Prim Marlon

"*So I put my hopes on you, Germaine. I believed that surely you, since you were of my blood, would make Marlon a greater kingdom than it has been. Naturally, it is a mother's duty to erase anything that would get in the way of that.*"
―Prim Marlon[src]
**Prim Marlon**, born **Prim Rogzé**, but also known as the **Queen Dowager**, was the queen of Marlon and the mother of Germaine and Kyle Marlon. Childhood friends with both Arth Swee and Anne Lucifen d'Autriche, Prim grew to resent them both and plotted against the couple. Conspiring with the unknown sorceress, Prim enacted a plan to destroy everything Arth held dear, including his kingdom and family.

## History

### Early Life

"*Arth was my best friend. His happiness was my happiness. And that fact wouldn't change even after that—that's how I expected it to be, anyway.*"
―Prim regarding her and Arth's friendship[src]
Prim was born a HER in the Kingdom of Lucifenia on January 14, EC 457 as a noble of the esteemed Rogzé Family. Early on, she met and became friends with the minor noble Arth Swee and the two grew up together. She and Arth also met Princess Anne and the two became friends into adulthood. As she grew up, Prim's father taught her about her family's expertise in medicinal drugs. She also met with the sorcerer Gallerian Clockworker; fascinated by magic, Prim began receiving instructions from the Beelzenian mage in basic spells. As time passed, Prim saw Arth surpass her in music and academics and ignored it, believing her pedigree made her permanently superior to her friend.

In the early EC 470s, Anne's father and mother were killed in a carriage accident, with the princess appearing to be the sole survivor. Following the event, Anne became famed for her conquests over Beelzenia and greatly sought after by men; believing that marrying Anne was her birthright, Prim was shocked to learn Anne had instead chosen Arth to become her King, instantly making his childhood friend a higher status than her. Although she refused to believe Arth fairly courted Anne, Prim outwardly gave her best friend her blessing.

The enraged Prim asked her father, to develop a lethal poison so that she could kill Anne and he complied, making a more lethal variant of Gift. Prim soon procured a sample, poisoning Anne's wine glass during their next meeting. After the assassination attempt failed, Prim noticed that Anne and Arth had begun distancing themselves from her and, upon confronting Arth, learned that it was because they suspected someone close to them to be behind Anne's poisoning. Although Arth insisted that they both still trusted her, Prim became convinced he was lying and, insulted, secretly swore vengeance on her former friend.

Unable to be the Queen of Lucifenia, Prim traveled to Marlon and instead began courting its King, comforting him over the loss of his wife. Leaving her training with Gallerian incomplete, Prim married the King of Marlon and took up residence at Marlon Castle. In EC 474, Prim gave birth to a daughter, Germaine, but had already learned by then that the Marlon king had sired multiple children with several mistresses. Growing obsessed with Germaine, Prim was determined to make her a great queen that ruled over a powerful Marlon kingdom, unlike her philandering husband.

### Competition with Lucifenia

"*I did it! I've beaten Arth!*"
―Prim[src]
By exchanging letters with her younger brother, Presi, Prim kept herself updated on Lucifenia's current affairs. In the meantime, she began using the villa at Castle Hedgehog over the years as a resting place from the royal palace; she also took up a hobby collecting Gine Dolls and began displaying her collection in Right Palace. As Germaine grew up, she refused to let the girl study swordplay or battleships, even for self-defense, arguing that the future queen should lead from behind the troops.

Around EC 480, Prim learned that Gallerian had defected to Lucifenia and that the kingdom was growing even more powerful. Fearing Arth's kingdom would surpass Marlon before Germaine came of age, Prim began searching for a mage that could counter Gallerian, immersed in magical research. She discovered a mage residing in the Blood Pool region, rumored to be a descendant of the mage who served the infamous Lord |Somi Hedgehog of Castle Hedgehog: a mage of no known name.

