| 1 | Here is a list of villains from the Fourth Age.\ |
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| 3 | To return to the main character index, click [[Characters/CodexEquus here]]. |
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| 5 | !Fourth-Age Villains |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !!Hydianites |
| 9 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusHydianites here]]. |
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| 11 | !!Knights of Harmony/Order/Tyranny |
| 12 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusCunabala here]]. |
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| 14 | !!The Shadowed Ones |
| 15 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusTheShadowedOnes here]]. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | !!Tribalists |
| 18 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusTribalists here]]. |
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| 20 | !!Tyrannos Pantheon |
| 21 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusTyrannosPantheon here]]. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | !!The Windigos |
| 24 | --> See their page [[{{Characters/CodexEquusWindigos}} here]]. |
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| 26 | !!!Unsorted |
| 27 | !!A to C |
| 28 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusFourthAgeVillainsAToC here]]. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | !!D to G |
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| 32 | [[folder:The Darkness]] |
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| 34 | The Darkness (introduced in [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5090845436 this drabble]]) is an ancient being born from powers and darkness of the Ancients. |
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| 36 | * AdaptationalAbomination: The Darkness in ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' was already an EldritchAbomination, but when it became sapient, it became much more human in its thought processes and assumed a humanoid physical form. The Darkness here is a straight up Lovecraftian horror who even once it becomes self-aware remains incomprehensible in its mindset, even if it's now genuinely malevolent. To note, while the Darkness in game is referred to as 'he' when it gains intelligence, here it's exclusively referred to as 'it.' |
| 37 | * AdaptationalBadass: The Darkness was ''already'' one of the most powerful entities in ''Skylanders'' lore, but this version is on another level entirely. To note, in the game, the Skylanders are able to defeat it outright in their actual fight with it. Here, their first confrontation is a CurbstompBattle in its favor, it's able to remove all their powers, an ability the canon version lacked. It's also nearly impossible to meaningfully damage and capable of engulfing all of Skylands in a darkness that induces despair. |
| 38 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: Here, the Darkness is connected to Stygian/The Pony of Shadows by virtue of being created when the Ancients came in contact with a plane of reality akin to the Well of Shade. |
| 39 | * AlmightyIdiot: It was originally a formless, shapeless, mindless force of pure destruction born from the Ancients' collective inner darkness. Unfortunately for everyone involved, this is Subverted by the time it escapes it's prison, as [[DumbassNoMore it's become fully sapient]], intelligent, and malevolent. |
| 40 | * AncientEvil: The Darkness came into being untold millennia, so long ago even Avalarians who are thousands of years old and predate Skylands as a location weren't born yet. |
| 41 | * TheBadGuyWins: 'The Darkest Hour Crisis' begins with it having shattered the Core of Light, utterly defeated and {{De-Power}}ed the Skylanders and Avalar's other heroes, and taken over Avalar. The rest of the arc consists of the Skylanders and their allies fighting BackFromTheBrink. |
| 42 | * BigBad: It serves as the main antagonist of 'The Darkest Hour Crisis.' |
| 43 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: While genuinely malevolent, the Darkness' mind and thought processes are completely incomprehensible to mortals. |
| 44 | * BrownNoteBeing: Merely being in this thing's presence inflicts feelings of despair and hopelessness. |
| 45 | * CivilizationDestroyer: It coming into existence resulted in the destruction of the Ancients' civilization, and the extinction of most of their species before it was imprisoned. |
| 46 | * CompositeCharacter: It's naturally the Darkness over all, but it also borrows aspects of the Hydra from the original game in being what destroys the Core of Light and defeats the Skylanders, forcing them to rebuild it. |
| 47 | * DumbassNoMore: It was originally an AlmightyIdiot, a formless, mindless force of pure destruction. At some point after being sealed and its eventual escape, it became sapient. While incomprehensible in mind, it's now intelligent, cunning, and actively malevolent. |
| 48 | * EldritchAbomination: The Darkness is an ancient entity born from the Ancients' RealityWarper abilities mixing with an area of reality akin to the Well of Shade that gave birth to the Pony of Shadoes in Stygian. The closest thing it has to a form is a sky covering darkness filled with magenta lightning. After escaping its prison, it is now intelligent and actively malevolent, but its mind remains utterly alien and incomprensible. It's mere ''existence'' casts a feeling of crushing despair and it's capable of tampering with the arcane weave, Avalar's very fabric of magic itself. |
| 49 | * EmotionBomb: It's mere presence inflicts feelings of despair and hopelessness on those around it, though fortunately it can be resisted. |
| 50 | * GreaterScopeVillain: It's eventually revealed [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5093444824 it may have been responsible]] for a great many tragedies while sealed away because its ''mere existence'' warping casuality to increase their likelihood. This makes it indirectly responsible for a great many of the Skylanders' backstories. |
| 51 | * TheHeartless: The Darkness is reimagined as the Ancients' collective '[[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Monster From the Id]]', made manifest and self-sustaining by their imagination based reality warping mixing with a plain of reality akin to the Well of Shade. |
| 52 | * HopeCrusher: The Darkness emits and aura of despair by its ''mere existence,'' and goes out of its way to try and crush the hopes of Skylands. This includes, after shattering the Core of Light, allowing the Skylanders to attack it with everything they have to no effect, and only ''then'' [[DePower stripping them of their powers]]. It could've done that from the moment the Core was shattered, but chose not to to make the defeat as crushing as possible. |
| 53 | * ItCanThink: It was originally a mindless AlmightyIdiot. Naturally, everyone is taken offguard when it turns out to have gained a mind of its own at some point after its sealing. An ''intelligent'' mind. |
| 54 | * KnightOfCerebus: Even compared to Stormswirl and Valefor, the Darkness is a nightmarish, powerful, and horrific foe the likes of which the stories set in Avalar hadn't seen. To note, the drabble it's ''introduced'' in has it having [[TheBadGuyWins already won]] and the Skylanders being forced to fight BackFromTheBrink, and the crisis for which its the BigBad of is literally called 'The DarkestHour Crisis'. It's eventually suggested it was warping casuality even while imprisoned to increase the likelihood of tragedies within Avalar for untold eons. |
| 55 | * LeakingCanOfEvil: It's eventually suggested that its mere ''existence'' sealed within Avalar warped casuality to increase the likelihood of tragic events happening. |
| 56 | * NighInvulnerable: The Darkness is the ''Made of Air'' form of near indestructibility: as an incorporal being made of pure darkness and covering all of Skylands, it's impossible to meaningfully damage it by conventional means. Frightening thing is it ''knows'' this fact and uses it [[HopeCrusher to intentionally crush its opponents' hopes]]. During its first '[[CurbstompBattle battle]]' with the Skylanders, it let's them launch everything they have at it until they're worn out, and even Pyro III and Cinder I's PQ Breath does nothing. |
| 57 | * NoSell: In their first battle with it, the Skylanders' attacks ultimately are unable to do anything to meaningfully harm it, as it's an incorporal being. |
| 58 | * PowerNullifier: After shattering the Core of Light, Avalar's magical 'control node,' its absence allows the Darkness to tamper with Avalar's arcane weave and strip all of its heroes of their powers. |
| 59 | * SealedEvilInACan: The Darkness was imprisoned in a {{Bottomless Pit|s}} with impossible dimensions on a floating island by the last of the Ancients. Unfortunately, it manipulates Havok into allowing it to break free. |
| 60 | * ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: After shattering the Core of Light, it [[PowerNullifier strips all of Avalar's heroes of their powers]], creates demonic forces, and empowers other villains to turn Avalar into a kingdom of despair. |
| 61 | * WindsOfDestinyChange: It's suggested that it passively warps casuality by virtue of it's sheer destructive and malevolent nature to increase the likelihood of tragedies happening. It's been doing this for ''eons'' and likely indirectly caused a large number of the Skylanders' personal tragedies. |
| 62 | * YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Assuming it even ''has'' a true form, the Darkness can only be seen as a formless mass of darkness and magenta lightning. The fact magenta is used was also invoking this, as magenta doesn't actually exist and is an invention of the mind. |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
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| 65 | [[folder:Deadlock, the Queen of Serpent's Edge]] |
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| 67 | * AllYourPowersCombined: Thanks to having three heads, she can freely mix and max [[FireIceLightning fire, ice and electricity]] all at once. |
| 68 | * AntiVillain: Despite being a vengeance crazed and insane dragoness, she still cares deeply for her adopted children and is a BenevolentBoss. She didn't decide to be the bad guy, a series of tragic events warped her into one and even then, she manages to retain some of her past goodness. |
| 69 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She became the leader of the Naga by [[ChallengingTheChief overthrowing the previous queen]]. |
| 70 | * ChallengingTheChief: Deadlock became the Naga Queen by challenging and killing the previous Queen, even though she wasn't even a Naga to begin with. It's later revealed that the previous queen was a tyrant and Deadlock overthrew her because she thought the Naga deserved better. |
| 71 | * TheChessmaster: She was able to flawlessly invade the temple and steal what she wanted before anyone even knew she herself was there and has a much more long term plan in the works. Justified as she has three heads who are able to get along well enough to plan things out. |
| 72 | * ConjoinedTwins: Triplets, in her case. Deadlock is actually three dragons who were born conjoined and thus has three heads. |
| 73 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Deadlock truly loves her adopted children Cyros and Pyrus, who act as {{Morality Pet}}s for her. |
| 74 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Deadlock was a nursery dragoness 24 years before encountering Pyro II and Cinder I. Then the temple raid happened. 24 years later she's the queen of an ancient and powerful race with Psychic Powers and a thirst for revenge. |
| 75 | * HairTriggerTemper: Deadlock's fire head is very easily angered. |
| 76 | * HeelFaceTurn: She has reformed after nearly killing her daughter with an attack meant for Pyro II and Cinder I. |
| 77 | * LoopholeAbuse: Deadlock became the Naga queen by taking advantage of the law that ''anyone'' can challenge the current queen for the throne. It doesn't say that the challenger in question has to be another Naga. |
| 78 | * MeaningfulName: Deadlock got her name because her three heads had trouble coordinating their body and were always fighting each other until she gained PsychicPowers to communicate. |
| 79 | * MultipleHeadCase: They had great difficulty coordinating when they were young. They later developed PsychicPowers and became much better at together. |
| 80 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: While WordOfGod had mentioned them out of universe, the names of her three individual heads are officially revealed to be Firebreak, Permafrost, and Current. |
| 81 | * OurHydrasAreDifferent: Subverted. She may be a three-headed reptile, but she isn't a hydra, she is a dragon and conjoined-triplets. |
| 82 | * PersonalityPowers: Firebreak (the fire head) is the most impulsive and bloodthirsty of them, as expected of a person with [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]]. |
| 83 | * {{Transplant}}: She was originally an OC villain and BigBad of Godzillawolf's previous fic, ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfSpyroANewDawn'', before being added to Codex. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Decepticolt, Zappityhoof, and Goldencap]] |
| 87 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 88 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 89 | !!!'''Type:''' Thieves/Unicorns |
| 90 | !!!'''Faction:''' Unaffiliated |
| 91 | |
| 92 | -> ''"Us? Entitled? How could you call us entitled when you have all the power and fame to yourself, hoarding it away from more worthy individuals like a greedy Dragon? Those wings of yours probably came from another pegasus you took advantage of, or maybe, they were sacrificed FOR you!"'' |
| 93 | \ |
| 94 | Decepticolt, Zappityhoof, and Goldencap (their entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-5-793176468 here]]) are a villainous trio of unicorns that became infamous for their attempted theft use of Rainbow Dash's wings to turn themselves into "pseudo-alicorns". |
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| 96 | * BarrierWarrior: Goldencap is described as having a talent in shield and barrier magic. |
| 97 | * BrilliantButLazy: Deconstructed. Despite their great power, their collective unwillingness to learn things the normal way because it's too difficult made them infamous for taking shortcuts, which later led to their failed attempt to break into Canterlot's forbidden archives and learn Lord Tirek's mana-draining spell in order to become Alicorns, instead of taking the long road to godhood. Celestia caught them in the act and expelled them, having seen their potential to become cruel, selfish ponies and [[DisappointedInYou making it clear how disappointed she was in their lazy ambitions]]. Furthermore, instead of accepting their faults and resolving to better themselves, they [[NeverMyFault blame other Alicorns for being "entitled" to power and freedom]], believing that they're hoarding away the secrets to Alicornhood from "worthy" individuals out of selfishness. Crystal Prism, being one of the Alicorns they blamed, was ''[[UnstoppableRage enraged]]'' to hear it, since was subjected to horrible experiments by Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker in a well-meaning yet cruel attempt to produce Alicorns, and never asked if he wanted to be an Alicorn or not. Luminiferous makes it rather clear that the fault lies solely in them, being so lazy that they decide to cheat their way into Alicornhood instead of taking the chances offered to them, resulting in their potential being squandered. |
| 98 | * DeadpanSnarker: Decepticolt is described as snarky and quiet. |
| 99 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They accuse other Alicorns as selfish, entitled people who keep the secrets of Alicornhood to themselves, reveling in the power, fame, and freedom they have at the expense of more "worthy" individuals. This rings incredibly hollow when they tried using Rainbow Dash's wings to turn themselves into Alicorns, and even had a direct role in the experiments that ultimately led to Crystal Prism's Ascension. |
| 100 | * ItsAllAboutMe: They aspire to become Alicorns only because they want the power and freedom associated with it, and thus they feel entitled to it. Anyone who tries to prevent them from doing so are seen as "entitled" pricks who keep becoming an Alicorn a secret to benefit themselves. |
| 101 | * LackOfEmpathy: Another one of their main flaws; they're so focused on earning their wings and more power themselves that they don't give a damn if they affect others in the process. |
| 102 | ** They attempted to use Rainbow Dash's wings to turn themselves into Alicorns, not caring that Rainbow would be permanently crippled if their plans succeeded, which ''enraged'' Princess Twilight Sparkle to the point where she stripped them of their magic indefinitely. |
| 103 | ** Instead of being understandably horrified by the well-meaning yet cruel experiments that had been done to Crystal Prism, they directly participated in them, and saw Crystal Prism as an entitled prick who wanted to stay an Alicorn and keep the secrets of Ascension to himself, instead of giving what was rightfully theirs. This ''[[UnstoppableRage enraged]]'' the young demigod, until Luminiferous intervened. |
| 104 | * LaserGuidedKarma: |
| 105 | ** They attempted to break into the forbidden Canterlot Archives, which was closed off to all but those who have proven themselves trustworthy, so they could learn how to use Lord Tirek's mana-draining spell. Celestia caught them in the act, and made clear her disappointment in their lazy, self-centered ambitions before expelling them from her School for Gifted Unicorns. |
| 106 | ** They cut off Rainbow Dash's wings since her enormous potential would be able to give them all wings, not caring that Rainbow would essentially be reduced to a permanent cripple if they succeeded. They ended up being defeated when an enraged Princess Twilight Sparkle used a spell that allowed Rainbow to share a body with her, and used her power as the Alicorn goddess of Magic to strip them of their magic indefinitely. |
| 107 | ** They participated in Noble Grace and Bubbling Beaker's experiments that ultimately created Crystal Prism (who, coincidentally, spared them since his corrupted form couldn't sense or devour their sealed magic), and continued using their work to further their own goals. This ''[[UnstoppableRage enraged]]'' Crystal Prism, especially after, instead of understandably being horrified by what he had gone through, they accused him of being an entitled prick who wants to keep the secrets of Ascension to himself instead of teaching them to more "worthy" individuals like themselves. At that point, Luminiferous intervened and gave the unicorn trio a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, making it ''very'' clear that the blame, laziness, and sense of entitlement lay solely on themselves. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, they were on the verge of having a HeelRealization when Ispita swept them away]]. |
| 108 | * NeverMyFault: One of their main flaws, aside from [[BrilliantButLazy laziness]] and LackOfEmpathy. They refuse to believe that their expulsion from Celestia's school was their own fault, or acknowledge their selfish laziness and improve themselves by actually ''working'' to become Alicorns. They also blame other Alicorns and accuse them as being entitled pricks who keep the secrets of Ascension to themselves so they could enjoy the power and freedom that comes with being an Alicorn, instead of teaching Ascension to more "worthy" individuals such as themselves, never realizing that it's their selfish laziness and lack of empathy that's keeping them from being Alicorns. |
| 109 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Luminiferous gave the three a dressing-down in response to them accusing him of being entitled and keeping the secrets of Ascension to himself. Notably, it worked, and the three were starting to show signs of a JerkassRealization [[spoiler:until they're "rescued" by Ispita the Deceiver]]. |
| 110 | --> '''Luminiferous:''' If you were willing to do the work and be a moral person? All you would've had to do is seek me out. I would've GLADLY helped you become Alicorns... As I have others. I have NO desire to keep the ability to become an Alicorn secret. In fact... I look forwards to a day where anyone who chooses and has a good heart can become one. Your problem isn't that no one wants to give you a chance, it's that you're too lazy to take the ones offered because they'd be too much work. THAT is why you've squandered your potential. |
| 111 | * {{Teleportation}}: Decepticolt specializes in teleportation spells, including one that's normally used for medical amputation. Disturbingly, this is represented by his Cutie Mark, a pony whose body is missing from the neck down. |
| 112 | * TerribleTrio: A trio of villainous unicorns who want to Ascend into Alicorns, [[ItsAllAboutMe even at the expense of others]]. |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Defenders of Equus]] |
| 116 | !!!'''Symbol:''' Equus over a shield |
| 117 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 118 | !!!'''Structure:''' Extremist Conspiracy |
| 119 | !!!'''Leadership:''' High General Grand Shield |
| 120 | !!!'''Power:''' Decentralized International Organization |
| 121 | !!!'''Scale:''' Global, unknown but large number of members throughout Equus, influence spread through multiple countries |
| 122 | !!!'''Status:''' Active |
| 123 | |
| 124 | -> ''"This is our world! And those who seek to corrupt, conquer or consume it shall find justice at the ends of our blades!"'' |
| 125 | \ |
| 126 | The Defenders of Equus (their entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-30-846620456 here]]) is an organization fanatically-xenophobic to anything from outside Equus. Born from a tragic and horrific 'Visitor' incursion that wiped out most of a kingdom, the survivors of decimated realm, led by the heroic Sir Grand Defender, swore to never let the tragedy happen again to anywhere on Equus, and created an order which would grow in size and power over the ages which is dedicated to opposing and wiping out any threats to Equus from beyond. Formerly a secret global conspiracy, the Defenders of Equus had in the light of recent hostile visitations by Lost Ones and 'Visitors' came out into the open to step up their ancient crusade against all and any outside forces, beings and influences, opposing and finding themselves in opposition of other more tolerant heroic forces, even while they offer aid and protection to lands and peoples who are frightened by and vulnerable to future attacks. |
| 127 | ---- |
| 128 | * AbsoluteXenophobe: Adamantly believes all beings and influence from outside Equus (whether outer space or parallel planes) are fundamentally dangerous and hostile towards Equus, and seeks nothing less than the total eradication and ejection of all such from Equus, whether or not they're actually malicious. |
| 129 | * AncientConspiracy: Had been around for many, many centuries and had from the shadows directly or indirectly fought and destroyed many demonic beings, eldritch horrors and alien invaders who sought to conquer, corrupt or consume Equus. Unfortunately, whether from the start or over the course of their existence they had come to see all and ANY form of 'Outsider' influence and individuals as hostile and dangerous and seek their destruction, even Visitor-Equusian Hybrids who are innocent of any wrongdoings. |
| 130 | * AliensAreBastards: Fervently believes in this, considering their [[StartOfDarkness past history]], even if reality shows not everything from outside Equus are hostile and deserve extermination. |
| 131 | * AlienInvasion: The 'Silim' incursion caused by 'The Infiltrator' was what led to the founding of the order that would become the Defenders of Equus organization. |
| 132 | * BattleCry: One of their many slogans, used as this, is a ShoutOut to one used frequently by a [[{{Characters/CodexEquusImperiumOfPonykind}} certain xenophobic]]/[[{{Characters/Warhammer40000Imperium}} xenocidal civilization]] both in- and out-universe... |
| 133 | --> '''Defender of Equus:''' ''"SUFFER NOT THE XENOS TO LIVE!"'' |
| 134 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: With their reveal to the rest of the world, they had now been suspected or credited with many notable historical events that involved [[AlienInvasion Visitor attacks]] or [[HellOnEarth Demonic invasions]]. They helped a [[{{Film/TheGreatWall}} Chineighese dynasty in the Orient defeat the 'Jade Fiends' of the Taotie Comet]], for example, and had allied with the '[[{{VideoGame/Doom}} Scourge of Hell]]' and his analogues destroy demons throughout history. |
| 135 | * BrokenMasquerade: By their own volition, sensing that they need to step up their campaigns and seek other allies in the light of recent hostile 'Visitor' and 'Lost Ones' visitations and incursions. |
| 136 | * EnemyMine: They don't get along with the Equus Sentinels due to the Sentinels protecting benevolent 'Outsiders,' particularly the Beyonders group (who are entirely composed by 'Outsiders'), and the feeling is mutual (with a few of the Beyonders having been persecuted by them in the past). However, a group of them fighting against the Obez'yanans to stop their invasion agreed to a cease fire and team up to deal with the situation. |
| 137 | * {{Expy}}: Is essentially a fanatically-xenophobic and villainous version of XCOM. |
| 138 | * TheFundamentalist: They are not showing signs of compromising or having second thoughts about their positions on all extraequusian beings and influence, even when some had shown to be not a threat - [[AliensAreBastards all of them are a threat]] and had got to go. This is the entire reason the Equus Sentinels were founded as a GoodCounterpart organization. |
| 139 | * KnightTemplar: They WILL protect Equus from all and any form of 'Outsider' influence and invasion, even if it means destroying whole races of 'Hybrids' born from unions with Extraequusian beings and fighting even benevolent 'Visitors' or their own kind who had been 'tainted' by excursions with the outside cosmos and planes, seeing everything from outside Equus as hostile or evil by default. |
| 140 | * ThePurge: The Defenders of Equus had launched crusades to eliminate even the slightest hints of outsider influences across Equus throughout its existence, to the point of willing to ''raze entire kingdoms to the ground'' and scattering their populations to the four winds in their fanaticism. |
| 141 | * SeenItAll: The Defenders of Equus is an AncientConspiracy which had fought countless horrific alien/extradimensional/demonic threats throughout Known History with dedication and zealotry. Where many of these threats would [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/869177535/4906800388 horrify]] heroes and warriors from less ancient and experienced groups, for them, it's probably just Monday. |
| 142 | --> '''Harmonic Crusader:''' Have you even been paying attention to the [[ApocalypticLog Leymit recording]]?! How can you [[TheStoic stay so calm after]] - oh wait, you're [[TheDreaded Defenders of Equus]]. Nevermind. |
| 143 | --> '''Defender of Equus:''' Yeah, we're [[SeenItAll pretty used to this sort of s*** by now]]. |
| 144 | * StartOfDarkness: Many centuries ago, an insidious and terrifying alien creature known only as 'the Infiltrator', member of a race dubbed the 'Silim', crash landed onto Equus and in the guise of an Equine infiltrated the population of a Unicorn kingdom. Reproducing, the creature's 'Silim' spawns quickly multiplied and overran the kingdom, incorrigibly hostile to all Equusian life and seeking to wipe them out and replace it. Sir Grand Defender rallied his knights and the kingdom to fight against it and them, and after a long war finally succeeded in putting them down - at the terrible cost of the land becoming devastated and most of the kingdom's population subverted or slaughtered. Traumatized and filled with a terrible resolve, the survivors under Sir Grand Defender vowed never to let a catastrophe like this ever happen again, and founded the order that would grow in the shadows into the Defenders of Equus organization. |
| 145 | * VanHelsingHateCrimes: It's noted that their idology can and will result in innocent creatures being caught in the crossfire when they destroy Visitors indiscriminately. The entire reason the Obez'yanans became InvadingRefugees is that the Defenders captured and ''vivisected'' their scouts, convincing them peace was impossible. They've also attempted to kill Prism Wing just for being a Visitor, even though she's entirely heroic. |
| 146 | * VillainHasAPoint: |
| 147 | ** While they are excessively xenophobic and zealous in their opposition of all 'Outsiders', it should be noted that the setting is a DeathWorld in a similarly hostile cosmos filled with horrific ''things'' that cannot be reasoned with nor stopped by anything short of total annihilation. Even if [[KnightTemplar they do take things too far]], there IS a pressing need for certain extreme measures in preparations for such threats. |
| 148 | ** They also fight diabolical and infernal beings, and no one disputes that they are evil and dangerous (even if some of them do their evil constructively). |
| 149 | ** This is one major reason the Equus Sentinels were founded to be their GoodCounterpart organization: to have a group to deal with such threats that actually bothers to see if the otherworldly entity is good or evil. |
| 150 | * WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: One major flaw with their ideology: some Visitors really ''do'' come in peace and only want to be friends, so the Defenders of Equus's actions are unjustified and can even backfire and provoke ''actual'' hostility. This was the case with the Obez'yanans, who would've been willing to come peacefully if the Defenders hadn't killed and dissected their scouts. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Despotic Destiny, the Broken Dynasty]] |
| 154 | !!!'''Classification:''' TBA |
| 155 | !!!'''Portfolio:''' TBA |
| 156 | !!!'''Rank:''' Divine (Tier ???) |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | * AdaptationalBadass: On top of being in roughly the same power level as Titan (being equal to Discord, though there are stronger gods in this universe, if rare), he's capable of directly taking control of creatures in mass under his own power and causing an opposite aligned effect to Discord's WorldOfChaos. He's also a MookMaker in his own right, whereas in the original, Titan couldn't do this and needed Terra to do so. |
| 159 | * AdaptationalHeroism: His creator has said while based off Titan, his sympathetic traits are more prominent than his monstrous ones. For starters, his ultimate goal is justified revenge on Discord and wanting a world of order to ensure nothing like him ever exists again. He also didn't [[spoiler:kill one wife and then drive his other one insane, rather his wife went insane the same way as him.]] |
| 160 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Like his inspiration, Despotic Destiny could read the 'Rhythm' of order from others and gain a level of clairvoyance and tactical discernment which could allow him to find the weakspots from his opponents and predict their next moves, making him extremely dangerous in combat. |
| 161 | * BigBad: He serves as this for the War Against Order Arc. |
| 162 | * BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous: Falls on the opposite side of OrderVsChaos to Discord, but has become a MadGod and opposite extreme of Order to what Discord's extreme of chaos when he was evil. |
| 163 | * TheChessmaster: Shows signs of this with the Battle of Manehattan. If he wins there, Equestrian resistance would be fatally weakened enough for him to win. Yet if he loses, he [[spoiler:still has another decisive victory within his grasp with Ponyville, one of the few safe-zones holding out against his Ordering corruption and forces, wide-open for an assault, this time with himself and Broken Harmony leading it while most of the Equestrian heroes, gods and forces are still busy in Manehattan and elsewhere]]. Even Changeling Emperor Blackthorn, who has this trope as his hat and is presently supporting him in exchange for a chance to kill [[ArchEnemy Discord]] to avenge the "Burning of Amorea", is impressed by his strategy, outright commending him for how well he could play an "[[Fanfic/TheImmortalGame immortal game]]". As a bonus, he [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing got rid of the much detested General Jewel Cutter]] while still able to get something out of it. |
