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Some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. These deities are the ones that are written in destiny's books, meant to achieve amazing things on their fated journeys, whether they like it or not.

Greater Gods

Altria Caster

Altria Caster, Goddess of Chosen Ones Whose Lives Are Living Hells (Artoria Caster, Caster, Castoria, AlCas, Berserker, The Second Avalon le Fae, Altria Avalon, Artoria Avalon, A.A., The Child of Prophecy)

^{Altria Avalon}

^{Her Summer Berserker version}

^{Altria Avalon's Summer version}

• Greater Goddess (Started out as a Demigoddess, became an Intermediate Goddess during her journey as "The Child of Prophecy")
• Symbol: The Staff of Selection for her Caster incarnation, her various swimsuits for her Berserker incarnation
• Themes: The Moment A Planet Is Born
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Being the Avalon le Fae destined to sacrifice her life to save Faerie Britain, and being hated, persecuted, shunned, and manipulated all throughout her life by almost everyone around her, and ultimately unable to change her fate, Being an alternate timeline version of the Stay Night Timeline's Altria Pendragon and Prototype Timeline's Arthur Pendragon, Being loyal to the Master of Chaldea because of their genuine kindness shown to her, Eats a lot much like her alternate timeline versions, Being a stark contrast to her PHH counterparts, On the receiving end of constant discrimination from other fairies, Doesn't think of herself or her goals highly, Her Fae Eyes allowing her to know someone's true feelings or intentions regardless if she wants to or not, Wielding the Staff of Selection as her primary weapon, Being Faerie Britain's equivalent of a messianic savior, Her Noble Phantasm allowing for complete invulnerability, Being a much more noble and benevolent Avalon le Fae than her predecessor Morgan, Only smiling in order not to disappoint her peers, Her skills and NP geared towards healing, shielding, and buffing rather than direct combat
• Domains: Chosen Ones, Saviors, Upbringings
• Allies:
  • From the Fate Series: The Master of Chaldea, Mash Kyrielight, Merlin, Cu Chulainn (Particularly his Caster incarnation), Shirou Emiya (As Senji Muramasa), Lancelot du Lac (His Saber incarnation), Gawain, Leonardo da Vinci (Her Rider version), Sherlock Holmes, Zhuge Liang, Scheherazade, Tamamo-no-Mae
  • Other: Kazuma's Party (Megumin in particular), Izetta, Ghaleon, Odin, Cosmo and Wanda, Luke fon Fabre
• Enemies:
  • From the Fate Series: Goetia, Tiamat, Gudako, Zouken Matou/Zolgen Makiri
  • Other: Lt. Col. Arnold Berkman, Sophie, Jack Horner, The Devourer, Chaos, Death Phantom, The Lich, Tirek, Dr. Robotnik/Eggman, THE END, Darkseid, Maleficent, Big Brother, Sauron, Emperor Mateus, Moebius, Lavos, Alduin, The Fairy Godmother, Alice
• Complicated Relationship: Oberon-Vortigern (Her Evil Mentor, erstwhile ally, and final enemy), Morgan le Fay (Her predecessor as the Avalon le Fae, and Queen of Faerie Britain), Altria Pendragon (Her Alternate Self from Proper Human History), Altria Pendragon (Alter)
• Conflicting Opinion: The Hall of Fairies
• Faerie Britain, an Alternate Timeline version Britain where Faeries were the dominant sapient species instead of humans. Ruled by ruthless conqueror and Queen of the Fae Morgan, the Faeries were forced to "donate" some of their magical energy routinely to the Queen's government. Humans, on the other hand, were bred and raised in People Farms, and lived much shorter lifespans than their Proper Human History Counterparts. Worse, the Faeries themselves were known for being huge Jerkasses to both their own kind and to humans, with the latter even being treated more as pets and livestock rather than compatriots. And, if that wasn't terrible enough, Faerie Britain was also routinely assaulted by various Eldritch Abominations known as the Calamities, which sought to destroy Britain itself.
  • In the midst of this all, a prophecy made by the Mirror Clan predicted of a Messianic Archetype savior that would supposedly save Faerie Britain from the Calamities and by extension topple the rule of Morgan. This so-called "Child of Prophecy" would go on a journey to ring the six bells of each Faerie Clan, and would then be able to accomplish her duty. Despite Morgan's attempts to prevent this from happening, the events that the Mirror Clan had predicted ultimately came true. Not long after the Clan's prophecy, the young Altria, as a baby, was found by Ainsel, leader of the Mirror Clan. However, knowing the danger that the Queen and the other Clans posed and their desire to see the Child of Prophecy eliminated, elected to cast the young Avalon le Fae adrift, where she would be found by the villagers of Tintagel. It was here where her life would be made a living hell by her friends, adoptive family, and neighbors, all of whom were British Faeries, out of a mix of Fantastic Racism, jealousy, and fear.
  • Despite this routine persecution and the difficulties associated with it, Altria carried on with her life, helping the villagers with errands, traveling to different cities around Faerie Britain, and learning magic from an individual who identified himself as Merlin. Unfortunately for her, the racism and discrimination from Faeries would continue, with even humans, second-class citizens themselves in Faerie Britain, refusing to believe her claims of being the Child of Prophecy. Eventually, she met a handful of people who did sympathize with her and treated her as an equal. These were Cnoc na Riabh, the head of the King Clan, and Ector, a blacksmith living near Tintagel. It was because of them being genuinely nice to her that she became friends with both of them, with Cnoc na Riabh attempting to give her encourage and a boost in self-confidence, while Ector taught her the basics of blacksmithing. Unfortunately for Altria, she would lose contact with Cnoc na Riabh when the former would begin a rebellion against Morgan, while Ector would end up performing a Heroic Sacrifice to save Altria both from Tintagel's ultimately Stupid Evil populace and Morgan's execution squads led by Woodwose. On the brink of a Despair Event Horizon, Altria ultimately heads to the Nameless Woods in an attempt to forget her own identity and essentially commit suicide.
• Unfortunately for her, due to her Avalon le Fae heritage, Altria was immune to the Laser-Guided Amnesia effects of the woods. Fortunately for her, her luck would soon change for the better upon encountering the amnesiac Master of Chaldea and his Servant companion Sir Tristan. Pretty soon, thanks to Chaldea's much-needed aid, Altria would be able to make contact with the Londinium Rebels and other parties wanting to overthrow Morgan's rule. Among the latter included her old friend Cnoc na Riabh, the Lostbelt's equivalent of Gareth, and, most notably, the Fairy King Oberon. With their help, she was able to ring the Six Bells of each Faerie Clan, with Altria herself becoming stronger each time she rang one. In addition, Altria, with help from Chaldea, was able to defeat two of the three of Morgan's Tam Lin, with Baobhan Sith humiliated and stripped of her position, and Barghest defecting to the Londinium Rebels. While her goal of overthrowing Morgan and her Faerie Kingdom's rule was ultimately successful, it came at heavy cost, with Gareth, Tristan, and apparently Oberon all getting killed in action.
  • Rather than take the throne for herself, however, Altria ultimately allowed her friend and ally Cnoc na Riabh to become the next ruler of Faerie Britain, with Altria instead planning on Wandering the Earth and resigning herself to a quiet life in Avalon. Chaldea themselves were planning on leaving Faerie Britain alongside Barghest and a number of Fae, due to the threat of Morgan having finally been contained and the Lostbelt itself seemingly no longer posing a problem, at least for the time being. Unfortunately for her, Chaldea, and the Londinium Resistance, things would go From Bad to Worse, thanks to the machinations of a number of traitors within the Rebellion's ranks. Cnoc na Riabh would be betrayed, poisoned, condemned by her own followers and ultimately die, a civil war would erupt between the Londinium Rebels, Northern Fae, Norwich's forces, and Aurora's forces, the Mors attacks would increase, and worst of all, more Calamities would awaken and wreak havoc across Faerie Britain and potentially destroy the rest of the Earth.
  • With the odds increasingly against them, Altria and Chaldea are fortunately saved by Merlin, who leads a number of the survivors to Avalon in order to find a way to stop the Calamities, Faerie Britain itself being doomed by that point. It was here that Altria Caster was forced to relive the memories of her entire life, both good and bad, in order to fulfill her purpose and destiny. Upon reaching the end of Avalon, Altria found out her true purpose: to end the existence of Faerie Britain, and serve as the catalyst to forge Excalibur at the cost of her own life. Unsurprisingly, Altria was less than happy about this revelation. But because she knew that the world would potentially be doomed if she didn't do anything, she proceeded with the ritual anyway. Noticing her reluctance and wanting to satisfy his own curiosity and desires, Senji Muramasa interferes with the Excalibur forging mid-ritural, and offers himself in Altria's place, in the process giving the middle finger to the Foreign God. This gives Altria a chance and some hope of achieving one of her wishes in life: to live a normal life free from any burdens with Chaldea.
• Unfortunately for her and Chaldea, this dream would not come to be. Already Living on Borrowed Time thanks to the aforementioned ritual (her body now solely running on her remaining magical energy), Altria, seeing how powerful the Calamity of Curses Cernunnos was despite the precautions that Merlin, Caster Cu Chulainn, and even Morgan had put into place specifically to stop him, the Avalon le Fae ultimately decided to perform a Heroic Sacrifice using her remaining magical energy. While her final attack didn't outright kill the undead deity, punching a hole right through its chest instead, it did allow Chaldea to perform the coup de grace using their Black Barrel, killing the deity for good. While she wasn't killed outright, Altria ended up disappearing into light and ending up in Avalon permanently in a state of eternal sleep.
  • Still, despite this, being in Avalon didn't prevent Altria from continuing to help Chaldea afterward as Altria Avalon, with herself as a Heroic Spirit, or, more specifically, the spirit of Excalibur with all of the original Altria Caster's memories. Confronting and exchanging Motive Rants slash The Reason You Suck Speeches with her Evil Mentor Oberon-Vortigern, Altria and Chaldea end up defeating the final Calamity and condemn him to a Fate Worse than Death, with the traitorous Pretender trapped in his own Noble Phantasm indefinitely. While Altria Avalon would immediately disappear after helping Chaldea once more, this attachment and bond would allow the Master of Chaldea to summon her using Chaldea's Servant summoning system. This particular Altria isn't Altria Caster, who remains asleep in Avalon, but Altria Avalon, who, as mentioned, retains Altria Caster's personality and all of her memories. That said, once her former enemies-turned-allies are summoned to Chaldea as well, her interactions with them establish that, while technically a different being, at the end of the day she's still (mostly) the same Altria that the Master of Chaldea had met and aided.
  • As a Servant of the Master of Chaldea, Altria Caster would end up gaining a Berserker version of herself during one particular Summer. This version of her would end up aiding the Master of Chaldea in solving yet another Summer Singularity, this time in a bizarre mix of Hawaii and Australia. She would also once again be aided by her once-again ally Oberon, and encounter the swimsuit versions of the Tam Lin, Morgan herself, as well as the Proper Human History versions of the Knights of the Round Table with their own respective swimsuits.
