Morgiana (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
Morgiana is a female anime and manga character who features in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.
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Biography
Morgiana (Japanese: モルジアナ, Hepburn: Morujiana) was a female human born to the Fanalis (ファナリス, Fanarisu) tribe who resided in the Dark Continent (暗黒大陸, Ankoku Tairiku). When she was young, she was taken away from her mother and father with this leading to her being sold at the markets as a slave.
During shopping, Aladdin fools around with a weapon and makes Alibaba fall. He bumps into a girl who carried fruits and whole basket lands on ground, along with the girl. She quickly collects them and after hearing an apology from Alibaba, who thinks she is cute, she continues her job. Then, Aladdin noticed she has chains on her legs. She gets ashamed, but while trying to hide it, she trips and Aladdin decides to break her chains, not knowing that it is a crime. Budel comes by and stirs up trouble with Alibaba, who is indebted to him. He proposes Alibaba to become his slave and shows how tough it is by abusing Morgiana. Aladdin stops him by hitting him with his metal flute, but they are soon chased by guards. Aladdin gets frustrated and calls out Ugo. Taking a chance of such ruckus, she gets away and comes back to Jamil's place. She reports to him what happened. He asks her if she wants a dinner, but she refuses. He comments that she's cute when she's aloof. In the cave, when Alibaba is taking care of sleeping Aladdin, Morgiana is able to locate Alibaba, using her sense of smell. Alibaba notices that she's the slave they met earlier and asks what she is doing there, to which she obviously does not respond. She silently watches as Alibaba is trying to talk with Jamil but shows surprised face seeing how Alibaba can move with his knife. She then proceeds along with Alibaba, Jamil, Goltas and sleeping Aladdin. Alibaba is ordered to overcome a trap, but he falls in another, which is hidden door in a ground. Later, Jamil asks her how she had knew about it and she says she smelled "death". After Aladdin wakes up, Jamil introduces her and Goltas to him. After they find themselves in a certain point of Dungeon, Jamil decides to go only with Goltas and orders Morgiana to take care of Aladdin. Aladdin doesn't like the silence and Morgiana's lack of emotions, so he tries to make her smile. He makes stupid faces and eventually is able to achieve his aim. Morgiana quickly covers her mouth and denies what she has done. Aladdin then asks her about the "Dark Continent" Jamil mentioned before. She explains it is an underdeveloped land, but it's only what people say. She tells him about beautiful scenery there is, but admits that she doesn't remember much of it in her thoughts. Aladdin says he wants to go to a place like this and asks if he could go with her, when she will do it. She answers it's impossible because she is a slave and can't run away. Aladdin is optimistic about it and thinks that as long her legs won't be tied with chains, she could go. She replies that Jamil is so scary she could never do it. In the ends Aladdin says that he thinks that Jamil has tied her with invisible chains. Morgiana warns Aladdin to not go against Jamil or he will end up like his friend. She says it with pained expression. However, Aladdin escapes using his magic carpet when Alibaba reveals himself. She wants to catch them and climbs on the wall, but they are able to run away. Morgiana immediately reports this to Jamil. They chase after them, but are attacked by monsters. Jamil asks if she could find them, but when he hears negative response, he kicks her. Even though they have a bad time with monsters, in the end, they are able to find the Necropolis and its storage room.
When Alibaba defeats Jamil, he wants Aladdin's flute back. Jamil cries out for Morgiana and she immediately comes, almost sending Alibaba flying. Alibaba notes she is a freakishly strong monster. Alibaba then proposes her to join hands with him, to break free from Jamil and fight for her dreams. She gives him her answer by throwing him into a pillar but hesitates when Jamil tells her to execute him. Because of all tragic memories Jamil planted in her, she is prepared to follow this order. In the last moment Aladdin takes the opportunity to break the sword. Aladdin then demands that Jamil would give him back his flute. Morgiana attacks him but is quickly cornered and defeated. She is frightened when Amon appears, but he quickly judges she can't became his King Vessel. When Dungeon starts to collapse, she still worries about Jamil and wants to save him. She hesitates when Alibaba points out that he caused her only bad memories up till now. She starts to trembling but then Goltas stands before her to shake her off. He tells her that about himself and bad things he has done thanks to Jamil but adds that Morgiana was able to hold on to her pride. As his final desire he says her to return to her homeland and then cuts off her chains. She goes to Alibaba and Aladdin, but watches Jamil with a painful face. After that, she finds herself outside of town. Three days later, she goes to visit Alibaba and asks him why he bought Jamil's place and freed all slaves. He says that this is what he would do and asks what is she going to do right now. She tells him she's not sure because she never though of anything but being slave, but she is probably going to find a new master to work, this time for wages. She tells him she is grateful to him for what he's done and that she feels like there is now a reason for her to be alive. Alibaba says to keep on walking on her pretty legs. Asked where she wants to go, she says she plans to visit her homeland, like her saviour wanted. Alibaba thanks her for that, because she helped him deciding what to do now. The next day, she wonders what he meant by that and hears that he went to Balbadd, after using the other half of his treasure as base salary for the newly freed slaves whereupon she started to run.