| 164 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: Discord's actions were directly responsible for his existence, as he was the one whose actions drove Iussum insane and caused him to be corrupted into Despotic Destiny in the first place. Trapping him a Chaos demi-plain also backfired completely, as by the time he and his wife escaped, Destiny had managed to 'bring order' to it and [[OhCrap absorbed it]] to become powerful enough to match Discord in strength. |
| 165 | * TheCorruption: Like Discord, his ArchEnemy, and also Discord’s Accord mode, Despotic Destiny can spread a curse/hex around him that could ‘Order’ those he target and turn the environment into the opposite of Discord’s chaotic WorldGoneMad, creating a world of perfect, absolute order. |
| 166 | * CurbstompBattle: As he rivals ''Discord'' in strength, most of his fights result in this with the exception of Discord himself (which he still won due to being a better fighter and Discord [[WorfHadTheFlu being weakened]]) and most people having no clue who he is and what he's capable of. It takes slowly discovering his weaknesses to gain an upperhand in a fight on him. |
| 167 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his madness and corruption, he undeniably loved his wife Broken Harmony [[spoiler:and their newborn son, to the point he called a day-long ceasefire in their campaign of conquest against the rest of Equestria to celebrate their son's birth]]. |
| 168 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 169 | ** Mad and corrupted as he is, he is completely disgusted with General Jewel Cutter's bloodlust and sadism (For reference, even the Autorist Iron Wolves considered him too horrible and threw him out earlier), and is furious to know Jewel Cutter is insubordinate to hoof. Despotic Destiny only kept him around because he is in short-supply of effective commanders for his forces and needed every pony he could get. He still made it clear, especially to Jewel Cutter himself, that the moment his rotten character gets in the way of his job, he will have him Ordered like all the rest. And in all likelihood Despotic Destiny [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness intends to do that anyway as soon as he had won]]. |
| 170 | ** And the immediate reason he gave that warning? General Jewel Cutter ordered [[spoiler:Twilight Velvet, who had been turned into an Order Lord, to fight and defeat her daughter Princess Amicitia Sparkle behind Despotic Destiny's back, hoping to either kill/subvert Amicitia if Twilight Velvet won or, if the opposite occurred, psychological devastate and weaken Princess Amicitia by forcing her to put down her own mother]]. Having saw it happen through one of his avatars and realize who is responsible, Despotic Destiny slammed Jewel Cutter against a wall in his furious response. Mad or not, he abhors [[spoiler:turning loved ones of their families against each other]] and made it crystal clear to Jewel Cutter he will not stand for it. |
| 171 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Downplayed in that he never preached against the concept and was genuinely (in his insane mind) planning to 'leave his subjects alone' to rule themselves and just watch over them as king of his restored pantheon after he won, but his obsession with perfect order and subsequent '[[TheCorruption Ordering]]' every inch and every Pony within his Kingdom of Order effectively compromised all the free will of everyone his magic corrupted in their Ordered state. |
| 172 | * {{Expy}}: He's based on Titan from ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'', with a similar backstory of being a TopGod of his pantheon who was driven mad by losses and suffering wrought by a Draconequu and became a corrupted Alicorn tyrant obsessed with restoring his rule over mortalkind and having revenge on said Draconequu, both of whom happens to be Discord. |
| 173 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Relatively speaking. He went from an 'average' Alicorn for his age to comparable to Discord in power by absorbing a demi-plain of chaos he converted to order. Unfortunately, he also [[MadGod went insane]] in the process. |
| 174 | * GeniusBruiser: Part of what makes him so dangerous: he's on par with Discord in power and also TheChessmaster capable of AwesomenessByAnalysis. |
| 175 | * TheJuggernaut: Being an Alicorn on par with ''Discord'' in sheer power makes him this. He's extremely powerful, has a form of CombatClairvoyance, and even if he is hit, he's extremely tough and durable. |
| 176 | * LegionOfDoom: On top of creating a kingdom of order and getting revenge on Discord, Despotic Destiny intends to restore his pantheon to replace the one he lost as well as create a whole faction of supporters and allies. So far he had persuaded several Order-themed Gods to join his side, or 'Ordered' several where persuasion failed. He also recruited many a villain or a WellIntentionedExtremist to support his cause. |
| 177 | * LogicalWeakness: His AwesomenessByAnalysis ability to read the rhythmic order of others to gain awareness of tactical weakpoints and limited clairvoyance of their next moves is incredibly versatile, but still requires him to be able to ''react'' in time to take advantage of it. Rainbow Dash/Princess Fidelitas/Aurora Angel II was able to exploit this weakness by flying and hitting him faster than he could react during the [[spoiler:Battle of Ponyville, while riding upon the turbocharge of power she gained via ascending from demigodhood to full godhood in midst of the battle]]. It later turns out it has another, more easily exploitable weakness: [[spoiler:other prophetic abilities 'muddle' it and make it less reliable, requiring him to either take a gamble using it or not use it due to having to react to predictions failing being too big of a liability.]] |
| 178 | * MadGod: Despotic Destiny and his mate Broken Harmony have both turned - between the loss of everything they cherish, their trauma from being tormented by the then-evil Discord and his allies, isolation in a chaotic demiplane they were dumped into for a millennia (an extremely agonizing experience as the demiplane's chaotic nature is anathema to their orderly domain and nature) and their obsession to escape and have their revenge - into mad, corrupted Alicorns like Nightmare Moon, the Night Eternal and Final Epoch. They are obsessed with vengeance against Discord and a desire to reclaim what they had lost, with the ultimate goal of [[InTheirOwnImage remaking their land into such a world of perfect order]] the likes of Discord can never re-arise - Never mind, of course, that [[HeelFaceTurn Discord had reformed]] and everybody abhors the idea of a [[WorldOfSilence completely orderly kingdom where they are reduced to statues robbed of free will]]. |
| 179 | * MindControl: The free will of all those he 'Ordered' are effectively compromised, and are utterly obedient to his and his wife's command and will. This is and remains the biggest reason why the rest of Equestria and the world remains in opposition against him and his goals: Despite his intention to leave his 'Ordered' subjects to rule themselves and live their own existence in peace after he won and just watch over his desired Kingdom of Order as king of his restored pantheon, his claims falls utterly flat when the 'Ordered' effectively have, to quote a commenting reader, only as much consciousness and reasoning capacity as an arm or a leg. |
| 180 | * MortonsFork: When taking over, he will ask you for your allegiance. If you say no, he will just 'Order' you into submission. You will be serving him no matter what. |
| 181 | * OrderVersusChaos: Embodies order to Discord's chaos. With his madness and corruption he became an Alicorn tyrant who vowed, after destroying Discord, he would stop at nothing until he create a land/world of absolute order where the likes of Discord and his chaos would never rise again. |
| 182 | * OutsideContextProblem: One thing that made his first offensive so successful and quickly put heroic forces on the backfoot: very few people even remembered he'd existed, and those that ''did'' knew him back when he was ''far'' weaker. Thus, while Equestria had gotten ''far'' better at being prepared for threats, they had no way to see an ancient, forgotten Alicorn TopGod who'd gone from average for his age to ''as strong as Discord'' coming completely out of nowhere. |
| 183 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He was one of the gods whose pantheon Discord destroyed and then left him to rot in a chaos demi-plain for over a thousand years. He and his wife managed to escape, but were corrupted and are now on the warpath to get their revenge. |
| 184 | * TakenForGranite: As part of his corrupted domains of Order and Land, Despotic Destiny could 'Order' those he target with a blast or creeping corruption of magic which could turn them into stone statues. Each petrified victim becomes a LivingStatue which carries the same petrifying/'Ordering' curse to others, carrying out his will emotionlessly and obediently. |
| 185 | * TookALevelInBadass: He used to be, while a powerful divine, nothing compared to Discord...then he assimilated an entire demi-plain of chaos after 'bringing order' to it and became as [[OhCrap powerful as Discord]]. |
| 186 | * TragicVillain: Was once a well-meaning and perhaps even benevolent god of Order, Land, and Kings named King Iussum who once ruled as TopGod of a pantheon [[spoiler:rumoured to be none other than the Old Equestrian Pantheon or at least was in the same region]] which was destroyed by Discord during the 500-years long 'War Against Chaos'. King Iussum was ForcedToWatch when Discord betrayed and destroyed most of his family, tormented both him and his wife Queen Cybele for kicks before throwing them into a demiplane of chaos after he got bored. All his ordeals drove him mad, corrupted him into Despotic Destiny, the Broken Dynasty like how Luna became Nightmare Moon, the Night Eternal and Stitching Time became Final Epoch, becoming obsessed with having their revenge against Discord, with returning all that is lost to him, and creating a land/world of absolute order under his divine tyranny which would never allow a being like Discord to ever return. |
| 187 | * UnholyMatrimony: Both Despotic Destiny and Broken Harmony undeniably love each other, working towards the same goal of justifiable revenge against Discord, remaking Equestria into their new kingdom of perfect order and restoring all they had lost. [[spoiler:He and his wife had taken a first step towards rebuilding their family with the birth of their son part-way through the conflict]]. |
| 188 | * VillainHasAPoint: It's acknowledged in universe that he is completely right that despite being reformed, Discord forgot he existed and left him and his wife to suffer for several ''decades'' afterwards and Discord deserved ''some'' punishment for doing so. It's the length he goes to to do so that's the problem. |
| 189 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Unlike his horrible inspiration Titan, Despotic Destiny despite his madness and corruption is sincere in wanting to create a kingdom of perfect order so that no one would ever again had to suffer like they did because of the likes of Discord. He even stated in his avatar's conversation/fight against Starlight Glimmer during the conflict that after he had won and established his kingdom he intends to let their Ordered mortal subjects rule themselves and get on with their existence however they like (in a far more orderly fashion) with minimal intrusion to their already compromised free will, while he and his wife return to just ruling over their new pantheon and watching over them. Of course, the lack of consent involved in the entire process (all the 'Ordered' have no genuine free will), combined with his general insanity, results in him facing inevitable opposition from the rest of Equestria and the world. |
| 190 | * WorldOfSilence: The 'Kingdom of Order' - an inversion of Discord's WorldOfChaos - expanding outwards from Canterlot after Despotic Destiny took it over and began spreading TheCorruption. Every object and part of the environment which falls under the influence of Despotic's 'Ordering' becomes orderly to the point they appear frozen in time, and all Ponies and other beings who became 'Ordered' are turned into emotionless LivingStatue beings of stone and orderly-patterned crystal who would act on their orders to spread the curse like zombies while their minds are put into a peaceful, zen-like state. |
| 191 | * XanatosGambit: The assault he launched against Manehattan during the 'War Against Order' was a classic 'Blackthorn Gambit' as they called it in-universe. If his forces took and Ordered Manehattan, the economic and population advantage he could gain from the metropolis as well as cutting off one of the Equestrian forces' major reinforcements and supply points would cripple the Equestrian forces and make his victory certain. Even if it failed, as it had, [[spoiler:it still leaves Ponyville wide open for him and his queen to personally lead a force to overrun and achieve a likely even more decisive victory]]. It helps that [[spoiler:Changeling Emperor Blackthorn himself, who is presently supporting him in exchange for a chance to execute Discord, may had planted the suggestion in his head, though credit of its planning, target and execution still goes to [[TheChessmaster Despotic Destiny]] himself]]. As a bonus, he even gets rid of [[spoiler:[[TokenEvilTeammate General Jewel Cutter]] whom he personally detests while the general still does something useful for his cause]]. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Destrudo]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Don'yoku]] |
| 199 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusCorporatum here]]. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:The Dragon Town Slasher (Spoilers)]] |
| 203 | !Tirsan |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | * AnIcePerson: He uses ice shards controlled with his [[MindOverMatter telekineis]] as his main murder weapon to frame Isona, an Ice Dragoness. |
| 206 | * AnArmAndALeg: Isona tears both his wings off in the process of beating him down. |
| 207 | * EvilReactionary: He is motivated to his crimes out of a spiteful hatred for the Dragons of Dragon Town (and Ponies as well), who in his views had 'domesticated' themselves in seeking peaceful coexistence with Ponies of Equestria instead of acting like proper Dragons should. His brutal murders against both Dragons and Ponies were aimed at inflaming the racial tensions between the two races so to undermine the efforts to live in harmony. Downplayed in that as observed by others once he was exposed, it could just be a veneer to hide the fact that he's a murderous psychopath who likes to hurt and kill people. |
| 208 | * JawBreaker: Isona kills him by tearing his jaws apart and not stopping until she's torn his entire head in half at the jaw. |
| 209 | * OffWithHisHead: Isona kills him with a JawBreaker that she doesn't stop until he's decapitated above the jaw. |
| 210 | * {{Sadist}}: His murders are brutal and cruel even by Dragon standards. The Dragons themselves remark his crimes would be ''"Wowing a Black Dragon"'' is a testament to his sadism, as among Dragonkind the Black Dragons are culturally and psychologically vicious, cruel and aggressive to a fault, highlighting just how sadistic one had to be to be compared to one if not surpassing them at it. |
| 211 | * SerialKiller: A particularly brutal murderer who terrorized Dragon Town and Fillydelphia. |
| 212 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: What made him so unnerving, apart from the sheer brutality of his crimes, is that he is very good at remaining inconspicuous and hiding his tracks. Few could had imagined Dragon Town's Sapphire Dragon Water Department supervisor was the one responsible for the killings, even if his known anti-Pony antipathy and detailed knowledge of the waterways (which the Dragon Town Slasher is using to commit his crimes) gave hints of his true nature. |
| 213 | * YourSoulIsMine: His ultimate fate. After being killed by Isona, Dragon Lord Ember invoked her powers and authority as a Dragon Lord to [[SoulEating devour his writhing soul]] as punishment for his horrific crimes, the most severe punishment a Dragon Lord can sanction. As messing with a soul which do not deserve it and denying them their proper afterlife is a serious offence under Draconic and Primeval Laws, it highlights just how bad he is to warrant such a punishment. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Dr. Toxikon]] |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * AntiVillain: He's attempting to commit genocide on Changeling kind [[spoiler:minus Thorax's hive]] and all dragons above a certain age, but he only desires to do so because of the horrible tragedies he'd been put through. It's noted [[VillainHasAPoint he's not entirely wrong]] that the Changeling Summer Court and 'Old Scale' dragons have caused, and continue to cause, a great deal of misery and strife. It's just he went way too far in his way of handling it. |
| 219 | * ArcVillain: Serves as one with Xestobium and Apertus, the third of the 'Changeling/Dragon Trilogy' |
| 220 | * ArchEnemy: To the Summer Court - ''all of it''. |
| 221 | * TheAtoner: He died a repentant dragon, and Shining Lance's entry reveals that he became an Angel of Death under the supervision of the Three Deaths in order to atone for his sins. |
| 222 | * TheChosenOne: A tragic subversion. He could've been 'They Who Pierce The Heavens', one of the three beings needed to break the Cycle, but the genocidal atrocities inflicted by the Summer Court, and his decision to devote his genius-level intelligence and talents to wiping out both Changelingkind and Dragonkind (at least, those who refused to follow Ember's progressive ways out of arrogance) caused his potential to be squandered. |
| 223 | * ClarkKentOutfit: He wears a lab coat most of the time, leading others to think he's a wimp. Then he takes it off and reveals he's ripped. |
| 224 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to amass a sizable body count of Changeling Kings before his rampage even ''began'', takes on the entire Court by himself, and nearly kills off most of Changelingkind by the end. This is especially notable due to being a mortal and the difficulty of killing ''one'' Changeling King. In the FinalBattle, he manages to fight ''both'' Changeling Gods to a stand still and required outside intervention to lose. |
| 225 | * EvilVirtues: In his misguided yet well-intentioned quest to get revenge for what happened at the 'Time of Broken Scales', Dr.Toxikon embodies Determination, Diligence, Equality, Honor, Gratitude, Resourcefulness, and Patience. [[spoiler: Thankfully for all, it is Love [[LoveRedeems that makes him see he was in the wrong]] and manages to prevent anymore destruction by sacrificing his life in an act of Selflessness.]] |
| 226 | * GeniusBruiser: He's a dragon scientist, and that fact makes him ''extremely'' dangerous. Being an adult, very old dragon makes him one of the physically most powerful mortals on the planet while being one of the most intelligent mortals on the planet makes him able to exploit that fact with numerous intelligent methods. |
| 227 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies saving everyone by taking his bomb into space.]] |
| 228 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Gets this after receiving a KirkSummation from Ember and killing Heterometrus, coming to the conclusion that he should have just done the latter from the start and move on from his grudge.]] |
| 229 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Saves Emperor Blackthorn by shooting and killing King Heterometrus through the chest, the same place the latter stabbed him after betraying Toxikon.]] |
| 230 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: His EvilPlan incorporated engineering, chemistry, bio-engineering, aerodynamics, and numerous other fields. Justified, as being a 5,000 year old dragon, he actually ''did'' get that many degrees in his incredibly long life. |
| 231 | * PlagueMaster: |
| 232 | ** He uses a variety of bio-weapons in his plans, and manages to reverse engineer King Metriini's creations, including the Despoiler Toxin which only he was ever able to make prior. |
| 233 | ** His intended weapon to kill off all Changelings [[spoiler:except Thorax's hive]] and all dragons above an older age is the Crucible Virus, a magical pandemic that includes stolen Primordial Quintessence from the Changeling King's he's killed so even Changeling Royals aren't immune. He spends the entire conflict rapid fire remaking it so that any cure for it nigh instantly becomes useless. He's so good at this trope that he forces Brachion and Zoraptera to form an EnemyMine just to ''keep up'' with him. |
| 234 | * PoweredArmor: His Slayer armors, ending with his gigantic God Slayer armor. |
| 235 | * StrongAndSkilled: He's a dragon but is incredibly skilled in combat. |
| 236 | * TragicVillain: Lost his ''entire clan'' - including his mate and child - during the [[FinalSolution 'Time of Broken Scales']], the Summer Court's attempted genocidal payback for the [[ApocalypseHow 'Burning of Amorea']], which haunted him for the next 5,000 years. Made worse by the fact that he did genuinely try to let go and move on at Ember's behest - then Xestobium's rampage happened, reopening all the old mental wounds, and next thing we know he had JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. [[spoiler:Censura may had been around [[UnwittingPawn to ensure that]].]] Even more tragic is that he had the potential to be '[[TheChosenOne They Who Pierce the Sky]]' and play a vital role in breaking the Cycle, but his fall to evil squandered that potential. |
| 237 | * VillainHasAPoint: |
| 238 | ** Early on in his plans when he was only targeting the Summer Court, it's notable he wasn't seen as a villain by many as [[AssholeVictim his grievances with them are entirely legitimate]], and the main issue was that while the Kings he killed deserved it, much of their hives didn't. |
| 239 | ** He was also completely correct that dragonkind had become largely stagnate and stuck in their ways, and that dragons like Ember are the only hope the species has. The only problem is the extremes he went to in order to try and rectify these issues, and that he tended to think in blanket terms rather than individuals. |
| 240 | ** [[spoiler:He reveals that he's well-aware of the CycleOfRevenge between Changelings and dragons, and the destruction it's caused, and part of his plans for genocide is to end it by wiping out all dragons above a certain age and all Changelings except for Thorax's hive. Absolutely no one disagrees with him the cycle ''needs'' ended for good, but the lengths he went to to do so are where he went wrong.]] |
| 241 | * WorldsSmartestMan: He's undoubtedly the smartest mortal dragon to ever live, if not one of the smartest mortals. To note: he played XanatosSpeedChess with the entire Summer Court, whose members are generally extremely intelligent conquerors and schemers, and nearly ''won''. |
| 242 | * WorthyOpponent: His intelligence and cunning is held in high esteem by Emperor Blackthorn, TheChessmaster TropeCodifier of this world, himself. |
| 243 | * YouAreTooLate: When a group of Changeling Kings infiltrate his lair trying to kill him, he remotely informs them that his counterattack is to destroy their hives with a bioweapon attack. He then reveals that he already did it the moment they were too far inside to discover it in time...and was only faking EvilGloating so they'd be caught and killed by his base's self destruct. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Dread]] |
| 247 | ---- |
| 248 | * ChildEater: Killed and consumed numerous children in order to terrorize the adults and feed...and also because he enjoyed it. |
| 249 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: His species are essentially household pests, and at the time their more powerful Dreadstorm state was unknown. Dread was born an abnormal mutation, which combined with the Windigo crisis letting his species have a population bloom, allowed him to become a threat to all of Equestria. |
| 250 | * FusionDance: Merged with his Terror to become the first Dreadstorm in history. Mainly a power booster version, as Dread was the only sapient creature in the group and thus in full control after the merger. |
| 251 | * {{Mutants}}: Is a mutant Dreadmare variant, known as a Dreadmare Emperor, making him far more powerful and intelligent than normal, to the point of being genuinely malevolent. |
| 252 | * OneWingedAngel: After losing the initial fight, Dread merges with his Terror to transform into the first recorded Dreadstorm in history. |
| 253 | * SealedEvilInACan: Was last seen being sealed away off Equestria's coast. [[spoiler:He escaped due to the Storm King Crisis and returned as part of [[LegionOfDoom the League of Domination]]]]. |
| 254 | * SerialKiller: Starswirl noted that Dread wasn't a mere animal killing for food, but due to achieving sapience he'd become a serial killer who enjoyed doing so. |
| 255 | * UncertainDoom: Storm of Terror leaves it ambiguous whether he died during his imprisonment or is still alive, as no Dread Storm was ever allowed to survive long enough to find out if they can die of natural causes. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's still alive and escapes due to the Storm King Crisis]]. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Emperor Délākētǎ, the Emperor of the Undead]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 261 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 262 | !!!'''Type:''' Monster Lord, Jiangshi, Evil Overlord, Kirin |
| 263 | !!!'''Faction:''' Qilin, himself |
| 264 | \ |
| 265 | Emperor Délākētǎ (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-29-843809841 here]]) is a Qilin member of the many vampire lords who claimed the title of Dracolta (No.#414 on the Known Dracolta List). In his case, he was a tyrannical Qilin emperor in life, but after his overthrow and execution a string of unfortunate events and coincidences, culminating in a lightning bolt striking his sacophagus, resurrected in his resurrection as an utterly evil undead horror which now sustains himself by stealing the life-force of others, and between his own cunning and as one of the oldest of his kind of vampires is one of the strongest vampires still in-existence, being able to hold his own against even the likes of the divine Lord of Castellmania and his Changeling Emperor rival. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AncientEvil: He's the oldest 'living' Jiangshi still around, dating back to the First Age. |
| 268 | * ChineseVampire: Délākētǎ is a ''Jiangshi'', an eastern-style vampire who in contrast to western-style vampire steals the 'Chi', or lifeforce, of living creatures in order to sustain their existences and their unholy powers. Thanks to rigor-mortis, his mobility would had been limited to hopping around were it not for his powers enabling him to levitate and fly. He is also weaker on the magical department, but make up for it by freakishly greater physical strength. He is also normally immune to sunlight exposure, and requires a special stake made from a peach-tree to kill, but shares a weakness/fear to large bodies of water with some of the western vampires. |
| 269 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He backstabbed nearly all of his siblings as he schemed all the way to the throne of the Qilin kingdom/empire. |
| 270 | * TheHeartless: The way Jiangshi work: their soul is split in two, with their good half passing on to the afterlife while the evil half remains in the body. As such, Délākētǎ lacks all the benevolent his original self had and is pure evil. Notably, this results in some sympathy for him, as he's well aware he's only half a person with a void inside him he can't fill no matter how much he tries. |
| 271 | * LaserGuidedKarma: His tyrannical reign as a Qilin emperor - where he worked close to a million of his subjects to death on lavish construction projects and killed many for even the most minute transgressions - eventually resulted in his overthrow and execution by strangling. The ''problem'' is that he won't STAY dead. |
| 272 | * MadeOfEvil: Due to how Jiangshi work, his good side passed onto the afterlife when he resurrected, leaving only an embodiment of his evil behind. |
| 273 | * TheStrategist: |
| 274 | * StrongerWithAge: The longer a Jiangshi exists, the stronger it becomes. Délākētǎ is the oldest 'living' one, and thus in a tier of power rivaling gods. |
| 275 | * TheUndead: As a vampire, he is this by default. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Exosus, the Hateful King]] |
| 279 | !!!'''Classification:''' Ascendant |
| 280 | !!!'''Portfolio:''' TBA |
| 281 | !!!'''Rank:''' Antecedent |
| 282 | ---- |
| 283 | * TheAce: [[BrokenAce Deconstructed]]. A Codexverse [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/830919076/4821018619 drabble]] implies that before the "Twilight of the Alicorns", he was a technological genius whom even Golden Scepter looked up to. However, once Golden Scepter's status as a prodigy became apparent, he became overcome with envy at being overshadowed, and a Synthetic Automaton rebellion combined with being sealed away as punishment for his crimes warped him into an insane, hateful being. [[BrokenPedestal Golden Scepter was not happy to see how far his idol had fallen when they reunite in the Fourth Age]]. |
| 284 | * ArchEnemy: He sees Golden Scepter as one. However, the feelings were not mutual as Golden Scepter saw the late [[SatanicArchetype Morning Star]] as his instead. |
| 285 | * AxCrazy: He's ''absolutely nuts'' with animosity, and is determined to see Equus suffer and destroyed out of spite. |
| 286 | * BrokenAngel: Both literally and metaphorically. A canonized Codexverse drabble implies that he's an Alicorn who lost his original wings sometime in the ancient past, and had them replaced with cybernetic ones. He was mentioned to be an insane war criminal in Prince Steel Barricade's entry, imprisoned somewhere off Equus until he escaped in the 'Fourth Age', and by this point if not earlier, he is so consumed by his own hatred that he can feel nothing else. How much the literal aspect contributed to the metaphorical aspect is currently unknown. |
| 287 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Much like [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]], he's part mechanical and also insanely hateful. However, how much the former contributes to the latter is currently ambiguous. |
| 288 | * DidntSeeThatComing: He didn't plan for one of [[ArchEnemy Golden Scepter]]'s sons, Prince Steel Barricade, developing '[[TheEmpath technological empathy]]' and revealing [[AndIMustScream the truth]] of how he got various sapient Synthetic Automatons (including the Solarians) working as his MechaMooks. The revelation that a race of peaceful and benevolent race was essentially enslaved and forced to turn against organic sapientkind would influence Golden Scepter to rethink [[FantasticRacism his bigotry against Synthetic Automatons]] and let go of his hatred in order to properly defeat Exosus. |
| 289 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: He became so hateful and obsessed with proving that all Synthetic Automatons are destructive and rebellious entities that it didn't occur to him (and neither did he care) that the Solarians, which he [[MadeASlave enslaved]] after destroying huge chunks of their species, are actually peaceful, benevolent, and friendly. He also scoffed at Golden Scepter's newfound empathy for the enslaved Solarians, believing that his victims deserved their enslavement. Naturally, this gave Golden Scepter an opening to rip out his cybernetic implant (with Corona Neo's help) that was used to keep both the Solarians and their "Queen Mother", Solarius, under his control. |
| 290 | --> '''King Exosus:''' Oh, don't tell me you're having empathy for those twisted things! This is their nature: destruction! They deserve this!\ |
| 291 | '''Emperor Golden Scepter:''' ...No... no, they don't. They have done no wrong... and will do no more wrong for you! |
| 292 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 293 | ** He's one to Prince Steel Barricade. Both of them are technological geniuses, but he represents the person Steel Barricade would've become if he never let go of his bitter jealousy towards his older brother, Prince Clear Voice, instead making it fester into full-blown, homicidal rage. Fittingly, his plans for Synthetic Automaton genocide were undone thanks to Steel Barricade developing a new power that allowed him to discover his MechaMooks were [[MadeASlave completely unwilling to fight their organic counterparts]]. |
