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{{Infobox/Character/Startcharacter| headers = true | image name = 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)* [[Iona]] (wife; deceased)| royal_title = King of [[Atlantis]]| reign = circa.jpg8000 B.C.| predecessor = [[Ironheart]]| previous_occupation = * King of [[Atlantis]]* President of [[Paradius]]/[[Doma]]* Possible president of [[Industrial Illusions]]* Possible president of [[KaibaCorp]]| previous_organization = * [[Doma]]* [[Paradius]]* [[Industrial Illusions]] * [[KaibaCorp]] | anime_deck = [[Orichalcos]]| anime_debut = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|145|ref}}| appears_in_anime = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']]| ja_voice = {{voice actors|ja|Yū Emao}} | image size en_voice = {{voice actors|en|Wayne Grayson}}| de_voice = 230px{{voice actors|de|Björn Schalla}} | image caption ar_voice = Dartz{{Voice actors|ar|Ouday Raad}}

'''Dartz''' is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime and the main antagonist in of the ''[[Waking the Dragons]]arc. He was the last potentate of the city of [[Atlantis]], and his history was tied to the lost city. == 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 [[Duelist]] in full regalia from front and side views and alongside views of his head from different angles.]][[File:Dartz.png|right|thumb|150px|Full view of Dartz in his business clothes.]]Dartz' story arc s usual outfit consisted of closed white and blue robes. His outfit also included a foot length cloak which trailed behind him, padded shoulders, cuffed wrists, a raised collar and a stone that bore the symbol of the Orichalcos around his neck. Dartz wore piercings on his left ear. He wore a fragment of the Orichalcos Stone in a chain on his forehead. His light blue hair featured a two locked fringe and trailed to near knee length and was tied at waist length. Dartz originally had gold irises, but after he was corrupted by the Orichalcos, he had [[Yu-Gi-Oh! second series animewikipedia:Heterochromia|second series animeheterochromic]] irises; his right iris was green and his left was gold. His right eye returned to its original gold color after he was defeated by Yami Yugi. During his Duel with Yami Yugi and Seto Kaiba, he wore a [[Chaos Duel Disk]]. He When he at Paradius Inc., Dartz wore a periwinkle colored suit with red tie and white shoes. After he gave his soul to the Great Leviathan, Dartz's physical body became glassy, shattering into powder at a touch. His consciousness inhabited a tiny section of the Leviathan, taking the form of his upper torso messily merged at the wrists and waist into the Leviathan's head (the dub obscures the points where Dartz is merged with the Leviathan). His skin became purple, and his eyes fully yellow, while his face became mouthless. === Abilities ===As the master of the Orichalcos, Dartz was granted powerful magical abilities that rivaled those of the Millennium Items, like materializing Duel Monsters, Summoning his Orichalcos Soldiers all over the world and also recalling them, and also the power to brainwash others. Dartz also demonstrated the ability to cause weather storms, rain lightning blasts from the sky, conjure a sword from nothing, communicate with people telepathically, remote viewing, show visions, and using telekinesis. The Orichalcos also seemingly granted Dartz eternal youth, as 10,000 years had passed since he ruled Atlantis and he didn't age at all. Dartz is also shown to have an extremely strong fighting spirit. It was so strong that when he manifested his fighting spirit during his Duel with Kaiba and Yami Yugi, they noted he was no ordinary person. Outside observers like Tristian, Tea, and Mokuba noted outside observers shouldn't be able to sense a Duelist's fighting spirit, but they clearly felt his. === Etymology ===The names of Dartz and this arc do not exist his underlings (known as Doma's Three Swordsman in the Japanese version) are drawn from [[wikipedia:The Three Musketeers|The Three Musketeers]]; Dartz's name is derived from [[Yu-Gi-Oh! original mangawikipedia:Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan#Portrayals in fiction|mangad'Artagnan]]. He  ==Biography=====History===Ten thousand years ago, Atlantis, an island that was isolated from the rest of the world, was a perfect civilization. One day, however, meteors rained down upon the kingdom. Those meteorites were mysterious and powerful [[Orichalcos Stone|Stone]]s of the last king [[Orichalcos]], and glowed a bright greenish blue. Those stones imbued the people of Atlantis with ultimate knowledge and power. In just a few years, Atlantis became the most advanced civilization on the planet, and was even more advanced than the city modern world. However, with power came corruption and greed. [[Ironheart]], the King of Atlantis , gave his throne to his son, Dartz. Soon, the stones of the Orichalcos began to expose the evil in people, and turned those with darkness on the inside into monsters on the outside. Dartz witnessed his history is tied own wife, [[Iona]] become a horrid, ugly beast. (In the Japanese version, she attacked him and he 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 the lost cityevil. Dartz became corrupted and misguided.

