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185-627: The Slayers light novel series features a cast of characters created by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It follows the adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship, they battle difficult overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, dark lords, and the occasional hapless gang of bandits. Slayers has been adapted into several manga series, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five anime films where events and characters differ significantly from

370-411: A president , who is assisted by two counselors and a high council . The stake is made up of several individual congregations, which are called " wards " or "branches." Wards are led by a bishop and his counselors and branches by a president and his counselors. Local leaders serve in their positions until released by their supervising authorities. Generally, all worthy males age 12 and above receive

555-412: A "hero of justice" and quixotically pursues her quest for justice by following Lina and fighting those who appear to be villains. Her naïve tendency to believe whatever she is told sometimes leads her to mistake friend and foe. Although Amelia is around the same age as Lina, the latter is often annoyed with Amelia for her naïveté and her larger bust size, but eventually comes to accept her as a friend. After

740-420: A Ruvinagald inspector chasing Belgis, storm the castle. After quickly defeating a half-demon Veisam, they fight Lavas, who has turned himself into a demonoid and wears magical clothing and accessories, making him stronger than most pure demons. Lavas is killed by Lina's Ragna Blade. Bell ( ベル ) is first introduced in the eleventh novel as the reason Aria Ashford ( アリア＝アシュフォード ) recruits Lina and Gourry to stop

925-753: A bishop and Father for priests, deacons and monks, although there are variations between the various Orthodox Churches. For instance, in Churches associated with the Greek tradition, while the Ecumenical Patriarch is addressed as "Your All-Holiness", all other Patriarchs (and archbishops/metropolitans who oversee autocephalous Churches) are addressed as "Your Beatitude". Orthodox priests, deacons, and subdeacons must be either married or celibate (preferably monastic) prior to ordination, but may not marry after ordination. Re marriage of clergy following divorce or widowhood

1110-608: A bit of black and Shamanistic magic that she learned with her older sister, who may be Gracia, Naga the Serpent. Xellos ( ゼロス , Zerosu ) , known as Xellos the Priest, is a high-level demon who serves Greater Beast Zellas Metallium . He serves as her emissary and is extremely powerful; in the Incarnation War over 1,000 years ago, Xellos destroyed nearly all dragons by himself. Whereas Shabranigdu's four other demon lieutenants created both

1295-528: A bizarre plant-like chimera with strong regenerative abilities, who dies with Kailus' death; and Elydia Mycale ( エリディア＝ミュカレ ) , a young woman with an emerald appearance that can reflect back magic she is hit with and who is absorbed by Kailus. With her goal complete, Bell, who is now fully fused with Dulgoffa, wants to kill Aria and herself. But Aria sacrifices her life in order to give Lina the opening to kill Bell with her Ragna Blade. Dynast Graushera ( 覇王 （ ダイナスト ） グラウシェラー , Dainasuto Gurausherā )

1480-472: A blade, to create a hole in its body that she then casts Fireball into. Chaos Dragon Gaav ( 魔竜王 （ カオスドラゴン ） ガーヴ , Kaosu Doragun Gāvu ) is one of the five demon lieutenants created by Shabranigdu who first appears in the seventh novel. Gaav's priest is Raltark ( ラルターク , Rarutāku ) and his general is Rashart ( ラーシャート , Rāshāto ) . During the Incarnation War over 1,000 years ago, he fought Aqualord alongside Shabranigdu, but "died" striking

1665-629: A canon or archdeacon is a priest on retirement and does not hold any additional honorifics. For the forms of address for Anglican clergy, see Forms of address in the United Kingdom . The Baptist tradition only recognizes two ordained positions in the church as being the elders (pastors) and deacons as outlined in the third chapter of I Timothy in the Bible. Ordained clergy in the Catholic Church are either deacons, priests, or bishops belonging to

1850-762: A case-by-case basis for married clergymen of other churches or communities who become Catholics, but consecration of already married men as bishops is excluded in both the Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches (see personal ordinariate ). Clerical marriage is not allowed and therefore, if those for whom in some particular Church celibacy is optional (such as permanent deacons in the Latin Church) wish to marry, they must do so before ordination. Eastern Catholic Churches while allowing married men to be ordained, do not allow clerical marriage after ordination: their parish priests are often married, but must marry before being ordained to

2035-737: A common set of rules (called the Vinaya ). According to scriptural records, these celibate monks and nuns in the time of the Buddha lived an austere life of meditation, living as wandering beggars for nine months out of the year and remaining in retreat during the rainy season (although such a unified condition of Pre-sectarian Buddhism is questioned by some scholars). However, as Buddhism spread geographically over time – encountering different cultures, responding to new social, political, and physical environments – this single form of Buddhist monasticism diversified. The interaction between Buddhism and Tibetan Bon led to

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2220-439: A crush on Mileena and will follow his partner's commands. Although he can also cast spells, Luke has a magical sword he fights with. When Luke casts a spell to enhance his sword with the power of Shabranigdu, Lina and Sherra both note how they have never heard of it before. Luke and Mileena reappear in the tenth novel as bodyguards hired by Lavas Nexalia Langmeier. However, they are secretly investigating whether or not Lavas' father,

2405-399: A dead tree, and others by Xellos. Lina deduces that the dead tree demons are actually separate extensions of Bradhu himself. As Lina and company are about to kill him, Bradu offers to inform them why they are being lured to Sairaag. But Xellos quickly attacks and kills him before he can divulge the information. The demon-on-demon attacks are a result of some of the demons following the orders of

2590-480: A dragon's mouth, can be used in both human and dragon forms. Filia originally wanted Lina's big sister Luna to accompany her on her quest, but Luna refuses and suggests Lina as a replacement. At the end of Slayers TRY , Filia accepts the egg of the reborn Valgaav in repentance for what her ancestors did to his kind, and raises him as his adoptive mother. Pokota ( ポコタ , Pokota ) , full name Posel Korba Taforashia ( ポセル＝コルバ＝タフォーラシア , Poseru Koruba Tafōrashia ) ,

2775-436: A fictional monster that she worships; surprisingly, her curses actually work, even though Zoamelgustar does not exist. At the beginning of the series, she and her father plot to capture Amelia, but Lina saves Amelia and then casts a Dragon Slave to destroy Martina's castle, She then runs off and learns magic so that she can take revenge. She later joins Lina and the gang on their adventures. When Hellmaster Fibrizo kills her during

2960-535: A group of bandits that were responsible for killing Zuma's wife, thus denying him vengeance. He has his hands slashed off a second time before Xellos appears and kills him in order to steal the Hellmaster's Jar. An unnamed "demon-worshiping cult" ( 魔王崇拝教団 , maō sūhai kyōdan ) is the antagonist group of the fifth novel. Based near the village of Mayin, they worship Shabranigdu and his five lieutenants; Chaos Dragon, Deep Sea, Dynast, Greater Beast, and Hellmaster. Using

3145-424: A large mace (affectionately dubbed "Mace-sama") in her garter, and uses it to end most of her arguments. Filia's Golden Dragon magic from the outer world is a raw, more intense form of white magic. Amelia states that the white magic used by clerics is only an "empty shell" of Filia's ancient holy magic. Filia's skills include clairvoyance , healing, purification, transportation, and offensive spells effective against

3330-461: A loyal friend, he is rather dumb and appears to have memory deficiencies. However, his skills as a swordsman are unmatched, especially when armed with his family's magic blade, the Sword of Light, also known as Gorun Nova. When Gourry is captured by Hellmaster Fibrizo in the eighth novel, the demon sends the Sword of Light back to its creator, Dark Star . In the tenth book, he begins using a sword taken from

3515-528: A major schism among Buddhist monastics in about the 4th century BCE, creating the Early Buddhist Schools . While female monastic ( bhikkhuni ) lineages existed in most Buddhist countries at one time, the Theravada lineages of Southeast Asia died out during the 14th-15th Century AD. As there is some debate about whether the bhikkhuni lineage (in the more expansive Vinaya forms) was transmitted to Tibet,

3700-479: A manuscript of the Claire Bible, they resurrect Zanaffar ( ザナッファー , Zanaffā ) , the beast who destroyed Sairaag 120 years ago, with the goal of attacking Saillune, but are stopped by the main characters. The cult is led by Klotz ( クロツ , Kurotsu ) , who is ultimately killed by Zanaffar, and has many werebeasts as loyal members; most were dying mercenaries saved by being turned into chimeras. Second-in-command

3885-466: A mid-ranked demon who teamed up with the Saillunes just so he could come into contact with Lina, whom he was ordered to kill with minimal human casualties; later revealed in the series to have been the orders of Gaav . Kanzel is killed by Gourry's Sword of Light that was enhanced with Dragon Slave by Lina, and with help from Amelia. Zuma ( ズーマ , Zūma ) is a magic-wielding assassin who first appears in

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4070-409: A name for herself, so she has been controlling the homunculus copy that Rezo made of himself and placed very large bounties for the capture of Lina, Gourry and Zelgadis. However, when the copy reveals itself to be self-aware, it kills Eris in revenge for experimenting on it alongside Rezo. In the anime, Vrumugun is partnered with Zangulus, and they try to capture Lina and Gourry. However, while Zangulus

