garrod breaks into the control room to rescue Carris.[13]
Zonder Epta[]
Following the events at Fort Severn, Ennil ends up on Saints Island and works at a bar there. She strikes up a relationship with Miles Goodman, who proposes to her at some point. Ennil also meets Lumark Kauto, an arms dealer who shows her the Esperansa, but she is unsure whether she should take it or not as she doesn't know what to do with her life. She meets Miles while still thinking about what to do and listens as he tells her that he doesn't care about her past. She later goes to a clothing store and tries on a dress, but sees Toniya Malme upset that she wasn't able to buy it for herself. Toniya leaves but Ennil buys the dress and gifts it to her. She meets up with Toniya later at her bar and the two hit it off, quickly becoming good friends. Toniya invites her to join her crew, and Toniya is ready to accept. However, Miles comes in (wanting an answer to his proposal) and recognises Toniya as a member of the Freeden. Ennil is shocked and runs away, later confronting the Freeden in her newly purchased Esperansa. She outspeeds the three Gundam units and makes it right in front of the Freeden, but hesitates when she sees Toniya and leaves.[14]
Ennil with a hidden flash grenade
While out at sea, Ennil ends up on Zonder Epta, thinking it was a deserted island. She is attacked by the New UNE and pursued by the Frost brothers after accidentally seeing the Double X Gundam. She is cornered and her Esperansa is destroyed by Shagia's Gundam Virsago, badly injuring Ennil. The brothers are not able to confirm her death thanks to the timely arrival of Garrod and Witz. She is taken aboard the Freeden where she is treated by Techcs Farzenberg.[15] The crew is soon captured and taken aboard Zonder Epta. Techcs continues her treatment and informs her of their escape plan, but she betrays them and tells Aimzat Kartral about the plan on the condition that Toniya won't be harmed. She watches as Techcs is taken away, but when the soldiers force her to walk with him she realises that she has been lied to.[16] As the pair are escorted away, she activates a hidden flash grenade and knocks out the stunned officers. Ennil and Techcs take their weapons and manage to get hold of a tank, which they use to rescue Toniya and the other crewmembers. They all escape to the Freeden and Techcs continues treating her, comforting her as she revels in guilt.[17]
South Asia Front[]
Ennil travels with the crew to South Asia as they try to resupply. Techcs continues his treatment until she fully recovers, and asks her whether she will join the crew like Toniya asked her to. However, she secretly leaves[18] as she doesn't believe Garrod would forgive her.[19] She intends to return to Saint Island and be with Miles. On the way she reunites with Lumark, but learns that the New UNE have already laid claim to the island and killed Miles along with the rest of the government officials. Lumark offers the vengeful Ennil a mobile suit[3] and she takes her new Jenice Kai Ennil Custom and lays waste to the enemy soldiers.[20]
Ennil & Garrod bury the hatchet
She continues to fight the New UNE by herself until she is discovered by the Nicola Fafas and other undercover members of the SRA. He takes her to meet other people like her, who have connections to the SRA.[4] She learns about their plan to forcefully take Tiffa with them and leaves to stop them, but is too late. After Tiffa is taken away she meets up with the Freeden crew and tells them everything, showing them the location of the Eighth Base. As the Freeden makes its way to the Eighth Base, she talks with Garrod and buries the hatchet with him once and for all. When they arrive at the base, she helps negotiate for Garrod to board. She also helps the Freeden defend the shuttle from the New UNE once they find out and attack, watching Garrod as he leaves for space.[2]
8th Space War[]
While Garrod and Tiffa are in space, Ennil is captured with the rest of the crew by the New UNE and taken away for execution. They are rescued by Carris[21] and they reunite with Garrod and Tiffa.[22] As the war between the New UNE and SRA commences, Ennil laments that they will have to face hard times again as they did after the war. She goes to see Toniya in her room and finds Witz proposing to her. He runs away when he sees her, and she talks to Toniya about what she just saw. When the crew decide to head to the moon so that Tiffa can meet D.O.M.E., Ennil joins them aboard the Freeden II and heads to space.[23]
Ennil on the moon with the others
When she hears Witz saying he's going to make it back from the war no matter what, she comments that it's for Toniya and he starts yelling at her in embarrassment. Roybea overhears and wonders whether he will get his answer, and Ennil encourages him by telling him that he will likely get his answer too since D.O.M.E. should be a finish line for Jamil's goal too. She launches in her Jenice Kai but is told to stay behind and protect the Freeden II as her mobile suit wouldn't be able to keep up with the Gundams. She later joins everyone else on the moon,[24] and listens as D.O.M.E. reveals the truth about Newtypes.[25] Six months after the battle, she and Roybea follow Witz and Toniya to Witz' hometown. They decide to move in next to them as Ennil wants to stay with Toniya, and it is implied that she is now a couple with Roybea.[25]
Relationships[]
Garrod Ran[]
Ennil developed a romantic interest in Garrod and approached him when he tried to sell the Gundam X, which Ennil offered to buy.[7] The reason was that he reminded her of herself; a strong-willed but lonely outsider without any family or friends. She sought mutual understanding from him and tried to confess her feelings to him, but Garrod rejected her, even threatening to shoot her if she got close to him. This greatly offended her and caused her love to turn into hatred.[8] Her grudge leads her to fight him in battle and try to kill him, saying that she had never forgiven anyone who had refused and humiliated her.[9] However, her obsession with him faded gradually after she was defeated along with Professor Dorat. She later made up with him, helping him get to space so he could chase after Tiffa.
Ennil with Roybea at the end
Roybea Loy[]
Ennil and Roybea don't interact much in the series, but they are both close friends with the Witz and Toniya couple and travel together to join them in Witz' hometown. They are implied to be a couple, though it is never outright stated. Both were rejected by their main love interests (Ennil was rejected by Garrod and Roybea was rejected by Sala Tyrrell).[25]
Toniya Malme[]
Ennil meets Toniya at a clothing store and after giving her the dress she wanted, the two become fast friends. Toniya is able to relate with Ennil's problems and gives her advice that she likes, and Ennil is ready to join Toniya on her ship despite the fact that they only met earlier that day. Although she runs away after finding out Toniya is from the Freeden, she hesitates to attack when she sees Toniya aboard.[14] She betrays the Freeden crew even after they save her on the condition that Aimzat's troops spare Toniya,[16] and continues to be friends with her afterwards. At the end of the series, Ennil joins Toniya in Witz' hometown, wanting to remain with her.[25]
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Ennil was originally going to pilot her own original Gundam with the Freeden, but due to the series' episode count being cut down, this idea never materialized.
References[]
- ↑ I Don't Like It
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fly, Garrod
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 It is Time for Goodbye
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 I Feel Like I May Never See You Again
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 It's My Best Work
- ↑ I Don't Like It
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 I'm Going to Sell the Gundam!
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 I Won't Forgive Him!
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Like Rain on the Street
- ↑ I Am a Newtype
- ↑ Just Run Without Thinking!
- ↑ I'm a Fool; Shoot me
- ↑ Can You Hear My Voice!
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ...So We Meet Again
- ↑ The Ghost of 15 Years Ago
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 My Dream is Real
- ↑ Double X, Activate!
- ↑ You are our Star of Hope
- ↑ Don't Say Anything
- ↑ Look at Me
- ↑ I Will Not Let the Light Of Hope Go Out!
- ↑ The Next War is the War We Wanted
- ↑ Freeden, Launch!
- ↑ I Am D.O.M.E. People Once Called Me A Newtype
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 The Moon Will Always Be There