Elluka Marlon

"*Money is the best lawyer in Hell.*"
―Elluka Marlon
**Elluka Marlon** was the Director of the USE Dark Star Bureau and the perpetrator of the Dark Star Scandal. Devastated after an accident killed her husband and daughter, Elluka agreed to help Gakusha collect the vessels of sin to save her "child" and forged a contract with Eve Moonlit. Accepting bribes to save the guilty and convict the innocent, the judge eventually collected many of the vessels of sin, storing them in a theater she constructed in the Millennium Tree Forest.

## History

### Early Life

In EC 944, Elluka was born to Wanda Marlon and Gallerian Clockworker. Growing up a member of the Marlon Family, Elluka learned from her grieving mother that her father had been executed after being unjustly tried for witchcraft. She also, as she grew older, began to notice that she was being followed by a bat. Not certain of what the bat was or why it followed her, she ignored it.

Later on, Elluka was accepted into Behemoth University, barely able to pay her tuition. She then began excelling in her studies, becoming the brightest student in her class and becoming roommates with Tony Ausdin. She later met and befriended Loki Freezis, bonding with the young man over their apparent common ancestor. At some point, she began boarding at her childhood wet nurse Polina Marchef's mansion.

### University Studies

In EC 958, Elluka and nine other students went on a field trip to the Dark Star courthouse and observed the trial of an accused witch Lana Ray, Elluka becoming surprised at the mention of her father's name during the trial. After the court was adjourned, Elluka walked out of the courthouse with Loki and they discussed the trial, both certain that Lana would receive a guilty verdict. As they talked, Loki asked Elluka why she wanted to become a judge specifically, arguing she should become a bureaucrat instead.

Elluka replied that her Marlon lineage would make it difficult for her to excel in the government due to the Viwirtz family's influence. She furthermore claimed she had wanted to be a judge for a long time, and questioned Loki about his own reasons for becoming a judge. The two continued to talk for some time, bantering until briefly discussing the witch trials. After Loki speculated that it was his mission to exterminate the so-called witches, regardless of whether or not they were responsible for the strange happenings in the world, they continued joking and talking on the way home.

Several months later, Elluka passed the government entrance exam and became employed at the Dark Star Bureau. The night after her graduation ceremony, she attended the graduation party at the Asayev Mansion, where Tony Ausdin approached her. As Elluka brushed off his congratulations, the two of them then discussed Tony's future as a general, despite Tony being a pacifist. The two discussed how the USE had managed to reduce the number of wars, and how Tony was frustrated with having been born into a military family, until Elluka asked him if he'd sabotaged his graduation to avoid becoming a soldier.

When the flustered Tony left, Elluka was approached by Loki, who invited her to go on a hunting trip in Marlon. As Elluka declined, the two were joined by Loki's boyfriend Nero, who explained that he wasn't allowed to go because of his brother's opposition to their relationship. The three discussed Elluka's strangely youthful appearance, with Loki musing it must have been because of her lineage to Prim Marlon, and continued chatting and having fun during the party.

### Pursuing the Playwright

As time went on, Elluka quickly rose through the ranks of the Dark Star Bureau, becoming a seventh class senior judge by EC 960. During this time, Elluka worked as an aide for the bureau's deputy head during a trial, saving him from making a major blunder by making a comment. Later on, she gave a lecture on law and biblical scripture, attended by Nero; following the lecture, she and Nero chatted until Loki barged in and instructed him to stop talking to Elluka. After he left, Nero confided to Elluka about Loki's jealousy and his feeling of confinement in the relationship. When he invited her to eat with her, Elluka declined for a number of reasons. Not long after Loki called for Nero from a distance and caused him to leave.

Later that night, Elluka looked over some case files in preparation of her first trial, the ELL84 case. Seeing a picture of the accused, Gakuga Octo, Elluka was startled and called in her former wet nurse, Polina, having her identify that Gakuga looked identical to her father. As they discussed the possibility that they were the same person, Polina noted that Gallerian would have to look older and speculated, before dismissing the idea, that Gakuga changed his appearance to match Gallerian's due to being his follower. Elluka quickly made her promise not to tell anyone she saw the photo, before Polina bid her to get some rest.

One week later, Elluka presided over the ELL84 trial, with Gakuga representing himself for the defense. During the trial, Gakuga denied using magic and having murderous intent. During the lunch break, Elluka was joined by Loki and the two got to discussing the trial so far, with Elluka almost unnerved by how composed Gakuga was. Elluka then began arguing with Loki about how the outcome of the trial was already decided, objecting to the reasoning that each witch trial must end in a guilty verdict as long as the strange phenomena continued. Loki also invited her again to go hunting with him in Levianta over their break.

Resuming the trial, Elluka declared Gakuga innocent, causing the court to go into an uproar. As she argued with the prosecutor about her reasoning, Elluka ordered to have the enraged man thrown out. Although the other security guards didn't move, one fulfilled the order and Elluka was surprised to find it was her friend, Tony Ausdin. Later on, Head Judge Hanma called Elluka to his office and questioned her on her finding Gakuga innocent. Elluka explained her reasoning that it would be useful to recruit someone knowledgeable about witches since they knew so little, and that she could possibly gain Gakuga's favor as Gallerian's daughter. Although Hanma approved of the idea, she nonetheless gave her a 30 day suspension as ostensible punishment.

