Line #104 Main/AbstractApotheosis


1	->''"You see, hidden within the unconscious is an insatiable desire for conflict. So you're not fighting '''me''', so much as you are the human condition."''
2	-->-- '''Professor Moriarty''', ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''
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4	A character becomes an abstract concept like {{hope\|SpringsEternal}} or [[TheFourLoves love]], whether literally or in a metaphorical sense.
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6	There are many ways this could happen. For example:
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8	* The character willingly abandons their previous life and physical form in order to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
9	* The character [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt killed the previous incarnation of the abstract concept]], so [[SomeoneHasToDoIt they must take its place]] as an AnthropomorphicPersonification.
10	* The character obtains this in a metaphorical sense through purity of action. For example, a BigBad is so evil and so spiteful that it becomes [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil a being of pure hate]].
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12	Often overlaps with:
13	* AnthropomorphicPersonification, if the character becomes an anthropomorphic personification of an abstract concept.
14	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, when the form the character takes on in the "higher plane" is an abstract concept in the mundane world.
15	* DeityOfHumanOrigin, if the character becomes the deity of an abstract concept, or if in becoming an abstract concept, they gain powers equivalent to a PhysicalGod.
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17	This trope is different from GodJob because the ascended character doesn't hold a cosmic office, but becomes a cosmic principle in itself. Sometimes this can mean that the character is no longer sentient by human standards.
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19	This trope is as [[OlderThanDirt Old As Mythology itself]]. Every religion/myth gives some form to a radical concept that cannot be described in simple words. As an example, {{Satan}} is often considered the embodiment of hate, despair, etc., after he [[FallenAngel fell from the heavens]]. The hate itself transformed him from an angel of good into a devil of pure evil.
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21	Quite often invokes "IAmTheNoun." Contrast WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, OmnicidalManiac, and StrawNihilist. Contrast or compare PureIsNotGood and MadeOfEvil, the latter of which can overlap depending on the context.
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23	Not to be confused with AnthropomorphicPersonification. To be clear, an Anthropomorphic Personification is more often than not what results from this. This trope is when somebody becomes the concept, not the concept itself.
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25	'''As this trope can and will involve scenes that happen ''after'' a Death trope, beware of spoilers.'''
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28	!!Examples:
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33	* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has a surprise example in [[spoiler:Zamasu, after his defeat tries to take a page from Giygas book and AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence as "Justice and Order" itself, becoming an EldritchAbomination that corrupts Trunks's timeline]]. Doubles as SuddenDownerEnding.
34	* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
35	** [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist The original manga]] and its anime adaptation have the Homunculi, who each embody and are named after the SevenDeadlySins. It's eventually revealed that they were aspects [[spoiler:of the BigBad Father's personality, which he cast off in his attempt to become perfect]].
36	** [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 The 2003 anime's]] version of the Homunculi are still related to the Seven Deadly Sins, but instead they were dead people who CameBackWrong from human transmutation as embodiments of those sins.
37	* ''Anime/{{Mushishi}}'': Had the old man that became a mountain master after he ate the flesh of the old one, that took on the form of a boar.
38	* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': The eponymous MagicalGirl is (presumably) a manifestation of [[spoiler:the Prince's feeling of Hope]], and Duck herself becomes, at the very least, a symbol of it by the end.
39	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
40	** Madoka is the former {{Trope Namer\|s}} and gave us the Alternative Title: Becoming Hope. Explanation is a spoiler for all the series: [[spoiler:Madoka's wish turns her into a Goddess, and then a witch (a creature that radiates despair) - but she uses her immense power to ''destroy'' said witch and lives on as the abstract concept of hope, existing beyond time and space. Her influence allows all the magical girls who have ever existed to fight without despair and die without regret]]. And [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion the third movie]] reveals that [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope the abstract can be made concrete again]], if you have the proper trap. This happens ''twice''.]]
41	*** [[spoiler:Kyubey likewise confirms that Madoka has become an intangible concept.]]
42	** If ''Rebellion'''s events are any indication, [[spoiler:Homura]] is on the fast track to becoming love. [[spoiler:Her wholehearted devotion to Madoka, coupled with the karmic repercussions of turning back time so often (which heightens both girls' magical potential) enables her to survive the shattering of her Soul Gem. She becomes not a witch, or a magical girl, but a ''demon'' capable of rewriting the universe, as opposed to Madoka's Goddess]].
