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** The final chapter shows us a tragic example. While the Supreme Beings of Chaos are ageless, we humans aren't. [[spoiler: The human characters we've watched and loved live their lives while Magu and the other Beings of Chaos remain the same. Eventually, Ruru passes away from old age, while Izuma, now leader of the Holy Knighthood, is an old man, and we can assume the rest of the gang are now old or already passed on]].

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** The final chapter shows us a tragic example. While the Supreme Beings of Chaos are ageless, immortal, we humans aren't. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The human characters we've watched read and loved live their lives while Magu and the other Beings of Chaos remain the same. Eventually, same; Ruru passes away eventually dies from old age, while Izuma, now leader of the Holy Knighthood, is an old man, and we can man. It's safe to assume the rest of the gang are now have also grown old or already passed on]].away]].
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** ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' is name-dropped in chapter 6, when a little girl mistakes Magu for one of the titular creatures. Ruru tries to play along by telling her Magu can evolve, to which Magu responds by TurningRed, and a caption refers to this as [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY “Mega Evolution.”]]

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** ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' is name-dropped in chapter 6, when a little girl mistakes Magu for one of the titular creatures. Ruru tries to play along by telling her Magu can evolve, to which Magu responds by TurningRed, [[TurnsRed turning red]], and a caption refers to this as [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY “Mega Evolution.”]]
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* MaybeEverAfter: In the original epilogue, [[spoiler:Ruru is shown marrying a man that ''may'' [[ChildhoodFriendRomance be Ren]], but his features are too obscured to tell]]. The bonus chapter is about Ren trying to confess to Ruru after [[spoiler:Yupisusu informs him he's on a path to a future ([[AmbiguousSituation possibly]] the timeline in said epilogue) where Ruru never finds out, she moves onto someone else, and [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever Ren never moves on for the rest of his life]]]]. It ends with [[spoiler:Ren diverging from the predicted timeline by actually confessing, causing Ruru to run away in embarrassed shock]], and anywhere else this leads is up to the reader's imagination.
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe:
**In the final chapter, [[spoiler:played straight when Magu begs Ruru not to go yet as he holds her hand on her deathbed.]]
**In the extra chapter, [[spoiler:when Naputaaku finds Ren on the ground supposedly dying [[PlayedForLaughs (but not really)]] while [[BloodFromTheMouth bleeding out the mouth]], he cries and begs him not to die since he's counting on him.]]



* WorthlessYellowRocks: Followers of Magu gave him many [[OfferingsToTheGods offerings]] of gold and other treasure. He has no idea of their actual worth, and ends up dumping a huge pile he'd stored up to buy a few cups of pudding.

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* WorthlessYellowRocks: Followers of Magu gave him many [[OfferingsToTheGods offerings]] of gold and other treasure. He has no idea of their actual worth, and ends up dumping a huge pile he'd stored up to buy a few cups of pudding.pudding.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious:
** Magu usually refers to Ruru just as his disciple, but will occasionally use her name (most of the time [[FullNameBasis her full name]]) during an intense or emotional moment.
** Naputaaku [[HeyYou never once calls any human character by their actual name]] throughout the entire series, [[spoiler:until the extra chapter, where he calls Ren by name when begging him to get up.]]
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* {{Crossover}}: The series posthumously had a crossover with fellow ''Weekly Jump'' manga ''Protect Me, Shuugomaru!'', which also sort of serves as this series' eulogy. In it, Magu-chan, Naputaaku, and Uneras get summoned into the ''Shuugomaru'' world. The titular character is elated since he was a huge fan of ''Magu-chan'', and he allowed them to do their thing because he knew the series ended weeks before (both in and out of universe) and simply wanted his favorite characters to shine one last time.
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* AllJustADream: In chapter 58, a desperate Naputaaku tries to save his failing eatery by begging Uneras for help. She gives him the brilliant idea of opening up a maid cafe, and his restaurant becomes a hit that dominates the whole world...and then he wakes up, having been trapped inside one of Nosu Koshu's illusions.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Izuma tries to invoke TrainingFromHell by sitting in a sauna with his clothes on, and later passes out from the heat.