Elluka then told the passing Loki about her suspension, comforted by her friend and asked to go hunting with him the following day in Pixie. Seeing the opportunity to get to Gakuga, who claimed to be living there, Elluka agreed to the invitation. She later met with Loki on the road outside Arongrad, and was introduced to Loki's butler, the former slave Gammon Zero. She was quickly bewildered and shocked by Loki's cruel behavior towards Gammon, whom she learned was a Jakokuesian native to Maistia, although nonetheless the three went into Loki's car to drive to Pixie.

### A Front Man

Around noon, a snowstorm began, causing the car engine to stall. As further complications occurred, the unperturbed Loki gradually revealed to Elluka that, in their hunting trip, Elluka himself was the intended prey. Loki then pursued Elluka with his gun, hunting her like an animal across the snow fields and ranting about how frustrated she was with Elluka surpassing him with her excellence. As the exhausted Elluka spotted something in the distance, she ran towards it only to be shot and rendered unconscious.

Elluka later awoke, confused, in Lunaca Labora. When a green-haired girl, Shiro Elphe entered, Elluka pressed her for answers, only met with her constant apologizing. Another woman then entered along with a tiger, the woman introducing herself as Hel Jaakko and explaining that Shiro was timid when not holding a gun, as well as that Gammon had called her there. As Elluka continued demanding answers, she learned from Hel that she'd been given an advanced medical treatment and that Shiro had shot her, without killing her, in order to save her life.

Beginning to lose her composure, Elluka was suddenly chided by the tiger for doing so; the tiger introduced himself as Feng Li and explained he was actually a human with the appearance of a tiger. Elluka then asked Hel to continue and learned from her that she was currently in Lunaca Labora, a location sought after by her father. Gammon then entered the laboratory, telling Elluka to ask the owner if she wanted more answers. After Elluka asked why he saved her, Gammon asked in turn she wanted revenge on Loki, offering to help kill him.

Elluka declined, stating she simply wanted to have Loki judged in court, and learned from Gammon that this was what they had expected of her as a potential "front man" to their organization. Elluka expressed his refusal to join them before eventually relenting. Gammon told her that Loki spread the lie that Elluka had died in a hunting accident, and further that if Elluka returned to the public the Freezis Conglomerate would make efforts to prevent Loki from being charged. Frustrated, Elluka soon realized that Gammon's counter-offer was for her to join them, and that the owner of Lunaca Labora had chosen her for this.

A person in a postman's uniform, addressed as Postman, soon entered and was made to fetch the owner. Soon after, Gakuga entered, having lied about where he was living and Lunaca Labora being one of his true residences. After Elluka learned more of the history of the laboratory from him, she tried to discuss how he had this magical knowledge and he soon directed her instead on the topic of Loki. Gakuga came to explain how the Freezis Family on the whole had become corrupt and betrayed Gallerian with the witch hunts, saying that the members of their group were all former Freezis employees and that Loki himself was an HER.

Although at a loss, Elluka decided to ally with this group to take down her former friend. Expressing this to Gakuga, he requested that she call him "Gakusha" when possible. Having officially become a member of PN, Elluka continued staying at Lunaca Labora to recover from her injuries. In the meantime, she began plotting with the others to have Loki convicted of his crimes.

### Farewell to a Friend

Elluka later met with Mira at the ruined site of the Levia-Behemo temple. After greeting each other, Mira apologized for not being able to stop Loki's plan, and the two discussed how they each felt about Loki after having learned the truth. After comforting each other, Elluka requested for Mira to introduce her to her older brother, Gusuma Yarera. With Gakusha, she visited Gusuma at the Yarera Conglomerate's headquarters and explained how she wished for the Yareras to help get Loki convicted for his crimes with a bribe.

To get the approval of the Yarera family head, whom would be able to give them the money, they planned to arrange for the release of her adopted son, the serial killer Jorm Zusco, with another bribe. As they left, Gakusha mentioned how Hel would deliver the bribe and Elluka fell to asking about Hel and then Gammon, receiving no answers from Gakusha on the latter. While arrangements were being made, Elluka recuperated in Lunaca Labora, occasionally visited by Nero. During their visits, the two struck up an affair and Elluka was impregnated.

On one occasion, Nero came to make Elluka food while she worked on compiling all PN's knowledge of the Freezis family. When Gammon came to visit, the two got into an argument about her trusting him, until their conversation turned to Elluka's compilation of their evidence. Elluka then questioned Gammon on his history with the Freezises and learned how they killed his entire family. Gammon then told her about him meeting the other members of PN, before Elluka moved on to discuss their plans to get Loki convicted.

A year after Elluka was almost murdered, she attended Loki's trial and watched as the presiding judge, Hanma, sentenced him to thirty years imprisonment, leaving Elluka conflicted to see her former friend tried guilty. Afterwards, she returned to work and married Nero. Not long after, Gammon visited her in her mansion to congratulate her and Elluka chatted with him about her plans to continue reforming the witch trials and taking down the Freezises. As she planned to hire a servant to help take care of Nero and their new baby, Gammon offered and Elluka accepted.

Their conversation then turned to Nero and Loki, Elluka somber about losing her friend and hoping she could start over with him in thirty years. She then drew up the paperwork to employ Gammon, and afterwards Gammon excused himself to make a phone call. Later, Elluka heard that Loki had been killed in his cell, allegedly a suicide, and was grieved by the news. Over the next two years, with Gakusha as her magical adviser Elluka began reforming the witch trials and tried every new defendant innocent of witchcraft. Her marriage with Nero also began to grow turbulent.

