Line #17 Characters/CodexEquusMeridia


1	Here is a list of characters from Meridia.\
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3	To return to the main character index, click [[Characters/CodexEquus here]].
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5	!Meridia
6	-> ''"Welcome to Meridia -- where even devils fear to tread."''
7	--> -- '''Common Meridian Saying''' (confirmed as mostly -- and literally -- accurate)
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9	Located in the southern hemisphere of Equus, Meridia is the homeland of many sapient races and civilizations such as the Great Kangaroos, and throughout Known History widely considered one of if not ''the'' harshest and most dangerous "Deathlands" in the world, where even its myriad titles and epithets do not do justice of the sheer lethalness of the southern continent. The sheer inhospitability of Meridia's environment, climate, wildlife and natives maims and kills (or worse) many if not most who come unprepared, and those who not only survive but even thrive, be they plants or animals, and many indigenous and settled beings there become some of the most dangerous people in existence.
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14	* AndIMustScream: There are worse fates than dying a horrible death in Meridia. Some of them would make you wish for it... and deny it to you.
15	** Pillar Shrooms are named as such because they sporate invisible clouds of spores that cannot be seen or felt until they come into contact with a surface - any surface - or are inhaled by living things nearby. Then they germinate and grow within seconds into new millions of tiny new Pillar Shrooms within and without the unfortunate exposed creatures, overrunning their bodies and leaving them little more than immobilized pillars covered in fungi growth.
16	** The Bonemelter mushroom and its effects on their victims' skeletal system. See below for details.
17	** Cruel Mercy, an infamous semi-emotivorous parasitic plant species, immobilizes their victims upon [[BodyHorror borrowing their tendrils into their victims' nervous system]], before [[ColdBloodedTorture relentlessly torturing them]] with unspeakable pain and nightmarish visions while trapping their victims' minds in a [[LotusEaterMachine mental alternate reality]] created from their darkest, deepest subconscious terrors and any memory imprints of previous victims stored inside its cells, feeding upon their suffering as a supplement to their diet. While most victims die within days from sheer shock or dehydration, survivors had mentioned that their ordeal [[YearOutsideHourInside could last for years, if not entire lifetimes from their perspective within the Cruel Mercy's mental-hell]].
18	** The Parasitic Demon Wasp - named as such because they attack ''ethereal demons'' as well as living organisms and is speculated to be part-diabolic in their biology - reproduces by immobilizing their host-prey with a paralyzing poison, lay their eggs inside their bodies, then let their young eat them from the inside out. The victims really can't do anything BUT scream in agony before they expire.
19	* AwesomeAussie: The various Great Kangaroos and their Giant relatives, the Giant Kangaroos, have a greatly in-depth knowledge of Meridia that allow them to survive in such a dangerous place. And then there's the Kangeroos' mother goddess, Marlu, who [[DeityOfHumanOrigin was once one of the First-Age "Ponyfriends"]] and is a badass warrior/survivor of Meridia herself. Other races and nations both indigenous or settled had to become some of the most capable survivalists and dangerous people in the world just to last more than five minutes in Meridia.
20	* TheApunkalypse: The DeathWorld aspect of Meridia was so terrifying that early settlers who broke instead of dying or thriving would up becoming bands of psychotic raiders and cannibalistic reavers who live to pillage, torture, violate, butcher and destroy everyone and everything they encounter, even their once-fellow colonists. They are still a problem in present day, where they threaten travel and civilization from their Meridian Routback territories, as if they had become living embodiments of Meridia's horrors and dangers.
21	* BadassNormal: Meridian locals, both native and colonists, are this and HAD to be this ''just to survive'' in Meridia.
22	* BullyingADragon: Those who pick on even the average Meridian usually found themselves on the short end of the stick... being shoved into them by their would-be-victims, pointy-end first.
23	** In [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/801283114/4750942438 a canonized drabble]], a demon tried to get at a [[HawaiianShirtedTourist Meridian tourist]]. When demon-hunters finally arrived at the scene, the diabolical entity was ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror begging]]'' them for rescue [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome from]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the]] [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass tourist]].
