Melbu Frahma

"I have acquired all. The immortality… And the ultimate power… I am the god… who purifies the world… under the fate determined by Soa! Death to those who rebel against fate. Death to all life! And may your death bless the new world to which I shall descend!!"

- Melbu Frahma, right before the final battle Melbu Frahma is the hidden main antagonist of the 1999 video game ''The Legend Of Dragoon. ''The former Emperor of the Winglies and undisputed ruler of all Endiness over eleven thousand years prior to the start of the game, Frahma was infamous for his despotic rule over the other sentient races of the world: under his rule, entire species were forced into slavery throughout the land, his citizens became subject to a strict doctrine of eugenics, and the empire itself expanded into the underworld.

Eventually, his rule eventually grew so tyrannical that it prompted dissent from both within and without: the enslaved peoples eventually united into a vast army against Wingly domination, eventually acquiring a trump card in the form of the Dragoon spirits - the crystalized souls of dead Dragons, conferring mystical weaponry and magical power upon the wielder. Though only seven Dragoons were recruited, they were enough to oppose even the legendary magical strength of the empire. With the help of Winglies sympathetic to their cause and the dragons they were able to lead into battle, these revolutionaries were eventually able to lay siege to Frahma's palace and slay him in battle.

Unfortunately, though Melbu Frahma's body was indeed slain in battle and lost in the collapsing ruins of his citadel, his spirit lived on - eventually regaining enough of its old strength to orchestrate the events of the game.

The Wingly Empire
Many thousands of years before the events of the game, Endiness was dominated by the magical beings known as the Winglies. The 107th race to be born from the fruit of Soa's Divine Tree, they believed that their status as the newest and most advanced of the species gave them the right to rule over those who'd emerged before, and that their vast magical powers justified the oppression of the "weaker" races. It's not known how long the Wingly Empire remained active, how many Emperors ruled it over the centuries, or even if there were any attempts at reform by more conscientious monarchs; what is known is that Melbu Frahma ascended to the imperial throne over eleven thousand years prior to the start of the game, and immediately exceeded all previous rulers in sheer cruelty and excess.