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A conglomerate of all of Mr. Owl's accumulated negative emotions which Owl tried to manifest into a physical form and kill. However, Dr. X escaped and became Owl's ArchEnemy. Because he is formed purely of negativity, Dr. X is a [[CompleteMonster pure evil]] monster with a desire to exterminate everyone and everything, especially Owl. He succeeded in using an interdimensional portal to cast Paa into eternal darkness overrun by shadow beasts (killing all of the humans there), but was eventually defeated by Owl and the crashlanded Sayan Squad and Vulture crew. Like Owl, he has the power to conjure weapons out of nowhere, but his combat style is focused on [[MightyGlacier slow and overwhelming attacks]].
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A conglomerate of all of Mr. Owl's accumulated negative emotions which Owl tried to manifest into a physical form and kill. However, Dr. X escaped and became Owl's ArchEnemy. Because he is formed purely of negativity, Dr. X is a [[CompleteMonster pure evil]] evil monster with a desire to exterminate everyone and everything, especially Owl. He succeeded in using an interdimensional portal to cast Paa into eternal darkness overrun by shadow beasts (killing all of the humans there), but was eventually defeated by Owl and the crashlanded Sayan Squad and Vulture crew. Like Owl, he has the power to conjure weapons out of nowhere, but his combat style is focused on [[MightyGlacier slow and overwhelming attacks]].
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* {{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...]]
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* MadeOfEvil: Being the ejected evil within Owl makes him so by default.
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* {{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).
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* {{Leitmotif}}: [[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.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: [[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.
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* VillainSong: A fanmade one [[http://w11.zetaboards.com/ShiftingWorlds/single/?p=8585640&t=8943973 right here]].
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* CallingYourAttacks: All the time, almost always with the word "Silver" in it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Owl's major flaw was that in [[BewareTheNiceOnes trying to be too nice]] and trying to destroy his dark side, he only made it stronger and eventually turned an EnemyWithin into an EnemyWithout unwittingly. After a verbal beatdown by Dr. X, Owl finally winds up accepting his inner darkness instead of running away from it.
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** ''The Duel'' solo reveals that his real name is Charles Rodan, but [[ThatManIsDead he no longer sees himself as that same man]] and will forever remain known as Mr. Owl.
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* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Owl's main power. He is partial towards swords, but even ''spades'' count as weapons too.
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::''Shadow Of A Madman''
::'''Dr. X'''
A conglomerate of all of Mr. Owl's accumulated negative emotions which Owl tried to manifest into a physical form and kill. However, Dr. X escaped and became Owl's ArchEnemy. Because he is formed purely of negativity, Dr. X is a [[CompleteMonster pure evil]] monster with a desire to exterminate everyone and everything, especially Owl. He succeeded in using an interdimensional portal to cast Paa into eternal darkness overrun by shadow beasts (killing all of the humans there), but was eventually defeated by Owl and the crashlanded Sayan Squad and Vulture crew. Like Owl, he has the power to conjure weapons out of nowhere, but his combat style is focused on [[MightyGlacier slow and overwhelming attacks]].
!!!Tropes associated with Dr. X:
* ArchEnemy: To Owl.
* BadAss: For all his evil, he is no less awesome than Owl is.
* BlackKnight: Wears nigh-invulnerable black PowerArmor in combat to take his MightyGlacier tendencies even further.
* BreakThemByTalking: He constantly reminds Owl that he is a part of him and that everything he has ever done is Owl's fault. He eventually ''succeeds'' at temporarily [[HeroicBSOD breaking Owl]] in the final confrontation between the two... but he didn't count on Owl emerging all the stronger from it.
* CallingYourAttacks: Just like Owl, only his attack names usually contain "Black" and synonyms thereof.
* CastingAShadow: Draws much of his power from a portal to the Dark World, which gives him power over darkness and an army of shadow beasts he controls. His machines are also often infused with darkness to make them stronger and tougher. However, when the portal is destroyed, he loses those powers.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Black, in contrast to Owl's silver. Fitting, since he is an evil ShadowArchetype.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Owl very literally created him in an attempt to kill him, which [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]]. X never misses an opportunity to remind Owl that if he had not been so stupid, none of the catastrophes X wrought about would have happened.
* EnemyWithout: Was initially Mr. Owl's own dark side until Owl had the [[TooDumbToLive bright idea]] to manifest him into reality and attempt to kill him.
* EvilGenius: Natch.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: While he has the same facial features to Owl's, he is also significantly more repugnant, with glowing eyes and a disgustingly moist and clammy skin texture.
* EvilOverlord: Of Paa. Though, there is not really anyone left on the planet to lord over.
* FieldOfBlades: One of his moves, ''Dark Forest''. Additionally, after emerging from the ground, the blades fly off into the air.
* GadgeteerGenius: Just like Owl, only his access to vastly superior resources allowed him to take his craft above and beyond. Including a [[OminousFloatingCastle flying, space-worthy fortress]]. He also seems to rely on machinery for combat more than Owl, who tends to prefer his own skills.
* GeniusBruiser: He'll blast you to bits with a robot of his own invention one minute, and tear you apart with his brute strength and summoned weapons the next.
* HannibalLecture: Above all, X loves to torment Owl with the fact that he is part of him. Owl eventually gets sick and tired of that and [[ShutUpHannibal turns it on him]], retorting that X is right, but that this is all he is - a redundant shadow of Owl with no reason to exist.
* MightyGlacier: Whereas Owl is nimble, fast, but not too strong and can't take a beating, X is slow and trudging but incredibly durable and crushes the opposition with immensely powerful blows. WordOfGod says this was intentional to highlight their opposition.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. X is not really a doctor. Owl just called him this because it sounded badass. He ''is'' an EvilGenius though.
* ShadowArchetype: He is all the piled up evil Owl had repressed over the years and then tried unsuccessfully to destroy. He and Owl are simultaneously similar and opposite: they have the same face but one has a thin wiry body while the other is burly, they have the same power but opposite fighting styles, and one is associated with the color white and the other with black.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: His main power, only his weapons are black instead of white.
* StormOfBlades: Naturally a part of his power set, being Owl's ShadowArchetype. Special mention goes to his [[FinishingMove ultimate move]], ''Planet Of Shadows'', a massive explosion of darkness centered on himself which throws myriads of dark summoned melee weapons everywhere. According to X, while he is empowered with shadow magic from the Dark World, this attack is a OneHitKill that [[ThePowerOfTheVoid consumes enemies into oblivion.]]
* VillainTeamUp: He lends his assistance to The General in finding the rebels in return for a promise of a high-ranked position in The General's army.
* XtremelyKoolLetterz: Owl admits that he named Dr. X that [[RuleOfCool just because it sounded cool]]. Though, "X" is used to indicate an unknown, which makes it a MeaningfulName for a [[CastingAShadow dark magic user]] who shrouded an entire planet in impenetrable shadows.
::'''Dr. X'''
A conglomerate of all of Mr. Owl's accumulated negative emotions which Owl tried to manifest into a physical form and kill. However, Dr. X escaped and became Owl's ArchEnemy. Because he is formed purely of negativity, Dr. X is a [[CompleteMonster pure evil]] monster with a desire to exterminate everyone and everything, especially Owl. He succeeded in using an interdimensional portal to cast Paa into eternal darkness overrun by shadow beasts (killing all of the humans there), but was eventually defeated by Owl and the crashlanded Sayan Squad and Vulture crew. Like Owl, he has the power to conjure weapons out of nowhere, but his combat style is focused on [[MightyGlacier slow and overwhelming attacks]].
!!!Tropes associated with Dr. X:
* ArchEnemy: To Owl.
* BadAss: For all his evil, he is no less awesome than Owl is.
* BlackKnight: Wears nigh-invulnerable black PowerArmor in combat to take his MightyGlacier tendencies even further.
* BreakThemByTalking: He constantly reminds Owl that he is a part of him and that everything he has ever done is Owl's fault. He eventually ''succeeds'' at temporarily [[HeroicBSOD breaking Owl]] in the final confrontation between the two... but he didn't count on Owl emerging all the stronger from it.
* CallingYourAttacks: Just like Owl, only his attack names usually contain "Black" and synonyms thereof.
* CastingAShadow: Draws much of his power from a portal to the Dark World, which gives him power over darkness and an army of shadow beasts he controls. His machines are also often infused with darkness to make them stronger and tougher. However, when the portal is destroyed, he loses those powers.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Black, in contrast to Owl's silver. Fitting, since he is an evil ShadowArchetype.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Owl very literally created him in an attempt to kill him, which [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]]. X never misses an opportunity to remind Owl that if he had not been so stupid, none of the catastrophes X wrought about would have happened.
* EnemyWithout: Was initially Mr. Owl's own dark side until Owl had the [[TooDumbToLive bright idea]] to manifest him into reality and attempt to kill him.
* EvilGenius: Natch.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: While he has the same facial features to Owl's, he is also significantly more repugnant, with glowing eyes and a disgustingly moist and clammy skin texture.
* EvilOverlord: Of Paa. Though, there is not really anyone left on the planet to lord over.
* FieldOfBlades: One of his moves, ''Dark Forest''. Additionally, after emerging from the ground, the blades fly off into the air.
* GadgeteerGenius: Just like Owl, only his access to vastly superior resources allowed him to take his craft above and beyond. Including a [[OminousFloatingCastle flying, space-worthy fortress]]. He also seems to rely on machinery for combat more than Owl, who tends to prefer his own skills.
* GeniusBruiser: He'll blast you to bits with a robot of his own invention one minute, and tear you apart with his brute strength and summoned weapons the next.
* HannibalLecture: Above all, X loves to torment Owl with the fact that he is part of him. Owl eventually gets sick and tired of that and [[ShutUpHannibal turns it on him]], retorting that X is right, but that this is all he is - a redundant shadow of Owl with no reason to exist.
* MightyGlacier: Whereas Owl is nimble, fast, but not too strong and can't take a beating, X is slow and trudging but incredibly durable and crushes the opposition with immensely powerful blows. WordOfGod says this was intentional to highlight their opposition.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. X is not really a doctor. Owl just called him this because it sounded badass. He ''is'' an EvilGenius though.
* ShadowArchetype: He is all the piled up evil Owl had repressed over the years and then tried unsuccessfully to destroy. He and Owl are simultaneously similar and opposite: they have the same face but one has a thin wiry body while the other is burly, they have the same power but opposite fighting styles, and one is associated with the color white and the other with black.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: His main power, only his weapons are black instead of white.
* StormOfBlades: Naturally a part of his power set, being Owl's ShadowArchetype. Special mention goes to his [[FinishingMove ultimate move]], ''Planet Of Shadows'', a massive explosion of darkness centered on himself which throws myriads of dark summoned melee weapons everywhere. According to X, while he is empowered with shadow magic from the Dark World, this attack is a OneHitKill that [[ThePowerOfTheVoid consumes enemies into oblivion.]]
* VillainTeamUp: He lends his assistance to The General in finding the rebels in return for a promise of a high-ranked position in The General's army.
* XtremelyKoolLetterz: Owl admits that he named Dr. X that [[RuleOfCool just because it sounded cool]]. Though, "X" is used to indicate an unknown, which makes it a MeaningfulName for a [[CastingAShadow dark magic user]] who shrouded an entire planet in impenetrable shadows.
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* CrazyAwesome: He built a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]'' ''[[EnergyBlade laser]]'' ''[[FunnySpoon spoon]]''. '''[[ImprobableWeaponUser A chainsaw laser spoon]]''', for crissakes.
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* HealingFactor: Owl is able to pull off things like detaching his head from his body and attaching it back, or regenerating his whole body from just the head.
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* MundaneUtility: His magical ability to summon any "bladed weapon" apparently extends to ''shovels''.
* MundaneUtility: His magical ability to summon any "bladed weapon" apparently extends to ''shovels''.
