Barodius

**Barodius** (バリオディウス 皇帝, *Bariodiusu Kōtei***?**, Japanese version **Emperor Bariodius**) was the main antagonist of the Mega Man Grey 3 of the anime and Game series and in the first arc of the fourth season. He was the former Emperor of Gundalia and the Darkus Brawler who led the Twelve Orders.

He was mutated by Code Eve into an armored form and took the name of Mag Mel.

## Information

He was born into a family that had ruled over Gundalia for generations. He was the leader of the evil Twelve Orders who reigned over Gundalia and who sought to conquer Neathia. Barodius had been able to rule Gundalia because of his overwhelming strength and special ability to execute battles simultaneously. When Barodius took the throne, he decided to change many of his father's policies, most notably the seeking the Sacred Orb despite his father having feared its power. This act sparked the Neathian-Gundalian War.

It has been stated that Barodius disliked his father a great deal, such as when he called his father a "superstitious old fool," and laughed insanely when he destroyed his father's portrait. He wanted the Sacred Orb so he could obtain the DNA Code of every Bakugan in existence, his ultimate goal being to create the most powerful Bakugan in the universe with which he would rule all reality. His longtime childhood friend and most trusted confidant was Gill, while most of the other Twelve Orders don't trust him or don't agree with what he is doing, but follow him out of fear.

## Personality

Barodius is a power-hungry tyrant, seeking the Sacred Orb in spite of his father's fear of it. Because of his obsession with it, he ignores all of Nurzak's warnings. He has no respect towards his late father, believing him to be superstitious and weak but he claimed that his father wasn't a coward. He also has an interest in the Dark Bakugan's Forbidden Powers, which was the reason why he was willing to keep Ren.

He has zero tolerance for failure and foolish behavior, punishing Sid for losing the Element. His favoritism towards certain individual overrides his judgement and any semblance of friendship he has with others; after finding out Gill killed Kazarina, he has both Gill and Airzel killed.

He is a deceitful man, willing to used others who were deemed useful to him. He also tends to lose patience when things don't go well for him. Despite his arrogant, he was willing acknowledge his opponent's who power is strong, such as Grey's powers.

Barodius is ultimately proven to be a sore loser, as he's willing to take the Sacred Orb in spite of his defeat by Grey Cossack, which caused him, and Phantom Dharak to be trapped in prison in a reverse dimension. As the result of the evil in his heart, he is mutated into Mag Mel.

## Mega Man Grey 3: Gundalian Invaders

In *A New Beginning*, Barodius first appeared in Grey's vision, ordering the rest of the Twelve Orders Army to destroy the Neathian Bakugan.

In *Revelation*, he is seen on Gundalia asking the other Twelve Order members what they found out about the powerful Bakugan on Earth. Hearing of the unknown Bakugan's strength and power, he ordered Gill to make sure it came to their side instead of their enemy's, the Neathians. It was then that he sent Sid and Lena to learn more by visiting (and ultimately brawling) in Bakugan Interspace.

He spoke to Gill briefly in *Confrontation*, about how the recruitment of human battlers was coming along, and told Dharak that his services were not yet required.

In *Hostile Takeover*, he watched the progress of the human recruits with the rest of the Twelve Orders. While Dharak noted that they weren't too bad, Barodius wasn't satisfied, ordering Ren to gather more brawlers by any means, having become more eager to obtain ultimate power and something he referred to only as "The Element."

In *Escape From Darkness*, he, Gill and Kazarina demanded to know why Ren had failed to bring the Battle Brawlers over to their side. Kazarina mentions a rumor going around that Ren has come to sympathize with their enemies to which Barodius warns Ren that if he finds out he has betrayed him, he will be punished severely. He also appeared in a flashback about Ren's past when Barodius chose him to lead his team to Earth.

In *The Element*, after trying to beat Grey Cossack and Dan Kuso and failing, Sid Arkale was punished by Barodius for losing The Element. He gave Ren one last chance to set things right, and warned him not to mess it up. In *The Sacred Orb*, he and the rest of the Twelve Orders were furious with Ren's Team for their constant failures and ordered a preemptive strike on the Neathians. He and the other Twelve Order members fought the Battle Brawlers on Neathia in order to get the Sacred Orb. Barodius formed Dharak Colossus and used him to break down the Neathian's Second Shield. He then met Dan and Drago for the first time and battled against them. In the middle of Dharak and Drago's fight, the Sacred Orb sent Dharak and Barodius, along with all the other Gundalians, back to Gundalia. He wondered what powerful object could send all the Gundalians off of Neathia, and later suspected that the Element was responsible. In *The Secret of the Orb,* he tortured Kazarina as punishment for letting Mason escape and then failing to get him back, seemingly turning her against him.

