Lordgenome

* Human
* Biocomputer

Lordgenomу, better known as the Spiral King, was previously considered the main villain for Simon and the other spiral beings. Pilots Lazengann.

### Appearance

Lordgenome is a large, bearded and muscular man over seven feet tall. His bearish figure is further accentuated by thick hair that takes the form of a spiral galaxy on his chest. He has tanned skin and dark brown or black hair, which contrasts strongly with the blond hair and pale skin he possessed in his youth. It is implied that his use of the Spiral Force drastically changed his appearance over time. He is usually bald, although in the heat of battle, red fire (presumably the visible form of his coiling power) can erupt from his scalp. He has red irises that resemble a concentric set of spirals. Lordgenome's normal attire usually consists of white pants and a black sash with a long white robe-like robe wrapped around his body. Throughout his performances, he constantly walks barefoot.

### Personality

In the beginning, Lordgenome is shown as a very intelligent, heartless and despotic ruler who ruthlessly oppresses the people, forcing them to stay underground under pain of death. He is portrayed as gloomy and shrewd, but belies hints of weariness from his role as ruler and long life. He often displays stunned surprise at opposition from those who oppose his rule, and excitedly engages in any opposition to his rule in order to secure a level of amusement for himself. However, as the series progressed, it was revealed that his personality and actions have a much more complex side to them.

He was once a powerful Spiral Warrior who possessed a level of determination and drive that surpassed other Spiral Beings of his time. It is implied that he once had a personality reminiscent of Kamina's that is shown during battle, where he is shown to be ready to go into a frenzy during battle when he is aroused by his opponents. He personally led other people against the Anti-Spirals war, which was said to have gone on for quite some time. After being exhausted by the endless war and learning the truth about the Archenemy of the Spiral, he mentally cracked at the horrifying revelation of the supposedly pointless war that shattered his resolve and defiant spirit. He showed himself to be a ruthlessly pragmatic man throughout his life, as he chose to ensure the suppression of mankind rather than extinction by personally culling their numbers. Despite his cruelty, Lordgene considered himself the protector of mankind and emphasized that all his actions were aimed at ensuring the survival of mankind.

As a Biocomputer, he has acquired a cynical wit that he believes is due to environmental change. During the final battle against the Anti-Helix, he chose to sacrifice himself to give the Dai-Gurren team a chance at victory, while igniting the resolve and heroic drive he felt he had lost in the past.

It is also implicitly shown that Lordgenome has a depraved and libidinal side to his personality due to several young attractive girls from the beauty village regularly sexually gratifying him and impregnating his children to occupy his time.

## Story

In the distant past, Lordgenome was part of a previous human civilization that lived on the surface of the planet Earth, and it is implied that he was mostly a loner, his only company being a small group of animals he took care of, one of which was Guame in his original form. When the Anti-Spiral, a group of aliens seeking to suppress the culture of the Spiral, attacked Earth, Lordgenom, armed with the Lagann he had found, joined the ranks of the Spiral Warriors, eventually becoming a general of the Spiral. Lordgenome and the Spiral Warriors valiantly resisted the powerful Anti-Spirals, but they were ultimately unable to locate their enemy's home planet and thus failed to make any permanent progress in the war. In time, almost all of the Spiral Warriors were killed, exhausted from years of fighting endless waves of opponents. It was during this time that the Anti-Spiral himself appeared directly to Lordgenom in an attempt to drive him completely into despair, quelling his valiant urges to continue resisting by revealing the Spiral Nemesis to him. Defeated and spiritually broken, Lordgenome attempted to stop his comrades from continuing their futile conflict, however, despite the fact that continued would result in either their total annihilation at the hands of the Anti-Spirals or the realization of the Spiral Nemesis, Lordgenome's allies refused to listen, and enraged by Lordgenome eliminated any Spiral Warrior who disagreed with him. Completely immersed in the despair that the Anti-Spiral had instilled in him, Lordgenome activated his most powerful weapon, the Cathedral Lasenganne, and drove humanity back to planet Earth, determined to save the remaining population of the Spiral, giving in to any demands of the Anti-Spiral. He built an imposing castle fortress called Teppelin and created the Beastmen as enforcers to kill people living on the surface of the planet, driving them underground in the hope that their fear would keep them there, along with Lagann's burial in the depths of the earth's crust. He compromised with the victorious Anti-Spirals, who allowed the Spirals to continue as long as only a small population of humans were allowed to survive in the underground communities. He then organized the Werebeasts into a military organization known as the Human Extermination Army, armed them with militants, and ordered them to patrol the world's surface and kill any human that emerged from the ground.

Assuming the identity of the Spiral King, the sole guardian of mankind, he divided the Human Annihilation Army into four squads, each led by a High General modeled after the Spiral Common System of antiquity. His activities continued after the "Concept Change" when AntiSpiral moved in exactly the same way.