Digimon Sovereigns

The , also known as the "Harmonious Ones". "Four Sovereign Digimon", and "Four Sovereign Monsters" are a group of four Mega-level Holy Beast Digimon that are derived from the Japanese myth of the Four Guardian Spirits of Kyoto, itself derived from the Chinese myth of the . Like the Guardian Spirits, they represent and rule over the cardinal points of the compass — Ebonwumon for the north, Zhuqiaomon for the south, Azulongmon for the east, and Baihumon for the west. They are led by Huanglongmon, who represents and is enshrined in the "Center", from which it supervises the others. In turn, each of the four main Sovereigns has three Deva as subordinates.
Due to Lucemon, Huanglongmon was sealed in the deepest, darkest place within the earth. This caused the Sovereigns to lose their rule and struggle for hegemony, but an equilibrium was established that is still maintained. The Sovereigns have reigned over and protected the Digital World since the age of myth, and have passed into legend as beings which are extremely difficult to track down. They are difficult to overthrow with the power of ordinary Mega Digimon, as their power is set as the highest authority among other Digimon, with strength that is said to be the epitome of gods. Unlike normal Digimon which only have one DigiCore per body, each of the Sovereigns has twelve DigiCores which float outside their body and channel their immortality and tremendous power. Except for Huanglongmon, who has eight, each of the Sovereigns also has four red, shining eyes. According to records, the Digimon Sovereigns combined their strength and succeeded in bringing Huanglongmon under control.
While the Chinese names for the guardian spirits were used for the Digimon themselves, as well as in Digimon World 3 for the four cities at the cardinal points of the map of the Amaterasu Server, their Japanese names were used for the respective four cities of the Asuka Server.
==Members==
Digimon 	Symbol	Element 	Subordinates
Ebonwumon 	 	Phantasmagoric water	VikaralamonKumbhiramonVajramon
Zhuqiaomon	 	Incandescent flames 	SandiramonIndramonPajiramon
Azulongmon	 	Intense lightning 	MihiramonAntylamonMajiramon
Baihumon 	 	Steel attribute 	MakuramonSinduramonCaturamon
===Related Digimon===
Digimon 	Symbol	Element 	Subordinates
Huanglongmon	 	Taiji of light and darkness	EbonwumonZhuqiaomonAzulongmonBaihumon
==Fiction==
===Digimon Adventure 02===
===Digimon Adventure tri.===
===Digimon Tamers===
===Digimon Twin===
===Digimon Fortune===
===Digimon ReArise===
In the past, when a large amount of Digital Points opened up in the Digital World, bringing a large amount of Spiral, the Four Holy Beasts and the used the power of the Four Holy Beasts' DigiCores to open a distortion to attract all the Spiral into the same place so that they could deal with them all at the same time. Once all the Spiral arrived in the same place, they used the distortion to send them all to the Dark Area which was enough to get rid of all the Sprial for a long period of time. However after the Spiral suddenly arrive again they struggled to keep the Digital World safe. The Spiral's arrival had affected the balance of the Digital World and so the Four Holy Beasts go into slumber to restore it and give their Deva subordinates some of their DigiCores to help deal with the problem.
Whilst the Holy Beasts slumber; the Tamers, Deva, and other Digimon defeat a large amount of Spiral and clear countless Digital Points – so much so, the Holy Beasts are able to awaken as the balance of the Digital World had been restored.
Whilst they slept, broke free from its seal with the assuming the were harboring them within their domain causing an all out war between the two groups and the awakened Holy Beasts, though the three are able to come to agreement thanks to the hard work of the Tamers. With the Royal Knights, Three Archangels, and Four Holy Beasts all now in agreement, the Three Archangels team up with the Deva to deal with threats inside the Digital world whilst the Royal Knights deal with threats outside the Digital World. The Holy Beasts meanwhile say behind to recharge.
====Xuanwumon====
Xuanwumon is a member of the Four Holy Beasts, with the , , and , as its subordinates.
In the past, the Four Holy Beasts and the Deva saved the Digital World from the Spiral.
