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* [[Iona]] (wife, ; deceased)

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'''Dartz''' is the main antagonist a character in the ''[[Waking the Dragons]]'' story arc of the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|second series Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' animeand the main antagonist of the [[Waking the Dragons]]arc. He was the last potentate of the city of [[Atlantis]], and his history is was tied to that of the lost city.

==Design==

[[File:Dartz Linework.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dartz' design incorporates 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'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 [[wikipedia:Heterochromia|heterochromic]] 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]]. 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 usual outfit consists of closed white and blue robesphysical body became glassy, shattering into powder at a touch. His outfit also includes consciousness inhabited a foot length cloak which trails behind himtiny section of the Leviathan, padded shoulders, cuffed taking the form of his upper torso messily merged at the wrists, a raised collar and a stone bearing waist into the Leviathan's head (the symbol of dub obscures the [[Orichalcos]] around his neck. points where Dartz wears piercings on his left ear. He wears a fragment of is merged with the [[Orichalcos Stone]] in a chain on his foreheadLeviathan). His light blue hair features a two locked fringe skin became purple, and trails to near knee length and is tied at waist length. Dartz originally had gold irises, but after being corrupted by the Orichalcoshis eyes fully yellow, he has [[wikipedia:Heterochromia|heterochromic]] irises; his right iris is green and while his left is gold. His right eye returned to its original gold color after he was defeated by [[Yami Yugi]]. During the final Duel he wears a [[Chaos Duel Disk]]face became mouthless.

===Abilities===Being As the master of the Orichalcos, it has bestowed upon him Dartz was granted powerful magical abilities rivaling that rivaled those of the Millennium Items, like materializing Duel Monsters, summoning Summoning his [[Orichalcos Soldier|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 has is also demonstrated the ability shown to cause weather storms, rain energy blasts from the sky, conjure a sword from nothing, communicate have an extremely strong fighting spirit. It was so strong that when he manifested his fighting spirit during his Duel with people telepathicallyKaiba and Yami Yugi, remote viewingthey noted he was no ordinary person. Outside observers like Tristan, show visionsTea, and using telekinesisMokuba noted outside observers shouldn't be able to sense a Duelist's fighting spirit, but they clearly felt his.

=== Etymology ===The Orichalcos also seemingly granted names of Dartz eternal youth, and his underlings (known as 10,000 years had passed since he ruled Atlantis and he hadnDoma's Three Swordsman in the Japanese version) are drawn from [[wikipedia:The Three Musketeers|The Three Musketeers]]; Dartz's name is derived from [[wikipedia:Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan#Portrayals in fiction|d't aged at allArtagnan]].

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. These Those meteorites were mysterious and powerful stones [[Orichalcos Stone|Stone]]s of the [[Orichalcos]], and glowed a bright greenish blue. These 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 modern world of today. However, with power comes came corruption and greed.

[[Ironheart]], the king King of Atlantis, gave his throne to his son, Dartz. Soon, the stones of the Orichalcos began to expose the evil in people, turning and turned those with darkness on the inside into monsters on the outside. Dartz witnessed his own wife, [[Iona]] become a horrid, ugly beast. (In the Japanese version, she attacks attacked him and he uses his sword was forced to kill herwith his sword.)

Confused and frightened, Dartz consulted a stone of the Orichalcos for guidance. The Orichalcos granted Dartz great power and lent him soldiers the [[Orichalcos Soldier]]s to do his bidding. It told him to resurrect an ancient mystical beast known as [[The the Great Leviathan]], which would help him to destroy the world and create a new one that would be free of evil. Eventually, Dartz became corrupted and misguided.

Ironheart and Dartz's daughter [[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 Army of evil [[the Orichalcos Soldier]]s Soldiers and The the Great Leviathan, and the Battle of Atlantis took place. The battle concluded with neither side being victorious. : The three dragons were frozen in ice, and the magical creatures were sent back to their own world. The bestial soldiers , the Soldiers of the Orichalcos were destroyed, and the Great Leviathan was sealed away from this the world. The island of , and Atlantis sank beneath the sea.

The corruption of the Orichalcos made Dartz believe that the world to be 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. He proceeded to wander the Earth for the next 10,000 years, presumably kept alive by the power of the Orichalcos, 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 also witnessed the Pharaoh, with [[Slifer the Sky Dragon (character)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]] pursuing [[Thief King Bakura]] and his [[Diabound]]. However, Dartz could not capture the Pharaoh's soul because Bakura and [[Zorc Necrophades]] were in his way. He therefore 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 is unclear precisely when Dartz began to collect soulswandered the Earth for 10, but eventually000 years, Dartz established a multinational conglomerate named 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 [[ParadiusPharaoh Atem]]in ancient Egypt, which became a well-known, yet mysterious force in and witnessed his control of the business world. But this was not the only organization Dartz had formedpowers of darkness and his ability to command Duel Monsters. He also controlled witnessed the Doma Organization Pharaoh, with [[Slifer the Sky Dragon (Paradius in character)|Slifer the English version)Sky Dragon]] pursuing [[Thief King Bakura]] and [[Diabound]]. While Dartz did not seem to fear Zorc nor see him as a threat, a group formed to gather souls to feed he could not capture the Great Leviathan by challenging unsuspecting players to games of Duel Monsters only to have their souls taken by "Pharaoh's soul because Bakura and [[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of OrichalcosZorc Necrophades]]"were in his way, a card so he had suffused with to wait another 5000 years (3000 in the Japanese version) to capture the OrichalcosPharaoh' powers soul.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|180|ref}}</ref>

For ten thousand yearsIt 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 collected had formed. Dartz also controlled the [[Doma]] Organization (Paradius in the English version), a group formed to gather souls of his adversaries and many innocents in order to ensure the return of feed the Great Leviathan into this world. With time, the number by challenging unsuspecting players to games of Duel Monsters only to have their souls Dartz taken by "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]", a card that he had stolen stretched into suffused with the millions, thanks in part to his underlingsOrichalcos' power.

