Zenus the Great Architect, also known as The Almighty is an important figure in Dragon Quest IX. He's revered in churches around the world for creating the mortal world and even Celestrians look up to him, hoping one day to ascend to his realm.
Appearance[]
Zenus is a tall muscular humanoid being with dark skin, white hair and a white beard. His attire consists of a white toga, making him resemble a Greek God.
Personality[]
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Biography[]
Dragon Quest IX[]
Zenus is the creator deity that originally created the Protectorate. However, over time, after witnessing the many horrors done by Humans, he lost faith in them, and attempted to eliminate them. When his daughter Celestria intervened on their behalf, transforming herself into the tree Yggdrasil in order to prove that mortals could change, as only the goodness and faith of mortals could restore her back to normal. As such, Zenus decided to give mortals another chance, and created the Celestrians so they could gather benevolessence, a mysterious essence created from mortal faith, gratitude and kindness, and by giving said benevolessence to Yggdrasil, Celestria would, in time, be restored. Since then, Zenus has waited in his realm, the Realm of the Almighty, for the day in which the Celestrians would be able to complete their task, upon which they would ascend to his realm as thanks through the Starflight Express.
Many years later, after the corrupted Corvus' accumulated an enormous quantity of negative emotions, he unleashed a powerful attack on Zenus' realm and the Observatory, and Zenus whereabouts became unknown.
However, thanks to their desciption in the monster encyclopedia or their pre-battle dialogue, it can be guessed that the attack from Corvus had fractured Zenus into ten corrupted monsters. These corrupt fractions of Zenus inhabit various grottoes and are:
After defeating each of them, they disappear to parts unknown and Zenus is not seen back on his throne.
Dragon Quest X[]
In the story of Dragon Quest X, there are two supreme beings that share the same name: the first is the Astoltian patron god of humans, the seventh and youngest son of the Goddess Luciana; the second is Zenus the Great Architect, the creator deity of Zenias and father of three other deities: the aforementioned Luciana, his eldest daughter, Goddess Zenesia, and Raki, their youngest brother; it is likely that Luciana's son was named after his grandfather.
It's been strongly hinted, although not confirmed, that the events in Dragon Quest X take place after those of Dragon Quest IX, so it's likely they are descendents of the original Great Architect from Dragon Quest IX.
Trivia[]
- Zenus' name is an obvious reference to Zeus, the King of the Greek Gods, but with an "n" added to it.
Other languages[]
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| French | Zénus |
| German | Zenus |
| Spanish | Zenus |
| Italian | Unknown |
| Dutch | Unknown |
| Norwegian | Unknown |
| Greek | Unknown |
| Portuguese | Unknown |
| Russian | Unknown |
| Chinese | Unknown |
| Korean | Unknown |
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| Storyline | Hexagoon · Wight Knight · Morag · Ragin' Contagion · Master of Nu'un · Lleviathan · Garth Goyle · Tyrantula · Grand Lizzier · Larstastnaras · Dreadmaster · Gadrongo · Greygnarl
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