Sandbox / Council of Shadows

The Council of Shadows

Planning and deception are our forte. Trust is not what we look for in members, but doubt. After all, a shadow must be suspicious, never trusting enough to stay in one place and caught by the talons of the light.

— An extract from Annals of the Shadow, an anecdote by Councillor [REDACTED]

In the early days of the Tropes Pantheon, chaos reigned. Alliances were being established, temples were under construction and dozens of fictional characters were becoming deities. Amidst this crowd, plenty of Nebulous Evil Organizations rose, including HYDRA, Shocker, SEELE and the like. But nobody expected what is today the Council of Shadows.

All of its members deny being the one to form the Council of Shadows^note with the exception of Tzeentch but he always does that. Maybe it's true and someone else planned them (referred to as 'The Founder') Maybe not. No one knows what they're planning, but their fingers are everywhere. It is they who plan many of the great initiatives and plans taking place in the Pantheon, such as manoeuvring characters for ascension. It is even said the abolishment of the realms of the Fallen, Retconnian and Limbo was thanks to their 'persuasive' lobbying. When former Chief Justice Johnson of the Big Five was removed from the Pantheon, he was revealed to be in the council's pocket and hundreds of documents relating to the Council were seized from his office. They have sworn never to trust such a corrupt figure again.

They meet in a chamber underneath the Planning meeting room. It's a large room with a circular table surrounded by secret facilities. Yes, there's a One-Way Video/Two-Way Voice crystal ball in the table's center.

Every meeting, there's a sealed envelope written by one of its members for each person gathered - and only that many. They talk lightly, but their words carry multiple layers of meaning. It's impossible to understand them unless you already know what they're talking about. If a member cannot attend in person or doesn't have a visible form he or she appears as the hologram of a monolith with a heavily modulated voice. All members of the council have a number which they are referred to as in all correspondence unless circumstances demand otherwise. Important councillors also have a title relating to their role in the Council. Don't let the lesser status of some of them fool you; they don't need brute strength.

It is speculated by those who know of it that the Pantheon's iteration of the The Illuminati may be a proxy organization of the Council of Shadows or the other way around. Evidence reveals that that is not the case and that both bodies openly despise each other.

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God X, God/dess of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

• An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
• Potential House:
• Rank: This can range from Quasideity, Demigod, Lesser God, Intermediate God, Greater God, to Overdeity, based on representation of power.
• Symbol: An image or icon used to represent the deity.
• Alignment: Good, evil, neutral etc. Forget about The Great Character Alignment Debate here, the Pantheon is one of the few places where you can assign Dungeons & Dragons alignment to characters that don't have alignment system. After all, the Pantheon is based on D&D.
• Role: What they do to advance the Council's operations and purposes. For example, if Iron Man is on the council he provides money and armors for anti-war purposes.
• Known Council Numbers: As mentioned above, councillors have numbers which they use in correspondence. Several guidelines to follow:
  • For identity masking purposes, the Council uses only the numbers 001 to 099. 001 to 010 is held by important Council members such as Committee chairpersons and inner circle councillors.
  • The more numbers a councillor has, the longer they've been on the council. Keep this in mind and try not to add too many numbers when adding a new councillor as this may break the seniority.
• Goal: Their personal ambition or goal.
• Text: Add how they entered the council, more detail into what they do, relationships with other councillors specifically with relation to the Council itself, etc. Optional but try to pepper your text with encryptions to hide Council secrets with [REDACTED], [DATA EXPUNGED] and ███. This link will help.

Inner Circle

While it isn't clear if the Council of Shadows has an upper echelon, intelligence operatives have determined that members who have used the identification number 001 at any point are more important than the others in deciding on the direction the council is going.

Chairman of the War Committee - Keel Lorenz

Keel Lorenz, God of Important Tertiary Characters and Divine Head of the Omniscient Council of Vagueness (Chairman Keel Lorenz, SEELE-01)

• Rank: Uncertain
• Symbol: A monolith with SEELE's emblem embedded on it
• Alignment: Lawful Evil (sees himself as Lawful Good)
• Role: Chairman of the CoS War Committee, Leader of SEELE, Former Chairman of the SEELE Human Instrumentality Committee, overseer of Project Ravaged Angels, provides Eva units and war materiel
• Known Council Numbers: 001, 005, 013, 018, 039, 054, 077, 094
• Goal: Initiate Instrumentality and raise humanity to a higher state of evolution.
• Allegedly the first human to be on the Council of Shadows, Keel Lorenz had already been funding it for a few years prior to his induction. He and several other SEELE members have served on the Council in various levels of authority. Keel joined the Council for one reason and one reason alone: to ensure that SEELE's ideal version of Instrumentality is carried out and woe betide anyone, councillor or otherwise that dares to stand in his way. He is one of the few members of the Council who has no private life outside of it or inclinations towards any group.
• With his world's Earth in ruins (both in the original and reboot), he is greatly scorned by the other members of the Council, especially Gendo Ikari. Most records pertaining to him involve his plans to re-enact Instrumentality on the entire fictional omniverse with councillors merely nodding sympathetically. The Council may plot and scheme for their own benefit, but councillors who aren't immortal or Overdeities concur that they do not want to sacrifice their individuality even for the sake of a successful plan. Councillor [REDACTED] even questioned if any benefit other than ending war exists with Third Impact/Fourth Impact:

[REDACTED]: 039 (his number at the time), suppose you accomplished your plan. What would be the benefit? All denizens in the omniverse of fiction reduced to globs of LCL? What of the soulless monsters of the GUAD? Nekron and his hordes of undead will be free to roam as they desire. Our souls in the Black Moon will have no chance to enjoy harmony. Soul eaters will come for what they consider a free lunch. You will only grant everyone a slow, painful Cessation of Existence. Consider this.

• As part of a line of councillors who masterminded world-ending events, he was placed in charge of some of the Council's dirtiest tasks. One of his most infamous projects, Project Ravaged Angels ended in failure despite evidence to the contrary. Intended as a contingency if the Council's existence were ever to be divulged to the Pantheon at large, it involved mental imprint programs being installed on the OS of a new line of Mass Production Evangelions. The last test runs ended with [DATA EXPUNGED] being destroyed with ███ deaths occurring. Despite the main test's success, the unexpected death toll and resulting massive cover-up budget ended with it being terminated and it remains one of Keel's most perplexing failures.
• Several former deities who attempted to discover his identity mysteriously disappeared from the Pantheon on his orders, Sir [REDACTED] was brutally beaten and press-ganged into committing several massacres of superpowered deities from the [DATA EXPUNGED] universe. The ascensions of several gods of destruction and Yui Ikari using Lucifer as a proxy were likely masterminded by him.

Chairman of the Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Committee - Tzeentch

Tzeentch, God of Planning (The Changer of Ways, the Architect of Fate, the Weaver of Destiny, the Grand Schemer, the Great Conspirator, the Great Schemer, the Father of Lies and Deception, the Great Mutator, the Master of Fortune, the Great Eagle, the Shifting Breeze, the Master of Fate, Tchar, Shunch, Chen, the Indecisive Mollusk)

