History Characters / DoctorStrange

* MultileHeadCase

* [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Father Of A Thousand Young]]: Vampires, werewolves, witches and all manner of demons and other horrors owe their existence to him, though sometimes indirectly.

-> The demon Chthon is perhaps the most powerful of the Elder Gods and the first EvilSorceror in the history of Earth. The office of Sorcerer Supreme was created to defend against this demon in particular, and it has successfully exorcised a nebulous influence throughout the planet's history. Chthon is the creator of a demonic race called the N'Garai and is the author of the Darkhold, the first book of BlackMagic from which vampires, werewolves and witches were unleashed on the world. It is trapped in a pocket universe both by innumerable mystical barriers erected by Gaea and Earth's magical defenders and by its own sheer power, as it is so strong and huge it cannot leave by normal means, though has imparted a fraction of its power into potential human hosts for later possession, most notably and successfully the ScarletWitch.

* CharmPerson: All living beings within its realms are fanatically devoted to worshipping it, though this doesn't seem to apply to artificial beings like robots and the like. In ancient Earth "its name was whispered in reverence by every living thing". Even in the present, many powerful and often evil entities are more than willing to its bidding.

* DemonicPossession: Several times, though it seems to have reserved the ScarletWitch as its host of choice. It once ended up possessing her brother Quicksilver and even though this was just a tiny portion of its power, it very never destroyed the planet causing calamities as it rewrote reality.

* EvilCounterpart: It is the antithesis of the Sorcerer Supreme and the job exists primarily to fight ''it'', and not demons and {{Cosmic Horror}}s in general. Though apparently if Strange and Chthon are in the same lace at the same time, ''Strange will fall down dead'', so he cannot fight it directly.

* HorrorHunger: More than any other Elder God, Set is characterized by his insatiable appetite and is possibly unable to stop, not that it particularly ''wants'' to mind. It is said that while Gaea nourishes, Set devours.

* IHaveManyNames: Father Set, the Great Serpent, Set the Great Destroyer.

* CharmPeson: All living beings within its realms are fanatically devoted to worshipping it, though this doesn't seem to apply to artificial beings like robots and the like. In ancient Earth "its name was whispered in reverence by every living thing". Even in the present, many powerful and often evil entities are more than willing to its bidding.

* StalkerWithACrush: {{Thanos}}, though she is one to {{Deadpool}}, thus earning the formers eternal wrath. HilarityEnsues.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Darkhold, responsible for the creation of vampires and the fall of Atlantis amongst many other things. The Book of the Vishanti, in Strange's possession, was written specifically as a counterweight to it.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He has a daughter called the Dreamqueen; he got her by raping a succubus. Which is messed up in all sorts of ways. Though he once told the IncredibleHulk that he did it by raping ''Banner's wife''; this earns him a mild case of death.

* TheManBehindTheMan: It has been served by Nightmare and various human sorcerers, one of whom sold out the world in exchange for "my life and [[ShinyNewAustralia Barbados]]. All manner of otherwise egomaniacal gods and demons are more than willing to do its bidding if it calls on them.
* MindControl: All living beings within its realms are fanatically devoted to worshipping it, though this doesn't seem to apply to artificial beings like robots and the like. In ancient Earth "its name was whispered in reverence by every living thing".

-> The Ancient One, finding him too proud, turned Strange down but allowed him to stay the night, letting Strange discover and foil the plot of his DeceptiveDisciple Baron Mordo, so that he would learn humility and learn the existence of true evil and the need to combat it. Sensing his great magical potential, the Ancient One asked Strange to become his new apprentice, and the now humbled Strange accepted.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: At his most powerful, Strange ''the'' most powerful of all mainstream heroes in the MarvelUniverse, even the likes of TheMightyThor or the SilverSurfer would be no match for him in a straight out fight. He needs to be, since his enemies are often far more powerful than even that.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: [[InvertedTrope Anymore.]] He's kept up some of his medical skill, though how much varies from writer to writer, and he still thinks of himself as a doctor.

-> After years of study he moved back to New York and engaged in many mystical adventures and fought many wicked foes, including as the vengeful Mordo, the Dread Dormammu and the abominable Shuma-Gorath, who caused the death of the Ancient One, leading to Strange inheriting his title and responsibilities. As the new Sorcerer Supreme, Strange became the best and last line of defence between Earth and total destruction at the hands of its most powerful enemies.

* AmplifierArtifact: The Cloak Of Leviation which lets him...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin levitate, and fly]]. Also the Wand of Watoomb, the Book of the Vishanti, the Darkhold, the Purple Gem, and anything with "-of Agamotto" at the end of it, as well as many other mystical objects.

* {{Immortality}}: Type II. Like any Sorcerer Supreme, he has a pact with Death itself that means he will not die of natural causes, though he has a higher-than-normal chance of dying in combat with some godless otherworldly EldritchAbomination.

