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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: He and his Zealots attacks all three Sanctums that the Masters of the Mystic Arts are sworn to protect. [[spoiler:The London and Hong Kong Sanctums quickly fall to his assault, and the New York Sanctum is heavily damaged.]]
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*AdaptationNameChange: Partial. In the comics, his surname is Aster.
*DemotedToExtra: He was the main villain of 4 issues of an ''Annual'' for each of the comics version of The Defenders in 1992. In the MCU, he's demoted to a mook.
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* SecondaryColorNemesis: In contrast to Stephen Strange's PrimaryColorChampion, Kaecilius wears an orange gi and after making his [[DealWithTheDevil magical contract with Dormammu]], he gains BlackEyesOfEvil that reflect [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow green]].
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!! ''Dormammu''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Iván Muelas (European Spanish dub)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''
-->''"Your world is now ''my'' world. Like ''all'' worlds."''
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* AchillesHeel: He lives in a reality where time doesn't really exist. As a result, [[spoiler:being trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop by Strange]] is something so utterly alien to him, he can't escape it despite his godlike powers.
* AdaptedOut: Dormammu doesn't have the Mindless Ones under his command as he did in the comics (though the Zealots' final form serves as a MythologyGag to the group), nor is Mordo his understudy (Kaecilius instead takes the role).
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In a way; in the comics, Dormammu's appearance had his face wreathed in orange flame, while in the film, his colour scheme is predominantly purple.
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Dormammu ends up ''pleading'' with Strange to break the time-loop and free him.]]
* AssimilationPlot: What Kaecilius describes his scheme to be like:
-->'''Kaecilius:''' All will be united in One...
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The pupil of his eye is several times larger than Strange's entire body. Naturally, from Strange's vantage point all we see of him is his head, which is probably well over fifty feet tall on its own.
* BadassBoast: His ''[[IncomingHam first line]]'' serves as one.
-->'''Strange:''' Dormammu! I've come to bargain!\\
'''Dormammu:''' You've come to ''die''.
* CompositeCharacter: He is called a "devourer of worlds" (which he was never called in the comics) and his color scheme is purple (rather than his usual red and orange), just like Galactus.
* CurbStompBattle: Is on the giving of this against Doctor Strange, ''multiple times''.
* DarkIsEvil: Master of the Dark Dimension, and the appearance he shows to Strange takes the form of a purple, flaming face, both fitting Dormammu's overall malevolence.
* DealWithTheDevil: Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:the godlike EldritchAbomination is on the ''[[DidYouJustScamCthulhu receiving]]'' end of it, courtesy of Strange's GroundhogDayLoop gambit.]]
* DimensionLord: Rules over the Dark Dimension.
* EarlyBirdCameo: When the Ancient One sends Strange on his first trip across the multiverse, the future sorcerer comes face to face with a giant eye. It's Dormammu's.
* EldritchAbomination: Immortal, indestructible, feeds on entire universes. His face is constantly rippling vertically, he has IcyBlueEyes, his head is partially WreathedInFlames (psychedelic flames, at that), and he also has the VoiceOfTheLegion.
* EldritchLocation: His Dark Dimension, a purple nebula-esque land of spheres connected by strange bows of matter.
* EvilSoundsDeep: ''Very'' deep. His voice actor isn't credited, but according to the director, Dormammu's voice was provided by the famously deep-voiced Benedict Cumberbatch himself, blended with the "very deep voice" of... someone else.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/10/26/13-coolest-doctor-strange-easter-eggs-references-and-trivia?page=2 Reportedly,]] that face we see is less Dormammu's actual face than his way of communicating with Strange.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the one who Kaecilus is working for but due to the sanctum barriers preventing him from coming to Earth, Kaecilus is the one leading the story. He does appear at the very end when Doctor Strange meets him but was otherwise uninvolved with the EvilPlan.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Strange defeats him by locking him in one until he surrenders. Since the very concept of time is relatively foreign to him, Dormammu has a somewhat DelayedReaction when the loop first repeats.
-->'''Dormammu:''' ''[repeating BadassBoast]'' You've come to die. Your world is now my world... What? What is this, an illusion?
* HopelessBossFight: Way, ''way'' beyond Strange's capability to defeat, and they both know it.
* HotBlooded: Very quick to get angry and annoyed with Strange.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[WordOfGod According to the director,]] on the subject of Benedict Cumberbatch performing Dormammu's motion-capture:
-->'''Scott Derrickson:''' I also wrote that role to be a kind of ultra-inflated version of Strange. He is an ego run amok; he is this cosmic conqueror where everything, where literally everything in the multi-verse is about him.
* TheManBehindTheMan: It turns out that Kaecilius' plan was to allow Dormammu to be unleashed on Earth.
