Lord Demanitus

Lord Demanitus is one of the three overarching protagonists (alongside King Frederic and Queen Arianna) of Disney's Tangled franchise. He was an ancient inventor and protector of Corona, initially an unseen hero, only mentioned in flashbacks, but later appeared in "Lost and Found" in Vigor the Visionary's body.
He was the archenemy and former friend of Zhan Tiri.
He was voiced by Timothy Dalton, who also voiced Lord Milori in the Disney Fairies franchise, Ged/Sparrowhawk in the English dub of Tales from Earthsea, Mr. Pricklepants in the Toy Story franchise, and who played James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill.
==Personality==
In flashbacks, Lord Demanitus is shown to be a brave and caring person who is willing to put his life in danger to stop Zhan Tiri if it means protecting Corona. Later on, in "Lost and Found", he is also shown to be a kind and helpful person who is willing to admit to his mistakes.
==History==
===Background===
In Corona myth, Demanitus was an ancient inventor of Corona who, once Zhan Tiri attacked Corona, created the Demanitus device to banish her and to counteract the snowstorm she made.
Over the years, he captured many spirits in the Demanitus Device from a mysterious event in the cosmos to powerful artifacts. When the Sundrop and Moonstone fell from the heavens onto Earth, Demanitus and three of his pupils searched for them, but could not find them. However, Demanitus's pupils betrayed him and summoned Zhan Tiri once again, but he was able to banish her again. He knew, however, that the research on the Sundrop and Moonstone was dangerous in the wrong hands, so he split it up into 4 pieces and then used an ancient spell to hide in Vigor's body to stay out of sight from Zhan Tiri.
===Season 2===
While mentioned previously in the series, Lord Demanitus first appears in the episode "Lost and Found" where he, as Vigor the visionary, finally comes out of Vigor's body after over 1,000 years after leading Rapunzel and Eugene, and starts talking to them. He reveals that the reasons he has only come out now are that once he controls Vigor, he will be trapped inside never able to speak again forever, and he can only control Vigor for a very short time. He also reveals that he hid the last piece of the scroll inside the maze and offers to help Rapunzel, who is the Sundrop, get the last piece as she already has the other three.
Eventually they are able to retrieve the piece, but then a statue designed by Demanitus to protect the place comes after them as a result of Eugene being stingy earlier and refusing to throw a single coin into the fountain as a tribute to it. They would then hide from it in a tomb, at which point Demanitus realizes he's nearly out of time and imparts some final, important advice to both Rapunzel and Eugene before his conscious submerges into Vigor's body forever. It is also revealed later that he left a final message with Eugene warning that at the end of the journey, one of Rapunzel's friends will turn against her.
===Season 3===
Demanitus was mentioned again in "Be Very Afraid" by Rapunzel when she told Varian the time, she met Demanitus in "Lost and Found" when he controlled Vigor at the Path of Demanitus. He was later mentioned again by Varian in "Cassandra's Revenge" once he learned how Demanitus had hidden the fourth incantation within the Demanitus Scroll and called him a genius upon figuring it out. 
Demanitus is mentioned once again in "A Tale of Two Sisters" by none other than his archenemy, Zhan Tiri, who is the one who manipulated Cassandra into betraying Rapunzel and taking the Moonstone for herself and had finally managed to escape her prison thanks to a clash between the Rapunzel's Sundrop powers and Cassandra's Moonstone powers that she orchestrated. Arriving in the Demanitus Chamber, Zhan Tiri tells Demanitus he's lost since she escaped her prison and gloats that an incoming eclipse will allow her to steal both the Sundrop and the Moonstone's great powers from Rapunzel and Cassandra and absorb them into herself.
In "Plus Est En Vous", it was revealed that Demanitus tried to talk Zhan Tiri out of her quest for power, but she wouldn't listen, and she accused him of turning his back on her. So, as a last resort, he reluctantly used a portal he built to send her to the lost world. He then dismantled the device before sealing his conscience inside Vigor, who was his pet, with another device he made. Over 2,000 years later, his portal would be assembled again by Varian and the people of Corona in an attempt to defeat Zhan Tiri, only for it to be destroyed in the chaos. Regardless, Zhan Tiri is defeated for good when Rapunzel and Cassandra make amends and combine the Sundrop and Moonstone, fulfilling Demanitus' legacy.
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