24	** [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/801283114/4750971212 Another]] canonized drabble: A trio of burglars broke into CMC member Scootaloo's house in Ponyville at night. They ran into her Aunt Holiday, who is a) Meridian and b) [[BewareTheNiceOnes none]] [[BerserkButton too]] [[MamaBear pleased]] with them doing so. Cue a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown depicted entirely [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome off-screen]] by the end of which the burglars were reduced to hysterical pleading and agonized screaming. One of the burglars even had his spine ''snapped in half''. Even the Royal Guards and the small crowd who gathered outside over the commotion [[SympathyForTheDevil winced]] over [[AlasPoorVillain the burglars]] getting their comeuppance.
25	* CrazySurvivalist: All Meridian locals from natives to colonists becomes this ''by necessity''. [[DeathWorld And even that is often not enough]].
26	* DeathWorld: Exaggerated. While most places on Equus have their own dangers and unforgiving territories, Meridia is ''extremely dangerous'' by their standards. The oceans that surround it are home to various carnivorous worms and other sea life that prey on travelling ships and its inhabitants, as well as the Great Toxic Reef. And even if a group of adventurers manage to survive the initial ocean trek, they would have to contend with the various wildlife on land, which includes the "[[HairTriggerTemper temperamental]]" and nigh-unkillable Banezards, toxic plants whose pollen can kill shortly within a single breath, and the pragmatic and domineering Giant Kangaroo natives who hunt down Tinies who aren't friendly with them for food and sport. Early expeditions and colonization of the continent was marked by outright ''annihilation'' of entire explorer groups and settlements by hostile lifeforms, natives, geography, weather and [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou everything else]], often in a matter of days.
27	** To put it in perspective, even sniffing the most seemingly harmless flower can kill you. By shooting its seeds at you so hard and fast they can blow your head off. And that's one of the few NON-poisonous plant-life on the continent. And just about [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou everything else]].
28	** To put it in perspective (Again): It is estimated that outside the dubious safety of the safe-zones, the survival rate of an unprepared non-native Meridian is 20% of less ''per hour''. That means you're liable to die horribly every 12 minutes. In some particularly hostile areas, survival rate is not measured in percentages, but TIME, meaning you are ''almost certainly'' going to die, and you only have a few minutes, if not seconds at most unless you're LUCKY enough to get out or get rescued.
29	** To put it in perspective [[RuleOfThree (For a third time.)]]: The Grand Primeval of Adversity, Adversus was so [[WowingCthulhu impressed by the place's overall situation]] that she deemed it worthy of being the place that would house the entrance to her domain. Said portal is small, invisible and surrounded by an ever-lastin' Flayerstorm.
30	** '''''[[DeathWorld MERIDIA]]''''' - Does more need to be said?
31	* TheDreaded: In Meridia, where EverythingTryingToKillYou in a horrible manner or worse, there are ''very'' few things that do not rightly earn this repute.
32	** Emus. At one point in the past, Meridians have waged war against them during an event that would be called the '[[NoodleIncident Emu Wars]]'. It's currently regarded as such an embarrassment that any Meridian would become [[BerserkButton strangely fearful and hostile]] to any outsider who inquires about it.
33	** Even within Meridia, there's ''an entire region'' that nobody sane would venture into: [[PollutedWasteland the Glowing Sea]].
34	* DreamLand: One exists in Meridia, deeply intertwined with Meridian Great Kangaroo Mythology like it was among the Aboriginal Australians in real-life. Also the name of Meridia among the Great Kangaroos, which even they admit is [[DeathWorld deeply ironic]]. [[spoiler:Becomes a plot-point for the Nightmare Breakers and their ArchEnemy the warlock Lord Waking Nightmare, whose ultimate plan to conquer Meridia involved fusing the Dreamland of Meridia with the real world to begin a 'New Dreamtime']].
35	* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: In Meridia, both the local plants and animals are so deadly that a single lapse in judgement can lead to a horrible death in ''thousands'' of possible ways - often dozens of them ''at the same time''. Even growing up to maturity in a safe-zone is considered ''an achievement''.
