History Characters / ArenaOfValorAssassinHeroes

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Wukong in this game gains a simple stealth skill to replace the shield skill that his ''VideoGame/HonorOfKings'' counterpart has (which is transferred to Laville and makes that particular Wukong a half-Warrior, not a pure Assassin). Because of this, if Wukong is picked in this game, anti-stealth measures are usually taken into consideration, as the rest of his kit is enough to cause a SurprisinglySuddenDeath.

* GlassCannon: One of the extreme ones. Wukong excels at sneaking into the enemy ranks, then suddenly he pops up because he's invisible, and he's unloading a lot of burst damage that takes more than half of your squishy-ass HP. If he's caught when not being invisible, however, he can go down quickly even if he has a few protections. This is because he's made to be a pure Assassin compared to his ''VideoGame/HonorOfKings'' self, whereas his second skill used to be an anti-crowd control shield (which he instead gives to Laville), and thus he's half-Warrior.

A young half-demon noblewoman stationed at Kazell. During the night when she was 12, her family was under attack by unknown assailants and slaughtered her family for their half-demon blood. Sinestrea managed to escape and was found under the care of the half-elf Dextra. She found peace in the new life at Afata, but the killers of her old family pursued them there and the two had to make a jump to an Abyssal Rift to escape. There, Sinestrea's demon blood started to awaken and Dextra helps her to fight despite getting weaker each day. However, their exit was blocked by the roots of the World Tree that rejects impure blood. Dextra uses her last breaths to cut through the roots. Sinestrea does not like losing a beloved one twice, so she further channels her demon blood to corrupt the World Tree root and infuses her own blood to Dextra, saving her and turning her full human. Returning to human world, Sinestrea now applies as a member of the Shadow Hand to find the murderers of her first family, which may be just close.\\\

* {{Revenge}}: As doozy as her memories get, there's one thing Sinestrea aims for: Revenge for the murder of her first family. The question is... who?

* CrutchCharacter: Kaine and Batman has one job: Spread terror during early game to scare off and delay the enemy's development, killing them when able. As the game goes on and team fights become more common, their relevancy gets reduced as they're not very good at diving right into enemy heroes grouping together. However, they still find use in finding squishy heroes who somehow make the mistake of taking the wrong position, and then eliminate them.

[Crossover skin] Luna

->'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' Lanling Wang

'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' Li Bai

* PrettyBoy: Kaine is a rather handsome boy. This is to contrast at how Batman, a manly American superhero with well-toned muscles.

[[folder:Batman, the Dark Knight]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I am Batman."]]

'''Faction:''' N/A (DC Universe)\\
'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' Lanling Wang

After he lost his parents to a criminal, millionaire Bruce Wayne donned the identity of the vigilante of Gotham, Batman, to cleanse the city from criminals. Along the way, he has also fought against multidimensional threats. The Doomspear Zephys at one point stumbled onto Gotham, and Batman fought him. The battle dragged him onto Athanor, where the demon hunter Valhein helped him drive away Zephys. When Batman was brought to Thane, he discovered the material known as Andura Stones and its ability to unleash destruction across time and space. Despite being thrown back to Gotham afterwards, Batman made preparations to get back to Athanor and fight to secure the Andura Stones and the safety of the multiverse.\\\
Batman is an Assassin/Warrior hero specializing in eliminating a single enemy, one by one, without them truly realizing where he is.
* His passive is ''Caped Crusader''. Batman gets bonus movement speed whenever he's closing in on an enemy hero.
* His first skill is ''Forearm Strike''. Batman throws a hook punch in a circle, damaging everyone in his range. The skill randomly chooses one of the enemies hit to receive double damage, so to maximize the damage, Batman is encouraged to use this skill on a lone enemy.
* His second skill is ''Batarang''. Batman throws his signature batarang to damage enemies in line, marking them and slowing them. The mark will explode and deal damage depending on the enemy's HP. Those hit by Batman while having the mark will be stunned and heal Batman for a percentage of his HP.
* His Ultimate is ''Dark Knight''. Batman enters stealth mode after a few seconds. He will not be revealed unless he attacks, gets near a tower, or stays near an enemy for 3 seconds. While in this mode, Batman can recast the skill, in which he will leap and execute a flying drop kick that massively damages everyone in his way. Once he exits stealth, Batman will temporarily gain increased attack speed.

