Armored Darkness

Armored Darkness
Data
Category	Kaiju
Height	62 m
Weight	39,000 t
Home World	Dark Planet
Affiliation	Empera Army Alien Empera (Creator and Master) Alien Reiblood (Second Master) Ultraman Belial (Third Master)
First Appearance	Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Armored Darkness
Latest Appearance	Ultra Zero Fight Part 2: "Shining Zero"
Roar(s)

Armored Darkness is a powerful Kaiju from Ultraman Mebius. A suit of sentient armour that is capable of fighting on its own with full autonomy, Armored Darkness was originally created by Alien Empera. Though Armored Darkness was defeated and destroyed by Mebius, it later returned under the control of two other extremely powerful beings; Alien Reiblood and Ultraman Belial.

Subtitle: Dark Magic Armor

History

Ultraman Regulos

Though Armored Darkness would only activate upon Empera's defeat, several parties were already aware of its existence and even knew what the armor looked like as the Alien Magmas contructed their own suit and gave it to their invasion Admiral Volcan. The copy was not as strong as Armored Darkness and was destroyed when Volcan used his poison touch on himself in a last ditch effort to take out Ultraman Regulos. ^{Ultraman Regulos}

Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Armored Darkness

After the death of Alien Empera, the sentient being known as Armored Darkness was activated to carry out the Emperor's Plan B. To make its presence known, Armored Darkness revived the monsters (Saramandora, Roberuga, Mukadender, and Kelbim). As the news GUYS battled with (and eventually destroyed) the revived monsters, Ryu, now captain of GUYS noted that the revival of these monsters were very similar to that of how the Emperor revived his monsters in the past. Before anything else could have been solved, a massive ball of dark flames appeared and sucked in Ryu and his subordinate, transporting them to a barren wasteland of darkness and ruination.

As they flew through the strange world, Ryu noted to his subordinate that it was similar to the Earth during the Emperor's attack. Just then they were attacked by Armored Darkness himself. Just like his creator, Armored Darkness was impervious to all of Ryu's attacks and Ryu stood no chance in defeating it. Crashing, Ryu distracted the sentient armor while his subordinate escaped out of the plane, seemingly dying. Just then, Ultraman Mebius returned to face off against Armored Darkness. Again, Armored Darkness's strength was more than Mebius could handle alone as it easily tossed him around, even his beam was useless as the Darknesphere they were in restricted the use of light. Then just as Armored Darkness was coming in for kill, it froze in place, as if something was keeping it from killing Mebius. Mebius heard a strange voice from inside the walking armor, with the opportunity, Mebius got hold of Armored Darkness's sword and struck it in the head, weakening the armor into freezing in place temporarily. Meanwhile on Earth it was noted that the Darknesphere was falling to Earth, it was calculated that when it hit, the collision would decimate the Earth wiping out mankind.

Armored Darkness fights Ultramen Mebius and Hikari

While the subordinate weeped, Mirai informed him that Ryu was alive, saved by the power of Ultraman King. He revealed that after Alien Empera's defeat, Armored Darkness had been known for some time and Ultraman Hikari was sent by Ultraman King to destroy it before it could reach Earth, but the Armor's strength overpowered him and possessed him. Thus Ultraman Hikari was inside Armored Darkness, being possessed underneath it. Shortly after Ryu reappeared unharmed, the original members of CREW GUYS arrived to assist Mirai and Ryu in the battle, and just in time as Armored Darkness was just awakening to resume its battle against Ultraman Mebius.

Noting that Armored Darkness still had the open wound on its forehead, Ryu flew his plane ejected from it and flew into the wound. Within Armored Darkness, he was reunited with Ultraman Hikari and with it, Hikari burst free from Armored Darkness's control, blowing the Armor into pieces in the process. The battle however was not over yet as Armored Darkness's body rejoined back together by the Darknesphere and continued to do battle with the two Ultras. Then Ultraman Mebius and Ultraman Hikari once again joined together with CREW GUYS to form Ultraman Mebius' Mebius Phoenix Brave and from that point on, the battle was in favor of Ultraman Mebius. Finally after slicing it down the middle if its body with its own sword, Ultraman Mebius destroyed Armored Darkness with the Mebium-Knight Shoot, ending the Emperor's last effort to conquer the Earth. After this the Ultra split apart, Mebius teleported back to Earth with all of Crew GUYS, while Hikari used his telekineses to halt the drop of the Darknesphere and return it to space. ^{Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Armored Darkness}

Trivia

• Voice actor: Ryuzaburo Otomo
• Despite his appearance themed after Japanese armors, his name tends to be English and had also wielded a medieval sword instead of traditional Japanese sword.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO

Armored Darkness and Armored Grozam in the manga.

