Lord (Kamen Rider)

The Lords (ロード Rōdo?) are the fictional major antagonists in the 2001 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Agito.

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Fictional history

The Lords are a group of powerful disciples serving under the OverLord, who created them from his body. Referred by the police department as Unknown (アンノウン Annōn?), to differ them from the Unidentified Lifeforms (Gurongi Tribe) that attacked humanity two years ago. In fact, according to books and mini-encyclopedias about Kamen Rider Agito, the Lords are actually related to the Linto (リント Rinto?) tribe, defending them from the Gurongi in the past, thus linking the Lords to the Linto as humanity's protectors. This war between the Gurongi and Unknown is further explained in Kamen Rider Decade.

All Lords are human-like with the head of the animal whose tribe they belong to. All of them have a wing-shaped protuberance sticking out of their shoulder, possibly referencing their existence as either angels or holy messengers as they target survivors of the Akatsuki incident, as they and other humans possess a form of psychic power that marked them as having the potential to become Agito. The reason for this is that Lords protect humanity, but do not think they require the power of Agito as it would only corrupt them. When they murder that certain type of person, they commit a ritual by using their hands, saying that they want permission to sin. At the same time, a halo would appear over their heads. Every one of them had their unique way of murdering, for example: leaving the corpse in a tree, dissolving the human, drying the human into death, changing the human into sand, pulling the human in the ground, dragging the human into the air and dropping them, vaporizing, etc. Killing a normal human is considered a taboo with a penalty of death, though there are exceptions if the human in question committed murder. When a Lord is killed, the halo normally materilizes over their heads before they explode.

OverLord

The OverLord (オーヴァーロード Ōbārōdo?) is the highest power among the Unknown, and is referred to as the creator of the human race. Long ago, there existed twin entities; one being the embodiment of light while the other was embodiment of darkness. These twin 'brothers' co-existed in harmony for a time, eventually creating our world. However, neither could agree on who would reign over their creation and a battle for control took place. In the end, the Overlord of Darkness triumphed over his brother, the Overlord of Light. But with his dying breath, the Overlord of Light bestowed his essence upon humanity—the power of Agito—with the hopes that, one day, they would evolve beyond his control. But the Overlord of Darkness refused to let this occur, taking it upon himself to personally eliminate the vessels of Agito, creating the Lords to kill all humans who possess the potential to "evolve" into Agito.

Though he died around the Pleistocene, the Overlord of Darkness left a puzzle that held a model of his very own DNA. Once the puzzle was solved, the Overlord's DNA was reconstructed from scratch. This allowed him to reform his physical body, starting off as an infant as he broke out of the containment box and escaped from the O-Parts lab. However, his birth was witnessed by Sakiko Mikumo, following her after he matured to an eight-year-old boy until she was killed by Anguis Femineus, whom the Overlord punished. Encountering Ryō as he was near death, the Overlord used his power to prolong his life, assuming his adult form as a result. After forced to take his leave after being nearly killed by a fear-driven Gills, the Overlord took it upon himself to personally murder Tomoko Miura, getting arrested and placed in a mental ward after he shut down from the burden of personally killing a human. As a result, the Overlord decided to watch from the sidelines as the Lords committed various supernatural murders on anyone reaching paranormal maturity, though he intervened once to give Agito's Tornador a power-boost. It would later result with Shōichi, along with Ryō and Makoto Hikawa, further complicating matters and interfering in his emissaries' work.

Before long, casualties mounted on both sides, with paranormals and Lords alike suffering loses. But the lost of the El of the Sea opened the eyes of the Overlord to the reality that the vessels of Agito, Shōichi Tsugami, Ryō Ashihara, and Kaoru Kino had grown too powerful. To this end, he would see to it personally that all active Agito vessels were hunted down and stripped of their Seeds of Agito, rendered powerless. However, the Overlord realized he needs to kill the Riders in order to quell the Seeds he already absorbed. But with Hikawa's aid, Shōichi dealt a decisive blow to the Overlord that released the Seeds of Agito back to their rightful owners and forced the Overlord to retreat. However, that shock that even normal humans had grown strong enough to oppose his power convinced the Overlord that humanity was no longer worthy of existence, and so began orchestrating their extermination and start anew.

