History Sandbox / Nightelf37Current

* When it comes to video games, a few of them are made specifically to demonstrate the software and hardware that runs them. The role of the video game ''Knack'' is to demonstrate the ability of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 to handle a large number of discrete objects on screen. ''Knack'' does this by its main character also named Knack, who is comprised of several independently rendered objects reaching up to the ''hundreds'' depending on his current size. This makes him quite literally a tech demonstration of the [=PS4's=] capabilities. But we're getting ahead of ourselves; let's go over who exactly our protagonist is.

** Hans: OurElvesAreDifferent, FragileSpeedster, TheArcher, BadassPacifist [[AllTheOtherReindeer And Ridiculed For It]], [[LowTierLetdown Least-Favored Archer By Players]], FortuneTeller

** Diane: [[AllThereInTheManual Sister of Tao]] To Which She Bears A StrongFamilyResemblance To, TheArcher, OddFriendship With Zylo, [[UnorthodoxHolstering Quiver At The Hip]], HappilyAdopted At Bustoke

** The battle lasts as long as there are still leaves left to fall, which are magically made more resistant in doing so. Once the last leaf has fallen, the winning team is the one who has the least KOs. Alternatively, the 25 KO rule may also end the match.

* IdiotHero: [[Series/GetSmart Agent Maxwell Smart]], Anime/FlintTheTimeDetective, [[Manga/ArataTheLegend Arata Hinohara]], ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer, [[Film/{{Transformers}} Sam Witwicky]], [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Ned Land]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Stahn Aileron]], [[VideoGame/SpaceQuest Roger Wilco]], [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII Avan Hardins]], [[VideoGame/IzunaLegendOfTheUnemployedNinja Izuna]], [[Comicbook/AchilleTalon Walter Melon]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

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** Balbaroy: BirdPeople, DistressedDude, TakenForGranite, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Anon's Fiancé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake
** Amon: BirdPeople, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Balbaroy's Fianceé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake, TheQuietOne, [[MeaningfulName Name Means Faithful In Hebrew]] [[GenderBlenderName Though Usually A Male Name]]

** Narsha: TokenHuman With Max and Anri, CarryABigStick, CombatMedic, ShyBlueHairedGirl, RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething, BewareTheNiceOnes

* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

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* [tup]s:

* Allies:
* Rivals:
* Enemies: World conquerors or {{Evil Luddite}}s, especially if their methods are {{hypocrit|e}}ical, most orcs

* Don't mistake his being a collection of floating Relics for being frail or light, though. He's not only strong (enough to take on robots when he's at his maximum size that are still bigger than him), but deceptively fast too, no matter his current size, and can even jump [[DoubleJump up to three times in a row in the air]]. And he can somehow actually ''hold himself together'' enough to deliver strong punches, pull levers and stuff, endure tough blows, climb and carry, zipline, accidentally chip an overpass he was too tall for at the time, basically anything a fully solid humanoid of his size(s) can do. At least for clear crystals, he can even transfer his consciousness from his Relics to those crystals, but it gives him a sleepwalking feeling, and it's inadvisable for him to stay away from his core for too long.

* For all his power however, there is admittedly one glaring weakness Knack has; his central core. Striking there with sufficient power will result in him quite literally falling apart. And in the Pantheon, there are more than enough threats that are smart enough to aim for that spot. As such, Knack has been forced to learn to be more careful with his core, such as moving that core around his body, or having it reinforced (if covering it completely doesn't interfere with his Relic-luring power).
* Speaking of, that was the first order of business: the fact that Relics from their world aren't nearly as prevalent in the Pantheon. So for the time being, there are only as many Relics as is needed for Knack to reach his maximum size, though research is being done to replicate these Relics in case any get irreversibly destroyed or made unretrievable. Fortunately, he can incorporate other materials into his being, so it's not like he's short on materials to work with. Here are the main ones he acquires.
** The first of them is ice, one of the eeasier materials to adapt, and it grants him a freezing breath. However, Knack only has a minute out in the sun before those blocks melt, probably also due to the stress his Relic energy deals to them. The second most common material is wood, though not actually as common due to either having to gather from sawmills or storehouses, and he can't acquire from all manner of twigs or fallen logs or stray branches. While burning him ''will'' degrade those parts faster than wood would normallty do (probably for the same reasons as Ice Knack), those parts can still cause a lot of damage before then.

* Given what he's fought, Knack's first response to any goblin (or orc) is hostile. And this led to a misunderstanding when he saw [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Thrall]] clashing with [[Pantheon/MagicArchetypes Jaina]] who was under MindControl (not that Knack knew this at the time). The Relic collective did what he would usually do and sided against the "non-fleshskin"[[note]]goblins in his world weren't all green[[/note]], but he soon realized how complex the situation was when Jaina also attacked Knack, and when Thrall sometimes ''protected'' Knack from harm. After quickly getting the situation under control and breaking Jaina free from control, Knack realized that the Pantheon's races are more complex than they are back home. And despite their rocky start, the two Azeroth spellcasters decided to count Knack as an ally.
* Given the threats he's battled, Knack naturally opposes those who would TakeOverTheWorld, or would reduce civilization to rubble for a MightMakesRight society, such as [[Pantheon/Politicians Senator Armstrong]], who wanted to turn America into a SocialDarwinist paradise where everyone can fight for their beliefs. He also dislikes {{Evil Luddite}}s, especially if they ([[{{Hypocrite}} use advanced tech to achieve their goal]] like [[spoiler:Xander and his Order of the Monk tried to do]]), such as Seymour Guado and the Church of Yevon. However, their only representative now is just [[Pantheon/BossFightsNToZ Yu Yevon]] itself, who is barely a threat in his current state, though he did go berserk the moment Knack paid a visit by mere virtue of being a technological creation.

** Balbaroy: BirdPeople, DistressedDude, TakenForGranite, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Anon's Fiancé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake
** Amon: BirdPeople, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Balbaroy's Fianceé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake, TheQuietOne, [[MeaningfulName Name Means Faithful In Hebrew]] [[GenderBlenderName Though Usually A Male Name]]

** Narsha: TokenHuman With Max and Anri, CarryABigStick, CombatMedic, ShyBlueHairedGirl, RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething, BewareTheNiceOnes

* Relationships with Other Pantheon Deities (only include those who are already on one of the actual pages, and not here in this sandbox)
* Allies: All heroic ''Pantheon/FireEmblem'' deities, [[Pantheon/WeaponizedTools Team Dai-Gurren]], all who rise against evil empires (even defectors from within, given Narsha)
* Enemies: All {{Evil Overlord}}s

* All this is why the (Guardiana) Shining Force was nominated to represent the trope TheSomethingForce. Not only is the name Force cool, it also gives an impression of strength, which they ''do'' have. The fact that the group name has been passed down across the years also helps their case. As well as the fact that more popular Forces already have their members/founders in the Pantheon already under different tropes or are better off with different tropes.

* Other new allies to the Shining Force would include Commander Shepard and Kamina of Team Dai-Gurren for being to recruit so many people, even though it's more from a common enemy, life debts, given orders to join up, and occasional interest in Max specifically rather than Max's own charisma. Of course, there's also new enemies to deal with, given how many {{Evil Overlord}}s exist in the Pantheon.

* Due to the nature of this profile, almost everybody's sections will be concealed in labelnotes to mitigate bloat. The only exceptions will be Max (as the leader of the Force in question), Narsha (as the deuteragonist in the remake), Anri (ostensibly as the NumberTwo in the Shining Force), and Adam (while he's the last addition to the Force, he's also the most important in Max's backstory).
* Max had washed up on shore with amnesia a year before the war against Runefaust. But he didn't come alone; a bag holding the Light Saber washed ashore with him. A knight found this bag and sword and had it hidden by orders of Minister Ward. Lowe found Max after that, and they trained in the army though at different job classes.

** Max would later see Kane [[spoiler:die after he stopeed Darksol from acquiring power to awaken Dark Dragon (though by then, Darksol already had just enough to enact his plan anyway), but not before jogging all of Max's memories. The grief would render him mute for the rest of the mission, until near the end when the time came to seal Dark Dragon]].

* Lowe [[note]]is a hobbit who's introduced as Max's best friend, having been the one who found him when he washed up at the shores of Guardiana. And when Max was sent to check out the nearby temple with a little band, Lowe made sure to insert himself as well, and he would be valuable for a time since he serves as a Healer. He's also a BigEater, always thinking of what he wants to eat when he isn't out in the field. Years after the war, he would eventually become the advisor to Guardiana's ruler, and when crisis strikes again and another Shining Force is assembled, he would serve as a mentor figure just like Nova did for Max before.[[/note]]
* Ken [[note]]is an apprentice Royal Guardiana knight appointed to Max's party for his investigation to the Gate of the Ancients, and actually looked up to him even before then. He's the youngest of the Knights at age 17, with the other Guardiana knight in the Force Mae being five years older, who it turn used to hate Max. He harbors a crush on Mae, but she only saw him as a little brother. After the war, he would take up the mantle Varios left when he died trying to protect the king, and would have a son named Apis who suspiciously also bears traits from Mae.[[/note]] [[note]] Ken's father Thomas was a knight at the castle, and passed away when he was young. He and had been second-in-command in the Band of Knights under Lord Varios, though was more of an adviser than a fighter, which led to kids bullying Ken by calling his father a coward. Also back then, there was a band of former knights turned thieves called the Wind Fang Clan that terrorized the country. The Band of Knights was dispatched to deal with the turncoats, but it turned out to not be an easy job. As it was, the Wind Fang Clan had a superweapon up their sleeves; the Laser Eye, which was a monstrous machine, the terrible light from its massive pupil reducing everything to ashes. The Knights knew they couldn't retreat lest the thieves use their weapon to terrorize villages. The plan Thomas devised was for there to be a decoy to draw the eye's attention while everyone else attacked. Despite each knight wishing to take up the role, Thomas volunteered himself for it since he knew the risks better than anyone else. Ultimately, the plan was a success, the Laser Eye was destroyed, and the Wind Fang Clan was decimated, but Thomas was ultimately vaporized by the superweapon before the day was over, the charred remains of his lance being all that remained of him. Shortly after news of that reached Guardiana; Mae, a mere acquaintance back then, showed up at Ken's house, dragged him to the mountains behind it, and coached him with everyday rigorous training as a way of keeping him from wallowing in grief, as Ken would realize after a while. When he realized this, he decided to be the best knight he could.[[/note]]
* Hans [[note]]is an elven archer appointed to Max's party for his investigation to the Gate of the Ancients. He also dabbles in various fortune telling practices, including Color, Cards, Dream, Face, Name, Career, Jewel, Color, Hair, Love, Money, Rust, and Monster. For obvious reasons, he does not like to be put in the front line. He works best fighting alongside fellow Archer Diane, who is able to keep him on task whenever he feels queasy.[[/note]]
* Lug, though sometimes he also answers to "Luke", [[note]]is a dwarven warrior who used to be in the Guardiana Band of Warriors and is actually an experienced veteran. The reason he's the only one left is because… well… it took place back when Gort was still in command,before Lug joined, when it was 108 members strong, when they were known far and wide as the strongest warriors in the Land. But that story can he found in Gort's section of this profile. Long story short, after a disastrous mission that ended with most of the company seemingly dead, Gort and nine others were the only ones who made it back, and he took responsibility and resigned from his post. The Band of Knights harassed the rest into following suit. As for where Lug enters the picture, he had found a MessageInABottle when he was a kid, telling of other survivors in the Band of Warriors on an island in the south, and that they shall one day return. Lug showed this letter to Gort and the other remnants, but they all dismissed it as a joke. That's when Lug decided that he once he grew up, he would go to the castle and have his own Band of Warriors founded. And with the king's permission, he got it, and he had been going it alone since then (before joining the Shining Force) in hopes that the survivors in the south would return.[[/note]]
** [[green:(sometimes answers to the name Luke)]]

* Tao [[note]]is an elven Mage who appointed to Max's party for his investigation to the Gate of the Ancients. She used to be a castle maid at Pipory Village west of Guardiana, a small place in the forest inhabited by elves. She and her parents lived there in palace until a Cerberus showed up prowling in the mountains behind the village, snatching up people regardless of age from time to time. The elders decided it needed to be slain, but there were only two who were versed in magic at the time who could perform the deed: Tao's parents. Naturally, after bidding farewell to their daughter, they set off. Needless to say, they appear to have died killing the beast, thus Tao was transferred to her uncle and aunt, but then a rumor stating it died on its own and Tao's parents just cowardly fled was spread by said uncle and aunt. Once it festered in the minds of the populace and she could feel the scorn from them, Tao decided to leave for the mountains and wandered for days. She passed out, but was rescued by Anri, who had been in the mountains practising her magic. After being treated of her fever as a result of her flight from home, Tao was taken in. Tao enjoyed her new home, but couldn't tell Anri of her origins due to the trauma of losing her parents leading her to hate magic. But Anri said to her, "The power of magic is bestowed from on high. It must not be shut away by spiritual pain." And that's when she started practising again even after Anri left for Manarina. For if her magic could be of even a tiny bit of use to someone, Tao would be truly happy.[[/note]]
* The fledgling Force (not yet named such) met the half-giant Gong [[note]]at a mountain hut east of the old ruins where their first battle against the forces of Runefaust took place. He is a traveling monk in search of truth. A night star led him to Max, and he saw it as a sign of fate that he would participate. He inserted himself among the ranks right after. What isn't know about him though is that Gong once joined his fellow giants in looting and pillaging helpless villages, but along the way he realized what he was doing was wrong, so he retired to the woods and became a monk to atone for his sins.[[/note]]
%% ** His backpack has everything he needs for his travels, such as a bedroll made with a Paopig skin lining that's cool in summer and warm in winter, little pills containing Medical Herb extract, thin rope made with the toughest braided Paopig hair for climbing a mountain or binding his things, extra underclothes, a tin cup for drinking water or making soup or boiling up Medicinal Herbs, a pungent panacea whose stench can persist for up to ten days (Gong's used to it by now), a white towel, a little notebook with scenery sketches and poetry, a map of Rune, and a hand mirror for keeping tidy and signaling people from afar. When asked why he doesn't use an axe like he did before joining, Gong explains that as a half-giant, his hands are too big to use axes in combat as effectively as the dwarves in the Force (Lug and Gort) do. Thus, he would only use them for tasks where they are specifically required (i.e. splitting wood).
* Gort [[note]]is a dwarven retired Warrior who was born in Guardiana. Though made fun of by most of the populace, he was content with hanging around at the pub before Runefaust attacked. He drove out the soldiers attacking the pub, and when Max visits him later (after his trip to the ruins), he asks to join the Force. Max was hesitant, but Lug tells him about Gort's veteran status, and he decides to let him in after that.[[/note]] [[note]] Gort also used to be in the Band of Warriors just like Lug a long time ago. In fact, he was its leader, it was composed of 108 members, and they had been known far and wide as the strongest warriors in the Land. But one day, an order came from the king to root out some pirates who were attacking merchant ships in the waters off Rondo everyday, putting both it and Guardiana at risk due to not getting supplies. They had set out in a boat with the then-young Gort as their captain. The Band eventually found the pirates' ship, and fought bravely despite their disadvantage. But even as they won, a Giant Kraken emerged, and totaled both vessels. Out of the 108 warriors, only Gort and nine others made it back to port. Gort promptly took responsibility and resigned from his post, and the Band of Knights harassed the rest into following suit. [[/note]]
%% ** One of his missions (definitely before the one Lug recalls) involved dealing with an enormous terrifying monster that threatened all of Rune, a Terra Whale, which was more like a titanic earthworm whose tail disappeared over the horizon. Guardiana held a council of war involving Nova, Varios, and Gort himself, knowing they have to intercept the beast with haste. Gort went ahead to Bustoke and beheld the now-river-sized beast himself.
%% ** Nova's plan to deal with the Terra Whale involved digging a huge hole to lead it back to digging beneath the earth. But the Terra Whale ended up too big for the trap by the time it reached it. Another plan involved trying to whisk it away with a local whirlwind, but the giant worm not only ''ate the whirlwind'', but grew further in size too. Worse, it turned out to be a larval stage for a mammoth blue butterfly, and that whirlwind was just enough for it to metamorphose. Thankfully for all of Rune, which the creature had covered the entire east continent in its shadow, it flew up, up, and away to the stars, and was never seen again.

* Mae [[note]]is an apprentice knight of Guardiana just like Ken. Her father was also a knight at the castle, Lord Varios, who is also Max's mentor, which caused her to have a chilly reception with him at first. She lost him when the Runefaust knight Kane attacked Guardiana, plowing through all opposition before proceeding to the castle throne to slay the king, which he barely succeeded in. She tried to duel Kane in vengeance, but was too weak and would've died too were it not for Max parrying his blow. After Kane escaped, his intel mission completed, the king in his dying moments appointed Mae into the burgeoning Shining Force. This also ceased Mae's cold behavior towards Max.[[/note]] [[note]] Mae's mother Arisa died when she was young. She was Guardiana's first female knight, but wasn't always such. She had come to Guardiana from a country in the west, grievously injured before she was helped by Varios. But the trauma left her mute for days, even as her physical wounds were mended. One morning, Arisa snuck out of the castle and ran away, only for Varios to follow her, having fallen in love. Arisa had gone into the forest in search of a vicious thief who had killed her family. But when Varios found her crying over his body—who he at first mistook for a lost lover—the killer was already dead. As it was, the thief and Arisa had been fighting viciously, and her injuries led to her being found by Varios later on. The thief's injuries on the other hand were belatedly lethal, leaving Arisa without having properly avenged her family, hence why she was crying. That was when the two officially became a couple, Arisa joined the Band of Knights, and birthed Mae, but got sick and died soon after. All this is what aspired Mae to become an even better knight than her mother to help her father, but with Lord Varios also dead, she aspires to become better than him too, and to make Guardiana's Band of Knights the best there is in Rune, an elite Band of Knights that will fight for justice and friendship.[[/note]]
* Khris [[note]]was first seen around Alterone Castle, apologizing for what was about to happen to Max (namely the King being put to random by Runefaust to lock him away). Thankfully, she opened the door to Max's cell so he and the Shining Force could save Alterone from being sacked after Kane clarified the king's deal was ''only'' for the king. After that, she decided to join the Force more permanently.[[/note]] [[note]] Khris was born in a small village called Mimoor, not far from Alterone, and inhabited by Cantaul like herself. Khris herself doesn't know her parents, having been raised by the local church priest, who basically operated an entire orphanage. It was a poor life, but she had fond memories, barring one tragedy later. She even wrote her own books, though she admits she wasn't very good at it. However, one summer, terrible disease came to Mimoor and spread throughout the village. Casualties were staggering, most of them children, and the cure was expensive. All Khris could do was pray for days, and then one morning during this, she was blessed with the power of healing. She used this power to cure everyone in the village, but she resented the fact that it came too late, when half of the children of the church had already died. The priest later told Khris to leave the church, and use her gift to help as many people as she can. And so she did, as painful as it was to part ways with everyone. At first, she sought work in Alterone, got a job as a castle maid, and earned a lot of money to send back to he church, which was always low on it. But the priest soon sent a letter that told her that they can't use this money, and look for actual work where she can help other people, not just Mimoor. That was when she met Max and saw his burgeoning army fight Runefaust, and finally understood what the priest meant. It took a lot of courage to help Max out of prison, especially when she knew what her King was blackmailed to do, and only apologized cryptically prior to that moment. She intends to return home after the war, and write and read books of the Shining Force's exploits.[[/note]]

** After the war, Anri became Guardiana's queen
* Arthur [[note]]is first met by Max in Manarina as a retired soldier working as a laundryman. After Max has proven himself to Otrant his capability to fight Runefaust, upon being talked to again, Arthur decided to join the newly-named Shining Force for one last shot at glory. Or rather, one last chance to prove himself worthy, for few know that he hails from a different continent, and was a prodigy in his youth. This led to him becoming a knight captain before acquiring any actual combat experience. And because he didn't get any leadership experience, his overconfidence led to deaths of many of his subordinates, and he left his country in shame as a result, ending up in Manarina.Outside battle, he has all sorts of useless trivia about Rune that he would regale. In battle, he's unique among all Knights in the Force in that he has some talent for magic thanks to his time in Manarina, learning the basic elemental spells. It's not much later on, but in his first forays it's useful to have.[[/note]]

* The two Birdmen Amon and Balbaroy [[note]]were first seen at Shade Abbey, the former waiting outside it and asking for Max's help once he came. Unfortunately, Darksol's forces have already reached it, killed its occupants, and turned them into ghouls to set a trap for Max when he inevitability went there for answers regarding the Legacy of the Gods. The trap was sprung once he reached Balbaroy, but the Shining Force managed to escape it and wipe out the undead, freeing Balbaroy in the process. As it turns out, Runefaust had invaded the Birdmen due to the threat they posed due to their air superiority, were almost wiped out, and forced to flee their own country. The couple had been flying around in search of their brethren, and had been taking a break at the Abbey when Darksol's forces attacked it. The Abbey fell, Balbaroy was TakenForGranite, and Amon had to flee until Max resolved the situation. In gratitude, the couple join the Shining Force.[[/note]] [[note]] Although they're Birdmen, they mostly live on the ground, only flying during hunts or for travel. In other words… flying is nothing more than a skill they use. But if he's in the mood for a story, [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/918893-shining-force-resurrection-of-the-dark-dragon/49078724?page=1 Balbaroy will tell about the legend of Vern, the Soaring One. On the other hand, Amon may share some Birdmen "spells" she and her people know]], though whether they work for other races or even folk from outside Rune is up in the air.[[/note]]

* Diane [[note]]is an even archer who lives in Bustoke, a land surrounded by petty, squabbling nations, never knowing peace. And then things got worse when Runefaust attacked, abducted all their men, and made them work the quarry to dig up an ancient weapon called the Laser Eye. When the Shining Force arrived, Diane's relatives ask them for help in liberating the town and their men, and Diane herself would join them even after the liberation.[[/note]] [[note]] As a resident of Bustoke, Diane [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/918893-shining-force-resurrection-of-the-dark-dragon/49078724?page=2 has a lot of stories about all sorts of Beastmen in Rune]]. And the nature of the Pantheon means she might actually see some denizens that remind her of those races.[[/note]]
%% *** (MouseWorld deities reminiscent of the Mu race)
%% *** (Sonic and other Mobian Hedgehogs reminiscent of the Spina race, even though they're not porcupines, but they do sometimes roll towards foes)

* Zylo [[note]] was the forest king who founded Bustoke under his strong leadership, and a powerful [[https://shining.fandom.com/wiki/Wolfling Wolfling]] (which are distinct from Beastmen). Some time ago, a Runefaust general named Balbazak came to Bustoke and put drugs in the water. It didn't affect most people, but it drove Zylo nuts, needing to be locked away. Thanks to Max finding a Moonstone in the quarry (after routing the Runefaust forces in there), then exchanging it for some Lunar Dew to bring to him, Zylo was brought back to his senses. As it turns out, some time before his insanity, Zylo was informed of the Shining Force by Lord Otrant of Manarina and told to help however he can. Due to having needed to be saved by Max, he decided to repay this debt by joining the Force.[[/note]] [[note]] At least according to Arthur, his full name is Zylo Duun Munster, which in the dialect of the Bustoke region reads as "Zylo, King of the Mountains". Other than that, his favorite color being black, usually having no interest in anything other than fighting,and [[spoiler:[[SleepsWithBothEyesOpen sleeping with his eyes open]] sometimes that he appears dead when he does so]], nobody's getting much out of him. He's not much of a conversation person.[[/note]]

* Pelle [[note]]was a centaur mercenary knight first seen arguing with a Silver Knight at Pao Pass over using the Laser Eye against the Shining Force after decrying it as a dishonorable act. He was then kicked off a cliff, but managed to hang on to a nearby branch and pull himself up after Max's army destroyed the contingency guarding the Laser Eye. He would discard his Runefaust colors and become part of the Shining Force. As a hired knight, he's traveled all over Rune, and met all sorts of unique warriors, and all of them stronger than Max, though by the end of the war against Runefaust, he would probably have matched them. He's actually been at this since he was young, having taken to the road as a kid. And after Dark Dragon, he felt he belonged here.[[/note]]
%% ** In Rune, pianos are ancient instruments, implying that they aren't a thing in his time. Seeing them in the Pantheon may get him to regale a tale he knew about "Missaki, the Wild Pianist", who's able to entrance people with such an instrument…before beating foes over the head with it thanks to his immense strength.

* Jogurt [[note]]is a peculiar creature found while the Shining Force was at Pao. It was lounging somewhere behind the church (SavePoint) and decided out of the blue to join up. Beware though, for it is an utter joke in the battlefield. Worse, in the event that it actually fells an opponent, it produces a ring that temporarily turns its wearer into another instance of itself.[[/note]]

* Kokichi [[note]]is a retired knight and inventor that the Shining Force meet in Bustoke. He operates a flying machine of his own invention and uses a spear in combat. If Max visits him after rescuing Bustoke's men at the quarry, by the time the Shining Force reaches the Pao prairie and see off the caravan, he'll arrive with his finished machine, and promptly join the "Shining Horse". And as a flying unit, he's a valuable asset to the Force.[[/note]] [[note]] As for when he got this obsession with flight, it was back when a traveling salesman and an old friend of Kokichi's stopped at Bustoke when Kokichi was just a lad. It was when he folded a paper plane that hooked him to it, and got him inventing all sorts of contraptions that would grant him his dream. Various failed prototypes included a "paper plane" of animal skins, building a bamboo frame and essentially building the first glider in Rune (though he wasn't satisfied), arm wings, starving himself to make himself lighter, strapping fireworks all over himself, and suspending himself under 100 Bustoke crows (they fought instead of flying). Kokichi even actually have up on his dream for a while until Dr. Crock from Rindo came with schematics for his steam engine. This relit his spark as he learned how to make one of his own, then start trying to make it smaller to it won't weigh down his future flying machine too much. And by the time he's made his machine, that's when Max showed up, and the rest is history. He still plans on continuing his research, and one day fly all the way to outer space, even though he's not certain if he'll achieve it within his lifetime. [[green:(space travel a thing in the Pantheon)]][[/note]]

* Vankar [[note]] the mercenary centaur knight is first seen after the Shining Force see off the Pao caravan (and after recruiting Kokichi if Max met the inventor after freeing Bustoke's men). He serves as a hired bouncer for Queen Koron's Pao caravan. Under her orders, he joins the Shining Force, and that used to be the only reason. But as the fights went on, he realized there was more to this war than money, and felt good fighting for a bigger cause. Vankar didn't actually want to be a knight at first, but did so out of obligation to his old man. He considers war a waste of time, and thinks love and peace is what really matters. He also tends to drown himself in Paopig milk (but is looking toward other sources since Paopigs aren't prevalent in the Pantheon), though this could be a case of FrothyMugsOfWater.[[/note]]

** Thankfully for Narsha, Runefaust's populace were in support of her return. Unfortunately for her, there was no way to bring her father back, though she's accepted it by now, having seen him and Runefaust change under Darksol's influence long before she had to leave. And if she delivers the final blow to king Ramladu, before passing away, he comes to his senses enough to express how proud he is of her, and that it was his fault for giving in to the temptation.

* Little is known of the insectoid assassin Zuika [[note]]other than he was sealed in Runefaust for his dangerous power and his dedication to the killing arts. But when Narsha had to flee Darksol's forces when he decided to have her silenced, he awoke in response to her warm heart (or maybe Mawlock had a hand in this) and joined her as her bodyguard. And this duty remains especially even after ascension to the Pantheon. There's nothing at all else about him that's of interest, apart from being an insectoid GlassCannon FragileSpeedster in battle.[[/note]]

* Mawlock [[note]]is a mysterious entity {whose powers lie in special Cards depicting members of the Shining Force, and some of their adversaries. He first shows up in front of Max after transporting him somewhere outside of time, telling him to collect Cards before departing to help Narsha later on. However, in a NewGamePlus, he can "split" his existence into two places at once and join Max from the outset while also helping Narsha. Utilizing the cards Max has collected, he can use them to either utilizing the card's power (Effect), empower himself (Copy), allow the card of the recipient to act twice in a turn (Move), or create a copy of the recipient (Imitate).[[/note]]
** Mawlock's origins are a complete mystery, as is his power over the Cards. [[note]]However, this story may have some clues. Long ago, there was a scientist who studied images and light, using them to record pictures of people and scenery, all for the sake of his daughter, who had a chronic, incurable disease that would claim her within six months. If he can't save her life, then perhaps he could at least keep an eternal memory of her beauty. And so he began to research ways to record people's images, meeting famous mages and deepened his knowledge of light and spirit magic. He made no progress until one day an old man came along and game him some advice that helped him finally complete his research. The details and identity are unknown, but rumors say the latter was the devil himself. Three days before his daughter died, the scientist produced his Card, and held it up. With its power, he not only recorded images of people and scenery before the card, he also captured the strange powers that exist in the essence of people's souls. As such, the man's Card of his daughter gave the effect that she was alive inside the Card. Before anyone asks, the soul has not been stripped during the process, given all the Cards of the Shining Force, and none of them exhibiting any adverse effects. Eventually, the scientist grew old and passed away, but it turns out that he had made 100 more Blank Cards in addition to the one holding his daughter. These Cards eventually fell into the hands of many people, but nobody understood the the power hidden inside them. And now that so much time has passed, their location has been lost to time. Mawlock found one of these cards himself and eventually came to understand their power, but he won't tell anyone how he did that.[[/note]] [[note]] With all of that in mind, with the possibility that Mawlock wasn't telling the entire truth, what was his role in this tale of a scientist and his dying daughter? Was he really just a "passerby" who happened to unlock the secrets of the Cards for his own use? Was he the "devil" who gifted the scientist the needed knowledge to create the Cards? Or was the scientist Mawlock himself? He's certainly not clearing that up.[[/note]]

* Guntz [[note]]is an Armadillo first seen at Rindo testing out a steam-powered suit of armor on behalf of the local inventor Dr. Crock, though despite being a huge guy he struggled to operate the suit. He's seen again in Pao after it moves, having scared the Paopigs, and the kinks on the suit have apparently been worked out. He reveals he's under orders to help out the Shining Force and promptly does so. While not the most mobile, certain accessories can alleviate that.[[/note]] [[note]] Guntz's "steam suit" is called Steam-Dynamic Heavy Armour, and its built-in steam engine allows the wearer to move it with relative ease now that the kinks were worked out. Its plating is out of an alloy called Asentium 66, the ore of whejce it came from uncovered by Dr. Crock in excavations of ancient ruins. While the suit's strength does bolster its wearer's by a lot (and Guntz himself is pretty darn strong to even lumber about in it '''before''' it was perfected), it also provides enough fine control for him to safely pick up an egg without breaking it. The suit also comes with a catalyst stone filled with [[PlayingWithFire Blaze]] magic as an efficient energy converter, though has a risk for meltdown. Of course, that's just the Mk. 1 version for when Guntz is a Steam Knight. Upon promotion to a Steam Baron, he has a Mk. 2 version with increased performance and increased difficulty of use. On top of all the features in the Mk. 1, the Mk. 2 has a magic superconductor motor that uses catalyst stones holding Freeze magic and Bolt magic for less electrical resistance and better energy output respectively, and that motor powers a Roller Dash feature that is best suited for battle and not for long periods.[[/note]]

* Domingo [[note]]is a Magical creature acquired as an egg from a mage at Manarina. After being hatched at an incubator at the Pao caravan, it immediately joins the Shining Force. Despite its cute looks and its crappy stats, it's a powerhouse once raised correctly, is among the few flyers in the Force (though can't fly over mountains like them), and can reliably tank attacks. Apparently its kind were used in the past as guardians, but as eggs became for difficult to hatch, the market fell off.[[/note]] [[note]] There's an interesting quirk about his character, though. In the Sega Genesis versions, Domingo speaks like a highbrow social elite know-it-all who disdains his companions but stays with Max out of loyalty to the one who hatched him. In the GBA remake, he only speaks his name almost like a Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, and changes colors to show his various moods. In the Pantheon, he tends to switch between these from time to time, much to his own frustration, but thankfully never in the middle of a conversation. [[/note]]

* Earnest [[note]] is a centaur Knight who lost his entire family to Balbazak. In fact, he was a member of the royal family of "Thermal," a city on Runefaust's border, and when Runefaust decided to extend its sphere of influence, Balbazak led the attack on the small kingdom. His dream is to take soldiers with him to Uranbatol and have his revenge. Max first met him in the Pao caravan, though he didn't join yet. He's later found deep inside the Fortress of Balbazak, having gotten past the Cerberus but ending up stuck somewhere in the middle, having ran out of stamina midway, and having lost most of his men in the siege. He shortly joins the Shining Force after that, and eventually bears witness to Balbazak's end, even though it's [[YouHaveFailedMe in the hands of Darksol]] rather than his own. But because he realized VengeanceFeelsEmpty, he dedicated himself to fight Dark Dragon on behalf of not the past and dead as before, but the future and living.[[/note]]
%% ** [[green:(Hearing what Brainiac does reminds him of one of Dr. Bilan's Eight Treasures… The Miniscule City of Siyule, and the fact that someone does this on the regular if he weren't fighting other heroes)]]
%% ** [[green:(Story of the Ice Flame, and that Earth also has continents in the north and south that are frozen, but it's a matter of science rather than the Ice Flame's curse)]]

* Hanzou [[note]]is a Shinobi who shows up out of nowhere after Max investigates a certain location. In the Sega Genesis timeline, it's a shuriken in the bushes at Runefaust. In the remake, Hanzou shows up after Max follows a series of strange instructions all over Waral. By the end of that, Hanzou shows up, mistaking Max to be Musashi, who seems to be whom the strange instructions were for. Nevertheless, Hanzou seems to be familiar with Max's exploits, and promptly pledges his blade to the Shining Force. [[spoiler:And he would violate his creed to not shed tears at the loss of comrades, doing so for Max after defeating Dark Dragon]].[[/note]] [[note]] Hanzou is man of few words, and ascribes to a few Ninja Laws from his home village, even though he's a rogue from it. Don't expect him to regale any stories of himself, his village, or his deal with Musashi. According to Hanzou, a ninja (of his world) is a man of few words, and is content to show his strength in battle. In terms of combat, besides swift deadly strikes with his sword, he also has a few "jutsus" for boosting allies, putting enemies to sleep (literally or permanently), or even equivalents to Blaze or Bolt spells. He even keeps gunpowder all over his suit probably for this purpose, has a hidden lens not only for the same reasons as Gong, but for burning holes, and "Water Spiders" for treading across water (though has no opportunities to do so in-game).[[/note]]

* Lyle [[note]]is a centaur Assault Knight first seen at Dragonia. He had been trying to meet up with the Shining Force under orders of Dr. Crock, whom he's an apprentice to, and is friends with co-apprentice Guntz. It's his complete lack of sense of direction that landed him here instead of Pao as was planned, and he regrets that after the war, wanting to join sooner. But as soon as Max found him, he joins up. In terms of weaponry, he uses a bazooka/"mechanical crossbow" invented by Crock, and can be loaded with arrows, though his gear means he can't gallop as far as the other centaurs in the Force, and only has as much movement as fellow arrow-shooters Hans and Diane.[[/note]]

* A mysterious wandering ronin, Musashi [[note]]shows up (so to speak) after Max follows a series of strange instructions all over Rudo. By the end of that, he makes his presence known, but doesn't show himself to Max. He proclaims himself to be a wandering swordsman, who came to Dragonia to try and achieve a state of true nothingness, thus why Max can't see him. And now that Musashi's done that, he then decides to travel with the Shining Force to fulfill his desires to cross swords with a mighty opponent. Like Hanzou, Musashi is not one to tell tales, but he can lecture of the way of the sword as he knows it.[[/note]]

* Bleu [[note]]is found in Dragonia, but it had been razed to the ground by the time the Shining Force reached the place. His grandparents (and everyone else in the village) had been killed by Kane and his army, and he—the last dragon—only managed to survive by hiding in a supply hut. When Karin from Rudo came to visit, she called him out for his cowardice before leaving… only to be held hostage by a Rune Knight, who demanded Bleu to open a secret door deep in the village. The little dragon responded by ''torching him to ash'', and Karin (after thanking him for finding his courage) then recommends he should join the Shining Force. Max did have a few misgivings since it means leaving Karin's village without him, but she assures they'll be fine, and that Bleu will need the experience.[[/note]]
%% ** [[green:(nice small dragons like Spyro and Spike)]]

* Alef and Torasu [[note]]are sages (the former a Mage and the latter a Healer) in service of Prompt, who were first mentioned being at the Tower of the Ancients attempting to stop Darksol from releasing Dark Dragon while Prompt itself would keep Max on reserve in case they fail so that he and the Shining Force can slay the Dark Dragon, though odds of their survival are bleak. But a tired plea from [[spoiler:Max's brother Kane, whom they had rescued earlier]] moved the king to ask the Shining Force to rescue Alef and Torasu. After going through more of Darksol's forces, they find the pair alive, who have failed to stop Darksol from reaching the top of the tower. After a moment's rest, they joined the Shining Force.[[/note]]
** Alef [[note]]is of the Foxling race, who ''aren't'' a class of Beastmen like those Diane knows of. Despite her talent in magic, it's actually very rare among her kind to inherit this gift, so her non-magic parents sent her to Marinara so she could develop her talents. As a child without a care at the time, she would soon learn that she was basically a little fish in a big pond when it comes to magical talent, and it put her out to the point that she grew bored and didn't learn magic. But that changed thanks to Otrant patiently explained to her the essence of a mage. He had told her, "The power of a mage is a strange power that is concealed in nature… The sky, the earth, the sea… A power that exists for the people that live there. People with magical talents must harness this power for the benefit of these people. If you want to become a mage, you must start by loving people and nature…" Since then, she turned over a new leaf and started learning it right. Ten years into her studies, Otrant suggested she study further in Prompt for more advanced magic. That's where she met Torasu, and he told her about the prophecy regarding the Dark Dragon. That's when she decided that she was gifted with magic specifically to aid in stopping Dark Dragon, and so she stayed in Prompt and continued her training until the time came to fight Darksol, and the rest is history.[[/note]]
** Torasu [[note]] on the other hand doesn't have much of himself to tell, but he can tell of Prompt's history. That said, he does bear a secret: his power was never much to speak of. He was merely older, more learned, and never actually went out in the thick of battle until the order from Prompt's king. In fact, he had been at first petrified when he first found himself part of the Shining Force.[[/note]]

[[folder:Restore: The Embryon Tribe, Sera, and Roland]]

([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=8081#comment-202024 cleared]])

