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Dark Stanford, an evil counterpart of Stanford who survived the Great Destruction in the Original Timeline, finds his goals intertwining with that of the Mawkin, a warrior race of Chozo ruled by Raven Beak, and they team up to help achieve each other's goals of abducting all of Stanford's counterparts (in Dark Stanford's case) and a multiversal conquest (in the Mawkin's case).

Due to the amount of characters and their combined trope length, they received their own page.

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Dark Stanford and Associates

Dark Stanford

First ASAS appearance: Post 4561

A mysterious but dangerous alternate counterpart to Stanford from the Original Timeline. Having discovered the existence of his alternate counterparts and enacted a scheme to get them all in one place for currently unknown but clearly nefarious reasons. He recruits villains from the current timeline in his mission with promises to give them what they want.

Abandonment-Induced Animosity: Raven Beak manipulated him into believing that the nominators abandoned him in the Voidlands during the Great Destruction, making him hell-bent on exacting revenge on them.
Ambiguously Human: Or fox, in this case. He appears physically identical to "our" Stanford, but is described as having flecks of multi-colored fur and surrounded by dark energy. It turns out that his current form is kept stable with his bowtie, and without it, he transforms into his true form: an Eldritch Abomination that was born from the Voidlands and corrupts anything near him within range.
Arc Villain: Of the Dark Stanford Arc, where he captures alternate Stanfords to absorb their atoms and restore his original body to become the only Stanford in the Multiverse.
Berserk Button: He hates it when one of his counterparts is too clever or copies "his" technology. He also has a deep hatred for Lucian and Oscar after their escape.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Raven Beak since the Chozo chief struck an alliance with him to provide him with additional reinforcements to further his goals.
Disintegrator Ray:
- Besides using the Atomizer to shrink anyone with the bracer and turn them into liquid, Dark Stanford can also disintegrate them with the machine. He can completely vaporize his followers by fully disintegrating their atoms with their bracers, or by burning them if they're turned into liquid. Their atoms can no longer be retrieved after the procedure, killing them permanently. He nearly disintegrated all the 'Brijes except for Knox for their defiance and their "uselessness" after he forced Knox to show him his Full Alebrije form, unaware that Joaquin took the 'Brijes' vials away before they could be burned.
- He can also scatter the victim's fragments everywhere after Atomizing them, and while they can be partially restored, they'll remain in their shrunken state. This is what he did with Kelby and Caedia: while most of Kelby's atoms were absorbed by Blood Moon to disguise as him, Georgina was able to restore Caedia. However, she was only able to turn the 50 Caedia atoms into 50 tiny versions of them until Chikao used the DNA Splicers to fuse them back into her normal self.
Doppelmerger: His current goal is to capture alternate versions of himself to absorb their atoms to restore his original body without needing his bowtie.
Foul Fox: A ruthless arctic fox who is absolutely cruel to his followers.
"It" Is Dehumanizing: Upon finding Polar Vortex, Eye-Sicle's Distaff Counterpart, in Panem, Dark Stanford called her an "it" because he only sees her as another Eye-Sicle who would refuse to work with him, so he sent his monsters over to Panem to capture her.
Mad Scientist: Whereas "our" Stanford is a calm and friendly professor, Dark Stanford has degenerated into a ruthless scientist who conducts harmful experiments, to the point that even "Dark" Eye-Sicle is terrified of him.
Make an Example of Them: Temporarily re-atomized Colby in front of the 'Brijes and alternate Stanfords and forced them to watch Raven Beak torture him. When Greta tried fighting Raven Beak to free Colby, Dark Stanford atomized her alongside him to harshly remind his minions that he's in charge.
Mecha-Mooks: He managed to create several robots by infusing war or patrolling drones from the Mawkin tribe (the most powerful ones being the Robot Chozo Soldiers) with Voidlands energy, creating the Atomozoids, fearsome robots that can absorb the atoms of others and possess the fighting prowesses of the original versions.
The Napoleon: Is the same height as Light Stanford, but gets easily angered when his plans go awry. He only becomes more unhinged as Raven Beak continues manipulating him.
Non-Indicative Name: Although referred to as Dark Stanford, he has no known affiliation with the Dark Nominators, with Dark 6k1 refusing to ally with him after hearing about his atrocities. As a result, NTC prefers calling him Evil Stanford instead, also because he associates the "Dark" title with actual darkness. Dark Stanford is actually the Stanford from the Original Timeline, who got corrupted during the Great Destruction.
Other Me Annoys Me: He sees his alternate counterparts as knockoffs and is jealous of their similarities to him, and plans to absorb their atoms so he can restore his original self and be the only Stanford in the Multiverse.
Shrink Ray: He built the Atomizer, a chamber that can shrink the target by decreasing their atom count and restore them back to normal size. Shrinking them down to 5% atomic makeup turns them into a ball, and reducing it to 0% effectively vaporizes them, though their atoms are kept as a dormant liquid in a beaker until they're restored. This chamber is wirelessly connected to the bracers, so Dark Stanford can also do this remotely with his communicator.
Super Wrist-Gadget: He and his followers wear bracers that allow them to travel across the Multiverse while bypassing Fisher Kingdom effects. They also provide them with extra protection in the Voidlands, and Dark Stanford upgraded them so his followers can shapeshift on their own while matching the target's voice. However, these bracers can't be manually removed once worn, as Iggy discovered when he tried removing Greta's, because Dark Stanford programmed them so that only he can remove them. He can also vaporize them with the bracers, partially or completely, if they disobey him.
Power Fist: He created gauntlets infused with Voidlands energy for himself in his "default" form.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Isn't keen on working with Fecto Elfilis on the mission to take over the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams due to the latter openly disrespecting him.
Villainous Breakdown: When Lucian, Oscar, and Lyric escaped his Atomozoids with all other inhabitants from Whispering Pines, Dark Stanford (in his true form) was so furious that he turned the town into an illogical and corrupted landscape akin to the Voidlands. Even after capturing all the Altfords, Dark Stanford went completely insane and desperately looked for more, believing that he can do more than achieve his main goal.
Villainous Friendship: Downplayed with Raven Beak. Dark Stanford felt actually touched when the latter complimented his determination to capture all of his counterparts and told him he had potential. In Dark Stanford's own words they have "a wonderful working relationship".
Was Once a Man: Dark Stanford is revealed to have been a perfectly normal fox physically identical to "our" Stanford prior to the Great Destruction, with the side effects of said event being what turned him into the Eldritch Abomination that he is now. Though he sometimes had reserves about his plans and regrets, he is now fully dedicated to being the only Stanford there is, even if that meant serving Raven Beak.

"Dark" Eye-Sicle

First ASAS appearance: Post 4561

Eye-Sicle's "dark" counterpart. Unlike in the current timeline, this version of Eye-Sicle is clearly not the one calling the shots at Dark Stanford's lair and is stuck doing menial work deep within it.

Bad Boss: Like Light Eye-Sicle, he forced Dark Stanford out of his home and made him work for him for many sleepless nights, so Dark Stanford turned the tables on him and forced him to work for him as payback.
Extreme Doormat: "Dark" Eye-Sicle simply puts up with Dark Stanford's demands and actions rather than doing anything about it. This is because he was beaten into submission by Dark Stanford as retribution for the false death threat he made to make the fox work for him.
Non-Indicative Name: He's not Light Eye-Sicle's Evil Counterpart, but he's not exactly his good counterpart either as he's subservient to Dark Stanford.
Uncertain Doom: After completing Dark Stanford's modified tribute chamber, the evil fox attacked Dark Eye-Sicle as payback for everything he did to him in the past. His ultimate fate is unknown after that. Later, Dark Stanford confirmed to "our" Eye-Sicle that he had indeed killed him.

Fecto Elfilis

First ASAS appearance: Post 9420

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A mysterious alien with strong Psychic Powers who have been forced to ally themselves with Raven Beak and Dark Stanford as one of their subordinates.

Ambiguous Situation: It's currently unknown if the Fecto Elfilis in Season 262 is the same one who is working for Dark Stanford or a clone/alt, even if data cloning has been mandated for everyone since Season 258. Then again, this version of Elfilis can make their bracer invisible to hide their allegiance to Dark Stanford.
Angelic Abomination: While beautiful and angel-like, they are cruel and ready to do anything to achieve their goals.
Berserk Button: Absolutely despises scientists, given their backstory. They also hate Kirby, since they are aware he is the one to defeat them and they seek to destroy him and his AR!version.
Came Back Wrong: In Reboot Season 240, the Sorceress and Sideshow Bob tried resurrecting them after Dio kicked them straight to Heaven, but the two of them only managed to bring Elfilis' legs back.
Dream Weaver: Acquired Reality Warping powers while in the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, allowing them to summon any object or use any powers they want.
Enemy Mine: The main reason they accepted serving Raven Beak and Dark Stanford is because they are aware of the two Kirbies (under Mr. Star and Bale) affiliated with the nominators. They also seek to absorb Elfilin (also under Mr. Star) and regain their complete powers, as the bracer they were forced to wear didn't fully restore them.
Lack of Empathy: Though this wasn't always the case in their past, as they tried to warm up a bit before invading the Forgotten Land, Elfilis sees anything linked with compassion as a weakness.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Raven Beak and Dark Stanford after the former forced them to join him using a version of the latter's bracer, and with the latter being a scientist. Elfilis clearly has their own agenda and were forced to join if they wanted to live. Eventually, they conspire with Vilgax and Skarbick (the villainous Space Pirate counterpart of Stanford) against Dark Stanford.
Thinking Up Portals: Being a Space Master, Elfilis is able to create star-shaped portals with their staff at will and use them in various ways.

