Vessels of Sin



The Vessels of Sin were seven relics inhabited by the Demons of Sin. Scattered across the world shortly after their creation, the vessels caused numerous incidents throughout the centuries. They were collected by several individuals throughout history, some claiming they could collectively grant any wish.

Creation
After Eve Moonlit's death in EC 014, her children, Hänsel and Gretel, split her Original Sin into seven fragments, housing each fragment and its corresponding demon in objects kept within their home. Afterwards, the vessels of sin were scattered across the world, causing calamity in their wake. Eventually, the Demon of Lust inhabited a katana, the Demon of Gluttony inhabited a wine glass, the Demon of Pride inhabited a hand mirror, the Demon of Sloth inhabited a woman and her descendants, the Demon of Envy inhabited twin swords, the Demon of Greed inhabited a spoon, and the Demon of Wrath inhabited a golden key.

Venomania Event
After the death of one of her hosts, the Demon of Sloth inhabited the woman's granddaughter. At some point, the Golden Key fell into the possession of the Marlon Royal Family. The sword of Lust was collected from a village by I.R. in EC 135. She later gave the vessel to Cherubim in December of that year. Entering a contract with the Demon, Duke "Sateriasis Venomania" gained the power to charm women, assembling a harem for himself in Asmodean.

Later on, in EC 136, the Golden Key was given to Count Karchess Crim by his lover, Queen Yufina. Later that year, the Demon of Sloth moved from her host, Mikulia Greeonio, to the Clockworker's Doll I.R. had created. In EC 137, I.R. fled the mansion with the sword and doll. Soon after, Karchess assassinated Duke Venomania with the Golden Key. Some time after, I.R. dubbed the Lust katana as the "Venom Sword".

Flower of the Plateau
Several years later, the Clockworker's Doll activated and forged a new persona, impersonating the since deceased Mikulia. Settling in Calgaround, Elphegort in EC 141, the "Flower of the Plateau" eventually married the local lord whilst eliminating any links to "her" past. She later poisoned her husband in EC 151 before the doll returned to I.R.'s possession.

Gula Plague
Sometime during the EC 200s, the wine glass inhabited the stomach of a baemu that was later consumed by the village of Gula in the Beelzenian Empire. Spreading a plague, it decimated the town's populace. The glass later inhabited another bameu and ended up at the Conchita Mansion in November, EC 296. The pig was soon after served to the Conchita household to celebrate the birth of Banica Conchita, cursing the entire family and staff with the same plague save for Banica.

The mage AB-CIR then collected the glass in exchange for information to stop the plague. Over the following ten years, the "Gula" disease killed off nearly the entire Conchita household. Later on, AB-CIR was forced to relinquish the glass in Marlon. The vessel of Gluttony eventually ended up in the possession of Arte and Pollo, Banica's twins servants, storing it in their room.

The Golden Key was later used in the creation of healing elixers for Prince Carlos Marlon. At some point, the Clockworker's Doll activated, assuming the identity of the daughter of the Calgaround Family and eventually becoming known as Phantom Thief Platonic. Around that same time, the Levin Church gained possession of the Twin Swords of Levianta.

Disappearance of Conchita
In July of EC 323, Duke Banica forged a contract with the Demon of Gluttony, curing her health problems and allowing her devour anything she desired. In EC 325, AB-CIR hired Platonic to steal the wine glass and the thief failed to get past the mansion's living and reanimated servants guarding the vessel. Around that time, Elluka Clockworker attempted to retrieve the twin swords from the church and was given a fake pair instead.

AB-CIR then used the Venom Sword to change the capture Carlos Marlon's face to the famed cook Joseph so he could steal the wine glass. After, Platonic was tasked by AB-CIR to steal the twin swords from Elluka. The thief failed and was subsequentally captured by the mage. Later that year, Carlos attempted to poison him and his beloved with shavings from the Golden Key, killing him and severely injuring the Demon of Gluttony.