### Business with Gakusha

One day after work, Elluka arrived home and was greeted by Gammon; after checking on her now two-year-old daughter Nemesis, she encountered Nero. Learning he was hiring another servant to take care of Nemesis, Elluka began arguing with her husband until Gammon cut them off. He soon announced he was having a meeting with Gakusha about an upcoming trial; as Nero stormed off, Elluka reassured Gammon about her getting close to Gakusha and went to eat supper.

Later, on the night of her twentieth birthday, Elluka met with Gakusha at the bar and inn that he was staying in. After their dinner, she started chatting with him about how much she had learned about magic thanks to him. When Gakusha ordered a bottle of Blood Grave to celebrate Elluka's twentieth birthday, she was shocked and opened up about how terribly things were going with Nero, who hadn't even remembered, and how she couldn't even divorce him for Nemesis's sake. When the Blood Grave arrived, Elluka got drunk on it and Gakusha helped her up to his room. While he tended to her, Elluka grabbed Gakusha and kissed him.

After they slept together that night, the two carried on an affair. Afterwards, Gakusha disappeared without warning along with their child and Hanma fled the country; for the next fourteen years, Elluka continued to rise through the ranks in the USE Dark Star Bureau, eventually replacing Hanma as head judge. During this time, the organization "Police Neutrality" was formed of former PN members in opposition to the World Police, and Elluka had hired three more servants in addition to Gammon. As Nemesis grew, smart and kind, Elluka devoted her energies into being a loving mother for her.

One day in EC 978, while Gammon aided Elluka with her work, the two were visited by Tony and Shiro, come to request that she get them Gakusha's help in dealing with undead soldiers plaguing the USE army. Although Elluka tried to explain she hadn't contacted Gakusha in years, at that moment they received a letter from Gakusha asking her to meet him in the Misty Mountains. Elluka, Gammon, Shiro, and Tony then drove up to the mountains; they were led by Postman to Gakusha, and Elluka confronted him on his sudden disappearance.

As Gakusha gave lackadaisical answers to their questions, he explained how he wanted them to help him move several rare books he'd collected from the mountain in their car. With Postman, Tony, and Shiro going down the mountain some other way, Elluka went back to the car while Gammon helped carry Gakusha's books. Sometime after returning home, Elluka spoke with Nemesis in their living room while she told them about the trip she and Nero would be making to visit their grandfather in Marlon. They were interrupted from their chat by Gakusha, who came to visit.

Elluka stood by while Gakusha met properly with Nemesis, noting how the sorcerer hadn't changed in fourteen years. Gakusha then requested that Elluka be his sponsor for a film adaptation of "The Son of Evil", specifically a "secret" addition that Yukina Freezis wrote which hadn't been adapted yet. Hearing it spoke about undead soldiers and Gallerian Clockworker in relation to her father, Elluka agreed to read the book before talking about sponsorship.

### Sin Fragments

"*I don't need any 'Vessel of Deadly Sin'.*"
"*Yes... Is that so?*"
―Elluka and Gakusha
The day before her family was scheduled to return home, Elluka finished reading Yukina Freezis' tale about the conspiracy surrounding Prince Alexiel and the Marlon Royal Family caused by the vessels of sin. Upon finishing the book she was visited by Gakusha, who asked her opinion on it. Elluka admitted the novel was very different from the Freezis Fairy Tale she was familiar with, continuing to be skeptical even as Gakusha insisted it was the truth.

After asking him about his desired film adaptation, Elluka ended up declining being his sponsor, unwilling to fund such a project despite her interest in movies. Offended, Gakusha made vague threats regarding the fact that Elluka's husband was returning to the mansion the next day, which Elluka initially mistook to mean he planned to expose their past affair.

After he refuted her accusation of this, Elluka attempted to break the unpleasant atmosphere by asking for a rough idea of what happened with the characters afterward, discussing with Gakusha the characters of Gallerian Clockworker, Lemy, and Ney Avadonia who had appeared in the book. As the doubtful judge pondered Gakusha's input, she asked why the unknown mage had been collecting the vessels of sin, interested to hear the claim that collecting them all granted the collector any wish.

Gakusha then suggested they look for the artifacts together. Elluka declined due to the potential costs involved, saying she didn't need them. As Gakusha left, Elluka once more insisted that he not tell her husband about their relationship. Gakusha parted with the request that she let him know if she changed her mind about collecting the vessels of sin, or about his play. The judge fell back asleep. She was later shaken awake by Rennert, and was shocked as Rennert explained Nero and Nemesis had been killed, their ship sunk by a giant octopus right before entering the harbor.

Grieved, Elluka ended up letting go all of her staff and became despondent. One night, she returned home and was enraged to find Gakusha waiting for her in Nemesis's room. After Gakusha calmed her down, she listened as he reminded her of their conversation on the vessels of sin and what she had learned about them from "The Son of Evil". When Gakusha revealed he had one, having taken the Marlon Spoon from where it was in lockup as evidence, Elluka argued with him about having stolen it until he handed the spoon off to her, claiming she needed it.

Although Elluka tried to give it back, she relented and listened as Gakusha explained how the spoon was inhabited now by Eve Moonlit, not the Demon of Greed, and that Eve could possibly help Elluka if she made a contract with her. Thinking of Nemesis, Elluka agreed to the contract. Given the Clockworker's Doll, Elluka was told that it contained the soul of Nemesis and that she could only speak with her if she kept the Marlon Spoon on her person at all times. Elluka then agreed to help Gakusha collect the other vessels of deadly sin, so that she could make a wish to restore her daughter.