Xuanwumon takes Vikaralamon back to the Digital World after Vikaralamon had travelled to the Human World to the ascertain the threat after a large quantity of devices affected the Digital World. Xuanwumon however considered it to just be a "passing noise" and so travels to the Human World to retrieve its subordinate. 
Sometime later, Xuanwumon travels to the spring that controls Digivolution wondering what all the commotion there was about, and sees fighting against a Maycrackmon VM. Xuanwumon explains to Meicoomon that anyone who passes the trial in the spring will gain a strong and righteous heart and tells Meicoomon to pass the trial so that it can overcome its inner darkness. After Meicoomon digivolves to and defeats the Maycrackmon VM, which had digivolved to Raguelmon during the battle, Rasielmon is teleported back to the surface and deduces that the entire set of events were fabricated by the spring, which Xuanwumon confirms, with Rasielmon successfully passing the trial.
Later, the Digital World is suddenly infested by Spiral again. Kumbhiramon and Vajramon argue over why they had suddenly arrived again, though Xuanwumon tells them to stop arguing. It sends them out to deal with the problem and gives them some of its DigiCores to help them. Xuanwumon, alongside the other three members of the Four Holy Beasts, then go into slumber so that they could re-stabilize the Digital World. The Deva were against this though have no choice but to go along with the plan.
Whilst the Holy Beasts slumber; the Tamers, Deva, and other Digimon defeat a large amount of Spiral and clear countless Digital Points – so much so, the Holy Beasts are able to awaken as the balance of the Digital World had been restored.
After the all out war bewtween the and is stopped due to the hard work of Azulongmon and the Tamers, it returns to the others with Xuanwumon surpirsed they were able to quell the battle. With the Royal Knights, Three Archangels, and Four Holy Beasts all now in agreement, the Three Archangels team up with the Deva to deal with threats inside the Digital world whilst the Royal Knights deal with threats outside the Digital World. The Holy Beasts meanwhile say behind to recharge.
When Spiral Origin uses the Kernel's power to try and delete the Digital World, the Four Holy Beasts are able to stop it from happening at the last second.
====Azulongmon====
Azulongmon is a member of the Four Holy Beasts and the .
In the past, the Four Holy Beasts and the saved the Digital World from the Spiral.
One day when was rampaging in the Digital World Azulongmon and the other two members of the Four Great Dragons take it upon themselves to fight Megidramon and put a stop to its destruction. After a long fought battle they succeed as Megidramon de-digivolves to Guilmon after running out of energy. Azulongmon decides to leave Guilmon in its Rookie stage as it would not be able to cause much damage in that form, which agrees to. however, disagrees — worried that it might turn into Megidramon again and cause another rampage — though it reluctantly goes along with the plan as it didn't want to have to fight the duo. Goldramon decides it will permanently kill Megidramon should it go on another rampage, however.
Some time later, the Spiral suddenly start to spawn in the Digital World again, which affected the stability of the Digital World. Azunlongmon and the other members of Four Holy Beast go into slumber so that they can restore the stability, though the Deva are against this idea. They have no choice but to go along with the plan and the Four Holy Beasts send the Deva to deal with the Spiral whilst they slumber.
Whilst the Holy Beasts slumber; the Tamers, Deva, and other Digimon defeat a large amount of Spiral and clear countless Digital Points – so much so, the Holy Beasts are able to awaken as the balance of the Digital World had been restored.
