Dark Guld is a major villain from The Legend of the Golden Axe who starred in the second Golden Axe video game and the first Sonic the Comic story, Citadel of Dead Souls. Previous to the print adventure, Guld had been killed by Ax-Battler, Tyris-Flare and Gilius-Thunderhead for stealing the Golden Axe of Yuria. Some time later, Sorcerer Blackspell removed Guld from his tomb and started stitching torn limbs back onto the corpse. His plan was to resurrect Dark Guld and make him command the sorcerer's armies. With the Golden Axe in his possession, Blackspell intended to kill Tyris, making her a sacrifice in exchange for Dark Guld. Tyris managed to evade death, so the spell was incomplete. Guld revived anyway, but wouldn't survive much longer without another body. To achieve this, Guld used ma