Macan

Profile

"I'm Magan Gadungan! Oh, are you my new 'master'...? Well, let's see how long you last! Ahaha!"

Though Claude is the leader of the Ikebukuro Berserkers, Magan Gadungan is their strongest member, and reigning champion of the underground arena. He was first summoned to Tokyo from his own world, Shangri-La, by a trafficking group targeting denizens of the gate worlds. Put up for auction, he was sold as a slave. But one day he slaughtered his captor and escaped, becoming a stray summon. To Magan, the greatest insult was not servitude, but being ordered around by a weakling. As he believes respect can only be commanded through strength, there is nothing he hates more than a leader who claims their right to lead through mere 'authority'.

Magan's sacred treasure, his loincloth, fills him with boundless energy, allowing him to fight on and exert physical strength well in excess of normal limitations. But as a drawback he suffers intense hunger and requires huge amounts of food, and enters a primal, animal-like state of berserk fury when he becomes too excited. To Magan, to eat* a strong opponent, or be eaten by a strong opponent, is the most precious act in the world. He feels a sense of camaraderie with a fellow tiger guildmate.

Notes

In Indonesian folklore, the Macan Gadungan is a type of tiger monster. Though their nature varies a great deal from telling to telling, they are typically cursed humans who spread their curse to others that survive being attacked by one, similar to the western werewolf.

• the word used for the term eat in Magan's profile is 喰う, and can also be a vulgar slang term for "have sex with" or "defeat", but given Magan's personality these three interpretations might be interchangeable.