Krampus Enforcing Praxina Morals

 

In 2018, Krampus gathered some deserving cartoon cuties for punishment, well it time to gather some more  bad cartoon cuties.  It seems Praxina of Lolirock wished she had remained on the side of goodness.  Now this returned villain is dscovering what happens to bad girls.

Praxina is the twin sister of Mephisto, together working for their former master, Gramorr. Doing the latter's bidding, they did the dirty work for Gramorr by facing the princesses.

Praxina is the older twin sister of Mephisto. Like her brother, she has pale skin and burgundy hair, but has navy blue eyes. She also wears a black and white dress with red tints and a symbol of a butterfly, black boots and a cape.

She is more intelligent than her brother and a very cold-hearted, ruthless and determined person. She is older than Mephisto by several minutes and it is typically her who comes up with the plans against the princesses. Though she is harsh and mean towards others, she truly does care for her brother. But Praxina dislikes Earthly things, especially human romance.

The Twins have a mysterious past, and no one knows their origins or who their parents were. However, we only know that they have an uncle named Pappy (in "Lucky Star"), who is a court jester that gave Mephisto a powerful staff that has the ability to make people fall asleep and get their powers drained (for Ephedians only).

Praxina and Mephisto arrived on Earth from Ephedia to bring the Princesses (especially Iris) down by stealing as much Oracle Gems as they can and bring eternal destruction with the help from Gramorr. However, this resulted in multiple fails where the Twins were forced to hear the painful yellings from their master as loud that it spreads throughout the galaxy. This phase continues until the last part of the final episode of LoliRock; Crowning Glory, Part II.

During the final battle of the entire series, Praxina and Mephisto (along with Gramorr) fought the Princesses at the dead-end of the controlled Castle of Ephedia, even near the dead end. When Iris sees that her friends Talia, Auriana, Carissa and Lyna are in full danger, she loses control over her powers and transforms into her intimidating and formidable Shanila form. Her battle against Gramorr gets taken to the extreme, but unaware of the incident, Mephisto pushes Praxina off the ground where a large, purple rock falls on him. In horror, Praxina looks as she is forced to see the death of her brother caused by a magical explosion from the rocks. Iris then loses control of her blast-to-blast powers, and Gramorr stuns her until the fellow princesses come to the rescue and help her defeat Gramorr for good. Iris stands up, and the princesses altogether cast a powerful spell that instantly kills Gramorr. Praxina survived nonetheless, but Mephisto and Gramorr are nowhere to be seen until Banes arrives with half of Gramorr's mask and gives it to Praxina, making her the Big Bad she is as of now.

At the end of the final episode, Praxina (in her current "badass evil" form) gets surrounded with butterflies (her signature symbol) and is prepared for launching a surprise destruction at Iris' loved one (implying that she is going to kill Nathaniel as means of revenge for what Iris did to her brother, though this done by accident since Iris couldn't control her Shanila power-up and therefore has no remembrance of what happened).

Praxina is a very affirmed person determined to obtain the Oracle Gems, and to destroy the five Ephedian Princesses. She loves to belittle people, especially her enemies and her twin brother, Mephisto, the latter of whom she reminds that she was born before. She is extremely cold, ruthless, and hates the Princesses at heart and wishes to destroy all of them. Her attacks tend to be demonstrations of raw power with explosions and large summoned monsters. She also is very bossy and has a soft side for Mephisto. She also seems to be an animal lover and enjoys baby talking her creations.

In Central European folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in contrast with Saint Nicholas, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts. Krampus is one of the companions of Saint Nicholas in several regions including Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Northern Italy including South Tyrol and the Province of Trento, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The origin of the figure is unclear; some folklorists and anthropologists have postulated it as having pre-Christian origins.

In traditional parades and in such events as the Krampuslauf (English: Krampus run), young men dressed as Krampus participate; such events occur annually in most Alpine towns. Krampus is featured on holiday greeting cards called Krampuskarten.

The history of the Krampus figure has been theorized as stretching back to pre-Christian Alpin traditions. In a brief article discussing the figure, published in 1958, Maurice Bruce wrote:

There seems to be little doubt as to his true identity for, in no other form is the full regalia of the Horned God of the Witches so well preserved. The birch – apart from its phallic significance – may have a connection with the initiation rites of certain witch-covens; rites which entailed binding and scourging as a form of mock-death. The chains could have been introduced in a Christian attempt to 'bind the Devil' but again they could be a remnant of pagan initiation rites.

Discussing his observations in 1975 while in Irdning, a small town in Styria, anthropologist John J. Honigmann wrote that:

The Saint Nicholas festival we are describing incorporates cultural elements widely distributed in Europe, in some cases going back to pre-Christian times. Nicholas himself became popular in Germany around the eleventh century. The feast dedicated to this patron of children is only one winter occasion in which children are the objects of special attention, others being Martinmas, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, and New Year's Day. Masked devils acting boisterously and making nuisances of themselves are known in Germany since at least the sixteenth century while animal masked devils combining dreadful-comic (schauriglustig) antics appeared in Medieval church plays. A large literature, much of it by European folklorists, bears on these subjects. ... Austrians in the community we studied are quite aware of "heathen" elements being blended with Christian elements in the Saint Nicholas customs and in other traditional winter ceremonies. They believe Krampus derives from a pagan supernatural who was assimilated to the Christian devil.

The Krampus figures persisted, and by the 17th century Krampus had been incorporated into Christian winter celebrations by pairing Krampus with St. Nicholas.

Countries of the former Hasburg Empire have largely borrowed the tradition of Krampus accompanying St. Nicholas on 5 December from Austria.