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- "Oh, mirror mirror. Who is the most beautiful in the whole universe? Of course. Return, Mirror."
- ―Queen Hedrian's first words to Mirror during Musasabilar's attack.[src]
- "General Hedrer is dead. Mirror and Keller too are dead. I am all alone. But don't think you've won, Denziman. I just need a while to rest. May we meet again. Farewell."
- ―Queen Hedrian to the Denzimen before leaving.[src]
- "What is this place? There's no time to be lollygagging here. I must get revenge on those wretched humans who ruined the Vader Clan."
- ―Queen Hedrian upon being revived by Führer Hell Saturn.[src]
- "Damn you, Hell Saturn! I can't die... I can't die like this! I can't give up the throne!"
- ―Queen Hedrian's final words before her death.[src]
Queen Hedrian (ヘドリアン女王 Hedorian Joō) was the queen of the Vader Clan and later the priestess of the Machine Empire Black Magma. She served as the main antagonist of Denshi Sentai Denziman and a major antagonist in Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan.
History[]
Past[]
Queen Hedrian was the queen of the Vader Clan, ruling the group from her throne within her Vader Castle that emerges from the Vader Dimension which exists beyond the reach of our own. She began attacking different parts of the universe as she wanted to be the only beautiful thing in the universe even if she had to kill everyone in existence. Hedrian and her forces were active as far back as three-thousand years, when she discovered the beautiful world of Denzi and immediately became repulsed by it. Sending down the Vader Monster known as Umitsular, she corroded the world, destroying its beauty and its infrastructure, ultimately leading to its collapse. While Hedrian witnessed this great, advanced world fall to her destructive ways, the people of Denzi prepared multiple measures to face her even if they were not going to survive the Vader invasion. Building DaiDenzin and Denzi Land protected by a robot dog to run and watch over their technology, the Denzi used the last of their advanced technology to send their progress to another world before their planet finally was completely destroyed; all lifeforms dead and the world completely uninhabitable. Luckily, a small caravan of Denzi lead by their ruler, Princess Denzi, were off planet when Hedrian attacked the world and followed the technology to the planet where the fortress ultimately ended up: Earth. With the Vader no longer in pursuit, Princess Denzi leaves several members of her caravan on the planet to protect the fortress, the technology and the robot dog in case Hedrian gets wind of the world being where it ended up; the caravan would ultimately blend in with the planet's population, their powers remaining to protect this until the day Hedrian finally discovered their whereabouts. TV STORY-Ep. 7: The Great Tragedy of Planet Denzi
Denziman[]
Emerging on Earth in 1980, three thousand years after Denzi’s fall, Queen Hedrian sends Musasabilar to destroy Japan's defenses. However, with her arrival, the technology within the fortress Denzi Land activates with its guardian, Denzi Dog IC, awakening to find those to use the advanced, ancient tech to fight her. He then recruits five adults to form the new the Denshi Sentai Denshimen who manage to defeat the Vader Monster. Upon learning of the return of Denzi Land, Hedrian is horrified and declares war on the Earth. TV STORY-Ep. 1: Take the Express to the Super Fortress
Despite using multiple methods, from Vader Monsters to her own black magic, Hedrian has a hard time dealing with the Denziman, coming to have headaches and sleepless nights where she worries about them coming to get her.
