Maurice Cole
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Male
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
Personal Status
Status	Alive
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 69
Voices
Japanese Voice	N/A

Maurice Cole is a senior student at Weston College and the former Prefect's Fag of the Red House.^[2] He is placed in the Scarlet Fox dormitory due to his gentility.^[3]

AppearanceEdit

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,^[3] but Prince Soma is the first to discover that he resorts to makeup to earn this status.^[4]

He dresses in a suit and tie, as part of his school uniform. He formerly wore a rose fastened onto the collar of his coat to reflect his position as a Prefect's Fag of the Scarlet Fox dormitory. He also dons a Scarlet Fox badge on the front of his coat to indicate his occupation as a student.

PersonalityEdit

When addressing others, particularly his superior, Edgar Redmond, Maurice appears convivial and polite. He has offered to pour tea for Edgar, and accepted his compliments graciously.^[5] Maurice is namely complaisant as he seeks to please Edgar, such as when he attends to the cricket tournament to cheer him on.^[6] Moreover, Maurice disperses joy and enthusiasm when exchanging pleasantries with others.^[7] Ciel Phantomhive has described Maurice's attitude as "unhesitating" and "relaxed."^[8]

However, Maurice dislikes hard work, and hence, he resorts to using dirty methods, such as beguiling others to complete his tasks for him.^[9] When Sebastian Michaelis tails Maurice to analyze his activity patterns, he concludes that Maurice would later claim credit for the work others have done in his place.^[10] Maurice essentially leaves all of his Fag work for others to carry out, as indicated when he has allegedly prepared a complex meal in a short length of time, in spite of the fact that should have required hours to make.^[11] 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" since he is merely putting the otherwise average people into good use.^[12] He is boastful of his appearance and reputation as the most beautiful person in the school.^[12]

Additionally, Maurice is envious of people who excel,^[13] and undertakes dishonest practices to suppress them.^[14] For instance, he purposely tells Ciel the wrong time to meet up with the prefects so that they will be angered, but does not admit to that act.^[15] When Ciel confronts him with the evidence of his schemes, Maurice resorts to using his entourage to bind him and then executes violence.^[16]

As he later discloses, Maurice is the younger brother of his family, and thus, will never inherit a title.^[17] As such, he wants to become the prefect of Red House, and uses others to get close to Edgar and earn his trust.^[17] He is devastated when Edgar subsequently cancels their relationship.^[18]

Manga's SynopsisEdit

Public School ArcEdit

At the Swan Gazebo, Maurice offers another cup of tea for his prefect, Edgar Redmond. After doing so, Edgar praises the quality of his tea, and Maurice is delighted.^[19]

The prefects then compliment how exceptional Ciel Phantomhive is with his work and decide that he should visit them the following day at 2 PM.^[20] Maurice cheerily volunteers to personally relay the information to Ciel; however, upon meeting with Ciel, he deliberately tells him to come at 4 PM.^[21] As a result, Ciel arrives two hours later than the appointed time, which exasperates the prefects.^[22] Ciel states that he was told to come at 4 PM, but Maurice denies this, claiming that he had clearly informed Ciel of the correct time.^[23]

Soon after, Prince Soma enrolls in the school and persistently bothers Maurice to be friendly with Ciel.^[24] Later, Soma inadvertently crashes his elephant into Maurice's dorm room, and Maurice is forced to share a room with Soma, much to his reluctance.^[25]

In the middle of the night, Maurice goes to the post room to send flower-shaped cards to students accordingly (written on there are instructions to completing his tasks), and is oblivious to Soma, who is observing him from a distance.^[26]

The next day in the third art room, Maurice is confronted by Ciel, who presents to him evidence of his using others to do his Fag duties.^[27] Maurice calls in a group of boys to seize Ciel,^[28] and, after burning the flower-shaped cards,^[29] he orders his entourage to remove Ciel's clothes.^[30] He prepares a camera so that he can capture the humiliating moments. Suddenly, Ciel calls for help.^[31]

At this, Edward, Herman, Gregory and Lawrence arrive to disband the group that was holding Ciel in custody.^[32] Ciel reveals to Maurice that all the paintings in the room, where the confrontation took place, have wires behind them, leading to gramophones in the Swan Gazebo.^[33]

Edgar has been listening to the entire incident, and he consequently relieves Maurice of his duties as a Fag.^[34] Maurice breaks down in grief, and Ciel tells Maurice that he should be honest with the other boys; ^[35] he has ordered Sebastian to distribute pictures from the school roof of Maurice putting makeup on, thus showing that his beauty is superficial.^[36]

In an attempt to get back at Ciel, at the June 4th cricket tournament, Maurice acts as the informer who has intentionally told the inspectors to check up on the Blue House. In response, they dismiss Lau and his women dressed in lecherous clothing—they have served as deliberate distractions to the other dormitories during the game, but no one else besides Maurice was willing to complain about it.^[37]

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