Hob Homer

Hob Homer was the chief of the World Police's International Work Department. Pressured by the Freesis Foundation's Bruno Marlon, he suspended any invesigations related to Père Noël. After discovering his fellow officer Heidemarie Lorre was framed and imprisoned, he attempted to rescue her and her sister and began covertly undermining Bruno's authority.

Early Life
Born sometime during the 6th century EC, Hob joined the World Police, eventually becoming the chief of the International Works Department. Around the turn of the century, Hob recruited Heidemarie Lorre as a Justea officer, being the only one who knew she was the great-granddaughter of Freesis Foundation CEO Shaw Freesis. Over the years, Hob received multiple complaints concerning her abuses in torturing suspects, speaking freely to reporters, destroying houses, and other violations. At some point, Hob became friends with the president of the Shuburke Newspaper.

Rin Chan Case
In EC 609, Hob assigned Heidemarie onto tracking down Rin Chan's kidnapper when the idol was kidnapped. At some point, he discovered an article from the Shuburke newspaper writing about Rin Chan's lip-syncing allegations, which Heidemarie had answered as a fan of the idol. Afterwards, he also received complaints from the Elphegort government that Heidemarie had attacked the residents of an inn in Toragay who were later found to have no connection to the crime.

Receiving orders from Bruno Marlon to take Heidemarie off the case, Hob summoned her to his office two weeks later and roared at her when she entered the room. After berating her over attacking the innocent couple, Heidemarie remarked it didn't mean what she did was unrelated to the case and he demanded to know how the inn related to Rin Chan's kidnapping. When Heidemarie calmly explained she determined the coachman had carried Rin Chan and the kidnapper and that they likely stayed at the inn, Hob pointed out they received a report the coachman was simply carrying them from work and asked her to confirm.

When Heidemarie did so, Hob admitted she was an excellent investigator but that she made a blunder with the carriage; exclaiming that the conversation was irrelevant, Hob slammed his fists on the desk and declared he was taking Heidemarie off the investigation. When she questioned this, he exclaimed she had caused far too many problems, listing her multiple violations and showing her the article regarding Rin Chan's lip-syncing allegations, deriding her involvement as selfish. After Heidemarie claimed her belief Rin Chan would never lip-sync, Hob exploded about her actually caring about the issue and for risking Justea's reputation.

Telling her she should take time off, Hob asked Heidemarie if her sister was a resident of the inn at the time of the attack and then suggested she go visit her homeland Elphegort and her "lonely sister" while on suspension. After convincing the officer, he remembered to ask for her to turn in her gun, only for Heidemarie to tell him it was her personal possession and Hob conceded, reminding her she would be arrested if she fired it. When Heidemarie said she'd keep that in mind and left the office, Hob kicked the side of his desk, hurting his toes.

Rescuing the Sisters
In October of that year, Hob learned that the Lorre sisters had been arrested by Bruno for their alleged roles in the poisonings at the Charity Institute and the Lioness Burning Incident. Contacting Ein Anchor, Hob joined forces with the Netsuma to set the girls free. The police chief then took Heidemarie's confiscated fireworks gun and went with Ein to the cells of the World Police headquarters, waiting as Ein freed the girls. When Hanne attempted to greet him, Hob replied that they would do this when they were out, and gave Heidemarie her gun.

After Heidemarie stated her belief that he was on Bruno's side, Hob explained how, although he'd followed Bruno's orders, he couldn't abide by his abuse of power to put an innocent in prison. After Ein explained to the girls that Toragay was in trouble, Hob handed Hanne an early copy of the Shuburke newspaper detailing the spread of disease and quarantine in Toragay, explaining that he was a friend of the president of the paper. As Hanne stopped their flight, stating she needed to say something to Ein, Hob demanded to know what it was and was knocked out mid-sentence by Heidemarie's fireworks gun.

Dog Bites Back
After Hob and Ein awoke and discovered Hanne and Heidemarie had vanished and the "Toragay Mysterious Epidemic Disturbance" case was finished, the police chief promoted Ein to a Justea investigator. In January of EC 610, Homer assigned officers Willus Zorach and Ein to handle the recent string of prostitute murders in Rolled. In early May, Bruno pressured Hob again to recall the investigation in Rolled and send the officers back to headquarters before May 23. Furious, the chief assigned officer Qyoichi to covertly investigate the new Freesis Foundation vice president and his apparent connection with Père Noël.

Once Qyoichi reported his discovery that Bruno and the other foundation lead executives were meeting with the Lucifenian government during the same period as the recall, Hob had the officer forward his initial findings to Willus; at the same time, he wrote up a letter ordering the recall and sent it to them in Rolled. Willus returned to headquarters as ordered days later and collaborated with Hoba and Qyoichi to discover Bruno's involvement in Père Noël's black market; Willus later left headquarters to meet up with Ein and Kaidor Blankenheim was later arrested for impersonating Bruno Marlon and collaborating with the criminal organization.

Personality and Traits
Hob was a stringent and uncompromising individual. Determined to uphold Justea's reputation, Hob took his job seriously and expected his subordinates to do the same. As the organization's leader, Hob was strict towards the investigators falling under his responsibility, expecting them to act professionally and give Justea a good name. Because of this, Hob was easily frustrated whenever his officers would breach protocol or fall out of line. Hob also expressed his anger very visibly, often shouting and striking objects when mad. Although Hob followed orders from his superiors without question, he had a strong sense of justice and was willing to break the law in order to right a perceived wrong.

Skills and Abilities
The head of Justea, Hob was a competent leader, able to run the organization for several years and manage its members. Aside from this, the man was a skilled investigator, enough to attain the position of leader of the International Works Department. Hob also possessed knowledge of the World Police's headquarters layout, able to successfully locate the cells of Heidemarie and Hanne and get to them without being noticed.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Hob's name is a medieval English derivative of Robert, meaning "bright fame".
 * His surname is derived from the Ancient Greek, meaning, "security", "hostage", or "pledge".

Appearances

 * Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep (first appearance)
 * Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot (mentioned only)