Prim Marlon

"Mother... You're insane."

- King Kyle regarding Prim

Prim Marlon, born Prim Rogzé, was the Queen of the Kingdom of Marlon and the mother of Kyle and Ney. Childhood friends with both Anne Sui and Arth Lucifen d'Autriche, Prim grew to resent both of them and plotted against the couple. Conspiring with the sorceress Abyss I.R., Prim enacted a plan to destroy everything Anne held dear, including both her kingdom and family.

Early Life
"Anne was my best friend. Her happiness was my happiness. That would not change in the future——that was how it was supposed to be."

- Prim regarding her and Anne's friendship

Prim was born in the Kingdom of Lucifenia in EC 457 as a noble of the esteemed Rogzé family. Early on, she met Anne Sui and the two grew up together. Around the same time, she also met Prince Arth and the two periodically interacted with one another. Over the years, the child received whatever she desired and grew to believe her illustrious position was destiny. At some point, Prim began studying her family's expertise in medicinal drugs.

As time passed, Prim saw Anne surpass her in music and academics but ignored it, believing her family made her permanently superior to her friend. In the early EC 470s, Arth became famed for his conquests and greatly sought after by women. Confident in her pedigree, Prim believed she would inevitably marry the Prince.

When Arth instead chose to marry Anne and told her they were in love, Prim was in disbelief. With the Prince inheriting his father's crown, Anne became the Queen and Prim was instantly of lower status to her. Although she refused to believe Anne fairly courted Arth, Prim outwardly gave her best friend her blessing. Soon after, Prim procured the new Gift poison and, during her next meeting with Arth, poisoned his wine glass. Once the assassination attempt failed, Prim noticed that Anne and Arth had begun distancing themselves from her.

Shocked by the development, Prim met with Anne and demanded to know why they were ostracizing her. Anne explained how Arth was poisoned and that someone close to them was suspected to be the culprit. Prim then noticed Anne was seemingly glared at her and grew insulted her close friend suspected her. As Anne tried explaining that they trusted her but that no one remotely suspicious was allowed near the King, Prim was convinced they were lies. Believing the Queen was trying to distance Arth and her, Prim secretly swore vengeance on her former friend.

Unable to be the Queen of Lucifenia, Prim learned the King of Marlon had lost his wife and became depressed over the event. Traveling to the island nation, Prim comforted the man and eventually earned his affection. After the King proposed to her, Prim accepted his love and married him. Soon after, Prim became pregnant and gave birth to her first son, Kyle, in EC 474. Obsessed with the boy, the Marlon Queen desired to make him a great king that ruled the greatest Marlon kingdom ever, unlike her philandering husband with his many concubines.

Competition with Lucifenia
"I did it! I beat Anne!"

- Prim

Through her brother, Presi, Prim kept herself updated on Lucifenia's current affairs. At some point, she met with Elluka Clockworker and, fascinated by magic, began receiving instructions from the Beelzenian mage, though Elluka left before she could complete her training. At some point, she began taking up residence at Castle Hedgehog over the years as a resting place from the royal palace.

Around EC 480, she learned that Elluka had defected to Lucifenia and that the kingdom was growing even more powerful. Fearing Anne's kingdom would surpass Marlon before Kyle came of age, Prim began searching for a mage that could counter Elluka, immersed in magical research. Around that time, Prim discover a mage residing in the Blood Pool Region: Abyss I.R.

Although the sorceress was rumored to be descendant of the mage that served the infamous lord of Castle Hedgehog, Prim remained skeptical. After expressing her uncertainty to the Abyss, the sorceress presented Prim with the Venom Sword, claiming it was a lucky love charm. To prove its authenticity, Prim departed for Lucifenia with the sword. Since Arth failed to sire children with Anne, Prim used the sword to seduce him, entering a secret affair with the King.

After several months, Prim returned to Marlon and immediately learned that she was pregnant with Arth's child. Ecstatic that she beat Anne, Prim kept the baby's lineage a secret from everyone, insisting she had the child with the Marlon King. Around this time, Prim learned her husband had a new mistress that gave birth to a boy named Arkatoir. Months later, Abyss I.R. visited the castle and offered to help Prim fulfill her ambitions in exchange for helping her collect the other vessels of sin and provide her a child to experiment on her for magical research.

