Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Lucifer
Seraphim Beelzebub
His appearance is very wolf-like. Beelzebub has dark blue hair that is short on top and long in
the back. His armor is silver and brown. He is the most powerful as well as most masculine appearing
of the fallen angels who serve Lucifer. He fights Shiryu, Ikki, and is defeated by Sagittarius
Seiya.
Cheribim Astarte
He has fairly short purple-white hair, and his silver-white armor is very snake-like in appearance.
(His shoulder guards resemble twin snakes' heads). He fights and is defeated by Shiryu. (Astarte
was originally a Middle-Eastern fertility goddess named Ashtaroth -- and who had snakes as one of
her symbols --before the Jewish and later Christian scholars turned her into the male demon
Astarte.)
Throne Moa
Initial character sketches of this character had many Seiya fans wondering if one of Lucifer's fallen angels was female, but no such luck. Moa has long (ankle-length) green hair, and wears pink and yellow armor. He fights Hyoga. His main weapon is similar to Ikki's genma ken, where he casts illusions that are accompanied by visions of butterflies and flowers. While an enemy is mesmerized by his visions, Moa strikes them without opposition.
Virtue Erigor
Erigor has been nick-named by some as the "crazy" of the fallen angels. He has blond hair that
stands up straight from his head, and his silver armor includes a face mask that completely hides his features.
His favorite weapons are the razor-sharp nails on his finger-tips. Shun takes him on, but Ikki
must finish the battle.
A mysterious force enters Sanctuary and wipes out the five Gold Saints who stand guard in their Houses. Don't blink, or you'll miss this action! As the force arrives at the top of Sanctuary, it resolves itself into four separate forms -- those of Lucifer's four fallen angels. As they kneel, the music swells, a light shines on the plaza and Lucifer himself materializes. Athena's disembodied voice challenges the fallen Archangel, and after they exchange somewhat heated words Lucifer gestures and knocks off the head of the statue. Lucifer's place of power appears above Sanctuary, steps leading up from Athena's temple to Lucifer's throne. Massive floods and earthquakes occur throughout the world (yes, yet again), and Lucifer's evil shadow spreads across the land, killing all in its path.
Saori and three of the Bronze Boys -- Pegasus Seiya, Andromeda Shun, and Cygnus Hyoga -- arrive in Sanctuary. There they find much destruction, and the five surviving Gold Saints near death. Athena cries broken-heartedly at her damaged statue. Lucifer and his four warriors then appear. Athena identifies her foe as Lucifer. The two other Bronze Boys ask Hyoga for information; he fills them in on various legends and such about the Devil - his fall from grace and "rebirth" as king of evil. Lucifer tells them that he has drawn power, knowledge, and the evil spirits of Eris, Able, and Poseidon as each passed through his realm, adding them to his own power. He now has enough energy to appear in our world. Athena now stands in his way. He tells her that he plans to control the world, and that if she does not defeat him in a certain, short space of time (yes, it's another race against the clock) there will be nothing she can do to prevent his plans. The Bronze Boys attack and are rapidly wiped out. Seraphim Beezlebub asks them if they really thought they had a chance, after the ease with which the fallen angels took out the Gold Saints? Saori cradles Seiya in her arms as Lucifer goes to assume his throne above, his warriors following him.
The three are taken to a hospital where Shiryu finds them. Seiya fills him in. Saori has returned to Sanctuary and, staff in hand, is preparing to ascend the stairs and take on Lucifer herself. Lucifer thinks the lone woman fighting against him is funny. She is attacked by evil spirits as she begins to climb, and Lucifer's voice taunts her about the hopelessness of her task. The four Bronze Boys are following at some distance behind (the three injured ones having decided to leave the hospital - probably against medical advice, of course!). They are attacked by Seraphim Beelzebub and Cheribim Astarte. Shiryu says he's strongest (having not been injured in the previous battle) and will hold them off while the other three go on. They obey his order, going on while the Dragon Saint fights both fallen angels. He does fairly well, too! Athena continues to climb, not yet aware that her Saints are behind her. Seiya, Shun and Hyoga are nearly caught under falling debris, then Virtue Eligor reveals himself. Shun volunteers to take on this fallen angel as Seiya and Hyoga continue up the steps. At the next plaza Hyoga and Seiya see luminescent butterflies -- which turn into Throne Moa, Hyoga attacks and temporarily freezes this foe, then tells Seiya to continue on while he fights this new foe. For once, Seiya obeys orders and goes up the next set of steps! Below them, Dragon Shiryu successfully defeats Astarte, whose body then disintegrates into dust.
