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'''Sartorius''', known in Japan as '''Takuma SaiouSaio''' 「斎王琢磨, (斎王 琢磨 ''Saiō Takuma''」), serves as the main antagonist during the second season ''[[Society of Light (arc)|Society of Light]]'' arc in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''anime, but becomes an ally to the protagonists after thathis defeat. He is a fortune-teller with dual personalities and, under the influence of an alien force [[The Light of Destruction]], he's was poised to remake the world in the image most befitting to the extraterrestrial radiance within him. Parallels can be drawn between him and [[Dartz]], the antagonist of Season 4 of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime|second series anime]], in the sense that they are both influenced by another force which wishes to destroy the world, and are ultimately saved from it by the protagonistentity.
==Design==
===Appearance===[[ImageFile:Saiou Linework.jpg|thumbnail|180pxthumb|left|Sartorius' s design incorporates multiple layers of clothing and a wide range of expressions. Depicted here is the fortune-teller from front, side, and rear alongside views of his head from different angles.]] Sartorius's character design was overseen by Kenichi Hara. His usual outfit consists of the standard Obelisk Blue uniform with a raised and buckled collar and matching cut-offs for his arms and legs. A Deck box is strapped to his right leg, presumably to house his regular tarot Deck. His blue hair is sectioned in two layers, the layer closest to his face a lighter shade of blue than the one behind it, which generally flows as a single unit. Directly above his nose is another section of hair, colored grayish white, and he also wears earrings and a pair of ornaments on either side of his forehead. He carries an [[Academia Disk]] on his left hand despite his initial preference of Dueling on a table, even claiming to have never used a Duel Disk before prior to Dueling [[Tyranno Hassleberry|Hassleberry]].
Interestingly, Sartorius' character design was overseen by Kenichi Hara. His usual outfit consists of the standard donned his Obelisk Blue blue uniform with a raised and buckled collar and matching cut-offs for his arms and legs. A Deck box is strapped to his right leg, presumably to house his regular tarot Deck. His blue hair is sectioned well before enrolling in two layers, the layer closest to his face a lighter shade of blue than the one behind it, which generally flows as a single unit. Directly above his nose is another section of hair, colored grayish white, and he also wears earrings and a pair of ornaments on either side of his forehead. He carries an Academy-issued [[Duel Disk#Academy Duel Disk|Duel Disk]] on his left hand despite his initial preference of dueling on a table.
His natural complexion is flesh-tone; however, with his evil personality in dominance, his skin takes on a more pallid quality. Furthermore, his eyes are more sinister and glazed over by light. When completely corrupted by [[The Light of Destruction]], his hair becomes wild, his face inhumanely twisted, and his teeth elongated.
===Voice and mannerisms===
In the dub, Sartorius's voice is reminiscent of a young [[wikipedia:Hannibal Lecter|Hannibal Lecter]]. Because of his ability to see the future through his tarot cards, his attitude is calm as everything around is predicted from him. He is also very persuasive, able to find each person's character weak spots in order to do his bidding. His original series counterpart occasionally replaces certain Japanese words with anglicisms, the most common being his substitution of the words "shōkan" 「召喚」 and "hatsudō" 「発動」 with "play," an English equivalent to both "summon" and "activate," respectively.
===Abilities===
His primary power was seeing into the future with the aid of his tarot Deck, a divination technique he shares with his sister, [[Sarina]]. He is also a master manipulator who is able to say exactly what is needed to be said to get anyone he or his associates in the Society comes into contact with to do his bidding.
Sartorius wields dark, supernatural powers given to him by the Light of Destruction, including the ability to materialize Duel Monster effects, embed his power into Duel Monster cards, as well as other people, putting them under his control. He can also ward off weak spirits, cast illusions, and temporarily render others immobile. In addition to these skills, Sartorius's "other self" can use light to blast objects and perform telekinesis on them.
He loses all these abilities after the second season.