'''[[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga The Embryon Tribe]][[note]]Serph, Heat, Argilla, Gale, Cielo[[/note]], [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga Sera, and Roland]], Deities of {{Biodata}}''' (All exc. Sera and Roland: Child of Purgatory, Warriors of Purgatory | Serph: Mr. Leader | Gale: [[SarcasmMode Mr. Personality]] | Roland: [[DubNameChange Roald]] | Sera: Seraphita, Cyber Shaman)
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Cielo, Gale, Sera, Serph, Heat, Argilla]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Roland]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Their Atma Avatars/Asuras: Left to right, top to bottom: Varuna (Serph), Agni (Heat), Prithivi (Argilla), Vayu (Gale), Dyaus (Cielo), Indra (Roland), Varnani (Sera)]]
* Potential House: Pantheon/GeneticEngineering
* [tup]s:
%% * Ascending on: ??? ?? (repost on ??? ??)
* Intermediate Deities
* Symbol: Their Atma brands[[note]]Serph's Water Crown on his left cheek, Heat's Fireball on his right arm, Argilla's Seismic Wave on her chest, Gale's Twister on his left leg, Cielo's Rainbow Arch on his right leg, Roland's Lightning Bolt on his left hand, Sera's Water Crown on her right cheek[[/note]]
* Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiRh69FYYoY Embyron]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DggORvVxEPs Hunting]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPsU-ZMC6SA Hunting (Betrayal)]], [[https://youtu.be/j_yq5VhWnC0 Battle For Survival]]
** Sera only: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oW-uYO2XPw Pray -Sera's Prayer-]]
* Alignment: NeutralGood overall, though Gale veers more to Lawful, Cielo to Chaotic, and Heat can go all the way to ChaoticNeutral
* Portfolio: CannibalismSuperpower [[ArbitraryHeadCountLimit only three in the party at a time]], EyelessFace as Asuras, HorrorHunger, MarkOfTheBeast, [[PowerTattoo Brands representing their Atma Avatars]] [[Myth/HinduMythology of Hindu origin]], PowerUpgradingDeformation, {{Sentai}}, BettyAndVeronicaSwitch (Serph, Heat, and Sera only), [[AnyoneCanDie All Die Before The Game Ends Because It Continues In The Afterlife]], [[EarnYourHappyEnding A well-earned happy ending out of all SMT games]]
** The first five only: ArtificialHuman, BagOfSpilling, EyeColourChange, FishOutOfWater [[InsideAComputerSystem Once Out Of The Junkyard]], TheMainCharactersDoEverything, PastLifeMemories, ProtagonistWithoutAPast, [[TheCakeIsALie Promised Nirvana, Which Wasn't A Paradise As They Thought]], WorldOfTechnicolorHair, [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Struggle To Understand Love]] (Heat and Gale only) [[spoiler:BornAsAnAdult, GrewBeyondTheirProgramming, ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice At Various Points (exc. Argilla), [[{{Reincarnation}} Based on]] [[TomatoInTheMirror real people in Sera's life]] (exc. Gale)]]
** Serph: TheLeader, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Realist]], AnIcePerson, [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Blade under his arm in demon form]], GameplayGuidedAmnesia, TheGunslinger, HeroicMime, ReiAyanamiExpy, [[spoiler:[[MorallySuperiorCopy A Far Better Man Than Serph Sheffield]], NotSoStoic, IHatePastMe]]
** Heat: TheLancer And TheBigGuy, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Cynic]], PlayingWithFire, AngerBornOfWorry, BloodKnight, FieryRedHead, GlassCannon Against Magic, MightyGlacier Against Physical, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold still prioritizes her and the tribe's safety]], [[GrenadeLauncher Using A Single-Shot, Break-Action Launcher In Human Form]], LoveMakesYouCrazy, OptionalPartyMember In The Sequel [[GuideDangIt And Hardest to Get (Back)]], SocialDarwinist
** Argilla: TheHeart, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Optimist]], CombatTentacles In Her Atma Avatar form, DishingOutDirt, CombatMedic, FriendlySniper, [[GoodScarsEvilScars tiny scar on her eye]], RoseHairedSweetie, SquishyWizard, [[spoiler:[[MorallySuperiorCopy A Better Woman Than Sera's Nurse Loyal To Dr. Sheffield]]]]
** Gale: TheSmartGuy, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Apathetic]], BlowYouAway, ArmedLegs [[ExtremityExtremist used exclusively in melee and as a Demon]], [[TheStoic Emotionless]] [[TheSpock and Logical]] [[CharacterDevelopment But Getting Better In Time, Taking Honor Seriously]], TheComicallySerious, MagicKnight, ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight, [[TakingYouWithMe Takes Angel Down With Him]]]]
** Cielo: From FragileSpeedster to TheBigGuy In The Sequel, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Conflicted]], ShockAndAwe, TheFool, [[FunetikAksent Jamaican accent]], BewareTheSillyOnes, [[CutscenePowerToTheMax "Plot Lasers"]], DreadlockWarrior, LeaningOnTheFourthWall, [[GiantFlyer Can fly in demon form]], LethalJokeCharacter %% (based off of a previous Cyber Shaman candidate before Sera)
** Sera: AllLovingHero, AnIcePerson, Deconstruction of BecauseYouWereNiceToMe, From DamselInDistress To PromotedToPlayable, HairstyleInertia, [[MagicMusic Song to suppress Atma Avatar hunger and calm berserk demons]], [[GirlInABox Found in an egg]] [[NakedOnArrival nude]], MysteriousWaif, [[ConvenientReplacementCharacter Inherits Serph's Stats When He Leaves The Party For A While]], UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom [[spoiler:Twice Over, InnocentProdigy, MessianicArchetype, RapidAging, [[YoungerThanTheyLook Actually Seven Years Old]]]]
** Roland: TheBigGuy Alongside Cielo and TheSmartGuy Alongside Gale, ShockAndAwe, [[LaResistance Leader of the Lokapala]], [[ConvenientReplacementCharacter Fills In For Heat's Niche]] [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers And Cannot Be In The Party Alongside Him]], ShotgunsAreJustBetter
* Domain(s): Biodata, Atma, Devour, Emotions, Demon Forms, Hunger, Reincarnation
* Herald: The rest of the Embryon tribe (simulacra of people they may be), Jinana, Lupa, the Lokapala, Fred
* Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Narrative}} Melfina]], [[Pantheon/FleshEaters Marceline the Vampire Queen]]
** Serph:
** Heat:
** Argilla: [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Sharla]], [[Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases Ana Amari]]
** Gale: [[Pantheon/StarTrek Spock]]
** Cielo:
** Sera: Maya Amano, [[Pantheon/FemaleAppearances Azu]][[Pantheon/WaterAndMoisture ra]]
** Roland:
* Rivals: '''[[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} The Demi-Fiend]]'''
** Heat: [[Pantheon/ValuesAndEthics Vergil Sparda]]
* Enemies: [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/{{Otherness}} Satan]], [[Pantheon/DivineRoles the Divine Powers]], [[Pantheon/PrideAndEgotism Agent Smith]], [[Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} Pudge, Leatherface, Hannibal Lecter]], [[Pantheon/{{Royalty}} The Crimson Court]], [[Pantheon/FleshEaters The Hag, SCP-953, Black Doom]], [[Pantheon/LifeAndVitality Zanza]], {{mad scientist}}s with [[AGodAmI God complexes]]
* Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that have various relationships (examples include EnemyMine, VitriolicBestBuds, TeethClenchedTeamwork, HeadbuttingHeroes, FriendlyEnemy, FriendlyRival, JustFriends, etc.) other than allies, rivals, or enemies.
* Respected by/Respects:
* Pitied by/Pities:
* Opposed by/Opposes:
* Conflicting Opinion:
%% * {{Biodata}} is a rather difficult subject to explain. It covers the notion that information is the lifeblood of modern (and likely future) civilization, and can be stored in analog, digital, or organic form, on an organic or even biological matrix. A recurring theme in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series is the concept that ''everything'' ultimately boils down to data, and many of its imply or outright state all matter, energy and phenomenons in the universe boil down to data-like existence, which are often compared to information or human thought in nature. This is the main reason why spells, summoning, and other RealityWarper effects can be inserted into computers, and why the Demon Summoning Program even works. ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' takes this to a whole new level with [[spoiler:the Atma Virus, which unlocks the demon data that exists in humans and gives them that form, the fact that Data travels back and forth between the Earth and Sun, which explains reincarnation, and the current crisis stems on that]].

* Biodata is a rather difficult subject to explain. It covers the notion that information is the lifeblood of modern (and likely future) civilization, and can be stored in analog, digital, or organic form, on an organic or even biological matrix. In the world of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', the concept that everything, be it buildings, plants, people, souls, abilities, and creation itself, is ultimately made up of what can be aptly described as data. Not simply as just a form of information but as a state of matter smaller than an atom. ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' explores this concept the best. Understanding that creation is made of data, being able to utilize said data allowed the brilliant scientist Jenna Angel to create the Atma Virus. A virus that unlocks the demonic data hidden inside the human body, allowing them not only to transform into a demon, but it unlocks the power associated with said demon form as well. [[spoiler:More impressively, this concept can also be used as a form of pseudo-reincarnation. Despite not having the specific information implemented, they can still retain certain information of concepts that they ''shouldn't'' know, or memories that they’ve never ''personally'' experienced. It’s also how even when created in a virtual reality, someone, or something, can be transferred into the real world, if only [[BagOfSpilling slightly overwritten]].]]
* The story of the Embryon Tribe begins in what's known as The Junkyard. The Junkyard is a harsh, unforgiving, war-torn wasteland, with six major Tribes battling for control and supremacy. Once one tribe defeats the leader of another, the losing tribe will join the victors, and when there is only one tribe left, they will be awarded with the right to reach the top of the Karma Temple and enter Nirvana. Sometimes however, some groups form new minor Tribes and overthrow and replace one of the major Tribes, which Serph, Heat, Argilla, and Cielo have done to Gale's previous Tribe, so such a time was going to be a long, long time coming. At least that what was the initial plan. One day, a mysterious giant egg landed in territory between the Embryon and Vanguard Tribes, and the two fought each other thinking the other brought it here. When the egg opened, two things happened. One, all hell broke loose, with soldiers transforming into demons, and with these demons slaughtering and devouring their victims. Two, a young unconscious black-haired girl lay where egg was. This girl was Sera, and with arrival, everything changed.
** Not long after Sera's arrival and the Vanguard's defeat during an investigation by Embryon, the Tribe leaders were given a new order: to be allowed to enter Nirvana, on top of defeating the other Tribes, they must also have "the black-haired girl" in their custody as well. With their new orders and powers, they set out to win the war once and for all. As they defeated more Tribes, and hopefully unravel the secret behind Sera, they discovered certain oddities. For one, the law that once ironclad and unquestioned has lost its grip on the inhabitants, the Solids Tribe would go to join the Brutes as opposed to the Embryon upon defeat, and members of the Embryon tribe even discussed to themselves if they’d actually join the tribe that would hypothetically kill their leader (the answer is no). They realized that they know and fully understand certain creatures and concepts that don’t exist in the Junkyard, such a cat despite having never seen one before hand, and parents and children, despite none existing. The leader of the Brutes, Varin Omega, or has he refers to himself [[spoiler:Colonel Beck]], explained it all. Everyone in the Junkyard is already dead, and Nirvana is the world of their origin, Earth. With the new revelation and Sera's memory restored, she left the tribe to confront the who started all of this. The voice that made the new decree in the Karma Temple, the one who released the Demon Virus, the reason to why Sera appeared in the Junkyard, was [[spoiler:Sera's mother/father]] Angel. As they chased after her, refusing to abandon a comrade, they saw that the Junkyard was disappearing, with no where else but up, they battled to the top of the Karma Temple and confronted Angel, where she decided to engage them in battle with an Atma Avatar of her own. While they prevailed, it was still too late to stop the deletion. Even as the party hotfooted it to the pillar of light where Angel entered in an attempt to escape the destruction, and everyone (Angel included) managed to make it out and travel (back) to Earth, though they ended up separated. Unfortunately, instead of being greeted by a clear blue sky, they were met with a harsh yellow one with a black sun. Their battle was far from over.
** Fortunately for the Tribe, everyone eventually managed to reunite, and gain new allies in the name of the Lokapala, a human resistance group led by a man named Roland, and one of its younger members named Fred, who had found three of the Tribe soon after their arrival on Earth. It’s from Roland they learned the complete truth of the Junkyard, that it was virtual simulation meant to replicate real-life military warfare, and it was all created by Sera under guidance from the Karma Society. Not only that, but the one who turned the Earth into a hostile wasteland, where demonic power is required to survive the environment, was none other than God himself. Now knowing the truth, and more importantly, where to find Sera, their mission was clear; find the missing members of their tribe, save Sera, and convince God to spare the world. Unfortunately no plan is perfect, many hurdles were thrown in their way, [[spoiler:and sacrifices were needed to continue on]]. Fortunately, nothing would stop them, [[spoiler:not even death, as all life and constructs are at their core, Data]], the Embryon Tribe was still able to continue forward [[spoiler:even after death]]. Together, fully reunited, they confronted God, and through combat they successfully convinced Him of humanity's right for survival. For their reward, not only was the Humanity spared and the Earth saved, [[spoiler:but everyone was reincarnated to live a new and peaceful life under the guidance of an adult Fred]].

%% * It all began for Serph and company (well, there are other bits, but they can be mentioned later) at a place called the Junkyard where they were in conflict with five other Tribes for as long as they can remember. And even everything changed when a mysterious giant egg landed in territory between the Embryon and Vanguard Tribes. The two fought each other over thinking the other brought it here. And then the egg "hatched", and affected everyone in the Junkyard, giving everyone demon powers and a hunger for flesh in order to remain sane. Once the Embryons recovered, they saw the "egg" contained a black-haired girl named Sera, and promptly took her in. Later, Karma Temple decreed that all Tribes should eliminate one another ''and'' secure the black-haired girl (of which the descrition fit only Sera), with a path to Nirvana as a reward.
%% ** One by one, as the Embryon Tribe members struggled with the hunger and their newfound emotions, they took down each Tribe (well, there was one they temporarily allied to get rid of another, and that Tribe was all but wiped out). However, due to certain truths, Sera went on ahead without them while they were recovering, and tried to have the Karma Temple guards bar their progress despite their victory in accordance to the Temple's laws. That was because the Junkyard was a simulation all along, Sera is its creator, all its inhabitants are [=AIs=] based on people she knew, and she was meeting with the Karma Temple's superior (Jenna) Angel to plead for the Junkyard to be spared. However, Angel had no patience and went through the deletion process anyway.
%% ** Fortunately, Serph and his crew reached the two even as the deletion was making its way up the very, very tall Karma Temple, and Angel decided to engage them in battle with an Atma Avatar of her own. While they prevailed, it was still too late to stop the deletion. Even as the party hotfooted it to the pillar of light where Angel entered in an attempt to escape the destruction (with Gale picking her up on the way, having been seeing her in flashbacks the entire time), it was almost too late for Serph, but in all the confusion everybody managed to make it out, but they were all separated…and brought to the real world (and for once, ''[[AvertedTrope not]]'' [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse in Tokyo]], but somewhere in the USA or Australia since dollars are used as currency where Serph and company end up at instead of macca). And because new bodies were materialized for the Embyron Tribe surivors, naturally [[BagOfSpilling very little of their accumulated abilities are carried over from the simulated world]].
%% ** And out there, things were way worse. Due to [[spoiler:Sera's anguish on seeing murder, the Karma Society providing the means to contact God, and Angel strengthening the normally harmless demon data emitted from the sun]], the sun has turned black, withering away all plants, and turning all people exposed to its rays into stone via the Cuvier Syndrome, forcing humanity to live underground, the lucky few chosen by an organization called the Karma Society, who lived in sanctuary and (exc. its soldiers) oblivious to the chaos outide. And the soldiers go hunting for other human refugees. That's where the Embryon Tribe enter the picture, all separated. Serph, Argilla, and Gale are found by some kids from Lokapala, one of the remaining resistance groups against the Kamra Society. Cielo has already been found by Lokapala led by Roland and is among them by the time the aforementioned three make it there thanks to those kids. Roland eventually reveals to Serph and his crew that the Junkyard, a.k.a. "Asura Project: Stage 1", was a VitualReality designed for urban warfare. The project was designed to develop combat enhancement AI to be implanted in the Society's soldiers, and its ultimate "winners" were going to be programmed into microchips for this purpose.
%% ** Later on, after accepting a deal with Roland (though only because it would lead them to Sera) to make their way into the Karma Society through a secret entrance (and holding Cielo as leverage), Serph and his party eventually made contact with the mole within the Society, who wants them to free captives at the internment facility and use the commotion from the breakout to sneak out Sera. When Argilla asks who's escorting the civilians out safely, Roland arrives and assures Lokapala wil handle that. And not only does he bring Cielo with him, he shows his own Atma Brand, offers himself to join the party, and responds to their initial distrust with a promise that they can kill him if he fails them. During this search, they eventually find Heat, but he's working for the Karma Society now, all to keep Sera safe. It also turns out the Karma Society isn't as unified as expected, and that Jenna Angel has a different plan than Margot Cuvier/Madame's, who only wants to preserve mankind, even though her methods might be undesirable. Upon chasing off Heat, and eventually confronting Angel (thanks to her soldiers turning on Madame's and showing the way), the director lent them a way out and to Sera, though not before spouting out her own plans; in contrast to Madame's vision of Order, Angel wants to sow Chaos.
** The party manage to reach Sera and extract her from the EGG chamber, but Madame was there to put the Cyber Shaman's friends' lives at ransom, as was Heat, who went against orders and tried to rush the party. Serph stood there in response…took his attack without retaliation, then took both of them to fall inside the EGG chamber where Sera was once held. This acts (and Sera's anguish) ends up triggering God to start extracting Earth's data at a speed of 945.56 zettabytes per second using its HAARP. As for the Embryon Tribe, Gale took the reins of leadership, Roland directed the group to the Power Plant to stop the data transmission and shut down HAARP, and Angel would dispose of Madame. Unfortunately for Embryon, as well as Lokapala, this plan failed, Meganada/Indrajit is set loose to kill them all, Roland is forced to sacrifice himself to blow up the Plant, and somehow from Argilla's tears the Water Crown Atma manifests on Sera, giving her Serph's powers. Oh, and Argilla joins Roland too in his sacrifice to distract Meganada long enough for Roland's plan to succeed.
%% ** Sera, Gale, and Cielo return to where the EGG was in an attempt to converse with God once again, though they had to get past Heat's maddened altered Atma Avatar Vritra. It also turns out Serph had survived the plunge into the EGG chamber, and Schroedinger—an entity that took the form of a cat and had been observing the group from afar the entire time—decided to show him the truth of what happened 5 years ago: [[spoiler:The Karma Society was trying to make contact with God, using telepathic children for this end, and Sera was the nineteenth. Serph's and Heat's "templates", Dr. Serph Sheffield and Dr. Heat O'Brien were in opposition to one another just like the [=AIs=] are, the only difference being that Sheffield was a sociopath showing only a caring facade towards Sera, whereas O'Brien's concern was behind his frustrations, leading to what the [=AIs=] are now. And when an altercation resulted in O'Brien being killed by a nurse (who serves as Argilla's "template") devoted to Sheffield, that event, as well as his gloating of his true goal to acquire God's power for himself, led to Sera's anguish resulting in God turning the Sun black and the start of the Cuvier Syndrome, as well as Sheffield being turned into a demon and going berserk before being shot down]]. At the end of this exposition, Serph is met by [[spoiler:O'Brien's ghost, as well as Sheffield's and an early version of Serph]], and he defeats them [[spoiler:with O'Brien's help]]. After that, he bursts out of Vritra, who in turn reverts into Heat, [[spoiler:who has had memories of his template thanks to his time working under Madame]]. The two then depart for the room where [[spoiler:their templates faced off and where the whole mess began]], but it turns out Heat was already bleeding to death in the aftermath of his battle with the others as Vritra.
%% ** With the EGG busted, there was one last plan to fix things; Sera has to go to a faraway HAARP Facility, though an airplane is needed to get there in time. She intended to send herself to God alone, but the Embryon Tribe aren't saying no to coming along. And at the airport where they intend to hijack a plane, they had to go through Karma Soldiers under Angel's orders to sieze Sera. And Angel herself would intercede, [[TheRestShallPass though Gale would stall her to let the others through]] [[spoiler:mainly because he has unfinished business with her as well, primarily regarding his template David Gale, who was a close companion of Angel's before he died]], and he would die taking her down. While a plane was thankfully found and they took off, Cielo would be the next to fall as he stalls Karma Society fighters jets pursuing Serph and Sera. And when they reached the HAARP Facility, and got things started, they ended up just a wee bit too late as the facility blew up and was set ablaze, destroying their bodies.
%% ** Forunately however, the two managed to send their Data to God. On the way there, [[spoiler:they ended up merging into Seraph, and]] the Data from their fallen companions, plus Jinana, Lupa, David, and even Madame and Angel, joined them at the Sun. Schrodinger congratulates the new Seraph for the merge, and the real final leg of the journey begins. Argilla, Gale, and Cielo rejoin the party, but depending on responses Serph makes throughout his entire journey, either Roland or Heat steps in as the fifth member of the party who would plea with God to stop consuming the Earth's data. It would be an arduous journey, with a gauntlet of previous bosses and extremely powerful demons, but eventually the party reach God (who isn't YHVH for once, but [[Myth/HinduMythology Brahman]]) and He is asked to turn the sun back to normal. [[spoiler:He actually agrees… after they beat Him in combat to prove their dedication. Once they do, He proves true to His word, and Earth is able to rebuild, a surprisingly unambiguously positive ending compared to every other ''Shin Megami Tensei'' work at the time, with no more supernatural threats looming over them like every other universe, even the ''Persona'' games]]. While everyone else rejoins the cycle to be reborn, [[spoiler:Seraph remains behind, having achieved enlightenment (though their constituents actually join the cycle instead), and Schrodinger shows up once more to congratulate them, revealing himself to be another Seraph who has also achieved enlightenment prior, and the two depart to parts unknown.]]

* As for how the party made it to the Pantheon, it's actually courtesy of a powerful resident there establishing contact with God, a.k.a. [[Myth/HinduMythology Brahman]] (rather than YHVH) during His fight with them. Because everything there is technically data, copying everything necessary was a cinch, and recreating them in the Pantheon was just as simple. In respect to [[spoiler:Seraph's fate, they do not ascend alongside everyone else, but their constituents do, and thus]] Serph and Sera join their comrades in the Pantheon. And to alleviate the issues of HorrorHunger, the duration it takes before the need to consume comes up is extended so that there's no need to…feed so often to be unable to enjoy the company of other non-Tuners, though the fact they still do is something Roland and Sera have to live with now.
* Applies to all or some of them:
** Back when they existed in the Junkyard, things did not operate as they do on Earth. Whenever someone dies there, their bodies turn into the silvery rain that falls from the sky. Eventually, they are reborn and come stumbling out from the Karma Temple alone. At this point, they can either find their way to the nearest tribe and join up, or band together and try to take over another tribe's territory. This is essentially how Serph and company took over their current base, killing the leader of the previous tribe there, then going to the Karma Temple to petition them to be allowed to form their own tribe. Interestingly, Gale wasn't part of Serph's crew in the overthrow, but among the defeated tribe, who called for a ceasefire once the leader was dead, and then as per rules of the Junkyard, all remaining soldiers were integrated into the then-new Embryon Tribe.
** In terms of their… housing, given they have none outside the simulation most of them came from, the Embryon Tribe's temple takes the form of [[https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Muladhara Muladhara]], their former base at the Junkyard, and their entire force was revived as well to serve as Heralds. All their soldiers, AI simulacra though they may be, were still based on once-living people just like them, and all of them have Atma brands that make them able to turn into certain demons. Due to their bonds with Argilla and Gale respectively, Jinana and Lupa are revived now as members of Embryon. Roland's soldiers among the Lokapala who were slain in the war against the Karma Society, or by the Meganada/Indrajit, are among the revived to serve as Heralds to Roland, though only those that have died after Serph's party materialized in the real world. That said, contact with the post-rebuild world at the end of the game was also established, allowing Fred to see them again.
** Despite it all being a simulation, the Embyron tribe are proficient with firearms. Argilla is a talented sniper, Heat lobs grenades with a launcher (if he's not using an assault rifle), and Serph is able to shoot projectiles out of the air with a handgun. Gale also sometimes attacks with a knife in his shoe if he's not packing an assault rifle, and Cielo uses a submachinegun. Roland uses a shotgun, and Sera has learned to use a pistol. And given the threat level of things in the Pantheon, there is no need to use their Atma Avatars all the time, and where their human forms have combat advantages in being able to use guns, having no elemental or ailment weaknesses, and immunity to Expel/Light skills.
** However, they all still hunger for Magnetite, and acquire it from eating humans and demons in their Atma Avatars. In the case of the latter though, because SMT demons are varied, this can also mean the likes of yokai, legendary figures, or even ''angels'' and legitimate deities. Thankfully, in addition to ther current selves not needing sustenance as frequently as before, there are plenty such roaming around, and evil humans that deserve death (such as [[Pantheon/OrganizedCrime the Slavers]], [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles HYDRA]], etc.) aren't in short supply either, though having said meat be processed into canned food isn't out of the question, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and killing humans doesn't grant them Atma Points for improving their Avatars]]. And there's always the Flesh Eaters Hall in the House of Food, as well as the House of Slaughter.
** Due to the need for Magnetite, this does mean that they cannot Hunt synthetic or extraterrestrial beings, who possess…different energies when they did try eating some of them. Whatever it was they had, it wasn't Magnetite. Given that eating living flesh was just a matter of needing it to survive, the Tribe [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame actually look down on cannibals who enjoy eating others]]. Even Heat, as accepting as he is of his circumstances, doesn't see any appeal in undetaking this practice merely for pleasure. They were also disgusted by Shesha of the Divine Powers, who devoured humans despite his distaste for human flesh but sadistically eats them anyway. That said, they pities Merkava's plight and come to understand how they had to eat or otherwise, and vice versa. However, Merkava isn't willing to go near them in fear of giving in to his hunger and trying to devour them as well.
*** Killing/Eating one's own ''allies'' is a sore trigger for anybody, but Cielo acts much more strongly against it, after Tribhvana Earth ate his comrades Air and Heaven in an attempt to best the Embryon Tribe. To him, anyone who does that while calling them their comrades doesn't deserve to. Gale actually pities them if all it grants is strength, because the Tribe knows that it's not everything that matters. Of course, the whole devouring thing makes them a terror not only to their foes, leading to panic most of the time for the lesser-willed, but can also be demoralizing for their allies too sometimes.
** With the exception of Roland and Sera, the Embryon Tribe is fearful of the Demi-Fiend (though Heat would deny that) after an alleged encounter with him. Apparently, Cielo's weakness to ailments (plus a skill called Null Sleep, which guarantees attacks to miss while under ForcedSleep) was crucial to their victory somehow the first time. Whether it actually happened or not, Naoki does regard the incident as real on his end. And since he's now heard of their accomplishments, he won't be holding back as much the next time they cross paths for a fight.
** They sympathize with Melfina as both being {{Artificial Human}}s. The Tribe compared her to Sera as they learned about her as she was the key to finding the Galactic Leyline, contained in her body. They compared the Galactic Leyline to Brahman because of their omnipotence. They also get along swimmingly with Marceline, as they share the ability of obtaining abilities by consuming their foes (they to complete their Mantras for learning abilities, and she to acquire their abilities). The Vampire Queen, on her part, strongly sympathized with the tribe for their struggles.
** As Junkyard residents who aren't completely familiar with the ways of the outside world, even with what they learn, theyl Embryon Tribe (or at least Gale, Serph, and Argilla) don't really understand the whole excuse of someone being JustAKid; willingness to fight (and the capacity to contribute to it) is all that matters to be a warrior. They also have no issues with naked women, having witnessed Sera's arrival in that state, and likely dressed her up, as well as the wonky way of life back in the Junkyard. Since entering the Pantheon, they may or may not have attempted to enter Wrestling for a bit, mainly [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hM7rMI5OM Cielo]], [[https://youtu.be/ZsvUBKlQse4 Argilla]], and [[https://youtu.be/GuWX8gU9LFk Serph]] (in [[https://youtu.be/obhhriJZQW0 human]] and [[https://youtu.be/CTx6J-n2Lcc Atma]] forms).
** See flowers as highly valuable commodities due to the state of the Earth they were at. While it is still the case now in some instances and for some species, they're not nearly as expensive as back there, and there are deities who can grow them in abundance.
* Exclusive to Serph:
** While the Tribe would find Zanza's action as the "God" of his world to be terrible, [[spoiler:Serph realized how similar he is to his "template", Serph Sheffield, an egomaniacal scientist who wanted the power of God and whose actions led to the crisis that hit their world.]]
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* Exclusive to Heat:
** Due to his demeanor and attitude, some allies get wary around Heat in his Atma Avatar form lest he try to take a bite out of them, though not usually when Serph or Sera are there too. For reasons, some people who are terrified of Alucard express terror when they hear Heat speak up (without seeing Heat) about wanting to devour someone, [[Creator/CrispinFreeman mistaking him for that vampire]]. Word eventually reached that vampires, and he does find it curious that there was someone who sounds just like him who has embraced eating people.
** Given their philosophies, Hear got a rival in the half-demon Virgil, who thinks consuming enemies is a disgusting practice. Heat retorts that trying to unseal and then raise hell isn’t any better.
* Exclusive to Argilla:
** Makes a good "Sera" from a distance when disguised properly. As for why she had needed one in the first place, it was to lure some rival tribe that wanted her. It wasn't that Argilla was the only other female in Embryon (there are likely some generics), but it was likely that no other female would've been able to survive luring the psychotic Bat to them, and Argilla likely had a personal score to settle with him.
** Enjoyed the company of another sniper by the name of Sharla. Both also happen to be primary healers in their teams, and serve a motherly role especially towards Sera and Juju respectively. [[spoiler:This is more significant for Argilla, since the nurse she was based on actually ''loathed'' Sera.]] Her cannibalism notwithstanding, she and Sharla actually get along well.

* Exclusive to Gale:
** Prior to leaving the Junkyard behind, Gale had the rank of "bishop" in the Embryon Tribe. Junkyard bishops are the tactical heads of each tribe, and are stuffed full of implants that allow them to record events and play them back (at one point, Gale plugs a cable into his head behind his ear and allowed the team to see his perspective on the events that gave everyone demon powers and brought Sera to them), as well as analyse and process the best possible outcome for every event. His hood isn't just for show either, as it's loaded with surveillance gear that feeds into his ocular implants.
%% [[green:(Speaking of Gale, he has a lot going on, as the text repeatedly refers to him as the 'bishop'. At first, I thought this was just a reference to how stoic and aloof he was, but no, it's actually a tribal rank of sorts. Bishops are the tactical heads of each tribe. They're stuffed full of implants that allow them to record events and play them back (at one point, Gale plugs a cable into his head behind his ear and allows the team to see his perspective on the events at the start of the game), as well as analyse and process the best possible outcome for every event. His hood isn't just for show either, as it's loaded with surveillance gear that feeds into his ocular implants (basically an internal version of the eyepiece Serph and Argilla use in the intro).)]]
** Whenever he doesn't understand something, if he's not deciding to just feel it, Gale would say "I do not comprehend." And it gets amusing or irritating whenever someone parrots that {{catchphrase}}, chortles at it, or otherwise directly remarks on it. While a logician most of the time, he's also inherited a strong sense of honor, and takes the concept very seriously.
** Gale's hood hides many implants and sockets behind his brain. In a similar fashion as certain characters in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', he uses a cable to connect his brain with a displaying device to replay his visual and audio memory for his cohorts. In the Pantheon, this hardware had to be (re)invented from scratch for his needs, not to mention also having to be made compatible with the other technologies here. Thankfully, he knows how they're made, so recreating them was a cinch.
* Exclusive to Cielo:
** Cielo's Atma Avatar is a special case from everyone else's. Apart from being able to fly really fast, enough to get into a decent dogfight with fighter jets, he has a weakness to all status ailments (but not [[TakenForGranite pretrification]] and InstantDeath, and then downplayed to just Nerve ailments he's weak to). He can carry up to three human adults on his back over an extended but not overly long distance. He did complain of their weight afterwards, so this is probably not an optimal means of transport, though it helped with escaping a ship they rigged with bombs (ItMakesSenseInContext).
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* Exclusive to Sera:
** If an Atma Avatar goes out of control by way of Hunger, Sera has a Song of Grace that can reverse its effects if they haven't succumbed completely. Of course, this option won't be possible if it's Sera herself suffering Hunger. She would later meet a blue-haired woman named Azura, who has a song can do something similar to that effect. While it umtimately did nothing, the two did exchange songs on a lark.
** Is basically [[spoiler:a seven-year-old at heart, due to her body having undergone accelerated aging/genetic shenanigans as the Cyber Shaman]]. This makes what Heat did to her way back when (a forceful kiss) much creepier, and Chris Hansen gave him (and Serph) a severe warning, even if noneof them are technically over 12. Because of years of experimentation, she could barely survive the Pantheon without the fluids from the EGG where she was used for communicating with Brahman. Fortunately, the House of Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases have made many treatments and therapies to remedy that.
** She was a youth who had an adult who acted kindly to her, manipulating her feelings and promising her treats in exchange for favors. She had thought that she and the adult loved each other, while the adult's co-worker watched the almost-flirting with disgust. [[spoiler:While Dr. Sheffield was certainly abusing Sera's powers, there are those who also interpret his actions as molestation, and she was very quickly educated on what exactly that entailed.]] ([[green: victims of molestation, and molesters]])
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* Exclusive to Roland:
** [[green:Roland is the leader of Lokapala, one of the last resistance groups against the Karma Society.]]
** With the use of interpretation of what constitutes as Data, [[https://youtu.be/wK9NNMuUgjw?si=eF2eeca7kZKnUzFF Roland is able to power things with electricity and use his will to command consoles]]. This only works because of his cognition and from everything he knows of his world; this talent cannot be replicated by just any other electric-user, and those that do won't be doing it the same way as Roland does.

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[[folder:New: Bellafide, Hopper, The Quartermaster, and Archimedes]]
([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=7903#comment-197561 cleared]])

'''[[VideoGame/ToothAndTail Arroyo Bellafide, Hopper, The Quartermaster, and Archimedes]], Divine Quartet of [[SapientEatSapient Sapients Eating Other Sapients]]''' (Hopper: Nubs | The Quartermaster: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Marrow]])
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Bellafide, Hopper, the Quartermaster, Archimedes]]
* New House: Pantheon/FleshEaters
* [tup]s: @/NitroIndigo
%% * Ascending on: ??? ?? (repost on ??? ??)
* Lesser Deities
* Symbol: Their banners
* Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXasMpCWbM Firebrand of the Longcoats]] (Bellafide), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_LYhUxxgA Flagbearer of the Commonfolk]] (Hopper), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAzMA1_mIIs The Quartermaster of the KSR]] (the Quartermaster), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcFfaeu9TaU Left Hand of the Civilized]] (Archimedes)
* Alignment: Bellafide is allegedly NeutralGood, Hopper is debatably ChaoticGood, The Quartermaster is definitely LawfulNeutral (all become ChaoticNeutral when things get desperate), and Archimedes is undoubtedly NeutralEvil
* Portfolio: TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized, BlackAndGreyMorality, CarnivoreConfusion, ColorCodedArmies, [[{{Hypocrite}} All Hypocritical To Certain Extents]] (except the Quartermaster), SapientEatSapient, WorldOfFunnyAnimals, [[FantasticRacism Racist Against Swine]] [[spoiler:[[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Who Eventually Turn On Them All]] and [[DownerEnding Wipe Them Out]]]], [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Ambiguous Final Fates]]
** Bellafide: BadassLongcoat, EgocentricTeamNaming, [[DefectorFromDecadence Sparked The War When His Son Was Eaten]], [[BookEnds Starts The War]] [[spoiler:[[BookEnds Which Potentially Ends With Him]]]], [[{{Expy}} Looks Like]] [[http://blog.pocketwatchgames.com/post/130150388556/building-bellafide-creating-a-commander Theodore Roosevelt]] [[{{Expy}} But Acts More Like]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kerensky Alexander Kerensky]], HeWhoFightsMonsters, NonIdleRich, [[SelfMadeMan Used To Be An Impoverished Boxer]]
** Hopper: WorkingClassHero, CountryMouse, ChummyCommies, [[DemocracyIsBad Ambiguously Bad Democracy]], JeanneDArchetype, YoungAndInCharge
** The Quartermaster: StateSec, AntiVillain, ConsummateProfessional, EyepatchOfPower, GreenAndMean, JustTheFirstCitizen, [[SamusIsAGirl Can Be Initally Confused For Being Male]], [[NobleDemon Just Wants To End The War]] [[MyCountryRightOrWrong No Matter Its Victor]], TotalitarianUtilitarian
** Archimedes: BadassPreacher, CorruptChurch, ChurchMilitant, [[TheDragon Left Hand to High Priest Sage Marro]], [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Can't Comprehend The Other Leaders' Reasons For Fighting]], EvilTastesGood, SilverTongue, SinisterMinister, [[UnknownRival Unaware of Bellafide's Open Hatred Of Him]]
* Domain(s): Animals, War, "Cannibalism"
* Heralds: Longcoats, Commonfolk, KSR, and Civilized (the factions they lead)
* Followers: the {{VideoGame/Cubivore}}, Animation/VukTheLittleFox, [[{{VideoGame/Starbound}} the Florans]]
* Allies:
** Bellafide: [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Mr. Fox]],
** Hopper: [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Mr. Fox]]
** The Quartermaster: [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Kuvira]]
** Archimedes: [[Pantheon/FamilyAndRelatives Scar (The Lion King)]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedAppendages Rattlesnake Jake]]
* Enemies: ''[[Pantheon/AnimalBehavior Dawn Be]][[Pantheon/{{Categorism}} llwether]]'', [[Pantheon/AnthropomorphicAnimals Napoleon]], [[Pantheon/RabbitsAndRodents General Woundwort, Ratigan]], [[Pantheon/RomanticOrientation Todd Chavez]]
** Bellafide:
** Hopper:
** The Quartermaster:
** Archimedes: [[Pantheon/LiteratureOther Katniss Everdeen]]
* Oppose: All swine deities
* Opposed by: [[Pantheon/CharacterActions Chirin]], [[Pantheon/PersonalityPairings Judy Hopps a]][[{{Pantheon/Gender}} nd Nick Wilde]], [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Mr. Fox]]
* The story of ''Tooth and Tail'' takes place in a world of sapient animals, and in a time of violent revolution. With the exception of the vegetarian and apparently dimwitted Pigs, all animals have ascribed to eating meat (and Pigs as a food source), and to enact a lottery should their world fall under hard times. These hard times eventually came, and the lottery was organized by the Civilized, the governing body at the time. Years passed, and it soon became apparent that favorites were being spared by the Civilized. And it finally reached a breaking point when one rich mouse, Arroyo Bellafide, found his son on the menu and feasted on.
** In response, he formed the '''Longcoats''', and advocated that food-selection be determined by an animal's merit. Another faction rose as well; the '''Commonfolk''' rallied by Hopper, who believes that every animal should have the right to vote for who becomes food. But there was also the '''KSR''' led by the Quartermaster, who's doing everything she can to maintain order no matter what, not to mention the '''Civilized''', commanded by the Missionary Archimedes, who wish to retain the status quo. The war fought was long and grueling, with sides changing, and eventually devolving into a free-for-all, [[spoiler:ending with the Pigs rising up from the shadows once everyone is weakened and eliminating all who remained]].
* When the four leaders came to, they found themselves before the Court of the Gods, the memories of their final showdown [[spoiler:and the Fat Boris uprising that wiped them all out ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse though whether or not they were slain as well is up in the air]])]] fresh in their minds. They have found themselves before the Court of the Gods, where they've been informed of the reason they've been brought to the Pantheon; their reason for fighting (food, specifically meat), and the fact that this food source is sapient doesn't deter them. As for why that's weird (which they don't get), it's because eating sapient beings is considered a horrifying practice to most societies outside their world, and if the eater is sapient as well, the eater would be considered extremely morally bankrupt.

