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Power Rangers - Lord Zedd — Description
Real Name: Burai
Portrayed by: Frank Welker
Known Alias: Lord Zedd, Emperor Of Evil
Gender: Male
Homeworld: Eltar
Affiliation: The Meridian Kingdom, The Dragon Empire (Leader).
Age: unknown
Date of birth: unknown
Legal Status: Active
Alignment: Evil
Abilities:
Energy manipulation.
Hand to Hand Combat.
Sorcery.
master tactitionist.
Transmutation.
Activity: ???? - 4500 BC; 2017 -

Bio: Considered one of the greatest threats in the known universe, there is no warrior who had ever bested Lord Zedd in combat, let alone survive to tell the tale. The story of the "Emperor of Evil" begun on Eltar, where a young prince named Burai was elected for the Order to be promoted to the Elite, an honor only reserved to the best Rangers of the kingdom, after a millenia of personal tragedies and strugles on his way to success.

It wasn't long before he realized the truth about the Elite, they were nothing but wardogs, obediently swallowing orders from the order. They were glorified thugs, doing the dirty job while the Order was oblivious of its own people, more concerned on make peace with external enemies rather than destroy the ones who are right on their noses. Burai fiercely believed that true power should be in the hands of one person with no fear to cross the line in order to make justice. Enemies should get no mercy, no peace and whatever potential threat should be erradicated and assimilated.

with this goal in mind, Burai searched through out the cosmos for the great sorcerer Lokar, legendary practitioner of the dark arts. he endured the merciless teachings of the sorcerer and forge himself into more than a warrior, he sharpened his mind and soul and perfected it in every possible aspect. As his final test, Burai casted aside all traces of his former life and identity to reborn. He took the moniker of "Lord Zedd" and over the years, he forge a powerfull empire based on fear and submission.

Lord Zedd turn himself into a Myth, shrouded in mystery and anonymity in order to maintain his facade in the Meridian Kingdom. only his master Lokar and his right hand Goldar were aware of this. Eventually, as Zedd would expirience, even the greatest empires would fall. his ego proved to be the artificer of his own downfall. he subestimated the resourcefulness of one of his advisor, Rita and engange his arch enemy and former Teammate Zordon on his own for the possession of the ZEO Crystal. Rita deliverly omitted to Zedd one importan detail in regards of the Crystal, for whoever touches it would be destroyed by infinty power of the Crystal.

Rita's plan worked. both Zedd and Zordon were on the brick of death thanks to the ZEO Crystal. Rita stepped out of the shadow and finish the job herself, taking his Power Coin as a trophy. While Zordon was rescued by his assistant A.L.P.H.A, no one came back for Zedd, all his followers had either retreated or pledging loyalty to Rita. Rather than wait for his death, Zedd rebuild himself back with his magic and the rudimentary resourses he had at hand. A group of alien scientist doing studies found Zedd on the planet. He killed the scientist and with their ship's medical chamber, he manage to hook himself into a life support system.

Literally reborn from his own will. Lord Zedd flew away with a new objective in mind. To kill the traidor Rita Repulsa.
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At last he is here, one of the greatest PR villains in the history of the series (i sadly, can't say the greatest for you know what reason. PS: F%ck you, Soccer moms). Lord Zedd started in Season 2 as one really needed upgrade over Rita, he really left one great first impression but after he destroy the Green Rangers powers, he descended into mediocrity, first by becoming goofier and goofier and, as the final nail in the coffin, he married Rita Repulsa and Basically became Comic Reliefs by the time ZEO kicked in. Hopefully the new movies would give us a Zedd worthy of the moniker "Emperor Of Evil"

Story Wise, i always wanted to make Zedd the previous Green Ranger as a way to mirror Tommy in a similar manner the comics are doing with Drakkon (who is pretty much what i had in mind for Zedd since 2013), is funny how in the movie, Rita is the OG Green Ranger while in my head canon that title belongs to Zedd.

Design wise, he is not that different from the zedd we already know, i wanted to give him originally a more cybernetic appearence, like if he was made from spare parts, but it didn't turn out that good. Also, rather than a Z in his horn, he has the logo of his Empire, which is bassicaly the logo from the Dragon Coin in the original Show.
Enjoy

Lord Zedd © Saban/Toei