User blog:SiRenfield/Master of the Court (Male)

"Convict her, convict her, convict her anyway! Start trial! Convict! Death!"

- Master of the Court

The Master of the Court is the awakened vessel of Sloth. He acts as the judge of Evil's Theater, sentencing trespassers to death. He is also referred to as the Clockworker's Doll, the Director Doll, and the Judicial Doll by the inhabitants of the theater.

Miniature Garden Girl
While gathering the vessels of sin, Galleria Marlon collected and became attached to the Clockworker's Doll. At this time, the doll awakened and the widow referred to him as her "son" and he returned the favor by calling Galleria "mother". Unable to walk and confined to a wheelchair, Galleria kept the doll insider his room, leaving him unaware of the outside world. In the early EC 980s, the Doll was attended to by Ve when Galleria entered the room. Staring blankly while the two conversed, her "mother" spoke with him after the playwright left, promising to search for his "friends" as much as possible.

Over time, Galleria decorated his room with some of the vessels she acquired. Every now and then he heard laughter coming from the vessels of sin, telling him they were all the same. Sometimes, he would sing for his "mother". During the Levianta Civil War in EC 983, Galleria's mansion was burned, killing Galleria and burning the Clockworker's Doll. He was later recovered and brought to Evil's Theater with the rest of the vessels of sin by Ve.

Evil's Theater
Severely burnt by the fire, the Clockworker's Doll was attached to the inner workings of the Theater's clocktower to sustain his life. Sometime afterward, he began singing the Clockwork Lullaby, attracting curious visitors to the theater who seeked to attain Galleria's legendary fortune. In EC 990, the deteriorating gears broke down and the clock stopped, threatening his life. Due to GEAR's sacrifice, the Clockworker's Doll's life was secure and the clocktower continued running. With the powers of the Marlon Spoon now transferred to him, the Doll's burns were healed and he gained a new vigor. Succeeding Galleria on his own accord, the Director Doll took on her title as the new Master of the Court. With Ve's encouragement, the Master of the Court decided to pursue Galleria's plan of creating utopia by gathering the Seven Deadly Sins and send all of humanity to Hell, where it is proposed that this "utopia" will take place.

Using his power, he put on trial all visitors who got past the Master of the Graveyard and would quickly find them guilty, sentencing them to death. After Gammona Octo managed to infiltrate the Theater in an attempt to steal the Venom Sword, ahe was captured and put on trial. The Judicial Doll quickly convicted her and had her prepared for execution but the Waiter intervened, convincing him to spare Gammona by using her for chores as the "Gardener". When Gammona made her vision known, the Master of the Court didn't give it much attention. Despite this, he questioned whether it was her or Ve who was right about the result of his mother's plan. He eventually decided to continue with their plan for utopia and disregarded Gammona's dream.

He called the inhabitants to a "trial" meeting in EC 998. Searching for the vessel of Wrath, the Judicial Doll questioned Ma about the location of the vessel with Ve responding that it was in the possession of the Master of the Hellish Yard. Later during the meeting, the Judicial Doll decided to organize the information and gave the Cursed Gardener permission to speak about her reasoning for coming to the theater.

Personality and Traits
Due to being confined to his room while in Galleria's possession, the Master of the Court is naive about the outside world and has a limited perception of right and wrong. For those same reasons, he never saw Galleria's corruption nor the reasoning behind their home's destruction. As a result, he struggles to develop a moral conscience when confronted with determining right and wrong.

He also shows concern when replacing his mother as judge and questions the morality of judging intruders and executing them, as well as Galleria and Ve's ultimate plan of sending them all to hell. Despite this, he accepts his role willingly and swings his gavel anyway. His naivety makes her impressionable, Ve's claims of turning hell into a utopia easily manipulating the doll to finish Galleria's collection so he can see his mother again. He shows an enormous adoration for his "mother" and the two mutually loved each other as parent and child. After her death, he looked towards her for guidance as he struggled with what to believe: Ve or Gammona's claims about her planned "utopia". In contrast, he appears to treat the rest of the theater's inhabitants somewhat coldly.

Skills and Abilities
GEAR's sacrifice rejuvenated the Director Doll and gave him the capability to walk as well as granting him the powers of the Marlon Spoon. As a result, he wields the powers of both Greed and Sloth.

Character Connections
Galleria Marlon: The Doll's perceived mother. He cared for Galleria deeply and wished to please her, singing to her and completely content with her wish to not leave her room. He continued to look to her for guidance after their separation and maintained a hope of saving her from Hell.

Ve: The Master of the Court's partner. He looked to Ve for guidance on how to gather together the Sins and acted on his theory that utopia would be created from assembling them. Despite this, the Master of the Court expressed uncertainty over whether Ve was right or not, and was initially reluctant to trust him.

Gammona Octo: A fellow member of the theater. She initially saw Gammona as a trespasser to be judged and executed, but after Waiter's intervention she became interested in his motives for coming to the theater. She expressed uncertainty over whether his vision of the end times was right or not.

GEAR: The Master of the Court's caretaker. He acknowledged the role GEAR had in his survival, but disagreed with her view on what would happen when the Seven Deadly Sins were reunited.

Irino Clockworker: The Doll's creator. The Master of the Court did not acknowledge Irino's role in his creation.

Adam Moonlit: The inspiration for the Master of the Court's appearance.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * A clockwork doll is immobile unless you "wind" it up, relating to Sloth's connotation of laziness.
 * Hatsune Mikuo's family name sounds similar to the japanese word 発明 (hatsumei) meaning "invention"; this wordplay possibly connects to the Clockworker's Doll's artificial origin and to Belphegor, the patron demon of Sloth.
 * Master of the Court's relation to the Court is connected to the event of Judgment in Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things.

Curiosities

 * The Clockworker's Doll, ironically, is the first vessel to awaken despite being the vessel of Sloth.
 * He is the only awakened vessel of sin with the powers of two of the Seven Deadly Sins.