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'''{{Infobox character| headers = true| image = Dartz2 (2).png| en_name = Dartz''' | other_names = Gozaburo Kaiba (assumed identity) | ja_name = ダーツ ''| romaji_name = Dātsu''| ar_name = دارتز| zh_name = 達姿| gender = Male| age = 10,000+| relatives = * [[Ironheart]] (father)* [[Chris]] (daughter) is the main villain in the ''* [[Waking the DragonsIona]]'' (or ''wife; deceased)| royal_title = King of [[Atlantis]]| reign = circa. 8000 B.C.| predecessor = [[Ironheart]]| previous_occupation = * King of [[Atlantis]]* President of [[Paradius]]/[[Doma'') story arc ]]* Possible president of the second series anime [[Industrial Illusions]]* Possible president of [[KaibaCorp]]| previous_organization = * [[Doma]]* [[Paradius]]* [[Industrial Illusions]] * [[KaibaCorp]] | anime_deck = [[Orichalcos]]| anime_debut = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!. He and this arc do not exist in the |145|ref}}| appears_in_anime = [[mangaYu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']]. He was the last king of the city of Altantis and his history is tied to that of the lost city.| ja_voice = {{voice actors|ja|Yū Emao}}| en_voice = {{voice actors|en|Wayne Grayson}}| de_voice = {{voice actors|de|Björn Schalla}}| ar_voice = {{Voice actors|ar|Ouday Raad}}}}

==Plotline==Ten thousand years ago, Atlantis, an island isolated from the rest of the world, was '''Dartz''' is a perfect civilization. One day, however, meteors rained down upon character in the kingdom. These meteorites were mysterious ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime and powerful stones the main antagonist of the [[OrichalcosWaking the Dragons]], and glowed a bright greenish bluearc. These stones imbued He was the people last potentate of the city of [[Atlantis with ultimate knowledge ]], and power. In just a few years, Atlantis became the most advanced civilization on the planet, even more advanced than his history was tied to the modern world of today. But with power comes corruption and greedlost city.

Ironheart, == Design ===== Appearance ===[[File:Dartz Linework.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dartz' design incorporated multiple layers of clothing and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is the king [[Duelist]] in full regalia from front and side views and alongside views of Atlantis, gave his throne to head from different angles.]][[File:Dartz.png|right|thumb|150px|Full view of Dartz in his son, business clothes.]]Dartz's usual outfit consisted of closed white and blue robes. SoonHis outfit also included a foot length cloak which trailed behind him, padded shoulders, cuffed wrists, a raised collar and a stone that bore the stones symbol of the Orichalcos began to expose the evil in people, turning those with darkness on the inside into monsters on the outsidearound his neck. Dartz witnessed wore piercings on his own wife become a horrid, ugly beastleft ear. Confused and frightened, Dartz consulted He wore a stone fragment of the Orichalcos for guidanceStone in a chain on his forehead. The Orichalcos granted Dartz great power His light blue hair featured a two locked fringe and lent him soldiers trailed to do his biddingnear knee length and was tied at waist length. It also gave him control of a powerful beastDartz originally had gold irises, but after he was corrupted by the Great Leviathan (Orichalcos God in the Japanese version), which would help him he had [[wikipedia:Heterochromia|heterochromic]] irises; his right iris was green and his left was gold. His right eye returned to destroy the world its original gold color after he was defeated by Yami Yugi. During his Duel with Yami Yugi and create Seto Kaiba, he wore a new one that would be free of evil[[Chaos Duel Disk]]. When he at Paradius Inc. Eventually, Dartz became corrupted wore a periwinkle colored suit with red tie and misguidedwhite shoes.

Ironheart and Dartz’s daughter Chris fled and called upon After he gave his soul to the world of Duel Monsters and its guardiansGreat Leviathan, the three Legendary Dragons (in actualityDartz's physical body became glassy, three soldiers whom Dartz had transformed shattering into dragons) for help against powder at a touch. His consciousness inhabited a tiny section of the corrupted Dartz. One dayLeviathan, an army taking the form of goodly magical creatures—including his upper torso messily merged at the three dragons—led by Ironheart met with Dartz’s army of evil Orichalcos soldiers wrists and waist into the Great Leviathan, and 's head (the dub obscures the Battle of Atlantis took place. The battle concluded points where Dartz is merged with neither side being victoriousthe Leviathan). The three dragons were frozen in iceHis skin became purple, and the magical creatures were sent back to their own world. The bestial soldiers of the Orichalcos were destroyedhis eyes fully yellow, and the Great Leviathan was sealed away from this world. The island of Atlantis sank beneath the seawhile his face became mouthless.