43	*** [[spoiler:Homura states (at least in the dub) that she's actually become the embodiment of [[LoveMakesYouEvil evil]].]]
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47	* UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington's ascension to godhood (also known as ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'') appears to involve him becoming some type of abstract representation of America ruling over thirteen virgins who represent the states.
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51	* After the ''ComicBook/New52'', the Lords of Order from the ''ComicBook/DoctorFate'' series have been retconned. Prior to this, the Lords of Order and Chaos were primordial beings of the universe that represented Order and Chaos in the cosmos. Now the "Lords of Order" is a title for the earliest humans who were scholars who became the first wizards and sought to impose order on a chaotic universe through their new-found magic. Their obsession with order would lead them to achieve a lesser form of apotheosis, making them generally less powerful than the Olympian gods and whatnot. There doesn't appear to be a corresponding "Lords of Chaos" so far.
52	* In the backstory for ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'''s "Emotional Spectrum", this is apparently the origin of the Lantern entities. The first creature to experience a given emotion (for example, a bug in fear of a predator, or an enraged bull) became a kind of AnthropomorphicPersonification of that emotion.
53	* In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] is defeated when he [[spoiler:abandons his body and becomes/replaces Eternity at the head of the cosmic beings... and fails to realize that the Gauntlet itself, which sustains his new existence, is still on his lifeless body's hand and within easy reach of vengeful relatives]].
54	* In ''Comicbook/TheSandman1989'', there is an... [[PlayingWithATrope odd version of this trope]]. Morpheus challenges a demon to a duel, and the demon chooses the weapon/setting as "reality", meaning that each doesn't ''quite'' become the thing they describe, but it's close. One line:
55	-->'''[[spoiler:Morpheus]]:''' [[HopeBringer I am hope]].
56	** Morpheus is also the brother of Despair (who, according to Destiny, should encompass Hope).
57	** A more straightforward example occurs at the end of [[spoiler:the Kindly Ones, when Morpheus dies and Daniel, a human, becomes [[DeityOfHumanOrigin the new Dream]]]].
58	** It is mentioned that Despair was killed at some point a long time ago, and replaced by a new Despair, but there are no details whether or not the new one was a person who turned into Despair or something else completely.
59	** The series also contains a possible inversion. [[spoiler:Destruction abandons his duties and everything carries on as normal. He suggests that the others could do so as well, the concepts don't need anthropomorphic personifications to keep existing.]]
60	* ComicBook/WonderWoman becomes the goddess of truth for a while in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'', but gives it up. She seems to be an avatar for it even in mortal form, however; for example, some stories say her Lasso of Truth simply channels her inborn powers, and her very presence makes it difficult for people to lie.
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64	* In chapter 78 of ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', it is revealed that [[spoiler:Lily Potter]] merged with the Phoenix Force a.k.a. Destruction of the Endless, to become the White Phoenix of the Crown, Her dominant aspect.
65	** Additionally, in chapter 72, [[spoiler:Luna Lovegood]], having just died, becomes the new Delirium after the old one wandered off one day.
66	* ''Fanfic/DeathIsForcedToTakeAVacation'': The Reapers are this for the Role of Death, former mortals who gave up their original selves to take up the position (though as aides to the Lady of Death and not as full Lords or Ladies of Death themselves).
67	** The same holds true in other universes in the same multiverse where this one is set, such as the [[FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell Pieces-verse]].
68	* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': An Origin is a concept that slipped from the Root along with souls. As such, anything with a soul also has one of these concepts.
69	* The Abstracts in ''FanFic/FaithAndDoubt'' and its sequel can be this. The Abstracts Honesty, Kindness, and Doubt ([[spoiler:later revealed to be Faith]]) were Earth Ponies who ascended during Discord's reign to become the very embodiments of their abstracts.
70	* ''Anime/DragonballZ'' fanfiction ''FanFic/HonorTrip'' does this to Goku, not surprisingly. He personifies hope and relinquishes his soul to Future!Trunks.
71	* An example (or six) is demonstrated in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-light-never-goes-out.html The Light Never Goes Out]]''. After a couple of decades[[note]] not to mention after half the mane cast had gotten married and started families[[/note]] it becomes clear what bonding to concepts such as laughter, honesty, loyalty, generosity, kindness, and magic would actually ''do'' to mortal ponies. Now it is the bicentennial of Luna's return....
72	* The ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'' has Sunset Shimmer becoming the human world's manifestation of Harmony.