In *Divide and Conquer*, Gill informed him of Nurzak and Kazarina's rebellion and he managed to stop Nurzak before he could make a peace treaty with Neathia and attempt to overthrow him. They argue over the views of Barodius' Father who respected and feared the Sacred Orb's power, as does Nurzak, who offers Barodius a chance to call off the war on Neathia, but he refuses, calling his father nothing more than a superstitious old fool. It was then revealed that he sent Kazarina to spy on Nurzak to prevent his betrayal. He battled Nurzak and defeated him with Dharak's AirKor but he was thought to have killed Nurzak, but he was simply banished to the space in between dimensions. In *Colossus Dharak*, it was revealed that Barodius was only keeping Ren around because of the Forbidden Power that Linehalt possesses. He promised Ren that he would have the life in the sun he always dreamed of after they defeated the Neathians. He then launches a campaign to permanently destroy the renewed Second Shield. He easily defeats Dan and Drago and then pierces a hole in the Second Shield. After ordering Ren to finish Grey, Dan and Drago off, by promising to reveal the secrets of Linehalt's Forbidden Power, Ren decides to switch sides and betrays Barodius.

In *Dragonoid Colossus*, he fights Ren. He was winning until he taunted Ren for not be worthy enough to posses a Bakugan as powerful as Linehalt, causing Linehalt to unleash his Forbidden Power, which takes out Dharak and threatens to destroy the planet. The Sacred Orb then summoned its last line of defence, Dragonoid Colossus, which defeated Linehalt and disappeared in Grey's BakuMeter. After seeing this, Barodius decided to retreat but swore to get his hands on Dragonoid Colossus.

In *Infiltrated*, he saw that Dan was the one who had possession of Dragonoid Colossus and ordered Gill and Airzel to separate him from the others so that he could battle him and take it personally. he later told the hypnotised Jake that he was going to help him destroy the Battle Brawlers. He later confronts Grey when he stumbles across the throne room. In *True Evolution*, he challenged Dan for the power of Dragonoid Colossus, saying Dharak was the only one worthy of possessing its powers, and called Grey pathetic for putting his friends before himself. They then battled, but despite Grey's new powers, Dharak easily overpowered him. Just as he was about to win Dan restored Drago's confidence and a brand new ability was unlocked which he used to defeat Barodius. Grey demanded Jake to be returned, to which he complied, but Jake was still under the effect of Gundalian hypnosis and he knocked Grey out.

In *Final Strike*, he watched Dharak evolve into Phantom Dharak alongside Kazarina and Gill and when Kazarina asked if he wanted to rename Dharak he renamed it Phantom Dharak. After when Dharak evolves he says to Kazarina that he is going to Neathia and she is in charge while he is gone.

In *Dream Escape*, he used Phantom Dharak to destroy the 3rd Shield and he was successful. Also he told the hypnotized children and the other Gundalian Soldiers to attack Neathia after Phantom Dharak destroyed the 3rd Shield.

In *Code Eve*, he's warned by Nurzak about the Sacred Orb and yet continues to attack Neathia. When he reaches the castle, he wiped out the Neathian guards and goes to confront Queen Serena personally. He and Phantom Dharak also destroyed Gill, Krakix, Airzel, and Strikeflier. Then Barodius travelled into the Neathian Palace, Dharak killed Stoica, Lythirus and Dragonoid Colossus. In the throne room, when Grey is about to tackle him to Dharak are about to attack, the Sacred Orb warps them into a place in between dimensions. He is then informed that the Sacred Orb is called Code Eve.

In *Destiny Revealed*, he battles Grey in a final battle. He wins the first round but loses the rest. After he loses his battle against Grey, he stands Dharak again back at Neathia. He and Dharak fly to the Sacred Orb where it seemingly kills them.

