History Characters / WitchVillains

* AntiVillain / WellIntentionedExtremist: The reason he declared war on the Oracle is because he wants his son cured.

* HeelFaceTurn: He's eventually pushed aside by his supervisors and warns the girls of the threat towards them.

%%* KickTheSonOfABitch: Does this to Nerissa and Miranda.

* DarkChick: Ember is the sole female member of the Knights of Destruction.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Several parallels can be drawn to an elf in Phobos's design. He's tall, slender, very beautiful, lives in another world, and has vast magical powers.

* WhenHeSmiles: In the comics when he thanks Cedric for his loyalty, he actually looks like a good guy.

%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the fifth story arc of the comic, and implied to be this overall in that continuity.

* TheDreaded: Very much so. Quite telling is how the Oracle choose to deal with her assault on Kandrakar: ordered the use of the Resonance, a power that risked to destroy Kandrakar itself (it didn't work).

* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon is a short, double-edged axe.

** In the comic, he rarely exchanges words with anyone, and usually gives orders and receives reports through his [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Whisperers]]. Cedric and the royal gardener even [[LampshadeHanging noted how rare it was for him to leave his throne room and talk to anyone]] when he went to talk to them, and admitted it meant that the person he was speaking to was either in his favour and getting promoted (for Cedric) or in ''great'' trouble (the royal gardener: he had refused the order of creating a barrier of flowers to keep beggars out because he had no idea on how to carry it on, and Phobos [[KickTheDog transformed his wife and daughter in magical black roses to show him how]]).

* EvenEvilHasStandards: She flatly admits to being ''terrified'' by the criminals Kandrakar is holding in the Tower of Mists, who are implied to be way more evil than she (as Kandrakar didn't see fit to lock her there after she murdered a fellow Guardian).

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathSoucie

* TheDreaded: Very much so. Quite telling is how the Oracle choose to deal with her assault on Kandrakar in the [[{{ComicBook/WITCH}} comic version]]: ordered the use of the Resonance, a power that risked to destroy Kandrakar itself (it didn't work).
* DreamWeaver: She is able to manipulate dreams of other people, as can be seen in ''E for Enemy', and able to manifest it to real life, meaning that if the Guardians perish in their dreams, they will never wake up.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the comic she flatly admits to being ''terrified'' by the criminals Kandrakar is holding in the Tower of Mists, who are implied to be way more evil than she (as Kandrakar didn't see fit to lock her there after she murdered a fellow Guardian).

One of Nerissa's Knights of Destruction (known as Four Knights of Revenge in the comics). Tridart was made from the numerous icy stalactites found in the cave which Nerissa was sealed in. His form is that of a bald, muscular man with large, angel-like wings, and his weapon of choice is a short, double-edged axe. He represents the despair Nerissa felt in her prison. He was absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle, alongside Ember.

One of Nerissa's Knights of Destruction (known as Four Knights of Revenge in the comics). Ember was created from the lava which flowed around Nerissa's tomb. She looks like a slender woman made of smoldering lava, with bat-like wings on her back and hair made of flames. Befitting her nature, she attacks foes with blazing hot beams from her weapon – a type of trident. She represents the pain that Nerissa felt while being locked away – that which she now wants to inflict on Kandrakar. She was absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle, causing her to melt again into lava and disappear.

* RapunzelHair: He has a ton of braids that seem to always be suspended offscreen to keep them from dragging on the ground.

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* VocalDissonance: A wrinkly crone with an alarmingly sultry voice.

* BewareTheSuperman: She was the Keeper of the Heart and previous Quintessence Guardian before Will. Unlike Will, the power [[DrunkWithPower went to her head]], leading to AGodAmI.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the comic she flatly admits to be ''terrified'' by the criminals Kandrakar is holding in the Tower of Mists, that are implied to be way more evil than she (as Kandrakar didn't see fit to lock her there after she murdered a fellow Guardian).

* FallenHeroine: As the former Quintessence guardian, Nerissa was once a saviour, but her lust for power drove her into the path of villainy.

