Dyluck

Dyluck
Secret of Mana (remake) artwork
First appearance	Secret of Mana (1993)
Latest appearance	Secret of Mana HD (2018)
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Voice actor(s)	JP: Takuya Sato (3D) EN: Sean Chiplock (3D)

Major Dyluck or simply Dyluck is a major supporting character in Secret of Mana. He is the young commanding officer of the Pandoran army and Primm's love interest.

Background

Dyluck was born and raised in Kippo Village, eventually becoming a talented swordsman in Pandora's army and acquiring the title of Major and Captain of the Guard. He quickly courted Primm after their first encounter, bringing her flowers and asking how her day was. The girl even recalls during an inn cutscene when she tripped over a branch and he rushed at her side, even carrying her home. His mother still living in Kippo complains that he is too busy to visit even though the Kingdom of Pandora isn't far from here.

History

Secret of Mana

While Randi was asked by Gemma to meet him at the Water Palace, he come accross a small battalion heading toward a warp pad leading to the Haunted Forest, where a wicked witch has been draining the life energy out of the pandoran citizens. The troop leader is none other than Major Dyluck which he leads to the witch's lair shortly after Randi converses with the guards.

Some time later, Randi meets with a young woman named Primm, where he learns that she's searching for her fiancé Dyluck upon joining the young swordsman. An optional scence in Pandora castle's throne room reveals that Primm's father made a deal with the King to send the captain away from Primm so he can convince his daughter in an arranged marriage to a rich nobleman. This angers the maiden to the point that she vows to not come back at her house until she finds Dyluck.

After reaching the ending of Witch's Castle, they find a numbed up Dyluck being teleported to Thanatos by Elinee. A distressed Primm ask where she has sent him, to which the old crone responds by her magic no working properly on him. She then decided to the Pandora Ruins per Thanatos request. The evil figure is said to be a mystic knight of the Vandole Empire trying to dismantle the kingdom from within. Since most citizen in Pandora have lost their souls, the evil knight will be unstoppable by storming the castle by attacking from the southern ruins. The heroes is then forced to battle Elinee's pet before their devour them. Unfortunately for Primm, Dyluck has already been transported to the ruins and the party must head there to stop the curse one and for all.

After gaining Undine and Gnome's powers from their respective palaces, our heroes finally venture in the ominous southern structure where they see Pamaela, Primm's childhood friend, being excited about being sacrificed. The possessed friend head toward the ruins' entrance and the party is now forced to rescue her alongside Dyluck. There they find Thanatos in the middle of a ceremony chamber, where he praises the trio for defeating Elinee and not being ordinary people. The evil mage proceeds to make Pamaela and Dyluck appear in front of the party, taunting them in the process. He then explains that while the girl has lost all of her energy and is now her faithful servant, the captain was a difficult one to crack and wonders as to why. Thanatos decides to absorb the party's energy but the heroes find themselves victorious after defeating the evil source. His source of human energy being destroyed, Thanatos remarks in a snarky way that Randi is now the new wielder of the Mana Sword before leaving Pandora free from harm while keeping his two young hostages.

Dyluck is not seen or heard again until the party reached the Resistance headquarters in Northtown, where they hear that a person of the same name has been draining the life force of people in the northern ruins here just like in Pandora. As our heroes decide to investigate, they are greeted with a dazed Pamaela who tells Primm that she and Dyluck are a couple now and that she's taking revenge for taking him from her in the first place. Primm then hits her friend to the head, making Pamaela unconsious. The girl is then escorted back by Krissie to a local doctor while the main characters decide to rescue Dyluck once again. After a long and grueling journey through the dark ruins, they finally climb the cental altar where they find a lone Dyluck. Primm is promptly tricked by her possessed boyfriend into giving her life energy, while he explains to Randi and Popoi that his master Thanatos needs her blood. Revolted by his attitude, Randi strikes Dyluck with his weapon in relatiation, snapping the former captain from his trance. He then urges the duo to rescue Primm point a door behind the altar. Making their way to the aformentioned location, they find Primm's body lying before Thanatos, commenting about her strong life force all the while paralyzing the two rescuers. Suddently, a blinding light appear resurrecting the girl and allowing the other two friends to move again. The dark sorcerer deduces that Dyluck must have given her some of her life force which truly impresses him and gives him one more reason to keep the young commander into his grasp. He teleports himself out of the room while leaving his pet Vampire to deal with them. After defeating the nightmarish creature, the party return to the worship room but Dyluck is nowhere to be find. While Randi and Primm are bummed out by this realization, the fact that he is still alive gives Primm enough incentive to continue her search.