• The Altria Caster that would end up ascending and residing in the Pantheon is, in actuality, Altria Avalon, due to the original still being asleep in Avalon following the latter's Heroic Sacrifice. That said, rather than being a Servant summoned outright by the Master of Chaldea, she was instead summoned by the Counter Force, partly due to the presence of other Servants hailing from Faerie Britain, as well as the presence of Altria Pendragon and a few of her own Alternate Self variants. At first, it seemed that the sole reasoning for her summoning into the Pantheon was to contain the apparent threat that Morgan and Oberon-Vortigern still posed. While that was indeed the case, as the former, despite proclaiming Ritsuka as her spouse, still desired to recreate the Crapsaccharine World that was Faerie Britain, while the latter wished to end the entire world around him out of a sense of disgust and nihilism, this was far from the only reason for her summoning. In fact, it is due to the presence of various deities who are world and universe-ending threats, with many on par with or even more powerful than both Morgan and Oberon-Vortigern combined, and unlike with the former two, many cannot be reason with or controlled at all.
  • With the presence of these threats, and the risk of the Pantheon ending up incinerated and/or bleached like their world's Proper Human History (or worse, being destroyed altogether), Altria, despite her misgivings with her two biggest former enemies, ultimately decides form an Enemy Mine slash Teeth-Clenched Teamwork sort of alliance with both her Evil Counterpart and Evil Mentor against these much worse threats. It's thanks in part to Altria Caster that Oberon-Vortigern ultimately decides to work once again with the Master of Chaldea, as these aforementioned threats wouldn't hesitate to destroy him too or threaten his own plans and existence. Morgan, on the other hand, having already accepted that Faerie Britain has fallen, on top of respecting Altria Caster for stopping several of the Calamities in her stead, took less convincing for her to aid her Good Counterpart (the Master of Chaldea, Morgan's self-proclaimed spouse, being around probably had something to do with it as well).
• While not summoned by Chaldea, Altria Caster still decides to work with the Master of Chaldea (even forming a contract with them in the process), Mash Kyrielight, Leonardo da Vinci, Sherlock Holmes, and the rest of the ascended Servants working for the Security Organization. It's through Chaldea, in fact, that Altria is reunited with many of her allies from Faerie Britain, particularly the Caster incarnation of Cu Chulainn aka Grimr the Sage, the Magus of Flowers himself, Merlin, and Senji Muramasa. It's through Chaldea that Altria Caster also ends up meeting her various alternate timeline versions, particularly Altria Pendragon and Altra Pendragon (Alter). To say that she was in awe at them would be an understatement, to say the least. That said, her synergy with them was rather limited, with Altria and Altria (Alter) primarily specializing in Buster offensive attacks, with Altria Caster instead specializing in Arts support spells and skills.
  • Now finally having the time to associate herself with the Grand Caster himself, Altria, while having far from novice magical skills, is still somewhat suffering from Crippling Overspecialization thanks to Oberon-Vortigern's weird teaching methods when it comes to spells. Having already mentored Altria Pendragon and her Alternate Self variants in the past, Merlin, despite his Brilliant, but Lazy tendencies, does offer sincere magic lessons to the Avalon le Fae, while also introducing her to a number of other Servants present in the Pantheon who can and are willing to teach her other magic skills on the side. Among the most notable of these Servants include Tamamo no Mae, Zhuge Liang aka Lord El-Melloi II, Leonardo da Vinci's Caster version, Scheherazade, and Asclepius. Fortunately for Altria Caster, all of these Servants specialize in Arts-based attacks and support skills like herself, making it much easier for Altria to both learn new spells and skills as well as gain important battlefield synergy, experience, and fighting skills.
  • On the topic of her Alternate Self variants, Altria Caster, having only ever wielded the Staff of Selection as her Noble Phantasm, has rather...mixed views towards the other Altrias' Noble Phantasms, particularly with Excalibur and its variations. While she does have knowledge of the weapon thanks to her visions of Proper Human History (on top of being tasked with forging the Holy Sword, and by extension, being the essence of the Sword itself, to begin with) as well as using copies of the Holy Sword against Cernunnos (having been converted from Morgan's Rhongomyniads), she herself isn't exactly used to using the Sword itself nor does she actually prefer to wield it outside of emergencies or dire situations. That said, despite her misgivings and conflicted thoughts about it, she does acknowledge its importance in Proper Human History (being the reason for Sefar's defeat).
• Part of the reason for her ascension was to contain the threats from the various Fate Series timelines, of which include Fate Grandorder's own timeline of Proper Human History. These were mainly in the form of the ascended Beasts, specifically Beast I Goetia and Beast II Tiamat, the mastermind behind the Incineration of Humanity and the one who almost destroyed the Babylonia Singularity, respectively. While she herself was not involved in the Singularities, she was still determined to stop them from doing the same thing to the Pantheon. In addition to these larger threats, several evil-aligned human mages from other Fate timelines are also of concern for her, of which include Zolgen Makiri/Zouken Matou, head of the Matou Family and recurring enemy of Chaldea, and Gudako, an Alternate Self of the female incarnation of the Master of Chaldea who is much more depraved and lacks any of their morals.
• In addition to the return of the threat of Beasts, other notable, similar potentially world and universe-ending threats outside of the Fate Series, such as Alice, aka The Book of Truth, and THE END. Much like Oberon-Vortigern, Cernunnos, and the aforementioned Beasts, these two beings were responsible for the destruction of entire planets, with Alice having contributed to the wiping out of humanity in her universe, and THE END destroying numerous planets in its own. While incapable of defeating them by her lonesome, not unlike with the aforementioned Beasts and Calamities, with the Master of Chaldea's help and the aid of both her old allies and enemies-turned-allies, she's able to at least prevent them from spreading destruction to most other parts of the Pantheon. With her Noble Phantasm and her skills providing limited healing magic, buffs to herself and her allies, and even the unique true invincibility, in battle, she's more than able to make up for her less than stellar combat capabilities with her excellent support-based magic and skills.
• That being said, world-ending threats aren't the only enemies that Altria Caster faces within the Pantheon's vast expanse. Many tyrants, evil witches and wizards, and equally nefarious fairies, all of whom are similar to Morgan, are also plentiful in the Pantheon. Among these include Maleficent, Sauron, Sophie, The Lich, Big Brother, and Dr. Robotnik. Of these deities, however, three of them stood out in particular for differing reasons.
  • Maleficent caught Altria Caster's attention the most, due to her being one of Morgan's many associates, and having magical skills on par with the former Queen of Faerie Britain. Not only that, but her Dragon form reminded her of her fight against the Calamity of Flame, whose One-Winged Angel form was a similar black dragon that also spewed out flames.
  • Sauron, being an evil magic user on top of being an Evil Overlord who possesses none of Morgan's nor Oberon's more redeeming and positive traits (on top of being responsible for numerous deaths, corruptions, and enslavements in his respective world), manages to be one of the few deities that genuinely angers Altria, due in no part to his own ruthlessness and ambition. To this end, she goes out of her way to ask the Master of Chaldea and the rest of the Security Organization to intervene in his attempts to conquer the rest of the Pantheon and destroy those that oppose him, seeing him as the worst possible scenario that either Morgan's or Oberon's end goals could have been.
  • While Altria sympathizes with Sophie's tragic backstory and circumstances, being a magic user who had saved her home nation and all, she does not agree with her Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the nation and people that betrayed her and were ultimately responsible for her death. While she herself wasn't happy with the vast majority of people in Faerie Britain being backstabbers who repeatedly betrayed and almost killed her numerous times, on top of born to literally destroy Faerie Britain itself, Altria Caster never willingly slaughtered the Fae and humans that opposed her nor actually enjoyed the task she was given. Sophie, on the other hand, takes a sadistic joy at subjugating Eylstadt and condemning it to nuclear fire, even as an ascended deity in the Pantheon.
• Due to her Avalon le Fae heritage, coming from a world where the Fae were the dominant species, on top of being a very skilled magic user, Altria Caster caught the interest of two deities who were close associates and allies of the White Witch Sophie: Lt. Col. Arnold Berkman, who was one of those responsible for resurrecting her back in 1940, and Jack Horner, a man obsessed with obtaining any and all things related to magic. Berkman wants to capture and experiment on Altria not unlike what he and his fellow countrymen wanted to do with Izetta (as well as obtain her blood samples for study), while Horner was instead interested in her Staff of Selection, yet another magic-related trinket that he can add to his already-massive collection of magical items and weapons.
  • In turn, thanks to her previous encounter and fight against Sophie, Altria Caster has also formed a bond with Eylstadt's defender Izetta, who like her has been tasked with saving her respective nation from tyranny and destruction. It's through Izetta that Altria is welcomed into the Principality of Eylstadt, a kingdom with a much more benevolent ruler and where the residents are all human and much more welcoming. To say that Altria Caster was surprised at this contrasting type of society would be an understatement, to say the least. Even more surprising for her was how Archduchess Ortfine Fredericka von Eylstadt, the aforementioned ruler of the Kingdom, treated her kindly and even offered her food. In return for these acts of kindness and hospitality, Altria ends up dedicating part of her time to teaching Izetta new spells and skills, as well as helping defend Eylstadt from both human and otherworldly threats, even getting members of Chaldea partly involved.
• Thanks to her past experiences with the Fae, Altria doesn't exactly trust most other Fairies in the Pantheon at first, much less want to visit the Hall of Fairies. With the presence of the likes of the Fairy Godmother, the aforementioned Maleficent, and Morgan's own Alternate Self variants in the Pantheon, this doesn't help her matters at all. Fortunately for her, this view soon changes upon seeing firsthand several much nicer and genuinely good fairies both in the Hall of Fairies itself as well as in other parts of the Pantheon. In fact, she was surprised to see an Alternate Self of the Oberon she knew, who was with Titania, no less. Eventually, thanks in part to seeing the good in people as well as the Master of Chaldea's and the rest of Chaldea's influence, she ends up befriending several other good and neutral-aligned Fairies from different universes, among which include Cosmo and Wanda, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, and Tinkerbell.

