Margarita Blankenheim

"Please sleep with this gift of mine."

Margarita Blankenheim is the Marchioness of Toragay. As a member of Pere Noël, she was given the codename '''III. the Princess of Sleep'''. She commits the Deadly Sin of Sloth.

Early Life
Born Margarita Felix, she had been close friends with Caspar Blankenheim, later falling in love with him. At the time, the two made a promise to each other that Margarita held close to her. Years later, as part of a political alliance between the Felix and Blankenheim families, she married Caspar, now the Marquis, and is assumed to have become the Marchioness.

Although previously optomistic about the circumstances of her arranged marriage, Margarita quickly felt the weight of reality. She discovered that her husband was a shameless philanderer, blatantly playing women and bringing them to their Toragay mansion in front of her. Around the same time, she realized her husband's motivations for marrying her were purely economical, wanting the wealth of her father, and that the promise they made as children was long forgotten by him. At some point, she became close friends with Julia Abelard and joined her criminal organization, Pere Noël, designated the codename III. the Princess of Sleep.

Toragay Serial Killings
In EC 609, due to her failing marriage, Margarita lapsed into a depression over her hopeless situation. Julia intervened, gifting the Marchioness the Clockworker's Doll. Possessed by the Demon of Sloth, Margarita found the doll held instructions inside a secret comparment that taught her how to refine a medicine of repose, a deadly poison. Desparate to escape her unbearable circumstances, Margarita gave her "gift" to her worn-out husband, claiming it would help help him recuperate.

After doing so, she continued to administer her "gift" of repose to her father, mother, and the rest of Toragay to "relieve" them of their worries, convinced they were all insomniac and unhappy with their current lives. Once her psychopathic genocide was over, Margarita was left to claim all the freedom and wealth left by her deceased family. Satisfied, Margarita commited suicide via her own poison, joining all those she murdered in an eternal sleep where she could finally escape from her life's burdens.

Legacy
As the incident arised, the newspaper reports following the strange string of serial murders reported the deaths of at least 24 victims with Julia Abelard and Pere Noël's involvement heavily suspected. The Elphegort government later entrusted the Freesis Foundation with the matter and its investigation team arrived to find Toragay already in ruins. Elluka Clockworker and her apprentice, Gumillia, also arrived in search for the Clockworker's Doll, determining it had already been taken and was in the hands of Julia.

Officially, Margarita would be labeled a psychopath who took pleasure in killing others, leaving Toragay a ghost town. It would be questioned whether it was due to her own circumstances or because of Julia's influence but, due to Margarita's suicide, the matter was believed forever unknown. A film concerning the incident would be created by Ma nearly 400 years later and subsequently reviewed by the Master of the Court. While organizing the "court cases", Gammon Octo hypothesized that Margarita had unwittingly brought an incarnation of a demon into being, referring to the Judicial Doll being the awakened vessel of Sloth.

Personality
Outwardly, Margarita was kind, loving and content with her life, tolerant of her husband's philandering with other women and his apparent apathy towards her so long as she was able to be with him. She also acted concerned about his and the town's wellbeing, claiming she wanted to relieve them of all their worries and troubles that caused stress in their everyday lives.

In reality, Margarita's concerns about others had been a reflection of herself and her own dissatisfaction with her life. She had been burdened with resentment and sadness for her failing marriage, acting as if her husband's indifference didn't bother her when she was actually greatly hurt by him. Because she allowed everyone around her to control her and didn't face her problems, she felt hopelessly trapped and used as if she was a decorative doll. This bitterness and unhappiness built up until her friend Julia offered her a way out.

Once Julia taught her how to create the poison, Margarita snapped and took pleasure in killing everyone in her town to relieve herself of her troubles that plagued her. Wanting to eradicate everything to escape her unhappy life, she was satisfied with gaining all the freedom and wealth she could have ever wanted. Believing her "gift" brought everyone happiness, she drank her own poison so she too could sleep with them and be happy.

Skills
As a doctor's daughter, Margarita was skilled in creating the poison Julia taught her and created enough of it with which she successfully poisoned her entire town. She also was able to either convince or secretly administer her poison to everyone she knew. As a member of the Pere Noël, she is assumed to have had a role in the illegal activities that occurred within the criminal organization.

Appearance
Margarita had pale skin, green hair styled in long pig tails, and green eyes. She wore a large white dress decorated with an elaborate flower on the right side of her chest. The dress had frills around her hips and exposed her neck and shoulders. The arms of her dress were decorated with small ties around her upper arm and elbow. For her wedding, her outfit was similar but consisted of a veil atop her head.

Character Connections
Caspar Blankenheim: Caspar was Margarita's childhood friend and, later, husband. He made a promise to her when they were children, but when he was an adult he forgot his promise. He is a playboy and does not value Margarita herself, but rather her wealth. Margarita put up with his behavior for a while, but when she couldn't take it anymore, she gave Caspar her "gift", and he died immediately.

Julia Abelard: Margarita's friend, and along with Margarita, is part of the criminal organization Pere Noël (whom she leads under the codename "I. Santa".) She had taught Margarita to make the "gift" and helped Margarita destory Toragay.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Margarita is inspired by Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray: both used poison to accomplish their goals, with Margarita killing her husband to end her failing marriage and Marie killing her father and brothers to earn their estates.


 * Her surname, Blankenheim, is the name of two German municiplaties; Elphegort, Margarita's native country, is inspired by Germany.
 * In numerology, the name Blankenheim is associated with being emotional, sentimental, inquisitive, independent, and ruled by love, needing encouragement or affection when unloved and feeling unhappy when there is a lack of harmony.

Curiosities

 * Margarita offers her "gift" as a "depressant" to relieve insomnia, a wordplay on "depression" and the sin of Sloth.
 * Margaret, a minor character in Story of Evil, seems to be a reference to Margarita. Both women's names are derivatives of one another, both died of poisoning, and both bear a strong resemblance to Eve Moonlit.
 * While Julia Abelard was her close friend, it is unknown when and how she became involved with Pere Noël.
 * In Five the Pierrot, Lemy lists and comments on some of the members of the organization; the "Princess of Sleep" was colored green (referencing Margarita's hair color) and labeled as "retired" due to her suicide one year earlier.

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