* ThirdEye: The Eye of Agamotto

* ALegacyOfService

-> After years of training Clea returned to the Dark Dimension and learnt that Umar was her mother, after she had taken over the Dark Dimension. Now much more powerful, Clea led a rebellion against her mother and defeated her in magical combat, and was named the new ruler of the Dark Dimension before being overthrown by Dormammu again, though not before marrying Stephen within it. Some time later Umar and Mordo regained control of the Dark Dimension and she was tricked by Dormammu into helping him overthrow them, and to atone she chose to stay behind and lead the fight against him. She has not been seen since, but Strange has never forgotten her.

-> Wong is the latest in a long-line of men who devoted themselves to the service of the Sorcerer Supreme beginning with his ancestor Kan ten generations before. He is one of Strange's oldest and closest friends and not merely his manservant, as well as his sparring partner in the martial arts - in turn, he is versed in magic enough to assist in complex spells and hold his own against his master's less impressive, but still dangerous, threats.

-> Strange's centuries-old mentor and his predecessor as Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One has been protecting the Earth and wider MarvelUniverse for generations from the forces of evil. He brought out not just Strange's inner magical potential but also his inner hero, and entrusted him to battle his most powerful foes. Strange was eventually forced to kill him to prevent the demon Shuma-Gorath using him as a conduit to Earth, but rather than die he merged with Eternity and became one with the universe, leaving his student the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme.

-> Oshtur began life as one of the Elder Gods, powerful magical entities that were the first sentient life on Earth. She fled to another dimension as her siblings began consuming each other for power, and there she met with another cosmic entity named Hoggoth and later, inspired by the children of mortal creatures, gave birth to the entity Agamotto. Agamotto became the Earth's first Sorcerer Supreme and left several magical artifacts to in their trust, and the trio became known as the Eternal Vishanti, and now patron themselves to those who defend the Earth against the dark and demonic enemies that threaten it.

* FateWorseThanDeath: While she is far from ''nice'', when you compare her to the likes of Dormammu- who turns life and death into a neverending torture camp-, or Shuma-Gorath- who turns life itself into a cancer and enslaves you mind, body and soul-, Death is practically a saint and is rarely directly opposed to Earth's heroes.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: It was wise enough to escape Atum while it was eating its brethern, but savvy enough to leave behind the Darkhold as an anchor from which to wield its influence. Quite often even when its beaten, Chthon manages to leave something behind that it can use to cause more damage.

* EvilCounterpart: It is the antithesis of the Sorcerer Supreme and the job exists primarly to fight ''it'', and not demons and {{Cosmic Horror}}s in general. Though apparently if Strange and Chthon are in the same lace at the same time, ''Strange will fall down dead'', so he cannot fight it directly.

* SealedEvilInACan: The demon itself is trapped in another dimension and countless magical barriers are erected to keep it there; on one occassion a portion of it escaped and wound up imprisoned in Mount Wundagore. The FantasticFour villain the Puppet Master gets his magical clay from there and it was there that it implanted a fraction of its power into Wanda Maximoff and marked her as its host.

* ParanoiaFuel: Strange has to cast a spell on himself every single night to prevent Nightmare attacking him. If he fails to do this even once, Nightmare will invade him. It has happened at least once before.

* ArchEnemy: Gaea, who sired Atum to kill Set and the other Elder Gods, and unleashed it against Set again when he returned and sent the dinosaurs to wipe out all mammilian life as she has decided dinosaurs were an evolutionary dead end. Its battle with Atum accidentally caused the dinosaurs to go extinct (the meteor that killed them was probably summoned by one or the other) and is the reason it has so many heads.

-> Mother of Clea and twin sister of Dormammu, Umar is a Faltine trapped in humanoid form after giving birth to her daughter, a fact that left her enraged and meant that she would always be weaker than her brother, though the difference in power is not great. She varys between allying with the Dread One and scheming to take over his realm, and has occassionally succeeded though he usually ends up taking it back. Though not quite as evil or strong, Umar has displayed greater patience and guile and thus has proven to be just as big a threat to Strange and the universe as her dreaded sibling.

* DeliverUsFromEvil: Supposedly she wasn't truly evil until she experienced childbirth, which robbed her of her sanity and most of her moral compass.
** Giving birth caused her to be trapped in her humanoid form, and as a result she flew into a blind rage. It might have made her crazy, but she was already very evil.

-> Created "long ago" by entities unknown, Zom is an ancient and terrible demon whose sole mission is to destroy everything, and whose rampage was only stopped by an alliance of powerful magic users whose ranks included even Dormammu and Umar. The alliance sealed him away but Strange released him on the advice of the Ancient One to help him win his battle with Umar; Zom proved to be an even greater threat and even Eternity was no match for him, but eventually he was defeated and a small piece of him was kept by Strange as a safekee, though that too has recently been destroyed after Strange foolishly relied on its power, an act that caused him to resign as Sorcerer Supreme.

* DealWithTheDevil: Strange chose to utilise his power during the ''Civil War'' because he felt increasingly powerless; this was a ''bad, bad idea''....

* {{Immortality}}: Type II. Like any Sorcerer Supreme, he has a pact with Death itself that means he will not die of natural causes, though he has a higher-than-normal chance of dying in combat with some godless otherwordly EldritchAbomination.