"Everyone is scary, society is disgusting and I can't keep my motivation up even if you tell me to save the world. But since going against the surroundings is also unpleasant, I'll work hard as a savior."

Wan

Avatar Wan, Divine Paragon of Chosen Legacies (The First Avatar, Stinky, Bushy, the Bush Spirit)

• Greater God
• Symbol: The Tree of Time
• Theme Song: Avatar Wan Theme
• Alignment: Neutral Good, previously Chaotic Good
• Portfolio: Greater-Scope Paragon, Deity of Human Origin, Kung-Fu Jesus, The Unchosen One, Friend to All Living Things, Travelled Throughout The Land, Tragic Hero, Bridge Between Humans and Spirits, Kickstarted The Entirety of the Avatar Universe’s Foundations
• Domains: Elements, Cycles, Balance
• High Priest: One For All
• Heralds: All unascended Avatars
• Allies: Raava, Aang, Korra, all good-aligned Avatar deities, Samurai Jack, Captain Planet, Amaterasu, chaos, Link, Zelda, Midna, Corrin, Danny Phantom, Commander Shepard, Flynn, Madoka Kaname, Toa Nuva, Sora, Mata Nui
• Enemies: Vaatu, Ozai, Amon, Zaheer, Aku, Divine Powers, Thanos, Ganondorf, Harbinger, Lord Fuse, Teridax, YHVH, Lucifer, Zanza, Xehanort's Incarnations, Yuuki Terumi
• On speaking terms with: Gaea
• Respected by: Riku
• Conflicting Opinion: Viridi
• The first of the Avatars, Wan was just a banished Street Urchin living with the spirits until his fateful encounter with Vaatu and Raava. He then went on a journey with Raava, gaining the ability to bend the four elements to defeat Vaatu. Wan dueled with Vaatu and sealed him away in the Tree of Time. He then separated the spirits and humans, spending the rest of his life trying to have the humans make peace. Wan’s actions has basically shaped the Avatar universe. Due to his feat, he’s managed to ascend to the Pantheon and reunite with Raava and his incarnations.
• Proud of Korra for mixing both humans and spirits again after defeating Vaatu. While he doesn’t regret his decision for their initial segregation (he had to teach humanity to respect the spirits after all), he is finally relieved that both can live in relative peace with one another.
• Wasn’t happy on hearing Vaatu’s return in the Pantheon, this time without a host. Vaatu has sworn to make Raava and Wan pay for his sealing. Then again, there are now three Avatars in the Pantheon, so Vaatu decided to withdraw coolly.
• Was miffed over Ozai and his forefathers throwing the world off balance for a century. He is also miffed over Zaheer being an Airbender when their return was made to bring balance.
• Found kinship with Samurai Jack, who has travelled the world to defeat and ancient evil as well. Sake seems to be a good bonding drink between the two.
• Has a respect and has gained the respect of those who have brought balance. He has admiration for Zelda, Link, and Midna for their efforts in bringing peace between Hyrule and the Twilight Realm, some Shin Megami Tensei protagonists for being the neutral ground between Order Versus Chaos, and Corrin for ending a war between two kingdoms.
• Has high regards Commander Shepard, citing their ability to unite the entire galaxy against the true threat as something he wished he was able to do in life with the four nations. Also finds it interesting that Shepard might be an Avatar.
• Gaea finds Wan an ally of the planet, willing the defend the harmony of nature. While Wan finds Gaea’s more extreme methods unacceptable, he works with her nonetheless and will work to bring balance peacefully.
  • Mem Aleph and Viridi’s violent reactions to humanity are more than unfair in his eyes. Wan is trying to have them be more tolerable to humans but has only found some progress with Viridi.
• Naturally magnetized to fellow Hope Bringer Madoka Kaname who Wan is a bit of a mentor to now. He teaches her on how Humans Are Flawed, and how just making things better won’t resolve all problems.
• Opposes those who have a twisted view on balance. The Divine Powers trying to recreate the universe isn’t how balance should be. Thanos wiping out half the universe, Harbinger’s genocides, Zanza’s recreations, and Xehanort’s plot are textbook examples on how none of these methods bring harmony to the universe.
• Regards the Forever War between all Alliances as a messy waste of time, which is why Wan doesn’t take part in any of their conflicts. He would rather try preaching peace between enemies than escalate them further.

Intermediate Gods

The Guardians

The Guardians, The Divine's Chosen Many of Close Comebacks (Risen, Warlords, Iron Lords. Light-bearers, Dead Things, Mote of Lights, Thieves of Light, Traveler Thieves, Ghouls, Dead Soldiers [by the Fallen], Hive Bane, Those who wield what we cannot predict [by the Vex], Space Hobos)