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** The final chapter shows us a tragic example. While the Supreme Beings of Chaos are ageless, we humans aren't. [[spoiler: The human characters we've watched and loved live their lives while Magu and the other Beings of Chaos remain the same. Eventually, Ruru passes away from old age, while Izuma, now leader of the Holy Knighthood, is an old man, and we can assume the rest of the gang are now old or already passed on]].
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* BookEnds: The series begins with Magu being forcibly sealed away and then released by Ruru years later after his crystal washes up on the beach. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, after Ruru passes away from old age, Magu lets himself be sealed without a fight and he stays sealed until his crystal washes up on the beach and released by a little Ruri, who becomes his new disciple.]]

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* BookEnds: The series begins with Magu being forcibly sealed away in a climatic battle and then released by Ruru being freed many years later by Ruru after his crystal washes up on the beach. beach, where he's more than eager to restore his lost power. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, after staying by Ruru until she passes away from old age, away, Magu lets himself be sealed without a fight and he stays sealed until his crystal washes up on the beach and away again only to be released again years later by a little girl named Ruri, who becomes he makes his new disciple.]]
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* BookEnds: The series begins with Magu being forcibly sealed away and then released by Ruru years later after his crystal washes up on the beach. [[spoiler:In the final chapter, after Ruru passes away from old age, Magu lets himself be sealed without a fight and he stays sealed until his crystal washes up on the beach and released by a little Ruri, who becomes his new disciple.]]
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* DeadlyDistantFinale: [[spoiler:The last chapter advances decades in the future until Ruru dies off old age with Magu still by her side.]]

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* DeadlyDistantFinale: [[spoiler:The last chapter advances decades in the future until Ruru dies off portrays Ruru's life from high school onward, up to her dying of old age with Magu still by her side.]]
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* DeadlyDistantFinale: [[spoiler:The last chapter advances decades in the future until Ruru dies off old age with Magu still by her side.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ruru gets her dream fulfilled of never being lonely as Magu is there for all the big moments of her life. Going through high school, getting into college, getting married, having a kid, every moment until Ruru falls asleep one last time. Utterly distraught, Magu leaves and runs into the Holy Knights. With Ruru gone, he has no anchor to keep him from destroying everything so he must be sealed. Magu accepts as he doesn't care to destroy. He orders Muscar to throw the seal gem into the ocean, while Nosu Koshu grants him good dreams. While sealed, he sees a figment of Ruru as he first met her and happily enjoys his isolation. Then an undisclosed amount of time later, Magu is freed once again by Ruri, a young girl living in a small town who doesn't have many friends. Ready to go through it again, Magu demands offerings from his new disciple.]]
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* TheEnd: Subverted in chapter 76. The last panel of the chapter has text stating that it's the end of the series, but an additional blurb right underneath it says [[ToBeContinued "There's a little bit more to go."]]

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* TheEnd: Subverted Played with in chapter 76. The last panel of the chapter has text stating that it's the end of the series, but an additional blurb right underneath it says [[ToBeContinued "There's a little bit more to go."]]"]] The last chapter forms the Epilogue, showing [[spoiler:Ruru living out her life with Magu and fulfilling her dream, his willing re-sealing after her death, and re-awakening via Ruru's decendant]]
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However, Magu's time in the crystal has resulted in him being severely reduced in power and stature. After reflexively injuring Magu (several times), Ruru decides to take him in as a house guest. Wanting to restore his lost power, Magu decides to start by making Ruru his disciple, using his remaining strength and whatever means necessary to curry her favor.