* MirrorMatch: An interesting in-universe and meta case. Cumberbatch playing Dormammu in motion-capture pretty much spelled this when he was finally given credit. In-universe, [[spoiler:Dormammu takes on a rough form of Strange's face since he doesn't have a form of his own in his realm, making him a ThresholdGuardian since his defeat at Strange's hands led directly to Strange finishing his CharacterArc.]]
* MultiversalConqueror: He routinely conquers and absorbs entire universes.
* MythologyGag:
** The fact that the Ancient One [[spoiler:drew her power from the Dark Dimension]] (as did Strange, ''almost'') seems to reference the fact that Strange in the comics also [[spoiler:called upon Dormammu's name]] for some of his spells, but he was unaware of who or what he was really channeling.
** The symbol used to invoke him bears a passing resemblance to his comic version's HighCollarOfDoom.
* PlaceBeyondTime: The Dark Dimension, where he lives. [[spoiler:Exploited by Strange, as he gets tired of killing Strange over and over faster than Strange gets tired of dying, and since he has no idea how time works, he can't find loopholes or pull himself out of the time flow like his followers did earlier.]]
* PowerfulAndHelpless: Dormammu could consume our universe with ease and was in the process of doing so when Doctor Strange confronts him. Strange realises that [[spoiler:for all his infinite power, Dormammu has no control over time (which doesn't exist in his domain). Strange defeats him by bringing time to the Dark Dimension via the Eye of Agamotto and locking them both in a GroundhogDayLoop where all he can do is kill Strange repeatedly for all eternity. This effectively makes Dormammu a helpless prisoner in his own dimension until he accepts Strange's request to leave Earth alone.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Extremely powerful and very purple.
* RageQuit: Gives up on the SealedEvilInADuel business out of frustration when he realizes Strange won't let him win and just lets Strange name his terms.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: His realm is beyond time. [[spoiler:So Strange traps him in a time loop, and dies over and over to Dormammu's increasing frustration.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler:He repeatedly kills Strange in a variety of brutal and inventive ways, many of which were out of frustration with being trapped in Strange's time-loop.]]
* SealedEvilInADuel: Briefly gets trapped in an endless duel with Strange, thanks to [[spoiler:the Eye of Agamotto locking the two in a GroundhogDayLoop.]] Ultimately, he gets annoyed and agrees to Strange's terms.
* ThresholdGuardian: His RageQuit cemented Strange's acceptance as a protector of the Earth from mystical threats and completed his evolution over the course of the film. Also, as mentioned several times, Dormammu wasn't overwhelmed by sheer force, but talked out of fighting, heralding Strange's maturity.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch and an unknown voice actor.
* WalkingSpoiler: While anyone familiar with the comics would guess his involvement, casual viewers couldn't know, and his presence wasn't even mentioned before the movie came out.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: A variant of it. According to WordOfGod, Dormammu doesn't have a physical form in the Dark Dimension, so [[spoiler:for the final battle with Strange, when he's played by Benedict Cumberbatch, it is meant to be taken as a sort of MirrorMatch since the Dread One sees Strange as beneath him.]]
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!! ''Master Kaecilius''
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-->''"The world is not what it ought to be. Humanity longs for the eternal, for a world beyond time, because time is what enslaves us. Time is an insult. Death is an insult. Doctor, We don't seek to rule this world... We seek to save it."''
A master of the Mystic Arts who broke away from the Ancient One to form his own following of Zealots, which puts him at odds with Stephen Strange.
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: He was a disciple of the Ancient One until he decided to use his powers for evil.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Kaecilius was a mere minion of Baron Mordo. Here, he's a major threat, acting as a herald and servant for Dormammu capable of [[spoiler:killing the Ancient One]].
* AffablyEvil: He's very civil and polite to Strange, even asking for his name and addressing him respectfully. He's also cordial to his former comrades from Kamar-Taj. When he's not killing them, that is.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:His final fate; assimilated into the Dark Dimension as a mindless, deformed extension of Dormammu.]]
* AntiVillain: His intentions aren't ''villainous'' per se and he sounds sincere when he says that "time is the enemy" and he wants everyone to be immortal, but he's definitely not a heroic figure.
* AscendedExtra: He's an ''extremely'' minor character in the comics, and is much more prominent in the movie.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Leader of the Zealots and their most dangerous member, even managing to [[spoiler:kill the Ancient One.]]
* BadBoss: He doesn't particularly care much for the wellbeing of his fellow Zealots, watching them die in droves against the Ancient One, with little effort made to rescue or even help them. He's even willing to kill his own followers just to get a shot at the Ancient One. A deleted scene even has him kill one of the Zealots for failing to draw power from the Dark Dimension.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the end, he and his followers got exactly what they wanted - eternal life. [[spoiler:Eternal life as deformed, mindless slaves to Dormammu.]]