### Path of Corruption

"*The most important thing for me is that you can pay me money. That's it.*"
―Elluka
Not long after obtaining the doll, Elluka received a visit from Gammon, learning from him how the culprits of the Titanis sinking, a group in Elphegort named Zeus, had been caught. Elluka thanked him, telling him that her husband could now rest in peace, and then rehired Gammon under the claim that Nemesis would be anxious all alone, continuing on to claim that as she was "disabled" now they would have to postpone her attendance to Behemoth University. As the shocked Gammon tried to tell her Nemesis was dead, Elluka went to tell her "daughter" the good news about Gammon being hired on again.

Ignoring Gammon's confusion, Elluka then carried on a cheerful conversation with "Nemesis" using the Marlon Spoon. Later on, she presided over the trial of the arrested members of Zeus; unbeknownst to her Gammon had one of them, Elluka's illegitimate daughter Michelle Octo, spared jailtime and taken in. To protect her reputation, Elluka had handled Gakusha's theft of the spoon by paying bribes to officials in the bureau, as well as having documents forged to claim the spoon was always hers, this dubbed the Spoon Corruption Case.

Around that time, the Dark Star Bureau was privatized and lost government funding. With Gusuma Yarera also refusing to give Elluka more money for her quest, the judge decided to begin accepting bribes to decide her rulings in order to amass her funds. Seventeen years since Loki's trial, his brother Bindi Freezis was charged with masterminding the sinking of the Titanis with a group named Zeus; agreeing to cooperate with the Freezises in exchange for bribe money, Elluka found him innocent.

Bindi later met with her in her office and Elluka brushed off his thanks; as Bindi asked her for another favor, to have the members of Zeus disposed of in prison, Elluka cheerfully agreed. She then arranged for Jorm to escape and kill them all, Jorm being brought to Lunaca Labora afterwards. With Gusuma enraged over Bindi's exoneration, Elluka was forced to strengthen her security to protect herself from his hitmen. Talking with Gakusha at her mansion later, Elluka brushed off his concern at making an enemy of Gusuma, explaining how it couldn't be helped.

She discussed her current situation with him for a time, until Gakusha brought up that another vessel of sin was in the possession of the soldier Nyoze Octo. Although Elluka suggested that all the vessels might be as easy to locate, Gakusha warned her off of this with the claim that it would become more difficult with each vessel she collected, although musing that making a contract with Eve or Adam Moonlit would negate this. After their discussion, Elluka went with Gakusha to visit the Octo Family in Samadin. Entering the mansion, she immediately discovered that the vessel in their possession was the Venom Sword.

When she tried to reach it, however, she was prevented by Nyoze, who claimed that it was a family heirloom and that anyone who wasn't an Octo risked being enchanted by it. Despite her best efforts, Elluka was unable to persuade Nyoze to hand over the sword and the soldier forced her to leave. While driving home, Elluka spoke with Gakusha and learned how Nyoze's stubbornness was likely due to the sword and the demon in it having already enchanted him without his knowledge. Discussing it a little longer, Elluka determined it would be difficult to obtain the sword legally.

### The Octo Case

Bindi later visited Elluka in her office to ask her another favor: his friend Jason Jack had been accused of the murder of a prostitute he hired, Medea Col, and Bindi insisted he was innocent. With more money being mentioned, Elluka promised to talk to Jason; after Bindi left, Elluka looked over the case's files and conceived of framing Nyoze for the murder to obtain the Venom Sword. When Gammon entered the office, Elluka requested a favor of him using PN, having them forge evidence implicating Nyoze. After Nyoze was arrested and convicted for the crime, Elluka had the Venom Sword covertly transferred to her home's treasury.

Afterward, she refused to see Nyoze's brother Bruno as he repeatedly attempted to arrange a meeting with her. Several days since Nyoze's trial, Elluka found Bruno having come to visit her at her home; as Bruno persisted in speaking with her, Elluka tried fruitlessly to shut him out. Elluka then rebuked the man's pleas that Nyoze couldn't be a murderer, citing her own authority and the supposed evidence already linking his brother to the crime. She further denied Bruno the opportunity to reclaim the Venom Sword as it was evidence in the case; threatening to accuse him of trespassing, Elluka sent Bruno off unsatisfied.

Afterward, Elluka headed straight to Nemesis's room and saw Gakusha there with her. Vexed that he came without permission, Elluka quickly became fed up with Gakusha as they talked and insisted he leave. Gakusha agreed to do so after he received the Venom Sword, and Elluka retrieved it from her treasury and presented it to him. Once he confirmed it was authentic, Gakusha and Elluka talked again about their objective to collect the vessels, until Elluka cautioned him on how her position would be compromised if her removing confiscated evidence was discovered.

They both discussed the need to have a place away from the public eye to store the vessels. Not long after, Gakusba left and Elluka talked with hrr "daughter", again promising how she would gather the rest of her "friends" in the vessels of sin. Later, Nyoze escaped from prison and an investigation was launched to look for him.

### Graveyard Restaurant

That same year, Elluka discovered that the Graveyard restaurant was in possession of the Glass of Marlon and one of the Four Mirrors of Lucifenia, and as well that it was operating without a license. She went to the restaurant and ordered a meal; as each course arrived, the waitress serving her told her the story of Carlos Marlon. By the end, Elluka revealed herself to her and her true reasons for coming; with the cook and owner having already fled, she had her team arrest the waitress and confiscated the wine glass and mirror in the restaurant.

At the waitress' subsequent trial, she sentenced her to six months of penal servitude for all of the violations carried out by the restaurant, ignoring the furious girl when she, despite everything, demanded that she still pay her bill. After court was adjourned, Elluka took the glass and mirror from the evidence vaults and stored them at home. Receiving a call from Gakusha, she learned he'd be delayed in picking up the new vessels due to the blizzard outside. Alone with Gammon, Elluka discussed the risks of keeping the vessels at her home until they were interrupted by the house being broken into by undead soldiers.