Even with the Denziman's continued success against the Vader Clan, an even greater, more unpredictable force ultimately arrives: the wandering barbarian known as Demon King Banriki. When he arrives on Earth, he not only attacks the Denziman but deliberately invades Vader Castle and starts causing a ruckus, eating a Vader Monster egg and becoming a nuisance to the interdimensional invaders. Ultimately. both sides decide to ally with each other against the common threat of the Denziman but Banriki mostly lays about causing trouble whilst watching over Hedrian's schemes and laughing at the Vader's failures. TV STORY-Ep. 37: Brute Force Demon King Banriki
Ultimately, Banriki rebels against the Vader forces and takes over as the new leader of the Vader Clan but Hedrian immediately gets to work removing him by having two Vader Monsters save her and her servants to retake the castle. She then "executes" Banriki by turning him into a life-like mannequin to be used for holding candles. TV STORY-Ep. 48: Demon King Banriki's Rebellion
But, even though Hedrian appeared to finally retake control, Banriki's final plan is already set in motion as one of her Vader Monster eggs reveals itself to be his ultimate weapon: the will-power manipulating Banriki Monster. Using the help of the lazy but powerful creature, Demon King Banriki once again retakes Vader Castle with greater force than before. The humiliation is made worse as Hedrian is forced to watch her loyal subjects go to their death under the control of the barbarian: her beloved General Hedrer decides to die in battle against the Denziman to free himself from Banriki's rule whilst Keller is killed protecting the queen. TV STORY-Ep. 49: The Great Disaster in Vader Castle
Ultimately, Mirror becomes the final means of her salvation by spying on Banriki to find out the Banriki Monster's weak point which she reveals to IC and the Denziman. As the Banriki Monster finally falls, Mirror likewise is killed protecting Hedrian but blinds Banriki in the process to the point that the Denziman finally can finish him off. The Denzimen then storm the Vader Castle and confront Hedrian but, with her people dead and nothing left to fight for her, Hedrian escapes from the Vader Castle. Before she leaves though, she leaves an illusion of herself to give a final message to the Denziman; regardless of working together to stop Banriki, their battle isn't over and that she will return someday to defeat them even as they are forced to flee once she destroys the Vader Castle. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Resound, Bells of Hope!
Sun Vulcan[]
Sometime after abandoning Vader Castle, Hedrian somehow becomes frozen in ice and drifts towards the North Pole where her body is discovered by Führer Hell Saturn of the Machine Empire Black Magma. TV STORY-Ep. 4: The Boy Detective and the Spy
Knowing of her and having problems dealing with the current Sentai team Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan, Hell Saturn creates a mechanical heart by order of the Omnipotent God and uses it to revive Hedrian in order to assist his organization. Although she is reluctant to join Black Magma as she seeks revenge on the Denziman, Hell Saturn reveals that she can't survive outside of the Iron Claw Castle since the new heart remade her as a mecha human. He then gives Hedrian the position of assisting Black Magma by allowing her to perform magic and sacrifices to appease his great leader, the Omnipotent God which she gratefully accepts. TV STORY-Ep. 5: The Wicked Sun God
However, Hedrian quickly starts to take over day-to-day commands within Black Magma and reshape the organization in her own image. She starts to guide the development of the Monger creations of the group whilst at the same time becoming obsessed in doing things that she wants on a whim against her leader's will, including stealing jewelry or the latest fashion for herself so no one else will have it. TV STORY-Ep. 12: The Queen Who Eats Diamonds
When the leader of Hell Saturn's Zero Girls is killed in an attack, she summons former Vader Clan member Amazon Killer to become the new leader of his female warrior corps in her place and in the process further shaping Black Magma to her own desires. TV STORY-Ep. 23: The Female Commander of Galaxy Haunts
Hedrian's control of Black Magma tightens to a point that Hell Saturn complains that she is having a greater influence on what the organization did than he does, but is forced to merely put up with it due to her power.
During one particular incident, Queen Hedrian nearly becomes overwhelmed and sickened due to the awakening of a supremely powerful descendant of planet Denzi. This descendant, Himiko Kitazawa, possesses a massive power that even she can't control, forcing her to abandon her previous life and hole up as a nun in a convent. In order to find her and eliminate the pain, she first attempts to kill active ESPers before deciding to round up and gas all ESPers in Japan, including Himiko's sister Kamiko. TV STORY-Ep. 36: The ESPer
With no other choice, Himiko comes to their aid by fighting Hedrian directly in a massive battle of magic vs. psychic ability before her powers short out and nearly allow Hedrian to kill her before Sun Vulcan save her life and force Hedrian to retreat albeit with her headaches and pain likewise gone due to the calming of Himiko's ability. TV STORY-Ep. 37: Himiko!
