Harmonious Ones (Adventure)

The Harmonious Ones (四聖獣) are guardians of the in Digimon Adventure 02.

Digimon Adventure 02
The Harmonious Ones were the Partner Digimon of four of the original DigiDestined. They digivolved from their Ultimate forms in a climatic battle with the, and sacrificed their comrade, to power an attack that defeated the evil quartet, rendering Megadramon himself incapable of becoming a.

At some point after that, they became the guardians of the four compass points of the, preserving its balance. Azulongmon is the guardian of the Eastern Digital World.

Before the next group of arrived in the Digital World, the four Harmonious Ones were defeated and sealed away by each of the. Following the defeat of the Dark Masters at the hands of the DigiDestined, the Sovereigns were still trapped beneath the seal. In order to break the seal, they took the power from the DigiDestined's Crests. The Crest of Light and Hope respectively broke Azulongmon's seal, Courage and Friendship unsealed one of the four seals, Sincerity and Love released another seal, and finally Knowledge and Reliability broke the last seal. Unfortunately, using the Crests in this way meant that the eight children's Digimon could no longer digivolve to Ultimate or Mega.

Shortly afterward, the Four Harmonious Ones organize the "D-1 Tournament", and one of them, determined by how he answers the entry quiz, draws Ryo Akiyama into the Digital World. The tournament's stated goal was to choose a Tamer to take down the other three Harmonious Ones, who are claimed to have gone rogue, but Ryo and the other DigiDestined eventually discover that this was merely a ruse to train Ryo for a battle against, revived from.

Despite participating in the D-1 Tournament, and even speaking personally with the Four Harmonious Ones, Gennai later claims that the only member he is aware of is.

Later, the Harmonious Ones were imprisoned once again because of the influence of the Control Spires. When Ken Ichijouji brings his Dark D-3 into the Digital World, they are able to find new Digimon who have the ancient power to armor digivolve, thus bypassing the evil powers of the Control Spires that prevent Digimon from using regular Digivolution. The Sovereigns then create the D-3s for three new DigiDestined and select Digimon that have the power to armor digivolve, who they seal underneath the s; and, already partnered to a DigiDestined are also found to be capable of Armor Digivolution, although Gatomon is required to lose her Holy Ring first. The Crest of Kindness is hidden from Ken by the powers of darkness, so it is necessary for the Harmonious Ones to rebuild it into the Digi-Egg of Miracles.

Members
The Harmonious Ones are Partner Digimon of four of the original DigiDestined and digivolved to their Mega forms in a climatic battle against the. Due to the Digivolution happening offscreen, it is uncertain which of Hippogriffomon, LoaderLiomon, and Triceramon digivolved to Azulongmon, Baihumon, and Zhuqiaomon. For simplicity, this wiki assumes that the avian, Bird-species Hippogriffomon digivolved to Zhuqiaomon, the feline, Machine-species LoaderLiomon digivolved to Baihumon, and the reptilian, Dragon-species Triceramon digivolved to Azulongmon.

Ebonwumon
Ebonwumon was originally an Orochimon partnered to one of the original DigiDestined, and digivolved in a climactic battle against the, only to later be defeated and imprisoned by them in turn. He was released when the used the powers of their Crests. Ebonwumon then helps set up the rigged D-1 Tournament to train Ryo to fight, but is re-imprisoned when Ken Ichijouji becomes the Digimon Emperor. They then create the D-3 and gave it to the new DigiDestined to fight against Ken.

Zhuqiaomon
Zhuqiaomon was originally a Hippogriffomon partnered to one of the original DigiDestined, and digivolved in a climactic battle against the, only to later be defeated and imprisoned by them in turn. He was released when the used the powers of their Crests. Zhuqiaomon then helps set up the rigged D-1 Tournament to train Ryo to fight, but is re-imprisoned when Ken Ichijouji becomes the Digimon Emperor. They then create the D-3 and gave it to the new DigiDestined to fight against Ken.

Azulongmon
Azulongmon was originally a Triceramon partnered to one of the original DigiDestined, and digivolved in a climactic battle against the, only to later be defeated and imprisoned by them in turn. He was released when the used the powers of their Crests. Azulongmon himself was freed by the Crests of Hope and Light, as he would later reveal to and the. Azulongmon then helps set up the rigged D-1 Tournament to train Ryo to fight, but is re-imprisoned when Ken Ichijouji becomes the Digimon Emperor. They then create the D-3 and gave it to the new DigiDestined to fight against Ken.

After rejecting 's control, BlackWarGreymon becomes driven to destroy the Destiny Stones that preserve balance in the Digital World, as each time a Stone is destroyed an apparition of Azulongmon appears, writhing in pain. After BlackWarGreymon sees Azulongmon appear, he decides that he is a worthy opponent and that he will continue to destroy the stones in search of him. Ultimately, Azulongmon is freed when the DigiDestined uses their D-3s to move the final Destiny Stone, causing him to appear. After Azulongmon dispatches BlackWarGreymon, he passes on his knowledge of the past to the DigiDestined, plants his Seeds of Light (seeds that will sprout and take on the same purpose as the Destiny Stones) in place of the destroyed Destiny Stones, and leaves.

Later, Azulongmon gives the DigiDestined one of his twelve DigiCores through Gennai. The power of the DigiCore allows the original DigiDestined's Digimon to digivolve into their Ultimate forms again, and for to mega digivolve to. Azulongmon later gives Taichi "Tai" Kamiya and more power, allowing Agumon to once again warp digivolve to his Mega form,, so he can fend off his doppelganger,.

Another DigiCore is used in New York, America to let digivolve to. It also gives and  energy to digivolve into  and  respectively. Whether it is the same DigiCore or a different one is unknown.

It is also suggested that BlackWarGreymon got to the human world inadvertently because of Azulongmon. Agumon explains that, when Azulongmon gave the DigiDestined the power to fight in the Real World by use of the DigiCore, the Digital World's defenses were weakened, meaning that not much was able to stand in the way of BlackWarGreymon.

Azulongmon has a witty personality in the English dub, while in the original Japanese he is depicted as very serious and no-nonsense.

Baihumon
Baihumon was originally a Bearmon partnered to Daigo Nishijima. Whilst in his LoaderLiomon form he digivolved in a climactic battle against the, only to later be defeated and imprisoned by them in turn. He was released when the used the powers of their Crests. Baihumon then helps set up the rigged D-1 Tournament to train Ryo to fight, but is re-imprisoned when Ken Ichijouji becomes the Digimon Emperor. They then create the D-3 and gave it to the new DigiDestined to fight against Ken.