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Sartorius (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
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Sartorius, known as in the original Japanese language
version, is a fictional character
in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
anime
series. His name is meant to be a pun in English, as "satori
" denotes a "spiritual awakening". In the English version, Sartorius is voiced by the late Maddie Blaustein
, while Takehito Koyasu
(older) and Mayumi Yusa (younger) take the role in the Japanese version.
A fortune-teller
with dual personalities under the influence of an alien force, Sartorius serves as the main antagonist
of the series' second season, poised to remake the world in the image most befitting the extraterrestrial radiance within him.
Sartorius' 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 greyish white, and he also wears earrings and a pair of ornaments on either side of his forehead. He carries an Academy-issued 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.
anime, Sartorius and his sister Sarina were shunned and humiliated by others out of fear of their abilities to tell the future as children, and driven to run 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 Phoenix. This depth of this relationship has been revealed on both sides throughout the plot: during the dominance of Sartorius' evil personality, Sarina willingly sacrificed herself in order to ensure help Jaden restore Sartorius' old personality. Similarly, in the assault of darkness in the fourth arc, Sartorius sacrifices himself when Sarina is held hostage by darkness. Fearing the corrupt "Ultimate Destiny Card," the to-be-Pro League king The D sought the kind and caring Sartorius for guidance, but accidentally imbued him with the will of a dangerous alien energy known as the "Light of Destruction," which had taken up residence in the card. This provoked (like it had in The D) an onset of dissociative identity disorder
, forcing Sartorius to contend with a dominant evil persona. The card would disappear from his possession shortly thereafter.
Sartorius formed a cult, the Society of Light
, to worship the Light of Destruction, and keeping close ties with Aster, he became Aster's manager. On the surface, Sartorius and his organization aimed towards world domination starting with Duel Academy via expansion of their syndicate, but the man's gravest concerns lied in putting his stalled Wheel of Fate (a metaphor
for his fate
) back into motion through the powers of Jaden Yuki
and Aster as means of overcoming his destructive future. 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 by blanketing the globe in light. In the English version, he planned to control the minds of the Earth's inhabitants, making them forget about things like corruption, greed and violence, while in the Japanese version he planned to destroy the Earth instead, killing all its inhabitants to restore balance to its imperfect state. Only then could the world (or on a greater scale, the universe) be created anew. Sartorius would himself be placed in Obelisk Blue as a first-year (third-year in the Japanese version) transfer student.
Sartorius selects Prince Ojin as his first opponent in the GX tournament, wishing to obtain the satellite technology of the prince's country. Although Ojin nearly defeats Sartorius on his first turn, Sartorius defeats Ojin before he even takes his first turn, claiming the control keys to the satellite. In order to prevent his evil side from instigating his plans, Sartorius approaches Jaden and Aster, giving them the keys. He is eventually sought by Aster, who breaks into Obelisk Blue to find him in the Society of Light's private duel field. As Aster is about to give Sartorius his key to the satellite, Jaden intervenes and tells him its true purpose, prompting the boy to wager it in a Duel instead. Recognizing the present Sartorius as an impostor posing as his lost companion, he struggles against the 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 Sartorius' good-hearted alter ego, the Light of Destruction unleashes Arcana Force Extra - The Light Ruler to end the duel.
Afterwards, Sartorius and Jaden face one another to determine the fate of the world. Similar to the preceding match with Aster, the diviner's cards continue to stop their own rotations. Having obtained both keys due to a blunder on Jaden's part, Sartorius sends Ojin to arm the satellite while he keeps the boy distracted. With the combined efforts of Elemental Hero Neos, Tyranno, and the returning Sarina, the weapon is dispatched, and Jaden defeats Sartorius, sealing away the Light of Destruction. Finally free from his fate of ruin and the burden of seeing into the future, Sartorius thanks both Jaden and Aster for their kindness, and is reunited with his sister. The two are then transported to a KaibaCorp hospital to recuperate.
Sartorius wields supernatural powers, including the ability to insinuate his spiritual energy into inanimate objects (as he did with Aster's deck), as well as other people. He can also temporarily render others motionless either from a distance or with a single touch. His primary power, however, is seeing into the future with the aid of his tarot deck, a divination technique he shares with his sister, 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 his associates in the Society comes into contact with to do his bidding.
In the English version, Sartorius' voice is reminiscent of a young Hannibal Lecter
, while 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.
In Season 4, along with Kagemaru, he receives a premonition of the coming danger of Darkness, and proceeds to warn Jaden. However, during this period, he succumbs to the darkness in his own heart, adopting the philosophy that in order to protect those important to you, you have to obtain extraordinary power, and to do so, evil is necessary. It is also revealed that Sarina was captured in some way or form by Nightshroud, and Sartorius was forced to aid Darkness in order to retrieve her. This appears to be quite similar to Jaden's decent into evil as Supreme King during the third arc. However, unlike Jaden, Sartorius did not go all the way, and maintained respect for Jaden and other duelists opposing him.