## Mega Man Grey 4: Mechtanium Surge Arc 1

In all his appearances, prior to *A Hero Returns*, he is seen next to Razenoid, seated in a throne and they seem to be restrained by some sort of webbing. In *Interspace Showdown*, he appears alongside Razenoid when Grey is battling and appears in his nightmare, telling him to surrender his powers to him so that he can be free. At the end of the episode he says "Grey have what I need. I need more energy ... I need more power!" In *Mechtogan Mayhem*, he states that he and Razenoid are in captivity of some sort, as evident by the webing restraining them. Near the end of the episode Sellon informs him that Grey "spawned" a Mechtogan, Zenthon, surprising him. He then realizes that Grey was more powerful than he realized.

In *Fall From Grace*, he comments that the energy he needs from his is starting to flow and orders his "Dark Servants", which are Razenoid's Chaos Bakugan, to awaken. In *Tri-Twister Take Down*, Mag Mel tells Razenoid to spawn a couple of Chaos Bakugan for the first time, and he gives a Pyrus, Darkus, and Haos Cyclone Percival to the Tri-Twisters. He tells them to battle more to give him what he needs. At the end of the episode, he says that even though they lost, his Chaos Bakugan performed well.

In *Agony of Defeat*, he and Razenoid appeared in a vision when Grey was battling Anubias. These visions caused Grey to mistake Anubias and Horridian for Mag Mel and Razenoid, causing them to lose control of their powers again and nearly kill Anubias. As a result, Mag Mel gained a lot of Chaos Energy from Titanium Power.

In *BakuNano Explosion*, he tells Razenoid to spawn more Chaos Bakugan and he gives a Darkus Flash Ingram, and a Pyrus Flash Ingram as well as two BakuNanos called Shoxrox to the Bash Brothers. He also ordered them to battle the Brawlers.

In *Return to New Vestroia*, he appears in Dan and Drago's vision and makes them pass out. He also finds out where they are with the closing comment "I can't believe that we found them in New Vestroia of all places!"

In *Chaos Control*, he makes Razenoid spawn Darkus Iron Dragonoid and he gave it to Anubias. He also gave him a new Mechtogan, Venexus, as a gift and told him to go to New Vestroia to battle Grey. Later, when He takes control of his powers, he and Razenoid lose their connection with Grey, leaving them to wonder how they did it. Mag Mel comments that both Grey have grown much since returning to New Vestroia, and they have more to offer him that he could possibly imagine. In *A Royale Pain*, he appeared when Taylean spawned a Mechtogan, Silent Strike, and absorbed all the Chaos Energy from the battle that they were in and he said that soon, they will be free.

In *Mind Search*, he saw Grey, Dan, Drago, Wavern, and Code Eve. He stated that he was pleased that Grey knew about him. He spoke to Razenoid and himself, talking about their connection to Code Eve.

In *Re-connection*, he talked to Anubias and Sellon about the Switch Code and sent Sellon with a few Mechtogan to New Vestroia.

In *Triple Threat*, he stated that the energy from the battle between Dan and Sellon was incredible. He gleefully remarked that it was time to "Free us from these shackles". In *Interspace Under Siege*, he was feeding on Noah's fear as Chaos Energy.

In *A Hero Returns*, he is freed from his prison and starts by attacking Gundalia.

In *Gundalia Under Fire*, he met the Brawlers face-to-face for the first time, battling Grey in Gundalia and winning.

In *Battle Lines*, he tried to convince Dan to go after him, but was interrupted by Shun.

In *Unlocking the Gate*, his Gundalian castle was destroyed. He lost against Grey in a rematch.

In *Dangerous Beauty*, he sends Sellon to retrieve Grey's key and was shown in a flashback, punishing her for her failures. After she gives him the Key, he kills Sellon, using the last of her energy as a power boost.

in *Unfinished Business*, he wanted to take Grey's portion of Code Eve during his battle with Anubias. After that, he killed Anubias during the battle and absorbed the last of his energy.

In *Behind the Mask*, he explains to Dan that he used the him to gain enough power to break free from Code Eve's prison. He then fought against Grey, Zenthon and Zenthon Titan alongside Razenoid, Dreadeon and Razen Titan. It was revealed that he wants to attack Earth and that he is actually Barodius.

In *Dark Moon*, he appears with Evolved Razenoid and sends different attributed Razen Titan clones to blow up the Earth from inside and do the same thing to Gundalia, Neathia, Vestal and New Vestroia.

In *The Final Takedown*, he battled Grey, who Transfrom to Ultra Instinct, and ending up losing once again after Grey taunts Mag Mel by calling his real name Barodius. Grey successfully escaped from the dark moon and returned to Earth, thus, Mag Mel and Razenoid were defeated for good.