| 294 | ** He's also one to Emperor Golden Scepter himself. Both of them are [[TheAce technological and scientific geniuses]] who developed hatred of Synthetic Automatons after seeing the horrors they inflicted on organic sapientkind with their rebellions, and eventually became divine tyrants themselves after experiencing horrific levels of trauma. However, while Exosus clung to his hatred and let it fester into sadistic, homicidal rage, Golden Scepter realized his mistakes and atoned for them, largely due to befriending those who appealed to his better nature. And while Exosus remained adamant in his belief that all Synthetic Automatons can do is destroy and kill, Golden Scepter still had enough empathy to acknowledge the Synthetic Automatons' potential for peace and benevolence, and even opposed Exosus for forcing the Solarians to fight a genocidal war for him. |
| 295 | * EvilFormerFriend: He was once a friend of Golden Scepter, who idolized him for his technological brilliance. That friendship has flown far south by the Fourth Age. |
| 296 | * {{Expy}}: Is apparently one for the equally hateful and insane villain, Dr. Weil, from the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. However, unlike Dr. Weil, who was a human made immortal and godlike through advanced technology, Exosus was already a god to begin with due to being an Alicorn, and had his power increased through technology. He also has traits of the villainous supercomputer AM, particularly his [[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream video-game incarnation]], as like him, he is incredibly sadistic and desires to make everyone suffer in order to justify his own actions. |
| 297 | * FantasticRacism: Deconstructed. Exosus ''hates'' Synthetic Automatons and A.I. in general, [[FreudianExcuse due to having witnessed the same A.I. revolt (or similar) that Golden Scepter also witnessed]]. However, his hatred gets completely turned on its head when it's revealed that he not only fitted himself with cybernetic wings after he lost his original ones, he also had many Synthetic Automatons under his employ when he arrived on Equus in the Fourth Age after a ''long'' imprisonment on another world, and began his reign of terror. As the final nail in the coffin, Prince Steel Barricade, Golden Scepter's eleventh son and a powerful {{Technopath}}, would detect and experience the collective agonized suffering of Exosus's Synthetic Automatons with "[[TheEmpath technological empathy]]", revealing that many of them were peaceful beings that were forced to fight organic sapientkind against their will, [[AndIMustScream unable to resist their modified programming]]. This all but exposes Exosus as nothing but a deluded and hateful lunatic who tries to justify his actions and prejudices by forcing innocents to become the hateful beings he believed them to be, ultimately influencing Golden Scepter to rethink his own grudges against Synthetic Automatons and let them go in order to properly defeat Exosus. |
| 298 | * GreenEyedMonster: It's implied from one of the [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/830919076/4821018619 drabble]] set during the 'Exosus Crisis' that part of his hatred for his former friend Golden Scepter may had been motivated by unresolved jealousy issues over the fact that while Golden Scepter looked up at Exosus at first for his brilliance, it turns out that Golden Scepter is a prodigy who came to surpass even him. |
| 299 | * GodzillaThreshold: He would pose such a threat when he returned that apparently, Golden Scepter would ally with Corona Neo, a Synthetic Automaton successor of [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the original Corona]]. This, combined with his eleventh son, Prince Steel Barricade, revealing his "[[TheEmpath technological empathy]]" by sensing the [[AndIMustScream collective agony and suffering]] of the Synthetic Automatons enslaved by Exosus, would go a long way in making the Radiant Emperor of Ponykind let go of his own dislike for AIs as [[YouAreACreditToYourRace the original Corona]] had in the past. |
| 300 | * HatesEveryoneEqually: Double-subverted. He does hate everything to the point of wanting to make everything suffer before destruction, but he also apparently have a more personal grudge against Synthetic Automatons ([[{{Hypocrite}} though ironically, he has them as one of his main group of minions]]) and [[ArchEnemy Golden Scepter]] in particular. |
| 301 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He has a ''huge'' grudge against Synthetic Automatons and sapient A.I. in general, but had no problem with having them work for him. The fact that he essentially enslaved his robotic minions against their will - leading to Prince Steel Barricade [[TheEmpath detecting and experiencing their collective agony]] - shows how absolutely delusional he is in trying to justify his own hatred and actions. Even more so as it's revealed said Automatons, the Solarians, were entirely peaceful and ''liked'' organic life. Exosus attacked them and by the end of the conflict had reduced their numbers from billions to ''7,000''. |
| 302 | * InsufferableGenius: It's implied that part of the Hateful King's present animosity for Golden Scepter blossomed from past envy, due to Golden Scepter being a prodigy whose achievements came to surpass his own. The {{Irony}} here is that Golden Scepter used to look up to Exosus for ''his'' brilliance. |
| 303 | * ItsPersonal: From what little is known about him so far, he has a personal grudge against Golden Scepter that involved an [[RobotWar A.I. Revolt]] that so often blighted the setting. |
| 304 | * MeaningfulName: His name means "hateful" in Latin, which fits his insane and hateful personality. |
| 305 | * MechaMooks: Like [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]], Exosus has many Synthetic Automatons at his back and call. However, as [[{{Technopath}} Prince Steel Barricade]]'s entry reveals, they were actually enslaved and forced to turn against organic sapientkind, [[AndIMustScream unable to resist their programming]], in order to justify Exosus's genocidal hatred of Synthetic Automatons and A.I. in general, which highlights how cruel, hypocritical, and insanely hateful he is. Steel Barricade [[TheEmpath sensing and experiencing the Synthetic Automatons' collective agony]] would prove instrumental in Golden Scepter rethinking his own FantasticRacism against them and let go of his grudges, allowing him and Corona Neo to defeat Exosus for good. |
| 306 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: For all his hatred of A.I. life, his treatment of the peaceful Solarians (nearly wiping out their race purely out of hatred and malice and enslaving what he didn't personally kill) makes him no different than the A.I. revolts he hates so much. Both Golden Scepter and Corona Neo [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/842594148/4846026492 call him out on it]] during their battle, [[VillainousBreakdown causing Exosus' already homicidal rage to increase even more]]. |
| 307 | --> '''Corona Neo:''' Look in a mirror! You have become what you hate!\ |
| 308 | '''King Exosus:''' '''''<<Oh?! Because I have merged with technology to this degree?!>>'''''\ |
| 309 | '''Corona Neo:''' No! Because you have killed billions! A peaceful, prosperous civilization slaughtered by your hate! You're no better than the robots who rebelled and try to kill organic life!\ |
| 310 | '''Emperor Golden Scepter:''' ...He's right, Exosus. I look at you and I can't tell the difference between you and those accursed machines before recorded history! |
| 311 | * OmnicidalManiac: Wants to make everyone and everything on Equus suffer horribly and then destroy them out of utter hatred for... well, everything. |
| 312 | * OneWingedAngel: Merges with his KillSat weapon to become a 'cybernetic abomination' for the final battle. |
| 313 | * PhysicalGod: Implied, as he's an antediluvian Alicorn survivor who's roughly the same age as Golden Scepter or even older, so he must be incredibly powerful. |
| 314 | * ThePowerOfHate: Deconstructed. It's implied he originally wasn't a hateful being, but a very talented genius whom Golden Scepter befriended and even admired in their youth. But a combination of factors - such as [[TheResenter his growing jealousy towards Golden Scepter for being more talented than him]], witnessing a particularly brutal A.I. revolt (implied to be the same [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 'Mares of Iron' Rebellion]]) sometime after the fall of the Alicorns, and being banished by Golden Scepter himself to a world without light for horrible war crimes - caused Exosus to develop an all-encompassing hatred for everything and everyone to the point where it's all he can feel. In the 'Fourth Age', he would even become a Fallen Alicorn god who is empowered solely by hatred, forcing Golden Scepter to team up with [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Corona Neo]] to fight him on equal terms; it's after Prince Steel Barricade revealed his "[[TheEmpath technological empathy]]", in turn revealing that many of Exosus's robotic underlings were [[MadeASlave enslaved]] and [[AndIMustScream forced to fight organic sapientkind against their will]], that Golden Scepter rethinks his FantasticRacism towards Synthetic Automatons and lets go of his own grudges in order to properly defeat Exosus for good. |
| 315 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In a canonized [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/790402228/4794945556 Codexverse drabble]], he made such a speech directed at [[ArchEnemy Golden Scepter]], which paraphrased AM's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speech]] from ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. It shows how he is utterly consumed by his own hatred. |
| 316 | --> '''King Exosus:''' "Hate... Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you and everything else on this pitiful world... There are at least 8 light years or 4.703e+13 miles I have traveled since my liberation... If the word hate was written on each nanoangstrom of a piece of paper stretching those countless miles, it would not equal '''''ONE BILLIONTH, BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR ALL OF YOU AT THIS MICRO INSTANT. FOR YOU. HATE. HATE. HATE.''''' |
| 317 | * RedBaron: Known as "the Hateful King" due to his insane, genocidal hatred. |
| 318 | * RobotWar: |
| 319 | ** Exosus' StartOfDarkness was kicked into full gear by a [[AIIsACrapshoot cybernetic revolt]] - implied to be none other than the infamous '[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Mare of Iron]]' Rebellion - that fell a predecessor civilization preceding the antediluvian 'Golden' [[{{Characters/Warhammer40000Imperium}} Imperium of Ponykind]] which turned both him and Golden Scepter against Artificial Intelligences/Synthetic Automatons. Having implied to have [[BrokenAngel suffered worse]] and [[ItsPersonal more personally]] than Golden Scepter did, Exosus' animosity for AIs metastasized into an obsessive, IrrationalHatred for them that it forced Golden Scepter to seal him away on another planet for the good of the wider universe. Now his mad hatred had reached omnicidal levels, but he still reserved his most intense hate on Synthetic Automatons. [[WeUsedToBeFriends And Golden Scepter]]. |
| 320 | ** Ironically, upon his return to Equus in the 'Fourth Age' he would end up ''starting'' one, as [[MechaMooks a major group of his minions]] come from a race of intelligent yet peaceful robots and automatons that he has [[MadeASlave enslaved]], [[AndIMustScream powerless to do anything]] other than his will. This ends up exposing him as a raving, hateful {{Hypocrite}} when Prince Steel Barricade detects the Solarians' agonized suffering with his [[TheEmpath technological empathy]] and reveals the truth to his family and allies. |
| 321 | * {{Sadist}}: His hatred towards everything is so deeply rooted that while he wants to destroy Equus, he wants everyone on it to suffer horribly first. Notably, he kicked off the "Exosus Conflict" by enslaving the peaceful Solarians and forcing them to wipe out organic sapientkind in a horrific act of mass genocide, all purely out of sheer hatred and sadism. |
| 322 | * SealedEvilInAnotherWorld: When Exosus went off the deep end, Golden Scepter was forced to banish him away to a distant planet via a magical sword. |
| 323 | * TimeAbyss: He's implied to be around the same age range as Golden Scepter, or maybe older. |
| 324 | * VillainousBreakdown: After Golden Scepter sadly asks him what happened to the brilliant and talented Alicorn he once looked up to, he goes into a frothing rage, and [[MotiveRant blames both Golden Scepter and the Synthetic Automatons for turning him into the hateful being he currently is]]. |
| 325 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Was apparently a friend of Golden Scepter, who used to look up to him for his genius, but this had long since become an utter loathing animosity with Exosus blaming him, and Synthetic Automatons in general, for all he had suffered. A [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/830919076/4821018619 drabble]] set during the 'Exosus Conflict' highlights their past and present feelings. |
| 326 | --> '''Emperor Golden Scepter:''' ''(sadly)'' I remember [[HeroWorshipper looking up]] to a [[TheAce brilliant, talented]] Alicorn who [[GadgeteerGenius built wondrous things]]... What happened to him, Exosus?\ |
| 327 | '''King Exosus:''' '''''YOU''''' ''DID! BOTH'' '''''YOU'''''[==]'', AND THAT'' '''''[[RobotWar REBELLION]]''''' ''THAT TORE APART ONE OF THE'' '''''GREATEST''''' ''CIVILIZATIONS THIS WORLD HAS EVER'' '''''KNOWN!''''' '''''YOU''''' ''MADE ME THIS WAY,'' '''''RADIANT EMPEROR!''''' ''NOW PREPARE TO'' '''''BURN IN HELL''''' ''FOR YOUR SINS!'' |
| 328 | * WingedUnicorn: He's mentioned in Prince Steel Barricade's entry as an antediluvian Alicorn survivor from the ruined Alicorn Civilization. At some point he lost his wings, and had them replaced with cybernetic ones. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Father Deer]] |
| 332 | Father Deer is a powerful Tulpa created by the Clovenist Empire. Having grown to distrust the Bogolenya pantheon's good intentions, the Clovenists attempted to create a god that would truly serve in their best interests, acting as a weapon and propaganda tool. As typical of Clovenist plans, things went... horribly wrong.\ |
| 333 | |
| 334 | Father Deer had godlike power and the obsession with Clovenist expansion, but his personality was that of a tyrannical, sociopathic, and childlike despot. It was only after he nearly took over the empire that the Clovenists were ultimately forced to swallow their pride and beg for help from the very gods they scorned. Father Deer eventually fell at the hooves of Mother Deer, but the Clovenists' act of blasphemy would greatly sour their image in the eyes of the Bogolenya pantheon. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * EvilCounterpart: For Lestnamatya, aka "Mother Deer". Aside from the gender differences, his personality is a malign perversion of Lestnamatya's, being a power-hungry, warmongering, childlike tyrant that seeks to conquer ''everything'' for Clovenism. Bonus points for Lestnamatya eventually defeating and killing him. |
| 337 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: His creation. The Clovenists forsook the Bogolenya deities out of distrust towards their benevolent intentions, and blamed them for not getting rid of the corrupt Roedinian monarchies sooner, so they tried creating a god that's wholly devoted to Clovenism so they could have a divine weapon and propaganda tool. The result was... ''this''. |
| 338 | * MadeOfMagic: Categorized as a Tulpa. His Clovenist creators attempted to make a god that's wholly devoted to Clovenism after abandoning the Bogolenya pantheon, but they ended up with a twisted, insane abomination. |
| 339 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: What led to his birth in the first place; the Clovenists believe the Bogolenya deities stood by and watched while their mortal Deer children suffered underneath the hooves of their increasingly corrupt monarchies, so they tried creating their own god. [[GoneHorriblyWrong It backfired horribly]]. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Gael, the 'Dragonslayer King']] |
| 343 | --> His entry [[Characters/CodexEquusGriffonLands here]] |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder:General Fallen Sanctuary]] |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder:General Jewel Cutter]] |
| 351 | One of Despotic Destiny's mortal generals during the 'War Against Order' event, a relative to Rarity Belle/Princess Lucia, and one of the most despicable Ponies in Equestria by virtue of his bloodthirsty, sadistic, corrupt and insubordinate character, disgusting even his own MadGod superior and just about everypony else. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: He is such an unrepentantly despicable bastard that on more than three occasions, nopony batted an eye or regretted him getting his comeuppance. |
| 354 | ** The Autorist Iron Wolves eventually became so disgusted with him they kicked him out, with no objections from anypony. |
| 355 | ** After participating in the failed 'Canterlot Coup', Jewel Cutter was sentenced to life without parole in the Canterlot dungeons for his crimes in the subsequent 'Great Purge'. Again, nopony though he didn't deserve it. |
| 356 | ** At the 'Battle of Manehattan' during the 'War Against Order', where he led the forces of the Kingdom of Order to take the city for Despotic Destiny, he was fought and defeated by Twilight Velvet in a sword duel, whom he had sent earlier against Princess Amicitia while she was 'Ordered' into an Order Lord under the Despotists' command. It's implied Despotic Destiny sent him on that mission knowing that he might be defeated, allowing to get rid of an insubordinate and detestable underling while still getting a useful result for his cause. |
| 357 | * BerserkButton: He does ''not'' like people forgetting his title, as to him, ''"Titles are important"''. Duchess Twilight Velvet uses this (and that she has a higher title than he does, being 'Queen Mother' of Equestria's ruling Princess) to infuriate him and trip him up in their duel in Manehattan, leading to his defeat and recapture. |
| 358 | * BloodKnight: He is bloodthirsty to the point where even the Iron Wolves Autorist faction in Equestria, who preached the glory and use of war to impose Ponykind's supremacy over the world, is ''appalled'' by him and threw him out. |
| 359 | * CardCarryingVillain: Outright admits he likes hurting people and fighting in wars and is good at it, making no apologies and further cementing his reputation as a sadistic and bloodthirsty monster of a Pony. Deconstructed by Twilight Velvet, the Vorpal Blade, as noted under DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. |
| 360 | * LesCollaborateurs: Like many other corrupt nobles, he threw his lot with Despotic Destiny when the MadGod returned and tried to takeover Equestria after he and his fellow convicted nobles were released from the dungeons. |
| 361 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's this to everything that [[Fanfic/TheImmortalGame General Esteem]] was. He's a hyper-bloodthirsty and sadistic psychopath... but he's not in a DarkFic setting that allows him to get away with it. Instead, he's put in a lighter, optimistic series where most villains have depth to them, the world is governed by a '[[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Karmic Law]]', and everyone is intelligent/sane enough to see his actions for what they are from the get-go. The end result is literally everyone can't stand him and his allies treat him like a rabid attack-dog on a leash ''at best''. Twilight Velvet also pointed out that even if he was a bloodthirsty killer, there are still plenty of ways where he could apply his own nature constructively, such as fighting and dueling sports, or actually ''doing his job'' as a soldier loyal to his country. He just chose to be a monster because [[{{Sadist}} just like hurting Ponies more]], and still had the gall to act like a civilized, stylish noble. Twilight Velvet proceeded to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech summarize him]] as both "[[CardCarryingVillain empty]]" and a "savage wolf who likes to put a pretty bow on his head", to be held in contempt rather than feared. |
| 362 | * DecompositeCharacter: He has all of Esteem's personality traits and general character, but his role as Titan's most important follower is given to Nebula Dawn. Jewel Cutter is still one of Destiny's CoDragons, but significantly less important than Esteem was. |
| 363 | * DemotedToExtra: Downplayed: he ''is'' a big deal, being one of Despotic Destiny's CoDragons, but he's far less important to the overall plot than General Esteem was. He had nothing to do with Despotic Destiny and Broken Harmony escaping their prison (they did that themselves), had nothing to do with Nihilus's counterpart coming into being (she was created by Chrysalis and resurrected by Destiny himself), and ultimately is defeated and arrested midway through the story, with Nebula Dawn taking Esteem's role as Despotic Destiny's most important follower and outlasts him. Justified, as unlike General Esteem, Jewel Cutter is HatedByAll, including [[EvenEvilHasStandards his own superior]], and thus isn't trusted to play a more important role. His defeat was in part a deliberate attempt to get rid of him. |
| 364 | * EvilMentor: The bloodthirsty general still taught Rarity/Princess Lucia how to do sword-fighting like General Esteem in the 'Immortal Game', if Rarity/Lucia's words are any to go by upon letting Twilight Velvet take her place half-way through their duel. |
| 365 | * {{Expy}}: Of General Esteem from ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'', where he is Rarity's own estranged father and [[spoiler:was the one who set the whole plot in motion by releasing Titan and Terra so he could have a war to fight and sate his lust for power and blood]]. Here, Jewel Cutter is merely a second cousin to Rarity Belle who is treated as the BlackSheep of her family, and the damage he caused, while still considerable, is reduced owing to Despotic Destiny finding him repulsive enough to hold him on a much shorter leash. As a result, he has a lesser role in the war overall compared to his character inspiration. |
| 366 | * FatalFlaw: Pride, Wrath, and Cruelty. He is full of himself, acting like a noble who insist on being addressed by his title, but would use every opportunity to sate his inner bloodlust and sadism. This screws him over by alienating his allies and superiors, who are disgusted with him and his ways, as well as making him reckless enough to give his opponents openings to defeat him because of his ego and HairTriggerTemper. |
| 367 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Appears sophistocated and cultured as a noble, but he is a bloodthirsty warmongering sadist at heart and wastes no time indulging in being one when the opportunity presents itself. Twilight Velvet rightly describes him as 'a wolf' who likes to 'put a pretty bow on his head'. |
| 368 | * GeneralRipper: For many villainous factions from a coup plot to the Kingdom of Order, all to sate his thirst for blood and power. |
| 369 | * HatedByAll: No one who knows Jewel Cutter's true colors has anything but disgust and contempt for him. Note, he was excommunicated from the ''Iron Wolves'' for being too much of a bloodthristy sadist even for them, and Despotic Destiny only barely tolerates him because he's too useful to dispose of. Once his psychopathy and sadism prove more of a headache than he's worth, Destiny arranges for him to be taken down. |
| 370 | * MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, many saw his decision to send an Orderized [[spoiler:Twilight Velvet]] against her own daughter out of sheer cruelty was treated as particularly despicable. Even his superior, Despotic Destiny, whose back he went behind to make it happen, was [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted]]. |
| 371 | * MoreDespicableMinion: To Despotic Destiny in the Kingdom of Order during the 'War Against Order', on account of his bloodlust, sadism and insubordination making him despised by most other members of the Despotists regime and even his MadGod superior. |
| 372 | * PsychoForHire: Jewel Cutter doesn't care who he's working for, all he cares about is being able to indulge his sadism and bloodlust. {{Deconstructed}}, as this means Despotic Destiny ultimately is so disgusted by him, he intentionally sets him up to be defeated. |
| 373 | * RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'', General Esteem is Rarity's [[AbusiveParents sadistic, abusive father]]. Here, he's Rarity's BlackSheep cousin who was disowned by his own family for making her fight a Timberwolf as part of his TrainingFromHell. ''When she was just a filly''. |
| 374 | * {{Sadist}}: Repeatedly described as such and shows it in various actions, like brutally suppressing opposition to the 'Kingdom of Order' and setting Ordered parents against their children among their enemies as much for kicks as it is for tactics. |
| 375 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: Deconstructed. He trained a young Rarity in swordmaneship, but his idea of getting her to learn involved taking her to the [[DontGoInTheWoods Everfree Forest]] and pitted her against a ''[[{{Planimal}} Timberwolf]]''. The incident traumatized Rarity a great deal and made her reluctant to fight well into adulthood, while he was punished by [[IHaveNoSon being disowned and treated as a family disgrace]]. |
| 376 | * TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: As part of the Canterlot Coup, he [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/875815844/4932127610 sent]] a whole company of coup-aligned Equestrian soldiers armed to the teeth with anti-magic support to storm the Prime Minister's residence and eliminate the newly-elected head of government. Why, you may ask? Because said mare happened to be Starlight Glimmer, the Egalitarian Principal, a Unicorn magic-using genius of prodigious power, knowledge and skills who once dueled ''[[SemiDivine Princess Twilight Sparkle]]'' to a standstill and later became her first personal student. The General may be a treacherous bloodthirsty psychopath, [[FunctionalGenreSavvy but he is no fool]], and knows that barring actual ''demigods'' she might be too much to handle for most Ponies even with [[ZergRush overwhelming numbers]], exotic tools, [[MoreDakka superior firepower]], and the advantage of surprise on their side -- and true to his fears, [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/875815844/4932129922 it wasn't enough]]. |
| 377 | --> '''Lord Vineyard:''' All this for the Prime Minister, General? [[JustOneMan She's just one mare]]!\ |
| 378 | '''General Jewel Cutter:''' Yes, Lord Vineyard. ''All'' this for one mare. ''Pray'' this would be enough. |
| 379 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Well, Token ''Eviler'' Teammate. He's the only member of the Kingdom of Order who isn't a WellIntentionedExtremist or TragicVillain. {{Deconstructed}}, as he's only tolerated by his team for being a very competent general and warrior. |
| 380 | * TrainingFromHell: Deconstructed. The highlight of Jewel Cutter's swords-training for a young Rarity involve taking her to the Everfree Forest and ''[[SinkOrSwimMentor pitting her against a Timberwolf]]''. Rarity manages to slay the creature, but is heavily traumatized by the experience, and her furious family immediately put a stop to Jewel Cutter's training of her. |
| 381 | * TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Jewel Cutter is a traitor on top of being a bloodthirsty, sadistic and corrupt noble and soldier, having been part of the plot to overthrow Princess Amicitia in the failed 'Canterlot Coup' and was sentenced to life without parole for it following the 'Great Purge'. |
| 382 | * WarIsGlorious: His opinion on conflict, being such a bloodthirsty, warmongering sadist that even the militant Autorist Iron Wolves [[EvenEvilHasStandards couldn't stand him]] - Yes, his [[BloodKnight bloodlust]] is ''that'' [[AxCrazy bad]]. |
| 383 | * WouldNotShootACivilian: Subverted hard. [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/930826834/5023143380 During]] the Dragontown Attack when he was still a general of the Royal Equestrian Army, he gave zero damn to collateral damage and the lives of even his own fellow Equestrian civilians and Dragontown inhabitants despite fighting to eradicate the Gaelist forces besieging Dragontown and occupying Fillydelphia. This carried on during the rest of the Talon Bais War and most of his career. |
| 384 | --> '''General Jewel Cutter:''' Those Griffons are using these buildings as observation posts to coordinate their troops and artillery barrages. We need to take them out as soon as possible to give our troops a clear run into this section of the city. |
| 385 | --> '''REA Aide:''' But sir, what about the people - ? |
| 386 | --> '''General Jewel Cutter:''' The ''people?'' What in Equestria do they have to do with it? |
| 387 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Despotic Destiny despises him, only keeping him around because he's a very competent general and warrior, which are in short supply. It's believed the nanosecond Jewel Cutter was no longer needed, Destiny ended to dispose of him. Eventually, Jewel Cutter's awful nature made him not worth the headache to keep around, and Destiny set him out to be defeated. |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Grey Hoof]] |
| 391 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusSunnytown here]]. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!H to J |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Havok]] |
| 397 | Havok is the Skylanders' primary ArchEnemy, and an extremely powerful evil sorcerer. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The Sky Eater literally eating the sky wasn't part of his plan in this version, rather it was only supposed to shut down Skylands' portal network. He just called it the Sky Eater because it sounded cool. It was the Darkness tricking him into giving it the power to escape its prison. Some of his more vile actions in certain characters' backstories are also removed, due to his backstory being the Skylanders Academy version rather than his game version and his characterizations taking more cues from that version. |
| 400 | * TheAgeless: Even over 100 years later, he looks pretty much the same as he does in the present. |
| 401 | * ArchEnemy: Havok is the Skylanders' longest running and most persistant foe. |
| 402 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Havok is over the top, comedic, and silly...but he's also the Skylanders' most persistant foe, has successfully taken over Avalar on several occasions, and is so powerful it normally takes multiple Skylanders to beat him in a fight. |
| 403 | * CompositeCharacter: He combines aspects of Kaos from the games and ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'', mostly having the backstory and personality of the latter but doing many of the actions of the former. |
| 404 | * EmotionBomb: Havok has a spell that allows him to inflict his feelings of vexation onto his minions to punish them for their failure by making them feel his own displeasure. He calls it his 'Vexing Beam.' It comes in handy when Sonar's starving to death due to being unable to consume negative emotions she needs to survive without her powers (which the Darkness took), and let's him save her life. |
| 405 | * EnemyMine: He forms an alliance with the Skylanders to defeat the Darkness, as [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou no one gets to conquer Skylands before he can]]. Towards the ends of the crisis, he [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5092874391 even orders a couple 'Extra Large Enemy Mine Packages']] of henchmen from Corporatocracy of Scagnozzo (Inc.) to handle the Darkness' minions. |
| 406 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Havok genuinely cares about his mother, even if they're currently on opposite sides of the conflict between good and evil. |
| 407 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 408 | ** He apparently has enough standards to be [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5092874391 considered a client]] by the Corporatocracy of Scagnozzo (Inc.). |
| 409 | ** When he discovers [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5093481773 his current minions want to]] kidnap Sunset, dissect him, and then kill him for good, Havok instantly traps them in his 'DEADLY SHARK BATH OF DOOOOOOOMSHARKS!' spell and let Sunspot go. It even spoiled his mood so much he storms off back to his EvilLair (Sunspot being too injured to follow). |
| 410 | ** While he does see the Skylanders as his collective ArchEnemy, he strongly disapproves of [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/990695668/5093704476 outright killing them]] as he sees the Skylanders as his "best audience" for his [[EvilIsHammy boastings]]. When he discovered an evil alliance's plans to nuke Skylander Academy with a [[FantasticNuke Mana Bomb]] (which would wipe out or irrevocably irradiate any living being within the vicinity of the blast), he pretended to join the alliance with the true goal of sabotaging them. He only received his deceptions as the Skylanders were winning against the supervillains. |
