Irina Clockworker

Irina Clockworker, also known as I.R., AB-CIR, Abyss I.R., and Julia Abelard, was a powerful sorceress from the Magic Kingdom Levianta and a HER. After being mortally injured in the Levianta Catastrophe, the mage inhabited the body of a stuffed red cat and began collecting the Seven Deadly Sins. Over the centuries, she orchestrated numerous incidents for her own designs while avoiding Elluka.

Early Life
"Sinful girl who has killed three people, you have been chosen to become the new Ma."

- The words told to Irina after killing Elluka

Born into the Clockworker Family, Irina became an apprentice craftsman and lived in Lighwatch with her brother, Kiril, for some time in the Magic Kingdom Levianta. Later on, Irina became friends with Kiril's fiancée, Elluka Chirclatia, but grew jealous of her brother's lover. In EC 013, both Elluka and Irina were selected as potential candidates for Project 'Ma' after being surveyed for their viability. As the time for the final selection drew closer, Irina began plotting to eliminate the other candidates.

After the mysterious accident killing Milky Eights and the apparent suicide of Ly Li, she approached Elluka and asked that they stop fighting for the position, telling her sister-in-law that she, as well as Kiril, supported her becoming the new Ma. Once Elluka expressed her gratitude to Irina and promised to protect her, Irina stabbed the sorceress in the back and cried while Elluka collapsed before her. Admitted for being the only surviving candidate, Irina devilishly smiled before the altar in the Levia-Behemo Temple as she was accepted to be the project's new test subject.

Shortly after, the explosion and ensuing destruction spreading across Levianta mutilated Irina, causing her to lose all her limbs and suffer from internal bleeding. Perceiving Elluka to be the cause of the catastrophe, she swore vengeance, even if it took her a hundred years to achieve that revenge. Alone in the wasteland of her country, she was approached by Seth Twiright, illuminated by the moon and carrying a red stuffed cat under his arm.

With the scientist's help, Irina entered the cat and possessed it as her new body. Learning that she was in fact a HER and the last of her kind, Irina set herself on a new goal and began to acquire the Seven Deadly Sins with the intention of spreading malice throughout the world, possessing magically potent bodies to make up for her feline body's lack of ability. Around this time, she discovered Elluka had become a vessel for the twin gods, Levia-Behemo and planned to eventually steal them from her.

Meeting the Duke
"Let’s try and increase my number of friends."

- I.R. regarding her plan to create more HERs

Referring to herself as “I.R.”, she traveled in search of the vessels. At some point, she created a vast information network and recruited several subordinates to her cause. Throughout her journey, she began to repeatedly visit the Tree of Held in his forest and speak with the god. In the second century EC, she located the sword holding the Demon of Lust in an Asmodean village and destroyed the town. While there, she discovered Haru Netsuma and recognized her strong magical power. The sorceress possessed her body and used it as her new medium, collecting her new vessel of sin and leaving. As she continued her mission, she caused mayhem and destruction with her new body to pass the time.

Towards the end of EC 135, realizing her limits to spread malice alone and feeling lonely as the only HER left in the world, I.R. came up with a plan to use the vessel she acquired to spawn more HERs. Choosing Duke Ilotte Venomania to be the Demon of Lust's contractor due to his great influence, the sorceress set up a meeting with him in December of that year. Arriving at his mansion on the intended date, the mage rang the doorbell but no one answered. After several more tries, the impatient I.R. grabbed the door handle and used a lockpicking spell to unlock it. Delightfully surprised, she found piles of the servants' bodies stacked before her. Deducing the slaughter was caused by a single person, either with exceptional stamina or enough hatred to overcome boundaries, I.R. smiled and searched for the killer.

Heading into the dining room, I.R. saw the murderer as he prepared to stab himself with his bloodied sword. Although knowing his answer, the sorceress inquired why he searched for death. When the male suddenly jerked to notice she was in the room, she saw his facial deformity and realized his motives behind the massacre. She then asked if he hated everything around him and he explained that he could never attain love; she queried if slaughtering everyone fulfilled that desire. Met with a "no" and his desperate tears, I.R. was reminded of when she killed Elluka. After the sorceress asked why he didn't just grab his desire instead of end it with death, he replied that it wouldn't have ended in such a way if he could.

The sorceress affirmed she could fulfill his dream, retracting the vessel of Lust from her robes. Telling him to replace the sword he carried with the katana when he impaled himself to attain his desire, he questioned the statement and she bluntly replied that she was a sorceress and she was suggesting he make a contract with a demon. In response to his surprise, she asked if he was scared by the word and he replied that he was just familiar with it. Catching her interest, she listened to his explanation of being called a "demon" before the sword was taken from her hands. When the young man began looking around the room frantically, she asked if he heard someone or if it was causing him discomfort. After he noted how nice it made him feel, she said it was the voice of the demon and that it meant he was given the right to make a contract with it.

As he stabbed himself with the vessel and forged the contract with the Demon of Lust, a smile slowly lit on her face. With the young man christening himself as "Sateriasis Venomania", I.R. introduced herself and agreed to let him keep the sword to gain more power, so long as helped her whenever needed. Leaving Sateriasis to his own devices, I.R. used her connections to set the young man up as the new Duke of Asmodean. To help give him the environment to freely act as he pleased, she sent one of her subordinates, Tette Cetera, to handle the aftermath of the incident. Soon after, she learned the new Duke had suffered amnesia from handling the vessel of sin and continued to spy on him. Waiting for some time, I.R. grew bored with the new Duke resisting his lustful urges and keeping himself isolated.

First Seduction
In early January of EC 136, the sorceress was amused to learn he had invited a woman into his home. When the woman, Lukana Octo, and him had left town for her departure, I.R. followed them without her medium to the city border and saw the tailor reject the Duke and leave. After he collapsed to his knees, I.R. called him an idiot, asking why he didn't stop Lukana and make her his. Surprised to hear Sateriasis call her by name, the cat asked if he regained his memories. The Duke said he remembered she was a beautiful sorceress and the mage demanded he answer her seriously. Once Venomania stated he remembered what he needed to do, she encouraged him to go after her, saying he should fly to catch up.

