History Characters / YuGiOhAncientEgypt

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the anime, he was taken prisoner before Yami Bakura arrived to possess his body. And up until the priests and Yami Yugi (as Atem) defeats him that he is confused over who he was seeing before realizing he was turning into sand. Had Yami Bakura not possessed him, Bakura would had enacted his revenge plan anyway, since his fellow thieves were going to save him anyway.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Seto Kaiba is his modern-world reincarnation.

* FaceHeelTurn: Originally betrays Atem in the original timeline. In the Shadow RPG, he never foes through with it, staying firmly on his cousin's side.

* ConnectedAllAlong: He's Atem's through their fathers. They were not aware of this familial connection.

--> Voiced by: Kobiyama Youichi (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English

3000 years ago, Akhenaden was one of the six priests in service to Pharaoh Atem. He was the brother to the previous Pharaoh and was the original wielder of the Millennium Eye. During the previous Pharaoh's reign, he massacred the village of Kul Elna, a den of thieves, and melted their [[BloodMagic blood and bones]] into gold in order to create magical relics that would protect Egypt from impending war and invasion -- [[GenocideBackfire the only survivor of the massacre being Bakura]]. Thus were born the seven Millennium Items -- cursed items that held the power to initiate occult judgment games known as Shadow Games and housed an evil intelligence that would awaken the Evil God, the secrets of their creation haunting Akhenaden for years. He never told his brother of it, and had all of the soldiers that had taken part brainwashed to forget the incident. Making a wish on the Millennium Eye for his son, Priest Seto, to take the throne, he is eventually influenced by Zorc to betray the current king years later.

* WalkingSpoiler: He was the one who created the Millennium Items in the first place, so he's pretty much responsible for ''the entire story''. He's also initially thought to be a priest loyal to the Pharaoh before Bakura brings out the full depths of his hidden jealously towards his deceased brother, enforcing a FaceHeelTurn.

* YouAreInCommandNow: After Atem defeats Zorc, he cannot remain in the world of memory due to the fact that he died in the original timeline. Before he disappears he gives Seto the Millennium Puzzle and asks him to watch over everyone in Egypt.

* MeaningfulName: His name is most likely derived from the real life Pharaoh [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten Akhenaten]], a pharaoh best known for his ruinous attempts to upend Egypt's millennia-old polythestic religion and forcibly replace it with a new monotheistic one that made his rein a general mess for all involved.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite his crimes, including setting the whole plot in motion by making the Items, he goes on to the afterlife and is seen living happily with the rest of the Pharaoh's court.

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** Mana, who in the original series canon is the not-yet Dark Magician Girl, serves as the Pharaoh's childhood friend, a role which in ''Forbidden Memories'' was filled by doppelgangers of Joey and Tea (who would presumably reincarnate into their modern selves).

* EarlyBirdCameo: Obviously since his spirit is the Dark Magician, Mahad makes appearances ''long'' before his official introduction in the Millennium World arc. Also, Mahad's voice makes a brief appearance as the Dark Magician during the [[Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters Capsule Arc.]]

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Making Kisara an AdaptationalBadass in the anime creates a plot hole, as Kisara's Ka, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, is also her Ba, which means the dragon is literally her soul, which is why her body passes out whenever the White Dragon emerges from her body. Her being able to remain conscious while summoning her literal soul is a plot hole.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime, Kisara is much more assertive, and determined to protect Seto. She fights Akhenaden with the Blue Eyes White Dragon and dies protecting Seto. In the manga, she just gets attacked and dies.

* DeathSeeker: Implied. In the manga, she does nothing to call out the Blue Eyes White Dragon to protect her from the prisoners trying to kill her with their ka monsters and simply closes her eyes to accept her fate. It takes Priest Seto's intervention to save her life.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Seto and Kisara do love each other. It was never really expanded on in the series despite the obvious hints, but the fact it transcends time and space until becoming modern day Kaiba's fixation with the Blue Eyes White Dragon certainly assures it was strong enough.

* LightIsGood: A firmly heroic character, with the Blue Eyes White Dragon as her ka.

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Her wielding of the Blue Eyes White Dragon's power is what makes her the target of mobs and power-seeking priests.

* MysticalWhiteHair: As the holder for the Blue Eyes White Dragon, she has long white hair.

* ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait: Her white hair and Seto's attachment to her make it fairly obvious that her "reincarnation" is the Blue Eyes White Dragon.

** During Seto Kaiba's duel with Ishuzu Ishtar, it is hinted that Kisara saved him from losing by showing him the vision of Priest Seto cradling her in front of the stone slab where her Ka was sealed, making him realize that he should use the Blue Eyes White Dragon, and ultimately defying Ishuzu's prediction. Kaiba wins the duel as a result.

* ShrinkingViolet: Very mild-mannered and soft-spoken, which is at odds with her Ka, the Blue Eyes White Dragon. She seems to have grown out of this by the time she faces off with Akhenaden due to her determination to save Seto from his influence, and even after her death.
* SilkHidingSteel: Timid, quiet, and reserved... as well as the holder of the Blue Eyes White Dragon, one of the most powerful monsters in the series.
** She seems to have become much braver and more assertive than the first time she was revealed to be the vessel of the Blue Eyes White Dragon by the time of her death due to her determination to protect Seto up to the point where she can consciously summon the said spirit without any problems to do battle with Akhenaden.
* SummonMagic: Unlike the other characters of the Shadow RPG, Kisara can't summon her ka (the Blue-Eyes White Dragon) at will, but her subconscious does.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: To Priest Seto. It's more emphasized in the anime, where she dies fighting Akhenaden for Seto's sake, but also present in the manga, where she appears as the Blue Eyes White Dragon to save him from falling to darkness when under Akhenaden's control.

