Name: Valgarv
Alias: Val Agares
Age: 1000 +
Seiyuu: Wataru Takagi, Scottie Ray

Valgarv is the antagonist of Slayers TRY. Through the duration of the series, he acts with violent tendencies. We see him to be a cold hearted individual, loyal to not only Maryuu-oh Gaav but his mission at hand as well. A lot of assumptions can be made that Valgarv's just another bad guy getting in Lina Inverse's way, just another evil guy without a personality. However, these assumptions just that: assumptions.

Because of the things that he had to endure in his past, Valgarv has become a bitter figure. It seems as if all the forces of the universe have collaborated and decided it would be fun to turn Valgarv's life into a twisted roller-coaster ride of misfortune. When we first see Valgarv, we know nothing about him other than the fact that he is a follower of Maryuu-oh Gaav, wants revenge for his demise, and desires the possession of the Gornova (Hikari no Ken). However, only a few more episodes into the series, we learn something about Valgarv that we would have never expected...

We knew that Valgarv was a mazoku, it was clear from the start. However, in episode eight, we learned that Valgarv is also an ancient ryuzoku. This surprised not only the viewers, but Lina's group, Xelloss, and even the golden ryuzoku! Sprouting feathery wings from his back, and his arms transforming into long black claws, Valgarv told about the genocide of his kind, the way his kin were killed in cold blood at the hands of the golden ryuzoku. Imagine the pain that Valgarv had to endure, growing up in a world where he was to be hunted as if he was some sort of lesser being. It is a harsh reality, watching loved ones get slaughtered in front of your eyes.

Fortunately for Valgarv, he managed to elude the golden ryuzoku long enough to be killed and brought back as a mazoku by Maryuu-oh Gaav. However, Valgarv must carry the pain and suffering of all of the ancient ryuzoku upon his shoulders on a daily basis. This has led him to a bitter existence. When the only person he could truly trust in was killed, Valgarv had no one left in the world (with the exception of Jiras and Glavos). Doing the only thing he could do, he vowed revenge against the person who was responsible for Maryuu-oh Gaav's death.

Eventually, as the number of allies on Valgarv's side decreased, his hatred for the world increased. His actions became more twisted as he was betrayed by Armace, and took it upon himself to take the Dark Star weapons, Ravdomezehis and Gornova. By this time, not only has his race been executed, but his mentor was killed and he was betrayed by people he thought he could trust. A person can only take so much. With the Ravdomezehis in one hand, and the Gornova in the other, Valgarv declared that he would open the gate of ruin, and bring Dark Star into the (Slayers) world.

He succeeded in doing so, giving up his own life for this ambition, and disappearing into the pitch blackness that is Dark Star. ...... Or so we thought. In the very last few episodes of the series, Valgarv re-appears. However, something about him has changed so greatly that no one could have ever expected it.