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El/Mugaro[1]
Mugaro
Characteristics
Kanji: エル/ムガロ[1]
Romaji: Eru/Mugaro[1]
Also known as: El[2]

Mugaro (name given by Azazel)
Holy Child
El Mugaro D'Arc (gravestone inscription)

Status: Deceased
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Race: Half-human/Half-angel
Affiliations: Azazel
Relatives: Michael (father)

Jeanne d'Arc (mother)

Anime Debut: Virgin Soul Episode 1
Seiyuu: Rie Kugimiya
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El/Mugaro (エル/ムガロ, Eru/Mugaro)[1] is a mysterious child who is following and supporting the Rag Demon. After being hidden as a demon slave by his mother, he is later saved by Azazel, earning the name of Mugaro.

Appearance

Mugaro is an androgynous looking boy with wall eyes, the right one is blue and the left one is red. In his true appearance, he has golden hair similar to Michael's and tiny white angel wings, which eventually have grown into a normal sized pair. His hair changed from golden to black, when Jeanne d'Arc bathed him in demon blood in order to protect him from pursuers. She then chopped off his wings to hide his identity.[3]

After taking his divine form, he regained his wings and his hair turned back to golden.

Personality

El was originally portrayed as a very smiling, quiet and serene person. From the day he was separated from his mother until when the angels captured him, he wasn't able to talk due to his throat being damaged by slave dealers during his life as a fake demon slave. After ascending to Heaven, Gabriel healed his wounded throat, allowing him to regain the ability to talk.

As his first act as a servant of the gods, El sought to retrieve his mother from captivity and despite the dangers, he daringly confronted Charioce XVII and the weapon Dromos. His reckless behavior made him problematic and he was locked away, yet El had come to believe his purpose was to bring peace to the world and was willing to defy even the gods themselves in order to achieve this.

Despite becoming consumed by the desire to fulfill his "destiny", El claimed he did not wish to fight the humans and seemed to prefer taking care of and protecting his friends. The decision to go to war was done so with a heavy heart, although his untimely death saw El doing a little more than pushing his mother to go to war against Charioce XVII herself, only for the war to end abruptly when Bahamut returned.

Plot

Past

Jeanne d'Arc was praying to Michael when El's birth occurred; Jeanne's belly suddenly began to swell and El was born. Jeanne's lonely life became pleasant with the young El at her side. However, their peace was ruined when the angel Sofiel ended up at their doorstep while being pursued by the Onyx Knights. When one of the knights attacked Jeanne, El activated his power and disabled the knight's green stone. The news was reported back to Charioce XVII, who then declared that he wanted the Holy Child captured and/or killed.

From the moment El used his power, Jeanne went on the run with him to escape the Onyx Knights. The two entered a place where they found demons being tortured, Jeanne then used the blood from a dead demon to disguise El as a demon slave and cut off his small wings. Jeanne then escaped with a demon corpse to lure her pursuers away from her son.

Sometime after this, El was stripped of his ability to speak by a slave dealer. He lived among terrified demon slaves until the demon Azazel appeared and killed the dealers. El took hold of Azazel's jacket and silently asked to stay with him. Azazel promptly adopted the child and named him "Mugaro".

Shingeki no Bahamut Virgin Soul

Two years after being saved by Azazel, Mugaro continues to follow him around and helps out at the demon funeral home. When demon gladiators are pitted against each other for human entertainment, he uses his powers to grant quick and painless deaths to the demons that are fatally wounded. When Azazel shows Nina the conditions that the demons are living in, Mugaro offers some food to two demons to stop them from fighting over the little bit of food that they had. Later, when left in Rita's care while Azazel was gone, he spends time with Nina, who has him wear female clothing, due to her mistaking him as a girl. When the two later witness a human abusing his demon slaves, he intervenes before Nina can fight the man and his bodyguards, using his power to dissolve the collars that enslaved the demons. After using his powers in an attempt to save Azazel after his plans fail during the day of the parade, he is found and captured by Sofiel, who takes him to Heaven. Gabriel has planned to use Mugaro in a war to make humans pray and worship the gods again. She demands Charioce to return Jeanne d'Arc and immediately surrender to the gods. Charioce refused and threatened Gabriel to use force against him. In response, Gabriel officially declares war on the humans.

The war begins in favor of the gods until Charioce XVII unveils the ancient weapon Dromos. Mugaro, now going by his original name "El", refuses to flee despite Gabriel's orders and decides to combat Dromos' devastating blast head on using the holy weapon he is manning, but Dromos wins out and destroys the weapon, knocking El unconscious. The gods ultimately lose the war as many of them are slain. Once Gabriel manages to take El back to Heaven, she imprisons him in a room with Bacchus and Hamsa. El is soon visited by his mother Jeanne, who has escaped captivity to come see him. El is also reunited with a tearful Nina.

El recounts the two years he spent without Jeanne and reveals that his savior was Azazel. When El insists he should go to war and disobey Gabriel's commands, he is met with disapproval from both Sofiel and Jeanne. El sulks as he is forced to stay locked up. A conversation between Nina, Bacchus and Hamsa about hippogriffs drives El to plan an escape once Nina, Bacchus and Hamsa have passed out from alcohol. El swaps clothes with Nina and escapes the room in search of Bacchus's carriage, but he finds dozens and intimidated, he runs away and gets pursued by Nina.

