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Formed after the complete destruction of the of isolated storehouses in the House of War (everyone blames Rau for it), the Hall of Logistics takes the form of an industrial centre with storage facilities, resource management centres, emergency evacuation areas and factories to cater with the ever-increasing need for munitions, uniforms, rations, cigarettes, machine parts. Depending on who owns the building in question, this house can either be the most hospitable place in the House of War or just as hellish as everywhere else. Most visitors from outside tend to come here, a majority of whom are homeless vagrants.

Residents don't take kindly to this place being called a junkyard. Remember that.

Lesser Gods

AAHW

The Agency Against Hank Wimbleton, Divine Organization of Expendable Mooks (AAHW)

A poster belonging to the AAHW

^Grunts

^Agents

^{ATP Engineers}

^{ATP Soldats}

^{MAG Agents}

• Lesser Deities as a whole though ranking may vary depending the unit
• Symbol: The general appearance of a Grunt.
• Theme: AAHW
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Blind Obedience, Fun with Acronyms, Hive Mind, Mook, Nebulous Evil Organization
• Domains: Mooks, Fighting, Combat, Death, Numbers
• Complicated relationships: Jebus, Tricky the Clown
• Allies: The Auditor (Leader), HYDRA, SHOCKER, Melkor and Grand United Alliance of Evil, The Rebel Army
• Enemies: Hank Wimbleton, all of his allies and anyone who gets in their way, John Wick, Killer Bean, Brock Samson, Takeshi Hongo and Hayato Ichimonji, Metal Slug Crew
• The Agency Against Hank Wimbleton, or AAHW for short, is a nevadian organization with the simple goal of oppossing Hank Wimbleton. First led by the Sheriff as their personal bodyguards, the AAHW doesn't have the best track record at actually succeeding in defeating Hank, only some of their more elite members even managing to kill Hank at some points (which never lasts long). Their ascension came after discovering that Hank had a place in the Pantheon and as usual, antagonized him because that's what they are supposed to do. Given how many of their members are merely a nuisance to Hank and get easily taken down with little effort, they were awarded the Canon Fodder title, even if they aren't exactly thrilled to be ascended because of their constant failures.
• Immediately after ascension, they were mobilized to Wimbleton's house in order to finally finish him off but as usual, all units were gunned down in mere seconds with Hank barely breaking a sweat. Hank himself was frustrated to learn of their arrival meaning that he's going to be constantly harassed by the AAHW on a daily basis though some people think he has it coming.
• There are many units that comprise the AAHW, some like the Grunts and Agents are the more regular mooks that are usually the first to challenge Hank and his peers while there are other more artificially made like the ATP Engineers and Soldiers (who for some reason bleed yellow, though this may be the result of the ATP Program altering their biology] and more elite units like MAG agents. And even those are nothing to Hank and co, falling as quickly as any other regular grunt. The AAHW are looking to recruit new units in order to deal with Wimbleton but they haven't had much success in that front.
• The leadership tends to be very flexible, though The Auditor has always been the leader of the organization. Originally the Sheriff served as the figurehead of the AAHW, but after his death, leadership became very transparent and unclear. Jebus, however, was still a member of the organization, while Tricky rebelled against it in his own terms to kill Hank. After Jebus' 4th death, he quit the AAHW, finding it not suitable enough to stop Hank's madness, and decided to go after it's leader, the Auditor. While the Auditor's status in the pantheon is questionable at best, he doesn't view them as valued soldiers, rather expendable tools for him to stop Hank, who, predictably, kills them en masse.
• In an attempt to gain more backing, they pledged their loyalty to Melkor and his Grand Alliance. They have served under dark lords before and Melkor figure another faction on their side would be helpful but even he finds the AAHW to be terrible at getting anything done. They got some backing from other two evil organization, HYDRA and SHOCKER, but only because they are interested in studying how the ATP units are made.
• It was mere weeks when the AAHW managed to piss off several notable deities. First, during breaktime and far away from Hank's temple, they decided to hold a party and this time no boombox would be stolen. Unfortunately the made the grave mistake on holding a party next to Killer Bean's temple, which ended pretty poorly for the Grunts that just wanted some peace. And another incident occured when they managed to piss off both John Wick and Brock Samson who then proceeded to go town with the AAHW grunts and did a serious dent to their numbers.
• While they are mostly focused on trying to take down Hank, there have been other deities that they have been contracted to kill. Given their partnership with SHOCKER, it was not surprising that many Kamen Riders would come to blows with the AAHW. In particular, Hongo and Ichimonji had some encounters with the grunts and other units and as usual, taking them out like it was no issue at all.
• General Morder took pity on the AAHW after learning of how they are merely just a nuisance to their enemies as his army is after prey to the Regular Army's top agents and other factions. Morden proposed a joint alliance with the AAHW in order to take out their respective enemies and considering their temple was located near Morden's mortal enemies, the AAHW agreed. Even after partnering with the Rebel Army, their performance hasn't improved by a lot sadly.
• One of the only good things you can say about the organization is their distaste about smoking, though not for reasons you might think. Among the grunts it's believed that smoking is a bad omen and that you will get killed if you even dare smoking. And every time someone ignored that rule, something horrible tends to happen to the AAHW, usually involving Hank.
• Even though they are considering one of the most pathetic factions, they still have made enough capital by lending their grunts as living training dummies and even they would say this job is much more forgiving than being a regular foot soldier or even an elite as Pantheonic Guidelines protect the volunteered grunts from getting killed in gruesome ways. Although even that it's not enough from getting killed in some rather hilariously bloody ways.
• Upon finding out that the Auditor actually did ascend with them, they threw a giant party to celebrate the occasion once his presence became public knowledge, with a remix of "The Chicken Dance" being heard across to the outer reaches of the Pantheon. Naturally, Hank decided to take matters into his own hands, and proceeded to slaughter the AAHW during their party. Needless to say, the rest of the pantheon was a lot less jovial at the announcement.
• Can also be found in Minions and Sidekicks.