After scuffling with the monsters for a time, Elluka was startled by a much larger one that broke in, the Graveyard cook Eater Sabella, who demanded the release of his "master". At Elluka's confusion, he almost attacked until Lich, the Graveyard's manager, stopped him. Lich clarified that he and Eater had come to request the return of the Glass of Marlon and the release of the restaurant's waiter. Elluka chided him for their rude arrival, and the two ended up debating the ethics of Elluka's method of collecting the vessels, before Lich tried to take back the glass in spite of Elluka's protests.

Elluka then watched as Lich was sucked into the glass, only to be spat back out and to announce that, by his master's whim, he, Eater, and all of the undead were now servants of Elluka. Bewildered, Elluka listened to Lich say that this was on the condition that she not let Gakusha near the glass and that he help them look for the Grave Yard, threatening to have Eater kill her if he refused. The enraged Elluka pointed out how the undead soldiers had been fighting the USE army, only for Lich to claim that those undead soldiers were unrelated to them. Nonetheless, Elluka continued to be uneasy, prompting Lich to offer to send the rest of the undead soldiers back to their graves.

After questioning him further on their true natures, and after briefly discussing it with Gammon, Elluka decided to accept Lich and Eater into PN with the promise they wouldn't reveal what they were to anyone. They then agreed to let Waiter serve the rest of her sentence in prison, Elluka surprised by the coldness of the decision. Lich was then inducted into PN as No. 6, and Eater as No. 7. When Gakusha arrived, Elluka explained what had occurred, finding that Gakusha had met Lich and Eater once long ago.

### Scherzer Case

"*It ached my heart a bit, but I let the gavel hit cleanly for money.*"
―Elluka mocking Scherzer
On one occasion, Elluka presided over a case regarding a celebrity assaulting a woman; given a bribe by the defendant, Scherzer she ruled him innocent under the pretense that the available evidence was merely circumstantial. She later returned home and heard the radio report on her ruling, in addition to noting Scherzer's popularity with women. That night, Elluka was visited by Scherzer in her study, and the two discussed the matters of his exoneration, Elluka brushing it off as merely a matter of money. After warning Scherzer to be more careful around women, she watched him depart.

The judge was visited by Gakusha some time later, again while she was working in her study, and informed of rumors surrounding Scherzer and the disappearances of several women. Cursing Scherzer's apparent indiscretion, which would damage her reputation as judge, Elluka stood and headed out. Making contact with a whistleblower who had leaked the rumors of Scherzer's activity, Scherzer's financial officer Bogaerts, Elluka heard his testimony that Scherzer was kidnapping several woman and imprisoning them in an attempt to mimic the Glassred Event.

That night, Scherzer met with Elluka in her study and petitioned her to be his savior again. Elluka conceded to the offer if she was paid ten times the amount of the previous bribe; once Scherzer reluctantly agreed, Ellika inquired why she was kidnapping women when he was already so wealthy. As Scherzer explain his own sadistic urges towards women and desire for more money, Elluka remarked on his sleaziness, although conceding when Scherzer compared it to her own corruption for money.

The next day, Elluka presided over Scherzer's trial. Having been promised Scherzer's entire fortune by Bogaerts beforehand if she found Scherzer guilty, since Scherzer had kidnapped Bogaerts' niece, Elluka declared him guilty of all charges and watched as he was dragged out of the court. Later, Elluka visited Scherzer in prison to explain her reasons for the guilty verdict. The judge explained it wasn't due to a personal vendetta, revealing the deal that she had made with Bogaerts beforehand. After adding that he and his subordinates would be executed the next day to protect Bogaerts, Elluka left the screaming Scherzer to his fate. She then returned home to her supposed daughter.

### Evil's Theater

As time passed, Elluka obtained several friends with connections over the course of her corruption. Obtaining many enemies as well, Elluka used Lich, Eater, and Jorm in PN to take care of those who opposed her. When, in EC 981, Gammon inducted Michelle Octo into PN as another assassin, Elluka remained ignorant of any details about the girl save for that she had remarkable skill and that her codename was "No.8". During this time, ahe obtained another of the Four Mirrors of Lucifenia and went to an auction in Maistia with Gakusha to obtain the last two.

With the breakout of war in EC 982, Elluka purchased the site of an abandoned home in the Millennium Tree Forest as a new place to store the vessels of sin, buying a permit from the Sisters of Michaela to do so. After having the abandoned home torn down, two skeletal corpses were found inside and the judge established a graveyard on the grounds as well. She then had Gakusha assist in building a movie theater on the spot, using technology from the Magic Kingdom Levianta; having a clock tower included in the construction, the judge named it "Heartbeat Clocktower" after the one present at Castle Hedgehog.

About a month from the building's completion, Elluka and Gakusha stood before the theater, which Gakusha decided to call Evil's Theater, discussing how it would keep her collection safe. They also discussed bringing Lich into the theater so that he could guard the glass from Gakusha, in order for Elluka to keep her promise. Elluka also bemoaned having Nemesis so far away, with Gakusha pointing out it would be good for her.

In December of that year, Elluka fell asleep at her office in the bureau while looking over the Fifth Pierrot case files. While asleep, she dreamed she was in the Hellish Yard and approached the Master of the Hellish Yard as he judged a crowd of souls, finding him familiar. Determining her identity as the corrupt USE Dark Star Bureau's director, possessed by Greed, the Master declared that although it would be appropriate to send him to hell, he would allow her into heaven if she relinquished the entirety of her fortune to him. But, already knowing her response, she gave him her refusal.

