History Characters / ShiftingWorldsAnathemusMythos

%%* UltimateEvil: And how!

* AFatherToHisMen: As a Wing Commander.

* CommandingCoolness: He is Wing ''Commander''.

* HotBlooded: In his youth, back when he was just a pilot. His codename Ketsueki, meaning "Blood", reflects both this and his past.
* HumongousMecha: Like many Rebels, he fights using a Mimic unit.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being the F Squadron Wing Commander.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Yes, he did build fortresses to protect his chastity. Yes, he can and ''will'' utterly kick your ass if needed.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He is completely bonkers, but he can still slice and dice a whole army of Shadow Beasts like nobody's business and build a functional fortress out of scrap metal.
* CallingYourAttacks: All the time, almost always with the word "Silver" in it.

* CloudCuckoolander: '''YES'''.

* CoolShades: His large shades are the main reason why he is nicknamed "Owl".

* DualWielding: His weapons of choice are a pair of swords.

* GeniusBruiser: He is an unstoppable supernatural warrior and a scientific genius at once.

* IdiotHero: Natch.

* InTheHood: Unusually, a white one rather than the traditional dark colors.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opoR6ShXgjU Anything But Tangerines]]. Fitting that the hilarious loony's theme song would come from [[VideoGame/EarthwormJim such a wacky series...]]

* SpinAttack: '''Silver Castle'''.

* StormOfBlades: One of his most powerful attacks, '''Silver Moonlight''', rains swords from the sky.

* NameAmnesia: Technically he has a name. He just doesn't remember it.

* UnwantedHarem: Apparently the reason behind his "chastity fortresses".

* BlowYouAway: Prior to receiving the power of the White Father, this was her main element and method of attack.

* [[Nerf Nerf]]: Had her power drastically reduced after the assault on the Lunar Cell, severely hampering her Nihility abilities.

* ApocalypseHow: Omniversal, the very highest scope!
* BiggerBad

* EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce: To end everything that exists. [[CosmicHorrorStory And someday]], [[TheBadGuyWins it will]].

* GodOfEvil: oh yes.
* MadGod: and how!

* OmnicidalManiac

* [[ThePowerOfTheVoid The Power Of Nihility]]

* UltimateEvil: And how!

* AGodAmI: Once Hellgate obtains his god aura.

* AntagonistAbilities: Just read the section above...
* BigBad: Probably the most iconic BigBad of all of Shifting Worlds.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Crazy... isn't really the word for it.
* CardCarryingVillain: Hellgate doesn't just ''know'' he is pure evil, he '''revels''' in it.

* TheChessmaster:

* EvilIsHammy: Hellgate has quite a bombastic presence. Doesn't make him less intimidating in the slightest, though.
* FusionDance: With the Black Spawn in ''What If''.
* GeniusLoci: A house that is sentient. And murderous.
* HumongousMecha: from the future. So he is an incredibly advanced one at that.
* ManipulativeBastard: Poor [[UnwittingPawn Future-Flandre]] can tell you, he is quite good at pulling others' strings, or faking good intentions.

* PaperThinDisguise: in ''Hellgate 2 Part 1''. Though everyone still falls for it.
* PhysicalGod: Wishes to be one himself.
* VillainSong: [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8309259&t=8943973 Several]] [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8477243&t=8943973 fanmade]] [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8580224&t=8943973 song]] [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8607551&t=8943973 parodies]], courtesy of Arachnos.

-->'''Hellgate:''' ''NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS! YOU CAN'T SEND US BACK! [[ThisCannotBe THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE]]!''
* WaveMotionGun: His signature Hadron Cannons.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him "The General"]]: To the point that for a long time, the writer did not even bother coming up with an actual name for him. It took four years! And nobody but SDM even knows his real name yet.
* FourStarBadass: When someone is known only as "The General", you ''know'' they are this trope.

* GalacticConqueror: Though he only conquers to eventually destroy.
** MultiversalConqueror: wait, did we say Galactic? That's nowhere nigh level enough for the likes of him.
* InvincibleVillain: He seems to be this at first. Later, when our heroes [[AppliedPhlebotinum get the]] [[MotionCaptureMecha Mimics]], he gets downgraded from invincible to merely "hair-pullingly teeth-grindingly difficult to defeat."
* ItIsBeyondSaving: His view of the Omniverse.

