Golem Megiddo

**Golem Megiddo**(ゴーレムメギド *Gōremumegido*) is a golem-based Megiddo from Episode 1 of Kamen Rider Saber.

He is voiced by **Hiroshi Shirokuma**.

## Personality

Golem Megiddo is a destruction-making Megiddo who follows through with a task given to him. He looks down on humans and will attempt to kill anyone who tries to get in his way, although he will underestimate his enemies.

## Appearance

Golden Megiddo has black lower body-half adorned with silver armor. He has a brown-colored upper body-half with brown pecs and brown arms. He is wearing gold/silver shoulder pads, a golden collar, black belts around his torso, and grey armor on his arms. His left arm larger than his right with a black belt wrapped around the upper-arm. He has a large brown-colored head in the shape of a molding vase with two large disembodied hands holding on and has a grey-colored face with black hollow eyes and a hollow mouth. He also has a red book lodged into his left pec and a red book in his stomach.

## Biography

A group of villains, called the Megiddo, start their plan to begin a new world by taking out one of their Alter Ride Books, Gansekiou Golem. One of the members, Legeiel, heads out into town with the Alter Ride Book and opens it up, unleashing a bunch of books that stack on top of each other into a humanoid form and turn into Golem Megiddo. Legeiel then hands him a blank Alter Ride Book, telling him to connect the world with an alternative world, called Wonder World.
Upon opening up the Alter Ride Book, a large section of the city is suddenly transferred to Wonder World. At the time, an author/bookstore owner, named Toma Kamiyama, and his editor, Mei, were bringing a book to a child, named Yota, and they get transferred along with the section of the city, separating Yota from his parents.
Golem Megiddo appears in the transferred city section and starts terrorizing the citizens and demolishing one of the buildings, making the blank Alter Ride Book gain some color. Toma and Mei find Golem Megiddo and see the book he has. He explains to the two that the blank Alter Ride Book is his power and with it, the world is in his hands.
Golem Megiddo then attacks Toma and Mei with his launching hands and tries to get them sucked out of the world, saying there’s no need for human in this world. Toma and Mei manage to avoid being sucked out and Toma confronts Golem Megiddo to bring the town and everyone back to reality. However, Golem Megiddo tells him that the blank Alter Ride Book is almost complete and he can use it to imagine a new world. Toma argues back that books are used to change the world for the better and attempts to take the Alter Ride Book from Golem Megiddo. Golem Megiddo, however, knocks him down and buries him in a pile of rubble.
Fortunately, Toma had with him a Wonder Ride Book, Brave Dragon, that blasts the rubble off of him, much to Golem Meggido’s surprise. Toma opens the Wonder Ride Book up out of curiosity of its power and it unleashes a flaming sword. Toma grabs the sword and it turns into the Seiken Swordriver. After he places the Seiken Swordriver on, the Golem Megiddo tells him that no matter what he does, he’ll complete the Alter Ride Book. Toma tells him that he’ll decide the ending of the story and when he puts the Wonder Ride Book in the Seiken Swordriver, Toma transforms into Kamen Rider Saber.
Now armed, Saber charges at Golem Megiddo and lays multiple blows on him with his sword. Golem Megiddo demands to give him the Wonder Ride Book but Saber refuses, so the Megiddo opens up his Alter Ride Book and changes their location to a deserted area where he sends Saber up in the air and sends flying rocks at him. Saber manages to deflect the flying rocks and sends a flaming slash at Golem Megiddo, bringing them back to the town.
After Saber knocks Golem Megiddo with his Dragon Wonder attack, Golem Megiddo sucks in all the rubble he created and turns into a giant. He then tries to smash Saber while as a giant, telling him to give up as the ending has been written. Saber, however, reminds him that he’ll write the story’s ending. He then activates his Fire Cross Attack and slices the Golem Megiddo’s body. He then flies around to lay multiple slashes on Golem Megiddo’s giant body, causing the giant Megiddo to blow up. With the Golem Megiddo destroyed, the town is returned back to reality and Yota is reunited with his parents.

## Powers/Abilities

* **Alter Ride Book**: Given by Legeiel, Golem Megiddo is equipped with a blank Alter Ride Book.
	+ **World Transportation**: Golem Megiddo can use a blank Alter Ride Book to transfer a large section of reality to Wonder World as well as change the location.
	+ **World Manipulation**: Golem Megiddo is able to imagine the transported section as a new world to his liking.
	+ **Chlorokinesis**: Golem Megiddo can use the Alter Ride Book to summon giant pitcher plants to suck up his victims.

* **Flying Fists**: Golem Megiddo can launch off the stone fists on his head to hit his targets. The fists can also speed up with rocket thrusters behind them when pushing against an enemy.

* **Large Arm**: Golem Megiddo is equipped with a large left arm that he can use in combat.

* **Geokinesis**:
	+ **Flying Rocks**: Golem Megiddo can send rocks flying in the air after slamming his fist to the ground.
	+ **Boulder Launch**: Golem Megiddo can launch a big Boulder from his right hand at his enemies.

* **Size Changing**: Golem Megiddo can suck up all the rubble he created into his body, allowing him to increase his size into a giant.

## Trivia

* At first, the designer, Yasushi Torisawa, thought the setting for the Megiddo Kaijin was that they were humans turned into Megiddo by the Alter Ride Books. So he gave the Golem Megiddo a regrettable facial expression.
* Torisawa selected the giant type from the roughs he drew for the design and was surprised to see the Golem Megiddo actually turning huge in the episode.
* In response to a request to give the Golem Megiddo a rock face, Torisawa decided to draw various versions such as a mud face version and a rock face version.
	+ Since Golems in folklore were originally mud dolls created on a Potter’s Wheel, Torisawa thought it would be interesting to make the Golem Megiddo’s face rocky but the head itself was mud.
		- He also added hands to the Golem Megiddo’s head to reference the mud kneading and turning on the Potter’s Wheel.