4255-407: A new author, he said he was not good at submitting plot summaries to his supervisor, who wanted them before he started writing. When the supervisor passively accepted the plot summary of the third Slayers novel, but was then ecstatic with the finished book, he stopped asking for plot summaries. Kanzaka assumed that he had finally realized that the finished story was always going to widely diverge from

4440-493: A nostalgic classic to many. According to Anime News Network 's Daryl Surat, 1996 was the best year of Slayers anime with the releases of Next and Return . Slayers Next took the third place as the overall best anime of 1996 in the Anime Grand Prix '97 awards (in addition to winning in the category best female character), while the next year's series Slayers Try placed second but technically also third (the first place

4625-557: A number of titles. Bishops may have the title of archbishop , metropolitan , and patriarch , all of which are considered honorifics . Among the Orthodox, all bishops are considered equal, though an individual may have a place of higher or lower honor, and each has his place within the order of precedence . Priests (also called presbyters ) may (or may not) have the title of archpriest , protopresbyter (also called "protopriest", or "protopope"), hieromonk (a monk who has been ordained to

4810-493: A pair of traveling mercenaries and treasure hunters who first appear in the ninth novel. Luke has black hair and an unfriendly face, while the beautiful Mileena has silver hair and a much more reserved personality. They have a friendly competition with Lina and Gourry for the magical sword in Bezeld, before teaming up with them to defeat the hyperdemon created by Sherra . Although Luke is cocky and often argues with Lina, he seems to have

4995-559: A powerful ally and a spirit of hatred towards the Golden Dragons for their betrayal. Gaav bestows upon him the powers of a monster and renames him "Valgaav". Valgaav and Gaav are separated when the other four Demon Lords create the barrier separating the outer and inner worlds. The barrier remains in effect until Hellmaster Fibrizo's death at the end of Slayers NEXT . Valgaav is loyal only to his savior, Gaav, and gives no allegiance to any side, be it Slayers, dragons, gods, or monsters. With

5180-422: A priest and general to do their bidding, Zellas only created Xellos, thus he is twice as strong as the other demons' emissaries. Xellos is sometimes a hindrance, and sometimes a help to Lina and the other main characters. His actions appear frustratingly inconsistent because of his oft-changing loyalties at his master's request. His signature response to any important question that he does not want to answer is, "That

5365-618: A priest, an education is required of two years of philosophy and four of theology , including study of dogmatic and moral theology, the Holy Scriptures, and canon law have to be studied within a seminary or an ecclesiastical faculty at a university. Clerical celibacy is a requirement for almost all clergy in the predominant Latin Church, with the exception of deacons who do not intend to become priests. Exceptions are sometimes admitted for ordination to transitional diaconate and priesthood on

5550-560: A religious institute and live in the world at large, rather than a religious institute ( saeculum ). The Holy See supports the activity of its clergy by the Congregation for the Clergy ( [1] ), a dicastery of Roman curia . Canon Law indicates (canon 207) that "[b]y divine institution, there are among the Christian faithful in the Church sacred ministers who in law are also called clerics;

5735-417: A rock golem and brow daemon. Zelgadis teams up with Lina and Gourry to destroy Rezo, and again two months later to defeat Rezo's copy when bounties are issued for the three. Sometime later, he runs into and works with them, plus Amelia, while attempting to acquire the manuscript of the Claire Bible in possession of the demon-worshiping cult , with the hope it will help him turn back into human. Searching for

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5920-591: A separate service for the blessing of a cantor . Ordination of a bishop, priest, deacon or subdeacon must be conferred during the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist)—though in some churches it is permitted to ordain up through deacon during the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts —and no more than a single individual can be ordained to the same rank in any one service. Numerous members of the lower clergy may be ordained at

6105-461: A single thin robe sufficed; etc. This adaptation of form and roles of Buddhist monastic practice continued after the transmission to Japan. For example, monks took on administrative functions for the Emperor in particular secular communities (registering births, marriages, deaths), thereby creating Buddhist 'priests'. Again, in response to various historic attempts to suppress Buddhism (most recently during

6290-520: A uniquely Tibetan Buddhism , within which various sects, based upon certain teacher-student lineages arose. Similarly, the interaction between Indian Buddhist monks (particularly of the Southern Madhyamika School) and Chinese Confucian and Taoist monks from c200-c900AD produced the distinctive Ch'an Buddhism. Ch'an, like the Tibetan style, further diversified into various sects based upon

6475-402: A vaguely humanoid shape with green fluid leaking at the seams. He also seems to summon nameless demons that look like dead trees in human form, which reconstitute themselves when damaged and replicate from any severed pieces. Some of Bradu's attacks on Lina and company are stopped by a demon resembling a skinless human with eyestalks in place of eyes, who kills Gwon before being killed himself by

6660-518: A variety of Buddhist traditions from around the world. In some cases they are forest dwelling monks of the Theravada tradition and in other cases they are married clergy of a Japanese Zen lineage and may work a secular job in addition to their role in the Buddhist community. There is also a growing realization that traditional training in ritual and meditation as well as philosophy may not be sufficient to meet

6845-460: A warrior, Valgaav is radically unstable and reckless. He activates the gateway created to summon Dark Star with only two of the five weapons required. Although the gateway is closed by other gods from the Overworld, Dark Star fires a blast through it that destroys Valgaav. He reappears at the end of the season merged with the fusion of Dark Star and Volphied, and acts as an arbiter of the two. Possessing

7030-453: A way to regain his humanity, Zelgadis continues to travel with Lina and company out of convenience, not friendship. After the defeat of Hellmaster Fibrizo in the eighth novel, Zelgadis leaves Lina's group and continues his quest. Zelgadis specializes in Shamanistic magic, which includes both elemental and astral magic, the latter of which deals with the astral , or spiritual, plane. Since he

7215-422: Is Lina Inverse , a teenage wandering genius sorceress with many nicknames and much infamy attached to her that she refuses to acknowledge. Lina narrates (within the novels) the history of her various adventures, ranging from whimsical and silly to dramatic to even outright world-threatening crises, in which she becomes involved along with her traveling companions everywhere she goes. The first Slayers light novel

7400-428: Is Balgumon ( バルグモン , Barugumon ) , a skilled swordsman killed by Xellos. The humpbacked werebeast Vedul ( ヴェドゥル , Veduru ) fights together with Gilfa ( ギルファ , Girufa ) , who controls shadows and is heard, but never seen. When they are killed by Zelgadis, it is revealed that Gilfa's brain and mouth were transplanted into Vedul's hump. Battle axe-wielding Duclis ( デュクリス , Dukurisu ) , whom Lina speculates

7585-501: Is Sherra. They defeat the demon general with Lina and Gourry. Sticking with the duo, Luke and Mileena also help them defeat Dynast Graushera in the thirteenth novel. In the fourteenth novel, Luke and Mileena are employed in Selentia City as bodyguards by Head Priest Ceres Laurencio during the struggle to see who will be the city's next high priest. Teaming up with Lina and Gourry, they are ambushed by mercenaries and assassins and Mileena

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7770-405: Is a fusion between human and white tiger , wears an incomplete Zanaffar as anti-magic armor, but is killed by Gourry's Sword of Light. But it is another cultist who is consumed by a living Zanaffar armor for it to achieve its complete form; a silver, dragon-sized, wolf-like beast with whip-like tentacles. Lina kills Zanaffar by using her new spell Ragna Blade, which summons and channels darkness into

7955-419: Is a secret!" ( それは、秘密です , Sore wa, himitsu desu ) . Xellos first appears in the fifth novel, where he is a mysterious priest that teams up with Lina and her friends so he can destroy the manuscript of the Claire Bible in possession of the demon-worshiping cult. In the next novel, Xellos reappears and starts to travel with Lina and company. He later admits to Lina that he is a demon serving Zellas and that he

8140-495: Is a shrine maiden and the daughter of the high priest of Sairaag. She knows Gourry from when he helped her father in a previous visit to the city, and has had a crush on him ever since. She is introduced in the third novel. By the time Sylphiel realizes that Rezo the Red Priest is somehow poisoning her father, he already has control over the people of Sairaag. She teams up with Zelgadis and, shortly after, with Lina, Gourry and Lantz. In

8325-409: Is a sorcerer who Lina and Gourry meet in the first novel. As a retainer for his relative Rezo the Red Priest , Zelgadis and his colleagues fight Lina for the philosopher's stone . However, he is actually seeking the stone to make himself powerful enough to kill Rezo as revenge for turning him into a chimera . Although he asked Rezo to make him stronger, he did not know he would do so by fusing him with

8510-608: Is able to bring Lina back from the brink of death using a high level resurrection spell. Although Sylphiel is weak in shamanism and black magic, she is able to cast Dragon Slave. Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune ( アメリア・ウィル・テスラ・セイルーン , Ameria Wiru Tesura Seirūn ) is the youngest princess of the Holy Kingdom of Saillune, and its head shrine maiden. She is introduced in the fourth novel, where she joins Lina and Gourry on their travels after they stop her uncle and nephew's assassination attempts on her father, Phil Saillune . Amelia longs to be

