History WMG / FriendsAndTheHighCouncilOtherSideFriendsPart1

[[{{Disney/Hercules}} Chronos]]: This guy was father of Zeus and the Olympian gods, and a very powerful friend at that. Although he was able to kill off Oranos, father of Sailor Uranus, and take over his throne, he was just as bad as the last great god king. To keep his throne, Cronos swallowed Hades and the other olympians, but not Zeus due to Rhea replacing the baby with a stone instead. During the great war between Titans and Olympians, Zeus managed to defeat his father and throw him away into the Other Side, but in a different prison away from his brothers. But before his sealing away, Chronos was able to [[ArtifactOfDoom curse the stone he swallowed to cause any god to fall asleep forever whenever he or she would touch the stone or come into contact with it]]. Right now, Chernabog is still planning to try and release this almighty friend to gain an ally of sorts, since a Wasteland incarnation of Cronos was sealed away for his love of a woman.

[[TheBlackCauldron The Horned King]]: The mystic land of Prydain was formerly ruled by the Dark Lord Arawn who was slain by the High Council by being thrown into the Black Cauldron. Now Arawn was formerly one of Chernabog's most powerful Arch-Demons. But when he was sealed awy in the Black Cauldron, his [[TheStarscream trecherous Uruk-Hai huntsman]], The Horned King, seized the throne of Annuvin and made a deal with Chernabog to try and control the rest of Prydain. Since he was an Uruk-Hai, a more humanoid cousin to Maleficent's orc soldiers, the Friends were willing to aid him every step of the way. In fact, his evil was so great that he practically became an Arch-Demon himself, as he was the one who trained Maleficent, Madam Mim, Queen Grimhilde, Jafar, and a whole slew of sorcerors in the art of dark magic, hoping it would bring more clients to Chernabog. Basically, The Horned King was the disney version of Emperor Palpatine. The Horned King had been searching for the black cauldron so that his evil powers would increase ten-fold and that he would become a full-fledged Ultima Friend to rival Chernabog. The Cauldron Born had formerly been his uruk-hai soldiers for the Friends that had been slain in battle. Fortunately, the HeroicSacrifice of Gurgi stopped the cauldron for good, disintegrating the Horned King in a stream of magic, ending his reign of terror. The Horned King's ambition troubled Chernabog, but after the King's death, Chernabog was willing to give the Horned King co-leadership over the Inner Circle as TheChessmaster, giving him overall command over his former apprentices. Out of all of the members of the Inner Circle, he has command over a rather large amount of Heartless...

[[MeetTheRobinsons Doris]]: Seeing the potential in [[AIIsACrapshoot sinister artificial intelligences]] given their past experiences with them (see WMG/FriendsAndTheHighCouncilOtherSideFriendsPart2), the Friends accepted an offer from the bitter Helping Hat who wanted control and power over humanity. Leading her to the perfect patsy in the old and bitter Mike Yagoobian (a distant relative of [[PhineasAndFerb Dr Doofensmirtz]]), she managed to pull off the single largest and most successful soul collecting operation by taking over the entire planet and preparing for the stars until the very sort of [[TimeTravelForFunAndProfit Time Traveling shenanigans]] that allowed her to take control wiped her out of the Prime timestream. Retrieved from the purgatory of existing out of regular time and space, she remains a part of the technological division of the group.

[[MeetTheRobinsons Doris]]: Seeing the potential in [[AIIsACrapshoot sinister artificial intelligences]] given their past experiences with them (see below), the Friends accepted an offer from the bitter Helping Hat who wanted control and power over humanity. Leading her to the perfect patsy in the old and bitter Mike Yagoobian (a distant relative of [[PhineasAndFerb Dr Doofensmirtz]]), she managed to pull off the single largest and most successful soul collecting operation by taking over the entire planet and preparing for the stars until the very sort of [[TimeTravelForFunAndProfit Time Traveling shenanigans]] that allowed her to take control wiped her out of the Prime timestream. Retrieved from the purgatory of existing out of regular time and space, she remains a part of the technological division of the group.

[[TheSwordInTheStone Madame Mim]]: Again, same basic premise; the Friends gave her power. She's a good candidate, because she's largely in it ForTheEvulz. She wanted to destroy Arthur/Wart because she knew the Friends would be pleased to hear someone that Merlin (a well known agent of good) had high hopes for had been destroyed. Her plan was eventually foiled when Merlin gave her the common cold germ in her dragon form, bedridding her for a few weeks until the Friends could cure her.

