Toushin Gamma

"RedEye, on Toushin Gamma."

- ME found this body during the Dark Lord War. This dead BODY belongs to ME now. It’s strong and durable. Perfect for ME. JUST WATCH. Mm～～. Perfect. Cool.

About
Toushin Gamma was the third Toushin constructed by the Holy Magic Sect for use in the Dark Lord War.

While nearly all details relating to Toushin Gamma are unknown, it is stated to have been operated by a male mage who was a close friend of Freak Paraffin, one of the founding members of the Holy Magic Sect, suggesting that he was a fairly influential member of the organization.

At some point during the Dark Lord War, Gamma encountered the Dark Lord RedEye in battle and captivated it with its great strength. RedEye attempted to capture and control Gamma to utilize its power for itself, but was unable to get the Toushin to let its guard down enough to do so.

Later on into the war, Gamma's Toushin Toshi was sunk from the air, in the process destroying its mummified operator and rendering it permanently deactivated. Its ruined body was eventually found by RedEye, who took advantage of its non-functioning state to seize control over it as it had previously intended. Combining Gamma’s mighty strength with its own unparalleled Magic, RedEye attained power comparable to that of the Four Elite Dark Lords and became an even more terrifying force of destruction.

Long after the collapse of the Holy Magic Sect and the end of the Dark Lord War, the ruins of Gamma's Toushin Toshi became one of the sites of foundation for the Magic Kingdom of Zeth. The leaders of Zeth harnessed the tremendous amount of magical energy that could be stored in and released from the crashed floating fortress' mana battery as a means of powering the nation. The surplus of magical energy granted to Zeth by the mana batteries of Gamma and other crashed Toushin Toshis allowed it to become the most magically-advanced country in the world and a global superpower rivaling the military goliaths of Leazas and Helman. The Zethan Government eventually commissioned the construction of a building, known as Champion Tower, over the ruins of Toushin Toshi Gamma, which became one of the centers of the nation's administration and security as well as the residence of one of the Four Lords of Zeth, the primary political leaders of the state after the royal family.

During the events of Rance VI, Champion Tower was infiltrated by the resistance movement Ice Flame's Blue Squad with the intention of finding and destroying its mana battery as part of Operation Liberate the Motherland; a collaboration with the terrorist organization Pentagon to cripple Zeth's national security and throw the government of the country into political turmoil. The group was intercepted by Anise Sawatari, the subordinate of Champion Tower's master Chizuko Yamada, who attempted to subdue them using her magic only to misfire and accidentally strike the mana battery she was meant to protect. The force of Anise's magic destroyed the battery, creating an explosion that wiped out all of the Blue Squad other than its captain Abert Safety. The loss of Gamma's mana battery dealt a severe blow to the Zethan government, creating a disturbance that would eventually lead to the Collapse of Zeth.

In the year LP0007, Zeth was suddenly invaded by a large division of the Monster Army from its border with the Kinani Desert, sparking the beginnings of what would become known as the 2nd Dark Lord War. RedEye led a group of Monsters along the outskirts of the country, intending to move into the Crystal Forest and ransack the Kalar village of Pencilcow. On its way to the forest, RedEye's army was attacked by a squad of the Zeth Army that included Anise among its ranks. Anise engaged RedEye in battle and succeeded in destroying one of Gamma's arms, throwing the parasitic Dark Lord into a frenzied rage over its supposed weakness. No longer convinced that it was the strongest body it could attain, RedEye instantly detached itself from Gamma and abandoned the derelict Toushin on the battlefield, where it is presumed to have remained since.

Toushin Gamma makes a physical appearance in the non-canonical Kichikuou Rance, where it is portrayed as still being under RedEye's control and acts alongside it throughout both the War of the Factions and the invasion of the Human Realm.

If Freak is sent into battle against RedEye, he will recognize Gamma and express outrage over the Dark Lord's puppeteering of its body. After trying and failing to destroy Gamma and free it from RedEye's control with his own power, Freak resolves to transfer his consciousness into the body of his own forsaken Toushin, Toushin Omega, in order to acquire the strength needed to do so. While Freak is ultimately killed during his attempt at destroying RedEye while operating Toushin Omega, his sacrifice allows the Leazas Army to finally put an end to the parasite after defeating Gamma, avenging his friend's honor and liberating the enslaved Rona Kestina and her bloodline from its oppression.

If RedEye is defeated in battle before Freak faces it as Omega, Gamma's body will be destroyed beyond repair, forcing the Dark Lord to command Rona to flee to parts unknown while carrying it.

Personality and Appearance
Toushin Gamma was a large mechanical construct with a vaguely humanoid shape, sporting a wide, disk-shaped head atop a steel-plated body with a green crystal embedded into its chest. Its arms were long and outstretched, ending in hands with two tubular fingers, while its legs were comparatively squat and encased in a metal skirt. As with several other Toushin, Gamma's face resembled a mask, lacking any features beyond two eye holes and a white mark depicting the Greek letter Gamma (Γ) on its forehead. Gamma appeared exclusively after it had been forcibly deactivated and taken over by the Dark Lord RedEye, causing its body to be covered in rust and the plating covering its neck to be totally removed, exposing its internal wiring and skeletal structure and giving it an overall decrepit appearance. While under RedEye's control, Gamma also notably lacked the distinct glow that other Toushin emit from one of their eyes, signifying that it was no longer operational.

As it only appeared long after its operator had perished, little is known of Toushin Gamma's original personality. RedEye expressed a great amount of pride in it while possessing its body, and gleefully referred to it as perfectly strong and durable to compliment its own greatness. This attachment was purely superficial, however, as the Dark Lord callously abandoned it without hesitation the moment when it sustained significant damage in battle, considering it worthless if it could not easily defeat all that stood in its way. As a member of the Holy Magic Sect, it is presumed that Gamma's original operator would have been entirely against becoming the plaything of a Dark Lord; a theory supported by Freak, who knew the man personally, referring to RedEye's possession of it as a disgrace to the departed.

Abilities
As a Toushin, Gamma was an extraordinarily powerful warrior in possession of devastating destructive potential comparable to that of a Dark Lord, along with a durable body that made it highly resistance to physical attacks. Its power increased even further when possessed by the Dark Lord RedEye, who was able to channel its own tremendous magic through it to deadly effect. When under RedEye's control, Gamma was capable of fighting on equal ground against the Supreme Dark Lord Hornet in a duel that utilized such level magic that it permanently altered the atmosphere of the battlefield it took palce on to a point where it was noxious even to other Dark Lords; a feat impressive enough to easily rank the pair among the most powerful creatures on the Continent. Due to its metallic body, however, Gamma was not covered by RedEye's Invincibility Field, making it susceptible to attacks regardless of whether or not they came from a weapon capable of damaging Dark Lords.

Trivia

 * Toushin Gamma was intended to appear alongside RedEye even after Kichikuou Rance, with concept artwork from as late as 2011 depicting the Dark Lord being attached to it. It was only when formal development on Rance X's story began that it was determined that Gamma would not make an appearance in the main story, both as a way of placing more emphasis on RedEye's parasitic abilities and to accommodate major changes to the Holy Magic Sect's role in the Rance Series established in Rance IX, which was developed alongside Rance X. The series' development staff anticipated fan outcry over Gamma's absence from Rance X ahead of its release, and had the character Nunuhara Cabbage issue a brief apology for it during her in-game commentary on RedEye as compensation.
 * Anise Sawatari is responsible for both the destruction of Toushin Gamma's mana battery and the destruction of its main body.