Armored Darkness was rebuilt by Alien Reiblood alongside the Darknesphere in Planet Hammer's past, prior to the Reionics Battle. Armored Darkness is coveted by Lady-Benzene and Grozam after a time travel incident to obtain its power. The sentient armor activated, joining forces with Grozam in against Lady-Benzene, Ultraman Shadow, Ai Asama/Kanegon's Red King and Vittorio's EX Gomora. With Lady-Benzene defeated, the armor and Grozam also made quick work of the monsters and was close to killing Agira had it not for Ultraseven's arrival. When Grozam reduced to his head, the armor used its Darkness Broad to empower Grozam into Armored Grozam, and the two prepare to fight their enemies. Grozam was once again defeated and fell into a lava, leaving Armored Darkness and Seven as they are disarmed from their bladed weapons. Seven then drag Armored Darkness to the lava, but just as the armor assimilated Seven and try to kill the three time-hopping Reionics, Seven used the last of his will to drag it into the lava, leaving behind a pronged half of the Darkness Trident.

The battle between the armor and the Ultra was occasionally seen in Rei's visions after he picked up Seven's Eye Slugger. ^{Great Frenzy! Reionic Burst}

The incident from Ultra Adventure NEO was played the same way in Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO, though without Lady-Benzene's influence.

Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey

Armored Darkness vs. Rei's Gomora

A disgraced Reionics Alien Mefilas eventually came across Armored Darkness' sword, the Darkness Broad, transforming him into Armored Mefilas and giving him the strength to enact revenge on other Reionics. He soon dueled Reimon, and their battle matched the visions of Seven and Armored Darkness' fight. This seemingly allowed Mefilas to witness the visions, and after besting Rei, he left to find and resurrect Armored Darkness, only for it to destroy him. Rei struggled against the dark being with his Gomora and Litra, with the Pendragon's missiles appearing to have no effect. It was only when Rei tossed the Eye Slugger at it, carving away one of its eyes, that the crew could see Ultraseven was trapped inside, having let himself be sealed so he could restrain Armored Darkness's strength from within. With Seven now holding it back, Rei's Gomora fired an Ultra Oscillation Wave that destroyed the armor and freed Ultraseven. ^{Armour of Darkness}

During the series finale, Armored Darkness was revived and possessed by Alien Reiblood to kill Rei and Gomora. However, with the assistance of both the ZAP SPACY, as well as Grande and his Red King, Armored Darkness was destroyed yet again, this time by EX Gomora and EX Red King. ^{Planet Destruction}

Trivia

• Voice actor: Masaharu Sato (possessed by Alien Reiblood)

Ultra Zero Fight

"It is true that His Excellency has once died. But his soul has integrated with the dark armor and he has resurrected. Here at the Monster Graveyard."

―Sly

Armored Darkness appeared in Ultra Zero Fight with Darkness Five when they made their first appearance. His positioning implied that he was their leader. It was later, after fighting Ultraman Zero for his friend Pigmon, Armored Mefilas called to a being he referred to as 'Emperor'. The sky turned black with lightning arced all over as the armor appeared on a mountain top. However, when the helmet fell of, it is revealed that the being inside the armor and the one who controlled the Darkness Five, was none other than Zero's arch-enemy Ultraman Belial, who had somehow returned from the grave. After an intense battle, Zero in Ultimate Zero successfully thrust his sword into Belial's chest. This however sprung a trap intended to have Belial leaving the armor and possessed Zero as his new body. ^{Shining Zero}

Trivia

• While Armored Darkness had several Ultras as hosts, Belial is the only one to control it. Interestingly the last being to control Armored Darkness was Alien Reiblood who was also a spirit.

Data

Stats

• Height: 62 m
• Weight: 39,000 t
• Origin: Dark Planet
• Attack: 1500
• Defense: 1500
• Speed: 800
• Weaknesses:
  • Should the person he possess gain enough willpower, they can paralyze Armored Darkness for a short period of time.
  • Other than stronger weapons like Ultimate Zero Sword, Armored Darkness can also be shattered by its own weapons, namely the Darkness Broad. The 2008 Ultraman Festival live stage (while not being canon) also demonstrate that those with similar material also suffice, such as its own right arm can shatter Armored Mefilas' armor.