Just one of his many forms

• Overdeity
• Symbol: The Number 9. His Mark of Chaos◊
• Alignment: Chaotic Something
• Role: Chairman of the CoS Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Committee, CoS Director of Planning, Co-Head of the GUAE Vile Specialists
• Known Council Numbers: 001, 002, 009, 023, 038, 041, 068, 076, 095
• Goal: Achieve his great plan
• Tzeentch could literally be "The Founder" in plain sight. A compulsive planner, the Lord of Change has masterminded countless conspiracies, mind games, ascensions, removals and other shadowy affairs in the Pantheon. Hundreds of thousands of those plans can be at work at any one moment, which was what motivated him to form the Council: a group of lesser beings to survey the small portions of his schemes that would affect the Pantheon to a large extent. Which could be utterly false.
• He is the Council's director of planning, having been elected to this illustrious position unanimously (Light had to be beaten into submission). The biggest and most important schemes by the Council go through him, and he either approves or denies its passage. Despite being a great asset to the Council, his cryptic manner of speaking and an air of smugness over having his hands in everything alienates him from the councillors who desire camaraderie. Moreover, he's simultaneously behind the Council's schemes and the schemes of those working against them. Tzeentch claims this is Just as Planned, but one gets the feeling he's just playing around.
  • Which has even been worsened by the fact that he's now a co-head of the GUAE Vile Specialists, graciously accepting employment from Melkor. The other councillors know he's up to something as always.
• A perennial habit of his that annoys the council is claiming responsibility for major events either in the Pantheon or in any given fictional universe. Some of his most infamous interventions include ██████ ███, engineering [REDACTED] return to the Pantheon, and establishing [DATA EXPUNGED] as a front for their operations. While some of his claims have been proven false, enough of it has enough truth that it borders on Mind Screw. The Council's records state as much.
  • Councillor Baelish believes that Tzeentch deliberately does this as a way to eventually throw the Pantheon's inhabitants into complete paranoia. After all, he has his hand in everything that transpires in the Pantheon.
• Tzeentch normally sends one of his Daemons to meetings.. To this day he has never been physically present, opting to appear as a hologram of the Mark of Tzeentch. Since every plan that directly benefits him is already in motion, Tzeentch mostly remains silent at meetings. While his penchant for constant planning makes the very Council his knowing and unwilling pawns, he was made the God of Planning for a reason. Ultimately, he and the Council are made for each other: master planners working towards their own personal goals which with the status quo may never be achieve.

Chairman of the Committee for Science and Technology - Great Leader (Kamen Rider)

The Great Leader, Supreme Leader of the Leading Deities of the Daily Monsters (Chan Mao, Great Leader of Shocker, Great Leader of Gel-Shocker, Great Leader of Destron, Great Leader of Black Satan, Great Leader of Delza Army, Great Leader of Neo-Shocker, Generalissimo of Badan, Great Leader JUDO, Susanoo, Skeleton Dinosaur, Takumi Inui/Kamen Rider Faiz, Rock Great Leader, Great Leader Colossus)

As the Great Leader of Shocker, his current and most preferred form

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• Greater God (borderline Overdeity as Rock Great Leader)
• Symbol: His abominable one-eyed head
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Role: Chairman of the CoS Committee for Science and Technology, Supreme Leader of Shocker, Member of the GUAE Mastermind, provides cyborg inhumanoids and soldiers
• Known Council Numbers: 001, 011, 046, 071, 097
• Goals: Destroy the Kamen Riders and all other tokusatsu heroes, conquer the Omniverse and convert all its inhabitants into kaijin.
• The shapeshifting mastermind behind evil organization Shocker and its many successors, the Great Leader held observer status for years like Moriarty, focused on the civil war taking place within the old Demonic Legion until he won and gained dominance over the other factions. Ever since he joined, the Great Leader has become one of the Council's authority on any and all operations related to monsters, especially biological experimentation. Many have commented that if Shocker were to become its own player in the War of Alliances they would win by virtue of weakening the GUAE. Yes, the GUAE relies on Shocker that much.
• Rarely attends meetings in person, opting to speak from behind a hologram, taped messages or via one of his generals. He has only appeared in person for emergency meetings, in forms ranging from a red-robed Klansman, a skeleton, a giant brain and [DATA EXPUNGED]. When he attends in person it's usually a sign that Shocker is about to propose a big plan to the Council. And most of the Great Leader's plans are large enough in scale that it has effectively monopolized the cyborg-making industry in their favour.
  • May possibly be warping time and space to prevent knowledge of the Council from leaking to the Pantheon at large. True or not, the very idea has some councillors worried.
• Councillors have questioned him on his true origin many times; was he a Tibetan monk able to re-animate the dead or a literal embodiment of evil? He has given conflicting answers in documentation and/or threatened the questioners with death. His secretive nature doesn't hide that he may very well be an Overdeity concealing his true power. Even Tzeentch worries that the Great Leader could potentially evade his attempts to manipulate the rest of the Council.
• A special regiment of Shocker led by [REDACTED] serves as one of the Council's front-line forces should it need to enter direct combat such as during the aftermath of Team Rainbow Rocket's collapse and combat testing of Kinderheim 511 recruits. The Council's most unsavoury biological and biomechanical experiments are carried out through Shocker as well, ██████ ███ victims for conversion into kaijin for unknown purposes. The Great Leader's representative at the time of the first kidnappings has come under fire for this since it could expose their existence.

Chairman of the Weirdness Committee - Bill Cipher

Bill Cipher, The All-Seeing Triangle of Evil (Bipper, The Beast with Just One Eye, Master of the Mind, Muse, Cipher, Mr. Cipher, Demon, Will, Isosceles Monster, Evil Triangle, Boss, One-Eyed Demon, Nacho, Sixty Degrees That Come in Threes, The Triangle Guy, Wise Guy, Your New Lord and Master for All of Eternity)

• Lesser God (Overdeity if allowed to take physical form)
• Symbol: The Bill Cipher Zodiac Wheel◊
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Above Good and Evil according to himself). It was speculated that he was just a demon that wanted to cause trouble, but it was later agreed upon that his intentions, whatever they are, are not neutral.
• Role: Chairman of the CoS Weirdness Committee, ambassador of weirdness, leader of the Illuminati Society
• Known Council Numbers: 001, 013, 042, 069, 078, 090
• Goal: Rule all of reality and existence and create a "fun" world without rules or restriction where weirdness reigns supreme.
• Became a councillor early in the Council's existence and rose to power after causing Weirdmageddon. Rumour has it that he blackmailed his way into the Council by [DATA EXPUNGED] the previous seat-holder. Bill Cipher is a chaotic entity of weirdness and destruction and is not to be toyed with, even as a Lesser God.
• As a member of the house of Analysis and Records, Bill serves as the Council's intelligence officer, in charge of encrypting the Council's records, leaking false stories about its existence and throwing off deities aiming to uncover its existence. Due to his efforts, no one councillor knows about all their fellow members' plans or has any leverage over them. He is at the same time however very lax about security, sometimes claiming to have revealed information or messed with a plan for his own amusement. Nevertheless, his flippant style of management works in a place like the Pantheon where structure is nonexistent and as Johan Liebert says: it pays to have a bit of crazy in the middle of the order we claim to desire.
  • He even once redecorated the council chamber with entrails as an April Fool's Joke, which did not sit well with most of them.
• Due to his peepholes having been in many times and places, and in many different dimensions, he knows quite a lot of information. That's basically the gist of why he was elected into the Council: his omnipotent level of knowledge proves useful to them.
• Very infuriating at times. His manner of speech when he takes the floor is a mix of taunting, threatening and random gibberish which only deities like Tzeentch can understand. No one dares to interrupt or rebuke him (if they understand what he's talking about) for fear of having their ears coming out their eyes like Preston - or worse. Only the inner circle can actually decipher all records owned by the Council while others have to come to him for a translation.
• Has openly stated his intentions to restart Weirdmageddon in the Pantheon, promising that it will be beneficial and 'fun' for the Council and a place where they don't have to worry about hiding in the shadows anymore and can engage the Alliances openly. The entire assembly knows he's full of shit and that they'll be his playthings for all eternity if they ever gave him free rein over anything.

