Gauron

Infobox animanga character
name = Gauron
series = Full Metal Panic!


caption = Gauron inside his Venom Arm Slave
first = (Full Metal Panic!) - "Kidnap"
() - "Burning Hong Kong"
last = (Full Metal Panic!) - "Into the Blue"
() - "Continuing Day By Day"
creator = Shoji Gatoh
voiced by = Masahiko Tanaka (Japanese)
Mike MacRae (English)
alias = Mr. Iron
age =
born =
relatives = Xia Yu Lan and Xia Yu Fan (Ward) [In the novel series, Fei Xu and Won were his wards.]
aux1 name = Weapons
aux1 = SIG P226 R
Plan1056 Codarl
Plan1058 Codarl-Inihongo|Gauron|ガウルン|Gaurun|九龍 is a fictional character & one of the main villains from the light novel, manga, and anime series "Full Metal Panic!". His Japanese voice was portrayed by Masahiko Tanaka and the English voice was provided by Mike MacRae.

Character Outline

While little is known about Gauron at the present, he is Sousuke’s strongest and most formidable enemy throughout the TV series. He’s a terrorist of the highest caliber sponsored by a mysterious organization, but little is known about Gauron’s benefactors other than the fact that they appear to be more formidable and possess greater resources than even the notorious Soviet KGB. He previously piloted a Codarl Arm Slave.

He is believed to be from an Asian ethnicity, [Hints suggest that Gauron is of Cambodian descent since he said that he was once with the Khmer Rouge in the novel Owaru Day by Day.] and is believed to hold nine nationalities, thus said as nine dragons and hence Gauron [Andrei Kalinin explains this to Tessa in the Full Metal Panic Manga, Volume 2.] ; some official materials claim he is ethnically Japanese [Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Tactical Ops 4 MITHRIL Report, page 2.] . Gauron and Sousuke have a long and bloodstained history together. Sousuke left a big scar on Gauron’s forehead when he and then Soviet Spetsnaz commander Major Kalinin ambushed Gauron in a sniper attack back in Sousuke’s Afghan guerrilla days. [The area where Gauron was thought to be dead in the anime is in Helmajistan.] This is but one of many battle scars Sousuke inflicts upon this vicious manslayer over the course of the series. Since then Gauron, refers to Sousuke as "Kashim" - the name assigned to Sousuke by the Afghan guerrilla leader.

Character Background

Gauron first attempts to kidnap Kaname by hijacking a plane with Kaname's whole class aboard (which Sousuke describes as the perfect plan). After landing in the Kanka region Gauron takes Kaname to be tested to see if she really is a Whispered. Although Sousuke rescues Kaname (in a Savage), Gauron attacks them in his Codarl AS, which destroys the Savage and bests Kurz in his M9. Sousuke, however, is able to defeat Gauron with his newly acquired Arbalest (destroying his first Codarl). Gauron is somehow able to survive his AS's destruction and reappears later in the series.

A formidable AS pilot of tremendous talent, Gauron's dangerous Codarl AS has bested Mithril's frontline AS, the M9 Gernsback, in battle on several occasions. Even Sousuke and his ARX-7 Arbalest have great difficulty competing against Gauron's fearsome skill in their many confrontations across the course of the series.

He also appears to have a nearly supernatural ability to survive certain death, including the destruction of his AS, and the sniper attack. His surviving the sniper attack was explained by a titanium plate in his skull, and his surviving his AS' self-destruct was explained by Gauron's use of the Lambda Driver at the last moment to protect his body.

A possible explanation for Gauron not fearing death, even in the face of his AS self destructing is revealed by Leonard Testarossa in the book 'Continuing on My Own' who tells Sousuke that Gauron was suffering from cancer.

It is later revealed in "The Second Raid" that Gauron worked for Amalgam, his code name being "Mr. Iron". ["Dancing Very Merry Christmas" Novel]

econd Raid

In "The Second Raid", it is revealed that Gauron is alive, presumably through the Lambda Driver, though his injuries have turned him into a cripple confined to a bed by his wounds. He reveals to Sagara that the young guerrilla Sagara he knew in Helmajistan would have been the perfect person to kill him, but in the present day, he claims that Sagara has become 'weak' and 'soft' from his time at High School. He tells Sagara that one of his agents, one of the twins mentioned below, has killed Kaname, when in truth, Leonard Testarossa's Arm Slave bodyguards killed the agent. Sousuke, in a rage, then kills Gauron (for good this time) by shooting him multiple times, this is further exemplified when a bomb underneath Gauron's bed explodes. He dies with a psychotic grin on his face, indicating that he was expecting Sousuke to kill him.He had previously trained two twin sisters, who he named Xia Yu-Fan, and Xia Yu-Lan. [The novels depicted the twin assassins as males. Their names were Fei Won and Fei Xiu. The manga also depicts them as female but with a very differrent design.] They are both formidable fighters, in an Arm Slave, (a Soviet/Amalgam Shadow at the beginning of the series, and a Codarl-M type in the end.) They do not survive the series, Yu-Lan being killed by one of Leonard Testarossa's bodyguards, the human-sized Plan 1211, Alastor, and Yu-Fan being killed by the psychotic leader of the Amalgam Execution Squad, Gates, in the final battle.

References

ee also

* Sousuke Sagara