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Chronos

Chronos, Protogenoi Of Time (Aeon/Aion, Keeper of Time, Khronos, Chronus, Cro, Ethan Snider, Clockwork God, Zen)

An official statue of Father Time

One of Chronos' more well-known incarnations.

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• Overdeity
• Symbol: A complex formation of gears behind a clock
• Theme Music: The Infinite, the Greek/Roman theme of Smite (shared with other Classical Mythological figures who fight on the Battlefield of the Gods)
• Alignment: True Neutral
• Portfolio: The Old Gods, Time Master, Embodiment And God Of Time, Often Conflated With Cronus The Titan, Winged Humanoid and/or Multiple Head Case, Multiple-Choice Past, The Oldest Being Alongside Ananke In Orphic Tradition, Had A Much Decreased Role In Standard Mythology
• Domains: Time, Primordial Entities, Obscure Gods, Eternal Beings, Misidentification, the Zodiac
• Heralds: Ananke (generally agreed on consort), Phanes, Aether (his children according to Orphic cults)
• High Priest: Zurvan
• Often confused with: The Titan Cronus
• Varying relationship with: Gaea, Nyx, Tartarus (other Protogenoi), Zeus
• Interested in: The other Endless
• Allies
  • Fellow entities and lords of time: Yog-Sothoth (as Afrogomon), Clockwork, Dialga, Chronoa, Immortus
  • Other allies: Ahura Mazda, Destiny of the Endless, Arceus, The Doctor, The Sumaru City Persona-users, mainly Jun Kurosu
• On good terms with: Everyone who tries to maintain the flow and consistency of time in general (ie: The Hounds of Tindalos)
• On speaking terms with: Clara Oswald, Liu Kang
• Rival: Mercurius
• Enemies
  • Those who mess with time: Basically anyone who does so, however he has has a special ax to grind with Grandfather Paradox, Caius Ballad, Lord English, The Vex, Rassilon, the Dalek Empire, Dark Danny, Dr Nefarious, Nefarious Trophy, The Time Eater, Solaris
  • Other enemies: Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Angra Mainyu
  • Evil Counterpart: Kronika
• Opposes: Cronus
• Opposed by: Eros/Cupid
• Mixed on: S.E.E.S., The Investigation Team, Rei, The Empty
• Before even the Titans were the Protogenoi, or primordials. While some like Gaea or Nyx are well-documented, there are other more obscure Greek primordials. And yet one is at least clearly defined by their role. Chronos is the Greek god of time, or perhaps more accurately is time. The imagery of Chronos by Renaissance artists is where the bearded old visage of Father Time comes from. He is often confused with the Titan Cronus to the point of being combined, but Chronos is far greater in power than any Titan could be. Originally he was a more important figure in Orphic tradition, and it is perhaps only there where you can find a depiction of his consort Ananke; the incarnation of necessity. He is also known as Aeon or Aion.
• Chronos emerged from the shadows of obscurity to the Battlefield of the Gods, clad in Clock Punk and blue skin. As time itself, he will outlast everything, so there is no sense of urgency within Chronos; he is but an observer unless he's to be defied, but is fine throwing hands if needed. However he came to see the trope as "so...limiting" and instead sought the defining trope of Father Time. He is otherwise almost never involved with the shenanigans of his pantheon...probably because he doesn't know where he stands. In Orphic tradition he and Ananke are the ancestors of everything; Chaos itself is his and Ananke's child. Or is he the scion of Hydros and Gaea? Is Nyx's husband Erebus his child? Did he father Hemera on Nyx? It's said even he doesn't know due to The Fog of Ages.
• When he came to change the trope, an even more obscure being called Zurvan challenged him for the role. However, Chronos has pantheon seniority so the dispute was quickly solved by making them his high priest. In part, this was to keep an eye on Zurvan's children. According to Zurvanism sect, they sought to have Ahura Mazda to rule but Angra Mainyu exploited Exact Words of the firstborn ruling to burst out of their womb and rule. Chronos rightly sees the God of Evil as a danger and supports his high priest setting a time limit to Ahrima's reign, so he has been supporting Ahura Mazda. Outside of this, Chronos doesn't care for the conflict between good or evil, boasting "good and evil may see like they will fight forever, but I am that forever. And I shall be after this conflict has long since lost any relevance or meaning".
• Some old beliefs have stated that Chronos is actually a serpent with heads of a human, a bull and a lion. Where Chronos has not said anything on this, he might have chosen this form so that he wouldn't scare every one. Some people say that he was once kidnapped to serve the Hellbourne in the Forests of Caldavar, emulating the style of Darkterror, the Faceless Void. Chronos remarks that this "Chronos" does have interesting abilities, but they are not the same. Otherwise, he'd be using the experience he had in Caldavar and be goddamn OP in the Battlefield of the Gods... And he already has, given enough time. More importantly, he is not Cronus, a mistake so common even Zeus has gotten into squabbles with him about. Chronos isn't fond of the similarly named Titan for giving him a bad image.
• He and Eros don't get along. Chronos was at first a tad annoyed at the claims Eros was a Protogenoi. The Protogenoi of Time initially let that slide maybe Hesoid felt there could be two Eros (a primordial to explain how the other primordials boned and a more well-known god of love) and he suffered from mistaken identity too, however that peace ended when Eros said he clipped his wings, and he won't forgive him for that. Chronos has tried to clear his name by claiming that "Time Clipping Cupid's Wings" was the 17th century's equivalent of a photo shoot and is meant to demonstrate time's effect on love. This hasn't helped their relationship and they're still on bad terms since Eros used his words to give him a bad image in the House of Love and Affection. Well, more like he tried, but Chronos sees that as an insult anyway.
• A weaker incarnation of Chronos exists in the Supernatural universe, though the ascended Chronos believe this form is an unlicensed replica by Chuck Shurley. Compared to some of those that the boys faced he wasn't that bad, only demanding Human Sacrifice to counter-act Power Incontinence so he may stay with the woman he loves. Chronos has a more genuine incarnation that happens to take the form of a cute anime girl, where she goes by Cro. Given the scope of his power, one wonders if the father of the Endless, Time, is actually just Chronos without bothering to take a deific name. To this, the primordial has said "no, not quite, but I am interested in them". The primordial deity is especially fond of Destiny, as the Fates in mythology are sometimes his offspring.
• Chronos tends to work with those who maintain the nature of time, and there are multiple beings in charge of specifically that. He muses if he and they are all derived from some meta-divine, omniversal principle, and if so that might explain some of the inconsistencies in his own lore. Dialga is the Pokémon of time, who the Protogenoi sees as his Mon counterpart. He is quite interested in Dialga's creator Arceus, a God-esque Maker who came from the Cosmic Egg...it reminds him of his maybe-scion Phanes. Arceus has told Dialga to take more notes from deities like Chronos and share the role of Father Time. Clockwork is a ghost who represents the same concept as Chronos, close enough that they believe each other are somehow alternate selves.
• Perhaps his strongest ally is an aspect of Yog-Sothoth, Afrogomon. The Outer God's objectives and motivations are hard for even he to get a read on, but in that avatar it is opposed to the violation of time's laws. Ironic given what its Great Intelligence Avatar planned. Clara is still enraged by Yog-Sothoth as a whole, but that doesn't carry over to Chronos; he doesn't like her defiance of the possible but recognizes the necessity of spreading herself across the Doctor's timeline; he'd like to apologize if she feels offended by his alliance with the Key and the Gate. Yog-Sothoth has "permitted" (or perhaps simply gravitated to the idea of) the Hounds of Tindalos to serve as pets. Chronos muses that they are closer to "wild gods", but still useful.
• With fate being absolute in Greek myth, one of few things Chronos did not see coming when he ascended to the Trope Pantheon was the existence of time paradoxes. Needless to say, he is not fond of said paradoxes. He dreads Lord English' exploitation of the Stable Time Loop as he is so powerful as to threaten even Chronos himself; he's that overpowered. The Vex aspire to be just as if not more powerful, and already have notable time manipulation powers. Dr Nefarious aspires to use Chronos to achieve his goal of making a reality where the heroes always lose, and N.Tropy seeks supremacy over time. Such goals will not stand as far as Chronos is concerned. He won't stand the Time Eater's existence either. Solaris is perhaps worst, being a super-dimensional entity who tried to devour and annihilate all possible timelines. As Chronos is time personified, he is one of few beings fully capable of fighting him without assistance of items like the Chaos Emeralds.
• Unless you attempt to violate the laws of time, or work to support them, Chronos will rarely interact. Even more so than Nyx he is a true neutral among the Protogenoi, and of the Greek deities he only feels much kinship with said Protogenoi. He is somewhat upset by there no decent representations of his maybe child Chaos. Amatsu-Mikaboshi states they are precursors to Chronos, which the Greek god disagrees with by pointing out that there have been multiple Cosmoses in Marvel cosmology and they may simply have emerged in-between Cosmoses (plus the Chaos King is still but an aspect of greater Oblivion). Also, the Chaos King's goal of destroying the multiverse would risk Father Time becoming a redundant force. The Empty lacks such insane desires, and might be closer to the void-like concept of Greek Chaos, but it's pretty cranky when not asleep and keeps boasting about predating everything, Chronos included. Still, it is closer to the concept so Chronos has some good words on the entity.
• Chronos is not one known for his wrath. He is annoyed by accusations he is surprisingly fragile, as he can just rewind time to put himself back together. But Rassilon has earned his wrath. It was bad enough that he would try to ensure supremacy over time, which is hubristic but not that awful to someone Above Good and Evil like Chronos. No, he had led the Time Lords in betraying their own ethos in a hell-war with the Daleks, injuring time, with his final means of winning being to destroy time itself so he and his loyal acolytes could transcend cause and effect. Yeah; there's a reason why Rassilon is not "Time's Champion". The Doctor definitely deserves a lot of praise from the time deity, however, though Chronos prefers to act as a Greater-Scope Paragon to the renegade.
• The "sort of canon to the Whoniverse" entity Grandfather Paradox is one of Chronos' greatest enemies, as his existence is one big mockery to the concept of time. However Chronos' most meaningful rival may be Kronika, Titan of Time, as she is what he would become if he abused his job. While Chronos is content being time incarnate and doesn't feel strongly about lesser beings, her overseeing the timelines gradually drove her mad and she became a Control Freak. She believes that he's grown lazy and allowed madness and chaos within his pantheon, and he believes contrary to her claims she has allowed her emotions to get the best of her. To never become like Kronika, Chronos has sworn an oath to never pursue either her Hourglass, or the Throne; what he has now is enough. He has informed Liu Kang that he will be watching his career with great interest and has advised him one thing; never let the job get to your head.
• Has stopped covering up his involvement in the Persona universe, since by now everyone knows his form as the Clockwork God. There he holds domain over not only time, but death as well and he helps souls to the afterlife. Chronos used the members of S.E.E.S. and the Investigation Team as pawns to free him so that he can become whole by combining with Zen. Where the two teams defeated him and the fragment of him went to the afterlife, he doesn't feel that strong of hatred for them.

