Darrgon

**Darrgon** appeared in 2021 TV series called *Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga*. Darrgon (ダーゴン *Dāgon*) is one of the Giants of Darkness and one of the main antagonists in *Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga*. He fights using his great strength, and considers Trigger to be his worthy opponent. Despite his battle-hardened appearance and fearsome armor, Darrgon has aspects of his personality which contrast his nature as an antagonist, such as his strong sense of honor and respect for those brave enough to challenge him.

Darrgon, with the other Giants of Darkness, arrived on Earth 30 million years ago to locate the Eternity Core, fighting against Yuzare directly or by controlling Dark Monsters. Trigger Dark captured Yuzare and used her to open the gate towards the Eternity Core, allowing the other Giants of Darkness to enter. However, Kengo Manaka convinced Trigger Dark to turn to the light, becoming Ultraman Trigger, who fought the Giants of Darkness with the help of Yuzare and the power of the Eternity Core. They were petrified into stone statues, and were left to float through the universe.

In the present day, Darrgon was found by Carmeara, who undid his petrification after he landed somewhere upside down. Darrgon went to Earth to fight against Trigger after he had just defeated Gymaira but, now weakened, Trigger stood no chance against him and disappeared. Darrgon returned later at night, destroying the city to lure out Trigger. Having received the Power Type Hyper Key from Akito Hijiri, Kengo Manaka made use of Trigger's new power to fight against Darrgon. Bringing their battle underwater as they clashed, Trigger drove Darrgon away after the battle. Carmeara and Darrgon then went to pick up Hudram after his fight with Trigger, having to restrain him in the process. With the three Giants of Darkness reunited, they continued their quest to find the Eternity Core.

While Deathdrago attacked, Darrgon went after Yuna Shizuma, seeking to awaken Yuzare's spirit within her. After Darrgon pursued Yuna through a basement, Akito arrived to assist her, but their combined efforts were not enough to drive Darrgon away. Darrgon threw Akito into a pile of boxes before being slapped by Yuna, and left after being impressed by what she had done. Now alone, Darrgon contemplated the nature of the "human spirit" that he had seen.

Continuing to ponder the nature of the human spirit, Darrgon attempted to continue his efforts at awakening Yuzare within Yuna, this time through the emotion of love. When he was rebuffed, Darrgon grew furious, and the vibrations given off by his body inadvertently awoke the monster Zaragas from his slumber beneath the Earth. In a surprising twist of fate, Darrgon later intervened to assist Trigger in the final moments of the battle that followed, restraining Zaragas with a single finger. He then threw the monster towards his rival, who swiftly destroyed it with his Deracium Light Stream.

After repeated monster attacks, Carmeara decided to attack Trigger directly, managing to perform her Curse of Darkness on him that turned him back into Trigger Dark. However, after his ordeal in the past, Kengo returned to the future, causing the Giants of Darkness to somehow remember that he was the one who turned Trigger to the light in the first place. The Giants of Darkness attack Kengo, now transformed into Ultraman Trigger, and had the upper hand until Yuzare's spirit emerged from within Yuna and granted Trigger a fragment of the Eternity Core, allowing him to transform into Glitter Trigger Eternity. He forced the Giants of Darkness to retreat after firing his Glitter Zeperion Beam at them, and then finished off Trigger Dark.

Soon, the Absolutian warriors Absolute Tartarus and Absolute Diavolo invaded Trigger's world in search of the Eternity Core. They threatened the Giants of Darkness to stand down and surrender the Eternity Core to them, which they did after being outclassed by Diavolo. However, after Carmeara's observations of GUTS-Select's plan to counterattack, they decided to restrain Diavolo while his energy was getting absorbed, as the Giants of Darkness and GUTS-Select now had a common enemy. This ultimately led toward the defeat of Diavolo and the Absolutians' deferring of taking the Eternity Core. Carmeara then attempted to attack Trigger and Trigger Dark during Metsu-Orochi's rampage, defeating Trigger Dark while getting hurt in the process. Darrgon then came and stopped her before she could fight Trigger, advising her to retreat as Trigger had human allies on his side that were not to be underestimated.

A Kyriel came to the Earth and unleashed the Morpheus R cosmic waves, which showed the Giants of Darkness illusions of their greatest desires. Carmeara longed to see the Trigger she knew again, Darrgon wanted Yuna's affection and Hudram desired to be the leader of the trio. The effects of Morpheus R soon wore off, and Hudram started to accuse Carmeara of being incompetent as a leader, starting a fight between them despite Darrgon's efforts to keep them together. With that, the unity between the Giants of Darkness fell apart, and Hudram began acting on his own.