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* EldritchAbomination: Anathemus has billions of facets across the omniverse. And yet He is one entity. He is not a HiveMind, as every facet '''is''' Anathemus - the whole of him. So Anathemus simultaneously exists in every universe of the Omniverse, at once. And yet every facet is different, even though each of them '''is''' Anathemus whole. It doesn't make any sense, but that's how it is. The writer himself states that Anathemus is just too big and powerful for human logic to understand his existence.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: After Owl "accidentally" builds a teleporter (right when the group needed one, at that), Ketsueki suggests that his demeanor might be an act and that he is actually a genius. Though he promptly backtracks on that conclusion and says that Owl really ''is'' as loco in the coco as he appears. The world may never know the truth.
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* SunglassesAtNight: Paa may be plunged into everlasting darkness, but that's no reason for Mr. Owl to remove his sunglasses.
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* LeeroyJenkins: In the Xat RP, back when he is still young. Once in a blue moon, his recklessness actually ends up benefiting the Rebellion.
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* ResurrectiveImmortality: Dragmire the Steel Mage, who once somehow pissed off an unknown deity and was CursedWithImmortality as a result - every time he dies, he is reincarnated in another universe. Except Dragmire is a BloodKnight. [[CursedWithAwesome You can see how that particular "curse" turned out]].
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* BloodKnight: the Steel Mage. The only reason he's in the cult in the first place seems to be so he can fight anyone who tries to stop it.
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* BloodKnight: the Steel Mage. The only reason he's in the cult in the first place seems to be so he can fight anyone who tries to stop it. A supplementary material reveals the '''true''' reason he is in the cult is [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu so he can fight the Black Spawn itself]]!
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* HumongousMecha: Like many Rebels, he fights using a Mimic unit.
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Commander of the F squadron, and the main characters in said squadron. He was not one of the original defectors with Amadeus, but rose through the ranks to become an important man in the rebellion.
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Wing Commander of the F squadron, Squadron, and one of the main characters in said squadron. squadron in ''Hellgate 2 Part 3''. He was not leads F Squadron on the battlefield, providing valuable assistance with both his Mimic's armaments and his indepth knowledge of the General's units and tactics.
He is just one of theoriginal defectors many whose planet was enslaved by The General and loved ones massacred, but he did not join the Rebellion immediately after that, trying instead to lead a quiet life with Amadeus, but rose through his sister. However, The General's forces would find him again in short time, and this time bringing the ranks to become an important man in death of the rebellion.
Seemslast person he cared about. Left with nothing else to have a greater reason for being in live for, Kusakabe joined the rebellion, Rebellion.
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* TheAlcoholic: Was somewhat infamous for hitting the bottle a little too often in his younger years. Though considering what he went through, it's somewhat understandable.
* BadassNormal: He does not have superpowers like the rest of F Squadron, and relies on his Mimic's basic blaster and blade. But, he has years of experience at his belt fighting The General's forces, and it shows. Anyone who tries to dismiss him for his inferior firepower will learn better - be it friend or foe.
* CommandingCoolness: He is Wing ''Commander''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His world, with everything and everyone he cared about, was ravaged by The General. His sister was killed by a piece of shrapnel in a confrontation with The General, too.
* TheAlcoholic: Was somewhat infamous for hitting the bottle a little too often in his younger years. Though considering what he went through, it's somewhat understandable.
* BadassNormal: He does not have superpowers like the rest of F Squadron, and relies on his Mimic's basic blaster and blade. But, he has years of experience at his belt fighting The General's forces, and it shows. Anyone who tries to dismiss him for his inferior firepower will learn better - be it friend or foe.
* CommandingCoolness: He is Wing ''Commander''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His world, with everything and everyone he cared about, was ravaged by The General. His sister was killed by a piece of shrapnel in a confrontation with The General, too.
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* [[MechaPilot Mimic Pilot]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being theF-Squadron F Squadron Wing Commander.
* RebelliousRebel: Although he never outright defected, he had a streak during which he hated the Rebellion for not intervening to assist Earth-M745.
* RebelliousSpirit: Of the ChaoticGood kind, in his younger years. He did ''not'' get along with the older, more experienced Amadeus.
* StepfordSmiler: Kusakabe is tormented by grief due to both his past and everything he has seen in his years in the Rebellion. But you would not know that by looking at him. As Wing Commander, he cannot afford such things distract him, lest they cause the death of everyone under his command.
* WideEyedIdealist: He had some elements of this in his younger years. Notably, he resented the Rebellion for abandoning the people of Earth M-745 to Supervisor Arachnos' tyrannical rule, refusing to acknowledge the fact that a rescue would have cost the Rebellion more men than they could have saved.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being the
* RebelliousRebel: Although he never outright defected, he had a streak during which he hated the Rebellion for not intervening to assist Earth-M745.
* RebelliousSpirit: Of the ChaoticGood kind, in his younger years. He did ''not'' get along with the older, more experienced Amadeus.
* StepfordSmiler: Kusakabe is tormented by grief due to both his past and everything he has seen in his years in the Rebellion. But you would not know that by looking at him. As Wing Commander, he cannot afford such things distract him, lest they cause the death of everyone under his command.
* WideEyedIdealist: He had some elements of this in his younger years. Notably, he resented the Rebellion for abandoning the people of Earth M-745 to Supervisor Arachnos' tyrannical rule, refusing to acknowledge the fact that a rescue would have cost the Rebellion more men than they could have saved.
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* AuthorAvatar: He ''used'' to be one for SDM in ''The War Of Light And Darkness'', but as of his appearance in the new Xat RP, this is no longer true.
* AuthorAvatar: He ''used'' to be one for SDM in ''The War Of Light And Darkness'', but as of his appearance in the new Xat RP, this is no longer true.
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::''Zero the Second''
::'''Mr. Owl'''
The (possibly) last surviving human on Paa-M912, the Planet of Shadows, Mr. Owl is a lively and eccentric goofball with a few screws loose and a pronounced lack of common sense. However, he should not be underestimated, as he is a formidable combatant who has the ability to summon multiple blades out of nowhere, and a mechanical genius. Mr. Owl is responsible for the creation of Dr. X (an embodiment of his own negative side), and as such he indirectly caused the cataclysm that devastated Paa-M912.
!!!Tropes associated with Mr. Owl:
* BadAss: Despite his quirks, he is unquestionably awesome.
* 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.
* TheCape: Despite actually wearing [[TheCowl a cowl]], Owl seems to be this - no surprise, since he removed his own dark side by force. Unusually, though, he doesn't seem to have any problem with killing, at least when it's truly warranted.
* CelibateHero: Many characters avoid romance, but how many characters have ''built entire fortresses'' (yes, that's a plural) solely to keep the opposite sex away? Owl did.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Silver. His color scheme is white and gray, and his attack names usually contain the word "silver" as well.
* CombatParkour: He has abnormally high speed and agility both in and out of combat and is able to do things like jumping off walls and making impossibly high jumps.
* CoolShades: His large shades are the main reason why he is nicknamed "Owl".
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Trying to embody and kill his own dark side without taking into consideration that it would know all about his plans? Building a fortress to protect humanity, without taking into account that humanity would be extinct long before he finished the damn thing? Owl has a long history of not thinking things through.
* DissonantSerenity: Being the last surviving human in a post-apocalyptic darkened world is no cause of distress for Owl. Nor is the very real possibility that his last surviving partner is not-so-surviving anymore.
* DualWielding: His weapons of choice are a pair of swords.
* GadgeteerGenius: He built his War Fortress III out of scrap, and allegedly could build a spaceship.
* GeniusDitz: An unstoppable warrior and mechanical genius... who nearly failed to mention to the crashlanded group that Dr. X should have spaceships in their possession, despite the fact that they clearly expressed the desire to leave the planet.
* IdiotHero: Natch.
* InTheHood: Unusually, a white one rather than the traditional dark colors.
* LastOfHisKind: The last man left on Paa. [[ThereIsAnother There may be a woman left,]] but given [[CelibateHero Owl's disposition towards the opposite sex]], an AdamAndEvePlot is ''strictly'' out of the question even assuming she is still alive.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mr. Owl is not his real name, but a nickname brought about by his signature oversized sunglasses. His real name has been forgotten long ago.
* SpinAttack: '''Silver Castle'''.
* StormOfBlades: One of his most powerful attacks, '''Silver Moonlight''', rains swords from the sky.
* SunglassesAtNight: Paa may be plunged into everlasting darkness, but that's no reason for Mr. Owl to remove his sunglasses.
* TheNameless: Technically he has a name. He just doesn't remember it.
* TooDumbToLive: Has his moments. Trying to expunge and kill his own dark side, while failing to realize his dark side would have the same memories as he does, for example.
* UnwantedHarem: Apparently the reason behind his "chastity fortresses".
::'''Mr. Owl'''
The (possibly) last surviving human on Paa-M912, the Planet of Shadows, Mr. Owl is a lively and eccentric goofball with a few screws loose and a pronounced lack of common sense. However, he should not be underestimated, as he is a formidable combatant who has the ability to summon multiple blades out of nowhere, and a mechanical genius. Mr. Owl is responsible for the creation of Dr. X (an embodiment of his own negative side), and as such he indirectly caused the cataclysm that devastated Paa-M912.
!!!Tropes associated with Mr. Owl:
* BadAss: Despite his quirks, he is unquestionably awesome.
* 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.
* TheCape: Despite actually wearing [[TheCowl a cowl]], Owl seems to be this - no surprise, since he removed his own dark side by force. Unusually, though, he doesn't seem to have any problem with killing, at least when it's truly warranted.
* CelibateHero: Many characters avoid romance, but how many characters have ''built entire fortresses'' (yes, that's a plural) solely to keep the opposite sex away? Owl did.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Silver. His color scheme is white and gray, and his attack names usually contain the word "silver" as well.
* CombatParkour: He has abnormally high speed and agility both in and out of combat and is able to do things like jumping off walls and making impossibly high jumps.
* CoolShades: His large shades are the main reason why he is nicknamed "Owl".
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Trying to embody and kill his own dark side without taking into consideration that it would know all about his plans? Building a fortress to protect humanity, without taking into account that humanity would be extinct long before he finished the damn thing? Owl has a long history of not thinking things through.
* DissonantSerenity: Being the last surviving human in a post-apocalyptic darkened world is no cause of distress for Owl. Nor is the very real possibility that his last surviving partner is not-so-surviving anymore.
* DualWielding: His weapons of choice are a pair of swords.
* GadgeteerGenius: He built his War Fortress III out of scrap, and allegedly could build a spaceship.
* GeniusDitz: An unstoppable warrior and mechanical genius... who nearly failed to mention to the crashlanded group that Dr. X should have spaceships in their possession, despite the fact that they clearly expressed the desire to leave the planet.
* IdiotHero: Natch.
* InTheHood: Unusually, a white one rather than the traditional dark colors.
* LastOfHisKind: The last man left on Paa. [[ThereIsAnother There may be a woman left,]] but given [[CelibateHero Owl's disposition towards the opposite sex]], an AdamAndEvePlot is ''strictly'' out of the question even assuming she is still alive.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mr. Owl is not his real name, but a nickname brought about by his signature oversized sunglasses. His real name has been forgotten long ago.
* SpinAttack: '''Silver Castle'''.
* StormOfBlades: One of his most powerful attacks, '''Silver Moonlight''', rains swords from the sky.
* SunglassesAtNight: Paa may be plunged into everlasting darkness, but that's no reason for Mr. Owl to remove his sunglasses.
* TheNameless: Technically he has a name. He just doesn't remember it.
* TooDumbToLive: Has his moments. Trying to expunge and kill his own dark side, while failing to realize his dark side would have the same memories as he does, for example.
* UnwantedHarem: Apparently the reason behind his "chastity fortresses".
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* TranquilFury: It's not very easy to piss Amadeus off. But if you do anger him... he won't need to lay a hand on you or even shout at you to make you wish you hadn't.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: The main reason why he is a commander is so that someone else does not need to be:
-->''"I'm the one that organizes the missions. I'm the one that tells everybody where they're going and what they're doing. And it's my decision to make regarding... who is probably going to die."''
-->''"I'm the one that organizes the missions. I'm the one that tells everybody where they're going and what they're doing. And it's my decision to make regarding... who is probably going to die."''
