Toragay Epidemic

The Toragay Serial Killings is the name given to the genocide at Toragay, Elphegort caused by Marchioness Margarita Blankenheim. After poisoning her husband, Margarita went on a psychopathic rampage and exterminated her entire town.

Origins
Following her arranged marriage with Marquis Caspar Blankenheim, Margarita eventually discovered Caspar's purely economical motivation behind their union and open philandering with other women. Distraught by her failing marriage, she lapsed into a depression in EC 609. At this time, Julia Abelard, a close friend of the marchioness, gave her a doll with instructions to concoct the deadly poison, Gift.

Serial Killings
To administer the poison, Margarita presented it to her husband as a "gift" to aid with his insomnia. Soon after administering it, Caspar entered into a comatosis state and died. Afterwards, Margarita administered the poison to her father and mother, poisoning them as well. Gradually, Margarita managed to poison over 24 victims without being discovered. In response, the Elphegort government halted traffic between the city and the capital, Aceid. As the number of victims continued to increase, the government entrusted the Freesis Foundation to investigate the incident. Once Margarita successfully poisoned all of Toragay's inhabitants, she drank her own poison, committing suicide.

Aftermath
By the time that Freesis Foundation's investigation team arrived, Toragay had become a ghost town. While investigating, Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia learned of Julia's involvement and determined she had escaped with the doll. Ascertaining that she was connected to Père Noël, the two infiltrated the organization in an effort to retrieve the vessel.

Civilian Perception
Due to its inexplicable nature, the sudden string of deaths plunged Toragay's citizens into total panic, unable to apprehend the source of the homocides.

The incident's sudden and increasing number of victims immediately drew the attention of the Elphegort government. As the death toll increased, the event was heavily covered from the outside and attempts to isolate the incident resulted in cutting off the influx of goods and people to and from the city, treating it like an epidemic. At some point, Père Noël's involvement was suspected during the killings.

After its conclusion, Margarita was recognized a complete psychopath who had taken joy in murdering others. However, because of the ambiguity of the events, it was unknown whether it was due to her own circumstances or Julia's influence in the immediate prelude.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The incident is inspired by Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray: both used poison in order to accomplish their goals. Margarita killed her husband to end her failing marriage and Marie killed her father and brothers to earn their estates.

Curiosities

 * It is currently unkown how Margarita killed an entire city without being noticed.