The Rarzars

Ligia

90% of Managua

The **Rarzars** are entities from the underworld, they are persons without a soul or a moral compass. They are invoked via spell and possess the victim's mind and will, they only want to cause chaos and serve the caster of the spell. A Rarzar has red eyes. From observation, it seems that the nicer the person is, the worse of a Rarzar they become; for example, Jarliev and Ligia, who were normally kind, acted the most evilly. This is because when they had their souls, they held back all bad or evil thoughts, making them nice. But when they were evil, nothing stopped them from saying their mean thoughts and they didn't care if they hurt or even kill anyone. This did not apply to Ernesto Ibarra as much, because he was already willing to do anything in his power to achieve his objectives before turning into a Rarzar including killing those who deserved it, so he acted like his old self during the events of Ernesto vs Jacob but much worse.

## Ways to become a Rarzar

There are two known ways to become a Rarzar.

* **Be cursed by a spell:** A powerful dark sorcerer can invoke a Rarzar in the victim's mind by using a spell, which consist in touching the victim's heart and say the spell to invoke them until the victim's eye turn red.
* **Inhaling the dark cloud:** Kesler was able to turn nearly the entire Managua city residents into Rarzars by using some magic gloves that created a dark cloud which turned people into Rarzars when they inhaled it. This method was a last resort option, because anyone could become a Rarzar by only inhaling the cloud, and not selected people who Kesler could use in his organization.

## Ways to cure a Rarzar

According to the Spell Book, if a person who was turned into a Rarzar is not cured in 24 hours, they would permanently be a Rarzar and nothing could be done to cure them. There are two known ways to cure a person who were turned into a Rarzar.

* **Using the Tree of Life Juice:** In order prepare the juice or solution, at least five leaf of a Tree of Life are required and then they must be crushed and inject the juice in the Rarzar's heart while saying the counterspell that appear in the Spell Book, because the juice of the Tree of Life can relieve their souls from the curse.
* **Defeat the caster of the spell:** The other way to cure a Rarzar would be to defeat the caster of the curse who invoked them and after his or her death, the curse would have been lifted.

## Known Rarzars

* ***Jarliev***

**Captured by:** Kesler

* ***Ernesto Ibarra***

**Captured by:** Kesler and Jarliev

* ***Ligia***

**Captured by:** Kesler

* **Maritza Williamson**

**Captured by:** Kesler

* ***90% of Managua citizens***

**Captured by:** Kesler

## How they were captured

### **Jarliev**

Jarliev was waken up by a noise coming from the house's corridor, when he went to check the noise, he got attacked and knocked out by some K.E.S.E. agents and they took him to their facility, where they used his blood to awake Kesler from his dormant state. Once Kesler was awaken, he exchanged some words with Jarliev, in which he explained him that he wants him to re-join The K.E.S.E. because they could be an unstoppable team together, however Jarliev refused, so Kesler approached to him and touched his heart while speaking in a strange language, then Jarliev's eyes became red and Kesler welcomed him to the team, as he turned him into a Rarzar. He was one of the worst rarzars: he was willing to personally kill Jacob in order to prevent him to cause more problems to Kesler and The K.E.S.E. despite Kesler's orders to just capture him, and also he was way more violent than normal.

### **Ernesto Ibarra**

Jarliev as a Rarzar, managed to trick Ernesto by telling him that he found a secret underground facility and told him that he should check it out in order to make sure that nobody from the K.E.S.E. lives there, so Ernesto arrived thanks to the direction Jarliev gave him, and the doors automatically opened before him, so he prepared his gun and cautiously walked through the entry, then he accidentally stepped on a rope that triggered a mechanism that ended up trapping him in a cage, suddenly a group of cultist armed with scythes cornered Ernesto, so he tried to use his gun but it began floating and it disintegrated, then Kesler approached him using a red hooded cape. Kesler told Ernesto the same thing he told Jarliev, that he wants them to join The K.E.S.E., and the only way to do it is to turn him into a Rarzar, just like he did to Jarliev. Ernesto told Kesler that he would never join him, so Kesler challenged Ernesto into a fist fight in order to give him a chance to escape, Ernesto accepted the challenge but was eventually defeated by Kesler, so he approached him and touched Ernesto's heart and used the same spell he did to Jarliev and then Ernesto's eyes became red too, successfully turning him into a Rarzar, so Kesler welcomed him to the K.E.S.E. His personality didn't change much and acted like his old self during the events of Ernesto vs Jacob but worse.

