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The Seven Sages are the seven leaders of Team Plasma. The Player fights them throughout the game and fights the leader, Ghetsis and then they block the way to N. All the Gym Leaders come and clear the path to N. After the player beats the Elite Four, the player must help Looker find them over Unova and arrest them. Later, in Black and White Versions 2, the player is able to battle three of the Seven Sages: Ghetsis, found in Giant Chasm; Rood, found in Driftveil City leading the old Team Plasma that still follows N; and Zinzolin, who is found in multiple places commanding the new Team Plasma alongside Colress and Ghetsis.

Information
Sprite Geechisu Vio Ryokushi Jarowalkdown Lot Sumura Asura
Name Ghetsis
ゲーチス
Zinzolin
ヴィオ
Ryoku
リョクシ
Giallo
ジャロ
Rood
ロット
Bronius
スムラ
Gorm
アスラ
Location Met Accumula Town Cold Storage Relic Castle Dragonspiral Tower Castelia City Castelia City Pinwheel Forest
Location Arrested N's Castle Cold Storage Relic Castle Route 14 Route 18 Chargestone Cave Dreamyard
TM Given None TM01
(Hone Claws)
TM04
(Calm Mind)
TM08
(Bulk Up)
TM32
(Double Team)
TM69
(Rock Polish)
TM75
(Swords Dance)

Sprites[]

Ghetsis' BW Battle Sprite


Ghetsis' BW VS Sprite


Rood's B2W2 battle sprite


Zinzolin's B2W2 battle sprite


Ghetsis' B2W2 Battle Sprite


Ghetsis' B2W2 VS Sprite
GhetsisBattle


VSGhetsis


RoodB2W2sprite


ZinzolinB2W2sprite


GhetsisB2W2sprite


VSGhetsisB2W2


Pokémon[]

Black and White[]

N's Castle[]

Cofagrigus BW
Cofagrigus
 Type Ghost 
Bouffalant BW
Bouffalant
 Type Normal 
Seismitoad BW
Seismitoad
 Type Water Type Ground 
Bisharp BW
Bisharp
 Type Dark Type Steel 
Eelektross BW
Eelektross
 Type Electric 
Hydreigon BW
Hydreigon
 Type Dark Type Dragon 
Lv. 52 Lv. 52 Lv. 52 Lv. 52 Lv. 52 Lv. 54
Ability: Mummy Ability: Sap Sipper Ability: Swift Swim Ability: Defiant Ability: Levitate Ability: Levitate
Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: None
Toxic Head Charge Rain Dance Stone Edge Wild Charge Fire Blast
Protect Wild Charge Sludge Wave Night Slash Crunch Surf
Psychic Poison Jab Muddy Water Metal Burst Flamethrower Focus Blast
Shadow Ball Earthquake Earthquake X-Scissor Acrobatics Dragon Pulse

Black 2 and White 2[]

Rood[]

Driftveil City[]
Herdier BW
Herdier
 Type Normal 
Swoobat BW
Swoobat
 Type Flying Type Psychic 
[[File:{{{P3}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P3}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 27 Lv. 27 Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Intimidate Ability: Unaware Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: None Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Helping Hand Heart Stamp - - - -
Take Down Imprison - - - -
Work Up Air Cutter - - - -
Crunch Attract - - - -

Zinzolin[]

Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Sneasel BW
Sneasel
 Type Dark Type Ice 
[[File:{{{P3}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P3}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 42 - Lv. 42 - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Item: None Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Ice Beam Screech - - - -
Light Screen Slash - - - -
Reflect Snatch - - - -
Slash Punishment - - - -

Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Weavile BW
Weavile
 Type Dark Type Ice 
[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 46 Lv. 46 - Lv. 48 - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Levitate Ability: Levitate Ability: Pressure Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Ice Beam Ice Beam Night Slash - - -
Reflect Light Screen Slash - - -
Slash Slash Ice Shard - - -
Confuse Ray Confuse Ray Metal Claw - - -

Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Weavile BW
Weavile
 Type Dark Type Ice 
[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 48 Lv. 48 - Lv. 50 - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Levitate Ability: Levitate Ability: Pressure Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Ice Beam Ice Beam Night Slash - - -
Reflect Light Screen Slash - - -
Slash Slash Ice Shard - - -
Confuse Ray Confuse Ray Metal Claw - - -

Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Cryogonal BW
Cryogonal
 Type Ice 
Weavile BW
Weavile
 Type Dark Type Ice 
[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]]
[[]]
 Type  
Lv. 49 Lv. 49 - Lv. 51 - Lv. ? - Lv. ? - Lv. ? -
Ability: Levitate Ability: Levitate Ability: Pressure Ability: None Ability: None Ability: None
Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: ? Item: ? Item: ?
Ice Beam Ice Beam Night Slash - - -
Reflect Light Screen Slash - - -
Slash Slash Ice Shard - - -
Confuse Ray Confuse Ray Metal Claw - - -

Ghetsis[]

