Dark Magician

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• This article is about the character in Rayman fan games. For the similar character in official games, see the Magician.

Dark Magician
The Dark Magician
Alignment	Bad
Appears in	Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror, Rayman Redemption, Rayman ReDesigner
Location	Fiery Fort, Dark Stronghold, Dark Magician's Challenge
Portrayed by	{{{portrayed by}}}
Resistance	(Fiery Fort) (Dark Stronghold) (Final Showdown)
Attacks	Magic projectiles, flames, thunderbolts, spheric form shielded by magic orbs, laser beams, magic walls, curses with various effects
Sex	{{{sex}}}
Species	Unknown
Relatives	{{{relatives}}}

The Dark Magician is one of the main antagonists of Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror, and a reoccuring character in Ryemanni's Rayman fangames. He is a powerful evil sorcerer created by the Great Protoon after it got corrupted by the Dark Storm. He can create evil entities such as magic minions, often having common traits such as a red flesh and black details appearing to be veins without a face or with a big eye, and being encountered by Rayman in the same games which feature the Dark Magician.

Description

Appearance

The Dark Magician looks like an evil version of the Magician, having the same appearance as him but with typically malevolent colors, similarly to Dark Rayman compared to Rayman. His clothes and his staff are red and black, his buttons are grey, while his hair is of a very dark purple shade. After the Fiery Fort's events, he wields the Magician's blue staff alongside his own, which adds electricity-like particles of corresponding colors around the tips of his staves. In Rayman Redemption and Rayman ReDesigner, his looks were updated with a sinister pale grey skin, grey gloves, and black buttons, while his staff now appears dark purple like his hair with a rose tip.

Personality

The Dark Magician wishes to control the world and fill with dark magic. He appears to revere the Dark Storm and to act on its behalf, as he yelled about taking over the Valley in the name of the great darkness the moment he was born, most likely referring to his creator.

He is cruel and sadistic, often laughing maniacally, this being the very first he did the moment he was born. He has no qualms in capturing the people and creatures he comes across, and greatly enjoys their suffering. He's not above making himself some allies, however, such as the mad professor Pascal whom he considers to be a dear friend, or the Reaper to whom he ordered to kill Rayman.

He's an extremely arrogant and prideful individual, often underestimating, demeaning and infantilizing his opponents. Most of the time, this results in him not taking any actions even after personally teleporting in front of his enemies to taunt them, as he very often does with Rayman until he gets bored of it. However, he can acknowledge their dedication if they prove persistent and capable enough such as Rayman, and granted him the "honor" of meeting at his throne for overcoming the Maze of Memories he created for him. In Rayman Redemption, he also respects Rayman enough to grant him a skin in his dark image as a reward for breaking all the cages in his challenge, promising he won't hold back the next time they meet before ultimately departing.

Abilities

The Dark Magician is an extremely powerful magic user, being strong enough to easily overpower and capture both Rayman and the Magician the first time they met. He can create dangerous entities such as magic minions, Savage Minion and Multi Minion, or nearly unbreakable obstacles such as magic walls or magic blocks, the first appearing alive and capable to observe what happens around it through its big eye. He can also subjugate incredibly powerful entities like Mr Smushy or the Reaper.

In Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror

I will take over this place for the great darkness!

—Dark Magician, Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror

The eponymous antagonist of Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror was created from the Great Protoon after it got struck by a giant red lightning bolt from the mysterious Dark Storm. The Dark Magician immediately started to build his kingdom, capturing the Electoons in cages and creating magic minions to do his bidding. He easily defeated and captured Rayman and the Magician when they both attempted to stop, proving too strong for them, taking the first to Flint Jail and the latter to Fiery Fort.

He's first fought in a chase taking place during Freeing the Magician inside Fiery Fort. Despite having a health bar, it is possible to damage him and Rayman must actually survive his attacks for a long enough time. He's ultimately challenged in Final Showdown, wielding his two wands and is defeated after taking five hits while unshielded. Once vanquished, he explodes and disappears without a word, with only his red hat surviving and falling slowly to the ground, being able to be picked up by Rayman as a collectible. His wand can also be found in Eye of the Storm as the game's final collectible.

In Rayman Redemption

I must admire your dedication, Rayman. You managed to break open all the cages in my devious challenge. Take this skin as a reward for now. Next time we meet I shall not hold back.

—Dark Magician, Rayman Redemption

The Dark Magician briefly appears in the challenge named after him. He can be found standing next to the Dark Magician Rayman skin if Rayman successfully destroyed the magic wall by breaking all the cages in Dark Magician's Challenge.

In Rayman ReDesigner

The Dark Magician returns as a decorative character in Rayman ReDesigner with the same appearance he had in Rayman Redemption. He's the last character to have been implemented into the game as he was introduced in version 1.4.0. As such, he does not speak and cannot be interacted with, although he can be assigned to some events like gendoors.

His magic minions are also featured in the game, including their flying variants, and so do his magic walls, breakable walls and jail platforms. The tiles from his Flint Jail are available through the Extra template, and the theme of Dark Magician's Challenge can be selected as a level music.

Trivia

• The Dark Magician is one of the few Rayman antagonists to have a game named after them, despite not even being a final boss.