Other members

Bamboozy

A lazy kaiju in her late teens who has been recruited to help with Dark Stanford's schemes.

Deadpan Snarker: The snarkiest (and laziest) member of the crew, she often makes dry remarks about the stuff going on around her.
Green Thumb: She can make bamboo shoots grow out of the ground and impale her enemies with them.
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: After the mission in the Alebrijes' world, not wanting to be a part of Raven Beak's conquest and disgusted with Dark Stanford's cruelty, Bamboozy joined Knox and Joaquin to find a way to escape the fox's control. She eventually escaped and reunited with her father.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The normally sarcastic Bamboozy genuinely shuddered at Dark Stanford's threat to erase the 'Brijes from existence and is also disgusted by Blood Moon's eldritch mutations.
Planimal: She's a kaiju made out of bamboo.

Chip Whistler

The childish CEO of Wholesome Foods in Big City. He allies himself with Eye-Sicle out of a desire to get revenge on the Green family, but is later convinced to join Dark Stanford.

Adaptational Villainy: Not that Chip was nothing more than a petty, borderline psychotic Manchild in his home series in the first place, but here he attempts to put the Greens in a season of the Hunger Games out of pure spite toward them and (if reluctantly) becomes complicit in the Mawkins' attempted conquest.
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Alongside Harry and Marv, he grew sick of working for Dark Stanford and Raven Beak and tried to capture the Greens on his own. Their plan failed completely and he has been captured back by a golden Atomozoid.
The Noseless: Lampshaded by Liv Octavia, a human like him who has a nose, wondering how he breathes with his mouth closed. Chip wasn't sure of how to answer because he didn't think of it so much.

Captain Grime

The leader of the Toads at Toad Tower in Amphibia. He originally aimed to send Hop Pop through the Hunger Games before the Greens and the Plantars escaped. He was recruited to work with Dark Stanford at the same time Chip was. After his failed escape, Sasha, his closest friend is forced to join him.

Adapted Out: Appears without Sasha (though this is only due to her simply not being summoned along with him). However, he tried to leave after realizing how messed up Dark Stanford was and out of concern for his people and friends, but he and Sasha were forced back into his service by Blood Moon's squad. The two of them are also very wary of Raven Beak's lust for power.
General Ripper: As in his source material. It's suggested that he allied himself with Eye-Sicle in exchange for some of Eye-Sicle's gadgets to use back in Amphibia, leaving things to not bode well for Amphibia if he isn't stopped.
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Grime and Sasha eventually escape Dark Stanford's grasp thanks to the Professor's help.

Liv Octavia

The alternate counterpart of Doctor Octopus seen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. She's largely part of Dark Stanford's schemes For Science! and comparing how differently Stanford's alternate counterparts act.

Combat Tentacles: She sports four artificial tentacles that she can mentally control to grab stuff or fight her enemies with.
Eaten Alive: Was eaten by the Queen Metroid during her mission to capture Wednesday in SR388.
For Science!: As usual, she's mostly motivated by science. Also as usual, she has little concern for ethics and shows little concern over whether the alternate counterparts are safe at all, leaving them cooped all together in a single cell.
Unexplained Recovery: Despite being eaten by the Queen Metroid, she managed to show up in the Arena for Season 283. However, she's assumed to be data cloned as per the Gamemakers' mandate since Season 258, so the real Liv is still dead.

Vilgax

An evil warlord from Vilgaxia and Ben 10's nemesis.

The Dragon: He replaces Liv Octavia as Dark Stanford's bodyguard and second-in-command. He becomes a Starscream when conspiring with Elfilis and Skarbick against Dark Stanford.
Half the Man He Used to Be: In Reboot Season 240, he was bisected by Cuda for trying to glue him to the ground and dropkicking him.
Swiss-Army Tears: In Season 240, his tears somehow freed Pomegranate Cookie from her petrification. Vilgax hoped that this was an Arena-acquired ability instead of a mutation in his species.

Harry Lime and Marv Merchants

A pair of petty burglars who are the same ones who have repeatedly run into one Kevin Macallister. Not unlike Chip, they joined Dark Stanford in exchange for getting revenge on Kevin.

Bumbling Henchman Duo: They're not the sharpest tools in the shed and often get the crew in trouble with their mishaps.
Made of Iron: Actually becomes a plot point here, as Dark Stanford notes that Harry and Marv are surprisingly resilient for a pair of human beings.
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Alongside Chip, they grew sick of working for Dark Stanford and Raven Beak and tried to help him capture the Greens. Their plan failed completely and they are now on the run.

The Shape Shifter

One of Dark Stanford's main assets, the Shape Shifter often plays the role of spy for him.

Voluntary Shapeshifting: His main ability. Dark Stanford also convinced him to work for him by offering him new forms to take.

Boss of Dark Shadow

The main antagonist of Rainbow Island. Was nominated in Reboot Season 146 and very quickly turns against Eye-Sicle before escaping his lair following the season.

Adaptational Wimp: Lampshaded by Eye-Sicle when Bub and Bob inform Eye-Sicle of the Boss's atrocities; claiming that he'll forget his magic abilities once he is in the Arena. Of course, there's nothing preventing him from using his powers to their full ability outside the Arena, as Eye-Sicle quickly finds out the hard way.
Hugh Mann: Reluctantly disguises himself as a human when infiltrating Helena Fortran's camp alongside Demi-fiend and Dimentio during Season 146.
One-Winged Angel: Turns into his Super Skel-Monsta form before escaping Eye-Sicle's lair, forcing Bub and Bob to have to go after him. They never end up finding him.

Burgermeister Meisterburger

The former tyrannical leader of Sombertown. He attempts to take present-day Sombertown back over with the assistance of the 'Brijes, but the intervention of the IT Team prevents this.

Back from the Dead: He was stated to have passed away at the end of his source material, but is very much alive and well here. Justified as he was pulled from a point before he did so.
Uncertain Doom: It's hinted that things may not have gone so hot for him and his lackeys after his failed attempt to take Sombertown back over, but whatever actually happened to them has not been revealed at this time. It turns out that they were vaporized and turned into liquid by Dark Stanford using the Atomizer as punishment.

The Bad Apple

A supervillain from Bumblyburg. She's sent by Dark Stanford with her Spider Mecha to that town to capture Stella, the Altford of this world.

Lotus-Eater Machine: Her mech can produce webs of temptation, trapping the victim in whatever tempts them the most. Millie and Wes unfortunately are caught by them.
Monster of the Week: She's knocked out unconscious during the same arc she appeared in, and she loses her bracer.

Dark No-Feet

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Unnamed monster

A monster that attacked the Great Valley in an attempt to capture Stanford's alternate self from said universe (the Longneck Stomper). Little is known about the monster except that it's evidently in league with Dark Stanford.

The Corruption: When angered, the monster is able to corrupt the area around itself, morphing it into a nonsensical and corrupted world, akin to the Voidlands. This is what Dark Stanford did to Whispering Pines Island after failing to get Lucian and Oscar.
Eldritch Abomination: All but stated to be a creature from the OT, with the warped appearance and abilities to go with it. It turns out to be Dark Stanford's true form when he's without his bowtie.
It Can Think: It's subtly implied that the monster is not as mindless as it seems, as it goes into Oh, Crap! mode and narrowly escapes with its bracer when a 50-foot tall Spike knocks an avalanche of rocks down toward it. This is because it is Dark Stanford's true form, who is fully sapient.
Mix-and-Match Critters: Described as looking like a mix between a wolf and an orca.

The 'Brijes

In General

First ASAS appearance: Post 4769

The group of bandits whom Joaquin was once a part of. All have the same ability to turn into alebrijes at sundown as Joaquin does, though they use their abilities for less heroic purposes. The bandits are first seen doing the bidding of a revived Burgermiester Miesterburger in the world of Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, and all are eventually revealed to be working for Dark Stanford.

