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3	''[[https://www.youtube.com/@DesoloZantas Desolo Zantas]]'', formerly known as [=DesoloZ=] is a musician who got his start from making remixes of various Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog songs on Youtube before gradually branching out into making remixes from other franchises such as Franchise/{{Kirby}} and creating original tracks. He has a presence on Youtube, Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Newgrounds, where he posts his music. In addition to creating remixes and original songs, he's also created an overarching story called Omniversia.
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5	Omniversia's story is spread out in the descriptions of various songs, and is a LovecraftLite story that involves Elmerninis's goal of reshaping the Omniverse, feeling that though its creator left a mark, they have also abandoned the universes they created and left them to their fate. Kirby's part of the story [[InMediasRes begins at the end of one of his adventures]], during his battle with Zero 3. After defeating both of it's forms, Zero 3 receives DivineIntervention from a mysterious being known as Elmerninis, with Kirby receiving help from Gabriel in return.
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7	Several months after the fall of Zero 3, on one fateful day, Kirby's universe suffers a TimeCrash, with Kirby himself finding out that a strange dark being named Elmerninis had invaded Kirby's universe with full intent to take it over. [[spoiler:After a CurbstompBattle in the invader's favour, Kirby is trapped in Limbo -an inescapable multidimensional labyrinth- and forced to do battle with powerful creatures known as Endemies, powerful foes with apocalyptic power that represent various possibilities in the Kirby universe. Kirby must fight his way out and eventually defeat Elmerninis if he intends to return his universe to normal.]]
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9	Though Desolo Zantas works solo, he does occasionally do collaborations with other artists, notably forming a small team called Cosmotif consisting of himself, [[https://www.youtube.com/@LightMetaS [=LightMetaS=]]], [[https://www.youtube.com/@TnhGameRemixes [=THNGameRemixes=]]] and several others.
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11	!!Discography
12	* ''[[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/aries-dreamer-2 Aries Dreamer]]'' (Released August 10, 2014)
13	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/new-ages New Ages]] (Released February 1, 2015)
14	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/dream-lands Dreamlands]] (Released February 4th 2015)
15	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/abstract-love Abstract Love]] (Released April 1, 2016)
16	* The Life of Gaia (Released on February 13th 2015) - A CompilationRerelease of ''[[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/aries-dreamer-2 Aries Dreamer]]'', ''[[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/new-ages New Ages]]'' and ''[[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/dream-lands Dream Lands]]''
17	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/mechanical-paradise Mechanical Paradise]] (Released June 18, 2016)
18	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-nomad Ghost Nomad]] (Released February 21, 2017)
19	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/undertalia Undertalia]] (Released April 10, 2017)
20	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/divine-castle Divine Castle]] (Released June 3, 2017)
21	* [[https://desoloz.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-of-gaia The Life of Gaia]] (Released July 29, 2018)
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24	!! Examples of tropes seen in Desolo Zanta's works:
25	* AfterTheEnd: The description of [[https://soundcloud.com/desolozantas/long-ago-shiver-star-map-rearrangement Long Ago]] implies that [[spoiler:Elmerninis, Gabriel and Luna once lived on Shiver Star, a planet that is commonly believed to be a post-apocalyptic Earth.]]
26	* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler:Post takeover of Kirby's universe]], the intros to a few plot related videos [[note]]Fallen Path, [=HyperMetaMorpho=], Nodus Tollens [[/note]] have messages in the description by Elmerninis which reveal information about the plot. Fortunately, if you can't understand them, the amount of helpful Youtube comments are thankfully in no short supply.
27	* UsefulNotes/BlackHoles: Zero 3's first form is based off a giant black hole, having sucked up the entire universe into itself to create an anti-universe which it rules over.
28	* DarkIsEvil: Most of the [[spoiler:Endemies that Kirby fights tend to have some sort of association with Dark Matter, with one of them being a corrupted version of Kirby.]] Elmerninis himself makes use of Exa Darkmatter during battle, and takes on the appearance of a shadowy humanoid during his time in Kirby's universe.
29	* DimensionalTraveller: Elmerninis's goals involving travelling to various universes. So far, he's shown up in the Kirby universe as the BigBad and as a GreaterScopeVillain
30	* DivineIntervention: Elmerninis grants Zero 3 their power, transforming them into Zero Soul. Gabriel, another being of godlike intervenes to grant Kirby his own power in order to counter Elmerninis's machinations.
31	* DrumAndBass: Several tracks such as The Contra Void or his Sonic Advance remixes make use of this.
32	* EvilSoundsDeep: Elmerninis has a deep, distorted laughter that plays during Subcontra (though it's absent from the non-Youtube uploads), likely to represent how one sided his first fight with Kirby is.
33	* EvilVsEvil: Elmerninis's reasons for conquering various galaxies is that he's trying to stop Ba'al, an EldritchAbomination who likely represents the chaos inherent in the universe.
34	* EarlyBirdCameo: The final track of Divine Castle Elmerninis/Outro is the earliest mention of Elmerninis long before his actual debut into the Omniversia story, and part of it is later used as Elmerninis's {{Leitmotif}} in general.
