Zaruba

• Main Universe Zaruba
• Ryūga-verse Zaruba
• Anime Universe Zaruba

Zaruba
Japanese	ザルバ
Rōmaji	Zaruba
Physical Information
Status	Alive
Personal Information
Occupation	Madōgu
Appearances
Debut	The Carved Seal of Flames (-ZARUBA-)
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Hironobu Kageyama
English Voice	Barry Yandell

Zaruba is a Madō Ring (魔導輪, Madōrinin) in the Anime Series.

Personality

In the anime universe, Zaruba retains his role as Garo's madō ring, but with a new revamped origin: Zaruba was a benevolent Horror that forged a contract with Garo. As stated by Keita Amemiya, unlike other Horrors, Zaruba has been thinking about co-existence with humans since ancient times. He made a contract with Garo where he will help them defeat more malicious Horrors as a madō ring and in return, they would offer him a portion of his lifeforce every new moon.

Since this contract was signed, Zaruba is no longer treated as a Horror, but as a typical Madōgu. This is reflected on the fact that his latest contractor, Sword used Zaruba's essence to strengthen the Garo armor without corrupting it. Although Zaruba still retains his Horror nature, as destroying the madō ring won't kill him, and will return once it is repaired.

History

Early History

It's implied that Zaruba's ring was forged at the same time as the Garo Armor, since Zaruba has stated that he came to be when Garo came to be and will forever be with him.

Crimson Moon

During the Heian Era, Zaruba was initially owned by the Minamoto Clan. In order to keep the Golden Knight for herself, Seimei placed a seal on Zaruba, preventing him to speak or even summon the Garo armor. Zaruba's partner, Raikou, would not be able to battle Horrors without her present. As the result, his senses became temporarily dulled from being inactive for too long. After learning the true reason behind the seal, Raikou was able to break the seal on his own and permanently upgrade the Garo armor.

The Carved Seal of Flames

During Inquisition, Zaruba was not worn since the death of the previous Garo, and was owned by his daughter Anna Luís until an inheritor was of age. Zaruba was damaged and was entrusted to the Makai Alchemist Gael by Germán Luís to be repaired. Zaruba was originally going to be given back to Germán sixteen years later after being repaired to be worn by his son León Luís, the new Garo. But Zaruba ended up in the hands of an apprentice knight named Marcelo, who killed Gael and ended up becoming the host of the Horror Onbla.

After León claimed the ring, Zaruba establishes their pact and uses his power to suppress flames within León. However, León's flames would eventually overwhelm Zaruba and become unworthy of being Garo. As result, Zaruba was given to León's cousin Alfonso San Valiante to serve as the new Garo. Zaruba was later returned to León when he finally proved himself worthy of the Garo title.

Vanishing Line

In the modern day, Zaruba's role has since no longer limited to mere darkness sensor and tracker, as he also acts as the key to his current Golden Knight (Sword)'s motorcycle. Once transferred and activated to the motorcycle, Zaruba becomes the motorcycle and the ride becomes his extended body. When Garo activates his armor, the motorcycle immediately equipped with Gōten chassis. Capable of melee combat, the motorcycle has a pair of mechanical grappling arms with the physical strength to lift a truck and throw it across the field. Unfortunately, both Zaruba and his body were destroyed facing Knight - Zaruba rammed into Knight in order to prevent Knight from kidnapping Sophie. Using the last of his magical power, Sword combined the remains of Zaruba's magical power onto his armor, giving Garo a power boost to his armor. Although presumed to be destroyed, his parts were recovered and rebuilt by the Makai Alchemists of Ferre Salé Dessimo. No longer a ring, he's now a fully dedicated motorcycle.

After rebuilt as the much more powerful Mado Motorcycle, Zaruba's abilities significantly increased as much as Garo Armor, as his motorcycle body's armored form became more draconic in design and has a fiercer appearance. While his fate after Eldo Net's destruction remained unclear, it's safe to assume he still active as he somehow managed to bring Sword back to the real world.

Abilities

• GARO: The Carved Seal of Flames & Divine Flame: Zaruba was designed specifically for the Garo bloodline. Anyone not blood-related to the Golden Knight's family can't access his power. In this case, only Prince Alfonso San Valiante and León Luís can do so as they are the direct successors of Garo. Zaruba's primary duty is to provide darkness detection and tracking, but at the price of a day's life for its user. Alfonso had a temporary contract with Zaruba, but León is the primary user. Once a month, Zaruba will absorb León's life force, weakening him for the whole day. During that time, he's helpless and needs a safe space to rest as he's helpless and needs tending. Once the process has run its course, León awakens as if he had a long dream. León was endowed with magical flames from his mother to protect him, but the flames are sensitive towards his rage. There have been moments when León can lose his sense of self as Garo. In his berserker state, only by deactivating his armor would calm his senses. With Zaruba's intervention, León's raging flames can be contained to give him better control. However, Zaruba has a limit to how much of the flames it can absorb. If overwhelmed, Zaruba could lose control and may send Garo into its Lost Soul Beast Form. However, after the events of The Carved Seal of Flames, Anna (León's mom) relinquished the flames to contain Mad Makai Alchemist Mendoza. Since then, Zaruba no longer needs to manage León's raging flames.

• Crimson Moon: TBA.

• Vanishing Line: When inserted into Sword's motorcycle, Zaruba can possess it and endows the bike additional features and powers such as Soul Metal plating which includes large armor plate that resembles his face, a large pair of metal arms to grab and pin down Horrors, and spiky wheels that can shred through anything, which active whenever Sword don Garo armor. Zaruba's eyes on the bike's face emit a blinding flash of light that magically marked Horrors blinded by it that wherever they go, they leave glowing sigils that give away their tracks. These abilities enable Zaruba to fight with Sword side by side when needed much like Mado Horses.

Appearances

Zaruba (Anime) Appearances
GARO: The Carved Seal of Flames -ZARUBA-

Gallery

The Carved Seal of Flames

Crimson Moon

Vanishing Line

Trivia

• Zaruba's name is the old Makai word for "friend", playing with his role as the most trusted ally of the user of the Garo armor.