In the night, Morgiana is haunted by nightmares. She dreams of Jamil brutally abusing her. However, when sunlight falls on her, Goltas appears in her dream. He tells her that Jamil is not here anymore, but if she is still scared, she should look ahead at her homeland. He then says she should go there to find out real meaning of freedom. Still asleep, she cries. In the morning, Morgiana is seen working, along with Leila and Sahsa. They express how glad they are that she joined their caravan. She did so in order to go to the Dark Continent through Balbadd. They met half a year earlier in Qishan, when she suddenly stopped their caravan after getting to know their direction. To express her gratitude, she kneels with her head close to the ground, surprising other girls. Leila comments that she would be happy if Morgiana stayed with them even after they reach Balbadd, but she clearly declines. At bazaar, they meet Fatima, a slave trader, who goes with a great number of slaves. Morgiana looks at him with hatred. Then, she sits alone and wonders why she was once a slave and why there are slaves to begin with. She also thinks that her scars won't disappear quickly. She remembers Aladdin saying her that slaves could go anywhere if the chains were broken and wonders if he's okay. She then thinks the same for Alibaba. fter going back, she finds out that group of tough thieves blocks caravan's way, so they are taking another route. Asked where her homeland is, she keeps quiet so they wouldn't find out she was a slave. Morgiana decides to shut down the thieves, and in the middle of the night, attacks the base. She makes quick work of most of the thieves. She explains she began to understand differences between her and other people, her outstanding physical strength, but she's not sure why they exist. She runs into trouble when Fatima's Desert Crow poisons her, as Fatima has to have a girl from "Fanalis Warrior Tribe". When she's carried to a prison, Fatima comments about how Fanalis are living weapons, making Morgiana very valuable. In her sleep, she once again dreams of Jamil, crying. Unknown girl looks at her with very pained expression. She wakes up in specials chains built to hold Fanalis in an isolation cell with a little girl named Nadja.
Nadja tells Morgiana her story. After that, Morgiana realizes that she could not break her shackles. Nadja asks her what will happen to them, and Morgiana in details explains how people became slaves. She knows she has to hurry up to not let it, but then she hears Nadja's crying. She's not sure what to do. When Nadja mentions her parents, Morgiana remembers that she used to cry for her parent's help when she was at slaves market as well. She trembles and suddenly puts her hand on Nadja's shoulder. She quickly understands what she's done and takes it off, but reassures Nadja she will help them. She brightly smiles to do that, so Nadja's hugs her. She thinks she definitely won't become a slave once again. She then takes care of Nadja for a few days.
Upon reaching the Reim Empire, she set forth to the land of Cathargo (カタルゴ Katarugo) in order to find her people though in a local town she found no trace of them. Morgiana's presence also began to attract unwelcome attention as a group of thugs looked to capture her and sell her for profit but she came to scare them away with her strength. She then met Ahbmad and Sahbmad Saluja where she recalled them as being the previous rulers of Balbadd with the pair looking to help her. The two had been dispatched on a research mission by Sindria to study the Torran people where they offered shelter to Morgiana. They also revealed that the homeland of the Fanalis lay beyond the Great Rift with Morgiana departing the next day to find her people. She made her way down the rift where she reached the bottom and set forth in pitch darkness until she found a house. Once there, she was met with a magi named Yunan who offered to take her to the other side but warned that she would not be able to return to her friends if she crossed over. He also told her that a great conflict was going to affect the world as the ruler of the Kou Empire had died and that this would lead to a period of unrest for the expanding nation that would spread to the rest of the world.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Morgiana was a beautiful young girl with shoulder-length fuchsia hair that she tied in a lateral ponytail with her eyes being pink in colour. Initially, she wore a white sleeveless dress, with a coat of arms on the chest and had two iron bracelets whilst having two brown braces on her ankles with her normally walking barefoot.
At first, she was shown as being emotionless and unfriendly due to her life as a slave.
Morgiana tended to be a quiet girl who barely talked though she opened up to her friends over time.
She is secretly very insecure because she always deems herself to be useless compared to the others. Her biggest wish is to be useful to Aladdin and Alibaba, most likely because she wants to repay their kindness towards her. She is flattered but frightened by Hakuryuu's feelings for her, and she stated that becoming Empress was impossible since she used to be a slave, showing aspects of her inferiority complex.
When Hakuryuu Ren left their party, Morgiana attempted to convince him to stay and it was only then that she learnt that the Kou Prince was in love with her. He declared his love and intention to marry her where he offered Morgiana to be his empress when he took over the Kou Empire whereupon he kissed her. The incident shocked her and left Morgiana in tears as she was overwhelmed by the act as no one had ever declared their love for her ever before. She did not answer him at the time though Hakuryuu stated that he would return once he had completed his goal and ask her again. The event distracted Morgiana and left her conflicted for a time.
Powers and abilities
As a Fanalis, Morgiana is very strong when it comes to fighting, being able to carry up to 7 people at once, take down a large number of opponents with her kicks and even break adult Fanalis handcuffs and chains when she got angry.
She had later taken part in martial arts training under Masrur. Since training under Masrur, she is able to defeat dangerous beasts in a single hit and her strength has further increased. Morgiana was also born with exceptional speed, being able to close large gaps in an instant and intercepting quick attacks by people. Since training with Masrur, her speed and leg strength have increased further.
She knew a number of techniques that included:
- Echolocation (エコーロケーション, Ekōrokēshon) : an upgraded version of her Battle Cry where she screamed at the top of her lungs with this emitting sound waves all around her. Morgiana was able to use her enhanced senses to hear the feedback of the sound waves as they hit her surroundings thus giving her a sense of her environment with this being invaluable in areas of complete darkness.
Later on, she gained her own Household Vessel through Alibaba's Djinn Amon with her possessing the Amol Selseira (Flame Wings of Iron Chains).
Notes
- Morgiana was created by Shinobu Ohtaka where she featured in the setting of the Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic universe.
In other media
Television
- In Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Morgiana appeared in the anime television adaptation series where she was voiced by Japanese actress Haruka Tomatsu and by English actress Cristina Vee in the dub.
Appearances
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic:
- Magi: The Kingdom of Magic:
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