Ma

 ''“Heheheh… It is true. But it can’t be wrong, this is the truth. Hidden behind history, it is the story of the truth.”''

Ma (Em Ei) is the recombined form of Elluka and Irina Clockworker. She manipulates Gallerian Marlon and the awakened vessels of sin so that she can collect all of the Seven Deadly Sins. She is called the Sorceress of Time by the inhabitants of Evil’s Theater.

Origin
A young girl diagnosed with Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome was confined and medicated. During the time she was held for study, the girl named "IR" murdered her father and was later given an injection. She would split into two halves: a spirit form inhabiting a cat and a human form. The two halves, Elluka and Irina Clockworker, would be involved in multiple conflicts with each other over the course of the Evillious Chronicles.

Sometime after the events of The Last Revolver, Irina and Elluka recombined and became the entity known as “Ma”. She would share Irina and Elluka’s immortality and would inhabit the body of the sinner of Envy, Kayo Sudou.

Daughter of Evil and the Fragments
Ma would become a playwright during the time of the Union State of Evillious and would meet Judge Gallerian Marlon and become his close friend. She later lent him the Freesis novel "Daughter of Evil", hoping to convince him to sponsor a film adaptation of the story. After the judge finished reading the book, she visited him to ask his thoughts on the story in EC 978. Ma assured Gallerian, despite his doubts, that the tale the novel told was true.

She asked if he would sponsor her, but the Judge declined. Calling him stingy, she walked around the room until she saw a picture of Gallerian with his family. After staring intently at the image, she whispered that his wife would return the next day, prompting Gallerian to ask if she was threatening him. Before he finished warning her, Ma laughed and told him she had no intention to harm his family.

After a long silence, they continued discussing the novel’s characters and their relationship to later historical figures such as "Lemy the Ripper" and Julia Abelard. In response to Gallerian’s question of why Abyss I.R. collected the Seven Deadly Sins, the enchanting playwright told him it was because the one who collected the sins would have their wish come true. After a short pause, she excitedly asked if he was interested in finding them together but was cut off by the judge. Asked by him if money was necessary, the playwright indifferently admitted it. Gallerian denied Ma and she left, telling him she would return later. After exiting the Judge’s Study, Ma told him to tell her if he ever changed his mind about the film adaptation and the vessels of sin.

Epitome of Greed
Not long after she left, Gallerian received news that his wife and daughter were in an accident caused by the bizarre attack of a giant octopus. The judge reconsidered MA's offer and the two began collecting the vessels of sins together. Sometime later, Ma arrived at Gallerian's home, joining the Clockworker's Doll Gallerian believed to be his deceased daughter. Seeing Gallerian arrive in the room, Ma welcomed him, offering the judge food or bath. He responded she didn't have to do that, even though his wife was no longer around. Ma told him "Michelle" had been hesitant and that she couldn't allow that as her "mother". Peeved, Gallerian told her he would become angry if she continued such jokes, ordering the playwright to leave.

Ma remarked she would once she took what she needed; the judge complied, leaving the room then later returning to show her the weapon he collected. When asked if there was any doubt about it's identity, Ma asserted it was indeed the Venom Sword. After reconfirming with the playwright that his daughter would be healed, Gallerian cautioned her that if he was discovered removing evidence, his position would be compromised. Ma responded she would try to be discreet, but that it might be best to protect the weapon at a place away from human eyes. The judge told her he would think about it.

As she left, Ma stopped to remind him to not lose the spoon he collected, telling him that he couldn't speak to his "daughter" without it. Gallerian assured her he always had it, removing it from his breast pocket to show her. Satisfied, Ma left, hearing Gallerian's conversation with the doll, noting his odd conversations with it even though she only heard him speaking. Amused, Ma left Gallerian's home, silently wishing him well playing the "doll game". Afterwards, Ma helped Gallerian build a small Theater theater in the middle of Eldoh's Forest to store the vessels of sin he collected in EC 982. At some point, Ma promised to continue the judge’s quest should he perish.

