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Description
Queen Metalia, in the anime Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, is a malignant, amorphous being of dark energy and the true mastermind behind the Dark Kingdom, the antagonistic force of the first story arc. She appears as a dark purple shadow creature with glowing eyes, a red mouth, and a bright reddish-purple diamond-shaped mark on her forehead, which functions as her weak point. Her name is sometimes romanized as Metaria.
Her background is that of an extraterrestrial entity composed of pure dark energy that feeds on human energy. According to the manga storyline that Crystal adapts, she was born from radioactivity in the sun and descended to Earth in the distant past. She exploited human resentment toward the union of the Moon Kingdom's Princess Serenity and Earth's Prince Endymion, corrupting the sorceress Beryl, who secretly loved Endymion, and manipulating her feelings to spark a revolt against the Moon Kingdom. The resulting war brought down the Silver Millennium, and Queen Serenity was eventually forced to seal Metalia at the North Pole with the power of the Silver Crystal, leaving her dormant for centuries. In the wider narrative of the series, she is also characterized as one of the incarnations of a greater cosmic evil called Chaos, which appears throughout the story as the root of its major antagonists.
Personality-wise, Metalia is not a figure with a developed or individualized character; she is portrayed as a force of pure malevolent energy. She rarely speaks and seldom acts directly, preferring to operate through servants whom she has corrupted. Her motivations are simple and consuming: she seeks to absorb energy, conquer Earth, and destroy the Moon Kingdom and Princess Serenity. Her presence radiates a suffocating darkness that stirs chaos and violence in ordinary people, and she demonstrates a patient, calculating nature in how she turns the negative emotions of others to her advantage.
Her role in the story centers on her manipulation of Queen Beryl, whom she revives in the twentieth century and commands to gather human energy and locate the Silver Crystal so that Metalia may be freed from her seal. A strange and unexplained connection exists between her power and the Silver Crystal: each grows stronger whenever the other is used, so every time Usagi Tsukino draws on the Silver Crystal, Metalia's strength increases as well. After the reincarnated Prince Endymion is captured and turned to the Dark Kingdom, Metalia possesses his body and uses him as a host. When Sailor Moon is forced to strike Endymion with the Silver Crystal's power, Metalia absorbs Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, and the Silver Crystal into herself and begins to engulf the Earth. Within Metalia's body, Usagi awakens and is reunited with Mamoru, and together they activate the Silver Crystal, allowing Sailor Moon to seal Queen Metalia away once and for all.
Her key relationships define much of her function in the story. Queen Beryl is her primary servant, corrupted and empowered by Metalia to lead the Dark Kingdom and to serve as her agent in collecting energy and the Silver Crystal. Prince Endymion is significant to her as a host vessel, whose body she takes over in her effort to manifest fully in the physical world. She is directly opposed to Queen Serenity, who sealed her in the past, and to Princess Serenity and her reincarnation Sailor Moon, who repeats that act in the present. Her connection to the Silver Crystal is central to her role, as it is simultaneously the source of her growing power and the instrument of her defeat.
In terms of abilities, Queen Metalia exists as a shapeless dark energy cloud that can alter its form. She feeds on and absorbs human energy, corrupts and dominates minds, grants power to those who serve her, and can possess human hosts. She is able to expand her dark form to envelop the entire planet, spreading chaos and violence among humanity, and she can absorb powerful beings and objects, including Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, and the Silver Crystal itself. Her only apparent weakness is the diamond-shaped object on her forehead, which makes her vulnerable despite her otherwise overwhelming presence.
Her background is that of an extraterrestrial entity composed of pure dark energy that feeds on human energy. According to the manga storyline that Crystal adapts, she was born from radioactivity in the sun and descended to Earth in the distant past. She exploited human resentment toward the union of the Moon Kingdom's Princess Serenity and Earth's Prince Endymion, corrupting the sorceress Beryl, who secretly loved Endymion, and manipulating her feelings to spark a revolt against the Moon Kingdom. The resulting war brought down the Silver Millennium, and Queen Serenity was eventually forced to seal Metalia at the North Pole with the power of the Silver Crystal, leaving her dormant for centuries. In the wider narrative of the series, she is also characterized as one of the incarnations of a greater cosmic evil called Chaos, which appears throughout the story as the root of its major antagonists.
Personality-wise, Metalia is not a figure with a developed or individualized character; she is portrayed as a force of pure malevolent energy. She rarely speaks and seldom acts directly, preferring to operate through servants whom she has corrupted. Her motivations are simple and consuming: she seeks to absorb energy, conquer Earth, and destroy the Moon Kingdom and Princess Serenity. Her presence radiates a suffocating darkness that stirs chaos and violence in ordinary people, and she demonstrates a patient, calculating nature in how she turns the negative emotions of others to her advantage.
Her role in the story centers on her manipulation of Queen Beryl, whom she revives in the twentieth century and commands to gather human energy and locate the Silver Crystal so that Metalia may be freed from her seal. A strange and unexplained connection exists between her power and the Silver Crystal: each grows stronger whenever the other is used, so every time Usagi Tsukino draws on the Silver Crystal, Metalia's strength increases as well. After the reincarnated Prince Endymion is captured and turned to the Dark Kingdom, Metalia possesses his body and uses him as a host. When Sailor Moon is forced to strike Endymion with the Silver Crystal's power, Metalia absorbs Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, and the Silver Crystal into herself and begins to engulf the Earth. Within Metalia's body, Usagi awakens and is reunited with Mamoru, and together they activate the Silver Crystal, allowing Sailor Moon to seal Queen Metalia away once and for all.
Her key relationships define much of her function in the story. Queen Beryl is her primary servant, corrupted and empowered by Metalia to lead the Dark Kingdom and to serve as her agent in collecting energy and the Silver Crystal. Prince Endymion is significant to her as a host vessel, whose body she takes over in her effort to manifest fully in the physical world. She is directly opposed to Queen Serenity, who sealed her in the past, and to Princess Serenity and her reincarnation Sailor Moon, who repeats that act in the present. Her connection to the Silver Crystal is central to her role, as it is simultaneously the source of her growing power and the instrument of her defeat.
In terms of abilities, Queen Metalia exists as a shapeless dark energy cloud that can alter its form. She feeds on and absorbs human energy, corrupts and dominates minds, grants power to those who serve her, and can possess human hosts. She is able to expand her dark form to envelop the entire planet, spreading chaos and violence among humanity, and she can absorb powerful beings and objects, including Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, and the Silver Crystal itself. Her only apparent weakness is the diamond-shaped object on her forehead, which makes her vulnerable despite her otherwise overwhelming presence.