Arkana
Arkana/Pandora (パンドラ Pandora) is a Rare Hunter and member of the Ghouls organization, who frequently uses the Dark Magician card in duels. He was once a famous stage magician, with his lovely assistant fiancé, but fell into despair after a dangerous illusion he was performing went awry, scarring his once-beautiful visage to the point where he drove his fiancé away in his anguish. Ruined and depressed for causing his love to leave him, he stumbled from day to day until he met Marik Ishtar, who promised to help him regain the love of his fiancé if he became a Rare Hunter. However, after he was defeated and saved by Yugi Mutou in a duel in which the loser gets his legs chopped off by a buzzsaw (in the English anime, the buzzsaws were changed to Dark Energy Disks that sent the loser's mind to the Shadow Realm upon contact), he realized that the promise was a lie and that, if Yugi had not saved him, Marik would have left him to die. However, Marik banishes Arkana's mind to the Shadow Realm a short time after.
Pandora's name was changed to Arkana in the English anime because "Pandora" is a feminine name in English. "Arcana" is the plural form of the Latin word "arcanus". The English word "Arcane" is derived from that word.
Other Apearances
Arkana has also appeared in the Waking the Dragons arc as a lost soul wandering the sacred circle Yugi ventures through to find his other half.
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