* OmnicidalManiac: his final goal? Purge everything that exists by summoning [[MadGod Anathemus]].

* ShadowArchetype: To Kizeki. He has the same level of technology as her (due to having deserted Kizeki Corp and taken a lot of tech with him). Kizeki is a JerkAss, the General takes that to a whole new level.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He thinks he's doing a good thing by setting the [[CrapsackWorld omniverse]] clean.

* AndIMustScream: how powerful does one have to be to inflict this to ''a whole world''?
* BlobMonster: the Spawn is a gigantic dark circular blob with...
* CombatTentacles: littering its surface.
* EldritchAbomination: of sorts.
* FateWorseThanDeath: ínside its core.
* HatePlague

* NighInvulnerability: outer barrier, requires the power of a God to break through.
** or, as shown at the Himitsujou base, a really powerful magical cannon.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: the Spawn makes a shtick out of "surviving that".

* PlanetEater
* PuppeteerParasite: Spores.

* CryForTheDevil: For Vocus-Six, the solos detailing how he was roped into the Clan by [[TheChessmaster Valis Ail]].
* {{Cult}}: the leader of the Clan.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: Nihilius Shadow Mage.
* EvilSorceror: to a T. Even though he thinks he's good.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Vocus originally did not appear to have any motivation behind his atrocious actions. [[Film/TheDarkKnight Some youkai just want to watch the world burn.]] At the same time, his sheer obnoxiousness still made him a villain one loves to hate, even though he was overshadowed in that regard by Hellgate or the General.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba3qBQLUpEM Masque of the Red Death]]" is the main theme of Vocus-Six during the Remnant arc. His Nihility form has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AApoGe82yjQ Oblivion]]" by the same group.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Vocus-Six's abilities as a Nihility being.
* MercyKill: wants to inflict one on as many people as possible before Anathemus awakens.

* SpinToDeflectStuff: got obnoxious with it during the battle against him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: As of the Xat roleplay, the Nihilius Clan and Vocus have been retconned to this.

* AllYourPowersCombined: the Copy Mage at the end. Particularly his ultimate spell.
* AnIcePerson: Ice Mage

* CombinationAttack: several times between two or more of the mages.
* {{Cult}}
* BlowYouAway: the Air Mage.
* DemBones: the Death Mage's speciality.
* DualBoss: Multi-Boss to be exact.
* HumongousMecha: Made of bones no less, for the Death Mage!
* MakingASplash: Water Mage
* MarathonBoss: all together, they were probably the longest battle in the history of Shifting Worlds, bar none.
* MegaManning: the Copy Mage
* TheMole: Johnson. Overtly a captain in Gustaf's army, secretely the Nihilus Head of Summons.
* OmnicidalManiac: all just like Vocus in that respect.

* PlayingWithFire: Johnson.

* TakingYouWithMe: many, many of them tried. All failed.
* VillainSong: [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8365742&t=8943973 Arachnos wrote lyrics for a rap sung from the viewpoint of a Clansman.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist

* AntiVillain

* DyingAsYourself: when he's consumed by Nihility, the villainous regalia that marked him as the Nihilius High Lord disappears first, so just for a moment he looks just like he used to, back when the four were still friends.
** Also, the Gaiden reveals that his "spirit" is his humanoid SDM soul.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: ...or not. Considering that he was initially a RainbowFactory of the type that [[HumanResources runs on live ponies]], everything was ''not'' better with rainbows even ''before'' he became an EvilOverlord.
* EvilOverlord: puts on a show of being one.

* FaceHeelTurn: as far as anyone other than the other Anathemites knows.
* FallenHero
* JerkAss: When he's not acting as a monster, he's being this, as typical for an SDM.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A tragic, powerful piece from ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zle1ZfxQc "The Incomplete Stone"]]. Or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaf7JuTKc8o this modified version]] when he's doing something awesome.
** His death gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMQaamgSb5w this]].
** Had his campaign not been [[OffTheRails cut short]], the final battle against him would have used [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYVUaN3kudo this theme]].
* KilledOffForReal: alas, poor Executor.
* RealityWarper: thanks to his Nihility powers.