The Overlord would put his genocide of humanity into action: realigning the constellations of the Zodiac, ultimately killing off all of mankind in bizarre doppelgänger homicides starting with those born under Scorpio. To do this requires tremendous concentration, which would render him vulnerable. To this end, he creates the El of the Wind to be his bodyguard and the El of the Ground to continue killing those reaching paranormal maturity. But the Riders make one final stand and with the El Lords destroyed, the Overlord attempts to retreat but is wounded by Agito's Shining Rider Kick. The Overlord survived the attack and has a conversation with Tetsuya Sawaki before the latter died, the latter's words convincing him that while he created mankind, the Overlord didn't truly understand them. After which, he hints that he decides to postpone his plans and observe how humans will use their own gifts and whether or not they are worth of existing.

List of Lords

El Lord

Under the Overlord exists three very powerful Lords, known as the El Lords (エルロード Eru Rōdo?). They normally reside with their master's body until summoned, possessing the ability of speech.

Jaguar Lord

The Jaguar Lords (ジャガーロード Jagā Rōdo?) are Unknowns based on big cats of the Panthera genus. They killed their victims with a snap of the neck before leaving the corpse on a tree.

Tortoise Lord

The Tortoise Lords (トータスロード Tōtasu Rōdo?) are able to swim through the ground like fish in water, their method of killing is to pull the human in the ground, burying them alive with no sign of the soil disturbed in the process.

Snake Lord

The Snake Lords (スネークロード Sunēku Rōdo?) are able to move as blurring speeds at short distances, wind gusts to the normal eye, their method of killing is teleporting the victim several feet into the air, letting gravity do the work for them.

Crow Lord

The Crow Lords (クロウロード Kurō Rōdo?) are able to move as fast as jetplanes in the air, they use aerial-themed deaths from fatal divebomb charges to dragging a human into the air and dropping him.

Zebra Lord

The Zebra Lords (ゼブラロード Zebura Rōdo?) use a form of rapid decay as their killing mechanism, using it on normal humans who interfere.

Jackal Lord

The Jackal Lords (ジャッカルロード Jakkaru Rōdo?) are able to move at fastspeeds, they use their talent to kill people by servering an artery at the neck, giving the illusion of a kamaitachi.

Bee Lord

The Bee Lords (ビーロード Bī Rōdo?) using their method of killing is grabbing a person and use a form of matter transference to bury the victim alive in a honey comb wall.

Stingray Lord

The Stingray Lords (スティングレイロード Sutingurei Rōdo?) are using their method of killing is having a person fall to his/her death via matter transference.

Fish Lord

The Fish Lords (フィッシュロード Fisshu Rōdo?) are using their method of killing is giving their victim a death that seems to look like Diver's Sickness.

Lizard Lord

The Lizard Lords (リザードロード Rizādo Rōdo?) using their method of killing is using an acid mist to suffocate the victim, with the lifeless body dissolving into foam.

Ant Lord

The Ant Lords (アントロード Anto Rōdo?) are exclusive to the movie, their method of death is spraying a suffocation-induced liquid in their victim's face. The AntLords are a rarity, due to being able to override the Lords' taboo and kill even normal humans.

Other Lords

Buffalo Lord

The Buffalo Lord was created for the series Kamen Rider Decade, not appearing in any production made around the time of the original Kamen Rider Agito series. Although he carries the same emblems worn by the other Lords, his energy projections took shape of crosses, rather than the emblem of the Overlord of Darkness. The Buffalo Lord class takes the role of the El Lords in Decade's reimagined World of Agito.

See also

  1. ^ http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/decade/arworld/index.html - Official Tv Asahi website for Kamen Rider Decade, AR World page. Access Date: August 19, 2011