Whis

Whis, Divine Keeper of the Reset Button (Whys, Whiz, Wiss, Weiss, Universe 7 Angel)

• Overdeity
• Symbol: His symbol or his staff
• Theme Music: Training with Whis (Super Version), Whis' Lesson, Endless Training, God-Level Intensive Training
• Alignment: True Neutral, leaning towards Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Being super powerful and rather campy, Big Eater, resetting time, being an Eccentric Mentor, Our Angels Are Different
• Heralds: Vados (his sister and Universe 6 counterpart)
• Superior: Grand Zeno (present and future)
• Allies: Beerus, Son Goku, Vegeta (his disciples), Bulma, Chronoa, Future Trunks, Ace, Nozdormu, Barry Allen/The Flash, any good chef in the pantheon
• Enemies: None (nobody's that stupid)
• Opposed by: Haruhi Suzumiya
• Closely Watching: Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn, Android 21, Broly: BR
• The mysterious and somewhat androgynous retainer of Beerus the Destroyer, Whis was first introduced to the Dragon Ball mythos at his master's side, transporting him to Earth and accompanying him to a party where it was said he would find powerful Super Saiyans and potentially a Super Saiyan God. Quickly his personality was established, as he often offered light snark here and there towards the more inane moments around him, enjoyed Bulma's food immensely, and stood and watched through his master's entire fight with the Dragon Team and Son Goku as though it was a popcorn flick. The reason for this was revealed after the fight ended: he's actually Beerus's teacher, and the only other being in their specific universe to be stronger than Beerus.
• Shortly after the events of their original encounter with Goku, Whis told Beerus about the Trope Pantheons, as well as the fact that Goku had been brought into the crossroad of dimensions. Beerus proceeded to make his case and ascend as the Pantheon's God of Destruction, with Whis being rather auspiciously quick to follow suit to make sure the mercurial Destroyer was taking care of himself and not doing anything stupid. As far as his trope goes, after hearing about Haruhi-sama's abuse of the Reset Button, Whis would quickly take it upon himself to make sure to keep that position in his care so that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands again, much to the relief of Yui Ikari. With an official position, he now has freedom to explore and see if a suitable successor for Beerus' position can be found here. Much to the cat's annoyance, he's looking at Sailor Saturn.
• Some foolish gods tended to underestimate him at first, claiming he was not as strong as he claimed. The Trollkaigers decided to test their theory by sneaking some really spicy sauce into his food. When Beerus went berserk from eatingly an overly hot and spicy mouthful of wasabi, Whis halted his chaotic frenzy and put him to sleep with a simple dope slap. This shut up his detractors quite quickly. For anyone this act didn't convince, his sparring session with Goku and Vegeta would have, as he is one of the very few gods to take on the two of them and win. Specifically, he proved his abilities to be vastly superior to theirs, being able to tag their clothes with his whimsical insignia simultaneously while they were both trying their hardest to get serious hits on him. At the time, his reputation was boosted up to rival that of Asura, who was considered the greatest badass in the Pantheon. Asura has since been curious to see what Whis is truly capable of, but Whis repeatedly refuses to pit his strength against Asura's own.
• He's a big foodie. As a result, he'll often go to the house of Food in order to sample their cuisine, even if his pupil is fighting in the background.
• It's noted that he sounds a bit like a certain substitute Soul Reaper. He barely pays it any mind, though.
• After it was revealed Whis is the fastest being from his universe, petitions started up for him to race various other speedsters. Whis declined as he really only likes to use his speed for dodging and travelling, not racing. However, he has been known to get annoyed when others who know of his agility, specifically Beerus, complain about him taking things slow. On the matter of his agility, please do not remind him of the time he stepped in poo. It especially gets in the way when he's trying to make a point to someone about needing to be light on their feet and not overthink their moves.
• The only Pantheon member who gives Whis any concern is the Anti-Monitor, and that's due to serving a dual purpose: by cleaning up his Crisis Crossover with the Reset Button, it allows a proper Cosmic Retcon and the renewal of the Pantheon. Monty is not happy about this, and the two are often in conflict.
• Has a twin sister called Vados, who serves as an attendant in Universe 6. She is believed to be slightly stronger than Whis, something which terrifies a number of gods, who are pleading Whis not to let her in the Pantheon. Officially she became his Herald through the whole gambit where Goku got Whis to ask her to hire Hit to kill him so they could fight one another outside of tournament rules, which incidentally got Hit ascended to the Pantheon as well, though she still has yet to actually set foot into the crossroad of dimensions.
• Whis became even scarier for most of the Pantheon as he recently revealed that he has something even better than the Evil Containment Wave. Yes, the same Evil Containment Wave that served as the Godzilla Threshold for Demon King Piccolo and Merged Zamasu. Whether he is talking about another sealing technique or an unknown ability is unclear, but one thing is sure: nobody wants to find out.
• Whis has not managed to get his superior, The Omni-King Zeno, into the Pantheon… not for a lack of trying, mind you. Most of the Deities were just terrified of what would happen if someone so powerful ascended. Be it for good or bad, the balance of the entire Pantheon would certainly change. This news would eventually change, as he finally managed to get Grand Zeno into the Pantheon shortly after the Zamasu incident. That said, when Zeno set up an inter-universal tournament where the losing teams will have their universes wiped out for no apparent reason other than he felt like it, a lot of the more benevolent deities were frustrated that Whis would aid in the ascension of someone so overwhelmingly powerful yet childishly impulsive. They didn't start to express it, though, until after he got preoccupied with setting up the Tournament of Power and left his seat open for a long time.
  • While the Pantheon collectively stood and watched said tournament unfold, discomfort towards Zeno, and Whis for bringing him in, reached a fevered pitch when the first universe to be fully eliminated from the Tournament of Power couldn't spend more than a second before being swiftly and immediately erased by Zeno and his future twin counterpart. Seeing Zeno as too big a threat to keep around, every Grand United Alliance in the Pantheon except for Destruction combined their greatest forces in power, science, and magic just to make the Mister Big temple inaccessible to Zeno and effectively lock him out so he couldn't return to the Pantheon. Fortunately this would dissipate to more reasonable levels, especially with the representatives of Good and Chaos, once the childish Omni-King's belief in humanity's virtue and the Secret Test of Character behind the tournament became known. Whis himself appeared to be completely unfazed once he was told about any of this. He is one of the Angels of Zeno and retainers to a God of Destruction, after all. Given how Zeno returned to the Pantheon without a hitch following the Tournament's end, with the same temple to match, it turned out everything the Alliances had done didn't actually work at all. That said, many members of both alliances still don't quite trust Zeno. And no one is telling him of their attempts to get rid of him, lest they either be laughed at for absolute failure or erased for trying.
• He and Beerus refused to act as more than informative bystanders whenever they were summoned by Bulma during the adventure against Android 21. However, Whis noticed that the Earthling Soul that linked itself to Goku and all the other Z-Fighters to draw out their sealed powers had some strange quality to it, and he sensed somehow that it wasn't satisfied with her defeat. He instructed it to go back in order to gather the truth behind the story. After allowing the revelations to play out, he saw Android 21's Heroic Sacrifice and concluded it was for the best, only to then see Sailor Chibi Moon and Ajani Goldmane hatch a plan to resurrect and ascend 21 within the Pantheon.
  • Following them further, he discovered a rumor about how the Earthling Soul was created, and went to visit one Barry Allen, the alleged contributor whose ability he directly spoke to. However, at the same time, 21 was visiting The Flash as well, to thank him for being part of the Soul which helped her so greatly. Barry denied any involvement besides observing the story as the game went on, but still gained both 21's friendship and Whis's stamp of approval as a hero of space and time. Whis would also tell 21 about the time travel as well as the fact he wasn't particularly thrilled at her presence here, a notion she actually agreed with to an extent. Speaking of heroes of speed and time, Whis is also on good terms with the Supreme Kai of Time and her Time Patrol, which ultimately helped in organizing what became the Pantheon Time Police well beyond the constraints of the former House of Time and Space (currently Time and Temporality). Barry and 21, moreso the former, would be linked to this force as well.