As the Duke expressed his doubts, she said it was fine since the sun had risen and no one was around, wondering if he still forgot how to use his powers. Told he simply never tried it, the red cat replied that he should consider it like a test and that it shouldn't have been difficult to do. Venomania questioned if she could just teleport him and she leaped in front of the Duke, noting how she was incapable of magic in her current form. Telling him again to go before he couldn't catch up to her, she threatened to burn him to ashes if he kept lazing about; the Duke countered that she couldn't currently use magic and the annoyed mage told him to stop rambling and go.

Once the Duke sprouted wings and took flight, I.R. reminded him to fly as high as possible and not be seen, wondering if he even heard her words as he left. Afterward, the concerned mage retrieved Haru's body and followed after him to the forest between Lasaland and the neighboring village. Seeing Venomania had seduced Lukana but was spotted by a terrified bystander, I.R. heard Venomania deduce she was scared of seeing him half-naked. Screaming that he was wrong, the sorceress explained her reasons for being there and remarked how she repeatedly told him not to be seen by anyone yet his wings, horns, and claws were all seen. When the Duke ignored her concerns and asked if the girl wanted to return to his mansion with him, I.R. realized his intentions and said he could do as he pleased.

After the girl refused and fled, Venomania asked her why his Lust spell didn't work and the mage surmised a few possibilities. When the Duke questioned if he should chase after her, I.R. noted the carriages carrying goods for the market would pass by soon and that he shouldn't risk causing more trouble. She then suggested they return to the mansion before talking more, saying they had a lot regarding their future plans to discuss, including the girl that fled. After assuring him they could always solve the situation with the girl when they needed to, Sateriasis collected Lukana and the three returned to the mansion.

Discussing their plans, I.R. left Haru's body in Lukana's care and joined the Duke in his carriage ride to Abito, hoping to find Mikulia Greeonio and keep her from causing more trouble for them. Once the Duke seduced the maiden and I.R. learned she harbored the Demon of Sloth inside her, she returned with the Duke to the mansion. Sometime after Venomania began building his harem, I.R. revealed her relation to the famed craftsman, Clockworker.

Journey to Mystica
"Well, well... Well, that's what you get for showing off, Duke."

- I.R. when the Duke's "victims" were discovered

After several months, I.R. returned to the Venomania manor in early April of EC 136, desiring to acquire one of her father's magical artifacts. Entering his basement, she was briefly greeted by Sateriasis before he realized it was her, and unenthusiastically asked why she came. In response, the sorceress asked why he was so rude before asking if he was ready. As the duke asked what she meant, I.R. questioned if he was playing dumb and warned him that he would then need to return the sword. After he conceded, Venomania asked if they would leave her "body" and I.R. affirmed that it was more convenient, charging Mikulia with taking care of Haru. Releasing control of her vessel, the sorceress followed the duke out of the mansion and later leapt upon his person. Hiding within his coat as they traveled, the sorceress took him to Mystica in search of an altar in the Misty Mountains.

After Sateriasis found a guide, Lilien Turner, to lead him to the location, I.R. climbed upon the duke's shoulder and continued their journey through the ruins until they arrived at the altar. As the duke expressed disbelief that Lilien had known Lukana, I.R. retorted that Mystica was his concubine's hometown and that he should have expected it, chastising that he should learn more about the women he entranced. The duke joked how unusual it was for her to care about women; the sorceress responded that she too was once a woman and reminded him to fulfill their contract if he wanted more power.

Unlocking and entering the tomb, Venomania discovered a stone coffin filled with treasure, retracting the spoon from among the riches. The cat denied the duke's claim that it was vessel of sin. After explaining, the disappointed Venomania tossed the weapon, shocking the sorceress and she leapt after the tool. While retrieving it, she remembered she had a meeting with Tette Cetera and angrily cursed that she'd turn her to cinders. The duke lectured that he wanted to avoid killing in his land and I.R. questioned if it was because Tette was a woman, hearing his interest in adding her and other women into his harem. The sorceress leaped back on his shoulder, noting that he was at least consistent.

Once they left the tomb, she asked who would accommodate them during their stay and the duke replied they would stay with Earl Ferdinand. Noting the earl had been investigating the disappearances, she questioned his judgement. Arriving at the mansion, the sorceress attached herself to Ferdinand's wife. After the duke left for Mystica the next day, I.R. discovered the earl's secret collection of Princess Maylis' possessions. That night, after the duke returned from his stroll though the town, she told him he was late and showed him her findings in the secret room. Describing Ferdinand's fetish for Maylis and his wife's apparent ignorance or apathy about it, citing that he was pathetic. After listening to the duke's fascination with the princess, she explored the mansion and discovered the earl's corpse within a room. Quoting the duke's earlier comments, she questioned the paradox of his words versus his actions, discerning he had murdered him.

Sometime after, I.R. met with Tette and learned interesting information from her before returning to the mansion Several days since discovering the earl, the sorceress detached herself from her medium, touring the halls before seeing a visitor discover the bodies. Noting the duke's consequences for "showing off", she continued onward and sat along the mansion's walls. Sensing the duke's demon transformation, she spoke aloud that it had begun and began traveling back to see the result of his battle with the intruder. On her way, she found him in the halls and asked if their battle had ended. The duke told her it had and the two left.

On their way back to Lasaland, the sorceress questioned if it was alright that he left Lilien there. When he told her she would come on her own, she chuckled and responded that he truly was evil. The duke told her they needed to hurry and she suggested they take a fast carriage. When the duke said they would take any carriage to the city, I.R. revealed what she learned from the woman and that she extracted some interesting information. As the duke noted that she too responded to his charm, she chuckled and commented on the things he ended up lusting for. I.R. retrieved her vessel, Haru, and remained for a time in his mansion.

