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Villain Overview

Power is the purest and most beautiful law in the natural world. Survival of the fittest is how all creatures live. From Darklings to Dragons. Only you Humans use your so called "reason" to deny the truth. But, power is the only thing that matters in the end.
~ Vearn's social darwinist beliefs.
You are still missing the point. The truth is that peace can only ever be maintained by the enforcement of a great power. A power wielded only by the Gods. My home, the underworld, is a realm that exists deep in the earth below your own. Everywhere you look, nothing but barren rock and boiling magma. What's more, the sun, the source of all life cannot shine below. The sun, such a magnificent power. But, the Gods granted the sun and the surface world to the Humans. Banishing Darklings and Dragons to the underworld simply because the Humans were that much weaker. If that was justice then our power is justice as well. So I waited. Thousands of years passed in that time. All the while I honed my skills to annihilate your world. Soon, it will be no more and the sun will finally shine. I will bring it to the underworld. When that happens, I...I shall become the true god of the realm and then the great folly of the old gods will be corrected at last.
~ Vearn elaborating his millennia long years plan to the Heroes.

Vearn, also known as the Dark King (The Great Demon King in Japanese), is the main antagonist of the Dragon Quest spin-off manga Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, and its 2020 anime adaptation. He is a demonic god ruling the infernal Underworld, often called Nadiria in the Dragon Quest lore, and intends to destroy the Surface World so the sun would shine upon his realm. He revived and recruited the Dark Lord Hadlar to build an unstoppable Dark Army, only to be opposed by the disciples of the Great Hero Avan.

In Japanese, he was voiced by the late Kenji Utsumi in the 1991 anime as his elderly form, Takaya Hashi (who also voiced Kakuzu) in the 2020 anime as his elderly form, and Takehito Koyasu (who also voiced Dio Brando, Zeke Yeager, Zechs Merquise, Seifer Almasy, and Nobuyuki Sugou) in the 2020 anime as his young/true form. In English, he is voiced by Paul Dobson (who also voiced Block, Doctor Doom, Shuma-Gorath, D-Structs, and Naraku) in the 2020 anime as his elderly form, and Alex Zahara (who also voiced Druig, Mystvearn, and Shinsuke Takasugi) in the 2020 anime as his young/true form.

Appearance[]

Vearn remains hidden in shadows until around the half of the series, always appearing behind a thin veil. He is seen as a tall and threatening being with big, glowing red eyes and horns all over his head.

Vearn is much less impressive in person, calling himself, "ancient and haggard", with vassals and enemies alike doubting his might upon first seeing him. He is a very tall, elderly humanoid with beige skin, clawed hands, black curved horns, pointed ears, a wrinkled face, and dark eyes with a third on his forehead, glowing red when releasing power. He sports long grey hair, with two long strands framing his face and a pointed beard.

He wears a long white robe, a red and golden breastplate with large black shoulder-pads, to which a greyish-teal cape with yellow trimming is fixed to expand his frame, and an elaborate crown figuring evil eyes surrounded with horns, that looked like his own back when he was only half-seen.

When Vearn fuses back his elderly and youthful halves, he is rejuvenated and becomes much taller and more muscular, now being around thrice as tall as a pre-teen. His horns straighten, his hair becomes silvery and unruly with his locks thinner, and all his eyes become golden. He wears white trousers and a jacket instead of his robe and cape and a purple tunic, ornate with the same patterns, as well as iron boots, large bangles and smaller shoulder pads.

Finally, when Vearn tears out his third eye and plants it on his chest, he assumes his most powerful form called the Sovereign Supreme: a gigantic demon over thirty meters tall, covered in crustacean-like armoured skin and scaly patches, with large three-fingered hands and prehensile feet, elongated shoulders and a huge, bloodshot eye open at heart-level; with the chest and shoulders covered in rocks forming stalactites. The head is entirely formed in rock, with two long horns, points all over his skull and glowing red eyes, reminiscent on what he looked like back when he was only half-seen.

In fact, Vearn does not exactly transform, the Sovereign Supreme being formed around his normal self; fusing with it and encasing it on the gigantic feral beast of terror 's forehead. Yet, the beast becomes one with Vearn's body and the metamorphosis cannot be reverted.

Personality[]

Whether it is on the chessboard or the battlefield, a true victor must move their pieces without revealing their intentions. Until the final move, that is.
~ Vearn's strategy.
Vearn Terrifying

Vearn's menacing and terrifying disposition.

Fitting the typical Dark Lord, Vearn is callous and imposing but very polite, erudite, and refined. He has excellent tastes, enjoying fine wine and chess. He is collected and patient, and being eternal can wait millennia to enact his goal, never losing control even when livid.