Evil’s Theater
After Gallerian’s death during the Levianta Civil War, Ma collected the vessels of sin within his burned down estate and stored them in Evil's Theater in EC 983. At some point, she built a garden within the theater and later told the Master of the Court that Gallerian’s vision of Utopia would come true if all the vessels of sin were collected, pushing the doll to continue her “father’s” quest and grant his wish. Due to the vessel of Envy failing to awaken, Ma became the replacement for the dormant pair of scissors. She later became acquainted with Gammon Octo and used his Purple Dream ability to assist in writing screenplays that reenacted events that occurred in Evillious’ past.

She along with the other awakened vessels of sin attended the meeting called by the Master of the Court and was asked by the Judicial Doll if she knew the location of the vessel of Wrath. Ma responded that, because its form and owners changed over time, she did not know its current location. Qualifying her statement, she mentioned that it was probably in “her” hands.

Personality
Ma is whimsy, lackadaisical, and playful towards Gallerian Marlon, much like Elluka, one of her halves. She acted visibly excited when bringing up the topics involving the Seven Deadly Sins and her Story of Evil adaptation. She also shows hints of malicious intent like her other half, Irina, and acts manipulative to get what she wants, using Gallerian Marlon and the Master of the Court to collect the vessels of sin. She appears to like her work as a playwright and seems to enjoy gardens as she builds one in the theater for herself. Ma has a smoking habit and is always seen with her smoking pipe in hand.

Skills
As the recombined form of Elluka and Irina and because of her title as the Sorceress of Time, Ma is assumed to be a powerful mage with strong magic. Her power is strong enough that the Master of the Graveyard openly obeys her. She is also an experienced penman, adapting many historical events from the Evillious' history into features reenacted in Gallerian’s Theater.

Appearance
Ma assumes the body of Kayo Sudou with pale skin, black hair, and purple eyes. She is considered very beautiful and has a striking figure according to Gallerian. She often wears a kimono and is always seen carrying her smoking pipe and wearing her monocle. During the Judicial Doll's meeting, she wears a brown kimono with a blue, yellow-lined coat with yellow and brown shoes.

Character Connections
Gallerian Marlon: Ma's partner. Ma considered Gallerian a close friend as well as a useful benefactor to help her gather the vessels of sin, although she was frustrated with his stingy nature and was thus willing to manipulate him to fulfill her aims. She became amused with Gallerian's obsessive love for the Clockworker's Doll, using it as another way to manipulate him, and found his corrupt court tactics disasteful.

Gammon Octo: A fellow member of Evil's Theater. Ma got along with Gammon well enough to let him tend to her garden and let him help her write screenplays for the cinema, seeing his clairvoyant "Purple Dream" ability as useful. Despite this, she was disturbed by his visions predicting the world as ending when the sins are gathered.

Master of the Graveyard: A fellow member of Evil's Theater. Ma viewed the Master of the Graveyard as a useful ally when gathering the other vessels of sin and relied on her insatiable hunger to keep away potential thieves.

Master of the Court: A fellow member of Evil's Theater. Ma saw the Master of the Court, as director of Evil's Theater, useful for fulfilling her goals. She became a primary influence on her actions as a means to control the whole theater.

Elluka Clockworker: A component of Ma. Ma's lackadaisical nature and aim of gathering the Sins is reminiscent of Elluka's whimsical and moody personality.

Irina Clockworker: A component of Ma. Ma's willingness to use deceit and more ruthless measures to gather the Sins is reminiscent of Irina's cruel and sadistic personality.

Kayo Sudou: A body Ma uses. Ma may have been the one to swap bodies with Kayo out of envy for her good looks.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Ma appears to be an abridged form of the word Magician, refering to how her and her two halves are powerful sorceresses; the “gician” part of her name missing is taken from one letter in the Latin names of the Seven Deadly Sins collected by Gallerian.
 * It also shares the same letters as Project 'Ma' (Mem Aleph).
 * MA is also a title for the ruler of the Magic Kingdom Levianta. It is reserved for the witch who is able to successfully give birth to the twin dragon gods Levia and Behemo.

Curiosities

 * Ma’s eye color is purple. Curiously, Elluka and Irina’s eye colors, blue and red respectively, create the color purple when mixed together.
 * The giant octopus that attacks Gallerian’s wife and child strangely resembles the "Very Amazing Octopus" that Elluka, one of Ma’s halves, is given in Story of Evil.

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