History Characters / MCUDarkDimension

* BigBadDuumvirate: PlayedWith. Kaecilius is TheHeavy carrying out the plan to destroy the Sanctums, while Dormammu barely appears in the film. Despite this, Dormammu is clearly established from the beginning as the unseen yet omnipresent UltimateEvil, has a much more direct impact on the plot compared to similar {{Greater Scope Villain}}s, and serves as the FinalBoss.

* BigBadDuumvirate: PlayedWith. Kaecilius is TheHeavy carrying out the plan to destroy the Sanctums, and Dormammu barely appears in the film. Despite this, Dormammu is clearly established from the beginning as the unseen yet omnipresent UltimateEvil, receiving far more build up and direct impact on the plot compared to similar {{Greater Scope Villain}}s like the Supreme Intelligence, and serves as the FinalBoss.

* BigBadDuumvirate: PlayedWith. He may be working for Dormammu, the film's UltimateEvil and FinalBoss, but Kaecilius is the direct threat and gets more focus.

* IronicEcho: Unknowingly echoes Strange's line about people being "momentary speck[s] in an indifferent universe", [[NotSoDifferent which visibly disturbs Strange]].

* ItCanThink: Throughout the season, the Zero Matter appears to be nothing more than a powerful, if corruptive, MacGuffin. In the finale Wilkes reveals that it's somewhat alive, likening it to a cancer that has already consumed everything in its universe, and has been exploiting Whitney's addiction to it to get her to open a portal. It's further implied to begin talking to Whitney, given her [[TalkingToThemself rambling]] while designing the portal.

A strange entity briefly encountered by Tyrone.

* 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.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His late wife and son, 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.

* {{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.

* 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's dialogue implying that he has forsaken any faith he had in God in favour of serving Dormammu.

* 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).

* DarkActionGirl: Kaecillius has several female Zealots who follow him into combat.

A mysterious, sentient, and apparently malevolent element from another dimension. First discovered in the 1940s, it's served as the source of power for multiple heroes and villains, and has at least once tried to invade our reality.

* TheCorruptor: Drives Whitney insane and obssessed with gaining more Zero Matter.

* MultiversalConqueror: It's primary goal is to invade and devour Earth, and presumably other worlds as well.

* TheDreaded: The Masters of the Mystic Arts, especially the Ancient One and Mordo, are afraid of him. The three sanctums were built specifically to keep him and other interdimensional threats from entering Earth.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He is the one who Kaecilius is working for but due to the sanctum barriers preventing him from coming to Earth, Kaecilius is the one leading the story. He does appear at the very end as the FinalBoss when Doctor Strange meets him but was otherwise uninvolved with the EvilPlan.

* TheDreaded: The Masters of the Mystic Arts, especially the Ancient One and Mordo, are afraid of him.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: It’s never given any characterization besides a desire to expand into other dimensions.

* ItCanThink: Throughout the season, the Zero Matter appears to be nothing more than a powerful, if corruptive, MacGuffin. In the finale Wilkes reveals that it's somewhat alive, likening it to a cancer that has already consumed everything in its universe, and has been exploiting Whitney's addiction to it to get her to open a portal. It’s further implied to begin talking to Whitney, given her [[TalkingToThemself rambling]] while designing the portal.

* HearingVoices: Heavily implied to begin directly communicating with Whitney after she absorbs Wilkes' Zero Matter, given her [[TalkingToThemself rambling]] while designing the portal.
* ItCanThink: Throughout the season, the Zero Matter appears to be nothing more than a powerful, if corruptive, MacGuffin. In the finale, however, Wilkes reveals that it's actually alive, likening it to a cancer that has already consumed everything in its universe, and has been exploiting Whitney's addiction to it to get her to open a portal.

* EldritchAbomination: The Darkforce's exact nature is left unclear, save that it's a sentient element that seeks to destroy everything.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Series/AgentCarter'' Season Two, as Wilkes reveals it to be actively manipulating those who use it (i.e. Whitney) into opening a rift so that it can invade and devour all reality.

