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'''Barbarosa Rugner''' (バルバロッサ・ルーグナー, ''Barubarossa Rūgunā'') is a main antagonist in [[Suikoden]]. The 17th, and final, Emperor of the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]], Barbarosa Rugner's disinterest in the empire saw it fall in his reign.  
}}'''Barbarosa Rugner''' (バルバロッサ・ルーグナー, ''Barubarossa Rūgunā'') is a main antagonist in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]]. The 17th, and final, Emperor of the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]], Barbarosa Rugner's disinterest in the empire saw it fall in his reign.  


==Biography==
==History==
===Suikoden===
{{quote| Tir, I shall protect my Empire. With my own hands! | Barbarosa Rugner}}
{{quote| Tir, I shall protect my Empire. With my own hands! | Barbarosa Rugner}}


The Golden Emperor of the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]], Barbarosa became known by his title due to his ruling wisely as head of state. However, he lost interest in his empire when he met the Court Magician, [[Windy]], who physically resembled his deceased wife, [[Claudia]]<ref>"You loved my resemblance to Claudia!" - Windy ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Barbarosa became enraptured with Windy<ref>"The Emperor has been enraptured by Windy's resemblance to his late Empress Claudia." - Milich Oppenheimer ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and longed to remove the sadness he sensed within her<ref>"I wanted to erase the sadness that lies hidden deep in your eyes. The sadness of one who cannot accept others. I loved you." - Barbarosa Rugner ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Using Barbarosa's love to her advantage, Windy used her magic to manipulate the empire and soon the nation lost faith in its government and its Emperor. Although Windy thought at this time that Barbarosa was under her control through her use of a [[Conqueror Rune]]<ref>"But with the Black Rune... you were..." - Windy ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, much like the [[Great General|Five Great Generals]], Barbarosa's [[Sovereign Rune]] made this impossible<ref>"The rune on my Dragon King Sword, the Sovereign Rune, is protected against any form of magic. Even the Rune of the Gate." - Barbarosa Rugner ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. The [[Toran Liberation Army]] rose up in opposition to the corrupt Scarlet Moon Empire, while Barbarosa deigned not to fight, leaving the [[Gate Rune War]]'s battles largely in the hands of the Five Great Generals. Barbarosa even helped the Toran Liberation Army briefly, allowing [[Futch]] to escape [[Gregminster Palace]] with the [[Black dragon orchid]]<ref>"Hurry, while I still feeling generous." - Barbarosa Rugner ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.  
Successor of the [[Sovereign Rune]], Barbarosa became the 17th Emperor of the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] after victory in the [[War of Succession]].


At the end of the war, as the Liberation Army marched into Gregminster Palace, Barbarosa made one last stand at defending his empire<ref>"Tir, I shall protect my Empire. With my own hands!" - Barbarosa Rugner ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> using the Rugner family treasure, the Sovereign Rune<ref> "Dragon King Sword, give me power!" - Barbarosa Rugner ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, to transform into a three-headed [[Golden Hydra]]. He was defeated, however, and leapt from the [[Floating Garden]] of Gregminster along with Windy, asking [[Hero (Suikoden)|the leader of the Liberation Army]] what land he would make in the Scarlet Moon Empire's stead<ref>"As a result of my mistake, I lost my Empire. Tir, what kind of land
Barbarosa was actually born the sixth son of Emperor [[Michelan Rugner|Michelan]] and as such was considered to have held no chance of succeeding the throne. As such, little attention was paid to the young Barbarosa's tutelage, and he often played with commoner children and studied whatever he wished.
will you create in its stead?" - Barbarosa Rugner ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. He has not been seen since, although his body was never found. Despite this, a memorial was built in his honour<ref>"Spends his life protecting the grave of Barbarosa." - Milich Oppenheimer's Ending Text ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
 
But as the years passed, two of Barbarosa's elder brothers fell ill and died to different diseases and Michelan worried his other sons had grown weak and corrupt from their pampering. And so, Michelan came to name Barbarosa as Crown Prince of the Scarlet Moon Empire.
 