• Intermediate Gods but can take on Greater Gods.
• Symbol: Titan Banner◊, Hunter Banner◊, Warlock Banner◊, Guardian Crest◊
• Theme Songs: Guardian, The Tower, Surge of Light, The Farm, Be Brave, Tower Reborn
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: The Chosen Many, One-Man Armies, Those who defy fate, Elemental Powers and Bizarro Elements (Solar, Arc, Void, Stasis and Strand), Came Back Strong, Back from the Dead, Feared among alien races, Fighter, Mage, Thief, Functional Magic, Reality Warping Liches born from a Silent Alien God, Humans Are Cthulhu, Mage Marksman, Magitek, Mildly Military, Killer of gods, Resurrective Immortality, Ace Pilots, Their Ghosts are weak but expect heavy resistence
• Domains: Undead, Light, Magic, Protectors, Loot
• Allies: XCOM, Master Chief, the Tenno (also rivals), Ordis, the Jedi, Starfleet (like James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard), Meteora Österreich, Autobots, Mata Nui, the Toa Mata, the Turaga, Link, Princess Zelda, King Arthur, Merlin, Sir Lancelot, Artoria Pendragon, Fi, Cortana, Shido Itsuka, Ayato Amagiri, Lux Arcadia, Anakaris, Squigly, the Merchant, Cosmos, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Sora, Riku, Terra, Aqua, Ventus.
• Unnerved by: Wish granting deities, Hall of Draconic Beings, The God Emperor of Mankind and the Imperium of Man
• Enemies: The Vex, The Eliksni though Mithrax's House of Light is the exception, Oryx, The Taken, ADVENT, The Devil, Kyubey and the Incubators, Calypso, GUAD, Ganondorf, Harbinger, Ardyn Izunia, Brainiac, the Grineer, Xehanort's Incarnations
• After the Traveler's sacrifice to protect humanity from annihilation, it fragmented itself in the form of Ghosts to seek out and resurrect those who have potential to wield the Light to not only fight the Darkness' disciples, but to recover and rebuild civilization. While early on the candidates became Drunk with Power, after infighting against the injustices that took place is where the Guardians officially were formed, defending the last of humanity from spider-like space pirates, undead krill zealots, time traveling radiolorian cyborgs, and rhinoceros Space Romans. Besides being responsible for granting their Guardians their powers the Ghosts are also responsible for resurrecting their Guardians, transmating vehicles and gear, hacking into nearly all forms of technology, and opening doors.
• It started with but a skirmish but it quickly escalated into a full-scale battle. Oryx's Hive and Taken forces have stormed their way through. XCOM, despite the odds, held the line and kept both at bay yet it was still quite the stalemate until one side falters. Bursting in guns blazing and quickly turning the tide over to XCOM's were the Guardians in all their glory. It turns out they shortly after storming the Last City to take it back, successfully killing Domninus Ghaul who was empowered by the stolen Light and witness the Traveler awaken from it's comatose state, break free from the Cabal restraints, and destroy Ghaul after resurrecting as a being of Light. XCOM was grateful for their efforts and the two have decided to aid each other whenever they needed it.
  • Of course, the Vex, Oryx, and the Eliksni were furious that their archenemies had ascended. For the time traveling cyborgs, they are a major hurdle to their goal of reshaping everything where there is only Vex, always destroying their Axis Minds and stopping whatever plan they had in store for existence. For the Taken King, they are a civilization that relied on artificial strength and not on warring and conquest in the name of Sword Logic, but it's more personal than that. For one, they killed Crota along with many of his family members before moving on to him. Lastly for the Space Pirates, they believe they stole their "Great Machine" for their own use, depriving them of the one hope they have at restoring their former glory. They share this hatred, since much of humanity was lost because of them and many Guardians fell to their forces before, and they are the things standing in the way of humanity' survival.
    • Now besides being there to help light up their enemies from back home, they also give out more detailed advice on how to deal with them since there are a lot of Guardians who specialize on certain factions. Asher Mir and Osiris for example are very knowledgeable on Vex and their movement and have communed with the GUAG's leaders on how to more efficiently deal with them. Eris Morn's shared knowledge before she took off on her own are also crucial in the fight against the Hive and Oryx, something that ticked him off but ultimately can't prevent now.
• While the Last City came with them during the Guardians' ascension their actual temple is the Tower, their base of operations and where they stop buy from time to time to deposit their spoils, acquire new gear, and check in with the Vanguard advisers. If one's fast enough you'll find corpses of Guardians on the base who fell off the top, unintentionally or otherwise. What also often happens is Guardians running around playing the Floor is Lava, except it actually does harm participants. Seeing them host dance parties even when there is no music playing, but it can happen whenever. As does sitting in the most bizarre and sometimes annoying spots.
  • Since Xur is not present within the Pantheon as nowadays he took to appearing in the wilds, the Merchant seems to have filled that void, though is more open in his buying and selling. The fact that both are enigmatic individuals that act as hooded arms dealers hasn't gone unnoticed.
• There are many, many notable Guardians both in past and in the now. The ones fond in the Tower are the Vanguard function as the Guardian's leadership (if you could call it that, anyways) and coordinate many fireteam's movements. Those nominated to be in the Vanguard are often regarded to be one of the finest of their class, and just because they're cooped up in the Tower doesn't mean they have lost their skills.
  • Commander Zavala, the no-nonsense Titan Vanguard who actually acts like how any military higher up would. When asked how does he put up with his peers and those under his command despite his attitude he's quick to answer that they still get the job done. Often he'll meet up with deities in the House of Military and Warfare to test and shape his knowledge, most notably Sun Tzu since he applied a lot of his work in battle before. Zavala's attitude impressed the likes of James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard, who are reminded of Benjamin Sisko. For some reason, people keep reciting the Cerberus Vae III briefing whenever he's around.
  • Cayde-6, the lighthearted Hunter Vanguard who once longed to get back into the field (wish granted). Behind that demeanor, he can be pretty cunning if a bit reckless as shown with that incident with a Vex teleporter. When escaping from his duties he'll swing by Sojiro's place to kick back and relax. If you're confused as to how he got on board in the first place, he was forced into the position via a bet designed to get a representative for Hunters. That said, it was also because the previous rep was also a close friend died to an Eliksni mercenary, and felt the need to take over in respect.
  • Ikora Rey, former outspoken loner turned tempered Warlock Vanguard who was notable for her deadly gunplay. Testing her patience is ill advised, whether by being really annoying or being a dangerous enough threat to warrant being blown to dust by Void energies. She handles analyzing lore and intelligence gathering and can be seen working with other members in the House of Knowledge for this reason. Ikora tends to work with Meteora after the Warlock Vanguard heard of the former NPC's art of analysis, and to help regulate the use of military weaponry despite Cayde's insistence on otherwise.
• They often practice the Crucible in the House of War. Run by the enthusiastic Lord Shaxx, it doubles as not only a place to test a Guardian's skills with one another but also to defend locations from enemy hands (they don't handle "stand here for Pantheon knows how long in case of intruders"). Weird as that may sound, it works, and it makes for good entertainment.
  Lord Shaxx: "FIIIIGHT FOREVER, GUARDIAN! HAHA!"
  • Two fireteams were running the Crucible in the House of Military and Warfare where after the match they happened upon John 117/Master Chief. Noticing the similarities (mostly towards Titans) alongside sharing similar creators they decided to team up during a couple missions. Their enemies did not stand a chance. Although many Guardians are driven for other goals than to protect the Last City like personal achievement or loot, they all undoubtedly respect the Spartan. The Ghosts chat with Cortana and are good terms if a bit cautious after her attempted rebellion. Rampancy was present with the likes of Rasputin and Failsafe, but neither took it to dangerous levels like she did. Cortana made it clear that she's fine now in the Pantheon, but that air of awkwardness still lingers.
  • During an assault on an Eliksni hideout to turn it into another Crucible map, they broke in only to realize the Tenno had already beaten them to the punch. There was some (albeit kinda onesided) rivalry with them until some members proposed that they go in and share their respective tech. One modding session with rocket launchers later, the two groups became fast allies and you can find some members train with each other. Seeing them team up and wield each other's weaponry is not uncommon, to the dismay of their enemies. Their Ghosts tend to strike lengthy conversations with Ordis despite at first being freaked out by his crazy moments, ranging from the usual robot-to-robot talks about their tech to the Ghosts talking about the antics of their Guardians. The rivalry between the two soldiers is still going strong by the way, often in the form of Body Count Competitions due to the similar nature of their games.
• Realizing there are many more aliens in the Pantheon there was back home, they nonetheless decided to take up arms against them. Hearing of XCOM's Archnemesis ADVENT they decided to start there, deciding to help take out a facility. Resurrective Immortality does wonders when your enemies realizes it too late. Already, it prompted the more elite alien occupants forces to take action in the future. XCOM warns them not to grow overconfident since it could potentially mean the Chosen coming after them, which the Space Liches noted. Some Guardians are a bit unnerved that they share similarities to them, right down to their ability to resurrect unless a certain condition is met. Their Ghosts, particularly the Young Wolf's Ghost are most nervous by the Hunter since he can potentially take them out with his marksmanship, but what adds to that is how similar he sounds to some of them.