Overjoyed, Prim accepted the conditions, planning to refer Abyss to Arkatoir, and agreed to make the formal arrangements the next montn, after she went through all the pains and stresses of childbirth. A month later in EC 482, Prim gave birth to a golden-haired baby girl. Aware the infant's hair color would reveal her infidelity, Prim became nervous but then concepted a new plan. Once she publicly declared the child was stillborn, Prim gave the babe to Abyss I.R. and she named the girl Ney.

After finishing the formal arrangements with Abyss I.R., the Queen tasked Duke Sfarz with finding the rest of the vessels of sin via his vast information network. With Abyss I.R.'s cooperation, Prim completed her magical training and was given access to the sorceress' Seven Deadly Sins collection. When Abyss proposed creating "new facilities" for espionage, Prim gave her permission to develop this Espionage Task Force.

Political Maneuvers
"Under the manipulation of my mother, I quit painting."

- Kyle

As time progressed, Prim noticed that Kyle had taken great interest in painting and disapproved of the hobby, finding it a distraction from his Kingly duties. During the same period, Duke Sfarz successfully found and collected the Glass of Conchita and Marlon Spoon for Prim to go along with Abyss I.R.'s Venom Sword and Clockworker's Doll. Once they also acquired the vessel of Pride, Prim discovered Abyss I.R. had split the mirror into four smaller hand mirrors, claiming it had more advatanges that way.

Around EC 485, Prim learned Arth had sired twins with Anne, Riliane and Alexiel, and was alarmed to hear the royal couple had returned to a loving relationship. Around EC 488, the royal family faced heavy criticism from Kyle's art teacher, Margaret, and her politically high-ranking husband, often forcing both Prim and her husband into open arguments with them. In EC 489, the couple was arrested and convicted as political prisoners. Afterwards, Prim ordered Margaret's guard to hand the art teacher Gift and commit suicide with the poison.

Despite her efforts, Kyle became even more enthusiastic about his art career after Margaret's death. To break his confidence, Prim hired multiple art dealers and critics to demean her son and his works, including the famed Nikolay Tolle. With her son's confidence broken, Prim asserted Kyle as the next King. Around this time, she gave one of the four hand mirrors to Kyle.

At some point, Anne visited Marlon and proposed that her daughter, Riliane, marry Kyle. Although appalled by the idea, Prim realized the Marlon King and Prime Minister liked it and so Prim reluctantly agreed to the arrangement. Learning Arth had come up with the betrothal, Prim grew furious at the King and soon began to consider killing him and his children. She soon took a liking to the idea and wondered how it would make Anne suffer.

In EC 490, Prim requested Abyss I.R. kill King Arth and his twin children. Despite the apparent difficulty, the sorceress said she could do it and demanded she kill them with her own methods. Once the mage used the Glass of Conchita to infect Arth with a Gula plague in Beelzenia, Prim anxiously awaited his death. Once the King finally succumbed to his disease in EC 491, Prim began the next stage in her plan to kill Arth's twins.

As Abyss I.R. desired, the Marlon Queen wrote a letter to Presi, instructing her brother to cooperate with Abyss I.R. to have Alexiel possessed by the Demon of Pride. Expecting the promise of advancing his ambitions to earn his support, Prim sent Abyss with the letter to Lucifenia around December of that year. Later on, Prim discovered that apparently only Alexiel was successfuly assassinated and that Presi had been killed during the event as well. Once she learned Ayss I.R. had deviated from the plan, as well as had Ney infiltrate Lucifenia as a spy, Prim realized the sorceress had hostility towards Elluka.

Paving the Way
"She didn't tell me about her specific purpose, but I saw a small glass bottle filled with white and yellow powder among her belongings, so it was perhaps to get that."

- Mikina Freesis

In EC 492, Prim traveled to Yatski village in Elphegort with the Marlon Spoon to acquire some materials. While in disguise, she found a pregnant Mikina Freesis unconcious at the bottom of a steep hill; the Queen then carried her to an inn in the village and cared for her injuries. From the shaman living in Yatski, Prim acquired a glass bottle containing white and yellow powder she was after.

When Mikina awoke, she begged Prim to help her, explaining how she was planning to have an abortion due to her and her husband's failing business. After she silently listened to Mikina's full explanation, Prim told her she didn't need to abort the child. She then gave Mikina the Marlon Spoon, promising it would bring her good fortune. Assuring the girl that her business would be successful, Prim left to return to Marlon, saying she hoped Mikina gave birth to a strong child.