Bandit Clan: They're a close-knit clan of bandits from Durango who steal from others as their day job.
Dwindling Party: One by one, the 'Brijes get vaporized for defying Dark Stanford. Colby and Greta first get sealed away in Dark Stanford's chamber while Sticky was captured and tortured by him. Then during the mission in the Alebrijes' world, Veena and Sticky were sealed away after they openly betrayed him. Thankfully, Joaquin manages to restore them to normal with Bamboozy and Fire Eyes' help.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Even if Joaquin defected from them after he rescued Kenny, they still wanted him back because he was like family to them, especially for Veena. Other than Knox, they still care for his safety, and thus felt guilty for joining the heist and being forced by the Blight Ganons to keep the ring that prevented Asriel from turning back into Flowey, fearing that he might come for Joaquin next.
Even Evil Has Standards: Not killing people is a part of their self-imposed code, though Joaquin implies that Knox does not always follow said code, and they have been every bit as horrified as everyone else when someone gets killed (or at least severely injured) in front of them. Colby even flat-out asks the Blight Ganons to leave Asriel alone when they are trying to get Asriel to turn back into Flowey during the heist at the Library.
Meaningful Rename: They used to be called the Sundown Bandits until they found cursed treasure that turned them into alebrijes at sunset.
Mixed Animal Species Team: The gang is composed of a coyote, a red-tailed hawk, a bison, a rattlesnake, and an avian dragon who was formerly a cactus, while their former member is a gila monster.
New Body, Old Abilities: The Alebrije Touch follows the user whenever they switch bodies with someone without it, like when Knox and Sticky transformed into their alebrije forms in Wile E.'s and Stanford's bodies, respectively.
Noble Demon: They are unabashedly a group of bandits, but everyone except for Knox pointedly avoids killing anybody and only attack when provoked (otherwise they simply scare or intimidate people).
Our Alebrijes Are Different: They all have the Alebrije Touch like Joaquin and all that it entails. They're considerably less heroic, however.
Punch-Clock Villain: Except for Knox, who's a stubborn, vengeful leader, the 'Brijes are all decent people despite being bandits. They're only doing their job for a living and get along well with the heroes during downtime.
Voluntary Shapeshifting:
- Before going on the Library heist with Bonnie and Clyde, the 'Brijes (and Wednesday) all disguise themselves in this manner by way of Morpholomew (respectively, Knox, Colby, Veena, Greta, and Sticky become Stitch, Snooty, Nosy, Shortstuff, and Spike).
- After getting their bracers upgraded, they can shapeshift on their own with them, even changing their voices to match their new forms', and they can also make the bracers invisible to complete the disguise.
- After exchanging their Dark Bracers for Light Ones, they can transform their body parts, like when Sticky changed her arm into a cactus to fight the Space Pirates. They also use them to temporarily assume their mortal forms after permanently becoming Full Alebrijes.
We Used to Be Friends: All of them to Joaquin to varying extents; Knox being Joaquin's adoptive father, Colby being something of a mentor figure to him, Veena being his childhood best friend (who fell in love with him when they got older), Greta being the one who kept him and Veena out of trouble, and Sticky befriending him along with the other 'Brijes after the Alebrije Touch was activated. Everyone except for Knox (who is still very bitter over Joaquin leaving to the point of becoming extremely violent in the intervening years since) remains on good terms with him after they meet again.

Knox

The self-appointed coyote leader of the 'Brijes and Joaquin's estranged adoptive father.

Abusive Parents: He raised Joaquin like his own son for 19 years but taught him to hurt others as a bandit would. Knox is furious at him for betraying him because Joaquin hates him for his atrocities, to the point that Knox wants him dead. However, Knox can't bring himself to kill him because he's still his adopted son, and was absolutely distraught when Blood Moon forced him to kill Joaquin, even if the latter was revived by Veena's pink venom shortly after.
Archnemesis Dad: Is the reckless leader of the 'Brijes who's the evil adoptive father of Joaquin, and he's trying to get him back on his good graces after Joaquin ran away from him, even if he had a good reason to. In the end, it was also Joaquin's fault for flaking out on Knox since the latter tried his best to raise him after saving him from his parents' killer, and Joaquin ran away instead of trying to talk things out with him.
Battle in the Center of the Mind: Against Blood Moon after Joaquin's "death". At first, Blood Moon was winning, but thanks to Joaquin's encouraging words, Knox managed to repel and defeat Blood Moon alongside his son.
Blood Knight: Knox always jumps into a fight even if it's one that he'll clearly lose (i.e. trying to pick a fight with the Fireblight at the Library; even though he was in the form of the Nigh-Invulnerable Stitch at the time, it didn't end well for him nor anybody else involved).
Characterization Marches On: Knox seemed more genuinely evil and sadistic early on until over time it was eventually revealed that Knox is not so much an unrepentant evil Jerkass and than he is a broken man haunted by the unchecked trauma from being the cause of his father's sudden death that followed him into adulthood, and that Knox didn't start acting truly villainous until the incident that caused Joaquin to defy him and leave the rest of the 'Brijes (an incident later to be followed by the toxic influence of Blood Moon). It was also hinted early on that Knox had always treated Joaquin and (to an extent) the rest of the 'Brijes poorly, but it would be later established that Knox values Joaquin and the others so deeply that he freaks out whenever he thinks he's lost one or more of them, and flashbacks show that he had a relatively healthy relationship with Joaquin and the others until the incident at Kenny's farm.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Aside from being scared of Blood Moon, who turns out to be much worse than him, he still also cares for the rest of the 'Brijes and is also good friend with fellow cold-blooded criminal Freyja. When she and Joaquin are victims of Blood Moon's manipulations in the Alebrijes' world, he feels actual remorse, but is unable to help them out of fear for his own life.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:
- He's so hardheaded that he resists any attempt to redeem him. He couldn't understand why Oscar and Lucian, whom he has a grudge on for the former helping the latter escape from Dark Stanford's lab, would befriend a Metroid and send it over to comfort him over his childhood trauma of accidentally killing his own father with dynamite. He eventually let go of his grudge on them after realizing that they wouldn't fight him back.
- After being through so much suffering under Blood Moon, he began to genuinely sympathize with Fire Eyes, who had to put up with Blood Moon's insanity. Knox felt strange about this, but for the first time ever, he made a small smile.
Dark and Troubled Past: Between losing his father, his many kills, his partners being threatened by Dark Stanford and Blood Moon constantly scaring him, Knox is often prone to terrifying nightmares.
Despair Event Horizon: In Coatl's castle, after seemingly killing Joaquin and being the only 'Brije still alive, poor Knox broke down upon realizing his mistakes and how much he truly loved his "Sonny". However, he immediately saved Freyja and Twilight from Blood Moon, and opposed him for the first time as a result.
Divine Parentage: His father was an Alebrije who gave up his immortality to live in Old Durango as a regular coyote. Sebastian planned to tell Knox about his origins, but died in the accident before he could do so. When Sebastian's brother Coatl revealed this to Knox, he freaked out over being half-Alebrije all along. However, absorbing Alebrijes' souls and siding with Blood Moon cost him the right to claim the throne after Coatl's death.
Dual Wielding: He can summon a pair of rainbow swords as a Full Alebrije.
Fighting Your Friend: He ends up fighting Freyja under Blood Moon's orders despite him clearly not wanting to hurt her or Joaquin in Coatl's castle.
Frame-Up: He's a victim of this trope as the Shape Shifter, under Dark Stanford's orders, set up Martina and Guillermo's old house to make Joaquin believe that Knox willingly killed his parents to drive them away from each other. Fortunately, a letter from Colby prevented Joaquin from falling to it.
"Freaky Friday" Flip: With Wile E. Coyote, with Swapper's help. Knox switched bodies with Wile E. to sneak into Eye-Sicle's lair to capture Stanford and Tay without getting busted because his bracer at the time didn't disappear when he shapeshifts, which could easily give him away. It didn't work because the heroes deduced what happened earlier with the clues he left outside.
Given Name Reveal: According to Elder Coatl, Knox's name is short for "Nochehuatl", which was a nickname given to him by the coyote's father.
Go Mad from the Revelation: Upon learning that he's half-Alebrije because his late father Sebastian was a Full one, and that he's undergoing a metamorphosis into a Full Alebrije himself thanks to the Alebrije Touch and the Alebrije blood in his veins, Knox freaked out and stormed out of Elder Coatl's quarters, not wanting to speak with him further.
Malicious Misnaming: After all the hell he went through trying to escape Raven Beak's grasp, Knox began calling him Raven Butt, albeit out of earshot.
Parental Abandonment: His mother Jessica died of an illness that spread across Old Durango while his father Sebastian was accidentally killed during the train tunnel construction when a young Knox tripped on some dynamite.
Parental Substitute: Served as one (alongside Colby to an extent) for Joaquin. Fittingly, Knox wanted to be a good father in his childhood to make up for accidentally killing his own father.
Playing with Fire: He can breathe multicolored fire in his Alebrije form.
Really Royalty Reveal: He's revealed to be the son of Sebastian, the former Elder of the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, and by extension, he's the nephew of Coatl, the then-current Elder.
Redemption Equals Death: After realizing how much he mistreated Joaquin when he was forced to kill him (albeit temporarily), Knox teamed up with him to rescue the rest of the 'Brijes by piloting them out of Hanubia after Joaquin broke them out of the Atomizer. Knox arrived in an unknown planet, but collapsed in his Full Alebrije form because Joaquin removed his bracer, which was holding his original form. The spirits inside Knox's mind then advised him that it was his choice to continue living since he had Unfinished Business, but he decided to pass on to release them. Veena then used her pink venom to revive him, and he gained the ability to shapeshift between his two forms without the bracer from one of the spirits.
Offing the Offspring: Was forced to kill his adopted son Joaquin under Blood Moon's orders, but absorbed Joaquin's soul to protect him instead of finishing him off. Joaquin then found himself inside Knox's mind, where Alebrije souls that Knox ate are trapped. Thanks to Veena's pink venom, Joaquin was resurrected after the battle with Blood Moon.
Sadist: Knox gets a kick out of tormenting people, and it's his main motivation for why he tied up Kenny in his own house (thus causing Kenny to relapse into his childhood pyrophobia). He eventually moves past this behavior and even becomes genuinely empathetic, to the point that he gives up on his grudge toward Oscar and Lucian and allows the alebrijes' whose souls he absorbed to fully pass on rather than keep them imprisoned within his mind.
Shapeshifting Excludes Clothing: When he permanently transformed into a Full Alebrije like Coatl, he turned into an incomprehensible, vaguely coyote-like monster with a skull for a head, but his hat, neckerchief, and belt remain unchanged.
Toon Transformation: When he switches bodies with Wile E. Coyote, he ends up becoming subjected to Toon Physics and all that entails (along with Wile E.'s rotten luck), much to his shock (and even outright horror) due to coming from a world that doesn't run on toon physics. He outright asks what Wile E. is when he survives getting cartoonishly decapitated while fighting June-in-Scipion's-body.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?:
- He's afraid of explosives because he accidentally killed his own father with them while trying to help him dig a train tunnel with his crew when he was eight. This was how Vinny exposed him when he disguised himself as the Shape Shifter, who likewise disguised itself as Colby, to capture Tay.
- He's also terrified of dying and especially being eaten. Blood Moon used that fear to his advantage and force Knox down a destructive path, until he rebelled against him.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Like the other 'Brijes, he can use his bracer to disguise himself, but he notably does this to cover up his slow but painful mutation into a Full Alebrije. During his death after rescuing the rest of the 'Brijes, one of the spirits in his mind passes his shapeshifting powers to him before being released, allowing him to switch forms at will.
Your Soul Is Mine!: Lied to Blood Moon that he killed the Corpius this way to avoid blowing Joaquin's cover. He then had his bracer upgraded to grant him this power to cover up the lie since Blood Moon threatened to eat him if he caught him. However, Knox started devouring souls during the invasion at the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams and became addicted to this power. Worse, he also feels pain every time he does so, started to dangerously mutate, and can even hear his victims' voices in the head, not unlike Blood Moon.