Cornelia li Britannia

Cornelia li Britannia, Goddess of Aiding Her Soldiers (The Other Witch of Britannia, "Goddess of Victory", Second Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire, Nelly)

• Lesser Goddess
• Symbol: Britannia's Flag.
• Theme Song: All Hail Britannia!
• Alignment: Lawful Evil with hints of Chaotic Evil at the beginning. Now sits at True Neutral.
• Portfolio: Gloucester Knightmare Pilot, A Mother to Her Men, Genuinely Cares About Her Siblings, Number Ripper, Honorable Despite Her Cruelty, A Princess and Military Commander
• Domains: Family, Military, War, Love
• Heralds: Euphemia li Britannia (her sister), Gilbert G.P. Guilford (her knight)
• Allies: Suzaku Kururugi, Jeremiah Gottwald, Tony Stark/Iron Man, The Boss, Olivier Armstrong, Motoko Kusanagi, Master Chief, The Guardians, James Bond, Jack Bauer
• Enemies: Charles zi Britannia, Senator Armstrong, Prime Minister Honest, Amaterasu
• Odd Friendship with: C.C, Sniper Wolf
• Conflicting Opinion: Kallen Kozuki, Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Lelouch vi Britannia, Naoto Shirogane, Satsuki Kiryuin, Origami Tobiichi
• Opposed by: Samurai Jack, Ryuko Matoi, William "B.J." Blazkowicz
• Opposes: Esdeath, Seryu Ubiquitous, Merged Zamasu
• Special relationship: Nunnally Lamperouge (her half-sister)
• A few deities believes she came here to conquer and claim the Pantheon as yet another Area. In truth she came here on request from her brother who seems to need her for something important. No one seems to know Lelouch's intentions with her, but she assures the gods these is no intention of wrongful domination.
• While she can't forgive her brother for everything he's done she knows in the end he just wanted a better world for his sister and the Japanese, and she has realized the hypocrisy, given that she was far more wanton and cold-blooded in her destruction of non-Britannians, and yet got off scot-free when all was said and done, even if her sister had been killed. (Her brother Lelouch had lost his own share of loved ones. She still has difficulty seeing the Numbers as something besides a simple number, however her arrival in the Pantheon might help her with that.
  • Suzaku was indifferent about her arrival considering he was Japanese and her disdain for his people might still linger. She actually thanked him for protecting her sister and being a loyal knight. Afterwards he was speechless and he thanked the Goddess of Victory despite knowing he could not protect her in the end.
• She has made it clear she no longer supports her father's intentions, which made her one of his enemies as he considered her a failure for not protecting Area 11, stopping Zero and the Black Knights, but most of all saving Euphemia.
• While Kallen does not hate Cornelia, she still does not fully trust the former princess who killed several of her people, but she has learned from her classmates that not all Britannians are like Charles or Schneizel. Cornelia knows nothing she can say will change this; however, these pilots do enjoy dueling each other in borrowed mechs for the sake of pride.
• Originally seen in the Pantheon as a follower of Iron Man prior to her ascension, having once created a robot out of Mecha-Mook scraps in a cave in his honor. While a superhero, he has his share of sins to make up for, including having taken the totalitarian side in at least one disagreement with his fellow heroes (before later taking on the pro-freedom side in another scism, having learned some lessons from last time), so after a short while he came to understand that she has indeed reformed. He let it be known after she ascended that he doesn't hold her previous contempt for the Japanese against her, putting it in the rearview. They've been on good terms since.
• Being a military soldier herself, Wolf was very impressed by the skills, knowledge, and tactics Cornelia uses on the battlefield wondering if she was capable of using a sniper rifle as good as one of her Knightmare Frames.
• Motoko and Naoto were very concerned about the princess' feelings about Elevens or Japanese, but notice the princess having hearing a similar voice to their own. Origami also had issues with this Britannian's racist past however she knows how important a sister can be as like with Euphemia wants to keep Shido Itsuka safe.
  • In the same vein as those two, Satsuki along with her sister had trouble making a relationship with the pilot at first. Ryuko finds her former term for Japanese as "Elevens" to be disgusting, and nearly punched the Britannian Princess in the face until her sister made her calm down.
  • While not trusting her completely, Satsuki did let Cornelia know about the GUAE Re Education Facility GUAE Re-education Facility]]. This led her to meet The Boss, who, like Satsuki before her, took in the Britannian princess. Cornelia was horrified about the aspects of this place and grew worried about her father taking advantage of such a facility.
  • Probably the worst initial impression came from Ange, who stands in stark contrast to her, not simply in the racism she suffered, but that it caused her to lose her royal lineage and be considered no more than dirt to the society that now mostly turned its back on her, including her own two siblings who tried to have her killed, forced into conscription on a Penal Colony, and pursued by a certain creepy narcissist who in some ways made Cornelia's older brother Schneizel look like a rank amateur. Needless to say, she sided with Lelouch^note who checked a few of the same boxes of misfortune himself a lot more, and as much as she pitied Euphie's fate, otherwise felt little sympathy for Cornelia, who was far more racist than she ever was yet went through far less grief than Ange ever did for it. (For a moment infact, Ange was suspicious that she had to shoulder Cornelia's bad karma.) She nearly slapped the Britannian princess, but stopped short in order to give her a good scare, instead swearing she'd be back to give her a good what for if word ever got out she started acting racist ever again, and not even Guilford would get in her way.
• Esdeath found a lot of traits similar to her, and she expected Cornelia to make a good ally or possibly a friend. Cornelia however made it clear she does not approve of all that Esdeath has done, while knowing this might paint her as a hypocrite. She also finds Seryu and her twisted form of justice a very grim reminder of her far more racist self back in the early days of the war with the Black Knights.
• On the topic of grim and twisted forms of justice, she finds Zamasu frighteningly abhorrent, considering him as carrying the worst parts of not only her old self, but also her father.
• Being in a military leadership position like Cornelia, Master Chief respected her skills and tactics on the battlefield, yet like herself he also knew the hardships of going rogue for the sake of the ones they care about (in his case Cortana). James Bond and Jack Bauer also knew what this felt like when meeting the former Viceroy of "Area 11".
• At first, she didn't know what to think about the Guardians. Unlike most soldiers that she's met, none of them obey any military structure. As for some of them being undead, the encounters with those who possessed certain Geass abilities made Cornelia willing to accept most supernatural elements that she once thought were silly and she found them to be effective at what they do best.
• Cornelia knows she has lots of enemies from other Japanese deities, but she hopes one day she can find a way to make a truce with them in order to enjoy the Pantheon in peace.

