History Characters / JudgmentOfCorruption

This page is for characters appearing primarily in Judgment of Corruption for the Franchise/EvilliousChronicles. See the character index [[Characters/EvilliousChronicles here]].
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!!Gallerian Marlon
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-->"Now, it's time for the trial"

The VillainProtagonist for the "Greed" arc of the series, a young judge who lost his wife and daughter in accident, but believes his daughter is the Clockworker's Doll. Striving to collect the Sins so he could help his daughter, he is possessed by the Demon of Greed and ends up accepting bribes and struggling over the other Sin Vessels with many oppositions.

->'''Represented by''': KAITO
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: He looks really young for a man who formerly had a teenage daughter.
** In "The Muzzle of Nemesis", it's revealed that he [[spoiler:had ''two'' daughters, with 19 year old Nemesis being the younger one]], and Michelle was confirmed in the novel to have been born when Gallerian was 18, making him a teenage dad.
* AntiVillain: His monstrous deeds ''were'' intended to help his "crippled daughter," so he's not entirely unsympathetic.
* ArchNemesisDad: [[spoiler:To Nemesis, ironically enough.]]
* AwfulWeddedLife: His marriage with Mira is pretty dysfunctional, with the two arguing often and eventually not speaking to each other at all by the time they're in their 30s.
* BabyDollBaby: Convinced that a tiny clockwork doll is his daughter Michelle, [[spoiler:or rather, that it has her soul inside it.]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: Badass over his unflinching conviction to his goals and ability to keep his cool in any situation, while underneath his judge's robe is a nice suit befitting his time period.
* BadSanta: Referred to as "Pere Noel, First Santa Claus" in "The Muzzle of Nemesis." He is, of course, the villain.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Gallerian starts out his story as a poor, underdog champion of justice seeking to reform the corrupt court system of the USE. By the time of his death he's a wealthy and powerful corrupt judge who eagerly accepts any manner of bribes to achieve his selfish desires.
* ByronicHero: Intelligent, passionate, philosophical and something of a {{Bishonen}}, he has deliberately chosen to corrupt the very concept of justice to achieve his goals and save his daughter. That said, he's slightly more cheerful about it than most, and doesn't question or criticize the path he's taken.
* ChekhovsGunman: Made his first appearance in "Heartbeat Clocktower," accompanied by the word "Avaritia".
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Of the Sin Vessels, by Ma's order.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Blue hair and blue eyes, giving him that resemblance to Kyle and the other Marlons.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His devotion to his daughter Michelle is genuine.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted; in the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga he tells Scherzer he should be more [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil respectful of women]], but his later comments imply he was more worried about his reputation being ruined for exonerating the guy. Similarly, while at first he's shown [[spoiler:trying him guilty in disgust at his sadism,]] he later explains to Scherzer himself that he just did it [[spoiler:because it paid better.]]
* {{Greed}}: Even before being possessed by this demon he was shown as a little stingy.
* HangingJudge: Sentences people to death when they don’t give him money.
* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from his general villain qualities of taking bribes and perverting the justice system. He cheated on his wife while they were still married, and in Seven Crimes and Punishments he [[spoiler: sentences Kayo to beheading solely to make her relive the experience and when it upsets Allen, he threatens to behead him instead, mocking him when it causes the boy to have a breakdown.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Though he does it for all the wrong reasons, it's pretty satisfying to see him [[spoiler:condemn Scherzer to death.]] He himself is on the receiving end of this trope when [[spoiler:Nemesis]] kills him.
* KnightTemplarParent: Is willing to send the world to Hell for his daughter.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: While not his wife, he has an affair with Ma, who, as Gallerian himself notes, is identical to his mother.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:He turns out to be Nemesis' father, according to Nemesis herself.]]
* MissingMom: His mother, Elluka, was put on a witch trial and sentenced to death when he was just a baby. [[spoiler: Even if she didn't die, she still wasn't present for his entire childhood.]]
* OlderThanHeLooks: This trope was in play when he was in law school--though mind you, as a 14 year old college student he was still pretty young to start with.
* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: His affair with Ma. Not that he knew she was his mother, assuming she was merely a devotee who made herself look like her.]]
* RedBaron: He's also called [[spoiler:First Santa Claus, or Mr. Père Noël, in homage to Julia.]]
* RefusingParadise: [[spoiler: Intentionally gets himself cast into Hell so he can revive his daughter, when he could easily have bribed his way into Heaven. ...From his point of view at least.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: His MO: committed a crime recently? Gallerian will pardon you or even declare you innocent, so long as you can pay him. [[spoiler: Unless someone pays him even more to have you convicted]]
* SlasherSmile: All over the place in both his song and manga side story.
* TeenGenius: Gallerian was such a good student he was first made a judge at age ''sixteen''.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: In the songs, anyway--Any time his "daughter" Michelle is shown on-screen, it's as a sleeping teenage girl. [[spoiler:The books however indicate that he always knew she was a doll, though in his final confrontation with Adam she looks like Michelle.]]
** [[spoiler:Given the similarities in the confrontation between him and Nemesis, it's likely that he hallucinated meeting the Master of the Hellish Yard instead of her.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: While he was married he had an affair with Ma, of all people. Though granted, he was a fair bit less corrupt at that point in his life.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Naturally, as a Marlon.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on his wife with Ma.