Giant Chasm[]
Cofagrigus BW
Cofagrigus
 Type Ghost 
Eelektross BW
Eelektross
 Type Electric 
Drapion BW
Drapion
 Type Poison Type Dark 
Toxicroak BW
Toxicroak
 Type Poison Type Fighting 
Seismitoad BW
Seismitoad
 Type Water Type Ground 
Hydreigon BW
Hydreigon
 Type Dark Type Dragon 
Lv. 50 Lv. 50 Lv. 50 Lv. 50 Lv. 50 Lv. 52
Ability: Mummy Ability: Levitate Ability: Sniper Ability: Anticipation Ability: Poison Touch Ability: Levitate
Item: Leftovers Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: None Item: Life Orb
Protect Thunderbolt Night Slash Poison Jab Muddy Water Dragon Rush
Shadow Ball Crunch Earthquake Sucker Punch Sludge Wave Crunch
Toxic Flamethrower Poison Fang Shadow Ball Earthquake Rock Slide
Psychic Acrobatics X-Scissor Brick Break Drain Punch Frustration

Trivia[]

  • The names of the seven sages (except Ghetsis) resemble colors.
    • Zinzolin is French for reddish purple. His Japanese name comes from "Violet".
    • Gorm is Irish for blue. His Japanese name comes from "Azul", the Spanish word of the same meaning.
    • Bronius is German for brown. His Japanese name comes from "أسمر", the Arabic word for such color.
    • Giallo is Italian for yellow.
    • Ryoku is Japanese for emerald green.
    • Rood is Dutch for red.
      • In spite of that, Zinzolin is the only one seen wearing clothes matching his name. Gorm wears a green robe, Bronius' is more a grayish blue, Giallo's robe is red, Ryuko's robe is somewhat a black color, and the one Rood wears is more a brownish orange. The same applied for "The Uprising" in Pokémon Generations except for Ryoku and Zinzolin. However, in the official colorization of Pokémon Adventures, their clothes do in fact match their name.
  • The Seven Sages (minus Ghetsis) have quoted Chinese proverbs.
    • Gorm quoted from Sun Tzu's The Art of War in Pinwheel Forest ("Know your enemies, know yourself, and know you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."), and a line from the Analects ("If you make a mistake and do not correct it, that is a second mistake.") and Huainanzi ("A single fallen leaf signals the start of autumn.") at N's Castle.
    • Bronius quoted a different line from Tao Te Ching at N's Castle ("When the Way is forgotten, duty and justice appear.").
    • Ryoku quoted a proverb from Zhuangzi ("One can lose the forest for the trees.") and another from Hu Yin of the Northern Song Dynasty ("We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.").
    • Giallo quoted a line from Mencius at N's Castle ("Those in accord with Fate are preserved, and those who rebel against Fate perish.") and a line from a poem by Wang Bo on Route 14 ("If somewhere in this world there is someone who understands you, it feels like that person is right beside you, even if you're as far apart as the end of the land and the top of the sky.").
    • Rood quoted another proverb from the Analects at N's Castle ("Superior men understand what is right. Inferior men understand what will sell.").
    • Zinzolin quoted a line from The book of Rites ("There are not two suns in the sky, nor two sovereigns over the people.") and another from Tao Te Ching ("It is the way of the universe to take from excess and fill emptiness.") at N's Castle.
  • The order of which the sages quote their proverb at N's castle is the order of their roles of importance in the Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 games.
    • Giallo, Bronius, and Ryoku quote first but do not appear in the next game at all. Although, in the Black 2 & White 2 arc of Pokémon Adventures, Giallo is arrested before Bronius and Ryoku, this part was moved from Pokémon Black and Pokémon White.
    • Gorm spoke after the first three but only appeared in Pinwheel Forest for a short interaction with the player and Cheren.
    • Rood quoted after Gorm and had a minor role in assisting the player.
    • Zinzolin spoke last and was a recurring secondary antagonist in the sequel game.
  • The Seven Sages could be based on the crusaders including Ghetsis because Team Plasma is based on the medieval times hence King N and that they are knights.
  • One of the Seven Sages, Zinzolin, is battle-able in Black and White Versions 2. His attire is ironic, with him wearing a winter jacket since it was him who was always found in the Cold Storage (in fact, he had his grunts huddle around for warmth when you find him in there the first time). Seems he was prepared for the cold due to that, as none of the other Team Plasma members are seen wearing any sort of protective attire, even in frozen over places.
  • Zinzolin is the only member of the Seven Sages to remain loyal to Ghetsis after the events of Pokémon Black and Pokémon White.
    • However, in Pokémon Adventures, Bronius and Ryoku, who were missing in Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, were revealed to serve the new Team Plasma under Colress and Ghetsis.
    • On a related note, the remaining missing sage, Giallo, refused to accept Colress as Team Plasma's new leader like Gorm, but did not side with the members of Team Plasma who believed in N's ideals like Rood (and also Gorm in the manga). Though, for some reason, the Viz Media version has him put with "Black Team Plasma."
  • Ghetsis in Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 carries his cane with him because of an injury he received. His right arm is also concealed because he is hiding that it is broken.
  • Two of the seven sages make a cameo in BW120: Secrets From Out of the Fog!, they appear as young men and they all wear the same color robes.
  • The Seven Sages of Pokémon are the second such group in a Nintendo game, the first being from the Legend of Zelda series.
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