Muruta Azrael

Muruta Azrael, God of Commissars (Murata Azrael)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: The Blue Cosmos Logo
• Alignment: Neutral Evil, with moments of Stupid Evil
• Portfolio: Faux Affably Evil, Psychopathic Manchild, Evil Is Petty, Politically Incorrect Villain, Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon, Lack of Empathy, Man of Wealth and Taste, Sore Loser, A Nazi by Any Other Name, Smug Snake, We Have Reserves, There Is No Kill Like Overkill, Bad Boss, The Sociopath, Villain with Good Publicity, Being an Utterly Depraved Human Being
• Domains: Hatred, War, Insanity, Leadership
• Herald: Captain William Sutherland, The Boosted Men (Clotho Buer, Orga Sabnak, and Shani Andras)
• Allies: SHOCKER, Lord Djibril, Gihren Zabi, Nobuyuki Sugou, HYDRA
• Enemies: All heroic Gundam deities (especially Kira Yamato, Lacus Clyne, Shiro Amada, and Aila Jyrkiäinen), All Ascended Toku Heroes (especially those from Kamen Rider), Viral, Guy Shishioh, Link, Veigue Lungberg, Axel the Dark Hero, Uzu Sanageyama
• Opposed by: Prinnies, Goomba, The Minions, Ciphias Cain
• Muruta is the head of terrorist group Blue Cosmos and his hatred of Coordinators is as strong, if not more, as the organization in general (to be fair, his hatred is more fueled by jealously than anything). Even taking that into account, he has a strong disregard towards his own subordinates (he classifies his soldiers as equipment, for one) and even created a Super-Soldier program that uses drugs to power up the mooks (albeit mooks with fatal withdrawal symptoms). He also served as an onlooker to the aircraft Dominion, and made sure his plans were in effect, even if it meant fighting the ship's captain to enforce these plans.
• The ascended members of the Imperial Guard briefly took notice after hearing that someone has decided to represent commissars. They were very upset after they found out just how heartless and evil Muruta turned out to be.
• Shortly after ascending, he heard of SHOCKER and decided to look over the group's progress. Not long after that, the organization offered him a spot and he gladly accepted the offer. His role is to provide the organization with various WMDs and he even created a new Super-Soldier program for the organization. This lead to SHOCKER getting new henchmen that are both capable in combat and are highly insane to go with it.
  • As far as employed members of the organization are concerned, he's been hanging out quite a bit with Nobuyuki Sugou. They usually talk about mind control and how to improve it within the organization.
  • Of course, it wouldn't come as much of a surprise to see Muruta together with Gihren Zabi, given that they both share quite a few things in common (especially their interest towards WMDs).
• Apart from Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne (who are already enemies with him to begin with), a number of other heroic Gundam deities hate him for certain reasons. Aila Jyrkiäinen despises him due to his tendency to control his mooks through fear and mind control, which would remind her of her own tragic past. Shiro Amada also hates him, though it's for a completely different reason.
  • Even though they don't originate from Gundam, heroic mecha pilots Viral and Guy Shishioh both hate Muruta for the same reason that Shiro does. Shishioh has apparently come into conflict with Muruta before, so there's already some animosity between the two.
    • It's not just the mecha pilots who sound like Muruta who hate him. Even others such as Link, Uzu Sanageyama, Veigue Lungberg, and even Axel the Dark Hero all despise him for that vocal similarity. Granted, Muruta didn't seem to care much about what those non-mecha pilots think of him, considering how busy he was with his plans, though an actual encounter between them could happen if he plans something that could really anger them, though that's on low priority for now.
• Whenever he isn't working alongside SHOCKER, chances are he'll be lending some of his ideas over to HYDRA. He doesn't work with them as often as he does with SHOCKER, but the organization doesn't mind at all. In fact, both Muruta and HYDRA seem to share a similar philosophy when it comes to how mooks are used.
• All of the Toku heroes have declared Muruta as an enemy, but the heroic Kamen Riders really have it out against him considering what he does. Him joining SHOCKER certainly made things much worse for the heroic Riders.
• Many deities are well aware of Muruta's ruthless actions. Although he does attempt to put up a nice manner when dealing with others (given the publicity with some of the other villains and all that), whenever that "nice" image of him cracks, he's very much a crazy psychopath and things get ugly for anyone involved near him.
• Even though they come from wildly differing time periods, Muruta was amused with the actions of Mori Motonari, another person involved with war who has a callous disregard for his own soldiers. Mori, given his selfishness, does not care at all for what Muruta thinks of him.
• Mooks who have had a history of working with bad guys are in fierce opposition against Muruta, given his treatment of mooks. It's not stopping him from thinking up of ways to make his soldiers more dangerous at the expense of their sanity.
• Muruta has a pistol with him, though he really only uses it if things go badly for him and is willing to threaten someone in doing things he wants done. Most of these incidents happen within SHOCKER, generally if the organization needs to back down from something. There were some instances where Muruta has shot some members with the gun if they didn't comply with his demands. Although the injuries are taken care of outside of battle, Muruta is very much bitter about not getting what he wants accomplished in the organization during battles.
• With Muruta's arrival in the Pantheon, Rau Le Creuset is looking to use him as an Unwitting Pawn once more to try and destroy all of humanity in a manner similar to Rau's attempt back in their homeworld (via a long-standing war). There may be a chance that Muruta becomes aware of being used for something, though most aren't certain as to how he'll react to such (chances are, Muruta wouldn't care about it). Muruta himself said that as long as his opposition is destroyed, he'll be content.