Nina tries to grab him but falls towards the surface when she fails. El follows her down and catches her out of regard for her safety, much to Nina's delight. The two continue to descend down the dangerous portal but are assisted by Bacchus and Hamsa who have retrieved their carriage. The four make it through the portal safe and sound, with Bacchus deciding to park in the capital city much to El's joy. El proclaims his wish to continue the war with the humans for it is his duty. Bacchus makes El promise that he won't go to war with the King, which puts El in a sullen mood, as noted by Rita. El is eventually reunited with Azazel.

When Jeanne d'Arc and Sofiel locate the pair, Sofiel asks El to return to the world of the gods with her. El thinks he should because he still wants to fulfill his destiny of saving the world, but he also wishes to have one day to say goodbye to his friends and mother. Sofiel allows this. When El has said goodbye to everyone, he begins his departure but is spotted along the way by Alessand Visponti. El encounters Alessand in a cave and before he can respond, Alessand stabs him in the heart. El drops to the ground and bleeds heavily from the wound. When Favaro spots El, he quickly carries the dying child back to Rita.

Despite her best efforts, Rita is unable to save him and El succumbs to his injury. His death is witnessed by his mother, Sofiel, Bacchus, Hamsa, Kaisar, Favaro and Azazel. Nina, who is also present, is unable to cry while everyone else does. El's death drives Jeanne d'Arc to serve the gods once more in order to avenge her son. Jeanne declares war against Charioce XVII, blaming him for the murder and the years he spent hunting down El. During the war, El is avenged by a terrified demon child who stabs Alessand in the stomach, killing him.

After the defeat of Bahamut, El is buried near his mother's home. Azazel visits the grave to place the ocarina next to it as a parting gift. Jeanne has also left El's toy upon the grave.

Power & Abilities

As a half-angel, El possesses a range of abilities that usually manifest through his left eye. Other times, his whole body shines a golden hue.

  • Flight - El possesses a pair of white wings that enable him to fly. He can conceal his wings when not in use, giving the impression he has none. El lost this ability temporarily after his mother cut off his wings to hide his identity.
  • Levitation - El could levitate himself and others with minimum effort. He could also levitate others to his position, as seen with Azazel.
  • Disabling green stones - Because of his human blood, El could disable the green stones used by the Onyx Task Force as these stones lacked any form of resistance against humans.

Weaknesses

Like most characters, El possesses a range of weaknesses.

  • Dagger - El was killed by being stabbed in the heart with a dagger. He bled out rapidly and could not be saved by Rita.
  • Demon Blood - El's divine powers were suppressed by being drenched in demon blood. This was undone by Gabriel herself.
  • Dromos - El was left injured and unconscious after taking a near direct hit from Dromos. He survived likely because of the defense shield he put up.

Relationships

  • Azazel: El was rescued from slavery by Azazel, who subsequently took care of El and named him "Mugaro". El deeply cared about Azazel and openly regarded him as a good person.[4] El carried him with an ocarina as a reminder of his and Azazel's bond. The thought of being without Azazel could put El in a sullen mood and he cried heavily when he said goodbye to Azazel, thanking the demon for everything. His death drove Azazel to seek revenge against the King.
  • Charioce XVII: When Charioce XVII discovered El could disable the green stones used by the Onyx Knights, he sent out an order for El's death. Charioce XVII spent two years trying to get his hands on El, hoping to do so before the gods, but when the gods captured El first, Charioce XVII declared he wanted El dead along with the gods. El himself held a deep resentment towards Charioce XVII for imprisoning his mother and believed it was his destiny to go to war with the King and bring peace to the world. Unfortunately for El, Charioce XVII's order for El's death was fulfilled by Alessand Visponti.
  • Gabriel: El was chosen by Gabriel to serve as a warrior of the gods because his powers were viewed as capable of forcing the humans to worship the gods once more. Gabriel was the one to convince El that he was born to bring peace to the world, and while El proved difficult to control, Gabriel still wished to use him so long as the humans continued to disobey the gods. El disliked Gabriel for trying to control him and ironically for preventing him from fighting Charioce XVII. El's death did not upset Gabriel, as she could still use El's grieving mother to fight the King.
  • Jeanne d'Arc: El's mother, with whom he was very close since birth. Jeanne cared for him in return and always put his safety above all else. It was Jeanne who drenched El in demon blood and cut off his wings to hide him. El loved his mother so strongly that Gabriel was able to use this bond to motivate El into serving the gods. However, El came to view his mission as more important than being with his mother though he apologized for choosing his destiny first. El's death drove Jeanne to declare war on Charioce XVII.
  • Michael: El's father. El was left as a parting gift from Michael to Jeanne. El never asks about or mentions Michael. El does, however, choose to go to war and leave his mother behind despite Michael's purpose for him.
  • Nina Drango: El became fast friends with Nina after meeting her for the first time. Nina delighted in being around El and even took him on a trip around the capital. Oddly, Nina is the only person who thinks El is a girl. Following El's death, Nina did not immediately cry due to shock. When she re-discovered an outfit El used to wear, she finally cried. Like with most things, Nina found her relationship with Charioce more important than El.

Quotes

My power is for a higher purpose. That's why I have to stay here, and fight to bring peace to the world.

Trivia

  • Even though everyone including Azazel refers to him as a boy, Nina treats and refers to him as a girl.
  • Mugaro is occasionally shown playing an ocarina.
  • The name "El" derives from many different origins in the East. In Hebrew "El" is the generic word for any god. The ancient Levantines referred to "El" as their supreme god.
  • Gabriel believes El was born to save the world, while Bacchus believes El was born as "a gift from his father to his mother". El shares his opinion with Gabriel.
  • El is the first (and so far, only) half-human, half-angel character to appear in the series. He is however, the second hybrid introduced following Amira.

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