[[File:Barbarosa promises freedom.png|220px|thumb|left|Oh you know it, bro!]]In [[Solar calendar|SY]] 446, while on a pilgrimage to pray for good harvest in [[Kunan]], Emperor Michelan would pass from illness and taking advantage of the confusion, Barbarosa's uncle, [[Geil Rugner|Geil]], enacted the [[Trial of Disinheritance]] and took the throne for himself, sparking the [[War of Succession]].
 
Despite suffering early losses, including the death of his beloved wife, [[Claudia]], Barbarosa's forces soon rallied from their base at [[Pannu Yakuta Castle]] and secured the throne following a final battle at [[Gregminster]]. Heralded as a patriotic hero, he become known as the Golden Emperor for both his golden armor and benevolent rule in his early reign. He would occasionally take lunch with [[Milich Oppenheimer]], where the two would reminisce about Claudia.
 
However, in [[Solar calendar|SY]] 449, he began to lose interest in his empire when he met the Court Magician, [[Windy]], who physically resembled his late wife. Using Barbarosa's love to her advantage, Windy used her magic to manipulate the empire and soon the nation lost faith in its government and its Emperor as corruption and malaise continued to grow.
 
[[File:Barbarosa nothing beside remains.png|220px|thumb|right|You can become the Republic's official gardener! Deal?]]The [[Toran Liberation Army]] under [[Odessa Silverberg]] rose up in opposition to the corrupt empire, while Barbarosa deigned not to fight, leaving the [[Gate Rune War]]'s battles largely in the hands of the Five Great Generals.
 
Barbarosa even helped the Toran Liberation Army briefly, allowing [[Futch]] to escape [[Gregminster Palace]] with the [[Black Dragon Orchid]]. His motivation was likely not to pollute the [[Floating Garden]], a memory of his beloved Claudia, with violence.
 
At the end of the war, as the Liberation Army marched into Gregminster Palace, Barbarosa made one last stand at defending his empire using the Rugner family treasure, the Sovereign Rune, for the first and only time, to transform into a three-headed [[Golden Hydra]].
 
He was still defeated and would admit that he had never been manipulated by Windy's [[Conqueror Rune]], but had followed her of his own will, seeing the same loneliness as himself, the feared Golden Emperor, in Windy, who hated the world after her family was destroyed. He had willingly broken his own heart and everything he had built as emperor due to his love, an earnest love not borne out of Windy's resemblance to his late wife.
 
Giving his farewells, he leapt from the [[Floating Garden]] of Gregminster along with Windy, whom he held in his arms. He has not been seen since, and is presumed dead although his body was never found. Despite this, a memorial was built in his honor.
 
==Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG==
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{{CS list|CS2-268|[[Barbarosa (CS card CS2-268)|Barbarosa]]|{{Mastermind}}|[[CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3]]}}
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
File:Barbarosa Rugner (S1 character art).png|[[Suikoden]] artwork by [[Kawano Junko]]
</gallery>
 
