Zaria

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    Zaria

    Zaria, as he appears in the anime.
    Name in Kanji ザリア
    Name in Romaji Zaria
    Fighting Style Nanto Anshō Ken
    Allegiance(s) Shin
    Position(s) Member of KING
    Appearances Anime (ep. 15)
    Voice actor(s) Katsuji Mori
    Milton James (dub)
    Zaria (ザリア)
    Appearing in the TV Series, Zaria is a servant of KING who wears a large wig and glasses.

    Manga & TV Series

    He rules over a village from a cathedral with his Nanto Anshō Ken, using its bell to perform mass hypnosis on the villagers at night and turn them into mindless zombies. He possesses one of the villagers, Karen, and uses her to help kidnap Lin to use as leverage against Kenshiro.
    Kenshiro ventures into Zaria's lair to rescue Lin, destroying his minions in the process. However, Zaria blackmails Kenshiro with the possessed Lin's life and hypnotizes him. Zaria resurrects his fallen minions, but before they can kill Kenshiro, Lin's cries manage to break the spell. Kenshiro takes out Zaria's hands and kicks him through the ceiling where he's crucified on the steeple and struck to death by lightning, which also destroys the cathedral while he crumbles to dust. After his death, the villagers return to their senses and the village is freed from his curse.

    Appearance

    He is a bald, gaunt looking older man who has prominent cheekbones, slightly pointed ears, pointy fingernails, and a large chin. He wears a pair of glasses with round lenses that cover up his bloodshot eyes, a red afro-like wig, a purple suit, a teal cape over a pair of red shoulder pads, a pair of fingerless gloves, and a pair of dress shoes.

    Personality

    Like many villains in Fist of The North Star, he is a sadistic, cruel, and power-hungry tyrant, as he took over a village and ruled it from a nearby cathedral, and hypnotized the innocent inhabitants to be his personal army. He is implied to be self conscious about his appearance, given that he covers up his baldness and his frightening-looking eyes with a wig and a pair of glasses respectively.

    Trivia

    • The appearance of his wig might is similar in appearance to the titular antagonist in the later 1992 film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. His outfit, which consists of a fancy suit and a cape, as well as his ability to hypnotize others might make him a reference to vampires in general, given that these are common traits in the depiction of vampires.

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