Valgaav

Age: Probably around 1000 or so, because apparently he was alive during or after the Kouma Sensou.

Family: All his relatives were slaughtered by the golden dragons. Shortly after, Maryuu-ou Gaav turned him into a mazoku. Many years later, he was absorbed by Dark Star-Volphied, and shortly after that, he was resurrected to his original ancient dragon form and adopted by Filia Ul Copt.

Reputation: Before becoming a servant of Gaav, Valgaav was an ancient dragon known as Val Agares. With no future as a dragon, Gaav turned him into a mazoku and thus, he became Valgaav. He is not Gaav's priest or general... only a high-level servant. He lives to revenge Gaav's death and fulfill all of Maryuu-ou's wishes, which means he is against Shabranigdo and all of his followers. He seems to be angry at everyone- Shabranigdo for sealing Gaav in a human body; Lina for supposedly killing Gaav; Xelloss for being against Gaav; the golden dragons for slaughtering his original race... Thus, he made a contract with a shinzoku of Dark Star's world, Armace, to collect all of Dark Star's weapons and resurrect the Ma-ou into the Slayers world. His intentions were not to mindlessly destroy all of creation- he wanted to "purify" the world, destroying the shinzoku and the mazoku and ending the vicious conflict put into place by the Lord of Nightmares. He assured Lina and her friends that they would be reborn, and allowed to live their lives over again. This obviously did not happen, as Lina and the others decided they did not want to lose their memories or experiences. Thus Valgaav was destroyed, and in a twist of fate, Volphied resurrected him as an ancient dragon with her last vestiges of strength.

Skills: Valgaav is a mazoku with the full abilities of an ancient dragon, making him extremely powerful. He is even a match for Xelloss. When he gets angry, his dragon arms and wings manifest. This is very painful for him, as he is not able to fully transform into his rightful form. Throughout much of TRY, he uses the Dark Star weapon Ragudomezegis as a supplement to his magical powers.

Friends: Valgaav wrongly believed Lina was the one who killed Gaav (it was really Phibrizzo), and he vowed revenge on her. She could do nothing but fight back in order to defend herself.
He also hated Xelloss for being against Gaav and trying to thwart his plans. Xelloss was sent to Valgaav in order to attempt to turn him to Shabranigdo's side, and of course Valgaav said no, meaning Xelloss would have to kill him. However, this never happened, as Xelloss underestimated Valgaav's power, and was wounded by him.
Valgaav was very cynical to Filia, declaring her naive for not knowing what her race did to his in the past. She does everything in her power to convince him that she is truly sorry for what her ancestors did, but he does not accept. Several times, he tries to show her the truth by making her hand hold the weapon that would bring destruction to the world. After he is killed and resurrected by Dark Star as an unhatched ancient dragon, Filia takes the initiative of being his caretaker and surrogate mother.
Valgaav saved both Jiras and Grabos from death at the hands of humans. As a result, they are both loyal to him and want to do everything in their (limited) power to help him and his objectives. In the end of the series, they remained by his side, working in Filia's store.

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