* HerosEvilPredecessor: She was the Quintessence Guardian and the Keeper of the Heart long before Will.

* VainSorceress: Played with. Once she has enough energy, one of the first things she does is restore her youth and beauty and cast a love spell on the men of Heatherfield. But emphasis on "once she has enough energy". Gathering power is her primary concern, and she had no qualms with draining her lifeforce for magic and making herself look like a withered old hag in the process.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants to create a peaceful and ordered universe- and because she's a megalomaniac, she sees ''conquering the whole thing'' as the best way to do this. But....
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Nerissa is around the same age as Yan Lin and other former Guardians, meaning that she would be in her 50s, but she looks considerably older than that.

* BellyWindow: Her dress has an opening in the front, showing off her navel.

->'''Voiced by:''' Mitchell Whitfield

* BigBad: Of Season 1 and he's a secondary BigBad in season 2 of the cartoon, and has the same role in the first and [[spoiler: fourth]] story arc.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the cartoon, he poses as a benevolent ruler and loving brother to Elyon so he can manipulate her into giving him her powers.

* TheDreaded: For season 1. Notably when Will meets Phobos in The Labyrinth she's terrified (given that the last time she met Phobos he was wrapping her up in vines and grilling her that's understandable).
* EnemyMine: Joins forces with the good guys against Nerissa in the cartoon's second season.

* {{Lust}}: The lust for power variant. He deliberately refrains from absorbing Nerissa's powers when he has the chance because he wants her to acquire others for him to steal later.
* MasterOfDisguise: Season 2 shows he can create convincing glamours.

* RapunzelHair: Not too much in his cartoon appearance, since the main part of it seems to fall to somewhere below his waist, but his comic self has a ton of braids that seem to always be suspended offscreen to keep them from dragging on the ground.
* SealedEvilInACan: He is locked in a cage for most of season 2.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the cartoon he does not [[spoiler: get his soul destroyed]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Briefly in Season 2, he joins the heroes to take down Nerissa. Despite not doing anything outright malevolent while cooperating with them, he uses the opportunity to prank them and take jabs at their personal flaws.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker

* ArchEnemy: From the first episode, Cedric is particularly vexed by Caleb.

* ExactWords: In Season 2, Phobos offers him a "fraction" of his power. [[spoiler:Cedric takes all of it, as "four fourths" counts as a fraction.]]

%%* HowDoIShotWeb: [[spoiler: When he absorbed the combined powers of Phobos, Elyon and C.H.Y.K.N.]]

* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: He is particularly aggravated by Caleb. Lampshaded in the first episode.
--> '''Cedric''': How can someone so small be so troublesome?

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:For all the planning and plotting in season 2, nobody saw him getting sick of Phobos' crap and ''eating him''.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: In the show. For all his humiliation brought to him by Phobos and his own desire for power, he turned against his former master and consumed his power]].

[[folder:Miranda]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyDeLisle

A creepy girl who is also a Beast- the same sort of magical creature as Cedric. Like him, she's one of Phobos's top minions.