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''Doctor Strange''. Except that he's merely a servant of [[TheManBehindTheMan Dormammu]].
* BigNo: He yells this during the climax when Strange traps him in a wall before going to face Dormammu.
* CombatPragmatist: Coupled with BadBoss tendencies, he seems to recognize that even with his heightened powers (courtesy of Dormammu) he still may not be a match for the Ancient One, and so instead [[spoiler:sacrifices one of his few remaining followers to get a winning stab in rather than fight her one-on-one.]] His followers may be of the same mindset as none of them seem to take issue with this action.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At one point, he mistakenly believes that Stephen Strange's name is "Mister Doctor". ItMakesSenseInContext--see below.
* TheComicallySerious: He's serious, but has some lighthearted moments such as calling Stephen "Mister Doctor" and his general puzzlement over Stephen's antics while trying to fight him.
* CompositeCharacter: He's an amalgamation of many Doctor Strange villains from the comics. His desire for eternal life matches that of Alaric, and he resembles the comic book iteration of Mordo in that he is a former student of the Ancient One and Dormammu's follower. His appearance after being [[spoiler:absorbed by the Dark Dimension closely mimics that of a Mindless One.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Kaecilius draws his power from the Dark Dimension, and while he's an AntiVillain, he's still quite evil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally, such as in his first encounter with Strange.
--> '''Kaecilius:''' How long have you been at Kamar-Taj, Mister...?\\
'''Strange:''' "Doctor".\\
'''Kaecilius:''' Mister Doctor.\\
'''Strange:''' It's "Strange".\\
'''Kaecilius:''' Maybe. Who am I to judge?
* DecompositeCharacter: He bears more than a few similarities with the comic version of Mordo, being a former pupil of the Ancient One and a current disciple of Dormammu.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Part of the deal Strange makes to save the Earth from Dormammu is taking Kaecilius when he leaves, resulting in Kaecilius and his Zealots all being dragged off to the Dark Dimension.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His late wife and son [[spoiler:and his pain over their deaths is what fuels his actions throughout the film. A prequel comic shows his split from the Ancient One came when she refused to teach him magic to bring them back from the dead.]]
* EvilPlan: Destroy the shield generated by the Secret Sanctums in order to allow Dormammu into the human dimension, which will make everyone immortal.
* EvilSorcerer: His mastery of magic and his evil goal puts him into direct conflict with [[MagicalSociety Kamar-Taj]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: Kaecilius has a deep and villainous voice, courtesy of Creator/MadsMikkelsen.
* EyeScream: As Kaecilius and his followers get closer and closer to their dark goal, the areas around their eyes appear like dark purple craters in their faces.
* FaceHeelTurn: He broke away from the Ancient One to follow his own path for his evil purpose.
* FacialHorror: The purple scarring around his eyes.
* FallenHero: He was once a famous master of the Mystic Arts before breaking away and becoming an AntiVillain.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:He ends up trapped in the Dark Dimension at the film's conclusion.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Strange, in that they are very similar people - magically gifted, brilliant, bitter and far too willing to reach for power they aren't ready for/capable of understanding yet. This is a large part of why the Ancient One initially refuses to train Strange.
* FreudianExcuse: Losing his family is what drives him to seek out immortality at any cost.
* TheHeavy: He is not the head villain, that would be Dormammu, but he is the villain moving the plot along since Dormammu is locked out of Earth's dimension.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Takes this role compared to Doctor Strange, [[DecompositeCharacter as opposed to Mordo]]. In fact, the similarities between his arrogance and that of [[InsufferableGenius his successor]] plays a part in the Ancient One's initial refusal to teach the latter magic.
* HollywoodAtheist: A deleted scene has him discuss life and death with a priest, with Kaecilius' dialogue implying that he has forsaken any faith he had in God in favour of serving Dormammu.
*HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Seems to be his fate after he's transformed into a Mindless One.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kaecilius longs to bring about a world without death, but he has no problem with killing anyone who gets in his way, including his own followers.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Kaecilius seeks to bring the Dark Dimension to Earth to make everyone, himself included, immortal. [[spoiler:He gets his wish, at least for himself and his Zealots, but not in the way he probably expected.]]
* IronicEcho: Unknowingly echos Strange's line about people being "momentary speck[s] in an indifferent universe," [[NotSoDifferent which visibly disturbs Strange.]]
* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: In a meta sense. In the film Kaecilius's name is pronounced ''ky-see-lee-us'', instead of the traditional ''ky-kee-lee-us" with a hard c sound as in the Latin textbooks (which featured the real-life Lucius Caecilius Iucundus). However, Kaecilius IS a Kamar-Taj sorcerer, so it can easily be said that this is an alias he chooses to go by (like The Ancient One).