Greater Gods

Ace

Ace, God of Setting Timelines Almost Back To Normal (Future Warrior, Patroller, Brave Warrior, Mysterious Warrior, Time Patrol Warrior, Time Patroller, Toki Toki City Hero, "Insert Name Here")

His "canonical" appearance

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• Greater God/dess, Overdeity after mastering god ki
• Symbol: The Time Patrol logo
• Theme Song: The Dragonball Xenoverse Character Select
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Portfolio: Virtual Paper Doll, Set Right What Once Went Wrong Through Close Enough Timelines, The Hero Or Heroine, Gender-Inclusive Writing, Canonically Named Ace, Can Be Named Whatever, Legendary in the Sequel
  • Applicable to species: Stronger Than Canon Humans, Jack of All Stats (as a Human), Super Mode (as a Saiyan), No Biological Sex (as a Namekian), Token Heroic Orc, Only Male Options (as a Frieza Race member), Acrofatic or Cute Monster Girl (as a Majin)
• Domains: Time, Gameplay, Warriors, Fixing History
• Herald: Mee (their successor).
• Allies: Future Trunks, Chronoa, Whis, Beerus, The Doctor, Dialga, Clockwork, (Insert Name Here), The Author, George, Vent and Aile, Cosmos, Jack, John Connor, The Master of Chaldea, Silver the Hedgehog
• Potential mentors: Son Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Vegeta, Captain Ginyu, Gohan and Videl, Gotenks^note Fusion Dance of Goten and Trunks, Mr. Satan, Android 18, Frieza, Cell, Beerus, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan
• Enemies: Fused Zamasu, Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, Lord English, Rassilon, The Time Eater, Dio Brando, Randall Ross, Boris the Animal, Dark Danny, Flowey (except not really), Aku, SKYNET, The Master, Melkor, those who threaten the stability of time
• Opposes: Homura Akemi
• The Time Patrol are a group of warriors who try to keep history going off track and turn out negatively, which the Time Breakers seek. To do so, they try to change the altered events to their original flow. It's not exact, but close enough. Through Shenron, a warrior was wished to help with their goals, resulting in "Ace", the Future Warrior and custom hero of Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
• As a Virtual Paper Doll he can be any of five different species, or female. His current form and name is simply the most "canon" example. He is able to flip through the different custom examples and species, but only in the House of Gaming. He's similar to (Insert Name Here) and mainly an avatar, but due to his alignment with the Time Patrol he's presumably set as a Lawful Good character regardless.
• Team Four Star had their own incarnation of Ace, a black Majin called Dumplin. Ace would rather not talk about it, since that incarnation eventually went on to become the new Demon God after Demigra, and then freaking MR. POPO!
• Because of his flexible nature due to game design, he finds himself gravitating towards Vent and Aile as they use the power of famous Reploids like he can take the power of famed species in the Dragon Ball universe. That, and he appreciates the help. Cosmos found he was a natural when it came to working in the Grand United Alliance of Good, though is strictly against changing history for the better unless absolutely necessary. He's just trying to get it close enough so evil and misguided time travelers don't make it worse.
• Able to get important Dragon Ball characters to help mentor him, even evil ones like Frieza. Cell in particular acts more of an Affably Evil Challenge Seeker around him, though with Brutal Honesty. As such, some members of the Grand United Alliance of Evil who don't want time to be messed with or have more Affably Evil or Well-Intentioned Extremist attributes are willing to mentor for a bit. This annoys Melkor greatly as he hates the idea of good and evil fraternizing on principle, and paranoid this will give the GUAG more of an edge.
• The one Dragon Ball character that refuses to entertain a moment's notice with Ace is Zamasu. Maybe his Future Zamasu incarnation, but definitely not Fused Zamasu. Of course, basically no Dragon Ball god can stand him, so that's hardly surprising. The fact that Zamasu has a beef with the Time Patrol despite hating humanity most for breaking the time travel taboo shows what a hypocritical lunatic he is.
• All those who threaten the natural flow of time for negative ends will face Ace's wrath. This doesn't just include those who change history. Aku created a Villain World by sending Jack to the future and the Time Patrol doesn't admonish Jack from going back to where he last left off fighting Aku. Dio Brando's schemes of manipulating time through The World are also condemned by Ace.
• As the Pantheonic representative for the Time Breakers, Reverse-Flash is one of the biggest enemies of the Future Warrior, and he's doing what he can to ensure the rest of the Time Breakers don't join him. Others on top of his shit list are Rassilon (due to his enormous power over time and willingness to use the Final Sanction to destroy time itself), Lord English (an extreme Omnicidal Maniac with vast power over time), and the Time Eater (due to it eating time and removing events from history).
• The Pantheonic Time Police was glad to see Ace ascend, especially Chronoa. Clockwork has found him quite useful for keeping the order of time. Because of his ability to correct timelines to be almost unchanged, the Author finds him useful to clean up the Timey-Wimey Ball and better than George in that, who hates time travel and is glad Ace is taking the potential burden away from him.
• The Doctor likes him well enough, though wonders if he based his name after his companion as the 7th Doctor. Ace is a close ally to the Master of Chaldea, as their entire mission is to preserve humanity, with their main goal in Act One is to fix the distortions of the different points in history. Though Ace is more uncertain on Act 2 as it's a more morally ambiguous mission of eliminating divergent timelines (and the humanity therein) so much they don't have a chance of survival, even if it's to preserve mankind.
• Not too pleased by Homer Simpson bungling around with a time travel toaster. He doesn't consider the timeline where everyone has lizard tongues to be a Close-Enough Timeline, though does understand his frustration at the end.
• While understanding why she did it, Ace doesn't care for Homura Akemi as she keeps going back to save Madoka no matter what the cost, even if it means becoming her enemy. Ace is trying to keep the timeline stable, and knows that even a well-intentioned change can go badly. Less concerning but still annoying are gods who want and/or try to kill their younger or older selves because of how it messes with history, such as EMIYA aka Archer. That said, of those who want to commit literal murder-suicide, his contempt is mostly directed at Boris the Animal for doing so only because he wants to sabotage history to boot.

The Dahaka

"rehtruf on enilemit eht tpursid lliw uoY"^NoteYou will disrupt the timeline no further.

The Dahaka, God of The Dangers Of Time Travel (The Personification of The Inevitability of Fate, The Guardian of The Timeline)

• Greater God
• Symbol: Its horns that form the symbol of Infinity
• Theme Song: I Stand Alone(Starting the chase), Escape The Dahaka(Resuming a chase), Battle The Dahaka (Confronting The Dahaka)
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Portfolio: Combat Tentacles, Flash Step, Implacable Man, The Unstoppable, Horned Humanoid, You Can't Fight Fate, Weakness to Water, Sdrawkcab Speech
• Domains: Time, Fate, Sand, Inevitability
• Allies in general: Those that have accepted their fate.
  • Specifics: Dhuum, Canopus, Kitana, The Hounds of Tindalos
• Conflicting Opinions/Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Chronoa, Chronormu, Nozdormu, Liu Kang, Kitana, and about anyone who considers his methods too extreme.
• Enemies in general: Those that try to defy their fate or change the past.
  • Specifics: The Prince of Persia, Lucina, Future Trunks, Silver the Hedgehog, Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, Dio Brando, Homura Akemi, Raiden, SHOCKER, Barry Allen/The Flash, Kronika, Arthas Menethil, Team Dai-Gurren
• Opposes: Water deities.
• Wariness from: STARSET
• Many try to change their fates, often to live a life without what made them want to live the changed life in the first place. When they do so under any method of time travel and change their fates, they are chased down by The Dahaka. Its goal is to set back what has been changed and it cares little for the reasons why there was a change.
• The reason the Dahaka entered is because he sensed an anomaly in the Timelines that wasn't the fault of a single character but an entire place. The Pantheon being said place, the Dahaka wasted no time in freaking out a lot of deities around him given that his mere presence drains the colour of an area. And when he witnessed that a large number of deities have already altered their timelines in certain ways, The Dahaka felt like his workload became increasingly bigger.
• It is immune to every kind of weapon; it chases people for as long as it needs to, leaving people little time to do anything but run; and to make matters worse, it cannot be affected by any time changing methods. The only way he will stop pursuing you if you have water powers or hide behind a body of water since he apparently is harmed by it, though this is a temporary solution since he will find a way around it. Besides, the only way to kill him is with The Water Sword.
  • Given this fact, ever since his ascension there has been a huge number of time-travelling deities that have hidden in the House of Water and Moisture to escape the Dahaka. It works as a temporary solution at least, since he will gladly resume chasing the moment they step out.
• It appears at first to speak gibberish or some strange language. Those that try to escape through rewinding time in its presence have revealed it has in fact been speaking to them in reverse. More accurately, it is threatening them whilst they escape it.
• Is seen as the biggest threat by time-using gods in this house. Dahaka has been chasing after them all for changing their past or trying to cheat death through time travel.
  • The only exception is Whis, though it did try, once. To say that it did not end well for The Dahaka would be a massive understatement. He didn't die but he couldn't do anything to him anyway.
• It's not exactly clear where Shulk is on the Dahaka's kill list, since his abilities are not exactly time travel, but he has used them to cheat fate countless times. It could just be that the Dahaka is afraid of the Monado since Shulk has used it to kill stronger gods before, like Zanza. Sure, it's not the Water Sword, but it might just do in a pinch...
• Has a professional alliance with Dhuum. While the latter mostly targets those who have prevented or avoided deaths by means of resurrection, he cannot deal with those that use time as a way of getting around death. The latter fact is what made Dhuum and The Dahaka a terrific duo, considering the Dahaka knows exactly who has cheated death by time travelling (after all, this is one of the reasons he went after the Prince). It's not uncommon to see the two hunting their prey together, given the shared goals.
• After confronting one of the time travellers that changed their fate, Lucina, The Dahaka was not prepared when she was aided by two more of her allies who also were people who changed their fate. He was driven off by them numerous times, so instead, he intends to try and get allies of his own before trying again.
• Considers Eobard Thawne as the perfect example as to why he goes after anyone who changes the timeline. Thawne on his part is wary of the Dahaka since he had been chased by an entity in a different continuity in the form of the Black Flash.
  • He is even considering going after Thawne's archenemy The Flash since he did also change the timeline. The Flash perfectly knows this and eagerly awaits for when the time comes.
• Thankfully for the Dahaka, there are certain deities that also ensure that the timelines are flowing correctly. However, he is rather controversial among them, considering he is more extreme in his approach to correcting the timeframes than others and has even gone after those who have helped correct the timeline too.
  • Chronoa is thankful that his intentions of preserving the timeframes are noble. However, she has no intention on joining forces with the Dahaka, since he leaves no room for exceptions and cares little to nothing about good or evil, and she hasn't forgotten that he tried to go after Trunks and his friends.
  • Nozdormu is more understanding than others about the Dahaka's intentions — after all, they share the same mindset — but certainly does not approve of his methods. Chronormu, on the other hand, has expressed their displeasure in working together with the Dahaka but only does it on behalf of her boss.
• Not to be confused with Dehaka, despite the similar sounding names.
• Supporting the idea that time travel itself is not the only method of time-alteration he seeks to correct, the Dahaka has recently targeted the Thunder God Raiden, who significantly changed the direction of his world not through time travel, but through a vision sent across time to himself. The future version sent the vision in hopes the past self would stop the Battle of Armageddon from taking place and either destroying his world or leaving it at the mercy of the battle's ultimate winner Shao Kahn; he succeeded, but in the process many of the allies he intended to save only died earlier and suffered worse in death for his efforts, while others saw their progeny brought into the Mortal Kombat between the realms. Ironically, this all caused an ancient guilt complex he already had to define him well enough to become his cause of seating in the Pantheon. The Dahaka intends to give the "Guilty Thunder God" the justice that his conscience seeks.
  • It turns out he was pointed in the direction of Raiden by none other than Kitana, co-ruler of the Netherrealm; shortly after receiving a vision showing that she would've ultimately saved the world after Armageddon and reigned benevolently over her home realm of Edenia had Raiden not intervened, she was taken with the desire to see Raiden pay for ruining her life. As the would-be Queen helps the Dahaka track down the aggressive Elder God, Liu Kang can be seen smiling in the distance... as can Arthas Menethil.
  • Through the "New Era" revelations, The Dahaka was made aware of the manipulations of Kronika being ultimately reponsible for the turns to darkness, temporal havoc, and constant falling outs between Liu Kang and Raiden (as well as Arthas' influence in preserving Netherrealm Emperor Liu Kang and Kitana from Timeline X in the Pantheon). While many would've gone easy on Raiden in light of this information, The Dahaka is an absolutist. He takes the opposite approach and has simply added Arthas and Kronika to his list of targets. With Liu Kang defeating Kronika to replace her as the Keeper of Time and bringing Kitana in as his helpmeet, The Dahaka is carefully watching them. If they use their newfound powers to manipulate anything in their favor rather than simply protect the natural flow of time, they will be next on his hitlist.
• Like many, the Dahaka has Homura Akemi in his crosshairs for her actions in the Great Upheaval. Unlike many, it is purely because of the time-changing aspect, and far from being morally outraged at exactly what she did, he believes it was inevitable that things would fall so disastrously considering how often she was backing through time. A few good-aligned deities grudgingly admit he has a point.
• "!akahaD eht sepacse eno-oN"^NoteNo one escapes the Dahaka!

