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Trivia Point Drafts

 * The name Hanne is derived from Hebrew, meaning "grace".
 * Her surname, Lorre, is derived from Basque, meaning "flower".
 * The ziz tiama's name is possibly derived from Tiamat, the primordial goddess of the ocean in Mesopotamian mythology.
 * Saruteito's name is similar to the romanization of Chartette's name, シャルテット (sharutetto).
 * Inukichi's name is written in Japanese kanji as 犬吉, using the kanji for "dog" and "canine tooth", respectively.
 * The song's title includes the kanji 首, meaning "head"; the same character is present in Kayo's surname.
 * In Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka, the Sudou name is written in kanji as 首藤 in Japanese kanji, using the kanji for "head" and "wisteria", respectively; Kayo Sudou, its most prominent member, was beheaded.
 * In Buddhism, wisteria flowers symbolize love, grace and bliss.
 * Her first name, Rahab, is the name of a sea monster mentioned in the Bible; fittingly, the Leviathan is sometimes portrayed as a sea serpent.

Jakoku Civil War
The Jakoku Civil War refers to the civil conflict taking place in Jakoku. Involving the different warring states within the country, it eventually resulted in the nation's unification under the Tokugawa shogunate and its eventual opening to foreign trade.

Origins
Around EC 540, Jakoku divided into individual states, warring with one another for control of their territory.

Civil War
During the civil conflict, the Hatsune family grew in power, eventually dominating the archipelago. After conquering much of the nation, the family's head, Nobunaga, was betrayed and killed by his rebelling subordinates. His daughter Jahime then succeeded him, allying with the foreign mage Julia IR along with her mage order, the Crimson Robed Masses.

Sometime after, the Tokugawa family began resisting Jahime's faction, allying themselves with Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia. At some point, Gaou Octo and Chartette Langley joined the conflict, fighting with the Tokugawas. In EC 549, Chartette was killed by Julia at Enbizaka. Later that year, Gaou defeated Jahime in the Battle of Jagahara, ending the civil war.

Aftermath
Following the war, the archipelago was unified under the Tokugawa shogunate. Having survived the conflict, Jahime began hunting down Julia, driving her from the country. Gaou was also eventually promoted to magistrate of the Izasa region.

Kokutan-douji
Kokutan-douji, also known by the name Ren, was a resident of Jakoku and the executioner of Kayo Sudou. Directed by the Demon of Envy, the boy traveled to Enbizaka. Eventually living with Kayo, he later carried out her execution following the tailor's murders. He was one of Allen Avadonia's incarnations.

Early Life
Sometime during the EC 800s, Allen Avadonia inadvertently reincarnated as a human. Born from the trunk of a dark ebony tree, the boy was found and raised by an old man, Kurookina. Growing up in the village Momogougen, Kokutan-douji began thinking there was something he should be doing. After receiving a revelation from what appeared to be a mermaid, the boy visited the southern island of Onigashima.

Fulfilling Destiny
While living in Enbizaka, the boy took the new name "Len" and made many new friends, and became an acquaintance of Kayo Sudou. After Kayo was arrested for her murders, Len transformed Grim the End into a sword and carried out the tailor's execution atop the hill, beheading Kayo.

Several days later, Len visited Kayo's head put on public display at the execution site. Later during the visit, he was greeted by a traveling monk, Gakusha. After being asked who he was, Len explained that he was the one who cut off Kayo's head, admitting that she was a sinful but pitiful woman. As Gakusha prepared to hold a memorial service for the murderess, Len joined hands with the monk and chanted the traditional rites for her. Some time after, Allen returned to his spiritual form.

Character Connections
Allen Avadonia: Kokutan-douji's previous reincarnation. Allen recalled his life as Kokutan-douji centuries after returning to spiritual form.

Kayo Sudou: Kokutan-douji's friend. The boy maintained a close relationship with the tailor, living with her and being called the name of her dead son. After she was convicted of her crimes, Kokutan-douji was reluctant to execute her and pitied her after her death, later performing funeral rites for her.

Saruteito: One of Kokutan-douji's traveling companions. The woman joined Kokutan-douji in his travels to Onigashima.

Inukichi: One of Kokutan-douji's traveling companions. The man joined Kokutan-douji in his travels to Onigashima.

Kiji Yarera: One of Kokutan-douji's traveling companions. The man joined Kokutan-douji in his travels to Onigashima.

Gakusha: A monk Kokutan-douji's encountered. The boy told Gakusha the story of Kayo as well as the murders she committed. He later joined him in carrying out Kayo's funeral rites.

Kurookina: The man who raised Kokutan-douji. Kurookina found Kokutan-douji as an infant and raised him as his own in the village of Momogougen.

Rin Miroku: ??

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Kokutan-douji's name is written in Japanese kanji as 黒檀, using the kanji for "ebony wood" and "kid" respectively.
 * He bears many similarities and parallels with the Japanese mythological figure Momotarō; both boys were born from plants and traveled to an island called Onigashima.
 * Kokutan-douji's traveling companions fittingly parallel those of Momotarō, with Saruteito being the monkey, Inukichi being the dog, and Kiji being the green pheasant.
 * His birth from an ebony tree may be a reference to Allen's confinement within Black Box; in some versions of the myth of Momotarō, the boy is born from a box.
 * Kokutan-douji's hometown, Momogougen, is written in Japanese as 桃弦, using the kanji for "peach" and "bowstring", respectively.
 * His alias, Ren, written in Japanese kanji "煉", using the kanji for "executor".
 * He also shares his name with the romanization of the name of his representative Vocaloid Kagamine Len.
 * Kokutan-douji carried out Kayo's beheading; ironically, Allen was killed by beheading.

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