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====Gathering Souls====
The corruption of the Orichalcos made Dartz believe the world to be a wicked place, and that humans had an inherent malice in their hearts. The transformation 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 souls, but eventually, Dartz established a multinational conglomerate named [[Paradius]], which became a well-known, yet mysterious force in the business world. But this was not the only organization Dartz had formed. He 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]]", a card he had suffused with the Orichalcos' power.