Sometime afterward, Prim's husband died and the Queen began purging the royal family, killing her husband's children he had with his previous wife, his concubines, and most of their children that could threaten Kyle's legitimacy as ruler. Once Prim exterminated all the dignitaries that could oppose her son's right to rule,  Kyle was crowned king in EC 494.

Later that year, Mikina visited Prim and told the queen dowager how the Marlon Spoon conjured blue fire that killed her father and her son's nanny when the patriarch threatened to take her child, Shaw, away. After explaining what the vessels of sin were, Prim told Mikina that she unwittingly made a contract with the Demon of Greed and that it was slowly eating away at her family's souls. In order to prevent this, Prim demanded Mikina replace her father, Duke Sfarz, as their collaborator.

After she begrudgingly joined their conspiracy, Prim had Mikina secretly allocate some of the Freesis Firm's wealth to fund Prim's ambitions and used its information network in place of Duke Sfarz's own network. With the continued success of the Espionage Task Force, Prim consolidated their position and increased their influence.

Decisive Play
"If this goes on, our country will be the largest in history. My son... your brother, will be crowned King."

- Prim to her daughter

In EC 499, Prim learned Anne had died of the Gula plague and that Abyss I.R. had once again strayed from her desires and killed her. Afterward, she cried throughout the whole night, saddened that she could no longer make her friend miserable. The Queen then resolved to instead destroy the Kingdom Anne left behind and assure her surviving daughter, Riliane, die in absolute despair.

Since Abyss I.R. had Ney transplant the Demon of Pride to the Lucifenian Princess, Prim continued to maintain a facade and openly support her son's marriage to the princess until Abyss fulfilled Prim's new designs. In EC 500, after learning Abyss I.R. had Kyle possessed by the Demon of Lust, Prim was furious that the mage let Kyle act like his father and mingle with his green-haired sweetheart, Michaela. Despite that, she was pleased with Kyle's new obedience to her will and was glad he wanted to reject his betrothal to Riliane.

When Prime Minister Minis of Lucifenia visited them, Prim was satisfied with the honoraria he brought and offered a baby jis tiama as a gift for Elluka in return. Once Kyle gave Minis the letter discarding the engagement and explained his intentions, Prim told the prime minister that she would respect her son's decision. At some point, it was discovered that Michaela was Elluka's apprentice. As Kyle prepared to leave Marlon for Elphegort, the Queen Dowager imprisoned the king and kept him under house arrest to delay his departure until Ney learned her location from Mikina and killed the diva.

After the events of the Lucifenian Revolution, Prim sent a letter to Kyle, saying she accepted her son's actions for joining the Resistance and helping to overthrow Riliane, so long as he obeyed a list of conditions she sent him, including Marlon's occupation of Lucifenia and eventual integration as one of its territories. Kyle obeyed his mother and the vast kingdom was occupied by Marlon.

Later, Prim greeted Ney after the spy returned to Marlon. Prim then told her absent daughter that she grown up since she last saw her. The double agent reported that with Riliane's execution, the Three Heroes ceased to exist and that there was no one left who could stop the Queen. Prim noted that Elluka was still alive but Ney insisted the sorceress would not interfere. Dropping the subject, Prim praised her daughter for her efforts and remarked how it become possible for their nation to be the largest in history with Ney's brother as king.

She then told her daughter to rest, saying she would take care of everything else. Afterward, the Queen Dowager learned Abyss I.R. removed the Demon of Lust from Kyle, saying it had fulfilled its use. Unwilling to let go of her son's obedient disposition, Prim had the Demon of Pride possess Kyle instead from one of the vessel's mirrors she gave him. Once Kyle incorporated Lucifenia as part of Marlon's territory, Kyle handed over administration of the Marlon Island to Prim while he ruled from Lucifenian.

Endgame
"But because of that mage and swordswoman's meddling, the Demon of Pride is gone. You've returned to the original, rebellious Kyle against his mother. So... that's why, Kyle. Your mother shall once again have you possessed by the Demon."

- The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio of Blue

With her vengeance complete, Prim allowed Kyle to seek vengeance on those Ney blamed for Michaela's murder whilst planning to prove himself as a competent ruler by conquering all of Evillious. In EC 502, Kyle asked to borrow the Espionage Task Force from her for his Witch Hunt. At Abyss I.R.'s suggestion, Prim agreed to the arrangement on the conditions that the organization have absolute freedom for matters regarding the Witch Hunt and that Abyss decided who would lead the group, namely Ney.