After awakening, Azulongmon joins the summit between the Four Holy Beasts , and . The Holy Beasts arrive first, which allows Azulongmon to thank the Tamers for their hard work in helping to protect the Digital World alongside the Deva. The summit doesn't go well however, as the Archangels refuse to get involved in the Spiral problem and Examon pisses off the Holy Beasts by pointing out how badly their previous attempt at dealing with the Spiral had gone — as they and sent them to the Dark Area, which had cause them to learn how to transverse between the Dark Area, Digital World, and Human World. Before a fight escalates the Tamers are able to defuse the situation by calling for a break. They then decide to talk to each group individually, with escorting Keito Tamada, , Kazuma Natsuyagi, and to the Four Holy Beasts. Keito is able to convince the Four Holy Beasts to end the meeting amicably by telling them how much he loves Digimon and the Digital World, though Zhuqiaomon points out there's not much they can do when the problems are between the Archangels and Royal Knights in the first place. Due to the hard work of the others convincing the other groups to trust them as well the three groups agree to work together. With the Royal Knights, Three Archangels, and Four Holy Beasts all now in agreement, the Three Archangels team up with the Deva to deal with threats inside the Digital world whilst the Royal Knights deal with threats outside the Digital World. The Holy Beasts meanwhile say behind to recharge.
When Spiral Origin uses the Kernel's power to try and delete the Digital World, the Four Holy Beasts are able to stop it from happening at the last second.
====Baihumon====
Baihumon is a member of the Four Holy Beasts.
In the past, the Four Holy Beasts and the saved the Digital World from the Spiral.
Some time later, the Spiral suddenly start to spawn in the Digital World again, which affected the stability of the Digital World. Baihumon and the other members of Four Holy Beast go into slumber so that they can restore the stability, though the Deva are against this idea. They have no choice but to go along with the plan and the Four Holy Beasts send the Deva to deal with the Spiral whilst they slumber.
Whilst the Holy Beasts slumber; the Tamers, Deva, and other Digimon defeat a large amount of Spiral and clear countless Digital Points – so much so, the Holy Beasts are able to awaken as the balance of the Digital World had been restored.
After the all out war bewtween the and is stopped due to the hard work of Azulongmon and the Tamers, it returns to the others with Baihumon surpirsed they were able to quell the battle. With the Royal Knights, Three Archangels, and Four Holy Beasts all now in agreement, the Three Archangels team up with the Deva to deal with threats inside the Digital world whilst the Royal Knights deal with threats outside the Digital World. The Holy Beasts meanwhile say behind to recharge.
When Spiral Origin uses the Kernel's power to try and delete the Digital World, the Four Holy Beasts are able to stop it from happening at the last second.
====Zhuqiaomon====
Zhuqiaomon is a member of the Four Holy Beasts.
In the past, the Four Holy Beasts and the saved the Digital World from the Spiral.
Some time later, the Spiral suddenly start to spawn in the Digital World again, which affected the stability of the Digital World. Zhuqiaomon and the other members of Four Holy Beast go into slumber so that they can restore the stability, though the Deva are against this idea. They have no choice but to go along with the plan and the Four Holy Beasts send the Deva to deal with the Spiral whilst they slumber.
Whilst the Holy Beasts slumber; the Tamers, Deva, and other Digimon defeat a large amount of Spiral and clear countless Digital Points – so much so, the Holy Beasts are able to awaken as the balance of the Digital World had been restored. When Zhuqiaomon awakens it sees of the and of the fighting and demands to know why they were doing so. 
Unsatisfied with the explanations of the quarrelling factions – the groups arguing about if had entered the Archangel's domain or not – Zhuqiaomon decides to take the matters into its own hands and joins the battle, matching , Examon's ally, blow for blow. however is able to stop the fighting, following Eiji Futami's advice, by pointing out that not all members of the groups had let their opinions be known and set up a summit between the Four Holy Beasts, Royal Knights, Three Archangels, and the Tamers. The summit doesn't go well however, as the Archangels refuse to get involved in the Spiral problem and Examon pisses off the Holy Beasts by pointing out how badly their previous attempt at dealing with the Spiral had gone — as they and sent them to the Dark Area, which had cause them to learn how to transverse between the Dark Area, Digital World, and Human World. Before a fight escalates the Tamers are able to defuse the situation by calling for a break. They then decide to talk to each group individually, with escorting Keito Tamada, , Kazuma Natsuyagi, and to the Four Holy Beasts. Keito is able to convince the Four Holy Beasts to end the meeting amicably by telling them how much he loves Digimon and the Digital World, though Zhuqiaomon points out there's not much they can do when the problems are between the Archangels and Royal Knights in the first place. Due to the hard work of the others convincing the other groups to trust them as well the three groups agree to work together. With the Royal Knights, Three Archangels, and Four Holy Beasts all now in agreement, the Three Archangels team up with the Deva to deal with threats inside the Digital world whilst the Royal Knights deal with threats outside the Digital World. The Holy Beasts meanwhile say behind to recharge.
