Odessa (Wild Arms 2)
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Odessa is a fictional terrorist organization from the PlayStation role-playing game Wild ARMs 2. They are the main antagonists for most of the game and has five notable members.
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[edit] General Information
Odessa is a terrorist organization lead by Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus, former leader of the Slayheim Liberation Army. It was formed to enstate a new world order, replacing the old and inefficient one that was currently active. The organization is comprised of Vinsfeld himself, his four direct subordinates (The Cocytus) and hundreds or possibly thousands of prison inmates Vinsfeld set free and demons conjured up by Caina, one of the Cocytus. There are also two scientists working for them, Liz and Ard. Their main base of operations was an abandoned Alchemic power plant in the middle of the desert. After it was destroyed by ARMs they moved to the Heimdall Gazzo, an enormous, golden flying fortress made from lost technology.
For a while their main mode of mass-transportation was the war-wing Varukisas, a huge bird-shaped aircraft which like the Heimdall Gazzo, was also made from lost technology.
[edit] Aim and Purpose
Odessa's goals are pure and simple: world domination. Odessa views current government officials as nothing more than dogs quibbling over banquets when there are more pressing concerns, such as the increase in monsters and global terrorism. Odessa seeks to eliminate the old ways of ruling, replacing it with a firm dictator who will take whatever action is necessary to eliminate all threats against the people. They view anyone who does not agree with their ideals as an enemy, and will seek to eliminate them, no matter who they are. However, Odessa has a more true purpose:
The true purpose of Odessa (most likely unknown to the majority of the orgainization, including Vinsfeld) was to prepare Filgaia for the threat of the Enroaching Parallel Universe. Irving Vold Valeria, founder of ARMs, also was the main source of funds for Odessa. When he discoved the Encroaching Parallel Universe that was going to absorb Filgaia, he formed Odessa for the purpose of making a common enemy among the world's nations, forcing them to unite and form bonds so that they would be prepared to destroy bigger enemies in the future.
[edit] Members
Below the known members of Odessa are listed and described.
[edit] Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus
- Age: 49
- Sex: Male
- Height: 187 cm
Leader of Odessa Described as a charismatic leader, he can easily persuade others to follow and organize with him. Leader of the Slayheim Liberation Army, he organized the random small factions into one powerful fighting force. He disappeared before the final confrontation, thus avoiding any and all blame that would be associated with the Liberation Army's victory. Later organized the terrorist organization Odessa in an attempt to wrest control over the entire world of Filgaia. Driven to despair and insanity by the loss of his love Antenora. Wielder of the sword Mad Mountains. His experiment to rule Filgaia failed and he died, melting after the second battle with him. After his defeat, his sword rested in the ruins of Heimdal Gazzo. When the player examines this sword, the ghost of Vinsfield appears as an optional boss.
[edit] The Cocytus
The Cocytus is made up of the four most high ranking "generals" of Odessa, those who answer to and take commands only from Vinsfeld. The name derives from Cocytus, the ninth and lowest level Hell for traitorous people or people who have committed acts of complex fraud, which is divided into four sections : Caina, Antenora, Ptolomea and Judecca. The four members of Cocytus are named after these sections. When they die, their bodies vaporize and they can teleport from place to place instantly hinting that they are not fully human.
[edit] Caina
- Name's Meaning: Section of Hell reserved for traitors to blood relatives.
- Age: 21
- Sex: Male, female in the American version.
- Height: 169 cm
One of Odessa's sources of monsters, and manipulator of Randolf the Magic Key, a large magical key that has the power to open portals to other dimensions, summon demons and cast spells. He is responsible for the Demon Summoning at the start of the game. A true sympathizer with Vinsfeld's ideals, he follows Vinsfeld almost blindly. Although not outright stated within the game itself, evidence suggests that Caina had fallen in love with Vinsfeld, something that tormented him when Vinsfeld perished, eventually driving him to exact an equal torment on Ashley Winchester. Aside from his activities within Cocytus, little else is known about Caina. He is the only member of the Cocytus to survive beyond his tower and into the second disc, although he was thought dead as when he was defeated in his tower, he invoked Randolph to heal him, but the key opened a dimensional rift, pulling Caina in as he screamed.
His gender was changed in the American version of the game probably due to his homosexuality and very female-looking character design.