Batman is replaced by Kaine at 2023.

* BadassNormal: Athanor is brimming with magic, superpowers, and exotic weapons. So, what does Batman need to kick ass? Just his limbs and a few batarangs. The usual.
* CrutchCharacter: Amongst DC Heroes, Batman, while serviceable, tends to be the lowest on the DC Heroes in tier list because of this. He's an ungodly terror in the early game, but once the game goes longer and shifts more into team fights, he becomes more or less irrelevant and only good for occasional split pushes that could force the enemy team to split up (but he wouldn't scale good enough that he could outduel them). A good Batman, however, makes sure that his team can snowball and win early by striking fear and shutting down his opposition before they have time to grow.
* DynamicEntry: You were minding your own business when you noticed a pair of white eyes icon above your head... And then, out of nowhere, Batman suddenly appears and drops kicks you in the face.
* HealThyself: When Batman punches someone who has been marked with his ''Batarang'', he heals himself. Presumably, that Batarang has a first-aid kit that Batman can use by punching them.
* {{Invisibility}}: One of the few heroes in this game that can go invisible. Enemies can know that Batman is nearby if he approaches them, but they won't know ''where'' he's coming from, which can cause them to throw their skills at the wrong direction.
* TheSneakyGuy: He's one of two heroes with stealth built in, the other being Quillen.
* TerrorHero: Batman's job is to instill fear and paranoia in his adversaries. Even if stat-wise, he's a CrutchCharacter who's good in early game and kind of irrelevant in the late game, all it takes for the enemy to get extra wary and possibly waste their resources is if they see the white eyes out of nowhere, indicating that Batman is around, but they don't know exactly ''where'', leading them to possibly waste resources trying to hit Batman in vain.

[[folder:Bright, the Holy Soul Returns]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Light cannot exist without Dark."]]

'''Faction:''' N/A (On his own)\\
'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' N/A

Bright was born in the kingdom of Okka. At the age of 6, he bumps into someone while carrying a loaf of bread. The bread is gone, but Bright doesn't mind; he thinks that it will fill someone else's stomach. To his surprise, he finds that the someone who bumped into him is the spirit of the original God of Veda, Edras. After he was killed in combat by Volkath at the advent of the first invasion of Lokheim, Edras wandered as a spirit in Athanor, looking to increase his wisdom and knowledge. He then takes Bright as his apprentice, and together they wander Athanor to search for the ultimate truth. However, the truth they search for turns out to be a harsh one: Athanor is a place full of strife and suffering. Bright always tries to help others, but he can't be everywhere. It is at that time that Edras suggests that they should instead shape the truth with their own hands, to make the world as they wish it to be. Seeing that Bright is a pure and good person, Edras has picked a most worthy apprentice.\\\

Bright is an Assassin hero who switches between melee and ranged combat on a whim, marking his enemies with light to make them susceptible to his attacks and turning around deadly scenarios with the help of Edras' spirit.
* His passive is ''Revelation of Light''. Bright defaults to throwing javelins of light as his normal attack and gives them a mark of ''Revelation of Light'', which can be stacked up to five times. If he gets close enough to an enemy, his light instead forms a two-handed sword for close combat, and it deals additional true damage if the target has a ''Revelation of Light'' mark on them. More marks will result in greater true damage.
* His first skill is ''Light Flashes Twice''. Bright shoots out a light wave in a direction, dealing damage. At the same time, he can blink to a nearby area and throw one extra javelin in the same direction. Hitting an enemy hero increases his movement speed. If both the wave and the javelin hit the same target, the target gets marked with his passive, takes extra damage, and is briefly stunned. Passively, it also marks the enemy with ''Verdict'' and reveals their position temporarily.
* His second skill is ''Sacred Light Verdict''. Bright dashes and homes in on an enemy, slashing them with his blade. Afterwards, his next three normal attacks will have increased attack speed, and he will regenerate his HP for 3 seconds. This skill has a rather long cooldown, but it can be shortened by hitting someone marked with ''Verdict'' (from the first skill above), or the cooldown can be eliminated by killing an enemy hero with this skill.
* His ultimate is ''The Holy Soul Returns''. Bright channels Edras' spirit to possess his body and temporarily fight in Bright's stead. He loses access to the first skill. In exchange, his ranged attacks now pierce all enemies in range, his melee attacks have increased range, and his passive's strength is multiplied. In this period, the damage he receives will be delayed. Until the skill duration ends, Bright will not die even if he runs out of HP. However, killing a hero in this form will undo all the damage the hero inflicted on Bright during the ultimate's duration, so it's possible to avoid MutualKill with Bright being the survivor.

