Alibaba

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**Alibaba** (アリババ, *Aribaba*) is the president of Persia. He participates in the Rosengarten Schlacht leading a group from Persia known as the Arabian Knights.

## Plot

Alibaba arrives at the Rosen Garten with his followers making a grand exclamation of their arrival. Yamato Takeru takes interest in Alibaba's magic carpet and attempts to kill him for it. Before a full fight can start, Beowulf intervenes breaks up the fight. The fighters part ways and proceed to the opening show of the Rosengarten Schlacht.

Alibaba take part in the People Course of the Rosengarten Schlacht qualifiers, making short work of the door obstacles set up for all the contestants. He grows frustrated with Arthur Pendragon who can keep up with the speed of his bike and attacks him when Arthur attempts to ride on his bike. Realizing Arthur is too strong for his normal explosives, Alibaba convinces other contestants to help him defeat Arthur. Arthur destroys the staircase of the tower they are in, forcing Alibaba to find another tower. Making his way to another tower, Alibaba finds a Kriemhild imposter who requests Siegfried's death. While Arthur and Siegfried battle, Alibaba places explosives at their feet to blow them out of the building. He sends his M-10T attached with dozens of explosives towards them, for a fully-powered explosion to finish them off. Believing he has fulfilled the princess's request, he turns his attention towards the other contestants before Siegfried ambushes him and turns him into a woman. Seeing Arthur reveal he had survived as well, Alibaba prepares to unleash his strongest explosives in a three-way battle but they are interrupted by Gernot who announces the disqualification of all the contestants in the People Course. Initially confused, Yamato Takeru arrives revealing he had killed all the false princesses, thus rendering the course objective incompletable.

Alibaba complains to Morgiana that his magic carpet was out-sped by Arthur and requests a new, more powerful vehicle.

## Equipment & Abilities

    **Magic Carpet** (魔法の絨毯, *Mahō No Jūtan*): Alibaba and his followers use "magic carpets" that resemble and function like modern day motorcycles. They were created by Morgiana using her precognition and are used as both vehicles and weapons.

* **M-10T**: Alibaba's most recent vehicle, it resembles a vintage motorcycle. Its wheels, engine and front light constantly emit flames. It is fast enough to maneuver Alibaba behind someone in an instant when they were previously within sword's reach in front of him. Alibaba destroyed it in the qualifying round for the Rosengarten Schlacht when he attached explosives to it and sent it flying towards his enemies in an attempt to eliminate them.

**Explosives**: Alibaba's primary mode of attack is making use of a seemingly endless supply of explosives he somehow keeps on his person. The two types of explosives he uses are black spherical bombs and sticks of dynamite. He refers to his use of explosives as magic capable of opening any door. His explosives have differing levels of power which he chooses depending on the situation, preferring not to use high-powered ones within close-quarters.

## Original Inspiration

Ali Baba is a character from the folk tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a story found in a compiled collections of Middle Eastre folk tales known as One Thousand and One Nights. In the story, Ali Baba is a poor woodcutter and an honest person who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, and enters with the magic phrase "open sesame" and becomes rich after discovering a vast cache of treasure.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 7
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 11
3. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 12
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 13