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Elpizo
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“ | This can't be... I am supposed to have become invincible...i'm supposed to have obtained the power that had nearly brought the world to destruction... It was not enough, Dark Elf! Give me more strength!! | „ |
~ Elpizo before transforming into his final form |
Background
Elpizo, also known as Elpis in Japan, is the main plot-twist antagonist of Mega Man Zero 2, being the leader of the Resistance to fight against the forces of Neo Arcadia, only to betray them and search for the world's most powerful Cyber-Elf, the Mother Elf, to become the supreme ruler of everything.
This dropdown contains the synopsis of Elpizo’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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Origin Elpizo, who used to be known only by his serial number TK31, was a mass-produced Reploid that worked at the Neo Arcadian City Management Bureau. On a survey supervised by Sage Harpuia to collect data from the then newly discovered Sunken Library, TK31 stumbles upon a holographic record of the Elf Wars despite being ordered to avoid independent action and to report everything. He watches history unfold, seeing images of the above-first-degree criminal, Dr. Weil; Mega Man X fighting against Omega and of course, the Mother Elf and the Baby Elves. He is reminded that the Baby Elves are stored in Area 7. The alarms go off and TK31 learns about Project Elpizo, the Creation of the Sigma Antibody Program known as Mother Elf, developed during the Maverick Wars. Hearing the alarm, Harpuia enters and shuts it off. Noticing TK31 trembling, he tells TK31 that he was just supposed to gather the data. Harpuia goes on to mention how pointless it is for someone like TK31 to follow his shameful curiosity and take an interest. He commands TK31 to forget everything he saw. Days later, TK31 discusses the current situation in Neo Arcadia with a co-worker, HE22, who was presented the report on the survey. Talking about the energy crisis, the increase in false accusations and the Resistance, HE22 mentions that strange things are happening to the Reploids involved in that survey. TK31 does not wish to hear such things, saying he'll call the police if such talk continues. Then Harpuia arrives with a warrant from the Eight Gentle Judges that designates Serial Number TK31 as a Maverick. Harpuia says he'll be taken into custody and then tried for high treason. TK31 is in total disbelief at this claim; he does not accept he is a Maverick. Harpuia states boldly that any who resist arrest will be retired. At the same time, the Resistance launches an attack against Neo Arcadia. In the chaos that ensues, TK31 and HE22 flee the vicinity. Walking through the sewers, they talk about joining the resistance. TK31 agrees, but he insists that he first has to go to Area 7 to retrieve the Baby Elves (though he only obtains one). From that point on, he insists on being called Elpizo. After the events of Mega Man Zero, Elpizo helps the Resistance build a new, more advanced Resistance Base. Ciel appoints him Commander of the Resistance Forces, as she wishes to focus on her energy research. Upon becoming commander, he begins planning "Operation Righteous Strike", as he believes the only way to save Reploids is to destroy Neo Arcadia. He concedes, however, that if Ciel finishes her new energy system, he will cancel "Operation Righteous Strike" for her sake, but is not convinced that her plan would work. Search for Power and Demise Obsessed with destroying Neo Arcadia, Elpizo executes his blitz-like "Operation Righteous Strike", despite the wishes of Ciel. With Zero's return, Elpizo feels bold enough to execute his plans. The attack is thwarted by the three remaining Guardians, and Elpizo's dream is dashed. Unable to deal with the prospect of defeat, Elpizo leaves the base and Ciel resumes command. He leaves a message where he blames his lack of power as the reason he failed as a commander, so he decides to awaken the Mother Elf in order to completely wipe out Neo Arcadia and all of the humans, creating a "paradise" for all Reploids. Penetrating the shrine where X's body was kept as a seal