After the arrival of Inazuma Ginga, Hedrian begins a multi-tiered operation to use both the outlaw and Hell Saturn to turn them against each other. She uses Amazon Killer (Ginga’s former partner) to feed support to Inazuma Ginga whilst shooting predictions to Hell Saturn that "one of his own will take him down." TV STORY-Ep. 45: The Galaxy's Invincible Electric Man
Ultimately, the Black Magma leader and the space pirate turn against one another with Inazuma Ginga killing Hell Saturn and thus ending his reign. With his death, Queen Hedrian is elected to be Black Magma's new leader which returns her to a position of supreme power once again. TV STORY-Ep. 47: The Machine Empire's Rebellion
Regardless of Hedrian finally becoming a queen once again, her actions are not without consequence as Inazuma Ginga begins to plot to take advantage of the planet's resources (primarily Sun Vulcan Robo) in hopes of conquering Earth for himself. Further, Hell Saturn us not quite dead with his ghost "brought back" into a physical form by the Omnipotent God, to haunt her for what she has done. Both Hell Saturn and the Omnipotent God plot against Hedrian and prevent her from having success, giving her sleepless nights and even sabotaging a Monger creation in hopes of proving that she isn't able to get away with what she had done. TV STORY-Ep. 48: The Stolen Giant Carrier
However, the Omnipotent God's greatest act bringing down Hedrian is the manipulation of the robotic heart Hell Saturn gave her prior, making it start to rust which will kill her. Feeling the pressure to prove herself to the Omnipotent God, the witch uses her Vader magic once again to summon Misa Arashiyama to the Iron Claw Castle under the pretense of making her a ritual sacrifice to appease the god. However, just as Hedrian prepares to strike a dagger into Misa's heart, her mechanical heart finally gives out and she stumbles to her throne before dying for good. TV STORY-Ep. 49: The Queen's Last Apparition Art
Queen Hedrian appears one final time as a ghost within the Omnipotent God's chamber as it torments the Sun Vulcan to surrender. She vanishes into oblivion after the master that "revived" her is killed. TV STORY-Final Ep.: Shine, North Pole Aurora
Turboranger[]
Queen Hedrian is one of the villeins recalled by the narrator among many other past Sentai villains. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Great Gathering of 10 Sentai: Counting on You! Turboranger
Gaoranger[]
Queen Hedrian is among the villeins recalled by the narrator as beings that threatened the Earth only to be defeated by the various Sentai. TV STORY-Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai
Akibaranger[]
Hiroyo Hakase says that, in her opinion, Queen Hedrian is the strongest female villain in the history of Super Sentai. TV STORY-Ep. 5: Laaaaaame! ☆ Yellow Mama
Hedrian's return in Sun Vulcan is mentioned when the chronicle is used as a cover story Tsu Shogun invents for ©Na to explain her return. TV STORY-Ep. 3: Martial Arts Delusion
When ©Na replaces the Super Sentai Series with her own Super ©Na Series, she takes Hedrian's place in Extra Dimensional Queen ©Na vs. the Denzimen. TV STORY-Ep. 11: Delusional Cemetery
Personality[]
Hedrian had a peculiar stance in regards to beauty: she admired beautiful things but believed herself and her group as the only ones who deserved to have such things, from actual beautiful objects within her castle to things such as physical beauty or just having perfect teeth. Whenever she saw another civilization that possessed beauty, she became intent on destroying it, trying to reduce them into a state of embracing the gross and disgusting so she could remain the only beauty in the entire universe. She was willing to do anything to that end, from murdering beautiful people to creating schemes that allow for beauty to be replaced by the disgusting and repulsive. She primarily did this through her minions in the Vader Clan and the Vader Monsters. Hedrian respected and cares about her Vader Monsters to the point that, if one died, she kept their head so she could mourn their loss.
After joining the Black Magma, Hedrian became extremely ambitious and treacherous to gain power in Black Magma to the point of having her allies kill each other to give her more power. However, her ambition became her undoing since it led the Omnipotent God to kill her due to her overambition.
Forms[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Magic: Queen Hedrian was a very skilled magic user and could utilize it to great effect:
- Vader Monster Summoning: Queen Hedrian could use her magic to summon specific Vader Monsters when required such as Umitsular.
- Empowerment: Queen Hedrian could use her magic to enhance other beings such as Akumalar.
- Illusions: Queen Hedrian was able to generate an illusion of herself to speak with the Denzimen after leaving.
- Mind Control: By the time of Sun Vulcan, Queen Hedrian was able to use her powers to force others to come to her as she did to Misa during her final gambit against the will of the Omnipotent God.
