Zoma

'''"My joy is thy destruction. My beauty, thy death! Come forward then; and die in peace!"

- Zoma, before the final battle '''

Zoma is the true villain and the final boss of the Famicom videogame Dragon Quest III (localized as Dragon Warrior III for the NES) and its Super Famicom, Game Boy Color and iOS/Android remakes.

He resides within Charlock Castle in the hidden kingdom of Alefgard and it's revealed to be Baramos' master, who was thought at first to be the main villain, meaning Zoma is the real menace that threatens the world. He is also involved with the disapperance of the Hero's father.

Appearance
He has blue skin, not unlike the Dragonlord's sorcerer form although Zoma is twice its size, his eyes are black and has four fingers on each hand and long white claws. He wears an orange robe with a prominent collar, pink shoulderpads and a salmon cape. Around his neck, circling his robe's collar, is a horned skull necklace; on his head there's a black helmet with bone-colored horns and an eye design in its center.

He usualy adopts the stance that he had in DQIII (the monster's sprites were immobile in the earlier DQ games), looking at the player with his hands up front.

Other appearances

 * He can be fought in Dragon Quest IX as a Legacy Boss if his map is found. It can be earned from a bird in Cringle Coast after completing for him Quest #167 "Who's a Pretty Boy?".


 * In Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2, he's an X-Rank monster of the Unknown family that can be synthesized by using a Malroth and either a  Captain Crow, a Wight King or a Dullahan in Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2


 * He's one of Nokturnus' finest warriors in Dragon Quest Battle Road Victory and the final boss of the Dragon Quest III story arc.

Trivia
Zoma is not that known outside of Japan, but within its country of origin, it is one of the most popular villains in videogames; Dragon Quest III ranked third in a videogame player's choice poll made by Famitsu; this made it the highest Famicom game in said poll. Due to this level of fame, he has been the subject of numerous parodies and all kinds of references in other media, both official and unofficial.