Chairman of the Committee for Political Affairs - Havelock Vetinari

Havelock Vetinari, God of Indispensable Figures (Lord Vetinari, The Patrician, Thinking Tyrant)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: His coat-of-arms◊, a black sable shield against a black background
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Role: Chairman of the CoS Committee for Political Affairs, Lord Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Secretary-General of the Pantheon Reformist Front Party
• Known Council Numbers: 001, 003, 023, 054, 066, 082
• Goal: Retaining control over Ankh-Morpork and ensuring the Pantheon remains the same.
• One of the few members of the Council to be directly chosen by "The Founder", Havelock Vetinari has served as its political counsel from the very beginning. Most of the Council isn't fond of him and the evil-aligned have tried to oust him from his seat numerous times for one reason or another, but his "replacements" never quite seem to get the hang of things, meaning he's always back before long. This is not so much due to a lack of qualified successors as it is the result of Vetinari's plots: he has arranged for things to simply be better for everyone so long as he is in power.
  • Now the Council has a legitimate reason to keep him around: Samuel Vimes is now Chief of the Tropes Pantheon Police Department, meaning that Vetinari has a lot of say in how it's run. Aside from the usual checks and balances, Vimes usually listens to his leader's 'advice'. Also came up with the idea for PITCH, the department's highly secretive intelligence arm as their ace-in-the-hole against the GUAG Intelligence Division.
• Knows the nature of anyone he observes for more than a few minutes. Any appointment to a prominent seat must be vetted by him. The last deity not vetted by him, [REDACTED], siphoned off the Council's shadow bank account (one of [DATA EXPUNGED]) for use in an unsanctioned pollution project.
• Rather unusually for this House, Vetinari does not appear to be ambitious; on several occasions he has refused to take steps to add to his domain. This could, of course, simply be because at the moment, seizing more power would interfere with future plans. His golden rule of not pursuing good or evil, but simply keeping things the same forms the bedrock of his philosophy in the Council: he advises against groundbreaking or Take Over the World plans since one; they're boring and two; they provide no benefit since Status Quo Is God.
• Ever since the Pantheonic Rebellion Vetinari leads the Council's Political Committee, a who's-who of politicians and military leaders dedicated to influencing politics implicitly. It is a common topic among the shadow councillors that this may be the leadership of an underground political party. Sometimes speaks for other politicians or military leaders who work with him for the Council, such as Grand Admiral Thrawn^note too politically blind too join.

Chairman of the Underworld Committee - Professor Moriarty

Professor James Moriarty, God of Criminal Masterminds (The Napoleon of Crime, Jim, Richard Brook, Jamie Moriarty, Irene Adler, The Archer of Shinjuku, The Fantom, M, Posset)

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• Demigod, Intermediate God as a Servant
• Symbols: A most curious absence of any identifying symbols. Occasionally, a copy of The Dynamics of an Asteroid
• Alignment: Lawful Evil, Chaotic Evil as a Servant
• Role: Chairman of the CoS Underworld Council, chief criminal advisor to the Council
• Known Council Numbers: 001, 008, 035, 056, 072, 081, 093
• Goals: Kill Sherlock Holmes, maintain his criminal empire and rule the criminal underworld with mathematical order.
• Professor James Moriarty is a late addition to the council's ranks, joining around [DATA EXPUNGED]. Until then, he dwelt as one of its unlisted observer members for years and is even rumoured to have been one of its founding members even before joining (separate from "The Founder"). If Tzeentch wasn't directly behind the odd murder perpetrated by the Council, chances are Moriarty was responsible. He claims that an unknown deity from the Council sponsored his schemes long before he decided to join, possibly "The Founder" itself. It took him ██ years before he was accepted into the Council's inner circle and since then, he has never looked back.
• The Council's main contact in the House of Crime which is one of their most profitable enterprises. Every criminal enterprise there is implicitly controlled or manipulated by him as a 'consultant', making him the most proficient mortal mastermind in the Council. In return for services rendered, he requests their financial and manpower support which he then uses to fund the Council's clandestine operations. His most successful initiative yet, the Oculus Infinitus promises the Council near unrivalled control of the Pantheon's criminal landscape.
  • More than ███ billion pounds sterling has been devoted to creating an information network connecting all large-scale crime families and illegal organizations into a single alliance à la United Nations. [REDACTED] has personally voiced his support for Moriarty's initiative.
• The evil counterpart to Havelock Vetinari within the Council, they form two sides of the yin-yang of law through government and chaos through crime. Given this the two are often at odds and it is known that the two often yell at each other over their differing viewpoints on council policy. It is not known how alignments factor into this, as the composition and majority alignment of the Council has yet to be confirmed and documented.
• Well-regarded by his peers for his dedication to his plans and to see them through. However, his obsession with Arch-Enemy Sherlock Holmes tends to cloud his objectivity and fill him with rage. Holmes only has minor suspicions about a Council of Shadows existing so that problem is for the time being not of any consequence. Nevertheless, Moriarty has been personally behind ███ denials of ascension just so there's one less detective in the Pantheon to give him a headache.

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Committees

War Committee

The councillors that deal most closely with the Pantheon's eternal Alliance-on-Alliance war, seeking to either further or slow it down depending on how it benefits them. Super-soldiers, war materiel and powerful weaponry are provided to the Council this way. Led by Keel Lorenz and Red Skull.

Vice Chairman - Johann Schmidt/Red Skull

Johann Schmidt, God of Nazism (The Red Skull, Captain America, Supreme One, Rote Schädel, Dell Rusk, Mickey Flynn, Herr Schmidt, Herr Skull, Fool, Obergruppenführer Schmidt, Stonekeeper, Red Floating Guy)

• Lesser God (Greater God with the Cosmic Cube, or as the Stonekeeper)
• Symbol: A red skull laid over a swastika, or alternatively, the red and black HYDRA logo
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil (used to be Lawful Evil), enforced Lawful Neutral as the Stonekeeper
• Role: Vice Chairman of the CoS War Committee, Leader of HYDRA, Demon of the GUAE Liebertarian Movement, provider of cosmic weaponry and artifacts, master of infiltration
• Known Council Numbers: 002, 007, 017, 038, 057, 098
• Goal: Kill Captain America and seize control of the Marvel Multiverse as its supreme god.
• Originally an observer member of the Council, Johann Schmidt was barred from an official seat because the others feared a takeover by the GUAE Liebertarian Movement. Batman was heavily in favour of excommunicating both him and Johan Liebert from the Council but conceded that having HYDRA as an ally of the Council would be preferable than being infiltrated and taken over from the inside. Schmidt provided cosmically-powered weapons and tools like the Cosmic Cube to willing clients long before his ascension, and this steady service has continued into his time as a Council member. Has since become vice chairman of the Council's War Committee, answering to Councillor Keel.
• As leader of one the most dangerous and widespread organizations in the Pantheon, his rivals in the Council have to watch out for him. Since his entry he has orchestrated countless espionage schemes, illegal cosmic experimentation, incursions into universes where there are no ascended deities (such as [REDACTED]). He may only be a Lesser God in terms of power, but he is watched very closely to prevent a hostile takeover.
• Once presented the idea of synthesizing Omniversal-level Infinity Gems with fellow councillor to circumvent the Achilles' Heel of them only being usable in Earth-616 was very impassive about being used as a test subject but warned of the consequences of Schmidt personally trying to hijack such power again, citing his enforced sentence as keeper of the Soul Stone in a certain universe. The Council immediately rejected Schmidt's proposal, further fearing interference from The One Above All or one of his underlings.
• Whenever he cannot attend a meeting personally, he sends a HYDRA High Council member like Baron Wolfgang von Strucker or Alexander Pierce in his place.

Ranking Member - Lelouch vi Britannia

Lelouch vi Britannia, God of Rebellion (Lelouch Lamperouge, Zero, Lulu, Black Prince, Alan Spacer, One, 99th Emperor of Britannia, the Enemy of the World, Demon Emperor, Julius Kingsley, L.L.)