He is very confident in his power, though completely within reason. Moreover, he is very prideful, being irked by insolence and incensed when ridiculed. He dismisses the heroes' attempts as a hopeless struggle, yet would sacrifice everything for victory if pushed to near death. While still poised and cautious, his control finally shatters, relentlessly hunting his foe, with rageful yells and unhinged laughter.

Vearn Admires Hadlar

Vearn admiring Hadlar's audacity towards him and his supreme passion for power.

Contrary to most Dark Lords though, he really respects both his subordinates and his enemies. He fully recognizes his commanders' merit, harshly punishing failures but absolving their mistakes, as long as they remain worthy of his trust. He even admires their unrelenting spirit and passion for power. He has even shown to be generous to his subordinates as he would give them several opportunities to achieve their assigned goals as he believed in their abilities in the long run. For example, with Hadlar, despite his many failures, he offered him a final chance to prove his worth and in doing so Hadlar surpassed the limits of his abilities, and became greatly favored by his liege.

Unlike most of his kind, he harbours no racial discrimination towards other species for being a different breed, he despises humanity for their ignorance and weaknesses yet he is willing to respect and accept them so long as they shared his "pure" belief that "might makes right". For example, he greatly favored the human boy Hyunckel (before his reformation), The Great Hero Avan's first disciple, for his nearly endless hatred towards his own kind and due to sharing the characteristics of a true "Underworld Warrior". He would often comment on how much his "rageful eyes" were magnificent. Despite being vexed, Vearn genuinely respected those who betrayed him, as he respects all those who are strong and he never discriminates between races. This unique positive quality most likely stems from his endless hatred towards the gods, on how they favored the humans over the other races, and so he genuinely proves himself to be quite the opposite.

Vearn Mocks Velzar

Vearn sadistically wounds Velzar's pride after finally making him grovel at his feet.

He recognizes his enemies as threats to his forces (but not to himself) and he is always cautious, unless absolutely certain of his success. As such, he is prone to spare his enemies or to offer them to join his ranks. However, this does not prevent him from being cruel and heartless. He has no qualm about executing anyone who betrayed or failed him. He does respect his commanders, yet views them as servants and does not care for their individual goals. He forces them to serve him over and over without letting them die, and is not above sacrificing them to get rid of his enemies or achieving his goals. Similarly, he often spares his enemies only to make them witness the destruction of everything they stood for.

An absolute social darwinist, Vearn regards might as the absolute justice, with the weak having no right but to be destroyed, dismissing any other views as comforting delusions. As such, he staunchly despises humanity, whom he deems unworthy of the sunlight he covets, that he believes to be the source of all life. Vearn finds lording power over the weak to be common trait among all living creatures, and thus he embraces it and considers those who deny their sadistic nature to be ignorant and blind.

Vearn patronizes Dai

Vearn is a master in psychological warfare as he almost convinced Dai to join him.

He strongly resents the gods, being elated by the prospect of reversing the situation and rising above them. A supreme dark ruler, he has no interest in conquering the Surface World as he always saw it as a "lid" for his dark realm, showing how much he values the realm he has ruled for countless eons, and how he wishes for it to become supreme as it's inhabited by those who follow his twisted social darwinistic ideologies.

Vearn is an atrocious sadist who delights in slaughters and the despair he causes, and most of all forcing foes to confront their flaws and failings, to make them see that everything they did and stood for was in vain. He is as such a consummate master of patronizing speeches, in which he presses on all of his foes' fears and deconstructs every argument used against him to shatter their spirit, made all the gloomier in that he is usually right… Until the tables turn that is. Despite his sadism, he openly admits that his servant Killvearn far surpasses him in that category, feeling unease whenever witnessing his unique morbidness.

Vearn elaborates on his inevitable victory

Even in defeat, Vearn's unparalleled wisdom solidifies his inevitable victory as unlike his enemies, he is eternal.

Vearn is considered to be the wisest being in the Underworld; most of his followers find his enigmatic musings to be beyond understanding yet still accept them, as even his most loathed adversaries greatly respect his wisdom. He is a perfect orator able to talk disillusioned people into his ranks or deduce his foes' train of thoughts, and a highly intelligent master strategist, always taking measures for unpredicted events, planning every move without showing his hand to constantly remain two steps ahead, until nothing stands in his way (or so it would seem). When he reveals his plan in the final battle, everyone is left blindsided.

Upon nearly being killed by a Super Dragonoid Dai, and feeling truly helpless for the first time in his existence, Vearn finally snapped as he decided to adopt Dai and Hadlar's resolve in "abandoning everything for the sake of victory". After transforming into his most powerful form, he lost all shred of sanity as his only goal became to kill Dai no matter the cost even if it meant he would have to remain in his gigantic berserk form forever.

