Euzeth Gozzo

"“That was me as well.” —Euzeth Gozzo" Euzeth Gozzo (ユーゼス・ゴッツォ) is a recurring antagonist in the Super Robot Wars metaseries who appeared in Super Hero Operations, Super Robot Wars Alpha and 2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation. He is final boss in every game he has appeared in so far.

Appearence
While his humanoid appearance often varied differently with every incarnation, his most prominent appearance is his priest-like Balmarian attire. It has most notable feature is Euzeth's whitish-silver Ultraman-esque mask with four eye openings and a green gem on the forehead. It is held by a red handle with a yellow pearl attached to a silver helmet at the top of his head. Underneath is black cloth attached to his red-and-silver chest and shoulder armor with another jewel at the center. The rest of his body is covered by dark-red robes.

Personality
In all of his incarnations as Euzeth, if there is one element that they all have in common is that Euzeth is calculating, cold, cunning and manipulative. In every game he's appeared, he is very cunning and intelligent, able to manipulating everything from behind the scenes to just fulfill his ambitions that become broader and more delusional with every incarnation, ranging from become the most powerful super-being in Super Hero Sakusen and destroying the Balmar homeworld in Super Robot Wars Alpha to completing the Crossgate Paradigm System and controlling all of casuality. However, since he becomes even more powerful in every succeeding incarnation, he becomes more delusional and insane to the point where he wants to take control of his own cycle of reincarnation and has established a god complex in 2nd Super Robot Wars OG. Even as Arteil Steinback when his "void memories" as Euzeth were not yet restored, he's still ruthless, mental-ill, arrogant, persistent and merciless, wanting to crush any opposition he comes across, but all of that is taken to the extreme when becomes Euzeth again and creates the Adamatron.

However, in Super Project Cross Tag Battle, any sense of sanity left in Euzeth is completely gone, as he is paranoid with the constant defeats he has experienced in his previous three incarnations and becomes the god of a new universe he created called the "Cross-Universe".

Super Hero Operations
Euzeth's original incarnation was as an Earthling scientist willing to go to any lengths to save the Earth from humanity's environmentally destructive tendencies in Super Hero Sakusen (which also featured the first appearances of Ingram Prisken and Viletta Vadim as the two possible player characters, and R-Gun.) In Super Hero Operations, Euzeth uses data collected on the various technologies present in the game (Kamen Rider, Ultraman, G-Gundam, among others) to produce the Chojin Zest, an Ultraman-like mecha which serves as the game's final boss. It is ultimately defeated by SRX's first ever use of the HTB Cannon.

Super Robot Wars Alpha
Euzeth's second incarnation was the Balmarian second-in-command of Laodicea Judecca Gozzo's fleet and the creator of the Crossgate Paradigm System, the mobile weapons Antenora and Judecca. In the final battle, it is revealed that, in fact, the original Laodicea was killed in battle against the Zentradi, and the Laodicea defeated by the Londo Bell forces was one of many clones under the control of Euzeth, who enters the battle in a unique black Judecca equipped with the Crossgate Paradigm System (AGX-018 "Black Deathcross") an entourage of several Zfyluds, each piloted by another Laodicea clone, and Ingram in the Astranagant. Euzeth reveals that his ultimate plan was not, as expected, the invasion and subjugation of Earth, but to bring about the destruction of the Balmar homeworld itself, a plan that would come to fruition in 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha.

2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation
His third incarnation was Arteil Steinback, the leader of the Gaia Sabers, who works as a sponsor behind the Tsentr Project. Usually seen aboard the Air Christmas, flagship of the Gaia Sabers, Arteil orders his underling Amara Barton to destroy the remaining Huckebeins and steal the "Black Hole Engine" and "Tronium Engine". Following the orchestrated death of President Graien Grusman in order to discredit and frame the Steel Dragon Battle Group, Steinbeck declares his absolute authority over the Earth Federation Army, who must answer to the Gaia Sabers.

As Arteil, Euzeth is the one responsible for the majority of events in the Super Robot Wars OG: Original Generations by bringing Meteor-3 and the Tronium element to Earth, while arranging the Aerogaters to invade. As Euzeth suspected the Earth of this universe contains a "Crossgate", he funds Re-Technologist for their Antarctic expedition into the Fabula Fores to excavate it, while simultaneously providing Felio Radcliff technology to improve the Sympathia System, crucial to defeating the Ruina. Finally, in order to control the "Nashim Gan Eden", he created Ing Egret, a hybrid clone of the Balshem series and "Machinery Children" to use as a proxy in place of Irui Gan Eden. Ing's exceptionally latent and powerful "Psychodriver" abilities grows as a result of being sent to the Steel Dragon Battle Group, fostering his power in Euzeth's accordance.

Although Steinbeck is thought to be killed at the Gaia Sabers' headquarters on Aidoneus Island when the Steel Dragon Battle Group assault the location, he escapes with the Air Christmas and warps to the Crossgate in the Fabula Fores to revive the AI-1 using Zyflud Crystals. Following the Nashim Ganeden's defeat, Arteil uses the AI-1 to absorb the Ganeden and Irui along with activating Ing as its artificial pilot, creating the "Adamatron", with the Cross Gate fueling it. Steinbeck's "void memories" as Euzeth returns, who intends to finish the work he began from before by controlling causality and fate as he pleases, while siring a new race with him as the Progenitor.

However, Euzeth does not anticipate that absorbing Irui into the Adamatron prevents the Crossgate Paradigm System from being complete, as her own Psychodriver powers keeps him at bay. With some unexpected assistance from Lee Linjun, who warps the Air Christmas into the Adamatron and activates its self-destruct mechanism, Ing is ejected from the monstrosity. As Euzeth does not have full control of the Adamatron due to Irui, the Steel Dragon Battle Group are able to destroy him. All that remains is the inactive Crossgate hovering in space outside of the Earth.

Super Project Cross Tag Battle
In his fourth incarnation, Euzeth Gozzo returns as the true final boss of the crossover fighting game Super Project Cross Tag Battle, revealed to have manipulated the majority of the events of the Cross Crisis Series.

Background
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Abilities
As the true final boss, Euzeth is fight in five phases, the first in his humanoid form, the later three reflecting all of his previous incarnations, the second being Chojin Zest from Super Hero Sakusen, the third Black Judecca from Super Robot Wars Alpha, the fourth Adamatron from 2nd Super Robot Wars OG, and finally, his final phase involves Euzeth controlling Zenshin'ou true form.

Idoni Zamu Kara
Euzeth gains a new ability similar to Adamatron's in 2nd Super Robot Wars OG. With the Idoni Zamu Kara, he can create shadow clones of the protagonists and final bosses from titles and anime that are involved in the crossover. Here's the clones he can create:

Gallery
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Trivia

 * Euzeth's mask resembles Ultraman as an homage to his first appearance in Super Hero Operations. The other members and motifs of the Gozzo family including Shiva Gozzo and Ace Gozzo are also named after characters from the Ultra series.