• Lesser God or so he wants you to think...
• Symbol: The Geass symbol (a stylized "V"), or a black king chess piece
• Alignment: All over the place◊, (nominally Chaotic Good, settled on Neutral Good)
• Role: 99th Emperor of Britannia, Commander of the GUAG 8th Army Group, GUAG Command officer, ground commander-in-chief of the GUAE Mecha Cohort
• Known Council Numbers: 004, 008, 010, 049, 052, 073, 084
• Goal: To bring down the GUAE, maintain order and peace in his world as well as remove Sosuke Aizen from the Pantheon.
• Along with Batman, Lelouch vi Britannia is one of the most decorated and high-ranking officers of the Grand United Alliance of Good. Commander of the 8th Army (his Britannia forces), a prominent infantry general of GUAG Command and (in future) commander-in-chief of the ground mecha forces of the GUAG Robot War Division, he provides so many assets to the Council that it was almost blasphemy not to invite him in.
• When not plotting ways to overthrow evil empires, Lelouch engages in the game of kings: chess. Few people who have played him have asked for a rematch. He is one of the few who could successfully challenge Light Yagami — one of his greatest nemeses — without using any form of magic.
• As of this day, Lelouch is taking care of the rebellion of HIS OWN PEOPLE against him. Some say his mortal brother Schneizel is behind this, but Lelouch already suspects Light to be behind Schneizel. Turns out it's Aizen and Palpatine.
• May or may not have implanted commands into the minds of the Council members - or their followers - that he doesn't get along with. And maybe some that he pretends to get along with.
• Likes wearing masks. As in, literally. And capes.
• Due to eyeing the position, has taken measures to stop himself from being influenced by the God of Mind Control. And has successfully gotten him out of the Council

Ranking Member - Wilhuff Tarkin

Wilhuff Tarkin, God of Flawed Machiavellian Tactics (Grand Moff Tarkin, Governor Tarkin, Moff Tarkin, Admiral Tarkin, Adjutant General Tarkin, Captain Tarkin (formerly))

• Demigod
• Symbol: The Galactic Empire's insignia
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Role: Grand Moff of the Outer Rim Territories, Commander of the GUAE 20th Space Fleet, Founder of the Tarkin Initiative
• Known Council Numbers: 008, 023, 049, 076
• Goal: Re-establish the Galactic Empire with the Council and GUAE's help and crush all forms of rebellion in accordance with the Tarkin Doctrine
• Became acting Councillor of Oppression in his Emperor's absence while he was busying himself with returning to the galaxy. When the Emperor returned from his defeat, he made Tarkin his official replacement since he couldn't bear to handle frontline duty anymore.

Darth Maul

Maul, God of Villains Clad in Red and Black (Lord Maul, Brother (by Savage Opress), Son of Dathomir, Old Master, The Red Demon, The Shadow, Seris Madreth)

• Intermediate God
• Symbol: His double-bladed lightsaber
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil (can switch to Chaotic Neutral or Neutral Evil to suit his purposes)
• Role: Former Leader of the Shadow Collective, informant, mercenary and assassin
• Known Council Numbers: 017, 034, 067, 072
• Goal: At worst, survive. At best, destroy Darth Sidious, Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Jedi Order and reform the Sith philosophy to his liking.
• Managed to earn his position in the Council for his masterful leadership of the Shadow Collective during and after the Clone Wars, secretly plotting to kill his former master and destroy the Jedi Order. That said, he does have plans for what he wants to do with the Sith once his plan accomplishes. The councillor he replaced, Shikamaru Nara was more than happy to give up his place.
• Having Palpatine as his surrogate parent has affected Maul emotionally in more ways than one. As a result, he declares himself an enemy to the GUAE and the GUAD and Harbingers of Repression aren't any different. Maul instead allied himself with Malekith, a villain independent from any major villain faction and attends the Council as a favour to the Witch-King.
• Maul is constantly at odds with senior GUA members in the Council as he's always had a problem with people like them dithering over processes. After all, Palpatine leads the GUAE Conquest Force and from experience isn't a fan of people already in positions of power to be in the Council.

Gendo Ikari

Gendo Ikari, God of World Ending and Finger-Tenting (NERV Commander, Gendo Rokubungi, King of the Lilin)

^{In Evangelion 3.0}

^{Adam in Gendo's hand}

• Demigod, supposedly Intermediate God as Adam's Vessel
• Symbol: The NERV Logo
• Alignment: Lawful Evil, devolving to Neutral Evil in Rebuild
• Role: Commander of NERV, provider of EVA units and bio-equipment
• Known Council Numbers: 004, 022, 048, 053, 076
• Goal: [DATA EXPUNGED]
• Ever since his original goal in End of Evangelion was accomplished, with no concrete hope for humanity except the ascensions of certain denizens of that world to the Pantheon, Gendo remains a mysterious figure within the Council (pretty normal for their standards). He claims he joined to prevent Chairman Keel and SEELE from causing more chaos, but it is universally agreed upon by the Council that he has other plans in store, be it the one in Rebuild or in the Pantheon, and they are not in any way beneficial for civilization at large.

Littlefinger

Petyr Baelish, God of Chessmasters (Littlefinger, Master of Coin, Lord Paramount of the Vale, Lord of Harrenhal, Middlefinger)

• Demigod, however his manipulation skills are borderline-Overdeity
• Symbol: A mockingbird
• Alignment: Neutral Evil, bordering on Chaotic Evil
• Role: '''Former Lord Paramount of the Vale and Master of Coin of Westeros, Tactical Planner for the GUAC, financial coordinator for the Council
• Known Council Numbers: 018, 029, 036, 045, 064, 071
• Goal: Throw the Seven Kingdoms back into chaos and control it alongside Sansa Stark
• A key player of the game of thrones, Littlefinger believes that chaos is a ladder. That's not to say he considers the Grand United Alliance of Chaos his preferred alliance, as he'd rather keep it and all other alliances in conflict so he can crawl up the ranks. He is trying to keep his emotions in check, as his feelings for Sansa Stark proved to be his downfall.

The Major

The Major, God of Supernatural Nazis (First Lieutenant, SS-Sturmbannführer, Battalion Commander, War Machine, Montana Max, SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Hydra)

• Demigod, actually Intermediate God
• Symbol: A swastika and the number 1000 splattered with blood
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Role: 'Leader of Millennium, overseer of Project Blood Fragment'' and chief supernatural researcher
• Known Council Numbers: 006, 009, 013, 045
• Goals: Kill Alucard and plunge the Omniverse into eternal war for his own enjoyment.
• Took Ganondorf Dragmire's seat on the Council after the latter was promoted to Marshal in the GUAE and was forced to vacate his seat to attend to matters on the Alliance war front. Joining him on first meeting was none other than the Chairman of Chaos himself, Lucifer. Both expressed dismay that the GUAE and GUAG has so much say in the Council and wanted to throw their eggs into the basket. Since then, the Major has been the Council's liaison to the Grand United Alliance of Chaos yet his appointment remains highly controversial due to his desire for an eternal war in the Pantheon which is already taking place.
  [REDACTED]: Explain then why you joined us then 009. We opposed your entry at every turn because you seem to desire nothing less than an eternal war which already exists in our godly domain.
  The Major: What's a war without its futility? Consider me that futility.
• In cooperation with Herr Schmidt, he runs Millennium as the Council's foremost provider of supernatural assets like their vampiric soldiers. The sudden increase in his organization's size is attributed to Hydra. He oversees Project Fragment, which aims to consolidate all forms of vampire DNA across fiction into a superior strain capable of converting Overdeities and bending them to the Council's (read:Millennium's) will. This may be a reason why Twilight deities have never ascended. The Major reportedly finds them unsuitable for his experiments and thus 'a waste of space' in the Pantheon.
• Revels in chaos and bloodshed. This isn't any more clear than in his dealings with the Council. Councillor [REDACTED] has remarked on the peculiar way his smile curls whenever they review casualties from the House of Military and Warfare and how they've diverted supplies to prevent injured threats from recovering. One thing is clear though: The Major doesn't seem to be in it for the success. Rather, he's here to enjoy the fun and perhaps make the Council's war plans Bloodier and Gorier while he's at it.