The corruption === Abilities ===As the master of the Orichalcos made , Dartz believe was granted powerful magical abilities that rivaled those of the world to be a wicked placeMillennium Items, like materializing Duel Monsters, and that man had an inherent wickedness in Summoning his heart. The transformation the Orichalcos had inflicted on his fellow Atlanteans was, he believed, Soldiers all over the punishment for being wickedworld and also recalling them, as and also the outside of man became as twisted as their insidepower to brainwash others. Dartz was driven to revive also demonstrated the Great Leviathan ability to raze cause weather storms, rain lightning blasts from the worldsky, conjure a sword from nothing, communicate with people telepathically, remote viewing, show visions, so that he may remake it in the image of glorious Atlantisand using telekinesis. And to do soThe Orichalcos also seemingly granted Dartz eternal youth, Dartz required human souls. He proceeded to wander the Earth for the next as 10,000 years, presumably kept alive by the power of the Orichalcos, and knew he had found one of the powerful souls passed since he required when ruled Atlantis and he encountered the Pharaoh Atem in ancient Egypt, witnessing his control of the powers of darkness and his ability to command Duel Monsters. He witnessed the Pharaoh, with Slifer the Sky Dragon pursuing Bakura and his Diabound (episode 206)didn't age at all.

Dartz is also shown to have an extremely strong fighting spirit. It is unclear precisely was so strong that when Dartz began to collect soulshe manifested his fighting spirit during his Duel with Kaiba and Yami Yugi, but eventually, Dartz established a multinational conglomerate named Paradius, which became a well-known, yet mysterious force in the business world. But this they noted he was not the only organization Dartz had formedno ordinary person. He also controlled the Doma Organization (unnamed in the English version)Outside observers like Tristian, Tea, a group formed to gather souls to feed the Great Leviathan by challenging unsuspecting players and Mokuba noted outside observers shouldn't be able to games of Duel Monsters only to have their souls taken by [[The Seal of Orichalcos]], sense a card he had suffused with the OrichalcosDuelist' powers fighting spirit, but they clearly felt his.

For ten thousand years, === Etymology ===The names of Dartz collected the souls of and his adversaries underlings (known as Doma's Three Swordsman in order to fuel the return of the Great Leviathan into this world. With time, the number of souls Dartz had stolen stretched into the millions, thanks in part to his minions, his most recent being [[Rafael]], [[Valon]] (VaronJapanese version), and are drawn from [[Alisterwikipedia:The Three Musketeers|The Three Musketeers]] (Amelda), a gang of Duel Monsters players called Doma; Dartz's Three Swordsmen whose lives Dartz manipulated to make them feel only hatred, molding them to be ideal servants to his cause. He gave them each a small fragment of the Orichalcos, which can be used to break the Seal of Orichalcos name is derived from outside [[wikipedia:Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan#Portrayals in case of emergencyfiction|d'Artagnan]].

Once aware of the fact ==Biography=====History===Ten thousand years ago, Atlantis, an island that was isolated from the Pharaoh had been reincarnated and his spirit revived in rest of the present world, was a perfect civilization. One day, Dartz began his plan to take his soul by stealing however, meteors rained down upon the kingdom. Those meteorites were mysterious and powerful [[Egyptian God CardsOrichalcos Stone|Stone]], using their power along with human souls to revitalise s of the Leviathan. Subsequently, [[Yugi MutoOrichalcos]], [[Seto Kaiba]] and [[Joey Wheeler]] freed and unite forces with the Legendary Dragons as the souls of both them and their friends come under threat. Events eventually converge on glowed a duel between Yami Yugi, Kaiba, and Dartz, in which Yami Yugi claims victory by unlocking the power of the Legendary Dragons and returning them to their true formsbright greenish blue. Kaiba, Joey and Yugi's souls are freed from Those stones imbued the clutches people of the Leviathan. However, Dartz sacrificed his own soul, Atlantis with his body reduced to dust, to give Leviathan enough ultimate knowledge and power to fully resurrect and raise Atlantis once more. In the ensuing battlejust a few years, Yami Yugi freed Atlantis became the spirits of the Egyptian Gods from within most advanced civilization on the Leviathanplanet, and together, they destroy it, freeing all was even more advanced than the captive soulsmodern world. However, a trace of its darkness remains, along with Dartz's soul, which Yami Yugi is able to banish, freeing Dartz from the influence of the Orichalcos and allowing him to be reunited with the spirits of his father power came corruption and daughter. As Atlantis sank beneath the waves, Dartz's spirit was finally freed to be with his familygreed.