Powers and Weapons

• Possession: Being a sentient walking collection of armor, Armored Darkness needs a host to combine with in order to empower itself to its full power. To do this he often imprisons the being inside of him.
• Darkness Broad : As a backup weapon should his trident be lost, Armored Darkness is armed with a giant sword that's incredibly sharp, sharp enough to penetrate the toughest of material and even cut through his own armor. If another being obtains it, they will be influenced to do his bidding, unless they are a powerful being like Mebius Phoenix Brave. He can also summon this weapon to his hands if needed. Also, other beings like Alien Mefilas, if made a direct touch with it can turn himself into Armored Mefilas.
• Darkness Trident : Armored Darkness is armed and equipped with and uses a gigantic, double bladed, trident as his main weapon and he can use with great skill and it can extend to any length it wishes at frightening speed making it good for range combat, increasing its length at rapid speed, allowing him to strike objects normally out of its reach. He can fire an extremely powerful dark beam from its tip, as well as enhance its power with a lightning bolt from its tip, as well as purple energy blasts from its tip. This trident can put anyone under its influence if he/she picks it up and also change size and length.
  • Darkness Blasts: Armored Darkness can launch numerous, very powerful, purplish blasts of energy fired from his trident. These blasts can create massive explosions, some rivaling his own size.
  • Rezolium Ray : Armored Darkness can launch a very powerful, devastating red and black beam of dark energy fired from the tip of his trident spear, similar to that of Alien Empera's Rezolium Ray. This beam has enough firepower to completely destroy a mountain in a single hit. It can also be charged with dark red lightning that is equally as strong.
    • Giga Rezolium Ray : By repeatedly spinning his trident anticlockwise, Armored Darkness can charge his Rezolium Ray to incredible levels, making it near deadly to the opponent.
• Darknesphere : Armored Darkness travels in a dark sphere like Alien Empera. If this dark sphere collides with Earth it will destroy it. This dark sphere also contains a dark dimension that eradicates Ultra powers and amplifies his own.
  • Reformation: If destroyed, Armored Darkness is capable of reforming his entire body, without any amount of previous damage, in just seconds so long as he is on the Dark Planet he controls.
• Armor: Being a living suit-like being composed of armor, Armored Darkness can stand up to and is resistant just about nearly any attack and many basic physical and projectile attacks. It became even tougher after being revived by Alien Reiblood, even capable of surviving a direct hit from the Pedanium Launcher. This can enable him to toss opponents by either striking or countering an opponent's move with great force.
• Revival/Monster Dispersion: Armored Darkness can revive fallen monsters at will. He can also create monsters with dark energies, doing so to create Zarabon and Garourar.

ULTRA MONSTERS

• Reionic Fusion : Under possession of Reiblood, Armored Darkness can fire his own version of Giga Rezolium Ray called the Reionic Fusion, which was said to be the combination of the armor's energy with his Reionic energy. This cannot be considered as a tag-team combination, since at that time, Reiblood is assumed as the player themselves and Armored Darkness is only present as part of Reiblood's attack.
• Dead Slasher : Armored Darkness first threw the lethally charged Darkness Trident to the opponent before charging forward and slash them with the Darkness Broad.
• Inpelaizer Splash : A tag-team attack made with an Inpelaizer. The Inpelaizer first charge towards the opponent and perform a high speed rotation to slash the target with its sword. Armored Darkness charges its Darkness Trident and throw it towards both the Inpelaizer and the slashed opponent, causing the two to be destroyed. However, the Inpelaizer survived due to its lower waist and simply regenerated its upper body.
• Darkness Punisher : A tag-team attack with Alien Empera. The former possess (or rather wears) Armored Darkness and wielded both the Empera Blade and the Darkness Broad to strike the enemy.

Possession

Darkness Broad

Darkness Trident

Darkness Blasts

Rezolium Ray

Giga Rezolium Ray

Darknesphere

Reformation

Armor

Inpelaizer Splash

Darkness Punisher

Users

As the Armored Darkness is still an armor on its own, it is also worn by Alien Empera on certain occasions. Other villains can also dress themselves in the armor, provided that it did not attempt to influence them in the same way it traps its victims.

Alien Empera

Alien Reiblood (possession)

Ultraman Belial (as Kaiser Darkness)

Gallery

Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Armored Darkness

Hikari vs Armored Darkness

Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey

Armored Darkness Data

Armored Darkness VS Gomora

Armored Darkness VS Reionic Burst Gomora and Red King

Armored Darkness VS EX Gomora and EX Red King

Ultra Zero Fight

Miscellaneous