Heinz Böhm

General Heinz Böhm, Unholy Representative of War Crimes (The Butcher of Bologna, Major Hans Dorfmann, Böhm's Confidant, General, Major, SS-Gruppenfuhrer und Generalleutnant der Hydra)

• Demigod
• Symbol: An Ms 300 "Razor" anti-ship missile
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Role: Commander of the German Forces in the Allagra Region of Italy, Overseer of Dr. Andreas Kessler's Ms 300 "Razor" Missile Project", Counter-Insurgency operations against the Allagra Partisans led by Sofia di Rocco, Being a Double Agent for the Axis Forces
• Known Council Numbers: 19, 43, 06, 01
• Goals: Kill Lt. Karl Fairburne, and demonstrate his new Ms 300 "Razor" missiles on any Allied ships present in the Pantheon as a warning to those who oppose him and his allies
• Following his death at the hands of Karl Fairburne in August 1943, Böhm has decided to work under Johann Schmidt as a loyal follower of HYDRA, knowing that he and the organization will back his own missile project in return for him helping Schmidt to recreate and eventually mass-produce the Valkyrie bomber, with his own Horten Flying Wing bomber sharing many components with its larger cousin.
• Under Schmidt's command, Böhm is also allowed to continue his reign of terror on various Houses in the Pantheon, gathering people such as Zofia Zawistowski and making them slave labor. Anyone who tries to resist him and his forces are often on the receiving end of the barrel of a sub-machine gun or assault rifle, courtesy of an SS soldier.
• Using his Hans Dorfmann alias once more, he continues gathering intel on the many Allied deities in the Pantheon. He manages to successfully trick a number of unwitting deities, often those who have met the aforementioned Allied deities, into thinking he's an OSS agent, many not knowing of his true allegiance. It helps that few outside of the many Allied deities know who "The Butcher of Bologna" actually is, and what he looks like.

Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Committee

Vice Chairman - Lord Recluse

Stefan Richter, God of Superhuman Intelligence (Lord Recluse, The Master of Evil, The Count of Cruel, The Archvillain of Anarchy)

• Greater God
• Symbol: The Arachnos Logo and the Motto - Strength Through Undying Loyalty
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Intelligence
• Known Council Numbers: 010, 043, 078
• Goal: Take over his world and destroy the Statesman.
• The ruler of the Rogue Isles and greatest enemy to Paragon City and the Freedom Phalanx, Lord Recluse figured that the Pantheon, being a hubspot for numerous heroes and villains was a delightful prospect. While he is unabashedly open about being a villain and a powerful tyrant, he knows better than to trifle with those stronger than him without any sort of backup. From there, Lord Recluse developed several backup plans thanks to his enhanced intelligence and implemented strict laws to his subordinates, especially not to mess around to assure victory. He was sent to the Council of Shadows by Darkseid to serve as the liaison to the GUAE Dystopia Harbingers, but assures them that Darkseid isn't planning a takeover... yet.
• His superpowerful mind, Lord Recluse is completely immune to brainwashing, mind reading and mind control. His mind is able to identify and perceive moments and outcomes in seconds and he can devise a complicated strategy in under 10 minutes. Recluse has thus been put in charge of all Council intelligence matters since he knows how to keep quiet and is interrogation-proof.
• Though he may be among the top members of the GUAE Dystopia Harbingers, Lord Recluse is open to invite other villains to Arachnos and provide them objectives and rewards. He's taken some notes from Darkseid that anyone who works in Arachnos acknowledges him as their superior, no if's and no but's. And there's no point in trying to be deceitful and manipulative since Lord Recluse will see that coming before they could initiate it.
• Will never, ever be in the same room as the Red Skull or The Major. Any time Herr Schmidt or The Major comes personally to a meeting, expect Richter's chair to be empty. Lord Recluse hates Nazis and has made it clear any one of them in his vicinity will be slaughtered on the spot.

Ranking Member - Teridax

Teridax, God of Subjugating Beings of Immense Power (Makuta Teridax, Master of Shadows, Makuta, the Makuta, the Makuta of Metru Nui, Terry)

^{Possessing the Great Spirit Robot}

• Greater God (Lesser God as free-floating Antidermis, Overdeity while in control of the Great Spirit Robot)
• Symbol: The Kanohi Kraahkan, the Great Mask of Shadows
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Role: One of the Masterminds of the GUAE
• Known Council Numbers: 008, 016, 048, 056, 071, 092
• Goal: Rule the Matoran universe.
• A master manipulator and planner, Teridax has a talent for using everyone and anyone around him as Unwitting Pawns in his vastly complex strategies, something which he massively prefers over getting his own claws dirty. This is the main reason why The Founder specifically requested his entrance into the Council - this craftiness would be invaluable for them.
  • He is always careful to dispose of those pawns who might rise up against him once they have played their role in achieving victory for him. There is no point, after all, in risking his newfound supremacy.
• While he is most definitely pleased to have returned to the Pantheon for the sake of his influence and power, Teridax is looking forward to further time here for another reason: there are more mentally impressive beings to outwit. In essence, it will be a bigger challenge for him and so his victory will be all the sweeter, especially since he's looking forward to stealing their powers
  Teridax: “Your shadow plays are impressive, tyrant – but never forget who is the true master of shadows.”
• He recently discovered the game known as 'Diplomacy' and, having heard of the somewhat legendary match held between members of the House of Betrayal, now wants to set up a game amongst the numerous Chessmasters in the Council. Whether this is to gain an insight into their thinking or actually for personal enjoyment is unknown.

Ranking Member - Johan Liebert

Johan Liebert, God of Sociopathy and Mind Control Without Superpowers (Johann Liebert, Franz Heinau, Michael Reichmann, Erich Springer, The Antichrist, The Monster, The Next Hitler)

• Demigod (though his Mind Rape powers rival those of an Overdeity)
• Symbol: No definitive one, but can range from "The Monster With No Name" by Franz Bonaparta to images of the Antichrist
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Why? Just because.)
• Role: Co-Head of GUAE's Liebertarian Movement, and the Shadow Councillor of Corruption
• Known Council Numbers: 003, 012, 037, 045, 058, 072, 080
• Goals: Commit a perfect suicide, ruin the lives of Kenzo Tenma and his sister Anna.
• The most feared councillor. Period. As a member of the Four Horsemen and the Council's liaison to the Grand United Alliance of Evil, anyone who's not a Greater God or Overdeity feels very uncomfortable in his presence. Perhaps the reason why the Council has been getting a bad rap as an evil-aligned body by those who know about it since he carries the entire package. A corrupter in every sense of the word, he embodies the worst of the Council's aspects and in turn is either respected or reviled by its members, especially those from the Grand United Alliance of Good.
• A secretary who declined to be named secretly taped the instances of Johan 'kindly' lecturing the more impertinent councillors. From recovered tapes, Johan seems quite an avid listener during speeches and taps a glass of vintage wine whenever he wishes to speak. Johan once commented on the Council's inability to manage the individual motivations of its members compared to the GUAE Liebertarian Movement which unified all its members goals into the political aspirations of 'Lieberty', eternal suffering and despair. No one dares to cross him since as one of Melkor's Horsemen, he could easily Unperson any of them through his subordinates.

Revolver Ocelot

Revolver Ocelot, God of Magnificent Bastardry (Shalashaska, Major Ocelot, Liquid Ocelot, Adamska)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: A Revolver.
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil NOT! More of a brand of Chaotic Neutral
• Role:
• Formerly the High Priest of Xanatos and Patron Saint of Assassins, he attained divinity by betraying him to Azula. Plans to betray Azula right back when the opportunity arises. It worked, by using the involvement of Nerissa.
• Is a lot more powerful than he lets on.
• Once entered a contest Aizen over who is a better strategist. It is still ongoing after 200 rounds.

