Several Overlords flock to one who has...*snort* tragedy befall him. Whether to help, take advantage, or just laugh, they are the most powerful beings in The Multiverse; and should one gain advantage over the others, they will rule all.These are the principal players in the struggle for control of the Netherworld in Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome.
Zetta (The Most Badass Frickin Overlord in All The Cosmos)
Zetta was once the most powerful overlord in the Netherworld. Due to a prophecy from the Sacred Tome that foretold of its destruction by his hands (which he accelerates by burning the book), Zetta loses his body and binds his soul to the Sacred Tome in order to save himself. Since he can no longer conquer the Netherworld by himself, he has to wish into existence a horde of Player Mooks to do his work for him.
Boisterous Bruiser: In Disgaea 4, he comes around looking for a someone that can give him a good fight, and is quite a bit more friendly than in his own game.
Buffy Speak: "'Sacred Tome'? HA! More like... Sucky... Dumb... Thing."
Character Exaggeration: The Zetta Beam only appeared in a few cutscenes in Makai Kingdom - it was never usable for the player, even with his original body. It has since become his signature move in all of his cameo appearances in other Nippon Ichi titles. Additionally, the Zetta Beam also becomes more destructive - originally it was just a blast from the eyes, but when it next appears in Disgaea 2 it becomes a full blown Wave Motion Gun, and recently in Disgaea 4 it became a planet buster Kamehame Hadoken.
Cosmic Keystone: Becomes one to avoid destruction after destroying the previous one. Oops.
Fake Ultimate Overlord: The only reason he's so powerful is because Salome has been secretly feeding him her mana power without his knowledge. He's not happy when he learns the truth.
Pram is the snarky Oracle who predicted the death of the Netherworld. She spends most of her time alternating between trying to help Zetta get his body back and mocking him for his stupidity (sometimes these two overlap).
Black Eyes of Crazy: Subverted in that she's quite sane, but the sclera of her eyes is black.
An Ice Person: Mostly in her later cameos, though she can learn Ice Magic in this game.
Kill It with Fire: When she appears in the game, it's by an explosion that spawns smaller explosions.
My God, What Have I Done?: During the good ending, after realizing that Zetta still harbors feelings for Salome, she blames herself for starting the whole mess through rewriting the Sacred Tome.
Self-Made Orphan: She took the position of Overlord from her father at age 2. Zetta himself states that she only recently acquired her own Netherworld. Later on, you learn that she ended up taking King Drake's Netherworld, and he ain't happy about it.
Token Mini-Moe: Among the Overlords. As a result of this, she also gets quite a lot of face time in the official art books.
Salome was once a pupil of Zetta's. However, she doesn't have as much power as most typical Overlords, because she's been intentionally feeding her own mana to Zetta to make him stronger.
Feather Motif: When she first appears she does so in a soft explosion of white feathers.
Guest Star Party Member: She's briefly controllable in the story mode when fighting Alexander, since the player isn't likely to be able to beat him on their own at that point.
The High Queen: Before her love for Zetta pushes her to the edge.
Hot Consort: Zetta admits he loves her in the end and in the credits she is seen wearing what looks like a wedding dress, strongly suggesting they did finally get married. Salome at (long) last became Zetta's ridiculously hot wife.
Hot Mom: She is Petta's mother, basically confirming that Zetta and Salome did hook up.
Informed Flaw: Is said to be getting weaker by the time she's appeared due to giving her mana to Zetta, but when fought as a Bonus Boss she's the same as when she's a Guest Star Party Member
Worf Had The Flu: Her illness and giving Zetta her mana power makes her much weaker when she's fought at the end of the game, though she's hardly a pushover.
The Dragon God Babylon is the largest and oldest of all of the Overlords in the Netherworld. His old age has made him senile, and he has a tendency to fall asleep in the middle of a conversation.
