Moloch von Zinzer
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| Name | Moloch von Zinzer |
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| Occupation | ex-soldier, mechanic, prisoner, minion |
| Residence | Castle Heterodyne |
| First Appearance | {{{debut}}} |
| Death | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Omar von Zinzer, brother (deceased) |
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Von Zinzer redirects here. You may also be looking for Omar von Zinzer.
Moloch von Zinzer is one of Agatha Heterodyne's closest and most competent minions, despite, or perhaps even because of, his refusal to mentally accept that this is the position in which he has found himself.
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[edit] History
Von Zinzer was a soldier and mechanic for Duke D'Omas until Klaus defeated the Duke. With no more employer, Moloch and his brothers, who were crewing the walking gunboat Vienna 707, decided to head to Paris. Unfortunately, Bangladesh DuPree found them as they crossed the Wastelands and blew up the gunboat. Moloch and his brother Omar were two of the few survivors. They wandered from town to town until they came to Beetleburg, where Omar robbed Agatha Clay of her locket. Soon after this, Omar died suddenly, leaving Moloch to conclude that Agatha's locket was the cause. Moloch went to find Agatha and confront her, but Klaus captured them both. Thinking that Moloch was the spark responsible for the Search Engine that Agatha built and that Agatha was his girlfriend, Klaus took them both to Castle Wulfenbach.
Moloch tried to pretend to be a spark, while seeking an opportunity to escape. Agatha assisted him until he threatened to hurt her in order to buy himself more time. Agatha kicked him out of "his" lab and refused to continue pretending to be his girlfriend, endangering his deception. The Baron's son, Gilgamesh decided to help him, however, and Moloch was able to fool the Baron until the activation of a Hive Engine outed Agatha as a spark.
Moloch was sentenced to Castle Heterodyne as a result of his deception. Gil gave him a suicide pill to take, saying it was the only thing he could do to help, but Moloch was horrified and has apparently not taken it; it's therefore possible he still has it on his person. As a recent prisoner, he was assigned to the prisoners' kitchen. Having little or no sense of taste, other prisoners find his cooking abominable, but at least he learned a few tricks for dealing with the kitchen's little habits.
Moloch has since followed Agatha nearly to the heart and then to the bowels of Castle Heterodyne. In the process he has freed a stuck door, escaped a Fun-Sized Mobile Agony and Death Dispenser, crushed a really big spider, assisted with a (yet only partially completed) si vales valeo procedure, and rigged the tackle of an improvised elevator. Consequently, he seems to have impressed and subsequently befriended both Violetta and Fraulein Snaug.
[edit] Future
He may have been seen in the Future, working with Agatha to find the survivors of the Vienna. If so, the first steps may already have been taken now that Agatha has arrived on the scene and their past disagreements have been... er... reconciled.
[edit] Personal Quirks
He appears to have a massive crush on fellow inmate Sanaa Wilhelm.
One instance of Moloch's (almost) complete lack of gustatory discrimination is depicted (but not remarked upon) in Castle Wulfenbach.[1] This taste for the parlous seems to generalize: he helps Agatha with her tools; he nearly falls to his death barging through the stuck door; he apparently sniffs a jar of vitrium of mustard (from which we know his sense of smell is not totally absent). Let's just hope for his sake that the castle doesn't find out about his strong stomach, given that it would make him much more likely to survive drinking the Jagerbrau and that the castle already regards him as a strong candidate for becoming a Jagerkin... The castle just may see an opportunity it can't pass up...
On the other hand, Moloch has a very strong survival mentality: he "really really" does not want to die.
[edit] The Works
Moloch von Zinzer is depicted on his The Works card rather dubiously reading Mad:The BEGINNERS'S GUIDE to building a MONSTER. The card "details" mention Soldier and Mechanic.
[edit] Possibly relevant outside information
The name "Moloch" is known from the Bible, traditionally understood as a Canaanite god to whom children were sacrificed in fire. The name can also be read as "king".
[edit] See also
Secret Blueprints: Moloch & Omar von Zinzer
References
- ↑ One example: Moloch drinks something (apparently from a vat labeled "Do not drink") and Agatha later notices the drink has dissolved the bottom of the cup.
