Margery Daw

Margery Daw is a tall, "well-endowed" and mature Flame Haze with a drinking habit. Her title is "Chanter of Elegies". She uses the book Grimoire, which is the Divine Vessel through which the Crimson Lord Marchosias, to whom she is bound, expresses his will. Eita Tanaka and Keisaku Satō look up to her because she saved their lives once. Her reason for becoming a Flame Haze is to get revenge on a Denizen with a silver-colored flame. Even before her installation as a Flame Haze, she lived only for vengeance. Later on, she no longer lived for vengeance after she discovered the truth about the Silver. She is also known by the nickname "Murderer" for her slaughter of many Crimson Denizens. The color of her flame is ultramarine. Margery has very long, straight and glossy hair which is chestnut-colored in prose and blonde in artwork, which she usually ties up in a neat, high ponytail. She has blue eyes and wears rimless spectacles. She appears physically to be over 20 years old. Margery usually wears black court shoes and a short suit dress. She has a beautiful face with a European nasal bridge and wears light makeup which she applies skillfully. She has long, slender legs and excellent body proportions, making her look like a supermodel. She is 173 cm tall. Upon arriving in Misaki City, Margery was shown to be cold and ruthless even by Flame Haze standards, being fueled by deep hatred for all Crimson Denizens and a strong desire for revenge. Unlike most Flame Hazes, she didn't even care about preserving the balance, hunting Denizens purely out of spite and even picking fights with other Flame Haze for fun. To her, there was no such thing as an innocent Crimson Denizen and she was perfectly willing to kill Denizens who were causing no harm to the balance, such as Lamies. She was also shown to be violent and abusive towards Marchosias, often hitting him and calling him "stupid Marco" when he made fun of her. Like Marchosias, she is also foulmouthed. Margery is shown to be extremely skilled in combat and creating Unrestricted Spells. However, she also has a serious drinking problem and drinks whenever she's not in battle. She tends to drink until she passes out and suffers from hangovers the next day. She possibly drinks to escape from painful memories of her long life. According to Marchosias, her tolerance for alcohol is the same as any normal person's. Margery prefers to be alone in her missions, until such time that she met Eita and Keisaku. At first, she thought to dispose both of them just as easily but their persistence and admiration for her led her to have a soft spot for both of them. She eventually warms up to more people, particularly Shana and Yūji. After the disappearance of Yūji, Marchosias notes that Margery is now somewhat used to the idea of having teammates, due to the fact that she's even training Shana in battles. Margery has a hearty personality and is very much a person guided by her emotions. She is emotionally unstable and has lived for centuries swaying between times when she longed for others and times when she has displayed tremendous brutality. When she mistakenly believes the Silver to have appeared, she goes on a roaring rampage in an attempt to get her revenge, completely ignoring the current problem. Despite this reckless nature, Margery is also able to calmly and logically analyze situations in battle. She is also a wise and mature woman who can give advice in regards to topics such as love, as shown when she gave advice to both Yoshida and Ogata about their feelings of jealousy and how things aren't always what they seem. Amusingly, she is also a ready listener to the woes of others, which leads to her drinking pal friendship with Wilhelmina, who would share her concerns and frustrations over Shana's development in the company of Margery, Marchosias and much alcohol.