Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140612134000/@comment-6986530-20140614153013

To try and address all points with our (newish) information:

1. We don't really know what awakening means yet, but I've personally speculated it's the Demons of Sin manifesting in more solid but nonetheless phantom forms as a sign of their greater power. But it could be a different case for each demon as well; I think the greatest mystery is where their bodies come from rather than who they are. We know Master of the Graveyard is the spirit of Banica because she ate and became the old demon, suggesting the Awakened Vessels are in fact the demons. But on the Waiter, Ma's comment in Evils Kingdom suggests that Riliane's sin stayed with her forever (whether that means something about Waiter or is just symbolic, I'm not sure.) Gammon also indicates that Gear, rather than being Gallerian, is actually Adam, or at least carries his motivations to some extent.

I'm pretty sure on that note that Master of the Court is neither Gallerian nor Margarita. And the "replacement" vessels of Envy and Lust don't really have much meaning yet, as it could only be coincidence that Gammon showed up at the Theater.

2. Personally I'm thinking that Ma lied, or at least bent the truth, when she told Gallerian that. It was the best way to get him and later his "daughter" to collect all the vessels, and there really hasn't been any indication that was the case beforehand. But it's also possible that would just be something they do when they were all together, like one Uber-Contract, if you will. Whether or not it'd be a good thing...I doubt it.

3. This seems to have arisen from a small misunderstanding, but it also pertains to new information: To start with, Irregular and Waiter are specifically not incarnations of Hansel and Gretel. Irregular is an incarnation of Allen Avadonia, who was supposed to be Hansel but is confirmed by Praefacio to have avoided that fate. Waiter, if she's an incarnation of Riliane, would also not be Gretel since Ney was the Gretel of that time period. (Check her page.)

But it's interesting to note Gammon's take on that issue. He says in our new translation that Graveyard's servants are merely copies of Hansel and Gretel (aka Arte and Pollo) made from their residual wills left in the glass when they were absorbed. He also indicates that the originals have disappeared entirely, which means there is no true Hansel and Gretel in the theater right now. He also pointed out Waiter's similarity to them, but stated she appeared to be a completely different person. So, there is currently no contradiction, but it is a mystery nonetheless.