When Spiral Origin uses the Kernel's power to try and delete the Digital World, the Four Holy Beasts are able to stop it from happening at the last second.
===Digimon Survive===
The Four Sovereign Monsters are the four most powerful Kemonogami. Originally, the two worlds were combined though at some point between then and 2020, they were split into two worlds.
During the , five children were offered up to the Kemonogami in an attempt to gain their powers, with four of them becoming partners to the Four Sovereign Monsters, with the fifth Haruchika Minase, becoming partner to . Haruchika a wicked mind however, which caused the Kemonogami to turn savage. He wanted to use their powers to return to the human world and kill his sister, the entire Minase clan, and then destroy the entire human world in revenge for being sacrificed. His rage and thirst for revenge caused Fanglongmon to become , who Haruchika tells to destroy the world. The other four are almost able to defeat them but at the last second end up being unable to actually kill their friend. In order to help save the world, the Four Sovereign Monsters used their powers to seal Master and Haruchika off in four different directions with them unable to leave the shrine. This is able to last hundreds of years, though Master eventually broke free due to their powers weakening.
Fifty years later, in 2020, Master had managed to mind control Miyuki Minase, and gained her power to travel to the human world. Master sends the Kenzoku and his other minions out to kill the Four Sovereign Monsters to stop the last of their powers from weakening him though the newest group of humans sent to the alternate world are able to defeat them. They then defeat the Four Sovereign Monsters themselves and convince them to give them their powers with the Four Sovereign Monsters giving them the power to evolve into them so they could use their powers to defeat Master.
====Baihumon====
Baihumon is one of the Four Sovereign Monsters. During the , five children were offered up to the Kemonogami in an attempt to gain their powers, with Byakko Boy becoming partner to Baihumon. Haruchika Minase became partner , however Haruchika had a wicked mind, which caused the Kemonogami to turn savage. He wanted to use their powers to return to the human world and kill his sister, the entire Minase clan, and then destroy the entire human world in revenge for being sacrificed. His rage and thirst for revenge caused Fanglongmon to become , who Haruchika tells to destroy the world. The other four are almost able to defeat them but at the last second end up being unable to actually kill their friend. In order to help save the world, the Four Sovereign Monsters use their powers to seal Master and Haruchika off in four different directions with them unable to leave their shrine. Baihumon and his partner then spend hundreds of years in the shrine under the amusement park sealing away Master, though Master eventually broke free due to their powers weakening.
Fifty years later, in 2020, the Kenzoku attack the amusement park, with the children and their friends barricaded in the throne room. The Kenzoku try to break down the barrier to get to them, though Miu Shinonome remembers about the trap door that leads to the prison and has the group go into it. The group find a secret exit that even wasn't aware of and upon going in, they find a large group of Kenzoku corpses. As they wonder who killed them, the group are attacked by another group of Kenzoku, though as they fight them Baihumon appears and kills them all with the group having stumbled upon its resting place. 
Baihumon attacks the group, and as the others fight him, and Takuma's feelings, with them not wanting to lose and be unable to save the world, cause Agumon to warp evolve to Mega. As the fight continues, Byakko Ghost shows up and tells Baihumon that's enough and that the children had already earned their trust. He tells them about how he and his friends were sent to the alternate world and ended up becoming partnered to the Sovereign Monsters and that their friend Haruchika was Master. Having accepted the children, they tell them to track down the other three and convince them as well with them giving the power to evolve to Baihumon as well so that they can use his power to defeat Haruchika. They then teleport the group back to the amusement park.
Attacks
*: Emits a wave from its mouth which converts the opponent completely into metal, making them unable to move while their body rusts, and unable to die until they have completely rusted away.