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* TheAtoner: He commands the Rebellion to atone for the atrocities he has comitted as part of KizCo and The General's forces.
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* FrontlineGeneral: Mostly averted, but though he is not seen on the battlefield, when the situation requires it he will put his life on the line if necessary. He also stated that he is not part of Rebellion High Command because he does not want to be too far away from where the action is happening.
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* TheAtoner: He commands the Rebellion to atone for the atrocities he has comitted as part of KizCo and The General's forces.
* AFatherToHisMen: Unanimously respected by almost the entire Rebellion, and respects them back in turn.
* AntiHero: Beneath his calm facade, Amadeus is a guilt-ridden and disillusioned man. And though he disagrees with [[IDidWhatIHadToDo The General's way to go about it]], he has admitted he does not necessarily disagree that [[WellIntentionedExtremist it wouldn't be a bad thing]] [[MercyKill if the omniverse could be reset]].
* BigGood: He is not the only high-ranking member of the Rebellion, but he is the highest-ranking one to have relevance in the plot or to appear in the roleplays.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Originating from a CrapsackWorld and participating in both [[MegaCorp Kizeki Corp]]'s [[BigBad The General]]'s atrocities can damage a man...
* FrontlineGeneral: Mostly averted, but though he is not seen on the battlefield, when the situation requires it he will put his life on the line if necessary.
* 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.
* ReformedCriminal: Used to be a part of first Kizeki Corp, and then The General's forces until he finally realized that purifying the universe is not worth the suffering caused as a byproduct.
* AFatherToHisMen: Unanimously respected by almost the entire Rebellion, and respects them back in turn.
* AntiHero: Beneath his calm facade, Amadeus is a guilt-ridden and disillusioned man. And though he disagrees with [[IDidWhatIHadToDo The General's way to go about it]], he has admitted he does not necessarily disagree that [[WellIntentionedExtremist it wouldn't be a bad thing]] [[MercyKill if the omniverse could be reset]].
* BigGood: He is not the only high-ranking member of the Rebellion, but he is the highest-ranking one to have relevance in the plot or to appear in the roleplays.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Originating from a CrapsackWorld and participating in both [[MegaCorp Kizeki Corp]]'s [[BigBad The General]]'s atrocities can damage a man...
* FrontlineGeneral: Mostly averted, but though he is not seen on the battlefield, when the situation requires it he will put his life on the line if necessary.
* 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.
* ReformedCriminal: Used to be a part of first Kizeki Corp, and then The General's forces until he finally realized that purifying the universe is not worth the suffering caused as a byproduct.
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* [[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.
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* EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce: To end everything that exists. [[CosmicHorrorStory And someday]], [[TheBadGuyWins it will]].
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* FourStarBadass: When someone is known only as "The General", you ''know'' they are this trope.
* FreudianExcuse: Spending your childhood in a CrapsackWorld with an abusive father, then serving in [[MegaCorp Kizeki Corp.]] only to discover that the whole omniverse is really a Crapsack Omniverse will do things to a man's psyche.
* GalacticConqueror:though Though he only conquers to eventually destroy.
* FreudianExcuse: Spending your childhood in a CrapsackWorld with an abusive father, then serving in [[MegaCorp Kizeki Corp.]] only to discover that the whole omniverse is really a Crapsack Omniverse will do things to a man's psyche.
* GalacticConqueror:
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* MadeOfIndestructium: his high tier technology. Unfortunately "high tier" is everything above the standard Mook or a few of the weaker turrets and tanks. Even his scout ships are virtually unstoppable without the right equipment.
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* ItIsBeyondSaving: His view of the Omniverse.
* MadeOfIndestructium:his His high tier technology. Unfortunately "high tier" is everything above the standard Mook or a few of the weaker turrets and tanks. Even his scout ships are virtually unstoppable without the right equipment.equipment.
* NonActionBigBad: Toyed with. The General has no superpowers other than his [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld impossibly long life]], but he does regularly enter the battlefield in his [[MileLongShip capital]] [[TheBattlestar ship]], ''The General's Head''. He has also been known to get more up close and personal using a HumongousMecha known as ''The General's Soul''.
* MadeOfIndestructium:
* NonActionBigBad: Toyed with. The General has no superpowers other than his [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld impossibly long life]], but he does regularly enter the battlefield in his [[MileLongShip capital]] [[TheBattlestar ship]], ''The General's Head''. He has also been known to get more up close and personal using a HumongousMecha known as ''The General's Soul''.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: he is virtually indistinguishable from a human, but from a world where humans are far more long-lived. That's how he managed to build up his army to such epic proportions.
* 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.
* 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.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: he He is virtually indistinguishable from a human, but from a world where humans are far more long-lived. That's how he managed to build up his army to such epic proportions.
* ShadowArchetype:to 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.
* ShadowArchetype:
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: He thinks he's doing a good thing by setting the [[CrapsackWorld omniverse]] clean.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His came in the very first ''Hellgate'' roleplay, but not in his first scene. He introduced himself as "SDM of the future" and did not immediately appear to be outright evil. His real establishing moment was obliterating SDM in a CurbStompBattle for refusing to give him Patchouli, and then boasting about having killed all his residents in cold blood.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the epilogue of ''Hellgate 2 Part 2'', it is immediately revealed that this man was behind '''[[EldritchAbomination The Black Spawn]]''' all along, also that he is so [[TheDreaded feared]] that [[BadBoss even his allies are afraid of him]], and that his personality is cold enough to freeze an erupting volcano solid.
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As the Founder of the Clan, Valis demands the utmost respect from those who behold him, and has an unnatural ability to instill obedience in others, even other Anathemites. Being infinitely powerful as he is, he considers very few things to be worth his time. Fighting the Anathemites does not seem to be one of them, and at the end of the Nihilius Clan arc, he and most of his forces leave Equestria of his own free will.
will. Or so it seems. In reality, he orchestrated [[TheRemnant the Nihilius Remnant]] all along.
** FauxAffablyEvil: Except in reality he actually betrays ''absolutely everyone'', from the Anathemites to even his own forces.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: overpowered against Anathemites. Not so much against anything else.
* DealWithTheDevil: it is implied that Valis' offers to the Anathemites served some kind of further agenda.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: overpowered Overpowered against Anathemites. Not so much against anything else.
* DealWithTheDevil:it is implied that Valis' offers to the Anathemites served some kind of further agenda.were purely intended to make them easy pickings when the time came to fuel the Lunar Cell.
* DealWithTheDevil:
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: though he has a backstory that ties him into the RP, his existance was not foreshadowed in any way. SDM came up with him on the fly because he wanted the attack on the Clan base to pose a challenge to the Anathemites.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: recently revealed to be one. He is not as powerful as Nihilius, he just has a massive innate advantage against other Anathemites.
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* MakeAWish: He makes several offers of the sort to the Anathemites. First of all, he gives Executor's memories to Terminos. He also offers Oneiros and Lynna to restore the old Equestria thye lost at the hands of Hellgate, and gives Terminos a way back to Techquestria. Lynna refuses, Terminos refuses because Lynna refused, but Oneiros accepts his offer and [[PutOnABus leaves the party]]. Valis' reasons to bother with this are not entirely clear, it's possible that, given his power, he just considered this a less troublesome way to get them off his back. WordOfGod says that he will indeed keep his promises, presumably making him not the [[JerkassGenie jerkass kind of wish granter]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Knowing Valis,]] [[DealWithTheDevil he probably did not do this out of kindness.]]
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* MakeAWish: He makes several offers of the sort to the Anathemites. First of all, he gives Executor's memories to Terminos. He also offers Oneiros and Lynna to restore the old Equestria thye lost at the hands of Hellgate, and gives Terminos a way back to Techquestria. Lynna refuses, Terminos refuses because Lynna refused, but Oneiros accepts his offer and [[PutOnABus leaves the party]]. Valis' reasons to bother with this are not entirely clear, it's possible that, given his power, he just considered this a less troublesome way to get them off his back. WordOfGod says that he will indeed He did keep his promises, presumably making him not promise, but he brought Oneiros back to Equestria just in time to fuel the [[JerkassGenie jerkass kind of wish granter]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Knowing Valis,]] [[DealWithTheDevil he probably did not do this out of kindness.]]Lunar Cell.
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The Anathemus Mythos has a rich cast of characters, [[EvilIsCool many of them being really badass villains]]. This section is reserved for Mythos-exclusive characters. For those characters that appear in the Anathemus Mythos, but also feature in other Roleplay/ShiftingWorlds roleplays such as ''Crossroads'', please go to [[Characters/ShiftingWorlds the general Shifting Worlds character page]].
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[[folder: '''Protagonists''']]
For Arachnos, Kanako Imrah, Sebastian Jebediah Aurion, SDM himself and other members of the so-called "Hellgate Crew", please [[Characters/ShiftingWorlds see the main Shifting Worlds Characters page]].
::''Blood of the Rising Sun''
::'''Souichirou Kusakabe'''
Commander of the F squadron, and the main characters in said squadron. He was not one of the original defectors with Amadeus, but rose through the ranks to become an important man in the rebellion.
Seems to have a greater reason for being in the rebellion, as shown when he went to visit a distant memorial on Holomon.
!!!Tropes associated with Kusakabe:
* AFatherToHisMen
* HotBlooded: In his youth, back when he was just a pilot. His codename Ketsueki, meaning "Blood", reflects both this and his past.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His world, with everything and everyone he cared about, was ravaged by The General. His sister was killed by a piece of shrapnel in a confrontation with The General, too.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being the F-Squadron Wing Commander.
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[[folder: '''Villains and Antagonists''']]
::''The End of Everything''
::'''Anathemus'''
Little is known about this mysterious deity, other than that it is [[TopGod the most powerful entity to ever exist in the entire Omniverse]] and that its only goal is the [[OmnicidalManiac utter erasure of all existance]]. Anathemus is associated with, or maybe ''is'', the realm of Nihility, a dimension of pure nothingness.
Anathemus is associated with most of the antagonists and antagonist groups in SDM's lore. The General seeks to wake Anathemus to purify the realms. The Nihilus Clan, meanwhile, believe that all existance is Anathemus' dream, and that his imminent awakening would inflict upon every living thing a FateWorseThanDeath, hence their will to kill everything before that happens. It also appears that the Black Spawn has an as of yet unclear connection to Anathemus.
!!!Tropes associated with Anathemus:
* ApocalypseHow: Omniversal, the very highest scope!
* BiggerBad
* DreamLand: WordOfGod confirms that entire multiverses exist solely in Anathemus' head as he dreams. And yes, when he wakes up a DreamApocalypse happens. This is a major motivation for the Nihilius Clan.
* GodIsFlawed: according to SDM, he ''will'' be defeated, ''because'' he is just as flawed as anyone.
* GodOfEvil: oh yes.
* MadGod: and how!
* TheMaker: if one goes by Nihilus Clan beliefs, the entire Omniverse exists in Anathemus' sleep, which makes him a creator deity of sorts.
* OmnicidalManiac
* ReligionOfEvil: the Nihilus fanatics - although in their case "evil", as pointed out by Executor, is relative. The Clan honestly believes they're doing what is right.
* TheBadGuyWins: WordOfGod also states that Anathemus cannot be destroyed, only delayed. Someday, quadrillions of years from now perhaps, Anathemus ''will inevitably win''. It's all about making sure that victory comes as late as possible.
* [[ThePowerOfTheVoid The Power Of Nihility]]
* TopGod: the very, very top. To the point that his so-called "Gifts" - beings comprized of mere fragments of his essence and wielding an infinitesimal portion of his power - are able to effortlessly wipe the floor with Arachna, an omnipotent [[TheMaker creator goddess]].
* UltimateEvil: And how!
::''Shadow of Ruin''
::'''Hellgate'''
-->''"[[{{Understatement}} Demonic. Twisted. Evil. Sick. Perverted.]] [[GeniusLoci House]]."''\\
''--Arachnos''
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.
!!!Tropes associated with Hellgate:
* AGodAmI: Once Hellgate obtains his god aura.