===In-Game===
<gallery>
File:Barbarosa (S1 PS1 portrait).png|[[Suikoden]] Sony PlayStation portrait
File:Barbarosa (S1 SAT portrait).png|[[Suikoden]] Sega Saturn portrait
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Barbarosa was, along with Windy, confirmed as dead following the events of [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]]. Since then, however, Konami has decided to downgrade their status to 'Missing in Action', hence the lack of a date of death.
* Barbarosa was, along with Windy, confirmed as dead following the events of [[Suikoden]]. Since then, however, Konami has decided to downgrade their status to 'Missing in Action', hence the lack of a date of death.
* Presumably named after Emperor Frederic Barbarossa, Operation Barbarossa (in German, Unternehmen Barbarossa) was also the code name for the invasion of USSR by the 3rd Reich, during WW2.
* Presumably named after Emperor Frederic Barbarossa, Operation Barbarossa (in German, Unternehmen Barbarossa) was also the code name for the invasion of USSR by the 3rd Reich, during WW2.
* "Barbarossa" also translates into Italian as "red beard", although the character himself doesn't even have a beard.
* "Barbarossa" also translates into Italian as "red beard", although the character himself doesn't even have a beard.
* Barbarosa commissioned the [[Golden Goddess statue]] that is seen in [[Gregminster]] in the likeness of his late wife, Claudia.
* Barbarosa commissioned the [[Golden Goddess statue]] that is seen in [[Gregminster]] in the likeness of his late wife, Claudia.
==Other languages and releases==
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{{Other Names row|Japanese katakana|バルバロッサ・ルーグナー}}
{{Other Names row|Japanese rōmaji|Barubarossa Rūgunā}}
{{Other Names row|Chinese simplified (HDR)|巴巴罗萨・鲁格纳}}
{{Other Names row|Chinese traditional (HDR)|巴爾帕羅薩・魯格納}}
{{Other Names row|Chinese pinyin|Bā'ěrpàluósà lǔgénà}}
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{{Other Names row|English (S1)|Barbarosa Rugner}}
{{Other Names row|English (HDR)|Barbarossa Rugner}}
{{Other Names row|French|Barbarossa Rugner}}
{{Other Names row|German|Barbarossa Rugner}}
{{Other Names row|Italian|Hohenstaufen Rugner}}
{{Other Names row|Spanish|Barbarossa Rugner}}
{{Other Names footer}}
}}


==References==
==References==
<references/>
# [[Genso Suikoden Short Story Collection 1]] (ISBN 4-8402-1494-8), pages 149-76
 
# [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 43, 218-9
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# [[Genso Suikoden 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-7753-0050-4), page 151
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# [[Genso Suikoden Genso Shinsho Vol.14]] (ISBN 4-7753-0217-5), pages 66-7
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 24 November 2023

Barbarosa Rugner
バルバロッサ・ルーグナー, Barubarossa Rūgunā

Illustration Kawano Junko
Gender Male
Race Human
Age 52 (S1)
Birth Year SY 406
From Gregminster
Family Claudia (wife)
Geil (uncle)
Kallnach (grandfather)
Michelan (father)
Voice Banjō Ginga
(Radio Genso Suikoden: Assemble! 108 Stars!)
Appears in

Barbarosa Rugner (バルバロッサ・ルーグナー, Barubarossa Rūgunā) is a main antagonist in Suikoden. The 17th, and final, Emperor of the Scarlet Moon Empire, Barbarosa Rugner's disinterest in the empire saw it fall in his reign.

History

Tir, I shall protect my Empire. With my own hands!

—  Barbarosa Rugner

Successor of the Sovereign Rune, Barbarosa became the 17th Emperor of the Scarlet Moon Empire after victory in the War of Succession.

Barbarosa was actually born the sixth son of Emperor Michelan and as such was considered to have held no chance of succeeding the throne. As such, little attention was paid to the young Barbarosa's tutelage, and he often played with commoner children and studied whatever he wished.

But as the years passed, two of Barbarosa's elder brothers fell ill and died to different diseases and Michelan worried his other sons had grown weak and corrupt from their pampering. And so, Michelan came to name Barbarosa as Crown Prince of the Scarlet Moon Empire.

Oh you know it, bro!

In SY 446, while on a pilgrimage to pray for good harvest in Kunan, Emperor Michelan would pass from illness and taking advantage of the confusion, Barbarosa's uncle, Geil, enacted the Trial of Disinheritance and took the throne for himself, sparking the War of Succession.

Despite suffering early losses, including the death of his beloved wife, Claudia, Barbarosa's forces soon rallied from their base at Pannu Yakuta Castle and secured the throne following a final battle at Gregminster. Heralded as a patriotic hero, he become known as the Golden Emperor for both his golden armor and benevolent rule in his early reign. He would occasionally take lunch with Milich Oppenheimer, where the two would reminisce about Claudia.

However, in SY 449, he began to lose interest in his empire when he met the Court Magician, Windy, who physically resembled his late wife. Using Barbarosa's love to her advantage, Windy used her magic to manipulate the empire and soon the nation lost faith in its government and its Emperor as corruption and malaise continued to grow.