8695-521: Is all in keeping with Eastern Orthodox concepts of clergy, which still include those who have not yet received, or do not plan to receive, the diaconate. A priesthood is a body of priests , shamans , or oracles who have special religious authority or function. The term priest is derived from the Greek presbyter (πρεσβύτερος, presbýteros , elder or senior), but is often used in the sense of sacerdos in particular, i.e., for clergy performing ritual within

8880-422: Is an anime-original character created for Slayers Revolution and Slayers Evolution-R , though he borrows certain elements from the character Luke seen in the novels. He resembles a small stuffed animal rabbit with large ears that double as a set of functional arms used for casting spells, wielding swords, or gliding through the air. Like Lina, he is a powerful sorcerer capable of casting various spells, including

9065-484: Is because of the plot point concerning a character's death. Although he speculated he could have written around the healing spells, it would have taken a lot of extra steps to get there and dragged everything out a lot longer than necessary. In the afterward of the fifteenth novel, the original final installment of the series, Kanzaka said he wanted to end the story in an open-ended way in order to allow readers to imagine what happens next to Lina and Gourry. He also described

9250-413: Is cured, the real Rezo is unable to make it work on himself, leading to even more experiments on the copy. It was after being fused with a demon, that Copy Rezo gained self-awareness, causing it to seek revenge on the original Rezo. But with the real Rezo dead, the copy must settle for proving his superiority by killing those who did. It pretended to allow Eris to control it in taking over Sairaag and placing

9435-429: Is cut by a poisoned blade. When she dies, Luke loses control and seeks revenge; he dismembers the assassin who slashed her, kills Head Priest Francis Dmitri for hiring said assassin (despite him not having ordered the attack), and kills Head Priest Ryan Seinford for having turned them away when they sought medical attention for her at his temple. Each time, Lina and Gourry fail to stop him. Luke then heads for Ceres, because

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9620-408: Is defeated in the next novel, Xellos appears in order to have Lina explain what happened. After she does, both say goodbye and wish to never meet again. Xellos briefly appears in the fifteenth novel, first stopping a demon attack on Lina and company led by Bradu , and then destroying Bradu when he was about to give secrets away to them. Luke ( ルーク , Rūku ) and Mileena ( ミリーナ , Mirīna ) are

9805-801: Is derived). "Clerk", which used to mean one ordained to the ministry, also derives from clericus . In the Middle Ages, reading and writing were almost exclusively the domain of the priestly class, and this is the reason for the close relationship of these words. Within Christianity , especially in Eastern Christianity and formerly in Western Roman Catholicism , the term cleric refers to any individual who has been ordained, including deacons , priests , and bishops . In Latin Catholicism ,

9990-403: Is eventually revealed that he is now working for Fibrizo, before being killed by Lina. Hellmaster Fibrizo ( 冥王 （ ヘルマスター ） フィブリゾ , Herumasutā Fiburizo ) is the most powerful of the five demon lieutenants created by Shabranigdu. It was Fibrizo who ignited the Incarnation War over 1,000 years ago when he awakened the part of Shabranigdu sealed within the sorcerer Lei Magnus. During

10175-557: Is forbidden. Married clergy are considered as best-suited to staff parishes, as a priest with a family is thought better qualified to counsel his flock. It has been common practice in the Russian tradition for unmarried, non-monastic clergy to occupy academic posts. In the Methodist churches , candidates for ordination are "licensed" to the ministry for a period of time (typically one to three years) prior to being ordained. This period typically

10360-647: Is from the Ecclesiastical Greek Klerikos (κληρικός), meaning appertaining to an inheritance, in reference to the fact that the Levitical priests of the Old Testament had no inheritance except the Lord. "Clergy" is from two Old French words, clergié and clergie , which refer to those with learning and derive from Medieval Latin clericatus , from Late Latin clericus (the same word from which "cleric"

10545-490: Is governed instead by a system of lay priesthood leaders. Locally, unpaid and part-time priesthood holders lead the church; the worldwide church is supervised by full-time general authorities , some of whom receive modest living allowances. No formal theological training is required for any position. The church believes that all of its leaders are called by revelation and the laying on of hands by one who holds authority. The church also believes that Jesus Christ stands at

10730-434: Is learned that she temporarily possessed the human nobles and officials who opposed her plans with Dulgoffa just long enough to weaken their wills, so they could then be possessed by low-ranking demons from the astral plane. Lina, Gourry, Luke and Mileena defeat Sherra together. In the fifteenth novel, it is revealed that Sherra's smile at death was because she identified Luke as a host of Shabranigdu when he grabbed Dulgoffa and

10915-407: Is looked after by one or more priests, although one priest may be responsible for several parishes. New clergy are first ordained as deacons. Those seeking to become priests are usually ordained to the priesthood around a year later. Since the 1960s some Anglican churches have reinstituted the permanent diaconate, in addition to the transitional diaconate, as a ministry focused on bridges the church and

11100-627: Is not typically used in the LDS Church, it would most appropriately apply to local bishops and stake presidents. Merely holding an office in the priesthood does not imply authority over other church members or agency to act on behalf of the entire church. From a religious standpoint there is only one order of clergy in the Lutheran church, namely the office of pastor . This is stated in the Augsburg Confession , article 14. Some Lutheran churches, like

11285-455: Is one of the five demon lieutenants created by Shabranigdu. Suspecting Dynast is plotting another Incarnation War, Milgazia and Memphys team up with Lina and company in the thirteenth novel and investigate Gyria City, where the latter defeated Dynast's general Sherra in the previous book for seemingly gaining a controlling influence over the king. After entering the castle and defeating several demons, including Sardian ( サーディアン , Sādian ) ,

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11470-489: Is over a century old, but does not look his age; as Lina describes him as looking "both young and old" at the same time. He was born blind and is always clad in red. Rezo is the only-known relative of Zelgadis, who assumes he is either his grandfather or great-grandfather. Although he travels the land healing the sick and blind, Rezo is unable to cure his own blindness. So he seeks the philosopher's stone hoping it will boost his power enough to accomplish his wish to actually see

11655-595: Is part brow daemon, he is unable to cast black magic, as doing so would require him to call upon the power of another demonic being——which, in the Slayers universe, is akin to willing oneself out of existence. Though he is not as learned in the art as Lina, Zelgadis' even combination of physical force and magical finesse render him among the most fearsome warriors. Due to his chimeric appearance, Zelgadis usually covers his head and face and often avoids human contact. Sylphiel Nells Ruda ( シルフィール・ネルス・ラーダ , Shirufīru Nerusu Rāda )

11840-626: Is really Belgis ( ベルギス ) , the former king of Ruvinagald, is revealed to be the one behind everything and to be working with the men in black, whom Lina and company previously fought in the ninth novel. Before Slayers began, Lina was part of exposing the Ruvinagald monarchy for conducting human experiments by forcing people, including children, into becoming hosts for demons. Lord Klein, a distant relative, offered Belgis asylum, before Belgis started poisoning him, took control of Solaria, and experimented on Veisam. Lina, Gourry, Luke, Mileena and Wizer Freion,

12025-481: Is reborn as an egg and falls under the care of Filia and two of his former demi-human subordinates, Jillas and Gravos. Slayers Slayers ( Japanese : スレイヤーズ , Hepburn : Sureiyāzu ) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in Dragon Magazine since 1989, before being published into individual volumes. They follow

12210-418: Is revealed to be due to Halciform making a contract with him, which required Halciform to seal his own soul in a pledge stone that the demon wears as his mask. The risk of the mask breaking and the fact that Halciform will die if Seigram does, is why Halciform has the demon refrain from battle. After Lina and Gourry succeed in breaking the pledge stone and seriously injuring Seigram, the demon flees. He returns in

12395-454: Is revived, the human-bodied Gaav will be destroyed along with the rest of the world. Despite not knowing the details of Hellmaster's plan involving Lina, Gaav orders his subordinates to kill Lina; including Kanzel and Raltark, the latter of whom first appears in the sixth novel as Laddock Lanzard 's butler. Under Gaav's orders, Rashart becomes the head of the royal guard in the Kingdom of Dils and

12580-533: Is short-tempered and arrogant, Vrumugun is quiet, collected, and takes everything seriously. Eris is killed in cold blood by Copy Rezo after he merges with the ancient Demon Beast Zanaffar that was buried in the Holy Tree Flagoon. Copy Rezo ( コピー・レゾ , Kopī Rezo ) is the main antagonist of the third novel. He is a homunculus copy of Rezo the Red Priest, created by the original Rezo as a lab rat for experiments to cure his blindness. Although Copy Rezo's sight

12765-412: Is spent performing the duties of ministry under the guidance, supervision, and evaluation of a more senior, ordained minister. In some denominations, however, licensure is a permanent, rather than a transitional state for ministers assigned to certain specialized ministries, such as music ministry or youth ministry. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has no dedicated clergy, and