36	** A [[TooDumbToLive foolish]] [[HawaiianShirtedTourist non-Meridian tourist]] foolishly wandered off the safe zones to go on a free safari, and then tried to pet a very majestic black swan he ran into. He was [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/803149245/4959599849 last seen]] being torn apart by the entire flock of [[KillerRabbit Meridian Killer Black Swan]].
37	--> '''Tourist:''' These black swans are so majestic! Why, I can just go and ''[[OhCrap OH]] [[OhMyGods GODS]] [[KillerRabbit IT]] [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge BIT OFF]] [[AnArmAndALeg MY ARM]] - !!!''
38	* FateWorseThanDeath: Dying a quick if horrible death in Meridia could be considered lucky. There are ''things'' there that can make you wish for death...
39	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Codexverse equivalent of Australia, though it was formerly called "Horstralia" in the Second Age. Like Australia, Meridia is also a dangerous place... except Meridia has Australia's DeathWorld aspects exaggerated so extremely that it is said in-universe that even ''devils'' cautiously avoid the place if they can help it.
40	* FromNobodyToNightmare: A country example. Princess Stitching Time who knew the place as Horstralia during the Second Age stated that while it was dangerous, it wasn't to such an extreme in present day. Of course, given the lore indicated that Horstralia/Meridia in the Second Age just so happened to be its 'most hospitable period' in Known History, it could just always had been that bad and the Ponylanders were just lucky.
41	* HadToBeSharp: Most Meridian lifeforms, natives and later colonists HAD to be incredibly durable, strong, cunning and even lucky ''just to survive for more than five minutes''. Those who did become universally some of the [[WorldOfBadass most dangerous creatures and people alive]].
42	* HorrifyingTheHorror: The common Meridian saying is ''not'' exaggerating when it said even devils fear that place and everything that comes there. The fact that there are living creatures that ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu prey on demons]]'' there is merely one of them.
43	** A canonized drabble showed a scene where a demon gloated about how he/she/it will teach a tourist 'the meaning of pain and fear'. The tourist, [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror completely unimpressed]], [[BringIt casually told the demon to do their worst]] before revealing that he/she came from Meridia. The demon ''[[OhCrap immediately panicked]]''.
44	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: The normally-outgoing Meridians are [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness strangely]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/801283114/4877880677 deflective]] whenever the [[NoodleIncident historical subject]] of the '[[TheDreaded Emu]] [[GreatOffscreenWar Wars]]' are brought up.
45	* NoodleIncident: Their history contain quite a number of these, detailing the various struggles the initial colonists as well as native inhabitants endured and experienced as they survived and then thrived in Equus' most infamous '[[DeathWorld Deathland]]'.
46	** Collectively, the Meridians as a general rule ''[[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain do not]]'' talk about the 'Emu Wars'.
47	* NothingIsScarier: As the Meridians [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain flatly refuse to talk about]] the '[[NoodleIncident Emu Wars]]', we are left with only the barest of hints as to what the conflicts were like. It appears like the actual [[UsefulNotes/TheEmuWar Emu War]] in RealLife, it didn't go very well.
48	--> '''[[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/801283114/4950583579 Meridian Soldier:]]''' [[[ApocalypticLog Terrified Last Message]]] They're coming! ''[[KilledMidSentence THEY'RE EVERYWHERE - !]]"''
49	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Keeping with the trend of everything in Meridia being far, ''far'' more lethal and dangerous than the non-Meridian standard, even the infernal beings that spawn there are implied to be so much worse that Meridians considers normal demonic beings as little more than ''nuisances''. To note, a drabble has a demon trying to get at a Meridian tourist, and for their trouble was [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome reduced]] [[CurbstompBattle to]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown a broken mess]] practically ''[[VillainousBreakdown begging]]'' arriving demon-hunters [[HorrifyingTheHorror to be saved]] from their [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass intended victim]]. The local Meridian Magical Fillies team consider the average demons the Shadowed Ones sent out to fight during 'Final Ragnarok' pale in comparison to the ones they normally deal with.
