Jedah Dohma

Jedah Dohma
Darkstalkers character
Edited character illustration for Darkstalkers Resurrection (2013)
First game	Darkstalkers 3 (1997)
Designed by	CRMK (Darkstalkers 3)
Voiced by (English)	Travis Willingham (Cross Edge)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Isshin Chiba (Darkstalkers 3; Cross Edge; Capcom Fighting Evolution; Project X Zone)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	Makai
Weapon	Blood, scythed wings
Occupation	Dark Messiah/Lord of Death (Darkstalkers 3) Lord of the Dohma Clan (Project X Zone)

Jedah Dohma (Japanese: ジェダ・ドーマ^?, Hepburn: Jeda Dōma) is a player and final boss character from the Darkstalkers fighting game franchise by Capcom. Serving as the main antagonist and title character of the 1997 third installment of the series, Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire in Japan), he seeks to restore order to the demon dimension of Makai through extreme measures after it falls into chaos, thus setting up the events of the third tournament in the Darkstalkers storyline. The first explicitly graphic character in the series, Jedah has appeared on Darkstalkers merchandise and alternate media, as well as several Capcom crossover games. He has received positive critical reception for his gameplay, characterization and design.

Making his series debut in Darkstalkers 3, Jedah Dohma is a shrewd and well-spoken nobleman of his home dimension of Makai. Fearing that the demonic realm would fall into ruin if it continued under the reign of Belial Aensland (Morrigan's father), Jedah therefore waited for the perfect opportunity to assassinate him. After Belial's death, Jedah enlists a confidant, Ozom (first introduced in Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge as having resurrected Lord Raptor), as a soul-eater. However, Ozom devises a scheme to steal the rule of the Dohma estate for himself, which involves tricking Jedah into opening a magical gate in order to gain access to the imprisoned souls therein and absorb their power. As expected, the unleashed souls overwhelm Jedah and kill him, and Ozom subsequently takes over his rule. After his resurrection a century later, Jedah is disheartened at Makai having descended into madness and infighting, and he embarks on a mission to rebuild the beleaguered realm from scratch by collecting new souls that he plans to fuse into a singular sentient being. This results in the conception of a new pocket dimension called Majigen, whose foundation is formed by Ozom's soul after Jedah convinces him to surrender it. Jedah then proceeds to lure all those whom he feels possess worthy souls—the Darkstalkers themselves—into the dimension, which in turn sets up the tournament of the third game. The saga concludes with Demitri Maximoff temporarily halting his longtime feud with Morrigan in order to engage his nemesis Jedah in final battle over Makai's rule.