* Applies to all or some of them:
** In terms of temples, they take the form of the four bases they set up (the Old South Distillery for the Longcoats, an old mine for the Commonfolk, [[OminousMundanity "The Kitchen"]] for the KSR, and the Temple Garden for the Civilized), and a village in the middle for all of their forces. Their first order of business was to secure food, and with the House of Food where they now reside in providing free food for everyone (unless they offend the House themselves), their reason for war was essentially over and the factions had no reason to fight each other anymore. However, it is not forgotten that Archimedes had sparked the final battle when he destroyed Snikaree [[spoiler:where the other three factions had managed a peaceful nation of cooperation there, with Longcoats as traders, Commonfolk as suppliers, and KSR as the government]], and Bellafide would '''''never''''' side with him for any reason due to his followers sacrificing his son for harvest. That is why the Civilized high priest stands apart from the others, while Bellafide, Hopper, and the Quartermaster are on friendly terms with each other for the most part.
** As for the Grand United Alliances that drew their attention, with the exception of Archimedes, they all joined the GUAG (though the Quartermaster does have her eye on the GUAL as well). As for the Left Hand of the Civilized, the GUAC was more his speed. Given their [[AscendedToCarnivorism taste for meat]] and their utter disdain for anything else (fish, vegetables, grain, etc., unless perhaps as appetizers or flavoring), getting them to broaden their horizons in terms of cuisine is slow progress, and much moreso for Archimedes given his faith, and they tend to frequent the Hall of Pantheon/FleshEaters where they reside because of this, and occasionally take trips to the House of Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} as well. In fact, [[FauxHorrific eating non-meat it's apparently so incredibly detestable that everyone would rather kill and eat each other than go vegetarian for a while]]. Additionally, because of the war they fought, their forces have a tendency to carry back all manner of corpses for feasting on later despite what other things these might carry. Thankfully, they've learned to avoid the following corpses:
*** Those corroded with corrosive substances.
*** Those infested with certain alien viruses after they lost troops to eating some of Nurgle's forces.
*** Cadavers that have already risen from the dead at least once. Who knows what necromantic stuff is in there? Some try anyway as long as it's not rotted too much.
*** Those not comprised of meat at all. This is more of a choice given the existence of mechanical and plant beings.
%% ** [[ConLang Their language is]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ToothAndTail/comments/76mvba/so_you_want_to_learn_vyeshal/ Vyeshal]], though the nature of the Pantheon means everyone with sapience can (usually) understand everybody with no problems.
** While they all look down on all swine (though not boars given Uncle Butters) in general out of their old societal traditions, [[spoiler:the Boris uprising that wiped them out in the end]] has led to all four faction leaders despising them as well. On top of this list is Napoleon of Manor/Animal Farm, who loathes them in turn due to their willingness to eat other animals, and the fact that his forces currently are no match for even one of their factions. Having ascended to excusively carnivorism, and therefore making them predators, Dawn Bellwether fears and despises them as well. This doesn't earn them favors with Zootopia cops Judy and Nick, though, who are disgusted even towards Bellafide and Hopper (though for different reasons than Archimedes and the Quartermaster). Of course, this also puts them in the banlist of [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings Zootopia]].
** The entire Hall of Pantheon/RabbitsAndRodents don't hold them in high regard either. While most of the non-evil aligned residents dislike the Vyeshal-speaking rodents out of principle, General Woundwort considers them a threat to his warren. Despite being willing to be very dangerous prey, [[EvenEvilHasStandards not even he would advocate meat-eating]], and he's well aware that his forces lack the resources to deal with any of their armies. And much like Napoleon of Manor/Animal Farm, Ratigan loathes them for their diet, and the fact that his forces are no match for even one of their factions either. Unlike Napoleon, because he's a rodent just like them, he's actually also envious of their political power, though he looks down on the lower class Hopper the most.
** That isn't to say they were without allies. Mr. Fox for one is a friendly enough visitor, and expressed no comments whatsoever on their diets. That said, it's a matter of ideologies that landed him in hot water with two of them, mainly the order-keeping Quartermaster, and the crazy cultist Archimedes. They hold no issues with [[Pantheon/FleshEaters Kazar]] desiring to be a meat eater; it's only when he made an attempt on any of them (the chances of which are low given his obsession with lions and greater predators) that they clash. And even one of their armies is too much for one wildebeest.
** Despite living in a similar world where sapient beings eat other sapient beings, or ''perhaps'' because of that, Todd Chavez dislikes the quartet. Seeing them reminded him of [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E05Chickens the one time he and Diane tried to rescue a sapient chicken]], but only managed to do so with just one. Of course, without a means to actually fight them, Todd just settles with staying away from them.

* Exclusive to Bellafide:
** As a believer in the values of Social Merit, when he heard that he advocvates the same thing (minus the whole eating the unworthy part), he supports [[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2 Yamato Hotsuin's]] visions of meritocracy. If he were here, that is; Bellafide was sure that he was around, [[RetGone but that no longer seemed to be the case]]. That isn't to say he and his faction aren't against wealth, though; it's implied that they desire an unregulated free market.

* Exclusive to Hopper:
** Insists her forces are a mob, not an army. Nobody's fooled in the slightest, but correcting her is deemed a waste of time. Her principles are somewhat reminiscent of [[Pantheon/AuthoritativeBehaviour George Washington]] and his democratic ways. She's considering approaching him for advice on better leadership.

* Exclusive to the Quartermaster:
** As someone who was willing to do whatever it took to attain peace and order, the Quartermaster has found a kindred spirit in Kuvira. While the Great Uniter was disdainful of her diet, she respects her desire to maintain order no matter the consequences, though siding with the Civilized initially just because they were the main governing body wouldn't have been her first option, though that was because the Quartermaster wasn't ambitious enough to take leadership of the nation herself.

* Exclusive to Archimedes:
** Given how his Harvests go, Katniss Everdeen strongly opposes him due to how The Capitol she fought against chose Districts' citizens to participate in the Hunger Games by drawing names almost about the same way. Given the black lion Scar is also a corrupt animal leader willing to rescue other factions (like the hyenas) for their cause, he's interested in making a deal with Archimedes, as much as he's also tempted to eat him (which he won't). And having recruited snakes before, the Missionary has also considered employing the services of Rattlesnake Jake. The snake for his part doesn't mind eating those Archimedes sends him to if he's able, though his followers sacrificing themselves to Jake for consumption is something he's not fully ready to know how exactly to deal with.
** Having heard himself be compared to a man called [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Grigori Rasputin]], Archimedes decided to pay the Russian former priest a visit. ([[green:inspired from [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Grigori Rasputin]], possible meeting]])

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* Enemies:
* Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that have various relationships (examples include EnemyMine, VitriolicBestBuds, TeethClenchedTeamwork, HeadbuttingHeroes, FriendlyEnemy, FriendlyRival, JustFriends, etc.) other than allies, rivals, or enemies.
* Feared by/Fears:
* Respected by/Respects:
* Pitied by/Pities:
* Opposed by/Opposes:
* Conflicting Opinion:

* He's also not just a brutal buffoon that simply swings wildly. Knack has a few moves under his belt such as a shield move (that can deflect shots when he swings it right), a {{belly flop crush|ing}}, and momentarily generating swords and spears. He's also actually a quick and creative thinker in combat and out too, and is not above throwing things at opponents or hijacking enemy vehicles. He's even helped Lucas build a plane out of busted robot parts over the course of four months.

* Speaking of, that was the first order of business: the fact that Relics from their world aren't nearly as prevalent in the Pantheon. So for the time being, there are only as many Relics as is needed for Knack to reach his maximum size. Fortunately, he can incorporate other materials into his being, so he's

("Relics" appear now, just like Magiswords)

* (when he has ice (one of the easier materials to adapt), Knack only has a minute out in the sun before those blocks melt, probably also due to the stress his Relic energy deals to them. He can also let out a freezing breath.)
* (when he has wood, while burning him will degrade those parts faster than wood would normallty do (probably for the same reasons as Ice Knack), those parts can still cause a lot of damage before then)
* (when he has scrap metal, he's more susceptible to magnetism. The sequel adds the ability to trail metal to carry electric currents, as well as whips of metal for offense and swinging.)
* Has a "Stealth" form using clear crystals that can bypass laser security systems without triggering them, though he's still technically visible to the naked eye.

* Given what he's fought, Knack's first response to any goblin (or orc) is hostile. And this led to a misunderstanding when he saw [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Thrall]] clashing with [[Pantheon/MagicArchetypes Jaina]] who was under MindControl (not that Knack knew this at the time). The Relic collective did what he would usually do and sided against the "non-fleshskin"[[note]]goblins in his world weren't all green[[/note]], but he soon realized how complex the situation was when Jaina also attacked Knack, and when Thrall sometimes ''protected'' Knack from harm. After quickly getting the situation under control and breaking Jaina free from control, Knack realized that
* [[green:(TakeOverTheWorld, or reduce civilization to rubble for a MightIsRight society)]]

* Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Deities/Characters is 10-15 at minimum to 20-25 at maximum.

** Balbaroy: BirdPeople, DistressedDude, TakenForGranite, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Anon's Fiancé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake
** Amon: BirdPeople, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Balbaroy's Fianceé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake, TheQuietOne, [[MeaningfulName Name Means Faithful In Hebrew]] [[GenderBlenderName Though Usually A Male Name]]

** Narsha: TokenHuman With Max and Anri, CarryABigStick, CombatMedic, ShyBlueHairedGirl, RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething, BewareTheNiceOnes

* Given the comparisons between their games, it was natural that all ascended ''Pantheon/FireEmblem'' heroes would cross paths with the Shining Force, having been similarly small armadas that go up against the forces of evil who always outnumber them. The Tactician in particular is a bit envious that Max had access to priests that revive any losses suffered, whereas he/she has to make sure there are none in the first place. And that those priests handle class changes whereas the Tactician had to manage a limited number of promotional items. But it would not do to let this fester, and they all became allies.

'''[[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga The Embryon Tribe]][[note]]Serph, Heat, Argilla, Gale, Cielo[[/note]], [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga Sera, and Roland]], Deities of {{Biodata}}''' (All exc. Sera: Child of Purgatory, Warriors of Purgatory | Serph: Mr. Leader | Gale: [[SarcasmMode Mr. Personality]] | Roland: [[DubNameChange Roald]] | Sera: Seraphita, Cyber Shaman)

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* Potential House: The house where you think your deity would fit best. Please limit your list to one or two, as it's difficult to keep profiles updated when they're in multiple houses.

* Symbol: Their Atma brands
* Theme Song:

* Portfolio: CannibalismSuperpower [[ArbitraryHeadCountLimit only three in the party at a time]], EyelessFace as Asuras, HorrorHunger,
MarkOfTheBeast, PowerTattoo, PowerUpgradingDeformation, {{Sentai}}, [[AnyoneCanDie All Die Before The Game Ends Because It Continues In The Afterlife]]
** The first five only: ArtificialHuman, BagOfSpilling, EyeColourChange, FishOutOfWater [[InsideAComputerSystem Once Out Of The Junkyard]], TheMainCharactersDoEverything, PastLifeMemories, ProtagonistWithoutAPast, [[TheCakeIsALie Promised Nirvana, Which Wasn't A Paradise As They Thought]] TomatoInTheMirror, WorldOfTechnicolorHair, [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Struggles To Understand Love]] (Heat and Gale only) [[spoiler:BornAsAnAdult, GrewBeyondTheirProgramming, ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice At Various Points (exc. Argilla)]]
** Serph: TheLeader, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Realist]], AnIcePerson, GameplayGuidedAmnesia, TheGunslinger, HeroicMime, ReiAyanamiExpy, [[spoiler:[[MorallySuperiorCopy A Far Better Man Than Serph Sheffield]], NotSoStoic, {{What|HaveIBecome}} [[Inverted trope Was I?]]]]
** Heat: TheLancer And TheBigGuy, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Cynic]], PlayingWithFire, AngerBornOfWorry, BloodKnight, FieryRedHead, GlassCannon Against Magic, MightyGlacier Against Physical, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, LoveMakesYouCrazy, OptionalPartyMember In The Sequel, SocialDarwinist
** Argilla: TheHeart, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Optimist]], CombatTentacles In Her Atma Avatar form, DishingOutDirt, CombatMedic, FriendlySniper, GoodScarsEvilScars, RoseHairedSweetie, SquishyWizard, [[spoiler:[[MorallySuperiorCopy A Better Woman Than Dr. Sheffield's Nurse]]]]
** Gale: TheSmartGuy, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Apathetic]], BlowYouAway, ArmedLegs [[ExtremityExtremist Used Exclusively In Melee and As A Demon]], TheComicallySerious, MagicKnight, ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight, [[TakingYouWithMe Takes Angel Down With Him]]]]
** Cielo: From FragileSpeedster to TheBigGuy In The Sequel, [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble The Conflicted]], ShockAndAwe, BewareTheSillyOnes, [[CutscenePowerToTheMax "Plot Lasers"]], DreadlockWarrior, FunetikAksent, LeaningOnTheFourthWall, LethalJokeCharacter (based off of a previous Cyber Shaman candidate before Sera)
** Sera: AllLovingHero, AnIcePerson, Deconstruction of BecauseYouWereNiceToMe, From DamselInDistress To PromotedToPlayable, HairstyleInertia, MysteriousWaif,
[[ConvenientReplacementCharacter Inherits Serph's Stats When He Leaves The Party For A While]], UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom
[[spoiler:Twice Over, InnocentProdigy, MessianicArchetype, RapidAging, [[YoungerThanTheyLook Actually Seven Years Old]]]]
** Roland: TheBigGuy Alongside zcielo and TheSmartGuy Alongside Gale, ShockAndAwe, [[LaResistance Leader of the Lokapala]], [[ConvenientReplacementCharacter Fills In For Heat's Niche]] [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers And Cannot Be In The Party Alongside Him]], ShotgunsAreJustBetter
* Domain(s): Biodata, Atma, Devour, Emotions, Demon Forms
* Herald: The rest of the Embryon tribe (simulacra of people they may be), those in the Lokapala who have passed away
* Allies:

** Argilla:
** Gale:

** Sera: Maya Amano

* Rivals:
* Enemies:
** Serph:
** Heat:
** Argilla:
** Gale:
** Cielo:
** Sera:
** Roland:

* {{Biodata}} is a rather difficult subject to explain. It covers the notion that information is the lifeblood of modern (and likely future) civilization, and can be stored in analog, digital, or organic form, on an organic or even biological matrix. A recurring theme in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series is the concept that ''everything'' ultimately boils down to data, and many of its imply or outright state all matter, energy and phenomenons in the universe boil down to data-like existence, which are often compared to information or human thought in nature. This is the main reason why spells, summoning, and other RealityWarper effects can be inserted into computers, and why the Demon Summoning Program even works. ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' takes this to a whole new level with [[spoiler:the Atma Virus, which unlocks the demon data that exists in humans and gives them that form, the fact that Data travels back and forth between the Earth and Sun, which explains reincarnation, and the current crisis stems on that]].
* It all began for Serph and company (well, there are other bits, but they can be mentioned later) at a place called the Junkyard where they were in conflict with five other Tribes for as long as they can remember. And even everything changed when a mysterious giant egg landed in territory between the Embryon and the Vanguard Tribes. The two fought each other over thinking the other brought it here. And then the egg "hatched", and affected everyone in the Junkyard, giving everyone demon powers and a hunger for flesh in order to remain sane. Once the Embryons recovered, they saw the "egg" contained a black-haired girl named Sera. Later, Karma Temple decreed that all Tribes should eliminate one another ''and'' secure the black-haired girl (of which the descrition fit only Sera), with a path to Nirvana as a reward.
** One by one, as the Embryon Tribe members struggled with the hunger and their newfound emotions, they took down each Tribe (well, there was one they temporarily allied to get rid of another, and that Tribe was all but wiped out). However, due to certain truths, Sera went on ahead without them while they were recovering, and tried to have the Karma Temple guards bar their progress despite their victory in accordance to the Temple's laws. That was because the Junkyard was a simulation all along, Sera is its creator, and all its inhabitants are [=AIs=] based on people she knew, and she was meeting with the Karma Temple's superior (Jenna) Angel to plead for the Junkyard to be spared. However, Angel had no patience and went through the deletion process anyway.
** Fortunately, Serph and his crew reached the two even as the deletion was making its way up the very, very tall Karma Temple, and Angel decided to engage them in battle with an Atma Avatar of her own. While they prevailed, it was still too late to stop the deletion. Even as the party hotfooted it to the pillar of light where Angel entered in an attempt to escape the destruction (with Gale picking her up on the way, having been seeing her in flashbacks the entire time), it was almost too late for Serph, but in all the confusion everybody managed to make it out, but they were all separated...and brought to the real world (and for once, ''[[AvertedTrope not]]'' [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse in Tokyo]], but somewhere in the USA or Australia since dollars are used as currency where Serph and company end up at instead of macca). And because new bodies were materialized for the Embyron Tribe surivors, naturally [[BagOfSpilling very little of their accumulated abilities are carried over from the simulated world]].
** And out there, things were way worse. Due to [[spoiler:Sera's anguish on seeing murder, the Karma Society providing the means to contact God, and Angel strengthening the normally harmless demon data emitted from the sun]], the sun has turned black, withering away all plants, and turning all people exposed to its rays into stone via the Cuvier Syndrome, forcing humanity to live underground, the lucky few chosen by an organization called the Karma Society, who lived in sanctuary and (exc. its soldiers) oblivious to the chaos outide. And the soldiers go hunting for other human refugees. That's where the Embryon Tribe enter the picture, all separated. Serph, Argilla, and Gale are found by some kids from Lokapala, one of the remaining resistance groups against the Kamra Society. Cielo has already been found by Lokapala led by Roland and is among them by the time the aforementioned three make it there thanks to those kids. Roland eventually reveals to Serph and his crew that the Junkyard, a.k.a. "Asura Project: Stage 1", was a VitualReality designed for urban warfare. The project was designed to develop combat enhancement AI to be implanted in the Society's soldiers, and its ultimate "winners" were going to be programmed into microchips for this purpose.
** Later on, after accepting a deal with Roland (though only because it would lead them to Sera) to make their way into the Karma Society through a secret entrance (and holding Cielo as leverage), Serph and his party eventually made contact with the mole within the Society, who wants them to free captives at the internment facility and use the commotion from the breakout to sneak out Sera. When Argilla asks who's escorting the civilians out safely, Roland arrives and assures Lokapala wil handle that. And not only does he bring Cielo with him, he shows his own Atma Brand, offers himself to join the party, and responds to their initial distrust with a promise that they can kill him if he fails them. During this search, they eventually find Heat, but he's working for the Karma Society now, all to keep Sera safe. And it turns out the Karma Society isn't as unified and that Jenna Angel has a different plan than Margot Cuvier/Madame's, who only wants to preserve mankind, even though her methods might be undesirable. Upon chasing off Heat, and eventually confronting Angel (thanks to her soldiers turning on Madame's and showing the way), the director lent them a way out and to Sera, though not before spouting out her own plans; in contrast to Madame's vision of Order, Angel wants to sow Chaos.

** Sera, Gale, and Cielo return to where the EGG was in an attempt to converse with God once again, though they had to get past Heat's maddened altered Atma Avatar Vritra. It also turns out Serph had survived the plunge into the EGG chamber, and Schroedinger--an entity that took the form of a cat and had been observing the group from afar the entire time--decided to show him the truth of what happened 5 years ago: [[spoiler:The Karma Society was trying to make contact with God, using telepathic children for this end, and Sera was the nineteenth. Serph's and Heat's "templates", Dr. Serph Sheffield and Dr. Heat O'Brien were in opposition to one another just like the [=AIs=] are, the only difference being that Sheffield was a sociopath showing only a caring facade towards Sera, whereas O'Brien's concern was beneath his frustrations, leading to what the [=AIs=] are now. And when an altercation resulted in O'Brien being killed by a nurse (who serves as Argilla's "template") devoted to Sheffield, that event, as well as his gloating of his true goal to acquire God's power for himself, led to Sera's anguish resulting in God turning the Sun black and the start of the Cuvier Syndrome, as well as Sheffield being turned into a demon and going berserk before being shot down]]. At the end of this exposition, Serph is met by [[spoiler:O'Brien's ghost, as well as Sheffield's and an early version of Serph]], and defeats them [[spoiler:with O'Brien's help]], after which he bursts out of Vritra, who in turn reverts into Heat, [[spoiler:who has had memories of his template thanks to his time working under Madame]]. The two then depart for the room where [[spoiler:their templates faced off and where the whole mess began]], but it turns out Heat was already bleeding to death in the aftermath of his battle with the others as Vritra.
** With the EGG busted, there was one last plan to fix things; Sera has to go to a faraway HAARP Facility, though an airplane is needed to get there in time. She intended to send herself to God alone, but the Embryon Tribe aren't saying no to coming along. And at the airport where they intend to hijack a plane, they had to go through Karma Soldiers under Angel's orders to sieze Sera. And Angel herself would intercede, [[TheRestShallPass though Gale would stall her to let the others through]] [[spoiler:mainly because he has unfinished business with her as well, primarily regarding his template David, who was a close companion of Angel's before he died]], and he would die taking her down. While a plane was thankfully found and they took off, Cielo would be the next to die as he stalls Karma Society fighters jets pursuing Serph and Sera. And when they reached the HAARP Facility, and got things started, they ended up just a wee bit too late as the facility blew up and was set ablaze, destroying their bodies.
** Forunately however, the two managed to send their Data to God. On the way there, [[spoiler:they ended up merging into Seraph, and]] the Data from their fallen companions, plus Jinana, Lupa, David, and even Madame and Angel, joined them at the Sun. Schrodinger congratulates the new Seraph for the merge, and the real final leg of the journey begins. Argilla, Gale, and Cielo rejoin the party, but depending on responses Serph makes throughout his entire journey, either Roland or Heat steps in as the fifth member of the party who would plea with God to stop consuming the Earth's data. It would be an arduous journey, with a gauntlet of previous bosses and extremely powerful demons, but eventually the party reach God (who isn't YHVH for once, but [[Myth/HinduMythology Brahman]]) and He is asked to turn the sun back to normal. [[spoiler:He actually agrees… after they beat Him in combat to prove their dedication. Once they do, He proves true to His word, and Earth is able to rebuild, a surprisingly unambiguously positive ending compared to every other ''Shin Megami Tensei'' work at the time, with no more supernatural threats looming over them like every other universe, even the ''Persona'' games]]. While everyone else rejoins the cycle to be reborn, [[spoiler:Seraph remains behind, having achieved enlightenment, and Schrodinger shows up once more to congratulate them, revealing himself to be another Seraph who has also achieved enlightenment prior, and the two depart to parts unknown.]]

* As for how the party made it to the Pantheon, it's actually courtesy of a powerful resident there establishing contact with Brahman during his fight with the party. Because everything there is technically data, copying everything necessary was a cinch, and recreating them in the Pantheon was just as simple. In respect to [[spoiler:Seraph's fate, they do not ascend alongside everyone else, but their constituents do, and thus]] Serph and Sera join their comrades in the Pantheon. And to alleviate the issues of HorrorHunger, the duration it takes before the need to consume comes up is extended so that there's no need to…feed so often to be unable to enjoy the company of other non-Tuners, though the fact they still do is something Roland and Sera have to live with.

** In terms of their… housing, given they have none outside the simulation most of them came from, the Embryon Tribe's temple takes the form of [[https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Muladhara Muladhara]], their former base at the Junkyard, and their entire force was revived as well to serve as Heralds. All their soldiers, AI simulacra though they may be, were still based on once-living people just like them, and all of them have Atma brands that make them able to turn into certain demons. Due to their bonds with Argilla and Gale respectively, Jinana and Lupa are revived now as members of Embryon. Roland's soldiers among the Lokapala who were slain in the war against the Karma Society, or by the Meganada/Indrajit, are among the revived to serve as Heralds to Roland, though only those that have died after Serph's party materialized in the real world.
** [[green:(probably have no issues with naked women at first, having witnessed Sera's arrival in that state, and likely dressed her up)]]
** May or may not have attempted to enter Wrestling for a bit. Mainly [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hM7rMI5OM Cielo]], [[https://youtu.be/ZsvUBKlQse4 Argilla]], and [[https://youtu.be/GuWX8gU9LFk Serph]] ([[https://youtu.be/obhhriJZQW0 human]] and [[https://youtu.be/CTx6J-n2Lcc Atma]])
**
** Despite it all being a simulation, the Embyron tribe are proficient with firearms. Argilla is a talented sniper, Heat lobs grenades with a launcher (if he's not using an assault rifle), and Serph is able to shoot projectiles out of the air with a handgun. Gale also sometimes attacks with a knife in his shoe if he's not packing an assault rifle, and Cielo uses a submachinegun. Roland uses a shotgun, and Sera has learned to use a pistol. And given the threat level of things in the Pantheon, there is no need to use their Atma Avatars all the time, which have advantages in being able to use guns, having no elemental or ailment weaknesses, and immunity to Expel/Light skills.

%% use it to devour enemies, which gets demoralizing for not only those they're up against, but some of their allies too.
** [[green:(devouring all sorts of foes mainly leads to panic setting in from lesser-willed foes like human opponents, and demoralizing for allies too sometimes)]]

** [[green:With the exception of Roland and Sera, the Embryon Tribe is fearful of the Demi-Fiend (though Heat would deny that) after an alleged encounter with him. Apparently, Cielo's weakness to ailments was crucial to their victory somehow.)]]

** [[green:(Has a skill called Null Sleep, which allows one to evade all attacks while under Sleep Status)]]
** As Junkyard residents who aren't completely familiar with the ways of the outside world, even with what they learn, they (or at least Gale, Serph, and Argilla) don't really understand the whole excuse of someone being JustAKid; willingness to fight (and the capacity to contribute to it) is all that matters to be a warrior.
** See flowers as highly valuable commodities due to the state of the Earth they were at. While it is the case now, they're not nearly as expensive as back there, and there are deities who can grow them in abundance.
** Killing/Eating one's own ''allies'' is a sore trigger for anybody, but Cielo acts much more strongly against it, after Tribhvana Earth ate his comrades Air and Heaven in an attempt to best the Embryon Tribe. To him, anyone who does that while calling them their comrades doesn't deserve to. Gale actually pities them if all ot grants is strength, because they know that it's not everything.
* Exclusive to Serph:
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** [[green:(some allies get wary around Heat in his Atma Avatar form lest he try to take a bite out of them, but not when Serph or Sera are there too)]]
** [[green:(Not the first time Crispin Freeman (Heat) has played a character who embraces eating people (Alucard).)]]
**

** [[green:(Makes a good "Sera" from a distance when disguised properly.)]]
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** [[green:(Speaking of Gale, he has a lot going on, as the text repeatedly refers to him as the 'bishop'. At first, I thought this was just a reference to how stoic and aloof he was, but no, it's actually a tribal rank of sorts. Bishops are the tactical heads of each tribe. They're stuffed full of implants that allow them to record events and play them back (at one point, Gale plugs a cable into his head behind his ear and allows the team to see his perspective on the events at the start of the game), as well as analyse and process the best possible outcome for every event. His hood isn't just for show either, as it's loaded with surveillance gear that feeds into his ocular implants (basically an internal version of the eyepiece Serph and Argilla use in the intro).)]]

** Whenever he doesn't understand something, if he's not deciding to just feel it, Gale would say "I do not comprehend." And one of the other things he would say that in response to is when people parrot this phrase right after he says it, chortle at it, or otherwise directly remark on it.
** Gale's hood hides many implants and sockets behind his brain. In a similar fashion as certain character in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', he uses a cable to connect his brain with a displaying device to replay his visual and audio memory for his cohorts. In the Pantheon, this hardware had to be invented from scratch for his needs. not to mention also having to be made compatible with the other technologies here. Thankfully, he knows how they're made, so recreating them was a cinch.

** Cielo's Atma Avatar is a special case. Apart from being able to fly really fast, enough to get into a decent dogfight with fighter jets, he has a weakness to all status ailments (but not [[TakenForGranite pretrification]] and InstantDeath, and then downplayed to just Nerve ailments he's weak to). He can carry up to three human adults on his back over an extended but not overly long distance. He did complain of their weight afterwards, so this is probably not an optimal means of transport, though it helped with escaping a ship they rigged with bombs.

** If an Atma Avatar goes out of control by way of Hunger, Sera has a Song of Grace that can reverse its effects if they haven't succumbed completely. Of course, this option won't be possible if it's Sera herself suffering Hunger.
** Basically a seven-year-old at heart, while her body has undergone accelerated aging/genetic shenanigans. This makes what Heat did much creepier, and Chris Hansen gave him (and Serph) a severe warning.
** [[green:(An adult acts kindly to a small child, manipulating her feelings and promising her treats in exchange for favors. The child thinks that she and the adult love each other. Meanwhile, the adult's co-worker watches the almost-flirting with disgust. [[spoiler:Is Sheffield abusing Sera's powers or molesting her?]])]]

* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

[[WMG:[- [[Sandbox/Nightelf37Rework R+++ework Sandbox]] | '''New Profiles Ready Sandbox''' | [[Sandbox/Nightelf37Adoptables Adoptables Sandbox]] | [[Sandbox/Nightelf37Storage Deleted Profiles/Discarded Drafts Sandbox]] | [[Sandbox/Nightelf37Personal Personal Sandbox]] | [[Sandbox/Nightelf37Restore Salvaged Profiles Sandbox]] | [[Sandbox/Nightelf37Pending New Profiles WIP Sandbox]] -]]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

[[folder:Pokémon Deity]]

** Bellafide: BadassLongcoat, EgocentricTeamNaming, [[DefectorFromDecadence Sparked The War When His Son Was Eaten]], [[BookEnds Starts The War]] [[spoiler:Which Potentially Ends With Him]], [[{{Expy}} Looks Like]] [[http://blog.pocketwatchgames.com/post/130150388556/building-bellafide-creating-a-commander Theodore Roosevelt]] [[{{Expy}} But Acts More Like]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kerensky Alexander Kerensky]], HeWhoFightsMonsters, NonIdleRich, [[SelfMadeMan Used To Be An Impoverished Boxer]]

** In response, he formed the '''Longcoats''', and advocated that food-selection be determined by an animal's merit. Another faction rose as well; the '''Commonfolk''' rallied by Hopper, who believes that every animal should have the right to vote for who becomes food. But there was also the '''KSR''' led by the Quartermaster, who's doing everything she can to maintain order no matter what, not to mention the '''Civilized''', commanded by the Missionary Archimedes, who wish to retain the status quo. The war fought was long and grueling, with sides changing, and eventually devolving into a free-for-all, [[spoiler:ending with the Pigs rising up from the shadows once everyone is weakened and eliminating all who remained]].

** In terms of temples, they take the form of the four bases they set up (the Old South Distillery for the Longcoats, an old mine for the Commonfolk, [[OminousMundanity "The Kitchen"]] for the KSR, and the Temple Garden for the Civilized), and a village in the middle for all of their forces. Their first order of business was to secure food, and with the House of Food where they now reside in providing free food for everyone (unless they offend the House themselves), their reason for war was essentially over and the factions had no reason to fight each other anymore. However, it is not forgotten that Archimedes had sparked the final battle when he destroyed Snikaree [[spoiler:where the other three factions had managed a peaceful nation of cooperation there, with Longcoats as traders, Commonfolk as suppliers, and KSR as the government]], and Bellafide would '''''never''''' side with him for any reason due to his following sacrificing his son for harvest. That is why the Civilized high priest stands apart from the others, while Bellafide, Hopper, and the Quartermaster are on friendly terms with each other for the most part.
** As for the Grand United Alliances that drew their attention, with the exception of Archimedes, they all joined the GUAG (though the Quartermaster does have her eye on the GUAL as well). As for the Left Hand of the Civilized, the GUAC was more his speed. Given their [[AscendedToCarnivorism taste for meat]] and their utter disdain for anything else (fish, vegetables, grain, etc., unless perhaps as appetizers or flavoring), getting them to broaden their horizons in terms of cuisine is slow progress, and much moreso for Archimedes given his faith, and they tend to frequent the Hall of Pantheon/FleshEaters where they reside because of this, and occasionally take trips to the House of Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} as well. In fact, [[FauxHorrific it's apparently so incredibly detestable that everyone would rather kill and eat each other than go vegetarian for a while]]. Additionally, because of the war they fought, their forces have a tendency to carry back all manner of corpses for feasting on later despite what other things these might carry. Thankfully, they've learned to avoid the following corpses:

** ([[green:inspired from [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Grigori Rasputin]], possible meeting]])

* Knack is the creation of Doctor Vargas, made from Relics native to their world, dug up from underground, and serve as power sources for civilization, being perpetual sources of energy. Vargas had spent decades learning the secrets of the Relics, [[spoiler:he and his wife Charlotte found the core that is basically Knack's soul before she was seemingly lost in an earthquake]], and how to bring them to consciousness: Knack is the result of this, and has proven to be completely sentient. A few Relics make him a small being of 2' 6", but with several more his size can change, from human size all the way to 32 feet tall.

* While Relics are necessary to his very being, Knack can actually integrate other materials as well such as wood, ice, scrap metal, and gemstones, but never to replace them entirely, and never more than one extra material type at a time. He can also absorb power from sunstones, then unleash it as a shockwave, unleash his parts as a tornado, or blast a bunch of Relics as a sphere of destruction before calling them back to him (only when he's not his default small size). And he can release his hold of these relics at will and call them back the same way (no matter how far they are, though distance is a factor) to alter his size for any situation.

* Speaking of, that was the first order of business: the fact that Relics from their world aren't nearly as prevalent in the Pantheon.

* Given what he's fought, Knack's first response to any goblin (or orc) is hostile. And this led to a misunderstanding when he saw [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Thrall]] clashing with [[Pantheon/MagicArchetypes Jaina]] who was under MindControl (not that Knack knew this at the time). The Relic collective did what he would usually do and sided against the "non-fleshskin"[[note]]goblins in his world weren't all green[[/note]], but he soon realized how complex the situation was when Jaina also attacked Knack, and when Thrall sometimes ''protected'' Knack from harm.
* (TakeOverTheWorld, or reduce civilization to rubble for a MightIsRight society)

** Balbaroy: BirdPeople, DistressedDude, TakenForGranite, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Anon's Fiancé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake
** Amon: BirdPeople, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Balbaroy's Fianceé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake, TheQuietOne, [[MeaningfulName Name Means Faithful In Hebrew]] [[GenderBlenderName Though Usually A Male Name]]

** Narsha: TokenHuman With Max and Anri, CarryABigStick, CombatMedic, ShyBlueHairedGirl, RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething, BewareTheNiceOnes

* Allies:
** Character 1:
** Character 2:
** Character 3:
* Rivals:
* Enemies:
** Character 1:
** Character 2:
** Character 3:
* Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that have various relationships (examples include EnemyMine, VitriolicBestBuds, TeethClenchedTeamwork, HeadbuttingHeroes, FriendlyEnemy, FriendlyRival, JustFriends, etc.) other than allies, rivals, or enemies.
* Respected by/Respects:
* Pitied by/Pities:
* Opposed by/Opposes:
* Conflicting Opinion:
* Notes about your chosen deity
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* The story begins in the kingdom of Guardiana, where a young amnesiac named Max had washed ashore a year ago. He was raised there and when worries regarding an ancient temple nearby rose, the king sent Max and a small party there to investigate. They found Runefaust soldiers snooping around, and it turns out they were ''also'' attacking Guardiana. Upon returning, and…seeing the invadees off, it was clear that Runefaust has to answer for this. Because they're the only able fighting force remaining, Max's band is chosen to deal with the threat as they under the command of Darksol intend to awaken the monstrous Dark Dragon and use it to TakeOverTheWorld. It would be later on when Lord Otrant of Manarina christened his band with the name the '''Shining Force''', and this name would be used several times throughout their campaign, as well as later conflicts for years afterward.
* Upon defeating Darksol and the Dark Dragon, [[spoiler:the Shining Force were able to seal the latter once more (since it's unable to remain slain), but at the cost of Max having to stay behind due to being bound to the "key" the Chaosbreaker. Thankfully, he's able to Egress everybody else out, but Dark Dragon kept him from joining them. Somehow, Max did manage to escape later on, and Adam—WalkingTheEarth after the whole war—eventually reunited with him. But the experience has left him with PTSD, such that he is no longer inclined to return to Guardiana, and would rather everyone else believe he died]].

