Irina Clockworker

Irina Clockworker is the central antagonist behind many events in the Evillious Chronicles. She is directly responsible for The Venomania Event and Story of Evil and is the founder of Pere Noel.

Origin and "Death"
At some point, the entity called "IR" split into two halves. The cat half became Irina. In EC 013, Irina was one of the four candidates chosen to become the ruler of Divine Levianta. One of the other candidates was her sister-in-law, Elluka Clockworker. The competition sparked a feud between the two and led to Elluka killing Irina. However, Irina survived.

The Venomania Event
After possessing Haru Netsuma's body in EC 136, Irina met Sateriajis Venomania and offered him the Venom Sword so that he could use its power to become irresistible to women. However, part of the deal was that Venomania should help her at any moment it was required. Irina and Venomania ventured into a mysterious cave which held what seemed to be the Marlon Spoon. Venomania believed it was another vessel of sin, but Irina denied it, stating in fact it was a magical artifact made by her father, much to Venomania's disappointment.

That night, they both stayed in Ferdinand's mansion, despite protest from Irina that it could be dangerous, as the nobleman was one of people investigating the rumors around the Duke. Sateriajis simply replied that was the reason to stay there. During the time in the mansion, Irina took possession of Ferdinand's wife and discovered Ferdinand's obsession toward Meilis Beelzenia. After discussing the situation with Sateriajis, Irina discovered the corpses of Ferdinand and his servants, who were slaughtered by the Duke.

Story of Evil
Sometime before EC 482, Irina adopted the pseudonym "Abyss I.R." and befriended Prim Marlon and promised to help the queen dowager of Marlon carry out her plans in return for one of her children. She gave Prim the Venom Sword to seduce King Arth I of Lucifenia, which lead to the birth of Ney Marlon. Irina then used the girl as a guinea pig for her experiments, eroding Ney's psyche. Later on, Prim forced Mikina Freesis to work for Irina.

Irina unleashed the Demon of Gluttony upon Riliane and Alexiel, the children of King Arth I and Queen Anne of Lucifenia, only for them to survive the ordeal. In EC 503, Irina stole Elluka's body and took up residence in Marlon, continuing to serve Prim. When Gumillia confronted Irina, Elluka stole her body back from Irina, forcing her back into her original form: the red cat.

Irina then possessed Mikina, stole the vessels of sin, and fled to Lucifenia. When Germaine Avadonia and Yukina Freesis tracked her down, Irina let Mikina confess what she had done as a sort of amusement. Irina then trapped Yukina inside a fiery prison using the Marlon Spoon. Riliane attempted to sneak up on Irina and steal the Spoon, while Germaine attacked Irina's red cat familiar. Irina attempted to use the Glass of Conchita on Riliane but failed, due to a supposed betrayal of the Demon of Gluttony and Ney's influence. With the red cat killed and Mikina released, Irina's spirit went undercover for a while. It was revealed that Irina took possesion of Germaine's body some time later.

Pere Noel
Around EC 609, Irina formed the criminal organization known as Pere Noel, adopting the pseudonym "Julia Abelard" with the codename I. Santa. She recruited many others, notably Lemy Abelard (the recent reincarnation of Hansel) and Margarita Blankenheim, whom Irina later gives the Clockworker's Doll to. Elluka and Gumillia infiltrated Pere Noel in hopes of retrieving more of the vessels but were foiled by Lemy. Gumillia assassinated Lemy while remaining undetected.

At some point, she recombined with Elluka to form Ma.

Personality
Irina is a deceitful and manipulative woman. She often is shown using the vices and weakness of the people around her. She has shown a sadistic behavior when she allowed to Mikina confess to Yukina, just for torture to the mother and her daughter.

Skills
After becoming a spirit, Irina was shown to be capable of possessing other people's bodies without sacrificing the life of the body she was currently inhabiting, called the Body Steal Technique. Irina used this technique on many people, notably Mikina Freesis and even Elluka Clockworker. It is also worth noting that this technique is different from Elluka's Body Swap Technique.

Her other magical skills as a magician yet to be revealed. However it can be presumed they must be quite powerful, as she was chosen as a candidate for Levianta's throne, a position reserved only to the best magician of the country.

Irina seemed to be able to locate the Vessels of Sin much faster than Elluka. She is also known to have created a Vessel of Sin herself -- the Clockworker's Doll. Irina also seemed to have a deep knowledge about the Vessels, as well as their effects and powers, and was capable of utilizing them to their full capacity.

Appearance
The appearance of Irina's original human form is yet to be revealed. As a spirit, she appeared as a red Abyssinian cat with a jeweled necklace around her neck.

Because of her Body Steal Technique, the red cat always appeared alongside the body she was currently possessing. It is also worth noting that the person seen with her has red cat eyes, and the possessed person mimics Irina's expressions.

When by herself, Irina makes cat noises from time to time.

Recollective Musicbox (EC 013)
Recollective Musicbox details the conflict between Irina and Elluka.

Twiright Prank (EC 491)
Although Abyss I.R. was never mentioned in Twiright Prank, she was the responsible of the events that occurred in the song. She was the one who sent the Demon of Gluttony in pursuit of the children. The black box mentioned in that song contained one of the Mirrors of Lucifenia, which was used to unleash the demon upon the kids.

Handbeat Clocktower (EC 505)
Irina makes a cameo in Handbeat Clocktower. She is using in Elluka's body during this time.

Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep (EC 609)
Irina, in her role as Julia Abelard, makes a cameo in Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep as the person who taught Margarita how to prepare her deadly concoction. She appears briefly as a cloaked woman with red nail varnish.

The Fifth: Pierrot (EC 610)
Irina makes a brief cameo in The Fifth: Pierrot, appearing in her silhouette as Julia Abelard during the musical intermission that shows the Pere Noel's members and presenting her number and codename as I. Santa. At the end of the PV, a letter addressed to Elluka appears.

Connections with Other Characters
Kirill Clockworker: Irina's brother.

Elluka Clockworker: Irina's sister-in-law and nemesis after Recollective Musicbox.

Duke Sateriajis Venomania: Irina was the devil that gave The Duke the Venom Sword and its powers in exchange for his service.

Prim Marlon: Irina becomes a close friend of Prim and her court mage for a while until Prim's downfall.

Ney Futapie: Irina's test subject while working with Marlon's intelligence network.

Lemy Abelard: Irina's adopted son and member of Pere Noel (V. Pierrot).

Margarita Blankenheim: A close friend of Irina and member of Pere Noel (III. Princess of Sleep).

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The name Irina comes from the Greek word Irini, which means "peace". Her pseudonym "Abyss I.R." may be a reference to the Abyssianian, a breed of cat that commonly has red fur. It also contains the first two letters of her real name.


 * Her pseudonym Julia Abelard also has a lot of references that link her with the figure Santa Claus, starting with her codename: I. Santa. Another one is that Irina gave Margarita a "gift". Continuing this, Irina is represented by the Vocaloid Meiko, who is characterized by red clothing just like Santa Claus. Finally, the name of her criminal organization comes from Père Noël, which is french for 'Santa Claus'.

Curiosities

 * Many fans have speculated that Irina was originally represented by the Vocaloid Iroha Nekomura, due to the fact she loves cats and her name (Irina, Iroha), although this still has not been confirmed. After possessing Germaine, her pseudonym as I. Santa and Julia Abelard was represented by MEIKO.

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