12950-446: Is tasked with forging an alliance with the dragons and elves, but the plan is foiled by Xellos. On Dragons' Peak, Raltark is killed by Xellos and Lina, which sees Rashart fetch Gaav. After seriously wounding Xellos, causing him to flee, Gaav fights Lina and company. But he is easily defeated by Hellmaster Fibrizo at the beginning of the eighth novel. Rashart continues to attack Lina and company, claiming to seek revenge for Gaav. However, it

13135-424: Is that of the diaconate. In addition to these three orders of clerics, some Eastern Catholic , or "Uniate", Churches have what are called "minor clerics". Members of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life are clerics only if they have received Holy Orders. Thus, unordained monks, friars , nuns , and religious brothers and sisters are not part of the clergy. The Code of Canon Law and

13320-550: Is the comic relief character in their party. Filia Ul Copt ( フィリア・ウル・コプト , Firia Uru Koputo ) is an anime-original character who appears exclusively in Slayers TRY . She is a priestess of the Fire Dragon King. As a Golden Dragon, she has a pronounced sense of honor and is dedicated to "fulfilling her duties to the temple". Any monster that crosses her path annoys her, and she doesn't get along with Xellos at all. She carries

13505-426: Is to kill the demon who cast the curse. She also correctly suspects that the demon who cast the curse is the same one doing the possessing; the sword itself, which is fused into the mass. Lina and Luke destroy the hyperdemon by simultaneously using Ragna Blade and Rube-Eye Blade on the tentacle which houses the core of the fused demon. Sherra recovers her black sword, but Lina tricks the demon into withdrawing for now. In

13690-517: The Meiji Era ), the practice of celibacy was relaxed and Japanese monks allowed to marry. This form was then transmitted to Korea , during later Japanese occupation, where celibate and non-celibate monks today exist in the same sects. (Similar patterns can also be observed in Tibet during various historic periods multiple forms of monasticism have co-existed such as " ngagpa " lamas, and times at which celibacy

13875-468: The Slayers franchise, the anime has by far reached the largest audience and is considered to be one of the most popular series of the 1990s, both in Japan and abroad. As it is a parody of the high fantasy genre, the series' driving force lies in comic scenarios alluding to other specific anime, or more general genre tropes and clichés . Its focus on humor and entertainment and "old school" anime feel make it

14060-409: The Slayers novels had 18 million copies in print by 2015. As of 2018, this number had grown to over 20   million copies. Writing in 2020, Iyane Agossah from DualShockers opined Slayers "is still rarely equaled 30 years later, with an incredible mix of comedy and tragedy, an intricate amount of world-building, great story developments and iconic characters." Of the various media which make up

14245-541: The Slayers universe: Black, White, Shamanistic, and Holy. Black magic spells, such as the famous Dragon Slave, call directly on the powers of the demons and are capable of causing enormous damage. White magic spells are of an obscure origin and are used for healing or protection. Shamanistic magic is focused on manipulation and alteration of the basic elements of the natural world (earth, wind, fire, water and spirit) and contains spells for both offense and convenience, such as Lei Wing, Fireball, or Elemekia Lance. Holy magic uses

14430-445: The Slayers video games, television shows, and comics as "parallel part 3 stories". Kanzaka makes references to people and events not depicted in the novels, such as Lina's older sister and Gourry Gabriev 's first visit to Sairaag, which he referred to as "flavor" to stimulate the reader's imagination and clarified that they are not foreshadowing . He explained that the fictional world would feel smaller if everything that appears in

14615-478: The episcopate ), which according to Roman Catholic doctrine is "the fullness of Holy Orders". Since 1972 the minor orders and the subdiaconate have been replaced by lay ministries and clerical tonsure no longer takes place, except in some Traditionalist Catholic groups, and the clerical state is acquired, even in those groups, by Holy Orders. In the Latin Church the initial level of the three ranks of Holy Orders

14800-504: The pope . In Islam , a religious leader is often known formally or informally as an imam , caliph , qadi , mufti , mullah , muezzin , and ulema . In the Jewish tradition , a religious leader is often a rabbi (teacher) or hazzan (cantor). The word cleric comes from the ecclesiastical Latin Clericus , for those belonging to the priestly class. In turn, the source of the Latin word

14985-510: The priesthood . Youth age 12 to 18 are ordained to the Aaronic priesthood as deacons , teachers , or priests , which authorizes them to perform certain ordinances and sacraments. Adult males are ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood , as elders , seventies, high priests , or patriarchs in that priesthood, which is concerned with spiritual leadership of the church. Although the term "clergy"

15170-537: The tonsure was a prerequisite for receiving any of the minor orders or major orders before the tonsure, minor orders , and the subdiaconate were abolished following the Second Vatican Council . Now, the clerical state is tied to reception of the diaconate. Minor Orders are still given in the Eastern Catholic Churches , and those who receive those orders are 'minor clerics.' The use of

15355-605: The "spike-wolves and stuff", from his love of yōkai and kaiju , the "words just flew off the page". Kanzaka set the second book in a city so that Lina could not solve the story by simply casting one big spell. He said that this taught him how using circumstances and setting could change the "flavor" of a story. The author also said that the second book is intentionally "heavier" than the first. Kanzaka described his writing process as like trying to put together puzzle pieces that have been scattered about, figuring stuff out as he goes instead of following an outline written beforehand. As

15540-582: The Blessed Blade and the power of the tree Flaggoon. Kanzel ( カンジェル , Kanjeru ) is an antagonist in the fourth novel. He first appears to be a strong sorcerer working with Chris Saillune to assassinate his brother Phil. He is handsome, but has a scar on his right cheek and an icy stare. However, every time Kanzel attacks, he seems to be focused on killing Lina instead. Kanzel's actual partner, Alfred, eventually breaks ties with him because of his repeated deviations from their plan. Kanzel reveals himself to be

15725-680: The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches prescribe that every cleric must be enrolled or " incardinated " in a diocese or its equivalent (an apostolic vicariate , territorial abbey , personal prelature , etc.) or in a religious institute , society of apostolic life or secular institute . The need for this requirement arose because of the trouble caused from the earliest years of the Church by unattached or vagrant clergy subject to no ecclesiastical authority and often causing scandal wherever they went. Current canon law prescribes that to be ordained

15910-542: The Dragon Slave. He wields a replica of the Sword of Light, which he carries in a pocket in his chest. Pokota was born a human, the prince of Taforashia. When he was a teenager, the Durum sickness swept through Taforashia, and the king became very ill. Rezo the Red Priest appeared and sealed the residents of Taforashia in sleeping chambers to isolate them until a cure was found. In this way he sealed Pokota's human body, but he used

16095-468: The English version of the series, with dialogue being recorded in both New York City and Los Angeles. NYAV Post was able to reunite most of the original Central Park Media main character cast for the new season. However, Michael Sinterniklaas replaced David Moo as Xellos . Other notable characters, such as Sylphiel, Prince Phil, and Naga the Serpent were also recast with new voice actors. Funimation released

16280-570: The Funimation Channel on September 6, 2010. In North America, Slayers Special was initially sold as two separate titles, Slayers: Dragon Slave and Slayers: Explosion Array on VHS by licensee ADV Films . All three episodes were later compiled into Slayers: The Book of Spells , shipped on November 21, 2000. Most of the films were produced by J.C.Staff and licensed for home video release in North America by ADV Films. Slayers Premium

16465-515: The Giga Slave summons the Lord of Nightmares itself using Lina's body as a vessel. Fibrizo mistakenly thinks Lina has retained control over the spell and attacks her from inside herself by exploding her heart; as everything in the new Sairaag is Fibrizo, part of him entered her body as the food she ate. But Lina appears fine and the Lord of Nightmares obliterates Fibrizo for his transgression of attacking it. Sherra ( シェーラ , Shēra ) first appears in

16650-478: The Lord of Nightmares. The two spells of this class are the Ragna Blade, capable of cutting through any obstacle or being, and the Giga Slave, which can kill any opponent, but which could also destroy the world itself if the spell is miscast. Some have claimed that these terrible spells, drawing their power directly from the Lord of Nightmares, constitute a fifth form of magic: Chaos magic. The protagonist of Slayers

16835-573: The Magisterium considers to be of divine institution. In the Catholic Church, only men are permitted to be clerics. In the Latin Church before 1972, tonsure admitted someone to the clerical state, after which he could receive the four minor orders ( ostiary , lectorate , order of exorcists, order of acolytes) and then the major orders ( subdiaconate , diaconate , presbyterate , and finally

17020-647: The May 2018 issue of Dragon Magazine , which was published in March 2018, to celebrate the magazine and Fujimi Fantasia Bunko's 30th anniversary. He described it as "kind of a reunion" and said he had not decided to relaunch the series yet. Volume 16 was published on October 20, 2018. A third story arc began in the November 2019 issue of the magazine, released in September 2019. The author described this as "Rather than an official history,

17205-517: The Sea of Chaos. In the world where the Slayers takes place, Flare Dragon Ceifeed and the Ruby-Eye Shabranigdu are, respectively, the supreme god and demon. Long ago, their war ended more or less in a stalemate, when Ceifeed was able to split Shabranigdu's existence into seven pieces in order to prevent him from coming back to life, then seal them within human souls. As the souls are reincarnated,