Colby

Knox's long-time red-tailed hawk partner in the 'Brijes. While he has no misgivings about his line of work, he's the one thing keeping the 'Brijes from completely Jumping Off the Slippery Slope.

Face Death with Dignity: He accepted being vaporized by Dark Stanford for standing up to Lucian and Wednesday, the latter who wanted to be freed from his boss. While Colby was just reduced to a dormant liquid that can be restored, his "death" fits the trope in spirit. He was eventually restored to normal by Joaquin with the help of Bamboozy and Fire Eyes.
The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: When temporarily morphed into Snooty as part of Bonnie and Clyde's heist at the Library, Colby has to resist the urge to suck the snot out of several people's noses the whole time.
Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Was disgusted by Dark Stanford's plan to vaporize all the other Stanfords and threatened to leave him if he continued with it. Dark Stanford's threat to vaporize his followers if they disobey him reinforced Colby's will to leave him, so he fought back while helping Wednesday escape Dark Stanford, but Colby was vaporized as punishment.
Morality Chain: He serves as this for the rest of the 'Brijes, but especially Knox. After Colby's sacrifice to Dark Stanford, Knox became more psychotic without him to keep him under control.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Multi-winged in this case; Colby's alebrije form has two extra wings.
Team Dad: To the 'Brijes, particularly the younger or more naive members like Veena, Sticky and (prior to leaving) Joaquin, and generally upholds their code of honor that includes not killing anyone. He'll do anything to protect his family, but this proved to be his weakness when Dark Stanford threatened to vaporize them and Wednesday if he exposed his evil plans to them.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: As per the 'Brijes' code of honor, they won't hurt children either. He's the first one to openly object to the Blight Ganons' tormenting of Asriel, and also called out Dark Stanford for capturing younger versions of himself to absorb their atoms, but he was blackmailed into keeping it a secret.

Veena

A rattlesnake member of the gang who is around Joaquin's age and the one most determined to get Joaquin to rejoin.

Affably Evil: Veena does take part in the 'Brijes' wrong-doings and can be as intimidating as them, but she acts the least hostile out of the group and even acts somewhat congenially with Joaquin and his friends when she meets them.
Break the Cutie: Gradually losing the rest of the 'Brijes made her miserable, especially Greta whom she looks up to as her mother. She even attacked Knox in a fit of anger after losing Sticky before breaking down in regret, as she is the only one left who can prevent him from turning into a complete monster.
Affectionate Nickname: Joaquin affectionately calls her "Veen".
Childhood Friend Romance: She first met Joaquin when they were nine years old and they fell in love with each other growing up.
Fantastic Medicinal Bodily Product: Her white venom has healing properties that cancel out the effects from the other venom colors and heal wounds.
Flashback Echo: Got one when she confused Fire Eyes for Colby.
"Freaky Friday" Flip: With Joaquin during June's cheer-up party for Stanford.
Genki Girl: Has shades of this, being the perkiest member of the group.
Girl Next Door: She lived next to Joaquin for most of their childhood after her adoption and her sweetness helped her grow closer to him ever since.
The Heart: Despite her line of work, she is a very sweet-natured individual who keeps the 'Brijes' morale up despite being just as formidable of a foe as them; rushing to comfort Sticky as soon as she is able to after the technician at the Library gets brutally killed by the Fireblight for example. She also realized how important her role is in the team when Fire Eyes advised her to meditate in a pool of water in Burenia and compare herself to a river, which provides water to all living things.
The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: While turned into Nosy as part of a heist on the Library that Bonnie and Clyde recruit the 'Brijes and Wednesday for, Veena finds herself having to resist blurting out secrets several times (including giving herself and the others away as false versions of several of Stitch's cousins).
Morality Chain: Reluctantly became this to Knox after losing Colby and Greta, as she's his last remaining emotional support.
Orphanage of Fear: Before Greta adopted her, she grew up in an orphanage, but nobody cared for her and the other children bullied her for being a rattlesnake. She ran away when she overheard the staff saying that she'd never be adopted.
Parental Abandonment: She lost her birth parents long before the events of ASAS, and she fears losing Greta, too, because she sees her as her mother.
Poisonous Person: She can inject venom into her enemies, and it has different effects depending on its color: yellow venom paralyzes for a few minutes, red poisons, blue freezes, purple gives the victim non-stop hiccups for a few minutes, green turns them into a cactus for a few minutes, white has healing properties, while Veena hasn't figured out what pink does yet. She left her pink venom for Joaquin before she was vaporized by Dark Stanford, and when Joaquin was killed by Knox and his soul wound up inside the latter's mind, the venom revived him after a short while, but only once per individual.
Snakes Are Sinister: Inverted; despite being a snake (a rattlesnake, at that), she's arguably the kindest member of the group.
Star-Crossed Lovers: Is Joaquin's long-lost girlfriend, but they can't be together because she's working for Dark Stanford. However, Joaquin promised to marry her after the mission at the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, knowing that she'll come back after being atomized by Dark Stanford.
Western Rattlers: The rattlesnake member of a desert gang of bandits.

Greta

Greta is a vaguely German bison who is the main muscle of the group.

The Big Guy: Greta is the biggest and strongest of the group, even when not in alebrije form. When in alebrije form, she becomes a borderline Implacable Man. Fittingly, her Pokémon form is a Shiny Machamp rather than one resembling her actual species such as a Bouffalant because her Full Alebrije from has two extra arms like a Machamp.
Genius Bonus: Greta's German heritage and accent is based on Texas's large German population and Texas being a popular place for Germans to immigrate to back in the 1800s, to the point that they created a (now exceedingly rare) unique dialect of German called "Texas German".
In-Universe Catharsis: During the heist at the Library wherein the 'Brijes and Wednesday infiltrate it with Bonnie and Clyde while disguised as Stitch and several of his cousins (thanks to Morpholomew), Greta chooses to become Shortstuff to get revenge on the new technology she has no idea how to use and is confused by.
Super-Strength: Her Alebrije form can bust through metal with ease, and her Machamp form's extra arms helps her literally pack extra punches.
Team Mom: She's the motherly member of the gang, keeping a lookout for their safety, and is also the adoptive mother of Veena.
You Have Failed Me: When Raven Beak tortured Colby in front of her, Greta tried fighting the former to free the latter, but Dark Stanford atomized her alongside Colby again for defying him.