Dio Brando/DIO

Okay, who's ne-

ゴゴゴゴゴ

ZA WARUDO! Toki yo tomare! (The World! Bring time to a halt!)

Dio Brando, The Dasdardly Manipulator of the Flow of Time (DIO, Lord DIO, Shadow DIO, Punk Band Reject, Heaven Ascended DIO, Heavenly DIO, DIO, Gone to Heaven, 3-Letter Word for "Total Dick")

^{Dio in Part 1}

^{Heaven Ascended Dio}

• Greater God (Intermediate God in Part 1, Overdeity as Heaven Ascended DIO)
• Symbol: A giant steamroller and his stand "The World" holding several knives in one hand and a Stone Mask in the other
• Theme Music: Dark Rebirth, Forces To Increase, Awakening Darkness of The World or His themes from the fighting games (including the theme for his Heaven Ascended form)
• Alignment: Neutral Evil to Chaotic Evil
• Stand(s): Jonathan Joestar’s Unnamed Stand, The World, The World Over Heaven
• Portfolio: The Ultimate and Overarching Enemy of the Joestar Family, A Proud and Unrepentant Asshole, Narcissist, Evil Since his Birth, Unbelievably Vindictive and Spiteful, Abhorrent Depravity, Choosing to Become a Vampire and Revelling in his Newfound Nature and Powers, The Sociopath, Can Quickly Absorb Heat and Freeze Those he Makes Contact With, Can Fire an Incredibly Powerful Beam with his Eyes, Extremely Charismatic and Persuasive, Manipulative Bastard, Incredibly Ambitious, Incredibly Arrogant with the Power to Back it Up, Pride and Wrath Lead to his Downfall, Too Powerful to Live, Godhood Seeker, Starter Villain who Remains a Constant Threat, A Massive Meme Generator
  • The World: Light Is Not Good, A Dark Mirror to Star Platinum, Gold and White Are Divine, Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs, The Ability to Stop Time, Lightning Bruiser, Abilities and Looks Reflect and Symbolize Dio's Personality and Motifs, Simple Execution but Incredibly Effective Regardless, Mirror Boss
• Domains: Time, Vampirism, Charisma, Pride, Rage, Manipulation, Ambition, Depravity, Vindictiveness
• Herald: Diego Brando from Another Universe
• High Priest: Swartz/Another Decade
• Villainous Friendship: Enrico Pucci
• Subordinates: Vanilla Ice, Telence and Daniel Darby, Pet Shop, Enya Geil, Hol Horse, Ungalo, Rikiel, and Donatello Versus (his sons)
• Allies: Mercurius, Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash, Anton Arcane, Count Dracula, Jack the Ripper^note while once a subordinate, Jack in the Pantheon is very unlikely to be the same one from the Jojoverse, Nobuyuki Sugou, Argalia, The Crimson Court, Konrad von Carstein
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Marlowe Roderick
• Rivals: Kars, Dracula (Castlevania), Griffith, Lord Voldemort, Xehanort, Ragyo Kiryuin, Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus, Mannfred von Carstein, Tenebrae, Yuuki Terumi, Madara Uchiha, Zanza
• Worthy Arch-Enemy: Jonathan Joestar (his foster brother)
• Arch-Enemy: Jotaro Kujo
• Enemies:
  • Joestar Family: Joseph Joestar, Erina Pendleton, Josuke Higashikata, Jolyne Cujoh
  • Jojoverse: Robert E.O. Speedwagon, William Zeppeli, Jean-Pierre Polnareff, Noriaki Kakyoin, Muhammad Avdol, Iggy, Okuyasu Nijimura, Koichi Hirose, Rohan Kishibe, Team Bucciarati, Diavolo, Johnny Joestar, Diego Brando
  • Other Enemies: Alucard (Hellsing), Alucard (Castlevania), Arcueid Brunestud, Remilia and Flandre Scarlet, The Chosen Revenants, Dimitri Maximoff, Eric Brooks/Blade, Shinobu Oshino, Kirk Langstrom/Batman, Marceline, Seras Victoria, Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Liam, Spike, The Belmont Family, Ren Fujii, King Arthur Pendragon, Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, The Dahaka, Shulk, Barry Allen/TheFlash, Sakuya Izayoi, Yugi Muto and Yami Yugi, Odio/Oersted, Vlad von Carstein, Hit, Zamasu, Takuto Maruki, Sougo Tokiwa/Kamen Rider Zi-O
• Opposed By: Dog Lovers and the Hall of Canines, The Pantheonic Time Police, Vampire Hunters, House of Family and Relatives, Dracula (Hotel Transylvania), Mavis Dracula, Light Yagami
• Pities: Wilhelm Ehrenberg
• Respected By: Molag Bal
• Special Relationship: Giorno Giovanna (his son)
• Born into a poor family in 1880s England with an abusive patriarch named Dario Brando, Dio lived a harsh and miserable life until, in his father’s dying will which was furthered by his poisoning said father, Dio was sent to be adopted by the Joestar Family where he made it a mission to wipe out the family and claim their estate and inheritance for himself. A petty, capricious jerk, Dio would establish a harsh enmity with his new brother, Jonathan, almost always proving himself superior, but once beaten in a fair match, he would discreetly incinerate the family dog, Danny, to prove himself an utterly malicious man. Over time, Dio concocts a plan to poison his adopted father, George, but also discover a stone mask that transforms people into a vampire upon wearing and spilling blood over it. When Jonathan uncovered his plan and a failed attempt to justify his actions, Dio chose to discard his humanity and vampirize himself with the mask, later killing George, setting the Joestar mansion ablaze, and battling Jonathan before being defeated. Retreating to a gloomy castle to build up his strength, Dio would create new vampires and manipulate events from behind the scenes with the goal to Take Over the World, only to be defeated by a Hamon-trained Jonathan once more. Surviving as a disembodied head, Dio would then rely on his henchmen to stealthily invade and ambush Jonathan on his honeymoon trip with his wife Erina. Taking no chances, Dio fatally wounded his brother, but even then failed to reach his goals as Jonathan defeated his subordinates and told Erina to take a surviving baby and escape. Despite their years-long enmity, Jonathan would choose to cradle Dio’s head with a sense of compassion before he died peacefully. Dio’s attempts to persuade his brother of immortality would fall on deaf ears as he and his now-dead foster brother would eventually be taken down underwater…
  • …yet he would persist with a driving will to live and see through his plans for world domination. Although it took a century, Dio would manage to make it to the surface, albeit with the accidental aid of a salvage crew. Reattaching his head with Jonathan’s body, he would resume his ambitions, eventually striking a friendship with a priest named Enrico Pucci, gaining a Stand Arrow and piercing himself with it to gain an unfathomably powerful stand known as The World, setting the stage for a master plan he called Made in Heaven where he would become a god-like entity and remove the suffering and trauma of others to ensure a just and peaceful world, or so he claims. He also set his sights on taking revenge on the Joestars, setting up a base of operations in Egypt and assembling a loyal legion of Stand users to ambush and attack the current Joestar descendants, Jotaro Kujo and Joseph Joestar, who also assembled a small gang of Stand users to travel from Japan to Egypt to stop the vampire’s plans and save Jotaro’s mother, Holly, from a fatal disease stemmed from Dio’s power. Even during the final battle, Dio would prove too powerful for anyone to directly take on and would be responsible for the deaths of half of Jotaro’s gang in some way, but in the end, his arrogance and hubris proved his ultimate downfall; Dio would underestimate Jotaro too many times before the latter would outwit and eventually overcome the former, with their final blows finally killing the sociopathic vampire. Although his plans and influence would persist thanks to Pucci’s desire to complete Made in Heaven and avenge his friend years later, he, too, would meet his end despite almost achieving his goals, which then permanently ended Dio’s plans in complete failure.
• The Pantheon had caught wind of Dio's plans and ambitions even before his Ascension, yet most still remained wary when the vampire managed to find his way to ascend into the divine realms. His entry made him elated in several ways, namely that he was now a recognized god and was more than happy to gloat about this. The second was that not only could he continue with his pursuit for Made in Heaven, but the nature of the Pantheon meant that there were more ways to gain power and allies. The third, of course, was another chance to continue his feud and revenge against the Joestars for daring to interfere with his ambitions and for killing him. With all that is established, Dio is content about his position in the Pantheon and has taken a few steps further with his plans, now setting up a few new bases beyond just his home domain and scouring out whoever is either desperate, evil, or seeking more power, knowing that those are the sorts of figures Dio would easily be able to entice to his side. He's also rather happy to see Enrico in the Pantheon too, with the two of them still maintaining close contact and the latter doing his best to check and make sure Dio's overwhelming ego doesn't overtake him like the previous times. Of course, the vampire is more than eager to instill a new reign with himself as their god and will gladly bring the Pantheon trembling to its knees in doing so.
• Dio is a number of things, but there's one that describes him best; a vaingloriously proud card-carrying asshole who has no qualms about humiliating others to make himself feel good and revel in others' misery. With no shame and remorse, Dio is best described as plain evil by everyone he comes across, and yet, he's a well-educated and charismatic man whose affinity to offer good advice and self-esteem can somehow win the affection and loyalty of many, even if he makes it clear they're just stepping stones for his grand ambition. All of this, plus his vampiric physiology that grants him superhuman physique and healing as well as draining blood through his fingers are what make Dio such a fearsome menace to anyone who is well aware of his depravity. And this is without his other abilities like manipulating and controlling ice, shooting hyper-concentrated energy beams that can rip through buildings, and of course, his Stand known as The World, a spiritual being tied to his life force that instinctually protects Dio and is a tough, lightning-fast brawler able to attack and decimate anything in mere seconds. Most terrifying of all, The World has the ability to suddenly stop time, rendering everything sans Dio and his Stand frozen, immobile, and helpless, allowing the vampire free reign. Even worse, Dio's nature as a vampire means The World can grow even stronger than it already is, solidifying his position as the most dreaded foe the Joestars and their allies have faced. And with the Pantheon granting him that second opportunity, most are dreading just how powerful Dio and The World could potentially become.
• As soon as Dio made his ascension, one of the first things he did was to find out whether the Joestars were also in the Pantheon. To his delight, they were, as this means he could comfortably set his sights on taking revenge on the very family that would dare to oppose his ambitions for dominance, especially towards Jotaro for killing him. Naturally, the Joestars were all up in arms about preparing themselves against him. The sheer number of family members didn't deter Dio one bit, only merely excited to see that he'd be getting to kill more than two Joestars at once, but even so, he does admit that some of them had promising abilities and skills with their Stands and muses on whether he could find a way to convince them to his side. Things are different with Jonathan, the only JoJo he did actually kill as despite their ferocious enmity, Jonathan still shows brotherly love for him, and Dio himself admits that Jonathan is the one being he truly considers his peer. The two will battle on occasion, with Dio even willing to see their "sport" settled as gentlemanly as possible, at least for a person such as himself. Such courtesy, however, is not mutual for the rest of the Joestars and especially for Jotaro, whom Dio promises to torture, mutilate, and murder as brutally as possible and even take it out on his daughter, Jolyne, in his desire to make revenge as sweet as possible.
  • Among the Joestars, Giorno Giovanna seemed the most peculiar one to him as, sure enough, he's Dio's biological son… in Jonathan Joestar's body, no less. Unlike distaste and hatred, Dio was surprisingly reserved towards Giorno and even tried to learn a bit more about him, only to conclude that, with his position as a mafia don and possessing the legendary Gold Experience Requiem, Dio felt nothing but pride and admiration for his son. Although Giorno was understandably wary about his father, the two somehow ended up having a civil conversation and even bonded with their struggles of being raised in an abusive household, that is until the two fought against each other anyway, with Giorno claiming he would never turn out like his old man did, though Dio doesn't care, feeling that if fighting is the best way to bond with his offspring, then he may as well. Coming from Dio, this is a surprising level of care and affection from him, though he would prefer not to be reminded of it too much and claims that his appreciation for his son is mainly because he's powerful and assertive, which lines up with his belief of the strong dominating the weak. He also has some level of pity for Diego Brando, an alternate version of him that, despite his Dario being worse, managed to come out mentally more well-adjusted than Dio did. Though Dio would rather want Diego to come to his side in the hopes of raising him to be just like him, the younger Brando refuses, not wanting his life and actions to be determined and controlled by an upcoming dictator who may as well be worse than Funny Valentine due to his overblown ego and sadism. The older Brando simply resigned himself in disappointment in seeing Diego not wanting to align to his side.