73	* In the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', while the [[TarotMotifs Major Arcana]] Alicorns (like Celestia and Luna) are born/created as [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Concepts]], the Minor Arcana are all ponies who were born mortal, but eventually gained enough power and came to personify an idea so well that [[DeityOfHumanOrigin they ascended]]. [[spoiler:The Magician Alicorn ([[BadFuture Dark World]] Twilight) and the Draconequus of Cruelty (Dark World Fluttercruel) are also examples, with the former being the ''only'' Major Arcana born mortal, and the latter being the only known example of a mortal becoming a Draconequus.]]
74	* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': At the climax of the story, the main characters became [[spoiler:''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the New Chaos Gods]]'']]. So that [[spoiler:Shinji became the God of Deceit, Change and Hope; Asuka, Goddess of War, Wrath and Valour; Rei, Goddess of Demise and Joy; and Misato, Goddess of Pleasure and Perfection.]]
75	* ''Fanfic/WereAMiracle:'' Spiritual beings are sentient constructs that represent universal concepts. While some of them, like Father Time, have always existed, others are [[DeityOfHumanOrigin mortals chosen by the universe]] to represent concepts after their deaths. [[spoiler: This includes Star and Marco, who eventually become the spirits of magic.]]
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79	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': The BigBad of the 2002 arc sees Isaac and Miria as the embodiment of Hope, and therefore specifically excludes them from the hijackings he's planning.
80	* The concept of ''La Persona Superiore a Dio'' (The Person Higher Than God) in ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' is temporarily achieved by [[spoiler:Fiamma of the Right]] in Volume 22.
81	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'': [[spoiler:Lobsang becomes the personification of Time, taking over from his mother.]]
82	* In ''Literature/TheCosmere'', this happening to the Vessels of the sixteen [[PiecesOfGod Shards of Adonalsium]] is the event which starts the entire meta-story. It will eventually be depicted in the yet-unwritten ''Dragonsteel'' series.
83	** ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': [[spoiler:After the death of Preservation, one of the above-mentioned Shards, Vin absorbs the power and takes his place. After Vin sacrifices herself to kill his rival Ruin, Sazed takes up both Shards, combining them into a new one called Harmony.]]
84	* Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality''. Each of the first five books features a mortal who becomes an AnthropomorphicPersonification ([[TheGrimReaper Death]], Time, War, [[TheHecateSisters Fate]], and [[MotherNature Nature]]).
85	* The titular character in Libba Bray's ''Literature/{{Gemma Doyle}}'' trilogy is called Lady Hope by the people of the Realms, as she represents the hope that magic of the Realms will be returned to them and shared.
86	* In the Brazilian book ''[[http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Batalha_do_Apocalipse The Battle of the Apocalypse]]'', God [[spoiler:becomes the spark of free will and evolution within all human souls]].
87	* ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'' has [[spoiler:Josh, who becomes [[TheGrimReaper a personification of death]]]].
88	* ''Literature/ThoseThatWake'' inverts this. Man in Suit is hopelessness' given form.
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92	* In ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' the movie ''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'', it is hinted that at one point all Kamen Riders would become this kind of existence.
93	-->'''Garagaranda:''' Didn't you guys die?\
94	'''Kamen Rider #1:''' As long as Riders are needed, we will never die.\
95	'''Kamen Rider #2:''' And as long as Riders exist, we will never let Dai Shocker have their way!
96	** This is further explored in the ''[[Film/OOODenOAllRidersLetsGoKamenRiders Let's Go Kamen Riders]]'' [[MilestoneCelebration anniversary]] movie.
97	--->'''Owner:''' Even if Rider history changes, it seemed the memories people have of Riders don't change. People's memories create time. In other words, as long as people's memory exist... Kamen Riders will endlessly revive.
98	** Cue all the Kamen Riders appearing to deliver a huge beatdown to the Shocker Alliance.
99	* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E22SkinOfEvil Skin of Evil]]", after AscendingToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, an alien race left behind Armus, a [[AnthropomorphicPersonification personification]] [[MadeOfEvil of the evil]] of their former existence.
100	* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E23TheThaw The Thaw]]" features a MonsterClown who is a personification of ''fear''.
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104	* At the end of "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" by Music/WarrenZevon, the now-undead Roland appears to embody war itself, showing up in various conflict zones around the world.