In EC 505, after Kyle had been freed of the Demon's control by Gumillia and her compatriots, Prim moved to Castle Hedgehog in the north and had Abyss I.R. counteract Kyle's voyage to Marlon. Accompanied by Ney, Prim had her daughter use the Glass to begin building up an army of undead soldiers for her retaliation. During the ensuing battle at the castle, Prim set up the Clockworker's Doll in the castle's clock tower in preparation for unleashing its capabilities; afterwards, she waited in the clock tower for Kyle's arrival.

After Kyle arrived and sent two soldiers after Ney, leaving the two alone, Prim decided to reveal her schemes and motives to him. As she recounted her younger years with Arth and Anne, Prim expressed her disgust for being suspected by them, though admitting a bitter member of her family could potentially procure Gift. As she vaguely remembered putting something in Arth's wine glass, the Queen cast aside the notion and reiterated it was Anne's false suspicion of her that was important.

While elucidating how she came to give birth to Kyle, Prim recalled there were other children from the Marlon King's previous marriage but that they had since disappeared. As she questioned what happened to them, Kyle interjected and said she killed them. Insulted, Prime expressed her disbelief that he would think his own mother killed them, calling him an awful child. She then cast aside the topic and continued explaining what she had expected of Kyle since then.

As she described her encounter with the Venom Sword, Prim pointed out he should've seen it at the Freesis Mansion and noted that Elluka's apprentice seemed to currently have it. She then explained what occurred with Abyss I.R., Ney, Arth, and her assassination plans. As she described Abyss I.R.'s deception, she guessed the mage's true intention was to make Elluka unhappy but stated asking her was the only way to know. Laughing, she remarked how it was now impossible since Abyss had died.

Once she started elaborating about Kyle's possession, she expressed certainty he'd understand her reasons for wanting Kyle obedient to her will when he became a parent. With her explanation finished, Prim said that was why she would have Kyle repossessed by the Demon of Pride. In response, Kyle said she had gone insane.

The Queen Dowager then showed her son the mirror in her possession and mocked Michaela and Kyle's art tutor and saying that they were like the Clockworker's Doll and Eve Moonlit. She then began summoning the Demon when Ney returned from killing her pursuers. After ignoring Ney's pleas for appraisal, the child suddenly stabbed Prim in the chest. As she gushed blood, the shocked Prim breathlessly asked Ney why before dying in her seat.

Legacy
After her death, Prim was buried in a cemetery next to her daughter, Ney. Abyss I.R., having fled from Marlon after Prim's death, took the vessels of sin Prim had used with her before being defeated by her pursuers soon after. Yukina Freesis would later write a novel detailing the true Story of Evil and Prim's actions, gaining popularity around the world centuries later during the time of Gallerian Marlon.

Personality and Traits
Prim was a vain, spiteful, and cruel woman. Although having a close relationship with Anne, Prim grew to despise her for earning Arth's love and was even willing to attempt murder to deprive her friend of their beloved. This hatred later included Anne's children and she refused to have her son Kyle be married to Anne's daughter, Riliane. After becoming the queen of Marlon, Prim ruthlessly opposed any opposition and used her power to its maximum when silencing her critics. The Marlon queen also became obsessed with her son. Determined for the prince to grow up and become a great king, Prim manipulated every aspect of his life to keep him on the road she envisioned for him, even killing his art tutor and later bribing art dealers and critics to criticize his work in order to break his dream. As a result, she believed the demon-possessed Kyle was ideal, representative of the champion king she envisioned him to be.

Her disregard for Kyle's personal wants and dreams extended to the rest of her kin. Prim compared her family to pawns and considered them pieces to be used for her designs, holding no true affection for Ney or her brother, Presi. Extremely ambitious, Prim had no qualms with using deceit to maintain a facade and manipulate her family, friends, and other associates to her own ends. She similarly held her husband's numerous concubines and their children in contempt and purged the royal family of its members. The queen also had a fascination with magic and therefore was intrigued to learn the art and held both Elluka and Abyss I.R. in high regard. Prim's ambition left her arrogant in the success of her plans and her own abilities and indifferent to the countless lives ruined by her designs. Confident they were harmless, she ignored her husband's children whose heritage made it impossible for them to be legitimate heirs. She also had tremendous faith in Ney and Abyss I.R.'s loyalty, an overconfidence that led to her downfall.

