Blood Memories

"Miracle Tou"

- describing Blood Memories.

About
Blood Memories, also called The Demonic Blood Pool, was an entity created by Supreme God Planner in order to flood the world with destruction and despair. It was devised in order to fulfill Ludo-Rathowm's childish desire for entertainment through chaos on the world he created.

This calamitous force is the abstract essence that exists within the blood of the Demon Kings, filling them with constant urges for chaos and corrupting their characters into heartless monsters addicted to mayhem. How strong its presence is varies among each individual Demon King, with the weaker the Demon King is the weaker the Demonic Blood Pool's influence within him. Not everyone is compatible with it however, and a peculiar talent for destruction burning within a potential host is necessary in order for Blood Memories to merge with the individual. Being nearly as old as the world itself, Blood Memories has existed within Kkulf Kkulf, Avel, Ssulal, Nighcisa, Gele, Gi, Little Princess and Rance, making it a total of 8 Demon Kings that were born from its guidance.

During the events of Rance X: Part 2 an unprecedented incident on the continent took place when the 1st Class Goddess Quelplan, who at the time was in a mindless Kaiju form, swallowed Demon King Rance. The Demon King spent some time trapped until he was able to get out through force and tenacity. The divine beast, in possession of the ability to absorb the powers of those it consumes, was able to absorb Rance's Demon King powers, assimilating Blood Memories in the process and becoming the new Demon King while Rance recovered his humanity. However, because 1st Class Gods are eternal and incorruptible entities designed by the Supreme Gods to be completely immutable, Quelplan's body began to reject the Demonic Pool. Coiled in an endless mutual contradiction between the two entities, the Goddess began experiencing overwhelming agony until she finally expelled the Demonic essence from her body, losing consciousness and returning to her original form. The event resulted in the physical manifestation of Blood Memories, who then attempted to act based on its hard-coded desires to bring destruction to the world.

Following its emergence, Rance decided to confront it, encouraging the others on the scene to follow him and inspiring them with his bravado. El as well as their party assisted their father in the battle, fighting alongside him and the Dark Lords that were part of his faction. Preparing for battle, Blood Memories manifested through the residual memories of every Demon King in history, from most recent to oldest, mimicking their appearances and fighting styles. After a long titanic battle, Blood Memories ran out of options following its loss on Kkulf Kkulf's form, returning to its crude form. Reduced to its most basic state, Rance performed one final attack on it with Chaos, effectively destroying it and erasing the Demon King System from existence.

Abilities
Being the representative of the Demon King System, Blood Memories has the ability to fill the giving Demon King with thoughts of chaos, destruction and utter hatred towards the Protagonist Race. No matter how peaceful or kindhearted a given individual is, its influence will inevitably turn them into insane and cruel monsters with an intense hostility towards the Protagonist Race. However, depending on the individual strength of the person it is inhabiting, the impact Blood Memories is able to exert varies greatly, with a Demon King such as Ssulal possessing a somewhat tame bloodlust. It is also possible to keep it under control for some time, as Rance was able to suppress it for considerably long periods of time, but even he would reach his limit at 5 years. The continent also harbors a rare fruit named Hirami Lemons that is capable of completely subduing Blood Memories for a limited period of time, although said lemons lose effectiveness over time the more they're used. Reset Kalar's Hand of Klausen is also able to temporarily suppress the influence of Blood Memories.

Blood Memories also grants its host a grotesque amount of power, making even the weakest individuals extremely powerful creatures surpassing even 2nd Class Gods. It also grants them the multiple abilities and traits inherent to the Demon King System like the Invincibility Field, the fixed lifespan of 1000 years and the ability to create Dark Lords. However, while it is an entity present in the Demon King's blood, its will is unable to influence those outside of the Demon King's body, which is why Dark Lords are able to keep their free will not feeling a desire for destruction unless it's on their own accord. The residue of its powers allows the Demon King to control Dark Lords like completely subservient servants in exchange of their enhanced powers.

Beyond its abilities within the system, the physical manifestation of the Blood Pool is also an extremely powerful existence in its own right, displaying powers surpassing most of the Gods although not quite on the same level as a full-fledged Demon King. In order to defeat it, a combined effort of the entire El Party at its strongest, a level 400 Rance and all his Dark Lords was required, making it without question the most powerful enemy Rance has towered in battle during his lifespan. Befitting its name, Blood Memories possesses the ability to keep records of the Soul data of all the previous generations of Demon Kings, allowing it to imitate their appearance and fighting abilities in order to engage in battle.

Trivia

 * Blood Memories is the final boss battle of the Rance Series.
 * "Blood Memories" is also the name of the final battle BGM that plays during the encounter against it.