Hannibal Lecter

Hannibal Lecter, God of Ruining Interrogations and Villainous Drinking (The Cannibal, The Cemetary Mink)

• Demigods, with some moments of Lesser
• Symbol: The Duomo, seen from the Belvedere.
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Role:

The Spy

The Spy, God of Double-Reverse-Quadruple Agents (SPAH, SHPEE, Dime-a-Dozen-Backstabbing Scumbag, Frenchie, Shapeshifting Rat, Two-Faced Mongrel, Tom Jones)

• Demigod
• Symbol: A butterfly knife in a circle.
• Alignment: As indeterminable as his loyalty.
• Role: Councillor of Infiltration
• Known Council Numbers: [DATA EXPUNGED]

Varys

Varys, God of Knowledge Brokers (Lord Varys, The King's Spider, The Eunuch, The Spider, "Rugen", Lord Eunuch, Undergaoler)

• Demigod
• Symbol: None that he has chosen himself, although others apply a Spider to him.
• Alignment: Lawful... something.
• Role: Councillor of Whisperers
• Known Council Numbers: 010, 034, 058, 062, 096
• Goal: [DATA EXPUNGED]. Officially, it's to "serve the realm"

Committee for Science and Technology

Vice Chairman - Hari Seldon

Hari Seldon, God of Prediction Through Analysis

• Greater God
• Symbol: A Scientific Calculator, the Time Vault
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Numbers
• Known Council Numbers: 003, 006, 016, 036, 041, 057, 089, 099
• Hari Seldon has actually been dead for thousands of years, but actively participates in the Council of Shadows with sufficiently shadowed prerecorded hologram messages. He predicted this "secret" council for decades before the Pantheon even existed and even claims to know the identity of the mysterious founder and has one thing to say. One thing only! It's not any of them.
  • Considering how often The Tape Knew You Would Say That Hari Seldon apparently deduced to the letter the events and words spoken at every meeting of the Council of Shadows years in advance.
• Runs the Council's top-securitybank accounts and prevents financial fraud by its members. It's happened before. When former Councillor [REDACTED] tried siphoning ██████ in American dollars before being offed temporarily by Deathstroke (no longer in the Council) on Seldon's recorded orders. Before that Batman was put in charge of running financial matters to keep him out of the way of the Council's more morally dubious planning meetings. Seldon actually volunteered to replace him in this regard.
  • Would like to be put in charge of more scientific operation, but that's hard when you're not really there.
• For all of his good work so far, Seldon does have one Achilles' Heel. The increasing ascensions and removals to and from the Pantheon have deteriorated the quality of his messages. More recent (supposedly) pre-recorded holograms of Hari Seldon still converse as if Azula was still on the Council. This inaccuracy has yet to significantly affect his participation in the meetings...so far.
• As a series of recorded messages, Hari Seldon is entirely immune from several other councillors' powers and abilities including Light Yagami’s Death Note and Lelouch vi Britannia’s Geass. Any councillor who hates him can't do anything since he's technically dead. At worst all the offender could do is cut off electricity to the meeting room but that would make everyone hate him since that also cuts off the Wi-Fi. Seldon planned this well.

Ranking Member - Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan

Jonathan "Jon" Osterman, Divine Winner of the Superpower Lottery

• Overdeity
• Symbol: The atom on his forehead
• Alignment: True Neutral (formerly Neutral Good), likely returned to Neutral Good at the end of Doomsday Clock
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Science
• Known Council Numbers: 009, 016, 033, 058, 071
• Goal: [REDACTED]
• Dr. Manhattan was elected to the Council for masterminding one of the most expansive plans in all of fiction: causing the much-maligned New 52 reboot to see how Superman would change as a result. Dr. Manhattan would commit many heinous acts to keep this secret until the time came, including the [extermination of the Crime Syndicate, killing Pandora and saving Superman's father from death. And all of this was done as a member of the Council.
• Completely neutral in the Alliance War and seems nonchalant at the moral dubiousness rampant throughout the Council, only stopping to greet Batman sometimes. Eliciting a reaction from him, however mild provokes reactions of surprise or complete fear. Understandable, considering what he's capable of...
  • Since he's been brought back to the cause of good by Superman, he's edged ever so slightly to the good-aligned members of the Council.
• As a Reality Warper able to withstand all physical attacks (even killing Metron!) everyone but Tzeentch doesn't dare to rebuke him whenever he presents insight on important matters.

Ranking Members - O5 Council

The O5 Council^membersO5-1, O5-2, O5-3, O5-4, O5-5, O5-6, O5-7, O5-8, O5-9, O5-10, O5-11, O5-12, O5-13, The Administrator, Overseers of the SCP Foundation (Nicknames: see here)

Possible logo

• Rank: Unknown, but run an Overdeity level organization.
• Symbol: The motto "To Secure, Contain, and Protect" and their official pointed-circle logo.
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral.
• Role: [REDACTED]
• Known Council Numbers: [DATA EXPUNGED]
• Goal: Contain paranormal threats and protect the human race.
• An incredibly secretive group even by the Council of Shadows’ standards, the O5 run the group known as the SCP Foundation, an N.G.O. Superpower and Organization with Unlimited Funding Desiring to contain paranormal threats and protect the human race.
• No-one knows the identities of the O5, not even most SCP personnel know who’s in charge, as such they were considered perfect for the Council of Shadows due to their secretive nature.

Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Father, God of Homunculi (Homunculus, The Dwarf in the Flask, Philosopher of the East, The Good Gentleman, Bearded Bastard [by Edward Elric], Our Father [by his offspring])

^{Click here to see his shadow form}

^{Click here to see his perfect form}

• Greater God (Overdeity with the souls of Amestris via the Nationwide Transmutation Circle)
• Symbol: His True Form: A Smiling One-eyed Black Circle◊
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Creation
• Known Council Numbers: 002, 012, 033, 054
• Goal: Kill all humans in Amestris and become god of his universe(s) after eliminating The Truth
• Sought the knowledge necessary to surpass The Truth and be able to act freely without having to worry about Hijacking Cthulhu. Melkor referred him to the Council as his liaison after learning of several new alliances created to oppose Father personally. When the Dwarf in the Flask announced his presence, the Council knew that their plans were about to enter a new stage. Father asserts that he is NOT acting in Melkor's name and that any councillor who assumes otherwise will have their soul removed so many times that soulless wouldn't even be able to describe them. They took his word for it.
  • He's actually here to increase the authority of his own group of followers, the Order of the Ouroboros which scooped up other factions, most infamously Team Rainbow Rocket. Giovanni was denied entry exactly for this reason.
• Very very silent during meetings, preferring to have an underling (usually Dante or King Bradley) speak on his behalf because he gets off on the councillors who don't know better thinking he's a sissy. The last time one of his plans was rebuked by councillor [REDACTED] he transformed him into hot oil and drank him. One of The Dreaded for the Council for reasons like this, and the wiser ones know he has a big plan in place which he probably only considers discussing with the inner circle, who share his wish to become Top God of his universe and defeat Truth who they see as one of the most difficult obstacles to their various plans succeeding.

Mesogog

Mesogog, God of Villainous Biology (Anton Mercer (formerly))

^Mesomonster

• Intermediate God
• Symbol: His dinosaur head.
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Role: Shadowmaster of biology.
• Known Council Numbers:
• Goal: Kill All Humans and repack them with dinosaurs.
• As the GUAE is the alliance with the most members in the council, Mesogog took to the C.o.S. to monitor and discuss Melkor and his group while remaining anonymous.
• As an Evilutionist, Mesogog acts as a representative for the house of Science, telling the Council of every plan and experiment going on in the laboratories of the house and planning accordingly.

Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein, God of Mad Scientists (The Modern Prometheus, The Man Who Made The Monster)

• Demigod
• Symbol: A collection of chemical instruments or the table where he made his infamous monster.
• Alignment: True Neutral in the Pantheon. Popularly portrayed as Chaotic Neutral or Chaotic Evil.
• Role:

Weirdness Committee

Vice Chairman - Evolto/Blood Stalk/Kamen Rider Evol

Evolto, God of Needing Others to Get Stronger and Creating the Hero (Evolt, Soichi Isurugi, Blood Stalk, Kamen Rider Evol, Masakuni Mido)

Evol Cobra Form (Phase 1)

^{Click here to see Evolto as Blood Stalk}

^{Click here to see Evolto's true form}

• Greater God, Lesser as Blood Stalk, borderline Overdeity in his complete form
• Symbol: The Kamen Rider Evol◊ emblem. Alternatively, the Blood Stalk◊ emblem
• Alignment: Neutral Evil, possibly Chaotic Neutral in his tamer moments or when teaming up with the heroes
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Death
• Known Council Numbers: 006, 012, 036, 068
• Goal: Wipe out all life in his universe leaving only himself to create a "new world"
• Evolto joined the Council after Kane was ousted as leader of the GUAE Corruption Agents. Reportedly received the role after Kane offered him a cup of coffee and a sealed envelope with reasons for stepping down and directions to the main Council chamber. When he arrived he proudly announced that Kane was taking a permanent leave of absence to handle 'personal matters' and that he would be taking over as their Grim Reaper. All groaned at this except Tzeentch who just sneered maliciously at him.
• Prepares coffee for every member of the Council before each meeting, whether they want it or not. Being an alien who only pretended to be a café owner, his coffee is terrible. Most have learnt to just nod appreciatively and stealthily substitute an identical cup full of anything else. Those that openly question Evolto's taste in ingredients either get a shrug or getting sucked into a black hole.
• Just as lax about security as Bill Cipher, joking openly about other classified plans. The Council has tasked him with destroying worlds from [DATA EXPUNGED] and seizing his universe's version of Pandora's Box. His activities log remains full.

Madara Uchiha

Madara Uchiha, God of Exaggerated Story Expectations (Ghost of the Uchiha, Second Six Paths, Savior of this World)

^{Click here to see him as the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki}

• Greater God (Overdeity upon becoming the Ten Tails Jinchuriki)
• Symbol: His Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan◊ or his Gunbai
• Alignment: Neutral Evil with Chaotic Evil tendencies
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Pride
• Known Council Numbers: 005, 034, 067
• Goal: Find an alternate method to conquer (or "save") the Ninja World and resurrect the Uchiha Clan.
• Joined the Council due to being obsessed about his goals and to find an alternative to seeking out good fights. Pride being his representing nature is evident, thanks to Madara's boisterous talks and quips about how powerful and reputable he is.
• Despite his villainy, his long-term goals do sound somewhat benevolent, although it may not be for the best. Still, most Council members stay out of talking about Madara as it's his feelings for his loved ones that triggered his power (and corruption). He's also a lot more subdued when in the Council, only speaking when he finds a window of opportunity to express his wishes. Still, he manages to retain some level of exaggeration in his tone.
• Contrary to popular belief, he does not want to initiate the Infinite Tsukuyomi. After figuring out that the technique was meant to convert the captured into White Zetsus, Madara realized this didn't align with what he truly wants. He's taken to further researching and experimenting on what can be done to bring what he call "true peace" to civilization. He and Regime Superman get along very well thanks to their cynicism, with Madara also using the Council to provide for the fallen Man of Steel.
• As a countermeasure, Madara will often send out a clone to attend the Council if he feels like he'd want to go fight someone. Or just as a way to Troll the attending members.

Gill

Gill, God of Color Specific Elements (Lord and Emperor of the Illuminati, The Savior of Humanity, The Dark Messiah)

• Intermediate God
• Symbol: The All-Seeing Eye of The Illuminati.
• Alignment: True Neutral.
• Role: Liaison to The Illuminati.
• Known Council Numbers:
• Goal: Create a utopia for who he deems worthy before the "apocalypse".

Queen Chrysalis

Queen Chrysalis, Goddess of Impersonation (Changeling Queen, "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza")

• Intermediate Goddess
• Symbol: A twisted black unicorn horn surrounded with a Sickly Green Glow
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Shape
• Known Council Numbers: 023, 046, 079
• Goal: Conquer Equestria with Tirek and Cozy Glow and personally defeat Starlight Glimmer.
• One of the few deities to successfully infiltrate the Council's meetings a few times. Of course, given what it is, the Council might actually be aware of this (since the Spy, who employs similar methods, is part of the Council already) and are making sure she only gets in because they let her.
• Doesn't really involve herself in Council matters unless it directly benefits her and/or the triumvirate alliance she has with Tirek and Cozy Glow.

Emperor Norton I

Joshua Abraham Norton, God of Dissonant Madness (Emperor Norton, Norton I)

• Demigod (insists he be called Emperor)
• Symbol: His hat (Death loves it!)
• Alignment: Chaotic Good (HEAVY on the Chaotic)
• Role: Councillor of Edicts
• Known Council Numbers: 003, 018, 037, 049
• Goal: To be legally made Emperor of the United States
• The Council of Cuckooland was actually a front for the Council of Shadows all along! (Of course it was.) After the COS grew tired of that group given that the Paranoiac who suggested it as a front, the mastermind behind the effort, Councillor [REDACTED] was taken to task and removed from the Council for his misstep. And the one to replace him would be none other than Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico himself, Emperor Norton I!
  • Refused point-blank to become an official Councillor until Emperor Palpatine officially declared him an Emperor
• An eccentric
• Newspapers one day announced that he made his arrival, and he was entered with a fanfare as he made a position in this house. Ayumu was prepared to give up the title of Leader here, but Norton declined. He just wants to be Emperor, nothing more.
• While most of the council have crazy and wacky ways to clear disputes, Norton's is the most sane...just stand inbetween the feuding parties and pray. This is enough to make people realize their actions and walk off.

Committee for Political Affairs

Vice Chairman - Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious

Sheev Palpatine, God of The Empire and The Dark Side (Senator Palpatine, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, High Chancellor Palpatine, Darth Sidious, The Emperor, My Emperor, Master, Your Majesty, His Imperial Highness, Speaker D, D The Superior, The Senate, Frank, Too Weak, Alright, Evil, Palps, Palpy)

• Greater God
• Symbol: The Sith Insignia
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Role:
• Known Council Numbers: 002, 003, 005, 006, 009.
• Goal: Reconquer the Star Wars galaxy, gain absolute power over the Force, and conquer everything he can.
• Joined the Shadow Council partly out of his absolute love of being a Manipulative Bastard, but primarily in hopes of outscheming and taking over the Grand United Alliance of Evil from Melkor. He respects him but feels he is a superior commander of the GUAE.

The Five Elders

The Five Elders, Divine Quintet of Villainous Reactionaries (Heads of the World Government, the Gorosei)

• Greater Gods
• Symbol: The flag of the World Government, and The Empty Throne^note except not
• Alignment: Lawful Evil (claim they're Lawful Neutral)
• Known Council Numbers: [REDACTED]
• Role:

Ranking Member - Victor von Doom/Dr. Doom

Victor von Doom, God of Villainous Decoys (Doctor Doom, The Apprentice, Infamous Iron Man)

• Greater God
• Symbol: The Latverian Flag
• Alignment: Lawful Evil with shades of Good. Neutral Good after the Heel–Face Turn.
• Role: Ruler of Latveria, Member of the GUAL Ministry Of The World
• Known Council Numbers:
• Goal: Take Over the World, and then save his mother from Mephisto.
• Littfinger wants to work with him to use his technology and magical knowledge to take over the Seven Kingdoms. Doctor Doom refuses to work with him on principal. Finding nothing to be gained from a medieval world, and not particularly caring for chaos anyways. Especially when he works for the GUAL.