* BalefulPolymorph: When the Knights release Phobos from the Infinite City, he turns Miranda into a tiny common spider for leaving him behind when Nerissa freed her. She spends a good deal of the season in this form and in the same cell as the also transformed Cedric until Phobos releases and turns them back to their real forms in ''W is for Witch''.
* BastardUnderstudy: She serves Phobos and Nerissa without hassle, but isn't loyal to either of them, betraying them only when the odds look convenient (like with Phobos losing the FinalBattle of Season 1, or when she alone is released in ''A is for Anonymous'').
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretends to be Elyon's friend under Phobos's orders in the first season, and also plays the part of a concerned bystander to the police when trying to frame Will.
* CanonForeigner: She's exclusive to the TV Series.
* ConsummateLiar: A VERY convincing one; Will and Elyon were both fooled when they met her the first time.
* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: The story she gives to Elyon of being adopted by Phobos after her parents' death.
* CreepyBlueEyes: She has four fully blue eyes in her spider form.
* CreepyChild: The face of this sweet little girl hides a spider monster ready to strike. [[VagueAge Whether she is actually a child is debatable]].
* DarkChick: She's the only known female underling of Phobos and member of the Knights of Vengeance (discounting Nerissa). She's also one of the most manipulative ones.
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Cedric after he takes over as the BigBad.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Until the very end, out of all the minions of Phobos, she's the hardest to get insight into.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Her voice turns raspy when she's in her beast form.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: This cute little girl is manipulative and nasty, and that goes without considering her alternate form.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She adopts a calm and reserved facade over her deviousness.
* GiantSpider: Her beast form is an arachnid creature that can spit sticky webs.
* {{Irony}}: She's ultimately taken down by [[spoiler:her former squad mate Sandpit (the very one she worked with on Earth in episode 3)]].
* LittleMissSnarker:
-->'''Phobos''': Miranda, I demand you release me at once!
-->'''Miranda''': Oh master, I would try, but I might [[IronicEcho embarrass myself]].
* MoralMyopia: Has a grudge against Elyon for locking her up when SHE was the one who took advantage of Elyon's trust and mocked her once the jig was up.
* OneWingedAngel: Her spider form to a degree. Miranda's human form is [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm her actual form]] and she needs to consciously maintain her spider form (any time she is knocked out, she reverts). Cedric on the other hand, defaults to his beast form and does not revert when rendered unconscious. Therefore, while the two have similar abilities, they are clearly not the same type of shapeshifter.
* PragmaticVillainy: In ''F is for Facade'', she advocates a quick execution for Caleb and his friends against Frost's suggestion of something slow and painful.
* TheSociopath: When criticising Frost's plan to deal with the guardians as crude she says "Clipping their wings isn't nearly as effective as breaking their spirits."
* SueDonym: While impersonating as a school girl from Earth, she uses the alias Melinda.
* VagueAge: It's hard to define if her human form matches her actual age.
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[[folder:Nerissa]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathSoucie

The former Guardian of Quintessence. She attempts to rule the world by defeating Phobos and the Guardians.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the cartoon. She does appear remorseful over killing her best friend, Cassidy, where in the comics she doesn't. It is also very evident that she loves [[spoiler: her son, Caleb and her lover/Caleb's father, Jullian. But father and son know that Nerissa can't be redeemed. Plus her relations with them doesn't stop Nerissa from attacking them]].
%%* AlphaBitch: Has shades of this in "T is for Trauma".
* AmbiguouslyBi: Despite her relationship with Julian, Nerissa's reaction whenever Cassidy is brought up heavily implies that there was something between the two.
--> '''Yan Lin:''' "Does (Cassidy's) memory really mean so little to you?"
--> '''Nerissa:''' "You have no idea what she meant to me!"
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Nerissa admits to Yan Lin and Halinor that she loved Cassidy and regrets what happened.
* AntiVillain: Subverted; much like [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Demona]] (another Greg Weisman villain), she likes to ''think'' she's a Type III, but the other characters aren't buying it.
* BedTrick: While disguised as the Mage, she slept with Caleb's father. This makes her one of very few, if any, animated Disney villains to be a straight up rapist.

* BigBad: She causes most of the problems in Season 2, as her lust for power leads her to [[spoiler:steal the hearts of multiple worlds and corrupt the former guardians. Her string of victories ultimately convinces the heroes to recruit previous villains into their forces, two of which end up [[HijackedByGanon hijacking the role of main antagonist]]]].
* BigNo:
** She gives one of these near the end of S is for Self when Yan Lin successfully escapes with the guardians.
** She gives another at the end of "W is for Witch" when she's absorbed into her seal by Phobos..

%%* TheChessmaster: Initially the best in the animated adaptation, only losing her spot in the last episodes to Will.