== Notable Dueling Cards ==Dartz's deck is based almost entirely around [[Ironheart]], the OrichalcosKing of Atlantis, with gave his most important Spell Cards designed throne to either summon or enhance his son, Dartz. Soon, the power stones of the sealOrichalcos began to expose the evil in people, and many of his turned those with darkness on the inside into monsters named after and presumably linked to on the evil stoneoutside. In keeping with this theme, Dartz witnessed his cardsown wife, like the Orichalcos[[Iona]] become a horrid, become stronger and more influential as ugly beast. (In the duel progresses. Kyutora and Gigas both get stronger when destroyed, Divine Serpent has infinite ATK/DEF pointsJapanese version, she attacked him and the cards Deuteros and Tritos both increase life points every turnhe was forced to kill her with his sword.)

Confused and frightened, Dartz consulted a stone of the Orichalcos for guidance. The Orichalcos granted Dartz great power and lent him the [[Orichalcos Soldier]]s to do his bidding. It told him to resurrect an ancient mystical beast known as [[the Great Leviathan]], which would help him to destroy the world and create a new one that would be free of evil. Dartz became corrupted and misguided. Ironheart and [[Chris]], (Dartz's daughter) fled and called upon the world of [[Duel Monsters]] and its guardians, the three [[Legendary Dragon]]s (in actuality, three soldiers whom Dartz had transformed into dragons) for help against the corrupted Dartz. One day, an army of benevolent magical creatures—including the three dragons—led by Ironheart, met with Dartz’s Army of the Orichalcos Soldiers and the Great Leviathan, and the Battle of Atlantis took place. The battle concluded with neither side victorious: The three dragons were frozen in ice, the magical creatures were sent back to their own world, the Soldiers of the Orichalcos were destroyed, the Great Leviathan was sealed away from the world, and Atlantis sank beneath the sea. The corruption of the Orichalcos made Dartz believe that the world was a wicked place, and that humans had an inherent malice in their hearts. The transformation that the Orichalcos had inflicted on his fellow Atlanteans was, he believed, the punishment for being evil, as the outside of man became as twisted as their inside.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|178|ref}}</ref> Dartz was driven to revive the Great Leviathan to raze the world, so that he may reconstruct it in the image of glorious Atlantis. To do so, Dartz required human souls.  Dartz wandered the Earth for 10,000 years, presumably kept alive by the power of the Orichalcos. He knew that he had found one of the powerful souls that he required when he encountered the [[Pharaoh Atem]] in ancient Egypt, and witnessed his control of the powers of darkness and his ability to command Duel Monsters. He also witnessed the Pharaoh, with [[Slifer the Sky Dragon (character)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]] pursuing [[Thief King Bakura]] and [[Diabound]]. While Dartz did not seem to fear Zorc nor see him as a threat, he could not capture the Pharaoh's soul because Bakura and [[Zorc Necrophades]] were in his way, so he had to wait another 5000 years (3000 in the Japanese version) to capture the Pharaoh's soul.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|180|ref}}</ref> It was unclear precisely when Dartz began to collect souls, but eventually, he established a multinational conglomerate that was named [[Paradius]], which became a well-known, yet mysterious force in the business world. But that was not the only organization that Dartz had formed. Dartz also controlled the [[Doma]] Organization (Paradius in the English version), a group formed to gather souls to feed the Great Leviathan by challenging unsuspecting players to games of Duel Monsters only to have their souls taken by "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]", a card that he had suffused with the Orichalcos' power. For ten thousand years, Dartz collected the souls of his adversaries and many innocents in order to ensure the return of the Great Leviathan into the world. With time, the number of souls that Dartz had stolen stretched into the millions, thanks in part to his underlings. ===Waking the Dragons===Monster [[File:IronheartChrisSky.