- For the character from the original 1977 anime, see Jangal Rui.
Draco is a supporting antagonist of the Filipino live-action series Voltes V: Legacy. He is an ally to Prince Zardoz and wants to help him defeat Voltes V and conquer the earth.
He was portrayed by Carlo Gonzalez.[1]
He is based on Jangal Rui from the original 1977 Voltes V anime.
Personality[]
Draco is a dedicated ally to Zardoz and uses his vast knowledge to help the war against planet earth.
History[]
Draco was assigned to Zardoz after his uncle, Zambojil, sent him on a mission to invade Earth as they were sheltering his disgraced brother Baron Hrothgar, who leaked Boazanian technology secrets to the Earthlings. He was one of the three aides assigned to him, the others being Zandra and Zuhl. Draco creates various Beast Fighters to defeat Voltes V, but none of them were successful.
Zuhl attempts to assassinate Zardoz but is caught in the act; to repent he leads the Voltes team into a trap that ends with them being sent to Skull Ship. Zardoz announces his desire to present the heroes as gifts to Zambojil and they duel against him, Draco and Zandra. Later, the Voltes team manage to escape.
Before Zuhl died, he begged his comrades to stand up for him, physically grabbing them as he was on his knees. Both Zandra and Draco stared at him with disgust.
Zardoz gives Zuhl the chance to redeem himself by killing himself with a dagger, but Zuhl tries to kill Zardoz. Zardoz then drives the dagger into Zuhl.
With the loss of Zuhl, Zambojil sends General Oslak in his stead. Oslak is introduced to Zardoz when he sends a meteor shower to Earth. He then belligerently appears at the Skull Ship. Draco is suspicous of him and the two duel, with Oslak winning. When Zardoz enters, Oslak pays respect to him and takes off his helmet, telling him he is sent by Zambojil to help him win against Voltes V. He introduces his special armour to Zardoz, Zandra and Draco and insists they can defeat Voltes V. He sends Beast Fighter Okozenia to prove this, but it ends with Voltes V winning thanks to the Mechanical Eagle's interference.
Oslak frequently insults Draco and Zandra because he has Zambojil's favour. Zandra is suspicious of him tells Zardoz that he could be a spy just like Zuhl but Zardoz is angered and tells her to be quiet, threatening her with his sword. Zandra is proven right and Oslak kneels and begs for forgiveness after confessing that he was sent to kill him and that Zambojil promised him his position if he did. Zardoz forgives him; Zandra and Draco do not. Oslak continues to belittle them while sucking up to Zardoz, while still scheming to dispose of the Prince.
Oslak at one point invents a mind-control device, a ring that controls anyine who possess it, and uses it to attempt to rape Zandra. However, the scientists of Skull Ship had been talking about this invention, which Zardoz overheard. He enters the room and shoots at Oslak, before telling him that if he ever tries to molest Zandra again, he will kill him himself. Oslak heeds this warning.
Zandra is hurt by the idea that Zardoz prefers Oslak to her and pilots a ship on her own, hoping to prove her worth to Zardoz. She discovers Steve, lands the ship, and tries to kill him. However, Steve has the upper hand in the fight and is about to kill her when Zardoz (who learned of Zandra's rogue behaviour) intervenes and challenges Steve to a fight. Steve and Zardoz duelled at a playground, and Steve proclaimed that he was going to kill him (while Kenichi told Heinel that he was carrying the will of millions of Earthlings) and stabbed him with the dagger Rozalia gifted him. Zardoz's guards then arrived and shot at Steve until he ran away. Back at the Skull Ship, Zardoz yells at Zandra for causing the situation.
Oslak uses his mind control device on Jamie Robinson by leaving the ring on the beach while she's collecting seashells. Jamie, under his control, steals a rover and attacks several Big Falcon guards, while killing the ones protecting her father, Commander Oscar Robinson. She tries to kill her father but he has her in lock and removes the ring. Once Oslak finds out his plan failed, he shoots Commander Oscar Robinson. Oslak then mysteriously disappears.