Immediately afterward, the judge awoke in hrr empty office, closing the still open Fifth Pierrot files on her desk in front of her. Gammon soon after entered to announce that Evil's Theater's construction had been completed, with Nemesis and all of the vessels of sin safely moved there. Pleased by the news, Elluka listened as Gammon further explained that they had found the fugitive Nyoze hiding with his lover in Rolled. Elluka promptly ordered his death, agreeing with Gammon's suggestion to have No.8 handle the mission.

After talking with Gammon about where she should have dinner with Gakusha later, with Gammon suggesting a restaurant at Calgaround's Merrigod Plateau, Elluka became suspicious if there was something more that Gammon wasn't telling him. When Gammon denied it, she allowed the man to excuse himself and leave the room. Later, with all of the vessels safely transferred, Elluka created a documentary showcasing all of her collectibles and had it screen as a film in Evil's Theater.

### Leviantan Civil War

"*I will never hand over my fortune to the likes of you!*"
―Elluka
In EC 983, Tony Ausdin was arrested for his war crimes against the village of Zenosai and the murder of Shiro Elphe. Reading of the event in the newspaper, Elluka met with Gammon in her office and discussed the coverage of the event, before Elluka left to speak with Tony before his trial. Meeting with Tony while he was imprisoned, Elluka spoke with him about his crimes and listened to Tony's claims that Zenosai had been allied with the enemy and how he had been under the pressures of war. When asking about Shiro, she similarly heard Tony's claim that her death was an accident.

Tony pleaded with Elluka to save him during his trial, offering her a bribe. Although shocked Tony wasn't appealing to her as a friend, Ellluka agreed to do it for the money, requesting a relatively small bribe before and after the trial. Soon after, Elluka and Tony bid each other farewell and, during the subsequent trial, Elluka declared him innocent to the outrage of the courtroom. After returning to her office, Elluka was met by Gammon, Hel, and Feng, Hel declaring she was quitting the Dark Star Bureau because of her corruption and Shiro's death.

While Elluka protested with her, Gammon interjected how the opposing Tasan Party had learned of Tony's bribe; when Elluka, realizing Hel was responsible, tried to have Feng arrest her, Feng announced his own intention to quit. After Feng convinced her to let them go, Elluka spoke alone with Gammon and learned that he, at least, intended to stay loyal to her in spite of everything. When the Tasan Party tried to indict Elluka for receiving Tony's bribe, Bindi tied the World Police up from acting.

The Tasan Party leaked evidence of Elluka's corruption to the press, and the public unrest over it escalated into a full civil war, with the fighting beginning in Arongrad that April. As Bindi became targeted by the guerrillas and his usefulness waned, Elluka arranged for Postman to deliver him to Lunaca Labora so that Gusuma could finally have his revenge on Bindi for the sinking of the Titanis. When Bindi arrived at her office and asked to borrow Postman to escape Arongrad, Elluka summoned Postman and later sent Bindi off after Postman arrived.

Later, when the Dark Star Bureau courthouse was captured, Elluka escaped to her mansion and found that even Eater had fled. With her mansion becoming surrounded soon after her arrival, Elluka tried to distract herself from her impending arrest and ended up reading some of Gakusha's screenplays while she waited. After a while, Elluka became confused about how no one had come in yet, and then was startled to see a woman with light green hair in the mansion. As she confronted her, Elluka realized that the woman was Eve Moonlit and mused with her on how she'd made the contract with her and come all this way hoping to get Nemesis's body back.

As Eve mocked her, and then claimed that Adam was the true identity of the soul within the doll, Elluka objected to this and got into an argument with her. As a result, despite Elluka's protests, Eve summoned the doll from Evil's Theater so that she could tell them herself. With the doll in the house, Elluka called to her and then, at her request, wheeled her to the window.

After she'd explained the citizen army gathered outside, Elluka witnessed the doll set the soldiers alight with blue fire to protect her, and then watched Eve subsequently become enraged to realize that this power meant they were not Adam. Just before Eve left, she claimed to Elluka that there was something Gammon and Gakusha had both hidden from her. With Eve gone, Elluka took "Nemesis" back into the study and comforted her, despite not being able to hear her responses.

She then noticed that the bat that always flew around him, Sickle, was leaving and stopped it; speaking to him directly, Elluka questioned Sickle on why he had always flown around her, before talking about how she knew that he was really a god. She then asked Sickle what it was Gammon and Gakusha hid from her, pleading to know when Sickle initially refused. After Sickle told her, the shocked Elluka let go of the bat and watched him fly out of the mansion.

Afterwards, Elluka sat down and read Gakusha's screenplay on Gakuga Octo and the Enbizaka Murderer Scandal, learning about her great-great-grandfather's era. After she finished, and hearing someone approach the study, Elluka discarded the book and selected the last available screenplay, a work about her life called "Judgment of Corruption".

Elluka then continued comforting the Doll until a woman similar to Eve, who unbeknownst to her was Michelle Octo, came to kill her. Speaking with her, Elluka was shocked to learn she was in fact No. 8 of PN, had already killed Tony, and had come to punish her for her corruption. When questioned on why she made her an assassin for PN, Elluka denied her personal involvement in the recruitment.