* DudeMagnet: {{Enforced|Trope}}. In "T is for Trauma", Nerissa brainwashed all the males closest to WITCH (sans Caleb and Matt), to further her own goals.
* EnemyMine: In "Z is for Zenith", she spends most of the episode helping the guardians to defeat Cedric. [[spoiler:However, her true colours show again once he's defeated]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nerissa truly loves [[spoiler: her son, Caleb,]] and his father. It is ''not'', however, a case of LoveRedeems. She also says she loved Cassidy and regrets killing her.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Nerissa, despite saying she can manipulate anyone, doesn't understand why someone would ''refuse'' to take power when it's offered to them. [[spoiler:While she has contingencies on her magic items, she was genuinely shocked when Caleb tried to take them, not for himself, but so she wouldn't use them. then she's further shocked when Caleb bluntly states that he won't be her tyrant on Meridian because he spent his life dispelling that power]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** In the comic she flatly admits to be ''terrified'' by the criminals Kandrakar is holding in the Tower of Mists, that are implied to be way more evil than she (as Kandrakar didn't see fit to lock her there after she murdered a fellow Guardian).
** Halinor and Yan Lin manages to talk her down when they ask if she'll murder them like she murdered Cassidy. She looks truly regretful when she says she loved Cassidy and flees. One of the first things she tries to do as soon as she can is to [[spoiler:resurrect Cassidy, who would rather stay dead]].
** She won't murder [[spoiler:her family, even when Caleb outright defies her, although she's not above non-lethal attacks to get them out of the way]].
** Mentioned by Will; when Cornelia mutters that Nerissa in her youthful form shouldn't enspell Caleb to love her, as she did with the other high school guys, Will points out that [[spoiler:Caleb is Nerissa's son and that would be ''incest''. In later episodes, Caleb remains unaffected]].
* EvilMatriarch: She is the BigBad of season 2 and is also revealed to be [[spoiler:Caleb]]'s mother.

* EvilSorceress: She is Will's EvilCounterpart, being a former guardian with powers over Quintessence, which enable her to manipualte electricity and bestow life upon inanimate objects.

* FamilyEyeResemblance: Her green eyes are significant because she [[spoiler: shares them with her son, Caleb.]]
* FatalFlaw: Nerissa's is her desire to recreate the Guardians of her time and regain a Heart of power. She was imprisoned for murdering Cassidy, who was given the Heart of Kandrakar when Nerissa proved irresponsible, and as soon as she's free she manipulates circumstances to gain enough power to [[spoiler:brainwash her friends and bring Cassidy back from the dead]]. Yan Lin outright calls her out for this, and [[spoiler:Cassidy keeps snarking that she doesn't ''want'' to be resurrected]]. This also means it was technically her fault that Phobos went unchallenged for so long.

* GreaterScopeVillain: She doesn't take actions against the Guardians in the first season and appears only in her identities of Trill and of the Mage, helping to defeat Phobos and pave her own way for power.

* KickTheDog: She performs needlessly cruel acts and taunts the guardians for it, such as kidnapping their allies, turning Yan Lin against Hay Lin and corrupting Matt and Mr. Huggles to attack Will and the other Guardians.

* LukeIAmYourFather: In the cartoon, [[spoiler: she's Caleb's mother]].
* {{Lust}}: The lust for power version. Her ambition is to absorb multiple worlds' hearts so she can rule over all of them simultaneously.
* MamaBear: In the final episode, Nerissa agrees to help Elyon and the other former guardians because [[spoiler: Caleb]] is her son and she will not allow Phobos to harm him.
%%* ManipulativeBitch: Her manipulations make Phobos look like an amateur.
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:She won't allow anyone to hurt Caleb, or his father. With that said, she will try to incapacitate Caleb when possible]].

* PersonalityPowers: PlayedForDrama, as she's a FallenHero and, being Will's predecessor, she's implied to have [[NotSoDifferent had a similar personality to hers once]]. And the potential for Will to fall too actually gets shown in the cartoon when she has a stint as TheChessmaster and [[spoiler: ''effortlessly manipulates '''Phobos''''']].

