Bjögens

**Bjögens** (ビョーゲンズ *Byōgenzu*?) are the main antagonists in *Healing Good Pretty Cure*. Their goal is to revive King Bjögen by spreading viruses around the world via MegaBjögen. King Bjögen has actually battled the Pretty Cure before but lost to them, and the three generals all know of the Cures' existence. Their headquarters is known as **"Bjögen Kingdom"** (ビョーゲンキングダム *Byōgen Kingudamu*?).

## History

Prior to the events of the season, King Bjögen established the organisation to assist him in infecting Earth. Judging by how a Nutria got infected and turned into his general in episode 10, it could be assumed that Shindoine, Daruizen and Guaiwaru all joined as generals through similar infections. King Bjögen then invaded the Healing Garden and had an even match with Queen Teatinu, which he ended up overwhelming Teatinu and triumphed. However, he still got defeated by the legendary Pretty Cure and lost his physical body as a result.

For most of the time, King Bjögen resides behind the scenes usually commanding the generals to summon MegaBjögens so that Earth can be destroyed. But upon knowing that the current Pretty Cure team is growing strong, he decided to recruit a Nutria by infecting it to turn it into his latest henchman, Batetemoda, until Batetemoda was defeated. King Bjögen later allows the remaining three generals to use Mega Parts to power up their monsters.

In episode 24, Daruizen used a Mega Part to transform a bird into a general named Nebsock, but he is defeated by Cure Earth before he could do anything.

In episode 27, Daruizen inserts a Mega Part into Nodoka's body. After the infection in her body was forced out in the next episode, it turned into a general named Kedary. After a brief fight with the Cures, he was purified by Healing Oasis. It is also revealed that a MegaBjögen parasite infected Nodoka when she was younger, and that she was Daruizen's host.

In episode 30, Shindoine inserts a Mega Part in her own body, evolving to a more powerful, never before seen type of Bjögen. Her powers are greatly strengthened by the transformation, enabling her to infect living beings with NanoBjögen, creating monsters called GigaBjögen in the process.

Later, Guaiwaru and Daruizen also absorb Mega Parts in episode 32 and episode 33 respectively under the demand of King Bjögen himself, which also enables them to create GigaBjögens.

In episode 41, King Bjögen is finally resurrected with his full body, and proceeds to absorb Guaiwaru who tries to steal his throne, and later in episode 42 he absorbs Daruizen as well. Throughout the span of episode 42 to 43, he appears to have an upper hand against the Cures and the Healing Animals, but ultimately the Cures successfully defeat him after they receive support from the Sukoyaka citizens.

After King Bjögen has been defeated and purified, the organisation itself has been dissolved as a result, although there are still NanoBjögens lurking around on Earth.

## Members

### TerraBjögens

* Daruizen ( Deceased)
* Shindoine (Deceased)
* Guaiwaru (Deceased)
* Batetemoda (Deceased)
* Nebsock (Deceased)
* Kedary (Deceased)

### Minions

* MegaBjögen/GigaBjögen
* NanoBjögen

## Etymology

Bjögen likely derives from the word ‘Byōgen’ (病源 *Byōgen*?) which translates to “pathogenic” or “cause of disease”.

## Trivia

* They are modeled after devils and demons. However, there can also be hybrids of demons and either animals or humans.
* Nebsock and Kedary are the only generals that only appear in one episode.
* In episode 28, it was revealed that Bjögen generals can also be called "TerraBjögen".
* NanoBjögens are the first known monsters that can be used to infect both objects/animals and humans in the franchise.
* All currently named Bjögen subtypes (save for King Bjögen) are named using metric prefixes together with the suffix "-Bjögen".
	+ For example, "Nano", "Mega", and "Terra" mean "one billionth" (1/109), "one million" (106) and "one trillion" (1012) respectively.
* They are the first villainous group where no one reforms and most generals are killed.
	+ Shindoine is the only one who is still somewhat alive, as she is revealed to still be alive in a cast interview from Animage, but is in her NanoBjögen form and contained by Asumi Furin.