| “ | Magic is for fulfilling your own desires. | „ |
| ~ Imperious during his very first encounter with the Mystic Rangers. Also his most famous quote. |
Imperious, originally known as Calindor, is a major antagonist of Power Rangers Mystic Force, serving as the primary antagonist of the second half of the series.
He is an evil mummy-like wizard, second leading general of Morlock army and Octomus's second second-in-command, after Morticon's demise at the hands of the Mystic Rangers. He was originally a member of the Mystic Wizards and a good friend of Daggeron, Leanbow and Udonna, until he betrayed his friends and joined the Master, becoming the evil mummy like sorcerer Imperious. He is the archenemy of Daggeron, the Solaris Knight.
He was voiced by Stuart Devine in his only Power Rangers villainous role. In his human form as Calindor, he was portrayed by Will Hall.
Biography[]
Past[]
Throughout the season, it was little known about Imperious before the episode Heir Apparent. As it was revealed in the flashbacks by Daggeron, Imperious was originally a human named Calindor who was once a kind friend of Nick's mother Udonna's and was trained, alongside Daggeron by Leanbow to become a Mystic Wizard. Together with his friends, he protected the Human World from the Forces of Darkness. However, he became corrupted by dark magic and discarded Leanbow's teachings of honorability, morality and justice, he had grown tired of constantly hearing about honor and having to play by the rules and laws of honesty and morality. During the Great Battle Calindor betrayed his fellow Mystics and ambushed Daggeron, who was escorting Leanbow and Udonna's infant son Bowen away from the battle.
Calindor demanded his former friend to give baby Bowen to him, but Daggeron refused, and the two former friends engaged in a fierce battle that ultimately led to them being magically sealed within a cave. Since that day Calindor laid mummified within the cave, having been cursed during his struggle with Daggeron, until he was revived and reborn in a new body as the mummy-like sorcerer Imperious.
Power Rangers Mystic Force[]
Decades later, after the destruction of Morticon, Necrolai tricked the Mystic Force Rangers into entering the cave and breaking the seal over Calindor's tomb that prevented the vampire queen from entering the cave and the villainess retrieved the mummified Calindor. Octomus revived and brought him back to life as Imperious to serve as the new leader of the Underworld army, a role that Imperious took an immediate liking to do. He refers to himself as the "Dark Wizard" but only sees magic as a way to grant his own selfish desires. Imperious wasn't hindered by a goal on escaping the Underworld like his predecessor Morticon was and was focused more on direct attacks on the civilians of Briarwood. In his first appearance, Imperious attacked Briarwood and fought the Mystic Rangers. In his first encounter wit multi-colored wizards, Imperious easily defeated the Rangers before enlarging himself due to his boredom. Though he defeatd the Titan Megazord, Jenji enlarged himself and launches a surprise attack with the Titan Megazord which didn't hurt Imperious but retreats as his magic isn't at full strength yet.
Imperious briefly reassumed his previous identity as Calindor to gain Udonna and the other Rangers' trust, intending to poison Udonna, frame Daggeron as the traitor and steal the Xenotome. Luckily, Clare was at once distrustful of him and found out from Phineas that he was the true traitor just in time to stop Imperious from poisoning Udonna and then Udonna clashed in the unsuccessful fight with Imperious, which was unequal because the White Ranger lacked her Mystic Staff and Imperious then froze Udonna and Claire and prepared to steal Xenotom. However, at the last moment, Daggeron prevented the villain from gaining the Xenotome. After that, Imperious began seeing Daggeron as a rival.
Imperious clashed numerous times with Koragg constantly arguing and quarreling with the Wolf-Knight and even dared Koragg to fight without magic, relying on only his physical strength. Koragg agreed, and his magic was turned into a purple dark Mystic Morpher that was given to Necrolai to aid the vampire queen in fighting the Rangers.
Unbeknownst to Koragg, this was just the first step in his much larger plan - to destroy the Master and rule both the Underworld and Earth on his own. In the next step of Imperious' plan, he released the four Barbarian Beasts; Warmax, Shrieker, Fightoe and their leader 50 Below. Warmax and Shrieker are sent to battle the Rangers first, wearing them down whilst he secretly dispatched and tasked both Fightoe and 50-Below to take out Koragg so he couldn't interfere with his plans. Imperious then sends them to battle the Rangers, knowing that their laziness and battle fatigue would cause them to summon Jenji at which point Fightoe captured the cat genie and took him to the Underworld where Imperious used Jenji's power to wish for the alternate reality, a world where the Mystic Force Power Rangers never existed, rendering the Rangers powerless. This allowed the forces of darkness to conquer the world; Root Core is reduced to rubble the Rock Porium ceases to exist, color, good magic is nonexistent, humanity is enslaved and music was outlawed. One thing Imperious hasn't counted on however was that Koragg has survived and plotted against them, helping the Rangers to reach the Tribunal of Magic and reverse Jenji's wish after which 50-Below was destroyed by their new Legend Warrior forms. After the battle, Imperious scolded and punished Fightoe for fleeing from battle and destroyed his body before using his soul to power his new monster Ursus who was also destroyed by the Manticore Megazord.
