Shadow Realm
The Shadow Realm is a dimension that features in Yu-Gi-Oh.
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The Shadow Realm
Zorc, created through the darkness and negative thoughts inside the human hearts, is also said to be the one who created the Shadow Realm. In ancient Egypt, duelists wore a diadankh around their arm whose energy would be depleted if they took damage from a monster, and if their diadankh energy was depleted, their soul would go to the Shadow Realm, but could still be released.
Egyptians first allowed the Shadow Games. Using various means of sorcery, they send themselves into an alternate dimension where their duel would not be interrupted, and where cheating is strictly forbidden, punishable by death. In the Shadow Games, the sorcerers' skills would be tested by seeing how powerful the monsters they could summon, and how powerful a spell they could cast to power up their monsters.
The power of the monsters could best be harnessed by the Millennium Items. Created for the purpose of defending Egypt, they were put into the possession of the Pharaoh and his six priests. However, Dark Bakura wished to steal the Items all for himself, and tried to take the Items, both in Ancient Egypt and in the modern world. To do so, Bakura needed to win them in Shadow Games.
In the modern world, the possessor of a Millennium Item can challenge another person to a Shadow Game.
Overview
Shadow Games (闇のゲーム Yami no Gēmu, literally Game of Darkness or Dark Game) were depicted as occurring in another dimension which was also called the Shadow Realm. Losing a Shadow Game, a fatal wound inflicted by a Duel Monster, the power of a Millennium Item, or any other mystical means would condemn their soul to the Shadow Realm.
When wagering a Duel in the Shadow Realm, Summoning and maintaining a monster requires energy. The more monsters, the more energy it seems to require.
Inhabitants
- Ghost Kaiba :
- Yami Bakura :
- Marik Ishtar :
Notes
- It was designed by 4Kids Entertainment for the dubbed version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime.
- The concept was based on an occasionally mentioned place called the World of Darkness (闇やみの世界せかい Yami no Sekai).
Appearances
- Yu-Gi-Oh:
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