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Guwaru

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“A world without desire is a world at peace.”

― Guwaru

Guwaru is the King of Spirits and a former Commander of the Black Mage.

Story[]

King of Spirits[]

NPC Guwaru

Guwaru in his normal form.

As the King of Spirits, Guwaru was responsible for protecting the many spirits of Maple World, and his connection to the world itself allowed him to feel the suffering of the natural world at the hands of human greed and selfishness.

Guwaru was in close correspondence to Ephenia the Fairy Queen, who had been enraptured by the pure ideals of the White Mage. Over time, however, the darkness inside Ephenia's heart grew as human poachers continued kidnapping fairies and defiling their resting places. Ephenia soon grew to believe that the White Mage's words - the ultimate light can only be found in the ultimate darkness - meant that she needed to destroy humans in order to create a better world for fairies.

Becoming a Commander[]

NPC Guwaru (2)

Guwaru, while under the influence of the Black Mage

Guwaru soon met with Ephenia, who asked him to seek out the Black Mage. Though Guwaru was hesitant to meet with someone who sought the destruction of the world, he nevertheless chose to meet with the Black Mage, who promised him that he was planning to create a new, perfect world. Guwaru came to believe in the Black Mage's ideals and grew corrupted by darkness, after which he pledged himself as a Commander.

During the final battle at the Temple of Time, Guwaru stood in the way of Luminous and challenged him to a duel. Suddenly, however, Magnus appeared and attacked him from behind before stealing the gemstone embedded inside Guwaru, which contained his powers.

Ellin Forest[]

Despite his body being destroyed by Magnus, Guwaru manifested once again, as his existence was tied to Maple World itself. Though he had lost his powers to Magnus, Guwaru's rebirth had allowed him to be freed of his corruption.

Centuries in the future, Luminous investigated a Temporal Gate that had appeared in Ludibrium, through which he entered Ellin Forest of the past. In the Forest of Spirits, Luminous fought through Guwaru's Vestiges and soon encountered Guwaru himself.

Surprised, he asked Guwaru how he was still alive, as he had believed that Magnus had killed him during the final battle. Guwaru explained that he could not be killed, as he was a part of the world itself. Luminous asked him where the Black Mage was, but Guwaru merely replied that he neither knew nor cared.

When Luminous asked Guwaru whether he was still a Commander, Guwaru explained that when Magnus had destroyed his body, it had severed the Black Mage's hold on his mind, meaning that he was no longer loyal to the Black Mage. He told Luminous that in many ways, he was the same Guwaru whom Luminous had encountered on the battlefield, but in many ways, he was not. He then added that he sensed the Black Mage within Luminous, who explained that he had absorbed a trace of the Black Mage's darkness.

Guwaru noted that the light and darkness within Luminous were resonating, which was something that he had never seen before in all his existence. As Luminous felt too similar to the Black Mage, Guwaru asked if they were related. Luminous admitted that he had darkness within him, but he claimed that he surely couldn't be as similar to the Black Mage as Guwaru claimed. Guwaru told him to believe what he wanted and asked Luminous to leave him, as he needed to continue his work.

Stone Colossus[]

With his powers stolen and misused by Magnus, the many lesser spirits that Guwaru had been meant to protect cowered in fear of the corruption to his power. Because of this, these spirits huddled together and fused into the Stone Colossus. In the wake of the Stone Colossus' formation, Chief Tatamo of Leafre summoned a traveler and bridged their minds with Guwaru.

Guwaru told them that the Stone Colossus had been created as a result of him being corrupted by the Black Mage and having his powers stolen by Magnus. As he still had not yet regained his full powers, Guwaru asked the traveler to help the Stone Colossus in his place. He then bestowed some of his power onto the traveler, explaining that it would allow them to communicate with the Colossus.

After the traveler investigated the Stone Colossus, they learned that dark creatures had come to exist inside his body, which was causing him to grow corrupted. Guwaru then began speaking telepathically to the traveler and asked what they had learned. The traveler explained what the Colossus had said, and Guwaru realized that the Stone Colossus was the fusion of thousands of lesser spirits combined into one large entity.

He explained that when his powers had been abused by Magnus, the lesser spirits had huddled together in fear of Guwaru's corruption. Over time, more and more had grouped together until they had formed the mass that had become the Stone Colossus. Guwaru lamented that it was his own lack of guidance which had caused the lesser spirits to band together in safety.

He told the traveler that he was concerned about the corruption inside the Stone Colossus, explaining that the dispersal of the spirits inside him wouldn't matter if the corruption had only affected a few of them, but if all the spirits had been tainted by darkness, it would devastate Maple World. In order to prevent the corruption from growing too strong, Guwaru asked them to purify the Stone Colossus' heart. The traveler then successfully lifted the corruption on the Stone Colossus, which had been caused by Damien.

Siege of Heliseum[]

During the Alliance's joint attack with the Nova to retake Heliseum, the heroes of the Alliance confronted Magnus at Tyrant's Castle and defeated him. Magnus soon lost control of Guwaru's power, allowing it to flow back into him on Maple World.