!!Michelle Marlon
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Gallerian's daughter, who is killed in a freak incident where an enlarged ziz tiama attacks her and her mother's ship.

->'''Represented by''': Hatsune Miku
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:With Nemesis, though indirectly. It's revealed in ''Muzzle of Nemesis'' that she sank the ship that Michelle was on, though she didn't even know who Michelle was at the time, or that she was even on board.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Her death was this to Gallerian. Before, he was a happy man who, while stingy, didn't want anything more than he already had. After she drowns, Gallerian begins looking for the vessels.
* ElegantGothicLolita: The dress she was wearing when she drowned, befitting her as a wealthy judge's daughter.
* MoralityPet: Gallerian genuinely loves her and tries to hide his less than stellar behavior from her whenever possible. This carries on to doll he thinks is her.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Was raised to be pure and innocent despite the CrapsackWorld around her that is Evillious, and later dies.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It's a shade of green, like the Clockworker's Doll's.

!!Bruno Zero/Sigurd
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The chief aide to Gallerian Marlon and secretly the overseer for the PN Espionage Task Force. He originally started out as a slave born in Maistia and bought by the Freezis Foundation, before being freed into the position of Loki Freezis' butler. After a little while though he ended up working for Gallerian.

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* BestServedCold: After many years of biding his time and feigning loyalty, gets his long-awaited revenge on [[spoiler: Loki]] for [[spoiler: killing Bruno's entire family when Bruno was 12]].
* BornIntoSlavery: As a Maistian native during the USE period in Evillious history. He notes that it wasn't a happy life, but it wasn't hellish until [[spoiler: the Freezises bought his people and started treating them like livestock.]]
* TheDragon: For Gallerian, as his chief aide.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Has a history of this, more focused on his own ends than whoever it is he happens to work for. [[spoiler:Especially in Loki's case.]] Later on Gallerian at least suspects that he's got something up his sleeve for him.
* MyHeroZero: Last name being Zero; this appears to be a reference to the numbering of members in PN. [[WordOfGod Eventually mothy confirmed in a livestream that his real name is Sigurd, Bruno Zero being a slave name that he never discarded]].
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Admits that, despite knowing how Gallerian has fallen from grace, he's the kind of man who would stay with him until the end, even comparing himself to "The Servant of Evil" in that regard.
* NotSoStoic: Known to show displays of emotion in rare occasions, such as crying when he realizes that Gallerian is under the delusional belief that the Clockworker's Doll is his daughter.
* ObliviousToLove: Never caught on to Shiro's feelings towards him.
* TheStoic: Is very reserved when it comes to his emotions, and doesn't seem to respond to much--for example he barely reacts to Loki kicking him when he's his butler.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Gallerian.

