Balzack: Difference between revisions

'''Balzack''' is a character in {{DQ4}}. A student of {{Maya}} and [[Meena|Meena's]] father, the alchemist [[Mahabala]], Balzack killed his teacher for the [[Secret of Evolution]] he had discovered, being an underling of [[Psaro]].  

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 does not display cruelness towards his allies and underlings, does so for Balzack. He impresses punishment of death upon him for failures (according to Marquis de Léon's dialogue after his initial defeat), something he normally does not do, and uses him as a test subject for an experiment expected to fail.

While he appears to be a pallet-swap of the [[Night clubber]]s and [[Pruslas]] in his "Baalzack" form, the ''Monsters'' games show that he is larger than the former while smaller than the latter, taking up two spaces.

* If [[Meena]] and/or [[Maya]] are in the party:

* If [[Alena]], [[Kiryl]] and/or [[Borya]] are in the party while Meena and Maya are not:

*If only [[Hero (Dragon Quest IV)|the Hero]], [[Ragnar]] and/or [[Torneko]] are in the party:

|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 {{NPC}} 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.

In {{DQ4 Chapter 5}}, 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 [[Demon]]s. 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 4}}, Maya and Meena are able to finally defeat him.

|family= [[Material family|Material]]

|in-game-description=A creature created to be the strongest monster

|family= [[Material]]

Though it uses his original name, the monster appears in Baalzack form.

|fieldNotes=An avaricious alchemist who stole the [[Secret of Evolution]] and transformed himself into a monster. He murdered his master to steal his ultimate invention—little did he know that it was incomplete...

Balzack1dq4r.gif|Sprite of Balzack in ''Dragon Quest IV''. ({{PSX}})

BaalzackArt.png|Original artwork of Baalzack from ''Dragon Quest IV''.

Baalzack DQM GBC.png|Sprite of Baalzack in ''Dragon Quest Monsters''. ({{GBC}})

Balzacksofubi.jpg|Baalzack, from the ''Dragon Quest [[Sofubi Monster]]'' merchandise series.

DQM2-3D Balzack Icon.jpg|Icon of Balzack in ''Monsters 2: 3D''.

DQM2-3D Baalzack Icon.jpg|Icon of Baalzack in ''Monsters 2: 3D''.

DQHII Baalzack.png|Model of Baalzack in ''Dragon Quest Heroes II''.