"You have done well Ned. This ends your usefulness."
(The) Jaquio: The Sword of Chaos simply sucks up your life force. And when the Sword awakens, the Gate of Darkness shall be thrown open...and the demons shall come back to life.
Ryu Hayabusa: What are you going to do with Irene?
Jaquio: Her life force shall be used to call up the demons. You shall awaken them, she shall call them back to Earth. You should be proud. You two shall make the beginning of a new Age. The Age of Eternal Darkness! [Evil Laugh]
Ryu Hayabusa: What are you going to do with Irene?
Jaquio: Her life force shall be used to call up the demons. You shall awaken them, she shall call them back to Earth. You should be proud. You two shall make the beginning of a new Age. The Age of Eternal Darkness! [Evil Laugh]
Ryu Hayabusa and company have been fighting evil since 1988. Here are the worst, whether human, demon, Fiend, or other.
All spoilers are unmarked. You Have Been Warned!
Video Games
NES trilogy
- First game & The Dark Sword of Chaos: (The) Jaquio, real name Guardia de Mieux, wants to Take Over the World. Jaquio learns of a legend about a Demon that came to Earth 700 years and went on a killing spree until it was defeated by a Shinobi. The Demon's body was imprisoned in a temple and its spirit was trapped in 2 different statues. Jaquio plans to free the Demon, believing it will grant him great power. Jaquio takes over the temple ruins and kills archeologist Walter Smith and kidnaps Ryu's father Ken in order to obtain the statues. When Ryu Hayabusa confronts Jaquio, the latter threatens to kill CIA agent Irene Lew if Ryu doesn't give him the statue, planning to sacrifice her anyway after Ryu gives him the statue. When Ryu confronts Jaquio again, the latter reveals he has made Ken his mind-controlled puppet and gleefully has him attack Ryu. Ryu seemingly kills Jaquio, but the latter is revived by evil magic. Jaquio obtains the Sword of Chaos and the Altar of Darkness that will allow him to open a portal and allow a horde of demons to enter Earth, dooming mankind in the process. Jaquio attacks Ryu through his pawn Ashtar, and plans to sacrifice Irene and Ryu to summon the demons to Earth.
- The Ancient Ship of Doom: H.P. Clancy is an assistant to CIA agent A. Foster and the hidden true villain of the game. After hero Ryu Hayabusa slew the evil wizard (the) Jaquio and a demon he summoned, the demon's destruction created a portal to another dimension that is releasing energy. Foster takes over what is left of Jaquio's fortress in the Amazon and renames it Castle Rock Fortress. Clancy and Foster begin to use the other-dimensional energy to perform experiments, setting up a lab to create nightmarish creatures called Bio-Noids. When Ryu's girlfriend, CIA agent Irene Lew, was investigating the lab, Clancy has a Bio-Noid that looks like Ryu seemingly kill Irene and then frames Ryu for her murder. After Ryu investigates the lab, Clancy approaches him and appears friendly, directing him to go to the Castle Rock Fortress, saying he cannot condone Foster's experiments. When Ryu confronts Foster, Clancy reveals his true intentions, he will go into the dimensional portal and claim the energy for himself. When Ryu later confronts Clancy in the portal, Clancy reveals his master plan to use an ancient alien warship to destroy humanity and replace them with Bio-Noid creatures.
- Ninja Gaiden Black: Murai stands out as a truly horrible individual. Once part of the Hayabusa Clan, Murai defected from the group and plotted their demise. Being a neutral ally of the Hayabusas, Murai used his position and knowledge to sell them out to Emperor Vigoor under the guise of the Dark Disciple while luring away his nephew, hero Ryu Hayabusa, during the scheduled invasion. With the Hayabusa Clan decimated and their ancient artifact, the Dragon Blade, in the hands a vengeful Ryu, Murai sends him out to hunt after Vigoor to get revenge. This is actually so Ryu would increase the power of the Dragon Blade through the blood of Emperor Vigoor's forces. He and his servant Gamov then kept watch and helped increase the number of demons so it would fuel the Dragon Blade, despite the collateral damage it would leave. After Emperor Vigoor is killed by Ryu as Murai expected, Murai reveals himself as the true villain and steals the sword away from Ryu, and backstabs his loyal servant Gamov. He then tries to kill off Ryu and intends to take control of the world with the sword. Manipulative and traitorous, Murai would betray and slaughter anyone for power.