over the Mother Elf, Elpizo destroyed X's body and absorbed the Mother Elf. He then transforms into a darker version of his normal form before fighting Zero in a maniacal frenzy, although despite his new abilities, he was still unable to beat Zero. Shocked that despite possessing the Cyber-elf that nearly caused the apocalypse, he still cannot beat Zero, he ends up demanding more power from the Mother Elf. He ends up giving an inhuman scream as he transforms again, this time into a winged, vaguely Cyber Elf-esque monstrosity speaking in broken sentences while fighting Zero. He was subsequently defeated by Zero. While dying, Elpizo apologizes for his actions claiming if Zero hadn't defeated him he would have "done something unforgivable", but the Mother Elf, turning good for a brief moment, transformed Elpizo into a Cyber-elf. Before he flies away, he openly states that the Mother Elf "wasn't completely evil" before disappearing for good. |
General Information
Name: Elpizo/Elpis
Origin: Mega Man Zero 2
Sex: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Reploid, Leader of the Resistance, Mother Elf User
Codex Statistics
Key: Base | Mother Elf Empowered | Final Form
Tier: Unknown, At least 5-B with Equipment | At least 5-B | At least 5-B
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Status: Other (After being defeated his body was destroyed and he was turned into a cyber elf)
Alignment: Lawful Evil (Elpizo is a sadistic, manipulative leader who would take control over the entire world with the Mother Elf in order to create a new society where only Reploids can exist, calling it the new "paradise". After his defeat by Zero, he apologizes for his insane megalomaniac plans, and was revealed that the Mother Elf turned Elpzio mad)
Attack Potency: Unknown ( Noted that he needed the Mother Elf to become as strong as Zero), At least Planet level with Equipment (His equipment is strong enough to completely destroy X's Elf Wars body, who is far superior to his X series self, who fought and defeated Optic Sunflower who used the data of the Final Weapon to perform his Earth Crush attack. Zero after gaining Optic Sunflower's weapon data can also use this attack with his Tenshouha technique. The Final Weapon was stated to be able to destroy the Earth and was going to be used by Sigma to do so. The data of things in Mega Man are portrayed as equal to their real world counterparts as shown consistently throughout the series multiple[1] times[2]. Optic Sunflower is also stated and shown to have control over data within cyberspace, being the root cause of the programs going haywire upon becoming Maverick. He also can download any data stored such as Cut Man's which was used to fight the Maverick Hunters. The Final Weapon's data should be stored as Mega Man Xtreme shows that the past data of entire stages is stored within cyberspaces) | At least Planet level (Empowered by the Power of the Mother Elf. Capable of fighting with Zero, whose Elf Wars self fought on par with Omega with X during the Elf Wars) | At least Planet level (Now uses way more power from the Mother Elf, making him far stronger than before)
Durability: Unknown, possibly Planet level (Possibly took attacks from the 4 Guardians, although it's unknown if he was taken out before they arrived) | Universe level (Capable of tanking multiple attacks from Zero) | At least Planet level (Way more powerful than before)
Striking Strength: Unknown | At least Planet Class | At least Planet Class
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Class G (Comparable to Zero who should in turn be far superior to Mega Man) | Class G (Far stronger than before)
Travel Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Was capable of outpacing Zero at the end of this stage) | Relativistic+ (Capable of keeping up with Zero. Empowered by the Mother Elf) | Relativistic+ (Faster than before)
Combat Speed: Relativistic+ (Was capable of stopping Zero during Mid-Attack. Zero is undoubtedly faster than Duo who is capable of reaching intergalactic speeds and likely travels across the universe to destroy the Evil Energy) | Relativistic+ (Empowered by the Mother Elf, who could wipe out the Sigma virus at these speeds) | Relativistic+ (Faster than before)
