History Characters / EdensZeroInterstellarUnionArmy

* CatSmile: Shiro has one when she smiles, reflecting a more impish nature.

[[Characters/EdensZeroCrewOfEdensZero Crew of Edens Zero]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroShikiGranbell Shiki Granbell]], [[Characters/EdensZeroShikisCompanions Shiki's Companions]], [[Characters/EdensZeroDemonKingsFourShiningStars Demon King's Four Shining Stars]])\\
[[Characters/EdensZeroCrewOfEdensOne Crew of Edens One]] | [[Characters/EdensZeroOracionSeisGalactica Oración Seis Galáctica]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroOracionSeisGalacticaAssociates Associates]]) | '''Interstellar Union Army'''\\

!Due to the nature of the final arcs, all tropes and examples from Chapter 221 onward should be placed on [[Characters/EdensZeroUniverseZero this page]].

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Cure is one of the few villains to remain an irredeemable monster in Universe Zero, where most other villains are changed for the better thanks to the CosmicRetcon making [[ForWantOfANail key improvements in their lives]], evidenced by how he's embraced being purely evil while deluding himself into thinking he's a FallenHero.]]

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Cure is one of the few villains to remain an irredeemable monster in Universe Zero, where most other villains are changed for the better thanks to the CosmicRetcon making [[ForWantOfANail key improvements in their lives]].]]

* CreateYourOwnVillain: {{Invoked}}. He deliberately gives many villains their power and lets them grow in threat and influence to a cosmic scale so [[EngineeredHeroics he or his fellow army officers can protect the universe from them]].

* HateSink: Cure proves himself to be of a despicable sort when he's revealed to be not just the one pulling Deadend Crow's strings, but also the one who created Drakken Joe and Poseidon Nero, convinced he's a WellIntentionedExtremist when he's a delusional KnightTemplar who sees the senseless deaths they've caused as NecessarilyEvil.

* KarmaHoudini: Because of the story's transition between different timelines, he's never shown getting caught for his corrupt practices in Universes 1 and 2, allowing him to continue manipulating his allies unnoticed. [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Not the case in Universe 3]], where his evil gets exposed to the rest of the Oración Seis Interstellar, leading to his death at the hands of the ''Edens Zero'' crew.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler:Universe Zero's Cure once had a HeelRealization after the Interstellar Union Army beat him to the punch in taking Deadend Crow down on Planet Swan. However, he has since realized he's completely fine with being evil because EvilFeelsGood, which convinces Jinn that Cure is BeyondRedemption.]]

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Cure is one of the few villains to remain an irredeemable monster in Universe Zero, where most other villains are changed for the better thanks to the CosmicRetcon.]]

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler:Universe Zero's Cure once had a HeelRealization after the Interstellar Union Army beat him to the punch in taking Deadend Crow down on Planet Swan. However, he has since realized he's completely fine with being evil because EvilFeelsGood.]]

* MeaningfulRename: As the final arc shows, [[spoiler:Cure's name in Universe Zero is combined with Deadend Crow's to become "Deadend Cure", showing this is a world where Cure doesn't hide his evil nature]].

* AboveGoodAndEvil: {{Downplayed}}; he claims to be ''both'' good and evil to morally justify creating villains for heroes to someday fight. [[ShutUpHannibal Holy simply calls him nothing but evil]].
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Out of all the evils Cure has created, he considers Deadend Crow to be his MagnumOpus, Crow being a murderous devil of an android responsible for a terrorist attack in the Yukino Cosmos that killed one million people in a single day.

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: {{Deconstructed}}. He believes himself to be the combination between good and evil, and is convinced that GoodNeedsEvil to sustain its own existence. However, this gives him a ShutUpHannibal speech from Holy, who tells him him that good people don't create evil; creating evil for the purpose of making good shine shows that he's just a GloryHound willing to sacrifice the lives of innocents for his deluded ideals.

* BigBadEnsemble: Being TheManBehindTheMan to three of the Oración Seis Galáctica--Drakken Joe, Poseidon Nero, and Deadend Crow--makes him one of the secret overarching antagonists of the series, though he amounts to little more than a BigBadWannabe.

* BondVillainStupidity: Instead of killing Holy when [[HeKnowsTooMuch she finds him guarding Crow's power source]], Cure simply wounds her and spells out his entire motivation because he ''wants'' her to be the one to destroy Crow someday [[YouAreNotReady once he decides she's ready]]. This not only gives her the willpower to fight him, but allows her to destroy the power source and expose his cover to her teammates.
* CardCarryingVillain: ZigZagged. He's aware that he's a villain and considers his actions to be NecessarilyEvil, but [[KnightTemplar he's convinced that he's also a hero]] because good has no purpose without evil in the universe. Holy counters that he's just insane.

