Seven Star Assassins
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The Shadow Riders, known in Japan as the Seven Stars Assassins (セブンスターズ刺客, Sebunsutāzu Shikaku), serve as the main antagonists of the series' first season, intent on resurrecting the Sacred Beasts. They are composed of seven duelists and their leader of varying origins and backgrounds who each have their own agendas, the Shadow Riders. To see a member's deck go to their section of http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Riders
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History
Enlisted by the elderly Kagemaru in his quest to retrieve his lost youth, the Shadow Riders are a collection of elite duelists who work towards the goal of reviving the Sacred Beast Cards (三幻魔, Sangenma, Three Phantom Demons). Each of the members that Jaden and company face possess a Shadow Charm (闇のアイテム, Yami no Aitemu, Dark Item in the Japanese version), similar to the Millennium Items in terms of supernatural power, but of unknown origin. These relics bestow upon their owners different abilities depending on the Shadow Rider in question. In the past, Kagemaru was forced to seal the Sacred Beasts away behind the Spirit Gates underneath Duel Academy due to their inability to grant his wish at that time. In order to access their true abilities, he bestows upon Chancellor Sheppard the seven keys capable of unlocking the Spirit Gate, and pits his subordinates against the school's finest to create the strong dueling presence needed to resurrect the Sacred Beasts.
Members
== Nightshroud == Nightshroud, known in Japan as Darkness (ダークネス, Dākunesu), is the first of the Shadow Riders to challenge Jaden, and the owner of the other half of the Shadow Charm pendant in Jaden's possession. Nightshroud sets a Shadow Game in which the loser would have his soul sealed in a card. When defeated, Nightshroud's soul which represented by the mask is sealed away, and Atticus, who had been the dark personality's vessel, is freed. During the Genex tournament, Atticus uses Nightshroud's Deck in hopes of convincing his friend, Zane, that the dark path taken by a duelist is a terrible course. As a result, Nightshroud's influence that lay dormant within his cards is once again able to take control of Atticus, only to be permanently banished following his defeat. However he makes a subsequent return in the fourth year after Jaden challenges Atticus to a rematch to discover Nightshroud's secrets. Atticus also has nightmares about the day he became Nightshroud's host, which reveal he was not the first or only person to take up Nightshroud's soul. Adding to the mystery, while visiting the arena underneath the Abandoned Dorm, Atticus is attacked by Yusuke Fujihara, knocking him unconscious in the process. After he recovers, Jaden visits Atticus in the nurse's office and Atticus comes up with the idea of having Jaden duel Nightshoud (despite the obvious dangers) in order to uncover the entity's origins, which he does (Jaden wins again so Atticus stays free from Nightshroud); turns out, Yusuke had learned about the entity before the incident at the Abandoned Dorm, heading to the Dorm's subterranean duel arena in order to perform a ritual to free it and gain its power. However, Atticus, Yusuke's friend, followed him and interrupted the ritual, which fatally injured Yusuke and forced the boy to make Atticus its host in vengeance. Atticus resisted Nightshroud's influence from then on, until he was forced to embrace it and become its host in order to survive the Dorm's events. Nightshroud is the most appearered Shadow Rider making apperances in Episodes 29, 30, 89 and in flashbacks in season 4. Nightshroud plays a "Red-Eyes B. Dragon"-based Dragon Deck. It focuses on quickly summoning "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon" and strengthening it by placing a large number of Dragon-type monsters in his graveyard.
Camula
Vampire Camula (吸血美女 (ヴァンパイア) カミューラ, Banpaia Kamyūra) is a female vampire who is the second of the Shadow Riders. She’s very serious when it comes to dueling for she hopes to revive her race from its destruction by the people of Medieval Times. Camula is voiced by Bella Hudson in the English dubs and Kanako Irie in the Japanese version. Camula's name is derived from the name of Joseph Sheridan le Fanu's novel, Carmilla.
Her name comes from Carmilla, a vampire story that predates Bram Strokers Dracula. It was first published in 1872, printed in a magazine called dark blue. There are hints of lesbianism throught the book but, it is harder to detect since the book was from a more conservative era.
Character Bio
She had been asleep within her coffin until Kagemaru uncovered it and invited her to join the Shadow Riders. She captures the souls of her opponents following their losses within dolls to fuel her cause, and uses the Shadow Charm choker around her neck to bet the souls of others in conjunction with the Shadow Game-exclusive Illusion Gate, (a powerful card that requires her to give a soul to the Sacred Beasts if she loses after playing it, but it has the power to over up anyone's she wishes) to ensure victory. She manages to obtain the keys off Crowler and Zane, but during her duel with Jaden, her Shadow Charm's power is negated by the completed item that Jaden possesses. Out of over self-confidence, Camula places her own soul on the line (in the Japanese version, she does not have a choice because the card was already activated), and it is dragged into the Gate after she loses, leaving her body an empty husk which crumbles into dust.