====Ebonwumon====
Ebonwumon is one of the Four Sovereign Monsters. During the , five children were offered up to the Kemonogami in an attempt to gain their powers, with Genbu Boy becoming partner to Ebonwumon. Haruchika Minase became partner , however Haruchika had a wicked mind, which caused the Kemonogami to turn savage. He wanted to use their powers to return to the human world and kill his sister, the entire Minase clan, and then destroy the entire human world in revenge for being sacrificed. His rage and thirst for revenge caused Fanglongmon to become , who Haruchika tells to destroy the world. The other four are almost able to defeat them but at the last second end up being unable to actually kill their friend. In order to help save the world, the Four Sovereign Monsters use their powers to seal Master and Haruchika off in four different directions with them unable to leave their shrine. Baihumon and his partner then spend then spend hundreds of years in the shrine on the second island sealing away Master, though Master eventually broke free due to their powers weakening.
Fifty years later, in 2020, began working with to sacrifice children and defeat the Four Sovereign Monsters to make Master more powerful, with Master supposedly stating he would return Miyuki Minase to him if he did as he was told. Renamon was able to find Ebonwumon in the waterway shrine, and had a group of Kenzoku attack him. Renamon would leave the shrine, with the children ending up coming across him in his Haru disguise. Haru takes the children into the shrine where they find Ebonwumon fighting the large group of Kenzoku. As the children freak out, Haru reveals his true form as Renamon and that he was actually a Kemonogami the entire time, and was Miyuki's partner. Having a hatred of the Professor, the real Haru, Renamon attacks him in revenge for leaving Miyuki behind 50 years in the past with the children shocked at this revelation. Renamon tries to offer the Proffesor as a sacrifice to the kenzoku, hoping it will power them up enough to defeat Ebonwumon, though the children attack Renamon to stop him. Renamon warp evolves to and tries to defeat the children alongside a group of Kenzoku, though they are unable to win. After losing to the children, they tell Taomon that they want to save Miyuki too with the Professor telling him that he wont take Miyuki away from him. 
Before Taomon can react, Ebonwumon confronts the group having killed off all the Kenzoku that were attacking him. He assumes the children were the ones who had brought the Kenzoku and attacks them, with Taomon giving them advice on how to defeat him. Their attacks do nothing due to Ebonwumon's barrier, though Taomon, who was now fully back on the human's side, ends up talking Ebonwumon into dispelling the barrier. This came at the expense of making Ebonwumon even more powerful but allowed their attacks to get through. The group defeat Ebonwumon, who tries to continue fighting, though Genbu Ghost arrives, surprised that someone could defeat Ebonwumon. They tell them about Master having taken over Miyuki and, having been impressed with their power, agree to help them. They give the ability to evolve to Ebonwumon so they could use its power to defeat Master. They then teleport them out of the shrine.
Attacks
*: Displays an illusion which generates a dark mist around the opponent, destroying their spirit.
====Azulongmon====
Azulongmon is one of the Four Sovereign Monsters. During the , five children were offered up to the Kemonogami in an attempt to gain their powers, with Seiryu Boy becoming partner to Azulongmon. Haruchika Minase became partner , however Haruchika a wicked mind, which caused the Kemonogami to turn savage. He wanted to use their powers to return to the human world and kill his sister, the entire Minase clan, and then destroy the entire human world in revenge for being sacrificed. His rage and thirst for revenge caused Fanglongmon to become , who Haruchika tells to destroy the world. The other four are almost able to defeat them but at the last second end up being unable to actually kill their friend. In order to help save the world, the Four Sovereign Monsters use their powers to seal Master and Haruchika off in four different directions with them unable to leave their shrine. Azulongmon and his partner then spend hundreds of years in the shrine under the waterway sealing away Master, though Master eventually broke free due to their powers weakening.
