Four Holy Beasts

The Four Holy Beasts ((四聖獣); Dub: Digimon Sovereign, Four Sovereign Monsters) are a group of four Ultimate Holy Beast digimon who protect the Digital World and govern its stability. They represent and rule over the cardinal points of the compass — Xuanwumon for the north, Zhuqiaomon for the south, Qinglongmon for the east, and Baihumon for the west. They are led by Huanglongmon, who represents and is enshrined in the "Center", from which he supervises the others. In turn, each of the Four Holy Beasts has three Deva as subordinates. The Four Holy Beasts have reigned over and protected the Digital World since the age of myth, and have passed into legend as beings which are extremely difficult to track down. Baihumon reins over the Folder Continent and File Island, having being seen in the Codec Ruins and the Register Grassland; Xuanwumon lives in the Forest of the Gods, around the Script Forest; and the WWW Continent is home to Qinglongmon and Zhuqiaomon, with Qinglongmon living in the Assembler Tower, and Zhuqiaomon in the Boot Volcano.

However, due to Lucemon descending to the Digital World, Huanglongmon was sealed in the deepest, darkest place within the earth. This caused the Four Holy Beasts to lose their rule and struggle for hegemony, but an equilibrium was established that is still maintained. They are difficult to overthrow with the power of ordinary Ultimate digimon, as their power is set as the highest authority among other Digimon, with strength that is said to be the epitome of gods. Unlike normal Digimon which only have one digicore per body, each of the Four Holy Beasts has twelve DigiCores which float outside their body and channel their immortality and tremendous power. Except for Huanglongmon, who has eight, each of the Four Holy Beasts also has four red, shining eyes.

In 2007, the Seven Great Demon Lords secretly released the crack program Tempest into the Digital World, that affected the Four Holy Beasts, among other digimon, causing world wide rampage as a consequence that eventually led to the L&R War.

=Members and Alignment= Each of the Four Holy Beasts reigns over one of the cardinal points of the Digital World, North, South, East and West. They are also represented by three each of the Twelve Deva which correspond to their Attribute. There is also a fifth member, Huanglongmon, who represents and is enshrined in the "Center", from which he supervises the others.


 * NORTH: Xuanwumon, the two-headed turtle.
 * Kumbhiramon
 * Vajramon
 * Vikaralamon


 * SOUTH: Zhuqiaomon, the sparrow.
 * Indaramon
 * Pajramon
 * Sandiramon


 * EAST: Qinglongmon, the dragon.
 * Andiramon
 * Majiramon
 * Mihiramon


 * WEST: Baihumon, the tiger.
 * Caturamon
 * Makuramon
 * Sinduramon


 * CENTER: Huanglongmon, the dragon.
 * Xuanwumon
 * Zhuqiaomon
 * Qinglongmon
 * Baihumon

Each of them have twelve external Digicores floating around their bodies. Xuanwumon's twelve are in a circle around its tree trunk, Zhuqiaomon has six around its neck and six around its tail, Qinglongmon has three in each of its four sets of claws, Baihumon's twelve are in a circle around its torso, and Huanglongmon's are in two parallel rows of six along its back.

=Other Information= The Four Holy Beasts are derived from the Japanese myth of the Four Guardian Spirits of Kyoto, itself derived from the Chinese myth of the. In ancient Chinese astronomy, the sky is divided into sections, and each section is assigned a mythological creature. Belief in the Four Symbols eventually spread to other parts of Asia, including Japan.
 * Qinglongmon is based on the (青龙; Chinese: Qīng Lóng, Japanese: Seiryū), who is assigned to the East.
 * Zhuqiaomon is based on the (朱雀; Chinese: Zhū Què, Japanese: Suzaku), who is assigned to the South.
 * Baihumon is based on the (白虎; Chinese: Baí Hǔ, Japanese: Byakko), who is assigned to the West.
 * Xuanwumon is based on the (玄武; Chinese: Xuán Wū, Japanese: Genbu), who is assigned to the North.
 * Huanglongmon is based on the (黄龙; Chinese: Huáng Lóng, Japanese: Kōryū or Ōryū), who is assigned to the Center.

=Appearances=

When Miyako goes on a school trip to Kyoto, she ends up encountering Takenouchi Haruhiko, Sora's father, and Kido Shuu, one of Jou's older brothers. Haruhiko, a professor at Kyoto University, and Shuu, his student, explain to her about Kyoto's importance to the Digital World, telling her that Kyoto is the place where it is said that the barrier between the two worlds are at their weakest and that's why Digimon were able to pass. They explain to her about the Four Holy Beasts, who guard the four cardinal points of the city and protect it from evil spirits.

In Digimon Adventure 02 - Episode 37, while protecting the last of the Holy Stones, the Chosen Children use their D-3s on the stone to release Qinglongmon. Qinglongmon explains that the Dark Masters had sealed away the Four Holy Beasts, but remained sealed even as the Dark Masters were defeated. To break the seal, the Chosen had to return to the Digital World and give up the power of their Crests.

Appears in "Loss". In a flashback the Dark Masters battle against the Four Holy Beasts. At the edge of defeat the Holy Beasts evolve.

Xuanwumon is the evolved form of Orochimon.

Gennai tries to get help from the Four Holy Beasts to solve the problem in Odaiba.

While none of the Holy Beasts actually appear in-game, each of the four main cities on each server are named after the cardinal legendary beasts they are named after.

