Master of the Court


 * For other uses, see Master of the Court (disambiguation)

"Convict him, convict him, convict him anyway; Start trial! Convict! Death!"

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

"Daughter" of Gallerian
While gathering the vessels of sin, Gallerian Marlon collected and became attached to the Clockworker's Doll. At this time, the doll awakened and the widower refered her as his "daughter". She returned the favor by calling Gallerian "father" and sometimes she sang for him. She did not have the ability to walk and was confined to a wheelchair. Concerned, her "father" comforted her by decorating her room with his collection.

Gallerian confined the doll insider her room and she was left unaware of the outside world. However, she was content because of the love and affection her "father" showed her. As a result, she had never been taught anything about the outside world. Every now and then she heard laughter coming from the vessels of sin, telling her they were all the same.

During the Levianta Civil War in EC 983, Gallerian's mansion was burned, killing Gallerian and burying the Clockworker's Doll. She was later recovered and brought to Gallerian's Theater with the rest of the vessels of sin by her "father's" closest friend: Ma.

Final Stretch for Utopia
Severely burnt by the fire, the Clockworker's Doll was attached to the inner workings of the Theater's clocktower to sustain her life. If the clock ever stopped, she would die. in EC 990, the deteriorating clock almost stopped working, prompting GEAR to sacrifice his heart to power the clocktower, ensuring the Clockworker's Doll's life was secure.

Receiving a new power from the sacrifice of GEAR and healing her burns, she succeeded Gallerian on her own accord, becoming the new Master of the Court. Using her power, she put on trial all visitors who escaped the hands of the Master of the Graveyard and would quickly find them guilt, sentencing them to death. She was about to do so to Gammon Octo when he attempted to steal the Venom Sword, but was stopped by the Waiter, conceding to letting Gammon stay by being their gardener. The Director Doll also contained Irregular inside her womb and treated him like a cherished, unborn child.

The Master of the Court seeks to complete Gallerian'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. Searching for the last vessel of sin, the Judicial Doll questioned Ma and the rest of the awakened vessels of sin to locate the Master of the Hellish Yard.

Personality
Due to being confined to her room while in Gallerian'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, she never saw Gallerian's corruption nor the reasoning behind their home's destruction. As a result, she struggles to develop a moral conscience when confronted with determining right and wrong.

She also shows concern when replacing her father as judge and questions the morality of judging intruders and executing them, as well as Gallerian and Ma's ultimate plan of sending them all to hell. Despite this, she accepts her role willingly and swings her gavel anyway. Her naivety makes her impressionable, Ma's claims of turning hell into a utopia easily manipulating the doll to finish Gallerian's collection so she can see her father again.

She shows an enormous adoration for her "father" and the two mutually loved each other as parent and child. After his death, she looked towards him for guidance as she struggled with what to believe: MA or Gammon's claims about her planned "utopia".She shares a similar love and affection toward her own "child", Irregular. In contrast, she appears to treat the rest of the theater's inhabitants somewhat coldly.

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

Appearance
The Doll was shaped in the image of the "Original Sin". Because of this others have often compared the Doll to Eve Moonlit. The doll had green hair, which gained a stronger blue hue after gaining the Marlon Spoon's power, and green eyes with pale skin. Her standard outfit was a long blue, frilled dress with a tall white collar and white cuffs. While in Gallerian's tenure, the doll was dressed in a variety of outfits consisting of a skirt and blouse adorned with various ribbons, laces, bows, and flowers. She was also confined to a wheelchair due to her mobile disability.

Master of the Court (EC ???)
Master of the Court is the Master of the Court's leitmotif during the last ten years of Evillious. She describes her role in Gallerian's Theater and her intentions of gathering the Seven Deadly Sins to create "Utopia". However, she is unsure about Gallerian's views and how she is leading his dream.

Capriccio Farce (EC 998)
The Master of the Court plays a big part in Capriccio Farce. She calls all the inhabitants of the theater to a meeting in order to find the Master of the Hellish Yard. Later, she questions Gammon for his reasons for coming to the theater and quickly finds him guilty. Her death sentence is revoked by the intervention of the Waiter.

Madam Merry-Go-Round (EC ???)
In Madam Merry-Go-Round, one of his visions, Gammon Octo witness the Master of the Court as the shackled and chained Queen of the Amusement Park, placed in some sort of twisted Utopia. He warns her about his vision but she doesn't believe him.

Connections to Other Characters
Gallerian Marlon: Her "father". She was found by him and taken in to live with him as his "daughter".

GEAR: Her caretaker in Gallerian's Theater. GEAR saved her life once when the clock threatened to shut down. However, contrary to her views, he seems to believe there will be nothing left when the end does come.

Gammon Octo: She almost sentenced him to death had the Waiter not intervened. Gammon and the Master of the Court have conflicting views about what will happen on the end day.

Irregular: He dwells inside the Master of the Court's womb. She treats him with motherly love, assuring him that his time will come. She thinks of him as her unborn child.

Ma: The Master of the Court refers to her as the "Sorceress of Time". She asked Ma about the whereabouts of the last Deadly Sin, Wrath. Ma replies that she does not know but believes that it is most likely in the hands of the Master of the Hellish Yard.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * A clockwork doll is immoble unless you "wind" it up, relating to Sloth's connotation of laziness.
 * Sloth's original form, The Wind, forms a wordplay with the action required to operate a clockwork device.


 * Hatune Miku's family name is similar sounds similar to the japanese word 発明 (hatsumei) meaning "invention; this wordplay possibly connects to the Clockworker Doll's artificial origin.
 * Master of the Court's relation to the Court is connected to the event of Judgement 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.
 * She is the only awakened vessel of sin with the powers of both the Clockworker's Doll and the Marlon Spoon.
 * While Gallerian states that the Clockworkers Doll is unable to walk, she is shown standing several times in the PV for Miniature Garden Girl. This is likely a consistency error.

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