In August of EC 325, Banica devoured herself along with the weakened demon and became the new Demon of Gluttony. Shortly after, the Glass of Conchita was collected by Elluka before Platonic stole the glass and fled shortly after. The wine glass was later delivered to AB-CIR and the Clockworker's Doll was eventually returned to the mage's possession. The mage later lost possession of the wine glass.

Daughter of Fog
Sometime afterward, AB-CIR lost ownership of the Venom Sword and it ended up in the possession of an Elphegortean soldier. In the 5th century EC, an Asmodean soldier came into possession of the Golden Key. In EC 467, the Elphegortean soldier's son Zenon took possession of the Venom Sword and mugged people with the weapon for money and food. In EC 468, the Asmodean soldier died in a war and the Golden Key was kept by his daughter, Yvette.

In EC 473, the mage Abyss I.R. defeated Zenon and took the sword. In EC 477, Abyss gave the sword to General Shalgham who in turn gave it to his step-daughter, Yvette, as part of his plan to have Gast Venom killed. Later that year, Gast became possessed by the demon and took the sword from Yvette on impulse to kill Shalgham. The next night, Yvette killed her father with the Golden Key before fleeing. Soon after, Abyss I.R. confronted Gast and took back the Venom Sword again after defeating him.

Conspiracy of Evil
In EC 480, Abyss I.R. lent the Venom Sword to Queen Prim Marlon and she used the vessel to seduce King Arth of Lucifenia. After the two agreed to continue collaborating in EC 482, Prim helped Abyss I.R. find and collect the vessels of Gluttony, Pride, and Greed for their combined collection. At some point, Abyss split the vessel of Pride into four smaller hand mirrors. Around that time, Prim gave one of the mirrors to her son, Kyle. In EC 490, the mage used the Glass of Conchita to conjure a Gula epidemice in Beelzenia.

The following year, Abyss transferred the Demon of Gluttony to one of the four hand mirrors and set it as a trap for Princess Riliane and Prince Alexiel. The demon was later sealed in the mirror by Elluka and kept in her possession. Around that time, Ney Marlon was given another mirror before being before being sent to Lucifenia as a spy. The Demon of Gluttony was later recalled to the wine glass by Abyss I.R. and conjured another Gula epidemic to kill Queen Anne.

In EC 492, Prim gave the Marlon Spoon to Mikina Freesis. Two years later, Mikina inadverdentally forged a contract with the Demon of Greed and incinerated her father and his henchman before they could take away her son, Shaw. After the aristocrat agreed to join Prim and Abyss I.R.'s conspiracy, the demon was exorcised from Mikina and returned to the spoon. Some time after, Yvette sealed away the Golden Key in the Held Monastery.

Reign of Evil
In January of EC 499, Ney gave the hand mirror she carried to Riliane and transplanted the Demon of Pride from the vessel to the princess. Becoming the country's tyrannical ruler, the young princess was eventually despised by the people for her despicable reign. Abyss I.R. then gave Mikina the Venom Sword, who then passed it on to her husband Keel.

In EC 500, King Kyle came in contact with the sword and was possessed by the Demon of Lust. After Kyle rejected his betrothed, Princess Riliane, in favor of a Freesis maid, Michaela, Keel hid away the Venom Sword whilst fleeing his mansion during the Green Hunting. Keel later gave the Venom Sword to Elluka Clockworker in exchange for his mansion's other collectables and it was subsequentally sealed.

Following the Lucifenian Revolution, the Demon of Pride returned to its vessel and the Demon of Lust was moved from Kyle to one of the hand mirrors by Abyss I.R. Shortly after, the mage had the Demon of Pride possess Kyle from his mirror to crush his doubts as he expanded his imperialistic regime. In EC 501, Elluka and Gumillia attempted to steal Kyle's mirror. Following their failure, the king began sleeping with the vessel.

War of 505
In EC 505, the Demon of Wrath possessed Clarith at the monastery as she attempted to kill Princess Riliane before being stopped by the spirit of Allen Avadonia and it returned to its vessel. Later that year, Ney was given the Glass of Conchita and revived an undead army to invade Beelzenia. A few weeks after the invasion failed, Gumillia and Yukina Freesis stole the hand mirror from the palace before Kyle retrieved it and underwent a demon transformation before flying off with it.

