Master of the Graveyard


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"Whatever, just take your time. The end result will be the same. I will eat you to your last bone."

- Master of the Graveyard



The Master of the Graveyard is the awakened vessel of Gluttony. She commands the graveyard around Evil's Theater, capturing and devouring any trespassers. Her servants refer to her as the Queen of the Dead and the Evil Food Eater.

Awakening
Sometime before EC 990, the Glass of Conchita awakened, assuming the title of Master of the Graveyard with her Servants by her side. She became subservient to Ma and was tasked with guarding the Theater from any intruders. Building a graveyard around the theater, she devoured any intruders who came within its perimeter. Gammon Octo, attempting to obtain the Venom Sword, managed to elude the Master of the Graveyard and her servants, but ended up at the mercy of the Master of the Court. She and her servants desired Gammon to be captured, executed, or eaten but was denied her meal by the Waiter. At some point, Gammon remarked at how he'd been forced to trust his life to her. Despite his trust, she planned to one day have him in her stomach as well. She later attended the "trial" the Master of the Court held, searching for the vessel of Wrath. In response to GEAR's impatient and pessimistic commentary about their search, she called him the "soul of Adam who fell in the trap" and told him he was helpless to do anything about it either before or now.

Personality and Traits
The Master of the Graveyard was described as a dark and deceitful woman. She adopted many of the traits and mannerisms of her vessel's sinner, Banica Conchita, including Conchita's cruel treatment of others and her gruesome appetite.

When GEAR commented how nothing would exist in the end, she made a snide remark about his helplessness both then and now to do anything about it. Similarly, she toyed with her victims by asking them which method of cooking them they would prefer since it didn't make a difference for her; she would still eat them entirely.

Although officially serving Ma, she harbored her own intentions and exemplified this deceit by planning to one day devour Gammon Octo (who was forced to trust his life to her) to satiate her hunger. Despite this, she showed a loyalty to her servants by defending them when GEAR mocked their incessant banter.

Skills and Abilities
Being the awakened vessel of Gluttony, the Master of the Graveyard wielded all the powers granted to her by the Glass of Conchita. She also commanded the graveyard surrounding the theater, successfully capturing and killing many intruders who enter Evils Forest and devouring them.

Character Connections
Servants: The Master of the Graveyard's servants. The Master of the Graveyard viewed the two as useful to her aims of capturing and killing trespassers; despite this, she also treats them with some protectiveness, viewed when defending them from GEAR's mockery.

Ma: The Master of the Graveyard's employer. Despite the Master of the Graveyard following Ma's orders to catch and kill trespassers, she harbors no loyalty towards Ma or her goals.

Gammon Octo: A fellow member of the theater. The Master of the Graveyard saw Gammon as an insolent trespasser and so wished to devour him; while the Gardener was forced to trust his life to her, she still harbored intentions to eat him.

GEAR: A fellow member of the theater. The Master of the Graveyard believed him to be pathetic for letting himself become so powerless by sacrificing his heart, taunting him with this knowledge.

Banica Conchita: The original owner of the Glass of Conchita. The Master of the Graveyard took on Conchita's appearance and gluttonous habits after awakening due to their connection through the Sin of Gluttony.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Although using the same character for "master" as the other Masters (主), the name is pronounced as "aruji" instead of "nushi"; this is likely a subtle reference to "akujiki", the word used for the sin of Gluttony.
 * The vessel's original form, the Seed, is represented as a pomegranate, often referred to as the "Fruit of Death" in Greek mythology, a possible connection with the graveyard.
 * Her attire resembles Victorian-era clothing;  tuberculosis, a disease which causes weight loss and coughing up blood, was identified and named an endemic in this era, nicknamed "consumption".
 * The Master of the Graveyard's relation to the Graveyard is connected to the event of Death in  Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things.
 * The concept of Master of the Graveyard's eating habits may derive from the Japanese legend of "Kubikajiri", a graveyard-dwelling spirit that feasts on corpses.

Curiosities

 * The Master of the Graveyard's hat with a rose is positioned in the same place as a rose flower Banica Conchita wears in some of her appearances.
 * She bears an obvious connection to Banica Conchita, one of the Glass' owners who committed the epitome of Gluttony.

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