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However, Magu's time in the crystal has resulted in him being severely reduced in power and stature. After reflexively injuring Magu (several times), Ruru decides to take him in as a house guest. Wanting to restore his lost power, Magu decides to start by making Ruru his disciple, using his remaining strength and whatever means necessary to curry her favor. And with other deities reemerging, as well as the Holy Knighthood learning about Magu's unsealing, life in Ruru's little town is about to become much more interesting.
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''Magu-chan: God of Destruction (破壊神マグちゃん, Hakai-shin Magu-chan)'' is a manga by Kei Kamiki that began running weekly in ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenJump'' in June 2020.

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''Magu-chan: God of Destruction (破壊神マグちゃん, Hakai-shin Magu-chan)'' is a manga by Kei Kamiki that began running weekly ran in ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenJump'' in from June 2020.
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* GraduateFromTheStory: Though it isn't the actual final chapter, chapter 76 has Ruru and her friends graduate from middle school.

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* CreatorThumbprint: Ruru is the third PluckyGirl protagonist Kei Kamiki has written, as two other one-shots he created before Magu have similar main characters.

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* CreatorThumbprint: Ruru is the third PluckyGirl protagonist Kei Kamiki has written, as two other one-shots he created before Magu ''Magu-chan'' have similar main characters.


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* GraduateFromTheStory: Though it isn't the actual final chapter, chapter 76 has Ruru and her friends graduate from middle school.
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* TheEnd: Subverted in chapter 76. The last panel of the chapter has text stating that it's the end of the series, but an additional blurb right underneath it says [[ToBeContinued "There's a little bit more to go."]]


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* TitleDropChapter: Chapter 76.
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* RescueArc: A brief arc has the Holy Knights kidnap Ruru to force him to fight them. [[spoiler:After the knights are easily defeated, Uneras is revealed as the mastermind, but it further turns out [[SecretTestOfCharacter it was a way to prove to the Holy Knight Magu wasn't dangerous]]--Ruru wasn't actually kidnapped, she was invited to the castle by Izuma's sister.]]

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* RescueArc: A brief arc has the Holy Knights kidnap Ruru to force him to fight them. [[spoiler:After the knights are easily defeated, Uneras is revealed as the mastermind, but it further turns out [[SecretTestOfCharacter it was a way to prove to the Holy Knight Knights that Magu wasn't dangerous]]--Ruru wasn't actually kidnapped, she was invited to the castle by Izuma's sister.]]
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* MadLibsCatchphrase: The narration [[spoiler:(which is heavily implied to be Yupisusu)]] often introduces Naputaaku as “A fearsome evil god who [x].”

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* MadLibsCatchphrase: The narration [[spoiler:(which is heavily implied to be Yupisusu)]] [[spoiler:(Yupisusu)]] often introduces Naputaaku as “A fearsome evil god who [x].”
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*DesertedIsland: In chapter 55, the gods wash up on one and [[AHouseDivided proceed to have a difficult time cooperating for long enough to escape.]]


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*DreamEpisode: Chapter 56 sees the cast go into Izuma’s dream world while Nosu Koshu keeps him asleep. [[TrappedInAnotherWorld The dream world]] is, of course, a StandardFantasySetting resembling a JRPG.


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* LovePotion: In chapter 30, Uneras, [[TricksterGod for her own amusement,]] creates magical chocolates that cause whoever eats it to be attracted to the person who fed it to them, though the experienced effect is closer to reverence than that of serious romantic attraction.
*MadLibsCatchphrase: The narration [[spoiler:(which is heavily implied to be Yupisusu)]] often introduces Naputaaku as “A fearsome evil god who [x].”


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*RestaurantOwningEpisode: Chapter 58 sees Naputaaku attempt to run his own restaurant, having realized it can help him achieve [[TakeOverTheWorld all]] [[SupremeChef his]] [[{{Greed}} goals.]] [[DoYouWantToHaggle It turns out he is terrible at business.]]