### **Ligia**

Ligia was near the zone of Ernesto's neighborhood during Kesler's attack, so he used his magic gloves to create a dark cloud that could turn people into a rarzar if they inhaled it. So Ligia was one of the 90% of Managua citizens whom where turned into a Rarzar by the dark cloud created by Kesler. As a Rarzar, she was extremely loyal to Kesler and was willing to do anything to serve him and The K.E.S.E., evidenced when she tried to capture Ernesto, Jacob, Jarliev and Kuvira in order to have them killed by Kesler.

### **Maritza Williamson**

Maritza revealed to Ernesto that she was among the 90% of Managua's citizens who fell victim to Kesler's curse and became a Rarzar. She stated that she does not remember what she did while she was one, but that she returned to normal along with the others once Kesler was defeated.

### **Managua residents**

Kesler felt that he needed more agents into his army, so he used his magic gloves to create a dark cloud that could turn people into a rarzar if they inhaled. After using the magic gloves, around 90% of Managua citizens were successfully turned into Rarzars, and they tried to capture Ernesto, Jacob, Jarliev and Kuvira in order to have them killed by Kesler.

## How they were cured

### **Jarliev**

Ernesto and Jarliev as Rarzars arrived to the woods where Jacob was hiding while researching how to cure them, and once Jacob elaborated a cure using the juice of a Tree of Life, he got tackled by Jarliev and he began choke him while saying that he will kill him instead of bringing him to Kesler to prevent him from causing more problems to them, however Jacob managed to overpower Jarliev and injected him the cure in his heart and also used a counterspell he learned from the stolen spell book, Jarliev then told Jacob that he can't remember anything after he got kidnapped by the K.E.S.E., so after explaining what happened, Jarliev apologized and also thanked him for curing him and he also told Jacob that he will help him to look for Ernesto in order to cure him too.

### **Ernesto Ibarra**

Jacob and Jarliev were exploring the woods at nighttime trying to find Ernesto until they found Scorpius' former headquarters, so Jacob suffered from headaches to remember about that place. When they entered the abandoned house, they found Ernesto meditating and he revealed his red eyes and mocking Jacob about the place, so Jacob told Jarliev to wait outside while he deals with the situation.

Jacob threatened Ernesto that if he doesn't take the antidote, he will do it against his will, so Ernesto angrily attacked Jacob but he managed to dodge Ernesto's punch, however Ernesto managed to punch Jacob and knocked him down, Jacob got up and tried to attack Ernesto but he dodges subsequent blows as tells him he will torture Jacob before he kills him. They exchange punches but Jacob is tackled to the ground. He gains the upper hand by grabbing a piece of wood and striking Ernesto in the face, knocking him on his back. He grabs the syringe and injected the juice in Ernesto's heart, which enrages him to the point he is able to knock Jacob back, but Jacob then said the counterspell and Ernesto's red eyes became normal and began coughing. Feeling confused, Ernesto asked Jacob what happened and that where are they, so a exhausted Jacob told Ernesto that he was under a curse but that he is free now like Jarliev, so Ernesto apologized Jacob for any damage he might had done while he was a Rarzar, but Jacob told him that it doesn't matter because it was the Rarzar that made him that way but that it is over now.

### **Ligia**

During the final fight, Jacob is overwhelmed by Kesler, who pins him down and brutally beats him before beginning to choke him to death, until Jarliev saved Jacob's life when he took the mirror and used it against Kesler, when Jarliev used the mirror, it became so hot that Jarliev dropped it and it opened a portal which caused Kesler's soul came out of his body and he was engulfed by a fiery portal leading to the Lake of Fire in the Underworld, and the portal closed by itself, then Kesler's body became stone and it disintegrated. Later on every civilian that was a Rarzar turned back to normal, including Ligia.

A confused Ligia came out of hiding and asked the team what happened, so Ernesto replied that she alongside with the Managua city were under a curse, but that now it is all over, so she congratulated them.

### **Maritza Williamson**

During the final fight, Jacob is overwhelmed by Kesler, who pins him down and brutally beats him before beginning to choke him to death, until Jarliev saved Jacob's life when he took the mirror and used it against Kesler, when Jarliev used the mirror, it became so hot that Jarliev dropped it and it opened a portal which caused Kesler's soul came out of his body and he was engulfed by a fiery portal leading to the Lake of Fire in the Underworld, and the portal closed by itself, then Kesler's body became stone and it disintegrated. Later on every civilian that was a Rarzar turned back to normal, including Maritza.

