The King of Greed

* Ingame
* Crop
* Crop (Breaching)

**This Abnormality is Capable of Breach**

## Probabilities

> "...Sadness says: ‘Begone, pass away!’ But greed seeks eternity—seeks deep, deep eternity."
> - The King of Greed's Flavour Text
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**The King of Greed (O-01-64)**, also known as one of the **Magical Girls**, is a humanoid Abnormality taking the form of a girl with dark skin and long white hair, wearing a yellow dress and accessories, notably a necklace and bracelets. She is encapsulated in a golden, egg-like being, with a mouth at the top and a transparent part on the front, making the girl inside it visible. It makes glittering sounds when it is in its containment room.

## Ability

King of Greed's ability will trigger when her  Qliphoth Counter is depleted. Her  Qliphoth Counter can fluctuate in the following ways:

* Decrease by 1 with 50% chance when getting a  Normal Work Result.
* Decrease by 1 with 70% chance when getting a  Bad Work Result.

The Abnormality will breach once the counter is depleted, transforming into a fish-like creature with a big body, a huge mouth at the front, small legs and eyes, and long black appendages coming from the sides, bearing the same colors and patterning as its previous form. From the big mouth hangs the head of the girl attached by a long neck. The Abnormality makes crunching sounds and a girlish laugh in this form. She will teleport out of the containment unit to one end of a random hallway in the facility, her mouth pointing to the other end.

She has high  HP at 1500 and moderately slow  Movement Speed. When breaching, The King of Greed moves in only one direction, and when reaching the end of a hallway or another door, will teleport to another random hallway in the same manner as before. A portal appears a few seconds before the King of Greed leaves the current hallway; it is sometimes possible to visually locate the exit portal and determine where the Abnormality will next emerge.

Any employee or Abnormality which is trapped or touched by the Abnormality's mouth will suffer a huge amount of  Red Damage(390-410), killing them almost instantly. It doesn't deal any damage from behind.

## Origin

The King of Greed seems to be linked to The Queen of Hatred and the The Knight of Despair, with all three being named 'Magical Girls' to start. It is mentioned in her last Final Observation Dialogue that she is sisters with the other Magical Girls. She was one of the 'heroes' who wanted to protect the world, but due to her own desires she met her demise. The King of Greed sealed herself away in her current golden egg-like form. In her entries, her breaching form is meant to be a symbol of greed and desire, representing a hungry fish who lures those to the bottom of the mind's river.

How she arrived to the facility or where she was found are still unknown.

## Details

The King of Greed responds to the four works in order of best to worst:  Instinct and  Attachment,  Repression, and  Insight.

Like all Abnormalities, her energy output is determined by the number of PE Boxes (Positive Enkephalin boxes) at the end of the interaction.

The King of Greed's emotional state is divided into 3 sections:  Bad,  Normal, and  Good. Completing 0-7 PE Boxes will cause her to feel  Distressed, completing 8-15 will cause her to feel  Normal, and 16-22 will make her  Happy. Her cooldown timer after a task is around 15 seconds. Her  Qliphoth Counter is 1.

### Unlockable Information/Upgrades

**Basic Information** (Cost:  20 PE Boxes)

Unlocks and shows the name of the Abnormality, subject classification, Risk Level ( WAW), portrait, Damage Type ( **Red** 5 - 7), the amount of  E-Boxes (22), emotional states, and her  Qliphoth counter (1).

**Instinct/Insight/Attachment/Repression Work Favor** (Cost:  6 PE Boxes)

Unlocks the percentage level list to the respective work.

**Managerial Works 1/2/3** (Cost:  15 PE Boxes)

* "Managerial Tips 1"
	+ "When the work result was Normal, the Qliphoth Counter lowered with a normal probability."

* "Managerial Tips 2"
	+ "When the work result was Bad, the Qliphoth Counter lowered with a high probability."

* "Managerial Tips 3"
	+ "The King of Greed's behavioral pattern is to engulf anything that lies in her path when escaping. When suppressing her, please pay attention to which direction the Abnormality is moving"

**Escape Information** (Cost:  20 PE Boxes)

Information if the Abnormality can escape or not, plus its  Qliphoth Counter (1). This include her defenses when breaching:

 Red: Immuned (0.0) -  White: Endured (0.5) -  Black: Weak (1.2) -  Pale: Weak (1.5)

###  Observation Level

**Level 1** (1 Section unlocked):  Speed Rate +4

**Level 2** (2 Sections unlocked):  Success Rate +4%

Unlocks the E.G.O. **Gift** 'Gold Rush'.