Sticky

Sticky is a sapient cactus that was brought to life as a side-effect of the alebrije curse. Being treated nicely by the nicer members of the 'Brijes, they joined them out of gratitude and have remained with them ever since. She is then revealed to be an Alebrije who was sealed away in an urn for years, and was released when Joaquin opened it, but she had to possess the cactus he won for Veena at a Valentine's fair to avoid killing him.

Ambiguous Gender: Their gender is unknown and is mostly referred to with "they/them" pronouns. Their true form is revealed to be female, but she is still fine with being called "they/them" besides "she/her".
Cactus Person: Sticky is a cactus with vaguely humanoid features and never eats, getting their energy from the sun like any plant would. They were a prize won by Joaquin for Veena from a Valentine's Day festival that was brought to life by the curse. Or so they think, because Sticky was actually the Alebrije who gave them the curse, but they possessed the cactus because possessing anyone with a soul could've killed them.
Cuddle Bug: They like hugging their close friends, often forgetting about their barbs, giving "cuddly as a cactus" an ironic meaning.
Foreign-Language Tirade: She breaks down in Spanish whenever she gets immensely upset, like when she suggested that all the 'Brijes should permanently become Full Alebrijes at the cost of giving up their mortal lives as Durangians to stop Blood Moon once and for all.
Given Name Reveal: When she went to Coatl's castle to retrieve the Hypnos-Stone, the Elder addressed her by her birth name, Dolores.
Gratuitous Spanish: Like most of the alebrijes, Sticky can speak Spanish, given their Aztec/Maya inspirations.
Heroic BSoD: Experiences one during the botched heist at the Library when the technician whom they stick with one of Spike's quills is killed by the Blight Ganons.
Hidden Depths: Is hinted to have a playful (if naive and off-beat) personality beneath their scary appearance.
Immune to Fire: Used to enter lava in her true form all the time with no problem.
Meaningful Name: While unintentional on Joaquin's end, Sticky's name refers not just to their sticky barbs, but also the closeness of the 'Brijes. In other words, they stick together.
Nigh-Invulnerable: As an Alebrije, she is an immortal being who can resist many blows, as shown when she resisted Dark Stanford and Dark No-Feet, even as she was being torn apart. However, she can still die if she gets killed.
Our Dragons Are Different: Their true form is a dragon with avian features, as revealed whenever their soul is separated from their cactus body.
Sealed Good in a Can: They were the Alebrije who was sealed in the urn that Joaquin opened, unleashing the curse upon the 'Brijes. Sticky was trapped inside the urn's realm for years by their "friends" who tricked them into killing a living being by possessing it.
The Speechless: Sticky never speaks beyond the occasional quiet chuckle, and when their soul got swapped during June's cheer-up party for Stanford, whoever swapped with them was unable to speak inside their body. They ended up swapping with Stanford and revealed to June that they only weren't able to talk as a cactus, and their true feminine voice wasn't revealed until their soul was temporarily suspended when they were swapped back. Sticky then fully regains her ability to talk when she regains her true form.
Torture Is Ineffective: After Raven Beak decides to infiltrate the alebrijes's world to find a way to know the locations of the remaining Stanfords, Sticky is mercilessly captured and tortured by Dark Stanford and Dark No-Feet. But she is able to resist it despite her body being literally torn apart.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: After confessing to Joaquin and Veena about their true nature, Sticky uses their bracer to transform into someone who can speak so they can communicate with them more easily. She permanently stays in her true form from then on.

The Mawkin Tribe

In General

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A mysterious group of Chozo warriors. They end up working closely with Dark Stanford.

Ape Shall Never Kill Ape: Despite their prejudice against anyone not of their kind, many Mawkin were disgusted at Raven Beak's genocide on the Thoha tribe because it's against their code to mercilessly kill another Chozo. They still complied out of loyalty to their leader, or like Fire Eyes, knowing they couldn't rebel against him.
Bad People Abuse Animals: None of them are above using any sort of beasts or aliens from their planet or other worlds to strengthen their army, or using them like partners in battle (such as the Mawkin soldier Frost Bite, and his Sheegoth, or Wild Sea and the Razorback Terror that killed Cleo's friend). They also don't hesitate experimenting on them or hunting them for sport. Even animals from the Voidlands are no exception.
Balls of Steel: They don't suffer much pain in the groin, either because of their Bizarre Alien Biology or as hardened soldiers, they've felt worse.
Be the Ball: A common ability amongst the Mawkin is the Morph Ball, allowing them to turn into balls to be discreet or go through narrow passageways.
Bizarre Alien Biology: As with all Chozo, their hearts are right in the middle of their chests, unlike human hearts, which are slightly to the left.
Catchphrase: A recurring saying told by the Mawkin and Raven Beak is Hadar sen olmen: Power is everything. Its interpretation varies between members of the warrior tribe.
Child Soldiers: They don't care about a child's well-being or give them "special treatment" if they need help. They only see them as a weapon to be trained for war.
Determinator: All Mawkin fit this trope. Not even death makes them afraid. When one of them decided to kill someone, they will never stop until their target is dealt with, or they themselves are killed.
Double Weapon: Despite their technological prowess, the Mawkin's traditional weapon is simply a double-edged spear usually paired with a shield. Not that it stops them from being dangerous even with that. Fire Eyes and Blood Moon share this trope and they are skilled enough to throw their spear or deflect projectiles with them.
Due to the Dead: They believe that death is a sacred part of the cycle of life and that dying in battle is honorable, but resurrecting the dead is upsetting the balance. Because of this, they have a low opinion on the nominators for "playing god" on the tributes and are set on "making them pay" for their "abuse" on the tributes even after data cloning was mandated for everyone starting in Season 258. They also look down on clones for being "inferior" replacements of the dead.
Fantastic Racism: They see other creatures as inferiors at best, mere machines and animals at worst.
Fantasy Counterpart Culture: To fit in Joaquin's homeworld, Blood Moon's squad compared themselves to Earth Prime's Amerindians. Their frescos and culture are also inspired by Ancient Egypt.
Gratuitous English: Though they can all talk English, only Raven Beak speaks it perfectly. All of the other warriors have a pronounced native accent or do not know some words.
Knight Templar: While all Chozo strive for peace in the universe, the Mawkin, unlike all other tribes, never humbled themselves and gave up on their warrior ways. They always believed that they must control it with an iron fist to crush any threats. They even had decent relationships with other Chozo tribes, even under Raven Beak, and they were even called by the Thoha to help them seal the Metroids on SR388. However, Raven Beak has started to take this to the extreme for his own ambitions, starting by ordering the extermination of the Thoha tribe.
Law of Chromatic Superiority: Depending on their ranks, the Mawkin's armor is of different colors: gray for normal ones, red for commanders, and gold for elite soldiers.
Master Race: They tend to look down on every single other race in the multiverse, with more or less contempt.
Noble Demon: They follow a Code of Honor to only kill their enemies in battle, not eat them like "savage beasts" such as X Parasites.
Proud Warrior Race Guy: They're a very advanced warrior race of Bird People that worships war. The Chozo of this tribe are trained harshly to become powerful warriors from a very young age.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Downplayed. Chozo from specific tribes can share the same eye color (for example, the Thoha usually have yellow eyes). All Mawkin happen to have red eyes.
Villainous Valour: Because they crave glorious death in battle, all Mawkin are ready to fight to the death despite the odds, for the sake of the tribe, their ancestors, and/or their loved ones, and what they believe is right. They are also loyal to their chieftain.

Raven Beak

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The ruthless, cold leader of the Mawkin, and a frighteningly powerful warrior.