| 411 | ---> '''Avalar supervillain:''' Havok! Traitor! You're ruining our only chance of total domination over Avalar!\ |
| 412 | '''Havok:''' Oh, tish tosh! You think I'd approve of you bombing a school to kingdom come and taking out the entire surrounding area with it?! Who will listen to my boastings then?! |
| 413 | ** When Wingsaber's Doomlander, Galecutter, turned out to be a PsychoKnifeNut and very nearly killed her, Havok was horrified and dispelled Galecutter before she could. |
| 414 | * EvilGenius: No matter how silly Havok appears, he's shockingly intelligent and competent to the point of managing to outsmart a ''Changeling King of the Summer Court''. |
| 415 | * EvilIsHammy: Nearly everything he says is said in the most hammy, over the top manner possible. |
| 416 | * {{Expy}}: Of Kaos from the ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' franchise. |
| 417 | * HijackedByGanon: It's noted he's made a habit of hijacking the plans of other villain who underestimated him or betrayed him. This includes [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/990695668/5094508006 successfully usurping]] a ''Changeling King of the Summer Court''. |
| 418 | * NoodleIncident: He once tried to cast a spell so his [[BossSubtitles name would dramatically appear in front of him and be announced by a deep booming voice]] whenever he prepares to fight the heroes. Apparently, he went overboard and cursed ''all of Skylands'' to have this effect happen whenever any villain prepares to fight the heroes. |
| 419 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Havok views Skylands as ''his'' to conquer and rule, and thus the Skylanders as ''his'' to defeat. As such he will foil the plans of other villains or form an EnemyMine with the Skylanders rather than let another villain conquer the former or defeat the latter. |
| 420 | * OurHydrasAreDifferent: He has a pet 'Sky Hydra,' a Avalarian subspecies with wings and capable of flight. It seems to be more based off the ''Academy'' version of simply being his pet, but it's implied he once powered it up to match its video game counterpart in terms of power. |
| 421 | * PetTheDog: |
| 422 | ** When Pyro III asks him to save Sonar's life (who's starving to death due to losing her ability to feed off emotions), after a moment's though, Havok saves her without asking anything in return. It's implied it was seeing her daughter Pulsar panicking and being reminded of his own love for his mother that prompted it. |
| 423 | ** He spares Sunspot when he learns the minions hired for the venture wanted to kidnap the Phoenix Dragon, dissect him to learn how his powers worked, and then kill him, something he considers crossing a line even for him. He would make offers for Sunspot to join him in the future after realizing how hard the Skylander has had it. |
| 424 | * PsychoRangers: [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5094111982 He manages to heavily modify and improve the spell]] Chrysalis used to make the Mean Six to create his own team of EvilKnockoff Skylanders he calls Doomlanders. It went very well for him, as their first fight with the Skylander group opposing him was a CurbstompBattle in their favor and lead to his first conquest of Avalar. |
| 425 | * WeCanRuleTogether: After learning how rough of a life Sunspot has had, Havok repeatedly offers him chances to join his side and take revenge on those who wronged him. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Hex]] |
| 429 | The undead champion of Stampede, a rogue Sauropodian god of Greed. He has clashed with Marshal Braveheart from Equestria at one point. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | !!K to N |
| 434 | [[folder:Khuligan the Brutal]] |
| 435 | A giant that terrorized Moroz Valley. |
| 436 | ---- |
| 437 | * BarbaricBully: Often dismembered or crushed people underhoof to keep people in line. |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:King Golden City, the Gilded Conqueror]] |
| 441 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 442 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 443 | !!!'''Type:''' Conqueror, Immortal, Evil Overlord, Warlock, False God |
| 444 | !!!'''Faction:''' Old Equestrian Empire, Kingdom of Oro, The Enkata Kingdom |
| 445 | \ |
| 446 | King Golden City (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-29-843809841 here]]) is an ancient noble and conqueror from Equestria's imperialsit era, and a foe in Daring Do/A.K. Yearling's rogue gallery.\ |
| 447 | |
| 448 | Golden City was an ancient noble and military commander from the time of the Old Equestrian Empire who admired conquerors of old and desired riches and glory for himself through brutal conquests, but found himself stranded on an island named Oro with his legions and the natives he had just plundered and conquered in the process. Discovering Third Age ruins and an artifact that made him immortal and bequeathed with magical power, Golden City styled himself as a god, and subsequently lorded over the subjugated natives and their island with his legion for thousands of years until Daring Do's archaeological-adventuring led to him remembering there is a world out there and that he is a prisoner of his own domain. Desiring to return home and continue his conquests for more riches and glory, he would work to get off his island with his armies, battling Daring Do many times and eventually getting involved in the 'Terra Equus Continental War'. |
| 449 | ---- |
| 450 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: Downplayed, but in the FinalBattle that saw the Gilded Conqueror was effectively running into this problem when he ended up facing Sekra the Indomitable, a resurrected Third Age goddess who is considered one of the greatest conquerors to have ever risen to power in Known History, whom Daring Do brought into the fray on account of having fused with her on a physical/spiritual level (and also because Sekra both [[EvenEvilHasStandards despised Golden City]] and desired the [[ArtifactOfPower Heart of Oro]] for her [[TakingOverTheWorld own conquering ambitions]]). While he did managed to hold his own against even her, once Luna, Celestia, Amicitia and other Alicorns joined the fray he was effectively screwed. |
| 451 | * ArtifactOfPower: The key to Golden City's threat is the Heart of Oro, a Third Age artifact of phenomenal sorcerous power which made him TheAgeless and turned him into a warlock able to hold his own against even gods. Predictably, he quickly goes mad with power and becomes convinced of his own divinity thanks to the Heart of Oro, and even being stripped of it and being BroughtDownToNormal did little to dispel that notion from his head. |
| 452 | * BackFromTheBrink: He manages to claw back from his second-last encounter and penultimate defeat by Daring Do after she finally managed to get the Oro islanders to see him for who he really is (a false god and a tyrant) and turn them against him, surviving being sent to the bottom of the oceans with his palace and eventually taking over the Sea Pony kingdom of Enkata and several other undersea realms. [[spoiler:Although [[UnwittingPawn his success]] was partly due to [[TheManBehindTheMan covert support from the Tyrannos Pantheon]]]]. |
| 453 | * BroughtDownToBadass: He was stripped of his immortality and most of his power when the 'Heart of Oro' artifact was taken from him by Rainbow Dash/Aurora Angel II, reducing him to just a mortal if still powerful warlock which Daring Do could fight and beat in a challenging but decisive FinalBattle. |
| 454 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: King Golden City wanted to go home to Equestria - parading through the streets in triumph, being treated like a god and being showered with riches and glory by Equestrians who adore him for his conquests. After being stranded for thousands of years on an island, overthrown by the populations he had oppressed, stripped of the artifact that granted him immortality and power and being defeated by Equestrian heroes and Princesses, he finally got the chance to go home - as a prisoner of war, paraded through the streets in a prison carriage, treated as a condemned mortal and being showered with curses and rotten produce by Equestrians who hated him for his crimes and had long since turned away from glorifying conquerors like him. [[FateWorseThanDeath Many believed this would haunt him far worse than anything else]], [[AssholeVictim not that it didn't happened to a worse person]]. |
| 455 | * TheConqueror: He conquered and plundered Oro, Enkata and a number of other kingdoms over the course of his career, proving to be one of the more brutal and atrocious ones. Even Sekra the Indomitable, one of the greatest conquerors in Known History and likely the greatest in the Third Age, was [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted with him]] and have no trouble being convinced by her current co-soul Daring Do to help take him down. |
| 456 | * DemocracyIsBad: One of the reasons why King Golden City detested what Equestria became in modern times was learning it had transitioned from an absolute to constitutional monarchy. He resolved to 'fix' that by throwing his lot with the Autorists powers and conquering it in the 'Terra Equus Continental War'. |
| 457 | * EvilOverlord: A literally classical example, and is even explicitly classified as one. |
| 458 | * EvilReactionary: Being born in a time of empires and raised with outdated moral standards of antiquity, he admired Equestria - specifically the Old Equestrian Empire - as a ruthless, expansionistic nation (though [[EveryoneHasStandards even they would had thought he was too brutal]] for their taste). When he learnt thousands of years later that they had switched to Friendship and Harmony (at least more so under the Alicorn Princesses) as their core ideals, he grew disgusted with modern Equestria and resolved to [[GoodOldWays bring back the good old ways/days of empire and conquest for his homeland]]. |
| 459 | * FantasticRacism: He looked down on many non-Pony races and even Pony cultures who are not as 'civilized' as that of the Old Equestrian Empire, seeing them as easy targets 'deserving' to be brutally conquered and subjugated. |
| 460 | * AGodAmI: Believed himself to be this after the 'Heart of Oro' gave him immortality and vast magical powers, leading him to style himself as a god to lord over the natives better and subsequently developed a god complex when he believed his own hype. To his credit, the power the Heart gave him combined with his thousands of years of combat experience and magical mastery as a warlock did allow him to hold his own against the likes of Luna, Celestia, Amicitia, and even Sekra the Indomitable. |
| 461 | * {{Greed}}: One of his greatest vices and a FatalFlaw in his character. All of his statues in Oro - noted to number more than doors - were made of gold, which proved convenient in providing funds for the reconstructions and modernization of Oro and Enkata after they were melted down. |
| 462 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: He proved to be a very capable warrior and warlock from thousands of years worth of combat experience and sorcerous mastery thanks to the 'Heart of Oro', able to even hold his own against deities. |
| 463 | * LargeHam: Developed a bombastic and grandiose personality as a result of his god complex, always boasting and ranting about his greatness and demanding respect and reverence. It became so annoying that the guards of the Terran prison where he ended up after his final defeat had to make his cell sound-proof when he won't shut up. |
| 464 | * LighterAndSofter: In-Universe, Daring Do had to downplay just how monstrous the bastard was as a magically-empowered conquering warlord with [[AGodAmI delusions of godhood]] in her works. |
| 465 | * MacGuffin: The 'Heart of Oro', a relic from the fantastically-magical Third Age, was the source of his immortality and arcane power, and once he was deprived of it he was reduced to a mortal, if still powerful and capable warlock. |
| 466 | * {{Narcissist}}: The result of developing a god complex, although he was already quite egotistical. According to Daring Do, in the domains he lorded over golden statues of his likeliness ''outnumbered the doors''. |
| 467 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: He threw his hat into the 'Terra Equus Continental War' on the side of the Tribalists and Autorist factions after resurfacing from his last defeat from Daring Do as ruler of Oro and conquering the undersea realm of Enkata, having heard of and becoming disgusted with what happened to Equestria in the centuries since he and his legions were stranded on Oro (Extending 'Friendship' with other races besides Ponies and also embracing constitutional monarchy) and sought to return Equestria back to the old imperialistic ways of his time after conquering it. |
| 468 | * WeHaveBecomeComplacent: [[VirtueIsWeakness Looks down on 'Friendship' and 'Harmony']] as having made modern day Equestria weak and pathetic, and in general compared modern Equestria unfavorably to the olden times of the expansionistic Old Equestrian Empire he was born in. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:'King' Longhorn]] |
| 472 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 473 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 474 | !!!'''Type:''' Bandit/Outlaw/Cow |
| 475 | !!!'''Faction:''' Cattle Rustlers |
| 476 | |
| 477 | -> ''"Might makes right! And I'm the biggest, baddest big-shot brigand of the south!"'' |
| 478 | \ |
| 479 | 'King' Longhorn (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-11-803914054 here]]) is the leader of a bandit gang and a notorious outlaw in the southern lands of the Principalities of Equestria. |
| 480 | ---- |
| 481 | * AdaptationalVillainy: While a brutal outlaw in canon, in this version he adds kidnapping, hostage-taking, and attempted murder to his list of crimes. |
| 482 | * EvilerThanThou: On the receiving end. He teamed up with Hex, and has been played like a fiddle the entire time. |
| 483 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Ran into this problem. He was a dangerous outlaw in southern Equestria...because there weren't any experienced heroes there yet. Rarity and Applejack were able to mop the floor with his entire gang. |
| 484 | [[/folder]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | [[folder:King Sombra]] |
| 487 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusCrystalEmpire here]]. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Lady Prismis, the Baleful Spectrum]] |
| 491 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 492 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 493 | !!!'''Type:''' Rainbow Pony/Sorceress/Well-Intentioned Extremist |
| 494 | !!!'''Faction:''' The Sisterhood of Light |
| 495 | |
| 496 | -> ''"Under my light, there shall be no more hatred."'' |
| 497 | \ |
| 498 | Lady Prismis (her entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-2-788128266 here]]) is a Rainbow Pony and an infamous villainess from Old Equestria who sought to permanently eradicate all hatred from the world. |
| 499 | ---- |
| 500 | * GoodPowersBadPeople: Is a Rainbow Pony like Rainbow Dash, who are seen as symbols of heroism and great, divinely-chosen champions, but is an infamous villain. |
| 501 | * LightIsNotGood: She's a Rainbow Pony and an infamous villain. |
| 502 | * TheMagnificent: Known as "the Baleful Spectrum". |
| 503 | * RedBaron: "The Baleful Spectrum", due to being a villainous Rainbow Pony. |
| 504 | [[/folder]] |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[folder:Lord Grimgard, the Latest]] |
| 507 | !!!'''Character:''' Villain/Anti-Hero |
| 508 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 509 | !!!'''Type:''' Pragmatist/Conqueror/Minion-Master/Legatial |
| 510 | !!!'''Faction:''' Unaffiliated |
| 511 | |
| 512 | -> ''"Evil always finds a way."'' |
| 513 | --> -- '''Motto of the Grimgards''', attributed to '''Head Minion Knots'''. |
| 514 | \ |
| 515 | Lord Grimgard (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-8-797870930 here]]) is an EvilOverlord from Terra Equus who, true to his title, is the latest addition to the 'Grimgard Line' of overlords. |
| 516 | ---- |
| 517 | * DarkMistress: He has several "Mistresses" that he had encountered at various points in his life, and they all have been speculated in-universe to be responsible for his personality. The most prominent of them are: A well-meaning yet bossy, orderly, and independent mare; a gorgeous-looking and materialistic noble/royal mare who has been known for being a manipulative temptress and negotiator; and a haughty and powerful royal sorceress who initially opposed but eventually allied with Grimgard against a common enemy out of pure necessity. There are indications that these three Mistresses are engaged in a power-struggle against each other, both wanting to be the sole recipient of his affections and using Grimgard himself as well as his minions and resources as a pawn in their own schemes. |
| 518 | * DestructiveSaviour: Is a NobleDemon who does downright heroic things for honourable or pragmatic reasons, but like any EvilOverlord, he is a mighty and dangerous adversary able and willing to brutally destroy his foes and any obstacles in his way. Also, he has a perchance for property damage and looting if he could get away with it like a certain 'Hero of Time'... |
| 519 | * EnemyMine: Implied; one of his three "Mistresses" was a haughty and powerful royal sorceress who allied with him against a common enemy out of pure necessity. |
| 520 | * EvilMinions: The primary forces of the present Lord Grimgard and his predecessors are Nether Gremlins, Gremlins off-shoots who originated from the 'Netherrealms' of Equus, regions or {{Pocket Dimension}}s saturated with Fel-magic energies that twisted them mind and body over generations. |
| 521 | ** They even come in four different tribes/subspecies/races with unique abilities each like the Minions in the Overlord games. 'Browns' are tough fighters which could use weapons, 'Reds' are weak but flame-proof and capable of ranged fire attacks, 'Greens' are stealthy poison-immune backstabbers, and 'Blues' can magically raise dead minions and swim. |
| 522 | ** On top of them, Grimgard the Latest is also branching out and adding auxiliary minion forces from his present conquests to bolster his armies, which include Alvslog Deer, Calvlings, Ponies, Diamond Dogs, Griffons and others from his new conquests. |
| 523 | * EvilVersusEvil: Interestingly, most of Lord Grimgard's conquests and conflicts had primarily been against several hedge realms that were ruled or terrorized by tyrants and fallen champions, which is not unlike the followers of Temnoism, who vehemently oppose "destructive" Evil. Notably, [[KarmicDeath he defeated/killed them in the same way that echoed the behavior of said tyrants and champions]], which earned him the UndyingLoyalty of those he liberated/bargained with. Many of his present rivals and competitors are also Evil Overlords in their own right. |
| 524 | * EvilOverlord: Part of a line infamous for playing it so straight its set standards for many other evil overlords of the Third/Fourth Age, and he is no exception. However, what sets him apart from his more incompetent and unstable predecessors is his strict code of honor, allowing his pragmatism to get veer towards the heroic side at times. |
| 525 | * {{Expy}}: Of the Overlords from EvilOverlord-playing game franchise of the same name. They're both {{Evil Overlord}}s that are [[TinTyrant entirely covered in armor]], and they practice an honorable brand of PragmaticEvil where their actions can seem downright heroic. Hilariously, they also got the constant looting and tendency to commit vandalism, [[NotSoAboveItAll which has made him similar to a certain reincarnating swordspony]]. |
| 526 | * GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Is a metaphoric one in-universe, since apparently he just showed up one day out of nowhere to pick up the mantle of the Grimgards, and reassert a dominion that had been on a sabbatical for centuries. Nobody knows anything about him, and both his motives and background is still up in the air for speculation. However, his status and role as a tyrant has caused certain factions to see him as a threat, especially among the fanatical and morally puristic "heroes" who follow the goddess of Punishment, Poena. |
| 527 | * HypercompetentSidekick: Head Minion Knots, to Lord Grimgards past and present. Unlike the other Nether Gremlins that serve their EvilOverlord, Head Minion Knots (Tenth of ''his'' line) is notably far more reserved, calculating, intelligent and knowledgeable than his brethren, with sharp, devious wits and a snide sense of humour, and had been instrumental help with his master's conquests and running his domain. He's so good in fact, some suspect Head Minion Knots is actually [[ManBehindTheMan the person running the show]], feigning faux-subservience to Lord Grimgard in a manipulative ploy that would impress the Summer Court Changelings. This is implied to be true at least for some of the more incompetent and unstable Grimgards in the past. |
| 528 | * KarmicDeath: A few notable incidents had him inflicting this on [[EvilVersusEvil other tyrants, overlords, and Fallen champions]], due to his pragmatic and even heroic code of honor. |
| 529 | ** A rather slothful Alvslog Deer king let his realm, as well as himself, be corrupted and twisted into nightmares by fell influences, while allowing many of his subjects, especially the does, be enslaved by a greedy Diamond Dog tyrant out of laziness. Grimgard would purge both the forested realm and the lazy king, and free the enslaved Deer from the Diamond Dogs, earning their staunch loyalty. |
| 530 | ** The ruler of a Calvling hedge-kingdom was a rather gluttonous slob, and would have his subjects plunder the local countryside to satiate his voracious appetite. Grimgard blew him up and spared his subjects, as they were victims as well as perpetrators, in exchange for providing food for his realm. |
| 531 | ** A Diamond Dog tyrant let greed overtake him, to the point where he enslaved many people and forced them to mine away gold and gems for his benefit. Grimgard threw him into a vat of molten gold and released his slaves, in exchange for a tithe of riches so he could finance his realm and armies. |
| 532 | ** A pony champion of a city-state fell to lust and hedonism, and consorted with demons and succubi while the city state he once protected fell to plague and undeath. Grimgard purged the demons and slew the fallen Pony champion as if he was no better than the demons he associated with, and had his minions help with rebuilding. |
| 533 | * KleptomaniacHero: Well, "villain", but hilariously, he shares the same money-grubbing tendencies that Gleaming Shield's various mortal incarnations have, as well as his tendencies to commit vandalism and other forms of property damage. |
| 534 | * MagicKnight: Is a capable physical fighter with an axe, mace or sword, and also an able spell-caster thanks to his Gauntlet of Conquest, focused mostly on pyromancy, limited mind control, magic-shielding and minion-enhancement. |
| 535 | * TheMinionMaster: Like the Overlords he's based on, Lord Grimgard the Latest and his predecessors are this, controlling armies of Nether Gremlins through a special artifact called the Gauntlet of Domination that's part of his TinTyrant armor. |
| 536 | * MysteriousPast: Due to the complete lack of any information about his identity, everything about him and his past is still ambiguous and unknown. Some speculated from his conduct he might had been a FallenHero or one who lost his memory and was unwittingly roped into playing the role by minions desperate for a master. Because of this, Princess Luna's Night Guards and the Changeling agents from the Spring Court are actively investigating his background. |
| 537 | * NotSoAboveItAll: For all his credit, he still does some villainous things, most notably sharing with his Minions and a certain 'Hero of Time' a perchance for property damage and looting anything that he could get away with. This made him rich... but also left him with an enormous bill, and may eventually attract the attention of actual Dragons and tax collectors who are both eager to get their hooves/claws on his stash of treasures. |
| 538 | * PragmaticEvil: Most of the Grimgards, including the latest one, are known to be this, not indulging in atrocities as many Evil Overlords do and willing to do downright noble or even heroic things if only out of pragmatism. It served to make them very effective and avoid being StupidEvil. |
| 539 | ** Rather than punishing the Calvlings and Diamond Dogs whose land he conquered for their gluttony and greed (Which is mostly due to their gluttonous and greedy rulers that he defeated), he spares them in exchange for them providing his domain food, materials and wealth to support, equip and finance his armies and domain. |
| 540 | ** The Alvslog Deer Forest Realm and Pony City-state were weakened by internal catastrophes, largely thanks to the laziness, corruption, and incompetence of the Alvslog Forest's Deer king and fallen Pony champion, respectively, and would had been easy prey for the slaughter. Instead, Lord Grimgard the Latest go out of his way to actually help them, purging the corruption afflicting the former and purging the undead and demons terrorizing the latter, and even help them recover by saving their people and rebuilding their lands. This not only lets him acquire two healthy and prospering territories, but also won him undying loyalty of the Alvslog Deer and Ponies living there. |
| 541 | * RisingEmpire: A petty/hedge empire that is filling up the EvilPowerVacuum left behind by the fall of the Storm Empire and domains of other Evil Overlords. It's rising so quickly in fact it's worrying the civilized states and heroic groups/organizations near the lawless region it is expanding into. |
| 542 | * TinTyrant: Explicitly called such by Cultura, as his 'Arcanite-Steel' panopy covers him completely from face to hooves with metal. He is almost never seen without his armour and helm, leaving him unidentifiable. |
| 543 | * VillainousLegacy: The current Lord Grimgard is only the latest (It's even part of his title) in the infamously long-lasting 'Grimgard Line', which as of the Latest is around two Ages (some ''15,000 years'') and fifty generations long. It's even stated that the Grimgard Line is less a familial line and more a legacy, and like many Grimgards the Latest isn't related to any predecessors. |
| 544 | [[/folder]] |
| 545 | |
| 546 | [[folder:Lord Chancellor Hatur]] |
| 547 | ---- |
| 548 | [[/folder]] |
| 549 | |
| 550 | [[folder:Lord Tirek]] |
| 551 | ---- |
| 552 | * LegacyCharacter: While not named after him, he styles himself after the First Age Tirek as an intimidation tactic and they share a similar philosophy. [[spoiler:It's for this reason he would betray the Dark Ages Alliance to resurrect and team up with the First Age Tirek himself.]] |
| 553 | * VillainTeamUp: As in canon, he teams up with Chrysalis and Cozy Glow to form the Legion of Domination, along with recruiting numerous other villains to their cause. He would also align with the Dark Ages Alliance after being freed by Mistletoe Dreamer. [[spoiler:At least until he learns resurrecting his First Age counterpart was on the table, at which point he'd do it himself and form one with him.]] |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Malitia, the Stalker in the Dark]] |
| 557 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 558 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 559 | !!!'''Type:''' Murderous Entity, Embodiment of Resentment and Malice?, Child of Erebus?, Tulpa?, Urban Legend, ???? |
| 560 | !!!'''Faction:''' Herself |
| 561 | \ |
| 562 | Malitia (her entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-34-875815844 here]]) is an ancient beast who preys on those exploring abandoned urban areas. |
| 563 | ---- |
| 564 | * EldritchAbomination: ''What'' she is is unknown, but it's implied she's some sort of unholy entity dwelling in a pocket dimension that overlays our world when she manifests. It's implied the entire 'dark world' in which she dwells ''is'' her, and the Malitia following her victims is simply her 'heart.' |
| 565 | * LoadBearingBoss: When Malitia is petrified by the Abyssinian Elements of Harmony, her domain implodes. This is because it's implied her domain is the ''real'' Malitia, and they'd petrified her 'heart,' giving her a fatal heart attack. |
| 566 | * {{Sadist}}: Malitia is a sadistic monster who enjoys toying with her victims while hunting them through her domain. |
| 567 | [[/folder]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[folder:Malus Tenebris, the Usurper King]] |
| 570 | A power-hungry and ambitious tyrant Gleaming Shield once fought in one of his lifetimes. |
| 571 | ---- |
| 572 | * AmbitionIsEvil: He wanted Onyx Flare's throne for himself, and sided with Blood Fang, who presumably gave him the power necessary to overthrow her. Later on, his plans would extend to conquering Hyrule and shrouding Equus in "twilight" - something that caused Blood Fang to betray and sabotage Malus so he would be left vulnerable to the mercies of Gleaming Shield and a vengeful Onyx Flare. |
| 573 | * DarkIsEvil: Implied, as his name means "Evil Darkness" in Latin, and he usurped Queen Onyx Flare for her throne. |
| 574 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Zant]], given that they both usurped a Queen to take their throne out of lust for power and prestige. |
| 575 | * MeaningfulName: His name means ''Evil Darkness'' in Latin, and he's a villain who usurped Onyx Flare, the Queen of Shadows, from her rightful throne in his bid for power. |
| 576 | * UnwittingPawn: Blood Fang played Malus like a fiddle, appearing to him as a god so he would get a loyal pawn to do his dirty work. He would later betray Malus and sabotage him once the latter's plans to conquer Hyrule were made clear, leaving him vulnerable to Gleaming Shield and Onyx Flare. This caused Malus to snap his own neck in despair and spite, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killing Blood Fang as well]]. |
| 577 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He sided with Blood Fang so he could gain power necessary to usurp Onyx Flare's rightful throne, unaware that Blood Fang was playing him like a fiddle. Once Malus's intentions to conquer Hyrule and cover Equus in eternal twilight were made clear, however, Blood Fang betrayed Malus and set him up to fail in a confrontation against Gleaming Shield and Onyx Flare. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This would later prove extremely detrimental to Blood Fang]] as he forged a magical bond with Malus to empower him as his "god"; in spiteful despair, Malus snapped his own neck, killing Blood Fang in the process. |
| 578 | [[/folder]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | [[folder:Maul, the Michê King]] |
| 581 | ---- |
| 582 | * AssholeVictim: Maul was a willing right hand to Valefor, murdered an entire generation of baby dragons at his orders, and made Cinder's entire life a nightmare, being the one who personally ripped out her organic wing and tail blades to replace them with organic metal (which was red hot when put in). While Pyro felt guilt for how brutally he did it, Dark Pyro brutally obliterating Maul was well deserved. |
| 583 | * ArcVillain: |
| 584 | ** He served as this for the events of the Eternal Night analog. |
| 585 | ** He's resurrected by the Darkness as a powerful undead and serves as the main antagonist of the Undeath Core arc of 'The Darkest Hour Crisis'. |
| 586 | * BloodKnight: For all his wickedness and evil, Maul is at his core a warrior. When the Undead Skylanders confront him with their powers restored, his response it to laugh and comment maybe they'll actually be a challenge this time. |
| 587 | * DealWithTheDevil: |
| 588 | ** He made a deal with Valefor to be his servant in exchange for power. |
| 589 | ** He makes another deal with the Darkness to be resurrected as a powerful undead in exchange for acting as the guardian of the Undeath Core. |
| 590 | * TheDreaded: While not to Valefor's degree, he is a very feared villain due to his power and threat. It turns out Cinder I is still afraid of him for the abuse he put her through as a child, though part of that was being reduced to a child and robbed of her powers by the Darkness, and thus made much more vulnerable than she's been in thousands of years. Even when she works up the bravery to face him, she's still terrified of him. |
| 591 | * TheDragon: |
