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Queen Beryl is the commander of the Dark Kingdom and the principal antagonist of the first season of the anime Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal. She is depicted as a regal and intimidating woman with long, wavy red hair, red eyes, and an imposing wardrobe consisting of a long purple dress, red high heels, a black tiara set with a gem, bracelets on her wrists, a necklace, earrings, and armor-like horns on her shoulders. Her appearance conveys both royal authority and menace, and she carries herself with the certainty of a ruler who expects absolute obedience.
Her backstory explains how she became the figure seen in the present. During the age of the Silver Millennium, Beryl was a human sorceress living on Earth. She fell deeply in love with Prince Endymion, but her feelings were never returned, because Endymion loved Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. Envy and resentment toward the Moon people, and especially toward Serenity, consumed her. She was drawn into the Dark Kingdom, where she encountered the powerful entity Queen Metalia, who granted her great power and set her on a path of war. Empowered by Metalia, Beryl helped unleash the conflict between Earth and the Moon, and it was through this war that Prince Endymion died protecting Princess Serenity, an event that led to the princess's own death. Beryl was then slain by Sailor Venus, and Queen Serenity sealed Metalia away while allowing those who had perished to be reborn in a future era.
In the modern-day setting, Beryl has been reborn and has risen once again as the Queen of the Dark Kingdom. She commands the Four Kings of Heaven, the powerful generals Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Kunzite, who in their past lives were Endymion's loyal knights. Beryl directs them to harvest the life energy of ordinary humans and to locate the Legendary Silver Crystal. Her stated aim is to revive Queen Metalia and use the Silver Crystal to establish the Dark Kingdom's dominion over Earth, though she also intends to keep the crystal for herself so that she can rule the planet. Her motivation is therefore a combination of personal vengeance rooted in her ancient past and a hunger for absolute power.
In terms of personality, Beryl is ruthless, calculating, and imperious. She treats her subordinates as tools and punishes failure harshly, showing little patience for excuses or insubordination. She is a skilled manipulator who uses persuasion, deception, and coercion to achieve her ends, and she regards the human world with contempt. Beneath her cruelty, however, the story reveals a tragic dimension. Her villainy grows out of unrequited love, jealousy, and corruption by an evil force far more powerful than herself. As the season progresses, she becomes increasingly dependent on Queen Metalia's power, and her decisions grow more desperate as her plans unravel. Even in her final moments after her defeat, her last thoughts turn to Endymion, and she murmurs that she had always simply been watching him, suggesting that the feelings that drove her to ruin never truly left her.
Her role in the story is central to the first major conflict of the series. She orchestrates the Dark Kingdom's operations from her throne, dispatching her generals to attack the Sailor Guardians and to drain energy from innocent people. She also uses her influence over Endymion's reborn form to turn him into a weapon against the guardians. In the climax, she channels the full power of Queen Metalia and becomes a vessel for the entity, transforming into an even greater threat before being destroyed along with her patron by the power of the Silver Crystal.
In terms of abilities, Beryl is an immensely powerful sorceress. Her natural magical talent was greatly amplified by Metalia, and she demonstrates a range of dark magic that includes projecting destructive energy, using telekinesis, generating fire, and summoning monsters to do her bidding. She also has the capacity to channel the life energy collected by her servants directly to Queen Metalia, sustaining the entity's power. She is capable of subjugating and controlling others, as seen in her manipulation of Endymion, and her greatest assets are her strategic mind, her mastery of dark magic, and her willingness to sacrifice anyone to achieve her goals. Over the course of the season, she transitions from a scheming commander who works through subordinates into a desperate and ultimately monstrous figure consumed by the very power she sought to control, making her both a formidable foe and a figure shaped by loss and longing.
Her backstory explains how she became the figure seen in the present. During the age of the Silver Millennium, Beryl was a human sorceress living on Earth. She fell deeply in love with Prince Endymion, but her feelings were never returned, because Endymion loved Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. Envy and resentment toward the Moon people, and especially toward Serenity, consumed her. She was drawn into the Dark Kingdom, where she encountered the powerful entity Queen Metalia, who granted her great power and set her on a path of war. Empowered by Metalia, Beryl helped unleash the conflict between Earth and the Moon, and it was through this war that Prince Endymion died protecting Princess Serenity, an event that led to the princess's own death. Beryl was then slain by Sailor Venus, and Queen Serenity sealed Metalia away while allowing those who had perished to be reborn in a future era.
In the modern-day setting, Beryl has been reborn and has risen once again as the Queen of the Dark Kingdom. She commands the Four Kings of Heaven, the powerful generals Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Kunzite, who in their past lives were Endymion's loyal knights. Beryl directs them to harvest the life energy of ordinary humans and to locate the Legendary Silver Crystal. Her stated aim is to revive Queen Metalia and use the Silver Crystal to establish the Dark Kingdom's dominion over Earth, though she also intends to keep the crystal for herself so that she can rule the planet. Her motivation is therefore a combination of personal vengeance rooted in her ancient past and a hunger for absolute power.
In terms of personality, Beryl is ruthless, calculating, and imperious. She treats her subordinates as tools and punishes failure harshly, showing little patience for excuses or insubordination. She is a skilled manipulator who uses persuasion, deception, and coercion to achieve her ends, and she regards the human world with contempt. Beneath her cruelty, however, the story reveals a tragic dimension. Her villainy grows out of unrequited love, jealousy, and corruption by an evil force far more powerful than herself. As the season progresses, she becomes increasingly dependent on Queen Metalia's power, and her decisions grow more desperate as her plans unravel. Even in her final moments after her defeat, her last thoughts turn to Endymion, and she murmurs that she had always simply been watching him, suggesting that the feelings that drove her to ruin never truly left her.
Her role in the story is central to the first major conflict of the series. She orchestrates the Dark Kingdom's operations from her throne, dispatching her generals to attack the Sailor Guardians and to drain energy from innocent people. She also uses her influence over Endymion's reborn form to turn him into a weapon against the guardians. In the climax, she channels the full power of Queen Metalia and becomes a vessel for the entity, transforming into an even greater threat before being destroyed along with her patron by the power of the Silver Crystal.
In terms of abilities, Beryl is an immensely powerful sorceress. Her natural magical talent was greatly amplified by Metalia, and she demonstrates a range of dark magic that includes projecting destructive energy, using telekinesis, generating fire, and summoning monsters to do her bidding. She also has the capacity to channel the life energy collected by her servants directly to Queen Metalia, sustaining the entity's power. She is capable of subjugating and controlling others, as seen in her manipulation of Endymion, and her greatest assets are her strategic mind, her mastery of dark magic, and her willingness to sacrifice anyone to achieve her goals. Over the course of the season, she transitions from a scheming commander who works through subordinates into a desperate and ultimately monstrous figure consumed by the very power she sought to control, making her both a formidable foe and a figure shaped by loss and longing.