As Prim remained skeptical, the mage presented Prim with the Venom Sword as a "love charm." With it, Prim departed to Lucifenia and used the sword to "seduce" Arth during her stay. After several months, Prim returned to Marlon and learned that she was pregnant with Arth's child. Ecstatic, Prim insisted that she had sired the child with the Marlon King and took leave from public service. Months later, the mage visited the castle and offered to help Prim, in exchange for helping her collect the other vessels of sin and providing her a child to experiment on for magical research.

Prim accepted the conditions, planning to hand over the child of one of her husband's mistresses, a boy named Arkatoir. A month later, however, in EC 482, Prim gave birth to a blue-haired baby boy. Though she didn't want to lose her child, the mage persuaded her to hand him over when she realised the unusual level of Wrath in the child, which led to Prim publicly declared the baby stillborn, claiming to be unable to have any more children as a result. The mage then took the child and named him Kyle.

Prim then tasked Duke Sfarz with finding the rest of the vessels of sin via his vast information network. With the mage's cooperation, Prim completed her magical training and was given access to the sorceress' vessel of sin collection. When the mage proposed creating "new facilities" for espionage, Prim gave her permission to develop the Special Maneuvers Task Force. Hoping to maintain her beauty from youth, Prim also had the mage cast a spell to mask her aging appearance.

### Political Maneuvers

"*Although, well, those dreams were crushed at my mother's instigation.*"
―Germaine regarding her painting career
As time progressed, Prim noticed that Germaine had taken great interest in painting and disapproved of the hobby, finding it a distraction from her queenly duties. She also, however, began relating tales of Gallerian to Germaine, telling her of his wartime heroics and how he previously mentored her. During the same period, Duke Sfarz successfully found and collected the the vessel of Gluttony, the vessel of Pride, and the vessel of Greed for Prim to go along with the mage's vessels of Lust and Sloth.

In EC 485, Prim learned Anne had sired twins with Arth, Riliane and Alexiel, and was alarmed to hear the royal couple had returned to a loving relationship. Around EC 488, the royal family also faced heavy criticism from Germaine's art teacher, Margaret, and her politically high-ranking husband. In EC 489 she had the couple arrested and convicted as political prisoners, arranging for Margaret to commit suicide with Gift.

To discourage Germaine's continued painting hobby, Prim hired multiple art dealers and critics to demean her daughter and her works, including the famed Nikolay Tolle. With her daughter's confidence broken, Prim asserted Germaine as the next Queen. Around this time, she gifted one of the four hand mirrors to Germaine. In EC 490, Prim's husband died and she began purging the royal family, killing nearly all of her husband's other illegitimate children.

As Germaine grew older, Arth visited Marlon and proposed to Prim that Alexiel marry Germaine once he turned fifteen; although horrified, Prim reluctantly agreed for the sake of appearances. Infuriated to learn Anne had come up with the betrothal, Prim requested the mage to kill Queen Anne and her twin children. Around this time, Prim learned that Germaine had gone out herself and defeated a small band of pirates with Marlon's army; furious, Prim forbid her from traveling anywhere alone and assigned the Royal Victoricia as her escort vessel. By EC 491, she heard word that the mage had killed Anne with the Gula Disease, summoned by the Glass of Marlon.

Prim progressed to the next stage in her plan to kill Anne's twins in December of that year. Planning to have Riliane possessed by the Demon of Gluttony, Prim instructed her brother Presi via letter to help the mage possess Princess Alexiel with the Demon of "Pride" so he could act as the minister's puppet, sending the letter with the mage as she traveled to Lucifenia. She later learned that only Riliane was seemingly successfully assassinated and that Presi had been killed during the event as well.

Learning of how the mage had deviated from the plan to trick Gallerian Clockworker, Prim suspected that the two mages had animosity towards each other. Following the conclusion of the plan, Kyle was also sent to the Lucifenian Royal Palace as a spy.

### Paving the Way

"*She wouldn't tell me the particulars of it, but as I was able to catch sight of several small glass bottles with white and yellow powder in them in her personal effects it was probably to get those.*"
―Mikina Freezis[src]
In EC 492, Prim traveled to Yatski village in Elphegort with the Marlon Spoon to acquire some materials from a Yatski shaman for Gift. While in disguise, she found a pregnant Mikina Freezis unconscious at the bottom of a steep hill and rescued her. When Mikina awoke, she explained to Prim how she was planning to have an abortion due to her and her husband's failing business, begging for help. Prim, in response, gave Mikina the Marlon Spoon, promising it would bring her good fortune before they parted ways.