Deck
Camula plays a Vampire-orientated Zombie Deck. Several of her monsters such as Zombie Werewolf and Vampire Bat can feint revival by either summoning or discarding additional copies of themselves when destroyed through battle. Camula is also able to combine the recursion ability of Vampire Genesis with Genesis Crisis to repetitively raise her undead army from the Graveyard.
Tania
Tania (アマゾネス・タニヤ Amasonesu Taniya) is an Amazoness who is the third of the Shadow Riders.
Character Bio
Unlike most of the Shadow Riders who are quite malicious toward their opponents because they often put the opponent's and the opponent's allies at stake in conjunction with their own (such as the aforementioned Camula and her Illusion Gate card) Tania does not resort to such dark tactics. Instead she uses her expert manipulation romance skills. Through sweet-talking and strong alludes to romance she is able to distract her opponents and obtain victory. She falls in love with Bastion, and after some sweet talking and showing off her amazing dueling skills, defeats Bastion and makes him her bridegroom for a short time until she grows tired of him. (She grows tired of him because after her intial victory over Bastion she duels him repeatedly and dumps him because she is able to defeat him so easily and claims she wants "Someone who can duel at her level" After dueling Jaden and losing she confesses she is unable to be with someone as strong as him although she came within 1000 points of winning.) She fights Jaden in a soul match with the effect of Amazoness Arena, and later reveals her true form to be that of a white tiger, using a Shadow Charm gauntlet she obtained from joining the Shadow Riders to assume human form to find a worthy duelist to be her husband. She eventually resumes her true form and runs off. During the third year, she appears before Jaden and his group while they are in the middle of their search for the missing Jesse. She was returned to her human form when she was sucked into the second alternate dimension since their last visit. She serves as their guide through the first town they encounter, and stays behind with Bastion after Jaden liberates the town. Tania also has a pet tiger named Bass, who resembles the "Amazoness Tiger".
Deck
Tania's Amazoness cards, based off the Amazons of Greek mythology, are divided into two decks: Courage and Knowledge. She uses the Knowledge deck against Bastion Misawa, and the Courage deck against Jaden Yuki.
Don Zaloog
Don Zaloog (首領－ザルーグ Shuryō Zarūgu) is the fourth of the Shadow Riders. In the English version, Zaloog is voiced by Darren Dunstan, while Taiten Kusunoki takes the role in the Japanese version.
Character Bio
Zaloog is actually a Duel Monster spirit of Don Zaloog brought to life by the power of the Shadow Charm eye patch he wears. He is also the leader of the band of thieves known as the Dark Scorpion Gang (Black Scorpion Graverobber Gang; 黒サソリ盗掘団, Kurosasori Tōkutsu-dan), who were also brought to life by the item. Zaloog is sort of a Robin Hood figure, as he steals from the rich and never hurts or kills anyone. He masquerades as a detective named Detective Zaloog (Police Inspector Manguer in the Japanese version), sent to assist the students in hiding the remaining spirit keys, while his posse work on taking the keys incognito. (Chick The Yellow posed as a new Slifer Red student named CC Meanae The Thorn posed as the school nurse, Gorg The Strong posed as a janitor and Cliff The Trap Remover posed as a security guard.) However, since they fail to obtain the keys in a duel, they are unable to unlock the spirit gate of the Sacred Beasts. When Zaloog and his gang are discovered, he and Chazz duel with all the remaining keys on the line. In the end, he and his cohorts are defeated, and the power of his Shadow Charm is nullified. After reverting back to their spirit forms, the Dark Scorpions join the many weak monsters in Chazz's care, to the young duelist's annoyance.
Deck
Zaloog plays a Dark Scorpion Deck, themed on bringing together the members of the Dark Scorpion Gang and triggering their five effects in unison, with support from cards such as Mustering of the Dark Scorpions and Dark Scorpion Combination.
Abidos The Third
Abidos the Third (アビドス3世, Abidosu San-sei) is an ancient pharaoh who never lost a single duel who is the fifth of the Shadow Riders.