Imperious attempted to convince the Master that Koragg had committed treason against the forces of evil but, after proving himself to be honorable, the Master allowed Koragg keep his magic.
Realizing that he was unable to destroy Octomus as long as Koragg was around and scared of his treachery would being found out, Imperious decided to get into Octomus' good side instead by raising him out of the Underworld with the Rangers' Legend powers. To that end, he formulated a plan by separating Daggeron from the Rangers and destroying him while using a combination of the Solar Streak Megazord's energy and a forbidden spell to create the new super powerful monster Chimera to help drag the Rangers down into the Underworld. Udonna's interference and Koragg's transformation back into Leanbow saved the Rangers and helped them escape, but the Master was still rising. Imperious was on the verge of triumph when it was discovered Daggeron had in fact survived. Imperious then challenged his archrival to a bound battle so the two, in their Ancient Mystic Modes are chained together and fight with only swords with Jenji acting as judge. Imperious cheated during the battle, snatching the Laser Lamp for use and mocking the idea of fighting with honor. Despite this, Daggeron was still able to win and mortally wounded his archenemy with a devastating energy slash down his front from the villain's own Mystic Sword. Imperious regressed back to Calindor and then into the mummified shell of himself before dissolving to dust as he makes a cryptic remark about the coming of a terror "that Daggeron couldn't even imagine."
Legacy[]
True to Imperious's cryptic promise, the Ten Terrors are unleashed shortly after his demise and eventually resurrected the Master for the final battle.
Personality[]
In the past, Calindor was a friendly young man who was a good friend of Leanbow, Udonna and Daggeron. In the present (under his new name of Imperious) he was a ruthless, sadistic, manipulative, deceptive, and highly cunning Morlock general that did what he could to rule the magic and surface world. However, unlike Morticon, Imperious was highly calm and cool as he rarely has any (if not at all) outbursts even if his plan was thwarted by the Rangers. Above all else, he was also supremely arrogant as he felt that no one will ever stop him and even more extremely narcissistic, gloating and reveling in his new body and calling himself "beautiful". He disliked the Master to the point of committing treachery and at one point even tried to destroy him, only to be stopped by Koragg.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Power: Imperious, being a leader of the dark forces, possessed powerful strength and magic and far stronger than Morticon. As a whole, Imperious was the third strongest and most powerful enemy in Mystic Force. Koragg being the second and Octomus was the strongest and most powerful enemy in Mystic Force.
- Teleportation: By shouting the phrase Luthaar, Imperious could teleport himself to any location at his will.
- Instant Teleportation: Imperious could also do this instantly without needing to say a word which was quick enough to avoid Nick's Magi Staff Striker.
- Self-growth: By shouting the phrase "Malorus Melavacardum", Imperious could grow to a size more than one hundred times the size of the Titan Megazord.
- Calindor/Ancient Mystic Form Transformation: Despite his new form, Imperious could return to being Calindor at will and use his old Ancient Mystic Mode.
- Summoning Monsters: Imperious had the ability to summon and free monsters from the Underworld to serve him.
- Monster Creation: By saying the phrase "Megaro Zangar Marodaza", Imperious could resurrect the souls of the undead and create his own monster as shown when the Chimera.
- Spell Breaking: By saying the phrase "Mujura", Imperious could break a spell as shown when he broke free from Xandar's Vine Power.
- Finger Force: Imperious could send his enemies flying just by poking them with his index finger.
Quotes[]
| “ | This new body. It feels...right. I feel so strong! So...beautiful. | „ |
| ~ Imperious's first words upon being resurrected by Octomus the Master. |
| “ | At last, the Power Rangers. Let me introduce myself. I am the destroyer of your world. I am Imperious, dark wizard of the underworld. | „ |
| ~ Imperious introducing himself to the Power Rangers. |
| “ | Udonna had chose unwisely. But now I will show you the real power! | „ |
| ~ Imperious before enlarging himself. |
Trivia[]
- Imperious's counterpart in Mahou Sentai Magiranger, the Super Sentai series Mystic Force was an adaptation of, was Sorcery Priest Meemy.
- Imperious is quite similar to Lord Voldemort, the main antagonist in the Harry Potter franchise. They both have English accents, are evil wizards who cast forbidden spells, and have connections with the hero’s past.
External Links[]
- Imperious on the Power Rangers Wiki
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