* AlternateSelf: Hellgate is this to the canon timeline's SDM (you know, [[HeroicSacrifice the one who died]]).
** Actually, Hellgate's the original SDM. It's Hellgate's meddling in the past that created the AlternateTimeline, and caused the SDM of the alternate timeline to die in a HeroicSacrifice, instead of being BrainwashedAndCrazy. Hellgate is what SDM would become if time and fate were left alone.
* BigBad: Probably the most iconic BigBad of all of Shifting Worlds.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Crazy... isn't really the word for it.
* GeniusLoci
* HumongousMecha: from the future. So he is an incredibly advanced one at that.
* MeaningfulName: the name was chosen by Arachnos to reflect both his status as a building and his malevolence.
* NotQuiteDead: Happens twice. The first time, he manages to escape Nihility [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat after every single atom of his body has been vaporized]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero (all thanks to Patchouli, by the way)]]. Then, when Hellgate's defeated during the 2nd final battle, he's shown to be alive and well, only with LaserGuidedAmnesia. He's still alive, by the way.
* PaperThinDisguise: in ''Hellgate 2 Part 1''. Though everyone still falls for it.
* 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!"
::''Supreme Commander''
::'''The General'''
The main antagonist of Hellgate 2 Part 3, and in effect the main villain of the entire Hellgate saga.
Originally appearing as a teaser trailer at the end of Part 2 (and quickly inciting some rage from the players by calling the Black Spawn his "pet"), he soon makes his presence known in Part 3, quickly coming to decimate Gensokyo and destroy the Hakurei Border with the Black Star Cannon.
Claims to have been searching for a particular spark in Gensokyo, and found it in SDM. Also has plans for SDM, as well as his big plan to destroy the universe and reconstruct it in his image.
!!!Tropes associated with The General:
* TheBadGuyWins: he successfully destroys Gensokyo and our heroes can do nothing about it.
* 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."
* MadeOfIndestructium: his high tier technology. Unfortunately "high tier" is everything above the standard Mook or a few of the weaker turrets and tanks. Even his scout ships are virtually unstoppable without the right equipment.
* OmnicidalManiac: his final goal? Purge everything that exists by summoning [[MadGod Anathemus]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: he is virtually indistinguishable from a human, but from a world where humans are far more long-lived. That's how he managed to build up his army to such epic proportions.
* 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
::''The Apocalypse Given Form''
::'''The Black Spawn'''
The antagonist of ''Hellgate 2 Part 2'', the Black Spawn is an shapeless black tentacled [[EldritchAbomination entity]] that destroys entire worlds and leaves nothing behind. It is a PlanetEater, and is well known for seeding every planet it intends to consume with Dark Spores before its arrival. The Dark Spores are parasitic organisms produced by the Spawn which [[HatePlague amplify the negative emotions of their hosts while smothering positive ones]], turning hosts into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy killing machines]] (until the Spawn comes and calls back all the Spores into itself). This mechanism is intended to leave the planet less likely to repel the Black Spawn by weakening its inhabitants. Add to that the fact that the Spawn's armor is almost impenetrable, short of being breached by a being of divine power - and it's easy to understand that rarely does a planet manage to stop the Spawn from draining the life out of whatever the Infected have not yet killed. Hellgate himself is just an Infected Scarlet Devil Mansion, and in fact it is him being a mansion that prevents his Spore from leaving his body when the Black Spawn calls back all the rest of them ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard and he proceeded to tear the Spawn to pieces with the power granted to him by its own Spore]]).
The Hellgate crew witnesses the power of the Spawn during their [[TimeTravel foray into the Youkai Kingdom of Coronai, which existed long before mankind]]. Originally summoned by Vocus and his Nihilius Clan, the Spawn was successfully beaten back by Coronai's goddesses and Zoruff's sacrifice, but the kingdom was left without a ruler and so ravaged by the Infected and the Spawn itself that youkai could never again rise to their former glory.
The Spawn returns to Gensokyo in the heroes' own era, but it was now even more powerful: following its original defeat at Coronai, the General captured it, restored it and fed it other Black Spawns to evolve it into the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Nevertheless, it is defeated thanks to the Gensokyans' concerted efforts and the power of ex-Hellgate SDM's God Aura. The Spawn barely escapes with its life and sets the stage for the General's subsequent invasion. In ''Hellgate 2 part 3'' The F-Squadron runs into that very same Spawn again and once again overcome it, yet still failing to finish it off.
!!!Tropes associated with The Black Spawn:
* 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
* LifeDrain: how the Spawn feeds. If some of those tentacles touch you, you will drop dead within less than a second. And you will be ''[[FateWorseThanDeath lucky]]''..
* 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".
* OneWingedAngel: the Spawn's ultimate form, only used against a world that is able to defend itself effectively. Abilities include NighInvulnerability (again) and the power to consume everything in a massive radius into itself.
* PlanetEater
* PuppeteerParasite: Spores.
::''The Shadow Mage''
::'''Vocus'''
The man in charge of the Nihilius Clan (a death cult worshipping the ultimate God of Destruction, Anathemus), and a summoner of the Black Spawn. Originally a GenericDoomsdayVillain who wanted to see the world burn ForTheEvulz, he was retconned into a WellIntentionedExtremist who only wants to kill as many people as possible because he believes the entire omniverse is Anathemus' dream, and the DreamApocalypse that would follow his waking would inflict a FateWorseThanDeath upon anyone not already dead.
Vocus used a spored Zoruff as a weapon against the group, which allowed his desporing. He is the only mage not killed during the offensive on the Cultist Cave, but eventually meets his demise at the heroes' hands just before they see the Black Spawn arrive.
Vocus also appears in the Xat roleplay, where [[MesACrowd a group of alternate versions of him from different universes]] lead the equally multiversal (and much more powerful) Nihilius Clan. He and his men worship the heroes (who at that point have become Anathemus' creations) as Gifts sent by Anathemus to assist the Clan in their sacred purge, and is thus seen to be much more polite and even servile to them. One of his selves helps the Anathemites master their Nihility powers, but given that his knowledge of Nihility is purely theoretical he's not very good at it.
!!!Tropes associated with Vocus:
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: he is the leader and founder of the Nihilius Clan. Needless to say, he is the most powerful sorceror in it.
* TheChessmaster: For all the duration of the Remnant arc, Vocus-Six appeared to always be two steps ahead of ERAC. Then subverted, because all along he had actually been following the orders of the ''true'' Chessmaster: Valis Ail.
* 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.
** Has since been averted when [[WordOfGod Word of God]] confirmed that the Clan's beliefs as presented in the Xat RP are canon to their Hellgate counterparts as well.
* 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.
* {{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.
* MesACrowd: in the Xat roleplay, there is not one Vocus, there is a council of him. Every one comes from a different universe.
* OmnicidalManiac: it was once assumed that he wants to destroy the planet [[ForTheEvulz for the kicks of it]], but not so much anymore as of the Xat RP.
* OneWingedAngel: He can assume a shadowy form at will. For Vocus-Six, on top of that, Nihility emanations turn him into a pseudo-Gift of Anathemus upon death.
* 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.
::''Doomsday Cult''
::'''Nihilius Clan'''
An Anathemus-centric cult of mages founded by an ancient Anathemite, Supreme Judge Valis Ail. The Clan's high hierarchy includes the Judges (a group of powerful mages who claim - falsely - to be descended from Anathemus) and Vocus (several of him). The Clan's beliefs hold it that the whole omniverse is a dream of Anathemus, and that once He awakes, everything will not merely stop existing, but will [[MindScrew never have existed in the first place]]. This is assumed to be a terrifying and inevitable fate, to which death is preferrable, hence the Clan's doctrine to kill everyone and everything as fast as possible. Each mage in the Clan is very skilled in a specific element, and some have traces of other elements for usage, as well. All but one--the steel mage--are killed by the main characters.
The Clan makes a triumphant return in the Xat roleplay, where their forces are much more significant, as they are composed of individuals from multiple worlds and dimensions. This Clan has wiped out a parallel version of Gensokyo and is now attacking a parallel version of Equestria. [[AntiVillain Executor]] (see below) assumed leadership of the Clan, and retained the position until his death.
!!!Tropes associated with the Nihilius Clan:
* AllYourPowersCombined: the Copy Mage at the end. Particularly his ultimate spell.
* AnIcePerson: Ice Mage
* BadAss: the Steel Mage. Holy damn, the Steel Mage.
* BloodKnight: the Steel Mage. The only reason he's in the cult in the first place seems to be so he can fight anyone who tries to stop it.
* 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.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* OneWingedAngel: the Earth Mage encases himself in earth to become a giant earth beast, the Death Mage encases himself in a hugeass skeleton-shaped construct of bone.
* PlayingWithFire: Johnson.
* TheRemnant: as of the current state of the Xat RP, most of the Nihilius Clan has evacuated under Valis Ail's orders. However, one Vocus and some forces under him have remained to fight and purge Equestria, Founder be damned. Normally they wouldn't pose much of a threat to the player characters, unfortunately this Vocus uses the power of Valis Ail, making his troops super effective against Anathemites.
* 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
::''Fallen Friend''
::'''Executor'''
An SDM from an alternate dimension, he was converted into a Rainbow Factory. He and that realm's versions of Arachnos (later called Orachnos and then Oneiros), Kanako and Lynna witnessed the utter devastation of their Equestria by Hellgate (due to a major misunderstanding by Arachna, who believed he had the power to summon Anathemus and wipe the universe clean of life) and Hood's unsuccessful attempt to foil Hellgate's plans with what was effectively a genocide of half his troops. When there was nothing left to destroy, Hellgate commanded Arachnos to take them all to another Equestria where he could wreak more chaos. This is how the Factory and its employees, along with Hellgate, arrived to a much more technologically advanced Equestria. Through the perspicacity of that world's version of the Factory, it was revealed that Hellgate no longer had the power to summon Anathemus, and that Equestria had been lost for nothing. Hellgate's rampage was halted, but unfortunately not stopped for good as the plan to destroy him went awry.
The agents of the destroyed Equestria's Factory became agents of the Techquestria Factory instead. By order of said Factory, the body of his other self was scrapped and recycled, while his soul was transferred by local Patchouli into a robot [[WingedUnicorn alicorn]] body created through the collaboration of Orachnos and the local Arachnos. This is when he became known as "Executor". Following various other incidents in Techquestria, he was one of four people (along with O-Lynna, Orachnos, and Techquestrian Arachnos (later called Tarachnos and then Terminos) who went to explore a mysterious otherworldly portal, dropping them in a strange dimension which came to be nicknamed "Esherland". After getting stalked by Nihilius, the group subsequently came face to face with Anathemus and were seemingly consumed... except they actually ended up in yet another parallel Equestria at war with the Nihilus Clan.
They promptly discovered that, following their encounter with Anathemus, they had gained Nihility powers, and the Clan now worshipped them as "Gifts of Anathemus" destined to purge the world. The four of them were taken into the Clan. In order to allow his friends to gain the paranoid local Factory's favor, Executor developed a plan that involved him becoming the leader of the Clan, while the other three "defected" to the Factory. In order to keep his ruse secret and preserve his friends' relationship with the Factory, Executor got himself fully in character and quickly achieved notoriety by kidnapping and killing Luna and orchestrating multiple attacks that ravaged major cities.
Though he and Equestria [[EnemyMine declared a truce]] in order to deal with the threat of Nihilius, with the latter's demise he plans on restarting the attack that was left unfinished, and [[ThanatosGambit permanently ensure the safety of Lynna, Oneiros, and Terminos with his death at their hands.]] The end of the current arc awaited the final, deciding battle between him and his Clan vs. Equestria and the three Anathemites... [[OffTheRails or so everyone thought]], until he was slain all by himself during an assault on Canterlot, leaving an "orphaned" Clan behind.
!!!Tropes associated with Executor:
* AntiVillain
* TheChessmaster: Executor is an expert at playing his opponents. To the point that he is able to go against ''three'' Anathemites (each of those is as powerful as him) and still come ''very'' close to accomplishing his objectives.
* 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.