Fifty years later, , having become the partner of Akiharu "Haru" Minase again, states he is pretty sure he knows where Azulongmon was resting, since Akhiharu and his friends needed to obtain the power of the Four Sovereign Monsters to be able to defeat . He has them follow him, though on the way they end up seeing 's minions everywhere with most of the group acting as decoys to try and get them away from the shrine. Upon finding the shrine, Garurumon, Akiharu and Takuma Momozuka go into it and are confronted by Seiryu Ghost who senses that they had the power of and on their side. Takuma tells them that they want Azulongmon's power too, though Azulongmon states that he would not want to waste his power on them if they were weak. Takuma was about to fight Azulongmon, however he states that the trial was exclusively for Akiharu and Garurumon, who did not have the power of Baihumon and Ebonwumon having only just joined the party. Garurumon defeats Azulongmon, with Azulongmon stating they were plucky and that they should now try his final trial... a fight against him — indicating that Azulongmon wasn't actually trying in that battle. Garurumon asks Akiharu to believe in him like he used to all those many years ago with this causing Garurumon to warp evolve into . MetalGarurumon then defeats Azulongmon for real. Having been defeated, Seiryu Ghost asks them to defeat Master and save the World and gives Garurumon's ally Syakomon the power to evolve to Azulongmon so that they could use his power to defeat him. They then teleport the group out of the shrine.
Attacks
*: Looses intense thunderbolts from the sky, with divine fury.
====Zhuqiaomon====
Zhuqiaomon is one of the Four Sovereign Monsters. During the , five children were offered up to the Kemonogami in an attempt to gain their powers, with Suzaku Boy becoming partner to Baihumon. Haruchika Minase became partner , however Haruchika a wicked mind, which caused the Kemonogami to turn savage. He wanted to use their powers to return to the human world and kill his sister, the entire Minase clan, and then destroy the entire human world in revenge for being sacrificed. His rage and thirst for revenge caused Fanglongmon to become , who Haruchika tells to destroy the world. The other four are almost able to defeat them but at the last second end up being unable to actually kill their friend. In order to help save the world, the Four Sovereign Monsters use their powers to seal Master and Haruchika off in four different directions with them unable to leave their shrine. Zhuqiaomon and his partner then spend hundreds of years in the shrine under the amusement park sealing away Master, though Suzaku Boy keeps himself hidden away from his partner through shame. This caused Zhuqiaomon to decide that all humans were evil, and that they had tricked them. Master eventually breaks free due to the powers of the Four Sovereign Monsters weakening.
Fifty years later, in 2020, when Takuma Momozuka and the others are resting at the school having gained the power of the other three Sovereign Monsters, Suzaku Ghost, comes out of the shrine and starts haunting them. As they get more and more scared, he mind controls their partners and has them go to the gym where they then vanish. 
Takuma is able to find the entrance to a well by using his phone in the gym. The group go to the bottom of the well, which caves in on them as they reach the bottom. They wind up falling into the shrine where they are reunited with their partners, though they are unable to hear them. Zhuqiaomon confronts the group, angry that they would refer to the Kemonogami as their partners. They tell him about how they want to defeat Master and save the World, though Zhuqiaomon doubts their abilities since they were just children and the Sovereign Monsters had failed before. They beg for him to relase their partners, which just pisses him off even more assuming they just wanted to use them as tools. Zhuqiaomon commands their partners to kill them, with them attacking their partners, though the humans are eventually able to snap them out of it. Zhuqiaomon is surprised to see this and admits their bonds are strong, but still doesn't understand why they would be friends with humans when they will just betray them one day. After being defeated by the humans, it is surprised with Suzaku Ghost appearing and stating that humans had managed to make a new fate for the world during the last one thousand years. Reunited with his partner for the first time in nearly one thousand years, Zhuqiaomon is shocked, and Suzaku Ghost asks him to help the humans. He agrees, stating that they shouldn't be punished due to the actions of his partner since they had nothing to do with his crimes. He gives the power to evolve to Zhuqiaomon so that they use his power to defeat master, and them teleports them out of the shrine.
Attacks
*: Releases a swirl of flames comparable to the prominences which jet out during a solar eruption.
==Notes and references==
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