Character Bio
Abidos regained physical form through the powers of the Shadow Charm headband he wore. With an army of mummies, Abidos gathers Jaden and company on his celestial yacht for a duel. During the duel with Jaden, Abidos realizes that the only reason he kept winning was because his opponents always lost on purpose, simply because he was pharaoh. Jaden, however, manages to give Abidos a real duel in which the opponent actually tries to win. Satisfied with his defeat, Abidos departs for the afterlife, giving Jaden his Shadow Charm, the latter making a promise to meet him again in one hundred years time. In the English version, Abidos is voiced by Darren Dunstan, while Mamoru Miyano takes the role in the Japanese version. Although he is over 5000 years old he still has the mannerisms of a young child such as his fiery detestment of losing. His name is derived from the name of the ancient Egyptian city, Abydos.
Deck
Abidos plays a Servants of the Pharaoh Deck, themed on gathering three Sarcophagus cards to summon Spirit of the Pharaoh. Because he is such an ancient pharaoh the majority of his cards are ancient or in other words extremely worn or faded similair to Rafael's Guardian cards.
Titan
Titan (タイタン, Taitan) was a former carny at a circus, but is currently a hit man originally hired by Crowler to deal with Jaden. He captures Alexis and forces Jaden to duel for her life. Despite his reputation of possessing the power of a Millennium Item, it is in fact a fake Millennium Puzzle, and Titan uses various tricks to mimic a Shadow Game. He becomes the victim of a real shadow duel, however, and is dragged into the Shadow Realm, but is saved by Kagemaru under the condition that he will serve as the sixth of the Shadow Riders, wearing a Shadow Charm mask to bind him to the real world. Taking advantage of Alexis' desire to restore her brother's memories, Titan challenges her in the abandoned dorm where they first met. Following his defeat, his soul is pulled back into the pits of darkness. He is voiced by Norio Wakamoto in the Japanese version.
Deck
Titan plays an Archfiend (Demon) Deck, composed largely of monsters based off Chess Pieces, in his first encounter with Jaden, and uses Bullfighter Fiend cards in his duel with Alexis.
Amnael
Amnael (アムナエル, Amunaeru) is the seventh and final Shadow Rider, who challenges Jaden to a duel. "Amnael" is actually a pseudonym used by Lyman Banner, who eventually reveals his body to be is a crumbling homunculus vessel. Banner overpowers his former pupil, but Jaden manages to defeat him. After giving Jaden his Shadow Charm, the Emerald Tablet, Banner is reduced to dust, along with his original mummified body. His spirit, however, lives on in the body of his cat, Pharaoh.
Deck
Amnael plays an Alchemy Deck, which draws a relationship between the science and universe. His strategy relies on the removal of his own cards from the game, supported by the special summoning of Alchemy Beasts (Alchemic Beasts; 錬金獣, Renkinjū), based off common base metals and animals used in alchemy to transmute and refine gold, and the Alchemic Processes, based off four of the seven main stages in transmutation, falling under calcination, dissolution, separation, conjunction, fermentation, distillation, and coagulation. In the Japanese version, the positions of the two words making up each Alchemic Beast's name are inversed, as well as "the" being omitted entirely. (Their names, as well as the names of the Alchemic Processes, are not hyphenated.)
Kagemaru
Kagemaru (影丸) is the leader of the Shadow Riders and former superintendent of Duel Academy. In horrible health, he hoped to attain eternal youth by sacrificing Duel Monster spirits to the Sacred Beasts. During his duel with Jaden, his youth gradually returned. After being defeated, however, he returned to his aged state. He then promised to renounce his former ways and asked for forgiveness, which Jaden was happy to give. Kagemaru was last seen being carried to the hospital by helicopter. In the fourth season, Kagemaru returns to Duel Academy with Sartorius to tell Jaden that they have sensed a crisis that might happen somewhere down the road.
The "Kage" portion of his name is derived from the Japanese word "kage" (影), meaning "shadow." In the English version, David Willis plays the old, frail Kagemaru while Marc Thompson plays the young Kagemaru. In the original Japanese version, Mugihito plays the old Kagemaru while Nobutoshi Canna plays the young one.
Deck
Kagemaru's plays a Sacred Beast Deck. He carries a basic Fiend Deck to support Raviel, and plenty of Spell and Trap Cards to support Uria and Hamon.
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| Antagonists | Society of Light - Professor Cobra (Professor Viper) - Martin Empire - Haou the Supreme King - Brron, Mad King of Dark World - Yubel - Trueman | |||||||
| Other | Ed Phoenix (Aster Phoenix) - Johan Andersen (Jesse Anderson) - Amon Garam (Adrian Gecko) - Austin O'Brien (Axel Brodie) Jim Crocodile Cook - Yusuke Fujihara - Duel Academy Staff - (Mizuchi Saiou) Sarina Minor Characters - Manga only Characters - Duel Monsters Spirits | |||||||