* {{Sink Or Swim Mentor}}/{{Trickster Mentor}}: when the other Anathemites return to the Clan (with the Factory's knowledge and approval, though) to develop their powers, Executor ''really'' doesn't want them to hang around him. Naturally, when asked for help mastering the power of Nihility he typically is as unhelpful as possible. Ironically, despite that he was still the source of more good advice than [[MesACrowd the Vocus]] in charge of training the Anathemites, who really tries hard to be helpful.
* SourOutsideSadInside: so very much.
* [[ThePowerOfTheVoid The Power Of Nihility]]

* TragicVillain: a magnificent example.
* WingedUnicorn: [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Artificial Soul Inside Rainbow Winged Unicorn Robot]], even!

* AGodAmI: inverted: Nihilius makes it very clear that he is, in fact, ''not'' a God when called such.
* BigBad: of the Nihilius arc.
* BlobMonster: often takes the form of a gigantic humanoid shape made of black liquid.
* ClimaxBoss: every time he's fought, but mainly the final encounter with him.
* {{The Corruption}}/{{The Corrupter}}: he is the force behind the Dark Beasts of the eponymous arc. He acts as TheCorrupter during the battle with Dark Beast -Celestia-, where he constantly fans her anger to prevent the heroes from awakening her true self. Thankfully, it does not work.
* CurbStompBattle: tends to dish them out, but has also been on the receiving side of one, courtesy of the Anathemites (as a retaliation for the one he inflicted ''upon'' them earlier). Him trying to recover his power after that epic beating is the focus of the Dark Beast arc.
* DemonicPossession: his standard modus operandii. His [[EvilMask Mask]] appears in a world, and the first being to touch it becomes Nihilius' vessel.

* DoppelgangerAttack: his final form has several!
* TheDragon: to Anathemus. Maybe.
* EldritchAbomination
* {{Evil Mask}}/{{Mask Of Power}}: the means through which he possesses his victims.
* GodIsFlawed: despite appearing as an unstoppable force, he doesn't know ''everything''.

* FinalBoss: to the Nihilius Arc.

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Many'', actually. His main themes are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QG8qMgxbI0 "The Nth Power"]] (a modification of The Demon King Odio), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsZ845vjS3I Grandmaster]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ETgNx-HvU The Demon King Odio]]. Battles involving him use [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8IINrzFWk8 Pure Odio]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Nmc84Noos Megalomania]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPkmB2MRh0 ILLUSION]].
** His True Final Form is fought to the epic tune of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeW0NnkoAU8 Wrapped In Black]].

* OmnicidalManiac: probably, like his master.

* [[ThePowerOfTheVoid The Power Of Less-Than-Nihility]]
* ReligionOfEvil: Ironically, the clan of the same name hates him, or at least what they ''think'' he represents.
* ShockAndAwe: green lightning, in his final form.

* AffablyEvil: For a guy whose regular day consists of slaughtering millions of people, Valis actually seems to be a pretty reasonable guy. He actually pulls his forces out of Equestria as promised, not even going into the wish granting. [[AntiVillain Given that the whole premise of the Nihilius Clan is actually salvation]], this may be a case of JustifiedTrope. Or maybe because he can solve any problem with nary a snap of his fingers, he does not even see any benefit to being brutal.
** FauxAffablyEvil: Except in reality he actually betrays ''absolutely everyone'', from the Anathemites to even his own forces.
* TheBlank: There is no face under his hood, just darkness.
* BrokenPedestal: In the eyes of the Remnant, for having abandoned the fight to take over Equestria.
* TheChessmaster: He plays the Nihilius Clan like puppets.
* CompellingVoice: One of powers, which he uses extensively to make puppets.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Overpowered against Anathemites. Not so much against anything else.

* EvilCounterpart: WordOfGod says Ail has much more in common with the Anathemites than Nihilius did.

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Revealed to be one. He is not as powerful as Nihilius, he just has a massive innate advantage against other Anathemites.
* InTheHood
* {{Leitmotif}}: A dark and powerful piece known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Y79hnQ8aw The Hunter of the Dark]]. If and when he is battled, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYVUaN3kudo What Can You See In Their Eyes]] will play.
* LightIsNotGood: Who'd have thought that the magic of the Nihilius Founder would glow bright white.
* LivingShadow: That's what he is.

* RealityWarper: He appears to be godlike at first glance, but there might be less to it than meets the eye...

* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Clan]]

* AxCrazy
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: a given with the Dark Spore
* DarknessEqualsDeath

* TheNightThatNeverEnds: one possibility as to what might have happened had her gigantic shadow ball attack reached the ground.