===Yu-Gi-Oh!===[[File:IronheartChrisSky.jpg|left|thumb|150px|For ten thousand years, Dartz's family aided collected the souls of his enemies.]]Dartz's most recent underlings, [[Rafael]], [[Valon]], adversaries and [[Alister]], a trio of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' players (called Doma's Three Swordsmen many innocents in Japan) had their lives manipulated by Dartz order to make them feel only hatred, molding them to be ideal servants to his cause. He gave them each a [[Orichalcos Stone|small fragment]] ensure the return of the OrichalcosGreat Leviathan into the world. With time, which can be used to break the "Seal of Orichalcos" from outside in case number of emergency, and gives them magical abilities souls that rival Dartz had stolen stretched into the [[Millennium Items]]millions, thanks in part to his underlings.

Once aware of ===Waking the fact that the Pharaoh had been reincarnated and his spirit revived in the present day, Dragons===[[File:IronheartChrisSky.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Dartz began 's family aiding his agenda to take his soul by freezing over the Tablet of Memories, preventing the Pharaoh from remembering his own pastenemies. Later, he ordered his minions to steal the [[Egyptian God]] Cards, using their power along with human souls to revitalize the Leviathan. SubsequentlyDartz's underlings, [[Yugi MutoRafael]], [[Seto KaibaValon]], and [[Joey WheelerAlister]] released and joined forces with the [[Legendary Dragon]]s as the souls , a trio of both them and their friends come under threat. Dartz''Duel Monsters'' players (called Doma's surviving familyThree Swordsmen in Japan) had their lives manipulated by him to make them feel only hatred, [[Ironheart]] and [[Chris]] would assist [[Yami Yugi]] in recovering molded them to be ideal servants to his self-confidence and the trust of "Timaeus"cause. Events gradually converge on Dartz gave them each a Duel between Yami Yugismall fragment of the Orichalcos, Kaiba, and Dartz, in which Yami Yugi claimed victory by releasing could be used to break the power "Seal of the Legendary Dragons Orichalcos" from outside in case of emergency, and returning gave them to their human forms. Kaiba, Joey and Yugi's souls are emancipated from magical abilities that rivaled the clutches of the Leviathan[[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, with and his human body was reduced to dust, to give Leviathan enough power to fully resurrect and raise 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, discharging and discharged all of the captive souls. However, a trace of its darkness remainsremained, revealing and revealed the Leviathan's original form, along with Dartz's soul, which Yami Yugi is was able to banish, releasing released Dartz from the influence of the Orichalcos and allowing , allowed him to be reunited with the spirits of his family , and enter entered the afterlife as Atlantis sank back beneath the sea. ==Other appearances=={{Character other appearances}}

Dartz plays played an '''"[[Orichalcos]]" Deck''', centering which centered on "[[The Seal of Orichalcos (anime)|The Seal of Orichalcos]]" and its upgraded forms, "[[Orichalcos Deuteros]]" and "[[Orichalcos Tritos]]", both of which add added an additional ring to the glyph around the field. Much of his attack force is was provided by "[[Mirror Knight Calling]]", who can generate generated "[[Mirror Knight Token]]s" (who can copy copied the [[ATK]] of whichever monster they battle battled and protect protected themselves from destruction by removing their [[Shield Counter]]s instead) and Shield Counters for those Tokens that are were unprotected. However, his Dartz's actual strategy involves involved "[[Orichalcos Kyutora (anime)|Orichalcos Kyutora]]", who can reduce reduced all [[Battle Damagebattle damage]] Dartz would take that he took to 0. The [[negateNegate]]d damage is was what fuels fueled the ATK of "[[Orichalcos Shunoros (anime)|Orichalcos Shunoros]]". However, "Orichalcos Shunoros" can weaken weakened itself very quickly (because it loses lost ATK after it battles battled a monster, or if either "[[Orichalcos Aristeros]]" or "[[Orichalcos Dexia]]" are battling battled an opposing monster), so as a very last resort, if "Shunoros" is was destroyed, Dartz can [[Summon ]]ed his infinitely strong "[[Divine Serpent Geh (anime)|Divine Serpent Geh]]", but if this that monster is was destroyed, he automatically loseslost.

* The symbol did not appear on Dartz and Shadi are voiced by the same actor, thus explaining why both sound '''exactly''' the same. *His characteristics and his name almost bear resemblance to that s forehead when "[[The Seal of Darth Vader Orichalcos (Anakin Skywalkeranime) the main antagonist |The Seal of the Star Wars Original TrilogyOrichalcos]]" was activated, unlike anyone else who used it.