35	* EldritchAbomination: The [[spoiler: Endemies that Kirby fights serve as this. Siamo Zero is a corrupted Kirby whose inner darkness turned them into a new version of Zero, [=HyperMetaMorpho=] is a corrupted Meta Knight whose bloodlust has consumed his soul, Nodus Tollens is Zero having fused himself to a Clockwork Star upon wishing for it's power, and Void Elfilis is a version of Chaos Elfilis whose soul has absorbed dark power, altering their form to be closer to that of Void.]]
36	* FallenHero:
37	** [[spoiler:Siamo Zero is a version of Kirby whose heart gradually darkened until he become a monster similar to Zero Two and [=HyperMetaMorpho=] is a fusion between Meta Knight, Morpho Knight and Dark Matter Blade who rampaged across the galaxy, having destroyed several planets in the process.]]
38	* {{Fanfic}}: Several tracks [[note]]Divine Sunset, The Contra Void, Soul Tesseract,~Sancte Trinitatis~, [=AntiNihility=], [=SubContra=], Fallen Path, [=HyperMetaMorpho=], Nodus Tollens, Two Celestial Bodies of Destruction, The Rings of Hope and Beyond Light\|Elemerninis ~Prime Days~ [[/note]] are used as a backdrop for a Kirby fanfiction called Omniversia that starts with the end of a previous journey where Kirby fights Zero 3. After Zero 3 is defeated, Elmerninis intervenes and when Kirby defeats Zero Soul, Elmerninis decides to take over Kirby's universe and [[spoiler:succeeds, trapping Kirby in Limbo and forcing him to fight several Endemies.]]
39	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Right before [=AntiNihility=] begins proper, the usual intro for Desolo Zanta's Youtube videos glitches out, implying that Elmerninis's influence [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou reaches as far as the video itself]].
40	* FictionalVideoGame: Desolo Zantas contributed a few tracks[[note]]Tutorial Stage and The Artificial God (Final Battle)[[/note]] for a fictionalized version of a [=PS2=] FightingGame based on The Amazing Digital Fighting Club, an AlternateUniverse [[https://twitter.com/burrotello/status/1788150685990518796?t=e9PL60XXdfVhtKJH4kIV3Q created by Burrotello]].
41	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
42	** During Soul Tesseract, part of the song is Elmerninis's leitmotif, implying that Zero 3's transformation into Zero Soul wasn't his own doing.
43	** Before [=AntiNihility=] was released, the previous two tracks were arrangements of Hyper Zone 1 and Hyper Zone 2, foreshadowing Elemerninis's appearance proper, having up until this point only being mentioned in the description for ''Soul Tesseract'' and appears in ~Sancte Trinitatis~. It also foreshadows that Elmerninis's form in the Kirby universe is also made up of Dark Matter, though it functions differently to the Dark Matter seen in the Kirby games.
44	* GeniusBruiser: Elmerninis is depicted as a muscular shadowy man during [=AntiNihility=] and Beyond Light \| Elmerninis ~Prime Days~ who is rather intelligent due to his knowledge of the Omniverse.
45	* GreaterScopeVillain:
46	** The Youtube description for Ba'al's theme states that while Elmerninis is believed to the [[BigBad main villain]], Ba'al plays a more pivotal role in the story.
47	** EL himself is implied to be one for The Amazing Digital Fighting Club, with their letimotif prominently appearing midway through the TrueFinalBoss theme.
48	* GroundhogDayLoop: It's implied that [[spoiler:Nodus Tollens can trap their opponent in one of these. The video shows it breaking down and the fight starting over, implying that trying to destroy it through attacking it causes the time loop to continue. Additionally, each time the video starts, the time loop starts again.]]
49	* HiddenTrack: Undertalia has [[spoiler: W.D. Gaster - ¿¿¿ which is intended to be a bonus track befitting of Gaster's nature of referencing cut content in video games.]]
50	* HumansAreCthulhu: Elmerninis is a [=HueMan=] from a different universe, and considering that the Kirby universe is devoid of humans (aside from the possible implications of [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Shiver Star]]), Elmerninis stands out completely with his unique powerset making him an OutsideContextProblem that wipes the floor with Kirby during their first fight.
51	* HopelessBossFight: Elmerninis's second phase has Kirby forced to survive against his attacks, with Elemerninis [[spoiler:taking over Kirby's universe within 3 minutes.]]
52	* InterfaceSpoiler: The Youtube upload of Fecto Elfilis Medley makes it rather blatant that the song isn't actually over after Chaos Elfilis and that an entire extra section exists for [[spoiler:Void Elfilis.]]
53	* {{Leitmotif}}: EL'ss leitmotif originates from Divine Castle, which is used for his appearances during Soul Tesseract, ~Sancte Trinitatis~, [=Antinihility=] and Elemerninis ~Prime Days~. [[spoiler: It also shows up midway during Amen, implying that Elmerninis might have something do with the TrueFinalBoss of The Amazing Digital Fight Club.]]