The Peregrine Falcons and The Sparrows Team

The Peregrine Falcons Squad and The Sparrows Team^MembersMarco Rossi, Tarma Roving, Eri Kasamoto, Fio Germi, Divine Soldiers of Conflict Disparity (Marco: Marchrius Dennis Rossi; Tarma: Tarmicle Roving III, Eri: Memphis Bomb Princess, Fio: Fiolina Germi)

Left to Right: Eri, Marco, Tarma and Fio

• Lesser Gods
• Symbol: The Metal Slug.
• Theme Song: Character Select
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Portfolio:
  • Marco: All-American Face, Boring, but Practical, Eagle Land, Very Good with Technology outside combat
  • Tarma: Ace Pilot, Cool Shades, Gadgeteer Genius, The Lancer
  • Eri: The Big Girl, Compressed Hair, Informed Loner, Good with Explosives
  • Fio: Badass Adorable, More Dakka
• Domains: War, Armies, Guns, Tanks, Teamwork, Friendship, Combat
• Heralds: Nadia Cassel and Trevor Spacey (MS4), Walter Ryan and Tyra Elson (MS Advance), Nathalie Neo, Roberto Nicola, and Alisa Stewart (MS Mobile)
• Allies: Leona Heidern, Most ascended deities from The King of Fighters, V.S.S.E., John Rambo, William J. Blazkowicz, SCP-516
  • Marco: Rocky Balboa, Radical Ed, San Franciso Dedsec
  • Tarma: Francis
  • Eri: Jill Valentine, Ekichi Onizuka, Kazuma Kiryu
  • Fio: Cassie Cage, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade
• Enemies: General Morden and the Rebel Army, The Mars People, Evil Aliens, Evil Undead, Millenium, HYDRA
• Acquiantanced with: Skips
• These four individuals are no strangers to war, having saved the world numerous times while fighting the evil General Morden and his Rebel Army from taking over the world. Marco, Tarma, Eri and Fio found themselves in the pantheon after many heard of their adventures and how they have overcome threats far bigger in number and always suceed in the end. For that, they were awarded a title and a proper temple for them to reside.
• They are one of those rare groups that have faced almost anything that can you imagine. From entire armies, zombies, aliens, mutants, giant crabs, even an Eldritch Abomination once. So when they were soon found in the pantheon, they didn't feel slightly impressed by the sheer craziness that the pantheon offers and so carried on with their lives. That's one of the reasons that they get along with Skips although at first they were doubting him considering previous experiences with yetis.
• They were glad to find Leona Heidern among the pantheon ranks, since they have worked together in the past. Especially Fio, who once went on a mission with her and have remained very good friends.
• Also very acquainted with the good deities of the King of Fighters Tournament thanks to their comrades Ralph, Clark and Leona being regular contenders. Even Fio once participated in said tournament as so did Marco in another event.
• They enlisted in GUAG after hearing about the pantheon being stuck in a four way conflict between the GUAG, GUAE, GUAC and GUAL. It's technically not that different from what they are used to in their homeworld but they hope that their involvement could turn the tide towards the side of good and finally achieve the possibility of peace.
• The team is known for having piloted a wide array of vehicles or even armed animals with cannons. The most important one is the Metal Slug, a mobile tank who can duck and jump among other things and has been present in most of their adventures. They even have one of them present in his temple, but they usually take it to the House of Machinery and Technology since they tend to take a beating. They later met SCP-516, who was a sentient tank that also fought valiantly for its homeland and holds the four of them in high regard because of that.
• Exclusive to Marco:
