Balzack

Balzack
Dragon Quest IV
Japanese name	バルザック
Romaji	baruzakku
Title	Marquis
Race	Human (originally) Monster (actually)
Age	Unknown

Balzack is a character in Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. A student of Maya and Meena's father, the alchemist Mahabala, Balzack killed his teacher for the Secret of Evolution he had discovered, being an underling of Psaro.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Balzack

The entirety of Chapter 4 is centered on the sisters' quest to confront Balzack, their father's murderer, whom they finally encounter at Palais de Léon. However due to the intervention of the Marquis de Léon, the sisters are defeated, thrown in jail, and ultimately forced to flee to Endor.

Balzack uses powerful magical and breath attacks, and if he is injured he will heal himself fully with Fullheal, however, he is vulnerable to the effects of the Sphere of Silence.

#198 - Balzack
HP MP Experience Gold 300 infinite 500 0 Attack Defense Speed 72 36
Locations	Palais de Léon
Skills	Spits out fireball
Spells	Fullheal Sizz
Bestiary #	198
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	NES, DS

Baalzack

In the fifth chapter, the Secret of Evolution has transformed him into a more powerful being: Baalzack (or "Balzack+"). He has been evicted from Palais de Léon, likely due to his failure back in the fourth chapter, and now occupies the empty Castle Zamoksva. He has become astoundingly arrogant, and is disliked even by his subordinate demons. His intention, he says, is to enhance his body to be even more godlike than Psaro the Manslayer, but he lacks the Armlet of Transmutation which allows him to use the full power of the Secret of Evolution. With the help of the hero, Maya and Meena are able to finally defeat him.

After the transformation

#202 - Baalzack
File:Baalzack DQIV NES.gif
HP MP Experience Gold 500 infinite 6500 0 Attack Defense Speed 150 100 28
Locations	Zamoksva
Skills	Attacks twice per round Cold Breath
Spells	Kacrack
Bestiary #	202
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	NES, DS

Remake Changes

• In the NES Version, the Ball of Silence in addition to disabling Balzack's magic also changes his coloring. The remakes remove the pallet swapping effect.
• In the NES Version, Balzack's sprite through both encounters is the one used for Psaro's Pawn and Master Kung. In the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo DS versions, he takes the form of a king until the battle begins and then changes to a sprite resembling his battle form.

Personality

Balzack possesses several qualities of a typical villain: arrogant, dishonest, immoral, and murderous. These traits are shown by his ruthless betrayal and murder of Mahabala. It becomes evident throughout the game that Balzack is loyal to no one but himself. After supposedly achieving the pinnacle of the Secret of Evolution, Balzack indicates that he plans on usurping Psaro the Manslayer, just as he did to his previous master. Even his fellow demons dislike him. Marquis de Léon took the chance to separate himself from Balzack when the opportunity presented itself. Balzack's minions expressed no sadness upon his death. Even Psaro, who normally shows compassion and kindness towards his allies and underlings, hates Balzack enough to impress punishment of death upon him for his failures (according to Marquis de Léon's dialogue after his initial defeat) and use him as an experimental subject even though he expected the experiment to fail.

Other Appearances

Gallery

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  Sprite of Balzack in Dragon Quest IV (PSX)

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  Original artwork of Baalzack from Dragon Quest IV

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  Sprite of Baalzack in Dragon Quest IV (NES)

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  Sprite of Baalzack in Dragon Quest Monsters (GBC)

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  Sprite of Baalzack in Dragon Quest IV (PSX)

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  Baalzack, from the Dragon Quest Sofubi Monster merchandise series.

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  Icon of Balzack in Monsters 2: 3D

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  Icon of Baalzack in Monsters 2: 3D

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  Model of Baalzack in Dragon Quest Heroes II