Reaction Speed: Relativistic+ (Can react to Cut Man who can cut objects while teleporting. Reacted to Zero's attack) | Relativistic+ | Relativistic+
Stamina: Limitless
Range: Standard Melee Range, up to Several Meters with attacks, Galactic with The Mother Elf (She wiped the Sigma Virus from existence which spread and threatened the whole galaxy)
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (A great leader who can easily create plans to make Neo Arcadia fall to his feet. A expert in sword fighting as well, being capable of fighting the likes of Zero who has centuries of experience. Easily manipulated almost the entire cast just to get access to the Mother Elf)
Powers and Techniques
All previous abilities massively enhanced. Elpizo possesses the Mother Elf, the ultimate Cyber-Elf who has the abilities of all Cyber-Elves made to a far greater extent, thus allowing him to have the following: Erasure (Conceptual Erasure; The Mother Elf erased the entirety of the Sigma virus throughout the entire galaxy), Biological Manipulation, Data Manipulation, Transmutation, and Matter Manipulation (The Mother elf can turn beings into Cyber-Elves which are pure energy and can manipulation and rewrite Reploid DNA), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Purification, Immortality and Regeneration Negation (High-Godly. Types 3 and 8. Erased Sigma and the Sigma virus for good which corrupted several reploids into Mavericks. Sigma regenerated and came back in Mega Man X4 even after his soul was destroyed which is his true form. Was able to revert the effects of the Sigma Virus on Mavericks.), Creation (Cyber-elves such as Hapitan can turn into Sub-Tanks), Resurrection (The Cyber-Elf Passy was able to resurrect Zero), Healing (Cyber Elves such as Morick can heal you fully), Statistics Amplification (Cyber elves such as Winkie can increase your vitality. Croire can even quadruple it. Cyber-elves such as Shelter can boost your defense. Croire can also double your defense. Cyber Elves such as Turbo can make you run faster. Cyber-Elves such as Sabras can make your weapons stronger), Damage Transferal (Cyber elves such as Motolar can can transfer damage taken into health that heals you), Minor Gravity Manipulation (Cyber Elves such as Ribbit can make your slide down speed slower), Flight (Cyber-elves such as Birsky can rescue you from falling down a pit), Status Effect Inducement, Paralysis Inducement (Cyber-elves such as Stiker can stun enemies), Explosion Manipulation and Forcefield Creation (Cyber-elves such as Bomga can explode on enemies and become a damage shield. Totten creates forcefields over all spikes), Energy Projection (Cyber-Elves such as Beevoize can fight along side you and shoot energy bullets), Life Manipulation and Power Nullification (Cyber-Elves such as Hafmargo can reduce an enemies health by half its original amount), Time Stop (Cyber-Elves such as Stocchu can freeze all enemies in an area), Time Manipulation (Cyber-Elves such as Clocka can slow down time), Transmutation (Cyber-Elves such as M-orell turn enemies into Mets which are fodder enemies), Probability Manipulation (Cyber-Elves such as Itecle makes the chance of an enemy dropping an item 100%), Duplication (Cyber-Elves such as Byse can double the amount of items you get), Energy Projection Negation (Cyber-Elves such as Ilethas can negate energy bullets shot), Fire Manipulation, Absolute Zero Ice, Electricity Manipulation, and Homing Attack (Croire has all of these abilities), Invulnerability (The Rare type Cyber-Elf Jackson can make you invulnerable), Fusionism (Should be able to fuse like Crea and Prea), Corruption and Madness Manipulation (Corrupted Elpizo further and he was drove to insanity by the Baby Elves),
Mind Manipulation and Possession (Can manipulate the minds and possessed everyone on the planet), Aura, Telekinesis, Light Manipulation, and Earth Manipulation (All shown here), Transformation (Can transform Elpizo), Teleportation (Shown here), Absorption (With Dark Drain), Portal Creation and Summoning (Can create portals and summon enemies), Invulnerability (With Dark Overdrive), Creation (Can create a spiked platform), Darkness Manipulation (Can make forcefields of Darkness).
