Azuul (Shantae & Ali)

Also known as "Azuul the Wicked" by mortals and "The Blue Djinn of Chaos" by his peers. He is blue djinn of pure evil and the primary antagonist of Shantae & Ali

## Background

Eons ago, a race of magical beings known as djinns fought alongside genies to protect Sequin Land. There was one arrogant djinn named Azuul who viewed mortals as inferior and believed that humans should serve genies and djinns, not the other way around. He reached his boiling point when genies began falling in love with mortal men, including a genie who he was in love with. He considered this the ultimate act of betrayal.

Soon after, he waged war against the mortals and destroyed anyone who stood in his way whether they be man, woman, genie, or djinn. He was defeated by a brave group of genies and djinns and as punishment, he was locked away into a cursed golden lamp forced to grant the wishes of the very mortals he despised. Soon after, the djinns and his lamp mysteriously disappeared from Sequin Land and traces of their existence soon faded to myth.

His lamp somehow ended up in the hands of Prince Ali which spelled disaster for the boy as he twisted his wishes and turned him into a Pariah. When Ali tried to throw the lamp at sea, Azuul summons a storm causing them to become shipwrecked. This burst of power causes a dimensional rift and they espace limbo and into Sequin Land.

He would later ally himself with Risky Boot and eventually seduced her into bearing his child. After finally gaining enough power, he betrays her and brainwashes Shantae into becoming Nega-Shantae, causing Ali and Risky Boots to join forces. After they rescue Shantae, they storm his castle, defeat him, banish him into a new lamp, and leave it as Azuul's castle sinks into the sea with him in it.

He eventually returns 16 years later when his abandoned sunken castle is excavated by Relic Hunters and his is accidentally freed. After briefly banishing Shantae and Ali to the Chaos Realm, he faces off against their children, Dante and Jazz, who free their parents and defeat him leaving him trapped within the collapsing Chaos Realm which presumably destroys him.

## Personality

Cruel, arrogant, and power hungry: these words best describe Azuul. He thrives off of pure chaos and the misery of others whether it be for personal gain or for a cheap laugh. Although he was forced to grant wishes, he is able to twist them horribly for his own amusement. He views those less powerful as inferior, especially mortals. He also has no problem with slaughtering fellow Djinns and Genies should they get in his way.2 He is not above manipulating others into getting what he wants and shows very little remorse for his actions. His arrogance knows no bounds as he seeks to rule the entire universe out of a sense of superiority.

## Abilities

Azuul was one of the most powerful djinns known to man and is even considered a God to some people. He is able to conjure fire, teleport, take control of the minds of almost any monster, and even twist reality itself as he sees fit. After his imprisonment, he has since been weakened and can only grant wishes for the holder of his lamp, though he is able to twist them to his pleasure.

His weapon of choice is the Blade of Flames which is said to be able to cut reality itself.

## Appearance

He resembles a large muscular blue human with black shoulder length hair, a black goatee, and yellow eyes. He wears black pants with a black genie boots, and a black cape. He has red tattoos around his body that glow whenever he uses his magic.

## Trivia

* Azuul is based on Genie from Disney's Aladdin and Erazor Djinn from Sonic & the Secret Rings.
* More specifically he's based on the "Aladdin Backwards" meme where a douchebag genie causes a prince to lose everything.
* His name is based on the word "azul" which is spanish for blue.
* He is voiced by Fred Tatasciore who voiced Megatron in the Transformers video games "War for Cybertron" and "Fall of Cybertron"
* He bears a slight resemblance to Nathan Explosion from Metalpocalypse
* It's said that the genie he was in love with was Shantae's mother.