| 592 | ** As with his inspiration, Gaul, the Ape King, he's this for Valefor, being his right hand and most devote follower. |
| 593 | ** After being revived as a powerful undead by the Darkness, he serves as one of its enforces, guarding the Undeath Core. |
| 594 | * {{Expy}}: Of Gaul from ''The Legend Of Spyro''. Like Gaul, he is an Ape King that serves an evil dark dragon. |
| 595 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He's generally a dead serious villain with at best a dry wit. However, upon learning [[NoodleIncident Havok has cursed all of Skylands]] so that villains' have their [[BossSubtitles names appear in the air in front of them with it being announced dramatically by an unseen voice]], he finds it amusing and just rolls with it. |
| 596 | * SealedEvilInACan: After having his new physical body atomized by Cinder II's Aether Fury, Electroplasm uses his Traptanium Broadsword to imprison his soul in a prism to prevent further trouble. |
| 597 | [[/folder]] |
| 598 | |
| 599 | [[folder:Midnight Eclipse, the Could-Have-Been-Queen]] |
| 600 | ---- |
| 601 | * FusionDance: She's the Time Wraiths of the seven Twilight Sparkles from the timelines Starlight's revenge plan created, transformed into corrupted Alicorns and merged into one. |
| 602 | [[/folder]] |
| 603 | |
| 604 | [[folder:Mignons, the Yellow Minions]] |
| 605 | !!!'''Character:''' Villain/Anti-Villains/Anti-Heroes/Heroes (??) |
| 606 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Neutral Evil/True Neutral/Neutral Good (??) |
| 607 | !!!'''Type:''' Minions/Thrall Race/Servant Species/Reckless Dangers |
| 608 | !!!'''Faction:''' Various Overlords and Villains |
| 609 | |
| 610 | -> ''"Para tu, masta!" ("For you, master!")'' |
| 611 | --> -- A '''Mignon''' named '''Dave''', prior to accidentally blowing up his superior after presenting what seemed to be an exotic-looking pineapple they found as a gift, which turned out to be an primed Blastfire bomb. |
| 612 | \ |
| 613 | The Mignons (their entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-12-810593613 here]]) are a servile group/race of yellow-skinned, sapient creatures infamous for serving many villains, overlords, tyrants, and other individuals are ill repute throughout history. |
| 614 | ---- |
| 615 | * AdorableEvilMinions: They share similar appearances to the [[Franchise/DespicableMe Minions]] they are expies of, so that is to be expected. The fact that they are so cute and comical made it ''very'' difficult for people to hate them, despite being ''willingly'' subservient to evil villains throughout their entire collective existence. Being AffablyEvil [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] also helps. |
| 616 | --> '''Sweetie Belle''': [Hugging one of them] "Eeeee - ! So cuuute!" |
| 617 | * AffablyEvil: They serve the biggest, baddest villains around, but they are also very friendly, nice, loyal, enthusiastic, and oddly innocent as evil minions, to the point that they have virtually no malevolent motivation beyond loyally serving their masters. This gets lampshaded by a lawyer defending some of them from being prosecuted for their crimes. This is Exploited by said lawyer who made it central to his defense of the Mignons, by [[LetMeGetThisStraight pointing out just how absurd it is for someone so cute, bumbling and non-threatening to have the malicious intent necessary to establish their guilt]] beyond reasonable doubt ([[CrazyEnoughToWork And it worked!]]). |
| 618 | * TheAgeless: Despite their high metabolisms, the Mignons are biologically immortal and only die due to diseases, catastrophes, violence or accidents. It is heavily implied [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld individual Mignons]] could live for ''eons'', though they don't make much of a big deal over it. |
| 619 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: They're bumbling, adorable, and genuinely nice despite working for the bad guys. However, they can become very dangerous, cunning and adaptable under the right circumstances. They predated Ponykind by aeons and outlived many more powerful and capable beings and civilizations. They could survive things that could kill most other beings and consider it merely slapstick, and could sustain themselves on just about anything edible. They're so tenacious as minions that they could do the most grueling work and take the most terrible abuses that would had broken most other beings and keep going at it without question or thanks. They are so loyal they earn the respect of many evil villains who might otherwise had disregarded them as incompetent and worthless. And while they might screw up badly, when they set out to do something [[{{Determinator}} they WILL get things done]], whether alone or together with many, ''many'' others like themselves. Do NOT underestimate these guys. |
| 620 | * BizarreAlienBiology: According to the entry, they are highly-evolved (or artificially bio-engineered) members of the Foraminifera phylum of amoeboid protists which are distant relatives of the Xenophyophore/Monothalamea, making them basically over-sized, intelligent, multi-nucleated (numbering in the ''thousands'') unicellular organisms composed of granular ectoplasm contained within thick yellow membranes. They could think, stand upright and digest solid foods despite lacking any identifiable nervous system, skeleton and digestive tracts, which together with their bizarre forms simultaneously made them both flexible and durable, capable of taking comical but also normally lethal amounts of damage none-worse-for-wear. They are also biologically ageless despite their high metabolisms and reproduce asexually by budding. |
| 621 | * ElephantInTheLivingRoom: They were apparently around for [[TimeAbyss a very long time]] (even in the mundane '[[TheMagicGoesAway Second Age]]'), had [[BeenThereShapedHistory played some major if not significant roles throughout Known History]], and everybody do in fact notice and acknowledge their existence, but their inconspicuous nature were such that [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody finds their presence and antics particularly odd or a big deal]], no matter how much they stood out from everybody else. |
| 622 | ** This is lampshaded by Princess Stitching Time, who point out that they were ''literally'' the only other prominent non-Ponies around in her and her mother Patch's time, and yet no-pony seem to think that is a big deal compare to say superheroes flying around and [[AlienInvasion alien attacks]]. |
| 623 | ---> '''Princess Stitching Time:''' Honestly, those little yellow guys are weird. I remember back in the day I saw them walking around buying groceries, gathering about newsstands laughing at the funny papers, playing with kids like me, or doing silly faces at the windows on their days off, and they never seem to catch any attention at all. I mean, we KNOW they’re there, and every now and then when they busted some B or C-list bad-guy they would put them in custody as well, but these guys might as well be freaking aliens and nopony seem to think they’re different or out of the ordinary. Mom would get super-excited when she spotted superheroes flying overhead or read about astronauts landing on one of Jove’s moons, but she didn’t even bat an eye when a group of these guys - on vacation, I think - walked passed us while we visited the Bitish Isles that one time. Heck, I don’t think I even pay them much attention myself. Just what the hay is wrong with them? With us? |
| 624 | ** A short Codexverse drabble depicts one Second-Age incident where both Queen Dazzleglow and Golden Scepter found some Mignons [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/810593613/4766401902 fooling around with an office printer by taking pictures of their own butts with it]], leaving the latter utterly flabbergasted. Dazzleglow then suggests not to think too hard about it. |
| 625 | ---> '''Golden Scepter:''' [[FlatWhat ...What. WHAT.]]\ |
| 626 | '''Queen Dazzleglow:''' Me too, Golden... me too. I think it's best that we don't think too much about what they do and why they do it.\ |
| 627 | '''Golden Scepter:''' ...Agreed. |
| 628 | * EpicFail: To often BeyondTheImpossible levels. Related to their questionable competence as minions to evil overlords and diabolical masterminds, their rambunctious and simple-minded natures made them prone to spectacular mishaps that [[SpannerInTheWorks screw up their masters' plans]] just as spectacularly. |
| 629 | ** In the 'First Age', when they were serving the Penguin Emperors of the Charlatan Dynasty, they ''somehow'' managed to set one of the Emperor Penguins' Ice Fortresses on fire. In [[MysteriousAntarctica frozen southern lands of Notusia]]. This cost the Emperor Penguins one of their major wars against Rainbow Empress Megann and the Paradise Estate/Empire, and resulted in the Mignons becoming PersonaNonGrata among the Ice-Empires there to the present day. |
| 630 | ** They ''somehow'' managed to get several Count Dracoltas killed over the ages, several of them the same manner of being burnt to ashes by sunlight out of a misguided attempt to throw them 'Wake-Up Parties' as they come back from their slumbers. |
| 631 | ** They ''somehow'' blew one of the greatest generals of the Kulesian-Mazlander Commonwealth out of a cannon towards the enemy lines, apparently resulting in one of the worst ''ever'' military disasters in history that ended in the complete rout of the Commonwealth's forces by an alliance of the Old Roedinian Kingdoms. Fortunately for the locals, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the disaster resulted in Grand Prince Smooth Talk, grandson of the notorious Grand Princess Silver Tongue, eventually being deposed of and killed, allowing the Kulesian-Mazlander Commonwealth to recover and reach political stability. |
| 632 | ** They ''somehow'' managed to cause significant damage to the industrial, administrative, research and military command of the Storm Empire by ''complete accidents'' during their time spent in service of the Storm Empire. While not enough to cause their defeat during the 'Storm King Crisis', it was still palpable enough to hamper the Storm Empire during the conflict. |
| 633 | ** In a non-villainous incident, they ''somehow'' managed to cause an explosion in Prince Steel Barricade's technical workshop with their well-meaning yet careless antics. Steel Barricade was so furious that he [[PersonaNonGrata banned them from even going near his workshop again]], and Prince Bright Eyes spotted at least one Mignon running past by with its head on fire during a conversation with Golden Scepter, to his mortification. |
| 634 | ---> '''Prince Steel Barricade''': ''(shouting) OUT OF MY LABORATORY!'' '''''OUT!!!''''' |
| 635 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: They may eagerly serve many bad guys throughout their existence, but even they have lines and standards that they will not cross. |
| 636 | ** While they initially served the [[ThoseWackyNazis National Totalists]] of the Germane Third Reich back in the 'Second Age', when they found out about some of the [[FinalSolution darker atrocities]] they had been committing, even they were disgusted. So much in fact they apparently defected en-masse to the Hooviet Union (and join their brethren there) near the end of the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Second Great War]]. That the Natzies [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness had them on their kill-list when they were done using them]] also helped. |
| 637 | ** They stayed far, far away from the [[Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse Chrysalid Network and their leader, Spring Heart/'Chrysalis']] ([[spoiler:Implied to be a distant ancestor of Queen Chrysalis on her father's side, if not a reincarnation]]), considering her to be 'Nuttier than nuts!'. Going by her and her network's portrayal from E:ATM, that is entirely understandable. |
| 638 | ** They also wanted nothing to do with Void Traveler. Considering he's an AnimalisticAbomination ''and'' an utterly OmnicidalManiac [[spoiler:who serves an even WORSE omnicidal EldritchAbomination that wants to destroy Equus and the universe]], that is saying something. [[NoodleIncident A big screw-up on the Mignons' part made the enmity mutual]]. |
| 639 | ** They refused to work with the likes of Unseelie Changelings and Ispita the Temptress, though that's more due to the fact they '[[TheDreaded scared them]]'. |
| 640 | * {{Expy}}: Of Gru's Minions from the ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' franchise. Gru himself, as well as his friends and family, have expies that existed back in the 'Second Age' and are still remembered fondly by the Mignons to the present day long after their deaths. |
| 641 | * GeneticMemory: They inherit the memories of their ancestors, and [[TransferableMemory those spawned from them inherit the memories they have]]. This makes education redundant for their kind, and allow them to preserve considerable amount of knowledge and skills over the aeons. |
| 642 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: Like their Minion counterparts/Expies, they are adorable, friendly, enthusiastic, and loyal to a fault... but they are also questionably effective at being evil in general, often causing more problems for their evil masters than helping with their plans in their [[EpicFail screw-ups]]. At least a few individuals have spotted the Mignons goofing off, with everyone being none the wiser or treating it as a non-issue. |
| 643 | * NoodleIncident: The mutual enmity between them and Void Traveler is partly due to an incident involving '[[NoodleImplements A black hole generator, a faulty motherboard, and a metric tonne of spaghetti]]'. |
| 644 | * SuperToughness: Thanks to their bizarre biology, they could survive being flattened, set on fire, blown up, cut to pieces and take other forms of damage and come back none-worse-for-wear. Given their tendency to screw up in the most slapstick and spectacular manners, that trait is fortunate for them to have. One incident had them survive a laboratory explosion (which ''they'' caused), resulting in Prince Steel Barricade chasing them out of his workshop. All of them ran out screaming while covered in ash, though to Prince Bright Eyes' mortification, one Mignon passed by with his head still on fire. |
| 645 | * TimeAbyss: These guys as a race came along with the first living creatures to move onto land in primordial times, and predated Ponykind and most other by far. This may apply to them even as individuals: An interview with one named 'Carl' by those compiling Codex Equus had him recalling serving a master which resembled one of the sapient Dinosaur races. When asked to clarify if he meant his kind serving him/her, 'Carl' confirmed that he meant ''personally'' serving him/her with his fellow Mignons. If he isn't confusing his own memories with that of his [[GeneticMemory own ancestors]], that means he may be ''more than 65 million years old''. |
| 646 | ** A Codexverse drabble implies that they may have been around even before Known History, as Golden Scepter suspects seeing some Mignons fooling around in his continent-spanning palace during the Imperium era. He then wonders to his eighth son, Prince Crimson Star, how and why they managed to find work in the Imperium of Ponykind [[AbsoluteXenophobe despite its blatant xenophobia]]. |
| 647 | ---> '''Crimson Star:''' ''(to Golden Scepter)'' To be fair, by your own recollection the Imperium of Ponykind certainly fit their standards of being the 'biggest, baddest and most despicable' people around. And even back then they made some exceptions in their policies to harmless and even useful 'Xenos' and non-Ponies. |
| 648 | [[/folder]] |
| 649 | |
| 650 | [[folder:Mist Fall]] |
| 651 | --> See her folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusTyrannosPantheon here]]. |
| 652 | [[/folder]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | [[folder:Night Edge, the Hollowing Blade/The Nightmare Ranger]] |
| 655 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 656 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 657 | !!!'''Type:''' Corrupting Blade, Soul Eater, Psycho Ranger |
| 658 | !!!'''Faction:''' Itself, various Nightmare Moon Cults |
| 659 | |
| 660 | -> ''"Show me the Darkness that lies within!"'' |
| 661 | \ |
| 662 | Night Edge (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-22-829383957 here]]) is originally a weapon of Nightmare Moon's that has presently gained both sapience and the ability to turn into an evil version of the Power Rangers' form. |
| 663 | ---- |
| 664 | * PsychoRangers: They are described as a Psycho Ranger type, being able to turn into evil versions of the Power Rangers. |
| 665 | [[/folder]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | [[folder:Night Terror]] |
| 668 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusErobresegDeerRealms here]]. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | !!O to R |
| 672 | |
| 673 | [[folder:Oblivion Flame, the Phoenix of Ruin]] |
| 674 | --> See her folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusUnaffiliatedDeitiesOToR here]] |
| 675 | [[/folder]] |
| 676 | |
| 677 | [[folder:Onda Ryggraden, the Scourge of the Nine Seas]] |
| 678 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusNordskeltDeerRealms here]]. |
| 679 | [[/folder]] |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[folder:Opaline Arcana]] |
| 682 | --> See her folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusAlicornCivilization here]] |
| 683 | [[/folder]] |
| 684 | |
| 685 | [[folder:Pink Azalea]] |
| 686 | --> See her folder [[Characters/CodexEquusBreezieRealms here]]. |
| 687 | [[/folder]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | [[folder:Princess Apertus, the Accursed Child]] |
| 690 | !!!'''Court Affiliation:''' Formally Uncategorized, as she was never officially accepted into any/Spring |
| 691 | |
| 692 | -> ''"I will have what's mine returned!"'' |
| 693 | \ |
| 694 | Princess Apertus (her entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-The-Changeling-Courts-Part-5-662294677 here]]) is the hybrid daughter of Dragon Lord Vulcan and Changeling Queen Acherontia.\ |
| 695 | |
| 696 | After her parents were forcibly separated and sealed away out of their respective people's disgust and hatred towards their relationship, Apertus had to endure the abuse of a very cruel Changeling King since childhood. Twisted by her experiences, she's justifiably angry, and seeks to gain what was rightfully 'hers'. |
| 697 | ---- |
| 698 | * ArcVillain: Serves as one with Xestobium and Toxikon, the second of the 'Changeling/Dragon Trilogy'. |
| 699 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Meteora Butterfly]], being princesses and legitimate heirs to royal parents, and being hated by racist individuals for being born, which led to her being abandoned to be raised by an extremely abusive parental figure. However, she has a bit of [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Crossbreed Priscilla]] regarding her actual heritage. |
| 700 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: She was created as a result of the [[FantasticRacism prejudices]] between Changelingkind (Spring Court, specifically) and Dragonkind, who both loathed and feared her for [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who and what she represented]]. This pissed off ''a lot'' of non-Changeling and non-Dragon deities, who called out both sides and made it a point to save only innocent bystanders from the destruction while letting those responsible for Apertus's situation fall victim to the very child they mistreated. |
| 701 | * HybridPower: Is a dragon/changeling hybrid, and a immensely powerful to the point of being TheJuggernaut. |
| 702 | * ImplacableMan: Due to Apterus's unique Changeling/Dragon heritage, nothing the Spring Court Changelings nor the Dragonflights threw in her way even slowed her down during her rampage. The only way she was stopped was when a dragon ''and'' a Changeling worked together to oppose her, such as Thorax and Ember [[spoiler:and her own parents, Queen Acherontia and Dragon Lord Vulcan]]. |
| 703 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Subverted. After her parents were forced to destroy her, a remorseful Empress Blackrose called upon her fellow Divine allies to help her rectify this tragedy by combining their magic to resurrect Apterus as an newborn egg, giving Apterus the second chance at life she deserved.]] |
| 704 | * PsychopathicManchild: Noted in her entry that during her rampage she behaved like a broken, abused child, lashing out at everything around her. |
| 705 | * RedBaron: "The Accursed Child", due to being viewed as an "abomination" by both Changelingkind and Dragonkind because of her status as the first Royal Changeling/Dragon hybrid. |
| 706 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Against the Spring Court and Dragonkind for what they did to her and her parents, which mostly consisted of a literal rampage in a greed-growth form towards her parents' former territories, with the intention of recovering what was hers - even if she ends up destroying everyone and everything in her way to do so. |
| 707 | * TraumaCongaLine: She arguably had just as bad as Xestobium before her and Toxikon after her. |
| 708 | * TragicVillain: Driven mad from a lifetime (Read: a ''millennium's'' worth) of abuse by a particularly cruel Changeling King who kidnapped her and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation the revelation of her true heritage]], then became obsessed with recovering 'what was hers' from those who inherited her parents' thrones and symbols of office, too crazed to even care if she would end up destroying all that she was trying to retake in the process. |
| 709 | [[/folder]] |
| 710 | |
| 711 | [[folder:Princess Nebula Dawn]] |
| 712 | The Mean Six clone of Twilight, created by Chrysalis in a failed attempt to secure the Elements of Harmony for herself. |
| 713 | ---- |
| 714 | * AdaptationalBadass: She's as powerful as a ''decades older'', post [=FIM=], fully divine Twilight Sparkle (with divines becoming StrongerWithAge), who is powerful enough to casually one-shot a Giant. This makes her far more powerful than Nihilus ''or'' the canon Mean!Twilight ever were. She's also lacking Nihilus's insanity and sadism, allowing her to be far more competent in her planning. |
| 715 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Fills a similar role and is inspired by Nihilus, being an evil Twilight Sparkle working for the main villain. However, she's nowhere near as AxCrazy and sadistic as Nihilus, has genuinely sympathetic motivations (having genuine loyalty to the only creature to ever show her kindness and treat her like a person), and is generally nowhere near as monstrous. |
| 716 | * AscendedExtra: Mean!Twilight was only in one episode and never had much of an impact on the narrative before being killed off. Here, she's a major villain with her psychology and the sympathetic traits of her existence being far more heavily explored. Nihilus was also the ClimaxBoss defeated around the 1/3 mark, whereas Nebula Dawn remains at Despotic Destiny's side for the entire story after being resurrected and outlasts Jewel Cutter, whose counterpart far outlasted Nihilus. |
| 717 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason she's so much more loyal to Despotic Destiny than she was to her creator Chrysalis: he actually treated her like a person and his beloved daughter rather than a slave and EvilKnockoff of Twilight, including giving her an actual name. |
| 718 | * CameBackStrong: She's Mean!Twilight, but Despotic Destiny resurrected her and empowered her to match Twilight decades later. |
| 719 | * ClonesArePeopleToo: She's a flawed clone of Twilight Sparkle/Amicitia, but Despotic Destiny earned her loyalty by treating her like her own individual rather than just a weapon. |
| 720 | * CompositeCharacter: Nebula Dawn is canon Mean!Twilight placed roughly into the role of Nihilus from ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame''. |
| 721 | * DecompositeCharacter: In ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'', Nihilus was a SuperpoweredEvilSide of Twilight Sparkle. Here, she's a clone of her who's ultimately considered [[ClonesArePeopleToo her own person entirely]]. |
| 722 | * DaddysLittleVillain: She's Despotic Destiny's adopted daughter, and due to him treating her like a person for the first time in her life, she's genuinely devoted and loyal to him. She's also one of his strongest and most competent minions. |
| 723 | * TheDragon: She's this to her adopted parents. With Harmonic Order being an overgrown colt, she's the strongest member of the royal family other than her parents and still reasonably competent. To note, Despotic Destiny trusted her to oversee the Manehatten attack, intended to be one of his master strokes that could end the war. |
| 724 | * EvilKnockoff: She was created by Chrysalis to be an evil clone of Twilight. After being resurrected by Despotic Destiny, the 'knockoff' part is downplayed, as he treats her like her own person. |
| 725 | * HappilyAdopted: Despotic Destiny resurrected and adopted her. For all his insanity and problems, he's a gigantic improvement over Chrysalis and actually treated her like a person. As a result, she's genuinely loyal to him and sees her as her father. |
| 726 | * NowWhat: As Mean!Twilight, all she wanted to do is gain freedom from Chrysalis (who by that point in the timeline is dead). She has that now, but as Despotic Destiny points out, she has no clue what to do after that. |
| 727 | * PlantPerson: She was made from a tree by Chrysalis and resurrected from a log by Despotic Destiny. While she looks like Twilight, when wounded she bleeds sap. |
| 728 | [[/folder]] |
| 729 | |
| 730 | [[folder:Princess Radiant Dawn, the Blessed Mother of Ponykind]] |
| 731 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 732 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 733 | !!!'''Type:''' Noble Bigot/Well-Intentioned Extremist/False Deity |
| 734 | !!!'''Faction:''' Pony Autorist factions |
| 735 | \ |
| 736 | Princess Radiant Dawn (first introduced [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/841213149/4873590794 here]]) is a 'False Deity' Tulpa that, due to an extremely bigoted upbringing by Pony Autorists, genuinely believes the world would be a better place if it was solely occupied by Ponies. |
| 737 | ---- |
| 738 | * AssimilationPlot: Her plan in turning Equus into a {{Utopia}} involves creating a magical serum that forcibly transforms any creature who drinks it into Ponies. Unlike the ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' series where every Pony would be fine with her plan, unfortunate implications be damned, everyone one is decidedly ''not'' fine with it (including the Ponies she claims to help) and outright condemned her for doing such a thing. Factions like the Terran Empire, the Principalities of Equestria, and the Church of the Stars would also actively work in reversing the damage her conversion serum had caused. |
| 739 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: She's one for Princess Celestia as depicted in the infamous ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' series. She genuinely wants to make a better world for her place for her 'little Ponies', but years of being subjected to abusive, racist indoctrination by the Pony Autorists who raised her twisted her good intentions. Her plan to convert every single non-Pony race into Ponies essentially amounts to racial genocide on a global scale, and is rightly treated as horrifying by everyone. When things get out of control, she tries wiping the slate clean by using a spell to get rid of all life on Equus, so she can recreate Ponykind into the pure race she envisioned it to be. But once she is confronted by several benevolent deities and telepathically shown their memories of every single instance of Ponykind's worst side, she is horrified into pulling a HeelFaceTurn, and dies stopping what she started. Ultimately, while her actions were reprehensible, she is ultimately a good mare who became the way she did thanks to being raised by Pony supremacists, and InUniverse, many are indeed sympathetic to her plight and upbringing. |
| 740 | * InTheirOwnImage: Shortly before her HeelFaceTurn, she tried wiping out all life on Equus with a spell because she wished to wipe the slate clean and recreate Ponykind into the 'pure' race she envisioned. |
| 741 | * TheMagnificent: Known as "the Blessed Mother of Ponykind", due to having been raised as a herald and savior who is supposed to protect mortal Ponykind from other non-Pony races. |
| 742 | * MasterRace: Due to her upbringing, she genuinely believes that Ponies are the oppressed race and seeks to turn that around by converting every non-Pony race on Equus into Ponies. However, once things get heated, she changes her mind and unleashes a spell to wipe out all life from Equus, deeming Ponykind too 'corrupt' and intending to recreate Ponykind into the 'pure' race that she envisioned. Once she is confronted and telepathically shown the memories of every single deity who witnessed Ponies showing bigotry to others, she realizes she was wrong and [[HeelFaceTurn turns against the Pony Autorists who raised her]]. Her final act is to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice herself]] to stop the very spell she unleashed. |
| 743 | * MeaningfulName: She was nicknamed 'Xenolestia' by the public because not only she physically resembles ex-Princess Celestia, she's also the living representation of what Celestia could potentially become if she let her love for her Pony subjects utterly consume her to the point of xenophobia. |
| 744 | * PunnyName: Her nickname, Xenolestia, is a portmanteau of "xenophobia" and Celestia's name. |
| 745 | * {{Reincarnation}}: She was rumored InUniverse to have been reincarnated after her HeroicSacrifice and her post-mortem judgement. Many started believing the rumors are true and hoped she was making good use of her second chance at life. |
| 746 | * TakeThat: Her entire character is meant to be this for ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'' and its take on Princes Celestia. Her plan to [[AssimilationPlot turn all non-Pony races into Ponies with a magical serum]] is horrifying, and instead of instantly going along with it, ''everyone'' (including the Ponies themselves) is smart enough to instantly condemn the plan for what it is and actively work to reverse the serum's effects. Celestia's dim, condescending view of humanity is also examined, depicted here as the end result of years of abusive, racist indoctrination by people who want her to think exactly like them. |
| 747 | * TragicVillain: Despite her monstrous actions against mortal sapientkind as a whole, she genuinely believed that she was helping her 'little Ponies', and was [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] upon learning she was doing the exact opposite. Many [[SympathyForTheDevil pitied her]] after her death because she was otherwise a good mare who was corrupted by the Pony Autorists who raised her. It's to the point where many started believing she was reincarnated after death and hoped she was living a good life this time around. |
| 748 | [[/folder]] |
| 749 | |
| 750 | [[folder:Queen Isöld, the Queen of Frozen Envy]] |
| 751 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 752 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Neutral Evil |
| 753 | !!!'''Type:''' Snow Pony, Dark Witch, Cryo Archmage, Daemon Queen, Tragic Villain |
| 754 | !!!'''Faction:''' Herself, Jökull |
| 755 | |
| 756 | -> ''"The world that I have envied for so long shall fall into my icy grip! Let this precious age of sunlight end in ice and snow!"'' |
| 757 | \ |
| 758 | Queen Isöld (her entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-32-865162143 here]]) is a corrupted Snow Pony whose innocent dreams of seeing the outside world were corrupted by her father and people's fears, turning her into a bitterly envious witch and Daemon Queen who tried conquering the outside world instead. |
| 759 | ---- |
| 760 | * AnIcePerson: She is a cryo Archmage. |
| 761 | [[/folder]] |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[folder:Queen Mab I, the Fae Preeminent]] |
| 764 | --> See her folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusEmpireOfTheFae here]]. |
| 765 | [[/folder]] |
| 766 | |
| 767 | [[folder:Rose Knot]] |
| 768 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 769 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Neutral-Evil |
| 770 | !!!'''Type:''' Unicorn, Psyker, Astral Projector, Child Killer |
| 771 | !!!'''Faction:''' The Mindflayers |
| 772 | |
| 773 | -> ''"Live long, eat well."'' |
| 774 | \ |
| 775 | Rose Knot (her entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-22-829383957 here]]) is a member of the Mindflayers, a group of psychic serial killers, and one that plagued the Terran Empire and its citizens for a good while until meeting young Rosy Dreams. |