-> After years of training Clea returned to the Dark Dimension and learnt that Umar was her mother, after sh had taken over the Dark Dimension. Now much more powerful, Clea led a rebellion against her mother and defeated her in magical combat, and was named the new ruler of the Dark Dimension before being overthrown by Dormammu again, though not before marrying Stephen within it. Some time later Umar and Mordo regained control of the Dark Dimension and she was tricked by Dormammu into helping him overthrow them, and to atone she chose to stay behind and lead the fight against him. She has not been seen since, but Strange has never forgotten her.

-> The AnthropomorphicPersonification of Death, which grants {{Immortality}} to the Sorcerer Supreme if they are deemed worthy. It often takes the form of a young woman, as which it earned the affections of the mad Titan {{Thanos}}. It grants authority to various Death Gods, Skyfathers and Hell Lords to take charge of souls after death or under certain arrangements. Though a largely amoral entity that ultimately desires the end of life itself, it is not actively malevolent and sees it duty as bringing an end to pain. It is thus opposed to {{Cosmic Horror}}s that are out to do far, far worse.

-> The demon Chthon is perhaps the most powerful of the Elder Gods and the first EvilSorceror in the history of Earth. The office of Sorcerer Supreme was created to defend against this demon in particular, and it has successfully exorcised a nebulous influence throughout the planet's history. Chthon is the creator of a demonic race called the N'Garai and is the author of the Darkhold, the first book of BlackMagic from which vampires, werewolves and witches were unleashed on the world. It is trapped in a pocket universe both by innumerable mystical barriers erected by Gaea and Earth's magical defenders and by its own sheer power, as it is so strong and huge it cannot leave by normal means, though has imarted a fraction of its power into potential human hosts for later possession, most notably and successfully the ScarletWitch.

* {{Satan}}: Somewhat closer to this than even the Hell Lords- whose existence it is partly responsible for- as a source of UltimateEvil in Marvel Earth. It is far more powerful than any of them too. The archangel Lucifer even fell shortly after defeating his N'Garai demons in the distant past, so perhaps it is more corect to say he is '''worse''' than the Devil.
* SealedEvilInACan: The demon itself is trapped in another dimension and countless magical barriers are erected to keep it there; on one occassion a portion of it escaed and wound up imprisoned in Mount Wundagore. The FantasticFour villain the Puppet Master gets his magical clay from there and it was there that it implanted a fraction of its power into Wanda Maximoff and marked her as its host.

* ArchEnemy: Gaea, who sired Atum to kill Set and the other Elder Gods, and unleashed it against Set again when he returned and sent the dinosaurs to wipe out all mammilian life as she has decided dinosaurs were an evolutionary dead end. Its battle with Atum accidently caused the dinosaurs to go extinct (the meteor that killed them was probably summoned by one or the other) and is the reason it has so many heads.

* LegacyCharacter: There is another Set in the Marvel cosmology, the GodOfEvil of the Egyptian pantheon who often clashes with Odin and TheMightyThor- apparently he took Set's name just because he thought Set the Elder God was just that BadAss. Apocalyse of the XMen was also once mistaken for Set, and milked it for all it was worth.

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Dormammu's Red, insofar as she tends to be more deceitful and cerebral in her evil ways. This is partly because just she is stuck in a humanoid form though and is thus weaker than she should be, and she can still be ''really'' hottempered if pushed enough.

-> Created "long ago" by entities unknown, Zom is an ancient and terrible demon whose sole mission is to destroy everything, and whose rampage was only stopped by an alliance of powerful magic users whose ranks included even Dormammu and Umar. The alliance sealed him away but Strange released him on the advice of the Ancient One to help him win his battle with Umar; Zom proved to be an even greater threat and even Eternity was no match for him, but eventually he was defeated and a small piece of him was kept by Strange as a safekee, though that too has recently been destroyed after Strange foolishly relied on its power, an act that cause him to resign as Sorcerer Supreme.

* TheCorrupter: To Srange at least.

-> A brilliant but arrogant New York surgeon, Dr Stephen Strange's life was turned upside down when a car crash caused irreparable nerve damage to his hands, preventing him from ever holding a scalpel again. Driven by arrogance and desperation, he traveled the world in search of a cure, finally arriving in Tibet to seek the help of the Ancient One, a powerful wizard and (unbeknownst to him) the Sorceror Supreme, the mage charged with protecting the Earth from the otherdimensional {{Cosmic Horror}}s who would threaten it.

-> After years of study he moved back to New York and engaged in many mystical adventures and fought many wicked foes, including as the vengeful Mordo, the Dread Dormammu and the abominable Shuma-Gorath, who caused the death of the Ancient One, leading to Strange inheriting his title and responsibilities. As the new Sorceror Supreme, Strange became the best and last line of defence between Earth and total destruction at the hands of its most powerful enemies.

* {{Immortality}}: Type II. Like any Sorceror Supreme, he has a pact with Death itself that means he will not die of natural causes, though he has a higher-than-normal chance of dying in combat with some godless otherwordly EldritchAbomination.