* TheCorrupter: {{Downplayed}}. Cure was able to turn Drakken and Nero into two of the most notorious villains in the cosmos simply by giving them access to their power--implied to be Drakken's [[AlchemyIsMagic alchemy book]] and Nero's [[{{Seers}} prophetic dice]], respectively--and leaving them to their own devices, eventually corrupting themselves.

* EngineeredHeroics: His ''modus operandi'' is to create powerful villains--either by his own hand like Crow, supplying them with their power like Drakken and Nero, or simply giving them bad names like Elsie and Nox--and let them run rampant until a hero rises and joins the army to destroy them, with the rest of his team none the wiser.

* GoodNeedsEvil: His philosophy is that, for good to exist, there must be a great evil opposite to it to be defeated. It's for this reason that he's played a role in orchestrating the rise of many evil Galáctica members, and spreading misinformation about the more benevolent ones, so that the Interstellar Union Army retains its purpose as a beacon of good for the universe.

* HealingFactor: He can instantly regenerate from any serious damage inflicted upon him, such as being [[ImMelting melted down]] by Holy; he can also extend this power to other people and objects, including Deadend Crow's power source. The downside to this is that he can't regenerate two targets at the same time, and he can't restore something once it's been completely destroyed.

* MacGuffinPersonReveal: The Lendard arc reveals him to be a MacGuffinSuperPerson who's been secretly powering Deadend Crow from the inside for thirteen years.
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: He is Deadend Crow's "main body" who directly fuels Crow's power source, allowing him to regenerate and rampage without ever tiring. When Holy destroys the power source, [[FusionDance Cure merges with Crow directly]] to keep him running.

* ShoutOut: His ship, the ''Brain Dust'', is named after Brain from ''Fairy Tail''[='=]s Oración Seis. It also serves as meta-level {{Foreshadowing}} to Cure being a TokenEvilTeammate like Brain, the only one of his group to be irredeemably evil.

* VillainousBreakdown: When Holy destroys Crow's power source, Cure throws all composure aside and [[FusionDance fuses himself]] with Crow, proceeding to go on a rampage while ranting that everything must die by his hand so he can bring it back to life.

* GallowsHumor: She's shown to have a pretty twisted sense of humor, seeing as her response to Eraser mentioning all the lives lost during the battle on Nero 66 is to jokingly ask if he meant [[IncrediblyLamePun "erased"]].

[[Characters/EdensZeroCrewOfEdensOne Crew of Edens One]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroZiggy Ziggy]]) | [[Characters/EdensZeroOracionSeisGalactica Oración Seis Galáctica]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroOracionSeisGalacticaAssociates Associates]]) | '''Interstellar Union Army'''\\

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The alliance between Holy and the ''Edens Zero'' crew in the Lendard arc is a mostly tense affair, with most of the crew openly voicing their distrust of her, only treating her as one of their own because of Shiki orders. [[spoiler:Their partnership ends on peaceful terms, however, after they go the extra mile to help her work through her past trauma despite their apprehension of her.]]

* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:At the end of the Lendard arc, James realizes he was mistaken about Elsie and Homura being evil criminals, finally giving up on arresting them. Since Elsie has choosen to stay behind in Lendard when a Chronophage eats its time, James stays behind with her to at least not let her be alone in her final moments.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:After giving up his life goal to arrest Elsie, James chooses to let the Chronophage erase him along with her to "purify" all the time they wasted senselessly fighting and hating each other. The two smile at each other in their final moments.]]

* GoodIsNotNice: She is firmly on the side of good and justice, but she's also stern, aloof, and as dedicated to arresting the ''Edens Zero'' crew as she is with any criminal. This does not prevent her from [[EnemyMine assisting them]] when the need arises, though.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Out of all the evils Cure has created, he considers Deadend Crow to be his MagnumOpus, Crow being a murderous devil of an android responsible for the deadliest terrorist attack in the Yukino Cosmos.

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: {{Deconstructed}}. He believes himself to be the combination between good and evil, convincing himself that evil needs to be created in order for good to emerge victorious. However, he receives a ShutUpHannibal from Holy, who tells him him that good people don't create evil; creating evil for the purpose of making good shine shows that he's just a GloryHound willing to sacrifice the lives of innocents for his deluded ideals.