* Applies to all or some of them:
** When the entire Force was ascended to the Pantheon, it was a momentous affair, especially with almost everyone overjoyed to see Max again, given [[spoiler:they thought he died in the Castle of the Ancients]], and that Adam [[spoiler:had been traveling with him once the man from the past and the robot reunited]]. When asked why he didn't let anyone else know, Adam stated that as the potentially last addition to the Force, he had no real obligation to tell anyone else, given that his loyalty is to Max alone. Ona lighter note, Musashi wants a duel with Max, having never gotten the chance during his time in the Shining Force.
** After the Shining Force has settled, a satellite of sorts appeared out of nowhere. As later discovered, it's the source of magic for all Rune denizens, and it does so here too (and probably explains why healing spells can also work on machinery like Guntz's suit, Kokichi's aircraft, and Adam's… everything). Well, it's not actually needed for that purpose given all sorts of magic in the Pantheon still work even without their canonical sources, but it ''does'' serve a use when Max casts Supernova, in which it fires a beam on wherever Max targets it.
**
* Exclusive to Max:
** Max had washed up on shore with amnesia a year before the war against Runefaust. But he didn't come alone; a bag holding the Light Saber washed ashore with him. A knight found this bag and sword and had it hidden by orders of Minister Ward. Lowe found Max after that, and they trained in the army though at different job classes.
** Upon defeating Kane at the ruins of Dragonia, inadvertently breaking his mask, it's revealed that [[spoiler:he had been brainwashed, that he and Max are brothers, and that they were descendants of the Ancients, who created life in Rune. However, along the way Max lost his memory, while Kane was captured and brainwashed by Darksol]]. And to make things worse, upon making their way to the shrine to acquire the Book of Secrets, Darksol somehow beat them to it and both he and Kane disappeared to fight.

** Max would later see Kane [[spoiler:die after he stopeed Darksol from acquiring power to awaken Dark Dragon (though by then, Darksol already had just enough to enact his plan anyway), but not before jogging all of Max's memories. The grief would render him mute for the rest of the mission, until near the end.]]
** Max would eventually take up arms once more, when he and Adam discover that one of Darksol's generals Mishaela managed to survive, and (after assembling another Shining Force) they set off to find her in Palamecia, but he would be split up from Adam during the chase after the robot was rendered heavily injured and required time off battle, then [[spoiler:taken over with a MindControl mask, just like Kane in the last campaign. The new Shining Force assembled by Adam eventually rescued him, and he would help in stopping Mishaela from enacting her diabolic plan of resurrecting Darksol]].

* Exclusive to Lowe:
** Lowe is a BigEater, with a predilection for Giant Bats, be it as a steak or deep-fried, Alterone gourmet steak (would settle for Manarina gruel), Quik Chicken curry, Turbo Pepper stir-fry,

* Exclusive to Ken:
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** Ken father Thomas was a knight at the castle, and passed away when he was young. He and had been second-in-command in the Band of Knights under Lord Varios, though was more of an adviser than a fighter, which led to kids bullying Ken by calling his father a coward. Also back then, there was a band of former knights turned thieves called the Wind Fang Clan that terrorized the country. The Band of Knights was dispatched to deal with the turncoats, but it turned out to not be an easy job.
** As it was, the Wind Fang Clan had a superweapon up their sleeves; the Laser Eye, which was a monstrous machine, the terrible light from its massive pupil reducing everything to ashes. The Knights knew they couldn't retreat lest the thieves use their weapon to terrorize villages. The plan Thomas devised was for there to be a decoy to draw the eye's attention while everyone else attacked. Despite each knight wishing to take up the role, Thomas volunteered himself for it since he knew the risks better than anyone else.
** Ultimately, the plan was a success, the Laser Eye was destroyed, and the Wind Fang Clan was decimated, but Thomas was ultimately vaporized by the superweapon before the day was over, the charred remains of his lance being all that remained of him. Shortly after news of that reached Guardiana; Mae, a mere acquaintance back then, showed up at Ken's house, dragged him to the mountains behind it, and coached him with everyday rigorous training as a way of keeping him from wallowing in grief, as Ken would realize after a while. When he realized this, he decided to be the best knight he could.

* Exclusive to Hans:
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** [[green:(Hans dabbles in fortune telling, Color, Cards, Dream, Face, Name, Career, Jewel, Color, Hair, Love, Money, Rust, Monster)]]

* Exclusive to Lug:
** Lug used to be in the Guardiana Band of Warriors. The reason he's the only one left is because… well… it took place back when Gort was still in command,before Lug joined, when it was 108 members strong, when they were known far and wide as the strongest warriors in the Land. But that story can he found in Gort's section of this profile. Long story short, after a disastrous mission that ended with most of the company seemingly dead, Gort and nine others were the only ones who made it back, and he took responsibility and resigned from his post. The Band of Knights harassed the rest into following suit.
** As for where Lug enters the picture, he had found a MessageInABottle when he was a kid, telling of other survivor in the Band of Warriors on an island in the south, and that they shall one day return. Lug showed this letter to Gort and the other remnants, but they all dismissed it as a joke. That's when Lug decided that he once he grew up, he would go to the castle and have his own Band of Warriors founded. And with the king's permission, he got it, and he had been going it alone since then (before joining the Shining Force) in hopes that the survivors in the south would return.

* Exclusive to Tao:
** Tao used to be a castle maid at Pipory Village west of Guardiana, a small place in the forest inhabited by elves. She and her parents lived there in palace until a Cerberus showed up prowling in the mountains behind the village, snatching up people regardless of age from time to time. The elders decided it needed to be slain, but there were only two who were versed in magic at the time who could perform the deed: Tao's parents. Naturally, after bidding farewell to their daughter, they set off.
** Needless to say, they appear to have died killing the beast, thus Tao was transferred to her uncle and aunt, but then a rumor stating it died on its own and Tao's parents just cowardly fled was spread by said uncle and aunt. Once it festered in the minds of the populace and she could feel the scorn from them, Tao decided to leave for the mountains and wandered for days. She passed out, but was rescued by Anri, who had been in the mountains practising her magic. After being treated of her fever as a result of her flight from home, Tao was taken in.
** Tao enjoyed her new home, but couldn't tell Anri of her origins due to the trauma of losing her parents leading her to hate magic. But Anri said to her, "The power of magic is bestowed from on high. It must not be shut away by spiritual pain." And that's when she started practising again even after Anri left for Manarina. For if her magic could be of even a tiny bit of use to someone, Tao would be truly happy.

* Exclusive to Gong:
** The fledgling Force met the half-giant Gong at a mountain hut east of the old castle where their first battle against the forces of Runefaust took place. He is a traveling monk in search of truth. A night star led him to Max, and he saw it as a sign of fate that he would participate. He inserted himself among the ranks right after. What isn't know about him though is that Gong once joined his fellow giants in looting and pillaging helpless villages, but along the way he realized what he was doing was wrong, so he retired to the woods and became a monk to atone for his sins.
** His backpack has everything he needs for his travels, such as a bedroll made with a Paopig skin lining that's cool in summer and warm in winter, little pills containing Medical Herb extract, thin rope made with the toughest braided Paopig hair for climbing a mountain or binding his things, extra underclothes, a tin cup for drinking water or making soup or boiling up Medicinal Herbs, a pungent panacea whose stench can persist for up to ten days (Gong's used to it by now), a white towel, a little notebook with scenery sketches and poetry, a map of Rune, and a hand mirror for keeping tidy and signaling people from afar. When asked why he doesn't use an axe like he did before joining, Gong explains that as a half-giant, his hands are too big to use axes in combat as effectively as the dwarves in the Force (Lug and Gort) do. Thus, he would only use them for tasks where they are specifically required (i.e. splitting wood).

* Exclusive to Gort:
** Gort is a dwarven retired Warrior who was born in Guardiana. Though made fun of by most of the populace, he was content with hanging around at the pub before Runefaust attacked. He drove out the soldiers attacking the pub, and when Max visits him later (after his trip to the ruins), he asks to join the Force. Max was hesitant, but Lug tells him about Gort's veteran status, and he decides to let him in after that.
** Gort also used to be in the Band of Warriors just like Lug a long time ago. In fact, he was its leader, it was composed of 108 members, and they had been known far and wide as the strongest warriors in the Land. But one day, an order came from the king to root out some pirates who were attacking merchant ships in the waters off Rondo everyday, putting both it and Guardiana at risk due to not getting supplies. They had set out in a boat with the then-young Gort as their captain.
** The Band eventually found the pirates' ship, and fought bravely despite their disadvantage. But even as they won, a Giant Kraken emerged, and totaled both vessels. Out of the 108 warriors, only Gort and nine others made it back to port. Gort promptly took responsibility and resigned from his post, and the Band of Knights harassed the rest into following suit.

**
* Exclusive to Mae:
** Mae's father was a knight at the castle, Lord Varios, who is also Max's mentor, which causes her to have a chilly reception with him at first. She lost him when the Runefaust knight Kane attacked Guardiana, plowing through all opposition before proceeding to the castle throne to slay the king, which he barely succeeded in. She tried to duel him in vengeance, but was too weak and would've died too were it not for Max parrying his blow. After Kane escaped, his intel mission completed, the king in his dying moments appointed Mae into the burgeoning Shining Force. This also ceased Mae's cold behavior towards Max.
** Mae's mother Arisa died when she was young. She was Guardiana's first female knight, but wasn't always such. She had come to Guardiana from a country in the west, grievously injured before she was helped by Varios. But the trauma left her mute for days, even as her physical wounds were mended. One morning, Arisa snuck out of the castle and ran away, only for Varios to follow her, having fallen in love.
** Arisa had gone into the forest in search of a vicious thief who had killed her family. But when Varios found her crying over his body—who he at first mistook for a lost lover—the killer was already dead. As it was, the thief and Arisa had been fighting viciously, and her injuries led to her being found by Varios later on. The thief's injuries on the other hand were belatedly lethal, leaving Arisa without having properly avenged her family, hence why she was crying. That was when the two officially became a couple, Arisa joined the Band of Knights, and birthed Mae, but got sick and died soon after.
** All this is what aspired Mae to become an even better knight than her mother to help her father, but with Lord Varios also dead, she aspires to become better than him too, and to make Guardiana's Band of Knights the best there is in Rune, an elite Band of Knights that will fight for justice and friendship.

* Exclusive to Khris:
** Khris was first seen around Alterone Castle, apologizing for what was about to happen to Max (namely the King being put to random by Runefaust to lock him away). Thankfully, she opened the door to Max's cell so he and the Shining Force could save Alterone from being sacked after Kane clarified the king's deal was ''only'' for the king. After that, she decided to join the Force more permanently.
** Khris was born in a small village called Mimoor, not far from Alterone, and inhabited by Cantaul like herself. Khris herself doesn't know her parents, having been raised by the local church priest, who basically operated an entire orphanage. It was a poor life, but she had fond memories, barring one tragedy later. She even wrote her own books, though she admits she wasn't very good at it.
** However, one summer, terrible disease came to Mimoor and spread throughout the village. Casualties were staggering, most of them children, and the cure was expensive. All Khris could do was pray for days, and then one morning during this, she was blessed with the power of healing. She used this power to cure everyone in the village, but she resented the fact that it came too late, when half of the children of the church had already died.
** The priest later told Khris to leave the church, and use her gift to help as many people as she can. And so she did, as painful as it was to part ways with everyone. At first, she sought work in Alterone, got a job as a castle maid, and earned a lot of money to send back to he church, which was always low on it. But the priest soon sent a letter that told her that they can't use this money, and look for actual work where she can help other people, not just Mimoor.
** That was when she met Max and saw his burgeoning army fight Runefaust, and finally understood what the priest meant. It took a lot of courage to help Max out of prison, especially when she knew what her King was blackmailed to do, and only apologized cryptically prior to that moment. She intends to return home after the war, and write and read books of the Shining Force's exploits.

* Exclusive to Anri:
** [[green:(Princess fo Guardiana sent off to Manarina to study magic after her potential in it was realized)]] Eventually, she received word from the Shining Force about her father's demise in the hands of Kane. She didn't believe it at first since Max wasn't from Guardiana (which was true, since he was adopted by them one year ago), but Tao corroborated his claim. After some time alone, Anri immediately joined the Shining Force in order to stop Runefaust.

** Favorite color: white. Favorite food: she's the sort who'll receive any food gratefully, though does have a disinclination for sweets if they're too sugary. Likes reading books about magic. If it weren't for her duty to be Queen of Guardiana in light of the King's death, she would've probably been a mage, or more likely an (unsuccessful) artist.

* Exclusive to Arthur:
** Arthur is first met by Max in Manarina as a retired soldier working as a laundryman. After Max has proven himself to Otrant his capability to fight Runefaust, upon being talked to again, Arthur decided to join the newly-named Shining Force for one last shot at glory. Or rather, one last chance to prove himself worthy, for few know that he hails from a different continent, and was a prodigy in his youth. This led to him becoming a knight captain before acquiring any actual combat experience. And because he didn't get any leadership experience, his overconfidence led to deaths of many of his subordinates, and he left his country in shame as a result, ending up in Manarina.
** Outside battle, he has all sorts of useless trivia about Rune that he would regale. In battle, he's unique among all Knights in the Force in that he has some talent for magic thanks to his time in Manarina, learning the basic elemental spells. It's not much later on, but in his first forays it's useful to have.

* Exclusive to Amon and Balbaroy:
** The two Birdmen were first seen at Shade Abbey, Amon waiting outside it and asking for Max's help once he came. Unfortunately, Darksol's forces have already reached it, killed its occupants, and turned them into ghouls to set a trap for Max when he inevitability went there for answers regarding the Legacy of the Gods. The trap was sprung once he reached Balbaroy, but the Shining Force managed to escape it and wipe out the undead, freeing Balbaroy in the process.
** As it turns out, Runefaust had invaded the Birdmen due to the threat they posed due to their air superiority, were almost wiped out, and forced to flee their own country. The couple had been flying around in search of their brethren, and had been taking a break at the Abbey when Darksol's forces attacked it. The Abbey fell, Balbaroy was TakenForGranite, and Amon had to flee until Max resolved the situation. In gratitude, the couple join the Shining Force.
** Although they're Birdmen, they mostly live on the ground, only flying during hunts or for travel. In other words… flying is nothing more than a skill they use. But if he's in the mood for a story, [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/918893-shining-force-resurrection-of-the-dark-dragon/49078724?page=1 Balbaroy will tell about the legend of Vern, the Soaring One. On the other hand, Amon may share some Birdmen "spells" she and her people know]], though whether they work for other races or even folk from outside Rune is up in the air.

* Exclusive to Diane:
** Diane lives in Bustoke, a land surrounded by petty, squabbling nations, never knowing peace. And then things got worse when Runefaust attacked, abducted all their men, and made them work the quarry to dig up an ancient weapon called the Laser Eye. When the Shining Force arrived, Diane's relatives ask them for help in liberating the town and their men.
** As a resident of Bustoke, Diane [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/918893-shining-force-resurrection-of-the-dark-dragon/49078724?page=2 has a lot of stories about all sorts of Beastmen in Rune]]. And the nature of the Pantheon means she might actually see some denizens that remind her of those races.
*** (MouseWorld deities reminiscent of the Mu race)
** (Sonic and other Mobian Hedgehogs reminiscent of the Spina race, even though they're not porcupines, but they do sometimes roll towards foes)

* Exclusive to Zylo:
** Zylo was the forest king who founded Bustoke under his strong leadership, and a powerful [[https://shining.fandom.com/wiki/Wolfling Wolfling]] (which are distinct from Beastmen). Some time ago, a Runefaust general named Balbazak came to Bustoke and put drugs in the water. It didn't affect most people, but it drove Zylo nuts, and he needed to be locked away. Thanks to Max finding a Moonstone in the quarry (after routing the Runefaust forces in there), then exchanging it for some Lunar Dew to bring to him, Zylo was brought back to his senses. As it turns out, some time before his insanity, Zylo was informed of the Shining Force by Lord Otrant of Manarina and told to help however he can. Due to having needed to be saved by Max, he decided to repay this debt by joining the Force.
** At least according to Arthur, his full name is Zylo Duun Munster, which in the dialect of the Bustoke region reads as "Zylo, King of the Mountains". Other than that, his favorite color being black, usually having no interest in anything other than fighting,and [[spoiler:[[SleepsWithBothEyesOpen sleeping with his eyes open]] sometimes that he appears dead when he does so]], nobody's getting much out of him. He's not much of a conversation person.

* Exclusive to Pelle:
** Pelle was a mercenary knight first seen arguing with a Silver Knight at Pao Pass over using the Laser Eye against the Shining Force after decrying it as a dishonorable act. He was then kicked off a cliff, but managed to hang on to a nearby branch and pull himself up after Max's army destroyed the contingency guarding the Laser Eye. He would discard his Runefaust colors and become part of the Shining Force.
** As a hired knight, he's traveled all over Rune, and met all sorts of unique warriors, and all of them stronger than Max, though by the end of the war against Runefaust, he would probably have matched them. He's actually been at this since he was young, having taken to the road as a kid. And after Dark Dragon, he felt he belonged here.
** In Rune, pianos are ancient instruments, implying that they aren't a thing in his time. Seeing them in the Pantheon may get him to regale a tale he knew about "Missaki, the Wild Pianist", who's able to entrance people with such an instrument…before beating foes over the head with it thanks to his immense strength.

* Exclusive to Jogurt:
** Jogurt is a peculiar creature found while the Shining Force was at Pao. It was lounging somewhere behind the church (SavePoint) and decided out of the blue to join up. Beware though, for it is an utter joke in the battlefield. Worse, in the event that it actually fells an opponent, it produces a ring that temporarily turns its wearer into another instance of itself.

* Exclusive to Kokichi:
** Kokichi is a retired knight and inventor that the Shining Force meet in Bustoke. He operates a flying machine of his own invention and uses a spear in combat. If Max visits him after rescuing Bustoke's men at the quarry, by the time the Shining Force reaches the Pao prairie and see off the caravan, he'll arrive with his finished machine, and promptly join the "Shining Horse".
** As for when he got this obsession with flight, it was back when a traveling salesman and an old friend of Kokichi's stopped at Bustoke when Kokichi was just a lad. It was when he folded a paper plane that hooked him to it, and got him inventing all sorts of contraptions that would grant him his dream. Various failed prototypes included a "paper plane" of animal skins, building a bamboo frame and essentially building the first glider in Rune (though he wasn't satisfied), arm wings, starving himself to make himself lighter, strapping fireworks all over himself, and suspending himself under 100 Bustoke crows (they fought instead of flying).
** Kokichi even actually have up on his dream for a while until Dr. Crock from Rindo came with schematics for his steam engine. This relit his spark as he learned how to make one of his own, then start trying to make it smaller to it won't weigh down his future flying machine too much. And by the time he's made his machine, that's when Max showed up, and the rest is history. He still plans on continuing his research, and one day fly all the way to outer space, even though he's not certain if he'll achieve it within his lifetime.
** [[green:(space travel a thing in the Pantheon)]]

* Exclusive to Vankar:
** Vankar is first seen after the Shining Force see off the Pao caravan (and after recruiting Kokichi if Max met the inventor after freeing Bustoke's men). He serves as a hired bouncer for Queen Koron's Pao caravan. Under her orders, he joins the Shining Force, and that used to be the only reason. But as the fights went on, he realized there was more to this war than money, and felt good fighting for a bigger cause.
** Vankar didn't actually want to be a knight at first, but did so out of obligation to his old man. He considers war a waste of time, and thinks love and peace is what really matters. He also tends to drown himself in Paopig milk (but is looking toward other sources since Paopigs aren't prevalent in the Pantheon), though this could be a case of FrothyMugsOfWater.

* Exclusive to Narsha:
** Narsha is the Princess of Runefaust and daughter of King Ramladu who sensed something wrong with her father. After escaping an assassination attempt thanks to Mawlock, and him unsealing Zuika, she flees her home, and they eventually join up with the Shining Force at Pao. At first, given she's from the nation plaguing Rune with war and its king's daughter, Narsha was worried that the Shining Force might despise her, but they were surprisingly welcoming. Among those in the Force, she admires Anri and Mae the most, the former as a kind and elegant princess, and the latter for getting Lowe off of her after he tried bugging her with a lot of sweets, which she does profess to not liking that much.
** Thankfully for Narsha, Runefaust's populace were in support of her return. Unfortunately for her, there was no way to bring her father back, though she's accepted it by now, having seen him and Runefaust change under Darksol's influence long before she had to leave. And if she delivers the final blow to king Ramladu, before passing away, he comes to his senses enough to express how proud he is of her, and that it was his fault for giving in to the temptation.

* Exclusive to Zuika:
** Little is known of Zuika other than he was sealed in Runefaust for his dangerous power and his dedication to the killing arts. But when Narsha had to flee Darksol's forces when he decided to have her silenced, he awoke in response to her warm heart (or maybe Mawlock had a hand in this) and joined her as her bodyguard. And this duty remains especially even after ascension to the Pantheon. There's nothing at all else about him that's of interest, apart from being an insectoid GlassCannon FragileSpeedster in battle.

* Exclusive to Mawlock:
** Mawlock is a mysterious entity {whose powers lie in special Cards depicting members of the Shining Force, and some of their adversaries. He first shows up in front of Max after transporting him somewhere outside of time, telling him to collect Cards before departing to help Narsha later on. However, in a NewGamePlus, he can "split" his existence into two places at once. Utilizing the cards Max has collected, he can use them to either utilizing the card's power (Effect), empower himself (Copy), allow the card of the recipient to act twice in a turn (Move), or create a copy of the recipient (Imitate).
** Mawlock's origins are a complete mystery, as is his power over the Cards. However, this story may have some clues. Long ago, there was a scientist who studied images and light, using them to record pictures of people and scenery, all for the sake of his daughter, who had a chronic, incurable disease that would claim her within six months. If he can't save her life, then perhaps he could at least keep an eternal memory of her beauty.
** And so he began to research ways to record people's images, meeting famous mages and deepened his knowledge of light and spirit magic. He made no progress until one day an old man came along and game him some advice that helped him finally complete his research. The details and identity are unknown, but rumors say the latter was the devil himself.
** Three days before his daughter died, the scientist produced his Card, and held it up. With its power, he not only recorded images of people and scenery before the card, he also captured the strange powers that exist in the essence of people's souls. As such, the man's Card of his daughter gave the effect that she was alive inside the Card. Before anyone asks, the soul has not been stripped during the process, given all the Cards of the Shining Force, and none of them exhibiting any adverse effects.
** Eventually, the scientist grew old and passed away, but it turns out that he had made 100 more Blank Cards in addition to the one holding his daughter. These Cards eventually fell into the hands of many people, but nobody understood the the power hidden inside them. And now that so much time has passed, their location has been lost to time. Mawlock found one of these cards himself and eventually came to understand their power, but he won't tell anyone how he did that.
** With all of that in mind, with the possibility that Mawlock wasn't telling the entire truth, what was his role in this tale of a scientist and his dying daughter? Was he really just a "passerby" who happened to unlock the secrets of the Cards for his own use? Was he the "devil" who gifted the scientist the needed knowledge to create the Cards? Or was the scientist Mawlock himself? He's certainly not clearing that up.

* Exclusive to Guntz:
** Guntz is an Armadillo first seen at Rindo testing out a steam-powered suit of armor on behalf of the local inventor Dr. Crock, though despite being a huge guy struggled to operate the suit. He's seen again in Pao after it moves, having scared the Paopigs, and the kinks on the suit have apparently been worked out. He reveals he's under orders to help out the Shining Force and promptly does so.
** Guntz's "steam suit" is called Steam-Dynamic Heavy Armour, and its built-in steam engine allows the wearer to move it with relative ease now that the kinks were worked out. Its plating is out of an alloy called Asentium 66, the ore of whejce it came from uncovered by Dr. Crock in excavations of ancient ruins. While the suit's strength does bolster its wearer's by a lot (and Guntz himself is pretty darn strong to even lumber about in it '''before''' it was perfected), it also provides enough fine control for him to safely pick up an egg without breaking it. The suit also comes with a catalyst stone filled with [[PlayingWithFire Blaze]] magic as an efficient energy converter, though has a risk for meltdown.
** Of course, that's just the Mk. 1 version for when Guntz is a Steam Knight. Upon promotion to a Steam Baron, he has a Mk. 2 version with increased performance and increased difficulty of use. On top of all the features in the Mk. 1, the Mk. 2 has a magic superconductor motor that uses catalyst stones holding Freeze magic and Bolt magic for less electrical resistance and better energy output respectively, and that motor powers a Roller Dash feature that is best suited for battle and not for long periods.
**

* Exclusive to Domingo:
** Domingo is a Magical creature acquired as an egg from a mage at Manarina. After being hatched at an incubator at the Pao caravan, he immediately joins the Shining Force. Despite its cute looks and its crappy stats, it's a powerhouse once raised correctly, is among the few flyers in the Force (though can't fly over mountains like them), and can reliably tank attacks. Apparently his kind were used in the past as guardians, but as eggs became for difficult to hatch, the market fell off.
** There's an interesting quirk about his character, though. In the Sega Genesis versions, Domingo speaks like a highbrow social elite know-it-all who disdains his companions but stays with Max out of loyalty to the one who hatched him. In the GBA remake, he only speaks his name almost like a Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, and changes colors to show his various moods. In the Pantheon, he tends to switch between these from time to time, much to his own frustration, but thankfully never in the middle of a conversation.
**

* Exclusive to Earnest:
** Earnest is a centaur Knight who lost his entire family to Balbazak. In fact, he was a member of the royal family of "Thermal," a city on Runefaust's border, and when Runefaust decided to extend its sphere of influence, Balbazak led the attack on the small kingdom. His dream is to take soldiers with him to Uranbatol and have his revenge. Max first met him in the Pao caravan, though he didn't join yet. He's later found deep inside the Fortress of Balbazak, having gotten past the Cerberus but ending up stuck somewhere in the middle, having ran out of stamina midway, and having lost most of his men in the siege. He shortly joins the Shining Force after that, and eventually bears witness to Balbazak's end, even though it's [[YouHaveFailedMe in the hands of Darksol]] rather than his own. But because he realized VengeanceFeelsEmpty, he dedicated himself to fight Dark Dragon on behalf of not the past and dead as before, but the future and living.
** [[green:(Hearing what Brainiac does reminds him of one of Dr. Bilan's Eight Treasures… The Miniscule City of Siyule, and the fact that someone does this on the regular if he weren't fighting other heroes)]]
** [[green:(Story of the Ice Flame, and that Earth also has continents in the north and south that are frozen, but it's a matter of science rather than the Ice Flame's curse)]]

* Exclusive to Hanzou:
** Hanzou is a Shinobi who shows up out of nowhere after Max investigates a certain location. In the Sega Genesis timeline, it's a shuriken in the bushes at Runefaust. In the remake, Hanzou shows up after Max follows a series of strange instructions all over Waral. By the end of that, Hanzou shows up, mistaking Max to be Musashi, who seems to be whom the strange instructions were for. Nevertheless, Hanzou seems to be familiar with Max's exploits, and promptly pledges his blade to the Shining Force. [[spoiler:And he would violate his creed to not shed tears at the loss of comrades, doing so for Max]].
** Hanzou is man of few words, and ascribes to a few Ninja Laws from his home village, even though he's a rogue from it. Don't expect him to regale any stories of himself, his village, or his deal with Musashi. According to Hanzou, a ninja (of his world) is a man of few words, and is content to show his strength in battle. In terms of combat, besides swift deadly strikes with his sword, he also has a few "jutsus" for boosting allies, putting enemies to sleep (literally or permanently), or even equivalents to Blaze or Bolt spells. He even keeps gunpowder all over his suit probably for this purpose, has a hidden lens not only for the same reasons as Gong, but for burning holes, and "Water Spiders" for treading across water (though has no opportunities to do so in-game).

* Exclusive to Lyle:
** Lyle is an Assault Knight first seen at Dragonia. He had been trying to meet up with the Shining Force under orders of Dr. Crock, whom he's an apprentice to, and is friends with co-apprentice Guntz. It's his complete lack of sense of direction that landed him here instead of Pao as was planned, and he regrets that after the war,, wanting to join sooner. But as soon as Max found him, he joins up. In terms of weaponry, he uses a bazooka/"mechanical crossbow" invented by Crock, and can be loaded with arrows, though his gear means he can't gallop as far as the other centaurs in the Force, and only has as much movement as fellow arrow-shooters Hans and Diane.

* Exclusive to Musashi:
** A mysterious wandering ronin, Musashi shows up (so to speak) after Max follows a series of strange instructions all over Rudo. By the end of that, he makes his presence known, but doesn't show himself to Max. He proclaims himself to be a wandering swordsman, who came to Dragonia to try and achieve a state of true nothingness, thus why Max can't see him. And now that Musashi's done that, he then decides to travel with the Shining Force to fulfill his desires to cross swords with a mighty opponent. Like Hanzou, Musashi is not one to tell tales, but he can lecture of the way of the sword as he knows it.

* Exclusive to Bleu:
** Bleu is found in Dragonia, but it had been razed to the ground by the time the Shining Force reached the place. His grandparents (and everyone else in the village) had been killed by Kane and his army, and he—the last dragon—only managed to survive by hiding in a supply hut. When Karin from Rudo came to visit, she called him out for his cowardice before leaving… only to be held hostage by a Rune Knight, who demanded Bleu to open a secret door deep in the village. The little dragon responded by ''torching him to ash'', and Karin (after thanking him for finding his courage) then recommends he should join the Shining Force. Max did have a few misgivings since it means leaving Karin's village without him, but she assures they'll be fine, and that Bleu will need the experience.
** [[green:(nice small dragons like Spyro and Spike)]]

* Exclusive to Alef and Torasu:
** Alef and Torasu are sages (the former a Mage and the latter a Healer) in service of Prompt, who were first mentioned being at the Tower of the Ancients attempting to stop Darksol from releasing Dark Dragon while Prompt itself would keep Max on reserve in case they fail so that he and the Shining Force can slay the Dark Dragon, though odds of their survival are bleak. But a tired plea from [[spoiler:Max's brother Kane, whom they rescued earlier]] moved the king to ask the Shining Force to rescue Alef and Torasu. After going through more of Darksol's forces, they find the pair alive, who have failed to stop Darksol from reaching the top of the tower. After a moments rest, they joined the Shining Force.
** Alef is of the Foxling race, who ''aren't'' a class of Beastmen like those Diane knows of. Despite her talent in magic, it's actually very rare among her kind to inherit this gift, so her non-magic parents sent her to Marinara so she could develop her talents. As a child without a care at the time, she would soon learn that she was basically a little fish in a big pond when it comes to magical talent, and it put her out to the point that she grew bored and didn't learn magic. But that changed thanks to Otrant patiently explained to her the essence of a mage. He had told her, "The power of a mage is a strange power that is concealed in nature… The sky, the earth, the sea… A power that exists for the people that live there. People with magical talents must harness this power for the benefit of these people. If you want to become a mage, you must start by loving people and nature…"
*** Since then, she turned over a new leaf and started learning it right. Ten years into her studies, Otrant suggested she study further in Prompt for more advanced magic. That's where she met Torasu, and he told her about the prophecy regarding the Dark Dragon. That's when she decided that she was gifted with magic specifically to aid in stopping Dark Dragon, and so she stayed in Prompt and continued her training until the time came to fight Darksol, and the rest is history.
** Torasu on the other hand doesn't have much of himself to tell, but he can tell of Prompt's history. That said, he does bear a secret: his power was never much to speak of. He was merely older, more learned, and never actually went out in the thick of battle until the order from Prompt's king. In fact, he had been at first petrified when he first found himself part of the Shining Force.

* Exclusive to Adam:
** When Dark Dragon was first sealed away, [[spoiler:100 ancient Adam-type robots were created to help the heroes of Light should Dark Dragon ever awaken. However, when Darksol attacked right after Max and Kane were awakened, all of these robots were scrapped, with only one Adam-type as the SoleSurvivor, Kane holding off Darksol so that Max could escape (and getting brainwashed in the process), and fellow robot Chaos being reprogrammed to turn against Max. The flight from Darksol also meant that Max's memories couldn't be fully restored before he was tossed into sea, where he would eventually land in Guardiana. Adam himself would successfully hide until Darksol left to continue his plans of conquest]]. He also knew Max from before his cryostasis, and upon reuniting with him at Metapha (where he was programmed to stay and protect despite his desires to aid Max sooner), regaled him of his past and the original intended plan on carrying this out, then immediately joined the Shining Force.

**


(Trying to enter Alterone before the first battle will have you be kicked out by guards.)

* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

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!!! Coalition Section A (optional)

!!! Coalition Section B (optional)

* '''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Princess Zelda]], Goddess of [[TheWisePrince Wise Royalty]]''' (of the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]] incarnation)

* '''Creator/JackieChan, God of {{Improvised Weapon}}ry''' ([[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures of the animated iteration]])

man* Symbol: Their banners

** Archimedes:

** In response, he formed the '''Longcoats''', and advocated that food-selection be determined by an animal's merit. Another faction rose as well; the '''Commonfolk''' rallied by Hopper, who believes that every animal should have the right to vote for who becomes food. But there was also the '''KSR''' led by the Quartermaster, who's doing everything she can to maintain order no matter what, not to mention the '''Civilized''', commanded by the Missionary Archimedes, who wish to retain the status quo. The war fought was long and grueling, with sides changing, and eventually devolving into a free-for-all, [[spoiler:ending with the Pigs rising up from the shadows once everyone is weakened and eliminating all who remained]].
* When the four leaders came to, they found themselves before the Court of the Gods, the memories of their final showdown [[spoiler:and the Fat Boris uprising that wiped them all out ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse though whether or not they were slain as well is up in the air]])]] fresh in their minds. They have found themselves before the Court of the Gods, where they've been informed of the reason they've been brought to the Pantheon; their reason for fighting (food, specifically meat), and the fact that this food source is sapient doesn't deter them. As for why that's weird (which they don't get), it's because eating sapient beings is considered a horrifying practice to most societies outside their world, and if the eater is sapient as well, it's considered morally.

*** Those infested with certain alien viruses after losing troops to eating some of Nurgle's forces.
*** Cadavers that have already risen from the dead at least once. Who knows what necromantic stuff is in there?

** [[ConLang Their language is]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ToothAndTail/comments/76mvba/so_you_want_to_learn_vyeshal/ Vyeshal]], though the nature of the Pantheon means everyone with sapience can (usually) understand everybody with no problems.
** While they all look down on all swine (though not boars given Uncle Butters) in general out of their old societal traditions, [[spoiler:the Boris uprising that wiped them out in the end]] has led to all four faction leaders despising them as well. On top of this list is Napoleon of Manor/Animal Farm, who loathes them in turn due to their willingness to eat other animals, and the fact that his forces currently are no match for even one of their factions. Having ascended to excusively carnivorism, and therefore making them predators, Dawn Bellwether fears and despises them as well. This doesn't earn them favors with Zootopia cops Judy and Nick, though, who are disgusted even towards Bellafide and Hopper (though for different reasons than Archimedes and the Quartermaster).

** As someone who was willing to do whatever it took to attain peace and order, the Quartermaster has found a kindred spirit in Kuvira. While the Great Uniter was disdainful of her diet,

** Given how his Harvests go, Katniss Everdeen strongly opposes him due to how The Capitol she fought against chose Districts' citizens to participate in the Hunger Games by drawing names almost about the same way.

** Given the black lion Scar is also a corrupt animal leader willing to rescue other factions (like the hyenas) for their cause, he's interested in making a deal with Archimedes, as much as he's also tempted to eat him (which he won't). And having recruited snakes before, the Missionary has also considered employing the services of Rattlesnake Jake.

* Given what he's fought, Knack's first response to any goblin (or orc) is hostile. And this led to a misunderstanding when he saw [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Thrall]] clashing with [[Pantheon/MagicArchetypes Jaina]] who was under MindControl (not that Knack knew this at the time). The Relic collective did what he would usually do and sided against the "non-fleshskin" (goblins in his world weren't all green), but he soon realized how complex the situation was when Jaina also attacked Knack, and when Thrall was trying to get around him

'''The VideoGame/ShiningForce[[labelnote:members]]Max, Lowe, Ken, Hans, Lug/Luke, Tao, Gong, Gort, Mae, Khris, Anri, Arthur, Balbaroy, Amon, Diane, Zylo, Pelle, Jogurt, Kokichi, Vankar, Guntz, Domingo, Earnest, Lyle, Bleu, Musashi, Alef, Torasu, Adam, Hanzou[[/labelnote]], Holy Army of [[TheSomethingForce Titular Forces]]''' %% ShiningGoodness

* Theme Song: [[https://youtu.be/2hxRoyGv_ag This theme]]

* Portfolio: ShiningGoodness, BadassArmy, RagtagBunchOfMisfits, [[spoiler: Ancestors [[ArtificialBeing Artificially Made]] By [[{{Precursors}} the Ancient People/Gods]] (exc. Max and Adam)]]
** Max: HelloInsertNameHere, TheHero of the Shining Force, HeroesPreferSwords, JackOfAllStats, HeroicMime, BadassesWearBandanas [[BadassCape And Capes]], EasyAmnesia, [[GreenEyedMonster Envied By]] [[InvertedTrope His Peers]], [[EscapeRope Egress Spell]], RedHeadedHero, MasterSwordsman, TokenHuman, LegendaryInTheSequel
** Lowe: WhiteMage, Promotes to TheVicar, BigEater, [[StatusBuff Speed Buffs]], Becomes TheMentor In Future
** Ken: OurCentaursAreDifferent, WideEyedIdealist, [[MageKiller Anti-Mage Unit]], GlassCannon
** Hans: OurElvesAreDifferent, FragileSpeedster, TheArcher, BadassPacifist [[AllTheOtherReindeer And Ridiculed For It]], [[LowTierLetdown Least-Favored Archer By Players]]
** Lug: OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame, [[OlderThanTheyLook Actually 64 Years Old]], MightyGlacier, Mainly Uses Axes (But Can Use Swords, Too)
** Tao: OurElvesAreDifferent, [[AllThereInTheManual Sister of Diane]], [[MasterOfOneMagic Specializes In]] [[KillItWithFire Blaze Spells]], FragileSpeedster, [[MagicKnight Decent Physical Attack]], ParentalAbandonment
** Gong: [[HalfHumanHybrid Part-Human, Part]]-[[OurGiantsAreBigger Giant]], [[RetiredBadass Retired]] BadassGrandpa, BareFistedMonk, TheAtoner, CombatMedic, [[GuideDangIt Easily]], PermanentlyMissableContent, [[MasterOfNone Falls Behind Quickly]]
** Gort: OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame, [[BadassGrandpa 223 Years Old]], Mainly Uses Axes (But Can Use Swords Too), StoneWall, MightyGlacier
** Mae: OurCentaursAreDifferent, TheLancer of the Shining Force, BadassesWearBandanas, StoneWall, [[YouKilledMyFather Father Killed By Kane]], HairOfGoldHeartOfGold, But TookALevelInJerkass In The Remake
** Khris: CombatMedic, Promotes to TheVicar, DarkAndTroubledPast, ParentalAbandonment, HairOfGoldHeartOfGold, [[HalfHumanHybrid A Kyantal]], MagikarpPower
** Anri: EverythingIsBetterWithPrincesses [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Who Take Action]], TokenHuman Alongside Max, BornUnlucky, LadyOfBlackMagic, TrueBlueFemininity, AnIcePerson ([[KillItWithFire But Also Learns Blaze]]), MysticalWhiteHair, TheHighQueen in ''Shining Force CD''
** Arthur: OurCentaursAreDifferent, {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed [[TheAce Ace]], [[ThePeterPrinciple Skills Promoted Him To]] [[GeneralFailure Leadership He Wasn't Ready For]], MagikarpPower, MagicKnight
** Balbaroy: BirdPeople, DistressedDude, TakenForGranite, [[RelationshipUpgrade From Anon's Fiancé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake
** Amon: BirdPeople [[RelationshipUpgrade From Balbaroy's Fianceé in the original to]] HappilyMarried BattleCouple in the remake, TheQuietOne, [[MeaningfulName Name Means Faithful In Hebrew]]
** Diane: [[AllThereInTheManual Sister of Tao]],TheArcher, OddFriendship With Zylo, [[UnorthodoxHolstering Quiver At The Hip]]
** Zylo: OurWerewolvesAreDifferent, NobleWolf, LightningBruiser, RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
** Pelle: OurCentaursAreDifferent, [[HiredGuns Mercenary]], KnightErrant, LanternJawOfJustice, MasterOfNone

** Kokichi: RetiredBadass [[BadassGrandpa Grandpa]], MadScientist, Operates A Flying Machine
** Vankar: OurCentaursAreDifferent, MeatShield, BrilliantButLazy, TheAlcoholic, DrunkenGlow, PornStache
** Guntz: Anthropomorphic Armadillo, {{Magitek}} PoweredArmor, MightyGlacier,BruiserWithASoftCenter
** Domingo: TalkingAnimal, LethalJokeCharacter, KillItWithIce, [[MagicKnight Proficient In Magic And Physical Attacking]], [[AllThereInTheManual From A Race of Magical Creatures Used As Guardians]]

** Lyle: OurCentaursAreDifferent, GlassCannon, [[{{BFG}} Wields A Bazooka]], NoSenseOfDirection, [[AllThereInTheManual Friend of Guntz]]

** Alef: [[FantasticFoxes Anthropomorphic Fox]], EleventhHourRanger, SquishyWizard, GlassCannon, ShockAndAwe, [[AwesomeButImpractical Lacking In MP]]

** Hanzou: EleventhHourRanger, {{Ninja}}, KatanasAreJustBetter, HighlyVisibleNinja, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Unlike Other Ninjas In Later Games]], Always Backing the Underdog Army To Hone His Skills
** Narsha:
** Zuika:
** Mawlock:

* High Priest:
* Followers:

* The story begins in the kingdom of Guardiana, where a young amnesiac named Max had washed ashore a year ago. He was raised

the main character, Max, is put in charge of the titular Shining Force and charged with stopping an invasion from the rival Runefaust army. The army is controlled by Darksol, a mysterious cloaked man with aspirations to revive the monstrous Dark Dragon and use it to Take Over the World.