Ambition Is Evil: Raven Beak has no morals at all, discarding his own allies or subordinates when he sees them as useless or if they plan to betray him. He is this much dedicated to achieving absolute power in the multiverse no matter what. Him beating up Colby and letting Dark Stanford imprison Greta shows how he has little tolerance for disobedience. Likewise, he advised Dark Stanford to turn Sticky into a lab rat, is behind Blood Moon becoming a hybrid between a Mawkin and an X parasite, and came up with the idea of stealing the Hypnos-Stone from the alebrijes for Dark Stanford's and his purposes.
Arm Cannon: Though he isn't afraid of brutally clawing at his opponents, Raven Beak usually attacks with all sorts of projectiles coming from his arm cannon.
Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Raven Beak isn't afraid of personally stepping onto the battlefield and showing just how terrifying he can be. For example, he personally assisted Dark Stanford in capturing counterparts that have already escaped him.
Batman Gambit: Pulled one by tricking the nominators to gather all of the Altfords for them in Belissima, while having Blood Moon also in the magical chest.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Dark Stanford in the evil fox's arc, since Raven Beak struck an alliance with him to provide him with additional reinforcements to further his goals.
Bring It: Pulled one during his confrontation with Twilight after mocking her failures to protect her friends and her kingdom.
Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Besides keeping Quiet Robe around because he was needed to control the Metroids, Raven Beak captured Twilight and her friends alive and kept them in stasis chambers while letting his army kill or experiment on the other captured Equestrians right away. He left Dark Stanford to "do as he wishes" on the Mane Six, Spike, and Discord, but Light Stanford suggested that he torture them in front of the heroes to demoralize them when they arrive to rescue them, if only to delay the captives' inevitable fates.
Curb-Stomp Battle: As expected from the leader of a powerful tribe of warriors. Onox and Lyric tried to fight him after being ambushed by him and Dark Stanford but Raven Beak crushed them without any effort. Were it not for Dess, they would've been dead.
Evil Versus Evil: Nothing concrete so far, but Raven Beak has expressed several times his contempt for "defects" such as the Dark Nominators. He plans to eradicate them after the Light ones.
Faux Affably Evil: Raven Beak is charismatic and very polite, and despite his brutal rule, he is far from being an incompetent leader. This doesn't change the fact that he can be extremely vile.
Final Solution: Raven Beak had no shame ordering the execution of the Thoha solely because they were against using Metroids as bioweapons and didn't agree with his violent ideas. Only Quiet Robe was spared because he was necessary to control Metroids. He even has a mural commemorating the event in Ferenia, showing how far he is gone.
- With the Voidland Metroids under his command at the end of the arc, Raven Beak had the means to destroy entire worlds. The first thing he used them for? Destroy Scipion's world without any remorse.
Foil: Could be considered one for Eye-Sicle (since Dark Eye-Sicle isn't in charge of his Stanford.) Both are much taller than their respective Stanfords and order them around. While Eye-Sicle is a villain in his homeworld, short-tempered and can be rude to Stanford, but ultimately respects him and tries to cheer him up whenever he feels down, Raven Beak is patient and polite, seems to get along well with Dark Stanford, but also feeds his ego, and has his own agenda, while also being much more sinister than Eye-Sicle ever was.
- Also to Dark Stanford. Raven Beak is tall and rarely loses his cool, menacing demeanor, even when faced with setbacks, like the nominators hiding the Altfords or "stealing" Squishy from him. Dark Stanford is small, irritable, and unstable, and has gone through more than one Villainous Breakdown.
Hate Sink: Just like Timewrecker before him, Raven Beak is a manipulative and evil overlord who looks down on just about everyone, considering them foolish and lesser than him. And unlike Dark Stanford or Blood Moon, he doesn't have any tragic backstory. It goes to the point Power wishes for him to suffer the same fate as Timewrecker.
Good Prosthetic, Evil Prosthetic: His beak isn't natural and is made of steel. What happened to his real beak is unknown.
"It" Is Dehumanizing: Sees people like Megatron as mere machines. It's hardly better with people like Eye-Sicle or Power, since he sees them as beasts.
Lack of Empathy: Raven Beak didn't hesitate to threaten to harm the Stanfords's loved ones (children, Stef's kids included) should they dare defy him and Dark Stanford. His relationship with Quiet Robe is no better, as he doesn't hesitate to harm his prisoner.
Large and in Charge: Chozo are already a tall alien species, but Raven Beak is by far the tallest of his tribe, and possibly of all other Chozo. He's also smart, and currently the most powerful Chozo alive.
Make an Example of Them: Is particularly fond of this trope when dealing with dissenters or any kind of big resistance. He had a Voidland Metroid destroy Scipion's world and had personally captured Twilight as a warning to the nominators.
Manipulative Bastard: He used Veena to locate Dark Stanford's hideout, thanks to Fire Eyes saving her. Later, he convinced Dark Stanford to join him, and while the latter was already ruthless, to begin with, Raven Beak encouraged him to become more violent towards his subordinates.
- It only got worse when they privately talked about each other's goals. While he was genuinely impressed by Dark Stanford's determination to achieve his goal and his skills, praising him was ultimately just a way for him to ensure he would be useful to his own plans. Later, he also played on Dark Stanford's traumatic past after the Great Destruction to fully turn him against the other nominators as well.
- He's also this to Blood Moon, his own subordinate as he made sure to keep him alive after his infection. Raven Beak promoting him to an elite guard was only to pressure Blood Moon more and make sure of his loyalty. Worse, he plotted to get rid of Fire Eyes to fully use Blood Moon's deadly potential without Fire Eyes in the way.
Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Claims (to his tribe included) he is committing all of his atrocities for the greater good and that he is even helping Dark Stanford. But it's no surprise it's ultimately for his own agenda rather than a real sense of justice.
- In the end, he even used the Hypnos-Stone on Fire Eyes's friends. The guy is not afraid to use his very own people as experiments and hide it from other Mawkin.
Praetorian Guard: The chieftain of the tribe has 10 elite soldiers who serve as his bodyguards and are chosen for their battle skills and complete obedience. Raven Beak allows them to dwell on Itorash, his flying headquarters.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivered one to Dark Stanford when they first met after a near Curbstomp Battle when his army invaded the lair right before asking him to work for him. He pulled this again while recruiting Fecto Elfilis.
Smug Super: Being a warmonger sociopath, he is very megalomaniac, as demonstrated by the various fresco in Ferenia showing him. Then again, he is a One-Man Army, with intelligence, powers, and abilities far above the other Mawkin. This was shown when recruiting Fecto Elfilis as unlike Dark Stanford and his "promises", Raven Beak used brute force and took them by surprise to subdue them despite their powerful abilities.
The Dreaded: Many people like the other Stanfords or Captain Grime are unsettled by Raven Beak or outright horrified by his cruelty and power. Even Blood Moon knows not to mess with the powerful tyrant.
Tin Tyrant: He's always seen in his Power Suit, with a red Badass Cape. Said suit is strong enough to resist Dark Stanford's true form corruption.
Visionary Villain: Ultimately wishes to reestablish the Chozo's golden age and absolute order in the multiverse through his iron claws.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Raven Beak decided to get rid of Fire Eyes by "leaking" his location during Fire Eyes's travel to Tallon IV to the Space Pirates, using their wish to retrieve Skarbick (the Metroid Altford, a Space Pirate) to his advantage. Even though Fire Eyes did nothing wrong to his leader despite his doubts, and even if it goes against Mawkin culture, Raven Beak wants him dead just to fully exploit Blood Moon's potential without Fire Eyes trying to calm him down while lying about the truth to fully turn him against the nominators, and letting no one know, not even the rest of his elite guard. He also admitted to Quiet Robe that he considered replacing Dark Stanford should he grow too uncontrollable.

Blood Moon's Squad

In General

A Mawkin squad composed of five members instead of six like other Mawkin squads. They were assigned to work closely with Dark Stanford's minions. Brave Spear, the squad's previous leader has died by the time of ASAS. Only Blood Moon and Fire Eyes are pure Mawkin, the others are descendants of Mawkin and other tribes of Chozo.

True Companions: Even with Blood Moon's deteriorating sanity, the squad has stuck with each other through years of hardships of living in their home planet.

Fire Eyes

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A young Mawkin Soldier that first appeared saving Veena from Gnorcs during Wanda rescue's arc.