-> Wong is the latest in a long-line of men who devoted themselves to the service of the Sorceror Supreme beginning with his ancestor Kan ten generations before. He is one of Strange's oldest and closest friends and not merely his manservant, as well as his sparring partner in the martial arts - in turn, he is versed in magic enough to assist in complex spells and hold his own against his master's less impressive, but still dangerous, threats.

-> Oshtur began life as one of the Elder Gods, powerful magical entities that were the first sentient life on Earth. She fled to another dimension as her siblings began consuming each other for power, and there she met with another cosmic entity named Hoggoth and later, inspired by the children of mortal creatures, gave birth to the entity Agamotto. Agamotto became the Earth's first Sorceror Supreme and left several magical artifacts to in their trust, and the trio became known as the Eternal Vishanti, and now patron themselves to those who defend the Earth against the dark and demonic enemies that threaten it.

-> The AnthropomorphicPersonification of Death, which grants {{Immortality}} to the Sorceror Supreme if they are deemed worthy. It often takes the form of a young woman, as which it earned the affections of the mad Titan {{Thanos}}. It grants authority to various Death Gods, Skyfathers and Hell Lords to take charge of souls after death or under certain arrangements. Though a largely amoral entity that ultimately desires the end of life itself, it is not actively malevolent and sees it duty as bringing an end to pain. It is thus opposed to {{Cosmic Horror}}s that are out to do far, far worse.

-> The demon Chthon is perhaps the most powerful of the Elder Gods and the first EvilSorceror in the history of Earth. The office of Sorceror Supreme was created to defend against this demon in particular, and it has succesfully excercised a nebulous influence throughout the planet's history. Chthon is the creator of a demonic race called the N'Garai and is the author of the Darkhold, the first book of BlackMagic from which vampires, werewolves and witches were unleashed on the world. It is trapped in a pocket universe both by innumerable mystical barriers erected by Gaea and Earth's magical defenders and by its own sheer power, as it is so strong and huge it cannot leave by normal means, though has imarted a fraction of its power into potential human hosts for later possession, most notably and successfully the ScarletWitch.

* EvilCounterpart: It is the antithesis of the Sorceror Supreme and the job exists primarly to fight ''it'', and not demons and {{Cosmic Horror}}s in general. Though apparently if Strange and Chthon are in the same lace at the same time, ''Strange will fall down dead'', so he cannot fight it directly.

-> Set is the Elder God who first devoured its brethren for power and degenerated into a demon, and is thus the first murderer in the history of Earth. It is an enormously powerful ancient evil that seeks to kill humanity and mammals and make reptilian life the dominant on Earth again, as it gains power from their violent death. The multi-headed snake god is the power behind many ancient sorcerors since mankind's early days and holds a special emnity for its sister Gaea, who is responsible for many of its greatest defeats.

* TheManBehindTheMan: To several demons and human sorcerors, most notably Thoth-Amon, the ArchEnemy of ConanTheBarbarian.

-> Created "long ago" by entities unknown, Zom is an ancient and terrible demon whose sole mission is to destroy everything, and whose rampage was only stopped by an alliance of powerful magic users whose ranks included even Dormammu and Umar. The alliance sealed him away but Strange released him on the advice of the Ancient One to help him win his battle with Umar; Zom proved to be an even greater threat and even Eternity was no match for him, but eventually he was defeated and a small piece of him was kept by Strange as a safekee, though that too has recently been destroyed after Strange foolishly relied on its power, an act that cause him to resign as Sorceror Supreme.

* MagicHair: His hair is basically a magical shield that hides its presence from sorcerors..

-> The AnthropomorphicPersonification of Eternity has existed since the dawn of time and represents one of the fundamental aspects of the universe. It is enemies with some of the most powerful and dangerous evils in the cosmos which seek either to kill it or take it's power for themselves, which in either case will result in [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End Of Reality As We Know It.]] He has assisted Doctor Strange when he comes into battle with these enemies.

-> The demon Chthon is perhaps the most powerful of the Elder Gods and the first EvilSorceror in the history of Earth. The office of Sorceror Supreme was created to defend against this demon in particular, and it has succesfully excercised a nebulous influence throughout the planet's history. Chthon is the creator of a demonic race called the N'Garai and is the author of the Darkhold, the first book of BlackMagic from which vampires, werewolves and witches were unleashed on the world. It is trapped in a pocket universe both by innumerable mystical barriers erected by Gaea and Earth's magical defenders and by it's own sheer power, as it is so strong and huge it cannot leave by normal means, though has imarted a fraction of it's power into potential human hosts for later possession, most notably and successfully the ScarletWitch.

* BiggerBad: It cannot act directly in the regular Marvel universe and thus is rarely if ever seen, the exceptions being when it utilises DemonicPossession, and in such cases it is a shadow of it's true power (though still a major threat to all life everywhere).

