Emalf

Emalf (エマルフ) is a demon from the Flame World in The Gray Garden. He is one of Ivlis' underlings and one of the antagonists in the game.

Physical Description
Emalf has messy mauve hair, dark red oddly-shaped thorny horns that seem to take shape of flames, raceless white skin, dark red bat wings, a red pointed tail, and red skin on his forearm, as well as his claws.

He wears a high collar black and red jacket with flame patterns, a gray shirt, black and red pants with a flame pattern that seems to be sagging while held up by a dark gray belt with a silver flame-shaped buckle, and black shoes with red soles. He also has multiple accessories: sunglasses which hide his amber-colored eyes; gold rings on his fore, middle, and pinky fingers; gold piercings on his ears, wings, horns, tongue, and tail; a short chain attached to his pants, a spiked choker, and a necklace with a pendant that resembles a bat.

Personality
Emalf is cocky, ranting about his "ultimate familiar" and how it's going to kill Yosafire and her friends, only to find out that it was killed by Ater and Arbus. He is also brutally violent, attempting to stab Yosafire in the back, stabbing Froze in the gut, and then pushing her off of a cliff. Though cocky and violent, he is also quite cowardly, having run away more than once when faced with overwhelming opposition. He hates scary people and has a hard time dealing with them. He expresses misogynistic views. Emalf a hobby of going to karaoke, which is shared with his friend Adauchi.

Background
Not much is currently known about Emalf's past. It is, however, known that he was close childhood friends with Adauchi in the past.

Minor

 * The Gray Garden - Emalf is a minor antagonist, serving under Ivlis for the most part and posing a minor hindrance against Yosafire and her friends.
 * Seaside Dispatches 1 - Brief appearance on the last page.
 * ATTACK! Devil-ish Style - Brief appearance on the last page.
 * Distorted Love 2 - Brief appearance on the first page.
 * Like Mother, Like Son - Supporting character
 * Funamusea's Private Deep-Sea Academy - Brief appearance

Yosafire
Yosafire is one of Emalf's enemies and his love interest, though the romantic feelings aren't reciprocated. He has a crush on her and thinks about her once every three days, but she hates his guts and insults him on sight. Her nicknames for him are "Shades McGee" and "Pervy McShades" on account of his penchant for wearing shades and creepy flirting.

Ivlis
Ivlis is Emalf's devil, who he serves during the invasion of the Gray Garden. Even though Ivlis is his devil, Emalf believes he is an airhead - a view shared by many.

Poemi
Poemi is Emalf's fellow demon, both of them serving directly under Ivlis. They seem to be on good terms considering he hangs out with her the most out of the other flame demons, even if she does pick on him.

Rieta
Rieta is Emalf's fellow underling. They don't appear to be on bad terms; Emalf expressing concern when she's stuffed into a lamp by Reficul. Emalf appears to be afraid of upsetting Rieta, as seen when he lies to her about doing his work during Ivlis' attack on the Gray Garden. In one case, Rieta refers to him as an idiot.

Reficul
The two met briefly when Reficul visited the Flame Underworld. Reficul doesn't hold him with any particular view, squashing him and beating him up with ease, to get to Ivlis.

Adauchi


Adauchi and Emalf are close childhood friends. They used to go sing karaoke together a lot. It seems they lost contact when Adauchi ran away from home.

As of the 2017/10/21 Sunahama relationship charts update, Emalf is shown to have faint feelings for Adauchi. The former seems to be crying, while the latter doesn't reciprocate these feelings, turning away. It is still uncertain what type of feelings are alluded to in this relationship chart, as it is labeled "Various."

Licorice
Emalf seems to act as Licorice's caretaker, and as a result, Licorice feels close to him. Their relationship is best shown in that Emalf is the one who Licorice goes to when he is troubled, and how Licorice appears to feel comfortable enough to confide in Emalf and seek out the older demon's thoughts on things.

In the Like Mother, Like Son comics, Licorice, after gaining confused feelings about his parent's relationship, heads out at night to find Emalf and promptly speaks to Emalf about how he feels himself getting a strange feeling in his chest whenever he thinks of his mother, Ivlis. Emalf gawks at him with wide eyes but regains himself moments after to prevent Licorice from being inflicted by worry. Though he lacks an understanding of how Licorice's incestuous feelings for his Devil came to be, Emalf attempts to reassure Licorice that there is nothing to be concerned about. After the event, however, Emalf is seen worrying over Licorice's disclosure.

Monster in the Darkness
The monster was Emalf's familiar, before their death at the hands of Ater and Arbus. They were kept in a cage by Emalf and were able to be teleported by their master whenever and wherever Emalf needed them. Thought to be quite powerful enough to demolish Yosafire and company by Emalf, Emalf confidently boasted that they were his "ultimate familiar" in The Gray Garden.

Natural Abilities

 * Nigh-Absolute Immortality - Being a demon, Emalf cannot die from natural causes such as aging or disease.
 * Flight - Being a demon, he can fly.
 * Regenerative Healing Factor - Being a demon, he is able to regenerate body parts, even guts and bones.
 * Genital Modification - Being a demon, he is able to modify his genitalia.

Battle Statistics
Emalf appears as one of the bosses in The Gray Garden. Throughout the game, the player battles him twice.

Trivia

 * Emalf's name is "flame" spelled backwards.
 * From June 28 to August 3, 2017, Deep-Sea Prisoner hosted a character popularity poll that let each person vote three of their favorite characters. When the results came out on September 7, 2017, Emalf was ranked 14th.

Quotes

 * "Yo yo yo!"
 * "Effin'..."
 * "Heh, you're a cute one. Y'know, if you'd be my girlfriend, I might do it just for you..." (To Yosafire, about letting them out of jail.)
 * "Underestimated you girls...This time I'll be sure to beat ya senseless." (To Yosafire's group, after they escaped their jail cell.)
 * "Eff, I really wanna go to karaoke." (Bonus Room)