Afterwards, Germaine was crowned queen in EC 494. Later that year, Mikina visited Prim and told the queen dowager how the Marlon Spoon conjured blue fire that killed her father and her son's nanny when they threatened to take her newborn child away. After explaining what the vessels of sin were, Prim told Mikina that she unwittingly made a contract with the Demon of Greed and that, to save her family's souls, she would have to replace her father, Duke Sfarz, as their collaborator.

Once Mikina reluctantly joined their conspiracy, Prim had her secretly allocate some of the Freezis Firm's wealth to fund her ambitions and used its information network to replace the loss of Duke Sfarz's own network. After Germaine's half-brother Arkatoir came to the palace as a member of parliament, Prim ultimately let him live due to his excellence in the government office. With the continued success of the Special Maneuvers Task Force, Prim consolidated their position and increased their influence.

### Decisive Play

"*If this goes on, our country will be the largest in history. My daughter... your sister, will be crowned Queen.*"
―Prim to her son
In EC 499, Prim learned the mage had again deviated from the plan and killed Arth with the Gula plague. Lamenting that she'd never complete her revenge, Prim resolved to instead destroy the kingdom Arth left behind and ruin his son, Alexiel.

As Kyle had transplanted the Demon of Pride to the Lucifenian Prince, Prim continued to openly support her daughter's marriage to the increasingly tyrannical Alexiel and sent aid to the ailing Lucifenia in wait. In EC 500, after learning Germaine had been possessed by the Demon of Lust and planned to reject her betrothed in favor of the girl Clarith, Prim confronted the mage and learned that this was her doing.

Although displeased, Prim moved forward and planned to launch Lucifenia into a war with this development. For this end, she convinced Germaine to write a formal letter rejecting her marriage. When Prime Minister Minis visited as an ambassador from Lucifenia, Prim cordially received him, accepting gifts from Lucifenia and giving gifts in turn, before sending Minis back with the rejection letter.

Later on, Prim learned that Clarith was Gallerian's apprentice. When Lucifenia declared war on Elphegort in order to kill Clarith, Prim imprisoned and delayed Germaine when she prepared to leave Marlon to save her. Then, using Mikina, she had Kyle learn Clarith's location and had the girl killed. Afterward, Prim allowed her daughter to covertly assist the Lucifenian Resistance planning to overthrow Alexiel while Marlon remained neutral in the conflict.

After the events of the Lucifenian Revolution, Prim sent a letter to Germaine, saying she would accept her daughter's actions so long as she obeyed a list of conditions she sent her, including Marlon's occupation of Lucifenia and eventual integration as one of its territories. Germaine obeyed her mother and the vast kingdom's territory was occupied by Marlon. Prim then met with Kyle after the boy returned to Marlon and listened to his report that all of her enemies had been disposed of or would not interfere in her plans.

Afterward, Prim learned that the mage had removed the Demon of Lust from Germaine, and to keep her obedient, had the Demon of Pride possess Germaine instead. Once Germaine incorporated Lucifenia as part of Marlon's territory, she handed over administration of the Marlon island to Prim while she ruled from Lucifenia.

### Endgame

"*But because of that mage and that swordswoman, the demon of Pride left you. You went back to your original self—the Germaine that rebelled against her own mother. Therefore... Therefore, my Germaine, your mother will once more have a demon possess you.*"
―Prim[src]
With her vengeance complete, Prim allowed Germaine to seek vengeance on those Kyle blamed for Clarith's murder whilst planning to prove her a competent ruler by annexing Lucifenia and conquering all of Evillious. While Germaine expanded her imperialistic regime, Prim remained in Marlon to deal with its domestic matters.