  • After joining the regular army, Marco quickly became the leader of the Peregrine Falcons and alongside his friend Tarma has been the biggest asset to them in the fight against General Morden. The mention of the latter is known to dry Marco into a fit of uncontrollable rage, since he is responsible for the death of many of his friends.
  • He is from Italian-American origin and it shows. Of all the ascended crew, he gets along the best with Rocky Balboa and Rambo, resembling the latter a lot
  • Marco is actually a very good computer technician when he is off duty, to the point that he is sometimes creates computer viruses for fun. One of them was so powerful that they almost caused one nearby facility to launch a nuclear attack though thankfully he stopped it before it could get any worse and he plans to take that secret to his grave. In the pantheon he is quite good friends with other friendly hackers like Ed or the San Francisco Dedsec Chapter, who he has occasionally aided in stopping some of the stronger viruses to cause havoc in the pantheon.
• Exclusive to Tarma:
  • He joined around the same time as his friend and teammate Marco, in a mission to rescue the president and has since been very close to him. Hell, he was originally the only teammate Marco had when they first went up against the Rebel Army before Eri and Fio joined them.
  • He is an excellent pilot, give him anything and he would have it figured out in seconds. It is said that once he was allowed to get into one of the big mechs held in the tresuare and he was able to pilot it flawlessly.
  • Off-duty he likes to build motorcycles, often also lending a hand to resident mechanics in the House of Machinery and Technology. He is also good friends with Francis who often got his bike checked by Tarma.
  • Known to be a bit too fouled mouthed, often dropping an f-bomb when he gets fatally hit.
• Exclusive to Eri:
  • Eri has been living a hard life since she was born. As a kid she a leader of a gang of street kids and even when she became part of the Regular army she was cold and distant to others. She was originally a spy but later dropped out because she wasn't confortable with the job and decided to join SPARROWS. There she met Fio, who was her polar opposite in background and attitude, but overtime she warmed up to her.
  • She fond of explosives, often sneaking into the House of Explosives to gather some equipment for herself. There is a reason she is known as the Memphis Bomb Princess.
  • She gets along great with Ekichi Onizuka and Kazuma Kiryu who share a past like her as a street gang leader. Usually they tend to stick to their duties first, but they sometimes hang out when they have free time available.
• Exclusive to Fio:
  • She was born in the wealthy Germi family, notorious for its military history and always sending their eldest son into the army. Fio's parents intended the same but following her difficult birth, her mother was unable to bear more children and so Fio became the first Germi heir to be female. Nevertheless she was raised by a loving family, which turned her in the most upbeat and cheerful of her piers.
  • While her parents support her career, they fear for her and her family since she is the only heir they have and she has no children of her own. Of course, some jokers have mentioned the possibility of hooking her up with her Peregrine Falcon teammates, particularly Marco, comments which have made her blush a little.
  • She is very close to Cassie Cage, understanding how it feels to have the weight of being the child of a famous military family. In Cassie's case her parents aren't even together anymore, making their vitriol much more noticeable although when Cassie introduced Fio to both Johnny and Sonya, they were surprisingly nice towards her.
• The Team an also be found in Narrative Actions.