Badass Beard: In his human form, it also looks like he has a beard as a dragon
Alex is the God of Destruction, and has developed a fierce ongoing rivalry with Zetta. Most of the time, he's directly tried to kill Zetta himself, but other times, he's employed the help of the Thunder God Raiden to do his work for him.
All There in the Manual: See the little child next to Alex in the game's credits? That's his little sister, who has no passing or mention in the actual game.
And Then What?: In one of the bad endings, Alex actually winds up destroying everything.
This Is Unforgivable: Once Seedle reveals his true colors, Alex abandons his rivalry with Zetta to knock Seedle off his throne.
Unknown Rival: Semi-subversion, since Zetta does acknowledge the fact that the two have battled time and time again. He just doesn't care about their rivalry as much as Alex does.
Seedle is the God of the Underworld. As Zetta himself puts it, "He was a kind, brave Samurai until he got lost in the Underworld, where he kicked enough ass to become head honcho."
Obviously Evil: While all the Overlords will talk about being evil, Seedle is the only one that actually looks the part. Not surprisingly, he's the only truly evil character in the game.
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Tried to rape Salome back in their human days. She killed him and got burned at the stake for slaying a hero.
The Star Overlord Valvoga is often summoned into Netherworlds to fight would-be heroes as a "final boss". Valvolga consists of three independently-speaking parts: Micky, the head and torso; Ophelia, the upper body; and Dryzen, the lower body. Micky is supposed to be the brains of the group, but is often bullied into doing what Ophelia and Dryzen want because he's too timid.
Bishonen Line: After his post game battle, Micky takes over as the one being Valvoga and becomes a smaller and more defined version of himself, although Ophelia and Dryzen still exists in his mind.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Later games of the NIS multiverse states that Valvoga was the one who killed Overlord Baal for good, the supposedly unkillable overlord. How did the impossible happened however, it's up to our imagination.
One-Winged Angel: Valvolga is intended to be evocative of such (which is why he's called "The Last Boss").
Split Personality: Although all three halves are presented as independant beings, and Ophelia supposedly being the one might avert this; Micky finally voicing his opinion in his Bonus Boss fight implies this trope, stating the he is Valvoga and the other two should do as he say; also Valvoga's true form only resembles Micky, no traits from Ophelia and Dryzen are seen.
King Drake III is, uh...a "special" kind of Overlord. Most of the other Overlords don't think too highly of him because he does a lot more talking and scheming than he's actually capable of.
"You have all waited so patiently, and now I have finally arrived! I'm the king of the universe, the galactic hero, the creator of all things decently sized. Say my name if you know it! I am... **Stuff Blowing Up in the background** KING DRAKE THE THIRD!"
Joke Character: Two of his proficient weapons are pies (which deal no damage, and heal the target) and balloons (which send the user out of bounds after use of a skill).
He also has a 10% intelligence affinity. 10%. Most first-tier fighter characters have at least 70%. He is possibly the dumbest character in the Nippon Ichi-verse.
Trenia is a mysterious girl who appeared when Zetta's soul was bound to the Sacred Tome. She appears to be goofy and aloof most of the time, giving cryptic warnings to the other Overlords one minute, and casually strolling along and chasing after butterflies the next. The reason she is able to walk out and about among the Overlords even though no one has ever seen her before is because she is actually the spirit of the Sacred Tome, who was pushed out the instant Zetta confined himself to it.
A new character staring in the extra scenario called “Papa is the Strongest Overlord” in the port of Makai Kingdom for the PSP. She claims to be Zetta's daughter confirmed in her mode, she has been sent back to fix a time slip as the prophecy about Zetta destroying his own Netherworld seems to persist in her time, Petta wants to erase this before it truly happens. Petta also went HD in the 6th DLC pack for Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten in Japan.
Time Travel: See Kid from the Future. In Disgaea 4, one of her her skills actually has her hit the enemy, then travel back in time one second and hit the enemy again.
Time Paradox: Then she travels back in time another second and hits the enemy again, and then all three Pettas blast the enemy with their Eye Beams before merging together.