Affably Evil: Despite being an experienced warrior, he is well-mannered and can prove somewhat friendly to others. He also offered to help the 'Brijes in their survival despite his loyalty to his tribe, seeing a bit of himself in their struggle to stay together. That doesn't change the fact that, as a Mawkin, he is utterly merciless to his enemies, and is just as disgusted by the nominators as the rest of his tribe his.
Conflicting Loyalty:
- Though it started with the genocide of the Thoha tribe, after spending a lot of time with the 'Brijes and Sticky being used by Dark Stanford to gain access to the alebrijes' realm, Fire Eyes is starting to have doubts about his tribe's "good" intentions. Being good friends with Veena, he comforted her after she lost Sticky and accepted to keep secret her plans of foiling their leaders' plan about the alebrijes' world.
- After the Alebrije mission, Fire Eyes offered his help to Knox, the only remaining 'Brije left, escaping. He also pleaded the rest of his team not to harm him, even though Dark Stanford had plans for him. They all agreed to at least allow Knox to try to escape.
- Eventually, Fire Eyes undergoes a full Heel–Face Turn after Raven Beak set a trap for him by manipulating Space Pirates to hunt him down.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Crushed a group of Gnorcs by himself within seconds, which disappointed him.
Eye Scream: He lost his left eye to Proteus Ridley after being captured by Space Pirates on Tallon IV, and the scar still burns after the fight. Thus, he lived up to his name.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: During the battle on Tallon IV, he was impaled by Proteus Ridley. The Space Pirate didn't kill him, but Fire Eyes was left severely injured until the 'Brijes gave him an Energy Tank infused with Veena's pink venom.
The Lancer: To Blood Moon. Despite their radically different personalities, Fire Eyes is still close to the violent Mawkin.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: After being severely injured by Proteus Ridley, Fire Eyes was given an Energy Tank infused with Veena's pink venom to heal him, but due to a malfunction, it wiped his memories of Blood Moon's whereabouts. He only remembered the following day that he was sent to Eye-Sicle's lair, and by that time, he already broke out of his Kelby disguise to capture the Altfords.
Make It Look Like a Struggle: Willingly had Joaquin and Bamboozy severely injure him to distract Blood Moon, Raven Beak, and Dark Stanford to allow them to rescue the other 'Brijes.
Morality Chain: Is this to Blood Moon. He often calls him out for his sadism to try to prevent him from going too berserk. Thanks to his influence, Blood Moon intended to respect the deal he made with Stef and Fair Trial and eventually spared Power and Ichi.
Really 700 Years Old: Even though he's the youngest soldier in the Mawkin ranks, he is still around 250 years old. And that is seen as a young adult's age in Chozo's culture.
Rugged Scar: Got many of them on his body, either from battle or from intense training. Every other member of his squad share this trait.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: Fire Eyes is still traumatized by the genocide of the Thoha tribe, as well as the X parasite outbreak which killed many of his comrades, Brave Spear included, and turned Blood Moon into the monster he is now.
Sworn Brothers: While his tribe are already close as warriors, he considers Blood Moon as his brother-in-arms.
True Companions: Though he is close to his teammates, he was this with Blood Moon and Brave Spear back when the latter was alive. He was often playfully teasing the proud Blood Moon about his relationship with Brave Spear.
Villainous Rescue:
- Originally saved Veena, out of disgust for the Gnorcs. Later, Raven Beak himself decided to use her to reach Dark Stanford.
- Fire Eyes also helped Joaquin and Kenny rescue Knox from Blood Moon.
Warrior Therapist: Since he motivated Wanda to fight against N. Trance's brainwashing, Fire Eyes is more spiritual than his companions and has a lot of respect and admiration for his ancestors.

Blood Moon

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The Leader of the squad and a merciless warrior.

24-Hour Armor: Unlike the others, he never leaves his armor. Then again, his skin is completely replaced by black liquid that can come from his armor when showing his X form.
Achilles' Heel: Metroids, the only things able to destroy X parasites are also Blood Moon's only true weakness. Blood Moon also shares the visceral hatred of the X towards their predators despite them being creations of his people.
Body Horror:
- Blood Moon possesses X Parasite's DNA. With it, he becomes bestial when turning into his monstrous form, can recover from wounds and can absorb his victims' DNA and memories, much like a normal X would. He can also turn back to an actual red X parasite to directly take control and devour others.
- After having his red X parasite form turn into a Core-X, Blood Moon can also spawn other X from his body and perfectly mimic his victims. When he can't hold his new form any longer, however, he turns into a horrific amalgamation of them, as he did in front of Joaquin and Twilight in Coatl's castle.
Colonel Kilgore: Fittingly enough for his name, Blood Moon is proud, very violent, and outright sadistic, even amongst other Mawkin. Fire Eyes is usually the one to calm his bloodlust down. While he still had standards and could prove friendly before, receiving X parasite's DNA greatly exaggerated his love for violence.
Copied the Morals, Too: After spending a long time posing as Kelby in Belissima, Blood Moon found himself more patient with those around him, including children, something he was unable to do after his infection. Coincidentally, this came after Old Justice brought up Changelings suffering a Shapeshifter Identity Crisis if they stay transformed for too long, which he theorizes is why their powers have a time limit. Unfortunately, these heroic traits didn't stick with him when Raven Beak lied to him that the nominators killed Fire Eyes, making him snap and reveal his true form to everyone in Belissima.
Combat Pragmatism: Despite clearly being a warrior, Blood Moon is forced to use his X DNA to sneak around in disguise in Belissima, while also infecting others to do his bidding. It's not his style, but he is loyal enough to Raven Beak to act like this.
The Dreaded: Knox especially is terrified of Blood Moon given that he tortured him and almost devoured him when they first met. Both are violent and sadistic, but Blood Moon has proven himself to be more monstrous than the coyote.
Driven to Madness: When the nominators are forced to kill his partners on ZDR, and with Raven Beak's manipulations, he gleefully hunts and tortures them, swearing he would destroy every last one of them and giving in to his animalistic instincts, even when gravely injured by the heroes. When Fire Eyes reveals himself to be alive and against him, Blood Moon even turns against him in his madness. Knox had to enter his head, just as Joaquin entered his father's head to confront Blood Moon, to put an end to his rampage.
Earned Stripes: After his successful robbery of the Hypnos-Stone, Blood Moon (much to his surprise and stress) got promoted to an elite soldier by Raven Beak. His red armor thus got replaced with a golden one who ironically, was originally crafted for Brave Spear.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite all of his bad traits, Blood Moon still cares a lot about the members of his squad, especially Fire Eyes, since they were Sworn Brothers alongside Brave Spear, not to mention his attachment to his former commander. He is also very protective of them and can fly into a rage when one of them is injured.
Even Evil Has Standards: Being a member of a warrior tribe and despite his madness, Blood Moon hates cowards, traitors, and boot-lickers alike.
Fantastic Racism: Moreso than his companions, to the point of considering actual people as slaves, bioweapons, or more horribly, outright food.
Faux Affably Evil: When Knox was forced to kill Joaquin in Coatl's castle and ends up breaking down because of it, Blood Moon temporarily tried to genuinely sympathize with him since he knows how he felt, but he quickly snapped out of it and ordered him to finish off Joaquin's companions.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: His red eyes turn into white ones when he's about to snap.
Green-Eyed Monster: Anything that reminds him of his time with Brave Spear triggers him. For example, Soothing Heart taking care of Fair Trial, her husband, when Blood Moon had infected him, made him incredibly uncomfortable.
Hope Crusher: He enjoys making Knox and Joaquin feel as hopeless as possible, so he ordered Dark Stanford to have Twilight vaporized in front of Joaquin, though she thankfully escaped by having Light Stanford remove her bracer,]] and forced Knox to kill his own son.
Hypocrite: While he is able to show respect to other Chozo, or competent fighters, and even has good relationships with his squad, Blood Moon has no shame being cruel to other species, fighters or not, due to his extreme ideas. It's especially visible in his bad interactions with Knox, who had a similar dark past.
I Did What I Had to Do: Said this word-for-word regarding why he forced Knox to kill Joaquin. He blamed them for making him give in to his X instincts.
Jerkass: He may have a tragic backstory, but don't be mistaken. With the exception of his tribe, and some exceptions, Blood Moon easily comes off as unpleasant and arrogant to others. His infection worsened this trait.
Kill and Replace: His modus operandi is to devour any living being and shapeshift into them, copying not just their physical bodies and their powers, but also their personalities and memories by absorbing their DNA. When he gets hungry, his eyes briefly flash white. Blood Moon's plan to get into the Alebrijes' castle and get their dream crystal, the Hypnos-Stone, was to use his evolving X abilities to infect and completely replace an elite Alebrije. He does so with Chief Rodriguez and manipulates the Alebrijes to turn against Joaquin, Twilight, and their allies, at the cost of more of his sanity. The worst part is that the plan worked, with Dark Stanford now in possession of the Hypnos-Stone.
Manly Gay: He gets his muscles from fighting, yet he fell for the equally muscled Brave Spear in the past.
The Mourning After: He never moved on from his lover Brave Spear's death and became the insane, bloodthirsty Mawkin he currently is.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: He puts the "blood" the "Blood Moon" and makes sure his victims know that.
Nightmare Weaver: Long after absorbing Rodriguez, Blood Moon succumbed to the Alebrije's corruption into a Nightmare due to the Hypnos-Stone's theft, gaining his ability to force people to have nightmare.
"Not So Different" Remark: He taunted Knox over their shared backstories of unwittingly killing their loved ones. With time, however, he started to believe this. In his madness, he even plans to have him kill Joaquin, just as Blood Moon killed Brave Spear out of envy just so he would know how painful it feels. Later, Fire Eyes also guessed that Blood Moon acted horribly towards Knox because he was jealous of him.
Painful Transformation: Every time he turns into an X-infected Chozo, he screeches in pain and doubles over. He also frequently has complete physical and mental breakdowns because of his DNA.
Puppeteer Parasite: To make sure that the Stanfords and Power's family would not escape Dark Stanford, Blood Moon infiltrated Eye-Sicle's lair disguised as Kelby, and infected Stef as well as Fair Trial, without killing them.
Sadist: He revels in making sure his victims suffer when he thinks they deserve it, be it physically, mentally, or emotionally.
Spanner in the Works: Not unlike Duke Org Rouki before him, Blood Moon got very close to completely assimilating and devouring Bale, effectively ruining his dark counterpart's plan. He was stopped before he could finish him off.
Staking the Loved One: By far one of the more monstrous acts Blood Moon can do. Using his X parasite DNA, he can control people's bodies and force them to fight and torture to the death their loved ones. The worst part is that he enjoys this a lot. This is partially explained by his murder of Brave Spear against his will. As such, he intended for Knox to devour Joaquin too, so that the coyote truly "understands" him.
Sworn Brothers: While his tribe are already close as warriors, he considers Fire Eyes as his brother-in-arms.
Tragic Villain: Blood Moon has originally been infected by an X parasite and forced to torture and devour Brave Spear against his will. Brave Spear's last actions were able to destroy the X and prevent his lover from being eaten, but since then Blood Moon was forced by Raven Beak to become a hybrid between a Mawkin warrior and an X. Having killed Brave Spear also greatly traumatized his now unstable mind and he is prone to fits of anger whenever his former commander is mentioned.
Troll: When he is being low-key with his sadism, such as when he is disguised as Kelby while infiltrating Belissima, he deliberately refuses to help his "allies". For example, he psychically taunted Stef that he wouldn't help her and the others find the colt who pulled a pie prank on them for April Fool's 2023, simply because Blood Moon finds their struggles amusing.
Undying Loyalty: Being a Mawkin commander, he is the most loyal to Raven Beak out of his squad as he admires his ruthlessness. Of course, the warlord is influencing him to keep control over the only soldier with X parasite DNA in his army.
Villainous Breakdown:
- Completely broke down and turned into an eldritch mess composed of the victims he ate when Twilight and Joaquin escaped prison during the invasion at the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams. He then reformed and shapeshifted into Rodriguez to attend the trial being held by Coatl, vowing to have Dark Stanford vaporize Twilight to make Joaquin feel hopeless.
- He went through another one in Ichi's bunker and Belissima after Raven Beak lied to him about Fire Eyes's death. Stef and Fair Trial managed to convince him to stop his Roaring Rampage of Revenge, but Blood Moon promised this was the last time he would show mercy to the nominators.
What Have I Become?: Very downplayed as Blood Moon is far more gone than Knox. But during his crises, he sometimes questions how savage he had become. He also slightly relates to Knox despite his general disgust for the coyote.
Worthy Opponent: Despite his madness, Blood Moon is still an incredibly proud Chozo warrior and can (albeit rarely) acknowledge how dangerous his opponents are. This happened during his fight with Chief Rodriguez in the Land of the Alebrijes where he didn't use his X abilities and beheaded him instead of devouring him painfully alive, considering him as someone worthy to die only by his spear. Even after his death, he still regards him rather highly compared to most of his victims.

