Irina Clockworker

Irina Clockworker is Kiriru Clockworker's sister and is one of the main antagonists in the Evillious Chronicles. After the events of Recollective Musicbox, she takes up a number of pseudonyms and plots to gain the Seven Deadly Sins for her own ends, manipulating others along the way. She originates from Levianta.

Fight for Leviantan Rule
She was elected as one of two candidates for succession of Leviantan role as Pope. The other candidate was Elluka Clockworker, her sister-in-law. She is nearly killed by Elluka, however escapes death with immortality. Irina was not mentioned again for a while.

Story of Evil
It is revealed that Irina created the Clockworker's Doll sometime during the Story of Evil. Irina adopted the pseudonym "Abyss I.R." and she unleashed the Demon of Gluttony upon the children of King Arth and Queen Anne of Lucifenia, Riliane and Alexiel. In EC 503, she stole Elluka's body and took up residence in Marlon, serving the queen dowager Prim Marlon. After Prim's death and her own defeat in EC 505, Irina disappeared.

Pere Noel
Around EC 609, Irina forms the criminal organization known as Pere Noel, adopting the pseudonym "Julia Abelard" and 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 of the Sins but were foiled by Lemy. Gumillia assassinated Lemy while remaining undetected.

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

Twiright Prank (EC 491)
Although Abyss I.R never is mentioned in Twiright Prank, she is the responsible of the events that occur 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 that uses 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 appears addressed to Elluka from her.

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

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

Prim Marlon: Irina becomes Prim's 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".

In her role as Julia Abelard, there are a lot of references that link her with the figure Santa Claus, starting by 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'.

However, it must be pointed that at the end of Prefazio of Blue, Gallerian Marlon made the statement about not being sure whether Julia was a reincarnation of Germaine Avadonia or if she was possessed by Irina, leaving this theory open.

Curiosities

 * Some speculation points that Irina in fact has no body of her own after the events of Recollective Musicbox, but her true appearance turns out to be the Red Cat that is always present whenever she appears, independently of the appearance that she may have in that moment, such as Lukana or Mikina. It must also be noticed that the person being possessed has red cat eyes, as seen in the upcoming Madness of Duke Venomania manga.