Maurice Cole

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

AFFILIATION Scarlet Fox OCCUPATION Student at Weston College PREVIOUS OCCUPATION Prefect's Fag of the Red House[1] BASE OF OPERATIONS Weston College

Maurice Cole (モーリス・コール, Mōrisu Kōru) is a senior student at Weston College and the former Prefect's Fag of Edgar Redmond. He is part of the Red House, classified by his gentility.[4]

Appearance

Maurice Cole is a young man with a refined outlook. He has emerald green eyes, notably long eyelashes, and thick locks of curly golden hair. Maurice is renowned as the most handsome boy in Weston College[4] but Soma Asman Kadar is the first to discover that he resorts to makeup to earn this status.[5] He dresses in a suit and tie, as part of his school uniform. As Prefect's Fag of the Scarlet Fox dormitory, he wears a rose fastened onto the collar of his coat. He also dons a Scarlet Fox badge on the front of his coat to indicate his occupation as a student.

Personality

When addressing others, particularly his superior, Edgar Redmond, Maurice appears convivial and polite. He had offered to pour tea for Edgar, and accepted his compliments graciously.[6] Maurice is namely complaisant as he seeks to please Edgar, such as when he attended a cricket tournament to cheer him on.[7] Moreover, Maurice disperses joy and enthusiasm when exchanging pleasantries with others.[8] Ciel Phantomhive had described Maurice's attitude as "unhesitating" and "relaxed."[9] However, Maurice dislikes hard work, and hence, he resorts to using dirty methods, such as beguiling others to complete his tasks for him.[10] When Sebastian Michaelis tailed Maurice to analyze his activity patterns, he concluded that Maurice often claims credit for the work others have done in his place.[11] Maurice essentially leaves all of his Fag work for others to carry out, as indicated when he had allegedly prepared a complex meal in a short length of time, in spite of the fact that should have required hours to make.[12] Furthermore, a number of four students have fallen victim to Maurice's deception, signifying his excellence in trickery and stratagem. He is, in actuality, cold and calculating, and he explains that his capability of manipulating people is a "skill" and asserts that he is merely putting the otherwise "average" people into good use.[13] He is boastful of his appearance and reputation as the most beautiful person in the school.[13]

Additionally, Maurice is envious of people who excel,[14] and undertakes dishonest practices to suppress them.[15] For instance, he purposely told Ciel the wrong time to meet up with the prefects so that they will be angered, but did not admit to the act.[16] When Ciel confronted him with the evidence of his schemes, Maurice resorted to using his entourage to bind him and then executed violence.[17] As he later discloses, Maurice is the younger brother of his family, and thus, will never inherit a title.[2] As such, he wants to become the prefect of Red House, and uses others to get close to Edgar and earn his trust.[2] He was devastated when Edgar subsequently canceled their relationship upon learning the truth.[18]