Darrgon became disgusted with Carmeara after he learned of Hudram's death at her hands, and decided to defect from her as well. However, Carmeara used her increased power to control his mind using her Curse of Darkness and made him attack the city. Darrgon fought against GUTS-Select and Trigger, defeating them and nearly injuring Yuna in the process. At a crucial moment, Darrgon regained control of himself and managed to catch Yuna from a fatal fall. He then had a talk with her, Akito and Kengo, admitting that he had become drawn to the kind of strength that humans possessed which the Giants of Darkness lacked, and challenged Trigger to a duel as a last request.

Trigger arrived to duel him at a mountain range, and all went well until Carmeara decided to reactivate the curse again, defiling Darrgon's final request for a fair battle. He started to rampage again and fought off the effects of the curse as best as he could, but could no longer hold on to himself and asked to be killed so that he would not hurt Yuna. Trigger attempted to help him, but Carmeara got in the way and fought him instead. Akito decided to use the Ultraman Ribut Hyper Key to defeat Darrgon by ramming him through with the Nursedessei using the Maxima Galaxium. With his dying breath, Darrgon gave his thanks to his friends. Carmeara took the chance to absorb Darrgon's remaining power of darkness afterwards, and made her way to the Eternity Core after kidnapping Yuna, to take its power and become Megalothor.

Alongside a duplicate of Hudram, a duplicate of Darrgon was created by Carmeara using the Darkness generated by Megalothor's Second Form in an attempt to stop GUTS-Select from gathering energy from the Eternity Core to charge Trigger's new Truth form. The copies of Darrgon and Hudram assaulted the Nursedessei and engaged GUTS-Select in hand-to-hand combat, but were eventually defeated, evaporating away after Yuna accessed the Eternity Core's power.

After being freed from Megalothor and fighting her former monster form with Trigger and Decker, Carmeara approaches to Kengo as she wishes to leave Earth as well, bringing along two energy spheres (implied to be Darrgon and Hudram's spirits) to find a place where the three can belong to.

Darrgon values his brute strength above all else as his sole means of fighting with a great deal of pride, and enjoys fighting for his amusement. Despite his incredible strength, he has a sense of honor about him, as he adheres to fair play during combat and detests cowardly tactics. Darrgon's sense of honor is not limited to fighting Ultras, as he finds the nature of human strength to be interesting, and values the humans who are brave enough to face him in combat in spite of the substantial difference in strength between them. After several encounters and battles against GUTS-Select, Darrgon's deeper traits began to develop further, and he became even more contemplative of the nature of humanity and emotions.

Darrgon's respect for Trigger can be dated as far as the Ultra-Ancient era, wherein the two were previously sparring partners. Even after Trigger's defection to the light, he still finds enjoyment in fighting his former friend in combat.

As the series progress, Darrgon eventually becomes the only one out of his companions to remain sane in the midst of Carmeara's obsession with her old flame and Hudram's treacherous intent. Eventually no longer having faith in his team reuniting again, his attempts at desert Carmeara and getting brainwashed as a result forced him to turn to GUTS-Select's help in order to free himself from his former leader's control. His growing affection for Yuna at that point becomes his major push in fighting back Carmeara's influence, for at least until Akito delivers a mercy kill.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Brute Strength**: Darrgon's main ability lies in the use of his brute strength, something that he favors during combat. This allows him to throw another Ultra like Trigger into mid-air. He is strong enough to hold up and throw the entire weight of Zaragas with just one finger, at human size.
* **Armor**: Darrgon wears armor that protects him from damage.
* **Deflection**: Darrgon can punch a projectile back to its source.
* **Teleportation/Portal**: Using his dark powers, Darrgon is able to move from one place to another, either by conjuring portals or shrouding his figure with darkness to cover his escape.
* **Size Change**: Darrgon can shrink himself to the size of a human.
* **Fire Beat Crusher** (ファイヤービートクラッシャー *Faiyā Bīto Kurasshā*): Darrgon's finishing move, he sends shockwaves of flame driving through the earth with tremendous destructive power.
* **Dark Bullet**: Darrgon can fire an energy blast from his hand.
* **Dark Burst**: Bolts of dark energy erupt from Darrgon's body.
* **Darrgo Metta** (ダーゴメッタ *Dāgo Metta*)
* **Darrgo Kick** (ダーゴキック *Dāgo Kikku*)
* **Darrgo Knee Attack** (ダーゴニーアタック *Dāgo Nī Atakku*)
* **Dark Punch**: Darrgon coats his fist in dark energy and unleashes a punch powerful enough to break Yuna/Yuzare's energy shield.