History Characters / PhantasyStarOnline2NewGenesisDOLLS

* MusicalSpoiler: Any Urgent Quest announcement that plays "[[https://youtu.be/Fo-Zjmj2jqU A Sign of Dark Falz]]" will pit you against this monstrosity without exception. Whether the tune plays when Dark Falz Solus shows up remains to be seen.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: ''Greatly'' resembles both the Falz Hunal form of Dark Falz Elder and the Elder Dark Blast.

[[folder:Dark Falz]]
A gigantic DOLLS unit that destroys West Aelio in the beginning of the game, prompting the Meteorn, Aina and Manon to relocate to Central City and join ARKS.

** Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz from a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase. With the Chapter 5 story reveals, [[spoiler:it's literally just a simulacrum in the sense of a high-risk, extraordinarily powerful DOLL unit as the apex of its forces, using the name and motif of the Dark Falz by historical relevance. It actually has ''nothing'' to do with the genuine F-Factors or Primordial Darkness, though in all likelihood was created to ''emulate'' the power and threat level of a genuine Dark Falz as part of Zepetto's experiment - after all, if the ARKS Defenders on Halpha can defeat a ''Dark Falz'', then perhaps they might stand a chance against the Starless. Though, the revelation that the DOLLS were designed to emulate the Starless to begin with implies that the Starless potentially have an ''actual'' Dark Falz in their ranks, which would [[OhCrap not be good for anyone.]]]]
** Amidst TheReveal, [[spoiler:the game makes it ambiguous if Dark Falz was inherently in charge of the DOLLS since the first experiment, or if it was introduced at the same time 909 was introduced in the third; the latter would effectively make them not just [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]] but diametrically opposed as the two halves of the simulation's final steps.]]

* BossArenaIdiocy: The very limbs it uses to attack you with are what you have to attack back to damage it. Dark Falz could have just stayed out of range and attacked the heroes with ranged attacks indefinitely, or even used the WaveMotionGun, but it seems to prefer making itself vulnerable instead. [[spoiler:Given it is quite literally programmed as the FinalBoss of the third-generation experiment, this is likely intentional so that it's ''defeatable''.]]
* HeroKiller: Notably and seemingly kills (or at least puts out of commission) Garoa with its WaveMotionGun. [[spoiler:Zephetto also explains that of the three generations of ARKS cloned to fight Dark Falz and the DOLLS, the first generation was killed, implying that whether by DOLLS being that strong or Dark Falz being much more direct, it's this for at ''least'' hundreds of people.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:The Dark Falz Aegis fight finally ends with it being destroyed.]]

* MadeOfIron: It wouldn't be ''Dark Falz'' if it was easy to bring down. After you chisel into it in an Urgent Quest, Crawford fires the Central Cannon at full output... and it survives. It does retreat, however. It survives a ''second'' shot from the Central Cannon in Stia, but it's heavily wounded and its repair base has been compromised, leaving it unable to repair itself without exposing itself to another shot. [[spoiler:At the Battle of Halphia Lake, it takes ''four'' cannon shots and the player Meteorn punching a hole straight through it with the power of all of the hopes of the ARKS Defenders empowering them to finish the job. This trope is '''enforced''' in that Zephetto explicitly made it tough as nails and excessively powerful to put the Meteorn's prowess to the ultimate test.]]
* MechanicalAbomination: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}. While it does appear to be robotic, its clear from the get go that it’s something far beyond that of a mere machine. While in the Kaveris region, Manon tells the Metoern that its capable of evolving, as she found data that suggests that its different from what it was a century before when it destroyed Lost Central. Its also mentioned that it can repair itself, but it takes a long time, which is why it had a repair facility in the Stia region. [[spoiler:Chapter 5 reveals that yes, it is indeed robotic, possibly designed to be an ''artificial'' Dark Falz, and Chapter 6 implies that there may be a ''real'' Dark Falz amongst the Starless that this one was designed to emulate.]]
* MortonsFork: After getting damaged in the Stia region, and its repair facility compromised, Crawford says that it now has two options: either remain in another dimension and wait a long time for it to repair itself, or return to the material plane and risk being destroyed by Central Cannon. [[spoiler:It chooses to do the latter. This results in it finally being destroyed.]]

* MusicalSpoiler: Any Urgent Quest announcement that plays "[[https://youtu.be/Fo-Zjmj2jqU A Sign of Dark Falz]]" will pit you against this monstrosity without exception.