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*StuckAtTheAirportPlot: In chapters 24 and 25, a sudden snowstorm [[spoiler:which turns out to be Muscar’s doing all along]] almost prevents Ruru’s mom from making it home for Christmas.
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*BeachEpisode: Chapter 54 is the only designated one in the traditional sense, though the beach itself is a commonly visited location, seeing as how the series takes place in a rural seaside town. Unlike many others in the medium, it is not [[{{Fanservice}} about the girls getting into swimsuits.]]


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*ChristmasEpisode: Chapters 24-25 in the series's first year, and chapter 72 in its second.


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*CryptidEpisode: Gu La's introductory chapter (31) is framed as this, as the characters go to investigate [[ScoobyDooHoax having been lead to believe he is a dangerous creature that appeared on the beach.]]


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*FestivalEpisode: Ruru and Magu attend one in chapter 6.
*FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: Chapter 39, in which the central cast members begin their third year of middle school.
*FishingEpisode: Ruru, Magu and Ren go boat fishing in chapter 9.


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*HalloweenEpisode: The characters celebrate it in chapter 18.


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*HotSpringsEpisode: The characters visit one in chapter 35.


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*NewYearHasCome: Chapter 27 sees Ruru, her mother, and Magu attending their first shrine visit of the New Year.


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*{{Pilot}}: The first iteration of the series came in 2019, when Kamiki (then under the pseudonym of Keiji Kinoshita) published a one-shot of the same name in ''Magazine/ShonenJump GIGA.'' While originally not intended to be a full series, it was later re-pitched by Kamiki and his then-editor to the serialization committee and given the green light to become a full weekly series. The one-shot most closely resembles chapter 1, with details that would later be reworked into other chapters thrown in. Some of the most notable differences are as follows:
** EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: While Ruru and Ren look almost the same as their final counterparts, Magu looks quite a bit different, with [[CreepyLongFingers slightly more grotesque hands]] and an overall rougher, less rounded look.
**[[AdaptationNameChange Ren’s surname is Fujimura rather than Fujisawa.]] He also plays a much more prominent role compared to the first chapter of the serialization. His crush on Ruru is implied, but not explicitly stated like it is in the serialization.
**The climax of the one-shot sees Ruru asking Magu to stop a major storm, like in the final chapter 1, though this time it’s because it would put a stop to the summer festival otherwise (the summer festival would later be the theme of chapter 6 in the serialization). The storm is also stopping Ruru’s mother from coming home, a conflict which would be reworked into the Christmas arc from chapters 24-25.


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*SkiResortEpisode: The characters go to one in chapters 33-34.


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*ValentinesDayEpisode: Chapter 30.
*VacationEpisode: The ski resort and hot springs chapters (33-35) can count as this. [[spoiler:[[HorribleCampingTrip They are shortly interrupted partway through by the arrival of Muscar. ]]]]

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*BirthdayEpisode: In chapter 43, Magu and friends celebrate Ruru's birthday with a SurpriseParty...[[CelebrationMiscalculation a couple of months early.]]



*ClingyAquaticLife: Happens to Magu when he fishes in chapter 9 by [[SwissArmyAppendage using his tentacle as a rod.]]



* GroundhogDayLoop: Yupisusu, the last of the Six Pillars, makes their entrance by [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor fulfilling Ruru’s wish to continue peaceful everyday life]], causing the same day to repeat with only other Gods of Chaos retaining their memories of the repeated days.



* GroundhogDayLoop: Yupisusu, the last of the Six Pillars, makes their entrance by [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor fulfilling Ruru’s wish to continue peaceful everyday life]], causing the same day to repeat with only other Gods of Chaos retaining their memories of the repeated days.