* LightEmUp: Naturally, as the daughter of a light mage.

* {{Revenge}}: Her main motivation, though ironically she is targeting the wrong people.
** RevengeMyopia
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]]

* ArchEnemy: To Owl.
* BlackKnight: Wears nigh-invulnerable black PowerArmor in combat.

* CallingYourAttacks: Just like Owl, only his attack names usually contain "Black" and synonyms thereof.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Black, in contrast to Owl's silver. Fitting, since he is an evil ShadowArchetype.

* EvilGenius: Natch.

* EvilOverlord: Of Paa. Though, there is not really anyone left on the planet to lord over.
* {{Expy}}: X is based on several iconic video game villains, notably [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]], and [[ShoutOut shouts out]] to those villains occasionally (such as doing the Wily eyebrow wiggle just before the final battle).
* FieldOfBlades: One of his moves, ''Dark Forest''. Additionally, after emerging from the ground, the blades fly off into the air.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K2TQRW8dQs Inner Sanctum]] from ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}'': ''Enter The Gecko''. Can't get much more fitting for a monstrously cruel EvilGenius with added shadow powers.
* MadeOfEvil: Being the ejected evil within Owl makes him so by default.

* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: His main power, only his weapons are black instead of white.

* VillainSong: A fanmade one [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8585640&t=8943973 right here]].

* Troll: Cpt. Hood revels in mocking the Sayan Squad because of his position at the helm of ''the General's Head''.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: in addition to being King, he is also probably the most powerful youkai in Coronai.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: a prime example of this.

* AChildShallLeadThem: when she becomes Queen.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: unlike with her father, this trope is averted. Unfortunately for Mia, she's far too young to actually be powerful. She has not even learned to fly yet.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* HeroicSacrifice: against the Black Spawn.
* KamehameHadoken: his sacrifice fires a gigantic beam of light at the Black Spawn.
* NonActionGuy: he is mainly there to guide the protagonists to the Nihilus Lair. Until the end of the arc.

* PhysicalGod

* AFatherToHisMen: Unanimously respected by almost the entire Rebellion, and respects them back in turn.

* MissionControl: When he does participate in missions at all, he fulfills this role.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The resident one for both ''Hellgate 2 Part 3'' and the current phase of the Xat RP.

::''Starship Captain''
::'''Timothy Demetrious'''

Captain of the Blacklight. Originally didn't even have a name, but was eventually named thanks to a couple of the main characters as well as Kusakabe talking to him.


!!!Tropes associated with Demetrious:

::''Rebel Hacker''
::'''Trevor Darras'''

A Rebel operative that accompanied F Squadron on their mission to Holomon. Like Demetrious, his interactions with the main characters elevated his role in the story.

!!!Tropes associated with Darras:

* AndCallHimGeorge: A sexual example.
* AprilFools

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Turned into a sex maniac by a "Pink Spore".

* GoodCounterpart: Starts off as looking like a nicer version of SDM. And then violently {{averted}}.
* GratuitousJapanese:
--> ''And I have come for Patchy-chan~~~~''
* NiceGuy: Only until you get to know him better.
* ThePowerOfLove: Of the horrifying kind.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: To the point that he makes Hellgate seem ''tame''.
* SelfParody: SDM's own parody of Hellgate.

* ThemeSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNb6Wvn68Vw Fricking guess.]] This song choice was suggested by Arachnos.
** However, when he gets serious, his leitmotif changes to something [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sNgB-j3fd0 significantly more sinister]].

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: he was known by his FanNickname for very long. He also went by "Beastmaster" for a short while, near the end of the Dark beast arc.

* {{Expy}}: X is based on several iconic video game villains, notably [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] and [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]], and [[ShoutOut shouts out]] to those villains occasionally (such as doing the Wily eyebrow wiggle just before the final battle).

However, that wasn't the end of him. Not long after this, Patchouli Knowledge tried to revive SDM, but inadvertently summoned Hellgate instead. Now that he was back, albeit in his present-day counterpart's body, he set to work on destroying Gensokyo, first by putting nearly the entire mansion in a deep sleep plagued by nightmares in his [[DreamWorld Dream World]], then obliterating the Youkai mountain, and then destroying Eientei, all the while impersonating SDM to fool everyone. Eventually, Hellgate's dream world was undone, and then his new power source, Patchouli, was freed from his grasp. After a final battle, Hellgate's Dark Spore was expelled out of him, leaving only SDM of the future, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia who lost his memory of actually being Hellgate]]. Before getting destroyed, Hellgate boasted that [[WeWillMeetAgain he is a God and he will return]], and according to some hints SDM has dropped, this is not that implausible. After all, as [[BigBad The General]] was taking SDM away, Hellgate's theme was played...