* EvilMakeover: Terminos himself actually gives him one when he becomes the Nihilius High Lord, inverting his rainbow mane's color scheme and turning one of his eyes red. He also dons a [[BadassCape tattered cape]] and a [[SpikesOfVillainy spiky crown]].
* 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zle1ZfxQc "The Incomplete Stone"]]. Or [[http://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 [[http://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]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: he invokes this trope on purpose. His official reason for taking over the Nihilius Clan is that the Factory wouldn't trust them and chased them away for being made of Nihility, so he decided that if the Factory would treat him as a monster, then he would become one.
* TookALevelInBadass: like his fellow Anathemites, multiple times so far: upon being recreated by Anathemus as a Nihility being, upon Manifesting, upon learning to use his powers to the almost-fullest potential, and upon Awakening.
* TragicVillain: a magnificent example.
* WingedUnicorn: [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Artificial Soul Inside Rainbow Winged Unicorn Robot]], even!
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: he's lost count of the number of times he's lost his home. And then he became what he hated most (i.e. no better than Hellgate) to save his friends. He may have killed Luna, but if you don't feel some pity for the poor guy you have no soul.
::''Negative Entity''
::'''Nihilius'''
-->''"[[ArcWords THE DREAM WILL END.]]"''\\
Despite several appearances in the Xat side-RP, the full truth about this enigmatic entity continues to elude everyone but SDM himself. Due to the feeling of existential horror provoked by looking into his eyes, he was long thought to be the physical embodiment of what would happen if Anathemus were to wake, inflicting a FateWorseThanDeath upon the whole omniverse, supposedly his "dream". Because of this, the Clan of the same name hates him. Nihilius himself, however, states that he is actually a faithful servant of Anathemus, given his purpose by the dark deity itself.
He has stalked the Anathemites throughout their journey through the Warped World (in the form of N-Reimu) and followed them to Equestria as well, where he used his signature Mask to take possession of Brandon Persus. After the Anathemites' Nihility powers developed, he was eventually defeated by them and significantly weakened. His attempt to reclaim his lost power by amplifying the grief and fury of Equestria's ihnabitants and then consuming it is the driving force behind the Dark Beasts arc.
He eventually succeeded at this task by absorbing despair from Lynna. After several other encounters with the Anathemites, during which he attempted (and failed) to convince them to stay out of his way, he eventually gave up and decided to deal with them by force. Nihilius attempted to destroy Equestria and clashed with the Anathemites once again, killing them by tapping into the energy he absorbed from Equestria. However, this allowed the Anathemites to Awaken to their full power and come back to life, promptly destroying Nihilius.
!!!Tropes associated with Nihilius:
* 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.
* DetachmentCombat: his final form has limbs to spare and can send them to beat up enemies of their own. Those detached limbs can shapeshift.
* 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''.
* GottaCatchThemAll: and by "catch", we mean "unleash people's innermost negative feelings and turn them into monsters so they have to be killed and he can subsequently power himself up with their grief". That's just how Nihilius rolls. Thankfully, his plan is foiled thanks to the power of the Elements of Harmony, allowing some Beasts to be purified instead of killed, leaving Nihilius "incomplete".
* FinalBoss: to the Nihilius Arc.
* FlunkyBoss: in the first phase of the final battle, he summons shadows of the previous bosses associated with him, such as the various Dark Beasts.
* HeroKiller: he is to blame for Princess Celestia's untimely death in the finale of the Dark Beast arc.
* HopelessBossFight: every single battle with him until the Anathemites Manifest. Also one phase of the final battle, until they Awaken.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: he pulls a magnificent and terrifying one in the third phase of the battle against him, and uses the energy he has drained from the plane to effortlessly kill all of the Anathemites. Thankfully, this causes them to [[EleventhHourSuperpower Awaken]].
* InterfaceScrew: in Xat, he and those he infects only speak in scrolltext at the bottom of the page instead of inside the chat window as normal.
* JustFollowingOrders: when questioned about why he wants to destroy every dimension, he simply says that is "his purpose" bestowed upon him by Anathemus.
* KilledOffForReal: seemingly averted, but SDM claims he won't appear anymore in the Xat RP at least.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Many'', actually. His main themes are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QG8qMgxbI0 "The Nth Power"]] (a modification of The Demon King Odio), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsZ845vjS3I Grandmaster]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ETgNx-HvU The Demon King Odio]]. Battles involving him use [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8IINrzFWk8 Pure Odio]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Nmc84Noos Megalomania]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPkmB2MRh0 ILLUSION]].
** His True Final Form is fought to the epic tune of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeW0NnkoAU8 Wrapped In Black]].
* MagicalEye: staring into his eyes inflicts existential horror, conveying the feeling of being less than nothing.
* MarathonBoss: the final battle with him has four phases (including the [[HopelessBossFight hopeless]] one) and lasts several hours.
* OmnicidalManiac: probably, like his master.
* OneWingedAngel: his Manifested form could count as this. And the Manifested form itself has its OWN One Winged Angel form.
* 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.
* [[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.
* VillainousBreakdown: he is, to speak mildly, distraught when his attempts to regain his full power are distrupted by the Rainbow Factory's agents.
::''The Founder''
::'''Supreme Judge Valis Ail'''
An ancient Anathemite (he states that he is millions of years old) and the founder of the Nihilius Clan. His physical form is nothing but a mass of shadows inside a Nihilius Clan robe. As he roams many worlds, he rarely graces any particular branch of the Clan with his presence for long. He affirms that he received a message from Anathemus stating that "the one named Nihilius shall save the multiverse from the end of the dream", and created the Clan to exactly this effect. He considers the entity named Nihilius to be an imposter, and the Anathemites to be "accidents" rather than Gifts of Anathemus.
At first, it seemed that over millions of years, Valis Ail's power had grown out of proportion, as he seemed to be able to effortlessly create and recreate worlds and crush Anathemites. However, it has been hinted that his speciality is actually to counter the power of other Anathemites, while lacking in power compared to them when opposed to anything else.
As the Founder of the Clan, Valis demands the utmost respect from those who behold him, and has an unnatural ability to instill obedience in others, even other Anathemites. Being infinitely powerful as he is, he considers very few things to be worth his time. Fighting the Anathemites does not seem to be one of them, and at the end of the Nihilius Clan arc, he and his forces leave Equestria of his own free will.
!!!Tropes associated with Valis Ail:
* 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.
* 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.
* DealWithTheDevil: it is implied that Valis' offers to the Anathemites served some kind of further agenda.
* EvilCounterpart: WordOfGod says Ail has much more in common with the Anathemites than Nihilius did.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: though he has a backstory that ties him into the RP, his existance was not foreshadowed in any way. SDM came up with him on the fly because he wanted the attack on the Clan base to pose a challenge to the Anathemites.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: recently 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Y79hnQ8aw The Hunter of the Dark]]. If and when he is battled, [[http://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.
* MakeAWish: He makes several offers of the sort to the Anathemites. First of all, he gives Executor's memories to Terminos. He also offers Oneiros and Lynna to restore the old Equestria thye lost at the hands of Hellgate, and gives Terminos a way back to Techquestria. Lynna refuses, Terminos refuses because Lynna refused, but Oneiros accepts his offer and [[PutOnABus leaves the party]]. Valis' reasons to bother with this are not entirely clear, it's possible that, given his power, he just considered this a less troublesome way to get them off his back. WordOfGod says that he will indeed keep his promises, presumably making him not the [[JerkassGenie jerkass kind of wish granter]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Knowing Valis,]] [[DealWithTheDevil he probably did not do this out of kindness.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: '''And how'''. He liberally uses both his CompellingVoice and [[TheChessmaster his scheming skills]] to accomplish his goals, manipulating events and altering the truth to get his way. If it serves his goals, he will even betray his own Clansmen, while continuing to manipulate them from the shadows, by taking the shape of the beloved High Lord Executor no less!
* RealityWarper: To an enormous extent. He might as well be {{God}}. Or maybe not...
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: he seems obscenely powerful when first encountered, but in reality is probably only obscenely powerful against Anathemites.
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Clan]]
::''Power-Hungry Rebel Leader''
::'''Saito'''
A supporting antagonist in ''Hellgate 2 Part 2'', she is the leader of the rebel youkai forces under the power of the Black Spawn's messengers in Gustaf's time. She claims to be very powerful, and led many an attack on Gustaf's army (including an attack on Coronai itself), but is mocked by the main characters. In a fit of rage she creates a large ball of darkness, whicih is only just kept away by Arachnos's Voidwebs. She disappears while Arachnos does this, however, appearing in Gustaf's throne room to do battle with the king himself. They both fight for 50 days, destroying the castle itself, before she is finally killed by Gustaf.
She is also Akuko's mother, and her death is why the latter bears a lot of resentment toward the main characters.
!!!Tropes associated with Saito:
* AxCrazy
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: a given with the Dark Spore
* DarknessEqualsDeath
* ShadowArchetype: to Gustaf, of sorts. He is the wise ruler of the greatest kingdom on Earth. She is a maniac leading an army of lunatics intend on seeing the world burn. Unsurprizingly, the two end up battling. And kill each other.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: one possibility as to what might have happened had her gigantic shadow ball attack reached the ground.
::''Stain of the World''
::'''Akuko'''
Daughter of Saito. Bears quite a lot of resentment towards the main characters for having a hand in her death. During the thousands of years between Saito's death and her appearance, she was heavily prosecuted for being a youkai by humans, building up quite a bit of hatred for their kind.
SDM claims that her story will be WAY darker than any story he's done so far. It's bad enough that Arachnos [[HeroicBSOD breaks down into tears]] whenever it's mentioned to him.
!!!Tropes associated with Akuko:
* AvengingTheVillain: She is out to avenge her mother, the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Dark Spore-infected]] leader of the Coronai Rebellion.
* EyeOfNewt: Because she lacks formal training, Akuko cannot use magic in the same way other characters do. She needs to expend magical reagents to cast her spells.
* LightEmUp: Naturally, as the daughter of a light mage.
* MisplacedRetribution: She is going after the main characters, who did fight Saito but did '''not''' kill her. The real perpetrator, King Gustaf, is long dead.
* {{Revenge}}: Her main motivation, though ironically she is targeting the wrong people.
** RevengeMyopia
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: '''Supporting''']]
::''The One-Thousandth and First Youkai King''
::'''Gustaf Coronai'''
The king of Coronai prior to Saito's attack. Enlisted the aid of the main characters at his daughter's insistence, and acted as a helpful royal figure.
A prime example of nobility actually fighting, he helped defend Coronai from Saito's attack, but eventually is killed in his throne room when she and him face off.
!!!Tropes associated with Gustaf:
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: in addition to being King, he is also probably the most powerful youkai in Coronai.
* MindControl: the King can apparently take control of his own subjects, presumably for a better coordination of the army's actions.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: a prime example of this.
::''The One-Thousandth and Second Youkai Queen''
::'''Mia Coronai'''
Gustaf's daughter, able to send people into the past and the future--which is how the main characters went back in time in the first place.
After the rule of Coronai was passed onto her by her father, Mia was soon captured by Vocus and the Nihilus clan as they traveled to aid another city, but was soon reclaimed safely.
Despite seeing the effects of the Dark Spore and hearing about the warnings of the Black Spawn, she and Zoruff dismiss these claims as they send the main characters back to their timeline. However, they get interrupted in their travels to see Coronai be destroyed and Mia killed by the Spawn (if indirectly). She still manages to send them back to their own time with her dying breath, however.
!!!Tropes associated with Mia:
* 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.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: ''[[AvertedTrope Nope.]]'' Instead, her beloved father crowns her Queen of a collapsing wartorn kingdom as he is dying before her eyes.
-->'''King Gustaf:''' Long... live... the Queen...
* BreakTheCutie: she sees the kingdom ravaged by the rebels (and then the Dark Spored youkai) and witnesses her father's death. And then, [[HopeSpot just as the invasion seems repelled]] with the help of the player characters and the three goddesses of Coronai, the [[EldritchAbomination Black]] [[NighInvulnerable Spawn]] [[ApocalypseHow arrives]]. The best friend she had left, Zoruff, is forced to pull a HeroicSacrifice to repel the Black Spawn, but not fast enough to save Coronai from crumbling apart. Oh, and then she dies. Horrifically. All the while thinking she has failed her father and her kingdom. ''Damn you, SDM. Damn you.''
