One Barian, [[Vector]], has also exhibited the ability to take on an energy form while on Earth, which resembles a winged, red version of [[Astral]].<ref name="ep71">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|71|ref}}</ref>
UncloakedThe Seven Barian Emperors, all formerly human, the Barians resemble humanoid beings with unnatural skin color, such as purple or red. Furthermore, all of them have what seem to be crystals and/or armored-like plates on their bodies, such as Mizael's face resembling a mask, Gilag's face resembling a helmet, and Durbe having gems on his body. Also unlike humans, they seem to lack certain organs such as mouth or nose, or perhaps those organs are otherwise not seenthey also appear to have a crystal for a heart; despite this, their senses appear unhampered, as is their ability to speak. In contrast, other Barians, such as those belonging to the [[Fearsome Four of the Dark Dueling World]], take on less humanoid forms depending on the different species based off of them, like a [[Semimaru|cicada]], a [[Kurage|jellyfish]], and even a [[Mosquito Ninja|mosquito. They can even exist in the real world in their true forms.
[[File:Barian_energy_inside_a_Chaos_Xyz.png|thumb|right|200px|"[[Number C105: Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus]]" has winged-like parts on its body, which all have Barian energy seen in it.]]
"[[C (archetype)|Chaos Xyz]]" monsters evolved by Rank-Up-Magic have Barian energy within them. Vector says that these cards are of Barian origin when explaining to Yuma and Astral why they couldn't use ZEXAL, taking [[Number C39: Utopia Ray V|Utopia Ray V]] into account.<ref name="ep97">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|97|ref}}</ref>
===Etymology===
Every known resident of the Barian World is loosely named after one of the stars of the [[wikipedia:Big Dipper|Big Dipper]]: [[Durbe]] after Dubhe, [[Alit]] after Alioth, [[Mizael]] after Mizar, [[Gilag]] after Merak, [[Vector]] after Phecda, [[Nasch]] after Benetnasch and [[Merag]] after Megrez.
===Abilities===
[[File:Alit and Gilag training.png|thumb|left|[[Alit]] and [[Gilag]] training.]]While on Earth, Barians are forced to take on a human form, not knowing that this form was the one they had from the time they were humans, although [[Durbe]] apparently only needs to do this if his [[Baria Lapis]] is damaged. The only major resemblance between both their Barian and human form is their hair, which only changes color.<ref name="ep80">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|80|ref}}</ref> As energy beings, they are impervious to pain, even in human form; [[Gilag]] was able to take a punch in the face from [[Fuma]] without so much as a flinch.<ref name="ep74" /> [[Durbe]], however, can retain his true Barian form on Earth. <ref name="ep108">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|108|ref}}</ref>
Barians can travel from the Barian World using [[Overlay Network]]s and can also utilize the ability on Earth, vanishing and reappearing on a whim.<ref name="ep80" /><ref name="ep82">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|82|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep85">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|85|ref}}</ref> [[Mizael]] showed the ability to fire energy balls for offensive purposes, though they do not cause lasting damage.<ref name="ep82" /> These abilities can also be granted to humans. [[Vetrix]], who made a contract with Barians, was able to produce [[Energy Ball|energy ball]]s and use the aforementioned networks to travel.<ref name="ep43">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|43|ref}}</ref>
Barians possess the ability to [[Rank-Up]] their [[Xyz Monster]]s by the use of "[[Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force]]", which lets them Summon "[[Number C]]" and "[[CXyz]]" monsters. "CXyz" monsters originate from the Barian World and are produced there as "weapons" to defeat the "[[Number]]s".<ref name="ep74" /> While in human form, Barians cannot wield them, but they can use "[[Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force]]" to brainwash humans into doing so for them.<ref name="ep80" /> The Brainwashing effect seems to slightly vary from the indaviual brainwasher, Gilag's victems retain their personality but becoming obsessed with the Barian world, while Vector's victems are more like sleeper agents, retaining their original personalities until the brainwashing kicks in at a later time, and when Alit controlled Nistro the latter was completely robbed of free will, period. Interestingly the Barians themselves are not immune to being brainwashed as seen when Gilag brainwashed Vector (though he could have been faking). In addition, if a Barian were to lose a Duel to a person using a "CXyz", they would vanish from existence, just as Astral would if he lost to a "Number".<ref name="ep81">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL|81|ref}}</ref>
==History==