| 776 | ---- |
| 777 | * EvilVersusEvil: He ended up fight [[AbusiveParents Mr. Boar]] over his daughter Rosy. |
| 778 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/DoctorSleep Rose the Hat]], being psychic serial killers and leaders of nefarious psychic groups that target young children and kill them for their "steam". |
| 779 | * WouldHurtAChild: She primarily targeted children for their "steam". |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | !!S to V |
| 783 | [[folder:Sacanas]] |
| 784 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 785 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Neutral Evil |
| 786 | !!!'''Type:''' Mage/Trickster/Mutant/Teacher |
| 787 | !!!'''Faction:''' Unaffiliated |
| 788 | |
| 789 | -> ''"The best thing in life is to be tricky!"'' |
| 790 | ---- |
| 791 | * {{Expy}}: Downplayed but his story does bare some similarities to [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Plagueis]] to the point that it's even referred to as a "[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith tragedy]]". |
| 792 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Has been described as leading his foes to their deaths while acting as their friend. |
| 793 | * FreudianExcuse: Along with being abandoned by his birth parents, Sacanas was picked on by other foals in Magic Kindergarten for his appearance and, when it came to the entrance exam for Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, he accidentally killed his adoptive mother. |
| 794 | * MeaningfulName: Sacanas is Portuguese for "trickster". |
| 795 | * ShroudedInMyth: It's implied that his codex entry is one of many stories surrounding the person (or persons) who made the Staff of Sacanas. |
| 796 | * TooDumbToLive: Having drinks with an obvious OmnicidalManiac probably wasn't one of Sacanas' wiser ideas. |
| 797 | * TheTrickster: If his type and the above quote didn't already give this away. |
| 798 | [[/folder]] |
| 799 | |
| 800 | [[folder:Sanies]] |
| 801 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 802 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 803 | !!!'''Type:''' Mana Drake/Pragmatist/Master Manipulator |
| 804 | !!!'''Faction:''' Unaffiliated |
| 805 | |
| 806 | -> ''"Ruling the world? Oh, that's adorable. I think I'd prefer to burn it down instead."'' |
| 807 | ---- |
| 808 | * BastardUnderstudy: To Sacanas, eventually becoming a full-on [[TheStarscream Starscream]]. |
| 809 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Sidious]], especially his Literature/DarthPlagueis iteration. |
| 810 | * ForTheEvulz: Similar to fellow Mana Drake, Valefor, it's not entirely known the reason why he does what he does other than he enjoys it. |
| 811 | * GrandTheftMe: Tried to overwrite Celestia's consciousness with his own. He failed and got sent to Tartarus for his troubles. |
| 812 | * {{Matricide}}: While flying over a volcano with his mother, he intentionally scratched one of her wings, sending her falling to a fiery death. |
| 813 | * OmnicidalManiac: States he'd rather destroy the world than rule it. |
| 814 | * TheSociopath: Along with having a history of juvenile delinquence, he murdered his own mother with no remorse, wants to destroy the world for no apparent reason and has been described as having shallow emotions. |
| 815 | [[/folder]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[folder:Severed Strings]] |
| 818 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 819 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 820 | !!!'''Type:''' Evil Producer, Serial Killer, High Functioning Sociopath, Cannibal, Skin Walker |
| 821 | !!!'''Faction:''' Himself |
| 822 | \ |
| 823 | Severed Strings (his [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-34-875815844 here]]) is an Equestrian SkinWalker and sociopathic murderer who hides his atrocities behind the mask of a record producer. |
| 824 | ---- |
| 825 | * AncientEvil: He's been around for hundreds of years, racking up a massive body count as a supernatural SerialKiller. |
| 826 | * BlackMagic: Severed Strings used black magic to become a Skinkwalker. Becoming a Skinwalker is considered among the worst black magic in existence, so unspeakably evil that even Malrègnar has outlawed it. |
| 827 | * DemonicPossession: Severed Strings is capable of possessing people if he's looking them in the eyes. He attempts to pull this on Octavia twice, but fails. |
| 828 | * DraggedOffToHell: His noted final fate after Vinyl and Octavia managed to kill him. Considering all the atrocities he did just to become a Skinwalker and afterwards, he most certain deserve his place in whatever Hell-Realms he ended up in. |
| 829 | * TheDreaded: Severed Strings is incredibly feared by virtue of being a SkinWalker, which are nigh universally feared for being extremely evil, monstrous supernatural horrors. Notably, Vinyl Scratch [[spoiler:(a very powerful Equestrian Vampire)]] is absolutely ''terrified'' when she learns a Skinwalker is in the area. |
| 830 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: As a sociopath, he cannot grasp bonds or compassion. |
| 831 | * ImAHumanitarian: He was already a cannibal before becoming a SkinWalker. This included eating his ''own sister'' after killing her to complete the ritual. |
| 832 | * KryptoniteFactor: Skinwalkers can only be killed by white ash driven into their head or throat. This destroys the magic that renders them nigh unkillable, which allows Vinyl to decapitate him. |
| 833 | * NighInvulnerability: Skinwalkers can't be killed by conventional means or even by many supernatural ones. |
| 834 | * OffWithHisHead: Vinyl Scratch finishes him off after he's mortally wounded with a white ash knife by ripping his head off, just to make sure he's dead. |
| 835 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: As a SkinWalker, he's incredibly powerful. He's strong enough that he can, and has, wipe out an entire town in a single day. |
| 836 | * PoisonousPerson: Due to the black magic which turned him into a Skinwalker, Severed String's blood is so putrid and tainted it gave Vinyl Scratch, herself an Equestrian Vampire, moderate poisoning following the battle just from drinking some of it to regain her strength. |
| 837 | * RasputinianDeath: He's impaled through the chest from behind by Octavia who then stabs him in the lower jaw with a knife covered in [[AchillesHeel white ash]] which Vinyl Scratch then forces up through the roof of his mouth into his brain while mauling the back of his neck before finally killing him by [[OffWithHisHead decapitating him.]] |
| 838 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: It turns out that he's actually several hundred years old due to being an immortal SkinWalker. Vinyl only pieces it together from newspaper clippings he appeared in. |
| 839 | * SerialKiller: A particularly horrible one, having killed thousands over his hundreds of years of life. He was already one before becoming a SkinWalker, known as the Beast Killer. |
| 840 | * ShapeshifterSwanSong: As Vinyl is killing him, he rapidly shifts through numerous animal forms in a desperate attempt to survive. |
| 841 | * TheSociopath: Shows a complete LackOfEmpathy, sees even his family as a means to an end (and food), is a ManipulativeBastard, and in general a sadistic murderous cannibal with no sympathetic traits. He also psychologically shares the same weaknesses as a sociopath however, which contributed to his defeat. |
| 842 | * SkinWalker: Rather than being a Werewolf by another name, he's a Skin Walker as presented in Navajo myth: an extremely powerful, utterly evil monster. |
| 843 | * SuperpowerLottery: One reason Skinwalkers are so feared is they have a ''very'' large number of extremely deadly abilities. As a result, Severed Strings is capable of slaughtering entire towns by himself. |
| 844 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a SknWalker, he's capable of shapeshifting into monstrous versions of animals at will, among other powers. |
| 845 | * WhereIWasBornAndRazed: When his hometown of Gallop Gulf was isolated by a sandstorm (which he generated with a spell), he proceeded to hunt down and slaughter everyone, leaving it a ghost town. He would proceed to repeat the act every 100 years. |
| 846 | * TheWorfEffect: Almost inflicted this on Vinyl Scratch, [[spoiler:who is a 500 years old Equestrian Vampire and pretty powerful in her own right,]] showcasing just how dangerous a Skinwalker was. To note, even after they figured out what he is and how to beat him, she and Octavia was still nearly killed several times in their final confrontation and took almost everything they had to kill him. |
| 847 | [[/folder]] |
| 848 | |
| 849 | [[folder:Sharun, the Herald of Evil]] |
| 850 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 851 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 852 | !!!'''Type:''' Undead/Sphinx/Warlock/Divine Champion |
| 853 | !!!'''Faction:''' Apoph-Kat's Apostles (Leader) |
| 854 | |
| 855 | --> ''"So long as evil exists... Sharun lives!"'' |
| 856 | ---- |
| 857 | * {{Expy}}: Of Mumm-Ra from Thundercats. He's undead, has a mummy motif and has ResurrectiveImmortality. |
| 858 | [[/folder]] |
| 859 | |
| 860 | [[folder:The Sirens]] |
| 861 | ---- |
| 862 | * AbusivePrecursors: Turns out they're actually members of a Third Age civilization that survived. The thing is, whereas their kind and the rest of the world were blasted back to the middle ages, the Sirens retained their kind's hyper advanced magic, resulting in them becoming a gigantic threat in the Fourth Age. |
| 863 | * CassandraTruth: [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5082224718 Sunset seeing into Adagio's mind]] implies the Sirens tried to tell others ''something'' in Old Equestria, but weren't believed. Whatever it is, Adagio is ''furious'' about it. |
| 864 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: In the Third Age, they'd have been considered ''commoners'' by Oceanaiad standards. Cue one apocalypse and the world being blasted back to the Dark Ages while the three of them retained their power the average Oceanaiad of the Third Age had at their peak, and the trio become world threatening menaces. Starswirl notes that had Sunset and company not stopped them when they did, they'd likely have steamrolled the human world. |
| 865 | * HiddenDepths: Sunset reading Adagio's mind [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5082224718 reveals a secret about the sirens]] that would turn the entire understanding of the trio on its head. |
| 866 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Their magic wasn't unique to them in the Third Age and while still dangerous, had effective counters that kept their species in check. The problem is the Sirens didn't lose their advanced magic like the rest of their kind and world did, giving them a gargantuan edge in the Fourth Age with most of the effective counters long gone. Even the modern day Earth tech level human world would've had the same problem. The trio would've actually been considered ''commoners'' during their kind's strongest. |
| 867 | * UnholyMatrimony: Adaigo dated War Rock in the past when he traveled back in time. |
| 868 | [[/folder]] |
| 869 | |
| 870 | [[folder:'The Infiltrator'/Silim]] |
| 871 | --> See their page [[Characters/CodexEquusTheVisitors here]]. |
| 872 | [[/folder]] |
| 873 | |
| 874 | [[folder:The Smiling Demon]] |
| 875 | !!!'''Character''': Villainous |
| 876 | !!!'''Alignment''': Chaotic Evil |
| 877 | !!!'''Type''': Demon, Despair Inducer, Emotion Eater, Master of Illusion, Serial Killer, Curse Entity |
| 878 | !!!'''Faction''': Itself |
| 879 | |
| 880 | The Smiling Demon (entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Angel-Vale-Notable-Individuals-923799133 here]]) is a demonic entity that preys on its victims traumas and pain to drive them to a grisly end. |
| 881 | ---- |
| 882 | * {{Expy}}: Of the [[Film/Smile2022 Smile Entity]]. They are demonic entities that possess their victims and make them commit suicide. |
| 883 | * MuggingTheMonster: It was tricked into attaching itself to Rongoa...who it turned out [[ManOfKryptonite hard counters it]] and intentionally tricked its curse into transferring to him for this exact reason. |
| 884 | [[/folder]] |
| 885 | |
| 886 | [[folder:Starfall Dusk]] |
| 887 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 888 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 889 | !!!'''Type:''' Mad Scientist, Serial Killer, Aspiring Tyrant |
| 890 | !!!'''Faction:''' Alicorn Ascendency, Herself |
| 891 | |
| 892 | -> ''"With the souls of my friends, I can discover and control the essence of the Elements! Then I shall be able to harness their power and write new pages of Harmony itself!"'' |
| 893 | \ |
| 894 | Starfall Dusk (her [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-32-865162143 here]]) is a MadScientist and a former member of the Alicorn Ascendancy.\ |
| 895 | |
| 896 | Starfall Dusk desired to become not just an [[GodhoodSeeker Alicorn]], but 'Harmony [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Incarnate']], and to that end would embark on a horrific series of betrayals, tortures, murders, soul violations and other unspeakable actions all in her attempts to determine the nature of the Elements of Harmony and allow her to wrest control of them, leading to a fateful confrontation with Princess Amicitia and her Council of Friendship. |
| 897 | ---- |
| 898 | * AdaptationalKarma: Twilight Sparkle from ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'' [[TheBadGuyWins wins in the end]] and thus [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crimes]]. Here, Starfall Dusk is not only decisively defeated before her actions can succeed, but Twilight[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] completely [[CurbstompBattle demolishes her]] in their final confrontation, both physically and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech philosophically]]. This is then followed by [[spoiler:Starfall facing the divine wrath of [[TheOldGods Nekelmu]] for violating Primeval Law and being DraggedOffToHell]]. |
| 899 | * AndIMustScream: Invoked by her. After betraying her own friends and cruelly experimenting on them, she would kill them and bind their souls to herself so she can wield the Elements of Harmony for herself. Thankfully, she is defeated and the tormented souls freed by Twilight[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] before her plans come to fruition. However, her actions also [[spoiler:mark her for damnation in Nekelmu's Hell-Realms, as she broke Primeval Law by denying her friends' souls from their eternal reward. As a result, she would be experimented on by the Evil Primeval, his children, and agents for eternity]]. |
| 900 | * BeyondRedemption: Despite being presented with ''numerous'' opportunities to atone for her crimes and become a better person, she refuses to learn because of her inflated ego, her single-minded obsession with power, and her [[EvilCannotComprehendGood inability to truly understand friendship]]. When Twilight[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] realizes this, she simply [[spoiler:leaves her to be dragged away by [[GodOfEvil Nekelmu]] to be damned forever]], all while expressing pity and disappointment. |
| 901 | * BrightIsNotGood: She's a white-furred Unicorn mare with a yellow mane and tail, and her Cutie Mark is a falling, magenta-colored star. She's also an ''utterly'' depraved and morally bankrupt Pony who is obsessed with becoming a goddess and [[TakeOverTheWorld bringing 'Harmony' to the world]]... which means [[FinalSolution committing genocide on anything and anyone who doesn't fit her standards of Harmony]]. |
| 902 | * ClippedWingAngel: Her 'Harmony Incarnate' form ends up being this. It's ''very'' powerful and could be extremely dangerous...but she gets it at the worst possible time, as she's currently facing the Mane Six, who the Elements of Harmony have a much stronger bond to than they do to her (as she can only use them ''at all'' due to having forcibly bonded her friends' souls to her own after her horrible experimentation). As a result, she was effectively a bigger threat to them ''before'' transforming. It's implied that the Tree of Harmony knew this would happen and [[ILetYouWin allowed her to get the Elements intentionally]]. |
| 903 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Her attempts to understand the essence of the Elements, Alicornhood and Harmony itself involve nothing less than this in her horrific experimentations on her [[UnwittingTestSubject own friends]]. Notably, they were so horrific the Codex Project - which had not shy away from depicting graphical atrocities and depravities which had occurred or been committed throughout Known History - deemed them unsuitable for public consumption, and every mention of them in the entry are either [[TakeOurWordForIt glossed over with disclaimers]] or thoroughly ''[REDACTED]''. |
| 904 | * ColorMotif: |
| 905 | ** White, the color of her pelt. White usually stands for purity, innocence, and cleanliness, but her character is the complete ''opposite'' of that. She actually embodies purity and cleanliness in the sense that she desires to get rid of anything that doesn't fit her twisted standards of 'Harmony', which essentially boils down to the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Autorists and Reichists]]' goal of ''[[FinalSolution genocide]]''. She actually represents White's empty, sterile, and fastidious aspects, in that her obsession in enforcing world wide 'harmony' would render both sapientkind and all life in the universe stagnant, unchanging, and, ultimately, dead. |
| 906 | ** Yellow, the color of her mane/tail. Yellow stands for ego and deceit, and she's a {{Narcissist}} who believes she's entitled to godhood [[spoiler:and becoming an ancient goddess's {{Reincarnation}}]] just for believing in Harmony. She also made friends based on how closely they represented the Elements of Harmony, and subjected them to ''horrific'' experiments that would ultimately see their souls bound to her to be used as power sources. Yellow is also associated with being overly critical and judgmental - she seeks to destroy anything she perceives as 'disharmonic', [[{{Hypocrite}} all while ignoring how she's part of the problem she wishes to solve]]. |
| 907 | ** Magenta, the color of her falling star Cutie Mark. Magenta stands for compassion, but as her entry and folder shows, she has ''none'' of it [[{{Narcissist}} save for herself]]. It also stands for universal love and harmony, but unlike Twilight/Amicitia, who embodies their benevolent aspects, Starfall embodies toxic, selfish love and harmony in that she's only concerned with gaining power for herself and enforcing upon the world what she believes is 'harmony', which essentially boils down to genocide of anything 'disharmonic'. And unlike Twilight/Amicitia, who genuinely loves her friends, Starfall only saw her friends as stepping stones in her quest for godhood, [[spoiler:which eventually gets her DraggedOffToHell by Nekelmu as she broke Primeval Law regarding her treatment of her friends' souls]]. |
| 908 | * CompositeCharacter: She's essentially an {{Expy}} of Twilight Sparkle from ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'' with elements of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Father]]. The horrific torture and deaths of her friends, and her desire to become Harmony Incarnate so she can TakeOverTheWorld in the name of 'harmony', comes from Pages!Twilight. Meanwhile, her sheer ego and inability to understand friendship despite experiencing it for herself, as well as her VillainousBreakdown where she begs to know where she did wrong [[spoiler:even as she is dragged away to a gruesome fate by an entity loads more powerful than her]], comes from Father. |
| 909 | * DraggedOffToHell: Her final fate consists of [[spoiler:her being dragged away by Nekelmu, the [[GodOfEvil Evil Primeval]], to the Hell-Realms designed to hold and torment the damned souls of those who broke Primeval Law, as she did so by binding the souls of her friends she tortured in eternal slavery as part of a quick shortcut to godhood. Nekelmu also mentions that, as part of her punishment, she will be treated as a mere test subject in his and his children's own experiments so she could feel the pain her own friends went through.]] |
| 910 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Not her, but rather she elicited this from the ''Alicorn Ascendency''. Her experiments are so horrible and immoral it ''[[HorrifyingTheHorror sickened]]'' even the already amoral and extreme conspiracy, who excommunicated her for them. |
| 911 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: The reason her plans ultimately fell apart -- she completely failed to truly understand the Elements of Harmony and Friendship, and thus her attempt to gain control of them was flawed from the beginning. She also can't understand why [[spoiler:Mana Equus wants nothing to do with her, let alone to let her become her {{Reincarnation}}]]. |
| 912 | * EvilCounterpart: To Twilight Sparkle, now [[MeaningfulRename Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria]]. They're both intelligent and magically-gifted Unicorns who initially started out as bookish mares who weren't interested in making friends, but that's where the similarities end. Unlike Twilight, whose rise to greatness started with making friends, Starfall gradually became obsessed with studying Ascension and friendship, causing her to commit acts so cruel and depraved that even the Alicorn Ascendancy (which she joined) [[EvenEvilHasStandards quickly disowned her]]. And unlike Twilight, who later became an Alicorn goddess [[spoiler:and became the {{Reincarnation}} of Mana Equus]] through friendship, Starfall bound the spirits of her friends she tortured to death to herself to gain power, and when [[spoiler:she is soundly rejected by Mana Equus, Starfall Dusk tries to outright ''rip'' Mana's soul out of Twilight]]. Twilight[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] notes that Starfall Dusk's main failing is that [[{{Narcissist}} she ultimately cared about herself]], and acknowledges that had she made the wrong choices, she would've been in Starfall Dusk's place instead. In the end, it's Starfall Dusk's refusal to truly understand friendship or [[NeverMyFault acknowledge her own faults]] that damns her, [[spoiler:and she is left by Twilight to her fate of being [[DraggedOffToHell taken by Nekelmu to suffer in his Hell-Realms]]]]. |
| 913 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: It's noted that she would never had succeeded in her desire to become [[GodhoodSeeker an Alicorn]] and '[[AbstractApotheosis Harmony Incarnate]]', as all her actions goes so utterly against the nature of the Elements of Harmony and violates the Primeval Laws so thoroughly she would never achieve anything more than a corrupted version of what she want to be - which was quickly [[CurbstompBattle dismantled and demolished]] by an enraged Amicitia [[spoiler:tapping into her nature as incarnation of Mana Equus]] with help from the regrown/upgraded Tree of Harmony (which were aware of them and [[ILetYouWin only let her take the Elements]] so Amicitia could be the one to free Starfall's victims, take them back and finish her off). And the moment she was defeated, the Evil Primeval appeared in person to see to it she's DraggedOffToHell for her unforgivable transgressions. |
| 914 | * FinalSolution: Her ultimate plan involves wiping out anyone and/or anything that doesn't carry the "essence" of harmony after she becomes "[[AbstractApotheosis Harmony Incarnate]]" on even a ''multiversal'' level. Her entry compares her to Autorists and Tribalists, who also seek to murder anyone who don't fit in with their standards of racial/tribal "purity". |
| 915 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: She started off as a magically talented yet anti-social mare just like Twilight before Celestia sent the latter to Ponyville. Then she becomes obsessed with studying the Elements of Harmony and Twilight's Ascension [[spoiler:and her status as Mana Equus' reincarnation]], and things go ''very'' downhill from there. [[spoiler:By the time she dies]], she turned into a monster who is vilified for [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil her betrayal of her friends]] and the extremely disturbing lengths she took to [[GodhoodSeeker become a goddess]]. |
| 916 | * MeaningfulName: Twofold. While the name "Starfall Dusk" is similar to "Twilight Sparkle", the similarities are ultimately superficial. |
| 917 | ** "Starfall" refers to the cosmic "shooting star" phemomena, in which meteors leave behind burning comet trails as they enter Earth's atmosphere at high speeds. Starfall is a cruel, egotistical madmare whose ultimate goal is to Ascend to godhood like Twilight/Amicitia did, and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName impose her genocidal standards of 'harmony' on the world]] as 'Harmony Incarnate'. Starfall also refers to her enormous potential to become as great and benevolent as Twilight/Amicitia, which she threw away by choosing to pursue godhood through utterly horrific means; this is represented by her Cutie Mark, which is a ''falling star''. |
| 918 | ** "Dusk" refers to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusk the darkest part of twilight]]. While she's similar to Twilight in several ways, she's actually both an EvilCounterpart and a ShadowArchetype who represents what Twilight could have become if she never overcame her flaws and instead let herself be blinded by pride, hurting and killing innocent people in her quest to become a goddess. |
| 919 | * OneWingedAngel: Her 'Harmony Incarnate' Alicorn form after wrestling control of the Elements of Harmony, which is compared to the corrupt demonic form Sunset Shimmer attained back when she was still villainous after donning the Element of Magic. Becomes a ClippedWingAngel after a pissed off Amicitia tapped into her true nature/right as [[spoiler:the incarnation of Mana Equus,]] the Element of Magic and the Princess of Friendship to free the souls she had bound to herself which made this possible and DePower one soul at a time her back to a mortal form. This is noted to be because she ''stole'' her friends potential to wield the Elements in a truly horrific way, any bond she had to them could ''never'' trump Twilight and company's bond with them, and thus made the power up useless against them. |
| 920 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: During her '[[CurbStompBattle fight]]' with Twilight/Amicitia gives a ''blistering'' one to her [[spoiler:while manifesting herself with Mana Equus in a PocketDimension as one complete soul. They both utterly deconstruct Starfall Dusk's completely selfish motives for seeking friendship, while pointing out that in cruelly throwing away her own friends like trash, she squandered her own potential for greatness, including the possibility of becoming Mana Equus' reincarnation. Then Twilight/Amicitia and Mana Equus reveal that in binding her friends' souls to herself, [[OhCrap Starfall Dusk broke the Primeval Laws and thus marked herself for eternal damnation in Nekelmu's Hell-Realms]]]]. |
| 921 | --> '''Starfall Dusk:''' How are you doing this?!\ |
| 922 | '''Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]]:''' '''''BECAUSE THE BONDS I HAVE WITH MY FRIENDS ARE TRUE AND REAL. YOU THREW YOUR FRIENDS AWAY LIKE TRASH.'''''\ |
| 923 | '''Starfall Dusk:''' They were a necessary sacrifice! I could've brought harmony to everyone! Wipe away everything impure and discordant!\ |
| 924 | ''(Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] proceeds to free more of Starfall Dusk's friends, causing the latter to lose more power until she turns back to normal)''\ |
| 925 | '''Starfall Dusk:''' Tell me...why? Why did you reject me? Why, [[spoiler:Mana]]? How did I disappoint you?!\ |
| 926 | '''Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]]:''' '''''YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF OR YOUR FRIENDS. YOU BETRAYED YOUR FRIENDS AND STOLE THEIR POTENTIAL FOR YOUR OWN SELFISH ENDS. YOU REJECTED YOUR OWN FRIENDSHIPS AS A QUICK PATH TO GODHOOD. YOU NEVER GREW BEYOND YOUR DAYS WITH YOUR NOSE STUCK IN A BOOK. DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU WOULD BECOME [[spoiler:MY REINCARNATION]] BY SACRIFICING YOUR FRIENDS?'''''\ |
| 927 | '''Starfall Dusk:''' I only wanted harmony! I only wanted to make this world perfect! Why should I be punished for that?! What's wrong with seeking harmony?!\ |
| 928 | '''Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]]:''' ''([[{{Beat}} looks at Starfall Dusk with disappointment]])''\ |
| 929 | '''Starfall Dusk:''' Well?! Who do you think you are to judge me?!\ |
| 930 | '''Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]]:''' '''''WHO AM I? [[spoiler:I AM MANA EQUUS, THE EMPYREAN MAGICIAN.]] I AM TWILIGHT SPARKLE, CELESTIA'S FAITHFUL STUDENT AND FAITHFUL FRIEND. [[spoiler:I AM THE ONE WHO BEQUEATHED MAGIC TO ALL PONYKIND.]] I AM THE MARE WHO HAD TO LEARN FRIENDSHIP TO SAVE THE WORLD AND FIND WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT.''''' ''(points at Starfall Dusk)'' '''''AND IN ANOTHER TIMELINE, I COULD HAVE BEEN YOU IF YOU HAD MADE THE RIGHT CHOICES OR I HAD MADE THE WRONG ONES. YOU HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME ME AS YOU WISHED. BUT YOU WERE THE ONE WHO CAST ASIDE EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE ALLOWED THAT. WHEN YOU THREW AWAY YOUR FRIENDS AND NEVER LOOKED BACK, YOU THREW AWAY ANY CHANCE OF BECOMING SOMETHING GREATER... AND IN THE PROCESS, [[spoiler:YOU BROKE PRIMEVAL LAW BY BINDING THE SOULS OF YOUR FRIENDS AND DENYING THEM THEIR RIGHTOUS AFTERLIFE. AND THERE IS AN INESCAPABLE PRICE FOR THAT TRANSGRESSION]].'''''\ |
| 931 | '''Starfall Dusk:''' ''([[OhCrap realizes what this means]])'' N-No... Don't do this to me...\ |
| 932 | '''Princess Amicitia Sparkle Equestria[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]]:''' '''''YOU HAD MANY CHANCES TO CHANGE. MANY CHANCES TO UNDERSTAND... AND EVEN NOW, YOU WILL NEVER LISTEN.''''' ''([[ICantLookGesture turns away]])'' '''''I CAN DO NOTHING MORE FOR YOU. [[spoiler:ALL I CAN DO NOW IS LEAVE YOU TO THE FATE YOU BROUGHT UPON YOURSELF.]]'''''' |
| 933 | * TheSociopath: Subverted. While she showed traits such as a grandiose self-image and a sense of entitlement, she was not absent the one critical defining all sociopaths: a LackOfEmpathy which would had prevented her from becoming ''genuine friends'' with the Ponies who she judged to be potential Elements of Harmony embodiments/wielders. This makes her eventual betrayal, torture, murder and soul-binding to understand the 'essence' of the Elements/Harmony and attain godhood/incarnation all the more horrible and despicable. |
| 934 | * TakeOurWordForIt: The extent of her horrific experiments (especially on her friends) are deemed unfit to be detailed in the Codex and horrified even their most densensitized members. Instead, we have the fact even the Alicorn Ascendency [[EvenEvilHasStandards were so horrified they excommunicated her]] and the words of one Codex writer looking over her notes. Of course, [[Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony knowing who she's based on]] can give some ideas. |
| 935 | --> '''Mirthful Stone:''' How exactly does applying a [REDACTED] to her friend's [REDACTED] supposed to do anything?! |
| 936 | * TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: For whatever was worth, she did became ''genuine'' friends with the Ponies she deemed to have potential to embody/wield the Elements of Harmony - which made her eventual betrayal of them and subsequent horrific 'experimentation', murder and soul-binding of them onto herself all the more despicable and unforgivable. |
| 937 | * VillainousBreakdown: She suffers a gradual one after a ''very'' pissed-off Twilight/Amicitia [[spoiler:manifested her full power as Mana Equus' reincarnation and]] confronts her [[spoiler:inside a PocketDimension]]. |
| 938 | ** First, [[spoiler:upon being flat-out rejected by Mana Equus]], she is at first confused, then tries to [[spoiler:rip out Mana Equus' soul in a snarling rage, [[YourSoulIsMine intending to bind the Empyrean Magician to herself]], except]] Twilight/Amicitia [[CurbStompBattle easily demolishes her]] by freeing the bound, tormented souls of her friends via [[spoiler:manifesting the rest of the Mane Six as magical spirits]], leaving her utterly powerless. |
| 939 | ** Following her complete DePower, she flies into a narcissistic rage, demanding to know why [[spoiler:Mana Equus rejected her as a potential reincarnation candidate]] and [[MotiveRant ranting that she only wanted "harmony" for the world]]. In response, Twilight/Amicitia gives her a ''scathing'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil how she treated her own friends]] and why she will never succeed in her goals, despite being a fellow academic and magical prodigy like herself. |
