Banica Conchita

"Oh, my butler over there, what do you taste like?"

Banica Conchita is a warlord of the Beelzenian Empire. Her search for new flavors led her to eat the most grotesque foods imaginable. She commits the Deadly Sin of Gluttony.

Early Life
Banica was born in November, EC 296, with a weight of 3 kg. Her mother, Meguru Conchita, died when she was 10 years old. Five years later, she was betrothed to the 3rd prince of Marlon. However, the compromise was dissolved in the middle of strange and unknown circumstances in February the following year. The rumors affirmed that whatever it was, it marked the beginning of Conchita's strange behavior.

Pursuit of Delights
The local farmers helped develop a wine called "Blood Grave", which became Conchita's favorite. The wine was rumored to be made from human blood. Starting in January EC 316, age 20, Banica traveled to many foreign countries across Evillious to study their cuisine, originally intended to find the best crop-growing and food-preserving methods to solve the Empire's constant food shortages. Discovering many new cuisines, she brought back these new foods and their recipes to increase the domestic foods in the country.

In August, EC 319, Banica arrived unannounced to Gureibia's harvest festival's tomato eating contest, winning by an overwhelming majority. The following month, she had weighed over 70kg. In August, two years later, her father died of a heart attack. Conchita was nominated and succeeded her father as warlord. By that time, she began taking increasing comfort in the dining hall. By December, EC 322, Conchita's weight exceeded 100kg.

In July the following year, she collapsed due to a mysterious illness and wandered between life and death for three days before making a full recovery. At the mansion of Prince Oruhari, a meeting was held on November of that same year. Banica arrived to participate at the banquet. The participants were surprised by Conchita's drastic change in appearance as she arrived with a thin and slender body. That same month the following year, questions about the disease that afflicted her reached the point where Conchita refused to meet with anyone, transferring the management and supervision of her territories to her maid and butler.

Epitome of Gluttony
At some point, she acquired the Glass of Conchita. After cutting herself off from the outside world, Conchita became more and more attached to her dining hall. Her search for new flavors lead her to such aberrations as cannibalism and necrophagia. Around March of EC 325, she devoured Joseph Crim, her 15th personal chef, as punishment for asking to take a vacation. By June, Banica's continued cannibalism began leaking as rumors throughout the territory. During that time, Conchita devoured her butler and maid, unsatisfied, later possessing them.

After consuming the entirety of her staff, the apostate castle was left deserted. Despite eating all the castle's stores of food and cannibalizing all her servants, she remained insatiated. Desiring the ultimate taste of the most grotesque sustenance, Conchita gazed at her right hand, smiled, and decided there was more to eat. She devoured herself, having now eaten all the tastes of the world as well as herself, something no one but her would know the taste of.

Legacy
In July of EC 325, the Beelzenian Empire, investigating the rumors surrounding Banica Conchita, requested the help of Elluka Clockworker. The following month, Conchita was discovered missing and her castle empty and in perfect order. The Empire determined Conchita had fled to one of its neighboring countries and discontinued Elluka's investigation. The natives would later create a fairytale based on her called "Vampire Girl Vaniqa Conchita" that would become famous throughout the entire region, highlighting her legendary birth and remarkable savoury. It was said she would wither away if she failed to drink wine made from human blood for three days.

Among the folklore in literature surrounding Banica was that she was possessed by a glass vessel of "Sin", which turned her into a "Repulsive Food Eater". Records conflicted about her actual figure, some saying she was large and plump while others claimed she was beautiful and thin. Many of the dishes and recipes brought back to Beelzenia on her travels were incorporated into its culinary tradition including the Blood Grave wine she loved, which continued to exist nearly two centuries later in the Kingdom of Lucifenia. The Demon of Gluttony would appear several times in Banica's form and her vessel of sin would eventually be wielded by Ney Marlon, driving her to act and dress like the warlord, and later awaken as the Master of the Graveyard, who adopted Conchita's cannibalistic hunger.

Personality
Conchita is an opsomaniac with an intense desire to consume the most delectable cuisines in existence. Becoming an insatiable food connoisseur, Banica's appetite began to evolve until she desired to travel abroad and taste foreign meals which recipes she would later take back home. Her obsessive behavior towards the taste of food was considered odd by those who met her and her tastes slowly turned to cannibalism. After her father's death, she became increasingly attached to her dining hall for comfort; towards the end of her life, Conchita became a recluse, isolating herself within her castle to the point that she no longer directly governed her territory.

She was also a cruel warlord, killing Joseph Crim for asking to take a break from cooking her meals and later using his body as seasonings for her meals and sometimes for the dishes themselves. She also devoured her entire staff with no apparent remorse out of curiosity for how they would taste and even devoured herself with an amiable disposition once she was left with nothing else to eat.

Skills
Conchita, a food enthusiast, is well versed in the tastes and flavors of many delicacies from both within and outside of the Beelzenia Empire. Because of this, she, with the help of farmers, developed Blood Grave wine. She is also a skilled eater who easily won a tomato eating contest by the age of 22. Conchita would be regarded as a genius tactician and strategist hundreds of years later.

Appearance
From birth, Banica had already been born a large child and suffered from increasing obesity over the course of her life. When nearly 23 years old, she weighed exceeded 70 kg and by age 26 she weighed over 100 kg. After her near death experience, Conchita's figure had drastically decreased until her body was thin and slender.

Conchita was pale with crimson red hair and red eyes. She had worn an elaborate red dress decorated with a collar that was connected by string and a green gem. She complemented her outfit with red lipstick and nail polish and would sometimes wear a red rose in her hair.

Character Connections
Joseph Crim: Conchita's chef and later meal. Conchita shared no concern for him as a human being, merely as the source of her many dishes. Due to this, she felt frustrated by his desire to take a vacation, deciding to eat him as a result. She later thought he tasted delicious.

Wicked Maid: Conchita's servant and later meal. Conchita relied on the Wicked maid to serve her meals and trusted the maid enough to give her reign over her territories. Over time, as Conchita's hunger grew, she saw the maid as nothing more than another source of food.

Stupid Butler: Conchita's servant and later meal. Conchita relied on the Stupid Butler to serve her meals and trusted the Butler enough to give him reign over her territories. Over time, as Conchita's hunger grew, she saw the butler as nothing more than another source of food.

Master of the Graveyard: The reawakened form of Conchita's glass. The Master of the Graveyard's cannabalism and appearance are reminiscent of Banica and share a similar appearance.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Banica's name is an anagram of the latin word caniba, meaning "cannibal".
 * Conchita is a diminutive of the Spanish word for conception, possibly referring to her realization that she could devour herself.
 * Conchita, due to her occupation as a warlord and a genius tactician who was believed to regularly drink blood and later be reimagined as a "vampire" centuries later, may be partially inspired by Vlad Tepes III.
 * When crafting the story for Repulsive Food Eater Conchita, mothy desired to make Conchita more akin to a monster rather than a human.

Curiosities

 * It is unknown how Conchita was able to devour herself and leave no evidence of her grim actions when her castle was infiltrated months later.
 * Banica's vacuous dress may be due to her drastic loss of weight after recovering from her mysterious illness.
 * She shares the same birth month (November) with her Vocaloid.
 * During the events of Twiright Prank and The Daughter of Evil, Praefatio of Blue, the Demon of Gluttony adopts Conchita's appearance; similarly, Ney Futapie, while under the influence of Conchita's Glass, dressed and acted similarly to Banica.
 * She would, ironically, succeed her ancestor Duke Venomania by committing the second epitome of sin in the series and kill a descendant of Kachess Crim, Venomania's killer.

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