Though it sounds clear cut, for most of them it seems extenuating circumstances were at play. King: King has the mark of a grizzly bear facing towards its left above his left foot, it is usually hidden beneath his pants and shoes.Įach member of the Seven Deadly Sins had been judged and found guilty of committing a grievous crime by the Kingdom of Liones, with their title being given based on the root moral failing on their part which caused this crime.Merlin: Merlin has the mark of a boar face right with twigs growing in it on the left side of her neck.Escanor: Escanor has the mark of a lion with a scar on its right eye covering his back.Gowther: Gowther has the symbol of a goat with giant horns on the right side of his chest.Diane: Diane has the mark of a snake with one end of its tail rolled up on her left thigh.Ban: Ban has the symbol of a fox on the left side of his waist.Meliodas: Meliodas has the symbol of a dragon biting its own tail, making a circle on his left arm, near the shoulder.The Dragon's Sin of Wrath, Meliodas: (142,000)Īll of the Sins have a different symbol of an animal on a part of their body, they are all crimson coloured in the anime and different coloured in the manga.The Lion's Sin of Pride, Escanor: (Unmeasurable) (see Sunshine for explanation).
The Serpent's Sin of Envy, Diane: (8,000).The Grizzly’s Sin of Sloth, King: (41,600).
They were also cleared of their false crimes, and welcomed back into the kingdom of Liones once more. Upon Hendrickson's defeat and his villainous plan to revive the Demon Clan being fully realized by the rest of the kingdom, the Seven Deadly Sins were praised as heroes for saving the kingdom. They aided the third princess of Liones, Elizabeth, helping her liberate the kingdom from the oppressive rule of the Holy Knights and stopping Hendrickson's plan to release the long-sealed Demon Clan into the world. The Seven Deadly Sins reappeared ten years later in the kingdom, having regathered six of its members over a short duration. The group was directly under the Great Holy Knight Zaratras' command. The Seven Deadly Sins before the betrayal were widely known as the strongest knights of Liones and were greatly admired by several Holy Knights and apprentices, including Little Gil and Doting Dale. However, she did ask for forgiveness. One of the Seven Deadly Sins' feats includes defeating the troll queen, with them having also broken the Great Druid Altar. It is later revealed that Merlin was the perpetrator, and was due to Meliodas losing himself to his anger when young Elizabeth got hurt trying to help him escape. It was initially suspected that one of the members was a traitor who helped in the nefarious plot, as Meliodas was knocked unconscious shortly after issuing his order. Meliodas ordered the group to disperse to avoid capture, and everyone was able to escape separately. They found him murdered through no fault of their own and were quickly surrounded by the kingdom's Holy Knights. They were declared as traitors and villains after being framed for assassinating Zaratras, the Great Holy Knight, after heeding an order to meet up with him at the castle. The members of this group were originally an independent order of knights serving the kingdom of Liones. Hearing this, both Meliodas and Merlin (who was only known to Meliodas at the time) took it upon themselves to find the other five, in order to crush the Ten Commandments, should they ever be revived.
The king of Liones had a premonition through his power Vision, that they would become the kingdom's protectors. Unbeknownst to even most of its members, the Seven Deadly Sins were formed for the expressed purpose of defeating the Demon Clan's Ten Commandments.