Sartorius was assigned the task of eliminating Jaden Yuki from the playing board, and should he fail to defeat Jaden, something would happen to Sarina. The exact threat was not disclosed. Sartorius at first deceives Jaden by rescuing him from a Austin O'Brien clones (whom Trueman copied after defeating the latter), but reveals his true intentions when he drives Jaden to helicopter port in his motorcycle and not arranging for a helicopter to appear to take them to Duel Academy. Sartorius then reveals that bombs have been set to go off when one of the two attempts to leave the building, thus trapping them in and forcing them to duel, the loser being consumed by Darkness. This event set up further reflects Sartorius' continuation of his obsession with destiny: both of their bodies' destinies were now imprisoned within the building. After losing the duel, Sarina's spirit (it is not explained why it appears) comes to escort Sartorius into the dimension of Darkness, and Sartorius, now at peace, wishes Jaden luck in escaping the building alive. He and his sister both re-appear after Jaden defeats Nightshroud.
, with Spells and Traps based on the Minor Arcana
. His cards have the unique ability to appear in either upright (normal) or reversed (upside-down) positions, which dictates their effects. When activated, Sartorius' cards rotate, and it is up to the opponent to decide when to end the rotation, in turn deciding his/her own fate. The design of cards in the Arcana Force series has links to the Cthulhu Mythos
. In the original version of the series, although the rotation of most of Saiou's cards determines their effects on-screen, the Japanese text on the cards themselves lists their abilities to be coin toss-activated.
To compensate for the excess of high-level monsters in his deck, Sartorius has a variety of ways to bypass negative repercussions. One of his most effective strategies involves Arcana Force III - The Empress and Arcana Force XVIII - The Moon, both of which provide him with an accelerated output of sacrifice fodder for such cards as his Arcana Force XXI - The World. While this may appear to be his most powerful card, capable of forcing opponents to skip entire turns, his greatest monster is in fact Arcana Force Extra - The Light Ruler, which is heralded by the "Three Pillars," a convergence of red, blue, and green columns of light. The Three Pillars reference the legend of the Tower of Hanoi
, which states that the world will end given the completion of said puzzle. When mixed evenly, the aforementioned colors within the visible spectrum
also form white light.
During his duel with Jaden in the fourth season while under the influence of Darkness, Sartorius utilizes a new strategy reflecting his changed philosophy on destiny revolving around the combination of "Arcana Force Zero- The Fool", "Grim Reaper's Tour/ Death's Tour" and "Planting of the Fool". Through the Fool's effect, Sartorius can now choose which of his card's effects to activate without trusting to chance. Through this he can now safely use the effect of "Grim Reaper's Tour", which has an equal chance of preventing either player from summoning a monster during their turn, to shut out his opponent's ability to summon monsters entirely. In addition, and a little pute Planting of the Fool allows Sartorius the ability to discard cards from his opponent's deck. The use of "The Fool" in his duel with Jaden is significant because it is revealed during season two that Jaden's actions in Sartorius's predictions are determined by the Major Arcana card "The Fool".
Japanese language
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version, is a fictional character
Fictional character
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in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as , is an anime spin-off and sequel of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. It aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 6, 2004 and March 26, 2008, and was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's...
anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series. His name is meant to be a pun in English, as "satori
Satori
is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment that literally means "understanding". In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a flash of sudden awareness, or individual enlightenment, and is considered a "first step" or embarkation toward nirvana....
" denotes a "spiritual awakening". In the English version, Sartorius is voiced by the late Maddie Blaustein
Maddie Blaustein
Madeleine Joan Blaustein was an American voice actress...
, while Takehito Koyasu
Takehito Koyasu
is a Japanese voice actor.-Career:Koyasu is part of the voice actor quartet Weiß consisting of Weiß Kreuz voice castmates Shinichiro Miki, Tomokazu Seki, and Yuuki Hiro...
(older) and Mayumi Yusa (younger) take the role in the Japanese version.
A fortune-teller
Fortune-telling
Fortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination...
with dual personalities under the influence of an alien force, Sartorius serves as the main antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
of the series' second season, poised to remake the world in the image most befitting the extraterrestrial radiance within him.
Character design
Tarot
The tarot |trionfi]] and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of cards , used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot...
. His blue hair
Blue hair
Blue hair is a type of hair color that does not naturally occur in human hair pigmentation, although the hair of some animals is described as blue. In humans, the color may occur after exposure to cobalt or indigo....
