| “ | Relax son, enjoy every moment! You fight, then eat good food. You fight, then drink fine wine. You fight, then sleep with beautiful women. Hell, fight with beautiful women! That is what it means to live. | „ |
| ~ Augus to Asura. |
Augus (オーガス, Ōgasu) is a major character and anti-villain in the video game Asura's Wrath. He is one of the Seven Deities and Asura and Yasha's old master.
He was voiced by the late Unshō Ishizuka (who also voiced Ujiyasu Hōjō) in Japanese and Imari Williams in English.
History[]
Augus was originally a rogue demigod warrior, who lived in the mountainous areas, defeating large Gohmas and hundreds of warriors in his pursuit to find a worthy fighter and opponent. After easily defeating a large Gohma, Augus proclaimed his unsatisfaction and desire for a stronger opponent, but was suddenly approached by Deus, a newly-appointed Guardian General at the time. Augus assumed Deus of coming to avenge an Eight Guardian General he had murdered in a fight in the past, but Deus described it as not his intention and instead asked Augus to join him and become one of the Eight Guardian Generals. Not interested due to his belief he was too strong to be a General, Augus derided Deus, saying he didn't want to be in the same ranks as weaklings, which caused Deus to attempt to use force to make Augus join him. After an arduous fight, with each marveling at each other's skill, Augus let the match settle as a draw and promised to join as long as the fights were as interesting as the one with Deus. Deus promised battles aplently and described his dedication to the purification of the Gohma, something according to Augus no one in the history of Shinkoku has attempted. Excited, Augus eagerly join Deus' ranks as a General.
At a later point, Augus was once the mentor of Asura and Yasha as well as a good friend. They spent much time together fighting and training and formed a close bond. However, Asura never understood his master's lust for fighting his entire life.
12,500 Years Later[]
After Wyzen's and Kalrow's deaths, Augus stepped forward to face his former student, Asura. After a brief recovery at a hot spring, where the two had a brief remembering of the times they used to fight alongside one another, they took their battle to the surface of the moon itself. While on the moon, Augus began to recollect the time that Asura was still his pupil and during that time he had known Asura would be the opponent he had been waiting for. With that statement, Asura lunged at Augus with a swift punch to the jaw, starting their final battle.
Augus vs Asura
Augus was a truly formidable foe for Asura, but Asura managed to prove himself just as powerful. After being pushed back enough, Augus drew his sword, Wailing Dark, and continued the fight, recognizing Asura as a worthy opponent. Despite Augus having the advantage of a weapon, Asura was able to fight back using his raging strength. As Yasha and Deus watched the fight, Yasha is surprised that Augus drew his blade and commented that Augus had used his nodachi against only one other opponent in the past: Deus.
Augus slain by Asura with his own sword
After a long gruelling fight, Augus finally managed put Asura on the defense to keep from being impaled by Augus' sword and pushed him towards Gaia. The power from the attack and the force from the fall was so strong that it pierced Asura and the planet itself, breaking all but one of Asura's arms in the process. Augus, seeing his victory, continued to plummet toward Gaia pushing his sword farther through, but Asura used his raging strength to break Augus's sword. Asura managed to grab the broken sword with his teeth and sliced through Augus' abdomen. Augus collapsed to the ground, saying that the battle against Asura was among the greatest he ever had. He then tells Asura that he no longer requires his training and he must walk his own path from now on. Augus then dies, satisfied that his student had surpassed him and given him such a fulfilling battle.
Augus later reincarnated into a modern world where he became a wandering Japanese person and since then became a calmer person.
Appearance[]
Augus looks much like Asura, yet with a taller and bulkier frame and with much longer hair with a wild look. He has intricate markings of red symbols on his body which portrays him as a savage warrior. He wears a pair of silver intricately decorated gauntets on his arms and his sword is sheathed horizontally behind his waist. He wears baggy white pants with remnants of armor and a torn white sash attached to them. Augus is in fact blind, but the glow his eyes emit keeps them from being seen.