T'Challa/Black Panther

Amanda Waller

Amanda Waller, Goddess of Boxed Crooks and Strong Black Females ("The Wall")

• Lesser Goddess
• Symbol: Belle Reve Prison.
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral with some Lawful Evil tendencies
• Role:

Tywin Lannister

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, God of Landslide Elections (The 32nd President Of The United States Of America, FDR, The Sphinx, That Man in the White House)

Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 11 1945, the day before his passing

• Quasideity
• Symbol: A radio with the presidential seal of approval
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Role:
• Known Council Numbers:

Underworld Committee

Vice Chairman - Bruce Wayne/Batman

Bruce Thomas Wayne, God of Heroes Who Fight in the Shadows (Batman, Bee Gee, The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, The Darknight Detective, Crazy Steve, The Goddamn Batman, The World's Greatest Detective, The Son of Gotham, The Spirit Of Justice, Ninja Batman, Batdick, Insider, Robin, Atmahn, Hei an Wushuh, God of Knowledge, Detective Hawke, Paul Grant, Black Pirate, Frank Dixon, Jack Shaw, Matches Malone)

^{The Hellbat Armor}

• Intermediate God (Greater God when donning the Hellbat or the Final Batsuit)
• Symbol: One of his Bat-emblems or The Bat Signal
• Alignment: Lawful Good (and every other alignment at some point)
• Role: Shadow Councillor of Heroes
• Known Council Numbers: [DATA EXPUNGED]
• Goal: Rid Gotham City of crime and defeat his enemies without killing them
• What better than for the most Crazy-Prepared deity in the Pantheon to join the Council?
• Keeps a special notebook he wrote that describes in detail how to take down every other god and goddess in the pantheon should they ever become Fallen. He's impossible to defeat as Batman can figure out how to destroy any being in the universe as long as he has time to prepare. Spends his not-preparing-time mentoring Shikamaru Nara, and as a result has gained the names and faces of all those members of the Council of Shadows.
• Is rather pleased he no longer has to play Bat-Mailman since his latest charge ascended, but still must deal with Temari sometimes to get said charge motivated. If there was a woman that ever did fit "troublesome"...
• Some theorize that Batman joined the Council to keep an eye on them and stop them if he needs to. Others think that he just wants to eventually betray them and take them down along with the rest of the pantheon...

Ranking Member - Donquixote Doflamingo

Donquixote Doflamingo, God of Fashionable Feathers (Joker, Heavenly Demon, Doffy)

• Intermediate God (Greater God through Devil Fruit Awakening)
• Symbol: The Donquixote Pirates' Smiley Jolly Roger. Alternatively, his sunglasses.
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Role:
• A very influential underworld broker, it's not a surprise that Donquixote Doflamingo would have ties with the Council.
• Can physically manipulate Gods ranked Lesser or lower by attaching strings to their bodies, turning them into literal puppets.
• Doflamingo wants to spread war and chaos around the world by supplying nations with all sorts of weapons just for the sake of his New Age, where only the strongest survive. There may be other hidden motives behind his actions, but no one exactly knows for sure.
• There are rumors that he started making deals with some of the Grand Alliances for Devil Fruits, using his position as a measly Costume God to avoid suspicion.
  • Apparently, he has managed to set up a factory of artificial Devil Fruits somewhere in the Pantheon. Its location is currently unknown.

Ranking Member - Renya Karasuma

Renya Karasuma, Leader of the Divine Syndicate of Secretive Assassinations (That Person, Him, The Boss)

His silhouette

• Lesser God (or so he claims)
• Symbol: His faceless silhouette, or a crow
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Role: Councillor of Immortality (supposedly)
• Known Council Numbers: 009, 012, 037, 096
• Goal: Possibly to achieve immortality or to revive the dead.
• Formerly a passive observer, Renya Karasuma took David Xanatos' seat on the Council when he had to take a temporary leave of absence from the Pantheon. Ano Kata promises to keep the seat warm for his predecessor but in the meantime is planning to bolster his organization's power with his newfound authority. With the Black Organization's sudden upswing in criminal influence, the Council of Shadows is glad to have their leader as an ally.
• Never appears in Council meetings personally, opting to let one of his agents attend in his place (no agent named in-series has ever attended a Council meeting, even Rum or Gin). Some councillors have theorized that Karasuma may not even be alive at all (since he is over 140 in age), and that whoever is in the Council is an imposter (if the real Karasuma is dead), a successor (if Karasuma is a codename or title) or like Hari Seldon (a series of highly accurate recordings). Probably for the best anyway, since he tends to be overly cautious according to Vermouth.
  • Speaking of Vermouth, she is especially barred from attending meetings despite being Ano Kata's favourite due to the infamous mandate surrounding Conan's identity as Shinichi Kudo. The Boss knows nothing about it and the good-aligned Councillors want to keep it that way.
• Is only ever referred to as Ano Kata or "That Person" during council meetings. The last councillor to refer to him by name was last seen [DATA EXPUNGED] and has mysteriously gone missing. His or her body along with ███ other test subjects was one of the victims of APTX-4869. He runs criminal operations for the Council with Councillor Moriarty's advice. The nature of said operations has not been established but it is apparent that it has a lot to do with attaining immortality or raising the dead.
• Several dummy corporations in the House of Commerce specializing in pharmaceuticals have been traced back to him or another deity working for him. Most of the research undertaken by these companies involves creating sister poisons to the prototype APTX-4869 suitable for higher-ranked deities. It is unknown how far the Council is involved in this and how it will benefit them.

Blackbeard

Edward Teach, God of Pirates With Beard Motifs (Blackbeard, Edward Thatch, Marshall D. Teach, Rider, The Pirate All Pirates Fear)

Historical depiction of Blackbeard

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• Intermediate God
• Symbol: His beard, with smoldering incense in it
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil by most estimations, and that's how he wants it
• Role:
• Known Council Numbers:
• Goal:

Light Yagami

Light Yagami, God of Improbable Strategy (Kira, The First Kira, Light Asahi, L, The Second L, L-Kira, Raito Yagami, God, Light God, Moon God, Lord Kira, Light Turner)

• Lesser God, Demigod without his Death Note
• Symbol: His Death Note
• Alignment: Lawful Evil, devolving to Neutral Evil
• Role: Chief eliminator of unwanted crime, kills such anomalies with Death Note
• Known Council Numbers: 006, 012, 038, 046, 071
• Goal: Rid his world of crime and become its god, eliminate the Shinigami race and seize control of all Death Notes if possible
• Was inducted into the Council by Planning denizen David Xanatos (no longer in the Pantheon) after he almost usurped the authority of the Main House during [DATA EXPUNGED]. Xanatos offered him a chance to learn from planners and orchestrators in order to shake off the bad reputation he has in the Pantheon. Suffice to say, while Light has accepted the offer, his personality hasn't changed all that much. Even after serving as a long-time councillor he still nurses godly ambitions which he has neither the temperament nor the humility for.
• Is handed a small list of names every meeting to write down in the Death Note. Some are real and some aren't, mostly to give the illusion that he serves a purpose. The Council doesn't trust him enough to carry out their most high-profile murders. Even if Light does his job well he isn't a following orders type of person, and while intelligent, hasn't adapted well to the nature of the Pantheon despite being one of the Council's longest serving members. This has begun to change ever since Minoru Tanaka became yet another Kira and actually managed to evade capture (by humans anyway). Light has since been put in charge of handpicking potential Death Note users alongside [REDACTED] for the purposes of gaining control over DN's shinigami race.
• Either appears in person or has Teru Mikami or Ryuk attend in his place. The councillors love it when Ryuk attends because he always brings delicious apples for them. Ryuk does this so they make him or a fellow shinigami a full-fledged member of the Council when Light inevitably gets bumped off. When Light does appear in person, he remains silent in meetings for fear of embarrassing himself. He still remembers the dressing down he received from Councillor [REDACTED] after an outburst on his fifth Council meeting:
  [REDACTED]: You may be a prodigy who killed your world's greatest detective, but when outmaneuvered most of us know to accept defeat. When you are outmaneuvered you become a shrieking whiny child. You talk a big game but you are nothing without that Death Note. Nothing.
• Despite humbling in the period since he joined the Council Light's goal to become god of his world and subvert the Council's authority altogether still remains. He is using the operation under his command to eventually surpass the Shinigami King and be able to use his Death Note however he wants. The Council has made plans for this and hopes to profit should Light's plans succeed. He is aware of this and as a member of the Grand United Alliance of Law, hopes to receive support from both so he can at least rule his universe unchallenged except by YHVH and the Council. He actually hopes to eliminate them as well but enjoys their company for the time being.

Hannibal Lecter

Hannibal Lecter, God of Ruining Interrogations and Villainous Drinking (Hannibal the Cannibal, The Cemetary Mink, The Chesapeake Ripper, Il Mostro)

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• Demigods, with some moments of Lesser
• Symbol: The Duomo, seen from the Belvedere.
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Role:

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