Wild Sea

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The sole female of the group and the most confident of them.

Beautiful Singing Voice: As a female Chozo, Wild Sea has traditionally learned to dance, sing and chirp, mainly for ancient Mawkin ceremonies.
Challenge Seeker: She isn't a Blood Knight like Blood Moon, but she still enjoys fighting and challenges.
Energy Bow: While she's not afraid to fight without weapon, her main weapon is an energy bow that can fire arrows inspired by the beam weapons found in the Metroid games: All of the arrows are chargeable (Charge Beam). Her blue arrows can freeze people (Ice Beam), her purple ones go through walls and barriers (Wave Beam), her pink ones split into three arrows (Spazer/Wide Beam), and her green ones go through enemies and are the deadliest (Plasma Beam). She also has a cyan one that she mainly uses as a grapple (Grapple Beam).
Meaningful Name: True to her name, Wild Sea has a strong affinity with watery depths. She is a skilled swimmer and can hold her breath underwater for several minutes. She's also strong-headed, loves challenges, and is usually cool around.
Mercy Kill: On the receiving end as she knew that she was going to turn into a Nightmare Alebrije, and when she did, Freyja had no choice but to blast her with Hyper Beam before she could kill everyone in her way.
Nubile Savage: Beneath her armor, she doesn't wear anything, and is quite beautiful by Chozo standards. However, she doesn't plan to seduce anyone with her looks, only going without her armor to keep herself cool. After all, she has nothing to hide.
The Squadette: The sole female in the squad, and one of the few female Mawkin in the tribe.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She may be a proud Action Girl, but she has some girlish traits, like being concerned about her look.
Villainous Rescue: Not unlike Fire Eyes before her, she confronted Cleo over her fear of water, telling her she underestimated herself. Wild Sea did it to make sure Cleo would be a Worthy Opponent to her in the future.

Lightning Claws

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The smallest and fastest of the group.

Classical Hunter: Blood Moon described Lightning Claws as the closest thing the squad has to an actual hunter, specializing in ambushes as well. Also, his favorite area on ZDR is Ghavoran, an underground jungle that serves as a Mawkin hunting ground.
Fragile Speedster: As his name implies, he's the fastest of the squad. As such, he is also a master at using Speed Booster to improve his speed and use a Shinespark, launching himself into the air and obliterating anything in his way.
Get It Over With: As he started to transform into a Nightmare Alebrije, he begged Fire Eyes to kill him before he could fully mutate and kill everyone in the shuttle en route to Ferenia, which Fire Eyes reluctantly obliged.
The Napoleon: He's rude, dismissive, sarcastic, and is the smallest of Blood Moon's squad (for a Chozo at least). His size is around 7'.
Pet the Dog: Even he silently tried to comfort Veena after she broke down upon Sticky's capture, knowing how it feels to lose someone dear.
The Stoic: He hardly displays his emotions a lot. However, he isn't as cold as Blood Moon can be, sympathizing a bit with the 'Brijes's struggles.
Wolverine Claws:True to his name, his main method of attack consists of combining his speed with his sharp enhanced electric claws and ending his opponents as fast as possible.

Solid Rock

The largest of the group, and also the strongest.

Affectionate Nickname: He's frequently called "Old owl" by his squad.
Big Eater: He's the most relaxed one in the group and enjoys eating food and other small pleasures.
The Big Guy: Despite having aged not as well as Raven Beak, for example, he's the strongest of the squad physically and is still one of the tallest of the tribe. And he's just as bright as the rest of them, if not more due to his longevity and experience.
Friend to All Children: He has a soft spot for children in general, and can be firm, yet patient around them. When he was younger, Solid Rock was among the Mawkin that took care of some of their last chicks after the Chozo's loss of fertility due to their advanced age and the height of their civilization. As such, he mentored Fire Eyes, Blood Moon, and Brave Spear.
Gentle Giant: Contrasting Lightning Claws, Solid Rock is the biggest in the squad, yet he's kind and respectful, even towards other races... assuming you are not angering him.
Go Out with a Smile: After Fire Eyes accidentally stabbed him in the chest, Solid Rock smiled weakly at him as he bled out.
Graceful Loser: While Lightning Claws and Wild Sea were frustrated with the Rescue Squad and June escaping with an Altford from Cape Suzette, Solid Rock calmly recognized that they had underestimated them.
Meaningful Name: Solid Rock is fittingly as calm yet powerful as a rock/volcano. He also enjoys dwelling in fiery caves.
Old Soldier: At his prime, Solid Rock was considered one of the most feared and respected warriors of the tribe. Though time has weakened him, he is still fearsome in battle.
Ominous Obsidian Ooze: Upon being killed, he bled black ooze, which wasn't related to Blood Moon's X infection, but still hinted that Solid Rock, along with his comrades Wild Sea and Lightning Claws, were corrupted differently.
Team Dad: He's the oldest of the team (around 900 years old) and is very caring of his teammates, serving as a sort of mentor even to this day. Even Blood Moon has some respect for the elderly warrior, to the point of listening to him whenever he raises his tone. He can even be one to others whenever he is with the 'Brijes or other "associates" of Dark Stanford.
Weapon Specialization: His main weapon is a huge hammer that he can use to smash things, or protect himself and his comrades. When charging energy, he can generate powerful explosions with it. He is also specialized with dropping bombs or outright Power Bombs, though he doesn't use those a lot being a mainly defensive warrior.

Characters / Hunger Games Simulation: Lore - Villains: The Mawkin and Dark Stanford

Dark Stanford and Associates

Bamboozy

Chip Whistler

Captain Grime

Liv Octavia

Vilgax

Harry Lime and Marv Merchants

The Shape Shifter

Boss of Dark Shadow

Burgermeister Meisterburger

The Bad Apple

Dark No-Feet

Unnamed monster

The 'Brijes

Knox

Colby

Veena

Greta

Sticky

The Mawkin Tribe

Blood Moon's Squad

Fire Eyes

Blood Moon

Wild Sea

Lightning Claws

Solid Rock

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Dark Stanford and Associates

Bamboozy

Chip Whistler

Captain Grime

Liv Octavia

Vilgax

Harry Lime and Marv Merchants

The Shape Shifter

Boss of Dark Shadow

Burgermeister Meisterburger

The Bad Apple

Dark No-Feet

Unnamed monster

The 'Brijes

Knox

Colby

Veena

Greta

Sticky

The Mawkin Tribe

Blood Moon's Squad

Fire Eyes

Blood Moon

Wild Sea

Lightning Claws

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