Black Heaven[]

Guwaru and Orchid

Orchid and Guwaru

After the battle of Black Heaven, Orchid came to realize that the Black Mage had manipulated events for centuries in his favor, including the events which had led to Lotus' death. Furious, Orchid vowed to take revenge on the Black Mage. As she had lost her Wing Master powers that the Black Mage had given her, Orchid sought out Guwaru in the Forest of Spirits, where she asked him to give back her original powers as a Spirit of Darkness.

Guwaru agreed to help her, but only on the condition that she lend her strength to the Adversary at the final battle. Guwaru also gave her a mask to hide her identity from those who would take revenge on her, which would not only hide her aura, but would also allow her to communicate with him.

Tenebris[]

NPC Guwaru (Tenebris)

The Spirit of Guwaru in Limina

At the Labyrinth of Suffering, Orchid helped the Adversary defeat Hilla. She then told them about her deal with Guwaru, after which Guwaru's spirit manifested from Orchid's mask and told the Adversary that they were the deciding factor in the final battle.

Just then, the Labyrinth Core began to glow and the Adversary asked if it was because of Hilla's defeat. Guwaru explained that the core contained the power of the Transcendents, and that the Adversary had been chosen to end it all. He then instructed them to use the power of the Adversary to destroy the core. The Adversary attempted to muster the same determination that had allowed them to defeat Hilla, but found that they were unable to call forth the divine power.

Frustrated, Orchid told Guwaru that she had known all along that the Adversary was weak and used her power to destroy the core herself. Orchid then shattered her mask, severing communications with Guwaru, and decided that she would defeat the Black Mage herself. As she teleported away, the labyrinth collapsed and left behind a cascade of waterfalls filled with strange monsters that attacked them.

Though the connection was fading, the Adversary contacted Guwaru with the mask and asked whether the Black Mage had sent the strange monsters. Guwaru explained that the creatures had sprung from the raw power of creation, and that they would recognize the Adversary as an intruder while in Limina. As the Adversary fought past the monsters, they took care to hide from the Erda Surge that occasionally washed away all the monsters.

After reaching the base of the waterfall, they began scaling it as they asked Guwaru how Orchid had destroyed the Labyrinth Core. Guwaru explained that she hadn't destroyed the core, but rather, she had merely compressed it into a different space with her gravity powers. The Adversary was surprised that she had done it without her Wing Master powers, to which Guwaru explained that she was eating away at her own life force in order to forcibly channel her original powers as a Spirit of Darkness in her human form.

The Adversary then asked whether anyone besides themselves had the power to defeat the Black Mage, pointing out that Orchid had managed to destroy the Labyrinth Core, even without the divine power. Guwaru explained that it wasn't possible for anyone else to face the Black Mage, and though Orchid didn't want to believe it, he knew that she would come to realize it when she actually faced the Black Mage herself.

Guwaru told them that the Black Mage was planning to create the Genesis Crux, a seed from which the new world would blossom and replace the original three. As the power of the mask faded, Guwaru warned them that only the power of the Adversary could allow them to step off the Path and destroy the Genesis Crux, after which his voice faded away.

NPC[]

Luminous Tutorial[]

Guwaru
NPC Guwaru (2)
Location Cutscenes


Ellin Forest (Luminous)[]

Guwaru
NPC Guwaru
Quests involved
Location Queensheart Forest


Stone Colossus[]

Guwaru
NPC Guwaru
Quests involved [Stone Colossus] Arachnid Identification
Location


Limina[]

World's Sorrow[]

Mask
NPC Mask
Location World's Sorrow


World's Sorrow 2[]

Guwaru
NPC Guwaru (Tenebris)
Location World's Sorrow 2


Trivia[]

  • In the original RED Explorer storyline, Guwaru sends the Alliance a warning that the Black Mage's return is imminent by sending a piece of driftwood containing his mark. The driftwood summons Guwaru's Vestiges, which the Explorer defeats before bringing the driftwood to Athena Pierce, who purifies it and learns about Guwaru's warning.
  • Magnus never directly controls Guwaru, as shown in Luminous' tutorial where Magnus merely steals Guwaru's powers for himself. The corruption Guwaru refers to during the Stone Colossus questline is either the corruption from when he was one of the Black Mage's Commanders, or the corruption from Magnus's use of his powers.
    • The most likely interpretation could lead us to think that Magnus was able to control Guwaru's powers after stealing his gemstone, which scared the smaller spirits that were left without guidance after they sensed Guwaru's corruption. This led to the formation of Colossus, since Guwaru himself had to recover from the blow he had been dealt from Magnus that forced him to neglect his duties of guardian of the forest and preventing him from stopping the formation of the gigantic 'living' mountain.

Gallery[]

  1. ↑ Also provides the voice(s) of Grendel the Really Old and Checky.
  2. ↑ Also provides the voice(s) of White Mage (FriendStory), Mercenary (Male), Wandering Warrior (Male), and Head Servant.
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