* {{BFS}}: In melee range, Bright uses his light to form a two-handed sword and it deals greater damage if his target has been marked by his passive.
* DifficultButAwesome: Bright's kit is extremely loaded, he has no crowd control to keep his enemies in place while he has to get close to maximize damage, and he's not that slippery either. However, getting close to Bright means that there's a good possibility that you will be receiving non-stop true damage that can kill you before you realize it. Additionally, a player needs a good sense of when to actually use his ultimate to survive impossible odds rather than activating it early and then dying anyway.
* GodIsGood: Edras has always been the good leader of Veda who cares greatly about humanity, even moreso than the [[JerkassGods bitchier and more callous Ilumia]], who is his successor. He proves to be a good mentor figure for Bright.
* JavelinThrower: At long range, Bright uses his light to form a javelin that he throws. He never runs out of javelins because he can just form another out of thin air. They mark his enemies to receive greater damage from his {{BFS}}.
* LightEmUp: One of the most prominent users of the light element, as all of his attacks are made with weapons made of holy light.
* LightIsGood: Both Bright and Edras utilize the power of light to do good and help people. Only a few of Veda's dwellers (such as Lauriel) actually inherit this trait from Edras.
* PalsWithJesus: Bright is basically pals with the equivalent of the good God of Athanor.
* WhyWontYouDie: If Bright activates his ultimate, do not be surprised that he just won't die after he runs out of HP, as the damage is delayed, and if he manages to kill anyone who deals damage to him during the ultimate duration, he will still be standing after Edras is done with the possession.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Bright is a teenager, yet with the help of Edras' advice, he comes off as being very wise for someone his age.

[[folder:Butterfly, Death's Whisper]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Got a new contract for me?"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' \\
'''Faction:''' Norman Kingdom\\
'''''Honor of Kings'' counterparts:'''
-->[Moveset] (Pre-rework) Ah Ke\\
[Crossover skin] Luna

