Margarita Blankenheim

"Please sleep with this medicine (gift) of mine."

Margarita Blankenheim is the name of a woman from Toragay, Elphegort, and is the person who commits the Deadly Sin of Sloth. The vessel of her sin is a doll which later becomes alive as the Clockworker's Doll around three hundred years after her death.

History
She was put into an arranged marriage with Caspar Blankenheim. They had been close friends since they were young, but the marriage was one-sided as Caspar was a playboy and only wanted Margarita for her vast wealth as a daughter of a doctor.

Because of her failing marriage, she was feeling trapped and hopeless before Julia, a close friend of hers, intervened. Julia taught Margarita how to make a concoction which she revealed as a "wonderful sleep medicine" and to give the medicine to her husband. She does so, and soon she begins to diagnose everyone else in her town with sleep troubles and she administers the medicine to them as well, calling it her very own gift.

However, "gift" does not translate exactly to what someone may think. In English, the word "gift" is usually assorted to mean a present of some sort. However, the word "gift" in German translates into "poison" in English. Margarita was really administering poison to everyone in her town because she had become frustrated with her life to the point of seeking to end the lives of others. She had become a psychopath, and, with no one but herself left in the end, commits suicide, hoping that she, too, can finally rest at ease.

It is revealed that Margarita was involved with an organization named Pere Noel at the time of her murders, as its third member, "Princess of Sleep." Lemy Abelard, the fifth member of Pere Noel, gives a list of some of the members of the group and describes "Princess of Sleep" as the green one (a reference to Margarita's hair color), and "retired". This is a reference to the fact that she is in fact dead at the time, with her suicide occuring in EC 609 and Lemy's story occuring a year later, in EC 610.

Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep (EC 609)
Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep mainly focuses on Margarita's life after she marries Caspar. Initially happy, she becomes disheartened day by day when she makes the realization that her husband is a playboy and only wants her for her money. She learns from Julia, a friend, how to make a medicine that can put people to sleep. She administers it to her husband, followed by her parents, and everyone else in her town as well. She comes to the final realization that in fact, she has poisoned everyone, and, in the end, takes her own medicine and kills herself. By the end of the song, her actions have attracted the attention of the Freesis Foundation as well as Elluka Clockworker.

The Fifth: Pierrot (EC 610)
Margarita has a mentioning in The Fifth: Pierrot. While Margarita herself does not make a direct appearance, she is briefly referenced by Pierrot (Lemy Abelard) as the organization's third member, "Princess of Sleep". She is only listed as the "first green one" and that she is a retired member.

Heartbeat Clocktower (EC 990)
Margarita gets a brief cameo in Heartbeat Clocktower during the "Lu Li La" chorus. Although only a quick flash by, she is labeled as the representative of Acedia (Sloth), before her former debut in Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep.

Personality
She's shown to be very kind, noticeable in the fact that she deeply cares for Caspar and treats him like gold. She's also extremely tolerant, however, she often feels frustration due to Caspar not even caring about her at all. Over time, this evolves into apathy, and loses interest in all of the things she does.

During Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep, it's portrayed that she often felt feelings of resentment for her life being controlled by everyone and she longed for the feelings of freedom and the ability to make her own choices.

After receiving freedom and riches from annihilating Toragay, she finally felt relief. Because of this, and from all the stress she put onto her, she finally put herself to sleep.

Skills
Being the daughter of a doctor, it's more than likely she exploited this as a way to dabble in her own desires, and she used this to create the gift to everyone else.

She's also a gifted negotiator, able to make anyone agree to what she has proposed, and exploits this to administer her medicine. It's also possible that she used her father's good reputation as a doctor to help with this.

She's also good at gathering information, as she knows about Caspar's numerous affairs with other women.

Connections to Other Characters
Caspar Blankenheim: Margarita's childhood friend and husband. He is a playboy and values her wealth, but not Margarita herself. He is the first person Margarita administers the "gift" to, and he dies as a result.

Julia Abelard: A friend of Margarita's and also the leader of the organization Pere Noel under the codename "Santa". It is Julia who teaches Margarita how to make the sleep medicine, and also delivers upon her the Clockworker's Doll.

Conceptualization and Origin
Margarita is inspired by Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray. Both of them 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. However, unlike Margarita's suicide, Marie has been captured and sentenced to death.

Meanwhile, Blankenheim is the name of two municiplaties in Germany. It's interesting to note that Elphegort, Margarita's native country, is inspired by Germany.

Curiosities
Margaret, a minor character in Story of Evil, seems to be a reference to Margarita. Both characters have similar names, both died poisoned and she is implied to be a Miku character like Margarita, due her strong resemblance to Eve Moonlit.