“ | "Have you been dozing?! Don't you know who I am, plowboy? I'm the book! I mean... I'm Gogen the Great. The Great Gogen, ancient Magic Master. Er, er, Master of Magic." | ” |
—Gogen to Arc and his allies |
Gogen (ゴーゲン) is a reoccuring character throughout the Arc The Lad series. A wizard from the kingdom of Orthus, Gogen was chosen by the Five Great Spirits to be one of the heroes to defeat The Lord of the Black Abyss, becoming one of the Seven Braves of Old. Though the rest of his fellow Braves would die sealing The Lord of the Black Abyss within the Ark. Gogen would prevent his death by transferring his soul into the Ancient Monolith near Seirya, waiting for when the Five Great Spirits were in trouble to be awakened again. Being found by Yoshua during his travels, he would ask him to inform Arc about an "ancient book", which was Gogen in actuality. After being unsealed by the remaining darkness from the Ark, he would inform Arc about who he was and his destiny to join him on his quest.
He is generally a silly person, serving as the witty comic relief alongside Poco. This extends to his later apperances, where he would continue to ally with Arc in his war against Romalia in Arc The Lad II. After the Great Disaster, in Arc The Lad III, Gogen since retreated to Elbow Cape in Jiharta, using it as a way to play pranks on wandering treasure hunters by charming the treasure chests within. However, upon learning about The Academy's plans, he would help Alec with the creation of a brand new Ark. He would go onto make a later apperance in Chapter 5 of Arc The Lad R, now residing in the Northern Continent, where upon hearing about The Tamperer, would suggest to unite the Spirit Shrine Maidens for Halt to obtain their power and defeat the Black Knight.
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Prior to Arc the Lad[]
In Arc the Lad III, Gogen mentions that he was the one who created the Ark's first seal.
Arc The Lad[]
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Arc the Lad II[]
Gogen first appears in the game alongside Arc and the rest of the gang in their fight against Romalia. He joins Lieza later in her attempt to find out what happened to her village, Holn, and its citizens since she was taken by the Chimera Lab who were interested in Lieza's ability to speak with beasts.
When no one in Ramul seems willing to help Lieza with moving the rock that blocked the entrance to Holn, she's captured by the police who actually are the Chimera Lab group. Lieza is then captured and thrown into prison where she meets with Gogen, who was also captured by the Chimera Lab but does not seem wary of their misfortunate situation. Later, the boy Lieza rescued from a gang of monsters, Leets, infiltrated the prison through the sewers and releases Gogen and Lieze from their cells.
Gogen then helps Lieza with removing the rock blocking the pathway into Holn by using his magic and the two find out all the villagers are gone due to the Chimera Lab keeping them locked up in order find out more about their ability to speak with beasts. Lieza goes into the Chimera Labs base with Gogen's assitance, resulting in them rescuing the villagers and blowing up one of the Chimera Labs headquarters.
Gogen and Lieza decide to rejoin with Arc and the rest and help them fight against Romalia.
Arc the Lad III[]
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits[]
“ | One possesses a long white beard. Knows much, and can wield much magic. | ” |
—Cragh Island stone tablets |
Sometime in between Arc the Lad and Arc the Lad II, Gogen would travel to Cragh Island alongside Arc and his companions, with the Hemo-ji writing a monument dediated to him on a stone tablet. A book on Gogen would be written titled, "The Wizard and the Mysterious Maze", where it's revealed that after defeating The Lord of the Black Abyss, Alec and his allies would return to Elbow Cape only to find that it had vanished and in its place was a field of flowers, implying that Gogen's power finally ran out and either he died or vanished, never to be seen again. This book is currently archived at the Peisus Library.
Arc the Lad R[]
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Trivia[]
- Despite his unknown age, Gogen's birthday is October 23rd.
- Gogen is 160cm (5'2 ft), he weighs 47kg (103 lbs), and his bloodtype is O.