Zardoz is frustrated and desires a new strategy. Emperor Zambojil sends his chief researcher, Marquise Zaki, to help Zardoz. While introducing herself to him, Zaki gets touchy and flirtatious with Zardoz, which makes Zandra very jealous. However Zardoz rebuffs her advances and admonishes her for the unimpressiveness of her underlings Takeo and Arisa. Though she presented them as powerful warriors that could defeat Voltes V, he considers them an embarassment and walks out of the room in frustration.
Marquise Zaki dispatches Takeo and Arisa to kidnap Little Jon Armstrong, the youngest member of the Voltes team. Takeo and Arisa disguise themselves as humans and try to take Jon hostage, but other Camp Big Falcon personnel come to his aid. While Jon tries to use his invisibility device to hide himself, he is still discovered and then kidnapped. Dr. Hook then regretfully informs the Voltes team that Jon has been taken hostage.
Steve, Mark, Bert and Jamie look for Jon, and then fall into a trap set up by the Boazanians. The trap leads them to a stage constructed by Zaki. Bert realizes that the stage has a force field around it, meaning they can't escape. Feeling hopeless, Mark angrily insults Jon and blames him for being kidnapped. Steve angrily retorts that it isn't his fault, but Mark repeats his claim that the Armstrong brothers are magnets for misfortune. Steve then tries to hit Mark, but Jamie intervenes, only to get injured in the process by Steve, causing her to fall. Both boys are horrified and apologize to her, feeling ashamed. Jamie scolds them both, reminding them that she's just been discharged from the hospital and forced herself out of the ward to save Jon. The four then hear laughter, coming from none other than Marquise Zaki. She calls their fight entertaining.
The four begin attacking Zaki's guards, but when Steve turns a gun on Zaki, she threatens Jon by holding a knife to his neck. Steve, Bert and Jamie surrender and drop their weapons but Mark refuses. Mark loads his gun anyway, pointing it at Zaki despite her pressing the knife further, until Steve wrestles the gun out of his hands. Zaki then releases Jon and he reunites with the Voltes team.
Zaki and her guards then lead the four into another room, where they are observed by Horned Boazanian nobles. Zaki announces that they are to spar with Takeo and Arisa for their entertainment. The Voltes team underestimate the twins, with Bert saying they're not Beast Fighters so they don't stand a chance. Before the fight, Takeo and Arisa ask the Voltes team of the fate of General Watson. Steve tells them that he's dead and he gave his life for the good Boazanian rebels. Takeo is dumbstruck, whispering to Arisa "Our adoptive father is gone....". Arisa, however, is skeptic and calls Steve a liar. Marquise Zaki chides them for talking and says that they must send two fighters from their team to battle Takeo and Arisa one-on-one. Jamie says that she will fight Arisa, and Bert decides to fight Takeo.
Meanwhile, Prince Zardoz asks Zandra and Draco where Marquise Zaki has gone. They both say they don't have any idea. Zardoz expresses frustration at the fact that when his uncle sent him aides, both disappeared suddenly - first General Oslak, and now Marquise Zaki. However, Draco was suspicious of Zaki and had a soldier tail her before she left. The soldier reveals to Draco, Zandra and Zardoz that Marquise Zaki is having the Voltes team battle Takeo and Arisa, which is directly against what Zardoz ordered. Zardoz finally loses faith in his uncle and accuses him of trying to replace his position.
Relationships[]
Zuhl[]
While Zuhl and Draco are supposedly allies, they often bicker and banter. Zuhl has an unfavourable view of Zardoz while Draco has a positive one, another point of contention between the two.
Skills[]
- Engineering: Draco is skilled at reading blueprints and studied Voltes V to create his own beast fighter based on a Japanese samurai.
Differences[]
- Jangal has red skin, while Draco's actor Carlo Gonzales has dark brown skin.
Trivia[]
- His name is Draco because the English dub of the 70's anime renamed Jangal to "Draco".