* CrazyAwesome: He built a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]'' ''{{laser|Blade}}'' ''[[FunnySpoon spoon]]''. '''[[ImprobableWeaponUser A chainsaw laser spoon]]''', for crissakes.

* PowerTrio

* GoOutWithASmile: his death, because he knows that even though he dies his EvilPlan is complete.
** Nearly averted with Vocus-Six in Xat, who realizes as he dies that all along he had been nothing but a pawn for [[TheChessmaster Valis Ail]]. Ironically, what lets him die happy is the knowledge that at least he served Executor of his own free will.

* GoOutWithASmile: as of the Xat RP, they all die happy because that means they won't have to face Anathemus' awakening. The only reason they don't all commit suicide is because [[WellIntentionedExtremist they believe it to be their duty to "save" everyone, whether everyone wants it or not.]]

* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: Nobody but Kanako knows who Hood is or what is underneath the robes that Hood wears/the Hood over his face.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

* CrazyAwesome: He built a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]'' ''[[EnergyBlade laser]]'' ''[[FunnySpoon spoon]]''. '''[[ImprobableWeaponUser A chainsaw laser spoon]]''', for crissakes.

* TheNameless: Technically he has a name. He just doesn't remember it.

* BadAss: For all his evil, he is no less awesome than Owl is.

* BadAss: the Steel Mage. Holy damn, the Steel Mage.

* BadAss: Despite his quirks, he is unquestionably awesome.

* GeniusLoci

* PhysicalGod: strives for it.
* VillainSong: now has [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8309259&t=8943973 a fanmade one]], courtesy of Arachnos.
* VillainousBreakdown: Done oh so beautifully when Hellgate realizes that all of his plans have been ruined.
-->'''Hellgate:''' NO MORE GAMES! NO MORE WORDS! NO MORE EXCUSES! I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU ALL BLEED!"

The future version of the sentient Scarlet Devil Mansion. Infected by the [[EldritchAbomination Black Spawn]]'s Dark Spores, he turned into a monstrosity of unmatched evil. He originally went back in time in order to create a time paradox by killing his past self, and using the god aura he managed to steal from [[{{Mabinogi}} Cichol]] to rule over the universe that would have been effectively destroyed by this paradox. However, his living power source - Flandre of the future - was killed (of her own will), and Hellgate was destroyed thanks to a HeroicSacrifice by the present-day SDM. Both SDM and Hellgate's souls were lost to Nihility.

However, that wasn't the end of him. Not long after this, Patchouli Knowledge tried to revive SDM, but inadvertently summoned Hellgate instead. Now that he was back, albeit in his present-day counterpart's body, he set to work on destroying Gensokyo, first by putting nearly the entire mansion in a deep sleep plagued by nightmares in his [[DreamWorld Dream World]], then obliterating the Youkai mountain, and then destroying Eientei, along with everyone there who wasn't immortal (namely, Kaguya and Mokou), all the while impersonating SDM to fool everyone. Eventually, Hellgate's dream world was undone, and then his new power source, Patchouli, was freed from his grasp. After a final battle, Hellgate's Dark Spore was expelled out of him, leaving only SDM of the future, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia who lost his memory of actually being Hellgate]]. And this was the final end of this aberrant house...

Before getting destroyed, Hellgate boasted that [[WeWillMeetAgain he is a God and he will return]], and according to some hints SDM has dropped, this is not that implausible. As [[BigBad The General]] was taking SDM away, Hellgate's theme was played, leading to a hypothesis that The General might reinfect SDM with a Dark Spore...

[[OmnicidalManiac ...or, Arachna save us all, with the actual Black Spawn.]]

Basically, combine GeniusLoci, BigBad, PhysicalGod, and as many negative adjectives and nouns as possible, and you get Hellgate. Has nothing to do with ''VideoGame/HellgateLondon''. Or a certain high school with the same name.

* BreakTheCutie: She's had it pretty rough since Hellgate broke into her own world.