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| attacks = Dark magic projectiles, [[Fire|fireballs]], [[Magic Minion]] eggs, [[Fire|flames]], dark shield, purple [[spiky ball]]s

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 ''{{rw|Rayman (series)|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 Minion]]s, often having common traits such as red flesh and black vein-like details, having either a huge eye or no facial features, and being encountered by [[Rayman]] in the same games which feature the Dark Magician.

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.

He is cruel and sadistic, often laughing maniacally, which is 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 [[Reaper|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 [[cage]]s in [[Dark Magician's Challenge|his challenge]], promising he won't hold back the next time they meet before ultimately departing.

He can create dangerous entities such as [[Magic Minion]]s, [[Savage Minion]] and [[Multi Minion]], or nearly unbreakable obstacles such as [[magic wall]]s or [[magic block]]s, 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 [[Reaper|the Reaper]].

He was also able to construct massive and perilous lairs very quickly while establishing his kingdom, such as [[Flint Jail]], [[Fiery Fort]] and the [[Dark Stronghold]].

He appears many times throughout the game, similarly to [[Betilla]], taunting [[Rayman]] confidently about the many trials of his design the hero will face.

After [[Skin#In_Rayman_Redemption|rewarding]] [[Rayman]] for his efforts, he warns him he won't hold back upon their next meeting before vanishing, hinting at an eventual return or at his actual role in ''[[Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror]]'' as the game's events take place after {{rw|Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman''}}, which ''[[Rayman Redemption]]'' has reimagined.

* [[Ryemanni]] often depicts the Dark Magician in meme pictures, most notably in the Chad formats.