Digital World (Classic)

Four Sovereigns

The four Holy Beast Digimon that have protected the Digital World and governed its stability since the age of myth. Each rules a compass point with strength said to rival the gods, each commands three of the twelve Deva, and the emperor that once ruled them from the Center has been sealed since ancient times.

The Center

the emperor ruling the land from the middle

Mega

Huanglongmon

☯ Center

Emperor of the Four Sovereigns and Taikyoku of light and darkness; sealed deep underground in ancient times.

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The Four Holy Beasts

guardians of the compass points, each with three Deva under its command

Mega

Azulongmon

☯ East

Protector of the East and wielder of lightning; also counted among the Four Great Dragons.

Great Dragon

Protector of the South and wielder of flame; the wildest of its kin.

Protector of the West bearing the attribute of steel; the youngest yet most powerful.

Protector of the North and wielder of phantasmagorical water; the oldest and gentlest.

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Lore notes

the stories behind the compass

The Emperor Sealed by an Angel Unconfirmed

Huanglongmon's official profile says it was sealed in the deepest, darkest part of the land by an Angel Digimon that descended in ancient times. Lucemon's own profile describes an Angel Digimon that descended in the Ancient Digital World, but no profile links the two. Without their ruler, the four struggled for hegemony until settling into today's equilibrium.

Twelve DigiCores Each

Every Sovereign has four shining eyes and twelve DigiCores floating around its body. An ordinary Digimon holds a single DigiCore inside its body, exposed only in Undead types or the greatest of the Mega class.

Sealed by the Dark Masters

In Adventure 02, the Dark Masters had sealed the Four Holy Beasts. Freeing Azulongmon took the Holy Stones, the D-3s, and the older Chosen giving up the power of their Crests to break the seal.

Kyoto's Guardians

Adventure 02 mirrors the myth in the human world: a Kyoto professor explains that the Four Holy Beasts guard the city's cardinal points against evil spirits, in the place where the barrier between the two worlds is at its weakest.

More Than a Mega

All four have reigned since the era of myth, with strength said to rival the gods. Zhuqiaomon's profile warns that the power of a mere Mega will not suffice to defeat it.

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Names link to DigimonWiki/Fandom (CC BY-SA unless noted otherwise); artwork © Bandai, shown from the official Digimon Reference Book. Huanglongmon is DigimonWiki's name for the official Fanglongmon; in Japanese materials the four are Qinglongmon, Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon and Xuanwumon. The dub also calls the group the Digimon Sovereigns.