Ma

 ''“Fufufu… It is true. But it can’t be wrong, this is the truth. Hidden behind history, it is the story of the truth.”'' Ma (pronounced "Em Ei") is the recombined form of Elluka and Irina Clockworker. She manipulates Gallerian Marlon and the vessels of sin so that she can collect all of the Seven Deadly Sins. She is called the Sorceress of Time by the inhabitants of Gallerian’s Theater.

Origin
A young girl diagnosed with Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome was confined and medicated. During the time she was held for study, the girl named "IR" murdered her father and was later given an injection. She would split into two halves: a spirit form inhabiting a cat and a human form. The two halves, Elluka and Irina Clockworker, would be involved in multiple conflicts with each other over the course of the Evillious Chronicles.

Sometime after the events of The Last Revolver, Irina and Elluka recombined and became the entity known as “Ma”. She would share Irina and Elluka’s immortality and would inhabit the body of the sinner of Envy, Kayo Sudou.

Daughter of Evil and the Fragments
Ma would become a playwright during the time of the Union State of Evillious and would meet Judge Gallerian Marlon and become his close friend. She later lent him the Freesis novel "Daughter of Evil", hoping to convince him to sponsor a film adaptation of the story. After the judge finished reading the book, she visited him to ask his thoughts on the story in EC 978. Ma assured Gallerian, despite his doubts, that the tale the novel told was true.

She asked if he would sponsor her but the Judge declined. Calling him stingy, she walked around the room until she saw a picture of Gallerian with his family. After, staring intently at the image, she whispered that his wife would return the next day, prompting Gallerian to ask if she was threatening him. Before he finished warning her, Ma laughed and told him she had no intention to harm his family.

After a long silence, they continued discussing the novel’s characters and their relationship to later historical figures such as "Lemy the Ripper" and Julia Abelard. In response to Gallerian’s question of why Abyss I.R. collected the Seven Deadly Sins, the enchanting playwright told him it was because the one who collected the sins would have their wish come true. After a short pause, she excitedly asked if he was interested in finding them together but was cut off by the judge. Asked by him if money was necessary, the playwright indifferently admitted it. Gallerian denied Ma and she left, telling him she would return later. After exiting the Judge’s Study, Ma told him to tell her if he ever changed his mind about the film adaptation and the vessels of sin.

Sometime after she left, Gallerian received news that his wife and daughter were in an accident caused by the bizarre attack of a giant octopus. The judge reconsidered MA's offer and the two began collecting the vessels of sins together. Ma helped Gallerian build a small theater in the middle of Eldoh's Forest to store the vessels of sin he collected in EC 982. At some point, Ma promised to continue the judge’s quest should he perish.

Gallerian’s Theater
After Gallerian’s death during the Levianta Civil War, Ma collected the vessels of sin within his burned down estate and stored them in Gallerian’s Theater in EC 983. At some point, she built a garden within the theater. She wrote scripts with Gammon Octo’s assistance that reenacted events that occurred in Evillious’ past. She also told the Master of the Court that Gallerian’s vision of Utopia would come true if all the vessels of sin were collected, pushing the doll to continue her “father’s” quest and grant his wish. Due to the vessel of Envy failing to awaken, Ma became the replacement for the dormant pair of scissors.

She along with the other vessels of sin attended the meeting called by the Master of the Court and was asked by the Judicial Doll if she knew the location of the vessel of Wrath. Ma responded that she did not know its location but that it was probably in the hands of “her”.

Personality
Ma is whimsy, lackadaisical, and playful towards Gallerian Marlon, much like Elluka, one of her halves. She acted visibly excited when bringing up the topics involving the Seven Deadly Sins and her Story of Evil adaptation. She also shows hints of malicious intent like her other half, Irina, and acts manipulative to get what she wants, using Gallerian Marlon and the Master of the Court to collect the vessels of sin. She appears to like her work as a playwright and seems to enjoy gardens as she builds one in the theater for herself. Ma has a smoking habit and is always seen with her smoking pipe in hand.

Skills
As the recombined form of Elluka and Irina and because of her title as the Sorceress of Time, Ma is assumed to be a powerful mage with strong magic. Her power is strong enough that the Master of the Graveyard openly obeys her. She is also an experienced penman, adapting many historical events from the Evillious' history into features reenacted in Gallerian’s Theater.

Appearance
Ma assumes the body of Kayo Sudou with pale skin, black hair, and purple eyes. She is considered very beautiful and has a striking figure according to Gallerian. She often wears a kimono and is always seen carrying her smoking pipe and wearing her monocle. During Capriccio Farce, she wears a brown kimono with a blue, yellow-lined coat with yellow and brown shoes.

Capriccio Farce (EC 998)
In Capriccio Farce, she is asked by the Master of the Court where the vessel of Wrath is located and replies that she does not know. She believes it is in the possession of the Master of the Hellish Yard.

Blood-stained switch (EC ???)
In Blood-stained switch, a little girl named "IR" was diagnosed with Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome, a disorder giving her an alter-ego that was inherently wicked. Sometime after the events of the song, IR is separated into two halves. The state in which the two halves recombined is Ma.

Connection to Other Characters
Elluka Clockworker: The “human” half of IR that recombined to form Ma.

Irina Clockworker: The “cat” half of IR that recombined to form Ma.

Gallerian Marlon: She was his close friend who helped him retrieve the vessels of sin and build a theater to safeguard them. She promised to carry out his legacy after his demise. She is possibly responsible for the death of his family.

Kayo Sudou: Ma uses Kayo Sudou’s body as her own. It is possible Ma is the one who swapped bodies with Kayo and stimulated the Epitome of Envy.

Gammon Octo: As the “Cursed Gardener” it is assumed he maintains her garden. Using his Purple Dream ability, he helps her write the scripts for the theater’s productions.

Master of the Graveyard: The awakened vessel of Gluttony officially obeys Ma but harbors deceitful intentions for the end day.

Master of the Court: Ma insists that Gallerian’s quest for turning hell into a utopia will be completed if all the vessels of sin are collected, motivating the Director Doll to continue his quest.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Ma appears to be an abridged form of the word Magician. This refers to how her and her two halves are powerful sorceresses. The “gician” part of her name missing is taken from one letter in the Latin names of the Seven Deadly Sins collected by Gallerian.
 * It also shares the same letters as Project "MA" (pronounced Mem Aleph).
 * MA is also a title for the ruler of Divine Levianta. It is reserved for the witch who is able to successfully give birth to the twin dragon gods Levia and Behemo.

Curiosities

 * Ma’s eye color is purple. Curiously, Elluka and Irina’s eye colors, blue and red respectively, create the color purple when mixed together.
 * The giant octopus that attacks Gallerian’s wife and child strangely resembles the "Very Amazing Octopus" that Elluka, one of Ma’s halves, is given in Story of Evil.