Vector's History
Centuries ago, Vector was born the human son of a ruthless warrior king. Shortly after his birth, the infant Vector received "Number 65: Djinn Buster", which fell into his crib from the sky. Years later, Vector's father fell ill, causing control of the country's military to fall to Vector. Not wishing to fight, he brokered a peace treaty with those they were at war with. This enraged his father, who insisted those kingdoms were close to becoming part of his. In a rage, he attacked his son with his own sword, but Vector's mother sacrificed herself to save him. After his mother died, his father fell prey to his illness. Don Thousand appeared before him and modified his memories by giving him "Number 104: Masquerade".[12] Vector then remembered this event as he himself having killed both his parents.[22] Thousand's actions corrupted Vector, causing him grief over his parents' death, resulting in his becoming just like his father.[12]
Vector became a vicious monarch and conqueror of other kingdoms, much like his father. He eventually led a fleet of ships to the United Lands of the Poseidon Ocean, ruled by the past incarnations of Nash and Marin. He launched an assault using these ships and several "Gorgonic Guardians".[23] Though very effective at the first, the gorgons were defeated with their own powers by reflecting them with mirror shields. When one of his men tried to talk him out of this particular conquest, Vector murdered him, then ordered his other men to throw his body into the ocean as a sacrifice to Abyss. He was pleased when Marin attempted to sacrifice herself to Abyss, but was very annoyed when Dumon attempted to rescue her but failed. Instead, Marin's sacrifice brought forth another ocean god, which purified Abyss.[24]
Knowing they cannot engage two ocean gods, Vector then ordered a retreat and later initiated war against Nash's kingdom.[25] Vector eventually led Nash to a secret tunnel, in what would eventually become a "Number" ruin, which also featured Don Thousand's Emblem above the doorway. There, he challenged him to a Shadow Duel, with the rules being that the more monsters that were sent to the Graveyard, the more of the owner's troops would die. Vector's mill strategy resulted in the decimation of Nash's army, though Nash himself won the Duel.[26] Vector survived though, and limped back to his own kingdom. He then executed his servants and everyone else in the kingdom, as they had continually urged him to stop the war (in the dub, Vector exiled them). Nash pursued him and the two Dueled again, with Nash winning once again.[22] Upon losing, Vector was overwhelmed by the souls of the people he slaughtered, dragging him to the darkest abyss as his punishment to be purged for all horrible things done in his nature.[13]
Vector holding Marin hostage as Nash watches on.
Following his death, Vector was reincarnated as one of the Seven Barian Emperors, as his soul was one that was connected to a Mythyrian "Number" card, which had sealed Thousand's power.[27] Vector had no memory of his previous life, due to the "Over-Hundred Number" that he received from Don Thousand.[28] Nash and Marin had also been reincarnated as Barians and Nash was leader of the group. Vector often clashed with Nash's leadership. After Nash had annoyed him enough to score 100,000,000 (1,000,000 in the dub) "points" on a scale Vector created, Vector took Marin hostage. When Nash intervened, Vector used "Giant Sky Sword" to open a bottomless rift and threw Marin into it, while using a spell to cause Nash to follow her.[11] Vector believed them dead[24], while Dumon believed they had simply vanished and assumed leadership of the group from them in the interim.[29]
Vector first meets Dr. Faker.
Due to the Barian and Astral Worlds both being made of energy, the two could not directly interact with one another, despite being at war.[18] The Astral World wished to destroy the Barian World in order to purge Chaos. This prompted the Barian World to attempt counterattacks. Both worlds focused on the recovery of the "Number" cards as part of their plans.[25] Vector schemed to use humans as pawns in his plan.
Five years before the World Duel Carnival, when Dr. Faker opened the door to the Barian World, Vector appeared before him. Making him believing that Hart Tenjo could only be kept alive were the powers from the Barian World, Faker then agreed to collect the "Numbers" for Vector in order to destroy the Astral World. If Faker did not complete his task, Vector would take Hart for himself.[18]
Sometime after Byron Arclight was cast into the Barian World, he was rescued by the Emperors, with Vector also enlisting him to collect "Numbers" and destroy the Astral World. In exchange, Byron would be able to take revenge on Dr. Faker.[30]
World Duel Carnival Fi