Powers and Abilities[]

As much as I enjoy watching you weaklings struggle to summon your courage, you're only wasting time. It seems like all along I miscalculated the hero and his party's prowess in battle.
~ Vearn

Unsurprisingly for the God of the Underworld, Vearn is frighteningly powerful, his mere presence exerting nigh unbearable pressure. He built up his might for millennia, surpassing the God of Darklings (demons), with the divine Mother Dragon states that even the almighty gods can no longer handle him. Even her offspring, the divine protector of the world known as the legendary Dragon Knight would stand no chance. Only its offspring; a hybrid Dragon Knight (when possessing Twin Dragon Crests) becoming a Super Dragon Knight would be able to equally match the God of the Underworld, yet even at their peak they still struggle against his nigh-omnipotent might. He is immortal, but not invulnerable, though his three hearts enable him to heal any non-lethal wound in seconds, even severed limbs.

Magic and Dark Aura[]

Vearn's magic power is unrivalled, stated to be near limitless. Its source being his third eye called the Sovereign Eye. With it, he can create pretty much whatever he wants, such as a floating half-stone half-metal material used to create his giant palace, a titanic demon-shaped fortress able to move like a living being; and sentient, magic-eating, half-machine half-monster beings. While forbidden magic can spawn sapient constructs from objects or elements, he goes further by turning objects into monstrous life-forms and granting them powers. He can also create next-to-unbreakable seals and expand impenetrable magical fields only letting through those he wants to.

Vearn can infuse things and people with his magic to transform, empower or revive them any way he pleases; open gates in space to teleport or fetch objects; sense presences and see everywhere, showing it to people and making his voice heard there; fly and to levitate people; obliterate things with a gesture; and alter the weather for instance to cause storms, tremors or worse; among many others.

Besides, as the God of the Underworld, he holds supreme influence over Evil. It is heavily implied that his influence makes normal monsters and dragons evil and animates undeads as much, and even more so, than Hadlar's.

Vearn is far and away the mightiest spellcaster of the story, who can cast any existing spell far better than anyone. He needs no time to charge magic and can cast two attack and/or defence spells almost instantly. When he casts the weakest Fire spell Frizz, it creates a minute flame erupting at contact in a monstrous blazing tornado, greatly mightier than a regular Kafrizz (the mightiest Fire spell). In the same way, he can spam a continuous onslaught or a tremendous barrage of Boom spells (mid-level Explosive spells) at variable speed to overwhelm foes, each blast as powerful as a regular Kaboom (the highest level). Whether he is able to do the same with every other attack spell, (the Crack Ice spells, Woosh Wind spells, and Sizz Heat spells) is not known, but it is fair to assume that he can. The Great Hero Avan stated that only Vearn is able to properly cast the forbidden spell: the Secret Spell of Frozen Time.

Vearn also masters Bounce, the mightiest Spell Reflector, and can cast the Megaheal Recovery Spell on himself even after being taken down. His signature and mightiest magic attack is Kaiser Phoenix: a Kafrizz variation conjuring a giant flaming bird attacking as if it were alive and scorching all on its path. Merely releasing his magic unleashes huge and devastating waves around him (dark yellow with black lightning in the anime).

Le sceptre de Véarn

Vearn unleashes the Staff of Edacity.

Vearn owns the Staff of Edacity made of Orichalcos (a divine unbreakable metal) absorbing his magic to turn it into a spear, whose energy blade can cut through everything. Vearn wields it with exceptional proficiency, compensating for his physical frailty. The more magic he puts in, the stronger the blade becomes. He can also increase its size and length and even turn it into an energy barrier, able to withstand every attack.

Vearn can channel his magic power through his staff to use his most devastating attack: Calamitous Wall: a tremendous wall-shaped wave of magic energy, which runs along the ground and obliterates everything in its path.

Vearn also masters Aura (energy stemming from life-force). He only uses Dark Aura fueled by his evil nature, which inflicts wounds that take a long time to heal, even with the mightiest Recovering spells. He can fire beams of compressed Dark Aura (spheres of destruction in the anime) powerful enough to blast enormous holes into a wall, and either frontal or circular waves of Dark Aura of variable might, that can level his surroundings on a wide radius. He can also infuse darklings with his Dark Aura to resurrect them or help them survive. Using it, he can rejuvenate and empower them as he pleases, and revive them indefinitely as he did with Hadlar.

Whole/Original Form[]

In order to live a life as close to eternal as possible, I divided my body into two. This base body retains my wisdom and magic power. And my youth and strength went into this other body. With every full solar eclipse, I recast the Secret Spell of Frozen Time, and keep my body sealed at its peak. And now, the bodies become one again. How many millennia has it been? I forgot long ago.
~ Vearn's elaborating his greatest secret as he becomes "whole" again.