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*ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Ren spends quite a while [[CrazyJealousGuy needlessly worrying about Izuma getting with Ruru.]] Uneras, being both a ShipperOnDeck and TricksterGod, instigates this.
*InnocuouslyImportantEpisode:
**Chapter 67 is mostly a heartwarming chapter about the cast trying to get Magu to smile, but Uneras mentioning [[spoiler:how the Holy Knights don’t trust her reports about Magu getting along with humanity]] leads directly into [[RescueArc the very next arc.]]
**Chapter 59 sees Izuma mention wanting to become "one of the Ten Heavenly Generals of the Holy Knighthood." This is initially presented as a joke, with Ren exclaiming [[MeaninglessMeaningfulWords “I don’t think anyone knows what that means.”]] [[spoiler:It turns out [[TheOrder they’re a real group]] that finally show up 10-odd chapters later, also for the purpose of kicking off the aforementioned arc.]]


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*SickEpisode: There’s two. In chapter 16, Ruru catches a cold and Magu and friends take care of her. In the following chapter, [[ContaminationSituation Magu catches her cold,]] and [[FantasticVoyagePlot the characters must go inside his body to get rid of it.]]

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*ComicBookTime: Subverted–it's not apparent until a number of chapters in, but unusually for a comedy series in ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', Magu-chan not only sees time pass and the characters grow older, but it also takes place relative to whatever time of year it was in the real world when the chapters were originally published. This goes beyond simply having {{Holiday Episode}}s around the right time–virtually every chapter in the series follows this.
*CreatorThumbprint: Ruru is the third PluckyGirl protagonist Kei Kamiki has written, as two other one-shots he created before Magu have similar main characters.



*NoPeekingRequest: Ruru says this to Ren in chapter 35 (and the prototype one-shot), as well as to Magu before she goes in the shower in chapter 64…only for [[NotWhatItLooksLike Muscar to end up being in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]



* ShoutOut: Chapter 20 has Izuma build an obstacle course in an attempt to [[DietEpisode make Magu and Naputaaku lose weight]], and they all but say it's based on the ones from ''Series/NinjaWarrior[=/=]Sasuke''.

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**Chapter 47 sees Magu and friends playing very obvious parodies of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. In a later chapter, Magu appears to be playing something resembling ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}.''
**The entire series is chock full of references to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, from the designs of the gods to the human characters’ names being references to various place names (Ruru = ''R’lyeh'', Ren = ''Leng'', Izuma = ''Innsmouth'', etc.).
**''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' is name-dropped in chapter 6, when a little girl mistakes Magu for one of the titular creatures. Ruru tries to play along by telling her Magu can evolve, to which Magu responds by TurningRed, and a caption refers to this as [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY “Mega Evolution.”]]
*SorryToInterrupt: In chapter 66, Ruru accidentally walks into the room after [[SuggestiveCollision Ren has fallen on top of Seira]] and runs off, believing to have caught them in the act. It was [[NotWhatItLooksLike a misunderstanding,]] but [[HowlOfSorrow Ren took it pretty hard.]]
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* GroundhogDayLoop: Yupisusu, the last of the Six Pillars, makes their entrance by [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor fulfilling Ruru’s wish to continue peaceful everyday life]], causing the same day to repeat with only other Gods of Chaos retaining their memories of the repeated days.
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* UsurpingSanta: On his second Christmas, Mag decides to take Santa Claus' fame for his own. Because Mag doesn't have a ton of resources (nevermind Santa Claus isn't real in this series), he just tries to find Ruru a better present.
-->''The messenger of God, Santa Claus, that draws the dedication of of lowly humans everywhere... If I steal his position, there is no doubt that the lowly humans will honor and revere me instead!''
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Hundreds of years in the past, cultists worshiped Mag Menueku, [[DestroyerDeity the chaos god of destruction]], in return for using his powers on their enemies. A band of holy knights interrupted one SummoningRitual, allowing them to seal away the weakened Magu in a crystal.

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Hundreds of years in the past, cultists worshiped Mag Menueku, Menuek, [[DestroyerDeity the chaos god of destruction]], in return for using his powers on their enemies. A band of holy knights interrupted one SummoningRitual, allowing them to seal away the weakened Magu in a crystal.

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