| “ | At last! A little action in the Glade! Seems you've raised the livid dead by snoring on the job... | „ |
| ~ The Magician's first quote. |
| “ | Zzzz... Ahh... Lums!! More Lums! Zzzz... | „ |
| ~ The Magician as he is sleeping. |
| “ | No! No! No! Don't go in there! If you go there, the clouds will burst in fury and strike you down! I mean it! Prepare to be bubblized! | „ |
| ~ The Magician panicking as you approach his lair. |
Ales Mansay, better known as The Magician, is the secondary antagonist of the Rayman series, serving as a supporting character in the original Rayman and the main antagonist of both Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends.
He was voiced by Doug Rand.
Personality[]
Throughout most of the series, the Magician always seems to have a friendly and helpful nature, willing to help Rayman out on certain occasions and even seemed to be friends with Betilla.
However, behind his seemingly appreciative and pleasant personality, he is actually a sinister, rebellious, and manipulative individual who appears as a loyal follower of Mr. Dark and desires to rule the world as his usurper, not caring at all about his old friends and the Bubble Dreamer.
Appearance[]
In the original Rayman, the Magician seems to be part of the same species as Rayman. He is limbless and has long blonde hair. He wears a purple shirt with two blue buttons and purple shoes.
In Rayman Origins and Legends, the Magician was redesigned to fit better within the world established in later Rayman games. He is now a Teensie with a black cloak with a purple shirt underneath, a tall black top hat with a gold star on it, and blue hair (which is later revealed to be a wig).
History[]
| “ | You are out of control! Can't you see the Glade needs DISCIPLINE and REASON to thrive! Until Bubble Dreamer grows up, we will never be safe from his nightmares or the chaos! My mechas! Broken! My perfect babies! All those Lums for nought! Wasted energy! They could have brought order to the Glade of Dreams! | „ |
| ~ Unused dialogue revealing some of The Magician's motivation. |
Rayman[]
In the first Rayman, he is nothing but a helper who can be found in various stages. If Rayman pays him ten Tings, a minigame will begin where the goal is to collect a number of Tings before the time runs out to get an extra life.
Rayman Origins[]
In Rayman Origins, he aids Rayman on his journey to stop the Bubble Dreamer's nightmares by offering him Electoons in exchange for Lums and providing helpful tips and tricks. He serves as a rather sassy and mischievous tutorial, and is shown to be rather obsessed with these Lums. As the game progresses, he makes fewer appearances. When Rayman makes it to the false final world, Moody Clouds, The Magician panickingly tells him not to go further. When Rayman reaches the control room, The Magician is revealed to have been powering the evil machines all along. He then tries to dispose of Rayman and co. by having them battle robotic versions of two earlier bosses. However, they return to his office. He is shocked by this, and after hesitating, he comes up with a plan. He starts playing disco music, reminiscent of the music that plays when you obtain a large amount of Lums in a level, and dancing with the heroes. However, just as the song ends, he escapes. They chase him down as the robotic empire starts to crumble. Eventually, he jumps on an airship which is controlled by various Livingstones. After some time, the ship crashes into the core that's powering the entire city, which explodes instantly, ending the threat once and for all.
While the game itself hardly gives any explanation at all for The Magician's actions, some unused dialogue reveals his actual motives. It is revealed that The Magician's real name is (or was going to be) Ales Mansay, and that he was bullied by other Teensies in his youth due to his abysmal magic abilities, which slowly drove him into insanity. Although he helped Rayman in the first game, he admired Mr. Dark's skills and abilities. He was also angry and vituperative at the Bubble Dreamer, whose nightmares were dangerous to the inhabitants. He eventually snapped and placed a microphone in the Snoring Tree to trigger the war between the Overworld and the Land of the Livid Dead. He then made use of the Lums he obtained to power his machines. His plan was to take over the Glade of Dreams and put an end to the Bubble Dreamer's dreams, obviously sparing the nightmares.
Of course, Ales Mansay is also the one responsible for imprisoning Betilla and her sisters, turning the Four Kings (Carnivora, Mocking Bird, El Stomacho and Creveton) and Fée de la Mort/Voodoo Mamma, who is also Betilla's final sister and The Nymphs' final member, all into monsters by using the Bubble Dreamer's nightmares.
Rayman Legends[]
The Magician reappears once again and seems to have not only survived the explosion in Rayman Origins, but also the Bubble Dreamer's nightmares have caused him to multiply and become the five Dark Teensies. The Dark Teensies then began kidnapping Teensie royalty while also causing trouble for Rayman and his pals. However, the heroes eventually confront them one by one and then launch them into space. They all crash into a moon inhabited by mysterious horned aliens who poke them with pitchforks, causing them to scream and squeak in harmony, in a clear homage to the 1902 French sci-fi silent film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune).
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Trivia[]
- The Magician is the only recurring main antagonist in Rayman (not counting spin-offs).
- He is also the only Rayman villain to have appeared as an ally before.
- Originally, he was going to have a fleshed out backstory, but the dialogue was cut, probably to simplify the game.
- When translated from Pig Latin to proper English, his name is "Sales Man".
- Despite the fact that his real name is unused, many Rayman fans often call him by that.
- The Magician or Dark Teensy in Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends is a mix of the previous main antagonists of the series.
- He is a dark and thieving (and kidnapping) sorcerer whose real identity remained mysterious until the finale of Origins, spread chaos in the Glade of Dreams and used a specific magical source for himself like Mr. Dark.
- He is a diminutive individual with a personal army of mechanical and robotic creatures like Razorbeard.
- He is a member of a typically peaceful species of the Glade of Dreams who became corrupted and evil and tried to recreate the world in his image like André.
- His backstory of being bullied by the other Teensies for his apparently non-exceptional magical abilities is similar to the backstory of the Rabbids in the GBA version of Rayman Raving Rabbids and the cancelled prototype of Rayman 4.
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