* BreathWeapon: He can breathe fire from [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/62fbd9717ef8c94d214c8d2cac67b834/tumblr_p8osmt3luu1uax6y9o4_400.png his regular mouth]] or from [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/b/bb/I_came.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141016134747 the mouth of the dragon]] that's attached to his torso.

* TheJuggernaut: The heroes throw everything they have at him: the Dark Magician duo, Exodia, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and even the ''Egyptian Gods'' all fail to even scratch him. The only way Atem beats him is by combining the three gods to summon Horakhty, who destroys him once and for all.

* NighInvulnerability: The amount of punishment he can take from all of the series' heavy hitters, up to and including the three Gods and Exodia, is ''insane''. In the manga, he has ''three health bars'' on his RPG character card.
* PlayerCharacter: Dark Master Zorc was Dark Bakura's main avatar for the Monster World RPG. Likewise, during the Shadow RPG, the Zorc Necrophades became one of Dark Bakura's main avatars once Thief King Bakura died and Zorc was summoned by Akhenaden.
* PlayingWithFire: His CallingYourAttacks Zorc Inferno is the same fiery attack he had in Bakura's Monster World, only much ''bigger'' here.
* ResetButton: His first Hourglass ability allows him to rewind time once.

* VillainousBreakdown: He panics once he realises that Atem manages to fuse the Egyptian Gods together and tries to pull a TakingYouWithMe on Atem as he dies.

* AdaptationalBadass: He and Galestgoras do much better against Diabound in the manga than in the anime; in the manga, Diabound is forced to resort to shattering Galestgoras' tablet to win since Galestgoras, while likely not more powerful, was the better fighter. In the anime, Bakura summons the rather weak Winged Sage Falcos to destroy it while it's occupied with Diabound.

* FreudianExcuse: As a child, Bakura witnessed and was the only survivor of the massacre of his entire village. Said massacre was directed by the Pharaoh (unknowingly) and his brother (knowingly) to create the Millennium Items. The Pharaoh died soon after, but Bakura wasn't satisfied with that and transferred his hate to Atem and Egypt as a whole.

* NoNameGiven: He doesn't actually have a canon name, and is only referred to as Bakura as a reference to his future self's host.

** SparedByTheAdaptation: In-universe for the manga. During the actual events of the past, she ''probably'' died during the battle with Zorc. However, during Dark Bakura's Shadow Role-Playing Game, events were modified enough by the players that Isis ended up being the only surviving party member aside from Priest Seto. She goes on to serve as a priestess under Pharaoh Seto in the RPG world.

* ShrinkingViolet: Very mild-mannered and soft-spoken, which is at odds with her Blue Eyes White Dragon.
** She seems to have grown out of this by the time she faces off with Akhenaden due to her determination to save Seto from his influence, and even after her death.

* NonPlayerCharacter: Weird example. In the manga, he's an NPC that's actually played by the outsider, Bobasa (who is actually Shadi). In the anime, however, he's just a "Master Item" that's controlled by Shadi and summoned by Dark Yugi.

* ChekhovsGunman: The name Zorc first appeared as a generic FinalBoss in a tabletop RPG made by Bakura. this Zorc's appearance is ''much'' deadlier.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this for the series. Zorc is the entity that the Pharaoh destroyed that Dark Bakura is trying to resurrect, and Pegasus indirectly mentions him as an "evil intelligence" inside the Millennium Items. Also, for most of the English 4Kids dub, he is frequently but vaguely referred to only as a dark evil defeated by the Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt who destroyed that country and which the Pharaoh is prophesied to defeat again. However, it is not until the end of the last arc that we find out who and what he is, and it's revealed/confirmed that Dark Bakura was working to release him all along.
** Every story that has Dark Bakura as a GreaterScopeVillain technically has Zorc as a GreaterScopeVillain by extension. See his character page for more details.

* TheJuggernaut: The heroes throw everything they have on him, the Dark Magician duo, Exodia, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and even the ''Egyptian Gods'' all fail to even scratch him. The only way Atem beats him is by summoning Horakhty by combining the three gods, who destroys him once and for all.
* KilledOffForReal: Horakhty destroys Zorc in the final battle, destroying his evil entirely. Since the spirits of Thief King Bakura and Akhenaden contained the fragments of his soul needed to resurrect him, and they were part of Zorc and thus also slain, his death is permanent.

* VisualInnuendo: His infamous dragon head, which come out of his crotch. Various media try to censor it in various ways.

* ShesGotLegs: Her miniskirt emphasizes her long legs.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Thief King Bakura, given that he [[StartOfDarkness became what he was]] later because he survived and witnessed the gruesome killing of all the people in his village. Granted, they were a village of thieves, but [[UsedToBeASweetKid he was an innocent child]] before this happened. WordOfGod said that if the massacre hadn't happened he would be more like Ryou Bakura.