Mozenrath

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Mozenrath
Alias	Lord of the Land of the Black Sand Lord of the Black Sand Jafar Jr. (ironic nickname given by Iago) J.J. (ironic nickname given by Iago)
Origin	Aladdin (TV series)
Occupation	Sorcerer King of the Land of the Black Sand
Powers / Skills	High intelligence Manipulation Trickery Traps Vast knowledge in all fields of magic Many magical artifacts With his Magic Glove: Exceptional dark magic Energy projection Teleportation Able to open portals Pyrokinesis Flight Illusions creation Telekinesis Astral projection Shape-shifting
Hobby	Performing magic experiments.
Goals	Kill Destane and usurp the throne as ruler of the Land of the Black Sand (succeeded). Become all-powerful. Conquer the Seven Deserts. Kill Aladdin, Jasmine, Abu, Iago, Genie, and Carpet (all failed).
Crimes	Regicide Usurpation Incrimination Wrongful imprisonment Destruction of property Necromancy Enslavement Attempted mass murder Attempted theoricide Blackmail Kidnapping Identity theft Torture Murder Invasion Attempted body theft
Type of Villain	Tyrannical Sorcerer

“	Okay, okay, let's look at the big picture: I have the Genie, Aladdin is dead, and my plans for world conquest are shaping up nicely. All in all, it's been a good night.	„
	~ Mozenrath.

Mozenrath is the main antagonist of the Aladdin television series. He is an immensely powerful teenage sorcerer who rules a dark kingdom and strives to take over the world, coming to blows with Aladdin. He is widely regarded as the best villain of the show and Jafar's successor as Aladdin's archenemy.

He was voiced by the late Jonathan Brandis, while Jeff Bennett voiced him in "Black Sand". His mannerism and attitude were inspired by those of Brandis himself.

Appearance

Mozenrath is a tall and slender young man with dark curly hair, plump lips, and pale skin, likely as a result of ruling over the Land of the Black Sand, which has little to no sunlight.

His clothing style evokes that of Jafar's, though dark blue and black oriental clothing instead of Jafar's red and black robes. He also wears a dark blue and grey turban with a red diamond stone in the center, and wears a large brown and black gauntlet glove on his right arm, concealing his skeletal, fleshless arm.

Mozenrath was designed as a total antithesis of Aladdin, both in aspect and personality. He is a pale, physically frail, malevolent and ambitious schemer, lavishly clothed, while Aladdin is a tanned, athletic, gentle, selfless and quick-thinking former beggar.

Personality

“	Aladdin: People could have been hurt! Mozenrath: ...And your point would be?	„
	~ Aladdin and Mozenrath.

Mozenrath is cruel, ruthless, selfish, arrogant, over-proud, scornful, greedy and ambitious, much worse than most of the show's villains. His malevolence and lust for power are frequently compared to Jafar's, prompting Iago to nickname him "Jafar Jr". He does not care the slightest about those whom he might harm in his experiments, to the point of being utterly baffled when Aladdin chooses helping people over personal benefit.

He seeks to grow powerful enough to take over the magical realms of the Seven Deserts, and possibly the entire world. Ever since Aladdin first thwarted his schemes, he swore to destroy him and everything he holds dear. Like many powerful villains Mozenrath is calm, collected, aristocratic and refined. He enjoys dominating the situation and taunting his enemies with dark humour, dry irony, and false courtesy.

Mozenrath is highly intelligent, cunning and sharp. He can devise complex schemes to lure unsuspecting targets where he wants, guess right from very few facts, think on his feet and quickly adapt to unexpected events. While he prefers traps and deceit over direct confrontation, he's not above a good showdown. In most cases, albeit only when it serves his interests, he proves to be a man of honour, who fulfils his part of a bargain and rewards generously anyone he hired. All this prompts him to firmly protect what he regards as rightfully his, and to protest whenever he gets double-crossed (which to his credit only happens once in the show).

Yet, he is also shown being vindictive, stubborn, impatient, spoiled and somewhat petulant. He takes offence when people refuse to work for him, coercing them to comply no matter what, and tries to gain something from every situation. When his plans fail, he is prone to ranting like a bratty child He also gets angry at the mere prospect of Aladdin being murdered by someone else. He even displays jealousy towards Aladdin, "who got the magic of a Genie on a silver platter", while he made harsh sacrifices to reach his situation.

