Erazor Djinn

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Erazor

Erazor Djinn

Erazor Djinn is a genie who serves as the primary antagonist in Sonic and the Secret Rings. His name is a pun on the words "Eraser" and "Razor" because he is "erasing" the pages of the book and he uses a weapon that looks much like a straight-edge razor. He is voiced by Masashi Ebara in Japanese and Peter Cormican in English. Erazor is the Genie of the Lamp from the tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. In his story, he was punished for misdeeds, and was to remain in his lamp until he had granted the wishes of one thousand people. When he had fulfilled his sentence and was finally freed, he had a renewed hatred of the creator of the stories, and began to take over the Arabian Nights, twisting the words that supported the stories into spirits that followed his command. He attempts to absorb the pages of the book, so he can control the entire world of Arabian Nights, as well as make his way into Sonic's world. Following the Sonic\Dragonball connection, his appearance seems to be based on the villain Majin Buu. A running gag throughout the game is that keeps on calling Sonic a rat, saying that all vermin are alike to him, and Sonic reminds him that he's a hedgehog. In battle Erazor uses his razor as weapon, but when he swings it creates lines of fire as it moves. He can also turn into giant using the power he gained from absorbing the words of the Arabian Nights (he's normally human-sized, as a giant his head is roughly the size of Sonic's whole body). When Erazor first met Sonic, he quickly tried to kill him. After that, he asked Shahra if she had the Seven World Rings (not paying much attention to Sonic), and finding she doesn't he shoots a flame at her as "punishment." Sonic takes the hit, and Erazor says that if Sonic doesn't bring him the Seven World Rings before the flame goes out "your (Sonic's) life is forfeit," and leaves. He meets Sonic and Shahra again later when he's summoning the Ifrit, saying that he decided to let the Ifrit destroy the remaining pages in the Arabian Nights. Erazor then asks Sonic if he has the Seven World Rings, and Sonic complains about Erazor calling him a rat. Erazor, figuring that Sonic doesn't have the rings, tells Sonic that he'd "better hurry it up" and leaves. When Sonic and Shahra break into Erazor's palace they meet him again. When Erazor asks if Sonic has the rings and Sonic says that he should look for them himself, Erazor responds "I'll carve you to pieces until if find every last one of them" assuming (correctly) that Sonic has the rings. Sonic beats Erazor and forces him back. When Erazor sees that Sonic has the rings, and plays on Shahra's feelings for him (or that she used to have for him), and gets the rings. Erazor then reveals that intended to sacrifice Sonic to gain control of the rings, but Shahra sacrifices her life to save Sonic (that makes Erazor the only other villain in the series other than Mephiles whose killed anybody on-screen). However because didn't sacrifice Sonic, he didn't gain complete control the rings and turns into Alf-Layla-wa-Layla.

Alf-Layla-wa-Layla

Alf-Layla-wa-Layla is an incomplete, twisted, grotesque genie demon, and is the powered-up form of Erazor. His name is Arabic for "One thousand and one nights". He has the ability to create lines of fire like Erazor does, but he doesn't need a weapon to do it. His other attacks include, shooting out purple balls of energy (he shoots one from each hand, and has six of them, easily avoided using speed break), and creating blue whirlpools. His most powerful attack is using all of the words from Arabian Nights to create a massive purple ball, which can't be dodged. This attack is also his weakness, as Darkspine Sonic can knock back at him (that's only way to make him vulnerable to damage). The seven World Rings and the death of Shahra triggered his transformation, and to complete it he must sacrifice Sonic, the collector of the rings. He is intent on ruling the Arabian Nights world and Sonic's. Fortunately some of the World Rings triggered a transformation in Sonic, creating Darkspine Sonic, and he is defeated. Erazor survived the fight, and mocks Sonic saying that he's immortal and Sonic can't kill him. Sonic however, reveals that he has Erazor's lamp (given to him by Shahra and reverted to its normal form when she died), and states "the genie of the lamp is supposed to grant three wishes, am I right?" Despite Erazor refusing to grant a wish for Sonic, the lamps magic forces him to do so. Sonic wishes are to revive Shahra, reverse all of the damage that Erazor did, and to that Erazor is then trapped in his lamp forever. In the ending scene Sonic drops the lamp into the foundry where he fought the Ifrit, either destroying it or keeping anybody from ever finding it.

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Credit to Hazard-the-Porgoyle of DeviantArt for Alf-Layla-wa-Layla image.