17390-683: The Serpent ( 白蛇のナーガ , Sāpento no Nāga ) , or Naga the White Serpent, is a powerful sorceress with an unstable but resilient personality. She does not appear in the main Slayers novels, but instead is a main character in the Slayers Special and Slayers Smash spin-off prequel novels. She is obsessed with Lina, and follows the younger sorceress around for some time, annoying Lina with her characteristic cackling laugh. Naga's main spells, such as Freeze Arrow, are water- and ice-based, in direct opposition to Lina's fire-based skills. She has also shown

17575-695: The Shabranigdu in Luke, and others listening to the Shabranigdu frozen in the Kataart Mountains. Valgaav ( ヴァルガーヴ , Varugāvu ) is one of the main adversaries in the Slayers TRY anime. Once known as Prince Val of the Ancient Dragon clan, he is nearly killed by the Golden Dragons, who feared the dark powers of the Ancient Dragons and exterminated them. He is saved at the last moment by Gaav, who sees in him

17760-570: The United States, Pure Land priests of the Japanese diaspora serve a role very similar to Protestant ministers of the Christian tradition. Meanwhile, reclusive Theravada forest monks in Thailand live a life devoted to meditation and the practice of austerities in small communities in rural Thailand- a very different life from even their city-dwelling counterparts, who may be involved primarily in teaching,

17945-519: The ability to use powerful shamanistic, white magic, and necromancy spells. Her true name is Gracia Ul Naga Saillune; she is the daughter of Prince Phil and Amelia's older sister. Naga left home after her mother was murdered. Naga appears in the OVAs and films, and makes a cameo appearance in Slayers Evolution-R as "Nama", a sentient suit of armor who remembers very little about her life before her soul

18130-470: The adventures of teenage sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they journey through their world. Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits. Slayers inspired several spin-off novel series and has been adapted into numerous manga titles, anime television series, anime films, OVA series, role-playing video games, and other media. Including

18315-480: The anime. Slayers began serialization in Dragon Magazine in 1989 as a short story series written by Hajime Kanzaka and with artwork by Rui Araizumi. The chapters were then published as light novels under the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint across 15 volumes from January 17, 1990 to May 10, 2000. Although the original story ended with the 15th volume in 2000, Kanzaka began a new arc 18 years later in

18500-411: The black sword, which is itself a demon she created named Dulgoffa ( ドゥールゴーフ ) , and has it attack Bezeld. This "hyperdemon" mass has ten spider-like legs, tentacles to suck the life force out of people, and extremely fast regenerative abilities, making any attacks against it useless. Lina realizes that it is a combination of a demonic curse and a human possessed by a demon, thus the only way to destroy it

18685-541: The bounties on Lina, Gourry and Zelgadis. Copy Rezo is finally killed when Lina pins him to the Flagoon tree with the Bless Blade, and the tree feeds off his evil energy. In the anime, Copy Rezo orders Eris to lure the three of them to Sairaag, where he attempts to defeat them by resurrecting and absorbing the power of the demon beast Zanaffar. However, Lina, Gourry, and Zelgadis, accompanied by Amelia and Sylphiel, kill him using

18870-420: The chaos (sea of darkness) that it itself is. For unexplained reasons, though, the Lord of Nightmares has not acted upon this desire by itself so far. On each of these worlds are gods ( shinzoku , lit. "godly race") and demons ( mazoku , lit. "demon race"), fighting without end. Should the gods win the war in a world, that world will be at peace. Should the monsters win, the world will be destroyed and returned to

19055-508: The collection of Lavas Nexalia Langmeier . When that seemingly breaks in the thirteenth novel, it is revealed to actually be the Blast Sword, a weapon known for its extreme sharpness. Gourry also has a high magic capacity and the potential to cast spells that rival Lina's power, but because of his faulty memory and disinterest, he cannot remember spells well enough to ever use them. Zelgadis Graywords ( ゼルガディス・グレイワーズ , Zerugadisu Gureiwāzu )

19240-444: The combined power of a monster and Ancient Dragon, Valgaav is the strongest of Gaav's servants. However, he is notably weaker than Gaav. His Ancient Dragon power conflicts with the monster power given to him by Gaav, causing him pain. He is able to best Xellos in a one-on-one fight by using Ragud Mezagis, one of the five Dark Star weapons. He survives a magically amplified Dragon Slave fired directly into his body. Despite his prowess as

19425-632: The consecration of women as bishops, only five have ordained any. Celebration of the Eucharist is reserved for priests and bishops. National Anglican churches are presided over by one or more primates or metropolitans (archbishops or presiding bishops). The senior archbishop of the Anglican Communion is the Archbishop of Canterbury , who acts as leader of the Church of England and 'first among equals' of

19610-520: The contract to kill Lina and a new contract on the merchant Laddock Lanzard ( ラドック＝ランザード , Radokku Ranzādo ) , who hires Lina to protect him. Zuma has now fused with the demon Seigram, this being why he has both arms again; later revealed in the series to have been done by Raltark . Zuma is also revealed to be the alter ego of Laddock. Zuma/Laddock/Seigram is killed by Lina's Ragna Blade, when his human heart causes him to hesitate after meeting eyes with his son. In Slayers Evolution-R , Lina once killed

19795-549: The deadly serious Record of Lodoss War , with a cynical cast modeled on argumentative role-players. (...) Ridiculing its own shortcomings, Slayers has successfully kept a strong following that watches for what some might call biting satire, and others bad workmen blaming their tools." Joseph Luster of Otaku USA called it "the very definition of an all-encompassing media franchise. (...) Slayers certainly has that in its memorable lineup, and they'll likely cast some sort of spell on you, regardless of age." Paul Thomas Chapman from

19980-595: The demon Gio Gaia, is finally killed when Rubia ( ルビア ) , the homunculus he created of the dead woman he loves, uses the Sword of Light on him. Rubia briefly appears in the fifteenth novel, when Lina and company stop in Atlas City. Seigram ( セイグラム , Seiguramu ) , known as Seigram the Faceless, is a masked demon working for Halciform in the second novel. He confronts Lina and Gourry several times, including leading enemies to fight them, but never engages in battle himself. This

20165-569: The diaconate, the presbyterate, or the episcopate, respectively. Among bishops, some are metropolitans , archbishops , or patriarchs . The pope is the bishop of Rome , the supreme and universal hierarch of the Church, and his authorization is now required for the ordination of all Roman Catholic bishops. With rare exceptions, cardinals are bishops, although it was not always so; formerly, some cardinals were people who had received clerical tonsure , but not Holy Orders . Secular clergy are ministers, such as deacons and priests, who do not belong to

20350-463: The eighth novel, Amelia leaves Lina and Gourry and returns to Saillune. Amelia's perspective on good and evil evolves significantly as the series progresses. Most of her lessons in justice and heroism came from her father. After the murder of her mother, Amelia vowed never to use blades, though she once used the Sword of Light to channel the Ra-Tilt. Amelia is versed in the common clerical spells, and knows

20535-426: The eleventh novel, it is learned that Sherra had given Dulgoffa to Bell . In contrast to the unwilling victim of the ninth novel, Bell willingly fuses with Dulgoffa and therefore appears as herself, but entirely black. Sherra reappears as the main antagonist of the twelfth novel. Posing as a mercenary, she quickly rose through the ranks in the Kingdom of Dils and effectively controls it with the king's complete trust. It

20720-552: The entire world; humans and demons alike. Luke plans to merge with the other Shabranigdu frozen in the Kataart Mountains, destroy the world, and then themselves. Lina destroys Luke/Shabranigdu by individually bursting and attacking with her four talismans that enhance magical capacity that she bought from Xellos, each representing one of the Dark Lords from the four worlds. The last one, representing Shabranigdu himself, only works because Luke wanted to die so he can see Mileena again. Naga

20905-555: The episcopacy. Although not a formal or canonical prerequisite, at present bishops are often required to have earned a university degree, typically but not necessarily in theology . Usual titles are Your Holiness for a patriarch (with Your All-Holiness reserved for the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ), Your Beatitude for an archbishop/metropolitan overseeing an autocephalous Church , Your Eminence for an archbishop/metropolitan generally, Master or Your Grace for

21090-509: The fight with Copy Rezo, Sylphiel's father and all of Sairaag are wiped off the planet. She then begins to live with her uncle in Saillune City in the fourth novel. In the eighth novel, she returns to the seemingly-restored Sairaag in order to save Gourry. As a cleric , Sylphiel's skills in white magic (healing and protection) are impressive. Her defensive magic is powerful enough to easily hold its own against Copy Rezo. While her healing magic

21275-422: The final battle, Martina uses her last moments to encourage Lina to keep fighting and save Gourry. Martina is fickle in her love affairs, obsessed with whatever man she happens to see first on any given day. At first she is hung up on Zelgadis, but her interests switch to Gourry and even Xellos as the series progresses, before settling on Zangulus. She eventually marries Zangulus. Lina and the gang remark that Martina