Personality[]
Augus was a bold warrior in all aspects of his view on life. He valued the bloodshed of his enemies that he spread and enjoyed battling for the sake of the battle itself and was thrilled by others following the same philosophy. He was also a bit of a hedonist as he valued all the basic pleasures in life but couldn't understand more altruistic concepts such as protecting loved ones. Unlike most of the Seven Deities, Augus is very honorable. Instead of attacking Asura behind his back like a coward or summoning a large horde of Demigod soldiers, Augus actually helps Asura relax and heal, so that he may be at his full strength when they fought. Augus also loves to fight just because of the thrill of the fight. He's also shown to be incredibly bloodthirsty, since the markings on his body is symbolic for his bloodthirstiness, and the fact that he values the bloodshed of his enemies. Despite his bloodlust, Augus was also a capable master and teacher as he was able to teach both Yasha and Asura in the ways of battle and combat. He also seemed to dislike rational thought and other sensible approaches when dealing with matters and prefers to fight instead, which may be the reason why he favored Asura as his star pupil over Yasha in the past. Despite his rugged traits, Augus proved to be an understanding and receptive individual as he held no qualms for Asura defeating him and even enjoyed his defeat before giving Asura his blessing.
Powers and Skills[]
Augus has shown himself to be one of the strongest and most skilled characters in the entire game. Having been the teacher of Asura and Yasha, he was deemed one of the strongest out of the extremely powerful Seven Deities, second only to Deus, who openly acknowledged Augus's might and could not defeat him without a struggle.
- God-like Physical Prowess: Augus, due to his incredibly muscular and well-built stature, holds an extraordinary amount of physical strength. His vast size never proves to be a hindrance, as he is able to fight with high physical speed and reflexes as well, being able to effortlessly defeat Gohmas, even flicking them away with his thumb, constantly defeat Asura in combat, at one point headbutting him so hard to create a shockwave upon knocking him to the ground, and could even match Six-Armed Vajra Asura in hand-to-hand combat, completely matching his punching speed despite his six arms and able to send him flying with a single punch and repeatedly blitz him and land a punch before he could react. While wielding his sword the Wailing Dark, he was able to raise up a large chunk of the moon and pierce all the way through the earth with enough force to destroy Asura's arms and create a massive crate upon landing. He was also tremendously resilient, as he was barely affected by punches from Asura and able to stay alive for some time after his abdomen had been torn by his own sword before dying.
- Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Augus is an exceptionally accomplished and experienced hand-to-hand combatant, with him preferring to fight bare-handed rather than relying on Mantra techniques, believing a true warrior of his level is above using such powers. His prowess in martial arts alone allowed him to kill countless Gohmas with ease and slaughter the previous General of Greed. He was able to effectively tutor Asura and initially Yasha in hand-to-hand combat and due to this proved himself to be a superior fighter than both of them, as he always bested Asura in their spars and could even compete with Six-Armed Vajra Asura on equal skill despite Asura's inherent advantage.
- Master Swordsman: Despite preferring hand-to-hand combat, Augus is also a highly proficient swordsman, wielding a powerful sword called the Wailing Dark, that can stretch in at unknown length, though he has only ever drawn it out against two opponents, as he prefers to use his fists in combat. His skills in swordsmanship were able to roughly stalemate Deus using his Nunchaku, though Deus was holding back to not kill him but still acknowledged Augus's skill, and overwhelm Six-Armed Vajra Asura, destroying his arms and nearly killing him, only losing due to Asura's wrath increasing his strength.
- Mantra Powers: While he disliked Mantra techniques, Augus still had the ability to call upon his Mantra Affinity Greed for more power, able to charge his blows to release ascending waves. Augus can also channel his Mantra energies into his sword to release extremely powerful energy attacks, able to generate 5 to 6 enormous vertical slashes and waves of mantra that can slice everything in their path, and can release a single large horizontal slash.
Trivia[]
- Augus' Mantra Affinity is Greed.
- Augus' nodachi (essentially an oversized katana), Wailing Dark, can extend up to 380,000 km which is approximately 236121.05305018692 miles.
- Augus is very similar to Akuma from Street Fighter, as both have a code of combat, both fight for the sake of fighting, and both never hold back when in a good fight.
- The music that plays during his boss battle against Asura is Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" by Antonín Dvořák.
External Links[]
- Augus on the Villains Wiki.
- Augus on the Asura's Wrath Wiki.