Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus (クラウディウス・プトレマエウス, *Kuraudiusu Putoremaeusu*?) (fake name, as a Roman citizen)
The Wise Pharaoh (賢明なる法老王ファラオ, *Kenmei-naru Farao*?)
New Wisdom God Se-Ptolmes (新叡智神セー＝プトレメース, *Shineichishin Sē-Putoremēsu*?)

### Species/Race

Human/Magi (formerly)
Deified Human

## Relations

### Family members

Lagus and Arsinoe (father and mother, deceased)
Eurydice (wife, deceased)
Ptolemy Keraunos (son, deceased)
Ptolemaic dynasty (descendants)

### Occupation

General (formerly)
Pharaoh of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt (formerly)
Founder and Director of Egyptian Sorcerers' Society (formerly)
Justice Alliance Honorary Member

### Likes

Books (except the "truthless kind") and libraries, getting new knowledge, reading in peace

### Dislikes

Wars of the present day, honorless killing, seeing friends get hurt, people who burn or don't use books

## Combat Information

### Affiliations

Ptolemaic Kingdom
Egyptian Sorcerers' Society
Justice Alliance

## Miscellaneous

### Appearances

Justice Alliance of Japan Victory
Gamera vs. MechaGamera
Gamera vs. The Great General of Darkness
Young Braves Brigade
Gamera vs. Aldrych: World Break
Daikaiju Future Fight
Justice Alliance of Earth The Movie: The Fated Crossroad
Daikaiju Future Fight The Movie: Omniverse War
Kaiju World War: Part 3

### Voice Actor

Kenyu Horiuchi

> *“So, what book would you like to read today?”*
> —Ptolemy
>
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**Ptolemaios I Soter** (Πτολεμαίος Α΄ Σωτήρ プトレマイオス一世ソーテール, *Putoremaiosu Issei Sōtēru*?), also known simply as **Ptolemy** (プトレミー, *Putoremī*?), is a supporting character from *Justice Alliance of Japan Victory*. He was a war general who served as one of the most devoted comrade-in-arms of the Macedonian King of Conquerers Alexander the Great, and after his death, inherited Egypt to form the Ptolemaic kingdom and become the first Pharaoh of its Ptolemaic dynasty. Upon the end of his mortal life, he became deified as the Wisdom God **Se-Ptolmes** (𓋇𓀭𓊪𓏏𓍯𓃭𓐝𓇋𓇋𓋴 セー＝プトレメース, *Sē-Putoremēsu*?) and later founded the Egyptian Sorcerers' Society, the Alexandrian branch of the Sorcerers' Society in 150 A.D.

## Appearance

As Se-Ptolmes, he takes the appearance of his elderly self. He has yellowish-orange eyes, thick light-blue hair protruding straight to the back of his head, and a likewise thick mustache and beard. He wears a gray robe underneath a black cloak and blue scarf with a golden eight-point star as the chest part.

## Personality

Ptolemy is a bookworm, often relying on them and reading them to gain new knowledge on the world, people and cosmos, and produce his own studies, theses, works and spells. He prides himself into believing that there is no one on Earth who loves books more than he does. That is why he expresses sadness or frustration whenever he is reminded that people don't really read books all that much anymore, especially in the age where people have easier access to information through the Internet with their electronic gadgets and computers. Whenever he hears a person dissing books or preferring computers over written pieces, he would often lose his cool. Worse, whenever he knows and encounters somebody who burns or destroys books, he gets absolutely enraged and would not hesitate to kill them. While he is fond of books himself, he doesn't appreciate ones that tell lies or propaganda that slander others and believes that books should be the source of truth and wisdom.

Ptolemy is also a wise and kind man. He was a loyal follower of his king Alexander and his death put him in a state of sorrow and worry; sorrow because he had lost the man who he almost saw as his brother-in-arms and worry because he had a fear that the empire Alexander built would collapse into civil war and chaos, which it soon did. He was also one to help out others, especially those closest to his king, as shown when he secretly met with the Persian princess Stateira, one of Alexander's wives, revealed to her about the plan by the deceased king's first wife Roxana to have her and her infant child killed, and gave to her a special gemstone with the ability to transport anything through time and space as a last resort to have her child.