* ManlyTears: While explaining his motivations to Doctor Strange, he eventually breaks into tears as he describes the possibilities of merging Earth's realm with the Dark Dimension. It's the first clue we get that he seems to genuinely want to improve the lot of all humans... though he's still willing to kill a few dozen on the way.
* ObviouslyEvil: Even when he drives some valid points, Strange refuses to help him because a) he just killed someone and b) his dark-magic-corrupted face is clearly the one of a bad guy.
* OffWithHisHead: What he does to the Kamar-Taj librarian. He even arranges a basket to catch the head when it drops.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: A very promising Master of the Mystic Arts, he left Kamar-Taj violently, taking his Zealots with him.
* RealityWarper: After being empowered by Dormammu, Kaecilius gains the ability to manipulate reality to a limited degree, even outside of the Mirror Dimension. [[spoiler:In the Mirror Dimension itself, this ability is taken UpToEleven.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:It's implied he and his followers are transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: He can form his swords from little more than space and magical energy, making them transparent yet deadly.
* StartOfDarkness: His start is detailed in a prequel comic, where the Ancient One's refusal to teach him how to reunite with his dead wife and son drives him to darkness.
* TheStoic: Kaecilius rarely shows strong emotion. Even when describing his motives to Strange with tears in his eyes, his voice is calm and steady.
* StrawNihilist: Kaecilius believes that death renders life meaningless, and that the only way to achieve a meaningful existence is to become immortal via the Dark Dimension. For this reason, he has no problem killing people to serve his goals.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: How he justifies killing people. As far as he's concerned, a few lives here and there are a small price to pay to create a world free of death.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Unsuccessfully tries to recruit Strange.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The way he talks to Daniel Drumm gives the impression that this was true before he abandoned Kamar-Taj.
* WeaponOfChoice: Kaecilius tends to conjure [[RazorWind swords made of air]] during battle when not using other offensive magics.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is pretty simple: stop the effects of time on humanity. That way, we have all the time we need to gain wisdom, achieve our true potential, and no-one ever has to go through the loss of watching their family die ever again, as he did.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He shares little resemblance with his [[http://cmro.travis-starnes.com/images/characters/kaecilius_q.jpg original comic book counterpart]].
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[[folder:The Zealots]]
!! ''The Zealots''
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ScottAdkins, Zara Phythian, Katrina Durden, Alaa Safi, Dean Ridge
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''
The students of Kaecilius who split off from Kamar-Taj and joined him to form their own following, seduced by the power of the Dark Dimension.
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* AntiVillain: They follow their master's goals in that they believe their actions are for the greater good - assimilation into the Dark Dimension with eternal life for all.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: They were a whole group of disciples and students of the Ancient One, before following Kaecilius in his fall to the Dark Dimension's power.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: In their original party over a dozen strong, they fall left and right to the Ancient One's more advanced control of magic. But once Kaecilius raids the Sanctums with only two Zealots at a time, they are a more formidable force, easily wiping out two Sanctums [[spoiler:and killing the Ancient One]]. Justified, as at that point they've been granted power from the Dark Dimension, increasing their magical power.
* DarkActionGirl: Kaecillius has several female Zealots who follow him into combat.
* DarkIsEvil: Like Kaecilius, they draw power from the Dark Dimension, and serve their leader's villainous, albeit [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning]] goals.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:The surviving ones share in Kaecilius' fate of being dragged off to the Dark Dimension when Dormammu leaves as part of Strange's deal with him.]]
* DwindlingParty: Their numbers decrease over the course of the film as they are killed off by the Ancient One, Strange, or [[BadBoss Kaecilius]]. By the time they arrive in Hong Kong, there are only two Zealots left, aside from Kaecilius himself.
* EliteMook: Lucian gives Stephen his most brutal thrashing in the entire film, almost killing him.
* EyeScream: The Dark Dimension ritual burns and chars the skin around their eyes, giving them the same horrific appearance as Kaecilius. They don't seem bothered by it.
* KungFuWizard: They use SupernaturalMartialArts in tandem with their spellcasting abilities. Additionally, they also use magically-imbued weapons in combat.
* ObviouslyEvil: Kaecilius and his followers all have disturbing purple-black scars around their eyes. Strange even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by pointing out Dormammu ''can't'' be good if he puts nasty black decay around his followers' eyes.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: They broke off from the Kamar-Taj orthodoxy over a disagreement in how sorcery should be used.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: It's implied they [[spoiler:are transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: They can form their swords from little more than space and magical energy, making them transparent yet deadly.
* SuperpoweredMooks: Their main purpose in the story is to serve as Kaecilius' muscle, not much more.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The Ancient One, Mordo, and Kaecilius himself have no qualms about killing them, but after killing Lucian, Strange is quite shaken up, both because this is his first time taking a life and because of the Hippocratic Oath he swore as a doctor.