• One of Dio's most dangerous abilities is a naturally inherent one since his earliest days; his charisma and ability to inspire loyalty and servitude to anyone he comes across and to ensure said loyalty is unshakeable. Of course, he does that in several ways like granting them power, giving them good positions and a promise to fulfill whatever dreams and desires they want to achieve. Technically, he's not wrong about the latter, given the end goal of Made in Heaven ensuring everybody is happy and free of restraints and despondency, so long as he's in power. This is how he was able to convince Jack the Ripper into his services by turning him into a vampire for more power and though the world’s most infamous Serial Killer is in the Pantheon, it seems that he’s not the same Jack that Dio had met. Beyond that, his followers are usually fanatical and devoted to Dio’s cause and would rather die than let him down, with Vanilla Ice being a special case, being glad to be under his master’s servitude once more. But Dio’s greatest ally isn’t just a devotee to his cause, but a genuine friend; Enrico Pucci personally owes a lot to Dio in mentoring and looking after him during a low point in his life and his own enmity against the Joestars was driven by a desire to avenge his master. Dio was impressed by the lengths Pucci went through and even if he failed to bring the vampire’s ambition true, the fact that Pucci ‘’almost’’ did that as well as kill Jotaro and Jolyne in the midst of it was enough to impress him. Dio made sure to tell Pucci that he nearly succeeded where he failed and hence, their partnership will continue, with Pucci being more than willing to follow through on Dio’s ambition in the Pantheon, truly believing that his way will be the one to bring everlasting peace and bliss to everyone.
• Dio’s charisma is so alluring that it even has the capability to sway potential heroes into his servitude and the way he can promise and falsely sympathize with others with gifts and relating to them makes it all the more frightening. And this is despite the fact that Dio is unashamedly open about being evil and most of the Pantheon knows about that, especially considering that most heroes justifiably oppose him for his grand list of crimes. With other villains, Dio’s pretentious affability depends; some like Nobuyuki Sugou find him a kindred spirit thanks to their outwardly positive reputation, desire to be petty jerks for the sake of it, willingness to play dirty for their ends, and oddly enough, having similar voices, hence the two of them ended up seeing each other as potential partners to fulfill each other’s ambitions. Dio himself is impressed by the amount of investment Sugou has placed in his game, ALFheim Online, both in ambition, control, and cruelty, though he thinks that Sugou should toughen up and shed his cowardice before he could consider the vile Game Master to actively work with him in battles. He's also struck a strange friendship with Mercurius as Dio's charisma and interest in philosophy and ethics remind the former of his Only Friend, Reinhard. The two sometimes like to just talk to each other, with Dio very much enjoying his time with Mercurius as their conversations feel rather engaging, concise, and interesting, even in terms of raw power, Mercurius sees Dio as an equal, especially when the latter is in his Heavenly Ascended state, so the two are open to the idea of working with one another for a mutual goal if they ever have time. Others like Lord Voldemort were not so positive; the dark lord may try to be impressionable, but somehow, he has a harder time managing his overblown ego than Dio does, and the fact that Dio’s vampirism means he’s immortal pisses Voldemort off because Dio gets to keep his handsome looks. That said, the Dark Lord boasts that he can very easily kill Dio with one hit from his Killing Curse, though the vampire believes that if an upcoming tyrant couldn’t take over a high school, then he isn’t worth allying himself with, not to mention Voldemort makes it clear that he wants to be seen as the superior being, a feeling that Dio took as an affront to his standing; he himself should be the leading man as he has, in his own words, “transcended humanity” while Voldemort’s prattle on wizard supremacy means little if he’s accomplished so little during his war against Hogwarts.
• For fairly obvious reasons, Dio is associated with the many vampires that reside in the Pantheon and has visited his kind's namesake Hall partly to admire what his race is capable of and to fetch and recruit new followers under his bidding. That said, he is a bit surprised to see that while vampires to live up to their infamy as bloodthirsty monsters, there are just as many who are benevolent and are even dedicated protectors of Humanity, a notion that disgusted Dio, feeling that vampires should take pride in their newfound powers and dominate others rather than protecting the weak and helpless. In association with his face, Dio would come face-to-face with the Pillar Men, predecessors of the vampires of his world and the creators of the Stone Mask that allowed Dio's conversion in the first place. Despite their similar ambitions, he and Kars quickly established a rivalry as while both are willing to admit their adversary is powerful, they're also a threat against the plans and goals, not to mention both have proclamations about themselves being the pinnacle of perfection. To Kars' dismay, Dio very much desires the Red Stone of Aja, figuring that utilizing it during dawn could allow him to finally overcome his vampiric limitations and gain even more power, enough to match a literal god, and this as furthered the two's rivalry, with Kars being very adamant about his position as the Ultimate lifeform not being threatened by an overly ambitious vampire. The other Pillar Men are more traditional in their enmity against Dio as being a foe to Kars naturally means opposition, in addition to Wammu being disgusted by the sheer cruelty and condescension Dio displays to nearly anyone he encounters. As for Dio, he has some respect for the Pillar Men's incredible physical prowess and abilities, though he considers it a shame to oppose and kill them, feeling that they have the capability to be very effective subordinates if possible.
  • Among the more malicious vampires, Dio is somewhat disappointed that most don't seem to exhibit much in the way of ambitions beyond just wanting to hunt and prey on humans for the sake of it. While he has some respect for Marlowe Roderick for his ferocity and he, in turn, doesn't mind the stronger vampire and sees him as someone to rely on for more territories, Dio feels that Marlowe stagnates himself too much from thinking bigger and while both do work together, there is a level of strain, albeit on the former's end. And on the subject of ambition, there's the Von Carsteins; Vlad sees Dio as too much of a threat to his own plans and finds his falsified politeness too rancid to deal with and reminds Vlad of his traitorous son, Mannfred. Speaking of, while Mannfred's greater ambitions to be seen as a deity caused him to become rivals with Dio, the latter still admits he can respect the former for his tenacity and being quite forward-thinking, though he's not impressed by how craven Mannfred could be when things don't go in his favor. Vlad's other son, Konrad, proved to be a useful ally despite being the least ambitious of the Von Carsteins, as Dio found his madness and insanity to be amusing and he's rather intrigued by the level of violence and bloodshed Konrad is willing to unleash. In turn, Konrad sees Dio as someone to aspire to look up to, gladly establishing a working relationship with Dio as a way to expand on his own territories and kill more. To Dio, Konrad is a useful muscle who could serve as pest control for whatever threats he personally doesn't want to get involved with, and is happy to learn that Konrad is inspired by him to become stronger as this vindicates Dio's belief of the strong being the ones who deserve domination, though he is careful about looking after Konrad's madness as he wants to ensure the Von Carstein's loyalty and Dio's influence remains strong.
  • Dio was rather perplexed to see that there were just as many "good" and "neutral" vampires as there were evil ones, but rather than immediately brand them as enemies, he opted to instead try his luck on pulling them into his side with honeyed promises and positions of authority and power as a way to keep them safe. Needless to say, this didn't work out as expected, to Dio's annoyance, though he was at least satisfied about terrifying them with just his power and his charm. Most vampires kept their distance from Dio, with very few like Arcueid Brunestud, Dimitri Maximoff, and the Chosen Revenants being willing to duel against him if mainly because they either have someone or their world to protect and the other vampires admit that Dio just terrifies them too much. That, and they're disgusted by the pettiness and spite he exudes with some of his acts, calling him particularly vile even in comparison to other vampires. Unfortunately, these comments only serve to further flatter Dio, who takes it in stride as an example of how he's superior to others of his kind. On the subject of his creation, he's personally surprised to see that vampires could be created by scientific experimentation as well, as shown with Eric Brooks and Kirk Langstrom, who were otherwise decent people who were straddled with the burdens of vampire physiology. They, too, were not in favor of Dio's ambitions, with Eric citing his ambitions as an unholy plague and Kirk stating that Dio's plans remind him of his former friend, Will Magnus, only without anything resembling a positive affection and his goals being less about removing free-will and more to insert himself as a god. Not that the Dio himself cares about their concerns all that much, and simply sees them as "lesser vampires" due to their desire to fight for humanity rather than embracing their newfound nature.
  • Dracula being the recognized "king of vampires" according to most would naturally catch Dio's attention, but what would intrigue him further was that there were several vampires with that name. There was also Alucard who could either mean a Dracula using an alias or Dracula's son. Either way, Dio only found the original one to be open for an alliance as the Count would be eager in the possibility of aiding Dio in taking over the world, though only so long as Dracula himself could be given more hunting grounds to spread his influence. With the other versions of Dracula, the owner of Hotel Transylvania was not happy to learn about Dio and his wretched intentions, and he and his daughter Mavis have made it clear they would always oppose Dio for giving vampires a bad name. The Lord of Castlevania recognized Dio as an equal in strength and regality, but personally did not subscribe to his idea of Heaven and made it clear that he was in no mood for an alliance, not to mention that the Lord of Castlevania is a broken Straw Nihilist who loathes humanity enough that he would rather destroy it and even let himself starve, a roadblock to Dio's "Heaven". One iteration of Alucard, the No Life King, once tracked Dio down in Victorian London where he was building a cult of followers and a base of operations, with the intent to put down the golden vampire and end his bloody conquest, despising Dio for representing everything Alucard hated about vampires. Seeing that Alucard "interrupted his dinner", Dio betted him to kill him, and after a grueling and vicious fight, Dio killed Alucard by wasting away his many souls and ripping the vampire king to pieces, whilst claiming himself a god. Since then, Alucard has been itching for a payback, but although Alucard was strong, Dio was more disappointed, not seeing Alucard as worth his attention after their fight. Needless to say, Dio managing the best one of the strongest vampires in the Pantheon and proving himself superior in nearly every way struck fear and terror into the hearts of many, be it vampire hunters and other vampires, an achievement that Dio is more than glad to spread.
• His desire to conquer the world may be a fairly standard, but Dio doesn't aim for dystopia or suffering, but rather to give everyone happiness and erase their suffering. This is the narrative he sold to Pucci and he genuinely believes it and once he did attain the powers of God as "Heaven Ascended Dio", he really did do just that… while the world had to bow down to him as their eternal god and savior. Naturally, Dio saw a lot of villains with similar goals, but with different outcomes; at most, most of these like Melkor and Nekron were more interested in destroying everything out of some bloodhungry desire and while they see Dio as a useful asset and the former has a mutual sense of sadism, the vampire doesn't feel that an alliance is going to happen soon because of their differing outcomes. Others like Darkseid, Sauron, Bowser, Ganondorf, and Frieza are more in lines with conquest and Dio could likely see himself being aligned with their ambitions, but only so long as they end up benefiting his ends; Dio wants an eternal paradise where he is the main center of attention and while he is alright with fear, total dystopia is something he finds unfitting for someone like him, hence he feels that Darkseid isn't the most ideal alliance for him, though the Anti-Life Equation did catch his interest, seeing it as an alternate direction to assert his ambition to carve out his "Heaven". The God of Apokolips commends Dio's power, intelligence, and malevolence, though he does feel that his Heaven Ascended state might be a potential thorn to deal with due to Dio's open admittance on not wanting to ally with the Lord of Tyranny. Similarly, Sauron and Ganon merely see Dio as a rival to their ambitions as they, too, crave ultimate power for themselves, Frieza sees him as a model figure in the face of evilness though would rather have him as a subordinate, and Bowser is not up with Dio's ideas of "Heaven", feeling that his plan seems boring and he's not giving himself up to feel happy and accepting about always being bested by Mario, and neither would he accept Dio's promises of power if it means defeating his plumber nemesis.