21460-443: The final blow with her Ragna Blade. Although they succeed in destroying his corporal form, Dynast's real body still exists, but Milgazia doubts he will show his weakened state to humans. In the fifteenth novel, it is revealed that Graushera was copying what Fibrizo had done 1,000 years prior; cause war and destruction in order to find and awaken a fragment of Shabranigdu hidden in someone's soul. Sherra had successfully identified Luke as

21645-414: The final blow. Although demons normally do not "die", their power is temporarily sealed and will recoup over time, Aqualord placed an imperfect seal on Gaav that caused him to be reincarnated into a human body. After countless reincarnations, Gaav has regained his memories and power, but his spirit has merged with his human host's. This causes him to oppose Shabranigdu and the other lieutenants; if Shabranigdu

21830-563: The first Slayers Revolution boxset on March 16, 2010. Funimation released the first four English-dubbed episodes of Slayers Revolution to YouTube on January 19, 2010. They have also uploaded the first two English-dubbed episodes of Evolution-R to YouTube and released Evolution-R on DVD in June 2010. Funimation released both Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R on Blu-ray on October 26, 2010. Both Revolution and Evolution-R made their North American television debut when they began airing on

22015-409: The fourth novel when he is hired by Kanzel to kill Lina. He has a reputation as the best in his line of work, with Lina being the only person to ever survive one of his attacks. Zuma continues to make attempts on Lina's life out of honor. Gourry uses the Sword of Light to cut off Zuma's right arm, while Lina turns his left hand to ash with a spell. Zuma returns in the sixth novel, still seeking to fulfill

22200-668: The ghost of Shabranigdu with him. Halciform the White ( 白ハルシフォム , Shiro no Harushifomu ) is the main antagonist of the second novel. He is a sorcerer and chairman of Atlas City's sorcerers' council. Missing for six months by the time Lina and Gourry arrive in the city, a succession battle between vice chairmen Talim the Purple and Daymia the Blue is occurring. Lina and Gourry find Halciform sealed away in Daymia's house and free him. Unknown to them, Halciform

22385-407: The ghost of Shabranigdu, into the Hellmaster's Jar. Pokota resurrects Rezo in order to revive the people of Taforashia from their suspended state. After reviving the people of Taforashia, Rezo wants to see again, if only for a moment, so he opens his eyes. As the power of Shabranigdu returns to him, he asks Lina to destroy him once more. With the help of the completed Giga Slave, Lina destroys Rezo, and

22570-536: The head of the church and leads the church through revelation given to the President of the Church , the First Presidency , and Twelve Apostles , all of whom are recognized as prophets, seers, and revelators and have lifetime tenure. Below these men in the hierarchy are quorums of seventy , which are assigned geographically over the areas of the church. Locally, the church is divided into stakes ; each stake has

22755-508: The heroes agree to bring her along with them for her safety. However, Lina eventually deduces that Eris is the real Vrumugun; a sorcerer who confronted the heroes several times previously, despite easily being killed each time. These Vrumuguns were copies she created and controlled. With her full name Erisiel Vrumugun ( エリシエル＝ヴルムグン , Erishieru Vurumugun ) , she was Rezo's assistant, helping him perform experiments to cure his blindness. Having been in love with Rezo, Eris wants revenge and to make

22940-421: The host and passed this on to Dynast before dying. Bradu ( ブラドゥ , Buradou ) is a demon who combats Lina, Gourry, Milgazia and Memphys several times in the fifteenth novel. He appears as a tall young man with blond hair. He summons lower-level demons such as Gwon ( グオン , Guon ) , a pulsing green brain mounted on dozens of spider legs, and Vaidaz ( ヴァイダアヅ , Vuaidaadzu ) , a bunch of bones mounted into

23125-547: The individual fragments would wear down until Shabranigdu himself would be destroyed. However, Ceifeed was so exhausted by this that he himself sank into the Sea of Chaos, leaving behind four parts of himself in the world. A millennium before the events in Slayers , one of Ruby-Eye's fragments (which was sealed in the body of Lei Magnus, a very powerful sorcerer) revived and began the Resurrection War ( 降魔戦争 , Kōma-sensō , alternately "War of Demon Conquering") against one of

23310-412: The initial summary. The first three books were written as the author thought up stories, but volume four on tell a grander epic. Because the first novel was written as a one-off before evolving into a series, there are some inconsistencies with the later installments. A few of these inconsistencies were corrected in the 2008 reprints. Kanzaka stated the reason Zelgadis and Amelia do not appear in "part 2"

23495-487: The insurrection in Crimson Town. After her fiancé died, Bell married Kailus ( カイラス ) , head of the local sorcerers' council, and sent her younger sister, Aria, to warn of an insurrection her new husband was planning. After the insurrection takes place, Aria asks Lina and Gourry to help save her sister. However, after they kill Kailus, Bell reveals she was behind everything. After learning that Kailus had killed her fiancé, she

23680-413: The king's trade minister, and Farial ( ファリアール , Fariāru ) , the king's sorcerer, Lina deduces that Dynast Graushera has been masquerading as King Wells Xeno Gyria this whole time. The heroes work together to defeat the demon lieutenant by having Memphys' Zanafa armor attach itself to him, sealing him off from the astral plane and his real body, and taking turns attacking, allowing Lina an opening to deal

23865-530: The latter are commonly or exclusively occupied by clerics. A Roman Catholic cardinal, for instance, is almost without exception a cleric, but a cardinal is not a type of cleric. An archbishop is not a distinct type of cleric, but is simply a bishop who occupies a particular position with special authority. Conversely, a youth minister at a parish may or may not be a cleric. Different churches have different systems of clergy, though churches with similar polity have similar systems. In Anglicanism , clergy consist of

24050-444: The level of Gourry or Zelgadis, as she lacks physical strength. During the series, Lina and company face down and defeat many powerful demons, including two fragments of Shabranigdu, Hellmaster Fibrizo , and Dynast Graushera . Gourry Gabriev ( ガウリイ・ガブリエフ , Gaurī Gaburiefu ) is a wandering swordsman who meets Lina at the beginning of the series and accompanies her from then on as a self-appointed bodyguard. Although chivalrous and

24235-457: The lord of Solaria City, has been usurped. After learning Lavas is creating chimeras, they team up with Lina and Gourry to fight Lavas, who has turned himself into a demonoid. In the twelfth novel, Luke and Mileena have been hired by Jade Caudwell, a knight from the Kingdom of Dils, to investigate a mercenary who has quickly risen through the ranks and effectively controls the kingdom with the king's complete trust. They accepted after hearing her name

24420-481: The magical Hellmaster's Jar to transfer Pokota's spirit into his current form. Years later, Pokota is searching for Rezo in order to find a way to revive his people. Rezo the Red Priest ( 赤法師レゾ , Aka Hōshi Rezo ) is the main antagonist of the first novel. He is a world-famous cleric and healer who travels the world performing miracles. Considered one of the "Five Great Sages", he has mastered not only clerical white magic, but shamanistic and black magic as well. Rezo

24605-445: The medical care he gave Mileena was not enough to save her. After seeing the former comrades fight, Ceres willingly offers his life in order to stop the chaos, but Luke flees. In the fifteenth novel, Luke reveals himself to be the masked Shabranigdu who challenges Lina and Gourry to kill him. He explains that he willingly merged with the Shabranigdu fragment hidden inside him after being unable to get over Mileena's death and coming to hate

24790-432: The most powerful monster. Her spell Chaotic Disintegrate is an astral offensive spell that outclasses the Ra-Tilt. Filia is able to switch back and forth with ease between her dragon and human forms. Her dragon's form comically wears a pink bow on the end of her tail. While in dragon form, Filia can fly, surpassing the speed of a normal Ray Wing levitation spell. Her Laser Breath, which fires an incredibly destructive beam from

24975-1039: The needs and expectations of American lay people. Some communities have begun exploring the need for training in counseling skills as well. Along these lines, at least two fully accredited Master of Divinity programs are currently available: one at Naropa University in Boulder, CO and one at the University of the West in Rosemead, CA. Titles for Buddhist clergy include: In Theravada: In Mahayana: In Vajrayana: In general, Christian clergy are ordained ; that is, they are set apart for specific ministry in religious rites. Others who have definite roles in worship but who are not ordained (e.g. laypeople acting as acolytes ) are generally not considered clergy, even though they may require some sort of official approval to exercise these ministries. Types of clerics are distinguished from offices, even when

25160-446: The ninth novel as a young girl who knows the location of a rumored magical sword located in the town of Bezeld. To Lina, Gourry, Luke and Mileena , she seems to be the target of a group of men dressed in black that they suspect are also after the sword. However, she is eventually revealed to be a high-level demon and the general of Dynast Graushera. Sherra turns a man into a dragon-sized mass of flesh with leg-like appendages after he grips

25345-542: The novels digitally, with the first chapter uploaded to their website that day. Their physical release of Slayers began in July 2021 and is a 3-1 hardcover omnibus edition based on Japan's 2008 revised edition that featured new illustrations and covers. Between July 26, 2008 and March 2009, a new manga series entitled Slayers Light Magic ( スレイヤーズ ライト・マジック ) was serialised in Kadokawa Shoten 's Kerokero Ace . The series

