Drakonis (Tiamat in the original Japanese version), the Crimson Dragon, is a major villain in the RPG video game Legend of Mana, serving as the primary antagonist and final boss of the Dragon story arc. He was destroyed and sent to the Underworld, but he took over Mavolia (the Mana counterpart of Hell) and seeks to return to the world of Fa'Diel and take over both realms.
He is a counterpart of sort of the Dragon Lord, who has similar aspect, dark powers, personality and knack to manipulate people to regain power.
Nature[]
Drakonis was an extremely powerful Dragon King, who threatened Fa'Diel long in the past, but was destroyed, probably during the great war that nearly depleted the power of Mana that sustains the world.
Although great dragons are wise and noble servants of the Mana Goddess (though they can be terrifyingly dangerous, as in the Mana Beast's case), this one was so evil he could take over Mavolia after his death and become the new Archdemon. Yet, the reason behind his demonic nature is never explained, perhaps excessive greed or evil influence.
He is extremely greedy and power-hungry, trying to make everything his own, including people's power and skills by making them his servants willingly or not. He is also cruel, ruthless, relentless, haughty, hateful, wrathful, violent and vindictive.
While he most often appears collected, regal and quite sarcastic, he flies in violent rages when things do not go the way he wants. He is a skilled manipulator who offers Faustian bargains to distressed people, but he is far too arrogant to ever consider his foes as a threat, despite having already been destroyed.
Background[]
The story takes place nine hundred years after a war that destroyed the Mana Tree. Every race in Fa'Diel waged centuries of gruesome wars for the control of the Mana Stones holding what remained of the Mana Power.
Drakonis is the main villain of the second story arc, Crimson Dragon. He was killed in a bid to take over Fa'Diel by the three other Great Dragons guardians of the Mana Stones. Akravator the Guardian of Winds, the Bone Dragon Jajara Guardian of Earth and the White Dragon Vadise Guardian of the Forest.
Despite ending in the Underworld (the Land of the Dead), he somehow gained access to Mavolia and took it over. Centuries later, he had amassed enough power to enact a plot, to resurrect and threaten Fa'Diel once more.
Role in the Game[]
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Drakonis' human form
Drakonis resurrected and enslaved the beastman Larc, with the task to steal the Mana Stones, before using them to merge Mavolia and Fa'Diel. Using blackmail and manipulations, Larc forces the heroes to battle the three Great Dragons. They slay the first two, fortunately Vadise and her servant, Larc's sister Sierra, explain Drakonis' plot.
Drakonis uses the power taken from the Stones and the souls of his countless victims to take over the Underworld. He transforms it to the hellish realm known as the Flames and raises his castle from Mavolia to the Earthly Plane. He turns Larc to a centaur-like being and forces him to battle the heroes. Sierra helps the heroes storm Drakonis' castle to end to his blight him once and for all.
With Drakonis killed for good and his powerless soul sealed for eternity in the Underworld, his victims are resurrected and his evil is undone. Alas, Larc must spend a thousand years in the Underworld to keep him sealed, viewing it as penance. Later, the heroes purge the regrown Mana Tree from Evil and restore Fa’Diel anew.
Boss Battle[]
Battle against Drakonis
Drakonis is huge and immensely powerful, but he is not that hard to defeat with enough preparation. He can bite the heroes, swallow them, breathe fire streams, release a circular wave of green energy rings, jump to crush them, conjure lava from the ground and fly away to land with enough force to shatter the ground.
The heroes must retaliate by pummelling without end with both weapons and magic. Avoid attack him with Fire, and go for Water and Earth instead.
Trivia[]
- Drakonis' original Japanese name, Tiamat, is that of the Primeval Goddess of Oceans and Mother of All Things of Mesopotamian Mythology, who waged war against creation and was defeated by the Warrior God Marduk.
- Tiamat in turn inspired the recurring boss and summon from the Final Fantasy series, of which the World of Mana series was originally a spin-off.
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