An orphan raised by a mercenary guild in Casanova, Butterfly grew up to be one of the finest mercenaries the guild could offer. She lost her mercenary friend Allain during a botched mission, but she's back in action after a few periods of mourning (and she'd meet him again during his escape from the Shadow Hands). She's eventually hired by the Duke of Roses as the bodyguard for his granddaughter Astrid, posing as her handmaiden. The hire proved to be a vital one because Astrid was soon besieged with a horde of demons from the Abyss. But with Butterfly on her side, she prevailed, and thus Butterfly's name became known throughout Athanor as one of the finest mercenaries. She's also friends with the pistol assassin Violet, and she became entangled in the latter's quest.\\\
Butterfly is an Assassin/Warrior hero who utilizes the momentum of killing her enemies to clean up the crowd, killing leftovers while resetting her cooldowns.
* Her passive is ''Assassin''. Butterfly gains a stack of ''Assassin Mark'' whenever she kills an enemy. She gets 2 for killing a hero and 1 for killing normal enemies. If she has three stacks, she consumes all marks the next time she uses a skill to reduce the cooldown to zero.
* Her first skill is ''Whirlwind''. Butterfly spins around with her sword, dealing damage once and gaining shield and movement speed.
* Her second skill is ''Sword Propel''. Butterfly slashes upwards and creates a propelling wheel from her sword, dealing damage to enemies. The first enemy hit takes extra damage and is slowed. If the skill hits, her attack speed and critical rate are temporarily increased.
* Her ultimate is ''Backstab''. Butterfly jumps and instantly lands on a target enemy, dealing damage and marking them for 3 seconds. She also gains damage reduction for 3 seconds. Butterfly reduces the cooldown of her first and second skill when she hits a marked target, and if the target dies while still being marked, she resets her ultimate's cooldown. If the target hasn't died when the mark expires, then a percentage of the damage dealt by Butterfly during the marked time will be converted into HP recovery for her.
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* ActionGirl: She's a girl that wields swords as easily as breathing and specializes in killing her opponents with ease. What else there is to say? No wonder that for a time, she was used as a poster girl.
* BattleButler: She poses as the handmaiden/butler for Astrid, but she's actually a kickass warrior on her own.
* CooldownManipulation: One of her main strengths, thanks to her passive stacks. Butterfly can suddenly start jumping around and marking multiple enemies for her to take advantage of since sometimes her cooldown becomes nonexistent for her.
* DifficultButAwesome: Butterfly may appear frequently as your tutorial guide, and she's given to you for free quite early after you register. But don't fool yourself: Butterfly is well known as one of the most complex heroes in the game, though, when mastered, she's capable of giving your team [[TotalPartyKill Ace]] scores.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni with Allain. Butterfly is always cool and composed when compared to the more social Allain.
* SeriesMascot: For a time, Butterfly was basically the poster girl of ''Arena of Valor'', appearing everywhere in publications and being the face of the tutorial (even if she's by no means a beginner hero). This has fizzled out ever since.

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[[folder:Kaine, Bloody Punisher]]

'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' Lanling Wang

Replacing Franchise/{{Batman}} in 2023, Kaine is an Assassin hero who slinks into darkness at will, before surprising his foe with a bloody massacre.
* His passive is ''Shrouded Wings''. Whenever Kaine is not dealing any damage, he generates energy. When his energy is full, he becomes invisible and gains increased vision. When he's invisible and gets near the enemy, his energy diminishes, and when it's depleted or he deals damage, Kaine becomes visible again and gains temporary attack speed bonus. Additionally, he gains movement speed when he's moving to the enemy.
* His first skill is ''Whirlwind of Blood''. Kaine swings his bloody cape, dealing damage to nearby enemies. He deals the same damage to the hit target with the lowest HP.
* His second skill is ''Bloodied Judgment''. Kaine launches a projectile of blood, dealing damage to enemies in the path and greatly reducing their movement speed (and stops when it hits a hero). The hit enemies will be marked, and if Kaine hits a marked enemy, they get stunned and Kaine restores his own HP. If Kaine doesn't hit any marked enemies, the marked will eventually explode and deal damage to the enemy anyway.
* His ultimate is ''Sanguinary End''. Kaine gains crowd control immunity and dashes forward, dealing massive damage to every enemies in his path.

* BadassCape: A cape made of blood and practically forms a bulk of of Kaine's offensive options, he can swing them to attack his enemies.

* {{Expy}}: A young noble who had his family massacred by bad guys, especially by someone so unhinged who becomes his rival, and then becomes a vanquisher of evil. While he takes after the hero he replaces (Franchise/{{Batman}}), his relations with the senior Richter makes him more like what if Bruce Wayne did not become Batman... but ComicBook/{{Robin}} instead (Richter is the Batman figure of his life).
* {{Invisibility}}: Comes with inheriting Batman's kit, but Kaine's invisibility is automatically activated, which makes him more in line with a hero like [[VideoGame/{{Dota 2}} Riki]].

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: His demonic heritage and appearance makes him more like an off-shoot of a vampire (moreso than Sinestrea), although he does not drink blood.
* PrettyBoy: A stark contrast with the [[ManlyMan manly]] [[Franchise/{{Batman}} dark knight]] that he replaced!

