I could remember Voltes V introduced a character who possibly was born hornless, lost his horns, or had horns so oddly placed that he covered them in armor. This character was known as General Bergan (Ozlack in the dub and I heard he was at one time dubbed, General Fabian). Oh yeah, who can forget that the late dictator, Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., banned Voltes V because of the FINALE ARC? He was introduced after the death of Zuhl (who I dubbed Toothless).
What's the deal with Bergan? Bergan was practically a game changer in contrast to who I dubbed Toothless. Zuhl just wanted to get rid of Prince Heinel. What made him amazing was that he did introduce himself to contingency planning. Bergan though had the typical villain stupidity to introduce himself while disrupting the communication systems. Bergan also upgraded the Boazanian Beast Fighters with his Maxingal Steel. It was necessary for Voltes V to get new upgrades to defeat the Armored Beast Fighters.
The show doesn't seem to address if he was hornless or not. So far, most of the Boazanian commanders hardly have a background. Prince Heinel, so far, had the most development since he knew he was the son of a traitor. Later, the audiences start to realize Prince Heinel could be the son of Baron Lagour who renamed himself Dr. Kentaro Gou. Early episodes showed Prince Heinel's tragic past. Prince Heinel was probably the only enemy commander with ongoing development.
The show actually missed doing some things with Bergan. It was later revealed that Emperor Zanbazil was willing to uplift Lagour's status. The condition is that Lagour must agree to help Zanbazil conquer the Universe with better weapons. The finale later had General Bergan sucking up to General Gururu, the head of the Boazanian military. I felt that it could've been explained that General Bergan was a personal slave of General Gururu. It was kind of disappointing that this angle was never done at all.
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