* SmugSmiler: Nerissa is almost always seen smiling, albeit her arrogant expression only serves to denote her cruel, manipulative nature. She only gives a genuine, happy smile during [[spoiler:the series finale, as she is trapped in a LotusEaterMachine]].
* TermsOfEndangerment: Like to refer to Matt as "dear heart". Which is especially creepy given their relative ages.
* TragicVillain: She is essentially [[EvilCounterpart Will if Will had gone completely insane with power and self-righteous convictions.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Nerissa is around the same age as Yan Lin and other former Guardians, meaning that she would be in her 50s, but she looks considerably older than that

[[folder:Raythor]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum

One of Phobos's commanders, who is later manipulated by Nerissa into forming the Knights of Vengeance. He's an honorable man, despite his allegiance.

* AntiVillain: Big-time Type I, who has devoted his life to a code of honor.
* BadassBaritone: When you're voiced by the guy who regularly voices Franchise/{{Wolverine}}, it is essential.
* BadassCape: He uses it to [[ClothFu blind and defeat]] Frost during their duel for the leadership of the Knights.
* BadassNormal: He's an ordinary Meridianite soldier and one of the most higher-ranking officers of Prince Phobos. In addition, the Knights of Vengeance he leads throughout their existence compose of, in addition to him, a spider shapeshifter, a rock giant, a pile of moving sand, a skeletal hunter and a rhino-riding brute.
* CanonForeigner: He's exclusive to the TV Series.
* ChekhovsGunman: In his only appearance in the first season, he's just a [[FrameUp disposable]] officer in Phobos's army. He returns in the second season as the leader of the [[TheRemnant Knights of Vengeance]].
* CoolHelmet: Distinguished from those of the regular Guard by three spikes.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:He switches sides only after being proven how dishonorable Prince Phobos is.]]
* {{Determinator}}: After being thrown into [[EldritchLocation the Abyss of Shadows]], he spends the following months by climbing its wall in order to get out. Once he does that at the expense of starving, Nerissa comments on his determination.
* TheDragon: To Nerissa during the first half of the second season.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: He cares a lot more about avenging Phobos and/or restoring his throne than he does about helping Nerissa.
* HaveYouComeToGloat: Makes this question to [[spoiler:Hay Lin when she comes to his cell to convince him to switch sides]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After it becomes obvious that Phobos has no honor whatsoever.]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Raythor's framed as a spy against Phobos in the first season. In the last part of the second season, he actually becomes the Guardians' spy against Phobos.]]
* NobleDemon: While he targets enemies of Phobos in the name of revenge, he doesn't come off as overly malicious and serves Phobos mainly because of his oath of servitude. [[spoiler:Witnessing his master's lack of respect for his oaths convinces him to side with the heroes.]]
* WeakButSkilled: He easily defeats the burlier Frost in ''B is for Betrayal'' by simply dodging and allowing the brute to tire himself.
* XMarksTheHero: He has this kind of scar on his left cheek, but this is a DoubleSubversion because he's a NobleDemon. [[spoiler:It's played straight after his redemption.]]

[[folder:Frost the Hunter]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker

An ogre-like hunter who works for Phobos. He was undefeated in battle until defeated by W.I.T.C.H. and joins the Knights of Vengeance in the second season. He rides a giant rhinoceros creature named Crimson. He forms a rivalry with Raythor, but this vanishes several episodes on and they become respected allies. At the end of the series, he is the only minion of Phobos who remains loyal, the others either dead or turned traitor.

* AnAxeToGrind: Usually he fights with a battle axe.
* TheBrute: Shared with Gargoyle and Sandpit.
* CarryABigStick: He has used a club as well.
* DumbMuscle: In the cartoon he's noted to be stupider than Sandpit. Yes, he's stupider than a ''bunch of living quicksand''.
* HaveYouComeToGloat: Makes this question to the Mage when she [[spoiler:reveals herself as Nerissa who has indeed come to gloat]].
* RhinoRampage: His mount Crimson.
* TheRival: With Raythor for several episodes.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: In ''A is for Anonymous'', he follows the Guardians to Earth, disguises himself with a concealment spell as a regular guy and stalks Taranee around until she confronts him in a seclusive place and he drops his disguise.
* TheVoiceless: Did not speak in his first appearance, but gained a voice in Season 2.
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[[folder:The Tracker]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett

A demonic-looking man, the Tracker is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A feared tracker and hunter hired by Phobos, the Tracker becomes a recurring villain and joins the Knights of Vengeance, although while the other members were loyal to Phobos, the Tracker joined to get revenge on the rebels he once chased. He is aided by a scary dog named Sniffer, who can track down any scent. The Tracker fights with a glowing chained flail and bat-like creatures.
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* AchillesHeel: His torso has a hole that stores his bats. [[AttackItsWeakPoint When he unleashes his bats, the hole is exposed, and attacking it directly pains him greatly]].
* BatOutOfHell: He has a swarm of these residing under his cape. He can use them both for combat and scouting.
* TheBeastmaster: He's aided by his hound Sniffer and a swarm of demonic bats.
* CanonForeigner: He's exclusive to the TV Series.
* EpicFlail: His weapon is a flail that [[SicklyGreenGlow glows with green energy]].
* HellHound: Sniffer looks close enough to this.
* ImplacableMan: He can be slowed down, but once Sniffer has his targets' scent, he will stop at nothing to capture them.
* NiceHat: He wears a classically pointed hat.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Drake enters the Tracker's body to control the villain from within. When Drake leaves, the body dissolves and leaves behind only his clothes.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: The Tracker stands out as one of the most intimidating villains in the series, given his demonic appearance that somewhat clashes with the other antagonists' HighFantasy-inspired designs. This is directly lampshaded by Raythor, who claims that the Tracker is unlike Phobos' other followers in that he is "pure evil".
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His attire includes red and black specifically to emphasize his evil nature.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Once he sets out to find you, it's only a matter time before he does.
* TheVoiceless: The second episode he appears in is the only one he speaks anything at all, and even then it was only four lines.
* UnexplainedRecovery: In "Z is for Zenith", the Tracker apparently meets his demise [[spoiler:after Drake hijacks his body and causes it to dissolve away. Regardless, the villain is inexplicably shown alive and well with the other prisoners during the epilogue]].
* WeaponTwirling: The Tracker is repeatedly shown spinning his flail to build momentum, letting him deal devastating blows to his enemies.
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[[folder:Sandpit]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathSoucie

Originally a pool of rebel-consuming quicksand in Torus Filney, he was frozen over by the Guardians. In the second season, Nerissa revives him into a humanoid form to join her Knights of Vengeance. He later has a HeelFaceTurn.
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* AndIMustScream: In the first season, Taranee uses her powers to transform Sandpit into a harmless glass lake. The second season reveals he was conscious and incapable of doing anything the entire time.
* BigDamnHeroes: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Miranda knocks out Caleb, Blunk and Luba and prepares to destroy the Aurameres, which would leave the guardians powerless. Suddenly, Sandpit comes to the rescue and defeats the villain with two powerful punches, saving Kandrakar, the Aurameres, and the entire universe by extension]].
* BlobMonster: He's basically a pile of quicksand that usually takes a humanoid form.
* CanonForeigner: He's exclusive to the TV Series.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Sides with Elyon after learning Phobos is truly dishonorable.]]
* HiddenDepths: According to Raythor, he's smarter than Frost in spite of being living quicksand, implying this or that Frost is ''really'' stupid.
* KillItWithFire: As a living pile of quicksand, normal attacks pass right through him, making him impervious to almost everything the heroes throw at him. The one exception is Taranee's heat-based abilities, which vitrify him. "J is for Jewel" shows Sandpit is terrified of her as a result, and seeing her produce a small fireball is enough to send him fleeing away in terror.
%%* QuicksandSucks: Sucks and morphs.
* SandBlaster: He is essentially a moving pile of sand.
* ShiftingSandLand: In his first appearance, he was just a living pit of quicksand that sucked anyone who stepped on him. After Nerissa frees him, he becomes a pile of moving quicksand.
* TakenForGranite: [[MakingASplash Irma]] and [[PlayingWithFire Taranee]] combine their powers to turn Sandpit into a glass lake at the end of his debut episode, a form in which he remains until the first episode of the second season.
* TookALevelInBadass: Originally he didn't seem to be able to cause trouble beyond the pit he resided in. After Nerissa revives him by using Quintessence, he's able to move around and demonstrates more versatile usage of his sand powers, making him a more effective opponent.
* TornadoMove: When he transforms into a giant sand tornado, he can blind opponents and transport allies over long distances.
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[[folder:Gargoyle]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker

A giant earth-based monster who guarded the moat of Phobos's castle, but was defeated by the Guardians. He joins the Knights of Vengeance, but later has a HeelFaceTurn.
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* AnArmAndALeg: The Guardians chop off Gargoyle's left arm during their first battle with him.
* ArtificialLimbs: Nerissa gives Gargoyle a new arm made from melted metal, giving him a large club-like weapon in place.
* TheBrute: Gargoyle is the largest member of the Knights of Vengeance and generally acts as the group's main muscle. This is lampshaded in "Y is for Yield", in which Raythor calls him one of the two "brutes" amongst Phobos' forces (the other being Frost).
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: While he is called [[OurGargoylesRock Gargoyle]], he is far more closer to {{Cyclops}} in appereance.
* CanonForeigner: He's exclusive to the TV Series.
* {{Cyclops}}: His appearance is based on this creature, being a giant monster with a single eye.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Sides with Elyon after learning Phobos is truly unhonourable.]]
* MightyGlacier: He's one of the biggest, strongest and slowest characters of the series.
* TheSpeechless: While sentient, he can only let out growls and roars in addition to communicating through signs.
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[[folder:Tridart, the Despair]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

One of Nerissa's Knights of Destruction (known as Four Knights of Revenge in the comics). Tridart was made from the numerous icy stalactites found in the cave which Nerissa was sealed in. His form is that of a bald, muscular man with large, angel-like wings, and his weapon of choice is a short, double-edged axe. He represents the despair Nerissa felt in her prison. He was absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle, alongside Ember.

* AlasPoorVillain: In the cartoon, the casual way in which he and Ember are absorbed by Nerissa is given sad undertones, as he cries out Ember's name as she gets killed and begs Nerissa not to do the same to him.
* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon is a short, double-edged axe.
* AnIcePerson: Tridart has ice powers. In one episode, he absorbed so much fear from Hay Lin he was able to make two ice clones.
* EmotionEater: He gets his power from the fear and despair of his enemies. Hay Lin was a primary target of his due to the fear she felt over Eric not noticing her and her grandmother being in danger from Nerissa.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: He's a villain created from ice and powered by fear.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As expected of a bad guy voiced by Jim Cummings.
%%* ShipTease: With Ember in "S is for Self"
* WingedHumanoid: Tridart is just an icicle given a humanoid form by Nerissa. He resembles a bald man with blue skin and has two white feathered wings that enable him to fly.
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[[folder:Ember, the Pain]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CreeSummer

One of Nerissa's Knights of Destruction (known as Four Knights of Revenge in the comics). Ember was created from the lava which flowed around Nerissa's tomb. She looks like a slender woman made of smoldering lava, with bat-like wings on her back and hair made of flames. Befitting her nature, she attacks foes with blazing hot beams from her weapon – a type of trident. She represents the pain that Nerissa felt while being locked away – that which she now wants to inflict on Kandrakar. She was absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle, causing her to melt again into lava and disappear.


* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the comics, Ember's skin, hair and outfit are gray with red outlines. In the cartoon, her hair is red and yellow, her skin is orange, and her wings, outfit and weapon are red.
* AlasPoorVillain: In the cartoon, the casual way in which she and Tridart are absorbed by Nerissa is rather sad, especially given how unshakably loyal they were to her.
* AxCrazy: "P is for Protectors" in particular shows her enjoying the destruction she inflicts on Zambala way too much.

%%* ShipTease: With Tridart in "S is for Self"

The former Quintessence Guardian. She attempts to rule the world by defeating Phobos and the Guardians.

* BigNo: She gives one at the end of "W is for Witch" when she's absorbed into her seal by Phobos..