!!Loki Freezis
-->"As long as there's game, you can 'hunt' anywhere."

Gallerian's childhood friend, Mira's boyfriend when the three were younger, and a member of the Freezis family, he initially also seeks to be the top judge in the Dark Star courthouse. Ultimately he ends up losing both his coveted position and his girlfriend to Gallerian.
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* BadBoss: Abusive and degrading towards his employees (Bruno in particular), notably in sharp contrast with his warm behavior towards Gallerian. [[spoiler:This is a hint as to his true nature.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Acts very friendly and kind with Gallerian during their time in college but is horrible to his employees and blows up at his girlfriend over minor things. That's not even going into how he [[spoiler: was only pretending to be friends with Gallerian and takes him out into a snowy field to kill him when he decides he's being too much of a pest.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: With Gallerian.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Towards Mira while they were dating, getting into jealous rages just because she speaks to Gallerian, and stifling her in the relationship.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Tries to kill Gallerian, his alleged friend, for being better than him in their workplace.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: Shot by Shiro while swearing an oath of vengeance for his imprisonment.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: As an HER. He views anyone outside of the Freezis family and his girlfriend as inhuman, and regularly hunted slaves for sport.]]
* MeaningfulName: Loki is the name of the Norse god of mischief, known particularly for deceit. [[spoiler: Sure enough, his entire friendship with Gallerian had been a lie.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Or at least that's what he ''thought'' was going to happen, [[spoiler: but his family cut ties with him to protect their reputation, leaving him to his 30 year sentence.]]

!!Mira Marlon

At the beginning of the story known as Mira Yarera, part of the prominent Yarera Zusco Conglomerate. She is a friend of Gallerian and Loki's girlfriend, but she would end up marrying the former and having a daughter with him.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Her marriage with Gallerian turned sour after some time, they try to keep appearances because of his job and their child.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As an Elphe her hair is green, her daughter Michelle inherited it.
* YourCheatingHeart: Has an affair with Gallerian over the course of [[spoiler: trying to get Loki tried and convicted for his crimes, despite still being in a relationship with Loki.]] This is ultimately what gets her pregnant. Her somewhat flirtatious behavior in earlier chapters foreshadows this a little.

!!Hanma Balledold
-->"Money is the best lawyer in hell."

The original head of the Dark Star Courthouse, a former friend of Gallerian's father Gandalf and the one who sentenced Elluka to death in her witch trial. His allegiances are uncertain, but one thing is clear--his judgment is decided by money.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: He's the one who sentenced Elluka to death in the trial, and takes bribes to decide his judgments. Yet he's also very accepting of Gallerian's reforms to turn the justice system for the better, and in the past apparently tried to clean up the court as well. [[spoiler: Add onto this that he actually saved Elluka and he seems more noble--but then he's also Ma's apprentice. He's almost as complicated morally as she is.]]
* AnIcePerson: [[spoiler: His power--he ends up using it to freeze the entire courtroom when escaping from the authorities.]]
* HangingJudge: In witch trials, anyway. In 14 years of his presiding over these cases not a single one of them was found innocent. He also takes bribes.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:To Nemesis. He took care of her after Ma abandoned her in the forest, even though he was meant to kill her as soon as he had the chance.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Ma especulates he treated Nemesis like a daughter because he missed his real daughter, who had become Postman, a member of P.N. and a mindless servant to Ma.]]

!! Gusuma/[[spoiler:Great Super Marvelous]] Yarera

Mira's older brother, and the co (later only) head of the Yarera Zusco Conglomerate. He first crosses paths with Gallerian in order to aid him with bribing Hanma for a trial, and later becomes instrumental in the construction of PN. A dubious ally who never does his own dirty work but is certainly not averse to having it carried out for him.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: His real, full first name is [[spoiler: ''Great Super Marvelous'']], with Gusuma being an abbreviation.
* LargeAndInCharge: Is described as being ridiculously big. He even has to have a huge chair to sit in for his office.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Pulls this several times, most notably in bribing Hanma for Gallerian's sake as well as orchestrating to have Jorm's execution held off ([[EvenEvilHasStandards though not having him released, thank god]]).