[[{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]]: Made a one-time deal with the Friends to bump off her new husband, thus giving her control of his fortune. While a small-time villain, Tremaine was of particular interest to the friends because they saw the potential to break Cinderella (another [[KingdomHearts Princess of Heart]]), forcing her into a deal with them as well. They were foiled by the Fairy Godmother (A member of the Gods, see below), however. Tremaine is not a high-ranking client of the Friends, although they do keep tabs on her via one of their worshippers - Lucifer.
* Though they did help her one more time...in ''Cinderella III''. Termaine became a InstantExpert with the Fairy Godmother's wand because the Friends sensed the opportunity, both to get a client in power and permanently get rid of the Fairy Godmother. But she failed to do that as well. Thankfully, Chernabog decided to let Lady Tremaine have a position in the minor Inner Circle due to the darkness in her heart.

[[TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Mr. Winkie]]: The Friends were interested in this bartender's scheme to own Toad Hall, so they sent their weasel minions to aid him. Fortunately, they didn't count on Mr. Toad himself arriving to stop Winkie and his weasels. Afterwards, they simply abandoned Winkie and left him to jail.

[[{{Dumbo}} Pink Elephants]] and [[WinnieThePooh Heffalumps and Woozles]]: A group of agents of the Friends that infitrate the dreams of the high council. The one made of elephant heads is of very high rank. The Heffalumps and Woozles are similar creatures, and the only agents to be able to penetrate the Hundred Acre Woods before [[WMG/FriendsAndTheHighCouncilOtherSideFriendsPart2 Other Side Friends Part 2 Crud]] (although they were unable to cause any damage, just to unnerve the inhabitants). However, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407121/ not all of them are evil.]]

[[{{Dumbo}} Pink Elephants]] and [[WinnieThePooh Heffalumps and Woozles]]: A group of agents of the Friends that infitrate the dreams of the high council. The one made of elephant heads is of very high rank. The Heffalumps and Woozles are similar creatures, and the only agents to be able to penetrate the Hundred Acre Woods before Crud (although they were unable to cause any damage, just to unnerve the inhabitants). However, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407121/ not all of them are evil.]]

[[{{Dumbo}} Pink Elephants]] and [[WinnieThePooh Heffalumps and Woozles]]: A group of agents of the Friends that infitrate the dreams of the high council. The one made of elephant heads is of very high rank. The Heffalumps and Woozles are similar creatures, and so far the only agents to be able to penetrate the Hundred Acre Woods (although they were unable to cause any damage, just to unnerve the inhabitants). However, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407121/ not all of them are evil.]]

[[{{Pinocchio}} Monstro]]: This giant whale was corrupted by the Friends from a calm and powerful good whale (similar to the one in FindingNemo) into a savage, evil, and malicious heartless of a whale. It collects the souls of the fish it eats for pure fun. Eventually, Pinocchio managed to defeat Monstro by having it slam into a cliff and be killed by the impact.

Fat emperor and dragon (from ''The China Plate''): The Friends discovered an obscure prophecy stating that the little boyfriend and girlfriend pair of protagonists of this short were destined to become some of the High Council's most effective agents when they grew up. The Friends weren't sure if the prophecy was true or not, but they weren't taking any chances, so they ordered these two villains to kill the couple on sight. The emperor was a client of the Friends (and they helped him become emperor in the first place), but the dragon was the first kind of agent described above, a creature created by evil magic. The High Council didn't hear about the prophecy until after the kids' encounter with the Friends' minons, didn't notice the Friends acting in this world and thus couldn't intervene to help the kids, but luckily the kids were able to protect themselves.

Pete: As noted below, Mickey has been a long-standing agent of the benevolent forces opposing the Friends. Pete was their answer to that. After Mickey defeated him in [[MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers Renaissance France]], the Friends offered him immortality and the chance to get revenge. He accepted, and started terrorizing Mickey and his friends. Fortunately, Pete's immortality meant he started letting his constant losses get to him. He mellowed out considerably, much to the frustration of the Friends, who couldn't touch him since he paid off his debt. Right now he's still rough around the edges, but mostly harmless (as seen in GoofTroop and MickeyMouseClubhouse). But then again, he is still a major player of the Inner Circle, and he may strike back yet.