Shiryu is injured in the process, and Beezlebub takes advantage of the Dragon Saint's weakness to make a full-force attack. Shiryu is knocked out. Beezlebub calls up an air-borne, glowing "devil horse" to take him upward to defend his master, believing that Shiryu is either dead or near death. Shun is doing poorly against Eligor, and Moa is breaking through Hyoga's ice with remarkable ease. Throne Moa then uses a vision of Hyoga's mama in his next assault, and the Cygnus Saint is distracted enough that the fallen angel's attack gets through his defenses. (No, it seems that Hyoga still hasn't learned to kick free of his "mother fixation". *Sigh*) As both Bronze Boys are being beaten about, they each call the other's name (yes, more fodder for the "slash" fans!). Eventually, Hyoga defeats Moa but collapses himself as Moa's form dissolves. Shun is losing badly, and it takes big brother Ikki to save his butt (yes, AGAIN). As Eligor dissolves, Shun whispers "Nii-san", but Ikki tells him gruffly: "I did it for Athena!" Turning his back on the Andromeda Saint, Ikki then proceeds to lecture Shun that he's going to have to learn to really fight -- as his comrades Hyoga and Shiryu have already demonstrated in this battle -- or Shun should give up being a Saint. Ignoring Shun's further calls and entreties as he heads upward in support of Athena, leaving his little brother behind.
Above, Seiya still follows Saori's footsteps, now seeing Lucifer's grotesque statue (it's somewhat middle-eastern in flavor, almost Hindu in design -- it reminds me also of some Buddist statues of demons that I've seen). Seiya is within yelling distance of Athena, but she cannot afford to wait for him -- and now Seraphim Beelzebub blocks the Bronze Saint's path. Ikki hears Seiya's screams and hurries. Saori hears him, shudders, but continues climbing. Thorny vines whip around her, ripping her dress and flesh, but she still forces her way upward through them. Lucifer draws even more on the power and evil spirits of the Greek god trio as he tries to stop Athena's ascent. Determinedly she continues, just as Seiya continues to fight Beelzebub. Ikki arrives and leaving Seiya to the fallen angel runs after Saori, intent on helping her against their main foe. He is trapped by the vines and Lucifer takes out the Phoenix Saint with a single energy bolt.
Saori decides that there is something she can do to help Seiya. Her cosmo calls to each of the four other Bronze Saints; and suddenly Beelzebub is facing five angry warriors rather than just Seiya. Further, then the Sagittarius Cloth arrives, powered by Athena's call. A bloody Athena faces Lucifer as the five Bronze Boys join cosmos to power Seiya's next blow, which soundly defeats Seraphim Beelzebub.
Seiya turns to face Lucifer, only to see that their enemy has managed to take Athena hostage. Athena tells him that Lucifer's defeat is of prime importance, even if she must die as well...so hurry up and shoot! All the cosmos of the twelve Gold Saints -- not just those of the Gold Saints still living -- join with Seiya in the effort. His arrow flies true (of course) and Lucifer gets an arrow in the heart (well, where his heart would be if he has one) as Athena manages to duck out of the way. Lucifer is returned to Hell, and his new palace of power collapses around Athena and her Saints as they hurry to escape the destruction. They arrive back at Athena's temple safe and sound, to see Lucifer's palace disappear and sunlight and fresh air replace the devil's sulpherous clouds. They have once more saved the world and mankind from vast dangers. Shun and Ikki's look at each other is indescribably saccharin as we see Athena and her Saints one last time as the end credits roll.
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(03/Abr/1997)
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