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TimeMaster: Mia can speed up the flow of time (and probably slow it down, though that's not shown). She can even pull people out of the timestream.
::''The Guy Nobody Remembers''
::'''Zoruff'''
Originally cast as a Dark Spore-infested youkai sent to act as a distraction for the main characters, he eventually comes to earn Mia's trust, become her 2nd-in-command and most trusted advisor, and eventually a sacrifice to defeat the Black Spawn in his time and fufill the legend.
!!!Tropes associated with Zoruff:
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: when first introduced, he's under the influnce of a Dark Spore. Our heroes beat that out of him, though.
* 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.
::''The Three Goddeses''
::'''Ami, Thayla, Gressalarye'''
The three Goddess of Coronai. They and the main characters met up when both groups were trying to purge Goruntuaff, and despite a slight mishap in the middle of the purging, they eventually suceed. However, this is relatively short-lived, as all three goddesses are killed by the Black Spawn. Only Ami was able to be found, and thanks to Kanako Imrah, was entombed in a diamond tomb that survived to be found underneath SDM itself.
!!!Tropes associated with The Three Goddesses:
* EscortMission: the player characters protect the three as they are charging a spell to purge the Dark Spores from the infected in Goruntuaff.
* PhysicalGod
* PowerTrio
::''Base Commander''
::'''Amadeus'''
Commander of the rebellion. Formerly under The General's command, and even sharing his vision, he became disillusioned with the idea, and broke off to fight The General along with some of his loyal retainers.
Thanks to his unusually long life, he has been able to oversee much of the rebellion's progress, and has helped it build toward becoming a veritable threat to The General's plan.
!!!Tropes associated with Amadeus:
::''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:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:'''April Fools''']]
::''DISTURBING, TWISTED, EXECRABLE, SICK, PERVERTED HOUSE''
::'''Heavendoor'''
-->''"[[BadassBoast I SHALL SPREAD MY LOVE FROM HERE TO ETERNITY! ALL OF TIME AND SPACE SHALL TASTE THE LOVE OILS OF SDM!]]"''\\
A joke character created by SDM for AprilFools Day 2014, intended to parody Hellgate, particularly his original introduction. "Heavendoor" introduced himself as "SDM of the past" (as opposed to SDM of the future Hellgate), and appeared at first to be a much nicer version of SDM. [[FalseFriend At first.]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil When disturbing facts about him came to light]], both iconic heroes and iconic villains of the Hellgate Saga [[EnemyMine united against him]].
Joke lore states that he is infected by a "Pink Spore" from the ultimate tentacle rape monster, the "Pink Spawn".
He is currently planned to be part of an "Anti-Hellgate Mythos" to be used for every April Fools Day in Shifting Worlds from now on.
!!!Tropes associated with Heavendoor:
* AffablyEvil: He is the complete reverse of SDM. While SDM comes off as a JerkAss at first sight but can actually be a pretty decent guy, Heavendoor seems like a nice guy at first, until he starts forcing his "love" on you.
* AndCallHimGeorge: A sexual example.
* AprilFools
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Completely averted. Him being a mansion, engaging in sexual activities can full well ''kill his unwilling partners''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Turned into a sex maniac by a "Pink Spore".
* CareBearStare: One of his powers is to use cutesy imagery to induce feelings of peace and contentment in his victims, presumably to leave them vulnerable for his "lovin'".
* EnemyMine: He is so utterly vile that he manages to make completely incompatible beings (namely SDM, Hellgate, and several deities) ally together to destroy him.
* GagPenis: He has a proportionately-sized dong that shoots wet concrete (inspired by a [[RunningGag joke occasionally made about SDM himself]]).
* 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.
* ShoutOut: To Hellgate, obviously. His introduction closely mirrors Hellgate's original introduction in the Mental Shift (complete with SDM talking to himself across separate threads) and Heavendoor can be seen as a sort of MirrorUniverse counterpart to Hellgate (and SDM as well).
* 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]].
* TimeTraveler: Allegedly, he is SDM of the past, though SDM himself calls bullshit on this.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder: '''Protagonists''']]
For Arachnos, Kanako Imrah, Sebastian Jebediah Aurion, SDM himself and other members of the so-called "Hellgate Crew", please [[Characters/ShiftingWorlds see the main Shifting Worlds Characters page]].
::''Blood of the Rising Sun''
::'''Souichirou Kusakabe'''
Commander of the F squadron, and the main characters in said squadron. He was not one of the original defectors with Amadeus, but rose through the ranks to become an important man in the rebellion.
Seems to have a greater reason for being in the rebellion, as shown when he went to visit a distant memorial on Holomon.
!!!Tropes associated with Kusakabe:
* AFatherToHisMen
* HotBlooded: In his youth, back when he was just a pilot. His codename Ketsueki, meaning "Blood", reflects both this and his past.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His world, with everything and everyone he cared about, was ravaged by The General. His sister was killed by a piece of shrapnel in a confrontation with The General, too.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Being the F-Squadron Wing Commander.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: '''Villains and Antagonists''']]
::''The End of Everything''
::'''Anathemus'''
Little is known about this mysterious deity, other than that it is [[TopGod the most powerful entity to ever exist in the entire Omniverse]] and that its only goal is the [[OmnicidalManiac utter erasure of all existance]]. Anathemus is associated with, or maybe ''is'', the realm of Nihility, a dimension of pure nothingness.
Anathemus is associated with most of the antagonists and antagonist groups in SDM's lore. The General seeks to wake Anathemus to purify the realms. The Nihilus Clan, meanwhile, believe that all existance is Anathemus' dream, and that his imminent awakening would inflict upon every living thing a FateWorseThanDeath, hence their will to kill everything before that happens. It also appears that the Black Spawn has an as of yet unclear connection to Anathemus.
!!!Tropes associated with Anathemus:
* ApocalypseHow: Omniversal, the very highest scope!
* BiggerBad
* DreamLand: WordOfGod confirms that entire multiverses exist solely in Anathemus' head as he dreams. And yes, when he wakes up a DreamApocalypse happens. This is a major motivation for the Nihilius Clan.
* GodIsFlawed: according to SDM, he ''will'' be defeated, ''because'' he is just as flawed as anyone.
* GodOfEvil: oh yes.
* MadGod: and how!
* TheMaker: if one goes by Nihilus Clan beliefs, the entire Omniverse exists in Anathemus' sleep, which makes him a creator deity of sorts.
* OmnicidalManiac
* ReligionOfEvil: the Nihilus fanatics - although in their case "evil", as pointed out by Executor, is relative. The Clan honestly believes they're doing what is right.
* TheBadGuyWins: WordOfGod also states that Anathemus cannot be destroyed, only delayed. Someday, quadrillions of years from now perhaps, Anathemus ''will inevitably win''. It's all about making sure that victory comes as late as possible.
* [[ThePowerOfTheVoid The Power Of Nihility]]
* TopGod: the very, very top. To the point that his so-called "Gifts" - beings comprized of mere fragments of his essence and wielding an infinitesimal portion of his power - are able to effortlessly wipe the floor with Arachna, an omnipotent [[TheMaker creator goddess]].
* UltimateEvil: And how!
::''Shadow of Ruin''
::'''Hellgate'''
-->''"[[{{Understatement}} Demonic. Twisted. Evil. Sick. Perverted.]] [[GeniusLoci House]]."''\\
''--Arachnos''
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.
!!!Tropes associated with Hellgate:
* AGodAmI: Once Hellgate obtains his god aura.
* AlternateSelf: Hellgate is this to the canon timeline's SDM (you know, [[HeroicSacrifice the one who died]]).
** Actually, Hellgate's the original SDM. It's Hellgate's meddling in the past that created the AlternateTimeline, and caused the SDM of the alternate timeline to die in a HeroicSacrifice, instead of being BrainwashedAndCrazy. Hellgate is what SDM would become if time and fate were left alone.
* BigBad: Probably the most iconic BigBad of all of Shifting Worlds.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Crazy... isn't really the word for it.
* GeniusLoci
* HumongousMecha: from the future. So he is an incredibly advanced one at that.
* MeaningfulName: the name was chosen by Arachnos to reflect both his status as a building and his malevolence.
* NotQuiteDead: Happens twice. The first time, he manages to escape Nihility [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat after every single atom of his body has been vaporized]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero (all thanks to Patchouli, by the way)]]. Then, when Hellgate's defeated during the 2nd final battle, he's shown to be alive and well, only with LaserGuidedAmnesia. He's still alive, by the way.
* PaperThinDisguise: in ''Hellgate 2 Part 1''. Though everyone still falls for it.
* 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!"
::''Supreme Commander''
::'''The General'''
The main antagonist of Hellgate 2 Part 3, and in effect the main villain of the entire Hellgate saga.
Originally appearing as a teaser trailer at the end of Part 2 (and quickly inciting some rage from the players by calling the Black Spawn his "pet"), he soon makes his presence known in Part 3, quickly coming to decimate Gensokyo and destroy the Hakurei Border with the Black Star Cannon.
Claims to have been searching for a particular spark in Gensokyo, and found it in SDM. Also has plans for SDM, as well as his big plan to destroy the universe and reconstruct it in his image.
!!!Tropes associated with The General:
* TheBadGuyWins: he successfully destroys Gensokyo and our heroes can do nothing about it.
* 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."
* MadeOfIndestructium: his high tier technology. Unfortunately "high tier" is everything above the standard Mook or a few of the weaker turrets and tanks. Even his scout ships are virtually unstoppable without the right equipment.
* OmnicidalManiac: his final goal? Purge everything that exists by summoning [[MadGod Anathemus]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: he is virtually indistinguishable from a human, but from a world where humans are far more long-lived. That's how he managed to build up his army to such epic proportions.
* 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
::''The Apocalypse Given Form''
::'''The Black Spawn'''
The antagonist of ''Hellgate 2 Part 2'', the Black Spawn is an shapeless black tentacled [[EldritchAbomination entity]] that destroys entire worlds and leaves nothing behind. It is a PlanetEater, and is well known for seeding every planet it intends to consume with Dark Spores before its arrival. The Dark Spores are parasitic organisms produced by the Spawn which [[HatePlague amplify the negative emotions of their hosts while smothering positive ones]], turning hosts into [[BrainwashedAndCrazy killing machines]] (until the Spawn comes and calls back all the Spores into itself). This mechanism is intended to leave the planet less likely to repel the Black Spawn by weakening its inhabitants. Add to that the fact that the Spawn's armor is almost impenetrable, short of being breached by a being of divine power - and it's easy to understand that rarely does a planet manage to stop the Spawn from draining the life out of whatever the Infected have not yet killed. Hellgate himself is just an Infected Scarlet Devil Mansion, and in fact it is him being a mansion that prevents his Spore from leaving his body when the Black Spawn calls back all the rest of them ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard and he proceeded to tear the Spawn to pieces with the power granted to him by its own Spore]]).
The Hellgate crew witnesses the power of the Spawn during their [[TimeTravel foray into the Youkai Kingdom of Coronai, which existed long before mankind]]. Originally summoned by Vocus and his Nihilius Clan, the Spawn was successfully beaten back by Coronai's goddesses and Zoruff's sacrifice, but the kingdom was left without a ruler and so ravaged by the Infected and the Spawn itself that youkai could never again rise to their former glory.
The Spawn returns to Gensokyo in the heroes' own era, but it was now even more powerful: following its original defeat at Coronai, the General captured it, restored it and fed it other Black Spawns to evolve it into the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Nevertheless, it is defeated thanks to the Gensokyans' concerted efforts and the power of ex-Hellgate SDM's God Aura. The Spawn barely escapes with its life and sets the stage for the General's subsequent invasion. In ''Hellgate 2 part 3'' The F-Squadron runs into that very same Spawn again and once again overcome it, yet still failing to finish it off.