[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast The Enchantress]]: Seriously, curse an entire castle just because the Prince was a {{jerkass}}? That's serious MoralDissonance. What really happened was this: the Friends saw potential in the Prince to be a client. Unfortunately for them, he was satisfied with being spoiled by his servants. So they decided to curse the castle through an agent, a very effective one (after all, [[BeautyEqualsGoodness beautiful evil is harder to spot than ugly, and therefore more dangerous).]] They were hoping that, by the time he died, years spent in isolation would have twisted him into an even better soldier for their armies. Plus, the servants, also trapped in a horrible fate by a supposedly good force, might lose their faith in the more benevolent forces of the Disney Universe, thus leaving their souls up for grabs. The way out was a natural consequence of the PowerOfLove. The Enchantress spelled it out for the Beast because she wanted the situation to seem hopeless and, as far as she knew, it was. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Evil can't comprehend good]], after all, and the Friends really didn't believe anyone could love a beast. Ultimately, Belle's arrival botched the plan, leaving them with only one soul, Gaston’s. She is a member of the Inner Circle, because after all, there is nothing more dangerous than a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity force of evil that everyone believes is good]].

[[TheLionKing Scar]]: He also made deals with the Friends, but was GenreSavvy enough not to rack up a huge debt. Instead, he just asked for enough to charisma to control the hyenas and maybe for them to gather the wildebeests. When he became king, he would turn to the Friends to solve any problem the throne presented him in exchange for a few souls. The reason the Pride Lands went so far downhill is because so many souls were taken out of the Circle of Life as a result. By the time Simba comes back, the Pride Lands were so tapped out the Friends refuse to help Scar anymore. But Scar's charisma ended up winning the Friends' favor back to him, which led him to a minor position in the Inner Circle. Not long afterwards, Chernabog warned Scar not to pull any more tricks to get what he wanted, or else end up like his KingdomHearts counterpart and be turned into a Heartless of some sort. The Friends were responsible for the SFX of "Be Prepared".

[[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]: The Friends most successful client, she paid off her debt several times over and they gave her very powerful magic. To attain ultimate power, however, she was going to drive to despair, kill, and harvest one of the most powerful souls on her plane - [[KingdomHearts Aurora, the Princess of Heart]], giving the Friends a huge boost and giving herself the ensuing despair of both kingdoms to feed off of. However, her death at the hands of Prince Phillip foiled that plan, until Chernabog offered her a position in a new club he was making. That club was called the Inner Circle, for reference.[[CoDragons She usually leads the Inner Circle with the Horned King,]] serving as tactical figurehead of the villains. Also, she's in command of a legion of goons that are the rough Disney counterparts to orcs.

[[{{HomeOnTheRange}} Alameda Slim]]: He did not get his mind controlling yodeling powers from the Friends, but Wesley is a middleman for them because 5,000 Texas Longhorn souls a night would satisfy them. His theft of Maggie's ranch friends was their original test for Slim, to see if he had the potential to be more than a HarmlessVillain. Though he succeeded in that case, his inability to see Buck save the day and have three cows and a farm full of animals defeat him disgusted the friends. Therefore, he was abandoned to his imprisonment, as the Friends decided nothing on this world interested them.

[[{{Disney/Hercules}} The Titans]]: All five of them were Chernabog's brothers: Hyperion, Coeus, Iapetus, Crius, and Oceanus. Due to all of them siding with their brother, Zeus mutated Hyperion into Lythos, Coeus into Pyros, Oceanus into Hydros, Iapetus into Stratos, and Crius into a dumb cyclops, then sealed them away. Herc didn't destroy them, just temporarily put them out of commission, to which Zeus sealed them away to the Other Side once more, this time more securely. Although in the movie, the Titans had a brutish, stupid pesonality, they were only ObfuscatingStupidity. They're every bit as intelligent as the Gods who imprisoned them, they just like acting stupid to please Hades. The six voodoo masks flanking Baron Samedi in ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog''? Five of them are these guys. The sixth...

* The "boss mask" in Facilier's shop? The handpuppet he used in making deals in that world.