Resistance to Paralysis Inducement, Absolute Zero, Cosmic Radiations, Poison Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, Extreme Temperatures, BFR, Transmutation, Mind Manipulation, Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Biological Manipulation, Reality Warping, Madness Manipulation, Black Holes, Paralysis Inducement, and Corrosion Inducement (The Mother Elf directly made from Zero's DNA so it should resist these by default)
Equipment
His energy rapier, Mother Elf
Notable Techniques
Attack | Description | Notes |
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Dark Drain | Elpizo summons a ring of purple orbs that quickly chase Zero and drain his health if caught. | |
Saber Dash | Elpizo dashes toward Zero while thrusting his rapier repeatedly. | |
Splash Laser | Elpizo points his beam rapier upwards and shoots multiple dark energy bullets that create shockwaves upon reaching the ground, erupting into dark flames. | |
Distortion Aura | Elpizo opens a portal that summons either a Pantheon Guardian or Spiking. | |
(EX Skill) Grand Burst: | Elpizo enters Dark Overdrive, mimicking the Overdrive ability of the Four Guardians. He becomes wrapped in a shadowy aura that blocks any attack until it wears off. While invincible, he sends his rapier spinning into the air, blasting a huge, blue column into the ground and sending debris in several directions. After the attack ends, his rapier returns to him like a boomerang. |
Attack | Description | Notes |
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"Teleportation" | Elpizo can teleport randomly at the second half of the battle. | |
"Chain Walls" | Elpizo summons two non-letal spiked walls. | |
"Shadow Vortex" | Elpizo will summon a green orb, which slowly, speeding up, unwinds around him. | |
"Dual Macabre" | Elpizo summons the Baby Elves to send out floods of clones and attack Zero from both sides. | |
EX Skill: | Elpizo's winged segments light up randomly, and the tips send out golden proton blasts that home in on the player. |
Other
Standard Tactics: Elpizo will usually start with his swinging his Energy Rapier to Zero, trying to slash him multiple times. Elpizo may also use other attacks such as summoning enemies, creating platforms, creating several energy blasts out of his sword and even trying to drain Zero's energy. Without the Mother Elf, Elpizo can also use the Baby Elves to assist him, such as paralyzing foes, controlling them and making them transform into their Armed Phenomenom forms too. Elpizo in his final form is also much more brutal as he is totally bloodlusted by the power of the Mother Elf, he will teleport, create spiked platforms and summon dragon-like beasts to throw at Zero, making him a deadly opponent.
Weaknesses: Has gone insane and is overconfident. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.
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Trivia
- During the cutscene in the Temple of Wind, when Elpizo dashes away after triggering Harpuia's Armed Phenomenon form, a 1 appears behind his foot and a 2 appears under his head. This does not appear in the Mega Man Zero Collection.
- It can be hinted that Harpuia knew what Elpizo's motives were for locating the Baby Elves and the Mother Elf before Zero and the rest of the Resistance found out, providing Harpuia's hint at Elpizo that there will be more deaths of the Resistance and other innocents as long as he remained unchecked. This also comes to pass at the Temple of Wind when Elpizo already defeated Harpuia before Zero arrived to stop him, now revealing that he will destroy the body of the original X to Harpuia and Zero, and after the battle, Harpuia requests Zero to stop Elpizo from destroying X's body because he failed to stop him.
- In Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog #141, Knuckles's transformation into Super Knuckles mimics Elpizo's as the result of the Mother Elf.
- Elpizo, upon becoming Dark Elpizo, paraphrases Iris' last words to Zero.
- Elpizo's leitmotif coincidentally shares a similar melody to the song "Battle without Honor or Humanity."
- Elpizo's serial number TK31 is based on his voice actor's name Tsutomu Kashiwakura and his birth day March 1.
References
- ↑ Cyber Peacock's stage takes place in Cyberspace
- ↑ Cyber Peacock is later fought again at the Final Weapon in the real world
- ↑ PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
“GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
–However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!! - ↑ PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
“GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
–However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!! - ↑ PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
“GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
–However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
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