50	--> '''Meridian Maelstrom:''' [Completely unimpressed] Mate, you call these demons? Back home, we'd call dealing with these blighters '''pest control!'''
51	* PoisonIsCorrosive: A significant majority of Meridian lifeforms are poisonous. Some of these poisons are so potent that they could literally MELT their victims inside out or from any point of contact.
52	* PoisonMushroom: Literally, in this case. A statistic mentioned in the entry revealed that of the 100 deadliest exotic mushrooms in Equus, 60 of them come from Meridia, including 7 of the top 10. And that's just the ''exotic'' mushroom; 85% of all known Meridian fungi are toxic in one manner or another.
53	** The Bonemelter mushroom, as its name implies, can literally melt your bones upon exposure or ingestion, as it was evolved to colonize the bony skeletal remains of enormous dead creatures. Those who had the misfortune of being poisoned by this would end up [[FateWorseThanDeath becoming]] [[AndIMustScream little more than hapless blobs of flesh and organs]].
54	* RedBaron: Due to being a DeathWorld, it's not unwarranted.
55	** Its most popular title is "The Nightmare Down Under".
56	** Alternatively, many survivors of Meridia, maddened by the horrific experiences of being there, simply call it "Death".
57	---> '''Crazed Sole Survivor:''' ''([[DoomedExpedition of an expedition]])'' It's death! IT'S DEATH!! ''[[MadnessMantra IT'S DEAAAATH - !!!]]''
58	* RiddleForTheAges: Discussed between Princess Stitching Time and Marlu the Pouch-Mother on what made Meridia the DeathWorld it is today. Possible suggestions include the existence of magic during the Third and Fourth Ages amplifying every aspect of the place, the Grand Primeval of Adversity setting up the entrance to her domain in there or just plain bad luck.
59	* SicklyGreenGlow: ''A whole region'', deep inside Meridia, aptly named [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/801283114/5062811669 the Glowing Sea]].
60	* WalkingWasteland: Because of the dangerous nature of the entire environment in Meridia, some species had become so deadly in themselves just to survive, in the process becoming a walking danger themselves. One example is the Radzards, a species of Banezards which, as a result of ingesting excessive quantities of radioactive/thaumatic minerals in their native habitat, had evolved to adapt and externally release the radiation from their bodies into the surrounding environment, turning them into ''literal fallout engines''.
61	* WhyWontYouDie: The infamous Banezards of Meridia are also known as 'The Deathless Menaces' because of their inability to just ''die'', due to their incredible durability, multiple redundancy and regenerative ability. Combined with their natural aggression and strength, this makes them one of the preeminent creatures and dangerous threats in Meridia.
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64	[[folder:Bertius the Builder]]
65	--> See his page [[Characters/CodexEquusFictionalAndMythicalCharacters here]].
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68	[[folder:Clawfallen Battlepack]]
69	--> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusFictionalAndMythicalCharacters here]].
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72	[[folder:Commander Piercing Fangs]]
73	-> ''"You blighters should learn by now: ya better turn tail and run when a Ripdingo bares its pearly whites."''
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75	First mentioned in a Drabble, Commander Piercing Fangs is the leader of one of Meridia's most successful groups of 'Raider Hunters', the White Ripdingo Team, named after the Second Age Mobile Suit team (the White Dingo Team) deployed in the country during the One Year War. Ironically and fittingly, the group would manage to acquire a set of Mass Production Colossi from Machina designed specifically for Meridia's incredible hostile environment.
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77	* AcePilot: By implication, given they have to be some of the best ''just to survive more than five minutes'' in Meridia, even in giant robots.
78	* BountyHunter: While their official status is unknown, it's know for certain they hunt the Raiders of Meridia's 'Routback' for a living.
79	* HumongousMecha: Pilots Mass Production Colossus pattern mecha-golems from Machina for their anti-Raider work, specifically designed for Meridia's ridiculously hostile environment. It's telling though that all those precautions merely helped 'even the odds'.
80	* MeaningfulName: Their name pays tribute to their Second Age predecessors the White Dingo team. With the predatory Ripdingos being the even nastier and ravenous descendants of the by-now extinct Dingos, it is a fitting name for a group which hunts Raiders.
