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Crimson Wizard
Crimson Wizard | |
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First appearance | Trials of Mana (1995) |
Latest appearance | Echoes of Mana (2022) |
Japanese name | 紅蓮の魔道師; フランマEoM |
Title(s) | Crimson Wizard |
Faction | The Dragon Lord |
Role | Antagonist |
Gender | Male |
Species | Human |
Status | Dead |
Voice actor(s) | Jpn: Riki Kitazawa, Yuuichi NakamuraToM HD Eng: Jay PrestonToM HD |
The Crimson Wizard is a secondary antagonist and boss in Trials of Mana.
Background
Born with the name Framaus, the boy who would become the Crimson Wizard was an Altenish warlock-in-training who, mocked by his peers, could not adequately wield magic. For this, he was eventually driven out of the kingdom. One day, however, he came upon the body of a dying Dragon Lord, who enticed him with the promise of infinite power in exchange for rendering his aid. The boy complied, and rendered unto the Dragon Lord half of his own life force, thus becoming the mightiest mage and one of the most feared men in the world. Now driven to madness, he seeks even more power to put an end to any who tormented him, even going as far as to manipulate his own queen.
History
Trials of Mana
- “A TALENTED MAGICIAN WITH UNTOLD DARK POWER -- As the True Queen's right-hand man, the Crimson Wizard orders the forces of Altena, the Kingdom of Magicians, to attack Valsena. He seeks to release the energy of the Mana Stones for an unknown, wicked purpose.”
- —Square Enix Official Website
The Crimson Wizard returned to Altena, using his newfound power to quickly rise in rank. He was named prime advisor of the Altenian ruler, Valda the True Queen, and supreme commander of the Altenian army. He brainwashed Valda and started ruling Altena through her, ensuring she would take all blame.
The Crimson Wizard inflitrated Castle Valsena at night during Duran's opening gambit, where he killed and wounded several soldier during their guard duty. Alerted by the sound, Duran tracked the trespasser and tried to stop him, but the young trainee was no match for the powerful spellcaster. The Crimson Wizard was about to defeat him when reinforcement was call in the area, prompting him to exit the castle. He left not before mocking Duran and the Hero King for their incompetence, leaving a severe blow to the young soldier's ego. Duran vowed to travel and not to return to Valsena before settling scores with the sorcerer.
During Angela's opening gambit, the Crimson Wizard rallied the altenish troops to wage war against the other nations in order to activate the Mana Stones, pretexing the danger caused by the waning power of Mana, which threatened Valda from keeping the polar country temperate. By releasing the energy of the Stones, the portal to the Sanctuary of Mana would open and allow Altena to seize the fabled Sword of Mana and gain immense magical powers and make the proud country of magicians regain his lost luster. He also made the True Queen summon Angela, daughter and heir to the throne, to inform her of their intention to start releasing the energy of the Waterstone near Altena. To do so, they needed to sacrifice her life in order to use an outlawed forbidden spell needed to activate the Mana Stones. He made it appear as a decision of Queen Valda herself, whose approval Angela craved. Distraught, Angela fled the palace, using magic for the first time of her life. Without delay, the Crimson Wizard ordered to print and spread wanted posters in Alrant, the nearest town, to capture the princess by force and frame her for treason.
After scouting the Valsenan territory, the Crimson Wizard planned the invasion of Valsena and sent troops all over Fa'Diel to unseal the Mana Stones. During his siege in Valsena, he sent altenish mages guarding the bridge in Stonesplit Gap to create a blockade. The chosen and their party members are confronted here and the mages end up using machine golems to blow up the bridge. A while later, the invasion of the city successfully overpowered Valsena's military force. The wizard casted a paralyzing spell on the Hero King and was about to kill him, but was ultimately forced to retreat because of the heroes rushing to the throne room at the last minute.
Searching for the Stones with the Darkshine Knight, the Wizard has Valda sacrifice the soul of fallen mage warriors to break the seal on the Mana Stone of Water. They eventually manage to unseal the eight Mana Stones, while the heroes are battling their armies and gathering the Mana Spirits to reach the Mana Goddess. He also attempted to break into Ferolian territory by releasing the energy of the Moonstone, but the deployment failed and the altenish mages were consumed by Goremand instead.
Circle of Mana
The Crimson Wizard makes a cameo appearance in the online game, along with several other characters from the Mana series. He appears in 8 set of cards.
Rise of Mana
Echoes of Mana
- “As the True Queen's right-hand man, the Crimson Wizard orders the forces of Altena, the Kingdom of Magicians, to attack Valsena. He seeks to release the energy of the Mana Stones for an unknown, wicked purpose.”
- —Square Enix Official Website
The Crimson Wizard was a character and obtainable unit. He had only one variant.
- See also: Crimson Wizard (Flaming Dark Magic)
He also appears in two memory gems.
The Crimson Wizard appears during Chapter 2 of the second season: Mistlefig: Reign of Magic.
General information
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Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Crimson Wizard.
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