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 greyish white, and he also wears earrings and a pair of ornaments on either side of his forehead. He carries an Academy-issued Duel Disk
Duel Disk
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Disk, sometimes referred to as the Duel Disk Launcher, as marketed in the United States, is a card-holding device attached to the left forearm by way of Velcro straps and plastic plate. It consists of two movable "wings" into which one can slip Yu-Gi-Oh! cards in either attack or...
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.
Biography
In the timeline of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GXYu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as , is an anime spin-off and sequel of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. It aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 6, 2004 and March 26, 2008, and was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's...
anime, Sartorius and his sister Sarina were shunned and humiliated by others out of fear of their abilities to tell the future as children, and driven to run 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 Phoenix. This depth of this relationship has been revealed on both sides throughout the plot: during the dominance of Sartorius' evil personality, Sarina willingly sacrificed herself in order to ensure help Jaden restore Sartorius' old personality. Similarly, in the assault of darkness in the fourth arc, Sartorius sacrifices himself when Sarina is held hostage by darkness. Fearing the corrupt "Ultimate Destiny Card," the to-be-Pro League king The D sought the kind and caring Sartorius for guidance, but accidentally imbued him with the will of a dangerous alien energy known as the "Light of Destruction," which had taken up residence in the card. This provoked (like it had in The D) an onset of dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
, forcing Sartorius to contend with a dominant evil persona. The card would disappear from his possession shortly thereafter.
Sartorius formed a cult, the Society of Light
Society of Light
The is a fictional cult in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime series, appearing between episodes 53-104.Led by the alien-influenced Sartorius, the Society of Light's legion of followers dedicate themselves to worshipping the Light of Destruction, and serve as the main antagonists of the series' second season,...
, to worship the Light of Destruction, and keeping close ties with Aster, he became Aster's manager. On the surface, Sartorius and his organization aimed towards world domination starting with Duel Academy via expansion of their syndicate, but the man's gravest concerns lied in putting his stalled Wheel of Fate (a metaphor
Metaphor
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for his fate
Destiny
Destiny or fate refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual...
) back into motion through the powers of Jaden Yuki
Jaden Yuki
Jaden Yuki, known as in the original Japanese version, is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime and manga series. His name is meant to be a pun in Japanese, as "jūdai" is the word for "teenager"...
and Aster as means of overcoming his destructive future. 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 by blanketing the globe in light. In the English version, he planned to control the minds of the Earth's inhabitants, making them forget about things like corruption, greed and violence, while in the Japanese version he planned to destroy the Earth instead, killing all its inhabitants to restore balance to its imperfect state. Only then could the world (or on a greater scale, the universe) be created anew. Sartorius would himself be placed in Obelisk Blue as a first-year (third-year in the Japanese version) transfer student.
Sartorius selects Prince Ojin as his first opponent in the GX tournament, wishing to obtain the satellite technology of the prince's country. Although Ojin nearly defeats Sartorius on his first turn, Sartorius defeats Ojin before he even takes his first turn, claiming the control keys to the satellite. In order to prevent his evil side from instigating his plans, Sartorius approaches Jaden and Aster, giving them the keys. He is eventually sought by Aster, who breaks into Obelisk Blue to find him in the Society of Light's private duel field. As Aster is about to give Sartorius his key to the satellite, Jaden intervenes and tells him its true purpose, prompting the boy to wager it in a Duel instead. Recognizing the present Sartorius as an impostor posing as his lost companion, he struggles against the 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 Sartorius' good-hearted alter ego, the Light of Destruction unleashes Arcana Force Extra - The Light Ruler to end the duel.
Afterwards, Sartorius and Jaden face one another to determine the fate of the world. Similar to the preceding match with Aster, the diviner's cards continue to stop their own rotations. Having obtained both keys due to a blunder on Jaden's part, Sartorius sends Ojin to arm the satellite while he keeps the boy distracted. With the combined efforts of Elemental Hero Neos, Tyranno, and the returning Sarina, the weapon is dispatched, and Jaden defeats Sartorius, sealing away the Light of Destruction. Finally free from his fate of ruin and the burden of seeing into the future, Sartorius thanks both Jaden and Aster for their kindness, and is reunited with his sister. The two are then transported to a KaibaCorp hospital to recuperate.
Sartorius wields supernatural powers, including the ability to insinuate his spiritual energy into inanimate objects (as he did with Aster's deck), as well as other people. He can also temporarily render others motionless either from a distance or with a single touch. His primary power, however, is seeing into the future with the aid of his tarot deck, a divination technique he shares with his sister, 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 his associates in the Society comes into contact with to do his bidding.