[[{{Disney/Hercules}} The Titans]]: All five of them were Chernabog's brothers: Hyperion, Coeus, Iapetus, Crius, and Oceanus. Due to all of them siding with their brother, Zeus mutated Hyperion into Lythos, Coeus into Pyros, Oceanus into Hydros, Iapetus into Stratos, and Crius into a dumb cyclops, then sealed them away. Herc didn't destroy them, just temporarily put them out of commission, to which Zeus sealed them away to the Other Side once more, this time more securely. Although in the movie, the Titans had a brutish, stupid pesonality, they were only ObfuscatingStupidity. They're every bit as intelligent as the Gods who imprisoned them, they just like acting stupid to please Hades. The six voodoo masks flanking the main Friend in ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog''? Five of them are these guys. The sixth...

[[{{Fantasia}}/The Firebird]]: THE most powerful friend, the Firebird is the leader only because it's more like a wild beast. It seeks to destroy whenever it's awakened; it seeks to consume all that lives. It's known as "Chernabog's Hand," as this is the Friend he sends to completely and utterly destroy those who oppose him.

[[{{Fantasia}} The Firebird]]: He is a creature of pure darkness (the first kind of agent described near the top of this page), condensed into a fiery form of destruction. Chernabog created the Firebird to destroy entire worlds with volcanic eruptions and wildfires. However, by the very nature of fire as a cleansing force opening things to renewal, his rampages have been the occasional boon to the High Council, a similar problem afflicting the Lava Titan. Still, he's Chernabog's most trusted [[TheDragon Arch-Demon]], and his ability to leave the Other Side is invaluable.

[[TheGreatMouseDetective Ratigan]]: As noted above, an animatronic version of the Queen is a bit advanced for Victorian Era London. The Friends gave Ratigan the plans for the robot (since they couldn't give him magic) and pointed out someone he could kidnap to build it without drawing too much attention to himself. His advanced gifts are why Basil failed to catch him for so long. His extended work with the Friends twisted his mind so much though, that whenever he became enraged he would revert to his more bestial nature, explaining his transformation at the end. Unfortunately, when Ratigan fell off Big Ben that night, the Friends finally got to collect his soul. That is until the events of House of Mouse where he was revealed to be still alive in a cameo appearance or two...

[[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]]: [[CaptainObvious Duh]]. But this allows us to make things more clearer. Facilier had potential, but he wasn't motivated enough. He simply wanted money and status, unlike other clients who wanted to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]] and the like. Because of this, progress on delivering souls was slow. Combined with the fact that he wasn't careful enough and allowed everyone in New Orleans to become aware of his true intentions, he ended up being very inefficent, racking up a huge debt. They were intrigued by the possibility of having hundreds of thousands of souls given to them through the collection of New Orleans after his ascension, but when the talisman they provided him broke...

* The Chernabog who appears in KingdomHearts is actually Chernabog's identical twin brother Chernabog the Lesser, who also acts as Chernabog's spy in the HouseOfMouse (see House of Mouse's description on the "Unaligned But Involved" page of this theory for more details on Chernabog the Lesser).

[[{{Disney/Hercules}} The Fates]]: These three witches are neutral parties who work with whoever can benifit them the most at the time, which is why they helped Hades in trying to overthrow Mount Olympus.

* Chernabog's counterpart in the KingdomHearts universe is overshadowed by other dark forces, despite being the absolute embodiment of darkness itself. Having engineered the Keyblade War in ancient times, the massive war for the X-Blade ended up sending Bald Mountain all the way into the Realm of Darkness, with the remnants of worlds destroyed by the Heartless building up around it. However, this was at the cost of limiting his power to ThatOneBoss levels and even moreso then his mainstream counterpart, stays entirely behind the scenes. Directing his counterpart to Xehanort, he kept to the darkness and built up his army for the assault on the World of Light, before eventually falling to the power of the Keyblade.

Nazis: The High Council [[IndianaJones hated these guys]]. It was stumbling into some unknown agent of the Friends that helped fuel [[AdolfHitler the Fuehrer]]'s fascination with the supernatural during the rise of the Third Reich. But in the end, they fell from the efforts of the Allies and the handful of High Council agents who took part in their fight, with particular honors to Donald Duck, who served on several dangerous commando raids, where he first developed his rivalry with [[LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]].