Gunther Prozen
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Gunther Prozen is a character featured in the Zoids Battle Story, as well as the anime series Zoids: Chaotic Century and Zoids: Guardian Force, based on TOMY's Zoids model franchise. Voiced by Dave Kelly in the English dub of the anime, he is a primary antagonist in nearly all of his appearances.
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[edit] Personality
[edit] Battle Story
Gunther Prozen is an ambitious, manipulative man who desires absolute power. While already a high-ranking member of the Guylos court, his desires stretch to controlling all of Planet Zi. He is ruthless, not caring what he does in order to fulfil his aims; starting wars, destroying whole cities and unleashing horrific weapons of mass destruction are all steps he has taken in his conquest.
Despite this, Prozen has strong nationalist traits. He believes in the restoration of the Zenebas Empire, albeit with himself, its rightful heir, as its leader.
[edit] Anime
Similar to his battle story counterpart, the anime version of Prozen is highly ambitious and self-serving. He believes the Helic Republic to be nothing but a band of rebels usurping the Empire's land, and desires to rule the Empire and all of Planet Zi. He gradually climbs his way to the top of the political hierarchy, conspiring behind the scenes, stepping on everyone who gets in his way and casting people aside when he no longer needs them.
Prozen is manipulative as well, feigning concern for the ailing Emperor Zepplin to gain favour in the eyes of his peers. He stops at nothing to gain what he wants, even hiring assassins to kill the Crown Prince Rudolph in order to take his throne. He appears to hold fascist ideals, believing that only the one who holds the most power deserves the right to rule.
[edit] Zoids
[edit] Death Saurer
Both the Battle Story and Anime versions of Prozen are associated with the Death Saurer.
In the Battle Story, Prozen used a Bloody Death Saurer, a special Death Saurer (painted red instead of black) to spearhead the ascension of the Neo Zenebas empire. The Bloody Death Saurer self destructed, wiping out an entire city and most of the Helic and Guylos armies in the explosion, causing heavy damage to both sides and allowing the Neo Zenebas to rise from the ashes and seize power.
In the anime, the Death Saurer was a legendary Zoid created by the ancient Zoidians, which Prozen revived in secret using Zoid cores gathered by his minion Raven and his Geno Saurer. The Death Saurer proved impossible to control, even possessing Prozen himself with its evil will, posing a significant threat to all of Zi. The Republic and the Empire teamed up to defeat it, with Van Flyheight striking the killing blow with his Blade Liger.
[edit] Battle Story
Gunther Prozen was born sometime before ZAC 2050, being the son of Emperor Zenebas and a high-ranking member of the Guylos court. Prozen's parentage was apparently unknown to all but his mother and later himself; not even Elena Muroa (who would later become President of the Helic Republic under the name Louise Camford) knew of his true parentage.
Because of his mother's family, Prozen became very influential within the Guylos Court, eventually becoming Minister for War. When Emperor Guylos died in ZAC 2094, leaving his six-year old Grandson Rudolph as his only heir, Prozen was appointed as his Regent. Prozen used the position to take de facto control of the nation and begin a massive rearmament program. He also formed an elite unit known as the Eisen Dragoons, controlled by his son Wolff. This unit was composed of Zenebas nationals and loyalists, and answered to Prozen directly. Finally, he created his own bodyguard unit, the Prozen Knights, who were armed with modified Iron Kongs.
In ZAC 2099, Prozen launched an invasion of the Western Continent, starting a new war between the Empire and the Republic. The goal of this war was not conquest, however, but rather to allow the two nations to batter each other and deplete their forces. To this end, he unleashed weapons such as the recreated Death Saurer and the rampaging Death Stinger to simply cause as much damage as possible.
When the Helic army invaded the Dark Continent of Nyx in ZAC 2101, Prozen saw his chance. The Eisen Dragoons and the Prozen Knights launched a coup, taking control of the Imperial capital from the remaining Guylos forces. However, the Guylos and Helic forces teamed up, then launched a counteroffensive on the capital, nearly defeating Prozen's forces. As a last-ditch effort, Prozen activated his own Zoid, the Bloody Death Saurer to use on the combined forces.
Before he could use the Death Saurer, however, the Zoid was attacked by prince Rudolph in a Saber Tiger, as well as Karl Schwartz in an Iron Kong. While the Tiger was easily defeated, the Iron Kong managed to severely damage the Death Saurer, mortally wounding Prozen in the process. Not willing to be defeated, Prozen deliberately overloaded the Death Saurer, destroying the capital and the two armies.
In the aftermath of the destruction, Wolff Muroa formed a new Zenebas Empire, his Eisen Dragoons forming the core of its new army.