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83	[[folder:Crocodile Hunter]]
84	Crocodile Hunter (first introduced [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/846229224/4856183041 here]]) is a world-famous animal conversationalist.
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86	* {{Expy}}: Of Creator/SteveIrwin.
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89	[[folder:Devil Dingo, the Nightmare's Claws]]
90	!!!'''Character:''' Villainous
91	!!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil
92	!!!'''Type:''' Violent Psychopath, Raider, Mass Murder, Hedonist, Warlock, Psycho for Hire
93	!!!'''Faction:''' Himself, the Nightmare Kingdom
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95	-> ''"They say the Routback is worse than Hells - but it sure is the Heavens for me!"''
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97	Devil Dingo (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-28-841213149 here]]) is a Meridian Earth pony who worked for Lord Waking Nightmare, and a particularly vicious and sadistic Raider who clashed with Meridia's Nightmare Breakers team.
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99	* AlliterativeName: '''D'''evil '''D'''ingo.
100	* TheApunkalypse: Has this motif along with the rest of his pack, which comes from the fact he is a Meridian raider.
101	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He's killed so many people that he can't remember individual murders. When Shield Squall tells him he killed her father, he's annoyed and comments that does very little to narrow it down.
102	* CaptainErsatz: He's based on the psychopathic Raiders from the {{Film/MadMax}} film series, with a little extra inspiration from the depraved [[DemonOfHumanOrigin Apostle]] [[Characters/BerserkGodhandAndApostles Wyald]] from [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Berserk]] given his personality and having supernatural powers derived from a pact with a diabolical being. He even has Wyald's personal motto as one of his favourite quotes.
103	--> '''Devil Dingo:''' ''Enjoyment and Excitement!''
104	* {{Depower}}: Squall destroys his TransformationTrinket, invalidating his contract with his demon and his warlock powers along with it.
105	* TheDragon: Serves as this for Lord Waking Nightmare, as both his right-paw Pony and the leader of his raiders.
106	* FateWorseThanDeath: How he considers his eventual incarceration after his defeat. He doesn't care about dying and eternal damnation for his [[RapePillageAndBurn sins]] since he would have had already lived a life without regrets, and his quote implies many consider eternal torment in [[{{Hell}} Hell-Realms]] [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror can't be any more terrible]] than living in [[DeathWorld the Routback of Meridia]]. Being imprisoned for the rest of his life comes off to him as even worse than being immediately killed at defeat, as it not only means he would be denied freedom to indulge in his favorite depraved hedonism until his final day, but also because it means when he finally died he would go to hell with part of a life that he would immensely regret.
107	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Shield Squall defeats him by sending his own ultimate attack right back at him, knocking him into his own pit of Ripdingos that he fed others to for his own amusement. While he survived, it wares him down enough for Squall to destroy his TransformationTrinket and {{Depower}} him.
108	* ItsAllAboutMe: His worldview amounts to ''"do whatever you want with no remorse, and you'll have no regrets"''. Thus, the only thing he considers worth anything is himself and what he wants.
109	* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Shield Squall's father was killed by him, so she is dedicated to bringing him to justice. She succeeds.
110	* PsychoForHire: He's a violent psychopath who loves to RapePillageAndBurn to the point of amassing a body count that's considered frightening by ''Meridian standards''. Thus, he's perfect for Waking Nightmare to exploit.
111	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: While not explicitly stated (for this exact reason InUniverse), the comparisons to Surtr make it clear he's a rapist on top of a mass murdering psychopath.
112	* RapePillageAndBurn: As a Meridian Raider, this is pretty much his MO.
113	* {{Sadist}}: He's a sadistic hedonist who enjoys every minute of what he does.
114	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Lord Waking Nightmare had every intention of betraying and killing him once he no longer needed him, as [[EvenEvilHasStandards even he's disgusted by him]]. However, Waking Nightmare never got the chance, as Devil Dingo was instead arrested by Shield Squall (whose father was killed by him) and transferred to the Terran Empire, [[AFateWorseThanDeath where he would spend the rest of his life in the dungeons]].