==Biography==
===History===Sartorius is a mysterious figure introduced in the second year as [[Aster Phoenix]]'s manager, and the leader of the [[The Society of Light]]. On the surface, the aim of Sartorius and his organization appears to be world domination starting with [[Duel Academy]] via expansion of their syndicate, but the man's gravest concerns lie in putting his stalled Wheel of Fate back into motion through the powers of [[Jaden Yuki]] and his childhood friend, Aster, as a means of escaping the destructive future that destiny had set for him. Although this goal was always on his mind, he was pushed towards an ultimate motive of eradicating the "age of darkness" that had befallen the planet. It was his task to blanket the globe in light, destroy it, and kill all its inhabitants in order to restore balance to its imperfect state and create the world or on a greater scale, the universe, anew.
[[File:LightofRuin!Saiou.jpg|thumb|left|Sartorius being infected by the Light of Destruction]]As children, Sartorius and his sister [[Sarina]] were shunned and humiliated by others out of fear of their abilities to tell the future, and driven to run ran away from home. The siblings shared a close relationship which extended into adolescence, and Sartorius searched for hope of escaping his ruinous destiny in a young Aster. [[Image:LightofRuin!Saiou.jpg|thumb|200px|Sartorius being infected by the Light of Destruction.]]
Fearing the corrupt "Ultimate Destiny Card"," the to-be-Pro League king champion ([[The D]] ) sought the kind and caring Sartorius for guidance, but accidentally unintentionally imbued him with the will of a dangerous alien energy known as the '''Dark Light''' / '''Light of Destruction''' 「光の波動 / 破滅の光 ''Hikari no Hadō / Hametsu no Hikari''」 known by the latter name '''Surge of Light''' or '''Light of Ruin''' 「破滅の光, ''Hametsu no Hikari''」 in the Japanese version, which had taken up residence in the card. Like it had in The D, it provoked an onset of dissociative identity disorder, forcing Sartorius to contend with a dominant evil persona. The card would disappear from his possession shortly thereafter.{{-|left}}===Yu-Gi-Oh! GX=======Society of Light====Sartorius tells Aster to go after and Duel Jaden as he wants to see if he was the one. Jaden wins the Duel mostly because Sartorius told Aster to lose the Duel on purpose.
Later after Aster defeated [[Zane Truesdale]] in a Pro League match, Sartorius wields supernatural powers, including the ability to insinuate his spiritual energy into inanimate objects as tells Aster that he did with must Duel Jaden again and Asteragrees mostly because he believes that his [[HERO|Hero]] Deck was better than Jaden's Deck, as well as other people. He can also temporarily render others motionless either from Sartorius secretly implanted a distance or with a single touch. His primary power, however, is seeing part of the Light of Destruction into Aster's Deck to insure that the future with the aid Light of Destruction will place Jaden under its control upon his tarot Deckdefeat. Although Jaden loses, a divination technique he shares with his sister, [[Sarina]], though she instead uses mirrors to channel her powers. He is also a master manipulator, able to say exactly what is needed to be said to get anyone he or blinded of his associates in the Society comes into contact with own cards due to do his bidding. In addition power to these skills, defy destiny which left Sartorius' "other self" displays a form of light-based telekinesispuzzled.
In his debut duelDuel, Sartorius set his sights on [[Chazz Princeton]], frightening his opponent by displaying his ability to see straight through his own cards, and claiming that he already knew the outcome of their battle from the start. He summoned "[[Arcana Force XII - The Hangman (anime)|Arcana Force XII - The Hangman]]", a card most dreaded by Chazz for it represented himself, without so much as a flick of his wrist. Chazz's stagnant fate was brought to a close when he concluded that he still wanted to defeat Jaden, thereby admitting him to the Society of Light.