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: It was wise enough to escape Atum while it was eating its brethern, but savvy enough to leave behind the Darkhold as an anchor from which to wield it's influence. Quite often even when its beaten, Chthon manages to leave something behind that it can use to cause more damage.
* DemonicPossession: Several times, though it seems to have reserved the ScarletWitch as its host of choice. It once ended up possessing her brother Quicksilver and even though this was just a tiny portion of it's power, it very never destroyed the planet causing calamities as it rewrote reality.

* ImAHumanitarian: Devoured it's own siblings for power, degenerating into a demon in the process.

* SealedEvilInACan: The demon itself is trapped in another dimension and countless magical barriers are erected to keep it there; on one occassion a portion of it escaed and wound up imprisoned in Mount Wundagore. The FantasticFour villain the Puppet Master gets his magical clay from there and it was there that it implanted a fraction of its power into Wanda Maximoff and marked her as it's host.

-> Set is the Elder God who first devoured it's brethern for power and degenerated into a demon, and is thus the first murderer in the history of Earth. It is an enormously powerful ancient evil that seeks to kill humanity and mammals and make reptilian life the dominant on Earth again, as it gains power from their violent death. The multi-headed snake god is the power behind many ancient sorcerors since mankind's early days and holds a special emnity for its sister Gaea, who is responsible for many of its greatest defeats.

* ArchEnemy: Gaea, who sired Atum to kill Set and the other Elder Gods, and unleashed it against Set again when he returned and sent the dinosaurs to wipe out all mammilian life as she has decided dinosaurs were an evolutionary dead end. It's battle with Atum accidently caused the dinosaurs to go extinct (the meteor that killed them was probably summoned by one or the other) and is the reason it has so many heads.

* BodyHorror: It's true form in its own dimension is identical to it's normal one...except that it has benn ''turned inside out'' for some horrible reason.

* HorrorHunger: More than any other Elder God, Set is characterised by his insatiable appetite and is possibly unable to stop, not that it particularly ''wants'' to mind. It is said that while Gaea nourishes, Set devours.

* HydraProblem: Atum cut off it's original head, but two more took it's place. So Atum kept cutting until he has seven.
* IHaveManyNames: Father Set, the Great Serpent, Set the Great Destroyer
** Each of its heads have their own name too and are the basis of various mythological and religous serpents-Set, Apep, Ophion, Tiamat, Lotan, Leviathan and Apocalypse, respectively, are their names.
* ImAHumanitarian: The very first Elder God to eat it's brethern.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Both Set and it's spawn, the Serpent People, which it wishes to replace humanity with.

* AGodAmI: Worshipped as such in all of its hundreds of realms and across thousands more. Within it's own realms it is all powerful in every sense of the word, save for its lesser realms, though even in them it's power is said to be so huge it makes Mephisto and Satanish look like "mice in a great temple".

-> Created "long ago" by entities unknown, Zom is an ancient and terrible demon whose sole mission is to destroy everything, and whose rampage was only stopped by an alliance of powerful magic users whose ranks included even Dormammu and Umar. The alliance sealed him away but Strange released him on the advice of the Ancient One to help him win his battle with Umar; Zom proved to be an even greater threat and even Eternity was no match for him, but eventually he was defeated and a small piece of him was kept by Strange as a safekee, though that too has recently been destroyed after Strange foolishly relied on it's power, an act that cause him to resign as Sorceror Supreme.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: The theme behind it's original story arc; Zom was brought in to defeat Umar but went out of control and managed to defeat Eternity, but it was made clear it was no match for the Living Tribunal.
* TheBerserker: Zom, but especially those who draw on it's power as it's sheer fury overwhelms them.

* LiterallyShatteredLives: How Strange originally managed to defeat it; turned out to be a case of ItGotWorse as now it's evil was spreading everywhere and the Living Tribunal threatened to destroy the ''universe'' to stop it if Strange didn't clean up his mess.

* MagicHair: His hair is basically a magical shield that hides it's prescence from sorcerors..
* OmnicidalManiac: It's sole purpose for being is to destroy everything.

* [[MotherOfAThousandYound Father OF A Thousand Young]]: Vampires, werewolves, witches and all manner of demons and other horrors owe their existence to him, though sometimes indirectly.

* TomeOfElritchLore: The Darkhold, responsible for the creation of vampires and the fall of Atlantis amongst many other things. The Book of the Vishanti, in Strange's possession, was written specifically as a counterweight to it.

!!Dormammu

-> Dormammu is a member of the extradimensional race known as the Faltine, and with his sister Umar was exiled for craving matter and killing their "father" Sinifer, who spawned them. Through treachery and guile Dormammu took control of the Dark Dimension and began to cultivate worship of himself across several universes and conquering several others. He is responsible for the creation of Sataanish and other Hell Lords and is the power behind several demons, sorcerers and other magical villains. He has fought Earth's Sorcerer Supreme since the days of Agamotto but holds a particular emnity for Strange, who considers him his ArchEnemy and will do anything to defeat him.

