Prince Ganymede
Above art drawn by Nancy. Colored by Laurel. Magician's Cane drawn by Laurel too.
This character has songs on the Soundtrack!
ROYAL IDENTITY: Prince Ganymede
REAL NAME: Nathaniel Mason
AMERICAN DUB NAME ^_^ : Nathaniel Mason
NICKNAME: Nathan
BIRTHDATE AND SIGN: December 10, Sagitarrius
SENSHI COLORS: Purple, tan, and a medium, jade green
TEAM: Technically, a member of Team Galileo, although he doesn't really acknowledge this openly. He may fight with them and occasionally mention the Team, but his aversion to being a "soldier" keeps him from acknowledging his involvement with them as openly as the others.
WEAPONS AND ATTACKS: Prince Gany's older sister had inherited most of the powers that were directly related to the kingdom of Ganymede, so the younger prince had to find a new method of expressing his power. Back in the time of the Silver Millenium, Prince Ganymede had taken up magic shows as a hobby, a hobby that was eventually blended into his attacks. He is the keeper of the Magician's Cane, a tan cane with a champagne glass on one end. The glass is encrusted with jewels all around its bowl. The shaft of the cane is tan, with cursive "g"s engraved all down its length. It is capped at the bottom with a round glass rim, like you would find on the bottom of a champagne glass.
Nathan also keeps the Ganymede Tear, a green tear-shaped crystal on the end of a crystalline rod. It can be used to hypnotize people and place post-hypnotic suggestions into their heads.
The Stretch: When Prince Gany taps his cane on the ground and calls for, "The Stretch," the walls of a large magician's cabinet zoom in and trap the enemy within it. Their hands, feet, and head are pushed through holes and then are pulled far apart, and the head up and down, to impossible lengths that are not humanly possible. Their head will even do a perfect 360. You can imagine what pain this attack would cause for the enemy, since this is not a trick, but a real bit of magic!
Sawing a Woman in Half: Gany taps his cane on the ground and announces that he will be, "Sawing a Woman in Half." The enemy is grabbed by the magician's assistants and stuffed into the box, lying down. Then Prince Ganymede would put on a very big show of sawing the enemy in half. Since this is not a trick, they really get sawed in half! (funny anime style, of course) And since this is anime, they would also be able to recover from this attack--all they have to do is get their bottom half together with their top half while still in the box and then escape from the cabinet, in tact.
The Levitating Girl: Gany can use this power to levitate a female, on her back. While she is levitating, silver rings pass around her body in a slight-of-hand manner (it's too hard to describe; I'd have to get screen caps from the magician's special). The girl seems to be in a trance while she is being levitated. The power can also be used to "catch" girls who are falling from a great height.
The 3-Cube Box: Prince Ganymede calls for the 3-Cube Box. A six-foot tall box made of three cubes appears; the cubes are attached by a metal frame, and there is a door on the front of the box. You've probably seen this magic trick done before and so know what I mean. The door has the outline of a person painted on it. A hole has been cut for the person's face and one hand to poke through. The target is shoved into the box and locked in. Then Prince Ganymede inserts two sharp metal blades to section off the middle cube, cutting the person inside into three pieces. The middle cube is pushed to one side, and the target is trapped in there with their midsection separated from the rest of their body. To get out with all their parts, they have to have the middle cube pushed back into place and then leave the box intact.
Through the Looking Glass: If Prince Ganymede should ever have a reason to want to enter and escape the world of the mirror, he uses this power. Two frames covered in black fabric are placed on the front and back of the mirror. This fabric has a slit cut in the center, so the prince can step through and step out. He seems to disappear right into the mirror until he comes back out.
Other magic tricks Prince Gany may work with in the story (we'll just have to see what I can fit in): Chinese Lantern, The Lady or the Tiger, The Mismatched Girl, The Spike Torture, The Guillotine, Sticking Pins Through the Thumb, Metamorphosis, The Sword in the Basket, The Woman in the Painting, The Teleported Girl, Sawing a Woman in Half II, The Vanishing Room, The Broom Levitation, Cage of Doom, The Seance Table, Catching a Bullet in Your Teeth
All of the magic trick attacks of Prince Gany's were of course inspired by real magic tricks. I had to make up names for a few of them because no official name was given. Any tricks Prince Ganymede does not use will probably show up in SM Mirai with an offspring.
TRANSFORMATION: Nathan says, "Kingdom of Ganymede Power" to transform into the Prince of Ganymede. Green energy speeds over his entire body to turn his clothes into the royal dress of Prince Ganymede.
DESCRIPTION: Nathan has crystal blue eyes and shoulder-length dishwater blonde hair which is parted in the middle, with no bangs. Prince Ganymede has a strong dislike of the idea that he must fight as a "common soldier;" after all, he is a royal Prince, or was, back on his home satellite of Ganymede. Because of this, he refuses to fight as Soldierganymede. Instead, he fights as Prince Ganymede. Often he will try to prevent his sister Tara from fighting as a soldier, insisting that she too fight as the royalty of Ganymede. His royal dress consists of a medium green shirt, with long sleeves that taper into a point, and the symbol for the kingdom of Ganymede on the end of the sleeves (a cursive lower-case g); a purple vest with silver embroidered "g"s all around the edges; tan pants; brown deck shoes; silver shoulder armor with black "g"s around the outer edge; and a purple cape that is lined with silver-gray fabric that has been embroidered with tan and medium green four-point stars. The cape attaches to Gany's shirt with a silver clasp. Prince Ganymede would not be complete without the six-point green jewel on his forehead that bears the royal "g" symbol of his kingdom. This jewel has longer sides than top and bottom.
PLACE IN THE SILVER MILLENIUM: Nathan represented his home kingdom, the satellite of Ganymede, as Prince Ganymede. Since the beginning he has refused to fight as anything but royalty.
OCCUPATION: Student. He is visiting Japan to check out the college his sister is attending, as he graduated from high school a year early.
AGE: 17
EXTRA: Nathan has two pet rabbits named Muffy and Stephanie, who transform into the Magician's Assistants when he needs them.
Nathan models the Mirai Mugen uniform for boys.
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