* BondVillainStupidity: Instead of killing Holy when [[HeKnowsTooMuch she finds him guarding Crow's power source]], Cure simply wounds her and spells out his entire motivation because he ''wants'' her to be the one to destroy Crow someday, but "not yet". This not only gives her the willpower to fight him, but allows her to destroy the power source and expose his cover to her teammates.
* CardCarryingVillain: ZigZagged. He's aware that he's a villain and considers his actions to be NecessarilyEvil, but [[KnightTemplar he's convinced that he's also a hero]] because it gives good a purpose in the universe. Holy counters that he's just insane.

* GoodPowersBadPeople: He has the power to regenerate himself and others, which would seem fitting for an officer of an intergalactic peacekeeping force. However, he uses this to make Deadend Crow one of the most dangerous criminals in cosmic history.

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: He is Deadend Crow's "main body" who directly fuels Crow's power source, allowing him to regenerate and rampage without ever tiring. When Holy destroys the power source, [[FusionDance Cure merges with Crow directly]].

* NecessarilyEvil: Cure believes his own evil actions to be this, including the creation of Deadend Crow and his massacre of over one million humans, because the Interstellar Union Army can't be the "good" the universe needs if it has no "evil" to protect it from.

!Spoilers for the first 140 chapters (anime seasons 1 and 2) are unmarked. Expect unmarked spoiler names as well. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

* KingIncognito: A non-royalty variant: this subordinate of an Interstellar Union Army commander reveals himself in the Nero 66 arc as a member of Oedo's shogunate family, which holds absolute ruling power. Homura, who'd spent the whole arc being rude and dismissive towards him, is mortified to learn she'd been insulting one of her homeworld's overlords and immediately [[PoseOfSupplication grovels in apology]].

* PowerOfTrust: {{Invoked}} when Creed reveals his true identity to Homura--moreso that they come from the same planet than their difference in Oedo's hierarchy, which he seeks to reform--so she'll accept his help in stopping the All-Link System. It works, though partially because he's at the top of the social ladder.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Out of all the evils Cure has created, he considers Deadend Crow to be his MagnumOpus, Crow being a murderous devil of an android responsible for the deadliest terrorist attacks in the Yukino Cosmos.

* AwesomeButImpractical: His [[PowerOfTheVoid Ether Gear]] is remarkably powerful, letting him wipe out entire armies with a wave of his hand, but it also has long charging periods in between uses, preventing him from using it as often as he wants.

* MakesUsEven: He declares this in the Lendard arc after safely delivering an unconscious Homura to her crew after she saves Justice's life in the battle against God Acnoella, reminding the crew that they're still enemies despite this.

* NecessaryDrawback: His erasing Ether Gear has two that prevent it from being a full-on StoryBreakerPower: one is that it takes long periods of time to charge the necessary Ether to use it; the other is that targets of greater size or mass require more Ether.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He proves himself on multiple accounts to be one of the most reasonable members of his team, such as when he accepts the rebel army Oasis's help against the Nero Empire despite Oasis's status as a civilian organization, and listening without a moment's hesitation when the ''Edens Zero'' crew warns the army of impending destruction.

!Spoilers for the first 113 chapters are unmarked; for comparison, the first season of the anime adaptation covers up to Chapter 68. Expect unmarked spoiler names as well. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned! Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
!To preserve spoilers for the final arc, all tropes pertaining to these characters from Chapters 221 onward should be placed on [[Characters/EdensZeroUniverseZero this page]].

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yūki Sanpei (Japanese), Joe Hernandez (English)

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[[Characters/EdensZeroCrewOfEdensZero Crew of Edens Zero]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroShikiGranbell Shiki Granbell]], [[Characters/EdensZeroShikisCompanions Shiki's Companions]]) | [[Characters/EdensZeroCrewOfEdensOne Crew of Edens One]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroZiggy Ziggy]])\\
[[Characters/EdensZeroOracionSeisGalactica Oración Seis Galáctica]] ([[Characters/EdensZeroOracionSeisGalacticaAssociates Associates]]) | '''Interstellar Union Army'''\\

* Guile Hero: Not surprising for her job as a spy. For the entirety of the Belial Gore arc, she didn't participate in a single fight, but her role was crucial in destroying Drakken Joe's life support system. First, she convinced the main cast to leave Shiki to distract Drakken Joe and the rest of them focused on destroying the life support system. Secondly, she convinced Jinn to destroy the security device that guards the system from hacking by revealing the true purpose of the system and playing on his love for his sister.