• Dio's decision to transform himself into a vampire and immediately seeing it as an evolutionary step from his former status as a human does make him opposed and condemned by many who otherwise either champion humanity or prefer to see their kind work in unison with others. While Dio doesn't have a problem working with "lesser" humans and weaker Stand users, this is mostly based on whether they could appease his entertainment and his need for worship. Similar to his nature and transformation into a vampire is an object only known as a Behelit, which transforms its owner into a demonic being known as an apostle, though said a user could only activate a behelit if they're at their life's lowest point and must sacrifice the life and soul of a loved one to become an apostle. One such apostle, Griffith of the Godhand, is very much like Dio; ambitious, charming, seemingly awe-inspiring, determined, and commanding a presence of great power and authority, yet very much willing to sacrifice anybody shamelessly if it means ascending to their desires. Dio found Griffith's resilience to be noteworthy and noted their similarities, yet the vampire felt that Femto personally wasn't in the mood to share spoils with hardly anyone, being a massive Control Freak who desperately needed to own anything he conquered and that's where Dio's problem was raised; Griffith cannot stop conquering other lands, even if he's already achieved his dream of having a kingdom. While he still views Griffith as a cut above humanity, Dio sees him as a rival as he feels that Griffith might desire "Heaven" to further validate his dream, and the vampire similarly feels entitled to it, believing that only he and Pucci are truly capable of bringing the Pantheon pace by letting everyone know of their predestined fates and eliminating doubt and suffering. Dio's own desire to transcend and disregard his former race also brings to mind Ragyo Kiryuin, a woman who was willing to harvest and infuse Life Fibers within herself and to damn humanity to prove her own superiority. Although the two were very similar to one another in regards to their ambition, thirst for power, megalomania, and desire for violence for their entertainment, they couldn't stand each other either; Ragyo quickly saw Dio as a threat to her attempt at dominance while Dio was uncharacteristically disgusted in her disregard and spite for her daughters Ryuko and Satsuki. Dio wouldn't care much for the two girls, but he hates being reminded of his late father and Ragyo ended up ticking him off for just that. Also, Ragyo doesn't get to claim godhood first, Dio does and he's happy to show her who's the more fearsome fighter and figure in case they ever meet again.
  • Dio's study of Made in Heaven concludes with him seeing it as the ultimate Stand and the one capable of bringing eternal bliss and peace to everyone and was happy to learn that Pucci was able to achieve this and kill Jotaro and Jolyne, even if the plan was ultimately foiled. Bringing peace as the ultimate conclusion to your ambitions seems nice, but with Dio's superiority complex and need for worship, peace means everybody can be happy and content so long as they place their faith in a narcissistic sociopath. The oxymoronic concept of aiming for a good goal with evil means and desires is not too different from what Madara Uchiha initially envisioned for the Moon's Eye Plan, though in Madara's case, his aim for peace was to trap others in a dream-like state where they all got to live happy lives and their desires fulfilled, but had never really known that this was a cover for the victims' body and mind to wither away and become White Zetsus, courtesy of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Black Zetsu, hence Madara now seeking different means for peace in the Pantheon once he ascended. Similarly, Takuto Maruki sought to use his Persona, Azathoth to help others in achieving their heart's desire and replace reality with one that he personally envisioned before being stopped by the Phantom Thieves due to how destructive his powers were getting. Although Madara sees Dio as a rival as worshipping someone else is an idea he can't stand and quickly finds Dio's god-complex annoying in spite of acknowledging him as a good sport to fight against, Takuto condemns the vampire for having similar delusions and megalomania as Masayoshi Shido, not to mention feeling that even if he did have his powers with Azathoth, Takuto felt that giving Dio a fleeting feeling of achieving his desires would spell trouble for everyone regardless.
• Next to his impressionable persona, The World is undoubtedly his greatest and most feared ability. The ability to stop time is already a devastating one, but surely it's limited by how many seconds one could allow that to happen. For Dio, his vampiric physiology allows him to evolve beyond that, hypothesizing that the longer he grows accustomed to Jonathan's body, The World would have its strength increased as well as the number of seconds to halt time elongated beyond a mere five seconds. It's why very few would dare to directly combat the vampire and Dio takes this in stride to further his belief that he is a god. Although Shulk and the Monado intrigue him due to the latter's capability of precognition and altering time in Shulk's perspective and he's clearly against Dio for being a depraved scumbag, he doesn't think Shulk is fully capable of taking him on, instead directing his interest on Zanza, the Monado's creator and a fellow being who ascended to godhood and having a compulsion to have everything under his control. This ended up creating conflict between the two as Zanza feels that Dio's plans for "Heaven" are an attack on his plans for control while Dio feels that a fellow god feels like competition to overthrow and he's not in favor of Zanza destroying worlds to create a new one to assert control over as this is just depleting whatever reverence and worship either of them could receive.
  • On the concept of time, Dio quickly took an interest in the idea of traveling to past and future points and the existence of Stands that are capable of this to some extent, such as Crimson King and Bites the Dust, further his curiosity. In fact, he's more elated that because he's a "patron" for the House of Time and Temporality, he can learn about the concept of time-traveling much quicker, though interestingly, one of the first thoughts he had about going back to the past is to go and kill his own father before he abused and overworked his mother to death, a strange display of affection for him. Of course, he doesn't want to change his past self into becoming different from him and he worries about the possibility of him becoming a good person because his mother's love and affection could potentially do that. He hasn't enacted such a plan yet, mainly because of concerns revolving around changing the past too much, even if Dio thinks toughening up his mother could probably do the trick. Regardless, the idea of him traveling back or ahead in time was met with opposition, particularly from the Pantheonic Time Police, who want to ensure that at least The World doesn't evolve to allow him that much range of power. Other time travelers like Homura Akemi find Dio's sadism and megalomania revolting and his philosophy being similar to Lucifer's makes her see Dio as a potential abuser of power and time if left unchecked while The Flash and Dahaka are committed to stopping Dio from using his time-stopping powers for his own ends as well as potentially finding a way to travel through the timestamp. Dio doesn't seem particularly incensed, but rather he enjoys the idea of having more enemies to contend with, hoping that he could learn and adapt from them long enough to further enhance and evolve The World.
• When it comes to being an asshole on a personal and vindictive level, very few match Dio and outside of his powers and ambitions, everyone else not in his circle of followers hates Dio for how unpleasant of a person he is. After all, nothing says vile than incinerating your foster brother's pet dog just because said brother beat you in a fight and said the fight happened because Dio forcibly kissed Jonathan's love, Erina when she refused his advances. He hates dogs, and so does the Hall of Canines and whoever loves dogs. In the Pantheon, he had a habit of coming across and attacking and insulting whoever dares to either criticize or humiliate him in whatever way, though he's since been trying to rein his dickish tendencies in favor of gaining more followers and focusing on his ambitions. Even then, he took the time to find a friend with a similarly depraved and vile personality as him and that came in the form of the Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne. Aside from the two of them sharing similar powers revolving with time and wearing yellow garbs, they proved to have surprisingly civil conversations with one another, ranging from a few philosophical talks about time and some nostalgic pastime revisits about being utter jerks to whoever "slighted" them. Both figures quickly took to forming an alliance as they quickly found a figure to relate and depend on and Thawne is impressed by Dio's charisma to the extent that he might wish to try something similar, if mainly to mess around with others for the sake of it. One dreads the idea of them killing swathes of dogs and helping to erase people from the timestream solely to get a laugh, and Barry is outright enraged by the possibility of Dio and Thawne teaming up to aid in each others' vile endeavors.
• While he is officially recognized as a god in the Pantheon, Dio is very much aware that this is more of a title representation and thus, still retains his ultimate goal of becoming a legitimate one, especially literal gods are also Pantheonic representatives and they just so happen to make for interesting conversations about the concept and impact of divinity in Dio's eyes. To everyone's horror, Dio very quickly realized that there are several ways to transcend his vampiric physiology and gain everlasting power and influence through various means, but to him, worship and reverence are what he wants, so absolute annihilation is not on the table for Dio, even if he enjoys killing for the sake of it. His desire for godhood could be compared to Light Yagami, who similarly used his power to inspire fear and control over the world. Despite being human, Dio personally found Light impressive enough after learning about his guile, intelligence, and the Death Note and would have gladly considered a conversation with him, but Light wasn't going to return that sentiment in kind, seeing Dio as an odious monster who deserves to die of his crimes, despite Dio pointing out that what Light is doing isn't exactly "justice". Not even writing the vampire's full name in the Death Note would work as Dio's physiology as a vampire bypasses the Death Note's power to kill him in some way, infuriating Light and simply humoring Dio, though the vampire is more disappointed in Light's actions as he feels the man is more than capable than just relying on a note and hoped to see Light on his side. Although both have delusions of godhood, Dio at least is aware of his limitations and tries to be approachable and commendable about his interests and whoever impresses him, even if his kindness is falsified, and he, too, sees Light as too impulsive and childish to deal with in spite of the latter's talents.
  • While figures like Sigmar Heldenhammer and Sheogorath do intrigue Dio due to their nature of having mortal and humble backgrounds before ascending to greatness and legitimate godhood, they don't cross paths with him often, though Sheogorath would rather mess with Dio while Sigmar would readily oppose him if they ever met. Madoka Kaname, on the other hand, is an interesting case study that Dio encountered during her days as an apotheosized Hope Bringer. Unlike most villains, Dio was intrigued by Madoka's might and the nature of her powers as well as the Soul Gems that empowered Magical Girls from Madoka's realm. That said, Madoka's gentle nature and her desire to help and aid others out of love what not what Dio appreciated. In a way, that did remind him of his mother, and while he did love her, he also feels that her kindness led to her becoming submissive and demure, which led to her being abused and worked to death by Dario. So Madoka reminding Dio of his mother ticked him off, to say the least, and Dio isn't exactly a fan of Madoka's belief in inspiring hope. Madoka, on her end, is more pitiful for Dio, believing that he may have turned out a better person were it not for his father, but still prefers to keep a distance upon learning and being rattled by the great evil he has done and is capable of. On another end, Zamasu despises Dio for simply being a vampire and for daring to try to claim the powers of godhood, even knowing of his tale of once becoming Heavenly Ascended Dio and trying to take over the multiverse, and while Dio finds the fallen Kai to be hysterically hypocritical and a threat to him despite their shared immorality, he keeps his distance from Zamasu, knowing that he isn't strong enough to take on the Kai just yet, though he's pretty eager about beating the pulp out of Zamasu once he does gain actual divinity.
• Given the nature of the Pantheon, Dio would eventually discover that, in a metaphysical perspective, he is a fictional character in the eyes of one universe and although this didn't peeve him, he did admit that he would have attempted to conquer it had he held his powers as Dio Gone to Heaven. He's a bit surprised to see that his first name was inspired by Heavy Metal singer named Ronnie James Dio and that his last name is based on actor Marlon Brando. Not that Dio minds, but the fact that "Dio" means God in Italian made him a little ecstatic as, in a certain way, his name is God, though he wouldn't be surprised if the singer himself was in the Pantheon and disliked Dio for, well, being an evil vampire jerk. Not only that but he's even discovered that he's somehow a sensation for a strange digital phenomena known as memes. There were several jokes revolving around Dio, some flattering him, others mocking him, but Dio took it in stride. To an extent, he was worshipped, and that's what mattered to him, though he is a bit puzzled as to why he's so heavily associated with road rollers. He knows that he tried to use it against Jotaro in their Final Battle, but even so, it was a one-time thing and Dio felt that he'd be best known for having The World and for being a complete asshole, which he takes full pride in. Perhaps the real world may not be so bad for Dio, but he personally finds it too boring for his tastes, even if he finds some of the memes about him rather amusing and he'll take the time to humor himself with it.

