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[[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoor.png|200px|thumb|Baltas tries to open the door.]] | [[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoor.png|200px|thumb|Baltas tries to open the door.]] | ||
{{nihongo|'''Mercury's Door'''|メルクリウスの扉|Merukuriusu no tobira|lit. Door of Mercurius}} was a door in the [[Cathedral City]] said to house a great power. In truth, it housed the [[ | {{nihongo|'''Mercury's Door'''|メルクリウスの扉|Merukuriusu no tobira|lit. Door of Mercurius}} was a door in the [[Cathedral City]] said to house a great power. In truth, it housed the [[black sludge]], a manifestation of the [[flower]] bent on destroying the world. [[Baltas]] was tasked with guarding the door, but he did not remember who by or why. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
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On June 6, 998, Cerulea and the other lords resumed their attempts to open the door. Cerulea instructed Baltas to interact with a touchpad by the door and gave him some [[Old World language|Old World writing]] to read. Suddenly, a hologram of [[Accord]] appeared and informed Baltas that the voice data was incorrect, teleporting him elsewhere.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 7}} | On June 6, 998, Cerulea and the other lords resumed their attempts to open the door. Cerulea instructed Baltas to interact with a touchpad by the door and gave him some [[Old World language|Old World writing]] to read. Suddenly, a hologram of [[Accord]] appeared and informed Baltas that the voice data was incorrect, teleporting him elsewhere.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 7}} | ||
===Destruction of the door=== | ===Destruction of the door=== | ||
[[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorShatters.png|thumb|200px|Mercury's Door shatters.]] When the magical girls known as [[Intoners]] came to open the door due to false memories implanted by the flower, the lords ambushed them.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 8}} The door resonated with the girls' [[Power of Song]] while they fought the lords. However, three of the girls were killed in the fight, and another was mortally wounded. In a moment of despair, the Intoner [[One]] managed to shatter the door by singing, releasing the | [[File:DragonDragoonUtahimeFive-MercurysDoorShatters.png|thumb|200px|Mercury's Door shatters.]] When the magical girls known as [[Intoners]] came to open the door due to false memories implanted by the flower, the lords ambushed them.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 8}} The door resonated with the girls' [[Power of Song]] while they fought the lords. However, three of the girls were killed in the fight, and another was mortally wounded. In a moment of despair, the Intoner [[One]] managed to shatter the door by singing, releasing the black sludge that was housed within.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} | ||
===Aftermath=== | ===Aftermath=== | ||
The | The black sludge began to gather up the dead Intoners, mending them and using them to summon [[daemons]].{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 10}} It was eventually stopped by Zero and her dragon companion [[Michael]]. {{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 12}} Baltas, the door's guardian, went on a rampage, but was burnt up by [[Gabriel]], the daemonised version of One's dragon friend, [[Gabriella]]. {{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 15}} | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
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Mercury is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld and the "messenger of the gods". | Mercury is the god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication (including divination), travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld and the "messenger of the gods". | ||
*'''God of divination''': When One touches the door, she receives a vision of the | *'''God of divination''': When One touches the door, she receives a vision of the black sludge coming out from behind it.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 8}} | ||
*'''God of boundaries''': Mercury's Door serves as a boundary, keeping the | *'''God of boundaries''': Mercury's Door serves as a boundary, keeping the black sludge in. | ||
*'''God of trickery''': In ''[[Drag-On Dragoon 3 Story Side]]'', Zero theorises that the flower planted false memories into her sisters to trick them into opening the door.{{Bookref|DOD3SS|Chapter 3}} | *'''God of trickery''': In ''[[Drag-On Dragoon 3 Story Side]]'', Zero theorises that the flower planted false memories into her sisters to trick them into opening the door.{{Bookref|DOD3SS|Chapter 3}} | ||
*'''Messenger of the gods''': Dragons in ''Drakengard'' are referred to as {{nihongo|messengers of God(s)|神の遣い|Kami no tsukai}}.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 285: Key Words}} In ''Drakengard 3'', it is revealed that dragons are the only beings capable of killing the flower.{{Gameref|DOD3}}{{Gameref|DOD3|Zero's Chapter, Verse 1}} Thus a parallel can be drawn between dragons and Mercury('s Door) both opposing the flower. | *'''Messenger of the gods''': Dragons in ''Drakengard'' are referred to as {{nihongo|messengers of God(s)|神の遣い|Kami no tsukai}}.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 285: Key Words}} In ''Drakengard 3'', it is revealed that dragons are the only beings capable of killing the flower.{{Gameref|DOD3}}{{Gameref|DOD3|Zero's Chapter, Verse 1}} Thus a parallel can be drawn between dragons and Mercury('s Door) both opposing the flower. | ||
====The Spirit in the Bottle==== | ====The Spirit in the Bottle==== | ||
Alternatively, Mercurius could be referring to the demon from [[wikipedia:The Spirit in the Bottle|The Spirit in the Bottle]], a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Mercurius is a giant demon trapped in a small bottle. Parallels can be drawn between the demon Mercurius being trapped in the bottle and the | Alternatively, Mercurius could be referring to the demon from [[wikipedia:The Spirit in the Bottle|The Spirit in the Bottle]], a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Mercurius is a giant demon trapped in a small bottle. Parallels can be drawn between the demon Mercurius being trapped in the bottle and the black sludge being trapped behind the door in the manga. | ||
===Fan translations=== | ===Fan translations=== | ||