==Character design==Ironheart and [[Image:Dartz Linework.jpg|thumb|left|Chris]], (Dartz' design incorporates multiple layers s daughter) fled and called upon the world of clothing [[Duel Monsters]] and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is its guardians, the three [[duelistLegendary Dragon]] s (in full regalia from front 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 views and alongside views victorious: The three dragons were frozen in ice, the magical creatures were sent back to their own world, the Soldiers of his head the Orichalcos were destroyed, the Great Leviathan was sealed away from different anglesthe world, and Atlantis sank beneath the sea.]]

The corruption of the Orichalcos made Dartz' usual outfit consist of closed white and blue robes, including believe that the world was a foot length cloak which trails behind him, padded shoulders, cuffed wristswicked place, a raised collar and a stone bearing the symbol of the "[[Orichalcos]]" around his neckthat humans had an inherent malice in their hearts. He wears a fragment of The transformation that the Orichalcos Stone in a chain had inflicted on his foreheadfellow Atlanteans was, he believed, the punishment for being evil, as the outside of man became as twisted as their inside. His light blue hair features a two locked fringe and trails <ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|178|ref}}</ref> Dartz was driven to revive the Great Leviathan to near knee length and is tied at waist lengthraze the world, so that he may reconstruct it in the image of glorious Atlantis. To do so, Dartz has [[Wikipedia:Heterochromia|heterochromic]] irises, his right is green and his left is goldrequired human souls.

==Character biography==Ten thousand Dartz wandered the Earth for 10,000 years ago, Atlantis, an island isolated from presumably kept alive by the rest power of the world, was a perfect civilizationOrichalcos. One day, however, meteors rained down upon He knew that he had found one of the kingdom. These meteorites were mysterious and powerful stones of souls that he required when he encountered the [[OrichalcosPharaoh Atem]]in ancient Egypt, and glowed a bright greenish bluewitnessed his control of the powers of darkness and his ability to command Duel Monsters. These stones imbued He also witnessed the people of Atlantis Pharaoh, with ultimate knowledge [[Slifer the Sky Dragon (character)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]] pursuing [[Thief King Bakura]] and power[[Diabound]]. In just While Dartz did not seem to fear Zorc nor see him as a few yearsthreat, Atlantis became he could not capture the most advanced civilization on Pharaoh's soul because Bakura and [[Zorc Necrophades]] were in his way, so he had to wait another 5000 years (3000 in the planet, even more advanced than Japanese version) to capture the modern world of today. But with power comes corruption and greedPharaoh's soul.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|180|ref}}</ref>

Ironheart, the king of Atlantis, gave his throne to his son, It was unclear precisely when Dartz. Soon, the stones of the Orichalcos began to expose the evil in peoplecollect souls, but eventually, turning those with darkness on the inside into monsters on the outside. Dartz witnessed his own wife become he established a horridmultinational conglomerate that was named [[Paradius]], ugly beast. Confused and frightenedwhich became a well-known, Dartz consulted a stone of yet mysterious force in the Orichalcos for guidancebusiness world. The Orichalcos granted But that was not the only organization that Dartz great power and lent him soldiers to do his biddinghad formed. It Dartz also gave him control of a powerful beast, controlled the Great Leviathan [[Doma]] Organization (Orichalcos God Paradius in the Japanese English version), which would help him a group formed to gather souls to destroy feed the world and create 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 new one card that would be free of evil. Eventually, Dartz became corrupted and misguidedhe had suffused with the Orichalcos' power.

