Orichalcos
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Orichalcos (オレイカルコス Oreikarukosu) refers to an ancient evil force in the Waking the Dragons story arc in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (known internationally as simply Yu-Gi-Oh!).
Orichalcos is a magical power linked to the ancient city of Atlantis, which was destroyed thousands of years ago.
The Seal of Orichalcos
When the mysterious, mystical stone known as Orichalcos rained down upon the ancient kingdom of Atlantis 10,000 years ago, its power turned man into beast, and tainted the mind of the kingdom's ruler, Dartz. In the present day, Dartz seeks to revive the Orichalcos God, the Great Leviathan, through the power of human souls, collected through the power of the Orichalcos, which he infuses into Duel Monster cards to create the card known as the "Seal of Orichalcos". It consists of an inner layer where there is a unicursal hexagram and an outer layer where the word "Orichalcos" is inscribed in Enochian. This card unleashes the Darkness' power of the player who playing it. but, even thought this card is very powerful, practically all of duelists who play it, lost. Its effects include:
- The monsters on the owner's side of the field will increase their attack by 500 and become of Darkness as well as keep their own attributes.
- The owner can now play monsters in his/her spell and trap slots (essentially, doubling the number of monsters that can be on the owner's side of the field).
- The monsters in the spell and trap slots cannot be attacked unless the monsters in the monster slots are destroyed.
- Neither player can leave the duel, and no other player can enter the field (unless the person wishing to break the seal possesses a fragment of the Orichalcos Stone, which can break this enchantment).
- The losing player's soul is extracted from his living body to be served as nourishment for the Great Leviathan. Though there are few exceptions like when the darkness within the heart of the duelist who played the card has vanished, it hinders the consqence until that darkness resurfaces later under any condition.
- This card shall not be destroyed by any force except the three legendary knights (Timaeus, Critias, and Hermos (Helmos in the Japanese version)) or by the shards of the Orichalcos stone. (This is only partially true, as Yugi, after being blocked from the Pharoah Atem by the Seal after Atem played it, shattered the seal with the power of the Millenium puzzle and allowed it to claim his soul rather than that of Atem, whom Dartz had wanted as fuel to revive the Great Leviathan.)
The Other Seals of Orichalcos
There are also two other seals of Orichalcos: Orichalcos Deuteros and Orichalcos Tritos.
Orichalcos Deuteros (Second Seal of Orichalcos):
- Orichalcos Deuteros can only be played if the Seal of Orichalcos is in play.
- At each of your main phases, you gain 500 life points for every monster on your side of the field.
- When an opponent directly damages your life points, sacrifice 1 monster on your side of the field and negate all damage.
- Orichalcos Tritos can only be played if both the Seal of Orichalcos and Orichalcos Deuteros are in play.
- You may negate the effect of trap, spell, and monster effects that designate your monsters as targets.
Unless one possesses the three legendary dragons and Legend of Heart, it is impossible to defeat the three Seals of Orichalcos.
The Origin of Orichalcos
Orichalcos is another word for Orichalcum, a miracle metal used in Atlantis. Orichalcos is referred to as a miracle substance during the anime, giving it obvious ties to Orichalcum. Orichalcos/Orichalcum in Greek means "copper mountain" which explains the volcano that it came from.
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