Venomania Event
When Duke Venomania seduced Haru's sister Hakua, Haru's consciousness slightly resurfaced and I.R. kept a wide berth around the girl to be safe. During this period, she also became aware of Lukana Octo's receptiveness to magic and unique Purple Dream ability, planning to take her body for a new medium. She was stopped by the Duke shortly after. After Lolan Eve's dead body was discovered by Lukana, she took the corpse outside the mansion. She also, at some point, realized Mikulia had become the vessel for the Demon of Sloth and, to goad the demon out of her, created a nechuna doll in the image of Eve Moonlit at the Gine Workshop and gave it to Mikulia. Later on, I.R. learned of Anne Suites' discovery that Maylis, Mikulia, and Lukana were all pregnant with Venomania's offspring.

As the duke became increasingly careless in his pursuits, I.R. feared that he would soon come to ruin and planned to escape with the vessels. Taking Lukana as her medium, the sorceress broke into his storage and took the Clockworker's Doll, as well as the vessel of Lust, before she was interrupted by Venomania. After explaining her intentions and seeing the duke held her no ill will, I.R. was prepared to leave before he clarified he would not let her take Lukana. As she prepared to fight Venomania, she thought better of it and departed from his home with Haru.

After the Duke's death, I.R. returned to the ruins of the Levia-Behemo Temple and mused over her recent successes. Realizing she had yet to name the sword, the sorceress felt its purple aura and decided to name it the "Venom Sword" to give "thanks" to Duke Venomania. Afterward, she continued to pursue Lukana to act as her new medium but was later thwarted when Elluka swapped bodies with the tailor instead. At some point, she placed the Demon of Greed in the spoon magic tool she had acquired. She would later lose the spoon over the course of her travels.

Evil Food Eater Conchita
"By the by, I think it’s the first time I see you not having a woman as a host. Did you perhaps change your mind?" "It’s not like that. I just was in a situation that required so."

- Held and Irina

With her existence known to Elluka, unable to take Lukana's body, and plagued by Haru's resurging consciousness, Irina reluctantly set up a battle between her and one of her subordinates in the second century EC. After unleashing her flames upon the man, she severely burned his arm before possessing him and killing Haru. Posing as a benevolent mage that defeated the evil I.R., Irina took the name "AB-CIR" and utilized the man as her vessel out of necessity. Around this time, she met a thief and became well acquainted with him and the Association organization he worked with. Unable to use magic with a male body, the sorceress began searching for a new one to replace it.

In late EC 296, the mage arrived at the Conchita Mansion and consulted Duke Muzuri regarding the sudden string of deaths among the mansion's servants after the household ate a baemu. Explaining that they contracted the Gula disease from the pig, naming the illness after the first town it had occurred in, AB-CIR told Muzuri about the baemu's connection to the Tasan Empire's collapse, leading to the pig being banned in Levin law. To help Muzuri with his plight, AB-CIR explained that they only needed to keep satiating their appetites for ten years to stop the curse, or else they would die like the servants. Acquiring the vessel of Gluttony found inside the eaten baemu in exchange for her information, the mage left Beelzenia.

Sometime after, she met with the thief, now an old man, and his new pupil, Platonic. Recognizing her as a descendant of Mikulia Greeonio, AB-CIR learned Platonic retained residual magic of the Demon of Sloth, making her innately resistance to the Demons of Sin. The mage considered her as a replacement body but, after testing her, found she had no magical talent and gave up on the endeavor. She later arrived in Marlon but got caught in a blunder and was forced to give up the wine glass. Fleeing to Lioness, she resided at Castle Hedgehog in the service to its lord while seeking out the blue spoon in Lioness. While serving him, AB-CIR learned of the man's sadism for "torture" and became fascinated by the concept, studying his methods.

Around EC 325, she learned that the wine glass ended up in the possession of Gourmet Noble Banica Conchita. Knowing Platonic's master had died and she became an infamous thief, AB-CIR traveled to the Association's hideout in Beelzenia to meet with her. While there, she hired her to steal the wine glass from Banica, offering her enough pay to buy the dream home she always wanted. Around this time, AB-CIR learned that the Levin Church in Lucifenia gave the Twin Swords of Levianta to Elluka. Platonic later reported of her failure to the mage in the castle's dungeon, explaining that undead soldiers and a pair of malicious twins protected the estate.

Overhearing their conversation, the captured Third Prince of Marlon spoke up about Banica and Platonic asked who he was. AB-CIR revealed who Carlos Marlon was and listened to him offer to be a spy and steal the wine glass. Having previously killed the famed cook Joseph, AB-CIR construed a new plan and swiped the Venom Sword at the prince's face, causing him to fall unconscious with a new unrecognizable appearance. After leaving him in the care of Platonic, AB-CIR informed Carlos that the change wasn't permanent after he awoke. Freeing him of his imprisonment, "Joseph" was hired as one of Banica's cooks and successfully infiltrated the mansion. The mage then sent Platonic to Lucifenia to steal the vessel of Envy from Elluka. The sorceress lost contact with Carlos sometime after.

Visiting Held
"I told you, didn’t I? All I want is to get my pawn back."

- Irina to Held

After discovering that Elluka had captured Platonic, AB-CIR traveled to Elphegort and visited Held. When the god immediately asked what Irina wanted, she clarified the new name she went by and jumped off her host's body; letting it slump to the ground, she noted how difficult it was to control a man. The god then queried if she changed her mind about using female bodies and the cat brushed off the idea, saying it was a necessity. When pressed by Held, Irina refused and stated she came to have a different conversation, scratching the tree's bark with her claws. The earth god complained and AB-CIR demanded he tell her where Elluka was.

Met with Held's surprise, she explained what happened to her "pawn" and that she only wanted to get her back, if possible. The god refused to tell her, asking if she planned to burn him to ashes once he answered and the cat groaned how even if she did, it wouldn't kill his true self. When pointing out that he too couldn't do anything to her while stuck as a tree, Irina asked about the opposite. The god then clarified that his destruction could allow him the chance to momentarily use his godly power to destroy her soul before leaving the mortal world, she stated that's what she wanted to avoid and continued scratching his face.