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108	* In Myth/EgyptianMythology, Imhotep, the [[UsefulNotes/AncientEgyptianHistory very much historical]] [[RenaissanceMan scribe, architect, healer, sage]], and [[TheGoodChancellor chancellor]] in the court of the Third Dynasty pharaoh Djoser, was deified about two thousand years later (no earlier than the Third Intermediate Period) as a god of wisdom and medicine associated with Thoth.
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112	* In the ''Kamigawa'' cycle in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', [[spoiler:Michiko Konda]] fuses with her spirit world counterpart to become a living embodiment of the barrier between the mortal world and the spirit world, ending the spirit war in the process.
113	** From the same block, there are Ascendant characters who turn into Essence (enchantment) if a certain condition is met, such as Homura, Human Ascendant.
114	** And in the end of ''The Secretist'' (the three part webnovel of the ''Return to Ravnica'' block), [[spoiler:Jace Beleren]] is now the guildpact.
115	** Sometimes before that event, [[spoiler:Jeska]] sacrificed her Planeswalker essence to [[WorldHealingWave mend the rift throughout the multiverse]]. As a side effect, her essence imposed a new cosmic rule to the way Planeswalker sparks work: there are now more of them, but they are very weak compared to the oldskool 'walkers. Curiously, she had to shatter the embodiment of her evil self to give her mercy to the world, much like the Madoka example above.
116	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'', the souls of the dead can be reborn as the AlwaysChaoticEvil Tanar'ri, the always lawful evil Baatezu, etc.
117	** Further, when such a being dies in its native plane, they merge with the plane itself. The Abyss is pure chaotic evil because it's forged from the countless evils of every soul that has ever gone there, while Mount Celestia is built, stone by stone, from the lawful goodness of every soul that ended up there, and so on.
118	* The most powerful of the gods in ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' are unique in their ability to assume "Purview Avatars", temporarily becoming intelligent manifestations of a certain aspect of reality with unlimited power. A god can literally turn into The Glory, The Abyss, or The Reaper.
119	* This is the whole point of ''TabletopGame/{{Nobilis}}'' - one day, a being of cosmic power sticks Hope in your soul. What are you going to do about it?
120	* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': this is the nature of Primordials - they're an embodiment of a concept, such as Hierarchy and the Rules (She Who Lives In Her Name) or Backstabbing Dickery (the Ebon Dragon). Which means that when an Infernal takes (Yozi) Cosmic Principle, this happens to him. (He can also create his own embodied concept, but he can't truly ''become'' it in the same way due to the Charms required to do so.)
121	** Ironically, it's by averting this trope that the Devil Tiger path allows the Infernals to become more than their predecessors. By remaining an embodiment of themselves, rather than a concept, they avoid the Primordial's CripplingOverspecialization.
122	* ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'' [[spoiler:This is the point of a cosmic bumfight. You want to have a seat in the Invisible Clergy so you will be immortalized as a concept in the world that is to be reborn. And yes, you can do it [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka-style]]]]. [[ArcWords You Did It.]]
123	* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' subverts this trope. In ''Imperial Mysteries'', it's explained that a Mage can go to the Supernal and merge with it, subsumed into one of the many Symbols that define the world. The challenge for a Mage seeking Imperium is going to the Supernal, gaining the ability to [[RealityWarper manipulate Symbols]], all while still being herself. And the [[GreaterScopeVillain Exarchs]] did it before you.
124	* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' During Downfall, the Queen of Storms transcended even the quasi-mortal state of the other Queens to become her Invocation, a living storm of lightning and righteous hatred that eternally ravages the heart of the Darkness.
125	* 4th Edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' lets the player do this through several Epic Destinies.
126	* Inverted in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': the Warp (formerly known as the Realm of Souls) is an alternate dimension that changes based on emotions felt by sentients. The four Chaos gods were formed from it, being the embodiments of general emotions and concepts related to them - despair for Nurgle, passion for Slaanesh, rage for Khorne, and hope for Tzeentch.
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130	* Hazama in ''Videogame/{{BlazBlue}}'' is really [[spoiler:Terumi, the BigBad of the series. Who died roughly 100 years before after failing to doublecross his [[EnemyMine "companions"]] and seems to have become a being of pure hate (and the poster child for AsLongAsThereIsEvil). He basically feeds on his own KickTheDog moments.]]
131	* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'':
132	** In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' Ares wanted Kratos to become [[spoiler:death itself by becoming the ultimate warrior]]. To accomplish this, Ares tried to remove his humanity by tricking Kratos into [[spoiler:killing his family]]. Unfortunately for Ares, all this did was [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge piss Kratos off]].
