Dolem

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In the anime/manga series RahXephon, Dolem (or Dorem) are great mysterious beings that are used as super-weapons.

"Dolem" is used in the English versions of RahXephon, while the Japanese versions sometimes write "Dorem". Japanese phonology gives the same pronunciation to "r" and "l".

The name "Dolem" is derived from the first three notes in the C major scale, "Do-Re-Mi". It also sounds like "golem" and the Italian word "dolere" (to ache).

Within the RahXephon universe, proper Dolems are designated by TERRA as D1. The smaller fighter craft Dotem (with T instead of L) are designated as D2.

Dolem are made of clay, like golem, but are animated by a musical force resembling magic. The Mu, with their technological advantage, have access to Dolem while the red-blooded humans do not. The story does not make clear the details of Dolem creation, nor the degree to which Dolem creation depends on technology. As a by-product of his efforts to create Dolem and re-set the Xephon system, Ernst von Bähbem raises the human technological level; this shows that a certain level of technology and science is needed. Technology alone, however, seems to be insufficient to create Dolems: Individual mystical and musical abilities, as well as heredity, seem to be instrumental for creating Dolem and for operating the Xephon system. ^[1]

Each D1 Dolem is bound to a Mulian. When a Dolem is destroyed, this Mulian is killed as well.

[edit] List of Dolem

Contents: Top - A B D F G L M O R S V

[edit] A

• Allegretto — A Dolem that defends the capital of Japan. It has large bird-like wings and resembles a humanoid female figure. It is able to produce a shield and attacks using a head-mounted beam weapon that pivots 360 degrees, and looks like an angel's halo.

• Alternate — Two 161 foot Dolems that, at first, appears as one. While split in two, it trapps Ayato and Elvy in a mirrored phase space. After killing it once, RahXephon turns back time, bringing it back to life. It is finally defeated by Vermillion.

• Arpeggio — Appears high in orbit above Nirai Kanai. TERRA's attacks are unable to reach it, as Arpeggio is out of their attack range. It emitts a D-1 Aria that only Ayato and Quon can hear. It sends them a message from Maya. RahXephon eventually shoots it down with an arrow generated from its palms.

[edit] B

• Brillante — A Dolem that is shown with Obbligato. Obbligato uses Brillante as a platform.

[edit] D

• Dolem Hosts — Humans who controls the Dolems that are in combat. Obbligato is an example of a Dolem with a Dolem Host. When Obbligato is destroyed by the RahXephon, Mamoru is killed instantly.

• Dotem — 82-foot mobile weapons carried by Forzando.

[edit] F

• Falsetto — A 393-foot tall Dolem that appears to be a cross between a mushroom and a cuttlefish. It attempts to swallow RahXephon.

• Fortissimo — A humanoid female figure that resembles a tuning fork. It attacks with high-frequency sound waves. It is destroyed by RahXephon in the third episode.

• Forzando — A Dolem that is 3 miles long and acts like a floating fortress. It carries Dotems inside of it which can be launched out to attack. It has functionless legs which are easily destroyed by TERRA's fighters. Its upper body was hidden in the clouds. It binds RahXephon in a cloud that it controls.

[edit] G

• Grave — The first Dolem encountered outside Tokyo Jupiter. It is a squid-like Dolem that resembles a stringed instrument. It attacks from underwater with its tentacles and easily rips apart ships.

[edit] L

• Larghetto — A 328-foot Dolem that fights RahXephon above the Pacific Ocean.

• Largo — 1.6 miles in length. Its entire lower surface works as a giant beam weapon and can obliterate entire cities. It is defeated when it is encased in a barrier similar to the one that encases Tokyo Jupiter. Bound to Kuki.

[edit] M

• Metronome — Guards the inside of Tokyo Jupiter. Although they float in plain sight, most people seem to be completely unaware of their existence. They try to stop RahXephon when it's running around autonomously, but fail.

• Mezzoforte — 56 feet. Appears in large numbers and can crush fighter jets.

• Mud Doll — This primitive form of Dolem was found beneath Bähbem's mansion by the young Isshiki Makoto, who helped it grow by feeding it special rocks. Isshiki was able to partially bond with it, but it was not able to survive outside the protective environment of the caverns.

[edit] O

• Obbligato — A humanoid Dolem that has sharp claws on its hands. Has a third arm in its chest. Bound to Mamoru.

[edit] R

• Ritardando — A 951-foot Dolem that appears in the Aurora Borealis. It appeared 14 years before and destroyed 8 cities in Australia, killing many people. By studying the D-1 Aria waveform, TERRA is able to predict its path and attack pattern. After unsuccessfully trying to absorb RahXephon, it attempts a final attack, and RahXephon shatters it.

[edit] S

• Schwarzer — The second generation of Vermillions, which were built by the Bähhem foundation for exclusive use with their private army of mass-produced instrumentalists known as the D's (Designer's Children). Schwarzers have a more streamlined design than the Vermillions; the wings have been removed from the back and from the head, which now features a single eye as opposed to the Vermillion's two. Their standard coloring is black with gray and gold details. Their primary weapon remains unchanged, but the built-in Baus-Ghazal wave-optical cannon has been upgraded.

• Sforzando — A Dolem that detaches from Forzando. It is discovered as a crystal in Forzando's remains. After Itsuki gives the crystal to Sayoko as a Christmas gift, it grows, assimilates her, and is able to control the weather. It causes snow and then an intense blizzard as it grows from the crystal.

• Staccato — Accompanies the high-ranking Mulian officials at Hiranipra.

[edit] V

• Vermillion — A series of Dolems that were built by the Bähhem Foundation for TERRA to ensure that the tuning of the world was what Lord Bähhem had intended it to be. Unlike the Mu's Dolems, Vermillions have armor and internal components made of alloy, as well as "overtechnology" built onto them so that human pilots can control them. Armed with a railgun and a wave-optical cannon called the Baus-Ghazal, which is capable of destroying other Dolems with a single shot. They are humanoids with large wings on their heads and the rear of their hips, and they are about the same size as the RahXephon. The original unit's coloring is a bright red with black and gold details, but the following production units has the same blue-gray paintjob as TERRA's fighter aircraft. They are carrier-launched and fly by an unknown method (although jet engine sounds are heard coming from vents in their legs during flight).

• Vibrato — Dolem that resembles a girl wearing a hooded sweatshirt, minus the legs, and is bound to Asahina. It attacks using a sharp, tentacle-like extension on the bottom of what appears to be a skirt. When it is struck by the RahXephon, it causes the city lights to turn on in a wave; it also causes the Japanese characters that Asahina is writing in her diary to appear in the city lights.

• Vivace — A bird-like Dolem with a halo over its head. It engulfs RahXephon in its wings, disappears into a null zone, and forces a Dolem-stone into RahXephon's (and Ayato's) mouth, causing RahXephon to cease most functions and Ayato to hallucinate about being back in Tokyo Jupiter.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ According to Clarke's 3rd law "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

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