* VillainExitStageLeft: In the Urgent Quest, it escapes after surviving the blast from the Central Cannon. It does it again after it awakens in Stia and takes another shot, but this time with the repair base it was using compromised, it's stuck between a rock and a hard place. It tries again as Dark Falz Aegis, but [[spoiler:the Central Cannon halts its retreat and the player character finishes it off.]]
* WaveMotionGun: It annihilates Aelio Town with one shot from a laser fired from its core, causing an enormous explosion that knocks out the Meteorn and Manon even after they had gotten out of the blast radius. [[spoiler:It finally uses it again as Dark Falz Aegis in the first phase of the battle, where the only way to survive the attack is to hide behind debris of its own body; even with I-frames, no class can survive the attack directly unless you use a Photon Blast, and it fires ''twice''.]]

* KillerRobot: They are vaguely robotic, but generally cover this trope - seemingly their only purpose is to conquer Halpha and kill all of its sapient inhabitants.

The DOLLS are mechanical entities that have been threatening Halpha a long time. Nobody knows what they are or where they come from, all people know is that they fall from the sky.

* AmbiguousRobots: The [=DOLLs=] appear to have mechanical features in them, but because of how they seem to able to appear out of nowhere and leave NoBodyLeftBehind when they’re destroyed, it leaves it up in the air as to what the [=DOLLs=] really are. [[spoiler:Chapter 5 would reveal that the [=DOLLs=] are indeed robots. Specifically, they’re meant to train [=ARKS=] to develop their photonic abilities, until they’re strong enough to face the Starless.]]

** Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz from a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase. With the Chapter 5 story reveals, [[spoiler:it's literally just a simulacrum in the sense of a high-risk, extraordinarily powerful DOLL unit as the apex of its forces, using the name and motif of the Dark Falz by historical relevance. It actually has ''nothing'' to do with the genuine F-Factors or Primordial Darkness, though in all likelihood was created to ''emulate'' the power and threat level of a genuine Dark Falz as part of Zepetto's experiment - after all, if the ARKS Defenders on Halpha can defeat a ''Dark Falz'', then perhaps they might stand a chance against the Starless.]]

* MechanicalAbomination: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}. While it does appear to be robotic, its clear from the get go that it’s something far beyond that of a mere machine. While in the Kaveris region, Manon tells the Metoern that its capable of evolving, as she found data that suggests that its different from what it was a century before when it destroyed Lost Central. Its also mentioned that it can repair itself, but it takes a long time, which is why it had a repair facility in the Stia region.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: In its Urgent Quest, it unveils six arms that it uses to attack the ARKS Defenders and can be destroyed, ''very'' similar to Dark Falz Elder.

* TurnsRed: Literally as once sufficient damage is dealt, DOLLS become more aggressive with some gaining new attacks.

* AmbiguousSituation: Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz from a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase. With the Chapter 5 story reveals, [[spoiler:it's literally just a simulacrum in the sense of a high-risk, extraordinarily powerful DOLL unit as the apex of its forces, using the name and motif of the Dark Falz by historical relevance. It actually has ''nothing'' to do with the genuine F-Factors or Primordial Darkness, though in all likelihood was created to ''emulate'' the power and threat level of a genuine Dark Falz as part of Zepetto's experiment - after all, if the ARKS Defenders on Halpha can defeat a ''Dark Falz'', then perhaps they might stand a chance against the Starless.]]

* LargeAndInCharge: The bigger the DOLL, the higher they are on the totem pole, with it on top.
* MadeOfIron: It wouldn't be ''Dark Falz'' if it was easy to bring down. After you chisel into it in an Urgent Quest, Crawford fires the Central Cannon at full output... and it survives. It does retreat, however. It survives a ''second'' shot from the Central Cannon in Stia, but it's heavily wounded and its repair base has been compromised, leaving it unable to repair itself without exposing itself to another shot.
** Once it's forced into a mortal battle? [[spoiler:It takes ''four'' cannon shots and the player Meteorn punching a hole straight through it with the power of all of the hopes of the ARKS Defenders empowering them to finish the job.]]

* RecurringCharacter: The DOLL Dark Falz represents the latest iteration of Dark Falz in the ''Phantasy Star'' series.

* WaveMotionGun: It annihilates Aelio Town with one shot from a laser fired from its core, causing an enormous explosion that knocks out the Meteorn and Manon even after they had gotten out of the blast radius. [[spoiler:It finally uses it again as Dark Falz Aegis in the first phase of the battle, where the only way to survive the attack is to hide behind debris of its own body; even with I-frames, no class can survive the attack directly unless you use a Photon Burst, and it fires ''twice''.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The Falspawn from the original game were various [[DarkIsEvil dark colors]] and appeared mainly organic, while the [=DOLLs=] are a [[BrightIsNotGood bright blue, but are hostile species]], and have a robotic look.

* TurnsRed: All of them do this literally, almost without exception.