Two weeks later, Kyle was defeated by Gumillia, Yukina, and Germaine Avadonia and the mirror was subsequentally sealed along with Riliane's former mirror. Later on, Prim brought the last hand mirror and the Clockworker's Doll with her to Castle Hedgehog. During that period, Ney began conjuring a Gula plague and reviving those it killed with the Glass of Conchita.

Battle of Castle Hedgehog
During the ensuing battle, Prim attempted to use the Clockworker's Doll to control the Demon of Lust in the mirror before being killed by Ney. Afterward, Ney used the vessel to undergo a demon transformation and attack Kyle before being defeated by the King. Kyle then collected the vessels and they were subsequentally sealed by Elluka and Gumillia. Shortly after, Abyss I.R. used the Marlon Spoon to fight through Lioness Castle before stealing the vessels there. Shortly after Abyss killed Ney, her soul was absorbed into the Glass of Conchita.

Battle on the Beach
Several weeks later, she used the spoon against Yukina and Germaine along the Lucifenian coastline before invoking the vessel's connection to Mikina to have the aristocrat confess her sins to her daughter. Later in the battle, the glass canceled out the spoon's power and Abyss I.R. was defeated shortly after. Elluka and Gumillia later collected the spoon and glass from Mikina and sealed subsequentally them again. Around that time, Abyss I.R. took the Golden Key from the nearby monastery.

New Four Horsemen
In EC 508, Abyss I.R. acquired the Twin Swords of Levianta and had Mikhail Asayev possessed by the Demon of Envy, creating Neo Apocalypse and launching a string of terrorist attacks across Divine Levianta. During the incident, Abyss retrieved the Glass of Conchita. Abyss I.R. was later defeated in battle and lost possession of the vessel to Chartette Langley. Chartette then traveled east to Jakoku and reforged the twin swords as two pairs of scissors. In EC 549, Chartette gave both scissors to a warrior during the nations' civil war.

Père Noël
In EC 593, Julia Abelard activated the Clockworker's Doll, with the doll assuming the identity of Margarita Felix. Around the end of the EC 590s, Julia gave the Venom Sword to Seventh Magician and the fortune teller used the vessel to change faces for money. In EC 608, Julia gave a vessel of sin to Marquis Kaspar Blankenheim in exchange for joining Père Noël. Shortly afterward, Fourth Shadow began manipulating Kaspar's wife, Margarita, into joining the criminal organization.

In December of EC 608, Sixth Venom was given the Golden Key for his assassination of Seventh Magician. After being alerted by her comrade, Magician fled with the Venom Sword and the Golden Key was returned to Julia. At some point, Lemy Abelard was given the Glass of Conchita. After Margarita killed Kaspar on August 31, the vessel he had was retrieved by Julia.

Within a few months, Margarita enacted a massacre of Toragay before committing suicide with her Gift on October 21, awakening Eve Moonlit. The Demon of Sloth then took her vessel to the Millennium Tree Forest before being pulled from the doll by Elluka Clockworker weeks later. In December of EC 610, Lemy was killed by Eighth Sniper and his soul was absorbed into the Glass of Conchita shortly after.

Enbizaka Murders
At some point, the vessel of Envy fell into the possession of the mother of Kayo Sudou. After her death, Kayo inherited the scissors and one pair was replaced with a fake by Elluka Clockworker in EC 482. Possessed by the Demon of Envy, Kayo used the scissors to murder the perceived lovers of a man she believed to be her dead husband. After the man greeted her like a stranger, Kayo killed him with the sicssors as well.

Dark Star Scandal
At some point, the Venom Sword ended up in the possession of the Octo Family and was inherited by Nyoze Octo. Around the same time, the Glass of Conchita and one of the four mirrors was stored at the Graveyard restaurant. Following the Spoon Corruption Case around EC 980, Gallerian Marlon collected the Marlon Spoon and forged a contract with the Demon of Greed, abusing his position as director of the Dark Star Bureau for personal profit.