Ignoring his pleas to stop damaging him, AB-CIR asked why he hadn't told Elluka about her existence, noting that destroying HER and the vessels of sin seemed to be his goal. Held replied he couldn't let them both meet and she mockingly asked if he was afraid of the mage meeting a HER. Amused, Irina questioned why he had her hunt the vessels of sin since it meant eventually meeting the Evil Raiser who possessed them. Although Held denied it was about HER, AB-CIR brushed off his wishes and admitted her plan to eventually steal the twin gods from Elluka's body and soul.

Held inquired if that meant she wasn't planning to meet her now and the cat reiterated she just wanted her pawn back, explaining that by knowing her whereabouts, she could task her other subordinates with recovering her later; she elaborated that, despite her current state, she was a busy person and forcefully asked again about Elluka's location, strongly clawing at Held's face. Seeing Held's discomfort, AB-CIR commented about the Hedgehog lord's torture hobby and how she was wanting to try it. After several tens of minutes of clawing at him, the tired cat chuckled and noted the god's stubbornness.

She then decided to quit for the day, returning to her vessel before leaving. In August of that year, Platonic escaped from Elluka and completed her mission, giving the wine glass to AB-CIR. She later lost possession of the Venom Sword, as well as the Glass.

Daughter of Fog
"Stepfather was completely consumed by his hatred for Gast. Was that Stepfather's true nature or the instigation of the old woman who stood beside him—Abyss I.R.? That is also something I don't understand, even now."

- Yvette in a letter to Yukina Freesis

Sometime afterward, Irina took an old woman as her medium and adopted the pseudonym "Abyss I.R." for herself. Desiring to collect the Venom Sword again for her plans, Abyss I.R. tracked the vessel to the orphaned Zenon in Elphegort. After learning about the descendent of her old acquaintance, Duke Venomania, Abyss followed the road across the Asmodean border to the country in EC 473 and crossed paths with the child. Starved, he attacked her and she smiled, enveloping the boy with her conjured flames. Respecting his beautiful face, she avoided burning it and left him injured and unconscious on the side of the road so he could be found later. Once the sword was collected, she left.

Curious if the sword had lost its power, the sorceress planned to use Zenon to test the vessel. Learning of Zenon's exploits as a soldier for the Asmodean Emperor using the name "Gast Venom", Abyss approached Head of Intelligence Futapie in EC 477 and had her research the boy's past. Gaining a witness from Gast's hometown, Abyss and the green-haired man followed the Intelligence agent to the home of Gast's superior, General Shalgham. Once the documents of Gast's past were delivered and the Head of Intelligence left, Abyss I.R. allowed the witness to confirm the information and that the general's foster daughter, Yvette, shared a great likeness with Gast's dead sister, Sarah.

The sorceress then spoke to Shalgham about the plan to have Gast killed using Yvette and the Venom Sword as the motivator. Once Shalgham accepted the plan, it was executed out at the Misty Mountains. With Gast coming under the sword's influence and determined to fight back and kill the general, the sorceress confirmed that it was still functional. On the last night when it was planned for Gast to die, Abyss I.R. stood beside Shalgham when Yvette managed to avoid the sorceress and kill her stepfather with a golden knife. Although surprised that Yvette wielded the vessel of Wrath, she did not pursue the fleeing child and instead confronted Gast at her father's altar.

Emerging from the fog, she greeted him, poking fun at his name change. When Gast questioned why she was there, the sorceress explained that she had given his ancestor the sword and had simply returned to take it back. After Gast refused, she noted that was fine at first but mused how Yvette unexpectedly became "worried". In the instant she prepared to conjure her flames, Gast struck out at her neck. Cackling after the blade cut into her "body", the sorceress told Gast that it was useless to use the sword on her and that his family never learned. Blasting his chest with flames, she teased that she promised not to burn him completely again, in deference to his face. After consuming him in flames and rendering him unconscious again, she took back the vessel of sin and left.

Dark Conspiracy
In the early EC 480s, Abyss I.R. was traversing the Blood Pool Region of Marlon when she came in contact with Queen Prim Marlon. When the Queen expressed her disbelief that Abyss was a powerful mage, she swiped the Venom Sword before her, claiming it to be a lucky love charm. Aware that King Arth's children would be the next reincarnation cycle of Hänsel and Gretel and of Prim's history with Arth, the sorceress allowed the Queen to borrow the vessel and use it do seduce him.

Many months later in EC 482, after Prim had returned from her trip to Lucifenia and was confirmed pregnant, Abyss I.R. returned to the castle and offered to assist the Queen in her ambitions for a more powerful Marlon. She then presented two conditions, one being that she help her collect the other vessels of sin, and the other being that she give her a child for magical experimentation. The two then agreed to make the formal arrangement after Prim had her child the following month. Once Prim discovered her child was blond and risked a scandal, she agreed to give the girl to her and Abyss I.R. named her "Ney".

Over the years, Abyss I.R. served as Prim's court mage, finishing Prim's magical training she begun with Elluka and letting her use the vessels of sin she acquired for her own purposes. Around the same time, she experimented on Ney, studying the reincarnation of Gretel for her magical research; she also trained the golden-haired child to become her spy and assassin, reinforcing the girl's loyalty to her mother. While serving Prim, Abyss I.R. openly caused unhappiness for others.

At some point, the sorceress proposed creating "new facilities" for espionage and Prim gave her permission to develop it; training multiple women as elite spies and agents for several years, Abyss I.R. eventually established the Espionage Task Force. Because of Duke Sfarz, Irina reclaimed the Marlon Spoon and the Glass of Conchita. Once she acquired the vessel of Pride, Abyss I.R. separated the mirror into four smaller hand mirrors, telling Prim that it had more advantages that way.

Twiright Prank
"To fool that pitiful man and make the demon possess him, just as you planned."

