Drakken Joe

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* Normal (Manga)
* Mutated (Anime)
* Mutated (Manga)
* Old (Anime)
* Old (Manga)

**Drakken Joe** (ドラッケン・ジョー, *Dorakken Jō*?), better known as the "**Dark Alchemist**" (闇の錬金術師, *Yami no Renkinjutsushi*?), is one of the Oración Seis Galáctica, the owner of the Belial Gore, as well as the founder and CEO of his own criminal organization. He was also known as "**Undead Joe**" (不死者(アンデッド)ジョー, *Andeddo Jō*?) for his unaging body and "**DJ Zombie**" (ＤＪゾンビ, *DJ Zonbi*?) while operating on Norma.

## Appearance

Drakken is a tall, muscular man with dark red eyes with dark shadows, a dark red curled beard, thick eyebrows, and spiky hair with a diamond-shaped pendant connected to a chain on his right temple. His main attire consists of a dark fur-collared, light-gray overcoat draped over his shoulders, a long-sleeved, high-collared white jacket, and a dark-violet turtleneck underneath with a pale-violet design that resembles flames.

After losing his youth, Drakken's body ages to the point of becoming a shriveled old man, gaining wrinkles, light-colored hair, dark skin and losing his muscular physique.

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## Personality

Drakken is shown to be a violent and greedy person. He believes money is the most important thing in the cosmos and is only interested in making more of it at the expense of the people who are debt slaves to him. Joe has shown that he will go as far as torturing and maiming someone for not returning the money he has loaned to them. However, he is willing to let a person who can not pay him back live, solely so he can force them to earn more money for him by doing grueling types of jobs. Joe seems to be somewhat forgetful as he did not remember who Spider was despite telling him that they were brothers after he fixed his computer in the past.

One thing Joe cannot stand is his reputation being dragged through the mud, as he makes his living off of it, and doing so enrages him to the point where he had Seth kill Spider on the spot for using it after he lost to the Crew of Edens. Drakken can be quite sadistic at times, such as ordering Fie to cut off Weisz Steiner's arm and laughing as he screamed in pain.

However, Drakken was not always like this, as a child, he was kindhearted person who just wanted to make friends, much like how Shiki does, but could not do due his short lifespan and isolation. Unfortunately, his obsession with living and transformation into an Ether Gear user corrupted him and he soon became little more then a coward desperately looking for immortality.

## Synopsis

### History

Drakken Joe was born prior to X292 on a planet where humans were bred as experimental guinea pigs with a maximum lifespan of 15 years. During his childhood, Drakken learned about humans from other planets that could live for decades, which led him to question the purpose of his short lifespan and, ultimately, desire to grow into adulthood and make new friends. After being shunned by the other children for this line of thought, Drakken discovered a book about alchemy that inspired him to convert others' life force into his own, eventually learning the Alchemist form of Ether Gear. Eventually, Drakken succeeded in acquiring a life-support device with such a function, extending his life for centuries; however, he became disillusioned with his childhood desire for friendship, and instead became purely obsessed with power and survival. In time, people became so unnerved by Drakken's unchanging age that he gained the moniker "Drakken Joe Zombie".

By X432, Drakken became a prominent figure on Norma under the alias "DJ Zombie", causing the deaths of dozens of people—including Weisz Steiner's mother—over the next ten years with his device, although none could point to him as the cause. By X442, Drakken served as the fixer for countless small-time gangs on Norma, including the one run by Weisz's friend, Sibir. Following a falling out with Sibir, Weisz unknowingly stole a briefcase containing money that belonged to Drakken, mistaking it for Sibir's. Upon discovering the theft, Drakken had Weisz's right arm amputated as punishment, which left a profound impact on Weisz and inspired him to abandon his life of crime. Shortly afterward, Drakken moved his business away from Norma and found greater success as a loan shark on the beautiful tourist planet Guilst, which fell into a state of complete depravity under his influence.

Sometime prior to the year X477, Kurenai Kōgetsu became one of Drakken's debtors, and was forced by him to pay off her debt through a certain line of work that utilized her beauty. At another point, a tech employee from Drakken's company, Spider, became fixated on Drakken after receiving a passing compliment from him for repairing his computer, which Drakken promptly forgot. By X492, the numerous planets ruined in Drakken's wake had earned him a spot among the Oración Seis Galáctica, while his tendency to brutally retaliate against those who defied him solidified his reputation as the "Dark Alchemist", the most powerful and evil figure in the Sakura Cosmos's criminal underworld.

#### Universe 0

At somepoint, Nero retired from being the Aoi Cosmos' emperor, who chose to spend his retirement on Guilst. Here Drakken and Nero became joint managers of the Belial Gore, where him being president is only how it appears to the public.