  • Of course, waging war on those with ill intent requires allies. Not long after the Vanguard decided to reach out to the Jedi since they too are magical space warriors. Warlocks tend to be most common Guardians working with them, given they share the most similarities out of all of the classes and thus want to hone their existing skills further. Though Mace Windu seems to give the Arc wielding Guardians, particularly the Stormcallers^note UNNNNLIMMMATEEED POOOOOWAAAAAAAHHHHHH!, some distance for some reason. They also affiliated themselves with the rest of Starfleet due to both being protectors, which lead to some older Guardians lamenting that Starfleet's exploration of the cosmos went much smoother than their attempts in the Golden Age. Some also went to the likes of King Arthur and his allies since the Iron Lords were based around Arthurian Legend since turning down having legends on your side would be foolish. They didn't expect to meet Arthur's Distaff Counterpart in the process, nor did the expect to hear his many, many incarnations but it didn't stop them from being allies.
  • Hearing word of a Eternal Hero clad in a green tunic originating in Hyrule from Master Chief they met up with Link, who's not too different from themselves being warriors capable of magic alongside being blessed from the gods. Through him, they would also ally with Princess Zelda, who assists many of the Last City's scholars and librarians to rediscover history lost in the Collapse. She also adds her theory of the Traveler being some form of proxy or even avatar of the Golden Goddesses of her world. The Ghost's meeting with Fi went well too, finding her calculations very useful for the Last City, with some expressing envy that she have combat capabilities. Some Guardians decided to take a short trip to Hyrule and were taken back at how prosperous it was, a huge change compared to life in the Last City. After reporting it to Zavala he says it's the kind of state humanity wants to achieve someday, and that it should be the motivation they would keep on fighting for. No matter how long it takes.
    "One day the Last City will be known as the First City."
    • Link also introduced him to three heroes he met during his time within the Pantheon. The first was a young man named Shido Itsuka, who like them were blessed with magical powers with parallels to theirs. Then there was Ayato Amagiri, a superhuman martial artist with strength that caught the Guardian's Titans attention. Lastly there's Lux Arcadia, who was no stranger to defeating armies and monsters whilst defending his home. All three are willing to pitch in and defend the Last City like it was their own homes, earning the Traveler's chosen many their appreciation who in turn promise to offer any assistance they need in the future.
  • Chief told some Guardians of a boy who had actually befriended beings worthy of divinity. Curious, they investigated the House of Commerce and found who the Spartan told them about: Ash Ketchum. He didn't really have any trouble befriending them despite his reluctance to war since he understood that their mission was noble and has agreed to help them in any way he can. Some Guardians believe that Ash may be blessed by the Traveler in some way.
  • Although they are used to hearing other heroes' adventures that is not to say their escapades went in unnoticed. Mata Nui heard of their stories and, along with the Toa, went to the Tower to discuss an alliance. They gave supplies to the Last City necessary for research and defense, the Guardians go around and assist them in their exploits and share their knowledge. Optimus Prime similarly came to the Last City for an alliance as well, acknowledging each other's roles as protectors.
    Commander Zavala: "I need your forces, Prime."
    Optimus Prime: "And you shall have them, Commander."
  • The Guardians seem to have a special kinship with the Keyblade Masters of the Pantheon, especially Sora, Riku, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus, as they are also Light wielders. Some say the latter trio even look like Guardians themselves when wearing their Keyblade Armor, and Terra has sometimes been seen racing in the SRL using his Keyblade Glider as a makeshift Sparrow. A handful of Warlocks have attempted to explore the Kingdom Hearts universe to see if Light and Darkness behave the same there as in their own universe, and so far results have been promising as Guardian weapons have proven effective against Heartless.
• Their time in the Pantheon also granted them much unneeded attention. Link and Zelda told them of Ganondorf's plans to seize control of the Last City and try and harness the Traveler's Light to fuel his ambitions. This is eerily similar to what Dominous Ghaul wanted to do, and the Red Legion's attack is still fresh within the minds of many Guardians that had survived that Lightless period. Others have similar goals like Brainiac, the Borg Queen, and Harbinger after they heard of their battles with the Vex. The Vanguard was once greeted by a man named Ardyn Izunia and heard of his claims being "a man of no consequence". Zavala instantly didn't trust him, and neither did his peers and investigated further where their suspicions were proven. The Commander is currently working with Cosmos to ascend the True King to oppose him.
  • The Grineer instantly became enemies with them after hearing of their alliance with the Tenno, and quickly sent Grineer forces to try and deal with them. Emphasis on try, as the Tenno had intercepted them and notified the city of their intentions and sent them packing after a long battle of attrition. Cayde-6 wanted to help return the favor and - after a Guardian's and Tenno's quick trip to one of their bases - lured a large force of Grineer to a Eliksni hideout. He once again did this without telling his peers, but it was executed well.
    Cayde-6: "Everyone loves a bad idea when it works."
  • Their alliance with the Keyblade Masters also gave them a much needed heads-up on Master Xehanort, whose affinity for Darkness and plotting abilities are rumored to be on par with the Witch-Queen Savathûn herself. Though he hasn't made a move on the Last City yet, the Vanguard is keeping a close eye on him.
• Are weary of any wish granters and dragons, having a bad enough experience with the now extinct Ahamkara, who grant knowledge and power but with, as usual, a very high price. Hearing of how the Devil tricked Inkwell Isles' residents into selling their souls didn't do him any favors, though he seems to be cautious in return after what happened with his last deal. They aren't in good terms with Kyubey and the Incubators either, and seem to have taken up target practice whenever they rear their heads. Nor are they in good terms with Calypso, who is basically the Ahamkara in a human form if they decided to be much more direct and chaotic in their plans. He could be Satan too. They also don't take kindly to any Omnicidal Maniacs since half of their enemies back in their home universe are that, and they had enough of them already. Hearing Oryx's allegiance to an Alliance dedicated to destruction, they will protect the Pantheon from the GUAD at all costs.
  • Some of the less saner gods and goddesses have claimed that the dragon-like bone armor some of the Guardians wear have spoken to them. No one really believed them, and investigations conducted from various deities reveals otherwise. While the Ahamkara's nature does prove to be solid at first, it's unlikely as their presence would be limited due to who the general denizens are. So rest assured, O Troper mine.
  • They also are cautious of the God Emperor of Mankind and by extension deities affiliated with the Imperium of Man. Besides being disturbingly similar to the Cabal (who blew the Last City to cinders once) they are aware their attitude on xenos and considering the origins of their powers this keeps many Guardians on edge. They aren't quite enemies, and if the situation calls for it they will fight alongside them, but they are very cautious.
• Can have a somewhat difficult time with encountering deities not in the futuristic era. While society in the last city isn't too drastically different from the modern era given the emphasis on other aspects like colonization (there were still regular cars lying around), they can be still baffled by certain normal things. Like pineapples, for instance.
• Beyond Reality Warping powers and weaponry or technology specifically tailored to cutting off their connection to the Light, to ensure a Guardian's final death you must target their Ghost. Without their Ghost, they cannot resurrect or do many of the aforementioned functions for long. Of course, targeting a Ghost gives any Guardians justification to end your life in return since they're not only a incredibly useful but limited resource but also a Guardian's True Companion.
• Due to the nature of their loot system, their fates lie within RNG's hands. It could mean the difference between new gear, or the same old one they got an hour ago. It was no secret that long ago they were not in good graces and got pretty bad gear decrypted for them despite the tiring effort. When bringing up RNG, Guardians tend to either shudder of those dark times, mourn the loss of a "loot cave", or mutter angrily about a man named Master Rahool.
• Since Guaridans are often the fallen raised back from the dead they are technically undead, especially if you take it from an enemies' perspective (the Eliksni called them Ghouls at one point), which contrasts with many deities present in the House of Undead and Phasmata. Understandably not wanting the bad reputation of undead to continue they partnered with Anakaris for his reputation as a sorverous yet benevolent ruler who isn't afraid to fight, also mentioning a common enemy in Oryx. Osiris seems really fond of him, considering he's themed off of Egyptian Mythology. Squigly was another undead they met in their travels, where her attitude caught many off guard. Nonetheless, it was a welcome trait and she was happy to meet benevolent undead in the Pantheon.
• The Guardians went into mourning, and they were asked why. Their Ghosts said in a somber tone. Cayde-6 was killed. All sources pointed to Uldren Sov, the Master of Crows and Queen of the Reef Mara Sov's brother, who was leading a massive prison break from the Prison of Elders. The Guardians will not stop until they find Uldren and bring him to justice.
• "The Guardians who lead the way will save humanity - and become legend."