Demigods

Marcus Kincaid

Marcus Kincaid, God of All Small Arms and Their Exploitation (The Gunbringer)

• Demigod
• Symbol: The holy smiling mug of his physical form.
• Theme Song: "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" by Cage the Elephant
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Portfolios: Bus Driving, Storytelling, War Profiteering
• Domains: Weapons, Economics... cold hard economics.
• Heralds: most of the bandits who call themselves the Bloodshots
• Allies/Clients: Various vault hunters, The Gun Runners, every single goddamn gunslinger ever, the House of Weapons, the Crimson Raiders, Tiny Tina, Gaige, Carol/Mom, Nico Goldstein, Big Boss, Gru, Obadiah Stane, Wat Tambor, John Marston, Crocodile, The Outlaw Star Crew, The Inspector, Jack and Maddie Fenton, Gozaburo Kaiba, Jimmy
• Rivals: The Corpus, Drebin 893, Jonathan Irons, Roman Torchwick, The Merchant, Tenten, Donquixote Doflamingo, Yuri Orlov
• Enemies: Gun control advocates, clients asking for refunds, competition, Handsome Jack (Both as a Competitor and on Principle), Trevor Phillips
• Tolerates: Claptrap
• Opposed by: John Henry Irons/Steel, Quark
• Followers: His main follower is the demi-god Yuri Orlov, known to us mortals as the "Lord of War", also has a tribe of bandits who fanatically worship him and have crafted the iconography that represents him.
• Marcus prides himself as a quality god. If he sells or bestows a gun on you, that gun WILL work perfectly as intended. Implying in ANY way that this is not the case will incur his wrath.
  • With many gods in other Houses that rely on firearms or are from futuristic eras, he finds himself quite busy.
• Dislikes alcohol with a passion, since he tends to be overly generous when drunk.
• As well as his position as The Gunbringer, Marcus is the unofficial loremaster of Pandora, recording the escapades of Vault Hunters for future generations.
• Denied Trevor Phillips access to the Pandora arms race. He isn't the least bit happy.
• Ex-husband of Mad Moxxi, and they still have an amicable relationship to this day. That pot belly of his was actually her suggestion.
• He has no allegiances to any of the Grand Alliances. He sells guns and firearms equally to all sides. A profit is a profit. Although, he does see the Crimson Raiders as both his best customers and allies. Despite selling to them as well, he favors the GUAD less than the others since if Nekron's forces succeed, it will also mean the end of him and his business.