54	* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: Elmerninis (or EL for short)'s name is rendered as such during the description for Antinihility and during any of his {{Superboss}} and/or TrueFinalBoss appearances.
55	* {{Omniglot}}: [[spoiler:Post takeover of Kirby's universe]], the intros to a few plot related videos [[note]]Fallen Path, [=HyperMetaMorpho=], Nodus Tollens, Two Celestial Bodies of Destruction, The Rings of Hope and Elemerninis ~Prime Days~ [[/note]] have Elmerninis speak in multiple languages, with some of his messages being mixed languages.
56	* PaintingTheMedium:
57	** Unlike the other Undertalia tracks uploaded to Youtube, W.D Gaster's theme is hidden with the link being hidden at the end of Chara's theme. However due to Youtube removing annotations, Gaster's theme can only be listened to on Desolo Zantas's other platforms.
58	** During Soul Tesseract, the description renders Elmerninis and Gabriel's names in a different font to represent their otherworldy nature compared to both Kirby and Zero.
59	** During the first two Elmerninis battle themes [=AntiNihility=] and Subcontra, Elmerninis's attack names are written in strikethrough text, implying that Elmerninis is trying to prevent the viewer from reading the names of his attacks. During the latter song, the description briefly uses UnconventialFormatting anf glitchy text to describe the universe breaking down.
60	* PuzzleBoss: Unlike [[spoiler:Siamo Zero and [=HyperMetaMorpho=], Nodus Tollens cannot be defeated by brute force. Destroying them or watching the video simply causes the fight to start over. It turns out that ignoring it (i.e refusing to perceive it's existence) is what allows Kirby to defeat it and move on to the next opponent.]]
61	* ReadTheFreakingManual: While Desolo Zantas is a music artist, if you want to understand anything that goes on in Omniversia, you will need to read the descriptions of some of the songs[[note]]Divine Sunset, The Contra Void, Soul Tesseract,~Sancte Trinitatis~, AntiNihility, [=SubContra=], Fallen Path, [=HyperMetaMorpho=], Nodus Tollens, Two Celestial Bodies of Destruction, The Rings of Hope and Beyond Light\|Elemerninis ~Prime Days~ [[/note]] related to it's plot.
62	* SequentialBoss:
63	** The first bout with Elmerninis consists of two phases in which Kirby can only survive due to Elmerninis being far more powerful than Kirby at that point in the story.
64	** The Fecto Elfilis Medley consists of sections for Fecto Elfilis, then both forms of Chaos Elfilis. After Chaos Elfilis's core form is defeated, [[spoiler:Elmerninis recreates him as Void Elfilis and sets them loose on Kirby. Void Elfilis has two forms of it's own, with [[https://soundcloud.com/desolozantas/two-celestial-bodies-of-destruction-the-rings-of-the-hope-finale a theme for both phases]].]]
65	* StoryBreadcrumbs: The overall story of Omniversia is scattered throughout some of the various tracks uploaded to Desolo's Youtube, Soundcloud and Newgrounds accounts, with some of these tracks being exclusive to each platform.
66	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Elmerninis defeats Kirby, Void and Zero after fully merging himself into the universe, and traps Kirby in Limbo.]]
67	* TheChosenPeople: Elmerninis, Gabriel and Luna are the three members of the Holy Trinity of Light, representing Power, Knowledge and Wisdom respectively. Elmerninis theorizes that Kirby, Zero and Void are the balancing entities of their universe.
68	* TheMaze: Limbo is a multi-dimensional maze created by Elmerninis, and is where [[spoiler:Kirby ends up after Elmerninis takes over his universe. Kirby is then pitted against various Endemies, testing Kirby's capabilities for a currently unknown purpose.]]
69	* TimeCrash: After trying to deal with the black artifact, time breaks apart, with King Dedede being the first character noted to be frozen in time. This also means that [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Zero]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void]] end up returning despite their deaths in their game of origin. This is revealed to be a side effect of Elmernini's improper integration into Kirby's universe.
70	* UncommonTime: [=AntiNihility=] is a chaotic song that stops and starts, often changing time signature to fit the absolute chaos of Kirby, Zero and Void facing off against Elmernini's fractured form. Nodus Tollens also makes use of this, [[spoiler:befitting of it's state as a chaotic fusion of Zero and a Clockwork Star.]]
71	* UpdatedRerelease: Several of Desolo Zanta's old tracks tend to get updated versions every now and again. Notably, The Grand Sunset and The Contra Void were given -Amelioration- versions which updated the art and overall sound with improved instrumentation; the latter track tones down the DrumAndBass part of the track in favour of adding jazz elements instead. The two tracks and Soul Tesseract were remastered, with The Contra Void and Soul Tesseract now having animated cutscenes resembling a 3D Kirby game.
72	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Elmerninis has shades of this, due to his belief that the creator of the universe abandoned its creation and left it's denizens in needless pain and suffering. To this end, he's been taking over galaxies, having invaded the Kirby universe, likely to find heroes strong enough to take on Ba'al.

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