"Most men's hearts are restrained by mortal, recoiling in fear from the fabulous fruits of evil. But some do not constrain themselves to the mortality and its tyranny."

Toki wa ugokidasu. (And time resumes.)

Intermediate Gods

Shulk

Shulk, God of Combat Clairvoyance (Heir to the Monado, Monado Boy, The Visionary, Godcleaver Shulk)

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• Intermediate God
  • Was temporarily an Overdeity after Zanza's initial defeat, but Shulk relinquished the power and title soon afterwards. His current position is in response to Zanza's own ascension to the pantheon.
• Symbol: The Monado
• Theme Music: Xenoblade Chronicles Medley
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Domains: Free Will, Light, Protection
• Portfolio: Laser Blades, Perceiving Enemy Attacks Before They Happen, Telling Fate Where To Shove It, Rejecting Gods Whether They Exist Or Not, The Power of Friendship, Coming Back from the Dead
• Allies: Reyn, Fiora, Riki, Alvis, Melia Antiqua, Egil, Dunban, Rex, Pyra/Mythra, Robin, Phil Collins, Nozdormu, Xatu, Dr. Manhattan, Mario
• Enemies: Zanza, Metal Face, Dickson, Chakravartin.
• Shulk's claim to the title is his ability to predict enemy attacks several seconds before they happen, giving him superhuman reflexes. The Monado also provides various techniques that let him block or dodge almost any damage he would otherwise take.
• Occasionally, Shulk's visions extend further into the future than normal, revealing critical events and possible deaths just in time for him and his allies to change them.
• Shulk was given his position shortly after defeating his predecessor, Zanza, which allowed him to reconstruct his universe so that gods like himself and Zanza were no longer necessary. To that end, he relinquished the power his position gave him soon afterward, but the Pantheon maintains his position as an honorary gesture (and possibly because Cosmos wants to keep Shulk on call in case the GUAE gets close to completing one of their plans).
  • However, with Zanza's ascension into the Pantheon, Shulk returned to his position as a God to combat against Zanza.
• Is not to be confused with the short name of the cousin of Hulk
• Thanks to his heroic deeds and the huge support he got, he was able to get himself involved in the fourth Smash tournament. However, the reveal of his involvement got leaked out before the news would become official, which Shulk foresaw but wasn't able to stop in time. None a less, he is really feeling the battle.
• Chuggaaconroy loves this guy, and Shulk is always willing to teach him what he knows, but on the other hand, Chugga's love of his adventures, and how he tends to gush over them kind of makes the Monado wielder kind of flustered from time to time.
• Shulk has become quite close with the bronze dragon Nozdormu, admiring his control over time itself. He tries to convince the dragon that there must be a way to stop his future self, Murozond, to take control over him, but the Dragon just knows that, even with Shulk's future visions, there is no way out for him.
• Has helped out Asura against Chakravartin, due to their similar hatred of evil gods that are selfish and only think for themselves.

