History Characters / MCUDarkDimension

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: His motives behind why he wants to attack are Earth are pretty much absent. He's basically a world eating EldritchAbomination simply because he is.

* DemonicPossession: Played with. Dormammu provides his followers with the Dark Dimension's power, engraving his symbol on their foreheads and scarring their eyes with a noticeable purple tint. Despite this, there's seemingly no sign of him taking advantage of this influence to affect the actions/thoughts of the zealots... until, as part of his deal with Strange, he uses his hold over his followers to drag them into the Dark Dimension and fully convert them into what appear to be Mindless Ones.

* GeniusLoci: Dormammu effectively ''is'' the Dark Dimension.

* TheDragon: Kaecilius serves Dormammu under the delusion that the EldritchAbomination will bring paradise to Earth.

* BigBad: He may be working for Dormammu, but Kaecilius is the main threat of the film and gets more focus.

* FinalBoss:
** The climax of the second season of ''Series/AgentCarter'' isn't depowering Whitney, but rather closing the rift they use to do so before the Zero Matter escapes and absorbs everything.
** Of the first season of ''Series/{{Cloak and Dagger|2018}}'', [[spoiler: through the zombie-like Terrors it creates with the Lightforce]].

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' | ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness''

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}''

* FallenHero: He was once a famous master of the Mystic Arts before breaking away and becoming an AntiVillain.

* AdaptationalNationality: His nationality isn't disclosed in the comics. In MCU, he's Danish.

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.

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: He was a disciple of the Ancient One until he decided to use his powers for evil.

* IGaveMyWord: There's really nothing stopping him from proceeding with his plan to conquer Earth after Strange releases him from the time loop. He honors his promise anyway and leaves, taking the Zealots with him. Since Dormammu is the ruler of his entire dimension and answerable to no one, it was a necessary gamble that Strange had to take. [[PragmaticVillainy Of course,]] there's nothing stopping Strange from just using The Eye to start ''another'' GroundhogDayLoop until he complies, so he probably simply doesn't want to deal with that again. [[spoiler:With the destruction of the Infinity Stones in ''Endgame'' however, there is now nothing stopping Dormammu from going back on his word and tricking another bunch of sorcerers into destroying the sanctums keeping him out again. Better hope he doesn't find out.]]

An evil entity who rules the Dark Dimension and the scary GreaterScopeVillain of ''Doctor Strange''.

!!''The Darkforce''

* TheManBehindTheMan: It turns out that Kaecilius' plan was to allow Dormammu to be unleashed on Earth, and was using part of Dormammu's power to make this happen.

* 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.

* DraggedOffToHell: 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.

* SuperpoweredMooks: Their main purpose in the story is to serve as Kaecilius' muscle, not much more.

A member of Kaecilius' Zealots.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Much less actively malevolent by the time of ''Series/{{Cloak and Dagger|2018}}''. [[spoiler:Though still pretty problematic]].

** [[spoiler: The climax of ''Series/AgentCarter'' Season Two isn't depowering Whitney, but rather closing the rift they use to do so before the Zero Matter escapes and absorbs everything]].

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: The climax of ''Series/AgentCarter'' Season Two isn't depowering Whitney, but rather closing the rift they use to do so before the Zero Matter escapes and absorbs everything]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Given the stark differences, it's unknown whether the Darkforce Dimension is the same as Dormammu's realm, or whether "Dark Dimension" is just an abbreviation of "Darkforce Dimension."

* AbortedArc: His appearance was supposed to foreshadow his status as a future villain, but the show's cancellation means that likely won't come to fruition.

* AbortedArc: His appearance was supposed to foreshadow his status as a future villain, but the show's cancellation means we likely won't see that come to fruition.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' | ''Series/AgentCarter'' | ''Series/{{Runaways|2017}}'' | ''Series/{{Cloak and Dagger|2018}}''

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Much less malevolent by the time of ''Series/{{Cloak and Dagger|2018}}''.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: The climax of Season Two isn't depowering Whitney, but rather closing the rift they use to do so before the Zero Matter escapes and absorbs everything]].

* 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.

* RealityWarper: After being empowered by Dormammu, Kaecilius gains a tremendous boost to his magical abilities, which grants him phenomenal control over the Mirror Dimension, and even distort physical laws such as space and gravity in the real world. Further, thanks to his knowledge of time, Kaecilius is even able to resist and pull himself out of the Eye of Agamotto's time reversal magic, which is powered by ''an Infinity Stone''.