Powers and Abilities

“	Are you CLEAR on just how excruciatingly painful my powers can be?!	„
	~ Mozenrath loses his temper after Jasmine proves her superior fighting skills.

Unsurprisingly, Mozenrath is an immensely powerful sorcerer. He matches Jafar as a sorcerer, as well as the Genie when freed and possibly Mirage. Genie often easily defeats Mozenrath, yet is regularly defeated with equal ease, meaning that they are more or less evenly matched.

Mozenrath claims to be "the most powerful sorcerer of [his] time" and this is obviously no idle claim, given the many feats of magic he displays. Notably being able to fly; to teleport himself and other people or things, to open gates between two places or even two dimensions; to project an image of himself over wide distances; to shape-shift himself and others; to create, animate or bewitch things; generate tangible illusions; to infuse anything with his magic and control it; to compel creatures and people alike; to perform telekinesis; to boost his physical condition; to fire energy blasts or dark fire-bolts of variable size and might; and to create a dark, sticky matter which he uses to capture people and can compress to the size of a marble; and so on and so forth.

The main source of his power resides in the magical gauntlet he wears on his right hand. While he can spells from his other hand, showing that his powers are his own, taking away his gauntlet renders him powerless. Using it comes with a heavy price however, as it drains his life-force and rots his flesh, reducing his forearm to mere bones and dooming him to a premature demise. This likely explains his physical frailness.

Mozenrath is a master of "traditional" sorcery, like potions, rituals, necromancy and alchemy. He created several monsters (a winged humanoid and a huge carnivorous plant) and crafted magical devices (a collar to control monsters and magic-detecting crystals). He also knows many legends, especially about mighty sorcerers who lived centuries ago, and owns various powerful magical artifacts which he probably took from Destane.

Quotes

“	Today is the first day of the rest of your miserable life.	„
	~ Mozenrath to Amin Damoola after his failure and final defeat.

“	Y'know how I've made a career out of collecting magic? Well! Your genie .. will now be my genie.	„
	~ Mozenrath's objective throughout a few of his appearances.

“	It's been nice knowing you Aladdin. ...Then again, no it hasn't!	„
	~ Mozenrath blasts Aladdin.

Trivia

• Mozenrath's name is the contraction of "Motz and Roth", Bill Motz and Bob Roth being the writers of the sorcerer's debut episode The Citadel. Ironically, they thought that making Aladdin's new archenemy about Aladdin's age would not work.
• The Aladdin staff first planned to use Mozenrath as the villain of the third movie. Yet, they later distanced themselves from the series, due to being unable to get in touch with Jonathan Brandis among other reasons.
  • This started a rumour, following which Mozenrath would have been revealed to be Aladdin's long-lost older half-brother.

• Mozenrath's Mamluks are named after the slave soldiers who served the Ottoman Empire during the Middle Ages.
• It is unknown what Mozenrath's fate is, or was, as in the final episode he appears in, Two to Tangle, it is stated that he's dying, and at the end of the episode, he and Xeres are trapped and sent away in a hot air balloon. It's likely that he eventually died.
• It's said that many fans of Mozenrath wrote to Square Enix, asking them to make Mozenrath appear in the following Kingdom Hearts game. Whether this is true or not, the game's concepts seem to follow the movies.
• He may have been the inspiration of Zevon from Descendants: Wicked World, since Zevon shares a lot of similarities with him such as both being the darkest villains from their series as well as both being teenage sorcerers who appear as the arch-nemesis of their series' main protagonist.
• It is interesting to note that Mozenrath is able to perform the magic even in the other hand where he does not wear the glove. It is possible that Mozenrath has magical powers in himself, and that the glove only considerably increases them.
  • Similarly, it is unlikely that Destane, an exceptionally powerful wizard, would take a student without real magical powers.

External Links

• Mozenrath on the Disney Wiki
• Mozenrath on the Aladdin Wiki
• Mozenrath on the Pure Evil Wiki

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