25530-474: The one for the Super Famicom ) were released in 1994. Three 32-bit / CD-ROM games followed in the late 1990s: Slayers Royal in 1997 and Slayers Royal 2 and Slayers Wonderful in 1998. In addition, Lina and other Slayers main characters have been featured in several other video games in crossover and guest appearances, in particular in mobile games since the late 2010s. Including the spin-off series,

25715-406: The orders of deacons , priests (presbyters), and bishops in ascending order of seniority. Canon , archdeacon , archbishop and the like are specific positions within these orders. Bishops are typically overseers, presiding over a diocese composed of many parishes , with an archbishop presiding over a province in most, which is a group of dioceses. A parish (generally a single church)

25900-471: The original novels. Lina Inverse ( リナ・インバース , Rina Inbāsu ) is the main protagonist and central figure of the Slayers franchise. Although still a teenager, she is a powerful and well-known sorceress with nicknames such as the "Bandit Killer" and "Black Witch". Born to a merchant family, she has a great love of money, treasure, and food. After meeting in the first novel, Gourry becomes Lina's constant companion and never leaves her for very long. Although

26085-515: The other members of the Christian faithful are called lay persons". This distinction of a separate ministry was formed in the early times of Christianity; one early source reflecting this distinction, with the three ranks or orders of bishop , priest and deacon , is the writings of Saint Ignatius of Antioch . Holy Orders is one of the Seven Sacraments , enumerated at the Council of Trent , that

26270-493: The parts of Ceifeed, the Water Dragon King, also known as Aqualord Ragradia. Ultimately, the piece of Shabranigdu won, but Aqualord, using the last remnants of her power, sealed him into a block of magical ice within the Kataart Mountains. Nevertheless, Shabranigdu's lieutenants remained at liberty, sealing a part of the world within a magical barrier, through which only demons could pass. There are four types of magic within

26455-462: The power of the Lord of Nightmares by using the Giga Slave spell, which she has now perfected after interacting with the Claire Bible as he intended. He hopes she will be unable to control the spell and it will destroy the entire world. Fibrizo kidnaps Gourry and takes him to Sairaag, which he has reconstructed out of the lingering thoughts of the dead and his own being. He eventually succeeds in forcing Lina to cast Giga Slave to save her friends. However,

26640-405: The power of the gods, but the aforementioned barrier made its usage impossible for anyone inside before the death of the demon Hellmaster Phibrizzo. As a rule, demons can only be harmed by astral shamanistic magic, holy magic, or black magic which draws power from another demon with greater might than the target. Above all other magic, however, are the immensely destructive spells drawing power from

26825-416: The powers of both dragon gods and monster lords, he is easily the most powerful being faced in the entire storyline of Slayers , although his power is cut in half by the open gateway. Valgaav/Dark Star/Volphied is destroyed by the combination of dark and light powers of Xellos's and Filia's abilities, combined with the five Dark Star weapons and Lina's incantation of Chaos power. At the end of Slayers TRY , he

27010-461: The priesthood) archimandrite (a senior hieromonk) and hegumen (abbot). Deacons may have the title of hierodeacon (a monk who has been ordained to the deaconate), archdeacon or protodeacon . The lower clergy are not ordained through cheirotonia (laying on of hands) but through a blessing known as cheirothesia (setting-aside). These clerical ranks are subdeacon , reader and altar server (also known as taper-bearer ). Some churches have

27195-434: The priesthood. Eastern Catholic Churches require celibacy only for bishops. Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches de jure : Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches: Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church: Semi-Autonomous: The Eastern Orthodox Church has three ranks of holy orders: bishop, priest, and deacon. These are

27380-422: The primates of all Anglican churches. Being a deacon, priest or bishop is considered a function of the person and not a job. When priests retire they are still priests even if they no longer have any active ministry. However, they only hold the basic rank after retirement. Thus a retired archbishop can only be considered a bishop (though it is possible to refer to "Bishop John Smith, the former Archbishop of York"),

27565-466: The project to dissipate. A fourth anime series, Slayers Revolution , premiered in Japan on July 2, 2008. Megumi Hayashibara , the voice actress for main character Lina Inverse, performed both the opening and ending theme songs. The new plot is told across two 13-episode arcs and follows an original storyline that has subplots based on events in the novels, with series director Takashi Watanabe and production studio J.C.Staff reprising their duties from

27750-458: The ranks of the archimandrites, and are required to be celibate; however, a non-monastic priest may be ordained to the episcopate if he no longer lives with his wife (following Canon XII of the Quinisext Council of Trullo ) In contemporary usage such a non-monastic priest is usually tonsured to the monastic state, and then elevated to archimandrite, at some point prior to his consecration to

27935-508: The rights to broadcast Slayers but eventually did not air the anime since it would be too heavy to edit it for content. The first North American television broadcast of The Slayers was February 17, 2002 on the International Channel . In 2009, MVM Films began releasing the series in the United Kingdom on a monthly basis. The first series was released on four DVDs between January 5, and April 6, 2009. The first volume of Slayers Next

28120-596: The same magazine voiced a more reserved opinion on the "franchise whose remarkable longevity and popularity is matched only by its remarkable averageness," especially regarding various aspects of the TV series, to which nevertheless he returned for "light entertainment". Cleric In Christianity , the specific names and roles of the clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons , elders , priests , bishops , preachers , pastors , presbyters , ministers , and

28305-704: The same offices identified in the New Testament and found in the Early Church , as testified by the writings of the Holy Fathers . Each of these ranks is ordained through the Sacred Mystery (sacrament) of the laying on of hands (called cheirotonia ) by bishops. Priests and deacons are ordained by their own diocesan bishop , while bishops are consecrated through the laying on of hands of at least three other bishops. Within each of these three ranks there are found

28490-653: The same service, and their blessing usually takes place during the Little Hours prior to Liturgy, or may take place as a separate service. The blessing of readers and taper-bearers is usually combined into a single service. Subdeacons are ordained during the Little Hours, but the ceremonies surrounding his blessing continue through the Divine Liturgy, specifically during the Great Entrance . Bishops are usually drawn from

28675-558: The sixth novel seeking revenge on Lina and Gourry. Still weak from his injuries, Seigram fused with the human Zuma , who also has a grudge on Lina. Seigram/Zuma is killed by Lina's Ragna Blade. In Slayers NEXT , Seigram is a servant of Gaav the Demon Dragon King and seemingly as powerful as his rival Xellos. He first appears as a mysterious figure that frames Damia and Tarimu by summoning ooze monsters out of their estates, and he makes an alliance with Halcyform. He later attacks Lina in

28860-476: The sphere of the sacred or numinous communicating with the gods on behalf of the community. Buddhist clergy are often collectively referred to as the Sangha , and consist of various orders of male and female monks (originally called bhikshus and bhikshunis respectively). This diversity of monastic orders and styles was originally one community founded by Gautama Buddha during the 5th century BC living under

29045-510: The spin-off series, the novels have over 20 million copies in print. The anime series is considered to be one of the most popular of the 1990s. In the Slayers universe, the ultimate being is the Lord of Nightmares , the creator of at least four parallel worlds. An artifact known as the Claire Bible contains information about the Lord of Nightmares' task to regain its "true form", which is only attainable by destroying these worlds and returning them to

29230-402: The state churches of Scandinavia, refer to this office as priest . However, for practical and historical reasons, Lutheran churches tend to have different roles of pastors or priests, and a clear hierarchy. Some pastors are functioning as deacons or provosts, others as parish priests and yet some as bishops and even archbishops . Lutherans have no principal aversion against having a pope as

29415-470: The status and future of female Buddhist clergy in this tradition is sometimes disputed by strict adherents to the Theravadan style. Some Mahayana sects, notably in the United States (such as San Francisco Zen Center ) are working to reconstruct the female branches of what they consider a common, interwoven lineage. The diversity of Buddhist traditions makes it difficult to generalize about Buddhist clergy. In

29600-433: The story is explained; something he learned from a teacher's comment in design school. Although some of these he has not even thought about, like Gourry's visit to Sairaag, others he has created a backstory to, such as Lina's sister. Zuma's backstory was omitted because the novels are told from Lina's first-person perspective , but Kanzaka gave some of the material to the staff of Slayers Revolution so it could be included in

29785-477: The study of scripture, and the administration of the nationally organized (and government sponsored) Sangha. In the Zen traditions of China, Korea and Japan, manual labor is an important part of religious discipline; meanwhile, in the Theravada tradition, prohibitions against monks working as laborers and farmers continue to be generally observed. Currently in North America, there are both celibate and non-celibate clergy in

29970-466: The temple of the Claire Bible manuscript, revealing that he was granted enough of Gaav's power to withstand a Dragon Slave. He is killed when Xellos holds him directly in the path of Lina's Ragna Blade. Eris ( エリス , Erisu ) is a young woman in the third novel who first appears as a novice bounty hunter chasing Zelgadis in Sairaag after Rezo the Red Priest put a bounty on him. Due to her lack of strength,