**Level 3** (3 Sections unlocked):  Speed Rate +4

Unlocks the E.G.O. **Suit** 'Gold Rush'.

**Level 4** (All details unlocked):  Success Rate +4%

Unlocks the E.G.O. **Weapon** 'Gold Rush'.

### E.G.O. Equipment

* Weapon
* Suit
* Gift

**E.G.O. Weapon Gold Rush**

 **Requirements:** **Agent** Level 5 **Fortitude** Level 5

One can release their primal desires and strike enemies with full force; technical skill is unneeded.
Each clout with the weapon gives a satisfying sensation to the wielder, but one must be careful not to get carried away."

**E.G.O. Suit Gold Rush**

The gorgeous pattern of gold has captivated the hearts of many an employee.
The allure possibly comes from the deepest parts of the subconscious."

**E.G.O. Gift Gold Rush**

 **Effects**:  HP +6 Instinct Work  Success Rate increased by 6%

**Observation Level:** 2

## Story

* "The first bit of humanity's desire started with the bite of a sweet apple. We've been banished from Eden for that sin. And now we're standing inside a vast orchard. My basket is so large, all the fruits of the world can't make it full. But, is it so bad to lust for honey when there are flowers? After all, we are born to pursue happiness."

* "Happiness became obsession, obsession became greed, and the greed forever solidified to become a golden amber. The happiness in the beginning, still holding a smile, dwells inside.
* The first seed of desire originated from the pure yearning for happiness. The tiny seed grew larger and larger, hungering for more. Over time, the seed hardened and turned into a piece of shiny gem. Enticed by its sheen, a starving fish swallowed it. But it only made the fish even hungrier.
* The desires of people usually go unfulfilled. Many desires are abandoned, but they are not completely gone. They hide deep in the subconscious, lurking at the bottom of the lake, ready to spring up at any moment.
* However, the yearning for happiness may also rear its head from time to time, darting its tongue like a snake. As soon as a tiny piece of bait falls into the river, the hungry fish will come up and snatch it in an instant.
* We delude ourselves to be highly rational beings who are in full control of these things, but it's such a preposterous belief, it's laughable. We don't have as much control over ourselves as we believe.
* The magical girl, who was no longer a magical girl, ate many things. Authority, money, fame, and many other forms of pleasure. She ended up eating away anything in her sight. Now, only visceral greed remains."
* "**<Someone’s Diary>**
* Many people have secretly wished for a hero.
* They say there once was something called soul therapy. What does it feel like to have an ill soul? We are all healthy. But maybe all of this is a tragic illusion. Once, there were people who tried to change the world. We all remember them. We remember how they met their downfall.
* Desires, I know of desires that ruin all things. We no longer believe in something, nor do we entertain a hope for a miracle. We don't think too much about why they've changed. And we don't blame them. For we have realized that endless desire brings despair.
* I sometimes feel a terrible dejection, but I do not know where the pain comes from. ...Many people have secretly wished for a hero."
* "Deep is the sorrow of the world. Greed—deeper still than agony. Sadness says: 'Begone, pass away!' But greed seeks eternity—seeks deep, deep eternity."

## Flavour Text

* "When The King of Greed assumes the form of an egg, you can faintly see a smiling girl inside it."
* "Some of our employees think that The King of Greed is trapped inside this thing that resembles an egg, however, the truth is that she shut herself inside it."
* "The glamorous amber pattern on The King of Greed at times fascinates our workers"
* "The King of Greed’s color is that of a brilliant and lustrous gold."
* "The world that The King of Greed may have once loved is now being devoured by her."
* "The King of Greed once had eyes as red as the setting sun, but greed has consumed all, leaving nothing behind."
* "The King of Greed surrendered to hunger and started devouring itself."
* "The day The King of Greed’s hunger ceases will be the end of everything."

## Trivia

* The King of Greed, The Servant of Wrath, The Queen of Hatred, The Knight of Despair are all part of the same Magical Girl group.
* The King of Greed's design seems to be based off of the *Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I* (Also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) by Gustav Klimt.
* The final quote of The King of Greed's bio (and subsequently her selection screen text) is a modified version of the lyrics for the fourth movement of Gustav Mahler’s *Symphony No. 3*, which in turn took its words from Friedrich Nietzsche’s *Also sprach Zarathustra*: the "Midnight Song".

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