Ironheart and For ten thousand years, Dartz's daughter Chris fled and called upon collected the world souls of Duel Monsters his adversaries and its guardians, the three Legendary Dragons (many innocents in actuality, three soldiers whom Dartz had transformed into dragons) for help against order to ensure the corrupted Dartz. One day, an army of goodly magical creatures—including the three dragons—led by Ironheart met with Dartz’s army return of evil Orichalcos soldiers and the Great Leviathan, and into the Battle of Atlantis took placeworld. The battle concluded with neither side being victorious. The three dragons were frozen in iceWith time, and the magical creatures were sent back to their own world. The bestial soldiers number of souls that Dartz had stolen stretched into the Orichalcos were destroyedmillions, and the Great Leviathan was sealed away from this world. The island of Atlantis sank beneath the seathanks in part to his underlings.

The corruption of ===Waking the Orichalcos made Dragons===[[File:IronheartChrisSky.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Dartz believe the world to be a wicked place, and that man had an inherent wickedness in 's family aiding his heart. The transformation the Orichalcos had inflicted on his fellow Atlanteans was, he believed, the punishment for being wicked, as the outside of man became as twisted as their insideenemies. ]]Dartz was driven to revive the Great Leviathan to raze the world, so that he may remake it in the image of glorious Atlantis. And to do so, Dartz required human souls. He proceeded to wander the Earth for the next 10,000 years, presumably kept alive by the power of the Orichalcos's underlings, and knew he had found one of the powerful souls he required when 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 DragonRafael]] pursuing , [[Ryo Bakura|BakuraValon]] , and his [[DiaboundAlister]], however Dartz could not capture the Pharaoha trio of ''Duel Monsters'' players (called Doma's soul because Bakura was Three Swordsmen in his way so he Japan) had their lives manipulated by him to make them feel only hatred, and molded them to be ideal servants to wait 5000 years for his cause. Dartz gave them each a small fragment of the Pharaoh Orichalcos, which could be used to resurface break the "Seal of Orichalcos" from outside in case of emergency, and get his second chancegave them magical abilities that rivaled the [[Millennium Items]].

It is unclear precisely when 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 collect souls, but eventuallytake his soul by freezing over the Tablet of Memories, Dartz established a multinational conglomerate named Paradius, which became a well-known, yet mysterious force in and prevented the business worldPharaoh from remembering his own past. But this was not Later, he ordered his minions to steal the only organization Dartz had formed. He also controlled the Doma Organization (unnamed in the English version)[[Egyptian God]] Cards, a group formed to gather and used their power along with human souls to feed revitalize the Great Leviathan by challenging unsuspecting players to games . Subsequently, [[Yugi Muto]], [[Seto Kaiba]], and [[Joey Wheeler]] released and joined forces with the Legendary Dragons as the souls of Duel Monsters only to have both them and their souls taken by friends came under threat. Dartz's surviving family, Ironheart and Chris assisted Yami in recovering his self-confidence and the trust of "[[The Seal of OrichalcosTimaeus]]". Events gradually converged on a Duel between Yami Yugi, Kaiba, a card he had suffused with and Dartz, in which Yami Yugi claimed victory by releasing the power of the OrichalcosLegendary Dragons and returned them to their human forms. Kaiba, Joey, and Yugi' powers souls were emancipated from the clutches of the Leviathan.