Neo

Neo, The Chosen God and The Divine Guardian of Virtual Training Simulations (The One, Mr. Thomas A. Anderson, King-Fu Jesus)

• Intermediate God, Greater God on the Matrix
• Symbol: A green "1" on a black background
• Theme Music: "Rock Is Dead" by Marilyn Manson
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Badass Longcoats, Kung Fu, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Bullet Dodging, Roof Hopping, Taking Third Options, Blankness Of Face, Chooses To Continue, Takes Characteristics From Buddhism, Screw Destiny, Superpower Lottery, Actually A Descendant Of Many "Ones", Resurrected after his death by the machines to serve as their new energy source, Becomes stronger when he is with Trinity.
• Domains: Heroes, Liberation, Mysticism
• Followers: Every single person who has been chosen as a hero.
• Allies:
  • From The Matrix: Morpheus, Trinity, The Oracle
  • Others: Kevin Flynn, Sam Flynn, Tron, Aslan, Adam Jensen, Lisbeth Salander, Kei Shirogane, John Constantine, Kite, Kirito and Asuna, Yui, Sinon, Yuuki Konno, The GUAG White Hats
    • Partner: Porygon
• Rivals: John Wick
• Enemies: Agent Smith, the Master Control Program, Sark, Albert Wesker, CLU, SHODAN, GLaDOS, Ex, Love Machine, The Meta, The Vex
• Complicated Relations with: The Machine, and Ted "Theodore" Logan
• Odd Friendship With: Noctis Lucis Caelum
• Respected by: Aang
• When the Grid was going to be part of the Dominions, Neo unexpectedly arrived in the Pantheon through the Grid itself. No one knew how he did such feat, but one good guess might be is that The Matrix was merged (or at least connected) with The Grid along with other Virtual Worlds.
  • After the Court of the Gods checked his history, it seems that he was actually the God of The Chosen Ones, as prophecied by Aladdin and would be the said representative. Kevin Flynn however, had the idea that he would also be the safeguard of the Grid and Matrix since his powers in those realms are at its highest. At the same time, the House of Prophecy and Fate also mentioned that a certain Agent Smith would ascend one day "in order to balance the equation". Neo, who was already prepared at that time, decided to wait for the agent's return.
  • And his training paid off. Just as Agent Smith ascended, he was able to put up a fight and fended him off until Kevin temporarily deleted him out of the Grid. He might be still strong enough to handle him, but he knows that his "peaceful days" in the Pantheon will no longer be possible due to his constant confrontations with Smith.
• Out of all the Gods in the House of Philosophy, he has the highest regard to Aslan for having the same personalities, except that Neo sometimes doesn't regard himself as a Jesus-like figure.
  • This is why he doesn't go well with Yahtzee. Yahtzee somewhat likes him for at least admitting he isn't worthy of being a Chosen One, but at the same time, he hates him for well, being the holder of the title.
• Has a really stingy relationship with John Wick for someone who is actually competent in combat (or in Wick's case, frightening). They also got Badass Longcoats, Gun Fu and able to fend off large amounts of Mooks. They are still in good terms though.
  • On the other hand, he does have a good relationship with John Constantine, as someone who is mostly unfazed, and combat-intelligent. It makes it better that they both look the same.
• The constant attacks from Smith has forced Neo to gather some allies. The two cyborgs, Adam Jensen and JC Denton, decided to join Neo since their have some similarities. Kei Shirogane also offered his services to assist him in his everlasting battles for Cyberspace. Kite, who was also astonished of his presence also aided him.
  • After that, he was given a position into the White Hats, under the permission by Sam Flynn. He was also given a tour of the Grid by Tron. Then forth, Kirito and Asuna decided to give him a training exercise. This introduced him to a large amount of allies, as a compensation for his allies who hasn't ascended yet.
  • Aside from Smith himself, he doesn't get along well with Albert Wesker and CLU for being all too similar to the agent. CLU on the other hand has seen him as another threat aside from Kevin.
  • The MCP has really gotten annoyed with Neo for completely breaking all rules he has implemented in the House of Technology. For someone completely going for the Screw Destiny type, he and Sark are going to have a hard time dealing with him.
• At one point, he attempted to go to the deeper parts of the House of Technology. There, he was looking for his lover, Trinity because he heard her voice. Turns out, he was greeted by Goth Hacker, Lisbeth Salander. She explained that Trinity was actually her High Priest, which was why he felt her presence. Neo however, decided to ally with her and didn't have any hard feelings for the mistake. He is proud though that he has a potential hacker against Smith.
  • Her first objective with him was that she wanted to implant various combat moves from the House of Fighting and Combat. Neo declined though, since he already knew a certain combat technique.
  Neo: I know Kung Fu.
• His avatar is one of, if not, the most powerful Virtual Avatar in the Pantheon. There, almost the entirety of the Grid is at his manipulation (not control though, since that is Kevin's job). SHODAN and GLaDOS has really dreaded him for stopping all their plans, mostly to SHODANs.
  • Ex however, still proves as one of Neo's troublesome adversaries. Being powerful in terms of weapons, he was able to take down Neo in one swoop at their first encounter. Still, he was able to defeat him before, when he charged at the body of Ex and damaged him badly, to the point where the entire Gundam was cut in half.
  • Love Machine tried to absorb his avatar. It instead blew the Cheating AI into bits. He didn't get the memo about The Strongest Virtual Avatar in the Pantheon message before he tried to absorb him. Neo also remarked that his defeat was reminiscent to how he defeated Smith during his first encounter.
  • He is one of the few deities who isn't even scared of the Meta. The Rogue AI however, has other plans rather than deal with a Chosen One.
  • Despite being a good guy, he still dislikes The Machine since his memories fighting the other Agents (who are machines, mind you) are still stuck at his memory. Even with persuasion, The Machine is still wary of Neo's intentions because of the rise of Malevolent Cyberspace deities. It makes it clear that it can't trust almost everyone, though it will help Neo combat Smith and CLU if necessary.
• He would really like it if the other gods don't make comparisons of him to one Ted "Theodore" Logan of the House of Music. It really does not help in that they sound somewhat similar.
• Was finally greeted by another chosen by the name of Aang. As the representative of Chosen Ones, he has high respect towards Neo. He has also stated that if he disappears, Aang may take his position.
• Also has a spot on the House of Machinery and Technology, under Digital Personas.
• "My name... Is Neo."