In the English version, Sartorius' voice is reminiscent of a young Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter M.D. is a fictional character in a series of horror novels by Thomas Harris and in the films adapted from them.Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer...
, while 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.
In Season 4, along with Kagemaru, he receives a premonition of the coming danger of Darkness, and proceeds to warn Jaden. However, during this period, he succumbs to the darkness in his own heart, adopting the philosophy that in order to protect those important to you, you have to obtain extraordinary power, and to do so, evil is necessary. It is also revealed that Sarina was captured in some way or form by Nightshroud, and Sartorius was forced to aid Darkness in order to retrieve her. This appears to be quite similar to Jaden's decent into evil as Supreme King during the third arc. However, unlike Jaden, Sartorius did not go all the way, and maintained respect for Jaden and other duelists opposing him.
Sartorius was assigned the task of eliminating Jaden Yuki from the playing board, and should he fail to defeat Jaden, something would happen to Sarina. The exact threat was not disclosed. Sartorius at first deceives Jaden by rescuing him from a Austin O'Brien clones (whom Trueman copied after defeating the latter), but reveals his true intentions when he drives Jaden to helicopter port in his motorcycle and not arranging for a helicopter to appear to take them to Duel Academy. Sartorius then reveals that bombs have been set to go off when one of the two attempts to leave the building, thus trapping them in and forcing them to duel, the loser being consumed by Darkness. This event set up further reflects Sartorius' continuation of his obsession with destiny: both of their bodies' destinies were now imprisoned within the building. After losing the duel, Sarina's spirit (it is not explained why it appears) comes to escort Sartorius into the dimension of Darkness, and Sartorius, now at peace, wishes Jaden luck in escaping the building alive. He and his sister both re-appear after Jaden defeats Nightshroud.
Deck
Sartorius plays a Tarot deck, composed largely of Arcana Force monsters based on the Major ArcanaMajor Arcana
The Major Arcana or trumps are a suit of twenty-two cards in the tarot deck. They serve as a permanent trump suit in games played with the tarot deck, and are distinguished from the four standard suits collectively known as the Minor Arcana...
, with Spells and Traps based on the Minor Arcana
Minor Arcana
|thumb|[[King of Swords]] card from a Minor Arcana deckThe Minor Arcana of occult or divinatory tarot refers to the portion of a Tarot deck that consists of 56 cards. The Minor Arcana are roughly similar to the cards found in a common deck of playing cards...
. His cards have the unique ability to appear in either upright (normal) or reversed (upside-down) positions, which dictates their effects. When activated, Sartorius' cards rotate, and it is up to the opponent to decide when to end the rotation, in turn deciding his/her own fate. The design of cards in the Arcana Force series has links to the Cthulhu Mythos
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...
. In the original version of the series, although the rotation of most of Saiou's cards determines their effects on-screen, the Japanese text on the cards themselves lists their abilities to be coin toss-activated.
To compensate for the excess of high-level monsters in his deck, Sartorius has a variety of ways to bypass negative repercussions. One of his most effective strategies involves Arcana Force III - The Empress and Arcana Force XVIII - The Moon, both of which provide him with an accelerated output of sacrifice fodder for such cards as his Arcana Force XXI - The World. While this may appear to be his most powerful card, capable of forcing opponents to skip entire turns, his greatest monster is in fact Arcana Force Extra - The Light Ruler, which is heralded by the "Three Pillars," a convergence of red, blue, and green columns of light. The Three Pillars reference the legend of the Tower of Hanoi
Tower of Hanoi
The Tower of Hanoi or Towers of Hanoi, also called the Tower of Brahma or Towers of Brahma, is a mathematical game or puzzle. It consists of three rods, and a number of disks of different sizes which can slide onto any rod...
, which states that the world will end given the completion of said puzzle. When mixed evenly, the aforementioned colors within the visible spectrum
Visible spectrum
The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 390 to 750 nm. In terms of...
also form white light.
During his duel with Jaden in the fourth season while under the influence of Darkness, Sartorius utilizes a new strategy reflecting his changed philosophy on destiny revolving around the combination of "Arcana Force Zero- The Fool", "Grim Reaper's Tour/ Death's Tour" and "Planting of the Fool". Through the Fool's effect, Sartorius can now choose which of his card's effects to activate without trusting to chance. Through this he can now safely use the effect of "Grim Reaper's Tour", which has an equal chance of preventing either player from summoning a monster during their turn, to shut out his opponent's ability to summon monsters entirely. In addition, and a little pute Planting of the Fool allows Sartorius the ability to discard cards from his opponent's deck. The use of "The Fool" in his duel with Jaden is significant because it is revealed during season two that Jaden's actions in Sartorius's predictions are determined by the Major Arcana card "The Fool".