!!!Tropes associated with The Black Spawn:
* 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
* LifeDrain: how the Spawn feeds. If some of those tentacles touch you, you will drop dead within less than a second. And you will be ''[[FateWorseThanDeath lucky]]''..
* 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".
* OneWingedAngel: the Spawn's ultimate form, only used against a world that is able to defend itself effectively. Abilities include NighInvulnerability (again) and the power to consume everything in a massive radius into itself.
* PlanetEater
* PuppeteerParasite: Spores.
::''The Shadow Mage''
::'''Vocus'''
The man in charge of the Nihilius Clan (a death cult worshipping the ultimate God of Destruction, Anathemus), and a summoner of the Black Spawn. Originally a GenericDoomsdayVillain who wanted to see the world burn ForTheEvulz, he was retconned into a WellIntentionedExtremist who only wants to kill as many people as possible because he believes the entire omniverse is Anathemus' dream, and the DreamApocalypse that would follow his waking would inflict a FateWorseThanDeath upon anyone not already dead.
Vocus used a spored Zoruff as a weapon against the group, which allowed his desporing. He is the only mage not killed during the offensive on the Cultist Cave, but eventually meets his demise at the heroes' hands just before they see the Black Spawn arrive.
Vocus also appears in the Xat roleplay, where [[MesACrowd a group of alternate versions of him from different universes]] lead the equally multiversal (and much more powerful) Nihilius Clan. He and his men worship the heroes (who at that point have become Anathemus' creations) as Gifts sent by Anathemus to assist the Clan in their sacred purge, and is thus seen to be much more polite and even servile to them. One of his selves helps the Anathemites master their Nihility powers, but given that his knowledge of Nihility is purely theoretical he's not very good at it.
!!!Tropes associated with Vocus:
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: he is the leader and founder of the Nihilius Clan. Needless to say, he is the most powerful sorceror in it.
* TheChessmaster: For all the duration of the Remnant arc, Vocus-Six appeared to always be two steps ahead of ERAC. Then subverted, because all along he had actually been following the orders of the ''true'' Chessmaster: Valis Ail.
* 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.
** Has since been averted when [[WordOfGod Word of God]] confirmed that the Clan's beliefs as presented in the Xat RP are canon to their Hellgate counterparts as well.
* 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.
* {{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.
* MesACrowd: in the Xat roleplay, there is not one Vocus, there is a council of him. Every one comes from a different universe.
* OmnicidalManiac: it was once assumed that he wants to destroy the planet [[ForTheEvulz for the kicks of it]], but not so much anymore as of the Xat RP.
* OneWingedAngel: He can assume a shadowy form at will. For Vocus-Six, on top of that, Nihility emanations turn him into a pseudo-Gift of Anathemus upon death.
* 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.
::''Doomsday Cult''
::'''Nihilius Clan'''
An Anathemus-centric cult of mages founded by an ancient Anathemite, Supreme Judge Valis Ail. The Clan's high hierarchy includes the Judges (a group of powerful mages who claim - falsely - to be descended from Anathemus) and Vocus (several of him). The Clan's beliefs hold it that the whole omniverse is a dream of Anathemus, and that once He awakes, everything will not merely stop existing, but will [[MindScrew never have existed in the first place]]. This is assumed to be a terrifying and inevitable fate, to which death is preferrable, hence the Clan's doctrine to kill everyone and everything as fast as possible. Each mage in the Clan is very skilled in a specific element, and some have traces of other elements for usage, as well. All but one--the steel mage--are killed by the main characters.
The Clan makes a triumphant return in the Xat roleplay, where their forces are much more significant, as they are composed of individuals from multiple worlds and dimensions. This Clan has wiped out a parallel version of Gensokyo and is now attacking a parallel version of Equestria. [[AntiVillain Executor]] (see below) assumed leadership of the Clan, and retained the position until his death.
!!!Tropes associated with the Nihilius Clan:
* AllYourPowersCombined: the Copy Mage at the end. Particularly his ultimate spell.
* AnIcePerson: Ice Mage
* BadAss: the Steel Mage. Holy damn, the Steel Mage.
* BloodKnight: the Steel Mage. The only reason he's in the cult in the first place seems to be so he can fight anyone who tries to stop it.
* 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.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* OneWingedAngel: the Earth Mage encases himself in earth to become a giant earth beast, the Death Mage encases himself in a hugeass skeleton-shaped construct of bone.
* PlayingWithFire: Johnson.
* TheRemnant: as of the current state of the Xat RP, most of the Nihilius Clan has evacuated under Valis Ail's orders. However, one Vocus and some forces under him have remained to fight and purge Equestria, Founder be damned. Normally they wouldn't pose much of a threat to the player characters, unfortunately this Vocus uses the power of Valis Ail, making his troops super effective against Anathemites.
* 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
::''Fallen Friend''
::'''Executor'''
An SDM from an alternate dimension, he was converted into a Rainbow Factory. He and that realm's versions of Arachnos (later called Orachnos and then Oneiros), Kanako and Lynna witnessed the utter devastation of their Equestria by Hellgate (due to a major misunderstanding by Arachna, who believed he had the power to summon Anathemus and wipe the universe clean of life) and Hood's unsuccessful attempt to foil Hellgate's plans with what was effectively a genocide of half his troops. When there was nothing left to destroy, Hellgate commanded Arachnos to take them all to another Equestria where he could wreak more chaos. This is how the Factory and its employees, along with Hellgate, arrived to a much more technologically advanced Equestria. Through the perspicacity of that world's version of the Factory, it was revealed that Hellgate no longer had the power to summon Anathemus, and that Equestria had been lost for nothing. Hellgate's rampage was halted, but unfortunately not stopped for good as the plan to destroy him went awry.
The agents of the destroyed Equestria's Factory became agents of the Techquestria Factory instead. By order of said Factory, the body of his other self was scrapped and recycled, while his soul was transferred by local Patchouli into a robot [[WingedUnicorn alicorn]] body created through the collaboration of Orachnos and the local Arachnos. This is when he became known as "Executor". Following various other incidents in Techquestria, he was one of four people (along with O-Lynna, Orachnos, and Techquestrian Arachnos (later called Tarachnos and then Terminos) who went to explore a mysterious otherworldly portal, dropping them in a strange dimension which came to be nicknamed "Esherland". After getting stalked by Nihilius, the group subsequently came face to face with Anathemus and were seemingly consumed... except they actually ended up in yet another parallel Equestria at war with the Nihilus Clan.
They promptly discovered that, following their encounter with Anathemus, they had gained Nihility powers, and the Clan now worshipped them as "Gifts of Anathemus" destined to purge the world. The four of them were taken into the Clan. In order to allow his friends to gain the paranoid local Factory's favor, Executor developed a plan that involved him becoming the leader of the Clan, while the other three "defected" to the Factory. In order to keep his ruse secret and preserve his friends' relationship with the Factory, Executor got himself fully in character and quickly achieved notoriety by kidnapping and killing Luna and orchestrating multiple attacks that ravaged major cities.
Though he and Equestria [[EnemyMine declared a truce]] in order to deal with the threat of Nihilius, with the latter's demise he plans on restarting the attack that was left unfinished, and [[ThanatosGambit permanently ensure the safety of Lynna, Oneiros, and Terminos with his death at their hands.]] The end of the current arc awaited the final, deciding battle between him and his Clan vs. Equestria and the three Anathemites... [[OffTheRails or so everyone thought]], until he was slain all by himself during an assault on Canterlot, leaving an "orphaned" Clan behind.
!!!Tropes associated with Executor:
* AntiVillain
* TheChessmaster: Executor is an expert at playing his opponents. To the point that he is able to go against ''three'' Anathemites (each of those is as powerful as him) and still come ''very'' close to accomplishing his objectives.
* 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.
* EvilMakeover: Terminos himself actually gives him one when he becomes the Nihilius High Lord, inverting his rainbow mane's color scheme and turning one of his eyes red. He also dons a [[BadassCape tattered cape]] and a [[SpikesOfVillainy spiky crown]].
* 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zle1ZfxQc "The Incomplete Stone"]]. Or [[http://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 [[http://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]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: he invokes this trope on purpose. His official reason for taking over the Nihilius Clan is that the Factory wouldn't trust them and chased them away for being made of Nihility, so he decided that if the Factory would treat him as a monster, then he would become one.
* TookALevelInBadass: like his fellow Anathemites, multiple times so far: upon being recreated by Anathemus as a Nihility being, upon Manifesting, upon learning to use his powers to the almost-fullest potential, and upon Awakening.
* TragicVillain: a magnificent example.
* WingedUnicorn: [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Artificial Soul Inside Rainbow Winged Unicorn Robot]], even!
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: he's lost count of the number of times he's lost his home. And then he became what he hated most (i.e. no better than Hellgate) to save his friends. He may have killed Luna, but if you don't feel some pity for the poor guy you have no soul.
::''Negative Entity''
::'''Nihilius'''
-->''"[[ArcWords THE DREAM WILL END.]]"''\\
Despite several appearances in the Xat side-RP, the full truth about this enigmatic entity continues to elude everyone but SDM himself. Due to the feeling of existential horror provoked by looking into his eyes, he was long thought to be the physical embodiment of what would happen if Anathemus were to wake, inflicting a FateWorseThanDeath upon the whole omniverse, supposedly his "dream". Because of this, the Clan of the same name hates him. Nihilius himself, however, states that he is actually a faithful servant of Anathemus, given his purpose by the dark deity itself.
He has stalked the Anathemites throughout their journey through the Warped World (in the form of N-Reimu) and followed them to Equestria as well, where he used his signature Mask to take possession of Brandon Persus. After the Anathemites' Nihility powers developed, he was eventually defeated by them and significantly weakened. His attempt to reclaim his lost power by amplifying the grief and fury of Equestria's ihnabitants and then consuming it is the driving force behind the Dark Beasts arc.
He eventually succeeded at this task by absorbing despair from Lynna. After several other encounters with the Anathemites, during which he attempted (and failed) to convince them to stay out of his way, he eventually gave up and decided to deal with them by force. Nihilius attempted to destroy Equestria and clashed with the Anathemites once again, killing them by tapping into the energy he absorbed from Equestria. However, this allowed the Anathemites to Awaken to their full power and come back to life, promptly destroying Nihilius.
!!!Tropes associated with Nihilius:
* 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.
* DetachmentCombat: his final form has limbs to spare and can send them to beat up enemies of their own. Those detached limbs can shapeshift.
* 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''.
* GottaCatchThemAll: and by "catch", we mean "unleash people's innermost negative feelings and turn them into monsters so they have to be killed and he can subsequently power himself up with their grief". That's just how Nihilius rolls. Thankfully, his plan is foiled thanks to the power of the Elements of Harmony, allowing some Beasts to be purified instead of killed, leaving Nihilius "incomplete".
* FinalBoss: to the Nihilius Arc.
* FlunkyBoss: in the first phase of the final battle, he summons shadows of the previous bosses associated with him, such as the various Dark Beasts.
* HeroKiller: he is to blame for Princess Celestia's untimely death in the finale of the Dark Beast arc.
* HopelessBossFight: every single battle with him until the Anathemites Manifest. Also one phase of the final battle, until they Awaken.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: he pulls a magnificent and terrifying one in the third phase of the battle against him, and uses the energy he has drained from the plane to effortlessly kill all of the Anathemites. Thankfully, this causes them to [[EleventhHourSuperpower Awaken]].
* InterfaceScrew: in Xat, he and those he infects only speak in scrolltext at the bottom of the page instead of inside the chat window as normal.
* JustFollowingOrders: when questioned about why he wants to destroy every dimension, he simply says that is "his purpose" bestowed upon him by Anathemus.
* KilledOffForReal: seemingly averted, but SDM claims he won't appear anymore in the Xat RP at least.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Many'', actually. His main themes are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QG8qMgxbI0 "The Nth Power"]] (a modification of The Demon King Odio), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsZ845vjS3I Grandmaster]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ETgNx-HvU The Demon King Odio]]. Battles involving him use [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8IINrzFWk8 Pure Odio]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Nmc84Noos Megalomania]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPkmB2MRh0 ILLUSION]].