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[[folder:Dormammu]]
!! ''Dormammu''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mcu_dormammu.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You've come to die."'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BenedictCumberbatch (motion capture)
->'''Voiced by:''' Iván Muelas (European Spanish dub)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''
-->''"Your world is now ''my'' world. Like ''all'' worlds."''
An evil entity who rules Dark Dimension, and the scary GreaterScopeVillain of ''Doctor Strange''.
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* AchillesHeel: He lives in a reality where time doesn't really exist. As a result, [[spoiler:being trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop by Strange]] is something so utterly alien to him, he can't escape it despite his godlike powers.
* AdaptedOut: Dormammu doesn't have the Mindless Ones under his command as he did in the comics (though the Zealots' final form serves as a MythologyGag to the group), nor is Mordo his understudy (Kaecilius instead takes the role).
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In a way; in the comics, Dormammu's appearance had his face wreathed in orange flame, while in the film, his colour scheme is predominantly purple.
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Dormammu ends up ''pleading'' with Strange to break the time-loop and free him.]]
* AssimilationPlot: What Kaecilius describes his scheme to be like:
-->'''Kaecilius:''' All will be united in One...
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The pupil of his eye is several times larger than Strange's entire body. Naturally, from Strange's vantage point all we see of him is his head, which is probably well over fifty feet tall on its own.
* BadassBoast: His ''[[IncomingHam first line]]'' serves as one.
-->'''Strange:''' Dormammu! I've come to bargain!\\
'''Dormammu:''' You've come to ''die''.
* CompositeCharacter: He is called a "devourer of worlds" (which he was never called in the comics) and his color scheme is purple (rather than his usual red and orange), just like Galactus.
* CurbStompBattle: Is on the giving of this against Doctor Strange, ''multiple times''.
* DarkIsEvil: Master of the Dark Dimension, and the appearance he shows to Strange takes the form of a purple, flaming face, both fitting Dormammu's overall malevolence.
* DealWithTheDevil: Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:the godlike EldritchAbomination is on the ''[[DidYouJustScamCthulhu receiving]]'' end of it, courtesy of Strange's GroundhogDayLoop gambit.]]
* DimensionLord: Rules over the Dark Dimension.
* EarlyBirdCameo: When the Ancient One sends Strange on his first trip across the multiverse, the future sorcerer comes face to face with a giant eye. It's Dormammu's.
* EldritchAbomination: Immortal, indestructible, feeds on entire universes. His face is constantly rippling vertically, he has IcyBlueEyes, his head is partially WreathedInFlames (psychedelic flames, at that), and he also has the VoiceOfTheLegion.
* EldritchLocation: His Dark Dimension, a purple nebula-esque land of spheres connected by strange bows of matter.
* EvilSoundsDeep: ''Very'' deep. His voice actor isn't credited, but according to the director, Dormammu's voice was provided by the famously deep-voiced Benedict Cumberbatch himself, blended with the "very deep voice" of... someone else.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/10/26/13-coolest-doctor-strange-easter-eggs-references-and-trivia?page=2 Reportedly,]] that face we see is less Dormammu's actual face than his way of communicating with Strange.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the one who Kaecilus is working for but due to the sanctum barriers preventing him from coming to Earth, Kaecilus is the one leading the story. He does appear at the very end when Doctor Strange meets him but was otherwise uninvolved with the EvilPlan.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Strange defeats him by locking him in one until he surrenders. Since the very concept of time is relatively foreign to him, Dormammu has a somewhat DelayedReaction when the loop first repeats.
-->'''Dormammu:''' ''[repeating BadassBoast]'' You've come to die. Your world is now my world... What? What is this, an illusion?
* HopelessBossFight: Way, ''way'' beyond Strange's capability to defeat, and they both know it.
* HotBlooded: Very quick to get angry and annoyed with Strange.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[WordOfGod According to the director,]] on the subject of Benedict Cumberbatch performing Dormammu's motion-capture:
-->'''Scott Derrickson:''' I also wrote that role to be a kind of ultra-inflated version of Strange. He is an ego run amok; he is this cosmic conqueror where everything, where literally everything in the multi-verse is about him.
* TheManBehindTheMan: It turns out that Kaecilius' plan was to allow Dormammu to be unleashed on Earth.
* MirrorMatch: An interesting in-universe and meta case. Cumberbatch playing Dormammu in motion-capture pretty much spelled this when he was finally given credit. In-universe, [[spoiler:Dormammu takes on a rough form of Strange's face since he doesn't have a form of his own in his realm, making him a ThresholdGuardian since his defeat at Strange's hands led directly to Strange finishing his CharacterArc.]]