* AGodAmI: Worshipped as God within the Dark Dimension and as a deity in thousands of others. Within the Dark Dimension he is virtually omnipotent.
* ArchEnemy: While Mordo was probably this originally, Strange eclipsed him a long time ago and Dormammu was in most senses his master anyway. The war between Strange and the Dread One is much more personal an Dormammu is a much more formidable foe.
* BlackMagic: His name can be invoked by sorcerers wishing to utilise his power. In the early days Strange himself use to do this, until he found out exactly who and what he was calling upon.

!!Satanish

* ReligionOfEvil: The Sons of Satanish, his mortal representatives.

!!Shuma-Gorath

-> One of the deadliest and most powerful demons Stephen Strange has ever faced, Shuma-Gorath an entity comparable to Dormammu, save that it is far stronger, much more alien, and is the ruler of a far greater number of realms. It is responsible for the death of the Ancient One and has attempted to invade the Earth several times, and in the distant past even ruled it on two separate occasions. It has only grown stronger since then and its return could bring about the end of the universe.

-> It has [[TheThanosImperative recently been established]] that it is one of the Many-Angled Ones, immortal Lovecraftian entities that alter reality to bring about an end to death and allowing life to grow out of control and ferment as a cancer, and turning all living beings into creatures as alien and abominable as they are. It also established Shuma-Gorath and his brood as one of the oldest sentient life forms in the multiverse, and is thus a truly ancient and terrifying evil.

* AGodAmI: Worshipped as such in all of its hundreds of realms and across thousands more. Within it's own realms it is all powerful in every sense of the word, save for its lesser realms, though even in them it's power is said to be so huge it makes Mephisto and Satanish look like "mice in a great temple".
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: All living beings within its realms are fanatically devoted to worshipping it, though this doesn't seem to apply to artificial beings like robots and the like. In ancient Earth "its name was whispered in reverence by every living thing".
* CardCarryingVillain:
-->'''Shuma-Gorath''': ''So thou knowest the essence of Shuma-Gorath, eh, Doctor Strange? Aye—evil! Ancient, timeless... patient... evil! And Shuma-Gorath doth know thee.''
* DimensionLord: Of several hundred dimensions, in fact.
* EldritchAbomination: More so than any other on this page. Its normal form is a multi-armed tentacled monster with one giant eye, but it can take any shape and its other forms, and possibly its ''true'' form, are even more alien than that. It has been said that Shuma takes the form which most terrifies the dimension he is trying to conquer.

* DeliverUsFromEvil: Supposedly she wasn't truly evil until she experienced childbirth, which robbed her of her sanity and most of her moral compass.

* OmnicidalManiac

-> A brilliant but arrogant New York surgeon, Dr Stephen Strange's life was turned upside down when a car crash caused irreparable nerve damage to his hands, preventing him from even holding a scalpel. Driven by desperation, he travelled to Tibet to seek the help of the Ancient One, a powerful wizard and the Sorceror Supreme, charged with protecting the Earth from the otherdimensional {{Cosmic Horror}}s who would threaten it.

-> The Ancient One, finding him too proud, turned Strange down but allowed him to stay the night, letting Strange discover and foil the plot of his DeceptiveDisciple Baron Mordo, so that he would learn humility and learn the existence of true evil and the need to combat it. Sensing his great magical potential, the Ancient One asked Strange to become his new apprentice, and the now humble Strange accepted.

-> After years of study he moved back to New York and engaged in many mystical advetures and fought many wicked foes, including as the vengeful Mordo, the Dread Dormammu and the abominable Shuma-Gorath, who caused the death of the Ancient One, leading to Strange inheriting his title and responsibilities. As the new Sorceror Supreme, Strange became the best and last line of defence between Earth and total destruction at the hands of its most powerful enemies.

* AmplifierArtifact: The Cloak Of Leviation which lets him...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin levitate, and fly]]. Also the Wand of Watoomb and anything with "-of Agamotto" at the end of it, as well as many other mystical objects.

** BadassBeard

* BiggerOnTheInside: His Sanctum Sanctorium.

* NotThatKindOfDoctor: [[InvertedTrope Anymore.]]

* ThirdEye: The Eye of Agammoto
* PsychicPowers: He's actually on par with even the likes of [[Xmen Professor X]], though the latter is obviously more specialised and probably more skilled.

* WhoYouGonnaCall?

-> The daughter of the demonic entity Umar, though unaware of that fact for some time, Clea spent most of her life as one of countless denizens enslaved to her uncle, the god-tyrant of the Dark Dimsenion Dormammu, whose servant Orini was her own father. Impressed by the courage of Stephen Strange in his battles to defeat The Dread One, she chose to help him as his only ally in the Dark Dimension but quickly became a prisoner for her trouble. Both Dormammu and even Umar sought to hurt Strange through her, until the Ancient One sent her to another dimension for her safety, and eventually she went to Earth to live and train with Strange.

-> Wong is the latest in a long-line of men who devoted themselves to the service of the Sorceror Supreme beginning with his ancenstor Kan ten generations before. He is one of Strange's oldest and closest friends and not merely his manservant, as well as his sparring partner in the martial arts- in turn, he is versed in magic enough to assist in complex spells and hold his own against his master's less impressive, but still dangerous threats.