Masataka Shima

Commander Masataka Shima, Divine Holder of Stolen Axis Treasure

• Demigod
• Symbol: A bar of Yamashita's gold
• Theme Songs: Nazi Disguise - Shima's Speech and Shima Escapes
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Portfolio: Possessing a huge amount of stolen gold from Southeast Asia, Commanding one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's most advanced aircraft carriers, Escaping to live another day, with an American POW in tow, Responsible for the death of an important character in his story, Big Bad, Four Eyes, Zero Soul, Wearing a dark uniform and an important figure in a militaristic regime
• Allies: Banzai Chargers, Johann Schmidt, Wilhelm Strasse, Arnold Ernst Toht, Milleneum
• Enemies: Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the Allied Forces
  • US Marine Corps: Conlin, Minoso, Sullivan, and Gaines, Roebuck, Miller, and Polonsky, The Flag Raisers, Sgt. John Basilone
  • US Navy: Iowa, Enterprise, Black Cat Mantaray 5-4
  • OSS: Lt. Mike Powell, Sgt. Jack Barnes
  • Other: Nathan Drake, James Bond, Cole Phelps, Smaug
• Evil Counterpart to: The Admiral
• Opposes: Takeo Masaki
• Opposed by: The IJN kanmusu, The Fuso Empire Witches
• Masataka Shima is an officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and commander of the one of their newest aircraft carriers, the Taiho-class carrier Toshikaze.
• Aside from this position, he was also highly influential in helping maintain the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", the occupied territories of Imperial Japan both before and during the War in Asia and the Pacific. Instead of conventional means, however, he did this through stolen assets from said occupied territories, among which included the fabled "Yamashita's gold.
  • While the looted treasure wasn't enough to fund the production of ships, guns, tanks, and planes for The Empire, it was more than enough for another plan entirely. This plan involved swaying members of the Nazi High command, as well as a high-ranking Soviet general, to helping the Japanese Empire. Specifically, this involved these officers killing both Hitler and Stalin. The former was to have been targeted so that he could be replaced by a more competent Nazi leader, i.e. a German general who could lead their military more efficiently. The latter, meanwhile, was to have been killed and then replaced by the aforementioned rogue Soviet general, and turn the USSR to the side of the Axis, thereby giving both Germany and Japan some much-needed respite.
  • This plan, however, was cut short by members of the OSS and British SOE, who tracked down and ensured that the gold his troops had accumulated would not be used. This botched his Evil Plan, and even resulted in the sinking of the aircraft carrier he had commanded, taking a huge chunk of the looted gold with it.
  • Fortunately for himself, he managed to escape the ship just before its loss, living to fight another day. In addition, he also escaped with an American prisoner, one Donnie Griffin, and locked him up in a POW Camp located in the Philippines.
• With his ascension into the Pantheon, Masataka Shima now hopes to establish an Imperial Japanese stronghold, and would hopefully now be able to push through with his once-botched plan. He arrives in via a Nakajima B5N "Kate" Torpedo Bomber, carrying with him a briefcase containing a handful of gold bars that escaped the clutches of the Allies.
• Some of the first allies he finds are soldiers of the Japanese Army. Despite the Interservice Rivalry between the IJA and IJN, these soldiers nonetheless pledge allegiance to him, due to being the only Imperial Japanese military officer in the Pantheon thus far.
• Not long after, Shima makes his way to the headquarters of Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, and explains his Evil Plan to him. Liking the Japanese officer's offer of stolen treasure, he agrees to help him in his conquest of the Pantheon, himself having played a significant part in the Axis victory in his own universe. The German officer then contacts the other Nazi officials in the Pantheon, in order to arrange a meeting similar to the one Shima did back in Singapore.
• Takeo Masaki, however, refuses to work with Shima, having already been left for dead by the Japanese Emperor. The feeling is mutual, as Shima questions why a Japanese Army officer like him is working closely with an American Marine and a Soviet soldier.
