Lord Emon
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Lord Emon is a shaman who narrates a vision in the game's introduction, vaguely explaining the origin of the Forbidden Lands Wander has come to, and emphasizing that entry to this place is forbidden. We can assume that, since nearly the entire game is taken from Wander's perspective, that Emon spoke this to Wander himself. This narration and the image of his mask is the first time we meet Emon. He is portrayed as having extensive knowledge regarding the containment of Dormin, and the ability to use powerful magic.
Later in the game he is shown in a cutscene with a small group of soldiers at his command, and is pursuing Wander to prevent the use of "the forbidden spell", the ritual involving destroying the sixteen colossi which we know will resurrect Mono. In the closing sequence of the game he and his soldiers arrive to find a shadowy and horned Wander who Emon, after expressing shock and rebuking the creature, orders to be killed by one of the soldiers. After the possession of Wander by Dormin Emon and his contingent flee the Temple but not before Emon takes the sword and casts a spell that banishes the evil spirit from Wander.
It has been speculated that there is a history between Lord Emon's religious sect and that of the spiritual Dormin. Among this speculation is the idea that there is or was some animosity between the two and that Emon's sect is in some way responsible for the imprisonment of Dormin in the idols and their colossi. Dormin even said to Emon, "Thou severed Our body into sixteen segments for an eternity in order to seal away Our power. We Dormin, have arisen anew". There is no doubt that Emon sealed him and gave each colossi a part of him.
Lord Emon is voiced by Naoki Bando.
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- (opening narration) That place... began from the resonance of intersecting points... They are memories replaced by ens and naught and etched into stone. Blood, young sprouts, sky--and the one with the ability to control beings created from light... In that world, it is said that if one should wish it one can bring back the souls of the dead... But to trespass upon that land is strictly forbidden...
- I don't believe this... So it was you after all. Have you any idea what you've done?! Not only did you steal the sword and trespass upon this cursed land, you used the forbidden spell as well...
- You were only being used.
- (last spoken lines in the game) Poor ungodly soul... Now, no man shall ever trespass upon this place again. Should you be alive... If it's even possible to continue to exist in these sealed lands... one day, perhaps you will make atonement for what you've done.
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| Characters: | Wander (Kenji Nojima) • Agro • Mono (Hitomi Nabatame) • Dormin (Kazuhiro Nakata, Kyoko Hikami) • Lord Emon (Naoki Bando) • Shadow creatures | |
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| Colossi: | Valus • Quadratus • Gaius • Phaedra • Avion • Barba • Hydrus • Kuromori • Basaran • Dirge • Celosia • Pelagia • Phalanx • Cenobia • Argus • Malus | |
| The Forbidden Lands: | Shrine of Worship (Secret Garden) • Save shrines • Fruit trees • White-tailed lizards (and other animals) • Time Attack • Hard Mode | |
| Production Staff: | Fumito Ueda • Kenji Kaido • Kow Otani (Roar of the Earth) • [Full Credits...] | |
| Viral marketing: | Giantology • Iran Skeleton • Tsunami Giant • Underwater Statue • Siberian Ice Giant • Peru Statue | |
