| “ | Why? I am tired of this foolish world that neglects nightmares and relies only on pleasant dreams. That is reason enough, is it not? | „ |
| ~ Ghadius explaining his motive. |
| “ | It doesn't matter. I have already been abandoned by the world. This time, it's my turn to throw the world away. | „ |
| ~ Ghadius before his boss fight. |
Ghadius is the main antagonist of the 1997 platform game Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and its 2008 remake, simply titled Klonoa.
He is a dark spirit who seeks to revive Nahatomb in order to engulf Phantomile into darkness as revenge for being rejected by its inhabitant.
In the Wii remake, he was voiced by Ryuzaburo Otomo in Japanese and JB Blanc in English.
Biography[]
Ghadius was one of the five spirits that resides in Phantomile. He was known as the Dark Spirit, and he was the opposite of the Light Spirit. Where Ghadius represents nightmares and darkness, which the Phantomile residents refuse to accept, the Light Spirit represents good dreams and light. As a result, Ghadius was hated and rejected while the Light Spirit was loved and worship. Ghadius developed a hatred for the Phantomile residents because of this.
Sick of living in the shadow, Ghadius eventually lead an attack on the Light Spirit. Despite that the Light Spirit had superior power, Ghadius overpowered the spirit, forcing the other spirits to combine their powers to defeat him. As punishment, he was sealed away in darkness for 3000 years. This only further develop Ghadius' hatred for Phantomile and all of its inhabitants, and vowed to send the world into darkness. He eventually was able to escape the seal through an unknown method.
When Klonoa and Huepow went to investigate the strange ship that crashes into the Bell Hill, they found Ghadius, Joka, and a sleeping Lephise (In the Wii remake, it was reveal she was the one piloting the ship in order to escape Ghadius). Klonoa and Huepow eavesdrop on them, where Ghadius reveals that his plan is to keep Lephise from awaking up in order to prevent her from singing her song, the Song of Rebirth, which would bring life and light back to Phantomile, eventually bring Phantomile into darkness and nightmare. He suddenly detects the heros presence, orders Joka to take care of them, then swept Lephise under his cloak and disappears
When Klonoa and Huepow arrives at the kingdom of Jugpot, they learn that Ghadius brainwashed the king and his guard Pamela. He then reverse the flow of the waterfall making it flow up instead of down, so that the water cannot reach the forest village Forlock, which in turn kills off majority of the forest. This effects were reverted by Klonoa who saved the king and change the waterfall back to normal.
Later at Coronia, Ghadius defeats Moire, the high priest, the heads to the altar in order to use the crystal that's located in the summit to bring back the Moon Kingdom. Klonoa and Huepow follows close by, but were disregarded by Ghadius, thinking them to be mere brats. He later berates Joka for his constant failures. When questioned about his plan, he simply states that it was mere revenge. Before vanishing, Ghadius states that Lephise and the "Egg of Destruction" will bring his plan into action.
After the heroes defeats Joka a final time and heads to the Moon Kingdom, they encounter him at the very top of the kingdom, referring both of them as a "strange dream" that must be eliminated to make Nahatomb's revival perfect. When Huepow questioned why Ghadius was doing this, Ghadius states that he has grown tired of Phantomile and its inhabitant that "Rejects nightmares and relies on only happy dreams" saying that is more than reason enough. Huepow states the Ghadius will be destroyed along with everything else by Nahatomb's revival, but Ghadius doesn't care, believing that it's his turn to reject the world that rejected him. Ghadius then battles the heroes himself.
After a long battle, Ghadius is defeated and seemingly killed. However, his mask, still alive, states that enough nightmare energy was collected for Nahatomb's revival, and that Lephise's body will be taken over by it. He then reveals that Phantomile's dream pass through the kingdom's Gallery of Prism, which turns them into the very building block Phantomile in made of. Ghadius states that Nahatomb can not be stopped as the long as the power of dreams exist.
Huepow insist that they can still stop it with their power, but Ghadius simply replies that such dream will be eliminated by Nahatomb. He declares Phantomile is doomed, and then gives out one final evil laugh before finally vanishing for good.
Personality[]
Not much is known about Ghadius prior to his attack on the Light Spirit. It's known that Ghadius' jealousy over the praise and love the Light Spirit received as he lived in rejection and hatred from the residents of Phantomile grew and festered, leading him to attack the spirit of Light. After his banishment and imprisonment, Ghadius' nihilism and misanthropy grew further for 3,000 years before he escaped. After his escape, Ghadius fully nihilistic as he felt that everyone had misguided happiness over only positive things to the point, they would reject him and the harsh realities of the world. As a result, Ghadius became obsessed with ending the meaningless world that abandoned him and wanted to end everything including himself and his own kind earning disgust from Huepow and Klonoa. While he had no bad interactions with his minion Joka who however in turn laid down his life for Ghadius, it's unknown if he cared about him.
Powers and Abilities[]
The game is never clear as to the limits and potential of Ghadius's powers, since he appears to be capable of anything, regardless of what the laws of gravity might state.
He may hover above the ground below him, as well as transport himself through space, either via teleportation or flying. He can brainwash and control the people of Phantomile, as seen when he manipulates the minds of King Seadoph and Pamela, doing so alters their appearance and voice.
The inner workings of his cloak are an oddity. He can keep objects inside there, and even uses it to transport himself and Klonoa to an alternate dimension (The Wheel of Woe). This implies the cloak is larger on the inside. He can grow to a size far larger than his usual form, as is seen during the battle with him. Once he has done so, he can create small, teleportation orbs that warp anyone whom comes into contact with them. He can summon dark, spherical projectiles to rain down on Klonoa and fling bullet shaped missiles surrounded by energy at him.
His mask can move independently to his cloak, to some extent - though admittedly he seemingly dies shortly after.
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Trivia[]
- Concept art shows that Klonoa and Hewpow's confrontation of Ghadius before his battle originally took place in the same room the Prisim in Cress is located, instead of near the top of Cress's highest tower.
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