133	** In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' it's hinted that [[spoiler:Athena]] has become something higher than a god, following the explanation of [[spoiler:why the gods became evil between ''1'' and ''2'']] it can be guessed that [[spoiler:Athena has become Greed itself]]
134	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}''
135	** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', [[spoiler:the Main Character sacrifices [=his/her=] life to become the Great Seal, the final barrier between Nyx, Death itself, and Erebus, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of humanity's self-destructive unconscious desires, thus becoming the ultimate representation of hope in [[TheVerse the ''Persona'' universe]], and visualized as a massive golden gate with the protagonist's soul keeping it closed. Ryoji is the literal embodiment of death, and serves as the game's final boss and the first person you meet in-game.]]
136	** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has a metaphorical example: [[spoiler:Goddess Izanami wants to test mankind's potential, so she gives three people power and names them embodiments of a concept - Hope, Despair, and Emptiness - with the intention of acting based on which representative has the most success]].
137	** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' has the heroes attempting to invoke the trope, by making their [[PhantomThief Phantom Thieves]] group a symbol of hope and encouragement for anyone trampled upon by societal corruption, rather than a couple of high school kids. [[spoiler:In the FinalBattle, the heroes transform this belief into a massive GuardianEntity, that in turn destroys the EldritchAbomination BigBad attempting to "free" humanity of TheEvilsOfFreeWill.]]
138	* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', Zeromus (the trope namer for AsLongAsThereIsEvil) ends up the living embodiment of hate, born from the sheer hate of the slain Zemus.
139	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Hope. His entire CharacterDevelopment is about him growing to live up to his name. [[LampshadeHanging This is commented on frequently]] over the course of the plot. In the second and third games it's taken even further as Hope has become the embodiment of the virtue itself and the world becomes hopeless (both figuratively and literally) when he disappears.
140	* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', [[spoiler:the Meteia become the physical embodiment of despair after their HiveMind was forced to internalize the despair and anguish of countless worlds on their mission to try and find the meaning of life. Unable to withstand such emotions, they come to the conclusion that life is not worth living and attempt to MercyKill the entire universe.]]
141	* In ''VideoGame/{{AdventureQuest}}'', the player character literally becomes the avatar of Hope during the last chapter of the Devourer Saga.
142	* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' has [[MeaningfulName Odio's]] various incarnations, all embodiments of hatred.
143	* In ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings'', Giygas was originally an alien that was going to destroy the earth, but in the sequel, ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', he becomes evil itself, as stated by [[spoiler:Porky Minch.]]
144	* The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Archangels of the Angiris Council]] in the ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' game series represent and act as embodiments of Valor, Justice, Wisdom, Fate, and Hope. [[spoiler:At the end of ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', Tyrael, formerly the Archangel of Justice, takes on the mantle of Wisdom, as its previous holder, Malthael, is out wandering the void.]]
145	** The Great Evils also embody the concepts of Hatred, Terror, and Destruction while the Lesser Evils are Pain (physical), Anguish (emotional), Lies, and Sin. Three subordinate demons encountered during the game embody Gluttony, Lust, and Despair.
146	* In his own words, Javik in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' is "Vengeance". Not in a metaphysical sense, but he completely identifies himself, and regards his entire existence, as the medium of revenge for the extinction of the Protheans by the Reapers. Nothing else in his life matters or will ''ever'' matter but wreaking that vengeance.
147	** According to him, this was common for Protheans; there were avatars of many concepts (the most prominent, of course, were the ones related to [[ForeverWar their 300-year-long war against the Reapers]]). During the [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon assault on Earth]], he identifies Shepard as the avatar of ''[[TheChosenOne Victory]]''.
148	** Averted if you convince him to put aside his Echo Shard. He looks forward to outliving his purpose and thinks about co-writing Liara's book.
149	* In ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA'', [[spoiler:the playable Archer is distinct from his counterpart in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' in that he, instead of becoming a Counter Guardian upon death, became the avatar and shape representing the abstract concept of the "ally of justice". His abstract nature is evident in his true name - "No Name".]]
150	* From ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' there's the Fallen Child [[spoiler:a.k.a. [[HelloInsertNameHere Chara]]...]] Owing to the PostModern nature of the game, [[ExperiencePoints EXP]] and [[CharacterLevel LV]] are actual in-universe recognized things, so when the Fallen Child at the end of the [[LeaveNoSurvivors Genocide Route]] identifies themselves as that feeling you get when your stats increase, it becomes a very meta example since this both means that it's ''them'', not the PlayerCharacter, that has been getting stronger throughout the game, and also that they are an aspect of [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou video gamers themselves]].
