Toragay Epidemic

The Toragay Serial Killings is the name given to the genocide in EC 609, at Toragay in Elphegort, caused by the Marchioness Margarita Blankenheim.

Origins
At some point, Margarita had an arranged marriage with Marquis Caspar Blankenheim. Eventually, Margarita discovered Caspar's betrayal and his purely economical motivation behind the marriage. Sometime before the event, due to Caspar's betrayal, Margarita Blankenheim was found in a hopeless situation and lapsed into a depression. Julia Abelard, Margarita's close friend, gave her a doll. Inside the doll, Margarita found a medicine recipe, which was actually a deadly poison.

Serial Killings
Margarita approached her husband, Caspar Blankenheim, who was suffering from insomnia. She gave him a "gift", which was a medicine that would help him to sleep. Soon after, Caspar entered into a comatosis state and died from poisoning, being Margarita's first victim. After poisoning Caspar, Margarita gave the "gift" to her father and mother, poisoning them as well. Gradually, Margarita managed to poison the entire city. As the killings were happening, Elphegort's government halted the traffic between Aceid, Elphegort's capital city, and Toragay, entrusting the Freesis Foundation to investigate about the incident.

Once Margarita poisoned all Toragay's inhabitants, she killed herself, drinking her own poison.

Aftermath
After the incident, Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia came to Toragay, finding out that Julia escaped with the doll, wich was the vessel of sloth. Later, Elluka and Gumillia infiltrated in Julia's criminal organization, Père Noël.

By the time that Freesis Foundation arrived, Toragay had become a ghost town. At some point, the involvement of Père Noël was comproved and investigated.

Civilian Perception
The incident brought Elphegort's government attention to Toragay, sending the Freesis Foundation to investigate the Toragay's incident afterwards.

Margarita would be considered a psychopath, but it was unknown if she did it due to her own circumstances or because of Julia's influence. At some point, the involvement of the criminal organization Père Noël was confirmed.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The incident is inspired by Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray: both used poison in order to accomplish their goals. Margarita killed her husband to end her failing marriage and Marie killed her father and brothers to earn their estates.

Curiosities

 * It is currently unkown how Margarita killed an entire city without being noticed.