!!Scherzer
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-->"I was saved thanks to you"

A criminal from the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga, a wealthy socialite who pays Gallerian to exonerate him after assaulting a woman. Despite being warned off women for the future, he can't help himself and continues to cause trouble.

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* AssholeVictim: A sadist and serial kidnapper, among other things. Gallerian [[spoiler:pronouncing him guilty]] is a very satisfying moment.
* BoundAndGagged: As a result of [[spoiler:Gallerian convicting him and him flipping out in court,]] he's gagged and put in a straitjacket.
* TheHedonist: Apparently even trying to imitate the in-universe hedonist, Sateriasis Venomania.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: This is his attitude throughout the manga. Ironically, [[spoiler: his money is what gets him convicted the second time.]]
* SexSlave: It's implied this is what he does to the women he kidnaps, selling them to become this.
* SmugSnake: Completely confident that his vast wealth assures his exoneration. [[spoiler: Normally he would be right, but Gallerian can make more than one deal under the table.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Especially towards women, stating he actually ''lives'' for seeing the moment when they lose hope; it's his character in a nutshell.
* VillainousBreakdown: Understandably flips out when [[spoiler:Gallerian tells him that he'll be executed the day after his conviction]].

!!Bogaerts
-->"Scherzer...is a vulgar sadist!"

Scherzer's financial manager, appearing in the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga. Following Scherzer's acquittal, he meets with Gallerian over some new evidence of his crimes.

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* TheDogBitesBack: After Scherzer [[spoiler:kidnaps his niece, he ends up paying Gallerian to convict him with the guy's own fortune.]]
* ItsPersonal: His reasons for hating Scherzer are revealed to be because [[spoiler:the guy kidnapped his niece,]] rather than for the horribleness of kidnapping multiple women in the first place.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: The trope is mostly inverted in that [[spoiler:he uses Scherzer's fortune to make Gallerian try him fairly (and naturally find him guilty.)]] But it’s also played straight where [[spoiler:he's implied to have had Scherzer's date of execution bumped up.]]
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* MyHeroZero: Last name being Zero; this appears to be a reference to the numbering of members in PN.

!!Bruno Zero

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:With Nemesis, maybe. It's hinted that Nemesis could have ordered her pet to cause Michelle's death.]]

* BabyDollBaby: Convinced that a tiny clockwork doll is his daughter Michelle, [[spoiler:even perceiving it as bigger than it really is.]]

* MissingMom: His mother, Elluka, was put on a witch trial and sentenced to death when he was just a baby.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Any time his "daughter" Michelle is shown on-screen, it's as a sleeping teenage girl. [[spoiler:But this was all his own perception; the "Michelle" he's talking to has always been just a tiny clockwork doll.]]

* UnholyMatrimony: While he was married he had an affair with Ma, of all people.

* AntiVillain: His monstrous deeds ''were'' intended to help his "crippled daughter," so he's not entirely unsympathetic. Compounding this fact is the fact that he's clearly insane, believing a clockwork doll to be his daughter.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted; in the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga he tells Scherzer he should be more [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil respectful of women]], but his later comments imply he was more worried about his reputation being ruined for exonerating the guy. Similarly, while at first he's shown [[spoiler:trying him guilty in disgust at his sadism,]] he later explains to Scherzer himself that he just did it [[spoiler:because it paid better.]] Similarly, in his song, he describes how one day he was to try a general who committed such atrocious deeds, even Gallerian says he obviously deserves the death sentence, but as he got a hefty bribe, he clears the man of all charges. The outraged mob kills the general anyways.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted; in the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga he tells Scherzer he should be more [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil respectful of women]], but his later comments imply he was more worried about his reputation being ruined for exonerating the guy. Similarly, while at first he's shown [[spoiler:trying him guilty in disgust at his sadism,]] he later explains to Scherzer himself that he just did it [[spoiler:because it paid better.]]

