Ney Phutapie

"About what I said... please make it confidential."

Ney Futapie, better known as Ney Marlon, is the thirteenth daughter of the Marlon family who infiltrates Lucifenia for her birth mother Prim Marlon, the queen dowager, during Story of Evil.

She is known to be one of Gretel's reincarnations.

Clôture of Yellow
Ney Marlon appears to the rest of Lucifenia as Ney Futapie, adopted daughter of Mariam Futapie. She works for Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche as a maid, along with her fellow servants, Chartette Langley and Allen Avadonia. She likes to gossip and often uses it to spread disorder. When Leonhart Avadonia started to smuggle food from the royal palace to the hungry during a famine, Riliane threatened Ney into giving information about who is behind the stealing. Ney revealed that it was Leonhart who was smuggling the food and she spread a lie to Riliane that Leonhart had kidnapped a child and was raised as a tool in hopes of usurping Riliane. When Allen was ordered to kill Leonhart, he was conflicted. Ney then spread the same lie to Allen, thus persuading him to stand by his princess.

During the "Green Hunting", Ney found out about Michaela's whereabouts and told Riliane about it. To make sure that Michaela was dead, Ney set off for Elphegort to finish the job.

When the Lucifenian Revolution reached it's full height, Mariam attempted to escape but Ney murdered her so that she wouldn't be a threat. Ney then fled back to her mother Prim, who congratulated her for her success.

Wiegenlied of Green
Ney was disguised as Allen when she found Michaela. She tricked Michaela into coming out of the well and stabbed her. She left quickly before Allen came, all while laughing and cheering maniacally.

Praeludium of Red
Five years later, Ney became a commander of Marlon's engineering battalion and is given the Glass of Conchita by the mage Abyss I.R.. In Beelzenia, Chartette and Yukina Freesis found Ney at a cemetery. Ney announces that Marlon has declared war on Beelzenia and uses the Glass of Conchita to raise the dead, forcing Yukina and Chartette to flee and causing havoc on the Imperial City. Ney then becomes the commander of Retasan Fortress, prompting Liliane Mouchet to resign. In retaliation, Beelzenia launches a counterattack on Retasan Fortress and ultimately captures it. Ney returns to Lucifenia and tells Kyle Marlon that Germaine Avadonia and Gumillia, two of the people that Kyle has been hunting down, are in Beelzenia. She then leaves for Marlon.

Prefazio of Blue
Kyle found Ney and Prim at the Castle of Hedgehog and sent two of his soldiers after Ney. Ney escaped through the back door and easily killed the soldiers chasing her. Ney returns to Prim, expecting appraisal for her actions but seeing that Prim is merely neglecting her, Ney becomes insane and stabs Prim. Having succumbed completely to the Glass of Conchita, Ney attacks Kyle with unwavering ferocity and stabs Kyle in the chest. Just as Ney is about to make the finishing blow, Germaine intervines. Taking advantage of the distraction, Kyle fires Chartette's Rocket Glove, sending Ney flying into the ceiling and crashing down on the floor. Left in a coma, Ney is captured and tied up.

Later that night, Ney appears to Kyle in a dream, with a six years old image. Ney apologises for doing bad things to everyone she had hurt. Ney hopes that:


 * "If we could be reborn, some other time... Brother, Riliane, and Allen. We can play together, and be friends."

However, the Demon of Gluttony laughs at Ney, saying that she can never hope to be reborn and that Ney will be instrumental in bringing forth the Master of the Graveyard. Ney, completely unaware of what has been said, bids Kyle goodbye and walks into the sea.

Kyle wakes up and rushes over to where Ney is restrained and finds her dead. Ney is later buried in a cemetery next to her mother, Prim.

Personality
While undercover, Ney appears to be kind and timid at times. In truth, she turns out to be ruthless and cunning. When she had taken control of the Glass of Conchita, her personality changed dramatically, appearing as if she is a psychopath.

Like her half-sister Riliane, Ney realizes what she had done after it is too late and becomes consumed with grief, preferring to converse with the only person who could understand her pain, Kyle.

Skills
During her stay in Lucifenia as a maid, Ney is rather skilled at doing chores. Allen did state that she was better at work than him and Chartette. She is also very skilled in cloak-and-dagger activity, having learned so from Mariam.

Ney also has high deception skills, allowing her to manipulate people easily, notably when she persuaded Riliane and Allen to kill Leonhart without blowing her cover as a spy for Marlon.

After obtaining the Glass of Conchita, she shown the capability of utilize its powers over death easily, reviving an entire graveyard and transforming it into her undead army.

Appearance
Ney can disguise herself as Allen if she dons a coat similar to his and ties her hair back so that her ponytail is hidden from view. During the "Green Hunting", she does so to fool Michaela into coming out of her hiding spot and kill her.

When Ney is fully possessed by the Demon of Gluttony, her attire changes dramatically to that of Banica Conchita.

Handbeat Clocktower (EC 505)
Ney makes her debut appearance in Handbeat Clocktower. She is shown to be possessed by the Glass of Conchita and was about to kill Kyle until she is stopped by Germaine Avadonia.

Curiosities

 * In Madness of Duke Venomania, Neruneru Nerune is a spy, foreshadowing Ney's role in Prefazio of Blue.

Connections to Other Characters
Prim Marlon: Ney's birth mother and the queen dowager whom she obeys without question.

Kyle Marlon: Ney's brother and King of Marlon.

Mariam Futapie: Ney's "adopted mother" whom she later kills.

Chartette Langley: Ney's fellow servant of Riliane during her stay in Lucifenia.