* After Max visited the Spring of Recollection, Lord Otrant of christened his band with the name Shining Force.


* Upon defeating Darksol and the Dark Dragon, [[spoiler:the Shining Force were able to seal the latter once more (since it's unable to remain slain), but at the cost of Max having to stay behind due to being boind to the "key" the Chaosbreaker. Thankfully, he's able to Egress everybody else out, but Dark Dragon kept him from joining them. Somehow, Max did manage to escape later on, and Adam—WalkingTheEarth after the whole war—eventually reunited with him. But the experience has left him with PTSD, such that he is no longer inclined to return to Guardiana, and would rather everyone else believe he died]].
* While this would mean the end of the Guardiana Shining Force (other Shining Forces are assembled in the future), the story still continues for some of them, such as Lug and Domingo helping the Shining Force led by then-exiled prince of Cypress Nick[[note:*]]and some relatives of the old guard are among it's numbers, such as Lug's own son Ruce who co-leads the Force, Ken's ([[{{Fanon}} and possibly Mae's]]) son Apis, Hans' son Shade, and Tao's (and Diane's) younger sister Wendy[[/note]] after Guardiana's Queen Anri was put to a magical sleep, and Hanzou and Musashi can show up to aid the Cypress Shining Force led by mage Natasha. And another assembled by Max and Adam would operate all the way in Palamecia as they hunt down remnants of Darksol's army as they try to find a way to resurrect him.

When asked why he didn't let anyone else know, Adam stated that as the potentially last addition to the Force, he had no real obligation to tell anyone else, given that his loyalty is to Max alone.
** After the Shining Force has settled, a satellite of sorts appeared out of nowhere. As later discovered, it's the source of magic for all Rune denizens, and
**

** Max had washed up on shore with amnesia a year before the war against Runefaust [[spoiler: courtesy of being ]]. But he didn't come alone; a bag holding the Light Saber washed ashore with him. A knight found this bag and sword and had it hidden by orders of Minister Ward. Lowe found Max after that, and they trained in the army though at different job classes.
** He apparently had been a seasoned traveler

** Upon visiting Prompt, and after a misunderstanding that almost sent Max to jail [[spoiler:to deal with Dark Dragon in case it awakens]], he discovers from King Kusko that they are descended from the ancient people, whom the rest of Rune call gods. And they had [[spoiler:created the Dark Dragon to protect themselves from their other creations (i.e. the rest of Rune's races) that they've feared and who turned against them, and then decided to seal it immediately because they also feared its power, and because it would extinguish ''all'' life and Light in the world, though couldn't kill it and sealed it instead at the cost of their lives. In preparation for its eventual awakening, they chose two warriors who have been trained for this mission to be put in cryostasis; those warriors are Max and Kane, and they had been meant to team up to stop the Dark Dragon.]]

** (Is not the type to )
** (His purpose is to prevent the seal on Dark Dragon from being broken. And he was sent to the world, not born in it)

* He would eventually take up the sword once more, when he and Adam discover that one of Darksol's generals Mishaela managed to survive, and (after assembling another Shining Force) they set off to find her in Palamecia, but he would be split up from Adam during the chase after the robot was rendered heavily injured and required time off battle, then [[spoiler:taken over with a Mind control mask, just like Kane in the last campaign. The new Shining Force assembled by eventually rescued him, and he would help in stopping Mishaela from enacting her diabolic plan: resurrect Darksol]].

* Exclusive to Ken:
**

* Exclusive to Hans:
**
** (Hans dabbles in fortune telling, Color, Cards, Dream, Face, Name, Career, Jewel, Color, Hair, Love, Money, Rust, Monster)
**

** Lug used to be in the Guardiana Band of Warriors. The reason he's the only one left is because… well… it took place back when Gort was still in command,before Lug joined, when it was 108 members strong, when they were known far and wide as the strongest warriors in the Land. But that story can he found in Gort's section of this profile. Long story short, after a disastrous mission that ended with most of the company seemingly dead, Gort and nine others were the only ones who made it back, and he took
responsibility and resigned from his post. The Band of Knights harassed the rest into following suit.

**

**

** The fledgling Force met Gong at a mountain hut east of the old castle where their first battle against the forces of Runefaust took place. He is a traveling monk in search of truth. A night star led him to Max, and he saw it as a sign of fate that he would participate. He inserted himself among the ranks right after.
** His backpack has everything he needs for his travels, such as a bedroll made with a Paopig skin lining that's cool in summer and warm in winter, little pills containing Medical Herb extract, thin rope made with the toughest braided Paopig hair for climbing a mountain or binding his things, extra underclothes, a tin cup for drinking water or making soup or boiling up Medicinal Herbs, a pungent panacea whose stench can persist for up to ten days (Gong's used to it by now), a white towel, a little notebook with scenery sketches and poetry, a map of Rune, and a hand mirror for keeping tidy and signaling people from afar.
**

** Gort also used to be in the Band of Warriors just like Lug a long time ago. In fact, he was its leader, it was composed of 108 members, and they had been known far and wide as the strongest warriors in the Land. But one day, an order came from the king to root out some pirates who were attacking merchant ships in the waters off Rondo everyday, putting both it and Guardiana at risk due to not getting supplies. They had set out in a boat with the then-young Gort as their
captain.
** The Band eventually found the pirates' ship, and fought bravely despite their disadvantage. But even as they won, a Giant Kraken emerged, and totaled both vessels. Out of the 108 warriors, only Gort and nine others made it back to port. Gort promptly took
responsibility and resigned from his post, and the Band of Knights harassed the rest into following suit.


** One of his missions (definitely before the one Lug recalls) involved dealing with an enormous terrifying monster that threatened all of Rune, a Terra Whale, which was more like a titanic earthworm whose tail disappeared over the horizon. Guardiana held a council of war involving Nova, Varios, and Gort himself, knowing they have to intercept the beast with haste. Gort went ahead to Bustoke and beheld the now-river-sized beast himself.
** Nova's plan to deal with the Terra Whale involved digging a huge hole to lead it back to digging beneath the earth. But the Terra Whale ended up too big for the trap by the time it reached it. Another plan involved trying to whisk it away with a local whirlwind, but the giant worm not only ''ate the whirlwind'', but grew further in size too. Worse, it turned out to be a larval stage for a mammoth blue butterfly, and that whirlwind was just enough for it to metamorphose. Thankfully for all of Rune, which the creature had covered the entire east continent in its shadow, it flew up, up, and away to the stars, and was never seen again.

** All this is what aspired Mae to become an even better knight than her mother to help her father, but with Lord Varios also dead, she aspires to become better than him too, and to make Guardiana's Band of Knights the best there is in Rune, an elite Band of Knights that
will fight for justice and friendship.

**
Eventually, she received word from the Shining Force about her father's demise in the hands of Kane. She didn't believe it at first since Max wasn't from Guardiana (which was true, since he was adopted by them one year ago), but Tao corroborated his claim. After some time alone, Anri immediately joined the Shining Force in order to stop Runefaust. l
** As a kid, Anri liked drawing pictures, even if she didn't do very well at it. She started with scenery before getting in trouble for sneaking out of the castle. Then she started to draw all sorts of people within the castle before she became too much of a bother for them that they run from her when they see her coming.After that, she would just paint cats.
** As a kid, she used to admire knights so much that she wanted to become one, only stopping when it was clear she lacked the physical aptitude for it.
** Favorite color: white. Favorite food: she's the sort
who'll receive any food gratefully, though does have a disinclination for sweets if they're too sugary. Likes reading books about magic. If it weren't for her duty to be Queen of Guardiana in light of the King's death, she would've probably been a mage, or more likely an (unsuccessful) artist.
**

** Arthur is first met by Max in Manarina as a retired soldiers working as a laundryman. After Max has proven himself to Otrant his capability to fight Runefaust, upon being talked to again, Arthur decided to join the newly-named Shining Force for one last shot at glory. Or rather, one last chance to prove himself worthy, for
** Has all sorts of useless trivia about Rune that he would regale.
**

** The two Birdmen were first seen at Shade Abbey, Amon waiting outside and asking for Max's help once he came. Unfortunately, Darksol's forces have already reached it, killed its occupants, and turned them into ghouls to set a trap for Man when he inevitability went there for answers regarding the Legacy of the Gods. The trap was sprung once he reached Balbaroy, but the Shining Force managed to escape it and wipe out the undead.
** As it turns out, Runefaust had invaded the Birdmen due to the threat they posed due to their air superiority, were almost wiped out, and forced to flee their own country. The couple had been flying around in search of their brethren, and had been taking a break at the Abbey when Darksol's forces attacked it. The Abbey fell, Balbaroy was TakenForGranite, and Amon had to flee until Max resolved the situation. In gratitude, the couple join the Shining Force
** Although they're Birdmen, they mostly live on the grouns, only flying during hunts or for travel. In other words… flying is nothing more than a skill they use. But if he's in the mood for a story, [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/918893-shining-force-resurrection-of-the-dark-dragon/49078724?page=1 Balbaroy will tell about the legend of Vern, the Soaring One. On the other hand, Amon may share some Birdmen "spells" she and her people know]], though whether they work for other races or even folk from outside Rune is up in the air.
**

** Diane lives in Bustoke, land of . But everything changed when Runefaust attacked, abducted all their men, and made them work the quarry to dog up an ancient weapon called the Laser Eye. When the Shining Force arrived, Diane's relatives ask them for help in liberating the town and their men.

**

** Zylo was the forest king who founded Bustoke under his strong leadership

Some time ago, a Runefaust general named Balbazak came to Bustoke and put drugs in the water. It didn't affect most people, but it drove Zylo nuts as he was a Beastman, and he needed to be locked away. Thanks to Max finding a Moonstone in the quarry (after routing the Runefaust forces in there), then exchanging it for some Lunar Dew to bring to him, Zylo was brought back to his senses. As it turns out, some time before his insanity, Zylo was informed of the Shining Force by Lord Otrant of Manarina and told to help however he can. Due to having needed to be saved by Max, he decided to repay this debt by joining the Force.
** At least according to Arthur, his full name is Zylo Duun Munster, which in the dialect of
the Bustoke region reads as "Zylo, King of the Mountains". Other than that, his favorite color being black, usually having no interest in anything other than fighting,and [[spoiler:sleeping with his eyes open sometimes that he appears dead when he does so]], nobody's getting much out of him.. He's not much of a conversation person.
**

** Pelle was a mercenary knight first seen arguing with a Silver Knight at Pao Pass over using the Laser Eye against the Shining Force after decrying it as a dishonorable act. He was then kicked off a cliff, but managed to hang on to a nearby branch and pull himself up after Max's army destroyed the contingency guarding the Laser Eye.
** As a hired knight, he's traveled all over Rune, and met all sorts of unique warriors, and all of them stronger than Max, though by the end of the war against Runefaust, he would probably have matched them.
** In Rune, pianos are ancient instruments, implying that they aren't a thing in his time. Seeing them in the Pantheon may get him to regale a tale he knew about "Missaki, the Wild Pianist", who's able to entrance
**

** Jogurt is a peculiar creature found while the Shining Force was at Pao. It was lounging somewhere behind the church (SavePoint) and decided out of the blue to join up. Beware though, for it is an utter joke in the battlefield.
**

** As for when he got this obsession with flight, it was back when a traveling salesman and an old friend of Kokichi's stopped at Bustoke when Kokichi was just a lad. It was when he folded a paper plane that hooked him to it, and
got him inventing all sorts of contraptions that would grant him his dream. Various failed prototypes included a "paper plane" of animal skins, building a bamboo frame and essentially building the first glider in Rune (though he wasn't satisfied), arm wings, starving himself to make himself lighter, strapping fireworks all over himself, and suspending himself under 100 Bustoke crows (they fought instead of flying).

** (space travel a thing in the Pantheon)



**

** Vankar is first seen after the Shining Force see off the Pao caravan (and after recruiting Kokichi if he met the inventor after freeing Bustoke's men). He serves as a bouncer for Queen Koron's Pao caravan. Under her orders, he joins the Shining Force.
** Vankar didn't actually want to be a knight at first, but did so out of obligation to his old man. He considers war a waste of time, and thinks love and peace is what really matters. He also tends to drown himself in Paopig milk (though is looking toward other sources since Paopigs aren't prevalent in the Pantheon), though this could be a case of FrothyMugsOfWater.

** Narsha is the Princess of Runefaust and daughter of King Ramladu who sensed something wrong with her father. After escaping an assassination attempt thanks to Mawlock, and him unsealing Zuika, she flees her home, and they eventually join up with the Shining Force at Pao. At first, given she's from the nation plaguing Rune with war and its king's daughter, Narsha was worried that the Shining Force might despise her, but they were surprisingly welcoming.

Everyone here really is so great... I'm so lucky. As Princess of Runefaust and
daughter of Ramladu... I was sure that everyone would hate me... But
everyone's just so kind to me... I'm so glad I came here...

Max, the people of Guardiana took you in, right? ...That's... a bit like my
situation now... ...Don't you think so?

There are so many people here, aren't there? I saw Lowe a while ago... and he
gave me loads of sweets. I don't really like sweet things all that much... but
Lowe was watching me the whole time... so I had to eat them. ...Hope I don't
get too fat.

Anri is a really nice person, isn't she? She'll be a great queen for Guardiana.
She's not only beautiful, but kind and elegant too. I hope I turn out to be as
good a woman as Anri.

......... Sorry. I can't stop thinking about Runefaust. My father... My father,
Ramladu used to be a good man years ago. Runefaust was a small country, but it
was peaceful. But then Darksol came along. He expanded the army and started
invading other lands. ......... I wonder if Runefaust will ever go back to
being the peaceful land it once was...

......Mae's a lovely girl, don't you think? If I'm honest, I was a bit scared
of her at first... But when we got talking, I realised she's really nice...
When Lowe was bothering me one time... she just shoved him away for me. I want
to become strong like Mae one day.

......... ...... Oh! Max! Sorry! I didn't see you there. The final battle isn't
far away now, is it? I was collecting my thoughts and preparing my spirit so I
can fight well.

Not long until the final battle now, is it? Everyone's still being as happy
and carefree as ever though! But I know they must be really nervous deep
down... ......... It'll be fine. It's such a great group of people. Seal away
Dark Dragon... I'm sure we can do it.

** Thankfully for Narsha, Runefaust's populace were in support of her return.
Unfortunately for her, there was no way to bring her father back, though she's accepted it by now, having seen him change under Darksol's influence long before she had to leave. And if she delivers the final blow to king Ramladu, before passing away, he comes to his senses enough to express how proud he is of her, and that it was his fault for giving in to the temptation.

**

** Domingo is a Magical creature acquired as an egg from a mage at Manarina. After being hatched at an incubator at the Pao caravan, he immediately joins the Shining Force. Despite its cute looks and its crappy stats, it's a powerhouse once raised correctly, is among the few flyers in the Force (though can't fly over mountains like them), and can reliably tank attacks. There's an interesting quirk about his character, though.
** In the Sega Genesis versions, Domingo speaks like a highbrow social elite know-it-all who disdains his companions but stays with Max out of loyalty to the one who hatched him. In the GBA remake, he only speaks hia name almost like a Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, and changes colors to show his various moods.

** Earnest is a centaur Knight who lost his entire family to Balbazak. His dream is to take soldiers with him to Uranbatol and have his revenge. Max first met him in the Pao caravan, though he didn't join yet. He's later found deep inside the Fortress of Balbazak, having gotten past the Cerberus but ending up stuck somewhere in the middle, having ran out of stamina midway, and having lost most of his men in the siege. He shortly joins the Shining Force after that, and eventually bears witness to Balbazak's end, even though it's [[YouHaveFailedMe in the hands of Darksol]] rather than his own.
** (Hearing what Brainiac does reminds him of one of Dr. Bilan's Eight Treasures… The Miniscule City of Siyule, and the fact that someone)
** (Story of the Ice Flame, and that Earth also has continents in the north and south that are frozen, but it's a matter of science rather than the Ice Flame's curse)

** Hanzou is a Shinobi who shows up out of nowhere after Max investigates a certain location. In the Sega Genesis timeline, it's a shuriken in the bushes at Runefaust. In the remake, Hanzou shows up after Max follows a series of strange instructions all over Waral. By the end of that, Hanzou shows up, mistaking Max to be Musashi, who seems to be whom the strange instructions were for. Nevertheless, Hanzou seems to be familiar with Max's exploits, and promptly pledges his blade to the Shining Force.
** Hanzou is man of few words, and ascribes to a few Ninja Laws from his home village, even though he's a rogue from it.


A ninja is a man of few words. We are content to show our strength in battle.

Some kind of fate is at work, meeting like this... Let me explain the ninja
art. Ninja Law 1: Sunlight. The art of controlling the sun using a ninja's
hidden lens. When the sun's rays are strong, it is possible to burn a hole
even in thick iron... There is but one drawback. This technique only works
during daylight.

Ninja Law 2: Moonlight. Using the light of the night moon to control men's
will. Moonlight has a great effect on the human heart. An enemy may be routed,
not through a fight, but by their own worries and insecurities.

Ninja Law 3: Flame. The art of fire and flame that lies within a ninja's cloak.
Explosive for fortresses, smokescreens, beacons or guns. Gunpowder's uses
are varied. Have a care! Even if you are curious, you must be careful not to
touch me. This ninja suit has gunpowder all over it. Look out! It could blow at
any time!

Ninja Law 4: Running Water. The art of moving over sea, rivers, or lakes
freely. You may run unhindered over the water's surface with these Water
Spiders on each food. But one point to bear in mind: Should you stop running,
you will sink where you stand.

Ninja Law 5: Shadow Trees. The forest trees and plants are your allies. Observe
his footprints, and stun your enemy with pollen. Hide between tree trunks. Make
medicine and food. Knowledge of plants is but one part of Ninja Law.

Ninja Law 6: Metal. Locating metal ore that lies sleeping underground. Water-
divining, the lie of the land, all are clues to finding the metal ore. A
humble skill it certainly is, but it is essential to our livelihood.

Ninja Law 7: Earth. Joining with the Earth to borrow her power in battle. But
this is no magic. It is the wisdom to know the land you fight on before a
battle. Win or lose, fate decides. But knowledge of your enemy and battlefield
can be a charm.

Ninja Law 8: Empty Self. Among Ninja Skills, this is the most venerable. Empty
Self is the art of removing oneself from existence. Desires, fear, wrath.
Banish all these disturbances of the heart. That is the secret. It seems you...
already understand these things.

I have

** Lyle is an Assault Knight first seen at Dragonia. He had been trying to meet up with the Shining Force under orders of Dr. Crock, and is friends with co-apprentice Guntz. It's his complete lack of sense of direction that landed him here instead of Pao as was planned.
**

** Musashi shows up after following a series of strange instructions all over Rudo. By the end of that, he makes his presence known, but doesn't show himself to Max. He proclaims himself to be a wandering swordsman, who came to Dragonia to try and achieve a state of true nothingness, this why Max can't see him. And now that Musashi's done that, he then decides to travel with the Shining Force to fulfill his desires to cross swords with a mighty opponent.

**

** Bleu is found in Dragonia, but it had been razed to the ground by the time the Shining Force reached the place. His grandparents (and everyone else in the village) had been killed by Kane and his army, and he only managed to survive by hiding in a supply hut. When Karin from Rudo came to visit, she called him out for his cowardice before leaving… only to be held hostage by a Rune Knight, who demanded Bleu to open a secret door deep in the village. The little dragon responded by ''torching him to ash'', and Karin (after thanking him for finding his courage) then recommends he should join the Shining Force. Max did have. few misgivings since it means leaving Karin's village without him, but she assures they'll be fine, and that Bleu will need the experience.

**

** Alef and Torasu are sages (the former a Mage and the latter a Healer) in service of Prompt, who were first mentioned being at the Tower of the Ancients attempting to stop Darksol from releasing Dark Dragon while Prompt itself would keep Max on reserve in case they fail so that he and the Shining Force can slay the Dark Dragon, though odds of their survival are bleak. But a tired plea from [[spoiler: Max's brother Kane, whom they rescued earlier]] moved the king to ask the Shining Force to rescue Alef and Torasu. After going through more of Darksol's forces, they find the pair alive, who have failed to stop Darksol from reaching the top of the tower.
**

* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

[[folder:Pokémon Deity]]

** In response, he formed the '''Longcoats''', and advocated that food-selection be determined by an animal's merit. Another faction rose as well; the '''Commonfolk''' rallied by Hopper, who believes that every animal should have the right to vote for who becomes food. But there was also the '''KSR''' led by the Quartermaster, who's doing everything she can to maintain order no matter what, not to mention the '''Civilized''', commanded by the Missionary Archimedes, who wish to retain the status quo. The war fought was long and grueling, with sides changing, and eventually devolving into a free-for-all, [[spoiler:ending with the Pigs rising up from the shadows once everyone is weakened and eliminating all who remained]].

%% None for now.

[[folder:Zelenin]]
'''[[VideoGame/StrangeJourney Zelenin]], Goddess of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood''' (Judge Zelenin, [[OneWingedAngel Pillar Zelenin]], "Lady Gaga")
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/human_zelenin.png]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Human Zelenin]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Judge Zelenin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zelenin.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Pillar Zelenin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pillar_zelenin.png[[/labelnote]]]]
* Lesser Goddess (Formerly Demigoddess, Intermediate Goddess as Pillar Zelenin)
* Symbol: A white cross pierced through a Demonica helmet.
* Theme Music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqJuIxdyNkM Theme Of Law]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxtwiSupAvY Holy Miracle]]
* Alignment: LawfulEvil, but is swayed to LawfulGood [[AlternateTimeline in a new timeline]]
* Portfolio: MaddenIntoMisanthropy, desiring a WorldOfSilence, CreepyCoolCrosses, BitchInSheepsClothing, MagicMusic that causes brainwashing, [[TranshumanTreachery Abandoning her humanity to become an angel]], AngelicBeauty, ShockAndAwe, UnwittingPawn, KnightTemplar, WellIntentionedExtremist, HotScientist, [[TotalPartyKill Requiem]]
* Domains: Light, Hatred, Music, Religion
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]] and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfLaw''' (except Frollo), [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Malthael]], [[Pantheon/GamingNarratives Tadano Hitonari (Law)]]
* Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]] and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfChaos''', '''''[[Pantheon/PlainNeutral Nanashi]], [[Pantheon/HairStyles Flynn]], [[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Aleph]]''''', [[Pantheon/{{Transformations}} Jimenez]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Merged Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLove Claude Frollo]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Aslan]], [[Pantheon/{{Endings}} The Love That Moves The Stars]]
* Opposes: [[Pantheon/ClothingTheme Lady Gaga]]
* A scientist sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Zelenin was captured and tortured by demons, giving her an intense hatred of them. During her journey through the parallel world, Zelenin's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and she gained a new appreciation for the order and nobility of the angels. It came to a head when she was offered divine power by the angel Mastema: becoming an angel, the resulting new entity quickly lost herself to the power of the heavens and fell in with the angels. Zelenin continues to work with YHVH to power herself up enough to spread her song through the pantheon, wipe it clean of free will and bring a new age of Law.
* Gets along swimmingly with Malthael: both realize TheEvilsOfFreeWill, and the abilities of the two work together very well: death is ultimately an escape from Zelenin's brainwashing, and Malthael has that covered by bringing the deceased back as mindless thralls so that they can continue their worship. With the two of them working in concert, ''[[FateWorseThanDeath there is no escape from the light of The Lord]]''.
* Despite her desires for a WorldOfSilence and her hatred of humanity, Zelenin and Zamasu don't get along: she used to be human, and that's bad enough in Zamasu's eyes ([[{{Hypocrite}} ignoring the fact he's part mortal himself]]), while Zelenin is opposed to the fact he wants to wipe out all gods but himself along with the mortals. "All gods" includes YHVH and the angels after all.
* [[TooDumbToLive Frollo tried to hit on her once]], enraptured as he was by the sight of her angelic beauty. She nailed him with a [[ShockAndAwe Megido Storm]] for his trouble.
* Opposed to Lady Gaga: not only is she disgusted by Gaga's perceived "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex depravity]]" and rather miffed that her holy raiment is being compared to Gaga's [[IResembleThatRemark outlandish costumes]], she's even more furious that Gaga's songs are [[EarWorm so damn catchy]] [[UpToEleven they can break through her brainwashing]].
* Zelenin's song has the power to erase all emotion from those hit by it, leaving them empty shells mindlessly babbling praises to The Lord. It's roundly considered by others to be a FateWorseThanDeath: her ultimate plan is to subject all of creation to it, erasing free will from the fabric of reality and leaving only deference to God.
* Zelenin looks down on benevolent creator deities like Aslan and The Love That Moves The Stars: on top of being 'false gods' as she puts it, they put far too much stock in 'humanity's inherent virtue', [[HumansAreBastards whatever the heck that is]]: humans have no virtue to speak of as far as Zelenin is concerned. Once she finds the proper pitch and timbre for her song to enthrall even them, she'll prove that only the absolute control of YHVH can bring peace to the world. Should that fail, she will do her duty as a soldier of God and (attempt to) destroy them.
* Despises Flynn, Aleph and Nanashi for their defiance of God.
* An alternate timeline of the events surrounding her transformation into an angel saw her regain her faith in humanity and try to create a world of Law without YHVH's influence. Hope remains that this Zelenin isn't entirely beyond reason.
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[[folder:Jimenez]]
'''[[VideoGame/StrangeJourney Jimenez]], God of {{Emergency Transformation}}s''' (Awake Jimenez, [[OneWingedAngel Soil Jimenez]])
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Soil Jimenez]]\\
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* Lesser God (Formerly Demigod, Intermediate God as Soil Jimenez)
* Symbol: Bugaboo's mask breaking a Demonica's mask
* Theme Song: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=ASVmkz0Ntgs Theme of Chaos]], [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_D_DQ1_WJM The Tyrannical Hero]]
* Alignment: ChaoticEvil, [[HiddenHeartOfGold though not as completely as he may like]]. His New Chaos ending self is more along the lines of ChaoticNeutral.
* Portfolio: {{Eagleland}}, Mercenary, WasOnceAMan, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[TranshumanTreachery Forsaking his humanity]], Merging with [[MoralityPet Bugaboo]] [[EmergencyTransformation to save both their lives]], TheSocialDarwinist, PowerBornOfMadness, [[IChooseToStay Choosing to stay with the demons of the Schwarzwelt]], DeadpanSnarker, HalfHumanHybrid, AbsurdlySharpClaws, PlayingWithFire, [[SpamAttack Chaos Tack]]
* Domains: Power, Demons, Madness, Shape
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/NamingTheme Mem Aleph]]''', '''[[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]]''' and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfChaos, [[Pantheon/{{Eyewear}} Albert Wesker]], [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes Alipheese Fateburn]], [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Luka]], [[Pantheon/ActsOfWar Apollyon]], [[Pantheon/GamingNarratives Tadano Hitonari (Chaos/New Chaos)]]
* Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]]''' and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfLaw, [[Pantheon/MindControl Zelenin]], [[Pantheon/{{Hairstyles}} Flynn]], [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral Nanashi]], ''[[Pantheon/LustfulActs Mamori and Mirei]]''
* A soldier sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Jimenez ran across an abused demon named Bugaboo, who he adopted. During his journey through the parallel world, Jimenez's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and he gained a new appreciation for the wildness and freedom of the demons. It came to a head when he and Bugaboo were forced by the cruel Captain Jack into a twisted experiment: to save both his and Bugaboo's life, Jimenez had a comrade fuse the two of them together, and the resulting new entity quickly lost himself to his new power and fell in with the demons. Jimenez continues to work with Mem Aleph to awaken the Schwarzwelt, wipe the Pantheon clean of civilization and bring a new age of Chaos.
* Not liking to take orders more than he has to, Jimenez is a member of Lucifer's Chaos Brigade. He's nursing ambitions to ascend to Lord of Chaos status, but that's still a little beyond his reach. He hasn't given up trying to make himself strong enough to go for it, though…
* His alliance with Wesker has turned heads, particularly as he was the subject of the sort of mad science Wesker is known for. Honestly, Jimenez couldn't care less, so long as Wesker doesn't screw with any demons. Heck, trying to uplift humanity to survive in a wild, chaotic world is a noble cause in Jimenez's eyes. To this end, he's given Wesker a sample of the [[HatePlague Delphinus Parasite]].
* Despite his inhumanity, there's a flicker of Jimenez's old self in him: he's perfectly capable of showing kindness and camaraderie to those he deems worthy. An example of this is Luka: he admires the kid for overthrowing Ilias for the sake of monsters. While the version of him in the Pantheon has surrendered himself to his demonic instincts, an alternate version of him was convinced to follow a different path. There are those who hope to sway this Jimenez in that direction.
* Was involved in the [[Fanfic/PantheonRagnarok Ragnarok incident]], as the idea of starting a ForeverWar was too tempting to pass up: it was he who was responsible for abducting Mamori during Mirei's rampage, as well as trying to assassinate Mirei afterwards so as to destroy any hopes of curing the Arms Virus. He only made things worse when he [[KickTheDog taunted Mirei]] with the GUAC's plans to have Momoka Sagara forcefully wield Mamori in service of the GUAC once Mirei was gone, [[BloodKnight in order to enrage Mirei and have her fight at full power]]. Needless to say, between that and his alliance with Wesker the two ''really'' don't like him all that much, while Jimenez is disgusted by their refusal to use their powers to the fullest (ie. use it to crush those weaker than themselves) because of some bullshit morals.
* Eventually, someone pointed out that he broke his "survival of the fittest" creed when he took in Bugaboo, and he couldn't have survived without Bugaboo sacrificing himself to save him. As a result, he's started to lose his ties to Mem Aleph… and gravitated more to Lucifer's overall goal, now favoring freedom over strength. It is still uncertain which Chaos version of his fellow soldier Tadano he's allied with, as both the "New" and "Old" Chaos versions are trying to sway him away from and towards Mem Aleph respectively.
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* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

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%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

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'''Group Name'''

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'''(Young Corporate Aristocrats Group)'''

||TheLeader||[[Pantheon/TimePlacement Mitsuru Kirijo]]||
||TheLancer||[[Pantheon/FormsOfMedia Kei Nanjo]]||
||[[TheSmartGuy The Smart Ones]]||[[Pantheon/OffensivePowers Weiss Schnee]] and [[Pantheon/HeroicRoles Wes Collins]]||
||TheBigGal||[[Pantheon/PovertyAndRiches Lili de Rochefort]]||
||TheHeart||[[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Haru Okumura]]||
||The Chick||[[Pantheon/CharacterChanges Pacifica Northwest]]||
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||SixthRanger||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons (Sample Deity)]]||
||TokenEvilTeammate||[[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Seto Kaiba]]||
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'''Adventurer Archaeologists Group'''

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||TheLeader||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons Indiana Jones]]||
||TheLancer||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons Lara Croft]]||
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||TheBigGuy||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons (Sample Deity)]]||
||TheHeart||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons (Sample Deity)]]||
||BigGood||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons (Sample Deity)]]||
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* Nathan Drake
* [[Pantheon/FantasticalJobs the League of Explorers]]
* [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Daring Do]]
* [[Pantheon/GameProgression Lemeza and Lumisa Kosugi]]
* Yuuno Scrya
* Nico Robin
* [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Scrooge McDuck]]
* Locke Cole
* Zelda (Breath of the Wild incarnation)
* Pokémon Champion Cynthia
* Herschel Layton
* Jackie Chan (animated version)


'''Farmer's Guild'''

The Pantheon isn't all war, love affairs, and adventures.