** His True Final Form is fought to the epic tune of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeW0NnkoAU8 Wrapped In Black]].
* MagicalEye: staring into his eyes inflicts existential horror, conveying the feeling of being less than nothing.
* MarathonBoss: the final battle with him has four phases (including the [[HopelessBossFight hopeless]] one) and lasts several hours.
* OmnicidalManiac: probably, like his master.
* OneWingedAngel: his Manifested form could count as this. And the Manifested form itself has its OWN One Winged Angel form.
* 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.
* [[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.
* VillainousBreakdown: he is, to speak mildly, distraught when his attempts to regain his full power are distrupted by the Rainbow Factory's agents.
::''The Founder''
::'''Supreme Judge Valis Ail'''
An ancient Anathemite (he states that he is millions of years old) and the founder of the Nihilius Clan. His physical form is nothing but a mass of shadows inside a Nihilius Clan robe. As he roams many worlds, he rarely graces any particular branch of the Clan with his presence for long. He affirms that he received a message from Anathemus stating that "the one named Nihilius shall save the multiverse from the end of the dream", and created the Clan to exactly this effect. He considers the entity named Nihilius to be an imposter, and the Anathemites to be "accidents" rather than Gifts of Anathemus.
At first, it seemed that over millions of years, Valis Ail's power had grown out of proportion, as he seemed to be able to effortlessly create and recreate worlds and crush Anathemites. However, it has been hinted that his speciality is actually to counter the power of other Anathemites, while lacking in power compared to them when opposed to anything else.
As the Founder of the Clan, Valis demands the utmost respect from those who behold him, and has an unnatural ability to instill obedience in others, even other Anathemites. Being infinitely powerful as he is, he considers very few things to be worth his time. Fighting the Anathemites does not seem to be one of them, and at the end of the Nihilius Clan arc, he and his forces leave Equestria of his own free will.
!!!Tropes associated with Valis Ail:
* 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.
* 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.
* DealWithTheDevil: it is implied that Valis' offers to the Anathemites served some kind of further agenda.
* EvilCounterpart: WordOfGod says Ail has much more in common with the Anathemites than Nihilius did.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: though he has a backstory that ties him into the RP, his existance was not foreshadowed in any way. SDM came up with him on the fly because he wanted the attack on the Clan base to pose a challenge to the Anathemites.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: recently 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Y79hnQ8aw The Hunter of the Dark]]. If and when he is battled, [[http://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.
* MakeAWish: He makes several offers of the sort to the Anathemites. First of all, he gives Executor's memories to Terminos. He also offers Oneiros and Lynna to restore the old Equestria thye lost at the hands of Hellgate, and gives Terminos a way back to Techquestria. Lynna refuses, Terminos refuses because Lynna refused, but Oneiros accepts his offer and [[PutOnABus leaves the party]]. Valis' reasons to bother with this are not entirely clear, it's possible that, given his power, he just considered this a less troublesome way to get them off his back. WordOfGod says that he will indeed keep his promises, presumably making him not the [[JerkassGenie jerkass kind of wish granter]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Knowing Valis,]] [[DealWithTheDevil he probably did not do this out of kindness.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: '''And how'''. He liberally uses both his CompellingVoice and [[TheChessmaster his scheming skills]] to accomplish his goals, manipulating events and altering the truth to get his way. If it serves his goals, he will even betray his own Clansmen, while continuing to manipulate them from the shadows, by taking the shape of the beloved High Lord Executor no less!
* RealityWarper: To an enormous extent. He might as well be {{God}}. Or maybe not...
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: he seems obscenely powerful when first encountered, but in reality is probably only obscenely powerful against Anathemites.
* [[TheManBehindTheMan The Man Behind The Clan]]
::''Power-Hungry Rebel Leader''
::'''Saito'''
A supporting antagonist in ''Hellgate 2 Part 2'', she is the leader of the rebel youkai forces under the power of the Black Spawn's messengers in Gustaf's time. She claims to be very powerful, and led many an attack on Gustaf's army (including an attack on Coronai itself), but is mocked by the main characters. In a fit of rage she creates a large ball of darkness, whicih is only just kept away by Arachnos's Voidwebs. She disappears while Arachnos does this, however, appearing in Gustaf's throne room to do battle with the king himself. They both fight for 50 days, destroying the castle itself, before she is finally killed by Gustaf.
She is also Akuko's mother, and her death is why the latter bears a lot of resentment toward the main characters.
!!!Tropes associated with Saito:
* AxCrazy
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: a given with the Dark Spore
* DarknessEqualsDeath
* ShadowArchetype: to Gustaf, of sorts. He is the wise ruler of the greatest kingdom on Earth. She is a maniac leading an army of lunatics intend on seeing the world burn. Unsurprizingly, the two end up battling. And kill each other.
* TheNightThatNeverEnds: one possibility as to what might have happened had her gigantic shadow ball attack reached the ground.
::''Stain of the World''
::'''Akuko'''
Daughter of Saito. Bears quite a lot of resentment towards the main characters for having a hand in her death. During the thousands of years between Saito's death and her appearance, she was heavily prosecuted for being a youkai by humans, building up quite a bit of hatred for their kind.
SDM claims that her story will be WAY darker than any story he's done so far. It's bad enough that Arachnos [[HeroicBSOD breaks down into tears]] whenever it's mentioned to him.
!!!Tropes associated with Akuko:
* AvengingTheVillain: She is out to avenge her mother, the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Dark Spore-infected]] leader of the Coronai Rebellion.
* EyeOfNewt: Because she lacks formal training, Akuko cannot use magic in the same way other characters do. She needs to expend magical reagents to cast her spells.
* LightEmUp: Naturally, as the daughter of a light mage.
* MisplacedRetribution: She is going after the main characters, who did fight Saito but did '''not''' kill her. The real perpetrator, King Gustaf, is long dead.
* {{Revenge}}: Her main motivation, though ironically she is targeting the wrong people.
** RevengeMyopia
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]]
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[[folder: '''Supporting''']]
::''The One-Thousandth and First Youkai King''
::'''Gustaf Coronai'''
The king of Coronai prior to Saito's attack. Enlisted the aid of the main characters at his daughter's insistence, and acted as a helpful royal figure.
A prime example of nobility actually fighting, he helped defend Coronai from Saito's attack, but eventually is killed in his throne room when she and him face off.
!!!Tropes associated with Gustaf:
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: in addition to being King, he is also probably the most powerful youkai in Coronai.
* MindControl: the King can apparently take control of his own subjects, presumably for a better coordination of the army's actions.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: a prime example of this.
::''The One-Thousandth and Second Youkai Queen''
::'''Mia Coronai'''
Gustaf's daughter, able to send people into the past and the future--which is how the main characters went back in time in the first place.
After the rule of Coronai was passed onto her by her father, Mia was soon captured by Vocus and the Nihilus clan as they traveled to aid another city, but was soon reclaimed safely.
Despite seeing the effects of the Dark Spore and hearing about the warnings of the Black Spawn, she and Zoruff dismiss these claims as they send the main characters back to their timeline. However, they get interrupted in their travels to see Coronai be destroyed and Mia killed by the Spawn (if indirectly). She still manages to send them back to their own time with her dying breath, however.
!!!Tropes associated with Mia:
* 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.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: ''[[AvertedTrope Nope.]]'' Instead, her beloved father crowns her Queen of a collapsing wartorn kingdom as he is dying before her eyes.
-->'''King Gustaf:''' Long... live... the Queen...
* BreakTheCutie: she sees the kingdom ravaged by the rebels (and then the Dark Spored youkai) and witnesses her father's death. And then, [[HopeSpot just as the invasion seems repelled]] with the help of the player characters and the three goddesses of Coronai, the [[EldritchAbomination Black]] [[NighInvulnerable Spawn]] [[ApocalypseHow arrives]]. The best friend she had left, Zoruff, is forced to pull a HeroicSacrifice to repel the Black Spawn, but not fast enough to save Coronai from crumbling apart. Oh, and then she dies. Horrifically. All the while thinking she has failed her father and her kingdom. ''Damn you, SDM. Damn you.''
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TimeMaster: Mia can speed up the flow of time (and probably slow it down, though that's not shown). She can even pull people out of the timestream.
::''The Guy Nobody Remembers''
::'''Zoruff'''
Originally cast as a Dark Spore-infested youkai sent to act as a distraction for the main characters, he eventually comes to earn Mia's trust, become her 2nd-in-command and most trusted advisor, and eventually a sacrifice to defeat the Black Spawn in his time and fufill the legend.
!!!Tropes associated with Zoruff:
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: when first introduced, he's under the influnce of a Dark Spore. Our heroes beat that out of him, though.
* 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.
::''The Three Goddeses''
::'''Ami, Thayla, Gressalarye'''
The three Goddess of Coronai. They and the main characters met up when both groups were trying to purge Goruntuaff, and despite a slight mishap in the middle of the purging, they eventually suceed. However, this is relatively short-lived, as all three goddesses are killed by the Black Spawn. Only Ami was able to be found, and thanks to Kanako Imrah, was entombed in a diamond tomb that survived to be found underneath SDM itself.
!!!Tropes associated with The Three Goddesses:
* EscortMission: the player characters protect the three as they are charging a spell to purge the Dark Spores from the infected in Goruntuaff.
* PhysicalGod
* PowerTrio
::''Base Commander''
::'''Amadeus'''
Commander of the rebellion. Formerly under The General's command, and even sharing his vision, he became disillusioned with the idea, and broke off to fight The General along with some of his loyal retainers.
Thanks to his unusually long life, he has been able to oversee much of the rebellion's progress, and has helped it build toward becoming a veritable threat to The General's plan.
!!!Tropes associated with Amadeus:
::''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:
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[[folder:'''April Fools''']]
::''DISTURBING, TWISTED, EXECRABLE, SICK, PERVERTED HOUSE''
::'''Heavendoor'''
-->''"[[BadassBoast I SHALL SPREAD MY LOVE FROM HERE TO ETERNITY! ALL OF TIME AND SPACE SHALL TASTE THE LOVE OILS OF SDM!]]"''\\
A joke character created by SDM for AprilFools Day 2014, intended to parody Hellgate, particularly his original introduction. "Heavendoor" introduced himself as "SDM of the past" (as opposed to SDM of the future Hellgate), and appeared at first to be a much nicer version of SDM. [[FalseFriend At first.]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil When disturbing facts about him came to light]], both iconic heroes and iconic villains of the Hellgate Saga [[EnemyMine united against him]].
Joke lore states that he is infected by a "Pink Spore" from the ultimate tentacle rape monster, the "Pink Spawn".
He is currently planned to be part of an "Anti-Hellgate Mythos" to be used for every April Fools Day in Shifting Worlds from now on.
!!!Tropes associated with Heavendoor:
* AffablyEvil: He is the complete reverse of SDM. While SDM comes off as a JerkAss at first sight but can actually be a pretty decent guy, Heavendoor seems like a nice guy at first, until he starts forcing his "love" on you.
* AndCallHimGeorge: A sexual example.
* AprilFools
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Completely averted. Him being a mansion, engaging in sexual activities can full well ''kill his unwilling partners''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Turned into a sex maniac by a "Pink Spore".
* CareBearStare: One of his powers is to use cutesy imagery to induce feelings of peace and contentment in his victims, presumably to leave them vulnerable for his "lovin'".
* EnemyMine: He is so utterly vile that he manages to make completely incompatible beings (namely SDM, Hellgate, and several deities) ally together to destroy him.
* GagPenis: He has a proportionately-sized dong that shoots wet concrete (inspired by a [[RunningGag joke occasionally made about SDM himself]]).
* 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.
* ShoutOut: To Hellgate, obviously. His introduction closely mirrors Hellgate's original introduction in the Mental Shift (complete with SDM talking to himself across separate threads) and Heavendoor can be seen as a sort of MirrorUniverse counterpart to Hellgate (and SDM as well).
* 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]].
* TimeTraveler: Allegedly, he is SDM of the past, though SDM himself calls bullshit on this.
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