Lesser Gods

The Three Heroes

The Three Heroes^MembersRen Amaki, Motoyasu Kitamura, Itsuki Kawasumi, Gods of Poorly Chosen Ones (Ren: The Hero of the Sword, Bandit Chief, Poorman's Kirito || Motoyasu: Hero of the Spear, "Spear Guy", Motty, Moomoo, Mr. Motoyasu, Moto, Motopy || Itsuki: Hero of the Bow, Perfect Hidden Justice)

Left to right: Ren Amaki, Motoyasu Kitamura, and Itsuki Kawasumi

• Lesser Gods
• Symbol: Their respective Legendary Weapons
• Theme Song: GAMESTART
• Alignment: Collectively think they're Good, but are really just Chaotic Neutral at worst
  • Ren: Neutral Good, with leanings towards Neutral; Becomes Chaotic Evil under his Curse Series; Becomes Neutral Good fully after being freed from his Curse
  • Motoyasu: Chaotic Neutral with Evil tendencies; Becomes Chaotic Good after losing his sanity
  • Itsuki: Chaotic Neutral with Evil tendencies; Becomes Lawful Evil under his Curse Series; Becomes Neutral Good after being freed of his Curse
• Portfolio: Attack! Attack! Attack!, Crippling Overspecialization, Deconstructed Character Archetype, Destructive Savior, Fallen Hero, Heroic Wannabe, Hero with an F in Good, Idiot Hero, The Millstone, Never My Fault, Super Zeroes, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, Unskilled, but Strong, Wrong Genre Savvy, Never Learned to Read, Took a Level in Kindness after their Break the Haughty moments and being saved by Naofumi and his allies The backup choices for the Cardinal Heroes.
  • Ren: Token Good Teammate, The Sword Hero, Deconstructed Ineffectual Loner, Sore Loser, The Atoner, Can't Catch Up, the most popular of the three heroes, Went crazy after getting his party whole killed. The Blacksmith
  • Motoyasu: Abhorrent Admirer to Filo, Broken Ace, The Bully, Casanova Wannabe, The Chew Toy, Death by Woman Scorned, The Dulcinea Effect, Dumb Blond, Jock, and Muscle, Entitled to Have You, Horrible Judge of Character, Hypocrite, Deconstructed Idiot Hero, Lethally Stupid, Stay in the Kitchen, Sanity Slippage after a long series of humiliating events and becoming loyal to Naofumi, Mad Love towards Filo and Fitoria, Raises Filorials, Becomes a He-Man Woman Hater after Myne's betrayal, First of the Three Heroes to get a spin-off
  • Itsuki: Hero of the Bow. Acts like a Humble Hero, but is actually a smug and narcissistic attention-seeking Glory Hound, Improbable Aiming Skills due to being an ESPer, the most murderous and selfish of the four heroes, Gets betrayed by his teammates, leading him to become a Knight Templar under the Curse Series, Took a Level in Kindness after his Break the Haughty moment
• Domains: Chosen Ones, Incompetence, Fallen Heroes
• Heralds:
  • Ren: Eclair Seaetto, Wyndia, Gaelion, Welt, Bakta, Tersia, and Farrie
  • Motoyasu: Crimmy, Marine, and Green
  • Itsuki: Rishia Ivyred
• Allies: Naofumi and his Party, Mirelia Melromarc, Kirito and Asuna, Issei Hyodo, Flonne, μ's, Greg Huffley, Mei Hatsume, Spider-Man, Medli, Minato Namikaze, Kazuma's Party, Shiny Chariot, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Mila and Duma, Xander, Camilla, Leo and Elise, Tiki, Tyrion Lannister, Podrick Payne, Ser Jaime Lannister
• Enemies: Malty Melromarc, Malekith, Smaug, Griffth, Wyald, Mannfred von Carstein, Gharnef, Joffrey Baratheon, Aegon Targaryen, Ar-Pharazon, Grima, Zhaitan
• Ignores: All other female deities in the Pantheon (Motoyasu)
• Sympathetic to: Nagato, Bizarro, Berkut, Anankos
• Uneasy Relationship: Arvis, Sandor Clegane
• Ren, Itsuki, and Motoyasu were 3 of the 4 Legendary Heroes summoned to Melromarc to save the world, each coming from an alternate world and each chosen to wield one of the legendary weapons alongside Naofumi. While they are given preferential treatment from the people of Melromarc, Naofumi is looked down upon for having the Shield, especially after he is framed by Myne. However, despite claiming to be experts on the world, it soon becomes clear the 3 aren't truly living up to their titles as heroes. Naofumi not only become the greater fighter than them due to gaining experience and actual companions, but also earns the people's support because he actually does help them. Whereas the heroes treat everything like a game and end up causing more damage than the Waves of Catastrophe^note Ren kills a dragon, but ends up leaving the body to rot, causing an epidemic that Naofumi's have to stop. Not only that, but the dragon was innocent and also an adopted father, so Ren killing the dragon ended up causing the girl to be taken into slavery; Itsuki acts as a vigilante of justice just to get fame and glory. He has killed a king for overtaxing his citizens and left a new government in charge, but never really helped to set an alternative, so the new government just overtaxed their citizens just as much; Motoyasu unleashes a demon seed onto a village in a misguided attempt to provide better crops, having actually failed to considered why the seed was sealed away (there was a warning written, but it was in a language Motoyasu couldn't understand).. It eventually escalates to them unleashing the Spirit Tortoise in an attempt to prove themselves as heroes, but this backfires all too quickly, not only causing countless deaths, but also causing the people to lose faith in them. After recovering the incident, getting corrupted by Malty and the Cursed series, and getting rescued by Naofumi and his companions has the led the heroes to finally see the error of their ways and strive to be better.
• The Three Heroes would be summoned into the Pantheon to be the representatives of The Poorly Chosen One trope, much to their embarrassment and shame. That said, they were willing to accept once they heard Naofumi was in the Pantheon. By that point, they already outgrown their disdain for Naofumi and changed for the better. Motoyasu, meanwhile is immensely happy to see Filo in the Pantheon, much to the latter's chagrin, all the while ignoring women in the Pantheon due to seeing them as pigs.
• Mirelia Melromarc, while frustrated with the Heroes incompetence back in her world, has seen them in the Pantheon working to better themselves so she agrees to give them the chance to need to prove themselves. The Heroes have already seen her authority, so they know not to take her lightly, giving them all the more reason to improve themselves.
• Shiny Chariot, Nagato, and Minato were believed to have been destined to save the world, but outside circumstances ended up showing otherwise. The latter three and the three heroes all sympathized with each other, since they all made mistakes that brought suffering onto others, and they agree to work together if it means making things right.
• Kazuma's Party and Bizarro were quite similar to the Three Heroes in that they tried to do good, but ended up making things worse either because they didn't know any better or because they don't think things through. Kazuma's Party immediately became allies with the heroes, who hope to prevent them from following in their footsteps in Ren and Itsuki's case, while Darkness took great pleasure in being called a pig by Motoyasu, something that even Motoyasu found creepy. The heroes don't know what to do with Bizarro, considering his unusual mentality, but do want to help him regardless.
• The Heroes saw Malekith as what they could have become if they were permeantly warped by their curse for the worst. Malekith could have been the Phoenix King, but his failure to stay within the Flame of Asuryan caused his fall from grace, whereas the heroes' initial inability to take things seriously ended up destroying their credibility as heroes and forced them to start again from the ground up. They decided to train more than ever to oppose him when the time comes.
• None of the heroes like Gharnef for being a corrupting influence similar to Malty, considering how he corrupted a monarch just like Malty did with her father. They know better than to listen to the likes of him. Gharnef on the other hand shows interest in the Heroes' Cursed Series weapons and hopes to exploit it.
• Berkut reminds the heroes a lot about themselves, having fallen from grace to due and Inferiority Superiority Complex. They note that they would have ended up like Berkut if Naofumi and his allies didn't help and reach out to them and wonder if it's possible to reach out to him. Berkut outright rejects their help.
• The heroes have an uneasy relationship with Arvis, Itsuki and Motoyasu more so, since he was a party member who betrayed his allies. Despite his intentions and accomplishments, his act of treason brings back bad memories of being betrayed themselves.
• Both Mila and Duma have heard of the Three Heroes struggles in their world and both argued about what would have worked. While Mila believes they should be shown sympathy, Duma notes that only inflated their ego and is instead satisfied when they went through Misery Builds Character instead.
• The Nohrian Siblings and the Three Heroes both had a flaw of misplaced loyalty, though in different spades. Xander is loyal to his father until he sees his insanity personally, and all the siblings were enraged and horrified to learn that Anakos had killed and replaced him with a familiar. The Three Heroes on the other hand all listened to Malty, even when she doesn't bother to hide her true self until she betrays them all personally.
• Mannfred is disliked by all the heroes personally due to his treachery. Becoming allies with Malty certainly didn't help, though the Three Heroes do wonder how long their alliance will even since they both embody treachery all too well.
• Tyrion Lannister earned the trust of the heroes, since unlike Malty, he's an honest and capable advisor. They hope that Tyrion can help with their problems. Tyrion is willing to plan training regimens and give advice to the heroes about how to improve themselves, though he definitely still frowns upon their earlier methods, not to mention show disgust for Motoyasu's interests.
• The Three Heroes are uncomfortable around Sandor Clegane, though they reach an understanding with since they at least admit to their crimes. They are willing to work together against a common enemy, especially the enemies that ruined their lives (Malty for the Heroes, Gregor for Sandor).
• Aegon reminded the three of both themselves and Malty, due to his poorly thought-out actions a lot of harm to everyone. He is basically exactly what Malty would have become had she become Queen, so the heroes oppose him and hope to make sure he never becomes king again.
• Ren and Itsuki are sympathetic towards Casca, a genuine victim of rape (Motoyasu just ignores her due to his madness), and have nothing but contempt for Griffith, a Fallen Hero who betrayed his comrades and raped Casca just to spite Guts for leaving the Band of the Hawk. While Casca has recovered her sanity, she is still traumatized by the rape, so Ren and Itsuki keep their distance to avoid triggering it, all the while promising to help Guts however they can in aiding her recovery.
  • As bad as Malty is, Wyald is probably worse because he absolutely had no restraint in his villainy from the beginning. The Three Heroes have nothing but revulsion for him (especially Motoyasu, if only because he potentially harm Filo). They're willing to help Naofumi and Guts fight Wyald in uncontrollable desire to Rape, Pillage, and Burn.
• Ar-Pharazon is disliked heavily by the heroes for being just like them, someone who became arrogant due to popularity. Ar-Pharazon dislikes the heroes in turn for their past incompetence, believing that unlike him, they can't measure up to their words. The Heroes promised they would get stronger so they can finally take him down.
• Exclusive to Ren:
  • Kirito sees a lot of himself in Ren, even admitting that he would have turn out like Ren if he never found any friends to help him. Kirito decides to help train Ren in sword fighting, wanting to help overcome his weakness and grow as a better person, which Ren appreciates very much.
  • Ren's relationship with some dragons in general is complicated, considering how he unknowingly killed an innocent dragon, causing an orphaned girl to be taken into slavery. He also carelessly left the body to rot, causing an epidemic, and leaving Naofumi's party to fight a zombie dragon. Among some of these dragons:
    • Tiki is one of the friendliest dragons to Ren, though not without recognizing his shortcomings. She is willing to fight alongside him and help overcome his inner demons, something that Ren is grateful for, even if he still feels guilt over his mistakes.
    • Ren and Smaug became instant enemies, with Ren being willing to kill him to stop his tyranny, and this time actually help the people that lived in constant fear of him. Smaug in turn finds Ren beneath his notice, but is willing to humor his attempts to kill him just to show how inferior Ren is to him.
    • Grima is one of the few dragons Ren fears the most due to his evil and destructive power, being willing to help Robin put him down. Though at the same time, he wants to do it without Robin sacrificing himself, at least not permanently.
    • Ren does feel sorry for Anakos after hearing how he succumb to madness, though he only shows kindness towards the kinder, human half of Anakos, seeing how the draconic Anakos snuffed him out and tried to kill Corrin. He's willing to help Corrin stop the now insane half of Anakos when the time comes.
    • Zhaitan and Sindragosa, being undead dragons, remind Ren of one of his biggest mistakes. This time, he intends to destroy them before they can cause anymore harm, promising this time to properly dispose of the dragons' remains after destroying them.
• Exclusive to Motoyasu:
  • Motoyasu has once said that Filo reminds him of Flonne, who he found very attractive before he was summoned to Melromarc, and because of this, she is one of the few girls who doesn't look like a pig to him. While Flonne is nice and tolerant of him, at the same time, she is very creeped out by Motoyasu's obsession and would prefer to stay away from him, understanding why Filo doesn't like him.
  • Crossed paths with Peppa Pig one day in his stroll through the Pantheon, and is actually surprised by how cute she is despite being a bipedal pig. Some deities showed surprise when he actually treats her kindly as a young girl instead of as an attractive one, which Motoyasu finds insulting when he reminds everyone how he treats his Filolials.
  • Mordred was surprised see how much Motoyasu resembled her, yet she actually finds being called a pig more insulting than being called a woman. Motoyasu grew to fear Mordred, seeing her as the demented "red swine", and vowed to avoid her at costs.
• Exclusive to Itsuki:
  • Fellow attention seekers Nico Yazawa of μ's, Greg Heffley and Mei Hatsume all formed a kinship with Itsuki since they all wanted attention for various reasons and through different methods. Mei likes to show off her inventions to Itsuki so he can use them to improve his status as a hero and show off her "babies". Nico also shared a similar belief to Itsuki's once, namely to act more in line with their position to become more memorable. It's Greg however that reminded Itsuki of his past self, showing embarrassment and shame at Greg's behavior as he hopes to help Greg become a better person.
  • Itsuki once said Spider-Man's most well known line "With great Power, comes great responsibility", though he actually got it from a story in his world. Nevertheless, Spidey is not amused to hear Itsuki say those words as a means to stroke his ego and not actually using his power responsibly. Itsuki in turn was surprised to meet a hero from a different world with that line, allowing him to put two and two together when he remembered Naofumi's line about "being bitten by a spider".
  • Podtrick Payne reminds Itsuki of Rishia, someone he looked down on as a loser yet still remained loyal to him and actually helped him when he needed it most. Feeling guilty for the way he treated Rishia, Itsuki treats Podtrick with a lot more kindness and is impressed by his loyalty and how he can actually pull his own weight. This in turn allows Podtrick to become friends with Itsuki and one of his most loyal supporters.
  • Ser Jaime Lannister is seen as a foil to Itsuki, having killed a King to stop him from killing his people, but ended up being seen as a traitor to the king he was suppose to protect. Itsuki killed a king overtaxing his citizens for the glory of being a hero, but ended up causing more harm because he did so without actually establishing an alternative, so the rebels ended up overtaxing their citizens just as much. Itsuki actually sympathizes with him, since unlike him, Jaime had good intentions and ended up being reviled for his actions instead.

Demigods

Noir Trio

Noir Trio^membersKirika Yuumura, Mireille Bouquet, Chloe, Goddesses of the Multiple-Choice Chosen