### **Managua residents**

During the final fight, Jacob is overwhelmed by Kesler, who pins him down and brutally beats him before beginning to choke him to death, until Jarliev saved Jacob's life when he took the mirror and used it against Kesler, when Jarliev used the mirror, it became so hot that Jarliev dropped it and it opened a portal which caused Kesler's soul came out of his body and he was engulfed by a fiery portal leading to the Lake of Fire in the Underworld, and the portal closed by itself, then Kesler's body became stone and it disintegrated. Later on every civilian that was a Rarzar turned back to normal.

## Attempted Rarzars

* ***Jacob***

**Attempted kidnapper:** Kesler

 Ernesto as a Rarzar, told Jacob that he has something important to show him, so Jacob asked him what is it, but Ernesto only told him that he will find out once they arrive to the place, Jacob agreed and they left the house. After a few hours, Ernesto took Jacob to the secret facility and told Jacob that the rest of the K.E.S.E. members are hiding in there and that they should ambush them, but Jacob told him that he is not ready because he doesn't have enough bullets, but Ernesto told him that he has enough weapons in the trunk of the car.

The two proceed to enter the facility and walked through the corridor until they came across to a big door, however Ernesto opened it and pushed Jacob to the other side, suddenly some members of the cultist cornered Jacob and then his weapons began to levitate and they were thrown apart, then Jacob was shocked to see that Kesler was approaching him. Kesler told Jacob that he will turn him into a Rarzar just like he did to Ernesto and Jarliev, however Jacob told Kesler that he wont become a Rarzar, so a angry Kesler threw Jacob into a wall and began to walk towards him in a attempt to turn him into a Rarzar, but then Jacob noticed that one of his guns was lying in front of him, so he quickly took a pistol and shot Kesler in the arm causing him to drop the spell book; Jacob took the spell book but the exit was blocked by the group of cultist, so Jacob had no other choice but to shoot some of them in order to make them back off, so Jacob barely managed to escape unharmed but successfully got to the exit and escaped the facility with the Spell Book.

* ***Kuvira***

**Attempted kidnapper:** Kesler

 She was present and fought in Kesler's attack in Ernesto's house. Once she saw Kesler using his magic gloves to create the dark cloud, she ran as fast as she could to her car, where she closed the windows and held her breath until the dark cloud dissipated, successfully avoiding turning into a Rarzar.

## Possible Rarzars

* ***Ramon***

**Possibly captured by:** Kesler

 Since Kesler used the magic gloves to create a dark cloud that could turn people into a rarzar if they inhaled it, around 90% of citizens of Managua were turned into Rarzars. It is unknown if Mr. Ramon was one of the people turned into a Rarzar, but if he was, he was cured after Kesler was finally defeated by Jarliev in the final battle.

* ***Adela***

**Possibly captured by:** Kesler

 Since Kesler used the magic gloves to create a dark cloud that could turn people into a rarzar if they inhaled it, around 90% of citizens of Managua were turned into Rarzars. It is unknown if Mrs. Adela was one of the people turned into a Rarzar, but if she was, she was cured after Kesler was finally defeated by Jarliev in the final battle.

## Trivia

* It is unknown if Kesler was a Rarzar during the events of Ernesto vs Jacob: The Awakening because he had red eyes like a Rarzar's, but it could be because of his powers were boosted like Scorpius' in The Kidnapping of Jacob.
* They seem to have autonomy when possessing someone's mind and they are not limited to the caster's orders, evidenced when Jarliev as a Rarzar disobeyed Kesler's orders to capture Jacob and bring him to the facility, instead he tried to kill Jacob to prevent him from causing more trouble to them.
* They don't have a physical body since they are from the Underworld and when they are invoked in the physical world, they need to possess the victim's mind and body.
* When they possess a victim, they obtain the victim's memories and personality in order to act like them but they take away any goodness they had and only leave their bad or evil thoughts, and therefore their evil self.
* It is unknown if they would act good if someone not evil invoke them since they are from the Underworld after all.
* It seems that a side effect from being cured is either disorientation or recent memory loss, as everyone who were cured immediately asked what happened or where were they.