
Matrona is pronounced dead and the surviving holy knights twist the facts to state Diane poisoned her mentor out of jealousy before killing 330 of the knights to cover up the crime. As she lies dying in Diane's arms Matrona chides Diane to be stronger before impaling most of the holy knights trying to kill them with earthen spikes. Diane, a staunch pacifist refuses to fight and Matrona gets shot by a poisonous bolt intended for Diane. At one point the pair were hired by a large group of holy knights of Liones in order to defeat savages but were betrayed when Gannon, leader of the holy knights admits there are no savages and his true goal was to slay them for fame and glory.

King reluctantly puts his friend down and wipes Diane's memory before turning himself in for Hellbram's crimes, feeling despair for having not realized the ordeals his friend had gone through while he was gone.ĭiane, the Serpent's sin of envy: Murder of Matrona, ally of Liones and 330 holy knightsĪs explored in side story 3, in the years prior to joining the sins Diane was being trained to become a warrior chief by her mentor Matrona, chief of a tribe of giants whom often served as mercenaries for the Kingdom of Liones. Having been broken by watching humans whom he previously idolized kill his friends for profit Hellbram has been waging a one-man genocidal campaign against humanity for 500 years while King has been amnesiac. King confronts the perpetrator of the massacre who is the same false merchant who knocked him out centuries prior, his memories returning King realizes the merchant is now actually his friend Hellbram (who killed the false merchant) in disguise. Harlequin goes into town alone to witness the aftermath of a massacre in which all the humans were killed via slashes to the back reminiscent of a fairy with its wings pulled out. Diane finds him passed out on a riverbank and the two become friends for 500 years until one fateful night when they see flames coming from the human town near them. King abandons his duties as protector of the forest of the fairy king to rescue his friend but gets surprised with a hard knock to the head by the leader of the fake merchants and loses his memories. 700 years ago King's best friend, Hellbram among others were captured by humans who sought fairy wings to make medicine that supposedly extends human lives. King (Harlequin), the Bear's sin of sloth: Allowing the murder of countless innocent humans despite interracial treatyĬovered in side story 2, long ago humanity made a peace treaty with the fairies of the fairy king's forest. Ban urges Elaine to save herself with the fountain of youth but Elaine instead gives it to Ban mouth to mouth who obliterates the demon before saying goodbye to the first thing that made his life not suck. The two are making plans to elope when a giant demon attacks the Fairy King's forest and mortally injures both of them. Ban and Elaine grow closer during this time as Ban finds someone who doesn't instantly hate him and Elaine finds someone whose company she enjoys. He gives up on drinking it when Elaine tells him the forest will die if he does. Ban doesn't really care about the fountain that much but feels the immortality it provides might give him enough time to find something worth living for. In his grief Meliodas' demonic powers manifest and when he next comes to Danafor is nothing but a crater.īan, the Fox's sin of greed: Destruction of the Fairy King's forest, drinking the fountain of youth and killing its guardianĬovered in side story 1, 20 years prior to the story a fully human 23 year old Ban makes his way to the Fairy King's forest seeking the fountain of youth according to the stories told to him by his father figure, the werefox Zhivago. This fateful day 15 years before the story is caused when Liz is killed by one of the 10 commandments, Fraudrin of selflessness.

Meliodas had met and fallen in love with Liz, a holy knight of the kingdom of Danafor which was a kingdom that rivaled the might of Liones until it suddenly ceased to exist. Meliodas, the Dragon's sin of wrath: Annihilation of the Kingdom of Danaforīrought up by Dreyfus in Ch 29 and fully realized in a flashback in the cave of druids in Ch 130-1. Most of these crimes are somewhat bogus but the characters feel responsible regardless. Originally, when the individual sins were recruited to the team they were absolved of a crime in the Kingdom of Liones whose sentence was death.