[[ImageFile:Saiou_season4Saiou GX.jpg|200px|thumb|Sartoriuspossessed by [[The Light of Destruction]].]] He is eventually sought out by Aster in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 100|episode 100]], who breaks into the [[Obelisk Blue]] dorm to find him in the Society of Light' second battle s private Duel field. It is revealed that Aster made a promise to his friend when they were young to save him from his destiny of becoming a destroyer and that [[The D]] was indeed the visitor that imbued him with the Light of Destruction, but merely by accident, as he came before the fortune teller due to his fear of the corrupt [[Ultimate D-Card]]. As Aster is about to give Sartorius his key to the satellite, Jaden intervenes and tells him its true purpose, prompting Aster to wager it in a Duel instead. Recognizing the present Sartorius as an impostor posing as his lost companion, he struggles against Jadenthe Arcana Force monsters who deny him control over his fate by stopping their own rotations in their master's favor.Although Aster makes a comeback with timely help from Good Sartorius , [[The Light of Destruction]] unleashes "[[Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler (anime)|Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler]]" to end the Duel.
==Voice/Mannerisms==Darkness==== In the English version, Sartorius' voice is reminiscent of a young [[WikipediaFile:Hannibal LecterSaiou_season4.jpg|Hannibal Lecterthumb|left|Sartorius's rematch against Jaden]], while his original series counterpart occasionally replaces certain Japanese words Sartorius returns to Duel Academy with anglicisms, [[Kagemaru]] to tell Jaden that they have sensed a crisis that might happen somewhere down the most common road. They also convince Jaden (who is planning to leave Duel Academy) that he should not leave the island because they sense the interdimensional energy that builds up and is released in the area around Duel Academy being his substitution the cause of all the words "shōkan" 「召喚」 and "hatsudō" 「発動」 with "play," an English equivalent to both "summon" and "activate," respectivelyodd incidents.
The meeting is cut short when [[Trueman]] appears, threatening the three. Sartorius and Kagemaru escape by helicopter while Jaden Duels Trueman. Later on, he is blackmailed by Trueman into challenging Jaden to a rematch in order to rescue his sister from the world of Darkness. Sartorius rescues Jaden from [[Trueman|multiple clones of Jaden and Axel]] in [[Domino City]] where he sets the place where his Duel against Jaden will occur. In the middle of the Duel, his eyes begin to water and he tells Jaden that he lost his [[Sarina|sister]] to the [[World of Darkness]], saying that he is no longer at peace and that he had lost his ability to see the future. Originally, he didn't believe Jaden should have the responsibility of saving his sister because of his attitude when they met previously. Sarina would later tell Jaden that he must defeat Sartorius, so she can reach out to him. Near the end of the Duel, Sartorius releases "[[Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler (anime)|Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler]]" but Jaden was able to win by destroying "[[Arcana Force 0 - The Fool (anime)|Arcana Force 0 - The Fool]]". After Jaden defeats Sartorius a second time, Sartorius, who is rejoined with Sarina, leaves Jaden the burden of saving his sister and the people already trapped in the world of Darkness before joining with them. He and Sarina are revived when Jaden defeats Nightshroud. After that, he was present at Jaden's graduation ceremony.{{-|left}}==Tarot Readingsreadings==''{{Main Article: [[|Arcana Force Tarot readings]]''}}Sartorius often reads Tarot cards, which dictate the course of his actions, using certain cards to represent other individuals.
==Deck==
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! scope="col" | Opponent(s) |! scope="col" | Episode(s) |! scope="col" | Outcome(s)
|-
| [[Chazz Princeton]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 061|61]] || Win
| [[Prince Ojin]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 084|84]] || Win
|-
| [[Aster Phoenix]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 100|100]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 101|101]] || Win(possessed by [[The Light of Destruction]])
|-
| [[Jaden Yuki]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 102|102]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 104|104]] || Lose(possessed by [[The Light of Destruction]])
|-
| [[Jaden Yuki]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 170|170]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 171|171]] || Lose
|}
==NotesTrivia==<references group=Notes/>*Sartorius shares his name with [[David Sartorius]], a writer for the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime.*His surname is not given in the anime. However, some video games give him the surname '''Kumar'''.
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