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

"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. He commands the graveyard around Evil's Theater, capturing and devouring any trespassers. His servants refer to him as the King 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 his Servants by his side. He became subservient to Ve and was tasked with guarding the Theater from any intruders. Building a graveyard around the theater, he devoured any intruders who came within its perimeter. Gammona Octo, attempting to obtain the Venom Sword, managed to elude the Master of the Graveyard and his servants, but ended up at the mercy of the Master of the Court. He and his servants desired Gammona to be captured, executed, or eaten, but was denied his meal by the Waiter. At some point, Gammona remarked at how she'd been forced to trust her life to him. Despite her trust, he planned to one day have her in his stomach as well. He 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, he called her the "soul of Eve who fell in the trap" and told her she 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 man. He adopted many of the traits and mannerisms of his vessel's sinner, Kronos Conchita, including Conchita's cruel treatment of others and his gruesome appetite.

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

Although officially serving Ve, he harbored her own intentions and exemplified this deceit by planning to one day devour Gammona Octo (who was forced to trust her life to him) to satiate his hunger. Despite this, he showed a loyalty to his 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 him by the Glass of Conchita. He 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 his aims of capturing and killing trespassers; despite this, he also treats them with some protectiveness, viewed when defending them from GEAR's mockery.


 * Ve: The Master of the Graveyard's employer. Despite the Master of the Graveyard following Ve's orders to catch and kill trespassers, he harbors no loyalty towards Ve or his goals.


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


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


 * Kronos Conchita: The original owner of the Glass of Conchita. The Master of the Graveyard took on Conchita's appearance and feasted on humans 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.
 * His 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

 * He bears an obvious connection to Kronos Conchita, the Deadly Sinner who committed the epitome of Gluttony.