### Guilst arc

Drakken manages to escape the Chronophage's arrival to Guilst, having the Belial Gore detach from the lawless planet.

### Digitalis arc

On the Belial Gore, Drakken is in the middle of a "meeting" with Murray Morrison, one of his debtors, when he is interrupted by the hacker Spider, whom he did not recognize despite the hacker's insistence that they knew each other as "brothers". Drakken continued with his interrogation of Murray who had not paid back the 2,000,000 Glee with the interest of 3,000,000 Glee that he borrowed from him. He tortures Murray for a bit with a bottle he turns into Dramour Ore and silences Spider, who tries to cheer for him to kill the debtor, with a glare, explaining that it's not good business at all. Drakken then gives Murray a list of jobs to repay the debt and then orders his assistant to take Murray away. The Dark Alchemist asks Seth how much they have lost in the disaster on Guilst but the android is unable to give an answer. Drakken then brings his attention back to Spider and what he wants.

At his office, Spider tells Drakken about the Edens Zero and its crew, but he is unhappy when Spider reveals he said his name to the crew and was defeated by them. He tells Spider that he does not like his reputation being tarnished and orders Seth to shoot the hacker in the head, killing him seconds later. He claims that Spider did not smell like money anymore, but then claims that the Edens Zero does smell like money.

Later, he contacts Noah Glenfield, the Guild Master of Shooting Starlight, for information about the ship.

### Sun Jewel arc

On the planet Sun Jewel, Drakken is found in a room with Madame Kurenai, commenting about the Satellite Blaze, a machine that condemns every criminal on the planet. He then asked her to use her "divine retribution" to find the Edens Zero while saying that he smells money coming from it.

Later, he is back on his ship and has his assistant hack into Kurenai's Satellite Blaze. This makes him reminisce back to when Kurenai came to him begging for money and then calls her a tacky old hag. After taking control of Satellite Blaze, Drakken says that it's too good to be some hag's toy. He denies that they're going to use it to find the Edens Zero, saying that he has other plans for it and that they do not need to find the ship. By coincidence, the ship is close by, about to their right at a distance of 7,500. He taps his phone and shows them what it looks like on-screen, answering that they will steal it by hand-to-hand combat and that they're going in now.

It is revealed much later, that the Edens Zero Drakken was pursuing was a hologram. When asked what they will do next, Drakken claims that he knows where they are going.

### Belial Gore arc

#### World No. 29

The Belial Gore manages to catch up to the Edens Zero, and Drakken smiles to himself when he listens in on the conversation between the Crew of Edens and Hermit, completely aware that they are on the Belial Gore.

Later, Drakken initiates a ship-wide broadcast, telling the crew that he knows they're on his ship. He tells them he knows they sneaked in through the Guest Dock, and that he will be taking their ship. Drakken the jams communications and locks down the Guest Dock, and tells the crew not to make a scene, saying that the lives of the people on the Edens Zero depend on them. After Drakken finds out Maria, Seth and Diego, were beaten by the crew on the Edens Zero in their boarding attempt, he says they may run into some turbulence as he summons his special task force, the Element 4.

Drakken initiates another ship-wide broadcast, addressing the citizens of Belial Gore. He shows the pictures of the intruders to the population and tells them that he wants them alive, and says anyone who captures them will have their debts erased as a reward. At his residence, Drakken's assistant questions the use of the population when he's mobilizing the Element 4, to which Drakken replies that he's just having some fun, and he has to throw the population a bone sometimes. He then claims the intruders won't stand a chance against the Element 4. He comments on the four elements and how they lay the foundation of alchemy. He says the Element 4 are a part of him and it's time to show the intruders what they can do.

Within the week after he kills Shiki, Drakken gives Rebecca a room, telling her that her other friends are safe, and keeping her locked up. He informs that he wants her power, telling her that they have a device capable of extracting an Ether Gear's power, using Illega's Petrification Ray as an example from his power. Rebecca asks why he wants her speed, but he clarifies that he wants her Cat Leaper, the power to change the laws of the cosmos. He refuses to tell her what it is, as he doesn't want her using her power against him. When asked why can't he just extract it already, he states that it's tricky as she hasn't awakened it yet, doing no good if he extracts her power before it does and very bad for them if it does awaken. He explains this is why he's monitoring her, they will extract her power when they pick up an Ether reading for Cat Leaper. He tells her that she can't know what this power does, as it's a forbidden power and that he's the one who deserves it. Later that week, his assistant informs him that they're picking up a high concentration Ether reading from No. 29. Drakken wonders if she's awakened, while his assistant tells him that the Ether numbers are rising faster than they predicted. Irritated by this, Drakken tells him to not let her get away as she's using Cat Leaper.

