Prince of Mavolia

The Prince of Mavolia, addressed as His Dark Majesty in-game, is a non-player character in Trials of Mana and the primary antagonist of his own storyline.

As told by the demoness Belladonna, His Dark Majesty was once the human prince of a kingdom adjacent to Laurent, whose remains include the Dark Castle. The boy would be cast out of his human family, at which point demons took him in and reared him as their future ruler. These same demons raised an army against the previous king of the realm, and the Prince usurped the throne. He then turned his aggression on the mortals who rejected him. Humans ultimately won, and reduced his defeated body to ash, whereupon his most loyal followers including Belladonna and the vampire Malocchio recovered the remains.

As the influence of mana begins to wane by the time of the story, Belladonna and Malocchio search for a way to revive their master with the power of the Tree of Mana, in order that he might rule over all realms.