Later on, he collected the Clockworker's Doll and began treating the vessel as his dead daughter, Michelle. Some time after, Gallerian convicted Nyoze of murder and confiscated the Venom Sword as evidence before giving it to his friend, Ma. Some time after that, he confiscated the Glass of Conchita and mirror of Pride from the Graveyard during a search of the restaurant.

Over time, Gallerian collected the other three mirrors and Kayo's Scissors. After constructing Evil's Theater in EC 982, Gallerian stored the Venom Sword, scissors, and two of the mirrors in the theater while keeping the spoon, glass, and other two mirrors in "Michelle's" room. Later that year, Nemesis Sudou came in contact with the Golden Key and became possessed by the Demon of Wrath, furious that Gallerian had ordered her to kill her lover.

Leviantan Civil War
After a revolt broke out due to Gallerian's recent judgment of Tony Ausdin in August, EC 983, Gallerian took the Clockworker's Doll after his house was set ablaze and Nemesis confronted him within his home. Shortly after, she shot the man and the Clockworker's Doll was severely burnt by the growing flames. After the house burned to the ground, Ma collected the vessels remaining there and stored them in Evil's Theater.

End of the World
The vessels of Greed, Gluttony, Pride, and Sloth awakened some time after, the Master of the Graveyard killing any tresspassers to the theater. After Gear sacrificed his power to save the Clockworker's Doll, the awakened doll became the "Master of the Court and led the vessels and Ma in a search for the Golden Key. The awakened vessels later accepted Gammon Octo as their new Gardener, having him and Ma replace the unawakened vessels of Lust and Envy respectively.

In EC 998, Nemesis used the Golden Key to fire the prototype of Elphegort's new weapon upon the Millennium Tree Forest. After observing the forest's obliteration, Nemesis used the key again to fire the weapon across the entire world, destroying the Third Period. Shortly afterward, Michaela summoned all seven vessels together for Allen Avadonia. After giving the boy the Venom Sword, he summoned the Demon of Lust and was transported to Asmodean.

Mechanics
Like any other magic tool, the vessels of sin were imbued with powerful magical energy. Wielders of the vessels can utilize the demons' variety of individual powers, ranging from changing one's appearance to conjuring streams of fire. However, the vessels' owners also risked becoming possessed by the demon, causing them to be influenced to follow their corresponding vice and impacting their personality and actions. Persons with great insecurities are also especially vulnerable to being possessed. Conversely, individuals with carefree personalities are immune to being possessed.

A person can also willingly enter a contract with a demon, thus gaining full access to the demon's powers. There are a variety of ways to establish a contract with a demon, such as impaling oneself with the vessel or drinking from it. While possessed, the demon can communicate telepathically with the host. Being possessed by a demon would sometimes give the individual qualities akin to that of a Hereditary Evil Raiser.

However, a demon's true essence remains in its vessel, and sealing traps it within its vessel, although seals can be easily removed. Sealing appears to be the only way to inhibit a demon's effects, as the vessels of sin are seemingly indestructible. If a demon's vessel is in multiple fragments, the demon can freely travel between the fragments and can only be trapped if all of the fragments are sealed. Conversely, other demons can be transplanted into vacant fragments by a skilled mage using an exorcism spell. Said spell allows the user to manipulate the demons to an extent, although the demons' intentions and motivations are difficult to understand.

Originally, the demons lacked purpose and only existed to spread malice and destruction, however they eventually gained motivations by possessing numerous people. Demons are also capable of "awakening", allowing them to take on human forms. According to the playwright Ma, collecting all seven of the vessels grants the owner a wish.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The vessels of sin are inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins, the cardinal sins taught in Christian ethics to help explain and elaborate upon human tendencies to commit vices that would lead to other sins.
 * Similarly, the Demons of Sin bear resemblance to the Seven Princes of Hell, powerful demons each aligned with a Deadly Sin who attempt to cause mortals to commit their sin.

Curiosities

 * According to mothy, one of the vessels of sin was once a magic tool before it was inhabited by a demon.

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