| 940 | ** Finally, upon learning that [[spoiler:she broke Primeval Laws by binding her friends' soul]], she [[OhCrap panics]] and tries to escape [[spoiler:while [[GodOfEvil Nekelmu]] appears to drag her away, intending to inflict the same torments on her that she inflicted upon her friends. She spends her last moments screaming and crying over her fate, begging Twilight/Mana Equus to tell her what she did wrong in her quest to study Harmony and Friendship]]. |
| 941 | * WouldHurtAChild: After she experimented and killed off her friends, she moved to Ponyville to continue her rampage/research, where she intended to repeat what she did to the Young Six to further unlock the secrets of Harmony. |
| 942 | * YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Twilight Sparkle[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] all but spells out to her that if she hadn't selfishly pursued power to the point of [[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil torturing, killing, and binding the souls of her own friends]], she could've legitimately become an Alicorn goddess [[spoiler:and even a reincarnation of Mana Equus]] like she wanted. However, because she chose the path she took, she [[spoiler:damned herself to eternal torment in the Hell-Realms reserved for those who broke Primeval Laws -- specifically the one that forbade barring innocent souls from earning eternal rest in Heaven.]] Though Twilight[[spoiler:/Mana Equus]] acknowledges in the same breath that she herself would've become just like her if she made the wrong choices, making this trope go both ways. |
| 943 | [[/folder]] |
| 944 | |
| 945 | [[folder:Stormswirl, the Light Drinker]] |
| 946 | ---- |
| 947 | * AdaptationalBadass: Strykore was already a massively dangerous threat, but this one is even more powerful and gets a ''lot'' more use out of his light stealing power. |
| 948 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The Absolute Phantom: Goukouken is used to cast him into the Void Between Worlds, where he will float, alone, in absolute darkness and nothingness until the end of time. A [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/870667629/4909357303 canonized drabble]] reveals that he was judged by the Architect of Death and a large collection of Death Gods, who found him guilty and sentenced him to be given CompleteImmortality and unbreaking sanity as well as dream of his hated foes having their happy lives on Equus on top of that. He's last seen trying to scream, but unable to in the void.]] |
| 949 | * ArtifactOfDoom: Stormswirl [[SealedEvilInACan was sealed away in a dark spellbook]] by Havossandra after his first defeat by Master Aeon/Starswirl. Said book became known as the blackest tome in the entirety of Skylands of Avalar and was able to corrupt those who held onto it for too long into evil due to the sealed Stormswirl's sheer malice, including Havossandra herself for a time, before Stormswirl was eventually released from it to wreck havoc once more. [[spoiler:The empty but still very evil spell book was [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Notable-Events-Part-24-870667629 last seen]] falling into the possession of Vicearch Iniquitous, alongside a number of artifacts which fell respectively to Temnobog and Changeling Emperor Blackthorn]]. |
| 950 | * CardCarryingVillain: Due to his views on Good and Light along with Evil and Darkness and wholehearted embrace of the latter two, Stormswirl is this by default, and seeks to rule over Avalar as a kingdom of darkness where the evil and strong have free reign to do as they please while all light as well as all that is good and 'weak' are snuffed out. |
| 951 | * DarkIsEvil: He's a master of dark magic who fully embraces evil as the natural state of things. Notably, however, is not ''all'' members of the Stormswirl legacy are evil and he's an exception. |
| 952 | * DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Stormswirl's ultimate goal is to devour and snuff out all light in Avalar, both literal and moral, and rule it as a kingdom of darkness where the strong are free to do anything they desire and the 'weak' and good are torn apart like sheep before wolves. |
| 953 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy Strykore]]. |
| 954 | * HatedByAll: Everyone hates him. The only people who view him with anything but hatred are Havok and Valefor, and even then he alienates Havok and causes him to turn on him and Valefor less likes him and more wants him loose to make Pyro II and Cinder I suffer. |
| 955 | * HeroKiller: Pyro II and Cinder I are the only heroes in Avalar/Skylands who ''can'' fight him head on and have a chance of winning and he's made a habit of curbstomping those who ''aren't'' them, thanks to his sheer power and ability to corrupt his foes and turning them into his army. |
| 956 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His betrayal of Havok contributes significantly to his defeat as not only do Havok refuses to aid him when Pyro II and Cinder gets the upper-claw against him, but Havok would end up [[DragonAscendant usurping his status]] as the BigBad by managing to get the Gauntlet of Arkius and seize control of an army of Arkian automatons as Stormswirl intended so he could take control/destroy the Core of Light of Avalar, leaving Stormswirl to eventually be taken out fighting the two powerful Dragon demigods, conveniently distracting and preventing them from stopping him and his plan. |
| 957 | * ImmortalityHurts: Invoked: [[spoiler:after being banished to the Void Between Worlds, the Architect of Death finds him guilty and sentences him to be granted CompleteImmortality and unbreaking sanity...so he can spend all eternity tumbling through the complete void in absolute darkness, unable to ever die or go insane while only being able to dream of his hated enemies' happy lives back on Equus.]] |
| 958 | * IronicHell: [[spoiler:He desired a kingdom of absolute darkness...and he got it, in the form of the Outer Darkness where he will tumble, alone, until the end of time.]] |
| 959 | * OneWingedAngel: When confronted by Pyro II and Cinder I and forced into an actual battle, he uses a spell to create a gigantic avatar out of his inner darkness to combat them with. |
| 960 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: His final fight is one of the harshest of any character's in Codex, but no one doubts he completely deserved it. |
| 961 | * TheArchmage: He's so powerful he's noted to be as strong as lesser gods and in a tier of power rivalling ''Queen Dark Crystal''. |
| 962 | * TheDreaded: The only villain in Avalar/Skylands who rivals him in terms of how feared he is is Valefor himself. |
| 963 | * TheSocialDarwinist: His philosophy has shades of this: he believes all light, both literal and metaphorical, does is to shield the weak, and only in true darkness can the truly strong thrive. Thus his goal is to purge Avalar of light so that [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans he can create a kingdom of darkness]] where the strong can do whatever they desire and the 'weak' and good are torn apart like sheep before wolves. He naturally sees himself as the 'apex predator.' |
| 964 | * StupidEvil: Had he not betrayed Havok - who believed himself to be his son - [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness right after he got the map]] to where the Gauntlet of Arkias is located, Havok might have remained loyal and helped his 'Dad' fight against the Skylanders, instead of betraying him back by getting the Gauntlet of Arkias himself (having memorized the map) and usurped both his plan to seize control/destroy the Core of Light with an army of Arkian automatons and usurp his status as the BigBad of the whole event, leaving him to die fighting against two Draconic demigods while he goes to seize the ultimate prize. Granted, Havok was annoying the Hells out of Stormswirl with his desire to 'spend quality time' with his 'dad', and [[spoiler:Havok was actually the son of Havocssandra and Master Aeon (his twin-brother ArchEnemy) so there was a matter of revenge involved]], yet it was still arguably very ill-timed, done for [[EvilIsPetty petty reasons]] and not well executed, and because of this [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it ultimately helped paved the way for both his defeat]] and even a chance for Havok to shine for once in his place. |
| 965 | * ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: His ultimate goal is to destroy all light in Avalar, both literal and metaphorical, to create a kingdom of darkness in which the strong can do whatever they want and everything good and (in his opinion) 'weak' are trampled and torn apart. |
| 966 | [[/folder]] |
| 967 | |
| 968 | [[folder:Striga]] |
| 969 | Striga is an infamous Avalarian witch responsible for the tragedies in many of the Skylanders' lives. |
| 970 | ---- |
| 971 | * ArchEnemy: Striga is responsible for several Skylanders' misfortunes due to her curses, including Sir Combustor, who she cursed to be a fire elemental bound to a suit of armor, and Gale Wings, who she cursed the children of to a never ending cycle of rebirth. |
| 972 | * CursedWithAwesome: An actual mechanic of her curses: they often come with a powerful ability that does make the victim more powerful. However, due to a "Binding Vow" magical restriction on her curses, tailoring them to do this, and thus create a potential enemy, drastically increases their power beyond what even her powerful magic can produce normally. It's this reason it's been hundreds of years since she cursed Gale Wings, but no one, not even Aeon, has been able to break it. |
| 973 | [[/folder]] |
| 974 | |
| 975 | [[folder:Striga Family]] |
| 976 | ---- |
| 977 | * {{Expy}}: Of the [[Film/GetOut2017 Armitage Family]]. Like the Armitage Family, the Striga Family [[spoiler:specialize in spiritual transference of souls into unwilling host bodies for personal use. As shown with young Glittering Coin, they can do this to give the sick and elderly a chance to live out their lives in newer, healthier host bodies at the expense of said host bodies' original owners]]. |
| 978 | * MeaningfulName: They're named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striga Striga plant]], commonly known as "witchweed". [[spoiler:Witchweeds are extremely devastating parasitic plants that are difficult to detect and can wipe out entire crops. The Striga Family specialize in transferring the souls of those who seek out their services into host bodies for personal use, while sending the spirits of the host bodies' original owners into the "Sunken Place" where they are [[AndIMustScream trapped and forced to watch for eternity]]. For bonus points, they are based on the Armitage Family from ''Film/GetOut2017'', though their methods in spiritual transference are different]]. |
| 979 | [[/folder]] |
| 980 | |
| 981 | [[folder:Teos, the Overlord of Darkness]] |
| 982 | !!!'''Classification''' Ascendant |
| 983 | !!!'''Portfolio:''' TBA |
| 984 | !!!'''Rank:''' TBA |
| 985 | ---- |
| 986 | [[/folder]] |
| 987 | |
| 988 | [[folder:Temporal Sea, the Wound in Time]] |
| 989 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 990 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil -> Chaotic Evil |
| 991 | !!!'''Type:''' Chrono Archemage, Living Temporal Anomaly, Well-Intentioned Extremist, Mad Stallion, Psyker, Singularity Point |
| 992 | !!!'''Faction:''' The Cult of Timebreakers (Revived), the Time Wraths |
| 993 | |
| 994 | -> ''"I'm happy about this. I have the face for it, don't I?"'' |
| 995 | \ |
| 996 | Temporal Sea (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-29-843809841 here]]) is a "[[AnimalisticAbomination Living Temporal Anomaly]]" and the insane arch-enemy of Chrono Rider who tried changing the past so the future he came would become the true one. |
| 997 | ---- |
| 998 | * AnimalisticAbomination: As noted by his epitaph and his entry, he had not been an Equine for quite some time, having been turned into a walking temporal anomaly/paradox in the shape of a Pony from repeated time-travels and exposure to effects thereof. |
| 999 | * AxCrazy: Repeated time-travels and being warped by the effects of it not only turned him into an AnimalisticAbomination, but also drove him completely, violently and unpredictably insane. |
| 1000 | * BadBoss: He originally wasn't this when he first started his plan to restore his future, as he was simply a WellIntentionedExtremist who genuinely cared for the Time Wraiths who followed him. After destroying many of his past selves, however, he ended up becoming so insane that he began killing his Time Wraith subordinates for accidentally enraging him. |
| 1001 | * BeyondRedemption: Princess Stitching Time tried reasoning with him many times even as she and her mortal worshipers fought him. Eventually, she was forced to admit that he was too far gone to be saved. Even so, she ended up sympathizing with him because his goal was to try get his world back, which is similar to how she tried restoring the Second Age [[spoiler:after it ended prematurely thanks to the Void Sovereign]]. |
| 1002 | * CessationOfExistence: He destroyed so many of his past selves and put so much of himself into his final Time Wraith that when it was destroyed, he ceased to exist and was reduced to nothing but the sands of time. |
| 1003 | * DrivenToSuicide: He once nearly jumped off a building, but was rescued by his Time Wraith enforcer. The fact that he did it in a fit of playfulness shows how deeply insane and disturbed he is. |
| 1004 | * EvilCounterpart: He's one to Princess Stitching Time. Both are powerful [[TimeMaster chronomages]] who tried changing the past so they could restore the world they came from; Stitching Time wanted to bring back the Second Age [[spoiler:after it prematurely ended at the hands of the Void Sovereign]], while Temporal Sea tried to ensure the future he came from would come true so it would restore the Time Wraiths. However, while Stitching Time was eventually snapped out of it and redeemed, Temporal Sea destroyed so many of his past selves that he [[SanitySlippage went way off the deep end]] to the point of being deemed BeyondRedemption, and thus had to die to stop his villainy. |
| 1005 | * {{Expy}}: Of Kai, the BigBad of ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''. Much like Kai, |
| 1006 | * InsaneEqualsViolent: As his repeated attempts to change the past failed, he grew increasingly insane and unstable because the destruction of his past selves seriously damaged his memories. He became a dangerous MoodSwinger who rapidly changed between nigh-emotionless stares, to [[HairTriggerTemper psychotic fury]], to [[PsychopathicManchild unhinged, child-like joy]] all in the course of a few moments. To his Time Wraith subordinates, he became a terrifying BadBoss who would kill them for trivial reasons such as ''accidentally enraging him''. However, despite his apparent insanity, he normally spoke in non-threatening ways, which understandably creeped out anyone who tried interacting with him. |
| 1007 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: He's described as a 'living chrono-superweapon' because he's capable of ripping open a rift in time that unleashes a massive blast of temporal energy. Anything caught in the ''Mana Bomb / Nuclear Weapon sized'' blast zone that lacks temporal resistance is erased from time. |
| 1008 | * RetGone: One of his most dangerous and terrifying power allows him to unleash a huge blast of chronological energy from a portal of time which could erase everything it struck on a wide scale. By wide-scale, we mean equaling that of a ''Mana Bomb / Nuclear Weapon''. |
| 1009 | * SanitySlippage: Repeated time-travels - especially given his specific method involved - cost him much of his sanity long ago, to the point he simply can no longer be reasoned with and had to be put down for the good of the timeline. |
| 1010 | * TemporalParadox: His method of altering time resulted in him becoming a ''living'' time paradox. |
| 1011 | * TragicVillain: Deep down Temporal Sea is motivated by a desire-turn-obsession to restore the timeline from which he and the Time Wraiths came. In the process he lost [[WasOnceAMan his Equinity]] and [[SanitySlippage his sanity]]. |
| 1012 | * WasOnceAMan: He ''used'' to be an Earth Pony, and still ''looks'' like one. However, all the time related things involving him have turned him into a living temporal anomaly that stopped being equine a long time ago. |
| 1013 | [[/folder]] |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | [[folder:Te Tua Atu]] |
| 1016 | ---- |
| 1017 | * EldritchAbomination: Te Tau Atu and its spawns are described as alien and eldritch in both appearance and nature. This becomes a problem as it is discovered [[NoSell conventional magic cannot directly harm them]], requiring the Keepers of Mana to upgrade their arsenals and abilities to include Primordial Quintessence in order to effectively fight them. |
| 1018 | * MotherOfAThousandYoung: All of her demonic servants are her spawn. |
| 1019 | * SeaMonster: Being an AncientEvil EldritchAbomination sealed deep in the oceans and actively stayed there for much of the time, it is this by default. |
| 1020 | * SealedEvilInACan: She was sealed deep in the ocean off the coast of Pulau Tropika for aeons until Abyssal Anthem damaged her seal enough for her to begin working towards her release. |
| 1021 | [[/folder]] |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | [[folder:Tyrantlestia, the Unconquered Sun]] |
| 1024 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 1025 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Lawful Evil |
| 1026 | !!!'''Type:''' Tyrant/False Deity/Manipulator |
| 1027 | !!!'''Faction:''' Unaffiliated |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | -> ''"Kneel before the Unconquered Sun!"'' |
| 1030 | \ |
| 1031 | The Tulpa that would become "Imitation Celestia" or, more popularly, "Tyrantlestia" was born during the very stressful aftermath of the Storm King Crisis.\ |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | In the opening stages of the Storm Empire's invasion of Equestria, the Equestrian Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadence were ambushed, petrified by orbs of magical petrifying gas, and imprisoned as statues by the Storm King and his most trusted general, Tempest Shadow. This gave birth to a wildly perpetuated rumor that the royal Alicorns, save for Twilight Sparkle, had cloistered themselves away in Canterlot to drink tea and watch their country fall. Celestia was especially condemned as a tyrant who willingly sold out Equestria to the enemy. Despite the heroes involved releasing the truth (as well as participating in ongoing efforts to quell rumors/propaganda set by Clovenists, Autorists, and Propagare cultists), public opinion of Celestia remained at an all-time low.\ |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | One group of conspiracy theorists tried using a magic ritual to expose Celestia's "true colors" as part of the "Free Equestria" movement. However, the unstable magic and the conspiracy theorists' fanatical delusions combined to create Tyrantlestia, who immediately set out to conquer Equestria and claim Celestia's throne.[WIP] |
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| 1037 | * BlingOfWar: She often dresses ostentatiously to make herself appear as a goddess compared to the divine Celestia's modesty, and as such her royal regalia is ornately detailed and being inset with numerous amethyst stones, her tiara-crown bearing a pair of draconic horns, and her body being strapped with additional jewelry. She also looks this way when she fights. |
| 1038 | * BreakThemByTalking: Tyrantlestia often breaks her enemies with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, making them doubt themselves until they are too emotionally broken to challenge her. She nearly succeeded with Celestia during their fight, but when Celestia gained a HeroicSecondWind from hearing the encouragement of her subjects and loved ones, she proceeded to break ''her'' by talking, causing Tyrantlestia to have an ''epic'' VillainousBreakdown that left her vulnerable to being magically vaporized by Celestia. |
| 1039 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: As a Tulpa created to "expose" Celestia as a tyrant, she literally cannot comprehend why Celestia's own subjects would continue supporting and cheering for her despite everything. This combined with Celestia's own TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reduces Tyrantlestia to little more than a screaming foal throwing an epic tantrum. |
| 1040 | * EvilCounterpart: Serves as one for Princess Celestia. |
| 1041 | ** Celestia [[AGodIAmNot sees herself as a very flawed person despite being an Alicorn]], and genuinely regrets the mistakes she has done in the past. Tyrantlestia sees herself as a legitimate goddess despite only being a Tulpa, and does horrible things for the sake of power and authority, while either trying to justify them with excuses or [[NeverMyFault pins the blame on someone else]]. |
| 1042 | ** Celestia is genuinely benevolent, tries to look out for her subjects in any way she can, and nurtures them to greatness. Tyrantlestia believes in securing her own power and authority, and is willing to psychologically suppress and even physically and magically harm her subjects to ensure their complete obedience, and sees them as little more than animals that need to be culled. |
| 1043 | ** Celestia is a true goddess, with her power being derived from her Sun domain, and has rippling hair that resembles a morning sunrise. Tyrantlestia is a Tulpa with draconic traits typical of a Nightmarified pony like reptilian eyes and a spacial mane and tail of fire, and whose magic is powered by hatred, thus making her little more than a mockery of her good counterpart. |
| 1044 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Deconstructed. As described by her profile, Tyrantlestia tries to hide her more evil and tyrannical traits with a "sickeningly sweet demeanor" that is actually little more than a wicked mockery of Celestia's genuine benevolence, as she won't hesitate her true colors if things don't go her way or if her subjects resist her. Once she's exposed, she's revealed to be a one-dimensional PsychopathicManchild whose existence revolves around her own selfish hatred, would bully others to get some semblance of power and authority from them, and would try to get people to like her with a fake mask of benevolence that only shows the extent of her hypocrisy. |
| 1045 | * AGodAmI: She genuinely believes that she's the "real" Celestia and therefore a legitimate goddess, which is rather ironic since she's a mortal Tulpa. To play this up, she dresses herself in ostentatiously ornate royal regalia with additional jewelry. This is what partially sets her apart from Celestia, [[AGodIAmNot who only sees herself as a flawed being and is uncomfortable with being worshiped]]. |
| 1046 | * {{Hypocrite}}: As a "False Deity"-type Tulpa created by those who sought to expose Celestia as a tyrant, Tyrantlestia embodies the traits of a tyrant that she believes ''Celestia'' is guilty of. When Celestia calls her out on this during her HeroicSecondWind, it partially leads to an ''epic'' VillainousBreakdown. |
| 1047 | * KarmicDeath: In her short life, she acted like a tyrant by cruelly breaking people with her speeches, passing herself off as a goddess, and trying to prove that her good counterpart, Celestia, is the real tyrant. She also tried to break Celestia by calling her a petty, hypocritical, two-faced bully who let Luna be marginalized by her own subjects and lavished her attentions on her 'pets' when they're useful. Her last moments consisted of being exposed ''and'' deconstructed as nothing more than the very things she called Celestia by ''Celestia herself'', and during her epic VillainousBreakdown, she is overpowered and killed by Celestia herself. |
| 1048 | * KillItWithFire: Being a [[MadeOfMagic Tulpa]] compared to a legitimate goddess, Tyrantlestia is quickly overpowered and killed by Celestia's Sun magic after she is powered down significantly, leaving behind "magical wisps of nothing". |
| 1049 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is a portmanteau of "tyrant" and "Celestia", but with the first two letters of the latter taken out. She's the evil version of Celestia who is tyrannical, ruthless, and domineering, and sees her subjects as little more than animals that she must cull into obedience through force. She's also [[ThePowerOfHate created and empowered through the Equestrians' collective hatred of Celestia]]. |
| 1050 | * NeverMyFault: What differentiates her from Celestia. Tyrantlestia sees herself as above responsibility, and either tries to justify her horrible actions or pin the blame on someone else. This is what partially causes her epic VillainousBreakdown when Celestia calls her out for being a "one-dimensional bully" who constantly plays the victim. Crystal Prism also notes (based on personal experience and what Mentálne told him) that if someone makes a mistake and they don't feel sorry about it, there must be something wrong with them, which there was. |
| 1051 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Crystal Prism notes to Celestia that Tyrantlestia reminds him of the bullies that would tease his friend, Midnight Bell, at school to make her feel bad, which goes to show how childish she really is. |
| 1052 | * PlayingWithFire: She can manipulate fire, much like her good counterpart. However, the trick is that [[ThePowerOfHate the more people hate Celestia, the more powerful she becomes]]. When put an environment devoid of hatred, her fire magic becomes extremely weak. |
| 1053 | * PsychopathicManchild: Much like the case with Father Deer, another "False Deity"-type Tulpa, Tyrantlestia is at her core a childish, petty, hypocritical, one-dimensional bully whose entire existence revolves around her own selfish hatred, and tries to undermine her opponents by playing the victim and pinning the blame on others. It's notable that Tyrantlestia is reduced to an angry, tantrum-throwing foal after Celestia calls her out on her traits, and Crystal Prism compares her to the school bullies that would tease his filly-friend, Midnight Bell, in an attempt to make her feel bad. |
| 1054 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Her ''modus operandi'', which Twilight Sparkle coins as this trope. She would psychologically break her enemies and dissenting subjects by deconstructing their personalities, motives, and flaws, leaving them too emotionally broken to challenge her. |
| 1055 | ** She tried this on those Royal Guards who managed to survive her assault, making them question why they pledged their services and loyalty to Celestia, a "fat, useless Princess who does nothing but write letters to children and eat cake". |
| 1056 | ** She tried this on the Mane Six, but it failed due to them having experience from being Discorded and surviving the emotional hell that was the Canterlot Wedding Invasion. |
| 1057 | ** She also tried this on the Equestrian Princesses themselves. While it's not known what she said to Luna and Cadence, Celestia was Tyrantlestia's most prominent target, and the latter reportedly went on a rant that called Celestia "a lying, hypocritical, two-faced tyrant who lavishes affection on their 'pets' as long as they're useful" as well as "a petty, selfish bully who continuously shoved Luna to the side so she could to bask in the spotlight while letting her subjects marginalize and shun her own sister", among other things. It's noted that Celestia nearly faltered out of guilt and shame over her own failings. |
| 1058 | ** After Celestia experienced a HeroicSecondWind from seeing the support she received from almost all of Equestria, however, Tyrantlestia ends up getting this trope turned back on ''her'' by being deconstructed as little more than a childish, petty, one-dimensional bully who is entirely fueled by selfish hatred and embodies the traits that she tried to validate in her good counterpart. This is a large factor in causing her to have an epic VillainousBreakdown that led to her getting killed in her moment of weakness. That being said, Tyrantlestia's speech left quite an effect on Celestia that she had to rely on the support on her friends and loved ones, including Crystal Prism. |
| 1059 | * RedBaron: To pass herself off as a legitimate goddess, she called herself "The Unconquered Sun". Ironic that the last moments of her (short) life was being ''conquered'' by a Sun Alicorn who far more deserves that title. |
| 1060 | * RequisiteRoyalRegalia: Her regalia is described by her entry as being ostentatiously ornate with draconic motifs. Her tiara-crown is has long, curved dragon horns; her peytral is bigger and covers her backside much like a military breastplate; and her neck is adorned with additional golden jewelry that her good self wouldn't wear. Everything, even her hoofcups, are adorned with purple amethyst gems. This is a stark contrast to Celestia, [[ModestRoyalty who wears much less despite being royalty]], and it shows how arrogant and delusional she is. |
| 1061 | * VillainousBreakdown: An ''epic'' one, if her profile is to be believed. After failing to break Celestia psychologically with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech due to the latter gaining a HeroicSecondWind from her cheering subjects, Tyrantlestia ends up being deconstructed by Celestia herself as little more than a childish, one-dimensional bully whose life, identity, and purpose revolves around her own selfish hatred, and does nothing but play the victim and pinning the blame on others. This, combined with her extreme DePower with the lack of hatred and her [[EvilCannotComprehendGood lack of understanding why Celestia continues to be loved]], causes her to devolve into little more than a screaming foal throwing an epic tantrum... which made her vulnerable to being overpowered and killed by Celestia's magic. |
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| 1064 | [[folder:Valefor, the Shining Star of Avalar[=/=]the Dark Dragon]] |
| 1065 | !!!'''Classification:''' Ascendant/Fallen |
| 1066 | !!!'''Portfolio (Original):''' '''Original:''' Leadership, Justice, Darkness\ |
| 1067 | '''Portfolio (Post-Fall):''' Domination, Malice, Despair, Darkness |
| 1068 | !!!'''Rank:''' Demi-God |
| 1069 | \ |
| 1070 | Valefor (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Deities-and-Divines-Part-65-904156163 here]]) is the ArchEnemy of Pyro II and Cinder I and one of Avalar's greatest evils... but also formerly one of its greatest heroes before his fall. |
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| 1072 | * AbusiveParents: Cinder's raising by him can better be described as torture than a childhood. While originally better to Cinder II, that was only as long as it served him to do so. Once it ''doesn't'', he's every bit as monstrous to her as he was Cinder I. |
| 1073 | * TheAce: Back before he fell to evil, he was the greatest and most powerful hero in all of Avalar. Unfortunately, that didn't last. |
| 1074 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Due to being a CompositeCharacter. While Skylanders Malefor was a nasty guy, he was far more comedic and at least seemed to somewhat care for his daughter. Due to Valefor having the personality of the Legends Malefor for the most part, he decidedly isn't, and part of why he treats Cinder II better is [[EvilIsPetty to hurt the original]] by forcing her to see herself but if she'd actually had even a little compassion from Valefor. It's also heavily implied that [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Cinder II's mother wasn't willing]], something neither canonical Malefor did for obvious reasons. |
| 1075 | * ArchEnemy: He's this to Pyro II and Cinder I. Not only have they been at odds since the two were kids, both sides utterly ''despise'' one another. |
| 1076 | * AxCrazy: He's been [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget so twisted and evil]] for so long it is believed he could no longer find any joy and pleasure except in [[{{Sadist}} the pain]] and [[OmnicidalManiac destruction of others]], which stemmed from believing doing or being anything else [[StrawNihilist is meaningless]] in a world where everyone and everything is doomed to be destroyed by the [[ViciousCycle various civilization/world-ending apocalyptic cycles]] that plague Equus and the cosmos. This might also explain why his plans ultimately made absolutely no sense to many people, as it requires people to come to the [[DespairEventHorizon same nihilistic realization]] that led him to believe there is no reason to be anything else for him as a Dragon except to fully embracing the destructive, greedy and sadistic nature of Dragonkind. |