Abilities[]
- Weapons Combat: Queen Hedrian was able to fight and overwhelm Führer Hell Saturn in battle.
Weaknesses[]
- Headaches (formerly): Queen Hedrian used to suffer from extreme and excessive headaches caused by overuse of her powers. After her encounter with Himiko, this weakness was eliminated by Himiko’s healing powers.
- Psychic Burnout: Queen Hedrian's powers could burn out from over-use, allowing Hedrian to nearly kill her.
Arsenal[]
- Dagger: Queen Hedrian tried to kill Misa with a dagger but died before she could.
Vader Monsters[]
- Shabonlar (2)
- Chikagerilar (3)
- Rupankamelar (4)
- Higekitakolar (6)
- Umitsular (7)
- Deadbolar (17)
- Hamigakilar (24)
- Saxophonelar (33)
- Akumalar (39)
- Ninpolar (42)
- Sakkalar (48)
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
to be added
Abilities[]
to be added
Weaknesses[]
to be added
Arsenal[]
to be added
Monger Monsters[]
- Devil Monger (5)
- Machine Monger (6)
- Baseball Monger (7)
- Diamond Monger (12)
- Time Monger (15)
- Vaulting Box Monger (16)
- Gas Monger (17)
- Hungry Monger (26)
- Crystal Monger (28)
- Rose Monger (Red Rose Fencer) (29)
- Crab Monger (33)
- Curse Monger (34)
- Satan Monger (36 & 37)
- Centipede Monger (39)
- Dragon Monger (42)
- Mummy Monger (48) (Final Monger and, by extension, final monster overall)
Relationships[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Queen Hedrian was played by Machiko Soga, best known as Witch Bandora from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and by extension Rita Repulsa from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- Despite the death of Machiko Soga, there were plans for Queen Hedrian to feature as part of Dai-Zangyack in the 2012 film Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen. This was ultimately scrapped due to Soga's death. [1]
Design[]
- Queen Hedrian was designed by character designer Ryuu Noguchi. She was clearly supposed to invoke the Evil Queen from Snow White as lampshaded in her first scene which was a parallel to the movie.
Concept Art[]
Etymology[]
- Although Marvel Comics did not have as direct an influence on Denziman as they did on previous season Battle Fever J, they did have an influence in Queen Hedrian with her color schemes and design based on Hela, a goddess villainess of Marvel hero Thor.
Notes[]
- Sun Vulcan was originally going to be a direct sequel to Denshiman with the Black Magma being an organization led by Hedrian returning for revenge. Plans for this were shelved after Toei decided to stick to introducing a new team every year. To resolve Queen Hedrian's promise to return, they had her join the Black Magma as a general.
- Hedrian was the only major villain to appear in two seasons.
Appearances[]
- Denshi Sentai Denziman
- Ep. 1: Take the Express to the Super Fortress
- Ep. 2: The Cannibalism Soap Bubbles
- Ep. 3: Oil Hell, Big Panic
- Ep. 4: Vader Demon Castle, Pursuit
- Ep. 5: The Red Poison Flower That Crawls up the Wall
- Ep. 6: A Girl's Demon Offshoot
- Ep. 7: The Great Tragedy of Denzistar
- Ep. 8: The Skeleton Town's Great Demon King
- Ep. 9: The Bizarre Telephone That Calls Death
- Ep. 10: Magical Cooking Love!?