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117	[[folder:Kabal Blackpaw]]
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120	[[folder:Lord Waking Nightmare, the Nightmare King/Emperor of Nightmares]]
121	!!!'''Character:''' Villainous
122	!!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil
123	!!!'''Type:''' Great Kangaroo, Warlock, Evil Overlord, Dream Manipulator, Archdemon, Nightmare God
124	!!!'''Faction:''' The Nightmare Kingdom
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126	-> ''"There's only ONE law in the Routback! And that law... IS ME!"''
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128	Lord Waking Nightmare (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-28-841213149 here]]) is a Great Kangaroo Warlock who founded and led the Nightmare Kingdom, and whose grand plans for Meridia led to him clashing with the heroic Nightmare Breakers.
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130	* ArchEnemy: He was this to the Nightmare Breakers.
131	* BerserkButton: Losing control in any way is this for him, owing to being a ControlFreak at his core.
132	* BlasphemousBoast: His [[OneWingedAngel Emperor of Nightmares]] form is essentially a twisted mockery of Meridia's creation myths, making him a living one.
133	* ControlFreak: What Waking Nightmare is at his core. The loss of his home and loved ones to the wild, chaotic and untameable DeathWorld that is Meridia instilled into him an obsession with seizing control no matter the costs. Unlike some of the other order-obsessed/themed overlords, there is no altruism or higher purpose behind it: He just want to control everything if he could so he personally would never again be victimized by the capricious chaotic nature of the lands again. While his dominion, the 'Nightmare Kingdom' is much safer than the rest of the Routback for its inhabitants, it comes at the costs of obeying the [[DystopianEdict draconian laws]] Waking Nightmare imposed to maintain control, which effectively reduced life to simply 'not dying' and the penalty for violation which is [[DisproportionateRetribution incredibly harsh]]. However, even if one were to follow his laws exactly, Waking Nightmare's subjects are still subjected to the horrors of Meridia as they're "scheduled" to happen as a reminder of Meridia's cruel nature.
134	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being a demon-consorting warlock who wish to corrupt Meridia into a nightmare-realm of his own design, even he found his [[TheDragon lieutenant]] and head of his Raiders minions Devil Dingo an utterly abhorrent 'psychotic bogan' that he would very likely dispose without hesitation after he had won. Given how much of a PsychopathicManchild the one called 'The Nightmare's Claws' is, that is unsurprising.
135	* EvilSorcerer: Lord Waking Nightmare was a warlock who consorted with demons and used black magic extensively. He also possessed an extreme need for control everything and everyone - while he wanted to bring order to Meridia's chaotic and dangerous environment, it's really to ensure his own safety from it, as he's perfectly fine with making everyone else suffer to "remind" them that cruelty is part of Meridia's nature, but wants it to happen as he wills it. In short, he tried conquering Meridia just to ensure his own safety from it. As a result, everyone in his Nightmare Kingdom lived in constant fear of him because of the cruelty he inflicts on a "scheduled" whim despite following his strict laws.
136	* GodhoodSeeker: His ultimate plan was to become the 'Emperor of Nightmares' over a Meridia which he would [[InTheirOwnImage transform in his own image]] by merging it with Meridia's 'Dream-Realm' and kick-starting a 'New Dreamtime' which he would usurp. He succeeded, becoming a Nightmare God, but was thankfully destroyed before he could finish remaking Meridia.
137	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subsuming much of Meridia using the Dream-Realm lets the Nightmare Breakers draw on the power of the dream realm with their own dreams, gaining [[EleventhHourSuperpower Dream Forms]] [[HeroicSecondWind that let them fight back and turn the tables]].
138	* InTheirOwnImage: His ultimate goal for Meridia - by [[MergedReality merging the Dream-Realm of the Nightmare Down Under with the real world]] and enabling him to start a 'New Dreamtime' and reshape it in his own image.
139	* KarmicDeath: When he became a Nightmare God, he transformed into a form best described as a twisted mockery of the Rainbow Serpent. He meets his end by a massive, sky splitting pillar of rainbow light that first erupts skywards out of his body, then comes back down in the shape of a Rainbow Serpent and devours him.