In EC 502, Prim lent Germaine the Special Maneuvers Task Force for her Sorcerer Hunt on her request and the mage's suggestion, on the conditions that the organization have absolute freedom for matters regarding the Sorcerer Hunt and that the mage decided who would lead the group, namely Kyle. In EC 505, word reached the parliament that Germaine planned to return home and Prim learned her daughter had been freed of the Demon's control by Lemy and his compatriots. Immediately afterward, Prim took leave for Castle Hedgehog, claiming she needed to rest at the royal villa.

Once there, Prim had Kyle use the Glass to begin building up an army of undead soldiers, and sent the mage to counteract Germaine's voyage to Marlon while she kept their remaining vessels of sin. After the mage's failure and her subsequent death, Prim prepared for her daughter's inevitable assault. During the ensuing battle at the castle, Prim took the Clockworker's Doll and the last hand mirror up with her to Heartbeat Clocktower.

From there, Prim oversaw the battle from atop the tower with the Clockworker's Doll in her lap. Once Kyle lured Germaine to the room, she calmly greeted and spoke to her while Germaine sent her soldiers after the fleeing Kyle. Germaine then began to ask Prim if she were being held against her will and she readily denied it. In response to her daughter's pleas Prim explained, between Germaine's interjections, everything that she had done for her revenge and everything that had happened from the day she met Arth to the present.

Prim finished her explanation by elaborating that she planned to have Germaine repossessed to make her obedient again. As she declared that she had gone insane, she showed her daughter the mirror in her possession and explained how the Demon of Lust had since resided in it. She affirmed that she would be able to enact the possession even without the mage and then began talking about the Clockworker's Doll in her lap.

At that moment, Kyle returned to receive Prim's praise for taking out Kyle's soldiers. Seeming to ignore him, Prim continued on talking about the true power of the doll and how it would allow her to freely control the demons, as well as explaining it was modeled after the Original Sinner, Adam Moonlit. As she prepared to use the doll to possess Germaine, Kyle was enraged, being ignored so many times, and stabbed Prim in the chest. Shocked and breathless, Prim died in her seat and her youthful appearance vanished.

### World's End

Following her death, Prim's soul was sent to the Hellish Yard and remained there. Following the destruction of the Third Period in EC 999, Prim escaped the underworld and traveled to Marlon, although her time was paused soon after by the Master of the Hellish Yard. Taken back to the bowels of the Hellish Yard, the catatonic Prim was then controlled by Sleep Princess and used to restrain Gakuga Octo. Gumina Glassred then used her brainwashing magic on Prim, breaking Sleep Princess' hypnosis. After Sleep Princess broke the boundary between the Hellish Yard and the Third Period, Prim escaped once again, ending up in Asmodean, only to be captured by the Master of the Hellish Yard once again.

### Legacy

Immediately after Prim's death, Kyle attacked Germaine, believing she was the one that murdered their mother. After the battle was over, Germaine carried Prim's corpse out of Heartbeat Clocktower. Weeks later, a nation-wide funeral was held for her and she was buried in Left Chapel next to her son. The mage, having fled from Marlon after Prim's death, took the vessels of sin the Queen had collected with her before being defeated by her pursuers not long after.

In the wake of the battle, Germaine publicly declared Prim killed by her captor, a mage manipulating the Special Maneuvers Task Force, leaving the truth surrounding Prim in the darkness. Yukina Freezis later wrote a novel detailing the true events and Prim's actions, gaining popularity around the world during the succeeding centuries.

Over the years, some theorists speculated that Prim had planned to kill Queen Anne I using her father's newly developed Gift and had convinced him to develop the poison for that purpose, though the theories were never validated. A century after her death, Irina Clockworker cited Gallerian's inability to notice that Prim was a HER as evidence that he was cursed during her confrontation with the god Behemo. While discussing Elluka's youthful appearance, Loki Freezis mused that it was because she descended from the youthful-looking Prim.