- Ney Futapie

In EC 490, Prim asked Abyss to assassinate King Arth and his children, Prince Alexiel and Princess Riliane. The mage stated it was possible but that the Queen would leave it to her methods. The mage then used the Glass of Conchita to cause a Gula epidemic in the Beelzenian Empire, far from Marlon, in order to goad King Arth into pressing his invasion of the weakened state.

After Arth was infected and died of the plague the following year, the mage agreed to kill Arth's twin heirs with the help of Prim's brother, Presi Rogzé. Around December of EC 491, she placed the Demon of Gluttony inside the Mirror of Lucifenia and made it difficult for anyone to exorcise but Presi. Abyss also gave Ney one of the four mirrors and tasked her with infiltrating the royal palace and spy on events that transpired for her, planning to trick Presi and have the Demon possess him.

Once Prim sent the sorceress with a letter to have her brother cooperate with them, she met with the minister at the royal palace and gave him the letter. Believing their plan was to have Alexiel become possessed by the Demon of Pride and elevate both his and Prim's designs, the minister agreed to the arrangement. After showing Presi the mirror, the minister asked if it the ordinary-looking hand mirror was truly a vessel of sin. Abyss, pointing at the mirror's surface, instructed him to look closely and pointed out the faint red light of the demon inside it.

Still faced with his skepticism, the sorceress brushed off his disbelief as his choice although noting he wasn't in a position to choose. After he spoke aloud that his sister was attempting to take control of Lucifenia through him, she joked she didn't know much about politics, the cat then meowing in unison with her body's chuckle. When asked who she was, she explained she was sorceress and that most people didn't believe her.

At Presi's implication that Elluka was staying at the palace, Irina's fur slightly bristled up and the sorceress commented their mission might actually be troublesome. Suggesting they lure the prince outside so Elluka wouldn't suspect anything, Presi explained that Princess Riliane and Prince Alexiel often escaped from the palace to play at the nearby beach.

Enthusiastic about the idea, Abyss I.R. said they needed to prepare and chuckled before disapparating from the room. After placing the mirror in a black box and burying it in the sand where they would play, the sorceress hid in the Forest of Bewilderment and watched as the twins played. Once they found the mirror, she summoned the Demon of Gluttony from the vessel and it possessed Riliane.

A few days later, Abyss I.R. met with Presi in the palace after he attempted to make the princess Arth's heir. When he breathlessly commented that the plan was going well despite the wrong twin being possessed, the sorceress jokingly applauded his ability to adapt to the situation and laughed. Petting her cat body while the minister blamed her for the situation, she calmly replied that even she couldn't perfectly predict the demon's actions.

When asked why the possessed Riliane had such a strange appetite when she was supposed to be possessed by a "Demon of Pride", the sorceress acted surprised and nonchalantly brushed off her apparent mess up. Presi then asked if there was anyway to keep her possession secret from the others and Abyss I.R. said it wasn't easy but that his ambition would come true in time. After warning him about Elluka and the Three Heroes, she disappeared in a cloud of vapor.

Later meeting with Ney on a hill in the outskirts of Lucifenia, she listened to her report. Asking what happened after Presi became possessed by the demon and attacked Elluka, Ney explained how Mariam Futapie saved her and helped defeat him. The sorceress sarcastically mused how pitiable their success was to cost a life and Ney responded that it was exactly as Abyss had planned. The mage then noted how the child spoke like an adult, then asked about the Demon. After learning Elluka exorcised it from Riliane and returned it to the mirror, Irina praised Elluka for exorcising it despite the her attempts to make it difficult.

She then admonished her sister-in-law for only collecting one of the four mirrors and that, with the Demon of Pride replaced with the Demon of Gluttony in the mirror, she could easily reawaken the Demon so long as the vessel Prim had was safe; calling it Elluka's payment for not learning about the vessels during her long lifetime, the sorceress begun walking in circles as she muttered to herself regarding their current situation. Deciding to use the same method she had used on Arth to kill Queen Anne and break up the Three Heroes, she grumbled it would take seven to eight years for the glass' pathogen to infect and kill her.

With her thought finished, she checked if Ney remembered what to do and still had one of the mirrors. After reminding her to remember everything she was taught and to endure the long wait till Queen Anne's death, she told her to then replant the Demon on Riliane and that she was counting on her, saying it was all for her mother's sake. Soon after, she revived the demon in the Glass and conjured another strain of the Gula disease to infect Anne.

Decisive Play
"Regardless of your hopes, when the time comes, I plan to approach her on my own. And then I'll steal both sides of "that" from her body and soul!"

- Irina to Held

In EC 494, after Duke Sfarz was killed by his daughter, Mikina, via the Marlon Spoon, Prim forced the aristocrat to replace her father in their conspiracy and follow Abyss I.R.'s instructions. With the continued success of Abyss I.R.'s Espionage Task Force, Prim consolidated their position and increased their influence. After Anne's death in January of EC 499, the angered Prim demanded they overthrow the Kingdom of Lucifenia and install her son, King Kyle, as a great ruler. Abyss I.R. agreed to assist in the endeavor.

With Ney successfully transplanting the Demon of Pride to Princess Riliane, Abyss maintained contact with Mikina through a Very Amazing Spring Onion and gave her the Venom Sword, instructing the aristocrat to give it to her husband to set up Kyle for demonic possession. As planned, Kyle's interactions with Keel led to his possession. Once the King's sweetheart, Michaela, was discovered to be Elluka's apprentice, Abyss had Ney learn the girl's location from Mikina and assure she was killed during the Green Hunting.

With the success of the Lucifenian Revolution, the Princess was seemingly dead, all of the Three Heroes save for Elluka were killed, and Marlon successfully occupied Lucifenia. Abyss then extracted the Demon of Lust from Kyle, telling Prim it served its use, but the Queen had him possessed by the Demon of Pride instead. When Kyle asked to use the Espionage Task Force for his Witch Hunt, Abyss I.R. was allowed to choose its head, selecting Ney to spearhead the inquisition.