Skills and Abilities
"And in the Kingdom of Marlon as well, although officially the ruler is the young King Kyle, the real power is in the hands of Queen Dowager Prim, his mother."

- An aristocrat speaking about Kyle and Prim

Befitting her arrogance, Prim was a talented individual. As part of the Rogzé family, she was well-versed in the creation and utilization of medicinal drugs and poisons, with the relatively new and readily available Gift becoming her poison of choice. Similarly, her place as one of the highest-ranking noble families in Lucifenia increased her prestige and capabilities.

Prim mastered manipulation at an early age, having moved to Marlon, courted its King, and beared his child by the time she was seventeen. Likewise, Prim had great influence in the political scene and was able to maintain her position of power as Queen for decades; even after her son was crowned King, Prim ruled Marlon from the shadows.

Prim was also very intelligent. Her manipulation skills allowed her to easily maintain false relationships with those around her. She similarly planned actions years ahead of time when seeing their potential. Compounding this, Prim had strong magical potential and studied under two of the most powerful mages from the Magic Kingdom Levianta's era, becoming a capable sorceress herself. Having finished her mage training under Abyss I.R., Prim was knowledgeable about the vessels of sin and their history.

Character Connections
Kyle Marlon: Prim's son. Prim had an obsessive fixation on her son that manifested in controlling his every action, wanting to make him into the perfect champion for the Kingdom of Marlon; to that end, she was willing to sacrifice his emotional and mental well-being to achieve that goal. Seeing him as a pawn more than a person, Prim preferred Kyle possessed by the Demon of Pride, where he was obedient to her will; she also held a low opinion of his judgement, mocking his choice in women.

Ney Marlon: Prim's daughter. Happy that Ney's birth, via her affair with Arth, meant she'd "beaten" Anne, Prim only recognized the girl as her daughter through the lens of viewing her as a pawn. She was willing to let her be experimented on and manipulated her into becoming a tool in her revenge-scheme, relying on the girl's skills in espionage and subterfuge for manipulating events to her liking. In addition to this, Prim would only show affection towards Ney when necessary to secure her loyalty.

Abyss I.R.: Prim's partner. Although amused and confounded by her secretive ambitions, Prim held Abyss I.R in high regard for her skills as a sorceress and ability to manipulate the vessels of sin. The two had a close confidential relationship initially, but after she began acting for her own ends Prim viewed her with mixed approval, disliking Kyle's possession by the Demon of Lust in particular.

Anne Lucifen d'Autriche: Prim's childhood friend and later enemy. Although looking down on Anne for her low status, Prim initially maintained a real friendship with her. After the girl married Prim's childhood crush, Arth, her fondness turned to spite as she perceived herself being cheated by the lower class noble. Following her attempted murder of Arth, these feelings quickly developed into a bitter rivalry with Anne, Prim becoming consumed with a desire to best and humiliate her former friend.

Arth Lucifen d'Autriche: Prim's childhood love. Prim fell in love with Arth when she was young, and losing him to Anne was one of the factors that drove her to hate her childhood friend. Although continuing to Out of spite she attempted to kill Arth, and later used him in her vendetta against his wife, seeing herself as "beating" Anne after inciting their affair with the Venom Sword. Following her conception of Ney, Prim continued her vendetta by finishing Arth off with the aid of Abyss I.R.

Presi Rogzé: Prim's brother. In spite of--and in part because--of being her brother, Prim saw Presi as little more than a pawn to further her plot against Anne and was unaffected by his death. She relied on his close position as Lucifenia's Prime Minister to relay information to her and carry out necessary actions, such as planting the mirror with the Demon of Gluttony inside it.

Mikina Freesis: A pawn of Prim's. Prim saw Mikina as a reliable pawn due to the latter's desperate circumstances and believed her useful for her revenge scheme, as Keel Freesis' wife.

Elluka Clockworker: One of Prim's teachers. Prim held Elluka in high regard as a sorceress and looked to her tutelage for learning about magic. Despite this, the two stood opposed to each other and Prim had no qualms having her pursued as an enemy later.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Prim's name is derived from the adjective "prim", meaning to be excessively decorous to the point of being vain or prudish.
 * Her family's surname seems to be a corruption of Zero-G, the company that created her representative Vocaloid.
 * Her surname Marlon is a reference to the demon of greed, Mammon.
 * Prim's name is inspired by the name of her representative Vocaloid, Prima, both names sharing the first four letters.

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