## Personality and Traits

"*Arth had better school grades than me, and was more skilled in music and singing. But I didn’t pay that any mind. Because I was a woman of higher status than he was.*"
―Prim[src]
Prim was a vain, spiteful, and cruel woman. Having been born with Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome, she felt compelled to spread malice and misfortune to others. Additionally she was capable of obsessive and sociopathic behaviors, showing no regard for human life or for the emotional well-being of those around her, with even family members regarded as little more than tools or obstacles to further her own ends. As a result of her condition she also seemed to have little self-awareness and selective priorities, with which she insisted her murders and atrocities were benevolent or even justified.

As a member of such a prestigious noble family, Prim came to believe she was destined to always be superior to those around her and that she would always get whatever she desired. As a result, the young Prim looked down on other noble families with lower status and considered any accomplishments her peers made insignificant. Although holding high expectations for everyone, though, she respected those who proved their worth to her and demonstrated competence in their role; likewise, she was willing to tolerate talented and, more importantly, useful individuals, even if she would have killed them otherwise. In reverse, the woman held disdain for those who failed to advance their own ambitions, disgusted by their apparent weakness.

Prim also was capable of having good relationships with others, such as having a confidential relationship with the mage and, most significantly, a childhood friendship with Arth. Her bitter obsession with Arth, however, became a driving point for Prim's life and colored her relationships with other people, such as her new hatred of Anne or her obsession with her daughter Germaine each being inspired by her competition with Arth. She similarly believed that all her family members should mimic her behavior and was disgusted when they demonstrated a lack of ambition, like Presi.

The Queen had a fascination with the unknown and therefore was fascinated by magic and wished to fully understand and practice the craft. Prim also seemed to enjoy collecting Gine Dolls as a hobby, decorating the Right Palace with her collection. Prim had tremendous faith in Kyle and the mage's loyalty, though eventually considering her inability to control the latter a detriment. In the end, Prim fully believed Kyle would never betray her, an overconfidence that led to her downfall.

## Skills and Abilities

"*And in the Kingdom of Marlon as well, while the country is officially governed by the young Queen Germaine, it is said that her mother, Queen Dowager Prim, is the one who holds authority there.*"
―An aristocrat speaking about Germaine and Prim
Befitting her arrogance, Prim was a talented individual. As part of the Rogzé family, she was well-versed in the creation and utilization of medicinal drugs and poisons, with the relatively new and readily available Gift becoming her poison of choice. Similarly, her place as one of the highest-ranking noble families in Lucifenia increased her prestige and capabilities.

Prim was also very intelligent and mastered manipulation at an early age, having moved to Marlon, courted its King, and bore his child by the time she was seventeen. Likewise, Prim had great influence in the political scene and was able to maintain her position of power as Queen for decades; even after her daughter was crowned Queen, Prim ruled Marlon from the shadows.

These abilities extended to Prim's ability to strategize. Although not having any military experience, the Queen was able to effectively coordinate the corpse soldiers and utilize them effectively in dividing the Marlon army. Similarly, the Queen planned her actions years ahead of time when seeing their potential, and was also decisive when using a situation or person to her advantage. However, due to her arrogance, Prim often neglected internal loyalty and rarely suspected sudden betrayals or deviations in plans from her underlings.

Compounding this, Prim had strong magical potential and studied under two of the most powerful mages from the Magic Kingdom Levianta's era, though not an actual mage herself. Having finished her mage training under the unknown mage, Prim was knowledgeable about the vessels of sin and their history. As a result of the mage's magic, Prim maintained her natural youth and beauty with clear skin and glossy black hair well into her forties, though the effect disappeared after her death.

## Character Connections

Germaine Marlon: Prim's daughter. Prim had an obsessive fixation on her daughter that manifested in controlling her every action, wanting to make her into the perfect champion for the Kingdom of Marlon; to that end, she was willing to sacrifice hrr emotional and mental well-being to achieve that goal. Seeing her as a pawn more than a person, Prim preferred Germaine possessed by the Demon of Pride, where she was obedient to her will; she also held a low opinion of her judgment, mocking her choice in women.

Kyle Marlon: Prim's son. Happy that Kyle's birth, via her affair, meant she'd "beaten" Arth, Prim only recognized the boy as her son through the lens of viewing him as a pawn. She was willing to let him be experimented on and manipulated him into becoming a tool in her revenge-scheme, relying on the boy's skills in espionage and subterfuge for manipulating events to her liking. In addition to this, Prim would only show affection towards Kyle when necessary to secure his loyalty.

