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♚ OOC
Name: Haki
Age: 24
Contact: factious @ plurk, pm creper
Character In-game: none

♛ IC
Name: Mammon of Greed
Canon: Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
Canon Point: Post EP4
Age: Appears 16-18. Actual age is probably 1000+.
Gender: Female
Species: Mammon is what the series calls Furniture. A Furniture in layman's terms is one that serves a higher witch. She's also a demon and the personification of the stake of greed. So, let's just say that she's a demon stake.
Appearance: PS3 sprite, full body

History/Background: Character wiki, EP4 Summary, Series

Personality: First and foremost, Mammon is Furniture. In this series, Furniture is defined as a being, usually a lesser demon of some sort, that serves under a witch. Mammon is the stake of greed that serves under Beatrice, who is also shared between members of the Mariage Sorciere. Furniture have the strong belief that they were created to be used for their master's benefit. If they were to be thrown away, they would serve no other purpose in their existence. With that being said, Mammon takes in great pride (as with her sisters) of her master, and she would take heed of every single command that is given. She is loyal because she understands that she is Furniture, a tool to be used by the witches. Nothing gives her a better feeling than to be used by her master because that was why furniture were created: to serve a purpose to their master. This is where her cruelty is generally accepted among beings around her, because her mistress, Beatrice, often uses Mammon and her sisters for morbid and cruel purposes, such as murder. This factors into Mammon's personality, thinking that it's okay to be cruel and that it's even fun to be morbid.

However, there are many things under the Furniture label that humanizes Mammon rather than her being a mindless tool. She loves teasing her sisters. Despite being the fifth sister out of the seven, Mammon does not let up on the teasing. She tends to be mischievous and play the occasional pranks as in she would not hesitate to draw on your face with a permanent sharpie marker if you fall asleep with a stupid face. She mostly does things like that to see the reaction because she is curious, after all. She even teases her oldest sister, Lucifer, with no restraints at all. Whenever Lucifer fails to do something, Mammon's teasing seems to be the worst, such as making fun of Lucifer for her failures and how she's the eldest but being the "weakest" out of the Seven Sisters, etc. Among the Seven Sisters, it is as if it is their unwritten law to mock the sister that fails her task. Mammon joins in on the jeering and makes fun of them to no end - or at least until their attention is averted to something much more important.

Mammon is quite a playful girl as well. She likes spooking people and tends to get ideas that would land her in the trickster role in your usual group of friends. She also appreciates jokes, depending on their... quality. In a world full of humans where she is invisible to them, she would go around and put two fingers up (bunny ears) behind their heads or hover above them and look straight into their face while upside down. She takes pleasure in doing those small things. It's pretty easy to get her into a good mood. If someone promises her that is something of value, her expression lights up immediately. However, it's just as easy to get on her bad side, making her snap at you or have her be passive-aggressive. Moreover, she'll remember it. If you start shit with her master, she'll give you the stink eye until the end time or when you redeem yourself--whichever comes first. Mammon is usually calm when there's nothing in particular going on, but it's easy to get her moods swinging.

Despite this, she's not the type of person that lets emotions burst all over the place. Mammon is aware that there is a time and place for such things. She knows when to be silly, angry, and yes, even comforting. She has her own ways of cheering people up, but you have to be on her real good side for her to even make an effort of doing so. For example, in the manga, her master, Ange, was down in the dumps because of her classmates' cruel treatments towards her. However, Mammon forced Ange to turn and face her, grabbed Ange's face, and shouted, "Since I'm now here with you, I won't allow you to make such a face anymore! I'll make sure you can spend your time smiling every day! And I always obtain what I want! Of course that includes my master's smile! Because I'm greedy!" She's usually not the type of person who would just sit down and mutter "I'm sorry about that" regardless whether she understands or not. Mammon is usually not the one to sit idly by and watch her master mope because as furniture, it is her duty to be of use to her master, extending her tasks from cheering up her master to be used as a weapon of murder.

With that said Mammon represents the sin of Greed. Both strengths and weaknesses can come out of this. First is that she is ambitious. Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something, and since it's a desire, it falls within greed. Once Mammon sets her goals, she tries her best to reach it with all her power. She doesn't have a problem with getting rid of any obstacles to the best of her abilities to get what she wants. If she had to get past a huge boar monster to rescue her master, that boar be damned, Mammon would surely work out a scheme to either defeat the boar or get past it. Mammon also has a great thirst for knowledge. She admits this herself by saying, "I like learning things that no one else knows. I like being able to do things that no one else can do. So I like studying and practicing because I want to keep intelligence that no one else knows about all to myself". Belphegor, one of her sisters, backs this up by saying "Mammon wants to keep that knowledge all to herself, so be warned that she refuses to let people read any book you give her, and sometimes burns them after reading them". She takes time to acquire knowledge and using them to her advantage because that's what greed is, to obtain many things for your own sake. However, her huge greed for knowledge can sometimes get her into trouble. Sometimes things are hidden so that it would be better not to know about it at all, so digging that up would cause negative consequences. She does keep her common senses in check, but sometimes it's too tempting. That is what a sin is, after all.

Other than that, Mammon has other traits that make her seem just like any other person. She fawns over cute things. There is a familiar in their alliance named Sakutaro and she jumps at the chance of a possibility of monopolizing him. Despite how Mammon represents the concept of greed, she doesn't mind sharing sometimes. Key word is sometimes. Apart from the obvious things since she can't monopolize oxygen of the entire planet, let alone try to keep it to herself, Mammon doesn't mind sharing as long as the situation turns out in her favor.

Skills/Abilities:

◆ Magic: Able to be summoned/dismissed by appearing and disappearing at will. No teleporting in-game. She's pretty nimble though.
◆ Can summon a "locus blade", in which she can use it to hack and slash stuff. She'll probably has to get used to swinging a weapon around that actually has weight. (laughs)
◆ Can turn into a stake. Can also fly around and pierce the target on her own in her stake form. Won't be able to turn into a stake in-game.
◆ She's sensitive to magic as all magical creatures usually go on average.

Magic Weapon: randomize!
Carrier: a small fox

Sample: tdm thread!