140	* MergedReality: His EvilPlan involves merging Meridia with its DreamLand, allowing him to begin a "New Dreamtime" that'll allow him usurp to bring "order" to the country and remake it in his own image, with himself as Meridia's "[[GodhoodSeeker Emperor of Nightmares]]".
141	* NeverBeHurtAgain: After becoming the SoleSurvivor of an attack on his village by a rampanging herd of Banezards, he strove to impose order on Meridia's environment so the dangers of Meridia would happen on ''his'' terms. However, it's deconstructed in that ItsAllAboutMe - his need for control ultimately stems from ensuring his own safety from Meridia's chaotic environment, as he's perfectly fine with letting everyone else suffer as he wills it as a "reminder" of the horrors of said environment, even if they do follow his draconic laws.
142	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: While his attempts to impose order in the chaotic and [[DeathWorld extremely dangerous lands]] of Meridia are well-intentioned on paper, his goals are ultimately self-serving - he's doing it not for the good of everyone living there, but to ensure his own safety from the country's cruel and capricious environment and to satisfy his obsessive need for control. His Nightmare Kingdom is an example of this, as while its residents are indeed safer, they're still subjected to Meridia's dangers despite following his strict laws because he scheduled said dangers to happen to "remind" his subjects that Meridia is still cruel by nature.
143	* OneWingedAngel: Becomes a Nightmare God, transforming in a [[BlasphemousBoast twisted]] [[TakeThat mockery]] of the Rainbow Serpent and other Meridian [[CreationMyth creation myths]]. [[spoiler: This doesn't stop the Nightmare Breakers from killing him.]]
144	* RealityWarper: After merging Meridia with its Dream Realm and beginning his 'new Dreamtime,' he evolves into a nigh omnipotent 'Nightmare God' capable of warping reality as if he was a lucid dreamer manipulating a dream.
145	* SorcerousOverlord: As a warlock, he was this, between consorting/commanding Demons and using powerful BlackMagic to facilitate his evil ambitions.
146	* VillainousBreakdown: He experienced one when the Nightmare Breakers found a way to take away his control over the Dreamland of Meridia and destroy him in spite of his ascension to demonic godhood, spending his final moments screaming that [[ControlFreak he was supposed to be in control]].
147	* VillainPedigree: He's a ''Meridian'' Warlock with Meridian Demons under his control, which are ''far'' more dangerous than their counterparts outside of Meridia, simply due to how powerful something needs to be just to ''survive'' in Meridia. Highlighted when his enemies, the Nightmare Breakers, take part in Final Ragnarok and consider non-Meridian demons 'pest control.'
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150	[[folder:Marlu, the Pouch Mother]]
151	!!!'''Classification:''' Elemental/Ascendant
152	!!!'''Portfolio:''' Metal, Survival, Parental Deity (Kangaroos)
153	!!!'''Rank:''' Divine (Tier 4/Greater)
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155	-> ''"Crikey, mate. I'' almost ''felt that."''
156	--> -- '''Marlu''', after getting half of her skull seared off and one of her arms blown off her shoulders [[note]][[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Notable-Events-Part-17-808088310 by a Fire Jotunn demigoddess, and a spawn of Surtr no less]][[/note]]. She quickly recovered and walloped her stupefied attacker.
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158	Marlu (her entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Deities-and-Divines-Part-17-802111540 here]]) is the Kangaroo goddess of Metal, Survival, and Kangaroos, and is both the principal deity of Meridia and the divine "mother" of mortal Kangarookind.
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160	* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: She had become immune to Meridia's many infamously poisonous lifeforms and toxic environment, often becoming immune to them after regenerating from their effects. To note, she now finds Bonemelter Mushrooms a great pizza topping after having her bones melted from eating them by accident the first time. Said bones are now nigh-impregnable.
161	* ActionGirl: Definitely. She's a powerful, brutal fighter, and makes her presence in Final Ragnarok by giving a CurbstompBattle to three of Surtr's Demi-God children in under five minutes. She ''had'' to be this to live in Meridia and become the 'Queen of the Deathlands.'