## Background

### Past

In 323 B.C., when Alexander was poisoned and killed as a part of a conspiracy by Antipater and his son Cassander to seize power over Macedon and their empire for themselves, there was fear among the generals and populace that without a strong stable ruler, the entire system would collapse into total civil war and anarchic turbulence, especially from Ptolemy. To make matters worse, the general learned of a plan by Roxana, Alexander's first wife, to have his other wives (and any possible offspring) and those around them or who know of her plan eliminated erase any possible obstacle to her and her son Alexander IV taking over the Empire. Ptolemy rushed to Persia, secretly met up with Stateira, who Alexander loved very dearly and wedded a year earlier in Susa, and told her that he was going to have her and her newly-born infant daughter, Alexandra Elysion assassinated. Stateira suggested going on the run with her baby, but Ptolemy advised against it, saying that with Roxana and her son having control and influence over Alexander's empire, it didn't matter where they'd run to since they'd still be found and murdered anyway; further saying that even if Roxana would be gone, many others would try to take Alexander's spoils for themselves and that would mean purging all those that stood in their way, even if it's from the bloodline of their former king. Ptolemy then showed her the Chronolith, a powerful special gemstone that he found in an abandoned field months prior and studied since to discover that it had the power to transport anything through time and space but knew that its magical supplies is limited, meaning that it could only be used once and for only one object at a time. He gave her the gemstone and advised her to use it on her infant child, to send her through any place or any time period, hopefully to a better world than the one they lived in at the moment, one that would descend into bloodshed and chaos. Stateira hesitated at first, but then reluctantly agreed, seeing there was really no other in the long-term. Ptolemy fled and Stateira used it on her child, who then vanished from the time period. At that point, Perdiccas, another one of Alexander's more powerful generals, who Roxana tasked into murdering Stateira, arrived, killed the Persian princess and afterwards, destroyed a fake baby construct wrapped in cloth and filled with blood, which he thought to be her baby.

From then on, Ptolemy declared a new kingdom in Egypt and himself as the new Pharaoh that would a new line and legacy for those that live in the ancient land. From there, he founded the Great Library of Alexandria, which became the center of all known knowledge in the ancient world, where he compiled countless number of books, scrolls and other sorts of written works, among those were records of Alexander's conquests, actions and accomplishments.

## Abilities

Ptolemy is a very powerful sorcerer.

* **Magi Physiology**/**Mana Sensitivity** –
* **Master Sorcery** –
	+ **Immortality** – As a deified human, he has the capability to live for thousands of years.
	+ **Astral Energy Manipulation** –
	+ **Magical Energy Blasts** –
	+ **Barrier Projection** –
	+ **Levitation** –
* **Authorities** –
* **Kaiju Transformation** –

