Millennium Rod (manga)
The Millennium Rod (
The Millennium Rod is one of the seven Millennium Items, which were created to help Egypt defend from foreign invaders.
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History
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Ancient Egypt
The Millennium Items were created using shadow alchemy and a sacrifice of human lives in the Kul Elna massacre, in order to protect the Egypt from foreign invaders. The first holder of the Millennium Rod was a High Priest.[1]
The Millennium Tauk was later passed onto the High Priest, Seto.
Akhenaden acquired all the Millennium Items and placed them in the Tablet of the Pharaoh's Memories, as part of a dark pact with Zorc Necrophades to gain power. He became the High Priest of Darkness and waged war with Atem.[2]
Tomb Guardians
The Millennium Items were looked after by generations of Tomb Guardians, with the Rod and Tauk falling into the care of the Ishtar family.[3] They saw it as their mission to safeguard the Millennium Items until they could give them to the reincarnation of the Pharaoh's soul.[4]
Battle City
Marik Ishtar possessed the Millennium Rod and used it to implant a bit of himself in the Rare Hunters, allowing him to control them remotely.[5]
After Dark Yugi defeated a Rare Hunter in the Battle City tournament, Marik took control of the Rare Hunter using the Millennium Rod, in order to introduce himself to Dark Yugi.[5] He demonstrated the power of the Rod by making the Rare Hunter do a humiliating dance.[6]
Similarly, following Pandora's defeat to Dark Yugi, Marik used the Millennium Rod to take full control of him. This time he introduced himself to Yugi Mutou. When he was done, Marik saw Pandora as a loose end that needed tidying up, so used the Millennium Rod to look through the network of Pandora's memories. He found two times he contemplated suicide, forced those memories to resurface and stirred them up a bit, with the intention of having Pandora take his life once he released control of his body.[7]
Rite of the Duel
Atem placed the Millennium Rod along with the other six Millennium Items into the Tablet of the Pharaoh's Memories in the Shrine of the Underworld. This caused him to split into a separate body from Yugi, so that the two may face each other for the Rite of the Duel.[8] By experiencing defeat, Atem was deemed ready to pass on. His passing through the door to the afterlife, caused the Tablet of the Pharaoh's Memories to break and fall into the depths of the earth, taking the Millennium Items with it.[9]
History of possession
| Holder | Means of acquisition |
|---|---|
| High Priest | First holder, after the Millennium Items were created |
| Seto | Succeeded his predecessor as High Priest |
| Akhenaden | Took to summon Zorc Necrophades |
| Seto | Recovered |
| Tomb Guardians | Safekept |
| Ishtar family | Last of the Tomb Guardians to watch over it |
| Marik Ishtar | Took |
| Yugi Mutou | Given to |
| Nobody | Buried in the Shrine of the Underworld |
References
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 308 (Millennium World Duel 30): "The Birth of the Millennium Items!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 305 (Millennium World Duel 27): "Ruler of Shadows!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 214 (Duelist Duel 155): "The Cursed Bloodline!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 233 (Duelist Duel 174): "Duel in the Dark!"
- ↑ a b Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 154 (Duelist Duel 95): "To Destroy a Deck"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 155 (Duelist Duel 96): "Millennium Battle"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 165 (Duelist Duel 106): "The Tablet of Memories"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 338 (Millennium World Duel 60): "The Rite of the Duel!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 343 (Millennium World Duel 65): "The Journey of the King"
