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Esmeralda Tusspells was a French wax sculptor who is the proprietor of Madame Tusspells Museum of Waxworks in London. She was a witness during Odie Asman's murder trial.
Early life[]
Esmeralda Tusspells is a member of the Tusspells family whose sculpture-making technique was passed down for generations. During the French Revolution, her grandmother was famous for making a strikingly accurate wax sculpture showing the moment the queen was executed via guillotine.
Sculpting a serial killer[]
- Main article: Professor case
One June night, Esmeralda Tusspells went to Lowgate Cemetery and dug up the body of the dangerous serial killer, the "Professor". The man was forced to hide his identity because he was Japanese, yet Tusspells took a mold of his face for the "Hall of Terror" display of her future wax museum. After having trouble with the jaw, she realized that the man was never actually executed. Lord Chief Justice Mael Stronghart eventually learned of her presence at the cemetery and ordered her not to speak of her activities there, nor to remove the metal mask on the wax sculpture for any reason. Tusspells also read a Daily Circus newspaper article about a grave robber named Enoch Drebber encountering the Professor rising from his grave. Visiting Drebber at the London University lab, she heard about what happened from him and paid him five pounds to take a wax mold of him for the display as well as the camera he had with him.
A stolen wax figure[]
- Main article: The Return of the Great Departed Soul
Ten years later on the day of the London Great Exhibition, Esmeralda Tusspells officially opened her wax museum, with the special Professor exhibit being immensely popular among the locals. One day, her Professor wax figure was stolen, the thief leaving behind a ransom note telling her to have two hundred pounds ready in two days. She called the police to investigate, but the man who came to investigate fell asleep next to a wax figure of officer John Clay. A man then tried to steal the left arm of the Clay sculpture, causing Tusspells to retaliate by knocking him unconscious with the arm. "Great Detective" Herlock Sholmes also came to investigate the Professor sculpture's theft, getting a job pretending to be a wax sculpture to earn more money.
Defense attorney Ryunosuke Naruhodo and his sister figure Iris Wilson eventually came to the wax museum during their investigation into the murder of Odie Asman. Sholmes then goaded Naruhodo into a dance of deduction to tell him more about the waxwork's theft and its connection to prosecutor Barok van Zieks. The following day, the Professor waxwork was returned to Tusspells, albeit with its head still missing. After the head was found later that day, Naruhodo took the Professor waxwork and the camera as evidence.
At the witness stand[]
Tusspells was later called as a witness for the trial of Albert Harebrayne, where she surprised van Zieks with her intimate knowledge of the Professor case. Through her carefully vague statements, Naruhodo was able to implicate coroner Courtney Sithe for her role in Odie Asman's death. He then revealed to Tusspells that Drebber was the thief who stole and returned the Professor waxwork so he could use it to frame Harebrayne for the murder. She then provided testimony about Drebber's camera that allowed Naruhodo to discredit Drebber's attempts to backtrack his own story a decade prior.
Eventually, it was revealed that Sithe herself killed Asman as revenge for him finding out about her secret and blackmailing her about it. Following Sithe's and Drebber's arrests, van Zieks borrowed the key to the mask from Tusspells to show Naruhodo and Susato Mikotoba the face of the "Professor". This made his son, Kazuma Asogi, regain his memories and slice the wax figure. It was later revealed that Asogi's father was actually framed as the Professor, and that the real Professor was van Zieks's brother Klint.
Personality[]
Mugshot.
Despite her mysterious appearance, Esmeralda Tusspells is a very meticulous young woman, calling herself Madame to make her name sound more distinguished, and faithfully following her family creed of crafting wax sculptures to near-perfection.
Being from France, she has the habit of using expressions from her native language in her speech.
Appearance[]
Tusspells has light salmon hair styled in a way resembling a bob haircut, but actually long and braided. She has reddish-brown eyes.
She wears a dark cyan robe with a darker triangular pattern on the bottom, along with a matching capelet, white tights, and dark blue-ish gray shoes. She wears a witches' hat in the same color as her dress with a pink ribbon wrapped around it and a large gold star. She wears a brown satchel with her waxwork supplies inside, wrapped around her by a belt. She wears black wrapped bracelets and a crimson purse with a gold star on it.
Name[]
- Japanese - Connette Rozaic (コネット・ローザイク, Konetto Rōzaiku):
- Her Japanese name "Connette" (コネット) comes from the verb "koneru" (捏ねる), which means "to knead".
- "Rozaic" (ローザイク) comes from the word "rōzaiku" (蝋細工), which means "waxworks".
- English - Esmeralda Tusspells:
- Her English name comes from "esmeralda", which means "emerald" in Spanish.
- Her English surname comes from Marie Tussaud, the wax sculptor, and founder of Madame Tussauds. It is also a portmanteau of Tussaud and "spells", referencing her witch-like appearance.