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| Lord of Jewels | |
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 Legend of Mana artwork  Legend of Mana artwork  Legend of Mana artwork  The Teardrop Crystal anime artwork | |
| First appearance | Legend of Mana (1999) |
| Latest appearance | Echoes of Mana (2022) |
| Japanese name | 宝石王 |
| Title(s) | Lord of Jewels Jewel King |
| Faction | His own, alongside Sandra |
| Role | Antagonist |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | deceased |
| Voice actor(s) | Hōchū Ōtsuka (Anime) |
The Lord of Jewels is a major antagonist in Legend of Mana and recurring character in the Mana series.
Background
The Lord of Jewels is an enigmatic character able to create small black holes as everything he consumes become fused with his body. Acting as Sandra's master, he has decided to help her in her quest to save Florina from meeting a certain doom by swallowing the Jumi cores that the Jewel Hunter has stolen. According to legend, should he ingests a thousand cores, he should be able to produce a mythical elixir called the Teardrop Crystal, able to vivify the Clarius of the Jumi.
According to the official Ultimania guide, the Lord of Jewels is a Star, and that he uses the cores of the Jumi in order to evolve into his final form.
History
Legend of Mana
The protagonist meets the elusive fellow inside the Mekiv Caverns during the Cosmo quest, where they and Elazul visit once again to search for Pearl. He points them in the direction where she went to and offering his knowledge about the Jumis and the jewels. He reappears moments after Sandra has scratched Elazul's core, pleading her to stop her senseless violence, to no avail. He vanishes after the commotion, telling the hero not to let the Lapis Knight's stone die.
The Lord of Jewels reappears at the climax of the Teardrop Crystal quest, where he absorbs the last two cores at the bequest of Sandra and transforms successively into Lord of Jewels 999 and 1000. He is ultimately defeated without providing real purpose as the protagonist gives up their life to restore all the Jumis to their original selves.
Circle of Mana
The Lord of Jewels makes a cameo appearance in the online game, along with several other characters from the Mana series. He appears in 1 set of cards.
| Rank | Attribute | Name | Classes | Quote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUR | 魔 | 宝石王 |  奇妙な男 |
 飲み込む男 |
 [光]宝石王 |
 [闇]輝きを見つめる者 |
「石を見ていたのだ。こんな所でも小さな宝石が、美しい輝きを放っている。」 "I was looking at a stone. Even in a place like this, a small jewel gives off a beautiful shine." |
Echoes of Mana
While not physically appearing in the game, the Lord of Jewels was depicted in one Memory gem:
Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal
The Lord of Jewels reprises his role in the anime, but only appears in the final episode instead of showing up first at Mekiv Caverns.
General information
Physical appearance
The Lord of Jewels is a half-man, half-fish creature who sports a large hunchback covered with a deep blue mantle decorated with heavy white ruffle. His face is stuck in a perpetually grim expression and sports wide fins on both sides. The top of his head bears multiple tiny crystals and his official art depicts him holding a large one in his hand.
Personality
Bearing a starkly mournful countenance, the Lord of Jewels is of a melancholic disposition that befits his morose appearance, one that he specifically directs towards the plight of the nigh-extinct Jumi race in the form of pity. This is made evident in his introduction in Cosmo, where he woefully comments on mankind's foolishness in warring over the right to claim ownership over beauty, only to ironically diminish its value in the process due to the lives that are destroyed for its sake. This is, in turn, a clear reference to the human race's heinous hunt for Jumi cores prior to the events of Legend of Mana, one that compels him to empathize with the Jumi.
It is through this same event that one can observe that the Lord of Jewels is a purveyor of that which he considers to be beautiful, seeking to preserve it where possible; when made aware of the fact that Elazul's core has been scratched, the Lord of Jewels warps him to the safe confines of the Hero/Heroine's abode. This fact is further touched upon in Teardrop Crystal, just before he consumes his thousandth Jumi core; he explains that his consumption of the cores will allow him to generate the power necessary to transform them into stars and disperse them into the cosmos, preserving their beauty for all eternity.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Lord of Jewels.
Lord of Jewels 999 encyclopedia entry
Lord of Jewels 1000 encyclopedia entry
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