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**Ezuku** (Japanese: **ザキエル** *Zakiel*) is the late Champion of the Zantaru region's Aster League in Pokémon Topaz and Amethyst. He is also the main antagonist of the aforementioned games, and leads the cult known as Yunavika.

## In the games

**Spoiler warning:** the following text contains major story details.

In Pokémon Topaz and Amethyst, Ezuku is a the Champion of Zantaru. As his age advances, he takes great interest in the plans of Team Xibalba. He sees himself as a great and powerful Trainer, deserving to vanquish the "one thing sure to defeat him", but although he tries to join, Team Xibalba writes him off, as his idea (the one that inspired Yunavika) was seen as ridiculous, as the goal was to beat death, not summon it. Undeterred, Ezuku decides to do it himself.

When he is first seen in Aminade City, he appears on a news report involving an "attack" on a church. He doesn't appear overtly evil, mourning the loss of life at the building. However, it is revealed later on that this attack was planned and was the result of someone knowing a bit too much when they stopped following his preachings. He is seen again in Kurtail City, appearing after the player completes the Spirit Trial, though he does not battle the player directly here. It is here that he reveals himself as the leader of Yunavika, sending his subordinates after the player, searching for the player, who hides as per Azrani, his adopted daughter's request. Ezuku's plan is revealed here: to awaken an ancient deity by performing a ritual atop Asterix Mountain. Azrani herself was planned to be the sacrifice, as Ezuku mentions in Raicha City, but based on the player's strength, having nearly completed the entire Trial of Nine, he changes his mind and decides the player themselves will do.

Ezuku sends his goons down Asterix Mountain as the player climbs it to reach the Aster League building, attempting to incapacitate or weaken the player before they reach the top. When this plan fails, and after being defeated by the player, Ezuku flies into a rage, and sends out a surprise seventh Pokémon: a Thundixie, which he orders to use Thunder Wave directly on the player, incapacitating them while he sets up the ritual. While the ritual does work, summoning Yunavika's patron saint, they choose to eliminate Ezuku instead of the player, as Ezuku had planned to control them, which was not satisfactory.

## Trivia

* Ezuku is the only Champion that cannot be re-battled in any way - usually when the Pokémon League is challenged after becoming the Champion, the player will battle the original Champion again, however, this is not the case in Topaz and Amethyst, as instead Ann Maple is fought.
* Ezuku is the only Champion that is a member, let alone the leader, of a villainous team.
* Ezuku has several parallels with another villainous team leader, Ghetsis:
	+ Both are fought during the initial Elite Four challenge, with Ghetsis being fought instead of Alder, and Ezuku being the Champion himself.
	+ Both are cult leaders.
	+ Both have foster children, but have no biological children.
	+ Both attempt to incapacitate the player during the main story, though Ezuku succeeds in doing so while Ghetsis does not.
	+ Both are final bosses that are not able to be re-fought in the post-game, and are the only such final bosses in the series.
	+ Both are 200cm (6'6") tall.
* While Ezuku does not state that he specializes in any specific type, three of his six Pokémon have the Celestial type, hence why he is considered a Celestial-type specialist.

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