In EC 503, the sorceress discovered the fugitive Elluka and her apprentice, Gumillia, infiltrating the Marlon royal palace and ambushed them, capturing Elluka although failing to apprehend Gumillia; taking Lukana's body from her, "Abyss I.R." was declared dead while the sorceress continued her service to Prim.

Around EC 505, Abyss I.R. learned that Princess Riliane survived the revolution and was living at the monastery along Lucifenia's coast; because the Freesis Family funded the convent, Abyss I.R. ordered Mikina to visit the convent over the next few months to spy on "Rin", considering the child as her next body since she had been demonically possessed.

Abyss later gave Ney the Glass of Conchita to use as part of Kyle's planned invasion of Beelzenia. She later returned to ask the sorceress more questions about the glass, dissatisfied with its reanimated army's effectiveness. Later, when Kyle was freed of demonic possession and both Gumillia and the blue-haired king began heading for Marlon, the sorceress magically grew a jis tiama to an enormous size, sending the massive octopus after their voyaging ship.

When the attack failed, Ney and Abyss I.R. traveled to Bariti. After learning they were staying at the Freesis Mansion in Marlon, the sorceress, impersonating Elluka, arrived at the estate and greeted Keel and Mikina's daughter. Offered black tea, the sorceress refused and soon after encountered Gumillia at the door. Suggesting they talk in private, Abyss I.R. agreed and headed outside by the Column Forest before attacking her.

Locked in combat, the sorceress managed to overwhelm Gumillia within a few attacks but then Yukina and Germaine Avadonia arrived. Revealing herself to the trio, Abyss summoned three black bears to attack the green-haired mage. While Germaine subdued the creatures, Abyss I.R. swiftly approached and grabbed Gumillia, stating she would take the mage's body. At that moment, Elluka's spirit called out and wrestled control from the sorceress, sending both women flying into the air.

Cutting Losses
Without a medium, the sorceress approached Mikina, who immediately took in the cat, and waited while Kyle assaulted Castle Hedgehog to defeat Prim. After Ney was captured and held at the estate, Abyss I.R. took control of Mikina's body and knocked out her husband before killing Ney, stealing the vessels of sin they had acquired from Prim, and fleeing to the Held monastery.

After she reached the Lucifenian coastline, Germaine confronted the sorceress and, shortly after Yukina and Rin arrived, discovered Mikina was being controlled by her. When the swordswoman deduced the identity of her true body, Abyss I.R. hid in a cabin while her medium attacked and injured Germaine's neck. Seeing that Germaine's wound rapidly healed, the sorceress realized she was likely a blood relative of Banica Conchita and became interested in her body.

As Germaine found and chased after the cat, Mikina's consciousness resurged and confessed her involvement in their conspiracy to her daughter. Invoking the Demon of Greed's connection to Mikina, Abyss regained control and laughed, asking Yukina if she enjoyed her mother's confession. She then used the Marlon Spoon to ensnare the girl in a fiery prison; as she was about to kill her, Rin attempted to steal the vessel and forced the sorceress to release the spell.

As Germaine prepared to attack her true body, the sorceress attempted to use the Glass of Conchita to possess the former princess but it failed. With Germaine skewering her body shortly after, Mikina was freed of the mage's control. Defeated and believed to be dead, the sorceress patched up her feline body and, having lost many of her vessels of sin to Elluka, escaped.

New Four Horsemen
In EC 508, she traveled to Divine Levianta and acquired the Twin Swords of Levianta. She then collaborated with Mikhail Asayev, using the vessel of Envy to influence the creation of Neo Apocalypse and its subsequent terrorism. While causing the New Four Horsemen Incident with the swords, she encountered Germaine and they battled. Taking advantage of Germaine's neck injury from their last encounter, Abyss I.R. defeated the swordswoman and took possession of her body. Later on, the sorceress confronted Riliane Mouchet. Abyss became heavily injured during the battle and, losing the twin swords to Chartette Langley, retreated. Around this time, she reclaimed the Glass of Conchita from Elluka.

Around forty years later, the sorceress located Chartette in Snakeland and traveled to the Eastern nation. Crossing a bridge outside Enbizaka to face the aged warrior, the two exchanged words before dueling. Quickly overwhelming the elderly woman, Irina consumed Chartette in flames. Once the warrior was dead, she suddenly looked up at the sky and made eye contact with a bat before returning her gaze forward. With the Glass of Conchita in hand, she left.

Père Noël
"I'll be waiting at Merigod Plateau."

- Irina in her letter to Elluka

Forging her identity as "Julia Abelard", Irina amassed a large fortune, becoming a millionaire. At some point, she discovered a young boy named Lemy at an orphanage in the Lucifenian Republic's Rolled city and subsequently adopted him. Sometime before EC 609, Julia met and became friends with Margarita Felix and formed the criminal organization Père Noël with her, taking the codename "I. the Santa". Brainwashing Lemy to be a cold assassin for the organization, she recruited him as well.

In EC 609, Julia comforted Margarita as her failing marriage left her downtrodden and miserable. The sorceress then gifted the Clockworker's Doll to her, concealing the instructions to create the Gift poison inside it. After Margarita became possessed by the Demon of Sloth and eradicated her hometown of Toragay using Gift, Julia had already fled with the doll and avoided the Freesis Foundation's investigation. Although her involvement with Père Noël was suspected, I. the Santa continued commanding the organization and sent Lemy on nightly assassination missions throughout EC 610 to eliminate targets. During that same year, her organization gained two new members: VII. the Magician and VIII. the Sniper.

Towards the end of EC 610, Lemy alerted Santa that Magician was a traitor and, grateful for his loyalty, Julia petted her child's head despite the fact VII. the Magician escaped. Learning Magician was actually Elluka, she sent her sister-in-law a letter challenging her to come find her at Merigod Plateau in Elphegort. At Merigod, Irina awaited for Elluka's arrival and afterward clashed with her "sister" and her apprentice, Gumillia, before being defeated.

