Arba

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* As Arba
* As Gyokuen

**Arba** (アルバ *Aruba*) is one of Solomon's three wise magi from Alma Torran and the ancestor of Gyokuen Ren's children. Prior to becoming a magi, she was an important member of Solomon's Resistance against the Orthodox Sorcerer Church, which she had previously been a part of. She carried one of the Divine Staves, and was second only to Solomon when it came to magical ability. She betrayed Solomon and founded Al-Thamen, and was locked up in a world with Al-Thamen and Ill Ilah for a millennium. In the new world created by Ugo, she took control of the body of her descendant, Kou Empress Gyokuen Ren, and later her daughter Hakuei Ren.

## Story

### Until the beginning of *Magi: Adventure of Sinbad*

After getting locked in another dimension with the rest of Al-Thamen, at some point Arba and the others learn how to possess empty bodies in the new world. They are able to cross the dimensional boundary with their souls, but not physically. Arba also possessed a human and gave birth to children. For centuries, she kept possessing her descendants and birthing more children a generation after another. Eventually, she gave birth to a daughter named Gyokuen. Gyokuen got married to the first emperor of the Kou Empire, Hakutoku Ren, at a young age, and gave birth to her first child, Hakuyuu, at the age of 16. At the age of 19, she gave birth to another son, Hakuren. Somewhere after this and before Gyokuen turned 26, Arba moved to possess Gyokuen's body instead.

After Arba took control of Gyokuen, she gave birth to two more children: Hakuei and Hakuryuu. She also organized the kidnapping of a new magi, Judar. Al-Thamen killed Judar's parents and raised him in their organization, and Arba had a big role in the upbringing of the child.

### Until the beginning of *Magi*

Arba pretended to be the loving mother of her family, but five years after Hakuryuu's birth she invited Al-Thamen and Judar into the Empire. She encouraged Judar to pick King Vessels from the empire, but forbid him from taking Hakuyuu and Hakuren to a dungeon. Hakuyuu and Hakuren quickly became suspicious of their "mother", and after a year had passed from Al-Thamen's arrival, Arba organized the assassinations of Hakutoku, Hakuyuu and Hakuren. Hakuryuu got also caught in the fire that killed Hakuyuu and Hakuren, and learned the truth of his mother. Hakuryuu survived but was badly scarred. When the six-year-old Hakuryuu asked his mother if she was responsible for the deaths, she admitted that she was. This resulted in Hakuryuu developing a deep grudge towards her, vowing that he would kill her one day and avenge his brothers.

After the death of Hakutoku, Arba married his brother, Koutoku Ren, who becme the next emperor and adopted Arba's children. During the following years, Arba supported her new husband in his efforts for world conquest while controlling Al-Thamen from the shadows, causing conflicts around the world. Al-Thamen had the goal of filling Solomon's new world with black rukh and depravity to make their god Ill Ilah descend from the sky. Arba was also playing at becoming closer with Koutoku's children, especially Kouen, but Kouen knew the truth of Arba as well. As someone who was close to his cousins Hakuyuu and Hakuren, Kouen wished to avenge them as well.

## Appearance

Arba is a woman with long brown hair in two braids, and brown eyes. She has pale skin, and wears a white top and skirt. When she was a part of Solomon's Resistance, she had a red sash. On her forehead, she has a golden headpiece.

When possessing the bodies of Gyokuen and Hakuei, Arba looked just like them: long black hair, blue eyes, and a mole next to her mouth. As Gyokuen she wore pink robes, and as Hakuei, her robes resembled more of those of Gyokuen's than Hakuei's.

After her body is destroyed and she returns in the form of a child, her appearance is similar to her original one. However, her braids are shorter, the skirt simpler, and the red sash is back.

Arba's original full appearance.Arba in a child-like form.Arba in the body of Gyokuen, her descendant.Arba in the body of Hakuei, her descendant.Arba in the anime.
## Relationships

### Solomon Jehoahaz Abraham

She shared a close friendship with Solomon, becoming his first friend and follower.

### Sheba

Arba is the one who urges Sheba to marry Solomon, insisting that her own position was to support Solomon by his side.

### Aladdin

They share an antagonistic relationship, as Aladdin is the son of Solomon.

### Hakuryuu Ren

As his mother, Arba and Hakuryuu shares a complicated relationship that eventually devolves into one of intense hatred and animosity on Hakuryuu's part. Hakuryuu swore to avenge his murdered father and siblings, thus becoming antagonistic towards his mother, the perpetrator of said murders.

### Kouen Ren

She attempts to latch on to Kouen after the death of her second husband, but Kouen refuses her, as he already had knowledge of Arba's true nature.

### Judar

Arba was the one to find the newborn magi, Judar. As the leader of Al-Thamen, she was responsible for the killing of Judar's parents, and his kidnapping. Al-Thamen raised Judar and taught him magic, and when the Kou Empire had been created, Arba as Gyokuen Ren took young Judar to live in the imperial palace. Thus, Judar became the respected magi and high priest of the empire. Judar lived his childhood under the control of Al-Thamen and Arba, and Arba forced him to fall into depravity with her powers. When Judar learned about his parents and how Al-Thamen had taken advantage of him, Judar became bitter towards Arba specifically. He accused her of stealing his freedom, because he would have wanted to live normal life and couldn't forgive her. Therefore, Judar teamed up with Hakuryuu in order to kill her.

When Judar was a child, Arba was the person who was closest to a mother figure for him. From Arba's perspective, Judar as a magi was someone who existed because of Solomon's arrogance. Therefore, she wanted to use his powers for Al-Thamen's benefit instead and get him to fall into depravity. After Judar's feelings towards her have turned for the negative, she provocates Judar by remarking how she raised him with love, but Judar holds no sentimental feelings towards her.

### Hakuei Ren

Hakuei Ren is Arba's only female biological child. She is later possessed by Arba after Gyokuen Ren's body is slain by Hakuryuu Ren.

## Skills

Arba has the ability to possess her descendants, essentially granting her eternal life, as long as even one of her bloodline remains alive.

Her magical skill and power has been stated to only be second to Solomon himself.

## Trivia

* Her name might come from the Arabic word أربعة (arba'a), meaning "four".