Duelist Kingdom is a private island owned by Maximillion Pegasus, and constitutes the location of the Duelist Kingdom tournament.

It is a remote island in the Pacific approximately 5 km wide.^[1]

HistoryEdit

During the Pacific War, the island was occupied by the U.S. military. Troops that died were buried in the caves under the island.

Maximillion Pegasus later came into ownership of the island and used as his own private residence. He sometimes invited people over to discuss business deals. Seto Kaiba went there to celebrate the completion of the holographic Duel Monsters technology. Duke Devlin also went there to demonstrate Dungeon Dice Monsters to Pegasus.

He and The Big Five brought Mokuba there after kidnapping him as they attempted to gain control of KaibaCorp.

Pegasus used the island to host the Duelist Kingdom. For the tournament he had various Dueling Arenas set up across the island. (Battle Boxes in the manga.) During the tournament Kaiba made his way to the island to take Mokuba back. Pegasus forced Kaiba to take part in the tournament to some degree if he wished to save Mokuba. After Pegasus lost to Yugi at the end of the tournament, Yami Bakura attacked him and stole his Millennium Eye. In the manga, this killed Pegasus.

LocationsEdit

Pegasus CastleEdit

Pegasus Castle was situated on the top of a hill. In the anime it was given a much longer staircase to the top. The Duelist Kingdom tournament finals took place here. To gain entry, a duelist must insert 10 Star Chips into a lock. This rule also applied to visitors wishing to see Pegasus, during the tournament, including Seto Kaiba.

UndergroundEdit

The island has some underground caverns. Bandit Keith managed to find the way into them. He and his goons ganged-up on Joey Wheeler and pulled him in here.

Inside the caverns were two main passages, one led to the Graveyard and the other led to the Labyrinth. Bakura was able to navigate through the tunnels in the direction of Pegasus castle, since his Millennium Ring was pointing at Pegasus' Millennium Eye.

The tunnels were lined with traps, such as a fake giant boulder, which rolled through the tunnels after someone steps on a trap.

Joey was forced to duel against Bonz in the graveyard. After he won, Keith had Bonz, Sid and Zygor trap Joey and his friends inside, by pushing a large boulder in front of the entrance.

GraveyardEdit

The Graveyard, called the Crypt in the manga was where Joey was made to duel Bonz. The area was lined with skulls and gravestones. In the manga it had a Battle Box, while in the anime it had a Dueling Arena. Zombie-Type monsters were given a Field Power Bonus here.

Bonz was given an advantage, since he'd made a Zombie Deck beforehand, but Joey managed to beat him.

LabyrinthEdit

The edges of the tunnel become smoother and straighten out into solid walls as the tunnels become the Labyrinth maze.

Past the maze is another dueling arena, where the Eliminators, the Paradox Brothers waited. This arena was set up for Labyrinth Duels. Past them was the exit to surface just outside the castle. In order to leave, entrants must defeat the Paradox Brothers in a Duel and choose from one of two doors, only one of which they said led out. In reality both doors went to the same place and the brothers tried to trick the players into thinking whichever door they picked was the wrong one.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 6: "Let the Duel Begin!"