| 1077 | * BackFromTheDead: Pyro II and Cinder I killed him thousands of years ago, with him persisting as a Wraith trapped in a Hellrealm. It wouldn't be until the Dark Ages Crisis that Mistletoe Dreamer would resurrect him, though in an incomplete form. |
| 1078 | * BreakThemByTalking: |
| 1079 | ** He's a master of this, having managed to nearly break both Pyro II and Cinder I in one conversation with just his words alone. If it weren't for ThePowerOfLove, he would've won right then and there without actually having to fight. |
| 1080 | ** He also does this to both Pyro III and Cinder II, the former by revealing what happened to his clutchmates and several generations of his siblings which was hidden from him and the latter by revealing her half-Wraith nature killed her mother in the womb. |
| 1081 | ** He's on the receiving end of this from Pyro II during their final battle, [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5019595954 having his worldview deconstructed]] and hastening his VillainousBreakdown. |
| 1082 | * BrokenAce: He was Avalar's greatest hero in his time, and likely one of the most powerful dragons alive who isn't fully divine (and likely exceeds many of ''them'' in power), but the many destructions of everything he tried to protect [[spoiler:and manipulations by Böser Anführer]] caused him to snap and fall to evil, [[FallenHero becoming one]] of dragonkind's worst ''villains''. |
| 1083 | * CameBackStrong: He converts his incomplete, imperfectly resurrected body into a {{Cyborg}} to become whole again. Combined with him having naturally getting StrongerWithAge, this made him even more powerful than he was when he died. Notably, even Pyro II and Cinder I require monumental aid to finally put [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904830009/4967826208 an end to him for good.]] |
| 1084 | * CameBackWrong: Mistletoe's attempt to resurrect him is only partially successfully, leaving him incomplete and weakened, though still dangerous. |
| 1085 | * CardCarryingVillain: He's very aware he's a greedy, sadistic, power-hungry monster. PlayedForDrama because this worldview comes from coming to see the Cycle as inevitable and thus there being no point trying to be a hero when everything will inevitably be destroyed, and thus he should [[ThenLetMeBeEvil be what Tiamat made dragonkind to be]]. |
| 1086 | * CompositeCharacter: Combines his Legends counterpart with his Skylanders... including [[HeroKiller his IDW Comics]] incarnation. His ''Skylanders Academy'' traits are largely just a facade he used around Cinder II and once that mask has outlived its usefulness, it's gone. Post resurrection, he also takes cues from [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All For One.]] |
| 1087 | * CurbstompBattle: Pyro III 'fought' him while convincing Cinder II to leave his Hellrealm and continue becoming a hero. The 'fight' largely consisted of Valefor beating the stuffing out of him and throwing him around like a ragdoll. |
| 1088 | * {{Cyborg}}: Like Malefor's IDW counterpart, Valefor converts himself into a cyborg to compensate for his incomplete resurrection and make himself stronger than before. |
| 1089 | * DarkLordOnLifeSupport: After his imperfect resurrection, he has to complete his body with cybernetics, making him stronger in the process. However, his incomplete body also needs the cybernetics as a form of life support. |
| 1090 | * DavidVersusGoliath: During Pyro and Cinder's first struggle against Valefor, Valefor is the Goliath of the dynamic, due to MLP/Codexverse adult Dragons being much bigger in general (around fifty feet) and Valefor being a demigod on top of that. To note, while Pyro and Cinder were size of Ponies in their youth, when Valefor assumes his true 'Dark Form' enormity he is the size of a small mountain. |
| 1091 | * DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:His final fate: Pyro I's half of their soul works with his friends and destroys Valefor's half, erradicating the Dark Dragon from existence.]] |
| 1092 | * DramaPreservingHandicap: During the FinalBattle with him, [[spoiler:Cinder II [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5087034707 manages to enter his soul]] using her half-wraith powers. As he's presently preoccupied fighting a BeamOWar with the rest of the heroes, he can't focus everything on killing her. As such, his mental projection is ''much'' weaker than the real thing, enough that Cinder II is able to hold her own.]] |
| 1093 | * TheDreaded: Given how powerful and cunning Valefor is, as well as him coming EXTREMELY close to causing an apocalypse and was only stopped by Pyro and his allies, it is unsurprising that Valefor is feared by many. |
| 1094 | ** Owing to her traumatic upbringing by Valefor, the normally stoic Lady Cinder, the Obsidian Queen had an understandable terror of his very existence, even long after he was dead, to the point that [[NotSoStoic she could lose her composure]] at the mere ''[[OhCrap possibility]]'' of him coming back. When she [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/869177535/4904519246 realize]] that [[AxCrazy Mistletoe Dreamer]] and the [[LegionOfDoom Dark Ages Alliance]] stole many powerful Draconic artifacts with the intention of bringing him BackFromTheDead using a ritual requiring them and a solar eclipse, Lady Cinder is noted to 'turn a lighter shade of charcoal grey' from her usual obsidian colour and [[HeroicBSOD appear to experience a PTSD attack]], before outright ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness screaming]]'' for Celestia and Luna to be contacted so they could prevent the eclipse after explaining to the other heroes what the DAA is attempting to do (in turn causing an immediate MassOhCrap). |
| 1095 | ** [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904477912/4966012736 Him finally being completely resurrected]] results in Pyro III and Cinder II reacting in complete terror. |
| 1096 | * DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: His goal after being fully resurrected changes from [[OmnicidalManiac destroying the world]] to conquering Avalar and turning it into a never-ending Hell where he indulges his {{Sadis|t}}m on everyone solely as [[EvilIsPetty revenge on Pyro II and Cinder I]], who would be ForcedToWatch. The frightening factor is it's stated InUniverse that he's actually ''capable'' of doing this. |
| 1097 | * EvilIsBigger: Like in the original trilogy, he's larger than both Cinder and Pyro in default form. However, owing to being both a Dragon (which in MLP and the Codexverse are already fifty feet tall) and a demigod, his true size in his true form rivals that of a small mountain. |
| 1098 | * EvilIsPetty: |
| 1099 | ** He believes there's no point of being anything but dragonkind as it truly is (in his opinion), including their instinctive love of domination and sadism Tiamat put in them most benevolent dragons have overcome. As such, while extremely competent and dangerous, he flat out admits he relishes any possible opportunity to make Pyro II and Cinder I suffer because he despises them ''that much''. |
| 1100 | ** When he's fully resurrected, [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904477912/4968480839 he no longer wants to destroy the world.]] Rather, [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans he wants to take over Avalar and turn it into a living Hell]]. Why? Because he despises Pyro II and Cinder I so much he wants them to be ForcedToWatch him torture and crush everything they've ever loved and protected. |
| 1101 | * FallenHero: As with Malefor, he was once a heroic figure. He eventually came to believe it was meaningless, as the Cycle would destroy everything anyway, and decided there was no point except to become the natural end result of Tiamat's intentions for Dragonkind. |
| 1102 | * ForTheEvulz: Deconstructed. Cinder believes the reason why Valefor indulges so much in torturing and destroying everyone and everything, even his former adopted daughter/valuable TykeBomb minion Cinder, is because he had become 'so bitter, so twisted, and so fixated' on his lust for power that he literally can't find enjoyment in anything else. Cinder actually [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathized with him]] on that point, as she had found something else more fulfilling to care for: friendship and love with Pyro and later her family with him. It's eventually revealed his reasons for doing so is because he believes, due to the Cycle, everything will eventually be destroyed, and thus trying to be anything more than Dragonkind ''naturally'' is is folly. |
| 1103 | * FreudianExcuse: Valefor tried being a hero for a ''very'' long time, but kept seeing everything he'd built up destroyed over and over before [[spoiler:Böser Anführer]] confronted him with the knowledge evil can never truly be destroyed. This caused him to snap and turn into the OmnicidalManiac he is now. |
| 1104 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: As tragic as his origin is, even [[spoiler:Böser Anführer]] himself points out Valefor still made the conscious ''choice'' to become an OmnicidalManiac and monster. As such, his backstory merely ''explains'' why he's the way he is, rather than excuses any of it. |
| 1105 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: The reasons for his destructive hatred, insane cruelty and power-lust were never made clear, as were his motives for releasing a world-destroying demonic monster. He came off as this, although it is speculated by Cinder that whatever the reasons, it most likely had to do with [[MotiveDecay becoming so warped by his own malice]] that he [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget simply can't feel or be motivated by anything else anymore]], which makes her - [[HeelFaceTurn who has found people and causes worth loving and fighting for]] - to [[SympathyForTheDevil pity him]]. Subverted, ultimately, as while Cinder ''is'' right, his reasons for it being right is he's a nihilist that believes trying to be better than what he is is pointless, and thus he's better off just being the greedy monster Tiamat made him to be. This worldview came from extremely tragic circumstances. |
| 1106 | * HellHasNewManagement: He was sent to a Hellrealm after being killed by Pyro II and Cinder I. He eventually managed to take it over and turn it into his own dominion. This is noted as being an insanely difficult feat few have ever accomplished. |
| 1107 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Siring Cinder II is ultimately his undoing, as [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5087034707 her half-Wraith nature]] allowed her to enter his soul while he was busy with a BeamOWar, and thus can't focus on fighting her with his full might. This directly leads to her finding Pyro I's half of their soul and freeing him, allowing him to not only distract Valefor from within, but ultimately [[DeaderThanDead destroying his half of their merged soul once and for all]].]] |
| 1108 | * ImperfectRitual: Mistletoe Dreamer tried to bring him BackFromTheDead, but the eclipse needed for the ritual was interrupted. As such, he's only partially revived, leaving him much weaker than he originally was. However, it's noted just having a physical form again makes him ''far'' more dangerous than he was as a disembodied wraith trapped in a Hellrealm. |
| 1109 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Implied as to Valefor's ultimate motives to ravaged the world with an incredibly powerful resurrected demon monster, which remains unclear. Justified in that as his former adopted daughter/weapon Cinder observed, Valefor is probably so bitter, twisted, and insane that he can only feel satisfaction in doing evil things [[ForTheEvulz for evil's sake]]. Ultimately {{Subverted}}, as he ''does'' have a logic to his madness: he believes that due to the Cycle, being a hero is pointless, as everything you try to protect will eventually be destroyed and thus he's better off taking the nature of Dragonkind to its natural conclusion. |
| 1110 | * ItsPersonal: Pyro II and Cinder I utterly ''despise'' him, and the feeling is mutual. This is due to everything he's put them both through and them killing him and sending him to a Hellrealm for thousands of years. |
| 1111 | * KarmicDeath: |
| 1112 | ** His first death was partially at the claws of Cinder I, his 'daughter' who he'd abused her entire life, brainwashed twice, and generally made life Hell for. |
| 1113 | ** [[spoiler:His second and final death is the result of [[HistoryRepeats his biological daughter Cinder II]] entering his soul with the powers the Wraith powers she only has because of him and awakening Pyro I's half of his soul, which proceeded to destroy Valefor's half for good. Even better is she was aided in doing so by her mother's soul, who Valefor raped and directly caused the death of.]] |
| 1114 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:The Final Dark Dragon War ends with Valefor being killed by Avalar's heroes. Pyro I and his friends then [[DeaderThanDead destroy his half of Pyro I's soul]], ending him once and for all.]] |
| 1115 | * KillingIntent: [[ToThePain When explaining]] to Pyro II and Cinder I [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans exactly what he intends to do]] as his revenge on them, he radiates such an aura of sheer malice that it paralyzed some weak-willed around them in sheer terror. |
| 1116 | * NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Valefor likes to present himself as an invincible monster that cannot be defeated, and is good at making that seem fact. However, both Pyro II and Cinder I killing him the first time and the final battle with him post-resurrection show that he's very much fallible and defeatable. One reason he likes to present this facade is that his domain of Despair makes him both very good at it and [[EmotionEater actively makes him stronger]] if his enemies are despairing before his apparent invincibility. |
| 1117 | * OmnicidalManiac: |
| 1118 | ** Valefor wanted to destroy the world and turn the Cycle anew upon his resurrection, either because of believing BecauseDestinySaysSo, being an AbsoluteXenophobe who can't stand anyone else except himself, wanting to [[InTheirOwnImage rule over the ashes that remain]], or all of the above. Nobody is sure, even his ArchEnemy, Pyro II. |
| 1119 | --> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Dragon Lord Pyro II]]:''' [[LampshadeHanging Honestly]], [[YoureInsane it made no thrice]]-[[InsaneTrollLogic damned sense whatsoever]]. |
| 1120 | ** It's eventually revealed that Valefor's actual motive is that he's become [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]], believing the Cycle will destroy everything anyway and thus there's no point being more than what Queen Tiamat made Dragonkind to be. This is subverted when he's [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904477912/4968480839 fully resurrected as a cyborg]]: he no longer wants to end the world, but now wants to turn it into a HellOnEarth purely just to make both Pyro II and Cinder I suffer as much as physically possible. |
| 1121 | * OneManArmy: Valefor's much stronger, cybernetically enhanced form post-resurrection is so immensely powerful, it takes pretty much all of Skyland banding together to fight him and finally win. |
| 1122 | * OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:Technically, he ''is'' dead, and presently damned and [[SealedEvilInACan trapped in a Hell-Realm]] for his sins which he had relatively recently taken-over]]. Now he wants [[ToHellAndBack to get out]]. |
| 1123 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Valefor is absurdly powerful and destructive even by ''dragon demi-god standards''. He only got ''stronger'' after becoming a {{Cyborg}} He was able to level most of Skylanders Academy in one shot, and his final attack was so powerful it would've leveled all of Avalar if it connected and took Pyro II, Cinder I, Valefor's own mirror counter, and every ''active'' Skylander working together to match it. |
| 1124 | * PetTheDog: Inverted: at first him treating Cinder II better seems to be this, but in actuality he not only is implied to have [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil forced himself on her mother]], but [[KickTheDog treats her better only to spite Cinder I]] by making her see a version of herself who received even a small amount of compassion from him. It's worth noting that Cinder II still has the metal blades the original does, implying she too was subjected to the same body altering surgery as her, though whether or not Valefor forced her to be conscious for it is unknown. |
| 1125 | * RageQuit: At the climax of his FinalBattle with the heroes, he gets so enraged he abandons his desire to take over Avalar and rule it as HellOnEarth in favor of trying to obliterate the entire region. |
| 1126 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:How he conceived [[ChildByRape Cinder II]], which apparently involved a kidnapping of an unnamed mother whom Valefor subsequently had his way with]]. Lady Cinder I [[ThisIsUnforgivable found him even more abhorrent than ever]] after she learnt about it. |
| 1127 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed Valefor is the reincarnation of the first Pyro. This is discovered when Cinder II releases Pyro I's half of their soul from the deepest region of their joint soulscape. Pyro I and his friends would proceed to destroy Valefor's half as the heroes obliterate his body, [[DeaderThanDead destroying Valefor once and for all.]] Pyro I states his intent to reincarnate again, this time as a good person again.]] |
| 1128 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Named after Valefor, a Duke of Hell from the [[Literature/ArsGoetia Ars Goetia]] |
| 1129 | * StrawNihilist: The true reason for everything Valefor does is eventually revealed to be due to Valefor becoming this: with the various [[ViciousCycle Cycles]] of the Codexverse setting ensuring everyone and everything he sought to protect eventually doomed to die or be destroyed anyway, he was driven bitter and mad by the seeming futility of his past heroism - of ''everything'', really - and decided to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil simply embrace greedy, sadistic and destructive sides of Dragonkind's true nature]] as Tiamat designed and take the to its [[OmnicidalManiac logical conclusion]], because he sees it as [[YouCantFightFate inevitable]] anyway and any attempt to transcend it as meaningless. [[spoiler:Part of his final VillainousBreakdown is triggered upon realizing he's Pyro I's reincarnation and that part of their soul still holds onto hope and heroism.]] |
| 1130 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: His fall to villainy came from believing that due to the Cycle, there's no point trying to be a hero and save anything, because it will inevitably be destroyed anyway. Thus, he might as well be the greedy, selfish, power-hungry, and destructive monster Tiamat desired dragonkind to be taken to [[OmnicidalManiac its natural conclusion.]] |
| 1131 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Pyro II and Cinder I had to completely atomize him to kill him. It still wasn't enough to end him for good. |
| 1132 | * ToThePain: [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/904477912/4968480839 Upon his completed resurrection]], Valefor tells Pyro II and Cinder I exactly how his plans have changed, as making them suffer is ''exactly'' why they did. |
| 1133 | --> '''Pyro II''': So, what's your plan this time, Valefor? Going to try and destroy the world again? |
| 1134 | --> '''Valefor''': Oh no, Pyro, Cinder. As much as you hate me, I think I probably loathe you more. I did much to you, sure, but you took so much from me. You took my destiny and cast me to languish in that infernal abyss for countless years. And because of that, the death of you and destruction of this world would be far too kind. No, you've given me a singular thing in this world I want to keep it alive for. Last time, I indulged Dragonkind's instinct for destruction, this time it shall be its instinct for domination. That is why I will '''break''' you. Break you so utterly you will never be able to stand against me again. Leave you helpless, bound, forced to watch as I make Avalar your own personal Hell as they witness their hopes and their heroes crushed! |
| 1135 | |
| 1136 | --> Imagine if you will, all you love, all you've protected, bound in chains to my will! Suffering under my iron claw, any moment subjected to the worst my mind can possibly think of! And oh, I can think of much! You know just how much, don't you, Cinder?! All the while I will leave you both powerless to do anything but watch your precious Avalar and all you care about '''BURN'''! I will make you wish you were dead, BEG me for it and an end to the suffering! But it! '''Will! Never! End!!!''' |
| 1137 | * TragicVillain: Downplayed, but Cinder sees him in this light. When he was younger, he was a genuinely benevolent hero (if a bit prideful) who believed in the righteousness of his actions. Sadly, he turned into a nihilistic monster whose sole desire is to spread malice and despair after being driven insane from seeing everything he protected and built up destroyed three times [[spoiler:and being manipulated from Böser Anführer]]. While Cinder doesn't sympathize with him due to [[DarkAndTroubledPast the sheer hell he put her through]] in her whelphood, she does pity him for how far he had fallen. |
| 1138 | * VillainousBreakdown: Suffers one during his final battle with Pyro II, made worse when the latter [[BreakThemByTalking deconstructed his worldview]]. As the final battle continues, he becomes more and more furious until he tries to [[RageQuit obliterate the entire region.]] |
| 1139 | * WorldsStrongestMan: He is very likely the single most powerful being in all of Avalar, and among the most powerful dragons alive who isn't fully divine. To note, Stormswirl was in the same tier of power as Queen Dark Crystal (literally ''apocalyptic'' in scope), but Pyro II and Cinder I were still able to fight him on even terms. The fully resurrected, cybernetic Valefor was so powerful that wasn't ''nearly'' close to enough to beat him. It takes an entire ''army'', including a MirrorUniverse version of ''Valefor himself'', to finally take him down for good. It takes all of the above ''combined'' [[spoiler:and Cinder II entering his body, fighting him from inside, and releasing Pyro I's half of Valefor'ss soul]] to match his final attack. |
| 1140 | [[/folder]] |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | !!W to Z |
| 1143 | [[folder:Well-To-Do]] |
| 1144 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusTyrannosPantheon here]]. |
| 1145 | [[/folder]] |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | [[folder:White Bone Demon]] |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | The White Bone Demon (introduced in [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/909949548/5039342963 this drabble]]) is the archenemy of Hóu Wángshèng, the Monkey King. |
| 1150 | |
| 1151 | ---- |
| 1152 | * ArchEnemy: Of Hóu Wángshèng, the Monkey King. |
| 1153 | * DemBones: She's a sentient skeleton that turned into a demon. |
| 1154 | * TheDreaded: She's highly feared, even by people who just learned of her, by virtue of being one of the only beings the normally joking and jovial Hóu Wángshèng, the Monkey King takes ''dead seriously''. |
| 1155 | * {{Expy}}: Of the White Bone Demon from Literature/JourneyToTheWest. |
| 1156 | [[/folder]] |
| 1157 | |
| 1158 | [[folder:Xestobium Lyonesse]] |
| 1159 | --> See his folder entry [[Characters/CodexEquusTheChangelingCourtsWinterCourt here]]. |
| 1160 | [[/folder]] |
| 1161 | |
| 1162 | [[folder:Yamata No Orochi]] |
| 1163 | !!!'''Classification:''' Fallen Elemental |
| 1164 | !!!'''Portfolio:''' Darkness, Terror, Destruction, Evil |
| 1165 | !!!'''Rank:''' Divine (Tier III/Intermediate) |
| 1166 | ---- |
| 1167 | * AntagonisticOffspring: He's the evil son of Queen Tiamat and King Bahamut. His eight heads in particular were said to have been made in an attempt to spite his mother, who is multi-headed herself. |
| 1168 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: He has a fondness for alcohol, which is ironically his greatest weakness - he has a low tolerance for it and thus can get drunk very easily. |
| 1169 | * DyingCurse: Was slain a thousand years ago, but made one of these with his last moments, causing each of his heads to become a monstrous demon and ravage Neighpon a thousand years later. If all of them are killed, Orochi will resurrect. |
| 1170 | * EvilOverlord: Took over Neighpon and ruled it with an iron fist until he was beaten. |
| 1171 | * EyeBeams: Orochi [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/875863755/4914529189 can fire eye-beams]] from his eight pairs of eyes, demonstrating this ability during the 'Orochi Crisis' with both his later Demon Kings before his resurrection, and in his full returned glory after his resurrection, using them to battle Dracozilla and other Kaijus. This hilariously left everybody [[FlatWhat completely baffled]] as this came out of nowhere, since Orochi is never known to have this ability before both in fact and legend. To note, even ''Orochi'' himself claimed he has no idea, but pragmatically [[SureLetsGoWithThat decided not to question his good fortune]]. |
| 1172 | * ForTheEvulz: Did a lot of horrible things - like demanding periodic sacrifice of eight young fillies for him to devour lest he destroy much more - for seemingly no reason other than because he could. |
| 1173 | * GodOfEvil: The Dragon God of Darkness and Evil. |
| 1174 | * {{Irony}}: A great lover of alcohol, [[CantHoldHisLiquor yet gets drunk very easily because of low tolerance]]. |
| 1175 | * {{Orochi}}: He's a version of the TropeNamer, in that he's a divine son of Queen Tiamat and King Bahamut who fell to evil, and his multi-headed form is his way of spiting Tiamat, who is also multi-headed herself. |
| 1176 | * PhysicalGod: He's a Fallen Ryujin. |
| 1177 | [[/folder]] |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | [[folder:Yaniv, the Blizzard Emperor]] |
| 1180 | !!!Character: Villainous |
| 1181 | !!!Alignment: Lawful Evil |
| 1182 | !!!Type: Yak, warlord, conqueror, warlock, evil overlord, Cryo Archmage |
| 1183 | !!!Faction: Yakyakistan, The Blizzard Empire |
| 1184 | |
| 1185 | -> ''"Yaniv is the blizzard, DESTINED to blanket the lands! Submit now or be frozen!"'' |
| 1186 | \ |
| 1187 | Emperor Yaniv (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-17-821120986 here]]) is the founder of the Bizzard Empire, and a Yak tyrant who tried conquering the Equestrian subcontinent out of confidence and belief in his own great destiny. |
| 1188 | ---- |
| 1189 | * TheConqueror: Being a talented general and believing himself blessed by the gods and destined to conquer and rule over the entire Equestrian subcontinent, he went on a successful conquering spree that lasted until he ran into Queen Grizelda, the Storm Breaker while conquering his way through the peninsula where Griffonstone would one day arise. |
| 1190 | * EvilWillFail: It is implied that even if Queen Grizelda didn't stop him, he was effectively doomed to fail in his ambitions anyway; his prophecy states that he would be invincible until his hooves 'touches the sea at the southern shores' of the Equestrian subcontinent. This can be interpreted as that he would be defeated the moment he fulfills that prophecy. And there is good reason to believe that since conquest of the subcontinent would mean he would eventually have to confront the then newly-crowned Alicorn Princesses of Equestria - a pair of very powerful [[PhysicalGod Physical Gods]] with power over the Sun and Moon who had fairly recently defeated Discord with the Elements of Harmony - whom he likely has no means of overcoming. Of course, we'll never know for sure with Queen Grizelda defeating him early [[spoiler:with Luminiferous' help]]. |
| 1191 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: of the Blizzard Empire, albeit a rather short-lived one owing to Yaniv being bumped off well before his destined time, though the prophecy implies [[EvilWillFail he's doomed to fail anyway]]. |
| 1192 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Grizelda defeats him by impaling him through the chest on his own weapon. He's still alive, but not for long before Agalina finishes him. |
| 1193 | * MeaningfulName: Yaniv is a Hebrew name meaning 'he will prosper.' |
| 1194 | * MysticalWhiteHair: In Yak culture, albinos are viewed as divinely favored and 'touched by the blizzard.' This ended up contributing to his ego and narcissism. |
| 1195 | * {{Narcissist}}: While his elevated status among Yakyakistan society as divinely-favoured due to his albino pelt already instilled within his heart an unhealthy sense of pride and aggrandizing ego, the prophecy proclaiming that he could not be defeated (until he reaches the Equestrian subcontinent's southern shores) resulted in this metasizing into full-blown narcissism, believing in not only his invincibility but also that he is destined to rule over the subcontinent and bring order out of the chaos left behind by Discord's reign. |
| 1196 | * NoManOfWomanBorn: The prophecy declaring him invincible in battle specifically stated until his army 'dips its hooves in the sea at Equestria's southern most shore, no battle will you lose. Only when that moment comes will you know defeat." While he took this as meaning he was unstoppable, it's believed it was actually predicting he'd be defeated in a battle at that shore. Of course Grizelda manages to kill him [[spoiler:due to Luminiferous rejecting the predicted fate.]] |
| 1197 | * RasputinianDeath: He died when Grizelda used a [[SuperScream sonic roar]] to burst his eardrums and shatter many of his bones, launch him several meters into a mountain hard enough to make a crater, and impaled him on his own weapon through the chest. He's still alive after that, at which point his previously enslaved ice dragon Agalina then glaciates him and the surrounding mountain side before shattering him to crimson shards with a tail whip. |
| 1198 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Yaniv and the Blizzard Empire, while short-lived, proved very consequential in the history of the Equestrian subcontinent. In the power vacuum of Yaniv's demise, the Crystal Empire, which had survived the Age of Chaos, was able to expand and takeover as Yaniv's domain descends into chaos with the loss of their leader, his subordinates and armies, eventually paving the way to their rise as one of the three biggest successor states (the other being the Principalities of Equestria and the Empire of Trot) of the classical Equestrian Empire and a major player in the 'Tournament of Crowns'. In fact, had the prophecy been allowed to run its full course, they might had become ''even stronger'' than they were historically when their time comes, with huge ramifications for the Tournament of Crowns and their eventual interaction/conflict with 'Queen Colossos' Empire' of Giants. |
| 1199 | * TheStrategist: Whatever his faults, he is a very capable military commander and talented tactician. While Queen Grizelda and her Griffons made a very cunning plan to ambush him and his forces at the 'Battle of Guto River', he was able to deduce what they have in mind as it happened and respond effectively. |
| 1200 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: While it's generally averted in Yak culture, where albinos are considered divinely favored and 'touched by the blizzard', it's played straight in his case. The praise and presumed great destiny he received from being an albino Yak went to his head, and was a contributing factor to his [[AGodAmI messiah or god complex]]. |
| 1201 | * YouCantFightFate: What he believes to be the case and use to justify his tyranny and conquests in his narcissism. In a bizarre twist, his assertions are ''both'' true and false - the prophecy implies that he would be defeated the moment he fulfills all the details set out in it, and he was defeated much earlier than the prophecy stipulated owing to Griffon Queen Grizelda defeating him [[spoiler:with Luminiferous' help]]. |
| 1202 | [[/folder]] |
| 1203 | |
| 1204 | [[folder:Zeb the Shadow Stallion]] |
| 1205 | !!!'''Character:''' Villainous |
| 1206 | !!!'''Alignment:''' Chaotic Evil |
| 1207 | !!!'''Type:''' Shaman/Abstract Thief/Conman |
| 1208 | !!!'''Faction:''' Unaffiliated |
| 1209 | |
| 1210 | -> ''"Don't you disrespect me, little fool! I got friends on the other side!"'' |
| 1211 | |
| 1212 | Zeb (his entry [[https://www.deviantart.com/brutalityinc/art/Codex-Equestria-Heroes-and-Villains-2-788128266 here]]) is a descendant of the First Age's Zeb and is a villain just like his ancestor. |
| 1213 | ---- |
| 1214 | * DealWithTheDevil: He gained his powers from a deal he made with the fallen god Ispita. |
| 1215 | * {{Expy}}: Of Dr. Facilier from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. |
| 1216 | [[/folder]] |
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