* ItCanThink: Throughout the season, the Zero Matter appears to be nothing more than a powerful, if corruptive, MacGuffin. In the finale, however, Wilkes reveals that it's actually alive, and has been exploiting Whitney's addiction to it to get her to open a portal.

** BigBadWannabe: At the end of the day, Kaecilius is just an UnwittingPawn to Dormammu. His goal of achieving eternal life is a mere delusion, as he ignores every warning that the Dark Dimension is a FateWorseThanDeath.

--> '''Dormammu''': '''No! Stop! [[AintTooProudToBeg Make this]] ''[[AintTooProudToBeg stop]]''! [[AintTooProudTooBeg Set me free!]]'''

* FateWorseThanDeath: He ends up trapped in the Dark Dimension at the film's conclusion.

* ImmortalitySeeker: Kaecilius seeks to bring the Dark Dimension to Earth to make everyone, himself included, immortal. He gets his wish, at least for himself and his Zealots, but not in the way he probably expected.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: He and his followers are transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.

* DraggedOffToHell: The surviving ones share in Kaecilius's fate of being dragged off to the Dark Dimension when Dormammu leaves as part of Strange's deal with him.

A mysterious, sentient, and apparently malevolent element from another dimension. First discovered in the 1940's, it's served as the source of power for multiple heroes and villains, and has at least once tried to invade our reality.

--> '''Dormammu''': '''No! Stop! Make this ''stop''! Set me free!'''

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

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

* BigBadDuumvirate: PlayedWith. Kaecilius is TheHeavy carrying out the plan to destroy the Sanctums, and Dormammu barely appears in the film. Despite this, Dormammu is clearly established from the beginning as the unseen yet omnipresent UltimateEvil, and serves as the FinalBoss.

A mysterious, sentient, and apparently malevolent element from another dimension.

* AmbiguousSituation: The Darkforce's exact relationship to the Dark Dimension is unclear. While its world shares the same name and general malevolent desire to consume everything, when actually visited in ''Cloak and Dagger'' and ''Runaways'' it's much more different than the psychedelic place ruled by Dormammu with an iron fist.

* DarkIsEvil: Is actively malevolent and most of the people it infects end up as villains, though some (like Tyrone) subvert this.

* DealWithTheDevil: Amusingly enough, the godlike EldritchAbomination is on the ''[[DidYouJustScamCthulhu receiving]]'' end of it, courtesy of Strange's GroundhogDayLoop gambit.

* TheComedicallySerious: He is a dark, serious entity who obliterates Doctor Strange for his feeble attempt to bargain with a fraction of his power... until he sees Strange coming back to bargain again and again. Humorously, he drops his menacing act in confusion and the rest of the time loop montage is him devolving from a terrifying threat to a sore loser begging Strange to stop.

* TheComedicSerious: He is a dark, serious entity who obliterates Doctor Strange for his feeble attempt to bargain with a fraction of his power... until he sees Strange coming back to bargain again and again. Humorously, he drops his menacing act in confusion and the rest of the time loop montage is him devolving from a terrifying threat to a sore loser begging Strange to stop.

* BigBadDuumvirate: PlayedWith. He may be working for Dormammu, the film's UltimateEvil and FinalBoss, but Kaecilius is the direct threat gets more focus.

* 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.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: They are transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Kaecilius is TheHeavy carrying out the plan to destroy the Sanctums, and Dormammu barely appears in the film. Despite this, Dormammu is clearly established from the beginning as the unseen yet omnipresent UltimateEvil, and serves as the FinalBoss.

* DemonicPossession: PlayedWith. 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 that signifies his foothold within them. Despite this, he seemingly doesn't take advantage of his hold over the Zealots to control or even influence their actions and thoughts... until, in the climax, he takes advantage of his loaned power to drag them into the Dark Dimension, fully converting them into what appear to be Mindless Ones.

* BigBadDuumvirate: He may be working for Dormammu, the film's UltimateEvil and FinalBoss, but Kaecilius is the direct threat gets more focus.