Salem Dunbar

Salem Dunbar was an earthling from the Second Period and later one of the Demons of Sin. As part of the team on the Climb One who intended to repopulate a new planet with human beings, Salem became involved in the creation of the Third Period before being trapped on the ship and later reincarnated as the Demon of Greed.

Early History
In the Second Period, Earth, Salem became an economist. As the Second Period began to collapse due to HERs contaminating the world, Salem and 71 other scientists boarded one of several spaceships intended to travel to inhabitable planets and repopulate them, theirs under the name Climb One. As they lost contact with all their fellow spaceships, the crew of the Climb One realized they were the last inhabitants of Earth and decided to create a new species in the image of earthlings.

After finding a new planet to inhabit, they set about constructing the new world and species. During this process Seth Twiright, an HER who had secretly boarded the Climb One, instigated the deaths of 62 of the crew members and contaminated the new species to have a possibility of developing HER Syndrome. The remaining crew, including Salem, proposed they reincarnate as gods into the world to guide the humans, unaware that they themselves were HERs.

When their colleagues Held Yggdra and Hazuki disagreed, Salem joined the ensuing fight and was killed along with everyone else when it caused the Climb One to crash, leaving behind only his spirit data. Salem and his colleagues remained trapped in the Climb One for some time while the new species of humans began building their societies; eventually, the humans of Levianta discovered the Climb One and established it as a holy relic called the "Sin" ark.

Mantle of Greed
Main Article: Demon of Greed

Sometime after, the earthlings escaped Sin and reincarnated as demons, losing their memories of their former lives. When Hänsel and Gretel split Eve Moonlit's Original Sin into seven fragments in EC 014, Salem became the "Demon of Greed" with his vessel a spoon. After their vessels were scattered across the world, the amnesic Demon of Greed possessed humans susceptible to his influence who came in contact with his vessel throughout the centuries, watching his contractors spread malice and chaos, continuing to exist after the end of the world in EC 998.

Legacy
A heavily stylized account of Salem's participation in the Third Period's creation was noted in the Levin Bible, with Salem being one of the six "god kin" who swore allegiance to Levia-Behemo against the "Sun God". Salem's actions as the Demon of Greed sparked chaos and tragedy throughout the history of the Third Period.

Personality and Traits
Acting like an HER, Salem was a morally corruptible man. During the creation of the Third Period, he and his colleagues became willing to kill in order to achieve their objectives, and as a demon of sin Salem became rampaging, apathetic, and greedy, having no goals but to sow chaos in the Third Period. Salem was noted, however, for being a proper British gentleman. As such, he was not rude by nature and so easily bowed to Ma's will while his soul was merged with hers.

Skills and Abilities
As a scientist from the Second Period, Salem had a basic knowledge of all of the advanced technology used by earthlings. Being an economist, Salem was skilled in his field but not especially useful to his colleagues on the Climb One. He was, however, noted for making a good cup of tea while onboard the ship. After his reincarnation into a demon, Salem had all the abilities of the demons of sin, although having no memories of his former life.

Character Connections
Hazuki: A fellow earthling. Although originally fine with working with Hazuki as a colleague, Salem became resentful of his philosophy to let the humans work things out for themselves and caused chaos in the Third Period because of this.

Conceptualization and Origins

 * Salem's first name references the Salem Witch Trials, which parallels the Witch Trials in which Salem's most infamous contractor, Gallerian Marlon, was involved.

Appearances

 * Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis
 * Master of the heavenly yard (album) (mentioned only)