* MultiversalConqueror: He routinely conquers and absorbs entire universes.
* MythologyGag:
** The fact that the Ancient One [[spoiler:drew her power from the Dark Dimension]] (as did Strange, ''almost'') seems to reference the fact that Strange in the comics also [[spoiler:called upon Dormammu's name]] for some of his spells, but he was unaware of who or what he was really channeling.
** The symbol used to invoke him bears a passing resemblance to his comic version's HighCollarOfDoom.
* PlaceBeyondTime: The Dark Dimension, where he lives. [[spoiler:Exploited by Strange, as he gets tired of killing Strange over and over faster than Strange gets tired of dying, and since he has no idea how time works, he can't find loopholes or pull himself out of the time flow like his followers did earlier.]]
* PowerfulAndHelpless: Dormammu could consume our universe with ease and was in the process of doing so when Doctor Strange confronts him. Strange realises that [[spoiler:for all his infinite power, Dormammu has no control over time (which doesn't exist in his domain). Strange defeats him by bringing time to the Dark Dimension via the Eye of Agamotto and locking them both in a GroundhogDayLoop where all he can do is kill Strange repeatedly for all eternity. This effectively makes Dormammu a helpless prisoner in his own dimension until he accepts Strange's request to leave Earth alone.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Extremely powerful and very purple.
* RageQuit: Gives up on the SealedEvilInADuel business out of frustration when he realizes Strange won't let him win and just lets Strange name his terms.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: His realm is beyond time. [[spoiler:So Strange traps him in a time loop, and dies over and over to Dormammu's increasing frustration.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler:He repeatedly kills Strange in a variety of brutal and inventive ways, many of which were out of frustration with being trapped in Strange's time-loop.]]
* SealedEvilInADuel: Briefly gets trapped in an endless duel with Strange, thanks to [[spoiler:the Eye of Agamotto locking the two in a GroundhogDayLoop.]] Ultimately, he gets annoyed and agrees to Strange's terms.
* ThresholdGuardian: His RageQuit cemented Strange's acceptance as a protector of the Earth from mystical threats and completed his evolution over the course of the film. Also, as mentioned several times, Dormammu wasn't overwhelmed by sheer force, but talked out of fighting, heralding Strange's maturity.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch and an unknown voice actor.
* WalkingSpoiler: While anyone familiar with the comics would guess his involvement, casual viewers couldn't know, and his presence wasn't even mentioned before the movie came out.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: A variant of it. According to WordOfGod, Dormammu doesn't have a physical form in the Dark Dimension, so [[spoiler:for the final battle with Strange, when he's played by Benedict Cumberbatch, it is meant to be taken as a sort of MirrorMatch since the Dread One sees Strange as beneath him.]]
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[[folder:Kaecilius]]
!! ''Master Kaecilius''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaecillius.png]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MadsMikkelsen
->'''Voiced by:''' Óscar Bonfiglio (Latin-American Spanish dub), Paco Gázquez (European Spanish dub), Yann Guillemot (French dub), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French dub), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese dub)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''
-->''"The world is not what it ought to be. Humanity longs for the eternal, for a world beyond time, because time is what enslaves us. Time is an insult. Death is an insult. Doctor, We don't seek to rule this world... We seek to save it."''
A master of the Mystic Arts who broke away from the Ancient One to form his own following of Zealots, which puts him at odds with Stephen Strange.
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: He was a disciple of the Ancient One until he decided to use his powers for evil.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Kaecilius was a mere minion of Baron Mordo. Here, he's a major threat, acting as a herald and servant for Dormammu capable of [[spoiler:killing the Ancient One]].
* AffablyEvil: He's very civil and polite to Strange, even asking for his name and addressing him respectfully. He's also cordial to his former comrades from Kamar-Taj. When he's not killing them, that is.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:His final fate; assimilated into the Dark Dimension as a mindless, deformed extension of Dormammu.]]
* AntiVillain: His intentions aren't ''villainous'' per se and he sounds sincere when he says that "time is the enemy" and he wants everyone to be immortal, but he's definitely not a heroic figure.
* AscendedExtra: He's an ''extremely'' minor character in the comics, and is much more prominent in the movie.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Leader of the Zealots and their most dangerous member, even managing to [[spoiler:kill the Ancient One.]]
* BadBoss: He doesn't particularly care much for the wellbeing of his fellow Zealots, watching them die in droves against the Ancient One, with little effort made to rescue or even help them. He's even willing to kill his own followers just to get a shot at the Ancient One. A deleted scene even has him kill one of the Zealots for failing to draw power from the Dark Dimension.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the end, he and his followers got exactly what they wanted - eternal life. [[spoiler:Eternal life as deformed, mindless slaves to Dormammu.]]