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||TheHeart||[[Pantheon/TropePantheons (Sample Deity)]]||
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* [[Pantheon/HobbiesAndLifestyles The (Harvest Moon) Farmer]]
* [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Applejack]]
* [[Pantheon/MealsNToZ Princess Sakuna]]
* [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Armoroad Guild and Maginia Guild Farmers]]

[[folder:Restore: Tadano Hitonari, Commander Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez]]

[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=7704#comment-192579 (cleared)]]

'''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Tadano Hitonari, Commander Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez]], Divine Representatives of AlignmentBasedEndings''' (Hitonari: Commander of the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team, Langdon Alger, Lance Murdock, SpaceMarine, [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Spess Mehren]], [[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} Japanese Doomguy]] | Zelenin: Music/LadyGaga | Jimenez: Mexican Junpei)

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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Gore before his death]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dsj_gore_render.png[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Pillar Zelenin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pillar_zelenin.png[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:Awake Jimenez]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Human Jimenez]]\\
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Soil Jimenez]]\\
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* Lesser Deities in their [=DEMONICAs=], Demideities out of them. All have become Intermediate Deities (exc. Hitonari in the Neutral Ending) [[spoiler:with the power to take overdeities in Hitonari's case]], and [[spoiler:Hitonari becomes a Greater God in the New Neutral Ending]]
* New House: Pantheon/GamingConsequences

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* Symbol: His DEMONICA helmet (Hitonari), his head with his glowing eyes (Gore), A white cross pierced through a DEMONICA helmet (Zelenin), Bugaboo's mask breaking a DEMONICA's mask (Jimenez)
* Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbJc6vrGMQ Morale]] (Hitonari), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRbACNCumBk Theme Of Law]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juLL32iTASA Holy Miracle]] (Zelenin), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlcUE4MZvNk Theme of Chaos]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mexfWkCy0DA The Tyrannical Hero]] (Jimenez)
* Alignment:
** Hitonari: Starts as NeutralGood, remains so in the Neutral paths, ChaoticEvil in the Chaos path, LawfulEvil in the Law path, ChaoticGood in the New Chaos path, and LawfulGood in the New Law path
** Gore: NeutralGood
** Zelenin: LawfulEvil, but is swayed to LawfulGood [[AlternateTimeline in the New Law timeline]]
** Jimenez: ChaoticEvil, [[HiddenHeartOfGold though not as completely as he may like]]. His New Chaos ending self is more along the lines of ChaoticNeutral.
* Portfolio:
** Hitonari: BadassNormal [[EmpoweredBadassNormal And Can Be Empowered]], [[ASpaceMarineIsYou "Space Marine" Protagonist]], AdaptiveArmor, SwordAndGun, ItemCaddy, [[TheBeastmaster Demon Tamer]], [[TheCaptain Commander of the Strike Team]] [[YouAreInCommandNow After His Predecessor's Death]], LastNameBasis (As Per Military Procedure), ContrastingSequelMainCharacter, RaceLift, TheStoic, ManipulativeBastard to Demons
*** Neutral Path: PathOfMostResistance Story-Wise
*** Chaos Path: EvilLaugh, PsychoticSmirk, SupernaturalGoldEyes
*** Law Path: ProphetEyes, PathOfMostResistance Gameplay-Wise
*** New Neutral path: PathOfMostResistance Story-Wise in ''Redux'', [[spoiler:Engaged In A ForeverWar Against The Schwarzwelt, IChooseToStay, ImmortalHero]]
*** New Chaos Path: PathOfMostResistance Gameplay-Wise in ''Redux''
*** New Law Path: PathOfMostResistance Gameplay-Wise in ''Redux'', [[spoiler: [[ToBeLawfulOrGood Balances his Lawful with Good]], did an AntiMutiny against Shekinah/YHVH's tyranny to create a utopia]]
** Gore: BigGood, BaldOfAuthority, BlackDudeDiesFirst, AFatherToHisMen, [[TakeUpMySword Transfers Command To Hitonari]], Brought BackFromTheDead by Maia [[UnexplainedRecovery Though How Is Unknown]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ubergestalt]], VoiceOfTheLegion, BadassInANiceSuit, BlankWhiteEyes, CameBackStrong, ClimaxBoss in Non-Neutral Paths
** Zelenin: BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood, MaddenIntoMisanthropy, desiring a WorldOfSilence, CreepyCoolCrosses, BitchInSheepsClothing, MagicMusic that causes brainwashing, [[TranshumanTreachery abandoning her humanity to become an angel]], AngelicBeauty, ShockAndAwe, UnwittingPawn, KnightTemplar, WellIntentionedExtremist, [[TotalPartyKill Requiem]]
*** New Law Path Only: AntiMutiny, HeelFaceTurn, PhlebotinumRebel, RestoredMyFaithInHumanity
** Jimenez: {{Eagleland}}, Mercenary, WasOnceAMan, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[TranshumanTreachery forsaking his humanity]], Merging with [[MoralityPet Bugaboo]] [[EmergencyTransformation to save both their lives]], OnlyFriend to Hitonari unless not on Chaos paths,TheSocialDarwinist, PowerBornOfMadness, [[IChooseToStay Choosing to stay with the demons of the Schwarzwelt]], DeadpanSnarker, HalfHumanHybrid, AbsurdlySharpClaws, PlayingWithFire, [[SpamAttack Chaos Tack]]
*** New Chaos Path Only: HeelFaceTurn, HeelRealization, TookALevelInKindness, TheUnfought in the New Chaos Route
* Domain(s): Marines, Exploration, Demons, Law, Chaos, Neutral
* Heralds: [[BenevolentAI Arthur]] (Neutral paths only), their respective Schwarzwelt Investigational Teams (all), Bugaboo (Jimenez only)
* High Priest(ess): [[VideoGame/{{Enclave}} The Nameless Hero(ine)/Villain(ess)]]
* Followers: [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn]], [[VideoGame/TheWhiteChamber Sarah]], [[VideoGame/AgarestSenki Leonhardt Raglan]], [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 The Kalach-Cha/Knight-Captain]], [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Aramus/The Force Commander]]
* Allies: [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral (Insert Name Here)]]
** Neutral Paths (includes Gore): [[Pantheon/HairStyles Flynn]], [[Pantheon/PersonalityMisc Philemon]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAppearances Igor]] [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Cosmos]], [[Pantheon/SoldierArchetypes The Doom Slayer]], [[Pantheon/ComplexSymbolism Raava]], [[Pantheon/GamingConsequences Frisk]], [[Pantheon/{{Mentalities}} Low Chaos!Corvo Attano]], [[Pantheon/HairStyles Emily Kaldwin]]
** Chaos Path (includes Jimenez): [[Pantheon/{{Eyewear}} Albert Wesker]] (tentative now), [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Luka]]
** Law Path (includes Zelenin): [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Galeem]], [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Malthael]]
** New Chaos Path (includes Jimenez): [[Pantheon/ShinMegamiTensei Naoki Kashima/The Demi-Fiend]], [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Luka]]
** New Law Path (includes Zelenin): [[Pantheon/ComplexSymbolism Raava]], [[Pantheon/GameCharacters The Master (Act Raiser)]], [[Pantheon/AIPersonalities Peaceful!Markus]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[Pantheon/Warhammer40000 The Imperium of Man]] (Neutral and New Law Paths), [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Asura]] (New Law Path)
* Enemies: The Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Dharkon]], [[Pantheon/DivineRoles Chakravartin]], [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} The Godhand]], [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Griffith]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Fused Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/BusinessesAndCorporations Sundowner, the Corpus]], [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialBehaviour the Khan Maykr]]
** "Old" Law and Chaos Paths: Each other's and the Neutral paths' allies, [[Pantheon/ComplexSymbolism Raava]]
** Except Chaos Path: [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Melkor]], [[Pantheon/ComplexSymbolism Vaatu]], [[Pantheon/PersonalityMisc Nyarlathotep]], [[Pantheon/{{Reclusiveness}} Davoth]]
** Except Law Path: [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Yaldabaoth, Galeem]], [[Pantheon/OtherDimensions Funny Valentine]]
* Supported by: [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]] (New Neutral, New Chaos, and—[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes]]—New Law Paths)
* It's a well-known fact that the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games have [[AlignmentBasedEndings multiple endings based on the]] PlayerCharacter[[AlignmentBasedEndings 's alignment]]: Law, Chaos, or Neutral. But out of all of the Great Will's Messiahs, who should represent that aspect? [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI The First Hero]] wouldn't do since [[CuttingOffTheBranches one of his paths becomes canon]]. The Second One, [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII Aleph]], seem to have all his endings lead to the same conclusion, and his outcomes aren't widely varied. The Third, [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne the Demi-Fiend]], is fated to return under the trope FaustianRebellion or KingmakerScenario. The Fourth, [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV Flynn]], is already in the Pantheon representing SamuraiPonytail. And there are other fates in store for [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Nanashi]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV the Nahobino]], who don't fit the trope as neatly anyway. That was when an answer was found.
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', to be addressed by his Drama CD name Tadano Hitonari, was a Japanese ([[RaceLift or American]]) soldier of Earth during a present-day time period when the Schwarzwelt appeared in Antarctica. The United Nations assembled a quartet of teams comprised of the brightest minds, most talented soldiers (Hitonari among them), and the most advanced technology they had available. Their mission: enter and explore the interior of the Schwarzwelt, and find a way to stop it before the entire world is consumed. Of course, things aren't as simple as that. Their foes proved far more dangerous than it seemed, the Schwarzwelt's reason for existing proved more complicated than it seemed, and the demons proved invisible to the naked eye before a MysteriousBenefactor granted them the Demon Summoning Program for a fighting chance. Humanity would be tested as they explored the Schwarzwelt, and circumstances led to Hitonari being in the lead and ultimately deciding the fate of his kind.
* Due to the nature of his trope, ''all'' of his versions were required to ascend. That not only meant the Neutral, Law, and Chaos versions, but their New versions too, leading to a total of six. Upon hearing who was planned for ascension, YHVH was quick to bring forth the versions fitting His own path while Cosmos (with anonymous aid from Lucifer) helped ascend the rest. In terms of residences, to minimize clashes with one another, their temples take the form of five ''Red Sprite''s, the hover-capable landships that the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team used to explore the demon realms, but modified and miniaturized to enable reasonable solo travel with it. Why five when there are six Hitonaris? The two Neutral Hitonaris share a "temple" because they share the same ideals; there's no point in separating them. While the other New Hitonaris are also good people, they have their separate agendas that can take them to different places in the Pantheon.
* However, due to clerical issues, there was a purge that removed most of the Pantheon/ShinMegamiTensei representatives. And most of the ''Strange Journey'' reps were among them. But when the move to bring Hitonari back came, the Grand United Alliances of Law and Chaos separately wanted Zelenin and Jimenez back. Upon realizing what exactly the trope meant, the GUAG in response decided to have the non-Hitonari Neutral representative of the alignment, Commander Gore, be included in this new group ascension as well. The Court approved of this, and just like with Hitonari, on top of the Zelenin and Jimenez that first came to the Pantheon, one other version of each arrived as well, representing two of the New Endings. As for Gore however, only one of him made it to the Pantheon, as there is little differing opinion he would have between the two Neutral Endings. And so the Zelenins, Jimenez-es, and Gore were transfered to each different ''Red Sprite'', joining each Hitonari that they've swayed (or who had swayed them in the case of the New Path Hitonaris).
* In case a refresher is needed:
** A scientist sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Zelenin was captured and tortured by demons, giving her an intense hatred of them. During her journey through the parallel world, Zelenin's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and she gained a new appreciation for the order and nobility of the angels. It came to a head when she was offered divine power by the angel Mastema: becoming an angel, the resulting new entity quickly lost herself to the power of the heavens and fell in with the angels. Zelenin continues to work with YHVH to power herself up enough to spread her song through the pantheon, wipe it clean of free will and bring a new age of Law. But just like Hitonari, there are two versions of her; one that stays her current path, and one whose mind is changed after [[spoiler:Alex came from the former's future and pleaded for her to bring ''salvation'' to humanity]].
** A soldier sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Jimenez ran across an abused demon named Bugaboo, who he adopted. During his journey through the parallel world, Jimenez's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and he gained a new appreciation for the wildness and freedom of the demons. It came to a head when he and Bugaboo were forced by the cruel Captain Jack into a twisted experiment: to save both his and Bugaboo's life, Jimenez had a comrade fuse the two of them together, and the resulting new entity quickly lost himself to his new power and fell in with the demons. Jimenez continues to work with Mem Aleph to awaken the Schwarzwelt, wipe the Pantheon clean of civilization and bring a new age of Chaos. But just like Hitonari, there are two versions of him; one that stays him current path, and one where he realizes [[spoiler:the hypocrisy of his goal after Alex points out what he did for Bugaboo]].
** As for Gore, he was the Commander in charge of the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team. When he was killed in action, his last command was to transfer his duties to Hitonari. He would later come back to life as a "Ubergestalt" thanks to the energies of the Schwarzwelt and Mother Maia to serve as a herald for her, Mem Aleph, and the other Mothers. His experiences however have only reinforced his faith in humanity, essentially making him the representative for the Neutral Path. There, close to the final stretch of this strange journey, he eventually judges Hitonari where he stands; humanity, angels, or demons. If Hitonari chooses any of the latter two, or is already deeply aligned into either of those, Gore will regard him as a danger to humanity [[ClimaxBoss and fight him to the death]]. Following his end, Arthur self-terminates, the Red Sprite is left in a state of disrepair, and Jimemez or Zelenin (depending on Hitonari's alignment) storm the Red Sprite and work their brainwashing mojo. If Hitonari proves pro-humanity, Gore tasks him with the final mission of destroying Mem Aleph, and gives him the "brilliance" to see Mem Aleph in her true form, and provides information to Arthur on how to destroy the Schwarzwelt before fading away from existence. Unlike everyone else before him, only one iteration of Gore exists.

* Applies to all or some of them:
** Wanna know what exactly their paths took them? Well…
*** Law Hitonari [[spoiler:followed Zelenin and helped turn his Earth into a world of total peace where it devotes itself solely to praising the greatness of God (YHVH).]]
*** Chaos Hitonari [[spoiler:followed Jimenez and helped turn his Earth into a primordial world of gods and demons, where only the strongest survive and humanity is expected to suffer for their role in disrupting the natural order.]]
*** Neutral Hitonari sided with Gore, is blessed with his "brilliance" before fading away, and successfully performs the original mission of the Investigational Team and destroys the Schwarzwelt, [[spoiler:but it's implied that it will return so long as humanity doesn't get its act together]].
*** New Law Hitonari [[spoiler:turned Zelenin around thanks to Alex's pleas to aid humanity, and helepd turn his Earth into a peaceful world without violence that still has its free will, but runs the risk of leaving humanity vulnerable without the will to fight should a threat arise]].
*** New Chaos Hitonari [[spoiler:turned Jimenez around thanks to Alex pointing out the hypocrisy in his worldview given what he did for Bugaboo, and helped turn his Earth into one where nature flourishes and humanity can live in harmony with gods, demons and the Earth. Instead of a world ruled by strength, it becomes a world filled with infinite possibilities for humanity, where each person is free to act as they choose]].
*** New Neutral Hitonari, also with Gore's blessing of "brilliance", destroys the Schwarzwelt like his "old" counterpart, [[spoiler:but thanks to Alex's warning of the future also uses the Cosmic Fruit to become Earth's immortal protector against the Schwarzwelt as it appears again and again until humanity can learn its lesson and break the EternalRecurrence themselves.]]
** Despite whatever blessings they've received (if they still retain them), all versions of Hitonari [[FightsLikeANormal still fight as they did before]]; with swords, guns, and summoned demons. Being of differing alignments, there is naturally opposition among themselves, though mainly from the Law and Chaos Hitonaris, even against their New counterparts. Even New Chaos and New Law have their disagreements. It's a good thing their temples are separate. In case you're wondering how Hitonari can either be Japanese or American? Well, he's half of both ethnicities. By contrast, Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez have since discarded their [=DEMONICAs=] and embraced their new powers. Out of them, only Gore didn't cast away his faith in humanity (and the other Zelenin and Jimenez regained it thanks to Alex and Hitonari).
*** It was a surprise to discover that the DEMONICA was in the Pantheon's Treasury. Now that there are six more suits, a change of policy has been in consideration in regards to requisitioning and reverse-engineering it. Thus this gave the Grand United Alliances of Good, Law, and Chaos a head start in research. The [=GUAs=] of Evil and Destruction, as well as the various Uprisings are now dedicated to capturing the Hitonaris in order to requisition their [=DEMONICAs=] for themselves. Other independent forces not among the above who have interest in the suits are trying the same. While they're not exactly on their old mission anymore, the Hitonaris' expedition in the Schwarzwelt has conditioned them to pick up everything in sight that doesn't have a clear owner (and perhaps beat up the owner if there is and if they think it can benefit them more). The good Hitonaris do their best to use their manners, though.
** Besides those who desire total annihilation of all life, given their interactions with [[spoiler:Jack's Squad]], there's one thing all Hitonaris share their despisal for; all {{Private Military Contractor}}s and {{Mad Scientist}}s, especially if they [[CompleteMonster lack any sort of morals]]. And in the case of Law, Chaos, and (to a lesser extent) New Law Hitonaris, the alignment of these mercenaries or doctors doesn't matter to them; they all must die horribly. As for the others, it just means they're really slow to trust the less malevolent ones like [[Pantheon/JusticeBringers Raiden]] and [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Agatha Heterodyne]]. Since there are multiple Hitonaris, all of them would naturally be aware of Funny Valentine because of his Stand's ability to [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet easily obliterate them]] if they are not careful. The only one who doesn't quite have to worry about that tidbit is Law Hitonari due to the president's affiliations with the GUAL.
** No matter their standing, no matter what morals they support, Zamasu has deemed every single one of them enemies by the sole virtue of having been born as mortal humans ([[{{Hypocrite}} despite being part mortal himself]]). It doesn't matter if they have shed it or not, or have turned their backs on them as "Old" Law and "Old" Chaos Hitonari, Zelenin, and Jimenez have done. Law Zelenin in particular finds this disappointing since the two do share a desire for a WorldOfSilence and their hatred for humanity, and the fact that Zamasu also wants to wipe out all gods except for himself (which include YHVH and His Angels under that umbrella).


* Exclusive to the Neutral paths:
** New Neutral Hitonari told the "Old" Neutral Hitonari about the latter's future [[spoiler:and its eventual doom via another Schwarzwelt]]. Neutral Hitonari almost lost his faith [[spoiler:since humanity learned nothing and repeated their mistakes to end this way]], and Commander Gore just barely avoided suffering the same fate. However, [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Makoto Naegi]] was able to [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity restore his faith in humanity]]. New Neutral Hitonari was unable to help in this case as he inadvertently [[spoiler:serves as an example of the fruitlessness of his struggle since his world's humanity is relying on another higher being for their safety and has been doing so for 150 years before his ascension to the Pantheon]].
** Due to his [[spoiler:never-ending crusade against the Schwarzwelt]], being a soldier heading off into another dimension, being completely and totally human and facing off against monsters that are more or less the stuff of nightmares, it was natural that Doomguy would be a steadfast ally of New Neutral Hitonari (and the older one, too) and Commander Gore. They even go hunting demons together on occasion, though Hitonari has to avoid summoning his own lest Doomguy commit FriendlyFire on it, and most of the summoned that wouldn't draw his attention are usually [[HorrifyingTheHorror unable to stomach the carnage]].
** With their new situation in the Pantheon, as well as everything it has to offer, the Arthur that came with New Neutral Hitonari decided it would be best to share resources with the GUAG after deducing Cosmos' intentions. There was a little bit of hesitation on this since they heard of [[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor the Lockdown Kazuya Minegishi and his friends experienced]], the Demon Summoning everybody got, [[{{Deconstruction}} and the chaos that ensued]]. However, given the technological state of the Pantheon and all of its residents, this worry was mostly unfounded.
** On occasion, New Neutral Hitonari goes to the moon to relax, [[spoiler:just as he's done for the past 150 years after becoming immortal]]. On occasion, he gets fellow visitors who sit with him, and he wouldn't mind their presence (even if it was someone like [[Pantheon/DarknessAndShadow Nightmare Moon]]) as long as he isn't messed with.

* Exclusive to the Law paths:
** Law Zelenin (and Law Hitonari) get along swimmingly with Malthael: both realize TheEvilsOfFreeWill, and the abilities of the two work together very well: death is ultimately an escape from Zelenin's brainwashing, and Malthael has that covered by bringing the deceased back as mindless thralls so that they can continue their worship. With the two of them working in concert, ''[[FateWorseThanDeath there is no escape from the light of The Lord]]''. [[TooDumbToLive Frollo once tried to hit on Zelenin]], enraptured as he was by the sight of her angelic beauty, and she nailed him with a [[ShockAndAwe Megido Storm]] for his trouble. He then tried again with Law Zelenin, and met the exact same fate of death... from New Law Hitonari.
** Law Zelenin's song has the power to erase all emotion from those hit by it, leaving them empty shells mindlessly babbling praises to The Lord. It's roundly considered by others to be a FateWorseThanDeath: her ultimate plan is to subject all of creation to it, erasing free will from the fabric of reality and leaving only deference to God. As for New Law Zelenin, she would rather just eliminates the emotion of human spite, removing the impulse for humans to be cruel to each other for no reason, leaving free will intact. Nautrally, both of them and their corresponding ally Hitonaris are at odds with one another in regards to how far one needs to go to quell chaos. New Law Zelenin has tried telling her "past" counterpart that [[spoiler:their song won't bring about the WoldOfSilence desired by YHVH, that half of humanity is naturally resistant to its effects, and their utopia would result in genocide]]. But as with all {{knight templar}}s, neither Zelenin is willin to budge in their worldviews
** Law Zelenin looks down on benevolent creator deities like Aslan and The Love That Moves The Stars: on top of being 'false gods' as she puts it, they put far too much stock in 'humanity's inherent virtue', [[HumansAreBastards whatever the heck that is]]: humans have no virtue to speak of as far as Zelenin is concerned. Once she finds the proper pitch and timbre for her song to enthrall even them, she'll prove that only the absolute control of YHVH can bring peace to the world. Should that fail, she will do her duty as a soldier of God and (attempt to) destroy them. Naturally, New Law Zelenin is willing to defend these two gods, and while the Love That Moves The Stars approves of her newfound method of her song, Aslan is disappointed in her removing humanity's will to grow and rise up.
** New Law Hitonari is admired by several deities who abhor violence and are idealistic enough to think that his world would be absolutely perfect. Among these is Peaceful!Markus, as he too prefers non-violence and advocates peaceful existence for his fellow androids.
**

* Exclusive to the Chaos paths:
** As those who embrace the use of demons and heavily oppose the forces of Law, both Chaos Hitonaris have looked to adding more allies to their cause from the Hall of Demons, and other demons. (Old) Chaos Hitonari sought those who valued strength above all else, while New Chaos Hitonari prefered those who valued the right of freedom. The latter was hard-pressed to find allies than the former, but allies he did manage to find, mainly in the form of Sparda (despite his worldview, his son Vergil ), and the Aensland sisters.
([[green:Old Chaos Hitonari may be allies with several (especially the evil-aligned ones) Demons, like some of the deities in the House of Demons]])
** ([[green:New Chaos Hitonari is allied with good aligned demons like Sparda ]])
** Not liking to take orders more than they have to, both iterations of Jimenez and their corresponding supporting Hitonaris are members of Lucifer's Chaos Brigade, with the New Chaos iterations being more of {{Token Good Teammate}}s. Chaos Jimenez is nursing ambitions to ascend to Lord of Chaos status, but that's still a little beyond his reach. He hasn't given up trying to make himself strong enough to go for it, though.
** Chaos Jimenez's alliance with Wesker has turned heads, particularly as he was the subject of the sort of mad science Wesker is known for. Honestly, Jimenez couldn't care less, so long as Wesker doesn't screw with any demons. Heck, trying to uplift humanity to survive in a wild, chaotic world is a noble cause in Jimenez's eyes. To this end, he's given Wesker a sample of the [[HatePlague Delphinus Parasite]]. New Chaos Jimenez on the other hand isn't exactly opposed to the idea... as long as humanity is allowed to choose whether or not they accept this gift. But he suspects Wesker is more of the type to force his choice, so he's not friends with the mutated MadScientist.
** Despite his inhumanity, there's a flicker of Jimenez's old self in him: he's perfectly capable of showing kindness and camaraderie to those he deems worthy. An example of this is Luka: he admires the kid for overthrowing Ilias for the sake of monsters. While (Old) Chaos Jimenez has surrendered himself to his demonic instincts despite this respect, New Chaos Jimenez also sees Luka as an ally for the same reasons as his counterpart. And they don't actually hate each other as much as they thought they would unlike the Zelenins, since they and the Chaos Hitonaris both respect each other's strength and their displeasure for angels.
** New Chaos Jimenez eventually convinced his counterpart by pointing out the hypocrisy in his "survival of the fittest" creed when he took in Bugaboo, and that he couldn't have survived without Bugaboo sacrificing himself to save him. Unlike with Zelenin, (Old) Chaos Jimenez was successfully convinced and has started to regard his New counterpart's path of freedom over the path of strength as something to his liking. (Old) Chaos Hitonari was similarly convinced by New Chaos Hitonari through [[MightMakesRight the old fashioned way]].

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[[folder:Rework: The DEMONICA]]
'''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney DEMOuntable Next Integrated]] [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV Capability Armor]]''' ([[FunWithAcronyms DEMONICA]])
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[[caption-width-right:238:The standard gold model worn by the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The black variant worn by Jack's Squad and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV the Black Samurai]]]]
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%% [[caption-width-right:350: Left, the gold Demonica as worn by a Schwarzwelt Investigation Team member; Right, the black Demonica as worn by The Black Samurai]]
* Returning To: Pantheon/TheArmory
* [tup]s:

* Class Level: 5
* Appearance: A high-tech combat suit that comes in either gold and green, or black and red
* Museum Check: Denied, later Granted upon Tadano Hitonari's ascension
* Alignment: TrueNeutral, as it depends on its wearer
* Portfolio: '''PoweredArmor''', [[MagicFromTechnology Magic-Technology Compatibility]], [[EnemyScan Field Scanners]], AdaptiveArmor, MagikarpPower, Modular Adaptability
* Notable users: [[Pantheon/HairStyles Flynn]] (has gotten his hands on both versions), '''''[[Pantheon/GamingNarratives Tadano Hitonari]]''''' (all six incarnations)
* Former Users: [[Pantheon/GamingNarratives Commander Gore, Zelenin, Jimenez]]
* Interested Parties: [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} X-COM]], [[Pantheon/{{War}} most deities from the house of War, General Shepherd]], [[Pantheon/{{Politicians}} Senator Armstrong]], [[Pantheon/{{Pragmatism}} the God-Emperor of Mankind]], [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]], [[Pantheon/MedicalConditions the Gr]][[Pantheon/ClonesAndCounterparts ineer]], [[Pantheon/BusinessesAndCorporations the C]][[Pantheon/ActsOfWar orpus]], the [[Pantheon/RuinAndDestruction Hazardous Environment Combat Unit]], [[Pantheon/MurderAndAssassination Black Ops]], [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation SCP Foun]][[Pantheon/{{Otherness}} dation]], [[Pantheon/FantasticalLeadership Global Occult Coalition]], [[Pantheon/{{Economics}} Lobotomy Corporation]]
* An advanced combat suit developed and sponsored by the United Nations, originally intended for all-environment use, which exceeded all expectations when it was shown to be an excellent choice for survival in the chaotic terrain of the Expanse (the Schwarzwelt). Its superior modular programming allows for an unprecedented degree of customization. Its worth was further confirmed when it was later proven capable of communicating with, allowing the user to recruit, and/or taking down demons thanks to the installation of a variant of [[Literature/DigitalDevilStory Akemi Nakajima's Demon Summoning Program]]. Aside from this, it has scanners capable of detecting [[{{Unobtanium}} Forma]], magic and alien presences, incoming hostile encounters, and studying field conditions. [[AdaptiveArmor Its advanced circuitry augments the capabilities of the wearer]], [[MagikarpPower adjusting itself to their combat preferences to maximize effectiveness]]. All of this makes it a premium choice for [[{{Muggles}} base]][[BadassNormal line]] and superpowered personnel alike. However, its main weakness is that [[MagikarpPower it requires considerable amounts of use in combat]] [[EarlyGameHell to reach peak efficiency]].
* Externally resembles a [[Pantheon/DoctorWho Cyberman]], who have no comment so far on these suits. There are two known variants: one in mostly black with red details, and another in gold with a green undersuit. While the black suit is more combat-oriented, the gold variant is significantly more powerful. A couple of DEMONICA suits were found, disassembled, in [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV a certain Tokyo]] by Mikado Samurai Flynn. While still excellent military gear, it appears a botched reverse-engineering job significantly lowered its abilities, removing most of its AdaptiveAbility in favor of more conventional armor. Flynn currently seeks to repair the damaged set he owns, and if possible, augment it by using his faithful AI companion Burroughs as the navigational AI for the armor.
* Several parties in the Pantheon became interested in acquiring DEMONICA technology. Most of the groups in question are military-affiliated deities or groups such as X-COM, most deities from the house of Pantheon/{{War}}, General Shepherd, and Senator Armstrong in particular. They intend, for the most part, to mass produce and use them against any and all potential enemies, all of them having been impressed by the suit's aforementioned combat capabilities. Not to mention The Grineer and the Corpus, alongside profiting off of it with the latter. Likewise, the God-Emperor of Mankind wants to make the gold variant standard issue armor for the Imperial Guard, seeing it as the ultimate weapon against Warp incursions (an armor that allows baseline humans to go toe to toe with {{Physical God}}s and enables them to gain control over demons seems like a dream come true) though he wants to see if he can't tweak it so it comes with a gold undersuit too. And maybe add a few skulls for good measure.
** Interestingly, there one demon who managed to acquire a personalized variant of the gold and green version. Said demon, one Jack Frost, has been training under [[Pantheon/{{War}} Sergeant Hartmann]]. This particular one is different in that he actually ''passed'' and ''survived'' the Drill Sergeant's TrainingFromHell. When he finally earned the right to wear the DEMONICA, he became known from then on as Demonee-Ho, and quickly gained a reputation for his 100% success rate during operations in the field.
** One can also count the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit and the Black Ops among the interested parties. While the former already have the pretty impressive PCV in their arsenal, the DEMONICA's even more advanced capabilities might just give them the edge they need to fight more powerful aliens and monsters that litter the Pantheon. Both the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition would also be heavily invested in researching the DEMONICA and how they themselves can use it. And while their Agents already use E.G.O. for combat, Lobotomy Corporation is also intrigued with the Demon Summoning Program, at least.
** As operators of PoweredArmor, comparisons have been drawn to [[Pantheon/TypesOfMechas Iron Man's own suits]], [[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Gordon Freeman's HEV Suit]], [[Pantheon/SoldierArchetypes Master Chief's MJOLNIR armor]], [[Pantheon/ImpostorsAndImpersonations Doctor Doom's own armor]] (as much as he claims it to be beneath him), [[Pantheon/VillainousReputation Lex Luthor's Warsuit]], [[Pantheon/ClothingTheme Steel's suit]], [[Pantheon/SoldierArchetypes the Doom Slayer's Preator Suit]] (though given his general stance against demons…), and so on.
* With Tadano Hitonari's ascension to the Pantheon (and them being surprised to discover that the DEMONICA was in the Pantheon's Treasury), a change of policy was in consideration in regards to requisitioning and reverse-engineering it. Thus this gave the Grand United Alliances of Good, Law, and Chaos a head start in research. The [=GUAs=] of Evil and Destruction, as well as the various Uprisings are now dedicated to capturing the Hitonaris in order to requisition their [=DEMONICAs=] for themselves. Other independent forces not among the above who have interest in the suits are trying the same.
* Because this suit improves by killing enemies, [[BadassPacifist pacifist]] [[MartialPacifist combatants]] will have a hard time making it stronger, though they can still use and recruit demons with it. [[TechnicalPacifist One can still get it stronger by having their summoned demons kill on their behalf, though]]. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts (including [[Pantheon/FamilyDysfunctions Akechi]]) [[DownloadableContent have also been seen with DEMONICA suits]] on occasion, though these are just outfits and nothing more. Some interest has been drawn to obtain real suits for themselves, though there's the whole "kill foes to give it power" thing, but Metaverse Shadows might qualify for that.

[[folder:New: Bellafide, Hopper, The Quartermaster, and Archimedes]]
([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=7903#comment-197561 cleared]])

'''[[VideoGame/ToothAndTail Arroyo Bellafide, Hopper, The Quartermaster, and Archimedes]], Divine Quartet of [[SapientEatSapient Sapients Eating Other Sapients]]''' (Hopper: Nubs | The Quartermaster: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Marrow]])
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Bellafide, Hopper, the Quartermaster, Archimedes]]
* New House: Pantheon/FleshEaters
%% * Ascending on: ??? ?? (repost on ??? ??)
* Lesser Deities
man* Symbol: Their banners
* Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJXasMpCWbM Firebrand of the Longcoats]] (Bellafide), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_LYhUxxgA Flagbearer of the Commonfolk]] (Hopper), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAzMA1_mIIs The Quartermaster of the KSR]] (the Quartermaster), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcFfaeu9TaU Left Hand of the Civilized]] (Archimedes)
* Alignment: Bellafide is allegedly NeutralGood, Hopper is debatably ChaoticGood, The Quartermaster is definitely LawfulNeutral (all become ChaoticNeutral when things get desperate), and Archimedes is undoubtedly NeutralEvil
* Portfolio: TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized, BlackAndGreyMorality, CarnivoreConfusion, ColorCodedArmies, [[{{Hypocrite}} All Hypocritical To Certain Extents]] (except the Quartermaster), SapientEatSapient, WorldOfFunnyAnimals, [[FantasticRacism Racist Against Swine]] [[spoiler:[[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Who Eventually Turn On Them All]] and [[DownerEnding Wipe Them Out]]]], [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Ambiguous Final Fates]]
** Bellafide: BadassLongcoat, EgocentricTeamNaming, [[DefectorFromDecadence Sparked The War When His Son Was Eaten]], [[BookEnds Starts The War]] [[spoiler:Which Potentially Ends With Him]], [[{{Expy}} Looks Like]] [[http://blog.pocketwatchgames.com/post/130150388556/building-bellafide-creating-a-commander Theodore Roosevelt]] [[{{Expy}} But Acts More Like]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kerensky Alexander Kerensky]], HeWhoFightsMonsters, NonIdleRich, [[SelfMadeMan Used To Be An Impoverished Boxer]]
** Hopper: WorkingClassHero, CountryMouse, ChummyCommies, [[DemocracyIsBad Ambiguously Bad Democracy]], JeanneDArchetype, YoungAndInCharge
** The Quartermaster: StateSec, AntiVillain, ConsummateProfessional, EyepatchOfPower, GreenAndMean, JustTheFirstCitizen, [[SamusIsAGirl Can Be Initally Confused For Being Male]], [[NobleDemon Just Wants To End The War]] [[MyCountryRightOrWrong No Matter Its Victor]], TotalitarianUtilitarian
** Archimedes: BadassPreacher, CorruptChurch, ChurchMilitant, [[TheDragon Left Hand to High Priest Sage Marro]], [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Can't Comprehend The Other Leaders' Reasons For Fighting]], EvilTastesGood, SilverTongue, SinisterMinister, [[UnknownRival Unaware of Bellafide's Open Hatred Of Him]]
* Domain(s): Animals, War, "Cannibalism"
* Heralds: Longcoats, Commonfolk, KSR, and Civilized (the factions they lead)
* Followers: the {{VideoGame/Cubivore}}, Animation/VukTheLittleFox, [[{{VideoGame/Starbound}} the Florans]]
* Allies:
** Bellafide: [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Mr. Fox]],
** Hopper: [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Mr. Fox]]
** The Quartermaster: [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Kuvira]]
** Archimedes: [[Pantheon/FamilyAndRelatives Scar (The Lion King)]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedAppendages Rattlesnake Jake]]
* Enemies: ''[[Pantheon/AnimalBehavior Dawn Be]][[Pantheon/{{Categorism}} llwether]]'', [[Pantheon/AnthropomorphicAnimals Napoleon]], [[Pantheon/RabbitsAndRodents General Woundwort, Ratigan]], [[Pantheon/RomanticOrientation Todd Chavez]]
** Bellafide:
** Hopper:
** The Quartermaster:
** Archimedes:
* Oppose: All swine deities
* Opposed by: [[Pantheon/CharacterActions Chirin]], [[Pantheon/PersonalityPairings Judy Hopps a]][[{{Pantheon/Gender}} nd Nick Wilde]], [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} Mr. Fox]]
* The story of ''Tooth and Tail'' takes place in a world of sapient animals, and in a time of violent revolution. With the exception of the vegetarian and apparently dimwitted Pigs, all animals have ascribed to eating meat (and Pigs as a food source), and to enact a lottery should their world fall under hard times. These hard times eventually came, and the lottery was organized by the Civilized, the governing body at the time. Years passed, and it soon became apparent that favorites were being spared by the Civilized. And it finally reached a breaking point when one rich mouse, Arroyo Bellafide, found his son on the menu and feasted on.
** In response, he formed the '''Longcoats''', and advocated that food-selection be determined by an animal's merit. Another faction rose as well; the '''Commonfolk''' rallied by Hopper, who believes that every animal should have the right to vote for who becomes food. But there was also the '''KSR''' led by the Quartermaster, who's doing everything she can to maintain order no matter what, not to mention the '''Civilized''', commanded by the Missionary Archimedes, who wish to retain the status quo. The war fought was long and grueling, with sides changing, and eventually devolving into a free-for-all, [[spoiler:ending with the Pigs rising up from the shadows once everyone is weakened and eliminating all who remained]].
* When the four leaders came to, they found themselves before the Court of the Gods, the memories of their final showdown [[spoiler:and the Boris uprising that wiped them all out ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse though whether or not they were slain as well is up in the air]])]] fresh in their minds. They have found themselves before the Court of the Gods, where they've been informed of the reason they've been brought to the Pantheon; their reason for fighting (food, specifically meat), and the fact that this food source is sapient doesn't deter them. As for why that's weird (which they don't get),

* Applies to all or some of them:
** In terms of temples, they take the form of the four bases they set up (the Old South Distillery for the Longcoats, an old mine for the Commonfolk, [[OminousMundanity "The Kitchen"]] for the KSR, and the Temple Garden for the Civilized), and a village in the middle for all of their forces. Their first order of business was to secure food, and with the House of Food where they now reside at providing free food for everyone (unless they offend the House themselves), their reason for war was essentially over and the factions had no reason to fight each other anymore. However, it is not forgotten that Archimedes had sparked the final battle when he destroyed Snikaree [[spoiler:where the other three factions had managed a peaceful nation of cooperation there, with Longcoats as traders, Commonfolk as suppliers, and KSR as the government]], and Bellafide would '''''never''''' side with him for any reason due to his following sacrificing his son for harvest. That is why the Civilized high priest stands apart from the others, while Bellafide, Hopper, and the Quartermaster are on friendly terms with each other for the most part.
** As for the Grand United Alliances that drew their attention, with the exception of Archimedes, they all joined the GUAG (though the Quartermaster does have her eye on the GUAL as well). As for the Left Hand of the Civilized, the GUAC was more his speed. Given their [[AscendedToCarnivorism taste for meat]] and their utter disdain for anything else (fish, vegetables, grain, etc., unless perhaps as appetizers or flavoring), getting them to broaden their horizons in terms of cuisine is slow progress, and much moreso for Archimedes given his faith, and they tend to frequent the Hall of Pantheon/FleshEaters where they reside because of this, and occasionally take trips to the House of Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} as well. In fact, [[FauxHorrific it's apparently so incredibly detestable that everyone would rather kill and eat each other than go vegetarian for a while]]. Additionally, because of the war they fought, their forces have a tendency to carry back all manner of corpses for feasting on later despite what other things these might carry. Thankfully, they've learned to avoid the following corpses:
*** Those corroded with corrosive substances.
*** Those infested with certain alien viruses after losing troops to eating some of Nurgle's forces.
*** Cadavers that have already risen from the dead at least once. Who knows what necromantic stuff is in there?
*** Those not comprised of meat at all. This is more of a choice given the existence of mechanical and plant beings.
** [[ConLang Their language is]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/ToothAndTail/comments/76mvba/so_you_want_to_learn_vyeshal/ Vyeshal]], though the nature of the Pantheon means everyone with sapience can (usually) understand everybody with no problems.
** While they all look down on all swine (though not boars given Uncle Butters) in general out of their old societal traditions, [[spoiler:the Boris uprising that wiped them out in the end]] has led to all four faction leaders despising them as well. On top of this list is Napoleon of Manor/Animal Farm, who loathes them in turn due to their willingness to eat other animals, and the fact that his forces currently are no match for even one of their factions. Having ascended to excusively carnivorism, and therefore making them predators, Dawn Bellwether fears and despises them as well. This doesn't earn them favors with Zootopia cops Judy and Nick, though, who are disgusted even towards Bellafide and Hopper (though for different reasons than Archimedes and the Quartermaster).
** The entire Hall of Pantheon/RabbitsAndRodents don't hold them in high regard either. While most of the non-evil aligned residents dislike the Vyeshal-speaking rodents out of principle, General Woundwort considers them a threat to his warren. Despite being willing to be very dangerous prey, [[EvenEvilHasStandards not even he would advocate meat-eating]], and he's well aware that his forces lack the resources to deal with any of their armies. And much like Napoleon of Manor/Animal Farm, Ratigan loathes them for their diet, and the fact that his forces are no match for even one of their factions either. Unlike Napoleon, because he's a rodent just like them, he's actually also envious of their political power, though he looks down on the lower class Hopper the most.
** That isn't to say they were without allies. Mr. Fox for one is a friendly enough visitor, and expressed no comments whatsoever on their diets. That said, it's a matter of ideologies that landed him in hot water with two of them, mainly the order-keeping Quartermaster, and the crazy cultist Archimedes. They hold no issues with [[Pantheon/FleshEaters Kazar]] desiring to be a meat eater; it's only when he made an attempt on any of them (the chances of which are low given his obsession with lions mad greater predators) that they clash. And even one of their armies is too much for one wildebeest.
** Despite living in a similar world where sapient beings eat other sapient beings, or ''perhaps'' because of that, Todd Chavez dislikes the quartet. Seeing them reminded him of [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E05Chickens the one time he and Diane tried to rescue a sapient chicken]], but only managed to do so with just one. Of course, without a means to actually fight them, Todd just settles with staying away from them.

