Culex

**Culex** is an optional hidden boss who appears in *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Magician's Sword*. Culex is a being from a different dimension who desires to do battle with warriors from Mario's world. He appears to be a type of demon, having dark purple skin, red twisted horns and wings, a red mark along his torso, a jagged tail, and several crystals surrounding his waist. He also emanates what appears to be dark energy.

## Story

Culex resides in a cross-dimensional region found behind a sealed door in Monstro Town. According to one of his neighbors, a Piranha Plant, Culex is "always mumbling about Crystal-this and an Evil-that." The sealed door that leads to Culex requires a Shiny Stone, also mentioned by the Piranha Plant. When Mario enters the region, Culex greets him and explains his story. He then challenges the party to a battle, which the player can either accept or refuse.

In battle, Culex is aided by four Crystals – the Earth Crystal, the Fire Crystal, the Water Crystal, and the Wind Crystal. These Crystals have magical attacks that correspond with their elemental power. All four Crystals can be defeated independently before targeting Culex, but if Culex falls, any remaining Crystals shatter one by one on their next turn.

If Mario's party wins, Culex rewards Mario with the Quartz Charm. Culex then leaves Mario's dimension as Mario is transported back to Monstro Town. The door to Culex also vanishes, leaving a solid rock wall in its place.

## Biology

**Name:** Culex

**Origin:** Mario Bros

**Gender:** Male

**Classification:** Dark Knight of Vanda

**Music:**

Theme

## Combat Stats

**Tier:** At least **Bowser**, possibly **far higher**

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Spaceflight, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3), Dark Magic, Creation (By creating meteors and crystals), Space-Time Manipulation, Negating Power Boosts, Matter Manipulation, Precognition, Ice Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Lightning Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Transmutation, Resistance to Extreme Cold, Cosmic Radiations, etc.

**Attack Potency:** At least **Multi-Solar System level**, possibly **far higher** (Easily stronger than Smithy. By far the strongest enemy in the game. Hinted at possibly having some great control over the universe's time and space)

**Speed:** **Massively FTL+** (Can keep up with Geno and the rest of the party)

**Lifting Strength:** **Unknown**

**Striking Strength:** At least **Multi-Solar System Class**, possibly **far higher**

**Durability:**At least **Multi-Solar System level**, possibly **far higher**

**Stamina:** Limitless

**Intelligence:** Gifted, as he is a master in advanced dark magic.

**Weaknesses:** Nothing notable

**Notable Attacks and Techniques:**

* **Diamond Cutter:** Culex summons several buzzsaws made of diamond that start spinning and sending them flying at high speeds
* **Meteor Blast:** Culex summons multiple shining star-shaped meteors towards his foes
* **Dark Star:** A massive dark star smashes all of Culex's opponents. It's the strongest spell in the game.
* **Shedder:** Removes and negates any boost in statistics his opponent gains.
* **Elemental Crystals:** Culex creates 4 elemental crystals. These crystals are all used to manipulate elements on extremely dangerous levels. (The elements that are being manipulated are created out of thin air by the crystals.)
	+ **Earth Crystal:** The earth crystal is used to manipulate the earth but it is also able to cause explosions and summon large blasts of lightning(Yellow crystal)
		- **Boulder:** The Earth Crystal will summon a large amount of rocks and mud that will rain down on Culex's enemies at high speeds
		- **Explosion:** The Earth Crystal creates an explosion at target location.
		- **Storm:** The Earth Crystal summons a large devastating blast of lightning out of the sky
	+ **Fire Crystal:** This crystal will manipulate fire and summon large walls of fire and it will even manipulate light using a powerful blinding beam(Red crystal)
		- **Corona:** The Fire Crystal summons a small ball of fire which then blasts a large blinding beam of light
		- **Flame Wall:** The Fire Crystal summons a large wall of fire that can cover a large distance to incinerate multiple enemies at once
		- **Drain:** The Fire Crystal throws a fireball at an enemy that will drain life force out of them if it hits.
		- **Mega Drain:** A larger and more powerful version of Drain. It will summon a large beam of light to his target.
	+ **Water Crystal:** This crystal manipulates snow and ice based based attacks instead of water based attacks(Blue Crystal)
		- **Ice Rock:** The Water Crystal will summon a large boulder of ice above the opponent's head and slam it down on them
		- **Blizzard:** The Water Crystal's only wind based attack. The crystal will call out a large snowstorm out of nowhere, the temperature of the storm is low enough to freeze things caught in it instantly
		- **Solidify:** The Crystal will choose multiple targets and encase them in ice
	+ **Wind Crystal:** The weakest of the crystals, but it has the best defense, The Wind Crystal has the best durability out of all the crystals and has multiple lightning based attacks(Green Crystal)
		- **Electroshock:** This attack will rain down sparks on an enemy, encasing them in a ball of electricity. Then a large bolt of lightning will come down and the victim will be electrocuted. (The ball increases the damage of the lightning bolt)
		- **Petal Blast:** The Wind Crystal's only wind based attack; The Wind Crystal summons a large amount of flower petals that will fly over the battlefield. This attack will end by turning people into mushrooms.
		- **Light Beam:** The crystal flashes of light towards the enemies and it puts the victims to sleep.