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''Doctor Strange''. Except that he's merely a servant of [[TheManBehindTheMan Dormammu]].
* BigNo: He yells this during the climax when Strange traps him in a wall before going to face Dormammu.
* CombatPragmatist: Coupled with BadBoss tendencies, he seems to recognize that even with his heightened powers (courtesy of Dormammu) he still may not be a match for the Ancient One, and so instead [[spoiler:sacrifices one of his few remaining followers to get a winning stab in rather than fight her one-on-one.]] His followers may be of the same mindset as none of them seem to take issue with this action.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At one point, he mistakenly believes that Stephen Strange's name is "Mister Doctor". ItMakesSenseInContext--see below.
* TheComicallySerious: He's serious, but has some lighthearted moments such as calling Stephen "Mister Doctor" and his general puzzlement over Stephen's antics while trying to fight him.
* CompositeCharacter: He's an amalgamation of many Doctor Strange villains from the comics. His desire for eternal life matches that of Alaric, and he resembles the comic book iteration of Mordo in that he is a former student of the Ancient One and Dormammu's follower. His appearance after being [[spoiler:absorbed by the Dark Dimension closely mimics that of a Mindless One.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Kaecilius draws his power from the Dark Dimension, and while he's an AntiVillain, he's still quite evil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally, such as in his first encounter with Strange.
--> '''Kaecilius:''' How long have you been at Kamar-Taj, Mister...?\\
'''Strange:''' "Doctor".\\
'''Kaecilius:''' Mister Doctor.\\
'''Strange:''' It's "Strange".\\
'''Kaecilius:''' Maybe. Who am I to judge?
* DecompositeCharacter: He bears more than a few similarities with the comic version of Mordo, being a former pupil of the Ancient One and a current disciple of Dormammu.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Part of the deal Strange makes to save the Earth from Dormammu is taking Kaecilius when he leaves, resulting in Kaecilius and his Zealots all being dragged off to the Dark Dimension.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His late wife and son [[spoiler:and his pain over their deaths is what fuels his actions throughout the film. A prequel comic shows his split from the Ancient One came when she refused to teach him magic to bring them back from the dead.]]
* EvilPlan: Destroy the shield generated by the Secret Sanctums in order to allow Dormammu into the human dimension, which will make everyone immortal.
* EvilSorcerer: His mastery of magic and his evil goal puts him into direct conflict with [[MagicalSociety Kamar-Taj]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: Kaecilius has a deep and villainous voice, courtesy of Creator/MadsMikkelsen.
* EyeScream: As Kaecilius and his followers get closer and closer to their dark goal, the areas around their eyes appear like dark purple craters in their faces.
* FaceHeelTurn: He broke away from the Ancient One to follow his own path for his evil purpose.
* FacialHorror: The purple scarring around his eyes.
* FallenHero: He was once a famous master of the Mystic Arts before breaking away and becoming an AntiVillain.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:He ends up trapped in the Dark Dimension at the film's conclusion.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Strange, in that they are very similar people - magically gifted, brilliant, bitter and far too willing to reach for power they aren't ready for/capable of understanding yet. This is a large part of why the Ancient One initially refuses to train Strange.
* FreudianExcuse: Losing his family is what drives him to seek out immortality at any cost.
* TheHeavy: He is not the head villain, that would be Dormammu, but he is the villain moving the plot along since Dormammu is locked out of Earth's dimension.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Takes this role compared to Doctor Strange, [[DecompositeCharacter as opposed to Mordo]]. In fact, the similarities between his arrogance and that of [[InsufferableGenius his successor]] plays a part in the Ancient One's initial refusal to teach the latter magic.
* HollywoodAtheist: A deleted scene has him discuss life and death with a priest, with Kaecilius' dialogue implying that he has forsaken any faith he had in God in favour of serving Dormammu.
*HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Seems to be his fate after he's transformed into a Mindless One.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kaecilius longs to bring about a world without death, but he has no problem with killing anyone who gets in his way, including his own followers.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Kaecilius seeks to bring the Dark Dimension to Earth to make everyone, himself included, immortal. [[spoiler:He gets his wish, at least for himself and his Zealots, but not in the way he probably expected.]]
* IronicEcho: Unknowingly echos Strange's line about people being "momentary speck[s] in an indifferent universe," [[NotSoDifferent which visibly disturbs Strange.]]
* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: In a meta sense. In the film Kaecilius's name is pronounced ''ky-see-lee-us'', instead of the traditional ''ky-kee-lee-us" with a hard c sound as in the Latin textbooks (which featured the real-life Lucius Caecilius Iucundus). However, Kaecilius IS a Kamar-Taj sorcerer, so it can easily be said that this is an alias he chooses to go by (like The Ancient One).