#### World No. 30

Drakken informs the Element 4, who fight off the Four Shining Stars and are ultimately defeated by them. He later tries to capture Rebecca but ends up confronting Shiki. He almost defeats Shiki but is confronted by Weisz. After Weisz is about to get his arm cut off for the third time, Shiki saves Weisz, and they both team up. Shortly after, Drakken's machine was turned against him afterword it was sent to reverse by Hermit and Drakken lost control on his Alchemist powers, turning into a big mutant kraken monster. It was also revealed Drakken stole Kurenai's laser to wipe out Blue Garden. Drakken then proceeds to kill his henchmen on a control room that would fire the laser and almost kills Shiki until he awakes his own superform, ready to fight Drakken. Shiki manages to overpower Drakken, reads Drakken's past, which distracts Drakken for a short time. Shortly after, Shiki finishes Drakken off.

Defeated, Drakken begins to grow older and makes an attempt to drain Weisz of his youth, but is too weak to stand up and is at Weisz' mercy. Weisz attempts to shoot Drakken, despite Shiki's protest, but can't bring himself to do it as Sibir explains that he appreciates the value of life. Afterwards, Drakken is then taken into custody, ending his role as a loan shark as his organization is disbanded and he has little time left. As for his spaceship, Belial Gore is currently being investigating by the Interstellar Union Army, including all the citizens that were indebted to him and have been freed from their slavery. The Sakura Cosmos is now entering a state of peace with the underworld's Dark Alchemist having finally been captured.

### Edens Zero Reunion arc

On Guilst in the Belial Gore District, Drakken is negotiating with Homura on paying her debt. Hearing that Homura is willing to do anything to give him money, he admits that he likes her moxie. Drakken tells her to not mind the other debtor, Murray, as he tried running off without paying. Because of the lack of police on the planet, he states that they are the ones who have to set the laws as he turns the bottle in Murray's mouth to a heavier material. He asks Homura, now fearful of the consequences, that she is going to pay him back as soon as possible who promises profusely. Noting that Homura has her mother's beauty, he sends her to Illega to get hired to make money. Drakken is notified that Sister wants to fight, so he sends the Element 4 to deal with them. After Nero's defeat, Drakken confronts Shiki to take him out for standing against him. However, he is baffled to hear Shiki's desire to befriend him.

## Powers and Abilities

Drakken is a member of the Oración Seis Galáctica, noted to be the cosmos' strongest warriors, being renowned for crushing entire planets. His Ether capabilities were compared to those of his fellow Oración Seis Galáctica member Elsie Crimson, the Overdrive-using Shiki Granbell, and Justice of the Oración Seis Interstellar. To support his power, Drakken required four Ether masters of each element in order to balance out his own Ether due to his advanced age. However, once the Element 4 were defeated and his Life Support Device was destroyed, Drakken became weak enough to point where Shiki Granbell could overcome him.

**Alchemist** (アルケミスト *Arukemisuto*): Drakken uses Ether Gear to perform alchemy that changes the material of objects, such as turning an Ether shield to gas or a spaceship's metal hull into scrap paper. He's also capable of imbuing weaponry with his alchemic powers, enabling others to use them to a degree. Drakken can convert his own body into a different material for defensive purposes, such as converting his hand into Dramour Ore, or converting his opponents body into solid stone to petrify them. Drakken can also convert matter into explosions.

* **Ignition Floor** (イグニッションフロア *Igunisshon Furoa*): Drakken creates a mark that branches away from him, proceeding to change the floor at the end of the mark into an explosion.
* **Thunder Wall** (サンダーウォール *Sandā Wōru*): By creating marks to the top of the walls, Drakken can turn them into electricity, shocking anyone who makes contact with it.

**Overdrive** (オーバードライヴ *Ōbadoraivu*): As an experienced user of Ether Gear, Drakken possesses knowledge of Overdrive, a transformation that occurs when he pushes his Ether power beyond its limits. By doing so, the composition of his body changes, giving him a more far monstrous and crystalline appearance as Ether lines begin to spread across his entire body. When using Overdrive to its fullest, Drakken's look completely changes; skin becoming completely darkened, say for a series of bright Ether markings running along his body while his hair becomes bright, almost crystalline, and he grows a long, reptilian tail.

* **Shapeshifting**: After activating his Overdrive, Drakken's entire body becomes larger and more monstrous, but he can alter his physical form even further such as transforming his entire arm into a bladed weapon.
* **Augmented Durability**: His body becomes even sturdier than before, being able to block a powerful blast from one of Weisz's most strongest weapons using nothing but his bare hand.