Each of the Four Holy Beasts is an Observer over the individual ranks of Tamers, with Clavis Angemon being in charge of the Platinum rank Tamers.

The Four Holy Beasts appear as collectable cards.

The Four Holy Beasts appear as collectable cards.

After Aiba Takumi or Aiba Ami collects all of the Four Holy Beasts medals, the Medal Man rewards them with 10 Exciting Meats and 3 Best Meats.

After Amasawa Keisuke collects all of the Four Holy Beasts medals, the Medal Man rewards him with 10 Exciting Meats and 3 Best Meats.

Xuanwumon is a member of the Four Holy Beasts. Vikaralamon had travelled to the Human World to the ascertain the threat after a large quantity of devices affected the Digital World. Xuanwumon however considered it to just be a "passing noise" and so travelled to the Human World to retrieve its subordinate.

In Part 9, Truth route, Minase Akiharu explained to Momotsuka Takuma how, in the past, five youths from Kamakura were offered to the Kemonogami to obtain their power. However, one of them had a wicked mind, causing the Kemonogami to turn savage. Due to that, the four strongest Kemonogami now sealed those wild Kemonogami from the four directions. The mural on the first floor of the inner shrine shows Huanglongmon, while the one on the third floor shows these four strongest Kemonogami, which share aspects with the four gods that protected the north, south, east and west in ancient texts. According to Akiharu, the mural depicted how the Master was sealed by the four Kemonogami, and therefore, they should have clues about the Master since he was now running rampant. To learn about their locations, the team decides to go to the amusement park to meet with Jijimon, who indeed knew about them and told them their true name, the Four Holy Beasts, and how they existed to capture, supress and restrain the Master, but their power had weakened. However, no one knew where they were, as no one had seen them as long as Jijimon had lived. Nonetheless, Jijimon thought the Master would aim to destroy them to obtain his full power, so he could be used as a guide to them.

The party met Baihumon soon after, finding his Western Shrine by accident while escaping from the Master. Baihumon easily killed several Kenzoku, then attacked the party, though this turned out to be just a test from his part, which was ended by the appearance of the ghost of his partner, Byakko Boy. Byakko Boy explained how he and four more were sacrificed to obtain the power of the god beasts to govern Japan, but one of their own, Minase Haruchika, was swallowed by said power and went berserk. As such, they now bound him, but wouldn't be able to do so much longer due to the fog destroying the world and the souls in it. Byakko Boy accepted Takuma's desire to save Minase Miyuki, who had been taken by Haruchika, and instructed them to meet with the other three Holy Beasts, as those of the Western Shrine acknowledged their power, and the power of all Four Holy Beasts should be able to return the Master to normal. The Western Shrine was now safe, as they had learned of Byakko Boy and Baihumon and recovered their power to supress Haruchika, but the attacks on the other shrines would be even more fierce, and the other shrines were weakening in the order of north, east, south. While he could not tell them where the other shrines were, the fog would show them the way. Afterwards, they cleared the fog from the amusement park and gave Labramon the ability to evolve into Baihumon herself.

Afterwards, the party met Xuanwumon in Part 10, thanks to Renamon disguised as Haru leading them to the Northern Shrine. However, he was already under attack by the Kenzoku, and was besides himself in pain. Renamon took the chance to reveal themselves and attack Akiharu to sacrifice him to the Master, thus giving him the power to defeat Xuanwumon, thinking that with the power he'd regain he'd have no more use for Miyuki and would free her. However, they're beaten as Taomon, and the fight gave Xuanwumon enough time to get rid of the Kenzoku that attacked him. Angered at the situation, Xuanwumon attacked the party, thinking they were responsible for the Kenzoku. As Taomon pointed out to Takuma, they had a chance to win as Xuanwumon could not use his attack technique, as it had a charge time and he had used it against the Kenzoku, and furthermore, all Four Holy Beasts were weakened. However, Xuanwumon was still covered in a barrier that woudn't let any attack hit him. Takuma refused to give up in spite of this, and wished to find a way to calm Xuanwumon down and make him recognize their strength. Taomon then joined the party, as making the Four Holy Beasts recognize them would allow them to save Miyuki, and taunted Xuanwumon by pointing out that his barrier was a cheap trick, much like what Taomon did earlier. Despite recognizing it as a provocation, Xuanwumon nonetheless lowered his barrier and swore to crush Taomon and the rest with his full strength. Xuanwumon refused to give up and listen to Takuma even after being beaten, and he only stopped after the appearance of Genbu Boy's ghost. While the ghost recognized their strength and how hard they trained, much like the five sacrifices did in the past, Xuanwumon arrogantly pointed out he had just been careless and he wouldn't lose again, though Genbu Boy wasn't as sure of that. Xuanwumon finally listened to Takuma's request to save Miyuki, though he deferred judgement to his partner, who trusted Takuma. As such, they agreed to do what they could, although Genbu Boy knew it wouldn't be enough, and instead offered them knowledge: how humans and Kemonogami were once two halves of a single soul, and how they grew stronger together than they could on their own. He also explained how the world was filled with things that couldn't be quantified with their own values, and Minase Haruchika gained his power by being the first to understand that. Genbu Boy finally asked the party if they were prepared to face the unimaginable difficulties coming their way, which Takuma and the rest resolutely confirmed. Thanks to that answer, and how stunned he was by their progress, Genbu Boy entrusted the party with Xuanwumon's power, giving Floramon the ability to evolve into Xuanwumon. They also cleared the fog from the second island.

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