* EthnicMenialLabor: Wong is a well rounded character and an all-round BadAss in his own right...but still, this trope is probably in the back of your mind.

-> Strange's centuries-old mentor and his predecessor as Sorceror Supreme, the Ancient One has been protecting the Earth and wider MarvelUniverse for generations from the forces of evil. He brought out not just Strange's inner magical potential but also his inner hero, and entrusted him to battle his most powerful foes. Strange was eventually forced to kill him to prevent the demon Shuma-Gorath using him as a conduit to Earth, but rather than die he merged with Eternity and became one with the universe, leaving his student the mantle of Sorceror Supreme.

-> Oshtur began life as one of the Elder Gods, powerful magical entities that were the first sentient life on Earth. She fled to another dimension as her siblings began consuming each other for power, and there she met with another cosmic entity named Hoggoth and later, inspired by the children of mortal creatures, gave birth to the entity Agamotto. Agammoto became the Earth's first Sorceror Supreme and left several magical artifacts to in their trust, and the trio became known as the Eternal Vishanti, and now patron themselves to those who defend the Earth against the dark and demonic enemies that threaten it.

-> Whilst her sister Oshtur fled the Elder Gods to another dimension, Gaea dealt with them by giving birth to the entity Atum, who consumed the ones who did not escape and then dispelled their evil energies, which eventually became TheLegionsOfHell. Gaea then established countless magical barriers to prevent her demonic brethern from returning to Earth again, which were later reinforced by successive sorcerors. When Strange fell out of favour with the Vishanti, Gaea was there to serve as his new patron.

* HotGod: Specifically, to [[XMen Storm]], who worships her as the Bright Lady she once met in her youth.

* DontFearTheReaper: While her [[{{Thanos}} consort and lover]] would gladly [[OmnicidalManiac kill everything in the universe for her]], and though she would find that very romantic, she is a neccesary component of the universe and, further, sees herself as the end of pain and suffering. She is not actively malevolent or sadistic.

-> The treacherous apprentice of the Ancient One before Strange took his place, Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo has plagues the Sorceror Supreme several times in his quest for revenge and power. He often allies himself with more powerful demonic entities, frequently Umar or Dormammu, and tends to rely on MindControl and illusions to further his evil schemes.

-> Dormammu is a member of the extradimensional race known as the Faltine, and with his sister Umar was exiled for craving matter and killing their "father" Sinifer, who spawned them. Through treachery and guile Dormammu took control of the Dark Dimension and began to cultivate worship of himself across several universes and conquering several others. He is responsible for the creation of Sataanish and other Hell Lords and is the power behind several demons, sorcerors and other magical villains. He has fought Earth's Sorceror Supreme since the days of Agamotto but holds a particular emnity for Strange, who considers him his ArchEnemy and will do anything to defeat him.

* ArchEnemy: While Mordo was probably this originally, Strange eclipsed him a long time ago and Dormammu was in most senses his master anyway. The war between Strange and the Dread One is much more personal an Dormammu is a much more formidabble foe.
* BlackMagic: His name can be invoked by sorcerors wishing to utilise his power. In the early days Strange himself use to do this, until he found out exactly who and what he was calling upon.

* EvilCounterpart: Like Strange, Dormammu is a sorceror first and foremost, though a much more powerful one who can rely on his natural magical energy. More importantly, Dormammu's greatest flaw is his {{Pride}}, which is what Strange had to overcome to get the help and tutorship of the Ancient One. Though Strange was never as psychopathic as the Lord of Darkness, he was every bit as arrogant.

* TheManBehindTheMan: He is the power behind Sataanish and many other Hell Lords, and is frequently the patron of Baron Mordo and several other troublemakers.

* SmugSnake: He is an extremely intelligent CosmicHorror and has diabolical plans that stretch across multiple dimensions and several millenia...and they all tend to be beaten, because he is just that arrogant and can't deal with things not working out exactly like he wanted them to.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: He actually even modelled it on Dante's ''Inferno'', just to mess with those that end up in it.

!!Sataanish

* ReligionOfEvil: The Sons of Sataanish, his mortal representatives.

-> One of the deadliest and most powerful demons Stephen Strange has ever faced, Shuma-Gorath an entity comparabe to Dormammu, save that it is far stronger, much more alien, and is the ruler of a far greater number of realms. It is responsible for the death of the Ancient One and has attempted to invade the Earth several times, and in the distant past even ruled it on two seperate occassions. It has only grown stronger since then and its return could bring about the end of the universe.

-> It has [[TheThanosImperative recently been established]] that it is one of the Many-Angled Ones, immortal Lovecraftian entities that alter reality to bring about an end to death and allowing life to grow out of control and forment as a cancer, and turning all living beings into creatures as alien and abominable as they are. It also established Shuma-Gorath and his brood as one of the oldest sentient life forms in the multiverse, and is thus a truly ancient and terrifying evil.