When Vearn fuses back with his young half, he regains his tremendous physical strength which far outstands every limit. He can tear Orichalcos apart with no effort and the pressure caused by his smallest movements is enough to blast huge gaps in stone and crush an entire group of fighters against a wall. Vearn also gains incredible speed and spryness, becoming an unmatched hand-to-hand fighter. Worse, he gets hugely mightier than before, with the pressure he emits making earth rumble and rocks fly around, and no longer needs his staff to cast Calamitous Wall.

He can now fire beams from his third eye that seal those too weak to face him into red jewel spheres called Eyes. Worse, he can strike at distance with tremendous blasts of Dark Aura rending the sky like thunder, and gains two unique techniques of absolute defence and attack: Phoenix Wing, a high-speed palm thrust deflecting back any spell or Aura blast and repelling physical attacks, and Calamitous End, a devastating hand chop concentrating all his strength, slashing through any protection like a hot knife through butter, enough to level a building.

Even worse, he can use the Demonic Guard of Heaven and Earth: a battle stance making him virtually invincible. By staying motionless in a given position, Vearn focuses his power to counter every attack, no matter how many enemies, by unleashing three techniques at the very same second: a defence move, a regular attack and a magic spell. He is always seen using Phoenix Wing, Calamitous End and Kaiser Phoenix but he could most likely use other moves following the situation. However, this technique requires so much energy that he needs a short length of time to recover after using it. In the meantime, he becomes hardly able to move and nearly defenceless.

Sovereign Supreme Form[]

I knew that should I, the source of the Magic Power, do it myself, I wouldn't be able to turn back! Sovereign Rock Castle was meant to be but a toy embodying my impossible dream! But I choose this over defeat! Anything but defeat! This way, the great name of Dark King Vearn can be preserved! (...) To rule the Tri-world as a feral beast of terror is an acceptable option! Dai! Dragon Knight! So long as I defeat you...! Defeating you is everything to me now! Shatter and begone, Dai!
~ Vearn explaining his new found resolve to Dai.
Ki Gan Oh

Vearn's Sovereign Supreme form in the 2020 anime.

When driven to a corner, Vearn implants his Sovereign Eye in his chest, infusing himself with his own power to assume his ultimate form, the Sovereign Supreme. His strength, speed and might skyrocket to unfathomable levels, and his blows get harder to dodge or block due to his enormous bulk. His third eye is protected by its stony eyelid, so it can only be destroyed by targeting Vearn's regular self.

Vearn never spell-casts in this form, but his normal self might still be able to. However, he can hurl a downpour of explosive red rays and homing clusters of them from his shoulders; giant red beams and tremendous onslaughts of purplish energy from his third eye; or he can infuse himself with Dark Aura to boost himself to the maximum.

In Video Games[]

Vearn is a boss in the mobile game A Hero's Bonds and the PS5 game Infinity Strash, adapting the anime. He is very powerful and resilient, even more so in his mightier forms, but little trouble with a strong enough team using powerful moves.

In A Hero's Bonds, Old Vearn uses his normal moves, but he can also fire many spheres of Dark Aura from the sky, a quick barrage of beams, or a power surge blasting all heroes away. Young Vearn's punches and ground smashes create shockwaves, he fires massive Kaboom or Frizz spheres, and casts two mighty moves at once with his Demonic Guard. The Sovereign Supreme lands powerful punches, claw swipes, smashes and kicks, and his eye is vulnerable. He lands a sequence of blows from the manga or Sovereign Eye Beam for massive damage.

In Infinity Strash, Old Vearn is a secret boss. He uses his normal attacks or many circles of Kaboom spells, and spams a massive ring of large Dark Aura spheres around him, many beams circling around him, or a long onslaught of spheres.

Vearn makes cameos in medley games, often as a bonus boss in a turn-by-turn gameplay, but sometimes playable. He is seen in Dragon Quest of the Stars, Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light, Dragon Quest: Monster Parade, Dragon Quest Tact and Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 Pro.

In Dragon Quest Tact, he can use Oppressive Dark Aura to paralyse one target. In Joker 3 Pro, Vearn enters that world out of boredom, promising not to kill the player but to take it over if he wins. He uses unique techniques like Divine Judgment, a thunderstorm, and Abyssal Hand, conjuring a devil's claw from the ground. When defeated, he grants the player a clone of himself as an ally, which can be fused to gain his rejuvenated and Sovereign Supreme forms, and gain unique moves like Perfect Blade, a slicing strike, and the devastating Solar Flare.

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