Bantering with the woman, Elluka refused a choice between being shot or burning in the fire. Michelle then offered for her to be spared in exchange for her fortune, and Elluka hesitated for a while before refusing. Put at gunpoint once again, Elluka continued to comfort the doll as she urged her assassin to get on with it. As Michelle shot her, Elluka thanked her, using her real name, before she died.

### Afterlife

Following her death, Elluka's soul ended up in the Hellish Yard and was sent to hell. At some point during her stay, she found a route to the Grave Yard and, using a Black Box, read the memories of the Moon Goddess Luna Hazuki, therefore learning everything about Evil's Theater and its inhabitants since her death, as well as learning about the phenomenon of Irregulars. In EC 999, she and the other souls returned to the Third Period as the ground world merged with the Hellish Yard.

Freed from hell, Elluka reunited with her daughter Nemesis. She soon after met with Bruno and Irina Clockworker, the being who once inhabited the doll. The four of them decided to collaborate to save the world by invoking the Court ending, planning to do so by having Irina's twin children, Hänsel and Gretel, enact a Re\_birthday while Irina's soul possessed the reconstructed Evil's Theater. As part of their plan, they also began seeking Gallerian, hoping to make him a pure being by merging the souls of the seven most compatible Demon of Sin contractors, including Nemesis and Elluka.

Returning to Levianta, the judge recreated an illusion of the USE Dark Star Bureau courthouse, its audience, and its staff, continuing to preside over trials of the resident souls. Doing so, she searched for the other sin contractors and Gallerian under the pretense of looking for the vessels of sin. Soon after, she was dragged back into the underworld by the Master of the Hellish Yard.

### The End of Capriccio

In the underworld, Elluka waited along with Gakuga and Gumina until the Master of the Hellish Yard arrived with Alexiel, whom Elluka was shocked to learn was previously Postman. After fruitlessly questioning Alexiel on Gallerian's whereabouts, Elluka turned her attention to the Master of the Hellish Yard as she prepared to leave, questioning her on why she was gathering up the contractors.

After surmising that she was trying to protect them, Elluka suddenly revealed her collaboration with Bruno by letting the Sleep Princess, Nemesis, up to the group. With Nemesis, who used her powers as a contractor of Adam, Elluka attacked the other contractors and the Master of the Hellish Yard. After Nemesis became overwhelmed from the effort of forming Gift, however, Elluka fled back to Evil's Theater with her daughter, blowing out the other contractors to Asmodean in the process.

Back in Evil's Theater, Elluka took up residence in the Director's room with Bruno. When Alexiel, Gakuga and Gumina traveled to Evil's Theater to confront Nemesis, Elluka stood by while Bruno began explaining their situation. Once Bruno left to address more newcomers, Elluka took over her explanation, telling them everything she had previously learned and telling the incredulous other contractors everything about their plans to save the world.

When she began to talk about their other plan to make Gallerian a pure being, Elluka was interrupted by Carlos and Banica, who had also come to confront them. Shortly after, Gallerian's will suddenly resurfaced from within Alexiel and Elluka was absorbed into him along with the rest of the contractors. Shortly before Gallerian's soul returned to stability, Elluka was separated from the fusion.

Following Alexiel and Rin's creation of the Fourth Period, Elluka and her daughter stayed behind, gathering with the other souls at the Lucifenian Royal Palace. She and Nemesis were later left by Anne to deal with the Tasan Party soldiers who were still causing trouble. Later, Elluka participated in the ball at the Lucifenian Royal Palace before being presumably incorporated into the Fourth Period.

### Legacy

"*Elluka was a friend of mine. She too was possessed by a Deadly Sin. I, for one, thought to try and use that. As I expected, she collected many of the vessels.*"
―Gallerian
After her death, Elluka's vast inheritance went missing, with her collection of vessels of sin being inherited by Gallerian and stored in Evil's Theater. The small theater became forgotten by the masses for the most part. Rumors spread afterward that Elluka's inheritance was inside the theater, prompting numerous treasure hunters to attempt finding it. The awakened Clockworker's Doll's burns were later healed by Gear and she succeeded her "mother" as the Master of the Court, looking to Elluka for guidance as she continued her plan to gather all the vessels of sin and create a utopia for them both.

Elluka's work in the Dark Star Bureau was spoken about with disdain by later generations and her obsession with finding the vessels of sin earned her the name of the Collector. A film concerning Elluka's corruption of the bureau was created by Gallerian over a decade later and was subsequently reviewed by the Master of the Court. While organizing the "motions", Bruno Octo noted the judge's corrupt temperament and how it was seemingly inherited by the Judicial Doll instead of Gear; the former soldier likewise pointed out while it appeared that Gallerian was the one who incited Elluka, it also didn't feel like something he would do.

## Personality and Traits

"*You're right. I'll save anyone who pays me money. Anyone.*"
―Elluka to Scherzer
Elluka was a cold, pragmatic, but contradictory woman. Growing up poor despite her family's status, Elluka was instilled even as a child with the notion that being rich was essential to one's success. As such, she was notably stingy and disliked frivolous spending. Over time, this stinginess developed into outright greed that prioritized making money and accumulating power even at the expense of other people. Elluka's desire for "collecting" became so pronounced that it supplied, on its own, the "greed" to consider him a contractor of the absent Demon of Greed. She was accordingly willing to exonerate or convict anyone for the right compensation, regardless of the scale of their crimes.

Her greed, however, was with the understanding that money was a means to an end. Elluka's struggles growing up instilled in her a boundless drive to succeed that she poured first into her career and then into her relationship with Nemesis. Her determination to save her daughter reflected the tireless and dedicated approach Elluka took to all of her goals, where she was willing to do anything to achieve them regardless of how good or evil her actions might have appeared to others. She fittingly conducted herself in a stoic and businesslike manner, save for rare occasions.

