Baran Doban is a fictional character in the Super Robot Wars series. He appeared as an enemy character in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3, but made a playable appearance in the same game.
Character Profile[]
Baran Doban is the Commander of Balmar's Imperial Guards, as well as the protector of Princess Armana Tikvah. He hails from one of the 12 Balmar royal houses, the house of Doban. He was also the mentor of the head of the Golar Golem army, Hazal Gozzo. Despite his old age, Baran is almost as hot-blooded as the other pilots in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3.
Baran started out by conducting the attack on Earth, alongside other Balmarians and collborators, such as Son Ganlong, Calico McCready and Spectra McCready. But eventually, as the war waged on, Baran began to doubt Balmar's actions, as well as his superiors, both Ruach Gan Eden and Shiva Gozzo. Baran plotted with Luria Kayitz to free the imprisoned Aya Kobayashi, leading the Alpha Numbers to discover the Balmar world. Eventually, Baran defected from the Balmarian army and fought alongside Luria and the Alpha Numbers, from overthrowing Ruach Gan Eden to destroying Keisar Ephes, whose presence he did not even realize until Keisar Ephes' appearance. After the war, he returned to Balmar to rebuild it and serve its new ruler, Armana.
Baran Doban is also the combat rival of Touma Kanou, if he is picked as the protagonist of the game. In that case, Baran becomes the one responsible of damaging the RaiOh, ultimately evolving it into DaiRaiOh, and later still managed to leave a scar on the upgraded robot. If the protagonist is not Touma, then Sanger Zonvolt becomes Baran's rival.