162	* AdaptiveAbility: As the goddess of Survival, she can adapt to any new attack and forms of damage and quickly becoming resistant or immune to them, making her even harder to kill with every blow that she survives.
163	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: She's a Kangaroo goddess of Metal, Survival, and Kangaroos, the last one due to being the one who [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted]] mortal Kangarookind and guided her people's evolution until they became what they are today..
164	* AwesomeAussie: Her entry. ALL of it.
165	* BattleBoomerang: Uses one as one of her limited means of ranged offence. It's still deadly enough to behead one of Surtr's demi-god kids.
166	* BewareTheNiceOnes: One of the most cheerful and kind-hearted Deities around, thanks to being one of the Ponyfriends of the First Age prior to Ascension. She's also nigh-unkillable and can kick a Giant's spines out with one hopping blow.
167	* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Eephus and a group of heroes from three of Surtr's demi-god kids, brutally dispatching the latter in under five minutes.
168	* BloodKnight: She loves a good scrap, considers a good brawl to be exciting. Even without her regenerative ability, her fighting ability can more than back up that attitude.
169	* BoxingKangaroo: She's a very skilled boxer, which is made all the more effective by the ability to turn her hands into organic metal.
170	* CloseRangeCombatant: She has limited ranged attacks and much prefers close-quarters combat. There she is an absolute monster in battle who could kick her enemies' rip-cage out through their backs.
171	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: She was originally a mortal Kangaroo named "Baby Hoppy", and was [[LastOfHisKind the first sapient Kangaroo in existence]]. She would eventually Ascend to godhood when she became a student of the first generation of Ponyfriends, led by Queen Mzazi.
172	* ExtraOreDinary: She's the Goddess of Metal, and thus has the ability to turn her body into organic metal. As well as making her even ''harder'' to kill, it also makes her already deadly melee abilities even deadlier.
173	* HealingFactor: While Divines have one already, hers is extremely potent even by ''their'' standards and she can regenerate from injuries that'd kill a normal god in minutes. Her ''page quote'' is from a time she got half her skull and an arm blown off, shrugged it off, and then beat down her attacker. It is believed nothing short of complete obliteration would be required to kill her, [[FromASingleCell as she can potentially regenerate if even a single piece of her remains]].
174	* InterspeciesFriendship: She's an [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Ascendant Kangaroo]]. In her mortal youth, she was best friends with a Paradise Pony, Baby Pockets, with the two of them baking often.
175	* MagicHair: As the Kangaroo goddess of Metal, her Pony-like mane is composed of aqua-colored liquid metal.
176	* TheMagnificent: Known as "the Pouch Mother" by her mortal/divine Kangaroo children, because of her role in [[UpliftedAnimal giving all of Kangarookind their sapience]].
177	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Because of her insane regenerative HealingFactor, her response to physical trauma and damage like ''having half her head blown off'' is a clever quip followed by a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown counterattack on the offender. It's also implied that her pain tolerance threshold is through the roof.
178	* NoSell: Things that could cripple and kill even most average ''gods'' are more or less just inconveniences to her.
179	** She loves having Bonemelter Mushrooms for pizza-toppings. As noted, Bonemelter Mushrooms are called such because their toxins can ''literally melt your bones to nothing'', but [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity her bones had become impregnable to their effects after accidentally eating them the first time]].
180	** Because of her HealingFactor, most injuries fail to slow her down in the slightest. She can lose half her head and one of her arms blown off her shoulders and still keep on coming. And beat down her opponent before her arm has even grown back.
181	* RedBaron: While she is known as "the Pouch Mother", her other title is the "Queen of the Deathlands", which she earned by being capable of literally beating much of Meridia's incredibly dangerous wildlife into submission.
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184	[[folder:Nightmare Breakers (Sisterhood of Magical Fillies)]]
185	--> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusSisterhoodOfMagicalFillies here]].
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188	[[folder:Windytail the Wayfinder]]
189	--> See her page [[Characters/CodexEquusFictionalAndMythicalCharacters here]].
190	[[/folder]]
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