30155-495: The third arc is going to be more like one of the possibilities, a parallel existence to the TRY TV anime and the Water Dragon King manga, I guess." Volume 17 was published on October 19, 2019. On September 7, 2004, Tokyopop began publishing the novels in English, ending with the release of volume 8 on January 2, 2008. On July 3, 2020, J-Novel Club announced their rescue license of the series at Anime Expo Lite. They first release

30340-559: The three original TV series. A fifth Slayers series titled Slayers Evolution-R is the second 13-episode arc of Slayers Revolution and was aired on AT-X starting on January 12, 2009 in Japan. Central Park Media licensed and distributed the anime in North America under the Software Sculptors label on VHS and Laserdisc between 1996 and 1998, collected in eight volumes. It was a commercial success for Central Park, which led them to license Slayers Next and Slayers Try ; Next

30525-480: The transmission style of certain teachers (one of the most well known being the 'rapid enlightenment' style of Linji Yixuan ), as well as in response to particular political developments such as the An Lushan Rebellion and the Buddhist persecutions of Emperor Wuzong . In these ways, manual labour was introduced to a practice where monks originally survived on alms; layers of garments were added where originally

30710-471: The two appear to be in love with each other, there is no romance between them. Lina specializes in black magic , specifically attack magic that calls upon the power of demons. Her signature spell, Dragon Slave, comes from the power of the Dark Lord Shabranigdu , while Ragna Blade and her most powerful spell Giga Slave call upon the Lord of Nightmares . She is also a skilled swordsman, though not on

30895-456: The war, Shabranigdu posted Hellmaster to the Desert of Destruction as part of the seal to destroy Aqualord. According to Xellos, most of Hellmaster's servants were destroyed in the war, this being why Xellos is tasked with carrying out his plan of protecting and escorting Lina to the Claire Bible. Hellmaster is most likely the second-in-command of the demon race, and like all demons, he seeks to destroy

31080-620: The word cleric is also appropriate for Eastern Orthodox minor clergy who are tonsured in order not to trivialize orders such as those of Reader in the Eastern Church , or for those who are tonsured yet have no minor or major orders. It is in this sense that the word entered the Arabic language, most commonly in Lebanon from the French, as kleriki (or, alternatively, cleriki ) meaning " seminarian ." This

31265-402: The world and return everything to chaos. He manifests as an androgynous young boy in order to trick his victims into underestimating him. Although Fibrizo first appears in the seventh novel as a child of Gyria City who sets Lina onto Gaav's plans, his identity is not revealed until the next novel, where he easily kills Gaav and kidnaps Gourry to Sairaag. Fibrizo plans to force Lina to draw upon

31450-519: The world, especially ministry to those on the margins of society. For a short period of history before the ordination of women as deacons, priests and bishops began within Anglicanism, women could be deaconesses . Although they were usually considered having a ministry distinct from deacons they often had similar ministerial responsibilities. In Anglicanism all clergy are permitted to marry. In most national churches women may become deacons or priests, but while fifteen out of 38 national churches allow for

31635-407: The world. However, upon attaining and swallowing the philosopher's stone, Rezo is revealed to have been taken over by the Dark Lord Shabranigdu from inside. Lina is able to defeat the Dark Lord using the incomplete Giga Slave and the Sword of Light, with help from Rezo's soul, but the priest dies in the process. In the anime, it is later revealed that Rezo survived by transferring his soul, as well as

31820-573: Was a tie between the films Mononoke Hime and The End of Evangelion ) in 1998. Slayers was sometimes compared with Record of Lodoss War , another hit Japanese fantasy franchise that began around the same time. In Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know , Gilles Poitras wrote: "More humorous and less serious looking than the characters in the Lodoss War series, the stars of Slayers provide action and laughs." In The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 , Helen McCarthy similarly called it "the antidote to

32005-407: Was able to obtain the license and it aired as part of the new owner's programming block on CoLours TV, as well as the Funimation Channel . The first bilingual DVD box set after Funimation's rescue of the license was released on August 21, 2007, retaining the Software Sculptors-produced English dub. A boxset of Slayers , Next and Try was released by Funimation on August 4, 2009. Fox Kids won

32190-409: Was animated by Hal Film Maker . The series was adapted for two role-playing games (RPGs): A collectible card game (CCG), Slayers Fight (スレイヤーズふぁいと), was developed by ORG and published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1999 and 2001. A series of five Slayers role-playing video games were released exclusively in Japan between 1994 and 1998. Two different 16-bit games titled simply Slayers (including

32375-408: Was first shipped from April 1999 in a similar format; a box set of the first four volumes was released in July of that same year, and a box set of the second four volumes in October. Slayers Try was released later in 2000. The first three seasons were subsequently re-released on DVD (in season box sets). Months before Central Park's license for the anime properties expired, Funimation Entertainment

32560-444: Was forced to marry him when he threatened Aria's life. Bell was given the demon sword Dulgoffa by Sherra and used her new powers to turn the members of Crimson Town's sorcerers' council into chimeras and start the insurrection in Kailus' name as revenge. These chimera include Zonagein ( ゾナゲイン ) , an old man who creates many lesser and brass demons, and can also grow spider-like legs from his back to move at high speed; Aileus ( アイレウス ) ,

32745-435: Was kidnapping and experimenting on townspeople to obtain immortality. Because he has obtained quasi-immortality by making a contract with Seigram and sealing his soul in a pledge stone, Talim recruited Daymia to seal Halciform away. Now freed, Halciform has Seigram curse Daymia and kills Talim. Lina and Gourry succeed in breaking Halciform's pledge stone and force Seigram to flee. Halciform, who also extended his life by consuming

32930-479: Was not consumed and passed this information on to Dynast. Lavas Nexalia Langmeier ( ラーヴァス＝ネクサリア＝ラングマイヤー ) is the regent of Solaria City and the main antagonist of the tenth novel. He holds the position due to his father, Klein, being ill. Lavas claims his older brother Veisam is plotting a rebellion and is the person behind the chimera factory that Lina and Gourry find, but suspiciously, the citizens of Solaria were unaware of Lavas' existence until recently. Lavas, who

33115-428: Was originally tasked with destroying the Claire Bible manuscripts, but his current job was concocted by Hellmaster Fibrizo and is to protect and guide Lina to the Claire Bible. Knowing she can not defeat the strong demon, Lina accepts Xellos into the group. After successfully leading Lina to the Claire Bible at Dragons' Peak in the eighth novel, Xellos flees after being severely injured by Gaav . After Hellmaster Fibrizo

33300-428: Was placed in the living armor. Her identity is never confirmed, but Nama's familiar laugh gives Lina chills. Martina Xoana Mel Navratilova ( マルチナ・ゾアナ・メル・ナブラチロワ , Maruchina Zoana Meru Naburachirowa ) is an anime-original character who appears exclusively in Slayers Next . She is the princess of the kingdom of Zoana and has green hair styled in drills. She specializes in curses through the power of Lord Zoamelgustar,

33485-419: Was published in North America on July 5, 2005. The self-titled first season of the anime adapts volumes 1 and 3 of the light novels. The second season, Slayers Next , adapts volumes 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 of the light novels. The third season, Slayers Try , is an original story. However, a fourth season, Slayers AGAIN , was rumored following the success of Try , but early scheduling conflicts caused interest in

33670-568: Was relaxed). As these varied styles of Buddhist monasticism are transmitted to Western cultures, still more new forms are being created. In general, the Mahayana schools of Buddhism tend to be more culturally adaptive and innovative with forms, while Theravada schools (the form generally practiced in Thailand , Burma , Cambodia , and Sri Lanka ) tend to take a much more conservative view of monastic life, and continue to observe precepts that forbid monks from touching women or working in certain secular roles. This broad difference in approach led to

33855-450: Was released on May 11, 2009. Episodes have also been made available on the streaming video sites Hulu , YouTube , Crackle , Anime News Network , Netflix , and Funimation's website. Funimation licensed both Slayers Revolution and Slayers Evolution-R for American release; the episodes in Japanese with English subtitles were uploaded to YouTube, as well as Funimation's website in July 2009. Funimation contracted NYAV Post to produce

34040-454: Was written by Hajime Kanzaka for entrance into Fujimi Fantasia Bunko 's first annual Fantasia Chōhen Shōsetsu Awards  [ ja ] in 1989. After it won, the new author was asked to create a follow-up. Kanzaka initially thought this was an impossible task as the characters had already defeated the Dark Lord. He called the second book a turning point for him and said it was initially very difficult to write. However, as soon as he added

34225-531: Was written by Yoshijirō Muramatsu and illustrated Shin Sasaki, and set in a technological world instead of a fantasy world. In July 1998, Central Park Media announced they had licensed the manga for distribution in North America. On June 15, 1999, Slayers: Medieval Mayhem was released. The four-volume series Slayers Special was published between October 12, 2002, and June 25, 2003. A seven-volume series Super-Explosive Demon Story followed between July 9, 2002 and December 1, 2004. Finally, Slayers Premium

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