Talk:Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche/@comment-24.210.93.126-20130410015449/@comment-6192846-20130410020808

I would direct you to the Seven Deadly Sins page for a more proper explanation of what the epitomes of sin and their related concepts are. Riliane's sin of vanity isn't some power or ability she got, like Venomania's ability to brainwash women. So long as they fall under the influence of a Demon of Sin, whether intentional (like Venomania) or not (like Riliane), they are likely committing their sin.

In a brief synopsis, Riliane is utterly disconnected from the world around her and completely consumed in her own self-importance. Everything is about her and what she wants and her mindset is, "My life is the only thing of value and everyone else is just a tool for that value." Her value for human life (or lack of it) is a prime example. Her mindset is pretty twisted in that she doesn't care that what she is so easily casting off is a human life. Similarly, she has no remorse or consideration for the lives of innocents if it gets in her way, such as slaughtering an entire nation's population just to make sure she killed one girl who humiliated her and "hurt her pride" as they say.

She is completely wrapped up in herself and her problems rather than the issues of others or their needs. You could argue this is present for every sinner, which it is, but that is also why Vanity is considered the worst of the vices from which the other six stem, it is all about one's own self worth being more important than the other person's.