Lesser Gods

Max Caulfield

Maxine "Max" Caulfield, Goddess of the Butterfly Effect (Mad Max, Super Max, Max Factor, Noir Angel)

• Lesser Goddess with the powers of an Intermediate Goddess
• Symbol: A photograph or her camera.
• Theme Song: Life is Strange
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Domains: Time, Fate, Good, Travel, Art, Photography, Hipsters
• Portfolio: Tragic Hero, The Snark Knight, Cute Clumsy Girl, Badass Pacifist, Deadpan Snarker, Doesn't Like Guns, Gender-Blender Name, Heroic Self-Deprecation, Hipster, Innocent Blue Eyes, It Sucks to Be the Chosen One, Mental Time Travel, Psychic Nosebleed, Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory, Trauma Conga Line, With Great Power Comes Great Perks, being represented by a doe
• Herald: Chloe Price (her best friend)
• High Priests: The teens of Blackwood Mountain
• Followers: Evan Treborn, Karen
• Allies: The Doctor, Hiro Nakamura, Max Rockatansky, Imperator Furiosa, Frank West, L. B. Jeffries, Chronormu, Ann Takamaki
• Enemies: The Wendigo
• Opposes: Homura Akemi, House of Tainted Love, Agatha Trunchbull
• Respected by: Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane
• On Good Terms with: Various gods from Square Enix (who helped publish her game)
• The small town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon seems like an idyllic if ordinary place to stay and create a life. However, sometimes opportunities arise elsewhere and even lifelong residents must leave. Take Ryan and Vanessa Caulfield, who left for Seattle to pursue a job, taking their teenage daughter Maxine with them. Five years later, Max would return to her hometown in order to study photography at Blackwell Academy under the tutelage of her favorite teacher. Shortly into her education, though, she got a double whammy of discovering the existence of her own time-traveling superpower as well as being thrown headlong into the secret hell that had infested Blackwell, and thus Arcadia Bay, under the surface.
  • She watched a girl get shot and killed by a guy in a restroom confrontation, found herself reliving the exact same lesson she was taking before she hit the restroom, went back to the restroom again and this time tripped a security alarm in order to stop the guy from killing the girl, then found out that the girl was actually her old best friend Chloe Price and the guy was the disturbed and criminal scion of the prestigious Prescott family. From there, a long and winding series of events, centered around revisiting her relationship with Chloe and all the possibilities that came with it, as well as navigating the tumultuous environment at Blackwell while discovering more and more of the skeletons that ruled it, saw Max more and more frequently using her time powers as well as facing recurring nightmares about a massive storm destroying her hometown. These two things were connected, as her powers were in fact the cause of the storm.
• After being ascended as a follower of The Doctor, Max spent a stint under his servitude before eventually securing a place of her own in the Pantheon. While her placement was easy, the fate of her best friend Chloe was a hotly contested debate. The Court of the Gods wasn't sure whether to let her into the Pantheon or not, reflecting Max's decision on whether to run with the changed timeline where Chloe was saved at the cost of Arcadia Bay being destroyed by the storm, or go back in time and let Chloe die to save Arcadia Bay by making it so the storm never happened.
  • Far stronger than anyone's personal feelings on either Chloe or the right decision to make, the most powerful element considered was Max's memories and powers. Since ascending, Max's ability to remember multiple timelines extends to the aftermath of both sacrifices, representing the Chaos Theory Butterfly Effect which is part of what her power runs on. As the catalyst and touchstone of Max's power, it was eventually agreed that Chloe was needed. However, she could only stay literally half of each day with her appearances randomly generated in order to avoid affirming either ultimate choice over the other and risking a paranormal event similar to the storm.
  • On that same token, in order for Max's powers to be fairly accessible without recreating the storm, it was deemed that they should be linked to some sort of trade with the flow of time to keep fate even. Chloe accepted her time as the cost, to which Chronoa and Chromie combined their powers to link her presence to Max's power within the timestream by a multiple of 12.^*Initially the Protectors of the Plot Continuum suggested 60, but the Time Police assured it didn't need to be that steep. Thus, since Chloe is only there for twelve hours of the day, every hour Max rewinds is a day lost for Chloe. Jumping back into a photograph taken in the Pantheon is not subject to this, but Chloe cannot appear in the new versions of the days that follow until the point that Max jumped from is reached again. Thus, whenever Max rewinds time in the Pantheon, she has to sacrifice either past time with Chloe or future time with Chloe. They don't like it, but they realize it firmly beats the alternative.
  • Debate has also been raging about the depth of Max's true feelings for Chloe. None question whether the attraction is there, only whether it's enough to advance the relationship past platonic into romantic grounds. Given her ability to try out multiple timelines, gaining concrete evidence has been particularly difficult. Neither goddess nor herald has commented publicly on this.
  • Many followers offered the chance of being her high priest(ess). In the end, Max chose a group of teens who came into being the same year as her. As a result, Max has seen an increase of Wendigo sightings near her temple. While she has been able to fend them off, their presence has her worried. Whether one of them may be one of their roommates or not has yet to be determined.
• The Doctor quietly congratulated the girl on her ascension. While this incarnation wasn't as cheerful over the event, he does feel remorse for her for suffering the consequences of constant time travel. He has been crucial with helping her deal with an obscene about of memories from going through multiple timelines. To him, she reminds him of a less antagonistic Ashildr. Their new-found powers have changed the girls in similar ways, giving them more confidence.
• Aside from the tie between Max's power and Chloe's presence as her Herald, her power already came with limitations on its own. Since it functions as more or less Mental Time Travel with a Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory, if she goes back through a picture to make a change, she is stuck in that moment until she makes said change, then immediately goes back into the point she jumped from in the new timeline, with no recollection gained from the version of herself that would've lived through the entire intervening time on autopilot. Even her regular rewind power cannot be overused lest she become disoriented and suffer a Psychic Nosebleed. Since ascending, she has turned to Hiro for guidance on how to use her powers for good. While she isn't as enthusiastic as she once was, she figured her powers could give people a hand. The Time Master was delighted to have a student under his belt.
• It was only later on that she found out there was an actual Mad Max in the Pantheon. The artist that she was, she sought after the man to take some pictures. The God of Desert Punk reluctantly complied, not used to such celebrity. He's allowed others to call her Mad Max for now. Oddly enough, she has had an easier time connecting with Furiosa. A woman not known for keeping close allies, Furiosa has nevertheless enjoyed her company. She at least sympathizes with the girl for all the turmoil she went through.
• Having learned from her actions that the ease she has with using her powers comes with a price, she has warned her followers to be wary of their decisions as they could have dire consequences in their worlds. Those who couldn't stand Homura's latest decision have flocked to Max's temple as a result, creating tension between the two factions. Max herself is conflicted on this given her own final choice: sacrifice Chloe or sacrifice Arcadia Bay.
• Her photography has attracted the attention of Frank West, who asked her if he could take a look at them. Max is a bit more hesitant with looking at his photos, not exactly a fan of war, but she is at least appreciative of someone who likes cameras as much as her.
• Jeffries was impressed with her investigation skills, offering her lessons on how to be a better detective. Max decided to take a chance, knowing that her powers would help immensely in that regard. Lisa Fremont on her part wanted to improve her fashion choices, to which Max kindly rebuffed her.
• Absolutely loathes the subhouse of Tainted Love and Agatha Trunchbull for obvious reasons: The reason being that her seemingly charming teacher Mr. Jefferson was actually a creep and a Serial Killer, luring young girls to drug them, take pictures and eventually kill them. Being someone who has had the "luxury" of being lusted over by a teacher, though Kamoshida's form of torment was explicitly physical compared to Jefferson, Ann Takamaki sympathizes with Max for what she's been through. They've also both had the frightening experience of seeing a friend (Kate Marsh and Shiho Suzui) committing suicide by jumping off a roof during school. One difference is that Ann had no chance to stop her friend, but she survived with broken legs, whereas Kate is either talked down or jumps to her death depending on Max's actions. A third is that while the school faculty ultimately doesn't do much about it, Shujin's is much more tactless about it while Blackwell's at least makes a show of effort.
• Daria may have a low esteem for those in the Pantheon, but even she can respect Max for going through all that trauma. She has proven to be a valuable ally when dealing with Alpha Bitches and others who criticize her or Chloe's looks. Jane Lane is also interested in her photography, and Max can't help but see Chloe in the artist.
• Chronormu has visited her on more than one occasion, following up on the entry deliberations about Chloe and her use of powers. She knows Max's intentions are good, but warns her against casually changing the timeline of the Pantheon and especially of other worlds. The consequences on her world was bad enough; changing such events such as the Great Upheaval in the world of Puella Magi or the attack on Sparda's mansion in the Devil May Cry universe may have a devastating effect on the Pantheon, the other homeworld, and, on a personal level for Max, Chloe. With that said, Chromie is impressed with how casually Max is able to effectively change timelines for such a young girl.
• Faces a lot of flak from those who hated Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (of which there are a lot) for liking it. Max doesn't care one bit.
  • She's on good terms with various Square Enix gods^note since the company helped bring her game to life and many Final Fantasy gods are confused as to why she would like The Spirits Within. One god she doesn't know how to feel is that of Caius Ballard, who caused the destruction of time in order to stop his beloved Yuel from constantly being painfully resurrected. She does admit that, under different circumstances, she'd probably end up like him if it meant saving Chloe.
• Learned the story of how Chloe met Rachel Amber and is curious to see the special powers Rachel, apparently, possesses. However, she's unable to determine whether Rachel really does have fire powers gifted by the Raven God or it's just a coincidence. She also admits that she did Chloe wrong by ghosting her when her friend needed her the most.
• Has learned that a comic chronicling the adventures of her where she sacrificed Arcadia Bay is being written with many gods eagerly wondering what will happen next. This comic explores a Max who could venture alternate timelines and settled down in one timeline where Chloe and Rachel are a couple in Santa Monica, and would eventually have her reunite with her Chloe in a recovered Arcadia Bay.

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