Originally, Elluka's behavior was tempered by a set of morals and a dislike of injustice, and she was similarly loyal to her friends even in the worst circumstances. The events of her youth, however, and her own drive to save Nemesis, led her to discard her scruples with increasing indifference. As she acted unrepentant about her various misdeeds to the last, it became unclear if her previous morals were genuine or a superficial result of her upbringing. Similarly, although she cared for her relationships, Elluka was not above betraying her other "business partners" and was mostly loyal to her own ultimate ends. By the world's end, Elluka sought to revive the world, although still maintaining her means-to-an-end mentality as well as her sadistic and cruel demeanor. As part of her mission in collecting them, Elluka's interest in the vessels of sin also extended to the incidents in history that they caused.

## Skills and Abilities

"*I pass judgment.*"
―Chief Justice Elluka
A learned judge, Elluka was well-versed in law and had risen to become a powerful magistrate in the USE at a young age as a result. Because of her power and influence as the Supreme Court Director, she could warrant anyone's arrest under the pretense of investigating a crime and confiscate evidence as she saw fit. Her power even extended to forging evidence.

As part of her position, Elluka could act as the presiding judge of any trial within the Dark Star Buraeu's jurisdiction and had the sole power to save or condemn the defendant and select their sentence based on the evidence provided. After becoming the master of PN, Elluka used the espionage force as her personal secret police, eliminating any threats covertly while expanding her corrupt power.

As a contractor to Eve Moonlit, Elluka was able to hear the voice of the Clockworker's Doll. She also appeared unusually young for her age, as characteristic of her family. After suffering from frostbite, Elluka's right pinkie finger was also paralyzed.

## Character Connections

Gakusha: Elluka's friend. Seeing Gakusha as a very handsome and mysterious man who aided her when she needed it, Elluka developed a close confidential relationship with him. Later on, despite initial wariness of his resemblance to her father, she entered an affair with the playwright for a short time. Despite this, Elluka was annoyed by his lackadaisical, cryptic nature as well as his jabs at her family, although ultimately grateful for his help.

Gammon Zero: Elluka's butler and confidante. Initially grateful to Gammon for helping to save her from Loki, Elluka grew to rely on him heavily over the course of the man's service to her. This extended to trusting him with handling all of her affairs as a judge and in PN, although Elluka acknowledged that Gammon had his own agendas that he kept secret from her. In the end, Elluka came to understand that Gammon was the only loyal ally she had left.

Nemesis Marlon: Elluka's real daughter. Elluka had a loving relationship with her and was very considerate of her well-being, turning down Gakusha's offer of looking for the Sin fragments initially due to her concern for her. After her death, Elluka continued to care for "her" while believing her to be inside of the Clockworker's Doll.

Nero Marlon: Elluka's husband. Elluka initially believed herself in love with Nero during their affair, and was genuinely friends with him during their youth. Despite this, she quickly came to despise him at times for his irresponsible behavior and their marriage suffered under their constant friction. Over time, Elluka even questioned if she hadn't just seen him as a way to get revenge on Loki, him being Loki's former boyfriend.

Master of the Court: Elluka's perceived daughter. Elluka cared about "Nemesis" very deeply, dedicating herself to curing her condition and enjoying their conversations together. She was almost subserviently devoted to her, and although trying to keep her safe from harm she also was comforted by her presence near her death. Even after learning she was not her daughter, Elluka continued to treat the doll kindly and collaborated with the spirit inside her at the world's end.

Michelle Octo: Elluka's employee, illegitimate daughter and half-sister. Not knowing of her existence as her daughter or her sister, Elluka only saw Michelle as a suitably skilled assassin in PN; later on, she was similarly contemptuous of her threats and defiant to her attempts to make her seek repentance for what she had done.

Gallerian Clockworker: Elluka's father. Although seemingly never meeting her father in person, Gallerian's infamy as a "sorcerer" followed her throughout her childhood. The young judge was inspired by his fate to reform the justice system in the Dark Star Bureau. Later, when meeting Gakusha, she initially suspected the two were the same before discarding the idea.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Elluka is based on the canon character Elluka Chirclatia and is role swapped with Gallerian Marlon.
* Elluka's surname, Marlon, is a reference to Mammon, the patron demon of Greed.

### Curiosities

* In Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon, the Demon of Gluttony refers to Elluka as the "gear who fell into the trap"; a similar phrase was used by Master of the Graveyard to refer to Gear.

## Appearances

* Judgment of Corruption
* Miniature Garden Girl (first appearance)
* The Muzzle of Michelle
* Heartbeat Clocktower (mentioned only)
* Master of the Court (song) (mentioned only)
* Capriccio Farce (mentioned only)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (alternate timeline)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (appears in PV)
* Waltz of the Departed (appears in PV)
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Lunacy of Lady Glassred
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Evil Food Eater Marlon
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption
* Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Michelle
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* The Son of Evil Schedule Book 2013
* Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline)
* Outlaw & Lychgate (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil (manga) (non-canon appearance)
* Judgment of Corruption Side Story: Elluka
* Quartets of Evil (non-canon appearance)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments! (non-canon appearance)
* The School Capriccio of the Dead (non-canon appearance)
* Evils Theater
* Prelude to Forest (mentioned only)
* Evils Forest (mentioned only)
* Evils Kingdom
* Judgment of Corruption ~A Court of Greed~
* Evils Court
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album) (mentioned only)
* Clockwork Lullaby (album)