- Ninja Gaiden II (2008):
- Elizébet, the Queen of Blood and leader of the Four Fiends, is one who made a pact to assist Murai in his ambitions. Upon Murai's death, Elizébet corrupts the honorable Genshin and uses his Black Spider Clan to massacre the Hayabusa village, sacrificing many innocent victims for the sake of Vazdah. Turning Genshin into an agonized Fiend and mocking his honor, Elizébet intends to unleash Vazdah to rule the world via the deaths of most of humankind.
- Infernal High Priest Dagra Dai, Elizébet's superior, is the head of the Order of the Necromantale, a sect which worships the Archfiend Vazdah. Once a human philosopher, once he stared into the evil eye of Vazdah, he later gained control over the Four Greater Fiends, thus making him responsible for all the evil faced by Ryu in the game. Dagra Dai is behind the ritual to resurrect Vazdah and all the deaths that result. Once defeated by Ryu, Dagra Dai willingly allows Vazdah to Devour the Dragon so that he may awaken at last, thus leaving Ryu as the only obstacle preventing untold death and destruction.
- Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012): Clifford "Cliff" Higgins at first seems like a helpful scientist working for the Japanese Defense Force. However, Cliff is really working for the Lords of Alchemy, a group that wants to destroy the human race and replace it with new "perfect" god-like beings; he is also the grandson of the head of the LOA. When Cliff's brother Theodore opposed Cliff's plans, Cliff had him killed in an accident. Cliff later decides to bring his brother back to life, brainwashes him and turns him into a terrorist. While under Cliff's control, Theodore launches a terrorist attack on London and murders the British Prime Minister. Cliff's plans come to a head when he uses his technology and hero Ryu Hayabusa's Dragon Sword, to turn Canna, his own niece, into an Eldritch Abomination called the Goddess. The Goddess then proceeds to go on a rampage across Tokyo, and will eventually destroy the entire human race. Later, after a fight with Ryu and a fatal injury at the hands of his brother, Cliff admits he did all this because he was jealous of his brother and wanted to step out from under his shadow, any way he could.
- Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z spinoff: Alarico del Gonzo is the holographic head of Forge Industries, and the one responsible for the zombie outbreak. Discovering an underground space lobster, he decided to harvest the chemical Substance 72 from it in order to cure his disease and become a God-like figure, unleashing the chemical onto Soviet soil once he hears of Ryu Hayabusa coming to stop him. Doing so causes everyone in Russia to become a zombie, with del Gonzo using them to distract Ryu. Resurrecting Yaiba Kamikaze as a cyborg, he has him hunt down Ryu so that he can activate Yaiba's killswitch to detonate the two ninjas, killing some of his men in a fit of rage once that fails.
Other Media
- Worlds of Power: (The) Jaquio, real name Guardia de Mieux, is a demonic being who seeks to use the light and dark statues to awaken a powerful demon, harness its energy, and gain world domination with his demon army. Kidnapping Ken Hayabusa and making him his mind-controlled fighter after he and Dr. Wimpleton steal the statues, Jaquio sends thieves out to regain the statues, uncaring of the casualties. With the teenage Ryu Hayabusa, Ken's son, inside his personal temple, Jaquio promises to kill CIA agent Irene Lew should he not get his dark statue back, forcing Ryu to fight his monsters after he complies. Seething with glee over forcing Ryu to fight his mutated, mind-controlled father, once he finds them reconciling, Jaquio attempts to kill them both and continue his world domination plan.
- Anime OVA: Professor Bucky-Wise is a seemingly-nice man who is really the hidden villain pulling the strings. Bucky-Wise recorded a power surge when hero Ryu Hayabusa defeated a powerful demon, managing to capture some of its power. Bucky-Wise forces his colleague Ned Friedman to help him perform bizarre experiments by kidnapping his daughter Katherine, using the demon's power to create an army of genetically altered creatures. Bucky-Wise is experimenting on humans, as Ryu and his friends discover that one of his labs has babies in jars and a twisted, mutilated dead creature on the ground. Bucky-Wise has his monsters attack Ryu and, when they fail to kill him, he kidnaps Ryu's girlfriend, Irene Lew. Ryu goes to Ned Friedman's corporation, believing he kidnapped her. Ryu confronts Ned, but Bucky-Wise kills him, stating he is no longer useful to him. Bucky-Wise then tells Ryu he plans to release the same demon Ryu defeated on the world, not caring that this demon has the power to destroy humanity. Ryu kills Bucky-Wise and frees Katherine, but not before Bucky-Wise transferred some of the demon's power to her, making her a vessel for the demon.