151	* ''{{VideoGame/Destiny}}'': One of the schemes of Savathûn, the Witch-Queen, {{H\|ordeOfAlienLocusts}}ive god of cunning and subject of much WildMassGuessing, was to transform herself into the very concept of 'WildMassGuessing about Savathûn' so that she will exist anywhere "every false prediction, misguided theory, fearful rumor, and ominous supposition" suggests she exists, and [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil live for as long as people continue to make them]]. [[UnreliableNarrator Or so she claims.]] Her brother Oryx had the less convoluted goal of becoming "synonymous with death", but he got killed before that could happen. Their sister Xivu Arath, conversely, ''already'' considers herself the AnthropomorphicPersonification of war.
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155	* In the backstory of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' the Avenger of the Third Grail War was originally a normal villager with no special powers until his village turned him into TheScapegoat for their own sins. As a result, his soul came to represent the "wish" for there to exist a source for "[[GodOfEvil All of the World's Evil]]". [[spoiler:When his soul entered the Grail, that wish was granted, transforming the Grail's contents into an endless flood of curses and potentially transforming Avenger into a PhysicalGod]].
156	* Lord Barok van Zieks in ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' is seen by the public as the divine avatar of the "Reaper of the Bailey" who delivers karmic deaths to all those he prosecutes against. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:Mael Stronghart orchestrated the Reaper murders to specifically achieve this, something that Lord van Zieks was ''not'' happy about once the truth was discovered.]]
157	-->[[spoiler: '''Stronghart''']]: Your role wasn't that of some embodiment of death. No, you were London's guardian angel.
158	-->'''Lord van Zieks''': An angel with bloody hands? [[ShutUpHannibal I think not.]]
159	* In the ''VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries'', there exists the concept of a character creating their own law that will alter the very nature of reality according to their desires. However, as they get closer and closer to making it a true law, they also start to embody it more and more. Should someone Emanate then they will ascend to unprecedented levels and instead of creating their own law, they will ''become'' it, effectively becoming a God in the processes as they rewrite all of existence. [[spoiler:At the end of the novel's final route, [[VisualNovel/DiesIrae Ren Fujii, Reinhard Heydrich, and Marie]] becomes the very concepts of frozen time, war and omnibenevolence respectively as they take on the current God, Mercurius, who is the concept of the EternalRecurrence in a massive free-for-all]].
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163	* At the end of book six of ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'', Lord Feral becomes the alphabet itself, succeeding the inventor of phonetic writing.
164	* Lord Kyran of ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit'', also known as Lord Hate. The idea is never fully explained, but he seems to personify and subsist on the hate of all beings.
165	* From ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', [[TokenEvilTeammate Black Mage]], after being killed by Lich, descended into hell, took it over, and became the embodiment of all mortal evils. Then his (former) demonic minions resurrected him [[EvenEvilHasStandards so they could kick him out of hell]].
166	** Such an avatar of evil was Black Mage, that when he was faced with a representation of his greatest sins, all the universe could think to come up with to adequately represent BM's evil was ''a copy of Black Mage.'' He then absorbed ''that'' as well, and became [[BeyondTheImpossible double pure evil]].
167	* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', Pintsize the robot hoards porn in hopes that when TheSingularity hits, he will BECOME PORN.
168	* In ''WebComic/SailorMoonCosmosArc'' this is what Sailor Cosmos ultimately is: the embodiment of hope. Likewise, Chaos is the embodiment of despair.
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172	* At the end of ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', [[spoiler:WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic merges with the PlotHole and essentially becomes one with all of the many inconsistencies in the Awesomeverse.]]
173	* In the ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' the ultimate antagonist of the series, [[spoiler:The Hunger]] is revealed to be an extremely twisted version of this trope, as it is the result of an [[spoiler:''entire multiverse'', down to its inanimate parts and objects revolting against the concept of existing out of sheer, enraged, nihilism at the futility of existence and endlessness of time, proceeding to devour other multiverses in an attempt to out-size the concept of space and demand whatever or whoever is out there for an explanation and to force it to change. Case in point, the core and creator of The Hunger, John, explains that a more proper name for it would be ''The Dissatisfaction'']]
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