Irina Clockworker: Prim's partner. Although amused and confounded by her secretive ambitions, Prim held the mage in high regard for her skills as a sorceress and ability to manipulate the vessels of sin. The two had a close confidential relationship initially, but after she began acting for her own ends Prim viewed her with mixed approval, disliking Germaine's possession by the Demon of Lust in particular.

Arth Lucifen d'Autriche: Prim's childhood friend and later enemy. Although looking down on Arth for his low status, Prim initially maintained a real friendship with him. After the boy married Prim's childhood crush, Anne, her fondness turned to spite as she perceived herself being cheated by the lower class noble. Following her attempted murder of Anne, these feelings quickly developed into a bitter rivalry with Arth, Prim becoming consumed with a desire to best and humiliate her former friend.

Anne Lucifen d'Autriche: Prim's childhood love. Prim fell in love with Anne when she was young, and losing her to Arth was one of the factors that drove her to hate her childhood friend. Although continuing to desire her, she nonetheless attempted to kill her out of spite and later used Anne in her vendetta, seeing herself as "beating" her after inciting her affair with Arth using the Venom Sword. Following her conception of Kyle, Prim continued her vendetta by finishing Anne off with the aid of the mage.

Presi Rogzé: Prim's brother. In spite of, and in part because of, being her brother, Prim saw Presi as little more than a pawn to further her plot against Anne and was unaffected by his death. She relied on his close position as Lucifenia's Prime Minister to relay information to her and carry out necessary actions, such as planting the mirror with the Demon of Gluttony inside it.

Mikina Freezis: A pawn of Prim's. Prim saw Mikina as a reliable pawn due to the latter's desperate circumstances and believed her useful for her revenge scheme, as Keel Freezis' wife.

Gallerian Clockworker: One of Prim's teachers. Prim held Gallerian in high regard as a sorceress and looked to his tutelage for learning about magic. Despite this, the two stood opposed to each other and Prim had no qualms having him pursued as an enemy later.

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and Origin

* Prim's name is derived from the word "prim", which means to be excessively decorous to the point of being vain or prudish.
* Her maiden name, Rogzé, is likely a corruption of *Zero-G*, refrencing Zero-G Limited, the company that created her representative Vocaloid.
* Prim's surname, Marlon, is a reference to Mammon, the patron demon of Greed.
* Prim's name is inspired by the name of her representative Vocaloid, Prima, with both names sharing the first four letters.
* Like other named members of her family, Prim's name begins with the Japanese character プ (*pu*).

### Curiosities

* Prim shares the same birthday (January 14th) with her Vocaloid.
* According to Lemy, Prim at some point forged a contract with Adam Moonlit.
* In Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook, Prim was voted as the nineteenth most popular character in The Son of Evil Series by Japanese fans, along with Leonhart Phutapie, Aile Freezis, Arkatoir, Carlos Marlon, Ma/Gakusha, and the Demon of Gluttony.

## Appearances

* Handbeat Clocktower
* The Son of Evil: Clôture of Evil (first appearance)
* The Son of Evil: Wiegenlied of White (mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Praeludium of Yellow
* The Son of Evil: Praefacio of Red
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Prince who Brought Sleep (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Fifth Pierrot (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption (mentioned only)
* Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard
* Entr'acte of Evil: The Son of Evil Worldguide (mentioned only)
* Epic of Evil: The Son of Evil Fanbook
* The Son of Evil Schedule Book 2013
* Twiright Prank (story) (mentioned only)
* Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline; mentioned only)
* The Son of Evil: Retrouver of Crimson (indirect mention only)
* The Servant of Evil ~Opera Buffa!~ (non-canon appearance)
* The Son of Evil (manga)
* Quartets of Evil (non-canon appearance)
* Four Melodies of Evil ~The Son of Evil Novel Music Collection~
* The Muzzle of Michelle (album)
* Master of the Heavenly Yard (album) (mentioned only)