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 Hargon has made regular appearances in the {{Monsters Series}} series and other spinoffs, as well as appearing as a central antagonist in ''[[Dragon Quest Builders 2]]''.
-==Characteristics==
+==Appearance and Personality==
-Hargon is a blue-skinned humanoid being who wields a crystal ball-topped staff in his right hand that is much taller than himself. On his head he wears a finned cowl bearing a circular gem at the forehead, around his neck a necklace with a crystal pendant, and has a shroud draped over his body that prominently shows off a stylized bat. This bat is the emblem of his cult, and can be seen on monsters serving him such as the [[Sorcerer]], [[Hargonaut]], and [[Wrecktor (Recurring)|Wrecktor]]. He also wears sandals. When he first appeared, Hargon had four fingers on each hand, but later illustrations changed it to five fingers like many other humanoid monsters in the series.
+Hargon is a blue-skinned humanoid being who wields a crystal ball-topped staff in his right hand that is much taller than himself. On his head he wears a finned cowl bearing a circular gem at the forehead, around his neck a necklace with a crystal pendant, and has a shroud draped over his body that prominently shows off a stylized bat. This bat is the emblem of his cult, and can be seen on monsters serving him such as the [[sorcerer]], [[hargonaut]], and [[Wrecktor (Recurring)|wrecktor]]. He also wears sandals. When he first appeared, Hargon had four fingers on each hand, but later illustrations changed it to five fingers like many other humanoid monsters in the series.
-Hargon is as arrogant and indignant as becoming of a villain. He is also a potent sorcerer, able to cast powerful magic and invoke terrible curses on those that would defy him. Hargon often has an affinity for explosive magic, particularly Kaboom as it was the most powerful spell in the game when he first appeared.
+Hargon is as arrogant and indignant as becoming of a villain. He is also a potent sorcerer, able to cast powerful magic and invoke terrible curses on those that would defy him. Hargon often has an affinity for explosive magic, particularly Kaboom as it was the most powerful spell in the series when he first appeared.
-Hargon is knowledgeable of the threats around him, and destroyed the kingdom of Rendarak, turning it into his base of operations. He later sends his Champions to subdue various threats against him around the world, namely from Rubiss, and launches a surprise attack on the kingdom of Moonbrooke due not only to its proximity, but also the many powerful magic users who lived there, knowing that it was undefended since the fall of Rendarak. As a sorcerer, Hargon prefers delegating much of the brunt work and defence to particularly high-ranking minions, namely his Champions.
+Hargon is knowledgeable of the threats around him, and destroyed the kingdom of Rendarak, turning it into his base of operations. He later sends his Champions―[[Atlas]], [[Belial]], [[Pazuzu]] & [[Mariella]]―to subdue various threats against him around the world, namely from Rubiss, and launches a surprise attack on the kingdom of Moonbrooke due not only to its proximity, but also the many powerful magic users who lived there, knowing that it was undefended since the fall of Rendarak. As a sorcerer, Hargon prefers delegating much of the brunt work and defence to particularly high-ranking minions, namely his Champions.
-{{spoiler|start}} Hargon is extremely devoted to his former matron, the [[Dragon Queen]]. At the end of the third game, he vows to turn [[Dragonlord|her offspring]] into a fine leader, out of a misguided belief that a new world will honor her. When the Dragonlord is defeated by the {{Hero 1}}, Hargon remains steadfast in his devotion, vowing once more to her that he will see his idealized world through in her name. Because he was the foster father of the Dragonlord, Hargon shows a particular fondness for the Dragonlord's great-grandson and seeks to recruit him into the Children of Hargon, even ordering the deaths of two minions who attempted to kill him.{{spoiler|end}}
+Hargon was given little dialogue or personality in the original versions of ''Dragon Quest II'', but this would be radically altered in the HD-2D remakes of the [[Erdrick Trilogy]]:
+{{spoiler|start}}
+Hargon has been given a considerable amount of focus in the HD-2D era, where he becomes the central villain of the entire Erdrick saga. He began life in the world above as a High Priest and extremely devoted servant the [[Dragon Queen]], who was overcome with immeasurable grief when she passed away after bequeathing the [[Sphere of Light]] to a [[Hero (Dragon Quest III)|young Hero]]. Inconsolable by her other attendants, Hargon fell into despair and was preyed upon by the [[Calasmos|faded spirit of a long-vanquished evil]]. The wicked one corrupted Hargon, turning his devotion to his late mistress into an all-consuming obsession. Now twisted into a vile mockery of his former self, Hargon's humanity dissolved and he became a monster that sought to end the world that took his beloved Dragon Queen from him. As Hargon was contaminated by the Great Darkness, so to would he infect the Dragon Queen's son, the [[Dragonlord]], raising him from his hatching into a spiteful wretch.
+Hargon would first attempt to bring about the end of the world and reshape by sending the Dragonlord into the [[Alefgard|underworld]] to retrieve the Sphere of Light while he remained in the ruins of the [[Castle of the Dragon Queen|Dragon Queen's castle]]. Sometime after the {{Hero 1}} slew the Dragonlord, Hargon descended into the realm with a new plan: summon forth a God capable of destroying the world and remake it to his own ends. Though steeped in utter madness, Hargon planned every detail to further his goal and accomplished each step with coldblooded efficiency. He disguised himself as a human and wandered the world for nearly a century, sowing seeds of evil in the hearts of innocents and forming the cult known as the Children of Hargon to spread further malevolency through the world by encouraging hedonism and degeneracy. Some of these humans, and indeed even members of his own cult, would be sacrificed so that Hargon could evoke and enslave the demons who would become his Champions. Each Champion would then be dispatched with their own tasks in order to spread evil among humans on a grander scale so that Hargon can cultivate that wickedness to summon [[Malroth]], the Master of Destruction. Hargon's goal is to destroy the world and remake it anew into one of only himself and the Dragon Queen. To this end all other beings are but tools to be used at his disposal, from the humans he sacrifices to the demons he has enslaved.
+The extent of Hargon's corruption is show by his contrasting attitudes towards the Dragonlord at different stages of his life. When he was first contaminated Hargon swore that he would raise the dragon into a worthy successor to the Queen, but by the time of ''Dragon Quest 1 HD'' he only saw him as a means to an end. Despite raising the Dragonlord from a hatchling to an adult and the wyrm being the living legacy of his beloved matron, Hargon bore no paternal affection for the him. This is seen in the finale of ''Dragon Quest 1 HD'' where he is shown lurking in the Dragon Queen's castle, merely lamenting that the Dragonlord has failed in his task and seeing his death as only an inconvenience. This ice-cold demeanor extends to all of his subordinates as well, even the fanatically loyal Mariella.
+In the game's true ending Hargon's memories appear before the Scions of Erdrick as he dies, showing that he blamed himself for the Dragon Queen's death. This misplaced self-loathing quickly turned into bitter hatred for the spawn of [[Ortega]], erroneously thinking that the Sphere of Light would have kept the Dragon Queen alive and that the Hero must have lied to her. His fellow priests attempt to calm him to no avail, only turning his attention to the Dragon Queen's egg. Here he succumbs to his grief and is preyed upon by the Dark One.
+{{spoiler|end}}
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