For ten thousand yearsHowever, Dartz collected the souls of sacrificed his own soul, and his adversaries in order human body was reduced to dust, to fuel the return of give Leviathan enough power to fully resurrect and raised Atlantis once more with himself combined with the Great Leviathan into this worldBeast. With timeIn the ensuing battle, Yami Yugi released the number spirits of souls Dartz had stolen stretched into the millions, thanks in part to his minions, his most recent being [[Rafael]], [[Valon]] (Varon)Egyptian Gods from within the Leviathan and together they destroyed it, and [[Alister]] (Amelda)discharged all of the captive souls. However, a gang trace of Duel Monsters players called Domaits darkness remained, and revealed the Leviathan's Three Swordsmen whose lives original form, along with Dartz manipulated 's soul, which Yami Yugi was able to make them feel only hatredbanish, molding them to be ideal servants to his cause. He gave them each a small fragment released Dartz from the influence of the Orichalcos, which can allowed him to be used to break reunited with the Seal spirits of Orichalcos from outside in case of emergencyhis family, and entered the afterlife as Atlantis sank back beneath the sea.

Dartz plays played an '''"[[Orichalcos ]]" Deck''', with his most important Spell Cards designed to either summon or enhance the power of the which centered on "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]"and its upgraded forms, "[[Orichalcos Deuteros]]" and many "[[Orichalcos Tritos]]", both of his monsters named after and presumably linked which added an additional ring to the evil stoneglyph around the field. In keeping with this theme, Much of his cardsattack force was provided by "[[Mirror Knight Calling]]", like who generated "[[Mirror Knight Token]]s" (who copied the Orichalcos, become stronger [[ATK]] of whichever monster they battled and protected themselves from destruction by removing their [[Shield Counter]]s instead) and more influential as the Duel progressesShield Counters for those Tokens that were unprotected. However, Dartz's actual strategy involved "[[Orichalcos Kyutora(anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]" and , who reduced all [[battle damage]] that he took to 0. The [[Negate]]d damage was what fueled the ATK of "[[Orichalcos GigasShunoros (anime)|GigasOrichalcos Shunoros]]" both get stronger when destroyed. However, "Orichalcos Shunoros" weakened itself very quickly (because it lost ATK after it battled a monster, or if either "[[Orichalcos Deuteros|DeuterosAristeros]]" and or "[[Orichalcos Tritos|TritosDexia]]" both increase battled an opposing monster), so as a very last resort, if "Shunoros" was destroyed, Dartz [[Summon]]ed his infinitely strong "[[Life PointsDivine Serpent Geh (anime)|Divine Serpent Geh]] each turn", but if that monster was destroyed, he automatically lost.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%"|-! valign="top" style="background:#800000; color:#FFFF00" colspan="3" | <span style="font-size:1.1em"> Deck </span>|-| valign="top" style="border-top:none;" |{{DynamicNavigationBoxLDecklist|TITLE= '''''<center>[[Monster Cards|Monsters]]</center>'''''|CONTENTeffect monsters =* [[Divine Serpent]]* [[Mirror Knight CallingGeh (anime)|Divine Serpent Geh]]

* [[Orichalcos Kyutora (anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]

* [[Orichalcos Shunoros (anime)|Orichalcos Shunoros]]* [[Timeater (anime)|Timeater]]}} | valign<ref group=Notes name=ritual>This card is [[Tribute]]d from his [[hand]] via "[[Orichalcos Mirror]]"topto Summon " style=[[Mirror Knight Calling]]"borderduring [[Yu-Gi-top:none;" Oh! - Episode 178|{{DynamicNavigationBoxLepisode 178]].</ref>|TITLEritual monsters = '''''<center>* [[Spell Cards|SpellsMirror Knight Calling]]</center>'''''|CONTENTspells =

* [[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]* [[Twin-Bow Centaur]]|traps =* [[Martyr Curse]]

==Duels=={| valignclass="topwikitable card-list" style="border|-top:none;" ! Opponent(s) || Episode(s) ||Outcome(s){{DynamicNavigationBoxL|-|TITLE= '''''<center>[[Trap CardsSeto Kaiba]] and [[Yami Yugi]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 177|Traps177]]</center>'''''|CONTENT=* -[[Martyr CurseYu-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}}