You can become the Republic's official gardener! Deal?

The Toran Liberation Army under Odessa Silverberg rose up in opposition to the corrupt empire, while Barbarosa deigned not to fight, leaving the Gate Rune War's battles largely in the hands of the Five Great Generals.

Barbarosa even helped the Toran Liberation Army briefly, allowing Futch to escape Gregminster Palace with the Black Dragon Orchid. His motivation was likely not to pollute the Floating Garden, a memory of his beloved Claudia, with violence.

At the end of the war, as the Liberation Army marched into Gregminster Palace, Barbarosa made one last stand at defending his empire using the Rugner family treasure, the Sovereign Rune, for the first and only time, to transform into a three-headed Golden Hydra.

He was still defeated and would admit that he had never been manipulated by Windy's Conqueror Rune, but had followed her of his own will, seeing the same loneliness as himself, the feared Golden Emperor, in Windy, who hated the world after her family was destroyed. He had willingly broken his own heart and everything he had built as emperor due to his love, an earnest love not borne out of Windy's resemblance to his late wife.

Giving his farewells, he leapt from the Floating Garden of Gregminster along with Windy, whom he held in his arms. He has not been seen since, and is presumed dead although his body was never found. Despite this, a memorial was built in his honor.

Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG

Card # Name Type Release
CS2-268 Barbarosa Mastermind CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3


Gallery

Artwork

In-Game

Trivia

  • Barbarosa was, along with Windy, confirmed as dead following the events of Suikoden. Since then, however, Konami has decided to downgrade their status to 'Missing in Action', hence the lack of a date of death.
  • Presumably named after Emperor Frederic Barbarossa, Operation Barbarossa (in German, Unternehmen Barbarossa) was also the code name for the invasion of USSR by the 3rd Reich, during WW2.
  • "Barbarossa" also translates into Italian as "red beard", although the character himself doesn't even have a beard.
  • Barbarosa commissioned the Golden Goddess statue that is seen in Gregminster in the likeness of his late wife, Claudia.

Other languages and releases

Japanese katakana バルバロッサ・ルーグナー
Japanese rōmaji Barubarossa Rūgunā
Chinese simplified (HDR) 巴巴罗萨・鲁格纳
Chinese traditional (HDR) 巴爾帕羅薩・魯格納
Chinese pinyin Bā'ěrpàluósà lǔgénà
English (S1) Barbarosa Rugner
English (HDR) Barbarossa Rugner
French Barbarossa Rugner
German Barbarossa Rugner
Italian Hohenstaufen Rugner
Spanish Barbarossa Rugner

References

  1. Genso Suikoden Short Story Collection 1 (ISBN 4-8402-1494-8), pages 149-76
  2. Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 43, 218-9
  3. Genso Suikoden Genso Shinsho Vol.7 (ISBN 4-7753-0044-X), page 91
  4. Genso Suikoden 108 Stars Character Guide (ISBN 4-7753-0050-4), page 151
  5. Genso Suikoden Genso Shinsho Vol.14 (ISBN 4-7753-0217-5), pages 66-7
  6. Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, pages 29, 85
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Other playable characters Odessa Silverberg • Ted
Non-player characters Ain Gide • Barbarosa Rugner • Black • Chief of the Dwarves • Chief of the Elves • Claudia • Geil Rugner • Grady • Hanzo • Kanaan • Kraze Miles • Leknaat • Mina (cat) • Minister • Neclord • Rosh • Sanchez • Star Dragon Sword • Teo McDohl • Thrash • Village Chief • Windy • Yuber • Zorak
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Senan Fortress of Duha • Fortress of Rakan • Moravia • Northern Checkpoint • Pirate's Fortress
Lore
Events Gate Rune War (Battle at Pannu Yakuta Castle • Battle at Fortress of Garan • First Battle at Scarleticia Castle • Second Battle at Scarleticia Castle • First Battle with Teo • Second Battle with Teo • Battle at the Northern Checkpoint • Battle at Floating Fortress Shasarazade • The Last Battle) • Kalekka Incident • New Liberation Army's Founding Day • War of Succession
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