SLAYERS Q&A / MAZOKU

Xelloss

The colors of the letter indicate from which source I got the information.

Letters in Blue = official information = from the original novels, TV anime, the book Encyclopedia Slayers, or CD-ROMs of the TV anime
Letters in Red = secrets = from the fanclub of the author or from the homepage of the director
Letters in Violet = rumors = from somewhere in the internet or from some doujin encyclopedia

I hear that Xelloss was originally a human. Is it true?

Why did Xelloss not helped Hellmaster out when he was battling? --- from Todd

I hear that Xelloss was originally a human. Is it true?

There is no explanation how Xelloss was created by Zellas Metalliom. The author didnft tell us that Xelloss was Mazoku by birth or he had been a human and reborn as a Mazoku. But, almost all of Slayers novel readers think that Xelloss was a Mazoku by birth.

The reason why we think is...

Every Mazoku regards a human as a prey. Even Seigram, a lower middle rank Mazoku, thought that any human could match with it. The Greater Beast is the one of five Mazoku sub-lords, so, it is extremely powerful. According to the theory of Mazoku in the Slayers novels, there is no reason for such a powerful Mazoku to accept a human as its priest. It would be just like that a president of a powerful company makes an ant his secretary.

In the novels, Xelloss told Lina and her friends that he had been created by Greater Beast. It's hard to explain in English, but as we read his words in the novels, we understood that Xelloss had been created just like other Mazoku generals or Mazoku priests had been created by their masters.

I know that someone would refuse us with the case of Valgarv. But, Valgarv is the character only appeared in TV anime. If I consider about Valfs case according to the theory of the Slayers novels, the key factor was his being a dragon. Both in the novels and TV anime, Garv had been killed in the Kouma War, the war between the resurrected piece of Shabranigudo and the Aqualord. Aqualord was a dragon and Chaos Dragon Garv also had the characteristic of dragon. Ruby Eye used Garvfs characteristic as dragon to channel its power into the Aqualord, and it worked well. After Garv had ressurected, it maintained its characteristic as dragon, and it could channel its power into Valfs physical body. No human has a factor that makes him able to accept Mazoku power without trouble.

It isnft written in the novels, but once the author explained how a Mazoku created another Mazoku in one interview with his fan club. I think that Xelloss was created in that way.

"Do you want to know?" Xelloss said, with his usual grin.
"Why Raltark told you (Rarshart) not to fight with me?" As he said that...
Zunk!
"Yeowww!!" Rarshart screamed. A huge black cone of human length appeared in the empty air and ran through the belly of Rarshart!
"It is because you can't match me by yourself."
Zunk! "Yeowww!!" The second cone runs through the breast of Rarshart.
"Chaos Dragon created one confident priest and one confident general, but the Greater Beast, my master, created only me." Xelloss said in a calm voice. "My master put the whole power into me, and Chaos Dragon divided the same power into you and Raltark. That is to say, if you really want to defeat me, you the general and Raltark the priest would have to fight together, or Chaos Dragon turn out in person."
And there came the third cone and it ran through the body of Rarshart.

"Please... Please wait!" Xelloss was flustered and said to Ameria. "I wasn't told detailed plan by master Hellmaster!"
"You weren't told?" Ameria said and stared at Xelloss.
"Yes, it's true! ... Four of the five subordinate Mazoku lords of our king, great Ruby Eye Shabranigudo, --- I mean to say that they are master Hellmaster, master Deep Sea, master Dynast and Chaos Dragon --- they created several priests and generals as their faithful minions, and my master Greater Beast created only one pierst, me."

Q : In the Slayers novels, several Mazoku were destroyed by Lina. It seems like that the Mazoku population would be reduced and never be increased. Is it ture?
Kanzaka : Well, Mazoku can breed. They eat shouki (bad atmosphere) and grow more powerful, and when they become powerful enough, they can creat low rank Mazoku.
Tamiki (*) : Then, can I say that someday Xelloss will become two Xellosses just like a cell devides?
Kanzaka : I don't want to imagine that. Hmmm, but, it may possibly happen. *laugh* However, when a Mazoku creates another, the power won't be devided in two. A Mazoku tears off a tiny part of its astral body, and makes a much weaker Mazoku of it.

BLASTER! Vol.3&4" (**)

Why did Xelloss not helped Hellmaster out when he was battling?

As a Mazoku, Xelloss whon't help his tribe. It is Mazoku's nature not to love any other existence. He must need certain reason to help other Mazoku battling, and in Fibrizo's case, there was no reason for Xelloss to do. Even if Xelloss tried to help Fibrizo, the lord of nightmare was too powerful, and Xelloss might be destroyed as well. Xelloss thought it was useless to do something to help Hellmaster.

Moreover, Xelloss disliked Fibrizo. Xelloss is the priest of Greater Beast Zellas Metalliom, but Fibrizo had threatened Zellas to allow him to use Xelloss as his pawn. Usually, Zellas refuses Fibrizo's request, but at that time, she had been forced into a tight corner. Some days before, one of middle class Mazoku in Zellas' organization had run away and joined in the group pf Chaos Dragon Garv. The Mazoku was Seigram the Faceless, that appeared in the Atlas city. Fibrizo blamed Zellas for Seigram's betrayal, and Zellas could do nothing but allowing Fibrizo to use Xelloss. Xelloss is royal to his master, and it was natural for him to hate Hellmaster Fibrizo.

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