At the beginning of the story known as Mira Yarera, part of the prominent Yarera Zusco family. She is a friend of Gallerian and Loki's girlfriend, but she would end up marrying the former and having a daughter with him.

!!Lich Arklow
-->"Welcome to the Graveyard Restaurant."

The unnamed narrator of the ''Evil Food Eater Conchita'' novel, who finally makes his appearance in ''Judgment of Corruption'', a waiter serving at the Graveyard restaurant in the Union State of Evillious. All, or at least most, of Banica's story is his recounting it to an unknown patron as part of the restaurant's gimmick.

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* CozyVoiceForCatastrophes: Describing the [[ImAHumanitarian dark]], [[MurderSuicide very dark]] story of Banica Conchita with a cheery tone.
* GenderNeutralWriting: The gender neutral way that the waiter was written (aside from his slightly effeminate speech, which could also just be politeness) obscured his gender before his appearance in Gallerian's story.
* MrExposition: His entire purpose is to act as the story's framing device, and provides [[InfoDump Info Dumps]] about the setting besides.
* NoNameGiven: In the Conchita novel. Averted in Judgment.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: A lot of his dialogue with the unknown patron is this, making it feel as if the patron is the reader themselves.
* TheStoryteller: Takes it upon himself to tell the tale of Banica Conchita, and appears to be relatively famous for it.

The original head of the Dark Star Courthouse, a former friend of Gallerian's father Gandalf and the one who sentenced Elluka to death in her witch trial. His allegiances are unclear, but one thing is clear--his judgment is decided by money.

!!"Michelle"/Clockworker’s Doll
-->See ''Master of the Court''

!!Scherzer
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-->"I was saved thanks to you"

A criminal from the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga, a wealthy socialite who pays Gallerian to exonerate him after assaulting a woman. Despite being warned off women for the future, he can't help himself and continues to cause trouble.

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* AssholeVictim: A sadist and serial kidnapper, among other things. Gallerian [[spoiler:pronouncing him guilty]] is a very satisfying moment.
* BoundAndGagged: As a result of [[spoiler:Gallerian convicting him and him flipping out in court,]] he's gagged and put in a straitjacket.
* TheHedonist: Apparently even trying to imitate the in-universe hedonist, Sateriasis Venomania.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: This is his attitude throughout the manga. Ironically, [[spoiler: his money is what gets him convicted the second time.]]
* SexSlave: It's implied this is what he does to the women he kidnaps, selling them to become this.
* SmugSnake: Completely confident that his vast wealth assures his exoneration. [[spoiler: Normally he would be right, but Gallerian can make more than one deal under the table.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Especially towards women, stating he actually ''lives'' for seeing the moment when they lose hope; it's his character in a nutshell.
* VillainousBreakdown: Understandably flips out when [[spoiler:Gallerian tells him that he'll be executed the day after his conviction]].

!!Bogaerts
-->"Scherzer...is a vulgar sadist!"

Scherzer's financial manager, appearing in the "Judgment of Corruption Side Story" manga. Following Scherzer's acquittal, he meets with Gallerian over some new evidence of his crimes.

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* TheDogBitesBack: After Scherzer [[spoiler:kidnaps his niece, he ends up paying Gallerian to convict him with the guy's own fortune.]]
* ItsPersonal: His reasons for hating Scherzer are revealed to be because [[spoiler:the guy kidnapped his niece,]] rather than for the horribleness of kidnapping multiple women in the first place.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: The trope is mostly inverted in that [[spoiler:he uses Scherzer's fortune to make Gallerian try him fairly (and naturally find him guilty.)]] But it’s also played straight where [[spoiler:he's implied to have had Scherzer's date of execution bumped up.]]

* TheStoryteller: Takes it upon himself to tell the tale of Banica Conchita, and appears to be relatively famous for it.

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