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| “ | You've killed Zagato. You murdered him. It was you, you're the ones who murdered the man I love! You'll never get away with this! | „ |
| ~ Princess Emeraude confronting the Magic Knights about them killing Zagato. |
Princess Emeraude is a supporting character and later major antagonist from Japanese animanga Magic Knight Rayearth.
In Japanese, she was voiced by Megumi Ogata. In English, she was voiced by Wendee Lee in the anime and Rhonda Gibson in the video games.
Biography[]
Princess Emeraude was the sovereign ruler of Cephiro and a Goddess-like figure to whom all the inhabitants prayed for peace, prosperity, and protection. She was also the one to summon Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji to Cephiro for them to become the legendary Magic Knights.
Little else is known of her background save that she had a younger brother named Ferio. In the anime, after granting Ferio's request that she make him forget that he is her brother, Emeraude encounters Ferio when he wanders into her castle and gets brought before her for theft, though Emeraude tells the guards that the item in question is a gift for Ferio.
At an unknown point after becoming the Pillar, Emeraude fell in love with the High Priest, Zagato. Since the Pillar of Cephiro must spend every waking moment of their existence praying for Cephiro's benefit, Emeraude knew that her love for Zagato would distract her from her prayers. In the hopes of preventing this, Emeraude imprisoned herself in a water dungeon, and when even this didn't work, she summoned the Magic Knights, though not before Zagato "imprisoned" her in his castle.
During Emeraude's imprisonment, she would plead with Zagato to stop his attacks against the Magic Knights, but to no avail, as he cared only for her wellbeing, not Cephiro's. After the Magic Knights confront and kill Zagato, a devastated Emeraude collapses under the tremendous weight of her own guilt and grief. Transforming into an older and more sinister-looking version of herself, she breaks free from the water prison. This form is only filled with pure hatred for the Magic Knights for killing Zagato, forgetting that it was she who summoned them in the first place.
Zagato's castle begins to fall apart beneath her anger, and she dons her own Rune God and takes Zagato's fallen sword. She begins to fight the Magic Knights in their Rune Gods, and they see fleeting visions of the real Emeraude, who reveals to them the true reason she summoned them: to kill her. No one of Cephiro is allowed to kill the Pillar and the Pillar cannot will themselves to die, so Magic Knights are there solely for that purpose: to don the Rune God and kill the current Pillar of Cephiro, as death is the only way for the Pillar to abandon their duty.
The Knights resist at first, but tearfully give in when Emeraude begs them to send her to "where she may think only of Zagato" and be with him. Emeraude dies, using the last of her power to send them home to the exact moment they disappeared from Tokyo Tower. The last image of her they see is her purified adult self in Zagato's arms, smiling sweetly and thanking the Knights for granting her last wish.
Trivia[]
- Princess Emeraude is named for the Mitsubishi Emeraude.
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