Umm Madaura

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## Maader Umm Mariadel

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**Umm Madaura** (大(オーム)聖母(マドーラ) *Ōmu Madōra*), previously known as **Maader Umm Mariadel**, was originally a talented slave trader who revolutionized the slave industry by harnessing the power of a child's devotion to a mother. The sight of her being followed around by beautiful children became something wealthy people everywhere wanted to emulate. She changed her name after losing her company to Sinbad and fleeing Reim. In the main series, she is the leader of a crew of pirates plaguing the Aktian people.

## Personality

Madaura's manipulativeness is one of her key personality traits. She gathers orphaned and impoverished children and brainwashes them in order to use them toward her own ends. Although she speaks kindly to them and is adored "like a goddess", rather than encouraging the children to think for themselves, she tells them to follow her orders alone. As the head of Mariadel Company, she uses a slightly flooded chamber to induce hypothermia in slaves and then provides warmth and comfort to make them associate her with safety. She uses this method to break children of their free-will.

She is a shrewd businesswoman who knows how to manipulate the market to her advantage. She is willing to sabotage and defraud competing businesses, such as the Sindria Trading Company, in order to maintain her company's status. Despite her cutthroat strategies, she is highly regarded by Reim's merchants.

As the leader of a pirate crew, she uses her magic tool to make the children believe she is their mother.

## Story

Umm Madaura was born somewhere on the western continent.

### Slave Arc

While the Sindria Trading Company is experiencing financial difficulties, Maader Umm Mariadel inflates the value of goods from an emerging country by cornering the market to create artificial scarcity. She then approaches the company accountant, Vittel, with the suggestion that he purchase the goods, offering the evidence of rising prices to convince him that it is a good investment. When he agrees to go into debt for more than the company is worth, she floods the market with the goods, making their value plummet. The Sindria Trading Company cannot repay the debts.

The head of Sindria Trading Company, Sinbad, approaches Maader to negotiate the nullification of the contract. They work out a deal that in exchange for him agreeing to take part in a match against her gladiator, she will forgive his debts to the company. If he loses, he will become her slave. Maader chooses Masrur to go up against Sinbad, who is no match for the strength of a fanalis. Sinbad loses and begins his new life as a slave.

When Sinbad behaves in a way that displeases Maader, he is locked in a slightly flooded room until hypothermia sets in. She allows him to stay there until he is close to death before comforting him by a fire. In expressing his gratitude, Sinbad speaks to her in a way that is too distant and formal, and Maader locks him back in the room as punishment. She says that his punishment will not end until he accepts her fully from the bottom of his heart. As he is dragged away pleading, she grins.

Sinbad is let out not because he manages to please Maader, but because she realizes she cannot push him any further without killing his spirit, which she needs in order for him to adore him from the bottom of his heart. She asks Sinbad's roommates to take care of him and tells him that they can reform him through their efforts. As Sinbad begins to fit in with the children, Maader decides to give him a proper role as assistant to the head slave. When she comes to check on how things are going, Fatima tells her that Sinbad suggested they treat a sick slave. Instead of scolding Sinbad, she embraces him. Sinbad is so shaken by the unexpected affection, he collapses in her arms. She then discretely directs Fatima to dispose of the girl by tossing her down a well.

She visits Sinbad and Fatima once again. Once more, she ignores Fatima and showers Sinbad with affection. Later, in the bath with Kil and two other children, she celebrates that Sinbad has become her child. When Kil suggests that Masrur might be next, she tells him fanalis are too strong for her to win over completely. However, she is not worried because fanalis are a loyal race.

She muses about how much she will be able to achieve with a man like Sinbad devoting all his efforts to her sake but is interrupted when two slaves barge in to tell her an entire shipment of slaves has escaped. After getting dressed, she stands in the middle of the receiving area where the doors to the cages are open wide. Fatima accuses Sinbad of being the culprit. However, Maader realizes it cannot be him because he turns his key in to her at the end of every workday.

Ja'far and Rurumu manage to lure her to the renewal celebration for the new Sindria Trading Company with the promise of world-changing insider information.

## References

1. ↑ Magi Illustrated Character Encyclopedia
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Magi: Alf Laylah wa Laylah, page 97
3. ↑ AoS: Night 71 Pages 14, 15
4. ↑ AoS: Night 71, page 16
5. ↑ Vol 8 Night 68 page 8
6. ↑ AoS: Vol 8 Night 64 page 6