Gear

"So that the second hand doesn't stop, watching over it is my duty."

GEAR is the awakened vessel of Greed. He is the Second Guardian of the Clocktower, succeeding Gallerian Marlon, who dutifully protects the awakened Clockworker's Doll in Gallerian's Theater.

Awakening
Sometime before EC 990, the Marlon Spoon awakened as GEAR and was assigned the task of watching over Gallerian's Theater and keep the clocktower running or else the awakened Clockworker's Doll would die. He dutifully performed his task day by day, seeing how intruders searching for Gallerian Marlon's fortune ended up as victims of the Master of the Graveyard. He also watched the Waiter and noticed that under her selfish exterior was an inner sorrow she rarely showed.

In EC 990, when the clocktower's inner mechanisms became too deteriorated to function, GEAR realized the Director Doll would soon die. Desperate to fulfill his duty, he tore out his own heart and used it to connect himself to the tower, siphoning the powers of the Marlon Spoon to keep the clocktower operational. As a result, the doll was healed and drained the spoon of its power, leaving GEAR a shell of his vessel.

After his sacrifice, GEAR was unable to enter the main theater, confined to the clocktower he connected himself to He later attended the "trial" the Master of the Court held in EC 998, searching for the vessel of Wrath. In response to the search for the Seven Deadly Sins, he expressed annoyance at the search, saying that nothing would exist in the end anyway. The Master of the Graveyard responded to his pessimism, calling him the soul of Adam and taunting him that he was helpless to do anything about it.

Heartbeat Clocktower (EC 990)
GEAR narrates the story so far in Heartbeat Clocktower, from the construction of Gallerian's Theater to the awakening of the Deadly Sin vessels. The ones that have awakened at the time are the Master of the Graveyard, her servants, and the Waiter. Also present was the Clockworker's Doll, who was close to dying when the clock was starting to stop functioning. GEAR used his own heart to power the clocktower, thus he attaching himself to the clocktower permanently.

Master of the Court (EC ???)
GEAR is briefly mentioned in the song Master of the Court by the Master of the Court, stating that she received her new title and role after his sacrifice.

Capriccio Farce (EC 998)
GEAR makes an appearance in Capriccio Farce. He doubts that anything will exist once the Deadly Sins have been reunited, implying some sort of apocalypse or cataclysm.

Connections to Other Characters
Master of the Court: The awakened Deadly Sin vessel whom which GEAR is tasked to keep alive.

Waiter: GEAR is aware of the fact that she feels lonely due to the loss of her "other half".

Adam Moonlit: The Master of the Graveyard calls him the "Soul of Adam", linking him to Adam Moonlit.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * His name references his role in maintaining the clocktower he guards, keeping the gears turning to keep the awakened Clockworker's Doll alive.
 * His name also denominates the theme of gears representing the inevitability of fate, possibly tying to Master of the Graveyard's comment on his helplessness.

Curiosities

 * His attire bears a striking similarity to that of Kyle Marlon in The Daughter of Evil, Praefatio of Blue and Handbeat Clocktower.
 * The Master of the Graveyard addresses him the same way the Demon of Gluttony addresses Kyle Marlon in Kyle's vision; bothe are called the "Soul of Adam".
 * Gammon, while organizing the "court cases" for the Master of the Court, speculates if Adam Moonlit's dying wish resided in the Marlon Spoon and manifested as GEAR when the vessel awakened.

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