• Johann Schmidt, one of the Nazi officers who attends this meeting, comes to like the Japanese officer, this time due to their shared belief in Hitler's incompetence and desire to have him overthrown. Arnold Ernst Toht, being a follower of Schmidt, also agrees in on the Japanese Commander's plan.
• The Milleneum organization also allies themselves with Shima, though not because of the gold he has. In fact, the organization's wealth is of comparable worth, if not more, than all of the gold he has combined. Instead, they see Shima as a means to help continue spreading war in the Pantheon, something that the Japanese commander is fine with as long as they can help guarantee Imperial Japan's restoration in the process.
• After managing to get the most powerful Nazis in the Pantheon in on his plan, he tries negotiating with some of the Soviet deities in the Pantheon. This ends poorly, however, as powerful Soviet figures such as Col. Volgin and Gen. Dragovich refuse to ally with the Nazis, them having their own agendas in mind. They do, however, both become interested in Yamashita's gold, and so make him another target of opportunity. They hope to use this gold to hopefully fund their own growing war machine, as well as use it to hopefully bribe certain Nazi officials into defecting to their cause.
• After finding out about a larger Japanese naval presence in the Pantheon, the Commander decides to make contact with their leader. Unfortunately for Shima, the Admiral isn't willing to cooperate, much less accept a bribe of obviously looted gold. Just as the furious bespectacled officer tries to slit the Admiral's throat in a Disproportionate Retribution, he is stopped by OSS agents Lt. Mike Powell and Sgt. Jack Barnes, who make a Dynamic Entry from the roof of the Admiral's headquarters. They promptly kill most of Shima's bodyguards, and even manage to steal a vital piece of intel in the form of slide reels. But Shima himself, however, escapes unharmed once more.
• As a result of this incident, all of the IJN fleet girls refuse to help the ambitious Commander, now realizing just why all those ascended US Marines and Navy airmen were inadvertently hostile to them and their Admiral in the first place. The same is true for the witches from the Fuso Empire as well.
• Also thanks to this incident, the American and British WWII deities in the Pantheon are now aware of who Commander Shima is. They are also fully aware of his plans thanks to the captured slide reels, as well as the bars of gold found on the bodies of some of the dead Japanese soldiers they had killed not too long ago. The aforementioned OSS agents now make it a point to stop him at all costs, including making arrangements for one Joseph Griffin to join them into the Pantheon...
• Consequently, with word of Shima's stolen gold bars now out to the rest of the Pantheon, many thieves, explorers, adventurers, etc. become interested in the man and his treasure. Not wanting to be robbed of his assets, the Commander flees with help from his Nazi allies.
• As for Shima himself, he makes his own arrangements, namely getting his old aircraft carrier rebuilt and the rest of his stolen gold get accounted for. All this is being done from a temporary headquarters on the island of Iwo Jima. Thanks to the massive cave defense network, he can now continue forward with his plan for the time being undetected.
• Many note how Shima sounds awfully a lot like both Iroh and Aku. Others would even describe the IJN Commander as basically being an "evil Iroh" who remains loyal to The Empire. The Japanese officer himself, while finding this little fact amusing, is not interested in negotiating with either, due to differing goals and ideals.
• One deity he comes to hate tremendously despite not being a US Marine anymore is one Cole Phelps. Like ascended Marines Pvt. Miller and Sgt. Conlin, he was a veteran of the Pacific Theater, namely the Battle of Okinawa. Unlike those two, however, he was infamous for committing a war crime, namely ordering a cave containing Okinawan civilians to be torched by flamethrower. This angers the Japanese officer, and motivates him to continue his plan further to restore the Japanese Empire, and rid the Pantheon of any traces of the Allied Powers and their legacy.
• One enemy that Shima could never anticipate was Smaug. The greedy dragon, upon getting wind of the IJN Commander and his treasure, seeks to kill him and steal all of the gold in his possession. Again, this motivates the Japanese officer to further hasten his plans to have his old aircraft carrier rebuilt, in order to defend his gold from a more secure position and allow better movement between locations.