* HeroKiller: Notably and seemingly kills (or at least puts out of commission) Garoa with its WaveMotionGun. [[spoiler:Zephetto also explains that of the three generations of ARKS cloned to fight Dark Falz and the DOLLS, [[KillEmAll the first generation was killed]], implying that whether by DOLLS being that strong or Dark Falz being much more direct, it's this for at ''least'' hundreds of people.]]

* BossArenaIdiocy: The very limbs it uses to attack you with are what you have to attack back to damage it. Dark Falz could have just stayed out of range and attacked the heroes with ranged attacks indefinitely, or even used the WaveMotionCannon, but it seems to prefer making itself vulnerable instead. [[spoiler:Given it is quite literally programmed as the FinalBoss of the third-generation experiment, this is likely intentional so that it's ''defeatable''.]]

* WaveMotionGun: It annihilates Aelio Town with one shot from a laser fired from its core, causing an enormous explosion that knocks out the Meteorn and Manon even after they had gotten out of the blast radius.

* ArchEnemy: Dark Falz is the anti-thesis of the [[PlayerCharacter Meteorn]], as the two strongest entities of their respective factions; there's a good reason why Crawford calls upon the Meteorn to directly do battle with it over anyone else. [[spoiler:Zephetto's phrasing of the third-generation ARKS experiments also implies this rather literally; the second-gen ARKS had managed to defeat the DOLLS in the past but barely grew any stronger in photonic capability, so Dark Falz was introduced into the experiment in-tandem with the third-gen ARKS of the Meteorn, effectively balancing the two sides out with a significant power gap over second-gen.]]
* HeroKiller: Notably and seemingly kills (or at least puts out of commission) Garoa with its WaveMotionGun.

* AmbiguousSituation: Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz from a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase. With the April 2023 update, [[spoiler:it's literally just a simulacrum in the sense of a high-risk, extraordinarily powerful DOLL unit as the apex of its forces, using the name and motif of the Dark Falz by historical relevance. It actually has ''nothing'' to do with the genuine F-Factors or Primordial Darkness, though in all likelihood was created to ''emulate'' the power and threat level of a genuine Dark Falz as part of Zepetto's experiment - after all, if the ARKS Defenders on Halpha can defeat a ''Dark Falz'', then perhaps they might stand a chance against the Starless.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The Falspawn from the original game were various [[DarkIsEvil dark colors]] and appeared mainly organic, while the DOLLs are a [[BrightIsNotGood bright blue, but are hostile species]], and had a robotic look.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Hiss bright yellow core, like all DOLL enemies; however, destroying it's tail, wings or extra heads prevents it from using some attacks.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The chest plate is breakable, like any other Petta DOLLS you encounter. Pettas Vera, however, can grow crystal armor to protect it, forcing you to bust open said armor (randomly hidden on it's chest or knee) to access the weak point.

* AmbiguousSituation: Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz from a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase. With the April 2023 update, [[spoiler:it's literally just a simulacrum in the sense of a high-risk, extraordinarily powerful DOLL unit as the apex of its forces, using the name and motif of the Dark Falz by historical relevance. It actually has ''nothing'' to do with the genuine F-Factors or Primordial Darkness.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz from a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase.

* AmbiguousSituation: Does it have any connection to the Dark Falz a millennia ago, or is it just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase.

* MortonsFork: After getting damaged in the Stia region, and its repair facility compromised, Crawford says that it now has two options: either remain in another dimension and wait a long time for it to repair itself, or return to the material plane and risk being destroyed by Central Cannon.

* VillainExitStageLeft: In the Urgent Quest, it escapes after surviving the blast from the Central Cannon. It does it again after it awakens in Stia and takes another shot, but this time with the repair base it was using compromised, it's stuck between a rock and a hard place.

* MadeOfIron: It wouldn't be ''Dark Falz'' if it was easy to bring down. After you chisel into it in an Urgent Quest, Crawford fires the Central Cannon at full output... and it survives. It does retreat, however.

* VillainExitStageLeft: In the Urgent Quest, it escapes after surviving the blast from the Central Cannon.

* AmbiguousSituation: Is it really a Dark Falz, or just a DOLL the cast coin as one due to a thousand-years lack of context for a real one? The waters get muddied even further when one notes that it has an uncanny resemblance to Dark Falz Elder in its first phase.

* Expy: Isn't obvious until its urgent quest, but it is very much a mechanical, more mobile and aggressive version of Dark Falz Elder, though it also takes a few pages from Esca Falz Mother.

* ExtendableArms: Their most distinct trait. They have strange rubbery tube-like limbs that can extend quite far, which is especially noticeable with the Pettas Axe and Sword DOLLS, who use this trait to extend their reach to attack.

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