* ManlyTears: While explaining his motivations to Doctor Strange, he eventually breaks into tears as he describes the possibilities of merging Earth's realm with the Dark Dimension. It's the first clue we get that he seems to genuinely want to improve the lot of all humans... though he's still willing to kill a few dozen on the way.
* ObviouslyEvil: Even when he drives some valid points, Strange refuses to help him because a) he just killed someone and b) his dark-magic-corrupted face is clearly the one of a bad guy.
* OffWithHisHead: What he does to the Kamar-Taj librarian. He even arranges a basket to catch the head when it drops.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: A very promising Master of the Mystic Arts, he left Kamar-Taj violently, taking his Zealots with him.
* RealityWarper: After being empowered by Dormammu, Kaecilius gains the ability to manipulate reality to a limited degree, even outside of the Mirror Dimension. [[spoiler:In the Mirror Dimension itself, this ability is taken UpToEleven.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:It's implied he and his followers are transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: He can form his swords from little more than space and magical energy, making them transparent yet deadly.
* StartOfDarkness: His start is detailed in a prequel comic, where the Ancient One's refusal to teach him how to reunite with his dead wife and son drives him to darkness.
* TheStoic: Kaecilius rarely shows strong emotion. Even when describing his motives to Strange with tears in his eyes, his voice is calm and steady.
* StrawNihilist: Kaecilius believes that death renders life meaningless, and that the only way to achieve a meaningful existence is to become immortal via the Dark Dimension. For this reason, he has no problem killing people to serve his goals.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: How he justifies killing people. As far as he's concerned, a few lives here and there are a small price to pay to create a world free of death.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Unsuccessfully tries to recruit Strange.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The way he talks to Daniel Drumm gives the impression that this was true before he abandoned Kamar-Taj.
* WeaponOfChoice: Kaecilius tends to conjure [[RazorWind swords made of air]] during battle when not using other offensive magics.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is pretty simple: stop the effects of time on humanity. That way, we have all the time we need to gain wisdom, achieve our true potential, and no-one ever has to go through the loss of watching their family die ever again, as he did.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He shares little resemblance with his [[http://cmro.travis-starnes.com/images/characters/kaecilius_q.jpg original comic book counterpart]].
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!! ''The Zealots''
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ScottAdkins, Zara Phythian, Katrina Durden, Alaa Safi, Dean Ridge
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''
The students of Kaecilius who split off from Kamar-Taj and joined him to form their own following, seduced by the power of the Dark Dimension.
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* AntiVillain: They follow their master's goals in that they believe their actions are for the greater good - assimilation into the Dark Dimension with eternal life for all.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: They were a whole group of disciples and students of the Ancient One, before following Kaecilius in his fall to the Dark Dimension's power.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: In their original party over a dozen strong, they fall left and right to the Ancient One's more advanced control of magic. But once Kaecilius raids the Sanctums with only two Zealots at a time, they are a more formidable force, easily wiping out two Sanctums [[spoiler:and killing the Ancient One]]. Justified, as at that point they've been granted power from the Dark Dimension, increasing their magical power.
* DarkActionGirl: Kaecillius has several female Zealots who follow him into combat.
* DarkIsEvil: Like Kaecilius, they draw power from the Dark Dimension, and serve their leader's villainous, albeit [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning]] goals.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:The surviving ones share in Kaecilius' fate of being dragged off to the Dark Dimension when Dormammu leaves as part of Strange's deal with him.]]
* DwindlingParty: Their numbers decrease over the course of the film as they are killed off by the Ancient One, Strange, or [[BadBoss Kaecilius]]. By the time they arrive in Hong Kong, there are only two Zealots left, aside from Kaecilius himself.
* EliteMook: Lucian gives Stephen his most brutal thrashing in the entire film, almost killing him.
* EyeScream: The Dark Dimension ritual burns and chars the skin around their eyes, giving them the same horrific appearance as Kaecilius. They don't seem bothered by it.
* KungFuWizard: They use SupernaturalMartialArts in tandem with their spellcasting abilities. Additionally, they also use magically-imbued weapons in combat.
* ObviouslyEvil: Kaecilius and his followers all have disturbing purple-black scars around their eyes. Strange even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by pointing out Dormammu ''can't'' be good if he puts nasty black decay around his followers' eyes.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: They broke off from the Kamar-Taj orthodoxy over a disagreement in how sorcery should be used.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: It's implied they [[spoiler:are transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: They can form their swords from little more than space and magical energy, making them transparent yet deadly.
* SuperpoweredMooks: Their main purpose in the story is to serve as Kaecilius' muscle, not much more.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The Ancient One, Mordo, and Kaecilius himself have no qualms about killing them, but after killing Lucian, Strange is quite shaken up, both because this is his first time taking a life and because of the Hippocratic Oath he swore as a doctor.
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