L-R: Chloe, Kirika, Mireille

• Demigoddesses
• Symbol: A pocket watch with two sword-wielding women facing each other engraved on the front
• Theme Music: Salva Nos
• Alignment:
  • True Neutral/Chaotic Neutral (Kirika normally and Mireille)
  • Lawful Neutral (Kirika as “True Noir” and Chloe)
• Portfolio: Grey-and-Gray Morality, Dark Action Girl, Broken Bird
  • Kirika: Amnesiac Resonance, Unscrupulous Hero, Troubled, but Cute
  • Mireille: Sugar-and-Ice Personality, Anti-Hero, Phenotype Stereotype
  • Chloe: Purple Is Powerful, Anti-Villain, Tyke-Bomb
• Domains: Assassins, Conspiracies, Upbringing
• On Good Terms with^*(possibly less so on Chloe’s end): Maki Harukawa, Cassandra Cain & Damian Wayne, X-23
• Mixed Relations: Batman
• Foil to:
  • Mireille & Kirika: Leon Montana & Mathilda Lando, Helena Bertinelli, Dust
  • Chloe: Azula
• Source of Interest for: Lady Shiva, Talia al Ghul
• Noir is a name that has struck fear in the criminal underworld for many years. At the moment, it’s a title that’s being held by two girls: the Japanese amnesiac Kirika Yuumura and the just-as-troubled Corsican Mireille Bouquet. As they take on various assassination jobs, they find themselves in the crosshairs of Les Soldats, a conspiracy that has existed for many years that is connected to the Noir name, and Chloe, an assassin with a strong interest in Kirika since they were children and raised by Les Soldats priestess Altena. Les Soldats has played a role in the past of all three girls, who are regarded as candidates for the title of Noir. With Mireille out of the running for the Noir title from Altena’s point of view, her parents (who ran a criminal empire and were part of Les Soldats, but didn’t want Mireille to be part of it) were killed by a young Kirika (who was partially raised by Altena), but not before Mireille’s mother promised Kirika to take care of Mireille. A deadly climax ensued, with Mireille breaking Kirika out of the cold-blooded influence of Altena, Chloe being killed by Kirika, and Altena’s plans to use Noir to wipe out what she saw as the world’s evils being thwarted by Mireille and Kirika.
• After a difficult and life-threatening job, Kirika and Mireille were resting when they received a letter in the mail asking them to visit a secret area to discuss something important. The duo arrived at the spot to meet the sender, who claimed to represent a group from a place known as the Pantheon (and that the group who sent the letter referred to themselves as such). The sender said that as skilled as Kirika and Mireille currently, there would be a lot more dangerous assignments to accept, rivals to encounter, and foes that are after them, including the possibility of cheating death to add to the challenges of being associated with the Pantheon. When asked about Chloe, the sender replied that she is active within the Pantheon and that even though Les Soldats a thing of the past and Chloe is curious about how better the duo has gotten since taking down the group, she still has some unresolved matters to settle if she’s not willing to aid them on a particular job. No matter the challenges, Kirika and Mireille have taken up on the offer to accept assassination jobs for the Pantheon having grown from their past adventures and that if there’s darkness within the Pantheon, they’ll seek a light that’s shining somewhere there.
• Within the Pantheon, Kirika and Mireille operate as a duo as they did in the past with Chloe working independently, though there have been instances where she has crossed paths with the duo depending on the job that’s been handed out. Not only is there some tension between the two and Chloe in these meetings, but there were several other assassins in the Pantheon whose skills are comparable to or even exceed that of the girls that they needed to watch out for. Being an assassin has been dirty business even if the assassin in question has taken on assignments that can be seen as heroic and some of them such as Agent 47 and Golgo 13 aren’t the types to make permanent friends with anyone given their line of work. Kirika and Mireille have been able to have conversations with some people when not taking on assignments and someone that they’ve been able to talk to regularly was Maki Harukawa. As an assassin who had experience taking care of children (despite her flimsy claims of hating kids), Maki learned about the Noir program that Kirika, Mireille, and Chloe were involved with and was unsettled at how young the three were when they were trained to be assassins even if their circumstances varied and that this could have been a darker path for Maki to end up in given her own troubled past. Maki is arguably someone who is the closest thing Kirika and Mireille have to a lasting friend in the Pantheon given the empathy she has to what they went through and Maki has also expressed sympathy to Chloe’s own troubled life even if Chloe is going to end up as a potential adversary for Maki at some point.
• Les Soldats is a shadowy organization that has existed for many years and is dedicated to wiping out the evils they saw plaguing the world, with Altena planning to resurrect the Noir name to fulfill said goal. Even if their intentions aren’t as bad as other conspiracies, it didn’t change the fact that they’re still ruthless in how they planned to accomplish their plans and Kirika and Mireille were unsettled at the fact that there were other shadowy groups similar to Les Soldats in the Pantheon. As its name suggests, the League of Assassins is a secret organization dedicated to assassinating others to fulfill the ambitions of its leader Ra’s al Ghul. The League and Ra’s could be seen as darker versions of Les Soldats and Altena in what they’re trying to accomplish and the organization’s interest in the girls given their assassin backgrounds has been a cause of concern for many involved in the criminal underworld.
• With the exception of Mireille who was trained to be an assassin by her uncle, the Noir girls were raised by Les Soldats to become killers to fulfill the organization's goals, though Kirika wasn’t fully trained by the group compared to Chloe. While some in the Pantheon had a similar circumstance as Kirika and was able to recover from fully becoming a weapon with the help of someone, others ended up like Chloe who remained committed to carrying out their superior’s goals, with some of them ending up dead like her. Laura Kinney was created to be a weapon, accidentally killed her biological mother, and later went on the run from her creators. It was through hanging out with James Logan that Laura was able to recover from some of her past trauma even as new ones arose and there were many things about her that Kirika could see in herself minus the mutant powers and moral ambiguity. Whether it was being trained as a weapon in the past, being forced to kill someone kind against her will and hearing a dying wish afterwards, or hanging out with a skilled partner who helped her deal with deep-seated issues, Kirika and Laura were alike in what they went through and saw each other as a kindred spirit.
• Batman has had experience in confronting assassins and conspiracies that may or may not be tied to said assassins and the story of the Noir program wouldn’t be out of place when it comes to obstacles that he would encounter. Much like some of the morally gray members of Batman’s rogues gallery, the Noir candidates would likely get into conflict with the Caped Crusader if he were to encounter them, but at the same time, Batman can tell that they’ve had a troubled life. Of the three, Mireille stood out to Batman the most given that they’ve had to witness their parents getting killed at a young age and the fact that Mireille realized the actions of Kirika, who was responsible for said murders, at that time were influenced by Les Soldats and subsequently made it a point to prevent Kirika from falling further into darkness surprised him. Regardless of the trio’s troubled nature bringing out Batman’s more empathic side and the fact that most of the girls’ targets are worse than they are, the Caped Crusader’s refusal to kill anyone ended up being a primary source of conflict against the Noir trio (though mostly Chloe given her more unstable character and Batman unable to convince her that her beliefs are going to cause more harm to others).
  • After learning about the Noir trio from Batman, two members of the Batfamily, Cassandra Cain and Damian Wayne, decided to seek out those members to see just how much they see themselves in the girls based on what Bruce described to them. Both were trained to become fighters at a young age, with Damian being raised by the League of Assassins and the son of Talia al Ghul and Cass the daughter of Lady Shiva and it was meeting Batman and his allies that they were able to find the path to being a superhero. Seeing Kirika and Mireille was like witnessing parts of their past again, with Damian seeing their friendship and how Mireille was able to help Kirika overcome her troubled past as being similar to his friendship with Dick Grayson and Kirika’s awareness of the dangers of killing bringing to mind how horrified Cass was when she first carried out an assassination mission. As for Chloe, Damian saw her story and actions as comparable to what could have happened if he decided to remain with the League of Assassins instead of meeting Batman. Cass and Damian have expressed their sympathies to the trio even if they know that a conflict will happen at some point as Batman mentioned, especially since Cass and Damian know that Shiva and Talia will be interested in the Noir trio for their skills and that Chloe has been involved with Shiva a few times. Given that the League of Assassins and Ra’s is just as interested in the trio, this gave Bruce, Damian, and Cass more of a reason to make sure that the girls don’t end up on a darker path than they already are.
• Kirika is a quiet girl by default and being partially raised by Altena has made her a deadly assassin, but it was through hanging out with Mireille that Kirika’s friendlier side began to emerge. While the friendship between Kirika and Mireille is comparable to that of another assassin duo in Leon Montana and Mathilda Lando (complete with having a houseplant in their hangout), there’s a lot of differences in how things played out. Kirika was already skilled at killing by the time she befriended Mireille while Mathilda had no experience in using a gun and even after getting training from the already-humane Leon, she still has a lot to learn. Given how Leon took in Mathilda after her parents were killed, he found it unusual that Mireille would align herself with the one who pulled the trigger on her parents, but came to understand the admittedly complex circumstances behind it.
• Being an amnesiac meant that Kirika had to contend with a lot of shocking discoveries about herself and the other Noir candidates as she took on many dangerous enemies. The Pantheon had its share of amnesiacs and one that intrigued her was Dust since it wasn’t just because of his more superficially supernatural circumstances. Kirika had a dormant second personality known as “True Noir” that was far more ruthless than her normal one while Dust had the souls of two entities with their own personalities; the kindhearted Jin and the skilled fighter Cassius. Even if both Kirika and Dust were designed to be living weapons to fulfill a certain goal, the former was raised as one by Les Soldats, who she eventually took down with Mireille’s help while Dust was made specifically to take down Cassius’ friend, General Gaius. Dust has assured Kirika that even if they aren’t going to meet each other much, he’ll understand the pains of going through amnesia and the fallout of discovering startling revelations about themselves.
• Mireille was once the daughter of the Bouquet crime family that was destroyed at the hands of Les Soldats, resulting in her training to become an assassin with her uncle’s help (and unfortunately for her, she later had to kill him during their reunion since he was targeting Noir). It’s unclear what kind of dealings the Bouquets did prior to their demise even if Mireille looked back fondly on them, but the Pantheon had a multitude of crime syndicates where despite some members having a genuinely friendly disposition, the syndicates largely ranged from “morally questionable, but has shown redeeming characteristics” to “undeniably evil”. Her assassination job with Kirika meant that they would end up targeting some crime syndicates (more often than not the ones that are corrupt), but one of her assignments led Kirika to encounter another woman named Helena Bertinelli, whose crime family was slaughtered much like Mireille’s. The key difference here was that Helena became a superhero to take down the mob instead of being an assassin like Mireille, with the former noting that Mireille becoming an assassin after her family was eliminated is a somewhat darker reflection of her own backstory and Helena can see why Batman has had conflict with the Noir trio even if she’s sympathetic to Mireille’s past.
• Of the trio, Chloe is the one who is closest to Les Soldats due to being raised by Altena and acting on her behalf. Even if she does help Kirika and Mireille in their missions on occasion, her darker nature has prevented her from sharing the same kinds of relationships the duo have towards other Pantheonic denizens. Chloe did find Azula to be an interesting mirror of herself when it came to trying to fulfill the goals of whoever they were raised to work for, even if the possibility of befriending her was unlikely given Chloe’s preexisting obsession with Kirika and Azula being a potential target for any of the Noir candidates to eliminate if given such a job. Where Altena had plenty of faith in Chloe in order to fulfill Les Soldats’ goals to wipe out the evils that they saw in the world and Chloe had an unreciprocated obsession with Noir candidate Kirika, Azula tried her damndest to win over her uncaring father Ozai during the Fire Nation’s conquest and hated Zuko, who left behind Ozai’s violent methods.

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