- Ep. 11: Chase the Life-Stealer
- Ep. 12: The Dangerous Child Spy
- Ep. 13: The Popped Rainbow Balloons
- Ep. 14: Come to the 100-Point Cram School
- Ep. 15: An Invitation to the Garden of Evil
- Ep. 16: Smash the Hot Sea Conspiracy
- Ep. 17: Don't Cry! Baseball Novice
- Ep. 18: Romance Blooms at the Southern Sea
- Ep. 19: My Prince of the Stars
- Ep. 20: Gorilla Boy's Great Riot
- Ep. 21: Attack the Grim Reaper Faction
- Ep. 22: Super Time, Strange Experience
- Ep. 23: A Demon That Walks Above the Ceiling
- Ep. 24: The Trapping Superhuman
- Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
- Ep. 25: The Tiger's Hole is an Escape Maze
- Ep. 26: Princess Denzi's Space Tune
- Ep. 27: Red Rhinoceros Beetle Bomb
- Ep. 28: The Secret Butcher of the Cursed House
- Ep. 29: The ESPer Detective's Raid
- Ep. 30: Missing, Stolen, Gone
- Ep. 31: The Magician's Battle of Secret Arts
- Ep. 32: The Great Shooting Battle of Hell
- Ep. 33: The Bloodsucking Instrument Lesson
- Ep. 34: The Sad Orphan's Tale
- Ep. 35: The Puzzling Weaver Princess
- Ep. 36: Poem of the Brave Puppy
- Ep. 37: Brute Force Banriki Demon King
- Ep. 38: The Infinite Demon Sky's Great Adventure
- Ep. 39: The Queen's Angry Apparition Art
- Ep. 40: The Champion's Enemy
- Ep. 41: The Greatest All-Out War in History
- Ep. 42: The Bad Dream That Consumed a Boy
- Ep. 43: The Puzzling Spectrum Lady
- Ep. 44: The Tale of the Strange Lamp
- Ep. 45: Princess Denzi was Two People
- Ep. 46: Starvation Hell X Plan
- Ep. 47: The Mermaid Who Disappeared in the Morning Sun
- Ep. 48: Banriki Demon King's Rebellion
- Ep. 49: Vader Castle Big Disaster
- Ep. 50: The Shogun Dies Twice
- Final Ep.: Resound, Bells of Hope!
- Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
- Ep. 4: Boy, Detective Work and Spy
- Ep. 5: The Wicked Sun God
- Ep. 6: The House Dominated by Machines
- Ep. 7: Beast Batter Tears
- Ep. 8: The Song of Diligence Sung by Father
- Ep. 9: Papa Became a Monster
- Ep. 10: The Ambushing Poison Spider Mansion
- Ep. 11: The Mecha Girl of Sadness
- Ep. 12: The Queen Who Eats Diamonds
- Ep. 13: The Living Black Ball
- Ep. 14: The Day the Earth Surrenders
- Ep. 15: The Queen's Greed Dance
- Ep. 16: A Demon Runs the Schoolyard
- Ep. 17: Ghost Story! The Valley of Goblins
- Ep. 18: The Surprising Big Star
- Ep. 19: The Dangerous 100-Point Boys'
- Ep. 20: The Machine Wrestler's Trap
- Ep. 21: Love Brought by the Sea Breeze
- Ep. 22: Tokyo's Big Panic!
- Ep. 23: The Female Commander of Galaxy Haunts
- Ep. 24: Hamanako's Nessie
- Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie
- Ep. 25: The Hole of the Shocking Sea Serpent
- Ep. 26: Starving Filling Cooking
- Ep. 27: A Midsummer Night's Great Fear
- Ep. 28: Is Sukehachi Friend or Foe?
- Ep. 29: Pretty Swordsman, White Rose Mask
- Ep. 30: The Giant Monster of the Big Riot Dream
- Ep. 31: The Great Tokyo Numbing Ondo
- Ep. 32: Arrest the Face-Thief
- Ep. 33: The Hateful, Stylish Thief
- Ep. 34: The Cursed Dead
- Ep. 35: Friends!? La Cucaracha
- Ep. 36: The ESPer
- Ep. 37: Himiko!
- Ep. 38: Asao Hyou's Dad-Lord
- Ep. 39: The Tomboy that Falls on Her Rear
- Ep. 40: The Best Friend Assassination Angel
- Ep. 41: The Quick-Changing Doronpa Tanuki
- Ep. 42: Daydreams of Boys Who Sleep In
- Ep. 43: You Can Be a Genius Too
- Ep. 44: The Great Escape - Heli Explosion
- Ep. 45: The Galaxy's Invincible Electric Man
- Ep. 46: The Female Commander's (Secret) Plan
- Ep. 47: The Machine Empire's Rebellion
- Ep. 48: The Giant Aircraft Carrier has been Stolen
- Ep. 49: The Queen's Last Appirition Art
- Final Ep.: Shine, North Pole Aurora
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
- Ep. 1: The Great Gathering of 10 Sentai: Counting on You! Turboranger (archive footage only)
- Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai (archive footage only)
References[]
- ↑ Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen Pamphlet Interview
Footnotes[]