* AGodAmI: Worshipped as such in all of its hundreds of realms and across thousands more. Within it's own realms it is all powerful in every sense of the word, save for its lesser realms, though even in them it's power is said to be so huge it makes Mephisto and Sataanish look like "mice in a great temple".
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: All living beings within its realms are fanatically devoted to worshipping it, though this doesn't seem to apply to artificial beings like robots and the like. In ancient Earth "its name was whispered in reverance by every living thing".

-->'''Shuma-Gorath''': ''So thou knowest the essence of Shuma-Gorath, eh, Doctor Strange? Aye—evil! Ancient, timeless…patient…evil! And Shuma-Gorath doth know thee.''

* EldritchAbomination: More so than any other on this page. It's normal form is a multi-armed tentacled monster with one giant eye, but it can take any shape and its other forms, and possibly it's ''true'' form, are even more alien than that.

* IHaveManyNames: Shuma-Gorath, The Lord of Chaos, The Unclosing Eye, The Writhering Devourer, He Who Sleeps But Shall Awake, The Great Old One.

* {{Immortality}}: Shuma-Gorath cannot truly die and any creauture that somehow manages to kill it will end up ''becoming'' it. If you kill yourself, its energies will just reform and it will return again. And don't put it off too long; those energies are so powerful than with them inside you can destroy ''galaxies'' just by ''being in them!''
* LargeAndInCharge: His normal form is so big that Strange once mistook him for a ''mountain'', though thanks to VoluntaryShapeshifting he really has no size limit.
* TheManBehindTheMan: It has been served by Nightmare and various human sorcerors, one of whom sold out the world in exchange for "my life and [[ShinyNewAustralia Barbados]]. All manner of otherwise egomaniacal gods and demons are more than willing to do its bidding if it calls on them.

* SympatheticMagic: He once made a voodoo doll of ''Earth''. Distaster ensued. Whats worse is that it didn't even require any ''effort''; it conjured it out of nowhere purely to mess with Strange.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The Many-Angled ones eliminate death as part of their standard strategem when they take over a universe; the end result is a universe of nightmarish horrors as life grows out of control/

* FlamingSkull: Or rather, a flaming ''crown'', that encompasses his entire head.

-> It has [[TheThanosImperative recently been established]] that it is one of the Many-Angled Ones, immortal Lovecraftian entities alter reality to bring about an end to death and allowing life to grow out of control and forment as a cancer, and turning all living beings into creatures as alien and abominable as they are. It also established Shuma-Gorath and his brood as one of the oldest sentient life forms in the multiverse, and is thus a truly ancient and terrifying evil.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBecomeJustLikeHim: Literally; you will actually ''become'' him, as his evil energy will consume and possess you.
* {{Immortality}}: Shuma-Gorath cannot truly die and any creauture that somehow manages to kill it will end up ''becoming'' it. If you kill yourself, its energies will just reform and it will return again.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Both her mother and uncle are malevolent demonic entities seeking to dominate all of Creation, and her father was Dormammu's closest disciple. At one point, Baron Mordo was Umar's consort. This is not a healthy family background.

-> The AntropomorphicPersonification of Death, which grants {{Immortality}} to the Sorceror Supreme if they are deemed worthy. It often takes the form of a young woman, as which it earned the affections of the mad Titan {{Thanos}}. It grants authority to various Death Gods, Skyfathers and Hell Lords to take charge of souls after death or under certain arrangements. Though a largely amoral entity that ultimately desires the end of life itself, it is not actively malevolent and sees it duty as bringing an end to pain. It is thus opposed to {{Cosmic Horror}}s that are out to do far, far worse.

* ArchEnemy
* BlackMagic

* DimensionLord: Of the Dark Dimension and possible others.

* EvilCounterpart: Not so much to Strange, but he is often compared to [[TheMightyThor Odin]], the All-Father of Asgard, and is usually portrayed as at least as powerful as he is. Whether he is less or more is DependingOnTheWriter, but if Strange is not opposing Dormammu Odin probably is.

* DealWithTheDevil

* DimensionLord
* FireAndBrimstoneHell

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: As long as people can dream, Nightmare will live. It is possible to kill him by stopping people dreaming, but humanity would quickly go mad as a result.
* DimensionLord

* DealWithTheDevil

* AGodAmI
* DimensionLord
* EldritchAbomination
* MultiversalConqueror

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Both her mother and uncle are malevolent demonic entities seeking to dominate all of Creation. Plus, at one point she was the consort of Baron Mordo. This is not a healthy family background.

* DatingCatwoman: And marrying her, then breaking up, but wanting to see her again...

* CoolTeacher: Taught Stephen everything he knows...about kicking someones physical ass.

* AGodAmI

* DimensionLord
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans

* FlamingHair: Or rather, a flaming ''crown'', that encompasses his entire head.

* MultiversalConqueror

!!{{Dracula}}

* EvilOverlord
* EvilSorceror
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He is the ArchEnemy of {{Blade}}, but Strange has tangled with him often enough.

* AnthromorphicPersonification

* AnthromorphicPersonification

* TheCorrrupter

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!!Dracula

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!!Zom