Personality and Traits
Irina was a deceitful, manipulative, and cruel woman and was responsible for countless atrocities during her lifetime. Because she had been born with Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome, Irina felt compelled to spread malice and misfortune to others. Despite being born a HER, she had not been aware of her innate nature originally, and believed she was a normal human. As a result, she maintained close relationships with her brother and his fiancée, Elluka, although jealous of the latter. Similarly, she was overcome with guilt by her sudden betrayal and murder of Elluka, immediately driven to tears after doing so.

However, after learning what she was, she came to revel in sowing malice and grew ashamed of her previous guilt over the evil she inflicted upon others. In spite of this, Irina eventually grew concerned about being the only remaining HER after the Levianta Catastrophe, bothered by the limits of malice she could spread alone and, more importantly, the loneliness of being the only surviving HER. Therefore, she was satisfied by the three family lines carrying HER in its bloodline and its potential spread over time. Among her destructive habits, Irina enjoyed burning people and she often threatened to burn someone "to ashes". She also took a liking to the idea of torture used by the lord of Castle Hedgehog and began employing the method herself when extracting information.

Calm and collected, Irina usually observed conflicts with glee and rarely became too involved in a situation after sowing the seeds herself. As a result, she often laughed at others' shortcomings or mused at how events played out while fully aware they were her doing. Coinciding with this, she sadistically enjoyed watching others suffer and treated them as pawns in a game. Because of this, she easily used trickery or lies to achieve her goals, and was often scheming to satisfy her own desires, such as when planning to use Duke Venomania to produce more HERs. However, she did have brief lapses in her amusement when something unexpected or inconvenient occurred and was visibly distressed or bothered by it, though she quickly found the benefits these situations gave her. In a similar vein, she was attracted to grandiose acts of violence and became excited by the sight of such display.

Due to losing her original body in the catastrophe, Irina became resentful towards Elluka, deriving much joy from the mage's failings or suffering, and even swore revenge on her and promised to make her feel nothing but utter despair. However, after setting her sights on the Demons of Sin, Irina actively avoided Elluka whenever possible, although planning to confront the mage herself eventually. She was also frustrated by Elluka's interference in her many schemes, to the point that Presi's mention of her caused the cat to hiss with displeasure.

After becoming a cat, Irina began mimicking felines, learning to act like a cat in both her mannerisms and body language. While using one of her bodies, she maintained the façade as simply the cat for the "sorceress" medium, even petting herself via the body she controlled. However, she often took a more active role while in combat, keeping her true body safe and away from harm, especially after Germaine Avadonia discovered her secret. Because of her limits as a cat, Irina took particular interest in the bodies she acquired, searching for those with strong magical power and taking even greater interest in those that had unique abilities, such as Lukana and Germaine.

When using these bodies, Irina also used aliases to hide her identity, although revealing her true nature to the few she collaborated with. She also honored her deals with others when they were to her advantage. Ironically, she sympathized with Venomania's harem due having once been a woman, expecting men to treat their women respectfully and take the time to know them. She also became extremely interested in the reincarnations of Hänsel and Gretel, heavily experimenting on Ney Marlon and using Lemy to great effect, and planned to eventually take the twin gods Levia-Behemo from Elluka's own body and soul.

Skills and Abilities
"Although she hasn't recieved any magic training, the results of the Royal Institute's examination of everyone confirm that she has a high M factor."

- Excerpt from seventh Project 'Ma' report

Despite never receiving any magical training, Irina was a powerful sorceress who was ranked second only to Elluka when surveyed for Project 'Ma'. Among her plethora of spells, Irina could cast powerful fire magic and severely burn someone without killing them, disappear in a cloud of smoke, unlock doors, summon nearby animals to attack others, and grow a jis tiama to an enormous size and control it. However, after losing her original body and becoming a cat, Irina was unable to perform any spells and lost many of her basic functions as a human. But, through the Body Steal Technique she acquired thereafter, the sorceress was able to utilize her host's magic power, though her skill and capabilities varied between each medium.

Through the technique, Irina possessed the ability to steal another person's body and use it as a medium while remaining in full control of her own body. Like a ragdoll, the medium was freely under her control and was an extension of herself, sometimes even mimicking her cat body's expressions. The body also ceased aging while being used by Irina, allowing her to utilize a single medium for decades or centuries before choosing a new one. The body could be damaged without causing any injury to Irina and, as a shell, did not bleed, making it seemingly invincible in combat.

While controlling the body, she could suppress the owner's consciousness, allowing her to leave it behind without the person awakening. Despite this, the person's consciousness could resurface if strongly provoked and could become difficult for Irina to control. She could also probe the minds of those she controlled, although she was unable to learn the full knowledge or intent from their memories. To maintain the technique, she always kept her cat body near the intended vessel at all times. However, because she was originally a woman, the cat was unable to utilize her magic to its full potential when stealing a male body.

As a cat, Irina could communicate with those possessed by Demons of Sin but sounded like just an ordinary cat to others. While using Lukana's body, Irina was able to use her prediction dream ability and, while using Germaine's body, she had the swordswoman's advanced healing ability, recovering quickly from serious injuries. Irina was also skilled at clockworking, creating the Clockworker's Doll to become the vessel of Sloth, and had a deep knowledge of the vessels of sin, along with the skill to transplant the Demons and switch them between their own vessels without becoming possessed herself. In conjunction with this, she was a skilled manipulator, able to use others by taking advantage of their emotions, desires, and insecurities to get what she wanted.

She was also extremely skilled in espionage and information gathering, creating vast information networks that allowed her to easily acquire data about virtually anything she required and even developed Marlon's Espionage Task Force for Prim. Due to her experience with killing, Irina could instinctively know the amount of murderers and murder weapons in a massacre, and would sometimes even sense when a nearby fight began.

