Morlock stands as the central antagonist of the anime, ruling the mechanized dystopia of Balthus, a sprawling factory city that looms over the struggling village of Le-jeute. With calculated charm, he entices villagers into his industrial empire by offering illusions of indulgence, only to trap them as disposable laborers within his oppressive machinery. When simmering resentment erupts into open rebellion among a faction of workers, their defiance threatens his grip on power.

After the laborer Eud flees Balthus, Morlock retaliates by capturing both the fugitive and Tia, a woman Eud allies with. Eud is shackled within a lightless prison, while Tia endures Morlock’s violent objectification—a stark illustration of his reliance on cruelty and sexual domination to enforce authority. His regime thrives on psychological coercion and unchecked physical force, cementing him as both a tyrannical industrialist and the architect of his own resistance.