Richter has taught Kaine that the good and evil of a power depend on their user. Therefore, Kaine transforms into a fearsome warrior of blood, using his power to terrorize those who bully the weak while pursuing Stuart.

'''Faction:''' Mercenaries/Demon Hunters

%%[[folder:Kaine]]
%%->'''Voiced by:''' \\
%%'''Faction:''' Mercenaries/Demon Hunters
%%'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' Lanling Wang
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%%(Placeholder for the Batman replacement)
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Keera, Nightingale]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"*giggle* What a cute bear... isn't it?"]]

'''Faction:''' Carano City/Magic Academy\\
'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' N/A

Keera is a half-elf whose family was slain in a war shortly after she was born. Dark mages under the command of Lorion found and raised her, also corrupting her with dark magic. Despite this, Keera grew up as a rather clingy yet lonely girl who desired love. After she suddenly slew several dark mages, Lorion grew interested and made her his apprentice. Fortunately for her, Lorion had to leave her to escape D'Arcy, and Keera then caught the interest of Sephera, who had a striking resemblance to her deceased mother. Sephera took Keera to Carano and made her a student at the Magic Academy. No one in the academy knew about what dark past Keera might have had, although she's well known for her possessiveness towards Sephera to the point of being venomously jealous if Sephera were to give attention to someone else, like a certain Ishar...\\\

Keera is an extremely clingy and haunting Assassin hero, stalking and suddenly jumping forth to shred her isolated target to pieces with her inherent dark powers.
* Her passive is ''Dark Tides''. Keera naturally possesses a spell vamp, and her normal attack deals bonus physical and magical damage.
* Her first skill is ''Umbra Dream''. Keera pounces to an area, dealing damage and marking the enemies on her landing spot. The enemy is slowed and pulled to Keera's location. If it hits her target, Keera's next 3 attacks deal bonus damage and have increased attack speed. She also leaves behind a clone of herself at her initial position. The skill can be cast before it goes to cooldown, after which the clone will home to her marked target, dealing damage to the target and the surrounding area. Not recasting the skill will produce the same effect. If no enemies are marked, the clone homes onto Keera instead and creates its magical explosion in the area surrounding Keera instead.
* Her second skill is ''Triangle Maze''. Keera dashes forward while creating two clones, forming a triangle with the real Keera. When all three dash together to form the triangle, those who collide with them will take damage. After a second, the triangle damages those still inside. Those who get to the edge of the triangle will be temporarily stunned. Keera is also untargetable during this period. After using the skill, Keera's next three normal attacks become ranged attacks with shorter intervals, and she can attack while moving.
* Her ultimate is ''Fading Phantom''. Keera receives the Dark Blessing buff, which gives her increased movement speed and the ability to phase through obstacles like walls. When she's inside obstacles, she cannot be crowd-controlled. After the buff ends, Keera's first and second skills' cooldowns are reset.

* CastingAShadow: She was trained by dark mages and is able to use black magic. All of the magical attacks she uses are imbued with the power of darkness.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Not for another boy, but for her teacher/mother figure, Sephera. Keera claims that Sephera is hers and hers alone, and she doesn't like competition, particularly towards Ishar.
* CreepyGood: She's a textbook example of {{Yandere}} who can be murderous with her black magic, and she also constantly antagonizes the innocent Ishar. However, Keera is trying her best to be a normal magic student (if only to try to impress Sephera), resists the more corruptive elements of her black magic, and, in the end, is still loyal to the Carano Academy. This makes her a GoodCounterpart of fellow black mage Iggy, who instead embraces the corrupting presence of black magic.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's a cute girl who offers you a teddy bear, but moments later, her eyes glow red and she's tearing apart said teddy bear with a psychotic grin on her face.
* DubNameChange: PlayedWith. In other regions like Europe she was initially named "Eva", but later on she was changed to "Keera" to match with the rest. In different regions like Japan, however, she retains the name "Eva".
* HalfHumanHybrid: She's a half-elf, which explains her PointyEars. While it's not stated which one of her parents was the elf, signs point to her father, since her mother was known to be very similar appearance-wise to Sephera.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: All Keera wants is to experience the love that was robbed from her when her parents were killed.
* JumpScare: Keera is the only hero who can hide inside obstacles, so she can surprise her enemies this way. From the perspective of the enemy, if they're walking near a wall, there's no telling when Keera will suddenly leap from there and then start tearing her target apart. And seeing that she's a very unstable and psychotic girl, it adds to the scare factor.
* LittleMissBadass: Keera is a dangerous fighter who also happens to be a preteen, unstable girl.
* {{Yandere}}: She's clingy and possessive of Sephera. Some of her quotes imply that those that get between them will die, and Sephera is hers. She's not going to share. Keera is genuinely sweet in front of Sephera, but in front of her competitors like Ishar, she shows an extremely murderous side.