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Dartz's family aiding his enemies.]]Dartz's underlings, [[Rafael]], [[Valon]], and [[Alister]], a trio of ''Duel Monsters'' players (called Doma's Three Swordsmen in Japan) had their lives manipulated by him to make them feel only hatred, and molded them to be ideal servants to his cause. Dartz gave them each a small fragment of the Orichalcos, which could be used to break the "Seal of Orichalcos" from outside in case of emergency, and gave them magical abilities that rivaled the [[Millennium Items]]. Once aware of the fact that the Pharaoh had been [[Yami Yugi|reincarnated]] and his spirit revived in the present day, Dartz began his agenda to take his soul by freezing over the Tablet of Memories, and prevented the Pharaoh from remembering his own past. Later, he ordered his minions to steal the [[Egyptian God]] Cards, and used their power along with human souls to revitalize the Leviathan. Subsequently, [[Yugi Muto]], [[Seto Kaiba]], and [[Joey Wheeler]] released and joined forces with the Legendary Dragons as the souls of both them and their friends came under threat. Dartz's surviving family, Ironheart and Chris assisted Yami in recovering his self-confidence and the trust of "[[Timaeus]]". Events gradually converged on a Duel between Yami Yugi, Kaiba, and Dartz, in which Yami Yugi claimed victory by releasing the power of the Legendary Dragons and returned them to their human forms. Kaiba, Joey, and Yugi's souls were emancipated from the clutches of the Leviathan.  However, Dartz sacrificed his own soul, and his human body was reduced to dust, to give Leviathan enough power to fully resurrect and raised Atlantis once more with himself combined with the Great Beast. In the ensuing battle, Yami Yugi released the spirits of the Egyptian Gods from within the Leviathan and together they destroyed it, and discharged all of the captive souls. However, a trace of its darkness remained, and revealed the Leviathan's original form, along with Dartz's soul, which Yami Yugi was able to banish, released Dartz from the influence of the Orichalcos, allowed him to be reunited with the spirits of his family, and entered the afterlife as Atlantis sank back beneath the sea. ==Other appearances==* {{Character other appearances}} ==Deck==Dartz played an '''"[[Orichalcos]]" Deck''', which centered on "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]" and its upgraded forms, "[[Orichalcos Deuteros]]" and "[[Orichalcos Tritos]]", both of which added an additional ring to the glyph around the field. Much of his attack force was provided by "[[Mirror Knight Calling]]", who generated "[[Mirror Knight Token]]s" (who copied the [[ATK]] of whichever monster they battled and protected themselves from destruction by removing their [[Shield Counter]]s instead) and Shield Counters for those Tokens that were unprotected. However, Dartz's actual strategy involved "[[Orichalcos Kyutora(anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]", who reduced all [[battle damage]] that he took to 0. The [[Negate]]* d damage was what fueled the ATK of "[[Orichalcos Shunoros (anime)|Orichalcos Shunoros]]". However, "Orichalcos Shunoros" weakened itself very quickly (because it lost ATK after it battled a monster, or if either "[[Orichalcos Aristeros]]" or "[[Orichalcos GigasDexia]]" battled an opposing monster), so as a very last resort, if "Shunoros" was destroyed, Dartz [[Summon]]ed his infinitely strong "[[Divine Serpent Geh (anime)|Divine Serpent Geh]]", but if that monster was destroyed, he automatically lost. {{Decklist|effect monsters =* [[Orichalcos ShunorosDivine Serpent Geh (anime)|Divine Serpent Geh]]

* [[Mirror Knight Token]]* [[Timeater]]* [[Divine Serpent]] ===Spell Cards==|spells =* [[The Seal of OrichalcosImpact Revive]]

* [[Impact ReviveThe Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]* [[Twin-Bow Centaur]]|traps =* [[Martyr Curse]]}} ==Duels=={| class="wikitable card-list"|-! Opponent(s) || Episode(s) || Outcome(s)|-| [[Seto Kaiba]] and [[Yami Yugi]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 177|177]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 182|182]] || Win (Kaiba), Lose (Yami)|} == Trivia ==* The symbol did not appear on Dartz's forehead when "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]" was activated, unlike anyone else who used it.  ==References==<references /> ==Notes==<references group="Notes" /> {{Dartz pages}}{{Characters/ssa}}

===Trap Cards===* [[Martyr CurseCategory:Yu-Gi-Oh! characters]]