## Quotes

* “It seems I have reached to this point. What is with that face you're making? I am also Ptolemaios. However, I am from the time when I ruled Egypt as the God-King and the Pharaoh, and upon my demise, ascended as the new God of Wisdom Se-Ptolmes. I didn't speak this way before, huh? In any case, I am counting upon you, Grandmaster.” (至ったか。何だ、その顔は。吾あもプトレマイオス。但し、法老王ファラオとして埃及エジプトを統治していて、死後に新叡智神セー＝プトレメースとして転神した時代の吾あだ。ふっ。向こうの吾あはきちんと話さなかったか。いずれにせよ、宜しく頼む、グランマスター, *Itatta ka. Nanda, sono kao wa. A mo Putoremaiosu. Tadashi, Farao to shite Ejiputo wo tōchi shite, shigo ni Shineichishin Sē-Putoremēsu to shite tenshin shiteita jidai no a da. Fu~. Mukō no a wa kichin to hanasanakatta ka. Izure ni se yo, yoroshiku tanomu, Guranmasutā*?)
* “I see, so you brought me here to this point? This is my destination. This is the form if I were to reach the end of my life. Ichirou Tachibana, I give you my thanks. So, what book would you like to read today?” (そうか、此処にまで連れて来たか。これは吾あの到達点。生前の吾あが最期に届いた形である。橘壱郎よ、礼を言おう。さて、今日はどんな書を読んでみたい？, *Sou ka, koko ni made tsurete kita ka. Kore wa a no tōtatsu-ten. Seizen no a ga saigo ni todoita katachi de aru. Tachibana Ichirō yo, rei wo iou. Sate, kyō wa donna sho wo yonde mitai?*?)
* “Japan is quiet and not bad. It's been a long time since I was able to relax and indulge in reading.” (日本は静かで悪くないな。ゆっくりと読書に耽っていられるのは、随分と久し振りだ, *Nihon wa shizuka de warukunai na. Yukkuri to dokusho ni fukette irareru no wa, zuibun to hisashiburi da*?)
* “As I read these books, I can't help but think about how many times in the history of the world there were people who became friends at hearts and then just killed each other.” (こうして書を読んでいると、世の歴史に、心を分け合った友と殺し合う時代がどれだけあったのだろうなどと、つい考えてしまうな?)
* “Ah, have you looked into the Diadochi Wars? According to history books, comrades in arms killed each other, but it was said that this was a custom in turbulent times. However, there are times when we mourn what has been lost. No more than that…” (嗚呼、ディアドコイ戦争のことを調べたか？概ね歴史書の通り、戦友同士で殺し合ったが、あれ自体は乱世の慣わしだとも。ただ、時々はな、失われたものを悼む時もある。それだけのことだ……?)
* “My library is different from the Great Library of Alexandria, which has vanished from history. Hahahaha, thanks to that, it's a rather pleasant thing, isn't it?” (吾あの図書館は、歴史に残された、アレクサンドリア大図書館とはまた別でな。ふはははは、おかげで中々愉快な代物だろう？, *A no toshokan wa, rekishi ni nokosa reta, Arekusandoria dai toshokan to wa mata betsude na. Fuhahahaha, okage de nakanaka yukaina shiro mono darou?*?)
* “Hmm. Very well, we shall have a book club today. What? “Today again” you say? Do not say that. I guess I still don't have enough movement over there anyway. From now on, whenever you meet up with me, it'll be a good idea to digest ourselves into books. How about starting off with a special Greek tragedy?” (うん。では、今日は読書会としようか。何？「今日も」だと？そう言うな。どうせ向こうの吾あはまだまだ動き足りないだろうからな。こちらの吾あと会っている時は、書を貪るのが良いというものだ。まずはとっておきのギリシャ悲劇からでどうだ？, *Un. Dewa, kyō wa dokusho-kai to shiyou ka. Nani? "Kyō mo" da to? Sou iu na. Douse mukō no a wa madamada ugokitarinai darou kara na. Kochira no a to atte iru toki wa, fumi wo musaboru no ga yoi to iu mono da. Mazuwa totte oki no Girisha higeki karade dou da?*?)
* “Open now, gate of wisdom! We, who are not omnipotent, challenge the omnipotent one! Carve the farthest reaches of history into thine soul! Bibliothiki Basileiou!!” (いざ開け、叡智の門！全知全能ならざる我らが、全知全能なる者へと挑む！遥かなる歴史をその魂に刻め！「王の書庫」ビブリオテーケ・バシレイオー！！, *Iza hirake, eichi no mon! Zenchizennō narazaru warera ga, zenchizennō naru mono e to idomu! Harukanaru rekishi wo sono tamashī ni kizame! Biburiotēke Bashireiō!!*?)
* “Know the accumulation of the world! Know our final destination! Even if the end is destruction, never look down on us and remember our journey! Bibliothiki Basileiou!!” (世界の集積を知るがいい！我らの行く末を知るがいい！その結末が滅びであろうと、決して俯くことのない、我らの旅路を思うが良い！「王の書庫」ビブリオテーケ・バシレイオー！！, *Sekai no shūseki wo shiru ga ii! Warera no yukusue wo shiru ga ii! Sono ketsumatsu ga horobidearou to, kesshite utsumuku koto no nai, warera no tabiji wo omouga yoi! Biburiotēke Bashireiō!!*?)

## Trivia

* In real life, the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter and Roman-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemy were two entirely different people. However, in the *Mahou Kaiju Series* universe, because of Ptolemy's immortality, the two are lumped into one person. In the case of the latter, Ptolemy assumes a false identity in the guise of a Roman citizen to continue his studies, collection and spread of knowledge.
* In Ptolemy's deified name, **Se** (𓋇𓀭) is a masculine version of the name of the Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge and record-keeping **Seshat** (𓋇𓏏𓁐).
	+ **Ptolmes** (𓊪𓏏𓍯𓃭𓐝𓇋𓇋𓋴) is Ptolemy's name read in Ancient Egyptian.