**Mutated Form**: After Drakken's Life Support Machine was sent into reverse by Hermit, the accumulated life energy underwent a bizarre fusion with Drakken's Ether, causing him to undergo a drastic physical alteration despite being weakened. In this form, Drakken becomes an enormous monster with beastly features, sprouting multiple tentacle-like arms from his back which spread rapidly throughout the surrounding area. Drakken is still capable of using his Ether Gear in this form to send lightning through the air to attack his opponents or shapeshift his body parts into weapons like a handgun.

* **Augmented Shapeshifting**: Drakken's body undergoes even further changes with multiple rapidly growing tentacles spreading throughout the whole of the Belial Gore, capable of piercing through people with ease. From these tentacles Drakken can manifest monstrous faces to see through and speak to others.
* **Technology Assimilation**: Drakken's tentacles can merge with machinery allowing him to take over computers and remotely control the Satellite Blaze.

**Immense Strength**: Drakken proved himself to strong enough to knock both Shiki and Kris to the ground while both were using an incomplete version of Overdrive.

**Immense Speed**: Drakken could intercept attacks from Shiki and Kris aimed at each other and knock them both to the ground before either could react to his presence.

**Immense Durability**: Drakken could withstand being pushed through several floors of his own spaceship by Shiki's gravity without taking notable damage. He can augment his durability further through the use of his Ether Gear by changing his body into different substances.

**Longevity**: Through the use of a machine aboard the Belial Gore, Drakken can absorb the life force of people from a planet or on his ship to revitalize his own, giving him the appearance of being unaging. He is rumored to have lived for more than two hundred years which is beyond what current medical technology can sustain. After the Life Support Machine was sent into reverse by Hermit, Drakken began to rapidly age until he became nothing more then a withered, elderly man.

## Equipment

**Belial Gore** (ベリアル・ゴア *Beriaru Goa*): Drakken's personal giant space fortress. He loses ownership after his arrest in Universe 2. In Universe 0 he is still the owner of the Belial Gore.

**Life Support Device**: Drakken has a machine that he uses to rejuvenate his body and improve his vitality. Absorbing the life energy of the people around Drakken, both when he lived in Norma and in Guilst; and currently at the Belial Gore where it was later destroyed. Exactly how it works remains unknown.

## Former Equipment

**Satellite Blaze** (サテライトブレイズ *Sateraito Bureizu*): Drakken stole the Satellite Blaze from its former owner, Kurenai Kōgetsu. He attempted to use it to destroy Blue Garden, but before he could succeed the satellite was destroyed by the Edens Zero.

## Trivia

* Drakken's name comes from the video game title Drakkhen.

## References

1. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 30, Pages 20 - 21
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 99, Pages 2 - 3
3. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 98, Pages 17 - 19
4. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 95, Page 4
5. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 82, Page 3
6. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Pages 6 - 17
7. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 91, Page 14
8. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 96, Pages 4 - 9
9. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 91, Pages 9 - 12
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 28, Page 20
11. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 91, Page 12
12. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 60, Page 19
13. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 82, Page 17
14. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 43, Pages 2 - 3
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 32, Page 21
16. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 28, Page 21
17. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 37, Page 2
18. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 227, Page 18
19. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 43, Pages 2 - 9
20. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 43, Pages 10 - 13
21. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 43, Page 20
22. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 50, Pages 20 - 21
23. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 60, Pages 19 - 20
24. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 61, Pages 2 - 4
25. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 68, Page 16
26. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 69, Page 20
27. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 70, Pages 19 - 21
28. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 71, Pages 3 - 4
29. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 71, Page 20
30. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 72, Pages 7 - 11
31. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 84, Page 4
32. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 84, Pages 10 - 13
33. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 84, Page 16
34. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 224, Pages 18 - 20
35. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 225, Pages 2 - 5
36. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 226, Pages 8 - 9
37. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 230, Pages 18 - 20
38. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 106, Pages 12-13
39. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 110, Pages 11 - 12
40. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 43, Page 5
41. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 72, Page 4
42. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 82
43. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 94, Pages 8 - 9
44. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 94, Pages 9 - 10
45. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 94, Pages 11 - 12
46. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 81, Pages 19 - 20
47. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 95, Pages 17 - 19
48. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 96, Pages 11 - 12
49. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 96, Pages 9 - 10
50. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Page 4
51. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Pages 2 - 3
52. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Page 15
53. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Pages 17 - 18
54. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Pages 6 - 7
55. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Page 11
56. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 97, Page 6
57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 81, Pages 17 - 18
58. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 93, Pages 17 - 18
59. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 82, Page 4
60. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 95, Pages 5 - 6
61. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 91, Pages 14 - 15
62. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Chapter 98, Pages 21 - 22
63. ↑ Edens Zero Manga: Volume 9 Afterword