[edit] Antenora
- Name's Meaning: Section of Hell reserved for traitors to country.
- Age: 24
- Sex: Female
- Height: 166 cm
The strategist and assassin of Odessa's Cocytus. Years ago, during the Slayheim Liberation War, her family (whose last name was revealed to be Victoria) was killed for having ties with the Slayheim Royal Family. She managed to survive, however, and has since hated Vinsfeld with a passion. Deeming herself unable to kill him herself, however, she instead opted to join him in his crusade for world domination, and did everything in her power to make Vinsfeld fall in love with her.
When the ARMS fought and killed her, she declared a completion to the revenge she had planned for so long: by having the ARMS kill her, Vinsfeld was robbed of the one thing he wanted the most. Perhaps due to her true "allegiance", Antenora hates needless killing. She wields deadly threads in battle, attaching them to her enemies and firing powerful energy along the threads. She physically attacks with a vicious backhanded slap.
[edit] Ptolomea
- Name's Meaning: Section of Hell reserved for traitors to guests.
- Age: 34
- Sex: Male
- Height: 206 cm
Ptolomea is a large muscular, scarred man and Odessa's troop leader. Relatively easy-going and humorous, spouting lines such as "We're the Odessa Special Forces group, Ptolomea and his Fun Friends!" Though a follower of Vinsfeld, his true loyalty lies in protecting his men, leading to popularity among his subordinates. This leads him to plead leniency for his men, and he eventually requests that ARMS stop Vinsfeld, viewing him as a madman, not a leader. Outside of his activities in Odessa, relatively little is known of Ptolomea.
Ptolomea uses a giant, three-bladed, windmill-like claw as a weapon.
[edit] Judecca
- Name's Meaning: Section of Hell reserved for traitors to masters.
- Age: 31
- Sex: Male
- Height: 178 cm
Judecca is an ARM-wielding sadist who is potentially psychotic. He is Odessa's hitman and an expert marksman who is willing to handle any and all dirty work Vinsfeld throws his way. He has little respect for humans, viewing them as nothing but toys to be played with and eventually broken. Not one with any scruples, he has no problem in destroying ruins to trap characters, but also challenging them to one-on-one duels. When confronted about his callous and cruel methods upon his defeat, he committed suicide, shooting himself and falling from the tower. Judecca is almost certainly insane, likely due to the ability to act without any inhibitions, having intentions to crucify Lilka and Brad and he shot the warden of Illsveil dead. Outside of his activities in Odessa, relatively little is known of Judecca.
Judecca also makes an appearance in the anime Wild Arms: Twilight Venom in episode 15.
[edit] Low-Ranking Members
Odessa's main force is mostly made up by summoned Demons and prisoners that were set free from Illsveil Prison during the early parts of Wild Arms 2. They make appearances as randomly encountered enemies in Odessa's various bases over the course of the game.
[edit] Liz and Ard
The only known scientists at Odessa. They are humanoid lizards apparently from a different planet. In the American release of Wild Arms 2 Liz's manner of speaking during conversations is almost incomprehensible due to the direct translation of his poetic speaking in the original version of the game. Much of what he says is taken from Japanese references. They pretented to be the ARMS allies, but betrayed them, fighting and losing.
[edit] Liz (Toka)
- Age: Unknown
- Height: 170 cm
Liz is a somewhat brilliant scientist with the only goal of building the perfect killing machine. Liz is known to wax philosophical and spout almost nonsensical poetry at random intervals.
[edit] Ard (Ge)
- Age: Unknown
- Height: 200 cm
Ard is Liz's sidekick of sorts, who can only speak one word: "Ard". Liz can, however, translate a whole string of Ards into a coherent sentence. Whether these translations are accurate or not is debatable. He is very large and much more physically powerful than his gecko-like partner.
Both Liz and Ard make an appearance in Wild Arms: Twilight Venom as models in a monster museum in Episode 11.
[edit] Acts of Terrorism
Throughout Wild ARMs 2, Odessa commits many acts of terrorism that ARMS was sent to stop, including but not limited to:
- The summoning of demons during a soldier ceremony, killing all but one.
- The release of hundreds of dangerous criminals from a high-security prison.
- The global broadcast of their intentions.
- The kidnapping of an entire town.
- Threatening the world with nuclear devastation.