Character Connections
Seth Twiright: A scientist who aided Irina. Initially working with him under Project 'Ma' and approached by him after the Levianta Catastrophe, Irina was appreciative of the chance that he offered to achieve her revenge. Later, she expressed an interest in the scientist's other experiments to spread evil in the world, in particular the Venom Sword.

Kiril Clockworker: Irina's brother. Irina maintained a sisterly relationship with Kiril, demonstrated in that he loved her as much as he loved Elluka, while becoming jealous of his lover. Their relationship became distant after her murder of Elluka, and Irina displayed no later regret over his loss of reason and eventual death.

Elluka Clockworker: Irina's sister-in-law. Although growing to become jealous of Elluka during her engagement to Kiril and turning on her during Project 'Ma', Irina initially felt great remorse from killing her. After being injured in the Levianta Catastrophe, however, she became obsessed with achieving revenge for Elluka's perceived role and sought to destroy everything in the sorceress' life to achieve that aim, only referring to their past relationship with mockery from then on.

Gumillia: The apprentice of Irina's enemy. Irina saw Gumillia with a hostility as an extension of her hate for Elluka and fought with her, although displayed inattention to the latter and Elluka's relationship, such as referring to her with honorifics that Elluka didn't use.

Sateriasis Venomania: Irina's partner. Impressed by his single-handed massacre, Irina selected the duke for use of a vessel of sin and the two developed a mutual partnership. She was occassionally frustrated by his inexperience with his own abilities and concerned over his careless acquisition of women. Despite this, Irina was also amused by Venomania's consistently lustful behavior, although believing it would bring trouble.

Platonic: A thief under Irina's employ. Irina knew Platonic's mentor and was appreciative of the girl's skills in infiltration as well as seeing her useful due to the dregs of Sloth in her body, hiring her on two missions to retrieve the Seven Deadly Sin Vessels. This appreciation for Platonic's skills was deep enough to last even after her first failure to retrieve the Glass of Conchita.

Presi Rogzé: Irina's partner. She used Presi's ambitions to enlist his aid in attacking the twins Alexiel and Riliane, and later was amused at his rage when things did not go according to plan. She was not affected by his later death at the hands of Elluka and Mariam, having warned him of the Three Heroes beforehand.

Prim Marlon: Irina's partner. Irina viewed Prim as a means to orchestrate political chaos during the Story of Evil. She maintained a close confidential relationship with her, but would occasionally act against Prim's own interests, such as in her murder of Anne.

Ney Futapie: Irina's test subject. Irina viewed Ney as merely a means to further her own ends as an incarnation of Gretel. She relied on Ney's connection to Arte as a way to have the Demon of Gluttony take to her and possess her.

Lemy Abelard: Irina's adopted son. Irina viewed Lemy as merely a means further her own ends, adopting him due to his being a reincarnation of Hänsel and brainwashing him into obeying her. She would maintain a false motherly relationship with him to keep his loyalty, using the body of Germaine Avadonia to remind him of Meta Salmhofer.

Margarita Blankenheim: Irina's partner. Irina saw in Margarita potential to aid her and destroy Toragay, and so maintained a friendly relationship with her while giving her the Gift and bringing her into Père Noël.

Clockworker's Doll: A doll Irina made. Irina made the Clockworker's Doll with the intention of making it the vessel of Sloth, using it to influence Margarita into committing her mass murder on Toragay.

Haru Netsuma: A body Irina used as a medium. Irina recognized Haru's strong magic potential and thus used her as a medium during the Venomania Event. She would act according to Haru's consciousness when it resurfaced, such as leaving Hakua alone. She displayed little personal attachment to the body, however and later discarded it to move on to other hosts.

Lukana Octo: A body Irina targeted as a medium. She recognized the magic potential of Lukana's body, and so wished to use her as a medium rather than Haru, however, she was unable to follow through on this wish due to the interference of Sateriasis and later Elluka.

Germaine Avadonia: A body Irina inhabited. She originally knew Germaine as an enemy and fought with her during the Story of Evil, and later saw use in possessing her body to become Julia Abelard.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Irina's name is Slavic, meaning "peace".
 * Her surname refers to the inner workings of a clock and literally refers to someone who makes or works with such devices.
 * Her alias as AB-CIR is a bridge to her eventual pseudonynm Abyss I.R. and a reference to her representative Vocaloid; the name Iroha roughly translates as "ABC".
 * Her pseudonym as Abyss I.R. used the word abyss, meaning a "deep or bottomless chasm" or a "profound difference between people".
 * The alias may also be derived from the word abyssinian, a breed of cat characterized by red fur and a slender body; Irina's true form while using the name is that of a slender, red cat.
 * Her pseudonym while possessing Germaine is a female English derivative of the male name "Julius", meaning "Jove's Child"; Jove is another name for the god Jupiter of Roman mythology, the king of the gods.
 * Her alias' surname, Abelard, is derived from German meaning "resolute" or "steadfast" and is the surname of a French philosopher.
 * Irina's name is partially inspired by the name of her representative Vocaloid, Iroha, sharing the same first letters and syllable.

Curiosities

 * When surveyed for Project 'Ma', Irina's rankings were M=206, O=96, T=83, H=113, E=666, R=153.
 * Her E factor being quanitifed as 666 resulted in suspicions that she was a HER; the number is regarded as the Number of the Beast and a satanic number of evil by biblical scholars.
 * Irina's role in Père Noël follows the twisted "Christmas" theme that surrounds the organization, giving "gifts" as "Santa" to the other members and desiring to punish "naughty children" for their actions.
 * As I. the Santa, Irina inhabits the body of Germaine, represented by the Vocaloid MEIKO; like Santa Claus, MEIKO characteristically wears red clothing.
 * According to Ma, Irina desired to collect the Seven Deadly Sins so that they could grant her a wish.
 * Humorously, Irina refers to Elluka as "big sister" while using an old woman as her medium, much to Ney's confusion since Elluka looks physically younger than her.
 * In the Five the Pierrot PV, I. the Santa is labeled as an older woman but the statement is humorously crossed out and replaced with the term "sexy beauty" instead.

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