* Exclusive to Bellafide:
** As a believer in the values of Social Merit, when he heard that he advocvates the same thing (minus the whole eating the unworthy part), he supports [[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2 Yamato Hotsuin's]] visions of meritocracy. If he were here, that is; Bellafide was sure that he was around, [[RetGone but that no longer seemed to be the case]]. That isn't to say he and his faction aren't against wealth, though; it's implied that they desire an unregulated free market.

* Exclusive to Hopper:
** Insists her forces are a mob, not an army. Nobody's fooled in the slightest, but correcting her is deemed a waste of time. Her principles are somewhat reminiscent of [[Pantheon/AuthoritativeBehaviour George Washington]] and his democratic ways. Maybe she would go to him for advise on better leadership.

* Exclusive to the Quartermaster:
** As someone who was willing to do whatever it took to attain peace and order, the Quartermaster has found a kindred spirit in Kuvira.

* Exclusive to Archimedes:
** Given how his Harvests go, Katniss Everdeen strongly opposes him due to how The Capitol she fought against chose Districts' citizens to participate in the Hunger Games by drawing names almost about the same way.
** ([[green:inspired from [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Grigori Rasputin]], possible meeting]])
** Given the black lion Scar is also a corrupt animal leader willing to rescue other factions (like the hyenas) for their cause, he's interested in making a deal with Archimedes, as much as he's also tempted to eat him (which he won't). And having recruited snakes before, the Missionary has considered employing the services of Rattlesnake Jake.

[[folder:New: Princess Pitch]]
([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=7950#comment-198736 cleared]])

''"Let's rock!"''

'''[[VideoGame/HyperPrincessPitch Princess Pitch]], Goddess of [[EverythingExplodesEnding Endings Where Everything Explodes]]'''
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* Potential House: Pantheon/{{Endings}} and Pantheon/{{Explosives}}
* [tup]s:
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* Intermediate Goddess [[spoiler:(Overdeity during the moment she uses Galactic Princess Buster)]]
* Symbol: Her Brick cannon
* Theme Song: [[https://youtu.be/F144Stzy8SE Title Theme]]
* Alignment: ChaoticEvil or ChaoticNeutral
* Portfolio: VillainProtagonist, [[EverythingExplodesEnding Stories Ending With An Explosion]], AlliterativeName, [[AbnormalAmmo Weapon Shoots Bricks By Default]] But Can Change With {{Power Up}}s ([[KillItWithIce Ice Thrower]] and [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows Rainbow Laser]]), HavingABlast, [[SuplexFinisher Finishing Any Foe With A Piledriver]], [[PrincessesPreferPink Pink]] PrettyPrincessPowerhouse, ShoutingShooter, [[ItsAllAboutMe Ruining Christmas Because]] [[FreudianExcuse She Didn't Get Any Christmas Gifts]], AnAssKickingChristmas, [[spoiler:[[SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb Gets An Explosive Gift In The Normal Ending]], [[ApocalypseHow "Galactic Princess Buster"]] [[NotHyperbole Destroys The Entire Galaxy In The True Ending]]]]
* Domain(s): Explosions, Princesses, Anti-Christmas
* Heralds: Catstrike, and her mother the Goddess of Explosions (ironically)
* High Priests: [[Film/{{Caddyshack}} Carl Spackler]], ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' cast
* Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Groups}} The Explosive Extremists of the Pantheon]], [[Pantheon/SpeechNToZ Mr. Torgue]], [[Pantheon/PovertyAndRiches Princess]] [[Pantheon/{{Selfishness}} Morbucks]]
* Rivals:
* Enemies: '''''All iterations of SantaClaus ([[Pantheon/{{Celebration}} the man himself]], [[Pantheon/XmasAndYule Nicholas St. North, and Robot Santa Claus]])''''', '''[[Pantheon/{{Dragons}} Bowser]]''', [[Pantheon/{{Celebration}} Jack Skellington]], [[Pantheon/RiseOfTheGuardians all the other Guardians of Childhood]], [[Pantheon/BodyParts the Powerpuff Girls]], [[Pantheon/GameDesign Iji Kataiser (both iterations)]], [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Chronormu]]
* Opposed by: '''[[Pantheon/XmasAndYule Mrs. Claus]], [[Pantheon/{{Heirs}} Princess Peach]]''', [[Pantheon/IntrovertFlaws Buddy Hobbs]], [[Pantheon/GiantsAndSmallfolk David]], basically everybody who likes/celebrates Christmas [[spoiler:or/and not having their planet/galaxy blown up]]
* Princess Pitch is a girl with a grudge against Mecha Santa and a desire to put a stop to his plan to spread joy and presents all over the world, all because ''she'' didn't get any presents from him; [[IfICantHaveYou if she can't get presents, no one should]]. With her trusty Catstrike, she plans to take him down before the world becomes a happier place. After storming his factory and dealing with all of his minions, turrets, and bosses ([[HeroAntagonist all specifically made to hamper Pitch]]), she eventually reached Mecha Santa himself and kicked his ass six ways to Sunday. [[spoiler:She was seemingly placated after he offered a gift at long last, but when it turned out to be a bomb that blew in her face, she came back to finish the job.]]
** And if she [[spoiler:received the blessing of the Goddess of Explosions (her mother) beforehand, she not only blows up Mecha Santa, but the Moon, Earth, Sun, and the Milky Way as well with the Galactic Princess Buster]]. That bit is why she snuck in an ascension form to the Court of the Gods as a reason to become a Pantheon goddess, having been up already as a Follower of [[Pantheon/GamingGenresAToM Bill Rizer and Lance Bean]]. Yes, she can solve things ''without'' violence; '''that''' is reserved for Santa alone, as well as anyone that gets in her way.
* As an enemy of Santa, she's naturally become an enemy to all versions of Santa Claus in the Pantheon, earning herself a lifetime ban from the House of Celebration. Not that that's going to stop her from trying to barge in every December in an attempt to stop them. That said, she's got her work cut out for her, for each Santa in the Pantheon is a badass in their own right. The original has been able to bypass everything Darkseid's forces could throw at him, Nicholas North has support from the other Guardians, and Robo-Santa is a planetary threat in his own right. Pitch clashes with the last one more often than the others since he's also mechanical and more likely to explode. And in regards to the ''other'' Pitch, while the Boogeyman hopes to lure her in to be his ally, the fact that she [[spoiler: could destroyed the galaxy]] meant she couldn't be reliably trusted. [[spoiler:Can't harvest fear if there's no life to harvest it from, after all]].
* Besides Mrs. Claus, it's by default that all who like SantaClaus would loathe Princessn Pitch. And on top of that list would be Christmas elves, though no notable ones have ascended to the Pantheon yet. While not one himself, Buddy Hobbs was raised by them. (Maybe Buddy was upset upon learning about Pitch at first, but then decided to try to help her like x-mas again like he did with his biological dad. Pitch would likely be hostile to Buddy at first, but stopped attacking when she senses he's a bit different. While Buddy tried to change her ways, Pitch was betrayed by Santa before and she's too dead-set on her goals to destroy Santa to stop now.)
* Bowser's army once confused her for Princess Peach and tried to abduct her. [[CurbStompBattle They were child's play against her Brick cannon]]. And when Bowser himself went to check what was taking his minions so long after the Koopalings failed to report back, he saw why, and decided to take Pitch on herself. One Princess Buster later, and he swore vengeance ever since. Word of the incident soon reached Princess Peach as well. But after hearing of that kid's crusade against all Santas, she doesn't like her either.
* As people who deal with explosions, the Explosive Extremists of the Pantheon watch her with rapt attention, and she likes seeing them do their work [[VillainsOutShopping when she's not plotting against Santa]]. [[Pantheon/NarrativeTone Megumin of Kazuma's party]] has also taken interest in the "princess", as an enthusiast for explosions herself. Mr. Torgue, a CEO of a company that produces explosive weapons, found Pitch's ability to [[spoiler:blow up a galaxy]] "F$$king Awesome", having entertained the idea of blowing up a whole planet himself. Granted, he wasn't aiming to hurt anyone there and simply didn't think about the possible consequences. And Pitch has took a [[OddFriendship sort of liking]] for [[Pantheon/SuicideAndSacrifice Creepers]] because they are creatures who try to explode themselves when they are near someone.
* As someone who also tried to ruin Christmas for every kid because she didn't get what she wanted, she actually made a new friend in Princess Morbucks. No, the fact that Princess is just her name doesn't really matter to Pitch. Now they've become planning partners for their next anti-Christmas rampage. Of course, as a willing collaborator with Morbucks, this has naturally brought her in the crosshairs of the Powerpuff Girls.
* As someone who likes to destroy planets for fun, [[Pantheon/VillainousAttitude Lord Dominator]] wishes to hire Pitch to do the same [[spoiler:with her Galactic Princess Buster]], if she can't just steal it from her somehow. The "princess" for her part has mixed opinions on this, since her priorities are on destroying Santa. [[spoiler:Destroying the galaxy with the Galactic Princess Buster is just a side effect]].
* [[Creator/{{Ludosity}} For reasons beyond her comprehension]], she felt a need to meet up with [[Pantheon/VisualStyles Ittle Dew and Tippsie]]. While she's good terms with them, they're not full-on allies, though given what kind of person Pitch is, this is she best she can accept. [[Creator/DanielRemar For similarly incomprehensible reasons]], Pitch also paid a visit to Iji Kataiser's temples. However, they've already heard of her anti-Christmas escapades [[spoiler:as well as her finale]] meant that both iterations dislike Pitch out of principle alone. The Berserker in particular really wants her out [[spoiler:given how she and her world met her end]], and [[spoiler:Pitch's casual statement of it being awesome]] is more of a reason to.
* That said, her first adventure wasn't actually where she debuted; it was actually during the [[http://remar.se/daniel/ggc.php Garden Gnome Carnage]], where she helps out a gnome trying to keep christmas elves away from a building he's hanging from, and she would appear after he completes a challenge. Pitch has considered looking around the Pantheon for other gnomes to ally with for her fight against Christmas or other dangers. Being really nice gnomes, neither [[Pantheon/GiantsAndSmallfolk David]] or [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Chronormu]] are interested in her at all, and if need be the latter is willing to take on the "princess" to protect her own allies. [[Pantheon/{{Challenge}} Gnome Chompski]] meanwhile, happened to appear in her temple once day, so Pitch decided it was good enough and strapped it above her temple just like that gnome from before. It seemed to work for the most part until the Gnome mysteriously disappeared again.
* ''"PRINCESS! BUSTER!" (suplexes the boss) "Awesome."''

[[folder:New: Knack]]
([[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=8000#comment-199987 cleared]])

'''VideoGame/{{Knack}}, God of [[TechDemoGame Tech-Demo Games]]'''
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[[caption-width-right:215:Knack's basic form]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Knack's human-sized form]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knack_bigger_form.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Knack's bigger form]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Knack's largest form]]
* Potential House: Pantheon/HardwareAndSoftware
* [tup]s:
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* Between Demigod and Intermediate God depending on how many relics/other materials are on him
* Symbol: His Relic core
* Theme Song: [[https://youtu.be/kTD3_clMO_Q Theme #1]]
* Alignment: LawfulGood
* Portfolio: [[FloatingLimbs Floating… Everything]], BaritoneOfStrength, BigOlEyebrows, DeadpanSnarker, ElementalAbsorption Via Materials, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Part-Golem, Part-AI, Part-Rock Beast]], GeniusBruiser, Launch Relics As {{Homing Projectile}}s, [[LightningBruiser Strong And Fast Regardless of Size]], [[PintSizedPowerhouse Kicks Ass Even When Small]], RedHeadedHero, {{Sizeshifter}}
* Domain(s): Relics, Constructs, Collectives
* Herald: Doctor Vargas (his creator), Ryder, '''Lucas''', [[spoiler:Charlotte, Ava of the Norcliff Monks]]
* High Priestess: [[VideoGame/NintendoLand Monita]]
* Allies:
* Rivals:
* Enemies:
* Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that have various relationships (examples include EnemyMine, VitriolicBestBuds, TeethClenchedTeamwork, HeadbuttingHeroes, FriendlyEnemy, FriendlyRival, JustFriends, etc.) other than allies, rivals, or enemies.
* Feared by/Fears:
* Respected by/Respects:
* Pitied by/Pities:
* Opposed by/Opposes:
* Conflicting Opinion:

* When it comes to video games, a few of them are made specifically to demonstrate the software and hardware that runs them. The role of the video game ''Knack'' is to demonstrate the ability of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 to handle a large number of discrete objects on screen. ''Knack'' does this by its main character also named Knack, who is comprised of several independently rendered objects reaching up to the ''hundreds'' depending on his current size. Which makes him quite literally a tech demonstration of the PS4's capabilities. But we're getting ahead of ourselves; let's go over who exactly our protagonist is.
* Knack is the creation of Doctor Vargas, made from Relics native to their world, dug up from underground, and serve as power sources for civilization, being perpetual sources of energy. Vargas had spent decades learning the secrets of the Relics, [[spoiler:he and his wife Charlotte found the core that is basically Knack's soul before she was seemingly lost in an earthquake]], and how to bring them to consciousness: Knack is the result of this, and has proven to be completely sentient. A few Relics make him a small being of 2' 6", but with several more his size can change, from human size all the way to 32 feet tall. While Relics are necessary to his very being, Knack can actually integrate other materials as well such as wood, ice, scrap metal, and gemstones, but never to replace them entirely, and never more than one extra material type at a time. He can also absorb power from sunstones, then unleash it as a shockwave, unleash his parts as a tornado, or blast a bunch of Relics as a sphere of destruction before calling them back to him (only when he's not his default small size). And he can release his hold of these relics at will and call them back the same way (no matter how far they are, though distance is a factor) to alter his size for any situation.
** Don't mistake his being a collection of floating Relics for being frail or light, though. He's not only strong (enough to take on robots when he's at his maximum size that are still bigger than him), but deceptively fast too, no matter his current size, and can even jump [[DoubleJump up to three times in a row in the air]]. And he can somehow actually ''hold himself together'' enough to deliver strong punches, pull levers and stuff, endure tough blows, climb and carry, zipline, accidentally chip an overpass he was too tall for at the time, basically anything a fully solid humanoid of his size(s) can do. At least for clear crystals, he can even transfer his consciousness from his Relics to those crystals, but it gives him a sleepwalking feeling, and it's inadvisable for him to stay away from his core for too long.
** He's also not just a brutal buffoon that simply swings wildly. Knack has a few moves under his belt such as a shield move (that can deflect shots when he swings it right), a {{belly flop crush|ing}}, and momentarily generating swords and spears. He's also actually a quick and creative thinker in combat and out too, and is not above throwing things at opponents or hijacking enemy vehicles. As it turns out, though, Knack is not actually the first of his make. The Norcliff Monastery of old made such things too, though only Knack has shown some manner of sapience. And thanks to Ava of the monks there, he's also learned stretching heavy punches, [[YouWillNotEvadeMe stretching to grab things like a Hook Shot]] (though doesn't carry himself across things this way), creating boomerangs out of his Relics that can then bind foes in electricity, and sending forth a sphere of Relic energy to break through shields.
* Knack had been last seen [[spoiler:going off on a journey with Lucas on his custom plane to discover more about what Knack is and if there are any other beings like him.]] This somehow led them straight to the Pantheon, where they were eventually intercepted and escorted to the Court of the Gods. After a demonstration of his talents, and establishing connections back to their home world, Knack was ascended as a Pantheon deity.







and he helped build a plane out of busted robot parts over the course of four months

* For all his power, there is admittedly one glaring weakness Knack has; his central core. Striking there with sufficient power will result in him quite literally falling apart. And in the Pantheon, there are more than enough threats that are smart enough to aim for that spot. As such, Knack has been forced to learn to be more careful with his core, such as moving

* (when he has ice (one of the easier materials to adapt), Knack only has a minute out in the sun before those blocks melt, probably also due to the stress his Relic energy deals to them. He can also let out a freezing breath.)
* (when he has wood, while burning him will degrade those parts faster than wood would normallty do (probably for the same reasons as Ice Knack), those parts can still cause a lot of damage before then)
* (when he has scrap metal, he's more susceptible to magnetism. The sequel adds the ability to trail metal to carry electric currents, as well as whips of metal for offense and swinging.)
* Has a "Stealth" form using clear crystals that can bypass laser security systems without triggering them, though he's still technically visible to the naked eye.

* (First order of business: the fact that Relics from their world aren't nearly as prevalent in the Pantheon.) ("Relics" appear now, just like Magiswords)

* Given what he's fought, Knack's first response to any goblin (or orc) is hostile. And this led to a misunderstanding when he saw [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Thrall]] clashing with [[Pantheon/MagicArchetypes Jaina]] who was under MindControl (not that Knack knew this at the time). The Relic collective did what he would usually do and sided against the "non-fleshskin" (goblins in his world weren't all green), but he soon realized how complex the situation was when Jaina also attacked Knack, and
* (TakeOverTheWorld, or reduce civilization to rubble for a MightIsRight society)

* Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Deities/Characters is 10-15 at minimum to 20-25 at maximum.
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[[folder:Zelenin]]
'''[[VideoGame/StrangeJourney Zelenin]], Goddess of BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood''' (Judge Zelenin, [[OneWingedAngel Pillar Zelenin]], "Lady Gaga")
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[[caption-width-right:250:Human Zelenin]]
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* Lesser Goddess (Formerly Demigoddess, Intermediate Goddess as Pillar Zelenin)
* Symbol: A white cross pierced through a Demonica helmet.
* Theme Music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqJuIxdyNkM Theme Of Law]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxtwiSupAvY Holy Miracle]]
* Alignment: LawfulEvil, but is swayed to LawfulGood [[AlternateTimeline in a new timeline]]
* Portfolio: MaddenIntoMisanthropy, desiring a WorldOfSilence, CreepyCoolCrosses, BitchInSheepsClothing, MagicMusic that causes brainwashing, [[TranshumanTreachery Abandoning her humanity to become an angel]], AngelicBeauty, ShockAndAwe, UnwittingPawn, KnightTemplar, WellIntentionedExtremist, HotScientist, [[TotalPartyKill Requiem]]
* Domains: Light, Hatred, Music, Religion
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]] and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfLaw''' (except Frollo), [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Malthael]], [[Pantheon/GamingNarratives Tadano Hitonari (Law)]]
* Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]] and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfChaos''', '''''[[Pantheon/PlainNeutral Nanashi]], [[Pantheon/HairStyles Flynn]], [[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Aleph]]''''', [[Pantheon/{{Transformations}} Jimenez]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Merged Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLove Claude Frollo]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Aslan]], [[Pantheon/{{Endings}} The Love That Moves The Stars]]
* Opposes: [[Pantheon/ClothingTheme Lady Gaga]]
* A scientist sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Zelenin was captured and tortured by demons, giving her an intense hatred of them. During her journey through the parallel world, Zelenin's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and she gained a new appreciation for the order and nobility of the angels. It came to a head when she was offered divine power by the angel Mastema: becoming an angel, the resulting new entity quickly lost herself to the power of the heavens and fell in with the angels. Zelenin continues to work with YHVH to power herself up enough to spread her song through the pantheon, wipe it clean of free will and bring a new age of Law.
* Gets along swimmingly with Malthael: both realize TheEvilsOfFreeWill, and the abilities of the two work together very well: death is ultimately an escape from Zelenin's brainwashing, and Malthael has that covered by bringing the deceased back as mindless thralls so that they can continue their worship. With the two of them working in concert, ''[[FateWorseThanDeath there is no escape from the light of The Lord]]''.
* Despite her desires for a WorldOfSilence and her hatred of humanity, Zelenin and Zamasu don't get along: she used to be human, and that's bad enough in Zamasu's eyes ([[{{Hypocrite}} ignoring the fact he's part mortal himself]]), while Zelenin is opposed to the fact he wants to wipe out all gods but himself along with the mortals. "All gods" includes YHVH and the angels after all.
* [[TooDumbToLive Frollo tried to hit on her once]], enraptured as he was by the sight of her angelic beauty. She nailed him with a [[ShockAndAwe Megido Storm]] for his trouble.
* Opposed to Lady Gaga: not only is she disgusted by Gaga's perceived "[[MadonnaWhoreComplex depravity]]" and rather miffed that her holy raiment is being compared to Gaga's [[IResembleThatRemark outlandish costumes]], she's even more furious that Gaga's songs are [[EarWorm so damn catchy]] [[UpToEleven they can break through her brainwashing]].
* Zelenin's song has the power to erase all emotion from those hit by it, leaving them empty shells mindlessly babbling praises to The Lord. It's roundly considered by others to be a FateWorseThanDeath: her ultimate plan is to subject all of creation to it, erasing free will from the fabric of reality and leaving only deference to God.
* Zelenin looks down on benevolent creator deities like Aslan and The Love That Moves The Stars: on top of being 'false gods' as she puts it, they put far too much stock in 'humanity's inherent virtue', [[HumansAreBastards whatever the heck that is]]: humans have no virtue to speak of as far as Zelenin is concerned. Once she finds the proper pitch and timbre for her song to enthrall even them, she'll prove that only the absolute control of YHVH can bring peace to the world. Should that fail, she will do her duty as a soldier of God and (attempt to) destroy them.
* Despises Flynn, Aleph and Nanashi for their defiance of God.
* An alternate timeline of the events surrounding her transformation into an angel saw her regain her faith in humanity and try to create a world of Law without YHVH's influence. Hope remains that this Zelenin isn't entirely beyond reason.
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[[folder:Jimenez]]
'''[[VideoGame/StrangeJourney Jimenez]], God of {{Emergency Transformation}}s''' (Awake Jimenez, [[OneWingedAngel Soil Jimenez]])
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* Lesser God (Formerly Demigod, Intermediate God as Soil Jimenez)
* Symbol: Bugaboo's mask breaking a Demonica's mask
* Theme Song: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=ASVmkz0Ntgs Theme of Chaos]], [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_D_DQ1_WJM The Tyrannical Hero]]
* Alignment: ChaoticEvil, [[HiddenHeartOfGold though not as completely as he may like]]. His New Chaos ending self is more along the lines of ChaoticNeutral.
* Portfolio: {{Eagleland}}, Mercenary, WasOnceAMan, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[TranshumanTreachery Forsaking his humanity]], Merging with [[MoralityPet Bugaboo]] [[EmergencyTransformation to save both their lives]], TheSocialDarwinist, PowerBornOfMadness, [[IChooseToStay Choosing to stay with the demons of the Schwarzwelt]], DeadpanSnarker, HalfHumanHybrid, AbsurdlySharpClaws, PlayingWithFire, [[SpamAttack Chaos Tack]]
* Domains: Power, Demons, Madness, Shape
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/NamingTheme Mem Aleph]]''', '''[[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]]''' and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfChaos, [[Pantheon/{{Eyewear}} Albert Wesker]], [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes Alipheese Fateburn]], [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Luka]], [[Pantheon/ActsOfWar Apollyon]], [[Pantheon/GamingNarratives Tadano Hitonari (Chaos/New Chaos)]]
* Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]]''' and the rest of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfLaw, [[Pantheon/MindControl Zelenin]], [[Pantheon/{{Hairstyles}} Flynn]], [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral Nanashi]], ''[[Pantheon/LustfulActs Mamori and Mirei]]''
* A soldier sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Jimenez ran across an abused demon named Bugaboo, who he adopted. During his journey through the parallel world, Jimenez's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and he gained a new appreciation for the wildness and freedom of the demons. It came to a head when he and Bugaboo were forced by the cruel Captain Jack into a twisted experiment: to save both his and Bugaboo's life, Jimenez had a comrade fuse the two of them together, and the resulting new entity quickly lost himself to his new power and fell in with the demons. Jimenez continues to work with Mem Aleph to awaken the Schwarzwelt, wipe the Pantheon clean of civilization and bring a new age of Chaos.
* Not liking to take orders more than he has to, Jimenez is a member of Lucifer's Chaos Brigade. He's nursing ambitions to ascend to Lord of Chaos status, but that's still a little beyond his reach. He hasn't given up trying to make himself strong enough to go for it, though…
* His alliance with Wesker has turned heads, particularly as he was the subject of the sort of mad science Wesker is known for. Honestly, Jimenez couldn't care less, so long as Wesker doesn't screw with any demons. Heck, trying to uplift humanity to survive in a wild, chaotic world is a noble cause in Jimenez's eyes. To this end, he's given Wesker a sample of the [[HatePlague Delphinus Parasite]].
* Despite his inhumanity, there's a flicker of Jimenez's old self in him: he's perfectly capable of showing kindness and camaraderie to those he deems worthy. An example of this is Luka: he admires the kid for overthrowing Ilias for the sake of monsters. While the version of him in the Pantheon has surrendered himself to his demonic instincts, an alternate version of him was convinced to follow a different path. There are those who hope to sway this Jimenez in that direction.
* Was involved in the [[Fanfic/PantheonRagnarok Ragnarok incident]], as the idea of starting a ForeverWar was too tempting to pass up: it was he who was responsible for abducting Mamori during Mirei's rampage, as well as trying to assassinate Mirei afterwards so as to destroy any hopes of curing the Arms Virus. He only made things worse when he [[KickTheDog taunted Mirei]] with the GUAC's plans to have Momoka Sagara forcefully wield Mamori in service of the GUAC once Mirei was gone, [[BloodKnight in order to enrage Mirei and have her fight at full power]]. Needless to say, between that and his alliance with Wesker the two ''really'' don't like him all that much, while Jimenez is disgusted by their refusal to use their powers to the fullest (ie. use it to crush those weaker than themselves) because of some bullshit morals.
* Eventually, someone pointed out that he broke his "survival of the fittest" creed when he took in Bugaboo, and he couldn't have survived without Bugaboo sacrificing himself to save him. As a result, he's started to lose his ties to Mem Aleph… and gravitated more to Lucifer's overall goal, now favoring freedom over strength. It is still uncertain which Chaos version of his fellow soldier Tadano he's allied with, as both the "New" and "Old" Chaos versions are trying to sway him away from and towards Mem Aleph respectively.
[[/folder]]

* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

** Followers: [[Manga/{{Again}} Imamura Kinichiro]], [[Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill Keiji Kiriya]], [[Film/Next2007 Cris Johnson]], [[Film/TheButterflyEffect Evan Treborn]], [[Film/SomewhereInTime Richard Collier]], [[Film/AboutTime Tim Lake]], [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive Billy Pilgrim]], [[Literature/{{Replay}} Jeff Winston and Pamela]], [[Series/TruCalling Tru Davies]], [[Series/OdysseyFive the Odyssey 5 team]], [[Series/BeingErica Erica Strange]], [[Series/{{Misfits}} Curtis Donovan]], [[Series/KamenRiderDouble the Yesterday Dopant]], [[Theatre/OurTown Emily Webb]], VideoGame/{{Achron}}s, [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/RadiantHistoria Stocke]]

** Followers: [[Manga/{{Again}} Imamura Kinichiro]], [[Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill Keiji Kiriya]], [[Film/{{Next}} Cris Johnson]], [[Film/TheButterflyEffect Evan Treborn]], [[Film/SomewhereInTime Richard Collier]], [[Film/AboutTime Tim Lake]], [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive Billy Pilgrim]], [[Literature/{{Replay}} Jeff Winston and Pamela]], [[Series/TruCalling Tru Davies]], [[Series/OdysseyFive the Odyssey 5 team]], [[Series/BeingErica Erica Strange]], [[Series/{{Misfits}} Curtis Donovan]], [[Series/KamenRiderDouble the Yesterday Dopant]], [[Theatre/OurTown Emily Webb]], VideoGame/{{Achron}}s, [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/RadiantHistoria Stocke]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

[[folder:Pokémon Deity]]

* Pokémon Champion Cynthia

'''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Tadano Hitonari, Commander Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez]], Divine Representatives of AlignmentBasedEndings''' (Hitonari: Commander of the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team, Langdon Alger, Lance Murdock, SpaceMarine, [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Spess Mehren]], [[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} Japanese Doomguy]])

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** New Neutral Hitonari told the "Old" Neutral Hitonari about the latter's future [[spoiler:and its eventual doom via another Schwarzwelt]]. Neutral Hitonari almost lost his faith [[spoiler:since humanity learned nothing and repeated their mistakes to end this way]], and Commander Gore just barely avoided suffering the same fate. However, [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Makoto Naegi]] was able to [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity restore his faith in humanity]]. New Neutral Hitonari was unable to help in this case as he inadvertently [[spoiler:serves as an example of the fruitlessness of his struggle since his world's humanity is relying on another higher being for their safety and has been doing so for 150 years before his ascension to the Pantheon]].

** Interestingly, there one demon who managed to acquire a personalized variant of the gold and green version. Said demon, one Jack Frost, has been training under [[Pantheon/{{War}} Sergeant Hartmann]]. This particular one is different in that he actually ''passed'' and ''survived'' the Drill Sergeant's TrainingFromHell. When he finally earned the right to wear the DEMONICA, he became known from then on as Demonee-Ho, and quickly gained a reputation for his 100% success rate during operations in the field. One can also count the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit and the Black Ops among the interested parties. While the former already have the pretty impressive PCV in their arsenal, the DEMONICA's even more advanced capabilities might just give them the edge they need to fight more powerful aliens and monsters that litter the Pantheon. Both the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition would also be heavily invested in researching the DEMONICA and how they themselves can use it. And while their Agents already use E.G.O. for combat, Lobotomy Corporation is also intrigued with the Demon Summoning Program, at least.
** As operators of PoweredArmor, comparisons have been drawn to [[Pantheon/TypesOfMechas Iron Man's own suits]], [[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Gordon Freeman's HEV Suit]], [[Pantheon/SoldierArchetypes Master Chief's MJOLNIR armor]], [[Pantheon/ImpostorsAndImpersonations Doctor Doom's own armor]] (as much as he claims it to be beneath him), [[Pantheon/VillainousReputation Lex Luthor's Warsuit]], Steel's suit, the Doom Slayer's Preator Suit (though given his general stance against demons…), and so on.

** In response, he formed the '''Longcoats''', and advocated that food-selection be determined by an animal's merit. Another faction rose as well; the '''Commonfolk''', rallied by Hopper, who believes that every animal should have the right to vote for who becomes food. But there was also the '''KSR''' led by the Quartermaster, who's doing everything she can to maintain order no matter what, not to mention the '''Civilized''', commanded by the Missionary Archimedes, who wish to retain the status quo. The war fought was long and grueling, with sides changing and eventually devolving into a free-for-all, [[spoiler: ending with the Pigs rising up from the shadows once everyone is weakened and eliminating all who remained]].
* When the four leaders came to, they found themselves before the Court of the Gods, the memories of their final showdown [[spoiler:and the Boris uprising that wiped them all out ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse though whether or not they were slain as well is up in the air]])]] fresh in their minds. They have found themselves before the Court of the Gods, where they've been informed of the reason they've been brought to the Pantheon; their reason for fighting (food, specifically meat), and the fact that this food source is sapient doesn't deter them.

* When it comes to video games, a few of them are made specifically to demonstrate the software and hardware that runs them. The role of the video game ''Knack'' is to demonstrate the ability of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 to handle a large number of discrete objects on screen. ''Knack'' does this by its main character also named Knack, who is comprised of several independently rendered objects reaching up to the ''hundreds'' depending on his current size. But we're getting ahead of ourselves; let's go over who exactly our protagonist is.
* Knack is the creation of Doctor Vargas, made from Relics native to their world, dug up from underground, and serve as power sources for civilization, being perpetual sources of energy. Vargas had spent decades learning the secrets of the Relics, [[spoiler:he and his wife Charlotte found the core that is basically Knack's soul before she was seemingly lost in an earthquake]], and how to bring them to consciousness: Knack is the result of this, and has proven to be completely sentient. A few Relics make him a small being of 2' 6", but with several more his size can change, from human size all the way to 32 feet tall. While Relics are necessary to his very being, Knack can actually integrate other materials as well such as wood, ice, scrap metal, and gemstones, but never to replace them entirely, and never more than one extra material type at a time. He can also absorb power from sunstones, then unleash it as a shockwave, unleash his parts as a tornado, or send a bunch of Relics as a sphere of destruction before calling them back to him (only when he's not his default small size). And he can release his hold of these relics at will and call them back the same way (no matter how far they are, though distance is a factor) to alter his size for any situation.
** Don't mistake his being a collection of floating Relics for being frail or light, though. He's not only strong (enough to take on much robots when he's at his maximum size that are still bigger than him), but deceptively fast too, no matter his current size, and can even jump [[Double jump up to three times in a row in the air]]. And he can somehow actually ''hold himself together'' enough to deliver strong punches, pull leave stuff, endure tough blows, climb and carry, zipline, basically anything a fully solid humanoid of his size(s) can do. At least for clear crystals, he can even transfer his consciousness from his Relics to those crystals, but it gives him a sleepwalking feeling, and it's inadvisable for him to stay away from his core for too long.
** He's also not just a brutal buffoon that simply swings wildly. Knack not only has a few moves under his belt such as a shield move (that can deflect shots when he swings it right), a {{belly flop crush|ing}}, and momentarily generating swords and spears, he's actually a quick and creative thinker in combat and out too, and is not above throwing things at opponents or hijacking enemy vehicles. As it turns out, though, Knack is not actually the first of his make. The Norcliff Monastery of old made such things too, though only Knack has shown some manner of sapience. And thanks to Ava of the monks there, he's also learned stretching heavy punches, [[YouWillNotEvadeMe stretching to grab things like a Hook Shot]] (though doesn't carry himself across things this way), create boomerangs out of his Relics that can then bind foes in electricity, and send forth a sphere of Relic energy to break through shields.

* Knack was last seen [[spoiler:going off on a journey with Lucas on his custom plane to discover more about what Knack is and if there are any other beings like him.]] This somehow led them straight to the Pantheon, where they were eventually intercepted and escorted to the Court of the Gods.

* (when he has wood, while burning him will degrade those parts, those parts can still cause a lot of damage before then)

* Given what he's fought, Knack's first response to any goblin (or orc) is hostile. And this led o misunderstanding when he saw Thrall clashing with (insert evil human here).

* TheEmpath: [[Manga/IrisZero Toru Mizushima]], [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Rhythmy Kyono]], [[Film/BenX Ben]], [[VisualNovel/MissingStars Annaliese Koell]], [[WesternAnimation/TazMania Molly]], [[Film/ReignOverMe Charlie Fineman]], [[Series/MajisukaGakuen Nezumi]], [[Franchise/TouhouProject Toyosatomimi no Miko]]

%% ** Fellow Discrimination Victims: [[Pantheon/{{Hunters}} Dante Sparda]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/{{Beast}} Rexxar]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Nah]], , Manga/Cyborg009, [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Balto]], [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII Ratohnhaké:ton]]

[[folder:Pokémon Deity]]

* Pokémon Champion Cynthia

* Lesser Deities in their [=DEMONICAs=], Demideities out of them. All become Intermediate Deities (exc. Hitonari in the Neutral Ending) [[spoiler:with the power to take overdeities in Hitonari's case]], and [[spoiler:Hitonari becomes a Greater God in the New Neutral Ending]]

** Hitonari: Starts as NeutralGood, remainsor so in the Neutral paths, ChaoticEvil in the Chaos path, LawfulEvil in the Law path, ChaoticGood in the New Chaos path, and LawfulGood in the New Law path

** Zelenin: BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood, MaddenIntoMisanthropy, desiring a WorldOfSilence, CreepyCoolCrosses, BitchInSheepsClothing, MagicMusic that causes brainwashing, [[TranshumanTreachery abandoning her humanity to become an angel]], AngelicBeauty, ShockAndAwe, UnwittingPawn, KnightTemplar, WellIntentionedExtremist, HotScientist, [[TotalPartyKill Requiem]]

** Chaos Path (includes Jimenez):
** Law Path (includes Zelenin): [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Yaldabaoth, Galeem]]
** New Chaos Path (includes Jimenez): [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Naoki Kashima/The Demi-Fiend]]

* Enemies: The Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Dharkon]], [[Pantheon/DivineRoles Chakravartin]], [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} The Godhand]], [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Griffith]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Fused Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/BusinessesAndCorporations Sundowner, the Corpus]]

** Except Chaos Path: [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Melkor]], [[Pantheon/ComplexSymbolism Vaatu]], [[Pantheon/PersonalityMisc Nyarlathotep]]

** (Zelenin)
** (Jimenez)
** As for Gore, he was the Commander in charge of the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team. When he was killed in action, his last command was to transfer his duties to Hitonari.

** Despite whatever blessings they've received (if they still retain them), all versions of Hitonari [[FightsLikeANormal still fight as they did before]]; with swords, guns, and summoned demons. Being of differing alignments, there is naturally opposition among themselves, though mainly from the Law and Chaos Hitonaris, even against their New counterparts. Even New Chaos and New Law have their disagreements. It's a good thing their temples are separate. In case you're wondering how Hitonari can either be Japanese or American? Well, he's half of both ethnicities.
** By contrast, Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez have since discarded their [=DEMONICAs=] and embraced their new powers. Out of them, only Gore didn't cast away his faith in humanity (and the other Zelenin and Jimenez regained it thanks to Alex and Hitonari).

** New Neutral Hitonari told the "Old" Neutral Hitonari about the latter's future [[spoiler:and its eventual doom via another Schwarzwelt]]. Neutral Hitonari almost lost his faith [[spoiler:since humanity learned nothing and repeated their mistakes to end this way]], but [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Makoto Naegi]] was able to [[RestoredMyFaithInHumanity restore his faith in humanity]]; New Neutral Hitonari was unable to help in this case as he inadvertently [[spoiler:serves as an example of the fruitlessness of his struggle since his world's humanity is relying on another higher being for their safety and has been doing so for 150 years before his ascension to the Pantheon]].
** Due to his [[spoiler:never-ending crusade against the Schwarzwelt]], being a soldier heading off into another dimension, being completely and totally human and facing off against monsters that are more or less the stuff of nightmares, it was natural that Doomguy would be a steadfast ally of New Neutral Hitonari (and the older one, too). They even go hunting demons together on occasion, though Hitonari has to avoid summoning his own lest Doomguy commit FriendlyFire on it, and most of the summoned that wouldn't draw his attention are usually [[HorrifyingTheHorror unable to stomach the carnage]].

* Exclusive to the Chaos paths:
** ([[green:Old Chaos Hitonari may be allies with several (especially the evil-aligned ones) Demons, like some of the deities in the House of Demons]])
** ([[green:New Chaos Hitonari is allied with good aligned demons like Sparda ]])
**

** ([[green:New Law Hitonari may be friends with the peaceful version of Markus as he too prefers not non-violence and advocates peacefully existence for his fellow androids. ]])

** New Law Hitonari is admired by several deities who abhor violence and are idealistic enough to think that his world would be absolutely perfect.