After another long gap, Dyluck is mentioned again by a now recoved Pamaela in the Mana Palace after the resurrection of the Mana Fortress. There she explains to Primm that she regrets having said such awful things to her and that seeing Dyluck and Primm together made her feel jealous of their happiness. This was probably the source of her being so easily manipulated by Thanatos in the first place. Primm forgives her friend and the latter hopes party get to Dyluck as soon as possible.

Dyluck is finally found deep within the Mana Fortress under Thanatos' spell yet again. The evil sorcerer reveals that his own body has reached his limit and needs another worthy vessel to house his spirit. As he couldn't take a normal human for his earthly enveloppe would tear it apart, he went on a search for a human born in the shadow of darkness every few decades. It happens that Dyluck's body is one of them and is capable of augmenting his powers beyond comprehension. While the young soldier's powers were sealed as a child, he is no more than a puppet to Thanatos now and he will be housing his evil soul and use the Mana Fortress to rule the world. The magic knight is suddently growing weaker by the minute and must now inhabit his new vessel before collapsing. Primm then lunges toward Dyluck as a way to prevent his possession going further and attack the evildoer. The latter's body vanishes almost instantly, but unfortunately, Thanatos's soul has become one with the major's body. Gloating about his newfound vessel, the possessed Dyluck tries to further his next modus operandi, when suddently finds himself unable to do anything. A otherworldly but familiar voice resonates accross the room, telling Primm to listen to it as it is Dyluck's spirt. His echo says that he cannot speak for too long since Thanatos's energy is too strong, but that he knows a way to defeat the sorcerer. He reveals to the party that Thanatos was once an ancient sorcerer who sold his soul to Maviola in exchange for eternal life. Whil his spirit became eternal, his body slowly decays and he must periodically finds a new suitable host to possess. With each new body, his spirit grows ever darker as it feeds on hatred and destruction. Dyluck's spirt then apologize to Primm, as he cannot join her in the mortal realm anymore and entrust Randi to take care of her. As he finishes his speech, Dyluck uses his last bit of strength to destroy his body, leaving Thanatos without any eveloppe and revealing his true face.

After the final confrontation with the Mana Beast, Primm is found mourning the loss of Popoi and Dyluck alongside Randi in an open snowy field.

Circle of Mana

Dyluck makes a cameo appearance in the online game, along with several Secret of Mana characters.

General information

Physical appearance

Dyluck is depicted as a slender young man with short spiky blond hair. His 3D remake artwork makes him wear a silver sleeveless plate armor with large gardbraces and faulds of the same color. He wears a leather tunic underneath with large flat trimmings decorated with gold accents. He wears leather baggy pants with several fabric pattern sewn on its sides. His arms and feet are protected by metal vambraces, greaves and solerets respectively, only baring his hands. Finally, his weapon of choice is a simple metal sword where he keeps in an indigo and gold scabbard.

Personality

The young major is generally revered by all of his fellow soldiers and pandoran citizens. He is portrayed as infatigable and skilled figher by his men and having a promising future. He is also show to be very observant of his king's orders of defeating the witch, as well as being fond of playing with children when he can make room in his busy schedule. While being depicted as very dutiful and a bit serious-minded in both the original and the remake versions, the latter focuses more on his romantic and gentlemen-like personality thanks to the inn cutscenes. On many occasions, he helped Primm by mentoring him and by tending to her needs during a bad fall. According to her, he is known to never talk down to his fellow soldiers like the other captains, as he is supportive to them and tries to lend a hand when they have problems or concerns. He even is knowledgeable in flower language and horticulture, as he's shown to be able to identify all the flowers during a romantic trip with Primm. Dyluck even said to her that "[he's] happy as long as [he] can make everyone else happy".

Trivia

• A minor character in Sword of Mana named Prince Durac serves as an homage to this character(even having the same Japanese name) to the point of mistaking the old woman Marley for Pamaela after being unfrozen along with Lorimar's citizens when Malyris perishes.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ディラック Dirakku	Durak
Spanish	Dylak
French	Tom (SNES) Durac (Remake)
German	Hagen (SNES) Dulac (Remake)

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	Randi --"Whoa! What's a Rabite doing in a place like this?"
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