[[folder:Kriknak, the Scarabim]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Your flesh. So delicious."]]

'''Faction:''' Lokheim\\
'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Nakoruru]]
A gigantic living beetle and loyal servant of Marja of Lokheim. His origins were unknown, except that he is a Lokheim creature who roams tombs, sucking out and devouring rotten souls and absorbing their powers. During a battle with the Norman Kingdom, Kriknak stood to protect Marja from the assault of Thane, which cost his horn. Marja then transplanted his horn with a spiritually-empowered horn, which gave him a psychic link, enabling Kriknak to sense his master and come to her aid. \\\

Kriknak is an Assassin hero with impressive mobility who roams the battlefield and pounces on his target for an impressive burst of damage.
* His passive is ''Bite''. After successfully landing a skill on an enemy, Kriknak's next normal attack deals bonus damage.
* His first skill is ''Terrifying Plague''. Kriknak summons a plague of larvae and inflicts a 'Mark of Horror' debuff. Hitting them again with a normal attack will inflict additional magical damage (on top of his passive), restore mana, and reduce the cooldown of the skill. Kriknak can cast this skill while in the middle of his Ultimate.
* His second skill is ''Horn Rush''. Kriknak dashes with his horn forward, dealing damage to enemies and also restoring HP.
* His ultimate is ''Drone Drop''. Kriknak uses his wings to fly and increase movement speed temporarily. This skill can be recasted, and if it's cast when he's flying, Kriknak drops down to the ground, pouncing on the enemy, dealing massive damage and slows down the enemies.

* AdaptationalUgliness: In ''VideoGame/HonorOfKings'', his counterpart is [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Nakoruru]], a very cute, petite lady. Kriknak is a creepy-as-heck, walking giant beetle that eats others.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Blatantly so: The most virtuous lady in the SNK-verse compared with a terrifying, flesh-eating giant insect who resides in Lokheim.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: He's a giant beetle who summons a swarm of crawling larvae.
* {{Combo}}: Kriknak is encouraged to insert his normal attack in between unloading his skills onto his target, since it will proc his passive more and increase his damage output.
* {{Expy}}: Aside of taking Nakoruru's kit from ''VideoGame/HonorOfKings'', his design takes notes from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth''[='=] Pestilence, another plague-themed walking giant beetle.
* GlassCannon: Kriknak has multiple damage multipliers to cause immense burst damage, and he's quick to get into battle and surprise his enemies. But if he fails to kill his opponent in one blow, there's a reason why he's not an example of ToughBeetles.
* PsychicLink: Kriknak's new horn has some sort of psychic power to sense his master Marja, which allows him to come to her aid if she's in danger.
* SatelliteCharacter: He's mostly defined by his servitude to a master. It used to be someone else, but after a lore revamp, it's Marja.

'''''Honor of Kings'' moveset counterpart:''' (Pre-rework) Ah Ke\\
'''''Honor of Kings'' crossover skin counterpart:''' Luna

'''''Honor of Kings'' counterpart:''' (Pre-rework) Ah Ke

--> ''Objection... '''[[SuddenlyShouting OVERRULED!]]'''''\\
''Please... '''[[SilenceYouFool KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!]]'''''