** As operators of PoweredArmor, comparisons have been drawn to [[Pantheon/TypesOfMechas Iron Man's own suits]], [[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Gordon Freeman's HEV Suit]], [[Pantheon/SoldiersAndWarriors Master Chief's MJOLNIR armor]], Doctor Doom's own armor (as much as he claims it to be beneath him), Lex Luthor's Warsuit, Steel's suit, the Doom Slayer's Preator Suit (though given his general stance against demons…), and so on.

[[folder:New: The Unterzee]]
(cleared)

'''[[VideoGame/SunlessSea The Unterzee]], Celestial Seat of [[AlienSea Strange Bodies of Water]]''' (The Neath)
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* Potential Category: Pantheon/FictionalSettings
* [tup]s: 2 (@/CrimsonShark, @/NitroIndigo)

* Symbol: A zailing ship zailing across it, with terrors awaiting below
* Alignment: All across the spectrum, with a strong leaning towards Chaos
* Portfolio: AlienSea, AlienGeometries, [[RandomlyGeneratedLevels Undergoing Alterations]], NightmareFuel, OceanMadness, OceanOfAdventure, BeneathTheEarth, CrapsackWorld, Denizens Are WeakenedByTheLight, WorldOfChaos
* Domain(s): Zees (Seas), Zailing (Sailing), Eldritch
* Similar Places: [[Manga/ChildrenOfTheWhales Sand Era world]], [[Literature/{{Expedition}} The Amoebic Sea]], [[Series/DoctorWho Marinus]], [[VideoGame/GuildWars the Jade Sea]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater Mer]]
* Notable Visitors: [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral (Insert Name Here)]], [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} The Etrian Odyssey Guilds]] (mainly the Armoroad and Tharsis Guilds), [[Pantheon/HeroicAttitude Edward Kenway]], [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Arthur Curry/Aquaman]], [[Pantheon/{{Colours}} Green Earth CO Drake]], [[Pantheon/AirBasedTravel Black Cat Mantaray 5-4]], The Pantheon/KanColle ship girls, [[Pantheon/LandAndSeaTravel Captain Nemo]], [[Pantheon/{{Piracy}} Black Manta]]
* Unholy To: Sail-on-wind-dependent sailors, [[Pantheon/TheatricProduction the Star Fleet]]
* Banned From Entry: All deities with ThePowerOfTheSun
* When it comes to the sea, we're familiar with its blue hue as a result of reflecting the sky, its equal parts beauty and danger underwater and over it, as well as the unknown depths. When the sea you find is different from that, starting with the color or (non-water) composition, you get an AlienSea. Enter the Unterzee, where it is colored a sinister dark green, with the main exception being the far south (where it mingles with the blood of an EldritchAbomination and dissolves the hulls of ships). All the islands are strange in their own ways, and the laws of reality don't always apply. And under it is far stranger.
* Access to the Unterzee was made available when a canal inexplicably appeared somewhere in a lake in the Dominions, which incidentally was close enough to Rapture. Being seafarers on the side and explorers to boot, [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} the Armoroad Guild]] (with a few Court emissaries on board) was tasked with investigating it, and [[Pantheon/HeroicAttitude Edward Kenway]] was assigned as an escort, given his ship is more naval combat-capable while the Guild is more suited to on-foot engagements, even with Zodiacs and Arbalists able to fire from range.
** On their side, the residents of the Neath underwent another Alteration. However, this would be markedly different, for the Cumaean Canal (which was the only way to reach the Surface and the rest of the world) and its Staging Area was inexplicably replaced by a strange location that would eventually be renamed to Janus Checkpoint (though much of the Staging Area population was still present), and the way through it was a much simpler gateway big enough for an Eschatologue-class dreadnought to pass through with ease, and its waterway deep enough for a zubmarine to zail beneath said dreadnought even if it was a dreadnought itself. It would reveal a straight tunnel, but would turn and leave what lies beyond a mystery to those not sailing down it. This was a serious concern given that some people in Fallen London have now lost contacts to the Surface.
** That's when the "Trope Pantheons Emissaries" ([=TPEs=]) passed through the gateway and established contact. Word soon spread of these newcomers as an embassy was established. It's also discovered that there is no wind in the Neath, so the visitors were unable to go far. They would have to bring their own [[BlowYouAway aerokinetics]] or vessels that don't rely on the wind to proceed further. But in the meantime, representatives from the "local" ruling territories reached out to them on separate occasions. A few days later, more visitors would arrive, including the Tharsis guild (their airship towed in through the entrance tunnel), [[Pantheon/FantasticRaces Aquaman]] (who noted to his concern that his command over sea life is greatly contested by the native denizens), and a few modern naval deities like [[Pantheon/{{Colours}} Green Earth CO Drake]] have set up a standing base.
** These expedition parties would spread out to Fallen London and the Khanate, the main political parties in the Neath. More would reach out to Dahut, the Grand Geode, the Empire of Hands, the Fathomking's Hold, The Iron Republic, Irem, Saviour's Rocks, the Presbyterate, Varchas, and Wrack.
* With so much territories of note, they are as follows.
** First off is '''Fallen London''', a place that (Insert Name Here) is familiar with, for some reason. However, Her Enduring Majesty was wary of these [=TPEs=], and has banned them from entering London itself, restricting them to Wolfstack Docks for trading. But whenever INH happens to have a Zeeside Mansion, [=TPEs=] are able to dock near there too, so long as they stay in the mansion grounds.
*** '''Hunter's Keep''' is an island east of London. On that island is a mansion [[spoiler:in smouldering ruins after a disaster of madness burned the place down. Since London wouldn't reclaim it]], the Court of the Gods was able to negotiate [[spoiler:a claim for it instead]], turning it into another TPE embassy. [[spoiler:Though the mansion ruins itself has been mostly cordoned off, native zailors are still allowed to explore it for artifacts]].
*** '''Venderbight''' is a Tomb Colony, where Fallen London residents are shipped off to ([=TPEs=] can partake in this trade too) if they become too ill or too disfigured to be in a polite company, for death isn't permanent in the Neath, but that doesn't mean they're immune to illness or injury. The Tomb Colonists are an odd sort, who enjoy both extraordinarily quiet parties and vicious bloody duels.
** Second is the Khanate, which is even more distrusting of [=TPEs=], and have banned them from even entering the Copper Quarter in '''Khan's Heart''' (which even London zailors can access, albeit under heavy scrutiny), let alone '''Khan's Glory'''. This leaves '''Khan's Shadow''' as the only Khanate territory [=TPEs=] are allowed to visit.
** '''Adam's Way''' in the South is a large inland waterway leading from the southern Unterzee into the Elder Continent, governed by the Presbyterate, one of the other large political parties in the Neath. All ships that approach are intercepted by the Gracious - the Presbyterate's splendidly head-dressed coastguards. Passage is granted by handing over one of three stories; A report on Mt. Palmerston, news from Fallen London, or an unread captain's log. A mandate by the Court of the Gods prohibits [=TPEs=] from [[AlienNonInterferenceClause talking about the Pantheon]].
*** Once through, a seed will be planted in the town square, which will quickly grow into a sapling called a Tree of a Single Day, which will grow and eventually die over the course of two-thirds of a single day. Until that happens, visitors can explore the port town, but once time is up, The Gracious will usher them all back to their ships lest they suffer hysteria, rapture, and/or animescence (an endemic disease that sets souls on fire, culminating in spontaneous metaphysical combustion).
** The '''Fathomking's Hold''' is the home and court of His Complexity the Fathomking, ruler of all the drowned. To gain passage to his Court, provide a "zee-ztory", of which there is no short supply to those proficient in zailing the Unterzee. A deal was made between the Fathomking and the Court of the Gods in regards to any [=TPEs=] who drown in the Unterzee so that they don't become Drownies under his domain. The details of this deal are unknown, but the Fathomking was accepting of the conditions.
** The '''Iron Republic''' is a Hell-sponsored colony where there is freedom. [[RealityIsOutToLunch Freedom from laws and tyrants. All laws and tyrants, no exception.]] [=TPEs=] heavily inclined to order will find themselves driven mad faster than those attuned to chaos. Only the really chaotic [=TPEs=] like [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Discord]] can make full sense of it all, but conveying it to less chaotic minds is another matter. There are four markets in the Republic, but they cycle and are as unpredictable as the Republic itself.
** '''Irem''' is a land of mysteries and contradictions, right near Parabola. Technically it does not exist ''yet'', but it will. As such, all actions here are in the future tense. Things can get kind of confusing, to say the least. Any who rest in the the House of the Amber Sky will be taken to a strange dream-esque world called the Mirror-Marches.
** '''Visage''' is an island of masks, where the town seems permanently stuck in some sort of performance, and all visitors are expected to join in if they want passage to the island. One has to put on one of the many masks provided, and act the role expected of them, such as the ignorant, oafish frog, the greedy and selfish locust; or the universally disliked bat. Not acting your chosen role is punishable. Thankfully for all [=TPEs=] who wish to visit, (Insert Name Here) has compiled a comprehensive guide for each mask in Visage and their expected roles. These masks also seem to alter those who wear them to better match these roles, so shapeshifters like [[Pantheon/TeamFortress2 the Spy]] should exercise extreme caution.
** '''Abbey Rock''' is an island that holds the fortress-convent (officially a military installation) of an order called the Sisterhood, which is [[AmazonBrigade an entire company of]] [[ChurchMilitant elite combat nuns]], just about the most well-trained and well-disciplined fighting force in the Neath. There's also a winged beast known as the Sisters' Adversary that can be called over for very specific occasions.
** '''Aestival''' is a DesertedIsland rich in nature's bounty and the only place in the Unterzee where sunlight shines. Zailors who pass by or stop by for supplies find it baffling that [=TPEs=] visiting can gallivant around or even bask under the sun without dying ([[WeakenedByTheLight except when they aren't]]). Occasionally however, in place of a deserted island, Aestival might instead be a kingdom of its own under INH (named either [[PleaseSelectNewCityName Aestival, New London, Lastport, Freedom. Utopia Beneath, Sophia, Fiddler's Gold, Peachtree Isle, B]][[spoiler:ugge]][[PleaseSelectNewCityName r Off, Head Office, Sanctuary, or the Empire of Trees]]), allied either to the Presbyterate, the Khanate, London, or no one. Also, the sunlight is somehow rendered safe for Neath residents during this period.
** The '''Avid Horizon''' is where one always ends up when trying to go North. It consists of a [[CoolGate massive gate]], guarded by two massive statues known as the Watchers, winged sculptures that represent something not totally known. Fallen London's Admiralty has sent criminals too vile even for the darkest reaches of New Newgate Prison to exile, and to beg for forgiveness, they have to go here. Given the (insert beast here) that patrols it, not to mention how awful it is here, that's a nigh insurmountable task for most zailors. [[FetchQuest There's also the fact that a zailor also has to come here to collect their names]].
** Port Carnelian, or the '''Carnelian Coast''' as some call it, is a colony on the shores of the Elder Continent, famed for its rich sapphire mines. Currently under the control of Fallen London, but bitterly contested by both the New Khanate and the local tigers (the Neath is a strange place, after all) and has all sorts of spies within. The Mountain Of Light has, as in all areas on the Elder Continent, bathed this port in its glow, and things have… changed… under its warm light.
** The '''Chapel of Lights''' is an incongruously bright and welcoming church amid the darkness of Void's Approach. The priest there even offers free food to ship captains, but the Pantheon has been warned that [[ImAHumanitarian human flesh is (sometimes) served during dinners there]]. Also, the church there worship [[spoiler:the Drowned Man… better known to those in Fallen London as a certain Mr. Eaten]].
** '''The Chelonate''' is a city of hunters and cultists, built on the remains of [[TurtleIsland a great turtle the size of a large island]], slain ages ago. [[spoiler:Actually, said turtle was long dead by the time the Chelonate's founders got there]]. [[EvilSmellsBad Said to reek beyond belief]], and that once you smell its stench some part of it will stick with you, burned into your nostrils. Refuse and carrion choke the waters. For all its dangers though, it's very profitable to do business there, both importing and exporting. The ''Eater of Names'', an enormous battleship built from the bones of dead sailors and monsters and decked with one of the most powerful guns in the Neath, patrols its waters, and is hostile to all zailors.
** '''Gant Pole''' is the heart of a colossal sea creature taken over by Chelonites. Like their fellows on the nearby turtle, their primary concerns are ritual, hunting and rancid meat. It also serves as an "ElephantGraveyard" equivalent for zee-monsters. Barrels of rotten MysteryMeat that's bought here can be turned over at the Chelonate for a profit. For some reason, Fallen London doesn't believe this place is real. The ''Irrepressible'', a large, strange-looking submarine that packs a hell of a punch, patrols the waters here and is just as hostile as the ''Eater of Names''.
** '''Whither''' is a small fishing town on the northwest coast, notable for two things: a prominent temple to the Gods of the Zee (Stone, Salt, and Storm), and the locals' habit of answering every question with a question, no exceptions. This behaviour is considered extremely tiresome by visitors. '''Codex''' is an icy mountain off the coast of Whither, inhabited by that town's exiles (and an inexplicable colony of shivering, bad-tempered monkeys). No one speaks, because [[DisproportionateRetribution they dared to answer questions instead of answer them with questions back when they lived at Whither]].
** The '''Janus Checkpoint''', which has replaced the '''Cumaean Canal''', is the only entryway between the Unterzee and the rest of the Dominions in the Pantheon. Thanks to new treaties arranged between the Bazaar and the Great Game in Fallen London and the Pantheon's Court of the Gods, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere there's a surprising lack of political shenanigans, corruption, or red tape]], aside from the occasional arrest for smuggling certain goods outside the Neath.
** The '''Salt Lions''' are a pair of colossal sphinx statues lying in the middle of the Unterzee. A company of London stonecutters known as the Unmakers have set a camp on the top of the northern Lion to quarry precious Sphinxstone and send it back to London. Zailors can pick up shipments of these as long as their hold has room for them. Exporting Sphinxstone outside the Unterzee is banned, though naturally that means there are smugglers of it.
** The '''Grand Geode''' is at the southwest edge of the Unterzee, therefore always directly south of London and the Janus Checkpoint. It is a naval base with the Royal Navy's emblems, and its inhabitants are happy, fulfilled, and with purpose. Because of [[spoiler:the Dawn Machine's subtle brainwashing effects]], [=TPEs=] are forbidden from going there unless they're selling Sphinxstone, which isn't as profitable. Somewhat adjacent to the Grand Geode is the '''Dawn Machine''', an artificial sunrise built by a breakaway faction of the London Admiralty. It's extremely inadvisable for anyone to zail too close to it, let alone beneath it, since it can drive zailors mad and Terror can skyrocket.
** '''Demeaux Island''' is rich in fungus, which is harvested and shipped to London by the Iron & Misery Company. Conditions are miserable here, with many workers being broken by the banality and isolation, and some others being reduced to little more than walking fungus from spore exposure. Harvesting some for kirralee is possible, but not recommended. That said, there are some that are tired of this place who are willing to join zailors who visit. And for two [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Strange_Catch Strange Catches]], one can get a Soothe & Cooper Long-Box.
** '''The Empire of Hands''' is a handful of lush islands ruled by soul-stealing monkeys (though they prefer to be called apes). They build towns, give each other titles and ranks, and wear clothing, in some kind of perverted imitation of human society. A large zeppelin is chained on an island, [[spoiler:though sometimes it's missing after its Emperor departed in it]]. Officially, there's a trade embargo on it for Londoners [[NoodleIncident ("They know what they did.")]], though zailors rarely heed it. [=TPEs=] have no such restrictions, though the apes and their soul stealing are enough of a deterrent for some.
** A colossal '''Eye''' on the zee floor that is usually in the southern part of the zee. [[GiantEyeOfDoom It is a terror to behold, so keep your distance]]. "Falling in" via Zubmarine will take you to [[spoiler:Eleutheria, in the [[HomeOfTheGods High Wilderness]], a [[AlienGeometries thoroughly unpleasant alternative dimension]] where a Mr. Barleycorn applauds your bravery and rewards you by turning you into a "message" to the Neath from the Liberation of Night, accomplished by causing you to painfully grow an extra eye.]] Given this leads to [[VideoGame/SunlessSkies some place in the Neath's future]], all [=TPEs=] are ordered to stay away
** '''Frostfound''' is twin castles of ice rising from the northern zee, in the shadow of which Witherns and Iremis meet to play their riddling-games. Their spires are pristine, never scarred by human habitation. But it stands alone in the Boreal Reach for a reason, and one should never enter Frostfound without a reason… and so [=TPEs=] are officially banned from entering, for there is nothing substantial to gain. Also, anyone who zails too far North end up here.
** '''Gaider's Mourn''' is a town built on a series of rickety platforms, halfway up the stalagmites of Corsair's Forest. One has to be winched up from zee-level (or have an airship) to reach it. Piracy runs rampant here, and it is very much an unsafe place. Caution is greatly exercised for this reason, though the more nefarious pirate [=TPEs=] have managed to make themselves welcome.
** '''Godfall''' is a monastery built on the side of an enormous stalactite that fell from the cavern roof. Its "monks" (who are more like pirates) are rabble-rousers who seem to spend most of their days drinking, fighting, and boasting [[spoiler:plus great measures about evolving not just spiritually but physically, by using the Shapeling Arts the Rubbery Men are deft with]], and very little time praying. While [=TPEs=] can choose to get into fights with them, [[StayInTheKitchen the monks refuse]] [[WouldntHitAGirl to fight females]], recommending Abbey's Rock for that.
*** Below is a system of tunnels leading to the '''Shattered Citadel''' where the Starved Men reside. It's mostly sealed off by the monks of Godfall, but it can be explored at great risk (and bets are made between the monks), and require plenty of foxfire candles or other sources of light, as well as plenty of fighters due to the dangerous monsters and cultists within. Close to the bottom is a way back down to the Unterzee, where one's ship can stop by to fetch their crew.
** '''The Isle of Cats''' is an island of pirates and smugglers, where the single most highly controlled substance (red honey, a.k.a. Gaoler's honey) in the Neath is produced. Don't let the vast flower gardens confuse you, this is not a pleasant place… [[spoiler:for red honey is harvested from the memories of prisoners, and ingesting it is excruciating for the victims while the consumer experiences the (pleasant) memories. As such,]] Red Honey is illegal in Fallen London (though native zailors can smuggle it anyway), and is another product banned from exporting outside the Unterzee. Naturally, this also means there are smugglers of it too.
** '''Kingeater's Castle''' is a half-ruined stone citadel surrounded by vast, mostly-sunken statues. It's an extremely dangerous place and should not be interacted with without a very good reason. One can sacrifice three zailors to heal Wounds, and "sacrificing all of one's zee-stories" can take one either to Irem or Fallen London (at the cost of 1 to 3 crew and minor damage to their ship), but there are less damaging ways to do this.
** '''Mangrove College''' is a centre of philosophical and scientific thought, inexplicably located amid the unnaturally lush jungles of the Autumn Isles. That said, all intellectuals are too absentminded to build more than a barely rudimentary village. A TPE project to do so in their stead is underway. The Wisp-Way swamps outside the village boundaries can be explored. It's teeming with manner of beasts, but persevere and one can find treasure, or even some Solacefruit, which is delightful and refreshing in small quantities, but too much will lead to peaceful death.
** '''Mount Palmerston''' is a volcano-island where devils exiled from Hell plot their return to it. The volcano itself serves as home to the Brimstone Convention, which acts as a GovernmentInExile for the devils, and they mostly keep to themselves. The human dwellers at the volcano's base actually don't mind the devils for this reason.
** '''Mutton Island''' is a fishing island that's known for its Rubbery Lumps [[spoiler:(Lorn-Fluke meat)]]. Seemingly a quiet, peaceful little hamlet known for its seafood, its apple orchards, and its country festivals, it's a popular resting spot for Zailors on their way back to London. It's also secretly [[spoiler:in worship of the Drowned Man, it involved with the wrecking of ships, and its ritual human sacrifices]]. Depending on the Alteration, it has since either become [[spoiler:forcibly annexed by London or the Dawn Machine, conquered by the Khanate, abandoned after a Fruits of the Zee Festival, or under permanent quarantine by London's Admiralty]].
** '''Nuncio''' is a postal office run by the Postal Rat that regularly receives undelivered mail washed up on its shores. It accepts zailors who take up temporary shifts to help with deliveries. [=TPEs=] have a maximum number of hours to do work here before they're required to leave and not return between a few days or forever in order to keep workaholics from obsessing over clearing out the queue. Depsite his experience with managing a post office, [[Pantheon/MindGames Moist von Lipwig]] is forbidden by [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob Lord Vetinari]] from visiting Nuncio in fear of losing such a valuable asset. Visiting the back room is restricted to those in good favor with the Postal Rat, but what lays behind is maddening [[spoiler:due to a Judgment's law regarding "messages"]].
** '''Pigmote Isle''' is an island governed by, depending on the Alteration, the House of Cavy (talking guinea pigs, escaped from a wealthy eccentric's collection, seeking to establish a glorious kingdom of their own) or the Republic of Murinia (comprised of common [[RatMen Rattus Faber]], often seen in London, looking for a land to practice their engineering arts in peace), after INH helped oust one of the other out (they can't remember which). Or maybe both territories are at peace after being in a feud for so long before INH's arrival (but with one being somewhat superior over the other, or as equals after fighting for independence against Visage and/or the Fathomking). Or it's closed off to INH. Or it's in complete ruins and ruled by neither. For some reason, Fallen London is [[CassandraTruth skeptical of its existence]] [[GenreBlindness despite how mundane it is compared to the rest of the Neath]].
*** In terms of services and supplies, depending on who is/are in charge, the Republic is willing to fix one's ship, or/and the House is willing to trade Scintillack. Regardless of who's in charge, there may be a Fathomking's Ambassador who trades Drowning Pearls, or a Visage Ambassador who trades Secrets, or neither if independence was chosen. Due to the tumultuous state of affairs depending on the Alteration, [=TPEs=] are not recommended to visit.
** '''Polythreme''' is the place where everything is alive, from the clothes you wear to the waters you drink, courtesy of [[FisherKing the King with a Hundred Hearts, whose very dreams render them all animate]]. It's also home of the [[{{Golem}} Clay Men]], who either voluntarily get shipped to London (payment upon delivery) or can be hired as crew [[TheNeedless that require no sustenance]]. These Clay Men are content to serve, and are treated as second-class citizens in London. Some even get exported out of the Unterzee altogether either for similar purposes or to be "liberated". However, a word of warning: there are also variants of Clay Men called the Unfinished Men, who are more inclined to crime and are more free-willed. That said, not all of them are bad, and a few are even helpful. As for how they come to be, [[https://thefifthcity.fandom.com/wiki/Clay_Men#What_Births_Them here's how]].
** '''Port Cecil/The Principles of Coral''' is a London colony built on an eerie blue coral reef, and home to the most fanatical chess tournaments in the Neath. Be careful not to play too much, as the games of chess played here are… quite different than what the average Londoner is used to, and far more damaging to sanity.
** '''Saviour's Rocks''' is a charming series of islands, whose inhabitants are [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial most certainly not held hostage]] by thousands upon thousands of enormous, intelligent spiders. [=TPEs=] are advised to stay away, unless they can tolerate the non-spiders' oppression and are willing to trade for their silk. [[Pantheon/{{Arthropods}} Muffet]] has taken interest to the place and hopes to take a trip there one day.
** '''Shepherd Isle's'' is a place with no sheep ([[NonIndicativeName they're illegal here, in fact]]). It does have a lot of tellers of {{tall tale}}s, though. One can listen to these tales to pass the time, and to get stories for trading, maybe even a Tale of Terror! (which is a valuable resource). One might even find an [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Ambiguous_Eolith Ambiguous Eolith]], though that doesn't help much.
** '''Station III'''[[labelnote:*]]For the record, Station IV is the Salt Lions, Station V is the Grand Geode and Station VI is Aigul, though Stations I and II are unknown[[/labelnote]] is a land of machinery, warehouses and industry. The truth is [[spoiler:The place's main operation is heartmetal production, for use in naval weapons. The metals can only be obtained in useful quantity from letting them grow in human hearts. This result in the Soothe & Cooper Tonics, which are pain tonics that have minute quantities of heartmetal in them. When people consume the Tonics, the heartmetal will start to grow and build up in their hearts. This will eventually kill the user, permanently. After that, their corpse will be locked into a longbox, then shipped to the Station for extraction.]] For that reason, [=TPEs=] are prohibited from prying into Soothe and Cooper Long-Boxes.
** '''The Uttershroom''' is a giant mushroom, located in the Myceligaea sea, home of the blemmigans, and even gianter than the Neath's usual giant mushrooms. There's a tiny, isolated village square on the top of it, and the mushroom itself seems to possess both intelligence and a drive to nurture those living on it. Nothing exciting of note ever occurs there.
** '''Varchas''' is a city that still considers itself part of the kingdom of the sun, separate from the rest of the Neath. No shadows are permitted anywhere in the city — lamps and mirrors illuminate every single corner. However, because of INH's actions, it is in two separate states depending on the Alteration. In some Alterations, the city is barred to all visitors, though after one TPE demonstrated [[LightEmUp powers over light]], they have permitted ''only those [=TPEs=]'' to visit.
*** According to those [=TPEs=], its citizens are contemptuous of everyone else in the Unterzee for being tainted by shadows, and call them all Taamas. There were also three very important things they had to heed while in Varchas: 1) Don't touch the mirrors. 2) Don't even look into the mirrors. 3) Try very hard not to dream. In other Alterations, the city is in ruins, in darkness, full of broken mirrors, and haunted by certain malicious spirits that reside in mirrors and can prey on dreams.
** '''Wisdom''' is a floating prison built by the Khanate on top of giant incongruous lilypads, but now it answers to a person called the Governor, and he answers to no one. Any TPE who somehow ends up locked here (with the sole exception of INH) will remain there until they die and get revived in the Pantheon, after which they're banned from entering the Unterzee '''''ever again'''''. However, should someone (another TPE, preferably) manage to free them either by breakout, ransom payment, or exchanging a [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Searing_Enigma Searing Enigma]] to the Governor, this ban won't take effect. If the imprisoned TPE is important enough to not be banned, the Court of the Gods will make sure there's enough Echoes to pay.
* And those are the ones accessible by boat. There are far more locales (and dangers) under the Unterzee, but a zubmarine is required to get there, and they're more prone to Alterations than the Neath already is, not to mention the more threatening monsters there.
** '''Aigul''' is a huge, stationary Lorn-Fluke upon which the vessel ''Fortas Kettle'' ran aground. Rather than attempt to extricate it, London turned the sunken vessel into an observation station also called Station VI. The crew have become… attached, addicted to getting prodded by Aigul's needles, which works like red honey in that it allows them to experience memories of others. Depending on what INH has done, either the entire crew is morose and really addicted to the spines [[spoiler:and their Captain is dead]], or the crew is cheerful, [[spoiler:their Captain is alive]], and they plan to leave Aigul one day.
** '''Anthe''' is an austere, underwater city of crystal. It's beautiful, but also very sharp. Its inhabitants call it the city of flowers, but the flowers are crystals, spiral matrices grown on the walls of Anthean caves. The inhabitants of Anthe are at least partly crystal too: they call it "going sharp." Becoming more perfect, and clearer, and colder. Zailors can develop this condition called Sharpness as well, granting them deftness bordering on perfection, at the expense of their natural flaws and emotions pertaining to it. [=TPEs=] are not recommended to develop Sharpness for too long, since it requires a trip to Polythreme to lose that Sharpness.
** '''Dahut''' is a ghostly, submerged mirror of London, populated by drownies. An air bubble surrounds it to enable air respiration, though some zailors have foolishly wandered away from the livable zone and drowned. There is a {{glamour}} in effect that makes the drownies appear beautiful and idyllic. Their "Bonfire" is warm, but doesn't burn or scald, [[spoiler:because it isn't fire at all]]. Time may also feel wonky while inside the settlement. [[spoiler:They've also got human prisoners in the cathedral, holding them there until they agree to go drownie as well. As a result, there have been occasional attempts by some [=TPEs=] to try and acquire these people, either for liberation or for themselves.]]
** On the back of a gigantic beast named Temtum by Arik live exiles from every corner of the Neath. In '''Hideaway''' gather the traitors, heretics, artists, fools, and the too-honest. Despite possessing a range of radically different ideologies, these outcasts live together peacefully, mainly because the work required to keep everyone from drowning ensures there's never enough time to spare for old rivalries. When they aren't working maintenance, odds are they're [[TheHedonist participating in the nightly]] [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible completely and utterly bizarre]] festivals. Temtum itself is content with carrying a city on its back, loves its trainer dearly, and [[spoiler:has actually been fighting back against the urge to shed its shell to avoid destroying the city]], though the call of biology means [[spoiler:it's only a matter of time before Hideaway is destroyed anyway]]. Depending on the Alteration, it's either [[spoiler:mostly abandoned after the truth of impending doom was revealed]], or [[spoiler:people decide to stay ''despite'' the truth]].
** '''Low Barnet''' is a stone's throw from London, and is the most well known underwater township, a sunken church where congregations gather to regale each other with tall stories. Not much is there in terms of trading, but the church bell [[spoiler:has some manner of intelligence, and anyone who rings it ''loses their soul'' with no chance of getting it back unlike at the Empire of Hands or Mt. Palmerston. And that's if they're lucky; it could otherwise choose to eat them alive]].
** '''Nook''' is an anarchic semblance of civilisation, nestled within the throat of some unknown leviathan [[spoiler:of the same as the Masters of the Bazaar]]. Most visitors need to have diving gear to visit, and it's not certain what effects there would be for those who ''can'' beathe underwater. While Nookwater does become breathable for air-breathers after an adjustment period (made easier when wine is imbibed, at least for residents of the Neath), breathing it for too long risks one forgetting air to the point of choosing to never leave. The residents speak in some form of sign language, and just seem to do whatever the hell they want to as long as they enjoy it, be it rob each other, sleep with each other, drug themselves into stupors, or all of the above. The teeth of the leviathan sometimes bear treasure, though of course competition from Nookfolk tooth miners may occur unless they're jewelry, pottery, or Echoes. Phosphorescent Nodules can be found there too and all over Nook, though this ''is'' coveted by Nookfolk. Down the Seerated Abyss are giant teeth, some of them even the size of manors in Fallen London, and [=TPEs=] are strongly advised not to imbibe on the Nookweed growing there. Deeper down the Bilious Cleft is more blurry and more dangerous to be in, though Phosphorous Nodules and Blemmigans that propagated after a previous zubmariner released one to the place can be found.
** '''Rosegate''' is a cigar shop underneath the Reef of Roses, which should not be strange by now. The more vile [=TPEs=] find they get [[EvilPaysBetter better cigars by doing vile acts there]], and so the zumariners among them find it a wonderful place to trade. [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/In_Pursuit_of_Three_Flavours Or course]] the less vile can still make off with cigars; they'll just be of bitter quality, that's all. That said, there's also a third option for "luscious flavor" cigars. That said, depending on the Alteration, [[spoiler:the known Proprietor is already gone, his life's work complete, and off to the Iron Republic (and his apprentice to the Grand Geode). But in those times, there's a Powdered Custodian a a stand-in whom one can have a smoke with to stave off Terror.]]
** '''Scrimshander''' is a citadel carved out of bone, dedicated to the keeping of history. [[BerserkButton Do not overstay your welcome]], or the scribes will come down on you like a ton of bricks if you do, and you will not be the same afterwards. [[EquivalentExchange Be prepared to hand over significantly valuable information]] ([[MustHaveCaffeine and sackfuls of coffee]]) [[EquivalentExchange in exchange for knowledge you acquire from Scrimshander]]. As such, any [=TPEs=] who aren't highly intellectual or academical are advised to not visit. The "price" for leaving can vary between admitting A Lost Pilgrim to take to Gant Pole (in exchange for Echoes and an Outlandish Artefact), admitting A Scholar of Lost Causes to area of academic interest (preferably to Hideaway in exchange for a number of Echoes), a number of Zee-ztories, a trophy of a past triumph (preferably from the Unterzee), [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Iron Iron]] (skill in dealing damage), [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hearts Hearts]] (skill of healing and morale), or even ''a number of fingers''.
** '''The Undercrow''' is a small underwater port where the keeper for the Ragged Crow lighthouse (which ''is'' visible from above, but is otherwise unnotable) resides. It, the overside, and the keeper himself are [[MacabreMothMotif infested with various different types of moths]], [[DontExplainTheJoke given they're a giant light in the dark]]. Depending on the Alteration, [[spoiler:it may be abandoned completely and left darkened, and where supplies and fuel can be gathered if you're lucky (otherwise you'll be beset by the clouds of moths that threaten to extinguish yor light by their mass alone)]]. Otherwise, the Incomparable Aurelian will need to be found at Venderbright if some other zailor hasn't already escorted him here (in which case he won't be quite as accommodating).
** '''Wrack''' is an arbour of shipwrecks, where the flesh of kelp brings intoxication. However, the local wreckers won't let any "Trespassers" in unless regaled with a [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Tale_of_Terror!! Tale of Terror!!]] (which can be ''bought'' in Irem, acquired by observing autopsies in Station III, visiting the Iron Republic, etc.) or if the "Trespasser" successfully wrestles the entire welcoming committee. That said, only the most malicious of [=TPEs=] would have a fun time, leading more ships to crash there to further expand itspreimeter. At least there's the store [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Hull-harvest Hull-harvest]] for everybody, though its wares depend on its prosperity, which varies depending on the Alteration.
* As for the Dominions Neath zailors visit (which tend to be few in number), they tend to check out only a few places, preferably those that don't have the sun shining on them (which means only indoor places or nighttime places). Trade routes have been established between [[Pantheon/CharacterChanges Andrew Ryan's Rapture]], [[Pantheon/AdministrativeCenters Los Angeles, the (Upper) Londons]] (but not [=UnLondon=]/SCP-1678 after [[NoodleIncident an incident with the Bobbies]]), [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings Eylstadt, Mashaar]], and even [[Pantheon/EstablishmentsAndInstallations Nuka-World]], with Darkdrop Coffee trade being the most lucrative one just like before beyond the Cumaean Canal. Other locales they visit include the [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings Yggdrasil Labyrinths (preferably Armoroad's)]], [[Pantheon/DimensionsAndMultiverses The Library of Babel]], [[Pantheon/AstronomicalBodies the Far, Far Range]], [[Pantheon/EstablishmentsAndInstallations the Succubus Instrict, the Supermarket]], [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings The Abyss]] (though they never go far since they always have to go back lest the Sun affect them aversely), and [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings Mount Volbono]]. A few zubmarines even zailed close to [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings Atlantica]], though panic and Terror ensued for both merfolk and zailors alike that [[Pantheon/{{Anger}} King Triton]] wanted them out of the territory. There was also an attempt to trade with the frozen [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings New London]], but their general distrust means there's barely any progress made. Surprisingly, they have also been invited a few times to participate in [[Pantheon/FictionalSettings Takeshi's Castle's challenges]] for the chance of prizes.
* Because of the fact that the sun in their world [[spoiler:is one of many Judgments, eldritch beings that enforce the laws of reality and prove lethal to denizens of the Neath, for everyone's safety (both natives and visitors)]], all deities with {{the power of the sun}} (e.g. Helios, Ra, Amaterasu, Princess Celestia) are prohibited from entry since they could draw too much attention with their powers [[spoiler:or possibly even fall under the control of the Judgments, ''probably'' in the case of Helios, which would wreak more havoc in the Pantheon than there already is]]. Those who merely ''channel'' the Sun's power are fair game, though, but are only permitted to freely exhibit their powers in Varchas. On the other hand, catching light with [[https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Empty_Mirrorcatch_Box Mirrorcatch Boxes]] is more feasible for [=TPEs=] since most of them aren't affected by sunlight ([[WeakenedByTheLight unless they are]]) and thus suffer ''no'' addiction like Neath-dwellers, though the fact that [=TPEs=] are closed off from the Khanate means the boxes have to be acquired at Irem. But due to not knowing what foreign sunlight might do to Neath-dwellers, there's also an embargo on Mirrorcatch Boxes being brought out to the Pantheon (sunlight from sun-channeling [=TPEs=] is risky as it is). Naturally, [[StreisandEffect as with all forbidden things]], there are always smugglers.
* While [[Pantheon/AirBasedTravel Black Cat Mantaray 5-4]] don't sail in a ship, they are Naval aviators specializing in Air-and-Sea rescue, and are sometimes stationed at the Janus Checkpoint to help shipwrecked [=TPEs=]. The Pantheon/KanColle Shipgirls tend to go exploring on occasion as well, courtesy of missions taking them to the Unterzee sometimes. However, they are heavily advised to go with a conventional ship to hop onto, given the local creatures could hurt them enough to risk sinking, as well as potentially inciting Terror to non-hostile zailors by their very nature (as humanoid girls cruising over water like it was nothing). [[Pantheon/LandAndSeaTravel Captain Nemo]] has also made a few visits to the Unterzee aboard his ''Nautilus'', and [[Pantheon/{{Piracy}} Black Manta]] is one of the unscrupulous folks who would want to plunder the Unterzee. He just has to watch out for the wildlife there, some of which are FAR more dangerous than anything Aquaman can call upon.
* Among other things, [[Pantheon/{{Youtube}} the Bedtime Stories Crew]] have covered various disappearances of ships, planes, and people in the open ocean, ranging from shipwrecks and bodies to no trace of anything whatsoever over their last known location. The Unterzee would inevitably catch their interest immediately, and they'd make a video on this place one day. And ever since the Unterzee came to be, [=TPEs=] have reported sightings of little sentient mushrooms called Blemmigans stowing away in their ships, and eventually escaping to the rest of the Pantheon. They were eventually contained as followers of [[Pantheon/MiscellaneousFlora the fungal Pokémon quartet]].
* Despite her affinity for sailing, even [[Pantheon/LandAndSeaTravel Moana]] knows that traversing the Unterzee is a bad idea, given there's zero wind under there. As for [[Pantheon/TheatricProduction the Star Fleet]], who ''are'' boats that don't need wind to travel, while they ''do'' stand a better chance, ''fighting'' other zailing ships ''and'' zee creatures is not in their forte, and Grampus is already well beyond his prime to deal with the tougher ones.
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'''[[VideoGame/HyperPrincessPitch Princess Pitch]], Goddess of [[EverythingExplodesEnding Endings Where Everything Explodes]]'''
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